Hongwu five years, mid-April.
As Xu Da's army arrived at Yanmen Pass.
The war between Great Ming and Northern Yuan had officially begun.
After Xu Da's 50,000 strong army rested at Yanmen Pass for a few days, 50,000 elite cavalry left the pass and headed north.
This time, Xu Da sent 10,000 elite cavalry as the vanguard, led by the vanguard general, Blue Jade, to attack first.
Xu Da himself led the remaining 40,000 cavalrymen to follow behind Blue Jade's vanguard army at a moderate pace, advancing towards Helin.
After the army set out, Zhu Xiong's supply camp became busier.
In order to maintain the supply of the army, the supply camp had to travel back and forth between Yanmen and Xu Da's army.
This was because there were 200 large transport carriages.
The transport speed of the supply camp was extremely fast, and they could make three trips between the army and Yanmen every day.
At this moment, the supply camp could be considered famous in the entire frontier fortress.
Zhu the Fifth's name resounded throughout the border of Yanmen.
In fact, it was hard for Zhu Rong not to become famous.
In just four days, he had brought dozens of carriages of supplies from the capital to Yanmen Pass. In the eyes of the soldiers, he was simply a legend.
Therefore, whether it was the soldiers guarding the border of Yanmen Pass or Xu Da's tens of thousands of elite cavalry, they all respected Zhu Rong.
In the military, as long as you had the ability, you would be able to gain the respect of others. This was the principle of the military.
Because of this, the status of the soldiers in the supply camp rose, becoming no worse than the elite soldiers.
This made the nearly 1,000 soldiers in the supply camp extremely excited.
At the same time, it also made them respect Zhu Rong even more.
Without Zhu Rong, they were just a bunch of troublemakers and veterans.
Moreover, because of Spiky, he was left behind to transport supplies. How could he get any respect from others?
The soldiers of the supply camp began to admire Zhu Rong from the bottom of their hearts.
Even the negative emotions brought about by his daily life-risking training had disappeared.
At this moment, two hundred carriages were lined up in a long line outside Yanmen Pass, speeding in the direction of Xu Da's army.
On Zhu Rong's carriage, a few centurions of the supply camp were smiling from the bottom of their hearts as they told Zhu Rong about the recent situation of the army.
"Qian Hu, you don't know how powerful Lan Yu is. After he led the vanguard out of Yanmen Pass, he first encountered the Yuan people in Wild Horse River. General Lan Yu decisively fought with the Yuan people and beat them until they wet their pants.”
"After that, we completely defeated this group of Yuan people in the Chaotic Mountains. We killed a thousand of them, captured two to three thousand of them, and even captured a general of the Yuan people.”
"That's not all. Soon after, General Blue Jade's vanguard army arrived at the Tula River and encountered the Yuan general Kuokuo Timur.”
"After a chaotic battle, General Blue Jade won a complete victory. Kuokuo Timur was forced to retreat while fighting, and is currently fleeing in the direction of Lin.”
"From the looks of it, before our army reaches Lin Lin, General Blue Jade alone will be able to completely finish off the Yuan people of Lin Lin.”
"That so-called Kuokuo Timur, a famous general? He can't even withstand a single blow.”
"I think we can return to the capital in two months at most.”
As Zhu Xiong listened to his centurions narrate the events of the past few days, he couldn't help but frown.
It was too smooth, too smooth, so smooth that it was a little ridiculous.
As soon as Lan Yu's army left Yanmen Pass, they won consecutive battles, even expanding their territory and leading the army failed.
If there was nothing fishy about this, then there was definitely something fishy about it.
If that was all Kuo Kuo could do, he wouldn't be worthy of the old man's praise.
However, even he could easily see where the problem was. Zhu Rong did not believe that Xu Da could not see it.
To be honest, as a transmigrator, Zhu Xi had some impression of Hongwu's eight northern expeditions.
Although he wasn't very clear about the exact situation, he was still clear about the outcome.
He remembered that the Ming history recorded eight northern expeditions, seven victories and one defeat.
And the defeat this time was the second northern expedition.
The main reason for their defeat was because Xu Da had underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, causing the army to fall into the ambush of Kuokuo Timur.
In fact, this was also the reason why Zhu Xiong had to follow the army to the north this time.
However, Zhu Rong had never understood how Xu Da, with his cunning and deep calculations, could have fallen for Kuokuo Timur's ambush so easily.
Now, he understood a little.
The one who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward was not Xu Da, but Lan Yu.
The 10,000 elite cavalry of the vanguard were all in Blue Jade's hands.
For some reason, Lan Yu didn't see that his series of victories were all bait that Kuokuo Timur had set for him.
No, perhaps Lan Yu had seen through it and still chose to enter the trap.
Of course, this might not be all Blue Jade's fault. After all, Kuokuo Timur had personally come down and didn't hesitate to use himself as bait to lure Blue Jade.
Zhu Rong thought, even if he was in the same place, facing such a popular person like Kuokuo Timur, could he resist the temptation?
This was actually a gamble on probability.
The probability of winning and losing was 50%.
Expanse Kuo was gambling, the young and impetuous Lan Yu could not resist the temptation.
Lan Yu was also betting that she could beat him at his own game and catch Kuo Kuo before he fell into an ambush.
It was just that in the end, Lan Yu lost the bet and even implicated Xu Da.
Zhu Rong suddenly didn't understand.
It was understandable that Lan Yu was young and impetuous.
However, with Xu Da's foresight, why didn't he stop it?
Zhu Rong didn't believe that if Xu Da stopped him, would Lan Yu still dare to disobey military orders?
There must be a reason he couldn't think of.
However, no matter what the reason was, Zhu Rong couldn't just watch history repeat itself.
This northern expedition is too important to Great Ming.
Zhu Rong remembered that in the original history, it was because of the failure of the Northern Expedition that the Ming Dynasty did not dare to take the initiative to use troops against Northern Yuan for eight years.
In other words, if this northern expedition continued according to the historical process, Great Ming would definitely suffer a great loss.
This made it impossible for Zhu Rong to ignore it.
Moreover, Zhu Xiong had come with the army to the Northern Expedition to make contributions, not to watch a show.
Thinking of this, Zhu Rong decisively ordered,"
"Stop blabbering. Pass down the order. The supply camp is to advance at full speed. We must dare to reach the location of the central army before noon!”
The centurions were stunned, not understanding why the commander suddenly wanted to speed up the march.
However, due to the long period of training, everyone responded respectfully,"
"Yes, sir!"
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