Leaving Dunhuang, there is Yangguan Pass to the southwest and Yumén Pass to the northwest.
Far above the Yellow River among the white clouds,
An isolated city in Wanren Mountain.
Why should the Qiang flute blame the willow?
The spring wind does not pass the yumén pass.
The spring wind can naturally blow through Yumén Pass, but at this time, there is only white snow and howling cold wind outside Yumén Pass.
Fortunately, spring is approaching, and there are less and less cold winds. Most of the winds are relatively gentle, so the distant mountains, silver snow, and blue sky with white clouds all give people a feeling of emptiness and vastness.
Xia Xun has left Dunhuang and set off for Hami.
The situation in Hami is different from that of Dunhuang, and there is a king in Hami. He cannot take the same measures to Hami as he did to Dunhuang. However, it is still necessary to go to Hami. The temporary gains and losses can be ignored, but the support of the people must be gained.
Don't worry about it and make preparations early. Once Hami falls, it will be easier to manage after regaining it in the future.
The sky is a bit gloomy today, the clouds are not very white, but the sky is still so blue, and the distant mountains are enveloped in mist.
The flags were rolled high and the horse teams were walking on this vast land. As the only active group, they added a bit of vitality to the desolate and tragic Gobi Desert.
At some point, someone in the team raised his throat and sang a high-pitched Xiliang folk song.
My sister gave it to a carpenter's house,
He can build buildings and smash rafters,
Yang Liu - Piao Tian Literature - Yang's singing gave the team marching between the sky and the earth a bit of life. Xia Xun also listened attentively. When the sound stopped, he sighed and looked back at Liu who was accompanying him.
Yu Jue, Chen Dong, and Ye An said that if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come up here. Isn't it very hard? There are many words."
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Liu Yujue stared at Xia Xun and said that living happily is a lifetime; living sadly is also a lifetime. Good times and bad times sometimes cannot be controlled by us. With close friends and long-term companionship, isn't it not happiness? "
"good"
Xia Xun's big hand slapped Liu Yujue's shoulder heavily, turned around and faced Xilin and Jeanne, who were sitting in front of the car and looking at the everlasting desolate scenery with interest. Don't let the brothers in the army focus on this.
In front of you, Mei, you are from the ancient country of Qiuchi. What you are best at is music. I will also sing two songs to cheer everyone up."
After leaving Yumén Pass, they headed west. Xilin and Jeanne became more and more excited. The weather was no longer so cold. Many times, they ran out of the car and sat outside, looking at the clouds that day with great interest.
The trees on the mountain are as happy as a little bird out of its cage. No matter whether the memories left to you of your hometown are sadness or joy, you will always have a heavy feeling when you think of it.
Xilin glanced at Xia Xun lovingly, stood firm while holding on to the carport, and suddenly sang loudly. When lovers revel in the orchard, my woodbird will sing with all its heart. I can't sleep that night thinking of you,
The fire of love in my body burns even brighter. Will the lark sing and fly, will my sweetheart sing while walking? Will a pair of lovers finally get married, will they get what they want?"
The song was crisp and clear, like a lark, and those gentle eyes were always focused on Xia Xun. After the song was sung, there was a lingering sound, and the thunderous cheers of the soldiers marching left and right had not stopped, and another one was even louder.
The high-pitched and clear voice sang again. The snowy water merged together. The rushing Tarim River nourished my heart... Will you come to visit me, or will you express your love to me? Will you rekindle the extinguished fire?
The fever is even more intense..."
Jeanne was more enthusiastic and unrestrained than Xilin. When she sang, her big fiery eyes were staring at Xia Xun for a moment. The expression and pursuit of expressions of the Western girls were passionate and unrestrained, obviously not as good as those of the Central Plains girls.
The shyness and timidity they had when facing Xia Xun in the past was mostly caused by the huge gap in status.
These days of spending time with Xia Xun day and night, gradually, the huge gap in status seems to be not so big. Getting closer to their hometown day by day also awakens the generosity and passionate pursuit of love in their hearts.
Unfortunately, while this eternal and primitive scene aroused their homesickness, it also touched Xia Xun. He was looking up at the clouds that seemed to be weighing extremely low, and his thoughts followed the melodious singing into the night.
He returned to his distant hometown. He can never go back to his hometown. When he was there, he never felt that there was anything to love about him. But now that he thinks about it, it is hard to leave him everywhere...
Show your charming eyes to the blind man
The two beauties glanced at Xia Xun in annoyance, until Tang Sai'er, who was lying boredly in the car and taking a nap when he heard the singing, came out excitedly and woke him up. I'll sing too, I'll sing too.
Dad, listen to Sai'er singing and cough."
"Turning the saw, pulling the saw, grandma sings a big opera, picks up the girl, please, mother-in-law, you also go to the Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, it's twenty-three; twenty-three, sugar melon is sticky; twenty-four sweep
House; twenty-five, frozen tofu; twenty-six, go buy meat; twenty-seven, slaughter the father; twenty-eight, make noodles; twenty-nine, steamed buns; stay up all night on the thirtieth; first day of the lunar month,
Walking all over the streets on the second day of junior high school..."
Tang Sai'er clapped his little hands and sang children's songs rhythmically. The children's songs full of childish fun made Xia Xun, Sai Hazhi, Feng Liyan and others burst into laughter. It was so good to sing, especially Sai'er.
Singing beautifully, hahahaha..."
The journey westward was full of laughter.
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Qiu Futi sent an army of 100,000 troops out of the fortress. However, Qiu Fu was so happy that he ignored the repeated warnings of his generals, ignored the emperor's prior warnings, and stepped into the Tatar trap. With one duke, two princes, and two thousand elite soldiers, he was almost
The entire army was wiped out, and only a few people escaped. Tong'an Hou Huozhen, who was unable to catch up with a large group of infantry and cavalry troops, and Jingan Hou Wang Zhong were shocked when they heard the news.
After the death of the commander, the two generals had no choice but to follow Qiu Fu's last words and evacuate to Liaodong. They also sent detective horses to report to Liaodong and ask for support. The army headed eastward and reached Liaodong, but was overtaken by the Tatar cavalry. The Ming army
The commander was killed in battle, the morale of the three armies was depressing, and they were almost unable to fight. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Liaodong sent a large army, led by Kaiyuan Hou Dingyu, to rush to rescue. They joined forces in two places, and then they forced the pursuers back and took them to Liaodong.
, took the road through Liaodong and returned to the pass in panic.
Zhu Di was furious when he received the battle report. One hundred thousand troops went out of the fortress, but one prince and two marquis were killed. Without the help of the Liaodong army, the one hundred thousand troops would have been wiped out in the north of the fortress. The furious Zhu Di ignored the pleadings of his generals and seized Qiu Qiu.
Fu inherited the Duke's title and moved his family to Hainan. Two marquises died in the battle and two marquises, Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen, who fled back in embarrassment, were also stripped of their titles and removed from their military positions.
Zhu Di must be rewarded for his merits and punished for his deeds. After punishing these remaining defeated generals, he immediately decided to gather the elite from the capital camp and go to the north of the Great Wall in person to conduct a personal expedition against the Tatars. Civil and military officials advised him to suspend his thunderous anger and wait for the Western Regions.
The war with southern Xinjiang has slowed down a bit, and Zhu Di is not allowed to go on the Northern Expedition. "The civil and military officials retreated to the next best thing, and asked Zhu Di to send more generals. There is no need for the emperor to go on a personal expedition. Zhu Di is still not allowed to use two words."
Zhu Di was really angry this time.
Zhu Di immediately issued an order to declare to the world, saying that from Shandong and Hebei's young and strong people, plus the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, a total of 500,000 troops would sweep the north.
In fact, of course Zhu Di did not use so many troops. When he was the king of Yan, he often fought with the ancient Mongols. He knew exactly how strong the Tatars were now. With the combat power of the Ming army today, a hundred thousand troops marched north.
Enough is enough. If we really send an army of 500,000, our country will be impoverished before the Tatars are frightened.
It's just that this time it was the imperial commander's personal expedition. The civil and military officials were really worried if there were too few people, so they brought an additional 50,000 troops to the base of 100,000 troops and horses. It was considered a special imperial army, dedicated to protecting the emperor's safety. It was said to be a unified army.
Five hundred thousand is completely a ploy for propaganda war.
This kind of propaganda war has long been used to death at home and abroad. For example, in the Battle of Thermopylae in the Greek War, it was said that the Persian emperor led an army of five million, but what about the Spartans? There were only three hundred men.
During the Battle of Neia, Sparta spent a long time negotiating with many allies to gather 5,000 people, and the hostile Argos also managed to gather 4,000 to 5,000 people. This is the Peloponnese.
The largest battle fought by the Greek mainland army in the war.
Another example is the Battle of Changping. It is said that the Qin army killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers. Zhao State spent all its country at that time, but could not gather so many soldiers. In Sima Qian's time, the Han Dynasty expedition to Dayuan, and the Han Empire struggled for several years before it could gather together.
Fifty thousand troops came out. In the Battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei sent out less than 40,000 troops. Including the reinforcements from the Wuling Barbarians, which were up to 40,000, but they were said to be 750,000. In fact, the total army of Shu at that time was only 100,000.
Of course, moderate exaggeration can deceive the enemy, but excessive exaggeration cannot deceive the enemy generals. However, it is also good to brag, scare the enemy's civilians, and boost one's own military morale.
Zhu Di was busy preparing for the expedition, and Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but change his mind again.
After the news came that Qiu Fu was defeated and killed, Zhu Gaoxu was like a thunderbolt, and he wanted to die. Qiu Fu had always been his biggest supporter, but now that Qiu Fu died, and he was defeated and lost his rank, his biggest supporter fell.
How could his sinister eldest brother and those civil servants not take the opportunity to purge his faction in the army? The situation is over, the situation is really over
However, after the news of Emperor Yongle's announcement of his personal expedition came, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a ray of light in the darkness. He had fought side by side with his father. It was precisely because of Jingnan that his father had the idea of Yichu. Now his father
It is necessary for the charioteer to go on a personal expedition. If the father and son soldiers can accompany the charioteer on the expedition and gain military exploits, not only can the power in the army be protected, but there is also the possibility of a comeback.
Zhu Gaoxu had just thought of this, and Chen Ying, who had also thought of this method, rushed to the house in a hurry. The two people did not agree, and they only briefly discussed it. Zhu Gaoxu hurried to the palace. He wanted to ask his father for a decree and accompany him.
Go on an expedition and achieve military success again