Leaving Dunhuang, Yangguan is to the southwest and Yumenguan is to the northwest.【】
The Yellow River is far away among the white clouds,
An isolated city in Wanren Mountain.
Why should the Qiang flute blame the willow?
The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass.
The spring breeze can naturally blow through Yumen Pass, but at this time, there is only white snow and howling cold wind outside Yumen Pass.
Fortunately, spring is approaching, and there are less and less cold winds. Most of the winds are relatively gentle, so the silvery snow in the distant mountains and the blue sky and white clouds only give people a sense of emptiness and vastness.
Xia Xun has left Dunhuang and set off for Hami.
The situation in Hami is different from that of Dunhuang, and there is a king in Hami. He cannot take the same measures to Hami as he did to Dunhuang. However, it is still necessary to go to Hami. The temporary gains and losses can be ignored, but the support of the people must be gained.
Don't worry about it and make preparations early. Once Hami falls, it will be easier to manage after regaining it in the future.
Today's sky is a bit cloudy, the clouds are not very white, but the sky is still so blue, and the distant mountains are covered in mist.
The flags were rolled high, and the horse teams walked across this vast land. As the only moving groups, they added a bit of vitality to the desolate and tragic Gobi desert.
At some unknown moment, someone in the team raised his throat and sang a high-pitched Xiliang folk song.
My sister gave it to a carpenter's house,
He can build buildings and smash rafters,
Willow leaves are green,
He can build buildings and smash rafters,
The second was given to a blacksmith's house,
He can also forge iron and pull wind boxes,
Willow leaves are green,
He can also forge iron and pull wind boxes..."
The loud and melodious singing brought some vitality to the team marching between the sky and the earth. Xia Xun also listened attentively. When the sound stopped, he sighed and looked back at Liu Yujue, Chen Dong and Ye An who were accompanying him.
"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come here, how hard it is?"
Chen Dong and Ye An are riding on horses, and they are in high spirits. Such a world cannot be seen in Jinling City. We like it very much."
Liu Yujue stared at Xia Xun and said that living happily is a lifetime; living sadly is also a lifetime. Good times and bad times sometimes cannot be controlled by us. With close friends and long-term companionship, isn't it not happiness? "
"good"
Xia Xun's big hand slapped Liu Yujue's shoulder heavily, turned around and faced Xilin and Jeanne who were sitting in front of the car, looking at the everlasting desolate scenery with great interest. "Come here, don't let brother Junmei come to you," Xia Xun said.
You are from the ancient country of Qiuci, and what you are best at is music. Let me sing two songs to cheer everyone up."
After leaving Yumen Pass, they headed west. Xilin and Jeanne became more and more excited. The weather was no longer so cold. Many times, they ran out of the car and sat outside, looking at the clouds and mountains that day with great interest.
The tree is as happy as a bird out of its cage. No matter whether the memories left for you are sadness or joy about your hometown, you will always have a heavy feeling when you think of it.
Xilin gave Xia Xun an affectionate look, stood firm while holding on to the carport, and suddenly sang loudly. When lovers revel in the orchard, my woodbird will sing to its heart's content. I can't sleep that night because I miss you.
The fire of love in my body will burn even brighter. Will the lark sing and fly, will my beloved sing while walking? Will a pair of lovers finally get married, will they get what they want?"
The song was crisp and clear, like a lark, and those gentle eyes were always focused on Xia Xun. After the song was sung, there was a lingering sound, and the thunderous cheers of the soldiers marching on the left and right had not stopped, and another one was even louder.
The clear voice sang again. The snow water merged together. The rushing Tarim River nourished my heart... Will you come to visit me, or will you express your love and heartfelt love? Will you rekindle the extinguished fire?
Burning hot..."
Jeanne was more enthusiastic and unrestrained than Xilin. When she sang, her big fiery eyes stared at Xia Xun for a moment. The expression and pursuit of expressions of women from the Western Regions were passionate and unrestrained, obviously not as reserved as the original woman.
Introverted, the shyness and timidity they had when facing Xia Xun in the past was mostly caused by the huge gap in status.
These days of spending time with Xia Xun, gradually, the huge gap in status seems to be not so big. Getting closer to their hometown day by day also awakens the generous and passionate pursuit of love in their hearts.
It's a pity that this eternal and primitive scene not only aroused their homesickness, but also touched Xia Xun. He was looking up at the clouds that seemed to be pressing extremely low, and his thoughts followed the melodious singing until the night.
When he arrived at his distant hometown, he could never go back. When he was there, he never felt that there was anything to love about him. But now that he thinks about it, it is hard to leave him everywhere...
The charming eyes are thrown to the blind man
The two beauties glanced at Xia Xun in annoyance, until Tang Saier, who was lying boredly in the car and taking a nap when he heard the singing, came out excitedly and woke him up.
, you listen to Sai'er singing and cough"
"Turning the saw, pulling the saw, grandma sings a big show at the door, picks up the girl, please, mother-in-law, you also go to the Laba porridge, drink for a few days, blah blah blah twenty-three; twenty-three, sugar melon sticks; twenty-four clean the house;
Twenty-five, frozen tofu; twenty-six, go buy meat; twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, make the noodles; twenty-nine, steam the steamed buns; stay up all night at the thirtieth day; full on the first and second day of the lunar month.
Walking down the street..."
Tang Sai'er clapped his little hands and sang children's songs rhythmically. The children's songs full of childish fun made Xia Xun, Sai Hazhi, Feng Liyan and others burst into laughter. It was so good to sing, especially Sai'er.
Singing beautifully, hahahaha..."
The road to the west is full of laughter.
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Qiu Futi marched out with an army of 100,000 men. However, Qiu Fu was so happy that he ignored the repeated advice of his generals and ignored the emperor's previous warnings. He stepped into the Tatar trap with one duke and two princes, two thousand elite soldiers, and almost all of them.
The army was wiped out, and only a few people escaped. With a large group of troops on foot and cavalry, Tong'an Hou Huozhen was pursued desperately, and Jingan Hou Wang Zhong was shocked when he heard the news.
After the death of the commander, the two generals had no choice but to follow Qiu Fu's last words and evacuate to Liaodong. They also sent detective horses to report to Liaodong and request for support. The army headed eastward and reached Liaodong, but was overtaken by the Tatar cavalry. The Ming army
The commander was killed in battle, the morale of the three armies was depressing, and they were almost unable to fight. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Liaodong sent a large army, led by Kaiyuan Hou Dingyu, to rush to rescue. They joined forces in two places, and then they forced the pursuers back and took them to Liaodong.
, took the road through Liaodong and returned to the pass in panic.
Zhu Di was furious when he received the battle report. One hundred thousand troops went out of the fortress, but one prince and two princes were killed. Without the help of the Liaodong army, the one hundred thousand troops would have been wiped out in the north of the fortress. The furious Zhu Di ignored the pleas of his generals and seized Qiu Qiu.
Fu inherited the Duke's title and moved his family to Hainan. Two marquises died in the battle and two marquises, Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen, who fled back in embarrassment, were also stripped of their titles and removed from their military positions.
Zhu Di must be rewarded for his merits and punished for his deeds. After punishing these remaining defeated generals, he immediately decided to send the elite of the capital camp to the north of the Great Wall to conduct a personal expedition against the Tatars. Wu Baiguan persuaded him to temporarily suspend his thunderous anger and wait for the peace of the Western Regions.
The war in southern Xinjiang has slowed down a bit, and Zhu Di is not allowed to go back to the Northern Expedition. "Wu Baiguan retreated and asked Zhu Di to do the next best thing, and asked Zhu Di to send another general. There is no need for the emperor to go to the expedition in person. Zhu Di is still not allowed to use two words."
Zhu Di was really angry this time.
Zhu Di immediately issued an order to declare to the world, saying that all the young people from Shandong and Hebei, plus the troops from the capital, would total a total of 500,000 troops to sweep the north.
In reality, of course Zhu Di did not use so many troops. When he was King of Yan, he often fought with the Mongols. He knew exactly how strong the Tatars were now. With the combat power of the Ming army today, a hundred thousand troops marching north was enough.
Well, if we really send an army of 500,000 people, our country will be impoverished before the Tatars are beaten.
It's just that this time it was the imperial commander's personal expedition. The military officials were really worried if there were too few people, so they brought an additional 50,000 soldiers to the base of 100,000 troops and horses. They were considered to be the imperial guards, dedicated to protecting the emperor's safety. It was said that the unified army was 50,000.
Wan, it is completely a strategy of propaganda war.
This kind of propaganda war has been used to death in ancient and modern times. For example, at the Battle of Thermopylae in the Greco-Persian War, it is said that the Persian emperor led an army of five million people, but what about the Spartans? There were only three hundred people, but Mendinia
During the battle, Sparta spent a long time negotiating with many allies to gather 5,000 people, and the hostile Argos also had difficulty gathering 4,000 to 5,000 people. This is the Peloponnesian War in Greece.
The largest battle fought by the local army.
Another example is the Battle of Changping. It is said that the Qin army killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers. Zhao State spent all its country at that time, but could not gather so many soldiers. In the era of Sima Qian, the Han Dynasty expedition to Dayuan, and the Han Empire struggled for several years before it could gather together.
Fifty thousand troops came out. In the Battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei sent less than 40,000 troops, and the reinforcements from the Wuling Barbarians were up to 40,000, but they were said to be 750,000. In fact, the total army of Shu at that time was only 100,000.
Of course, appropriate exaggeration can confuse the enemy, but excessive exaggeration will not deceive the enemy generals. However, it is also good to brag to scare the other party's civilians and strengthen one's own military morale.
Zhu Di was busy preparing for the expedition, and Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but change his mind again.
After the news came that Qiu Fu was defeated and killed, Zhu Gaoxu was like a thunderbolt, and he wanted to die. Qiu Fu had always been his biggest supporter, but now that Qiu Fu died, and he was defeated and lost his rank, his biggest supporter fell.
How could his sinister eldest brother and those officials not take the opportunity to purge his faction in the army? The situation is over, the situation is really over
But after the news of Emperor Yongle's announcement that Yu Jia would be on his own expedition, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a ray of light from the darkness. He had fought side by side with his father. It was precisely because of Jing Nan that his father had the idea of Yizhu. Now his father wants Yu Jia.
If the father and son of the soldiers can accompany him on the expedition and make military exploits, not only can he protect his power in the army, but there is also the possibility of a comeback.
Zhu Gaoxu had just thought of this, and Chen Ying, who had also thought of this method, rushed to the house in a hurry. The two people did not agree, and they only briefly discussed it. Zhu Gaoxu hurried to the palace. He wanted to ask his father for a decree and accompany him.
Go on an expedition and achieve military success again