Chapter 97: Heaping up the earth as an altar, sealing the wolf as a bastard!
Zhu Gaojie took a deep breath and finally resisted the idea of slapping the emperor's grandson to death.
If Zhu Zhanji hadn't been the emperor's grandson for secretly leading the army deep into the country, it wouldn't have been too much for Zhu Gaojie to kill him just for this crime!
"Who is Li Qian?" Zhu Gaojiao glanced at the people behind Zhu Zhanji with cold eyes.
He had gone through a bloody battle, and now his armor was red, with dried blood on his face. The evil aura on his body made everyone take two steps back in fright.
The eunuch Li Qian, who was showing off his power before, now seems submissive: "My servant Li Qian, please see Prince Qi..."
Before he could finish speaking, in front of everyone's horrified eyes, Zhu Gaojie waved the sword in his hand without mercy and chopped off Li Qian's neck!
Blood was splashed on the withered weeds. Li Qian covered his neck and fell to the ground uncontrollably.
Zhu Zhanji was shocked: "What does Fourth Uncle mean?"
He thought that Zhu Gaojie wanted to assassinate him. After all, among the remaining people in the field, Feng Ziying was all King Qi's people. If King Qi wanted to kill him, he could just eliminate the root cause and then push the charge of "killing the emperor's grandson" to Wala
on people.
"This damn eunuch Li Qian has hijacked the emperor's grandson and put him in danger!"
Zhu Gaojie shouted loudly, "This person committed suicide out of fear of his crime before I even asked him about his crime. You all have seen it. I think you have your own estimate of how to report it after returning to the old camp!"
His words were not only spoken to Zhu Zhanji, but also to everyone present.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhu Zhanji's back, and then he realized that he had wronged his fourth uncle just now.
Zhu Gaojie was not trying to harm him, he was clearly trying to clear his name!
The emperor's grandson was young and energetic, acted recklessly on the battlefield, disobeyed military orders and privately led troops to pursue the enemy. He almost lost his life and missed important national events.
This crime was too serious. Even if Zhu Zhanji was the grandson of the emperor, he could not bear such a heavy crime.
The best way to deal with it is to find a scapegoat.
Unfortunately, Li Qian is the scapegoat.
Zhu Gaojie threw all the blame on Li Qian, cleared Zhu Zhanji's name, and then killed Li Qian by the way, without any proof.
In this way, everything was done by Li Qian, and Zhu Zhanji was just a victim.
Zhu Gaojie is a professional in the business of washing coal briquettes.
In this way, everyone is happy.
Maybe Li Qian was not very happy. After all, although he had the potential to seduce the emperor's grandson, if Zhu Zhanji was really determined, he would not be able to seduce him successfully.
Zhu Zhanji is not a good person, but that is not important anymore.
"This Li Qian really deserves to die!"
Chirong, a sensible Mongolian man, shouted loudly, "These traitors must be killed!"
When Chirong opened his mouth, everyone in the Fengzi camp also reacted and said loudly: "Li Qian is guilty of serious sins!"
"It's a pity that the grandson of the Emperor was so young and ignorant that he was almost killed by this traitor, oh oh oh..."
"It is not a pity that Li Qian should die, he should be executed by Ling Chi!"
"Fortunately, the prince knows right from wrong, so he can give justice to the emperor's grandson!"
"..."
Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of the emperor, blinked: Huh? So I am innocent?
ah?
Is there such a thing?
Zhu Zhanji bowed to Uncle Qi and saluted: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, for saving my nephew's life!"
His thanks came from the bottom of his heart.
All in all, Zhu Gaojie had already saved his life twice.
The first time was when he was hunting with Jia in Xuzhou. Swordsmen all over the mountains and plains were assassinating Wang Shajia. Zhu Gaojie came to help, and Zhu Zhanji managed to save a small life from the rain of swords and swords.
It was here the second time that Zhu Gaojie pulled Zhu Zhanji back from the gate of hell, saved Zhu Zhanji's life under the iron hoof of the devil, and killed Li Qian to clear his name.
As the saying goes, a drop of water's kindness should be repaid by a spring of spring. If this is converted, the kindness Zhu Zhanji wants to return to King Qi may be as much as the Pacific Ocean.
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In the old camp of the Ming army, Zhu Di looked gloomy, and General Wu Xun in the camp said nothing.
"Report!"
The knight outside the camp shouted loudly: "Long live your Majesty! His Highness King Qi rushed to the aid of Jiulongkou and killed Mahamu, the king of Walashunning. The emperor's grandson is safe and sound!"
After hearing this, the stone in Zhu Di's heart finally fell.
King Qi never disappoints him.
Suddenly, Zhu Di was stunned for a moment: "Wait, kill... Mahamu?"
what's the situation?
Hasn’t Mahamu already escaped?
The emperor felt lucky that King Qi was able to save the emperor's grandson. As for whether he could pursue Mahamu, this was something he had never imagined.
At this time, Zhu Gaojie returned to Fengziying with him.
"My son, Zhu Gaojie, fortunately lived up to his command!"
Zhu Gaojie and Zhu Zhanji walked into the old camp side by side.
Zhu Zhanji said nothing, like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for the thunderous wrath of his elders.
Zhu Gaojie, on the other hand, was holding a disheveled bloody head in his hand and threw it on the ground.
"This is the head of Mahamu. I present it to my father as an offering!"
Hearing this, everyone in the old camp stood up and gasped.
Prince Qi really killed Mahamu?!
"good!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed, "King Qi is really my son of Qilin!"
When Zhu Gaojie heard this, alarm bells rang in his heart.
If an ordinary emperor praised the prince, the prince would definitely be very happy.
But if Zhu Di praises the prince, it will definitely mean nothing good.
Didn’t you see that the King of Han was repeatedly praised by Zhu Di during the Jingnan period, but in the end he was treated as a puppet by Zhu Di and pushed out to fight with the crown prince?
Father! Why are you so guilty of this? You actually want to praise me!
However, it is obvious that Zhu Gaojie was one-sidedly influenced, and Zhu Di sincerely praised him.
"In this battle, our army killed more than 20,000 enemy cavalry, captured more than 40,000 war horses, killed Mahamu, the king of Walashunning, and captured more than ten princes. It should be regarded as a great victory!"
Zhu Dilong was very happy and said: "If we talk about the first achievement, he should be King Qi!"
The generals in the old camp nodded and agreed with the emperor's opinion.
When asked about the first meritorious service, who else besides King Qi could there be?
In the first battle, he led 800 men from the Fengzi Camp as the vanguard, and captured Tupolo, the king of Wala'anle alive. He killed more than 5,000 enemy cavalry and captured countless others!
In the battle of Hulanhu Wenwen, it was still King Qi and the 800 people from Fengzi camp, facing the main force of Wala, fighting fiercely. The 800 cavalry chased and killed tens of thousands of Wala cavalry, cutting off Wala's last hope of comeback!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The final battle, with Jiulongkou, kills Mahamu, the king of Walashunning!
"My son is guilty."
Zhu Gaojie was not excited, but said slowly, "The servant Li Qian held the grandson hostage and was in crisis. The thief knew that he had committed a serious crime and committed suicide in fear of the crime. The son and ministers could not stop him, so they took the guy back to let the soldiers vent their anger. Please surrender."
crime!"
The generals of the old battalion, who were originally elated because of the victory, calmed down because of these words.
Li Qian kidnapped his grandson and was in crisis? He committed suicide out of fear of crime?
Come on!
Everyone knows exactly what the matter is like!
Wasn't it because the emperor's grandson wanted to die and almost killed himself?
Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said: "What crime do you have? Li Qian, the thief, is so bold that everyone will kill him, so what does it have to do with you!"
How did Li Qian die? The old man also understood in his heart that Zhu Gaojie was trying to clear his grandson's name.
In fact, it wasn't just the reigning grandson who was clearing his name. In the final analysis, it was the Zhu family's face that was brought to shame when this incident spread, and even the prince was inevitably implicated.
King Qi's handling of the matter made Zhu Di very satisfied, and he was able to put this embarrassing matter behind him.
This time, he was really disappointed with Zhu Zhanji, even though he came to general largely because the emperor's grandson was too young.
But being young is not an excuse to make mistakes. King Qi is obviously a few years older than his grandson, but he already has the air of a general, with the most outstanding achievements in the entire army, and has won many battles. And in this battle, the emperor's grandson... well
, to say he is a troublemaker is just a compliment.
Fortunately, King Qi saved the emperor's grandson in the end and killed Mahamu, which made the matter less serious. Otherwise, the emperor's grandson would inevitably be called a "war criminal" after this battle.
Without comparison, there is no harm. Compared with King Qi, His Highness the Emperor Taisun is really a bit... crotch-stretching.
Zhu Di said loudly: "Today we will reward the whole army, and tomorrow we will mobilize and send troops to Langjuxu Mountain to offer sacrifices to heaven and receive gifts!"
Langjuxu Mountain is located a few miles east of Hulanhuwenwen. It was the place where Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, became famous. After Huo Qubing, being granted the title of Langjuxu became one of the highest honors for Han military generals.
In fact, the Ming army had already passed by Langjuxu Mountain before the Battle of Hulanhuwenwen.
However, Wala had not yet been defeated at that time, so it would not be appropriate to ban Lang Juxu in advance, so Zhu Di endured it until today.
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The next day, the Ming army set out from Hulanhuwenwen in high spirits and arrived at Langjuxu Mountain.
At this time, it was evening. Looking around, you could see the beautiful phoenix and the sand. The soldiers were riding their horses with their bows on their backs, looking out from the top of the mountain. How heroic!
On the top of Langjuxu Mountain, there is a small earth altar, which is obviously built by man and has some wear and tear.
This is proof that in the eighth year of Yongle, after the Ming army defeated Arutai, Zhu Di ordered people to kill the green ox and the white horse to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, build an altar with earth, and seal the wolf as a cub.
The difficulty of conferring the highest honor on a general like Lang Juxu is similar to the modern army crossing the Pacific Ocean, fighting all the way to the home of the bald eagle, and holding a grand parade ceremony in Washington...
Three years later, Zhu Di came again.
The autumn wind is strong in front of Langxu Mountain, and the yellow desert desert is full of cries.
The soldiers once again killed the green ox and the white horse and piled up the earth for an altar!
In November of the eleventh year of Yongle, two small earth altars appeared on the top of Langjuxu Mountain, one old and one new.
The old earth altar was the tomb where the Tatars were buried.
The new earth altar is the tomb where Wala is buried.
Zhu Di picked up a jar of wine and sprinkled it on the earthen altar.
A house on the beach to worship heaven, a cup of wine to celebrate the New Year!
"Do you think that future generations will still remember that there was once an Emperor Yongle who went on two expeditions to the north and sealed the wolf as a coroner twice?"
Zhu Di stood on the top of the mountain and looked towards the far north with a vicissitude of life. The clouds and mist were misty, as if he could reach them at his fingertips.
Zhu Gaojie stood behind the emperor and said firmly: "They will remember, they will definitely remember!"
Yuan Jia hastily sealed the wolf in Xu, and won the hasty visit to the north.
Zhu Di smiled in relief, and he spread his arms forward, embracing Yunwu in his arms, and the world in his heart.
"Posterity will remember that there was once an Emperor Yongle who did not like wine, sex, and music, but loved gold and iron horses!"
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The clouds and mist in the sky moved in the wind, and finally condensed into a Chinese character - "明"