Crown Prince Zhu Biao was speechless. He rarely questioned his father, but this was the first time he asked," Father, it can't be that exaggerated, right?"”
"Sixth Brother and Uncle Xu can change the situation of the northern expedition just by performing martial arts?”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed." Boss, you have to remember that it's easy to get a general in the three armies, and it's even harder to find a military genius who can strategize and win a battle thousands of miles away.”
"Sixth Brother has a thorough observation of this northern expedition. His details are even more detailed than Xu Da and me.”
This was the first time his father had praised someone like this, and the other party was his sixth brother. Zhu Biao was pleasantly surprised, but at the same time, he was shocked beyond words.
"Father, could it be that Sixth Brother is more brilliant than the strategist, Mr. Liu Bowen?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded solemnly,
"Although Liu Bowen has strategies, he only knows the general gist. In terms of the God of War, he is still a little inferior to me and Xu Da.”
"This Sixth Brother fellow, to be able to fight Xu Da to such a state in the Sandbox Martial Arts Practice, I'm afraid that there won't be a second person in the entire Great Ming.”
"Alright, hurry up and summon Xu Da to see me. I want to renegotiate the plan to send troops with him.”
Crown Prince Zhu Biao nodded and was about to leave.
Eunuch Wang Jinghong came to report.
"Emperor, Duke of Wei Xu Da requests an audience! He said that there was an urgent military report regarding the northern expedition this time.”
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and praised,"Xu Tiande is indeed the number one general of our Ming Dynasty. He has already thought of what we have thought of."”
"Quickly summon him in."
"Boss, hurry up and go find Fourth Brother.”
"This little bastard doesn't let me worry at all. Catch him and teach him a lesson.”
Prince Zhu Biao left.
Next, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da were in the royal study, once again secretly discussing the northern expedition plan.
After discussing for nearly four hours, Xu Da finally left in excitement.
As for what they had discussed, it was a top secret. No one knew, not even Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
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The second prince, the King of Qin, had already established his own residence in the capital. He had his own mansion and guards.
When he returned to the residence, he received a piece of news.
His fourth brother, Zhu Di, took advantage of his absence to sneak into the Imperial Residence.
He pestered his second sister-in-law, Consort Qin, and took away a hundred-household waist token and a set of armor.
At that time, Zhu Xi blamed the Qin Consort Wang.
His fourth brother, Zhu Di, was so mischievous that he was even more troublesome than Zhu Rong.
His eldest brother, Zhu Biao, was looking for him everywhere, but he had found his second brother's residence.
He even picked a time when Zhu Rong wasn't around, clearly afraid that Zhu Rong would catch him.
Zhu Xiong didn't dare to delay and quickly reported the news to his elder brother, Zhu Biao.
After learning that his fourth brother, Zhu Di, had taken away the hundred-man waist token and a set of armor, this kid was only thinking of following the army and killing the enemies.
Right now, the Northern Expedition Army was reorganizing the camp at Xuanwu Lake. Zhu Biao guessed that he would definitely sneak into the camp, so he quickly sent someone to inform the Duke of Wei, Xu Da.
Xu Da did not stop and headed straight for the camp at Xuanwu Lake.
As soon as he entered the camp, he found Secretary Gu Cheng and asked,"Is the list of soldiers ready?”
"Great General Bing, it's done."”
Xu Da immediately ordered,"Hurry up and hand it over."”
Gu Cheng didn't dare to delay and quickly handed over the name list.
Only then did Xu Da unhurriedly look at the list of soldiers.
If the Fourth Prince Zhu Di wanted to join the military camp, he would have to join the army since he was wearing the armor of Prince Qin's residence.
There would definitely be some clues on the list of soldiers.
As expected, after flipping through it for a while, he saw a name called Zhu Silang. He was transferred from the Imperial Guard of Prince Qin's Mansion.
Xu Da's face sank, and he immediately ordered someone to summon Zhu Silang up.
Soon, a young officer in purple armor was brought to the main camp.
It was the Fourth Prince Zhu Di.
He adjusted his helmet and bowed.
"The guard of King Qin's Mansion, Zhu Silang, greets…"
Xu Da suddenly interrupted him." Wait!”
Then, he walked to Zhu Di expressionlessly and knelt on the ground." I, Xu Da, pay my respects to Your Highness, the King of Yan!”
He had been cautious all his life. Even in the military camp, he was filled with anger, but the etiquette of a monarch and his subjects could not be abandoned.
One word, stable!
The surrounding generals also bowed down." Greetings, Your Highness!”
He didn't expect Xu Da to find him so quickly. The fourth prince Zhu Di looked embarrassed and quickly reached out to help Xu Da.
"Great General, please rise."
However, Xu Da did not get up. He continued to kneel on the ground, not moving at all and not saying a word.
He was thinking about how to deal with Zhu Di.
So what if it was the Fourth Prince?
This was a military camp. Was it a place where they could come and go as they pleased and treat it as a child's play?
The rest of the generals also remained motionless.
Zhu Di understood the meaning behind Xu Da's words. He was emphasizing his status as the Fourth Prince.
However, Zhu Di finally came to the military camp and wanted to join the army. How could he give up so easily?
"Once I leave the palace, I'm no longer the son of the Emperor, but a soldier who has joined the army."”
Xu Da stared at him and said coldly,"Soldiers who joined the army?"”
Zhu Di said firmly,"Yes."”
Then, he bowed again." I bid for the guard of Prince Qin's Residence, Zhu Silang. I am willing to follow the Great General and guard the border for the Ming Dynasty.”
Xu Da's eyes narrowed slightly. If the Fourth Prince was the King of Yan, he would not be able to do anything to him.
However, if it was my subordinates, it would be a different story.
"Is that true?"
"It's absolutely true," Zhu Di said.
A cold light flashed in Xu Da's eyes as he slowly stood up." That's easy!”
"Those who join the army can only be ordinary soldiers.”
"Ordinary soldiers can't even hold a small flag, so how can there be a hundred households?”
When Zhu Di heard this, he took off the hundred-household token from his waist and handed it to Xu Da.
The latter took the waist token, glanced at it, and threw it to Secretary Gu Cheng.
Then he said to the generals,"Get up!”
Zhu Di also wanted to stand up, but he heard Xu Da say coldly,"Not you!"
Zhu Di could only kneel obediently.
Only then did Xu Da slowly say," Since you are an ordinary soldier, an ordinary soldier will naturally dress like an ordinary soldier. This purple flower armor of yours can only be worn by a thousand households and above.”
Zhu Di took off his helmet and was about to take off his armor.
"There's no need to trouble yourself," Xu Da said.
As he spoke, he walked to the commander's seat and sat down. He said sternly,"Those who join the army and use another person's name, even if you are a prince, you can still avoid the death penalty, but you can't escape punishment.”
"Men!"
"Yes!" the generals on the side replied loudly.”
Xu Da looked at Zhu Di coldly." Drag him away and remove this purple flower armor for him. Then, give him forty strokes."”
When Zhu Di heard this, his face turned pale.
Was Xu Da serious?
Forty strokes of the stick was no joke.
The military rod was the most commonly used punishment in the military camp, and it was also the cruelest punishment.
After the fight, the lighter ones had their skin torn and their flesh torn, making it difficult for them to move.
In severe cases, they would be crippled for life or even die.
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