The morning light broke through the darkness before dawn.
The Xuanwu Lake camp had 105,000 cavalrymen and 300,000 warhorses ready to go!
This time, the Northern Expedition army was divided into three groups.
Xu Da led 50,000 elite cavalry across the Huai River, through Shanxi, into Taiyuan, out of Yanmen, straight into the Yellow Dragon and into Lin Beiyuan's camp!
The east troops were led by Duke Cao Li Wenzhong with 50,000 elite cavalry. They passed through Beiping, arrived at Nanchang, exited Juyong Pass, took a detour around the Luqu River (now the Kelulun River), arrived at the Tula River in the hinterland of Mobei, crossed the Woerhan River, and went down from Chenghai to surround Helin with the middle troops!
The west army was led by Song Dukedom's Feng Sheng with 50,000 cavalrymen along the Hexi Corridor, passing through Lan Zhou and heading straight for Gan Su. Attack Yiji Nai Road, mislead Timur (Wang Baobao), and cooperate with the middle and east troops to eliminate the remnants of Northern Yuan!
This was the general route of the northern expedition.
With the melodious sound of a horn, the army set off!
From the sky, it looked like a long line of ants.
From the ground, it looked like a long dragon slowly extending to the horizon!
It was also on this day that Zhu Zhen, who was wearing purple armor and a long saber at his waist, sat on his warhorse.
Pulling up the reins, Zhu Zhen looked back at the capital and seemed to see someone looking over from the city wall!
Zhu Zhen's horse hooves rose high into the air. He shook the reins, and the horse galloped away, turning into a black dot and disappearing into the distance.
Zhao Yong, Zhu Neng, Zhu Di, and a hundred other scouts followed behind him.
The army set out, the scouts took the lead.
He had to report any signs of trouble along the way.
Soon, Zhu Zhen's scout team was already thirty miles away from the main force.
Without any surprises, everyone continued to move forward.
A hundred miles away from the army, Zhu Zhen and the others discovered a group of bandits on a mountain peak.
Zhu Zhen ordered a scout to turn around and report to the army.
At this moment, the system's voice sounded in Zhu Zhen's mind again.
Ding! An alternative event was discovered!
Option 1: Kill the bandits. Reward: He was completely proficient in the art of war!
Option 2: Leave the bandits alone. Reward: Constitution 1!
Zhu Zhen's eyes moved slightly. What else could he choose?
Even if the system didn't reward him, Zhu Zhen still wanted to kill these bandits.
Hence, Zhu Zhen glanced at Zhao Yong, Zhu Di, and Zhu Neng and said,"
"Kill them! Kill all these bandits who are harming the people!”
Clang!
Everyone drew their sabers in unison. Since Zhu Zhen said to kill, there was no need to hesitate!
Zhu Zhendai led the charge, followed by the others, heading straight for the bandit camp.
This was a group of about 500 bandits.
When they saw the armor that Zhu Zhen and the others were wearing, they instantly scattered and fled.
This was the Great Ming Army, how could they dare to resist!
Instantly, they scattered like birds and beasts, each fleeing faster than the other!
Zhu Zhen and the others came to the stronghold and killed the mountain bandits as soon as they saw them.
These motley crew were no match for the crowd at all, and they were all killed on the spot!
At the same time,
Zhu Zhen drew his bow and nocked an arrow. He pulled open the five-picul bow.
Gong Xuan tensed up and let out a creaking sound!
He let go of his finger.
Bang!
Puchi!
A meteor arrow nailed the bandit leader to the ground.
Zhao Yong, Zhu Di, and Zhu Neng looked at Zhu Zhen in shock as if they had seen a ghost!
The bandit leader was at least a thousand meters away from the group, but he was killed by Zhu Zhen's arrow.
From this, it could be seen that Zhu Zhen's archery attainments were extremely impressive!
Zhu Zhen didn't put away his bow. Instead, he nocked an arrow and shot down some bandits who were about to flee to the mountain stronghold.
"Don't let anyone off!”
"Yes, sir!"
Everyone shouted loudly,
Even Zhu Di, who had never seen blood, had killed a few of them with his sword!
A moment later, all the mountain bandits in the stronghold were killed, and their blood dyed the ground red.
Zhu Di lay on the side and vomited for a long time before he recovered.
Zhao Yong, Zhu Neng, and the others burst into laughter!
Zhu Di was speechless, but he still looked at Zhu Zhen in surprise. This guy's martial arts were so strong.
It seemed to be the first time he had killed someone, but why was there no reaction?
Zhu Zhen smiled and said nothing.
He was proficient in medicine. What part of the human body did he not know?？
No matter how bloody the scene was, it was nothing to him!
Soon, the soldiers found a few boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry from the stronghold. The most they found was silver.
After calculating, it was about twenty thousand taels!
At this moment, everyone gasped slightly.
How many villagers and caravans had these bandits robbed? There was actually so much wealth!
Zhu Zhen waved his hand.
"Everyone grab a handful and hand over the rest!”
Everyone was excited as they grabbed a handful of jewelry.
He couldn't get much silver, so he might as well get some jewelry.
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhen and reached out to grab a handful of them. A smile appeared on his face.
Immediately after, Zhu Zhen had someone wait for the arrival of the army.
He led the others forward.
……
Very soon, the army arrived. Xu Da dismounted and came to the village.
When he saw the bandit leader pinned to the ground by an arrow, he was shocked.
He looked around and saw that the ground was dyed red with blood.
Slightly surprised, he smiled and said,"
"This kid is really ruthless!”
Very soon, Zhu Zhen's soldiers who had stayed behind handed over a few boxes of jewelry and silver to Xu Da.
Xu Da was even more surprised. At the same time, he didn't feel any sympathy for these dead bandits!
In the following period of time, nothing happened along the way. The army continued to advance.
Soon, they arrived at the border of Yanmen!
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