The West Route Army is led by Feng Sheng, and the vanguard general is Fu Youde. This is a group of suspected troops. The offensive route is out of Jinlan, and they attack Gansu. The strategic goal is to contain the Northern Yuan forces in Gansu and prevent them from aiding the Mongolian Yuan capital Helin in the east.
This is also a tired division. Most of the soldiers are those who defeated Shu in the fourth year of Hongwu a year ago.
Shu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This army has just conquered Shu. It has not been repaired for half a year before it will go out again. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of officials and nobles did not place high hopes on this army.
Just ask them to stick to the western front and make the Yuan army in Gansu fearful.
They are just a tired army. As generals, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde are not as famous as Xu Da and Li Wenzhong of the other two groups, who can stop the children of Meng Yuan from crying at night.
The main forces in the middle and east routes are bound to be defeated. What can a mere west route army do?
What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang had previously received a battle report from the West Route coach Feng Sheng, saying that pioneer Fu Youde had an impromptu decision to lead a mere 5,000 cavalry and left the team to test Yuan General Sulahan.
Fu Youde went out into battle with five thousand cavalry. Now you, Zhu Su, tell me that he went deep behind enemy lines and was invincible?
Still fighting in a row, winning seven games in a row?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Lao Zhu doesn’t believe it ten thousand times. This time traveler and this history book are absolutely nonsense!
"Fu Youde, the Marquis of Yingchuan, sent five thousand cavalry to Xiliang (now Wuwei, Gansu Province) and defeated the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Shilahan..." Zhu Su said to himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again. Fu Youde only led 5,000 cavalry to test Shilahan. This was a top-secret battle report sent by the red feather envoy on the front line.
"Okay!" Zhu Su's face turned happy and he said confidently: "Then you are not allowed to regret it!"
Could it be that he also deduced this? But Fu Youde obviously just made it up temporarily!
Only a few people knew about it. His son, who had been studying in the main hall, had no chance of getting the news!
As Zhu Su said this, he couldn't help but shake his head. After all, Feng Sheng still couldn't escape the constraints of the times, and he had traveled thousands of miles! If he said he gave up, he would just give up.
However, Zhu Su still felt pity when he thought that all the land he had worked so hard to gain was abandoned in the blink of an eye.
"It's a pity." Zhu Su's tone changed and he became regretful. "At this time, the West Route Army received news of the defeat of the Central Route Army. Feng Sheng believed that 'the land beyond the border cannot be defended' and decided to burn the city and return."
"Then, on the third day of June, the West Route Army accepted the surrender of Shangdu Lu, the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and then turned to Yiji Nai Road. The Northern Yuan guard Boyan Timur also surrendered in the city."
"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but applaud when he heard the dazzling achievements of the Western Route Army.
"Later Fu Youde and Feng Sheng joined forces and defeated the main force of Bei Yuan's reinforcements at Saolin Mountain. They beheaded more than 400 people and captured several Bei Yuan Taiwei and Pingzhang (all high-ranking officials of Bei Yuan) alive."
"Chongba, have you made a decision?"
The two father and son shook their heads and sighed in unison, looking like they hated the prodigal son.
"When did we agree?" Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows. This traitor still wants to continue to lie to him!
Just as he was about to scold him, Zhu Su's predictions suddenly flashed through his mind. After all, he hesitated a little and said, "...We'll talk about it later when the dust of the West Route Army has settled!"
If you forcibly garrison it, you will inevitably fall into a quagmire. This is also an indisputable fact.
"You two are actually singing a show here." Looking at the two father and son who were in sync with each other, Empress Ma burst into laughter. "So, Fu Youde only received the humiliation of Xanadu Donkey on the third day of the sixth lunar month. Today is only the fifth day of the month."
On the twelfth day of the lunar month, there is still some time left before we leave the abandoned site of the Western Route Army."
Lao Zhu also took a breath. He got up from the bottom step by step, and he has always been stingy. At that time, a copper coin with one petal could not be broken into two petals. Now I heard that Feng Sheng and Fu Youde gave up as soon as they waved their hands.
The ground that was nearly a thousand miles away was also so painful that my heart throbbed.
"Wait a minute." Zhu Su stopped Lao Zhu. "Now it can be proven that I am a time traveler, right? Dad, you promised me that you don't have to go to the main hall..."
"Do you really believe that Su'er is the time traveler from 650 years ago?" Queen Ma whispered to Lao Zhu.
The third day of June was the exact day again. He secretly remembered it in his heart. At the same time, he thought, if what Lao Wu said was true, how great would it be?
It is not certain whether the West Route Army will win a great victory.
Could it be that the so-called time travelers are real?
Not knowing the horror in Lao Zhu's heart, Zhu Su continued: "Then, Fu Youde worked non-stop and defeated Beiyuan Taiwei Duo'er Jiba in Yongchang."
Lao Zhu waved his hand to Zhu Laowu, opened the door and walked out. Queen Ma turned her head, glanced at her happy son with an unclear expression, and followed her out.
"Whether you believe it or not, you have to wait and see." Zhu Yuanzhang replied. He looked north, and his eyes had regained his pride. "But we have indeed made a decision whether to increase the number of troops on the Great Wall!"
"The West Route Army defeated Bei Yuanqi King Duo'erjiban at Biedu Mountain Pass and captured 27 people including Bei Yuanping Zhang Changjianu and more than 100,000 livestock. Fu Youde pursued to Guazhou (today's Anxi, Gansu), Shazhou (today's Anxi, Gansu)
northwest of Dunhuang in Gansu Province), won another great victory, captured King Qi's gold and silver seal and 20,000 livestock, and then led the army in victory."
However, the gloom that filled his heart when he came has indeed disappeared. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and resumed the confident demeanor of Hongwu Emperor. He smiled at Queen Ma and said: "Okay. I have asked what I should ask.
Today’s business hasn’t been dealt with yet, so let’s go back to Jinshen Palace first, and my sister will accompany me for a while.”
"This battle was enough to make the Northern Yuan Dynasty fully realize the bravery of our Ming army and not dare to invade the south."
Thinking that when he came, he was still worried about whether the offensive and defensive forces would change between Ming and Yuan. Unexpectedly, now, he was struggling with whether to take over the Gansu land of Meng and Yuan. Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh.
What's the use of grabbing the seal of Prince Beiyuan?
Of course, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was just beginning, and many places such as Gansu had been assimilated by foreigners. The Ming Dynasty was temporarily unable to establish a foothold in the local garrison, and there were not enough people in the interior to move.
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu suddenly realized that these were only one-sided remarks made by his son.
"Isn't it too early to sigh here now?"
"We still don't believe it. Meng Yuan, that smelly salted fish that we stepped on, will really find a way to turn around!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and strode outside.
Queen Ma was left speechless, with a worried look on her face.
She looked at her husband who was leaving, and then at her young son who was excited in the room behind her. The worry and entanglement in her heart became more and more intense.
...If the younger son is really some kind of time traveler,
So, will he still be the son he was pregnant with in ten months?