Out of Dunhuang, the southwest is Yangguan, and the northwest is Yumen Pass.
The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains.
Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.
The spring breeze can naturally blow through the Yumen Pass, but at this time, there is only snow and howling cold wind outside the Yumen Pass.
Fortunately, spring is approaching, and there are fewer cold winds, and most of the time the wind is relatively gentle, so the silver snow in the distant mountains, the blue sky and white clouds give people only the feeling of emptiness and vastness.
Xia Xun had left Dunhuang and set off for Hami.
The situation in Hami is different from that of Dunhuang, and Hami has its own king, and he cannot take the same measures with Hami as with Dunhuang.
However, it is still necessary to go to Hami, the temporary gains and losses can not be considered, but the people's backs must be taken into account, and some preparations must be made as soon as possible, once Hami falls, it will be easy to govern after the recovery in the future.
Today's sky is a little overcast, the clouds are not very white, but the sky is still so blue, and the distant mountains are stuck in a fog.
The banner and horse team walked on this vast land, as the only active group, adding a bit of vitality to this desolate and tragic desert Gobi.
I don't know when, someone in the team pulled up his throat and sang a high-pitched and loud Xiliang folk song: "The eldest sister gave a carpenter's house, and she can build a building and smash the rafters, the willow leaves are green, and she can build a building and smash the rafters, and the second sister gave a blacksmith's house, and she can strike iron and pull the wind box, and the willow leaves are green, and she can strike iron and pull the wind box."
The loud and melodious singing voice made the team traveling between the heavens and the earth a little angry, Xia Xun also listened attentively, when the sound stopped, he sighed, looked back at Liu Yujue, Chen Dong, and Ye An who were accompanying him, and said: "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come to this world, it's very hard."
Chen Dong Ye'an rode on the horse, his face was radiant: "Guogong, if such a world is in Jinling City, how can we see it, we like it very much." ” Liu Yujue glanced at Xia Xun and said, "Live happily for a lifetime; Sadly, it is also a lifetime.
In good times and in bad times, sometimes we can't help ourselves, and we are friends and companions, so we are not happy."
"Good Brother" Xia Xun's big hand slapped heavily on Liu Yujue's shoulder, turned his head and said to Xilin and Jeanna, who were sitting in front of the car, looking at the eternal desolate scenery with great interest: "Come, don't let the brothers in the army be beautiful and in front of you, you are people from the ancient country of Qiuzi, and what you are best at is music, and you can also sing two tunes to raise your spirit."
After leaving the Yumen Pass, but going west, Celine and Jeanne became more and more excited, now the weather is not so cold, many times, they run out of the car, sit outside, look at the clouds, the mountains and the trees that day with great interest, like a bird out of the cage as happy.
For your hometown, no matter whether the memories left there are sad or joyful, there is always a heavy feeling when you think about it.
Xilin glanced at Xia Xun affectionately, stood firm in the carport, and suddenly sang in a loud voice: "When lovers are happy in the orchard, my whirling wood sparrow will sing indulgently."
I couldn't sleep that night and missed you, and the fire of love in my body burned even more.
Will the lark cry and soar, and will the sweetheart sing while walking.
A couple of lovers will eventually become married, will they get their wish?"
The singing voice is crisp and crisp, like a lark, and the gentle eye waves are always staring at Xia Xun's body.
After the singing ended, the aftermath lingered, and the thunderous cheers of the sergeants marching left and right did not stop, and another more high-pitched and clear voice sang again: "Sixty-six snow waters, towards the convergence together, the rushing Tarim River, moistening my heart, whether you come to visit me, or love to tell your heart, whether you will rekindle the extinguished fire more vigorous."
Jean Na is more enthusiastic and unrestrained than Celine, when she sings, the big hot eyes stare at Xia Xun for a moment, the expression and pursuit of the expression of the woman in the Western Regions is warm and unrestrained, obviously not as subtle and introverted as the Central Plains woman, the shyness and timidity of the two in the face of Xia Xun in the past are more caused by the huge gap in status.
These days with Xia Xun day and night, gradually, the huge gap in status seems to be not so big, day by day approaching their hometown, but also awakening the kind of generous and passionate pursuit of love in their bones.
It's a pity that this eternal primitive scene evokes their homesickness at the same time, but also touches Xia Xun, who is looking up at the clouds that seem to be extremely low, and his thoughts go straight up to his distant hometown with the sound of singing.
His hometown can never be returned, when he was there, he never felt anything to love, but now when he thinks about it, he is unrelenting and flattering to the blind man everywhere The two beauties glanced at Xia Xun who was looking up angrily, until Tang Sai'er, who was lying in the car and napping in the car, woke him up when he heard the singing: "I also sing and I sing godfather, you listen to Sai'er sing and cough" "See-saw, pull-saw, grandma sings a big opera at the door, picks up the daughter-in-law, invites the son-in-law, in-law, you also go to Laba porridge, drink for a few days, mile la la twenty-three; Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky; Twenty-four sweep the house; Twenty-five, frozen tofu; Twenty-six, go buy meat; Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; Twenty-eighth, put the face hair; Twenty-nine, steamed steamed buns; Thirty nights to stay up for one night; The first and second days of junior high school are full of streets" Tang Sai'er clapped her little hands and sang a children's song rhythmically, and the childish children's song was exchanged for laughter from Xia Xun, Saihazhi, Feng Crackyan and others: "It's so good to sing, just count Sai'er to sing well, hahahaha" On the way west, there was a lot of laughter.
Qiu Futi's 100,000 troops went out of the fortress, but Qiu Fu was so happy that he ignored the repeated persuasions of his generals, ignored the emperor's prior advice, and stepped into the trap of the Tatars.
With a mixed team of infantry and horses, the men and horses could not catch up with Tong'an Hou Huozhen and Jing'an Hou Wang Zhong, who were shocked when they heard the news.
The commander is dead, the two will be forced to have to follow Qiu Fu's last words, retreat to Liaodong nearby, and send a horse to Liaodong to report first, ask for support, the army to the east, can reach the territory of Liaodong, it was pursued by the Tatar cavalry, the commander of the Ming army died, the morale of the three armies was depressed, almost no battle, at the critical moment fortunately, Liaodong sent a large army, under the leadership of Kaiyuan Hou Ding Yu rushed to the rescue.
The two joined forces in one place, and then forced the pursuers to retreat, took them to Liaodong, borrowed Liaodong, and returned to the pass in a panic.
Zhu Di received the war report and was furious, 100,000 troops out of the fortress, but was beheaded a duke and two marquis, if it were not for the help of the Liaodong military, the 100,000 army would be wiped out in the north of the Saibei, the angry Zhu Di ignored the pleading of the generals, and deprived Qiu Fu of the hereditary title of the duke, and moved his whole family to Hainan.
The two Hou Ye who died in battle and the two Hou Ye Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen, who fled back in embarrassment, were also stripped of their titles and removed from their military positions.
Zhu Di is meritorious must be rewarded, and if he is punished, he punished these remnants of the defeated generals, and he immediately decided to set up the elite of the Beijing camp to go to Saibei in person, and personally drive the expedition to defeat the Tatars.
The civil and military officials persuaded him to temporarily calm the wrath of the thunder, wait for the war in the Western Regions and Southern Xinjiang to slow down a little, and then carry out the Northern Expedition, Zhu Di only had two words: "Not allowed" The civil and military officials retreated and asked Zhu Di to send the generals again, and there was no need to drive the expedition in person, Zhu Di still had two words: "Not allowed" Zhu Di was really angry this time.
Zhu Di immediately issued an order to announce the world, saying that it was all the young and strong people in Shandong and Hebei, plus the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, a total of 500,000 troops swept north In fact, Zhu Di did not use so many soldiers, he did not fight with the Mongols when he was the king of Yan, what is the strength of the Tatars now, he is clear, with the combat power of today's Ming army, 100,000 troops to conquer the north, it is enough, if you really send 500,000 troops, not waiting for the Tatars to be scared, your country will be eaten poor first.
It's just that this time it's a personal expedition by the imperial driver, and if there are fewer people, the civil and military officials are really not at ease, so they brought 50,000 soldiers on the base of 100,000 soldiers and horses, which is regarded as their own imperial forest army, specializing in protecting the emperor's safety.
It is said that it is 500,000 troops in general, which is completely a ploy of propaganda warfare.
This kind of propaganda warfare, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, has long been used by people.
For example, in the Greco-Persian War, in the Battle of Thermopay, it is said that the Persian emperor led an army of five million, while the Spartans only had 300 people, but during the Battle of Mendinia, Sparta spent a long time negotiating with many allies to gather about 5,000 people, and the hostile Argos also managed to gather 4,000 or 5,000 people, which was the largest battle in the Peloponnesian War in the Greek native army.
Another example is the Battle of Changping, the legend that the Qin army killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, and Zhao State poured its whole country into it at that time, and it couldn't get together so many soldiers.
In Sima Qian's era, the Han Dynasty went on an expedition to Dawan, and the Han Empire tossed for several years before it gathered 50,000 troops.
In the battle of Yiling of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei sent less than 40,000 troops, plus Wuling Man's reinforcements of up to 40,000, but it was claimed to be 750,000, in fact, the entire army of Shu at that time was only 100,000 people.
Of course, appropriate exaggeration can confuse the enemy army, and excessive exaggeration cannot deceive the enemy generals, but it is also good to brag and scare the other party's common people and strengthen the morale of their own people.
Zhu Di was in full swing preparing to go on the expedition, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, couldn't help but turn his mind again.
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After the news of Qiu Fu's defeat and killing came, Zhu Gaoxu was like five thunderbolts, and his heart was dead.
Qiu Fu has always been his biggest reliance, and now that Qiu Fu is dead, and he is defeated, his biggest backer has fallen, how can his black-bellied eldest brother and those civilian officials not take the opportunity to purge his faction in the army, and the general trend has really gone However, after the news of the Yongle Emperor announcing the royal expedition, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a ray of light in the darkness, he had fought side by side with his father, and it was because of the martyrdom that his father had the idea of easy to lose Zhu Gaochu just thought of this, Chen Ying, who also thought of this method, had rushed to the mansion in a hurry, and the two of them made amends, only a little discussion, Zhu Gaochu hurried to the palace, he wanted to ask his father for instructions, accompany the expedition, and then make military achievements To be continued: