As if he was visiting his own yard, he went upstairs with his hands behind his back.
Standing at the top of the stairs, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, his eyes swept over the faces of his son and grandson, and then focused on the pickled fish.
Sun Gou'er, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Shangbing followed behind and went up to Yueyang Tower together.
Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi had astonishment on their faces.
The two of them were still talking about the old man and wondering how long it would take to find him. On the other hand, the old man wandered up to Yueyang Tower by himself.
The two stood up immediately.
"My sons and ministers see my father."
"Grandson, see the Emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and waved his hands: "Okay, okay, you two move your seats. We have been very hungry in order to catch up with you two."
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang waved to the three people behind him.
Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, waved his hand and patted Zhu Zhen aside, and sat down firmly.
Sun Gouer waited for the two princes to take their seats with a smile on his face.
Just as he was about to serve the soup to the old man, who would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had already scooped up the fish himself.
Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Zhen looked at each other.
In their eyes, the two of them were full of suspicion.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already drank a whole bowl of pickled cabbage and fish soup. He put the bowl and chopsticks forward and signaled Sun Gou'er to get another bowl for him. He leaned back and clapped his hands on his stomach.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also opened his chat box and explained the doubts in Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Zhen's minds.
"Two idiots."
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded whenever he opened his mouth.
Then he looked at Zhu Zhen, who was confused, with disgust on his face: "Why did I give birth to such a fool as you?"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunxi again: "And you, how come your father has such a stupid son like you!"
The old man scolded him head-on.
Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi were stunned for a moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "I thought you two were smart people and knew that I was heading for Wuchang City. When I arrived at Wuchang City, none of them were gone, and I didn't know that there was one left waiting for me!"
When he thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious.
Although I had two grandsons with me, the journey after leaving Beijing was considered leisurely. But overall, I still couldn't eat well or sleep well.
After all, you have to avoid people from all walks of life on the road. Even if you listen to a play in Huangmei County, you have to avoid crowded places.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that when he arrived in Wuchang City, he must first have a good meal and then have a good sleep.
But when he arrived at Wuchang City, he stood by the river.
Where can I see the army I imagined waiting for me, and then let people go into the city to inquire about it.
The emperor's grandson had already gone south along the Yangtze River to Yuezhou Mansion.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still harboring fantasies, thinking that he could still have a meal at the Prince of Chu's Mansion in Lao Liu.
Unexpectedly, the people sent out came back and said that King Chu had also followed Taisun to Yueyang Mansion.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had walked all the way from Yingtian City to Wuchang Mansion, really had no strength left at this time.
I'm so determined that I don't care anymore.
Driving the team, they went south along the official road and headed straight to Yuezhou Mansion.
It's also a coincidence.
At the beginning, Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Zhen both sent people to Yingtian Mansion to look for the old man. As for Yuezhou Mansion, no one paid attention.
In addition, the army has recently moved south, and the government and local governments have focused their attention on the river road, and have paid less attention to the people coming and going on the official road.
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang pursue him along the official road. Zhu Yunxi and others on the Yuezhou Mansion side did not get the news.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed so much that he almost wanted to sink Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi into the Dongting Lake.
Zhu Zhen glanced at Zhu Yunxi, then bent down and walked behind the old man with his head lowered: "Dad, if you think of it again next time, the next decree is that your son will personally take someone to pick you up in Yingtian."
He did not dare to say that as an emperor, the old man could not leave the capital so indulgently.
The main theme is obedience and filial piety.
Zhu Yunxi also echoed: "If I had known, my grandson would have stayed in Yingtian for a few days and accompanied his grandfather to the southwest."
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was already drinking the fish soup slowly, looking sideways at his son and grandson, with a sneer on his face, and snorted twice: "You can talk about things in hindsight, but if I really make an order, you, Mr. Zhu, will
Dare you take someone to pick you up in Yingtian? Do you dare to take your grandfather out of the capital in front of the court?"
Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi looked at each other again.
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished taking a sip of the fish soup, he shouted: "This fish soup is really delicious and full of flavor. I heard that your boy made it with your own hands in Yueyang Tower today?"
Zhu Yunxi was still confused. He was bumped by Zhu Zhen beside him, and then he came to his senses.
He quickly nodded respectfully and said: "If grandpa likes to eat it, my grandson will make more for grandpa to taste later."
Zhu Yuanzhang hummed and looked up at Sun Gou'er: "Go down below and ask someone to fish some fish from the lake and put them on the boat to raise."
When Sun Gouer heard this, he immediately followed the order and went downstairs.
Zhu Yunxi didn't say anything at this time. He just made a meal of pickled fish for the old man every day. This thing has no technical content and is not troublesome.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "When the time comes, we will sail up the Lishui River to Dayong County, and you will slowly make your pickled fish."
"The grandson that grandpa is talking about is of course..." Zhu Yunxi responded, but suddenly stopped, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Then he slowly turned his head and looked at Zhu Zhen aside.
Zhu Zhen's eyes were also filled with surprise.
On the contrary, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing were still eating pickled fish with their heads down.
After eating the fish meat piece by piece and drinking the sour and delicious fish soup bowl after bowl, the majestic prince and son of the Heavenly Family felt like a starving ghost reincarnated.
Zhu Yunxi was a little unbelievable and thought he had heard wrongly.
He carefully probed: "Grandpa is going to Dayong County?"
In the plan, he was to lead troops and station them in Dayong County, and then act as a deterrent to the Yongshun Xuanwei Division in the southwest, and strictly guard against some chieftains in Shizhouwei in the north.
When the soldiers and horses from the surrounding areas in the southwest are mobilized and arrive at the predetermined position according to the plan, they will completely defeat the Ming Dynasty's goal of reforming the land and returning it to the local people in one fell swoop. They will fully enter the Shiwan Mountains in the southwest and talk to the chieftain officials.
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When the war begins, Dayong County will be in front of the battle.
Armies from all walks of life gathered together to march into the southwest mountains. They also wanted to prevent the chieftain soldiers and horses who were familiar with the terrain and routes of the southwest mountains from taking the opportunity to bypass the army's blockade and sneak attack on the Chinese army camp in Dayong County.
At this time, the old man actually said that he would go to Dayong County with him.
Even though Zhu Yunxi was a talented artist and bold, he was also frightened.
Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips: "What? Can't grandpa go? You know, whether you were born or not, your dad was not an adult yet, and your grandpa led the army to fight in the north and south."
This is not true at all.
Everyone in the world knows that Emperor Hongwu can be said to have the weakest family fortune among the founding emperors of the past dynasties.
When the old man joined the army, he started out as a soldier on the front line.
The so-called Huaiyou Merit Group gradually grew stronger after the old man worked hard to gain some power.
Counting the founding emperors of the past dynasties, there are really few who can be as good as Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty.
It can even be said that there is not one.
Even Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was also a pavilion chief, and his Liu family was considered powerful in the local area.
Talking about the later Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were either powerful families, military commanders in vassal towns, and even leaders of northern nomadic tribes.
In other words, Ming Dynasty has the weakest family foundation.
Start with a bowl.
Zhu Yunxi frowned: "But...but now is different from the past..."
He just feels like he has a huge headache now. God knows what happened to this man of his.
First, the prince's father shouted that he wanted to end the southwestern chieftain system in one fell swoop, and now the old man shouted that he would come to the battle in person.
Zhu Zhen also advised: "Father, the country is the most important thing. If my father does not want to return to the capital and wants to directly deal with the situation in the southwest, he can sit in Wuchang City or Yueyang City and coordinate the entire army. In front of the formation
Let Brother Hei, Hao'er and the generals in the army handle the matter."
He had to persuade.
Not to mention what happened before the old man went to the battle.
Even if nothing happens, the court will always know what happened here.
At that time, if I, the King of Chu, were not on the scene to persuade the emperor who wanted to stay in front of the battle, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.
Zhu Zhen could even imagine the scene where he would be impeached by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
The picture is so beautiful that I can’t bear to look directly at it.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "How come? Do you, uncle and nephew, think that the chieftains will pose any danger to me?"
Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth and was about to say, "Don't be afraid of anything, just be afraid of ten thousand."
The old man already continued: "Are you all trash?"
His rhetorical question left both Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi speechless.
Can they say they are trash?
Seeing that his son and grandson were silent, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a proud smile on his face and said with pride: "When I was a general in front of the battle, both the Yuan army and other rebel armies were frightened by the news. As a general, I led the charge.
The formation has always been invincible.
Now I am just getting older and can no longer lift a knife, but how can I be frightened by Tuo'er Toast? If I were ten years younger, I wouldn't need you uncle and nephew to fight."
No one can compete with the founding emperor for his prowess in military battle.
Zhu Zhen, Zhu Yunxi's uncle and nephew, who had been tortured to pieces, had helpless expressions on their faces.
Zhu Zhen lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "I'm going to be scolded to death by those officials..."
Zhu Yunxi sighed softly.
He secretly swore that when the matter on this trip to the southwest is resolved and he returns to the capital, he will definitely put things in order in the palace.
Such a big man like the old man disappeared, but no one noticed or stopped him on the spot. It was a ghost.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Zhen who was muttering quietly, curled his lips, and said dissatisfied: "You are a coward, are you afraid of the impeachment of a few officials? You should stay in Yueyang City to provide logistics for my governor."
Zhu Zhen immediately raised his head and widened his eyes: "This is not okay, Father!"
"Then stop nagging, Gua Nao!"
Zhu Zhen instantly felt like a deflated rubber ball, turning into an obedient quail that could only nod.
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In the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, April 28th was a good day.
The 50,000 Beijing troops stationed in Dongting Lake began to transfer to small boats and take the land route, heading towards Dayong County along the Lishui River.
As for the good days, it's all because of the emperor.
The emperor said today is a good day, so it must be a good day.
However, today can be considered to be a clear day with no wind, no waves and no rain.
There were about 10,000 officers and soldiers on board the ships, which mainly needed to transport the artillery, ordnance and fodder required by the army.
The remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses are mainly composed of infantry camps and supplemented by horse camps.
The southwest boundary is not suitable for the horse army to spread out its camp like on the grassland and launch a charge.
The main function of the Ma Army Camp in the southwest is to convey military information and to quickly divide and surround the enemy.
"The most important thing in this battle is to rely on the advantage of artillery. I ordered the Wuchang Prefecture Engineering Department to step up the production of gunpowder and ammunition. They will be sent to Dayong County in batches."
In the largest boat on the Lishui River.
Zhu Yunxi had already put on his military uniform and armor, and stood in front of a Southwest Kanyu, giving orders to the generals in front of him.
Under the strong request of Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yuanzhang had to put on a piece of soft armor under his outer robe. He leaned boredly against the porthole and watched his eldest grandson commanding the war with a smile on his face.
Zhu Yunxi continued: "Both sides of the Lishui River will become our lifeline in the future. Whether it is military supplies or military exchanges, we need to take this route. Sufficient troops must be left to garrison the dangerous places on both sides to prevent war.
The enemy troops will then take a detour and block our army's retreat."
The 200-mile road starting from Shimen County to Dayong County is surrounded by high mountains along both sides of the Lishui River.
Once it is blocked by toast in the middle.
Then their 50,000-strong army will be trapped in Dayong County and become a turtle in a urn.
The deputy general, Puding Marquis Chen Huan, immediately stood up and clasped his fists: "The last general takes orders."
Zhu Yunxi nodded and glanced sideways at the old man sitting under the porthole.
He continued: "We will arrive in Dayong County tomorrow. The army will not enter the city. They will set up camp on the other side of the Lishui River outside the city. There is no way around them. They will set up camp, erect camp walls, and dig canals around them to connect them to Lishui River."
Several generals from the rear army also took orders.
The location of Dayong County is really a bit crowded.
There are still mountains to the north.
Once an enemy army comes over, as long as they surround the east and west sides and then launch an offensive from the mountains, the defenders in the city will be unable to deal with it.
On the other side of the river, there is this rare open space.
There are also two mountains on the left and right sides of the river, where watchtowers can be built for the camp to see the situation in the distance.
After some settling in.
The generals dispersed in small boats.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at the old man who had been staring at him since the meeting ended, and could only smile helplessly.
"My grandson is going to prepare today's pickled fish for grandpa."
After saying this, General Zhu showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Zhu Yunxi sighed softly.
Who is a good man who, as the commander-in-chief of an army all the way, has to cook pickled fish for an old man after holding a military meeting every day?