People without knowledge are born with a sense of inferiority, even if Zhu Di is the majestic King of Yan, he is no exception.
Hearing Han Du mention the academy, his face turned red and he didn't want to ask any more questions.
He asked directly: "You mean, if other carriages made their wheels like this, they wouldn't sink into the soil?"
Han Du sneered in his heart and nodded slightly in agreement with Zhu Di: "That's right. After the wheels are widened, the pressure on the ground becomes smaller. Even if it has just rained, as long as it is not too serious, it will not sink into the mud."
After listening to Han Du's words, Zhu Di had an idea in his mind. As we all know, when an army marches, naturally every commander hopes to be able to move quickly. But sometimes it is not people's legs that limit the speed of the army, but the transportation of food and grass.
carriage.
The army goes deep into the grassland, and grain and grass are the vital lifeblood. The cavalry of the Mongolian and Yuan people come and go like the wind. If the grain and grass are not wrapped in the army for protection, and the grain and grass are left behind to be transported separately, then I am afraid that no matter how much grain there is, it will not be enough for the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Attacked by cavalry.
The most important reason why the carriage moved slowly was that the wheels would sink into the soil on the grassland, and it would be impossible to move without the soldiers pushing it.
However, Han Du's carriages would not sink into the soil. Zhu Di saw that there was no one pushing these carriages around, only four horses pulling them in front. One person sat on the carriage and held the reins, so he could move on the grassland.
Like the wind.
What such an advantage means is clear to Zhu Di, who is good at using troops.
"Who made these carriages?" Zhu Di eagerly wanted to transform all the army's carriages into the ones in front of him.
Zhu Di believes that once all transformations are completed, the army's marching speed will definitely increase a lot.
"Of course they are the craftsmen that the prince gave me. I just told them what to do, and they modified it according to my request." Although Han Du knew that he had said this, Zhu Di would definitely take advantage of these craftsmen. However,
Han Du didn't care anymore. Anyway, the carriage had been modified. Even if Zhu Di wanted these craftsmen to leave, there would be no loss to Han Du.
"Is it the ten craftsmen that I gave you to make it?" Zhu Di suddenly realized. Although Han Du was extremely smart, it was impossible for him to change the carriage into this. The only ones he could rely on were naturally those ten craftsmen.
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Han Du smiled and nodded, which was a response to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di didn't care. He pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, I give you twenty craftsmen, and you return those ten craftsmen to me?"
Han Du was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Zhu Di didn't want Bai Yao, but proposed an exchange.
If that's the case, I'll do it right
Zhu Dibai wanted Han Du to be prepared in his heart. Naturally, without any hesitation, he nodded and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right. These are His Majesty's people, but they turned out to be different. Your Majesty wants to use them, so I'll go right away."
Call them and go back with the prince."
After saying that, Han Du shouted an order to Xu Chengfei, who was following far behind him.
When the ten craftsmen arrived, Zhu Di showed a smile on his face and promised Handu: "Don't worry, I keep my word. I will send you twenty craftsmen when I get back."
"Then, thank you so much, Your Majesty." Han Du smiled and clasped his fists in salute.
Since Zhu Di must give it, Han Du will naturally not refuse. After all, who would dislike having so many talents under his command?
Zhu Di took the craftsmen away from Han Du and returned to the central army position. He asked the ten craftsmen to be taken down and ordered them to modify the carriage.
Seeing Zhu Di finish giving orders, Monk Dao Yan came forward and asked Zhu Di with a solemn expression: "Have you gained anything from this trip, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Di nodded lightly and suddenly smiled.
Dao Yan glanced at Zhu Di curiously and asked quickly: "Why is the prince laughing?"
Ever since Dao Yan met Han Du and Han Du guessed the origin of his dharma title, he always felt like a lump in his throat towards Han Du. He believed that Zhu Di felt the same as him.
But he didn't expect that Zhu Di could still laugh after meeting Han Du?
Zhu Di stopped smiling and said calmly: "Han Du is indeed smart, but judging from my contact with him this time, he still respects me and will not deliberately embarrass me."
Seeing Zhu Di's sudden change of tone and actually speaking for Han Du like this, Dao Yan couldn't help but panic, and quickly reminded him: "Your Majesty, this man is very cunning. Judging from the secret letter that the poor monk once got from the capital, every word of what this man said was...
Can’t believe it.”
Zhu Di smiled and waved his hand to stop Dao Yan, whose expression changed greatly. He smiled and said: "I didn't believe what he said. What I meant was that as long as he didn't jump out and cause trouble, I would let him go. After all,
This Han Du is going on an expedition with me. Moreover, my father has specifically decreed that if things go wrong, I would rather lose the battle than ensure that Han Du can return to the capital alive."
Zhu Di sighed and said, and at the same time his words were full of helplessness. At the same time, he was a little jealous of Han Du. After all, as the King of Yan, he did not receive such attention from his father.
would rather lose
After this battle, we must also ensure that Han Du returns to the capital safely. On the battlefield, swords and arrows are blind, and any accident may happen. Who can guarantee that everything will be foolproof? Since Han Du is so important, why should he be asked to do it?
Zhu Di didn't need to think twice to understand what his father meant, just to gild Han Du~
"Your Majesty, if you let Han Du go, it will be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. His biological sister is the Crown Princess. He will definitely stand by the Crown Prince and will definitely become an obstacle to the Prince in the future." Dao Yan was heartbroken for a moment.
He didn't care too much and advised without any scruples.
"Shut up!" Zhu Di lowered his voice as hard as he could and yelled at Dao Yan angrily.
Seeing Dao Yan, he immediately closed his mouth. After Zhu Di slowly recovered, he said to Dao Yan: "This is my father's will. Can I still disobey it?"
Dao Yan also lowered his eyes, and he also understood Zhu Di's difficulty. With the imperial edict, even King Yan could only do nothing to deal with Han Du. Unless he wanted to rebel directly, otherwise he had to comply with the emperor's wishes.
After Dao Yan pondered for a while, Fu Er and Zhu Di said: "Of course you don't have to disobey the emperor, as long as"
After Zhu Di heard this, he looked at Dao Yan in surprise. He originally thought this was a deadlock, but he didn't expect that Dao Yan could find his own way in it.
This is awesome!
"With a master helping me, I have no worries." Zhu Di stretched out his hand and held Dao Yan's hand firmly.
As the army gradually penetrated into the grassland, it encountered many Mongolian and Yuan tribes along the way.
Perhaps even Kublai Khan could not tell how many tribes there were on the grassland. And these tribes also vary in size. As long as they have a population of more than 10,000, these tribes can be called big tribes. And small tribes may even have only
Several hundred people.
In order to survive, these Mongolian people had to stay together and form tribes. However, large and small tribes fought endlessly with each other. Sometimes, there would even be attacks and massacres without warning.
In the entire grassland, only members of the Golden Family can be recognized by all the Mongolian people and can unify the grassland.
Naturally, the march of the army must be kept as secret as possible. The tribes encountered along the way, no matter how big or small, were all defeated by the front army.
Those who were too late to escape were naturally executed on the spot, but some who were vigilant and escaped on horseback, the army had nothing to do with such people. It could only watch them escape and spread the news of the Ming army's northern expedition to all directions on the grassland.
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After receiving the news, the large tribes would join forces and form a large army to stop the Ming army from clearing the grassland. Sometimes, the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would even issue an order to summon all the tribes in the grassland to besiege the Ming army.
In fact, this was also a helpless move by the Ming army.
The Mongolian people on the grassland lived by water and grass, and simply had no fixed place. Coupled with the vastness of the grassland, the Ming army had no clear direction of attack once they entered the grassland. They could only gather the Mongolian people in this way.
, and then have a decisive battle.
But this method is not so perfect. Firstly, the Mongolian people may ignore the Ming Dynasty at all and retreat directly. Anyway, the grassland covers thousands of miles. When the Ming army runs out of food and grass, they will naturally retreat. Secondly, in case of an emergency
If the Meng Yuan people gathered to fight were stronger than the Ming army, the offensive and defensive momentum would be different, and the Ming army would become dangerous.
However, the Ming army is strong. During Lao Zhu's several expeditions to the grasslands, the Meng Yuan army, which always defeated more with less, fell apart. Therefore, the people of Meng Yuan now know that the Ming army is strong and will not easily choose to fight against the Ming army.
When the Ming army entered the grasslands, most of the time they would clean up the Mongolian and Yuan tribes they happened to encounter one by one, just like Zhu Di did now.
The army advanced towards the grassland as usual, and the Meng Yuan tribes they encountered disappeared into thin air under the Ming's thunder, and only a handful of them were able to escape.
Shanziying was placed in the middle of the army by Zhu Di and was heavily protected, so he lived a very happy life. Han Du didn't look like he was here to fight, but like he was here to play on the grassland.
Han Du was extremely satisfied with this state. He had never had the opportunity to go to the grassland in his previous life. Now that he saw such an original and magnificent scenery, he naturally wanted to feast his eyes on it.
Han Du was holding an iron stick in his hand with a plump hare on it, which was being roasted on the fire. He kept turning the hare diligently with both hands, trying his best to make it evenly heated, golden on all sides, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
But Xu Chengfei was different. He looked gloomy and unhappy these days. He followed Li Wenzhong and originally had a promising future. However, because of Han Du, he was sent to Shanzi Camp by Li Wenzhong.
If Li Wenzhong was still here, he would definitely not have forgotten his contribution and would have promoted him long ago. However, he was unlucky and Li Wenzhong suddenly died of illness, which directly led to him being forgotten.
Finally, when Han Du came to Shanzi Camp again, he regained hope. And it happened to be the time to conquer the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, so he finally thought that he had an opportunity to make contributions.
He never expected that Shanzi Camp would be protected in the middle of the army, without even a chance to engage the enemy. How could this make Xu Chengfei not depressed?