As he continued reading, Emperor Hongzhi's expression suddenly changed, and his pupils dilated as if he had seen something shocking.
What was that?
The prince marched north to the grasslands to eliminate the remnants of the Tartars.
And the troops for the northern expedition only had 70,000 Tiger Troop and 20,000 soldiers from the capital camp?
Where were the others?
What about the capital camp and the border troops?
Where did they go?
Emperor Hongzhi was worried about the Crown Prince's safety. While secretly scolding the Crown Prince for causing trouble, he quickly looked at the back of the memorial.
" The 100,000 soldiers of the capital camp, along with 70,000 Tartar captives, have been transferred to the north of Lang Mountain by His Highness.
Datong General Wang Shouren led the remaining troops and 30,000 soldiers back to Datong.
The 30,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians set off on the road to the west, their destination was also north of Lang Mountain!'
North of Lang Mountain!
North of Lang Mountain!
Emperor Hongzhi, who was originally worried about the Crown Prince's safety, was instantly attracted by the repeated appearance of the north of Lang Mountain. His expression began to become more and more puzzled.
Frowning and pondering for a moment, Emperor Hongzhi still had no impression of this north of Lang Mountain. He then looked at Xiao Jing and asked,"
"Xiao Jing, is there anyone from the East Chamber in the north of Lang Mountain?”
Xiao Jing frowned and thought for a moment before answering slowly.
"Your Majesty, there is no one in the East Chamber.
However, as far as this servant knows, north of Lang Mountain is a Gobi Desert. There is nothing there, and it is rare to see people moving around there.”
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was stunned and his expression became more and more puzzled.
He didn't understand why the Crown Prince was doing this, so he decided to put this matter aside for the time being and directly ordered,"
"Xiao Jing, command the Datong and Xuan Manor border troops to lead their troops out of the pass and enter the grasslands to search for His Highness the Crown Prince.
Wen Xin ordered Tan You, the new Earl of Ning, to divide 50,000 troops to support the Crown Prince. He also asked the new Earl of Ning where the Crown Prince had sent them and what they were doing!”
Xiao Jing bowed to receive the edict and turned to leave, preparing to make arrangements.
"Wait!"
Emperor Hongzhi suddenly opened his mouth and called out to Xiao Jing, who was about to leave.
He handed the memorial that he had already read to Xiao Jing and ordered.
"Send it to the cabinet and let the elders discuss what exactly is north of Lang Mountain!”
"Yes!"
Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi had no other instructions, Xiao Jing bowed and left.
……
Half a month passed.
No one in the court understood the Crown Prince's intention of moving people to the north of Lang Mountain.
As for the new Earl of Ning, after receiving the Emperor's inquiry, he could only tell the Crown Prince that he had set up camp and received the arrival of the people of Datong.
He knew nothing about the rest.
The Crown Prince, who was far away in the grasslands, had not been heard from since he left Mount Daqing.
The tribes that had ventured deep into the grasslands were unable to find any traces of the Crown Prince and his Tiger Troop.
Only the cattle and sheep that were constantly being driven back to the border could confirm that the Crown Prince was still safe. He was still leading the Tiger Troop to plunder and kill in the grasslands.
Countless cows and sheep gathered at the border of Da Tong.
Other than the first batch that was handed over to the United Department Store, there were more and more cattle and sheep left. The United Department Store could not consume them for the time being, so they simply left them outside Datong Pass.
As for the soldiers of the capital camp who had rushed back from the grasslands, they were now herders and began to herd outside the border.
……
On the grassland.
A group of remaining Tartar tribes were moving north. The advancing Tartars were filled with panic and confusion.
Crying and sighing could be heard from the group.
In just a few days, bad news continued to spread across the grasslands. Countless tribes were wiped out by the devils of Da Ming.
This tribe that had moved north happened to witness the Tiger Troop slaughtering the Tartar tribe because some of them had gone to other tribes to visit their relatives.
He had returned to the tribe quickly, allowing him and his clansmen to escape.
The desperate Tartars knew that they could only escape by heading north.
However, everyone knew that the further north they went, the colder the weather would be, and the more barren the grasslands would be.
Along the way, there might still be people who fell on the migration road.
But even so, it was still better than guarding the original place and dying under the blade of the Daming Tiger Troop.
Just as everyone was slowly moving north.
An old man in the front row of the group suddenly frowned. He raised his arm and shouted for the group to stop. Then, he directly lay on the ground and listened.
A moment later, the old man's expression changed drastically. He shouted in fear,
"Run! Run!
Those demons are coming!
Run!"
When the surrounding Tatars heard the old man's shout, their expressions immediately became frightened.
Some of the Tartars who reacted faster, after recovering from their shock, began to run away on their horses.
As he ran, he prayed to the gods and buddhas in the sky that the demons behind him would not chase after him.
However, they had underestimated Zhu Houzhao's determination.
Just like the Tartars, the Tiger Troop that had also spread out didn't want to let anyone go.
After a burst of smoke, the battlefield became quiet.
The soldiers of the capital camp who slowly followed behind him began to do the work of herders and movers again.
Zhu Houzhao sat on his horse and looked towards the north.
Zhu Houzhao sent people to search for any traces of Tartar grazing activities and then chased them all the way to clean them up.
However, in the past few days, it had become more and more difficult for them to find the Tartar tribe.
The grassland also began to become more and more deserted.
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