"Liaodong..." Zhu Su looked at the map and frowned, feeling a mixture of joy and sorrow.
Are you happy that Liaodong is finally outside the customs? You don't need to risk being hunted by the Mongolian and Yuan tribes and the Jurchen tribes, and you can go all the way south across the Great Wall. I want to know, with the supplies that my people have, are they afraid that they won't be able to survive too long?
It’s been a long time.
Worryingly, the current Liaodong is still not within the control of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty... The land of Liaodong is now the territory occupied by the Northern Yuan warlord Naha!
There are more than 200,000 armored men in Naha's leg. They occupy half of Liaodong and look down on the Ming Dynasty. They are the most difficult enemies of the Ming Dynasty. If those people in their own leg encounter Naha's troops, it will be very difficult.
Qi put it between their teeth.
Naha Deya was not a stupid person. If the three cards of his three brothers had not fallen into this beast's lap, Ming Dynasty might have fallen into a passive position and suffered extremely huge losses.
"No wonder this place is so desolate." Dai Sigong stroked his beard lightly, shook his head and sighed.
"Why do you say that?" Zhu Xi asked.
"The King of Qin didn't know something about the east of the palace. The land of Liaodong... has always been poisoned by foreigners." Dai Sigong explained. "At the beginning of the Five Dynasties, Liaodong was no longer owned by the Han Dynasty. It belonged to Liao first, then to Jin, and then to
Yuan."
"After the ravages of the former Yuan Dynasty, people's livelihood declined and not even one out of ten people survived."
"In fact, not only Liaodong, but also the land north of the Yangtze River, there are many desolate and uninhabited places. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many people have moved to the east to reclaim the northern land, and the people who were displaced in the past can also return to their homeland."
"But Liaodong is still not bad...sigh." Dai Sigong shook his head.
Zhu Su was silent, thinking of the deserted village in Mingyue. Judging from various traces, it was obvious that there had been a Han village there, and that the villagers had died or dispersed, and it had become abandoned.
If you look at the leopard in the tube, you can see how desolate Liaodong is like the Ming Dynasty.
"It doesn't matter, Liaodong has not been the land of the Han family since ancient times." Zhu Di clenched his fists with both legs. "One day, the Ming Dynasty will definitely take back this place."
"Let's get back to the present." Zhu Su said. He turned to look at Shao Biao: "Shao Biao, since I have seen the map near here, do you remember the route very well?"
"There are only a thousand of them. It is best to find a way to infiltrate Chencang secretly without disturbing Naha in Liaodong."
There were fully 200,000 men and horses in Naha's leg. Such a huge gap in combat power could no longer be matched by mere tactics.
"Go back to the east of the palace." Shao Biao clasped his fists. "If you want to avoid Naha when he sends out his army to the east, the best way is to take the mountain road while he waits, and stay in bed at night to avoid the city."
"Shao can still remember the road. If he can cross the sea, he can lead the three palaces to the east of Shanhaiguan!"
Seeing that Shao Biao recognized the road, several people around the campfire took a wrong look and were quite surprised. Fortunately, there was an experienced Jin Yiwei here who had been to Liaodong.
Zhu Su was also secretly glad that if Mao Xiang hadn't sent Shao Biao, he wouldn't have had to take many detours. At that time, he owed Mao Xiang, the commander of Jinyiwei, a favor.
On the red day of the second month, the Ming army began to cast nets in the sea to catch fish and smoke them into dry food. Seeing that the ships were no longer useful, Zhu Su ordered them to be dismantled.
It was used as fuel and production materials. He could not see the old warships on the left and right. Their ability to withstand wind and waves at sea was too low, and they had no watertight compartments. They could barely be used for offshore defense. If not,
Use it to engage in artillery battles and shoot eastward, destroying designated ships and killing people.
Artillery battles will be the mainstream of naval warfare in the future!
After returning to the Ming Dynasty, he needed to think of a way to get the advanced Galen ships out first... Time was not waiting for him, and Zhu Su felt more and more that he must not be trapped in Liaodong.
When it got dark, the Ming army began to advance under the leadership of Shao Biao. Because they were walking on the mountain road at night, even though Zhang He, Shao Biao and others were in front to clear the way for them, it was extremely difficult for Zhu Su and his party to walk.
And because they had never taken a boat out to sea before, the group did not even have horses for transportation. After a few days of traveling eastward, the soles of the group's feet had blisters.
When Hong Yuejian hid in the mountain forest and began to rest, everyone was paralyzed on the ground and could not even walk.
"He can't walk even one step." Zhu Ping didn't notice the dirt on the muddy ground and slumped to the ground without any image. "The soles of his feet hurt like needles... Lao Wu, I'll be fine.
Let someone carry my second brother away."
"How can that be done?" Zhu Su flatly refused. "Second brother, I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty. It is time for me to set an example."
"Besides, the soldiers had to cut off the road and were even more tired than they were. Even Lao Rutou and other old men, many mistresses, and other women were walking on the soles of their feet."
"Second brother, I am strong and strong, how can I be carried on my back? That would be disrespectful!"
"..." Zhu Xi was speechless for a moment. He turned to look at Ru Taisu who was walking on a piece of bluestone. Although his face was pale, he still didn't cry out in pain. As for Sanniangzi's gang of prostitutes, they didn't even go there.
After that, he helped the soldiers chop wood and boil water. Then he could muster up his pride and say: "I was wrong. He can't even compare to old men and women!"
Bu Nao could only hold on for less than a second, and the pride on his face immediately collapsed. He took off his boots and raised his big foot and said, "Can... that foot really hurts. Can Dai Shenyi cure me?"
?Can you also use your wonderful legs to save me?"
Dai Sigong was undoubtedly the most chaotic person in the team. With so many people marching in the jungle, it was inevitable that there would be some bumps and bruises. The Taicang Guards and Fuzhou Guards brought there were many Southern soldiers, and many of them suffered from acclimatization.
Syndrome. Zhu Su has poor bones and accidentally sprained his foot. Ru Ming was crouching down to look at Zhu Su. Hearing Zhu Ping’s call, he turned around and took a look, and said angrily: “Prince Qin Diandong, please bear with me for now!
I have a few blisters there..."
"It's nothing serious. After I finish treating Wudiandong, just help me break it out."
"Then let me hurry up." Zhu Ping shouted, and the pain in his soles was really unbearable, so he waited there with a slumped face. At that time, the third lady came over and saw the blisters on the soles of Zhu Ping's feet and whispered
Said: "If Prince Qin Diandong doesn't mind, let the daughter of the people help you break the blisters."
"In the past, when I was at home, my father often had blisters, but my daughter helped him to pop them."
"Huh?" Zhu Ping's whole body cheered up, "I understand that very well?"
"Okay, okay, just excuse me."
"Hey, Lao Wu, have I noticed it?" Looking at the third lady over there, who was helping Zhu Xi pick up the blisters, Zhu Di came over.
"Second brother has become more and more approachable these days... He has always valued his status. If his temperament had not been followed in the past month, some red-blooded people would have shut up about him, and he would even show his displeasure. Let alone refuse.
It’s absolutely impossible for a common woman like Sanniangzi to say the word ‘trouble’.”
"And now, he is so kind and cheerful. I asked, will there be no need to worry about the ending of my second brother?"
Zhu Di, did he know that history ended with Zhu Ping not having a good death because of his cruelty to the East?
Zhu Su also nodded, and he also found out. Perhaps because of the relationship with the soldiers along the way, Zhu Ping, who originally had a disdainful attitude towards the soldiers and common people at the bottom, now treats these people as equals.
.
Rather, he kept his identity as a prince ambiguously.
"I hope so. In that case, the second brother can also have a good ending." Looking at Zhu Ming, who was grinning in pain from picking blisters, Zhu Su also had hopes. Is it true that the second brother wronged his younger brother?
To put it another way, it would be wrong to be cruel and tyrannical, and look down upon the slave people at the bottom.
If his ending could be changed, it would not be considered as a loss if he found himself in enemy territory.
"To the east of the palace, Captain Shao who went to explore the road is back." From the front, a dog came to report to Zhu Su.