At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, although the Yuan Dynasty Khan retreated to the north of the desert, his strength remained. It was known in history as the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He maintained a confrontation with the Ming Dynasty and had the intention to restore his rule over the Central Plains at all times.

In response to this, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty appealed to force and wanted to annihilate the Northern Yuan regime in one fell swoop. He fought several times in the north, greatly weakening the Mongolian military strength. However, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this was still far from completely eliminating the Mongolian forces. Although Mongolia's military power declined for a while in the late Yuan Dynasty, once it returned to the grassland, the Mongolians quickly restored their former qualities of bravery and bravery, and once again showed the characteristics of hard work and ability to fight.

At the same time, although the Ming army went deep into the north three or five times, it failed to occupy the grassland area forever due to logistics and living habits. Mongolia was a huge threat to the Ming Dynasty. When it could not conquer Mongolia through war, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his strategy and began to carry out comprehensive defense arrangements from the middle and late stages of Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang successively named the second son, the third son and the fourth son as the three kings of Qin, Jin and Yan, and worked with the generals of the North to jointly defend Mongolia.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan regime broke out in the famous Fishing Sea Battle. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lan Yu as the main general. After the Jinyiwei discovered the information about Yuan Emperor Tuogusi Timur in the Fishing Sea, Lan Yu led an army of 150,000 day and night to defeat the Yuan army in the Fishing Sea. The Northern Yuan emperor Tuogusi Timur and the Prince Tianbao were killed by Yesudier, the leader of other Mongolian tribes. This battle caused heavy losses to the Northern Yuan in military and economic aspects. The wealth directly possessed by the Northern Yuan emperor and the army directly commanded was destroyed. The situation between the Northern Yuan and the Ming Dynasty changed drastically, shocking the entire desert grassland. This battle also established Lan Yu's position as the leader in the Ming army, and he was thus named Duke Liang.

But in this battle, Lan Yu's arrogance aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction. After two years of preparation, in the 23rd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up Lan Yu as a general and ordered his fourth son, King Yan Zhu Di, to lead an army of 100,000 to fight again in the Northern Yuan Prime Minister, and the Grand Marshal Naier Buhua, the third son, King Jin Zhu-he, the former general of the capture of the capitulations, Fu Youde and others all obeyed their control.

In May, the Ming army, which was step by step, had already penetrated into the grassland, looking for the main force of the Yuan army to fight to the decisive battle.

On the boundless grassland, the sky was cloudless, and the grass was green on the banks of the Wangji River. Groups of sheep fell like white clouds in the sky. They were eating grass by the river. Several sheeping kids were lying on the riverside to bask in the sun leisurely. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves sounded on the grassland, and the earth seemed to be shaking. Several sheeping kids were so scared that they got up. Looking into the distance, they saw a black line appearing at the end of the sky, getting closer and closer. The black line turned into a black cloth covering the sky. "It's a cavalry!" Several sheeping kids were so scared that they tried their best to drive the sheep.

However, the cavalry slowly stopped. This was a Ming cavalry team of 30,000 people, which stretched for more than ten miles. When they reached the border of the Wangji River, the army stopped moving forward. Two Ming generals came out of the team. One of them was about fifty years old, and they were still stronger and majestic. He was Fu Youde, Duke of Yingguo who served as deputy general of this Northern Expedition. Since they set out in the end of January, they have won consecutive battles step by step and have wiped out more than 10,000 enemies. Unfortunately, they have never been able to find the main force of the Northern Yuan army.

Fu Youde stared at the distance for a moment with his hands curtain, then turned to another Ming general behind him and said, "Your Highness, the army has been marching for half a day, so why not take a break for a moment."

Another general of the Ming army was about thirties, tall and handsome, wearing a golden helmet and silver armor, a white horse under his crotch, and holding a bright silver spear. He was King of Jin Zhu Gang. Although he served as deputy general like Fu Youde during this expedition, he was the prince and his status was obviously higher than Fu Youde. After going to the expedition for the past four months, he was also a little exhausted.

Zhu Gang urged him to step forward and frowned and said, "Duke Ying, the vastness of the desert is more than ten thousand miles. When will we meet the main force of the Yuan army if we continue like this?"

Fu Youde smiled bitterly. Their mission this time was to annihilate the 50,000 cavalry that Prime Minister Yuan bit the 50,000 and Taiwei Nai'er didn't spend. But they didn't see it. If they go back like this, who can bear the blame if the emperor blames it?

"It's all my fault for Lao Si. He insisted on taking steps to carry cannons and supplies. The Mongolians were flying like flying horses. How could they catch up with them?" Zhu Gang felt resentful in his tone. Since he sent troops, he advocated light troops and simple movements, using fast speed to control fast. However, the King of Yan refused to give up artillery. Although it was safe to do it step by step, he repeatedly lost opportunities in front of the mobile and flexible Mongolian cavalry. It has been four months since the Ming army has become a labor force.

Fu Youde didn't say anything. He actually agreed with the tactics of the King of Yan. The most sharp thing about the Ming army was artillery. If a cavalry confronted, the Ming army might not be a powerful Mongol opponent immediately. It would not be wise to give up their strength and take advantage of their weaknesses. Seeing that the King of Jin had some complaints, he knew that the Ming army had reached the end of his strength. In this case, he could not force the army. He had to rest and maintain sufficient physical strength and morale. Otherwise, the sudden attack by the Northern Yuan army would be serious.

For some reason, Fu Youde had an extraordinary trust in the King of Yan. He vaguely felt that the King of Yan was still grasping the situation and had a chance of victory.

"Since General Fu advocates rest, I have no objection." Zhu Gang waved his hand back, "Sent to the army to camp on the spot."

The Ming army was cheering and dismounted and rested. The engineers began to build the camp tent. Zhu Gang urged his horse to step forward and looked into the distance and said, "General Fu, when will the news about King Yan arrive?"

"It's almost there! It's probably only two days."

As soon as Fu Youde finished speaking, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Look at General Fu, look, it seems that the King of Yan's command has arrived."

Sure enough, a team of cavalry appeared in the distance, and gradually approached. It was the Ming army's messenger. The messenger rushed closer, turned over and dismounted and half knelt down to salute, and reported loudly: "The King of Yan is here. Please ask General Fu and His Highness the King of Jin to take a look."

A soldier stepped forward to take the order and presented it to Fu Youde, but Fu Youde did not dare to dismantle it first, so he turned to King Jin. Zhu Gang opened the order and looked it hurriedly. He pondered for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "What a fourth brother, he really has some ability."

He gave the letter to Fu Youde and smiled: "It seems that I was wrongly blamed King Yan. He has long been confident. I agree with his plan."

Fu Youde looked at the warrant and frowned. The plan was good, but the means were too vicious, but the King of Yan was the commander, so he dared not refuse to obey.

"Okay!" Fu Youde sighed, "Let's follow the orders of King Yan and turn around and go south."

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In May, the Xuanhua area is particularly brilliant and rich. The charming spring is generously spreading the fragrance on this land. On this evening, the blood-red sunset shines among the mountains of Yanshan Mountain. Crows return home in the evening, and the passengers are traveling in a hurry, looking for a place to stay overnight.

To the south of a small town called Donglaibao, three horses slowly walked along the official road, one horse checked its luggage, and the other two were each a man and a woman. Both were tall and covered in dust. They were following Li Weizheng and Ye Zitong, who were about to arrive in the north of the Seitoui for thousands of miles. They set out from Wudang, and they followed the instructions of Yang Ning's mark. After more than a month of trekking, they finally arrived at Yan Kingdom, the fief of King Yan Zhu Di.

What surprised Li Weizheng was that Yang Ning's mark did not point to Beiping where the Yan Prince's Mansion was located, and continued to go north, as if extending to the northern desert grassland. But soon Li Weizheng got the exact news that Zhu Di had led a large army to fight north. Just like the result he had expected in advance, Han Danming was eager to seek credit, and obviously wanted to hand over the letter to the King of Yan himself.

Li Weizheng's injury healed half a month ago. After passing Kaifeng Prefecture, they stopped taking a carriage and rode horses to continue north. Although there were many checkpoints along the way, because Li Weizheng had the waist sign of the Jinyiwei, the road was unobstructed.

At this time, the dazzling sunset shone so hard that Li Wei could not even open his eyes. He looked into the distance along the official road, then turned around and smiled at Ye Zitong: "Madam, there is a town in front, let's spend the night there!"

Ye Zitong was wearing a hat, which she bought when she left Wudang Mountain. There was a circle of gauze around the hat, covering her face. When her lover called her wife, she blushed and lowered her head and spat, "Who is your wife? This man was so crazy all day after healed."

After the assassination storm in Wudang Mountain, their relationship finally developed into lovers and lovers. Although the journey was hard, they also felt particularly sweet. Of course, they were flirting with hugs and kisses. Except for Ye Zitong insisted on getting married and then giving him the rest of the defense line, Li Weizheng broke through one by one.

Li Weizheng glanced at her towering chest unconsciously and smiled and said, "I think the wound is a little itchy again today. Why don't you help me with some medicine tonight!"

Ye Zitong knew what this guy was thinking again. Her face turned red like a persimmon, and raised her hand and hit her, "I think you're itchy."

Li Wei was prepared for a long time, and ran away with a smile. He was in a good mood, so he simply opened his voice and sang loudly:

"There is a smooth mountain, there is a smooth girl,

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The Ye family's sister is very talented,

Li's big brother, he likes Liuliu,

The moon is curved, I like her!”

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“Sing well!”

Suddenly there was a burst of applause from the side of the road. A caravan came from a small path. Nearly a hundred mules were loaded with goods. There were more than a dozen people in the caravan. The leader was an old man in his fifties. He was dark and weathered. He was applauding loudly.

He rode a horse to Li Wei and laughed and said, "Young man sang well. This is the first time I've heard this song!"

"Thank you for your compliment, uncle." Li Wei was coming forward and bowed and asked, "Uncle, I'll ask you where the gantry is?"

Yesterday afternoon, they found Yang Ning's mark on a big tree at the entrance of a village. They wrote three words on it for the first time, "Longmensou", and drew a heavy bar under it. In other words, Han Danding is now in a place called Longmensou.

The old man shook his head, "You don't have a local accent, no wonder you don't know the Dragon Gate."

He pointed to a mountain in the distance and smiled, "Did you see that mountain? There is Longmen River in front of the mountain, and the Longmen Station is across the mountain. There is about thirty miles to walk along the path ahead."

"Thank you uncle, let's go."

Li Wei was turning back and waved to Ye Zitong. The two of them accelerated their horses and rushed northeast from another small path.

"Oh, it's getting dark. We're also going to Longmen Station and rest in Donglai Fort in front of us!" the old man shouted loudly.

"Thank you for your kindness, uncle. We will go to Longmen for all the urgent matters." Li Weizheng's voice was hundreds of steps away.

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Chapter completed!