Zhu Ying actually didn't know much about Tianzhu. After all, he had never been to that place in his previous life and he only had a vague concept of Tianzhu's history.
The specific situation can only be known after Lan Yu arrives in the Tianzhu area and waits for the information to arrive.
Faced with the old man's question, Zhu Ying said that she didn't know much and had only heard from some businessmen.
Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang lived leisurely in the capital.
The grassland is now full of strife.
Zhu Fan and Zhu Di led the cavalry to pursue Can Yuan, while Arutai could only keep running for his life.
"Are these Mongolians rats? We let them run away again."
Zhu Fan's temper became more and more violent. During these days of pursuit, he kept everything simple. He had not bathed for more than ten days and his body was covered with dirt.
However, the results achieved were not great. Even if there were some stragglers, they were just scouts on the Alutai side.
Arutai is very cautious, even these spies don't know the next direction of escape.
At this moment, a fast horse ran towards Zhu Fan.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Qianhu has captured a spy who has a certain status in Can Yuan. Now the interrogation has yielded some information about Can Yuan, because the spy has only one breath left. Zhang Qianhu is special
Please come over, Your Majesty."
Zhu Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately went there with thousands of personal guards around him.
Of course, an army of 100,000 cannot have only one camp. Zhu Fan wanted to go to a camp with 1,000 households.
The distance here is not far, and Zhu Fan rushed over in more than half an hour.
"The last general, Zhang Qi, pays homage to the prince."
Zhang Qi led a group of subordinates and waited respectfully in front of the camp. When they saw Zhu Fan coming, they quickly stepped forward to pay homage.
"Stop talking nonsense and take me to the spies immediately."
"As commanded."
Under the leadership of Qianhu Zhang Qi, they soon arrived behind the camp, where a row of bloody Mongolians were being tied to wooden posts.
"Which one is the spy you are talking about?" Zhu Fan asked, looking at the Mongolian who had his head lowered and seemed to be dead.
Zhang Qi quickly led him to a half-dead Mongolian and introduced him: "Your Majesty, this is the man."
"Your Majesty, please look at this. Although this Mongolian looks similar to the others, he obviously has thinner skin and tenderer flesh. The general saw the difference in this man at a glance and specially arranged the torture."
"This guy is indeed able to resist. Almost all the others have died without opening their mouths. In the end, I still used some unscrupulous tricks to pry his mouth open."
"This man's name is Anostar, and he is the son of a noble from the Qilis tribe. However, because Guilichi was killed, the Qilis tribe is not having an easy time now, so this man was also sent out as a spy.
, and then was captured by the general."
Zhu Fan looked at Arnosta. It was obvious that he only had one breath left. He probably wouldn't be able to withstand another interrogation at this time.
He then said: "Whatever he told me, I will tell you one by one."
Zhang Qi said quickly: "This person generally knows something about Arutai. He said that he accidentally heard that they were going to hide there in Duoyan Mountain."
"There is a vast forest near Duoyan Mountain, which can cover their whereabouts."
"But this guy is not sure, because Arutai has not decided to go to Duoyan Mountain at that time. They will not announce their next move before migrating."
"Every time many people migrate, they don't know where they are going."
Zhu Fan looked at Arnosta again and said nothing.
The situation is basically clear now.
No wonder I can't find the direction of Arutai these days. It turns out that this guy is so cautious that he doesn't even tell his own people.
This Duoyan Mountain is indeed a good hiding place. It was previously the station of Duoyan Guards.
There is only one clue now, and Zhu Fan actually has no good choice.
"Very good, you are very good, Zhang Qi, right? I remember your name."
"If you really meet Arutai in Duoyan Mountain, I will definitely remember you for your great contribution."
"Send an order to the entire army to immediately go to Duoyan Mountain to surround and kill Arutai."
Zhu Fan gave the order decisively.
Zhang Qi looked excited and flattered Zhu Fan repeatedly.
For a small Qianhu like him, King Jin was already out of reach, and if he went to the higher level, he would not be able to reach it.
If he can be appreciated by King Jin, he will definitely take off in the future. If he can go to the Japanese country with him, that will be even better.
For Zhu Fan, Zhang Qi is just a very inconspicuous little character.
If you can catch Arutai in Duoyan Mountain, you will still be somewhat interested in him.
Under Zhu Fan's order, a hundred thousand troops began to gather towards Duoyan Mountain.
Gathering all the scattered troops, this also shows that Zhu Fan is also prepared.
You must know that Zhu Xi was almost captured by the Mongolian coalition forces in the Hulunbuir Prairie last year because he underestimated the enemy.
He never underestimated the fighting power of the Mongols.
Even if Arutai keeps running away now, he still has the capital to fight a showdown with 100,000 cavalry.
Zhu Fan's 100,000 cavalry were mainly light cavalry. In order to pursue speed, they did not carry a large number of artillery. The only thing that could suppress the Mongols was matchlock guns.
When Zhu Fan marched into Duoyan Mountain, Arutai and Benyasili indeed led a large army to the Duoyan Mountain area.
Of course, they were not in Duoyan Mountain, but next to the remaining veins of the Greater Khingan Mountains near Duoyan Mountain.
There is ample water here, and you can also hunt to obtain food. If the Ming army attacks and cannot be defeated, you can escape by running into the forest.
"It is already September, and we can hold on for less than two months. If we wait until the ice and snow fall, we will suffer heavy losses even without the Ming army."
"The food sent by Goryeo cannot sustain us through this winter. Now the Ming army has no intention of retreating. On the contrary, the pursuit has become more and more fierce recently."
"Grand Master, maybe we should find some other way out. Otherwise, if we continue like this, we will have no choice but to crawl into the woods like Wala, and we don't know when we will be able to come out."
"Recently, some people from small tribes have been captured. They want to escape and report to the Ming Dynasty. This situation has happened many times. They have no food. If they don't get food this winter, the entire tribe will starve to death.
That’s why I want to join the Ming Dynasty.”
"There are rumors from the Ming Dynasty that slaves are given one mouthful of food and can eat two meals a day. Many people are attracted by such things."
"This damn Ming Dynasty, how come there is so much food? Is it really impossible to eat it all? Even the slaves are given two meals."
Benya said angrily.
His temper has become very irritable now. Perhaps the happiest time before was when he killed Guilichi, which was regarded as revenge for his father.
He also said thank you to the Ming army. If it weren't for the oppression of the Ming army that caused Guilichi's prestige to decline, he would not have had the chance to take revenge.
However, as soon as this revenge was completed, the Ming army drove them around again, unable to stop at all.
Arutai said: "Prince, now is the time for us to compete with the Ming army for endurance. Historically, the Central Plains have never succeeded in marching into the grasslands many times. Although they are very proud now, what about the future."
"I heard that it was not enough for them to build the Guihua City. They also started to build cities in Aershan. Now that there is a good harvest, the Ming Dynasty can naturally provide it. If there is no good harvest, these two isolated cities will not be given to us by then.
Repaired."
Benya replied in disbelief: "I don't understand the pursuit of the army, but now we don't even know how to survive this winter."
Arutai patted Benyasili on the shoulder and encouraged: "Don't worry, this winter will never stop us. I have already contacted Gaoli. This time, Duoyan Mountain is just a temporary resting place for us.
"
"When it's almost winter, Li Chenggui is willing to set aside a piece of land in Goryeo for us to rest and recuperate."
"Of course, the place he gave us must be a gateway to block the Ming army, but they can use us, and we can also use them."
Benya said in disbelief: "What if Korea is not willing to give us any more food?"
Arutai sneered and said: "Goryeo has quite a few two-legged sheep."
Obviously, as soon as he entered Goryeo, Arutai didn't worry about the follow-up matters at all. Now he is constantly putting pressure on Goryeo.
Eating two-legged sheep is not a big deal for the Mongolians, especially the soldiers, many of whom are already used to it.
Arutai's plan is to wait here for the time being. Li Chenggui did not directly agree to Arutai's entry into the Goryeo area. At this time, even though Arutai still had a lot of cavalry, it was impossible to attack the city.
Therefore, they had to wait until Li Chenggui opened the city gate to them.
Arutai knew that the Ming army would definitely attack Goryeo if they could not find him, and Li Chenggui would definitely agree to his request.
at this time.
Zhu Fan's spies are already approaching Duoyan Mountain.
"Your Majesty, we found a large number of traces of Mongolian camps fifty miles north of Duoyan Mountain, and the time was only three to five days."
"Because I'm worried about disturbing the situation, I don't dare to go any further, so I'm here to ask the prince to make a decision."
Zhu Fan burst out laughing after hearing the news from his subordinates.
Finally catching up with Can Yuan at this time was a godsend.
At this time, Zhu Di was approaching Goryeo, cooperating with Zhu Ping's army to attack Goryeo.
The biggest conflict between Zhu Fan and Zhu Di was that in the 23rd year of Hongwu, he and his fourth brother, Zhu Di, divided their troops to march north in two directions. Because of the relationship between his eldest brother Zhu Biao, he returned to the vassal state to welcome the inspection, so all the credit went to Zhu Di.
Coupled with some rumors, this also created a problem.
In fact, after so many years, Zhu Fan has already guessed that his father was involved in sowing discord in what happened back then, perhaps because he wanted to balance the power of Jin Fan and Yan Fan.
Even if he guessed it, Zhu Fan didn't care much. He had always looked down on Zhu Di.
It's just that the Northern Expedition escalated the conflict between the two.
After getting traces of residual Yuan here, Zhu Di no longer hesitated and approached directly with his army.
At dusk on the third day, Tan Ma finally discovered the location of the Can Yuan camp.
"Make great achievements now, kill!!!"
Tens of miles was nothing to the cavalry. Zhu Di directly ordered the cavalry to charge and kill him at a distance of forty miles.
In the evening, when the other party is eating, they usually relax a lot.
The cavalry on Zhu Fan's side all carried dry food, so of course they wanted to catch the opponent off guard.
Arutai also arranged cavalry patrols around the area.
However, Zhu Fan directly attacked with cavalry. By the time the news reached Arutai, they had no time to move.
Arutai was not like Zhu Di. There were only cavalry in the camp, including many tribesmen's elders, children, cattle, sheep, and women, who were also brought with them.
What Zhu Fan wanted was to hold Arutai back and not give them a chance to migrate.
The hasty battle had a great impact on the strength of the Can Yuan organization.
Arutai was also a ruthless man and directly sent out all the cavalry to fight Zhu Fan.
Obviously, although Arutai has tens of thousands more cavalry than Zhu Fan, there is not even the slightest difference in personal armament and quality.
It's just a battle at the level of 100,000, even on the plains, it's not that simple.
It is unlikely that Zhu Fan will defeat Arutai in one fell swoop.
At this time, when Arutai let the cavalry fight, he asked the tribesmen of each tribe to quickly move into the forest.
It's just that the war situation collapsed faster than Arutai imagined.
On the third day, the Mongolian cavalry could no longer bear it and began to desert in large numbers.
No one is willing to risk their lives directly here, and the elderly, children, women, cattle and sheep in the camp have not yet been completely evacuated.
Arutai also knew that he had no choice but to run away.
It was impossible to count how many people died in the battle. Can Yuan and his family fled frantically into the forest. Zhu Fan immediately ordered an investigation.
It is nonsense to say that you should not pursue the poor criminals and not enter the woods. Under such circumstances, it is a one-sided massacre.
On the fourth day of the hunt, good news came.
As the crown prince of Canyuan, Benya lost his position and was captured alive by the Ming army.
Logically speaking, Benya should not have been captured alive because of his mistake. This can be said to be a complete accident.
Because of the need to disperse and evade, Benya Shili did not escape with Arutai, but divided into two directions.
In the hands of Benya Shili, in addition to the cavalry gathered by Beiyuan, there are also the 10,000 cavalry left by Cabeste for Benya Shili when he left.
The problem lies in the hands of these 10,000 cavalrymen.
Because Can Yuan was being chased everywhere by the Ming army, the life of these ten thousand cavalrymen was very difficult.
You must know that in Samarkand, those who could command ten thousand cavalry were considered absolute military aristocrats. Even if they ran to the grasslands, their lives would still be so miserable.
Arutai had previously received 500,000 shi of food from Goryeo, but not much was given to Benya Shili.
Benyasili naturally gave priority to his own army, so the cavalry from Samarkand only received a small part.
During this confrontation with the Ming army, Benya made the mistake of letting these 10,000 foreign aid take the lead, and suffered heavy losses as a result.
As a result, after entering the forest, these 10,000 cavalry turned against the enemy, causing Benya to lose his position and fail to escape, and was captured by the Ming army.