Chapter 159 The auspiciousness descends from the sky, and the unicorn announces the good news.

Early August in the twelfth year of Yongle.

The Second Northern Expedition of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di came to a successful conclusion.

In this battle, Wala Mahamu was defeated, nearly 60,000 people were beheaded, and countless cattle, sheep, horses, and gold and silver were seized.

Arutai Wuliangha and other grassland forces surrendered one after another, and even flattered Zhu Di and jointly respected him as Emperor Tiankhan.

In fact, this suggestion was given to Arutai by Zhu Zhangui.

Otherwise, how could the old man let him go so easily just because Arutai disrupted the Ming Dynasty's logistics line with just a few cattle, sheep, gold and silver.

Of course, this opinion is not made in vain.

Zhu Zhangui received a generous opinion fee from Arutai.

After being granted Zen status at Langjuxu Mountain and receiving the same title of Tiankehan as Li Shimin, the old man finally returned home satisfied.

As for what kind of chaos will happen on the grassland after the Ming army leaves.

What impact the massacre of the Mahamu herdsmen captives will have on the grassland depends on the grassland people themselves.

You can fight whatever you want, but if you dare to use this excuse to invade the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty cannot guarantee whether the tragedy at Mahamu will happen to you.

On the fifth day after the Ming army retreated, the messenger carrying the good news finally arrived at the capital.

early morning.

Warm sunshine shines in the majestic palace.

In the study room, Zhu Pangpang and others were having a morning meeting.

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up with a depressed look on his face and reported the current difficulties of the court.

"Your Highness, the northern land has been experiencing heavy rain recently, and the muddy roads have made logistics and transportation very troublesome, and the consumption is also very huge."

"In addition, the autumn grains from various places have not yet been delivered, and the imperial court's grain depot is almost empty. Now let alone providing for the front line, the capital's own consumption cannot be supplied. If a disaster occurs somewhere, the Ministry of Household Affairs will

If we can't get food for disaster relief, I hope His Highness will make plans in advance."

Zhu Pangpang sighed after hearing this, waved his hands and said.

"Try to urge various places to speed up the transportation of autumn grain. We must not lack food on the front line. Once the front line runs out of food and grass, there will be big trouble."

Xia Yuanji originally wanted to say something more, but when he noticed Zhu Pangpang's tired eyes, he could only nodded helplessly and stepped aside.

"Your Highness, this war cannot continue. Now the north is about to enter winter, and our logistics line is often attacked by Arutai. If the war continues like this, once it is delayed until the snowy winter, the frontline soldiers will be in danger!

"

After Xia Yuanji retreated, Saiyi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was the first to stand up and put forward the suggestion to withdraw the troops.

Zhu Pangpang glanced at him and shook his head helplessly.

Doesn't he want the old man to come back? But the problem is that his words are as useless to the old man as farts.

Some time ago, when the army was blocked at the entrance of the Three Gorges, he wrote to the old man proposing to withdraw the troops first, and then consider the plan for the Northern Expedition when he was ready.

As a result, the old man wrote back and scolded him severely, which made him depressed for several days.

Later, when he wrote a memorial letter, the old man never even replied.

What's even more annoying is that my son doesn't know what's going on.

From the time I left until now, I haven’t written a letter back, and all the letters I wrote have fallen into the sea.

This made Zhu Pangpang want Zhu Zhangui to persuade the old man but he couldn't find anyone.

"Has there been any news from the north in the past two days?"

Zhu Pangpang looked at Yang Shiqi, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Yang Shiqi shook his head.

"Back to His Royal Highness, a message came from a few days ago, saying that there is still a stalemate at the mouth of the Three Gorges, and urging us to speed up the transportation of food, grass and wound medicine."

well!

Zhu Pangpang was even more worried.

Sure enough, as my wife said, everyone in Lao Zhu's family has a bad temper.

The old ones can't talk, the young ones are disobedient, I'm really worried to death.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Just when a group of people were worrying about food and grass problems and how to persuade the old man to come back, a young eunuch rushed in in a hurry.

"Damn it, this is a military base. Are you the one who broke into this place? Drag me out and beat you to death with sticks!"

Little Sniffle, who was waiting nearby, saw that the eunuch under his command was so ignorant of the rules, so he quickly stepped forward and asked someone to drag the little eunuch out.

Zhu Pangpang didn't pay much attention to this.

There are rules in the palace. If you don't understand the rules, someone will teach you the rules.

"Spare your life, Your Highness, please spare your life. It was the Crown Princess who asked the slave to find you. The Crown Princess asked the slave to inform you that the Grand Princess is about to give birth. Please hurry over."

"What!"

Zhu Pangpang, who was lowering his head and preparing to continue the discussion with everyone, suddenly jumped up, ran to the little eunuch in a few steps, asked someone to release him, and asked urgently.

"What are you talking about? The grandson is about to give birth."

The little eunuch nodded repeatedly.

"The Crown Princess and the Grand Concubine were visiting the garden just now. The Grand Concubine suddenly suffered from unbearable abdominal pain. The mother-in-law who was following her said she was about to give birth. The Crown Princess asked her slave to come over and notify you as soon as possible."

"Oh my gosh! I'm finally giving birth."

Zhu Pangpang happily slapped his big fat legs, turned to Yang Shiqi and the other six bosses and said: "That's all for today's discussion. I have something urgent here. If you have anything else, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Several of them are princelings, so of course they understand the importance of this matter to the East Palace.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry about us. You can go over quickly. We will discuss it first."

Zhu Pangpang, who had been anxious to leave for a long time, nodded.

"Okay, I'll go over first and you guys can discuss it first."

After saying that, the few people who didn't care to salute picked up the hem of their clothes, shook their fat bodies, and quickly went to Zhu Zhangui's palace.

"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl!"

Seeing Zhu Pangpang walking away in a hurry, Yang Shiqi muttered in a low voice.

For the royal family, and it is the first child of a new generation, if it is a boy, that is the best outcome.

Xia Yuanji said happily after hearing this.

"It's better to have a boy or a girl, as long as they're not twins."

"puff!"

Xia Yuanji's words almost made several people laugh, and Yang Rong helplessly shook his head and pointed at Xia Yuanji.

"You'd better keep your mouth in check, lest it cause you trouble in the future."

"Urgent report...Urgent report from the border!"

Just as a few people were packing up and getting ready to go back to work, a palace guard hurried in with a dusty soldier.

When they heard that the call was for an urgent report, everyone's hearts sank. They were afraid that the news was bad, and they looked nervously at the soldiers who walked in quickly.

"Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

After the two came in, the veteran soldier saw that the prince was not in the room and asked Yang Shiqi and others.

"There is something going on over there, the prince. Let me and the others handle the state affairs first. Is there something going on in the north?"

Knowing that the prince had something to do, the soldier didn't ask any questions. He took out a wooden box from the backpack behind him, handed it to Yang Shiqi, who was the Minister of War, and answered loudly.

"Nothing happened. The war in the north has ended. Mahamu was defeated by us and committed suicide in front of the battle. When we set off, the troops there had already begun to pack up and prepare to retreat."

"What, we won!"

"Already withdrawn!"

Several other people who were waiting for the news showed surprised smiles on their faces when they heard the soldier's report.

Yang Shiqi quickly opened the box, took out the memorial inside, and hurriedly read it.

The other people no longer cared about their manners, and gathered around one by one, looking at the battle report in Yang Shiqi's hand with their heads touching.

After a while, everyone had relaxed smiles on their faces.

Yang Shiqi looked at the people around him and smiled: "We have won this battle, and the north will have peace for several decades."

"Hahaha, great, let's go, let's go and inform the prince."

"Yes, that's right. The prince has been waiting for this news for a long time. Let's go and tell him together!"

A group of people excitedly took the battle report and walked towards Zhu Zhangui's palace accompanied by Little Nose.
To be continued...