Five years, April.
The Darming Dynasty officially started the second Northern Expedition against Northern Yuan.
The main purpose of this war was to eliminate the Northern Yuan imperial court that was entrenched in Lin.
It would completely resolve the threat of Northern Yuan's forces to Great Ming in one go.
However, this time, the Darming Dynasty also had to face a famous general of Northern Yuan, Kuokuo Timur! Han Ming Wang Baobao!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't dare to be careless in front of this famous Northern Yuan general.
Back when Kuokuo Timur dominated the world, only Xu Da and Chang Yuchun could compete with him under Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang once asked in front of the generals,
"Who is the strange man in the world?"
All the generals said,
"Chang Yuchun has less than ten thousand men, but he is invincible.”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said,
"Although Yuchun is a hero, I have to submit to him. I can't be a minister to Wang Baobao. He's a strange man.”
From this, it could be seen how much Zhu Yuanzhang valued Wang Baobao.
And for this northern expedition, it was precisely because he needed to face Wang Baobao that Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to choose Xu Da as commander.
At the same time, they prepared to split the army into three groups.
In the middle of the road, led by General Xu Da, he led 50,000 elite cavalry from Yanmen straight to Helin and directly attacked Huangting.
The east road was led by Li Wenzhong, the deputy commander, from Juyong Pass to Yingchang, then straight to the Tula River and attacked Helin from the northwest.
The West Road was led by General Feng Sheng, who went out of Jinlan to take Gansu as a decoy, so that Northern Yuan could not figure out the true purpose of the Ming army.
After making the entire military plan.
The 150,000 strong army of Xuanwu Lake had officially set off!
The army split into three groups according to the plan.
Zhu Xiong was undoubtedly transferred to Xuda Middle Road, and was mainly responsible for transporting supplies to the Middle Army.
However, Zhu Xiong's supply camp and Xu Da's 50,000-strong army had indeed split up.
Xu Da's 50,000 elite cavalry were all cavalrymen. One person and two horses, their marching speed was extremely fast.
Zhu Xiong's supply camp was made up of infantry and carriages of supplies, so it naturally couldn't compare to cavalry.
However, Xu Da had also given Zhu Rong an order to rush from the capital to Yanmen within a month. Moreover, it was a military order!
Zhu Rong calculated the distance. From the capital to Yanmen, the entire journey was about 2,500 miles.
In other words, the speed of the supply camp must not be less than 83 li per day.
This was actually the limit of the logistics camp's daily march.
If it was just a simple march, Zhu Rong could guarantee that with the current supply camp, they could move about 150 li a day.
However, the soldiers of the supply camp could run, but the mules pulling the supplies could not walk so far.
Therefore, according to the time given by that old fellow Xu Da, even if their supply camp walked to Yanmen Pass, they would be exhausted.
It would definitely take two to three days for him to recover.
This was the difficult question Xu Da had given Zhu Rong.
His goal was to stop Zhu Xiong from leaving the fortress with the army.
After Xu Da's army went north, Zhu Xiong did not immediately lead the soldiers of the supply camp.
Instead, he allowed the entire army to rest for the night.
It was night. Zhu Xiong was lying in the military camp with his eyes closed.
At the same time, he activated his life simulation system.
Ding! Host, please choose your simulated profession.
"An inventor!"
Please pay 1,000 reputation points.
Zhu Xiong looked at the 150,000 reputation points that had just arrived in his account and waved his hand generously.
The payment was successful! The simulation began!
Zhu Rong gradually fell asleep.
You were born into a noble family.
Since childhood, you have had this heartfelt love for invention.
When you were three years old, you saw someone put up a sky lantern again, so you dreamed that you could stand on the sky lantern and go on a journey.
At the age of five, you began to come into contact with scientific knowledge. You developed a strong interest in science.
At the age of ten, you began to research Kongming Lanterns that could carry people, but you never found a way.
At the age of fifteen, you studied at the Imperial Research University and read countless materials.
At the age of 20, after your tireless efforts, you finally invented the hot air balloon. However, the manufacturing was crude and your hot air balloon could not travel far.
At the age of twenty-five, after your painstaking research, you finally solved the material problem and created a hot air balloon that could travel far away. You began a world trip.
At the age of 30, after five years, you flew your hot air balloon around the world and caused a sensation. You became a famous scientist in one fell swoop.
At the age of 35, you are not satisfied with the hot air balloon research and are inclined to transform the hot air balloon into an airship.
At the age of 40, you successfully developed the first manned airship and brought more than 100 family members to board the airship.
At 45 years old, you began to improve the airship, hoping to make it able to carry more people and things.
50 years old. Your second generation airship has been successfully developed. This airship can carry 1,000 people and 1,000 tons of cargo.
At 60 years old, you thought that the second-generation airships could still be improved, so you developed the third-generation airships.
At the age of 70, after spending 10 years, you have finally developed a third-generation airship. This airship can carry 10,000 people and 10,000 tons of cargo. You are known as the father of flying.
At the age of 71, you, who have been researching airships for your entire life, have developed Alzheimer's disease.
At the age of seventy-three, your life came to an end, and the whole world sighed.
At the age of seventy-four, you spent the last days of your life in a muddleheaded state.
You're dead!
When Zhu Xiong woke up, a familiar notification appeared in front of his eyes:
The life simulation has ended. You can keep one of the following options.
First, all the items developed in this life simulation.
Second, a lifetime of experience in airship research and development in this life simulation.
Third, in this life simulation, the wisdom of a lifetime.
Faced with the options, Zhu Xiong chose one again.
He knew very well that in this life simulation, he lived in an era similar to the first industrial revolution in Europe.
With Da Ming's current scientific research level, it wasn't like they couldn't develop airships.
However, the amount of time and difficulty required to overcome it was definitely not a small amount.
Therefore, he decisively chose the finished product.
In any case, with this thing here, there was no need to worry about not being able to create it in the future.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining five hot air balloons, one first-generation airship, one second-generation airship, and one third-generation airship. The items have been distributed to the System Backpack.
Hearing the system's notification, a smile appeared on Zhu Rong's face.
With the airship, it was not a problem to reach Yanmen Pass in a short time.
Zhu Rong was even looking forward to seeing Xu Da's expression when he saw that his own supply camp had reached Yanmen Pass before his 50,000 cavalry.
However, this matter could not be rushed.
He had to at least arrange the route of the airship first. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain to the old man if such a shocking thing suddenly appeared.
Fortunately, everyone in the Imperial Palace knew that he was fond of strange and licentious skills. As long as the arrangements were made, he would say that he had made it himself, and no one would suspect anything.
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