The summer is hot, and the yellow sandstorms are everywhere on the vast Gobi Desert. The sandstorms and dust blowing from the strong winds have turned the workers who are building the railway into dust. Fortunately, everyone wears windscreens, so they will not be confused by the wind and sand, which will affect their work.

As the southern section of the Beihai Railway was completed and opened to traffic, the Daji Section Railway began to be built. This section of railway starts from the northern end of the southern section of the railway and spans the large section of the thousands of miles wide to the north and arrives at the southern end of the northern section of the railway.

The Great Moraine is full of deserts and Gobi, with a dry climate, little rain, and few plants. It is hot during the day, but it is low at night. The construction conditions are extremely poor. It can be said to be the most difficult section of the Beihai Railway.

But even so, Hanhai Railway Company still found a way to mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources, and to strike while the iron is hot, extending the Chinan Railway northward, and striving to allow the railway to cross the Gobi Desert and reach Chibei as soon as possible.

The new trains have greatly improved the transportation capacity of the Chinan Railway, and a large amount of materials have been continuously transported north along the railway, making the railway's "growth speed" quite fast.

Next to the construction site, British Duke Yang Ji looked at the busy construction site, looked at the wind and sand around him, and then looked at the huge military camp surrounded by wind and sand behind him, feeling deeply moved.

The emperor went on an expedition to Jibei and took a train to the southern edge of Daji. Then the soldiers rode horses across Daji and arrived at Jibei and waited for an opportunity to fight the Eastern Turks.

Under normal circumstances, the Eastern Turkic monarchs and ministers would never fight the Zhou army equipped with a large number of firearms. Because the other party knew how terrible the strength of the Zhou army was, the best way was to "avoid its edge" and avoid the battle from the other place, dragging it until the Zhou army's logistics could not hold on and had to retreat.

However, now the Emperor Zhou emperor is in charge of the army, and the emperor is in good health and fainted at the beginning of the year. So the Eastern Turkic Khan, who may know this situation, may have the intention to turn the tables. It is not impossible to wait for an opportunity to lead a decisive battle.

It was precisely based on this speculation that the emperor resisted the opposition and personally led his troops to the north of Ji, waiting for Chuluo Khan's efforts.

Yang Ji strongly opposed this strategy. He was worried that the emperor's condition, which was not serious, would have worsened due to the labor force's expedition. Maybe he died of illness in the army, just like Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty.

However, the emperor did not need to take this risk, the time was on the side of Zhou State.

The Beihai Railway will be completed in a few years, and the government will have more initiative at that time. Regardless of whether the Eastern Turks come to fight, it will not prevent the imperial court from controlling the grasslands of the south of the desert (Di Nan) and the north of the desert (Di Bei) from the desert (Di Bei).

Now that the Beihai Railway has just opened the southern section of the Chi, the emperor insisted on commanding the army in person. In fact, it was too hasty, and it would increase various risks, making the marching general managers be cautious and dare not let go of their hands and feet to fight with the Eastern Turkic army.

The imperial guards are located at the core of the Northern Expedition Army. Once the enemy concentrates its forces to attack, all Zhou troops must come to rescue them. In this way, each marching cannot be too far away from the imperial guards, and must always pay attention to the safety of the imperial guards.

This limits the flexibility of each marching marching. The marching general managers seem to be hunting dogs led by hunters with ropes. They cannot chase their prey as much as possible, and even reveal flaws, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

Such a hidden danger is not important if it is in the Central Plains, but on the grassland, the focus is on combat, the enemy comes and goes like the wind, the main force is erratic, and the fighter is fleeting. If you want to make a gain, you must maintain a faster marching speed and a wider range of combat.

As a Ming Dynasty, Yang Ji was also concerned about national affairs. Of course, he knew about the incident of Hongwu's sixth attack on Mobei in the early Ming Dynasty and Yongle's fifth attack on Mobei in the early Ming Dynasty. However, the remnant Yuan forces were hiding back and forth on the grasslands of Mobei in the south of the desert and the northern desert, making it difficult for the Ming army to find a suitable opportunity to annihilate its main force.

If you only care about pursuing and underestimate the enemy's carelessness, you will easily fall into the enemy's encirclement and lose your troops.

Therefore, the Ming army was always unable to completely eradicate the remnant Yuan forces.

Especially the five battles of Yongle, they failed to annihilate the main force of the enemy as they wished. The reason was that the grassland was too large and the main force of the enemy avoided the decisive battle. The soldiers of the Ming army were running around and could not find the main force of the enemy. They had all their strength to fight the air, but they had few results.

As a result, Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, died of illness on his way back, and the gains were not worth the loss.

The reason why Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty wanted to lead the army in person was actually a helpless choice, because the existence of the Canyuan power was a great hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty, and it was necessary to continuously attack it to prevent the other party from rekindling.

After experiencing the troubles during the Hongwu period, there were only a few founding military honors left. Qiu Fu, the leader of the Jingnan military honors, led his troops to the north to attack, but underestimated the enemy and encountered a rash attack, and was defeated and died. The outstanding generals of the Ming army suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, only if the war-going emperor leads the army to regain his military power.

However, the Zhou Kingdom is full of talents now, and there is no need for the emperor to lead the army in person. It only takes a few years to naturally take the grassland, and the emperor's health is the most important thing.

Yang Ji believed that as long as the emperor was healthy, the domestic situation would never be chaotic. Even if it was worried about illness and lost its ability to govern, it would be better for Nei Zen to be the Supreme Emperor than going to war with illness, leaving countless hidden dangers.

Military will make all the marches restricted, and politically... the emperor went out to fight with illness and stayed away from the capital. Once the condition worsened, the important members who accompanied him may become the planners of a conspiracy.

The transformation of the sand dune (the plan of the sand dune) is a best example.

Qin Shihuang went on a tour and died of illness in Shaqiu. The powerful official Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si colluded with each other and did not cause any funerals. They ate as usual every day, used abalone (salted fish) to cover up the smell of corpses. They also forged an edict to make Hu Hai the emperor and ordered his son Fusu to commit suicide.

Now, the emperor is in charge of the army in his hand. Once he dies unexpectedly, someone will be isolated from the inside and outside, secretly stopping the funeral, misleading the soldiers who are unknown to the truth and rushing south to the capital, and then ordering the princes and princes to come out to greet him. That would be a bad thing.

Therefore, Yang Ji believed that the emperor knew he was ill, but he insisted on taking charge in person. His behavior was too irrational, but no one could persuade him.

However, the emperor could listen to everyone's concerns and made a series of arrangements as precautions, especially to prevent people from forgering edicts and secretly making trouble.

After some arrangements, the emperor eliminated possible hidden dangers and arranged all aspects properly.

As for the imperial commander-in-chief, of course, it was not the emperor who charged forward. The emperor's purpose of reaching Jibei was mainly to attract the attention of Luo Khan of the Eastern Turks and make it difficult for the other party to make up their minds to escape.

As long as the opponent's main force does not leave, then Zhou Jun will have a chance.

The emperor only needs to let the hunting dogs chase and bite the prey like a hunter, and follow them in the rear, not far or near. The main battle is to rely on the various marches that act as hunting dogs.

The marchers had entered the grasslands in the north of the Chibei region and launched military operations according to the scheduled combat plan. The general managers of the march did not need to ask for instructions or report to the emperor in everything, so they were not hunting dogs tied to ropes.

All of them were arranged for this, and there was nothing to persuade everyone, just secretly worried about the Emperor's health.

Thinking of this, Yang Ji looked back at the camp and at the sun, moon and star flags in the Central Military Commission's tent, and his worries were lingering.

Others are worried about the Emperor's health, and what he is worried about is the Emperor's mentality.

Yang Ji always felt that the emperor was trying to resist the opposition and was in charge of the army in person, not to prove anything or to have any wish, but to arrange an ending for himself.

The emperor fainted at the beginning of the year, and no one knew when the emperor would faint, whether he could wake up after fainting, and whether he was awake after waking up. Therefore, there must be a surging thought inside and outside the court and the country: the crown prince must be ready to succeed the throne.

The emperor could definitely feel or guess this trend of thought, but he didn't want to take any "preventive measures" to the crown prince who had been carefully trained for decades, and he didn't want to be so meditated. He was criticized for fear of death and meditating to save his life. Therefore, he wanted to find a decent step.

Or, end your life by rolling dice: If God wants me to die, then it is better to be paralyzed and died of bedridden...

It would be better to die during the Northern Expedition.

The Duke of Xiyang County, who was full of energy back then, was still very stubborn.

Yang Ji remembered the confident smiling face of the other party when he first met more than 40 years ago, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Forty years, he has accompanied this "old friend" and witnessed many miracles. Now, all he can do is accompany this stubborn "old friend" to walk the last part of the journey of thousands of miles.

Then he accompanied his "old friend" to return to Chang'an safely and enjoy his old age.
Chapter completed!