October, look at the sun.

Yingtian Mansion, which is supposed to have a pleasant climate, felt a chill that was different from previous years. The door of Fengtian Palace was open, and the wind blew a chill into the palace. Many civil and military ministers from the two groups were

Tighten your sleeves.

Today, there are more ministers from the Shuowang Dynasty attending the meeting than in the past. The reason is that all the generals from the Northern Expedition have returned triumphantly. Although the plowing and sweeping of caves was a great success, due to the rudeness of the previous Northern Expedition, they returned to the city.

There was no grand prisoner dedication ceremony, and the generals just returned to camp silently, without disturbing the people in the city.

However, the report work at the court meeting still needs to be done. Under His Majesty Dan, kneeling are Xu Da, the coach of the Northern Expedition, Li Wenzhong, the general of the East Route, Deng Yu, the general of the West Route, as well as Lan Yu, Fu Youde and other Northern Expeditions.

General.

Xu Da was kneeling at the front. He was still wearing his military uniform, kneeling on one knee, with an expression of shame that could not be concealed:

"My majesty trusted me and entrusted the important weapons of the country to me. I expected my ministers to attack the clan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and Jing Sheng raised the army to establish the Yuan Dynasty."

"However, it was all because of my carelessness and underestimation of the enemy that I was discourteous in the Northern Expedition and lost my troops and generals. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Xu Da held up the military talisman with both hands and spoke sincerely.

"Your Majesty! This matter is not the responsibility of the general! The one who underestimates the enemy is the last general!" A military general with a long beard and a rough face wanted to stand up on the spot. "If you want to blame me, just blame me, Lan Yu.

! What's more, if there is no command from the commander-in-chief during the ambush, our middle route army will be overturned in an instant!"

"The general thinks that the commander is not only innocent, but actually meritorious!"

"Lanyu!" Xu Da turned his head and shouted in a deep voice: "Are you teaching His Majesty to measure merit and demerit?"

"Shut up!"

"But..." Lan Yu wanted to say more, but Xu Dahu glared. Under the prestige of the current military god of the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu could only hang her head in despair and knelt down obediently again.

"Your Majesty, Lan Yu is very loyal and honest. He only wants to protect his ministers and has no intention of offending the Holy One!"

"I am willing to shoulder the responsibility for any misbehavior in my palace! I hope Your Majesty will not blame you."

Lao Zhu on the throne just watched all this indifferently. If it were in the past, he might have felt that Xu Da's words to repel Lan Yu meant that his reputation in the army was strong and had gradually become a hidden danger. Perhaps he would also feel resentful because of this.

The meaning of fear and alienation from Xu Da.

But at this time, because of Zhu Su's relationship, he already knew that Lan Yu would become the leader of the Ming Dynasty's army in the future, and as the first person in the army of the next generation of the Ming Dynasty, he would become the sharp knife that completely destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty.<

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Xu Da is just protecting a good young man in the army.

"Oh, no wonder we wanted to kill this blue jade in history... Now he is so arrogant even though his reputation has not yet been revealed. If he becomes the head of the military sect in the future, how can he still do it?"

"Although it is a good seedling...but the thorns on it need to be removed before it can be used smoothly."

Lao Zhu thought to himself. He waved his hand to the waiter on the side. The waiter understood, stepped forward and respectfully took back the military talismans of Xu Da and others, held them in gold trays, and sent them to Lao Zhu for inspection.<

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Lao Zhu looked at it, nodded, and waved his hand. The servant put away the military talisman. From then on, the army's expedition was officially over.

Lao Zhu stood up, walked to Xu Da, and helped him up. "Although you have not been able to complete the Northern Expedition, it is also because the Northern Yuan Qi has not been exhausted."

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"Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, and Wang Baobao is also experienced in fighting. How can there be any truth in winning every battle?"

Speaking of this, Lao Zhu sighed secretly in his heart. From the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he suppressed his hatred, pinched his nose and admitted the orthodoxy of Bei Yuan's rule, and ordered to treat Bei Yuan's generals and royal descendants well. In the final analysis, his intention was to destroy

After the clan of the Yuan Dynasty, they could justifiably swallow up the entire territory of the Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Yuan Ting escaped into Northern Xinjiang, and Northern Xinjiang is vast. Now that Bei Yuan has taken a breath, it will be even more difficult to find an opportunity to annihilate him next time.

The reason why Lan Yu and Xu Da violated their pre-arranged purpose of slowly approaching was presumably because of the vastness of Northern Xinjiang, and they were worried that if Bei Yuan was defeated, they would be like frightened birds and escape deep into the desert with nowhere to be found.

It is useless to think about these things now. After all, we still failed to defeat Bei Yuan in one fell swoop. And according to Lao Wu

As mentioned in the history, even in the end, the Ming Dynasty failed to swallow up all the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty...

After retracting his thoughts and looking at the kneeling generals below, Lao Zhu continued: "Having said that, this Northern Expedition failed to achieve a single success and ended up losing troops and generals, which is very inappropriate."

"We have thought about it again and again. In view of your outstanding achievements in the past, we will not be punished for this Northern Expedition."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and others all kowtowed three times to express their gratitude.

"Yes." Lao Zhu nodded. "Now that the military power has been entrusted to you, you can go back to your mansion to rest for a while, and then go to the Governor's Mansion to meet you."

"The War Death Penalty will be taken care of by the Ministry of War, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes." The generals nodded. Xu Da couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation in his heart.

I am getting older. This battle in Mobei may be my last battle.

It would be better if His Majesty was furious and punished, because it means that there will be another opportunity to lead troops to avenge the shame in the future.

But this time there was no reward or punishment... which shows that the emperor was determined to marginalize himself.

If there is another big battle in the future, I will never have the chance to lead the troops again.

Lao Zhu sat at the top and saw Xu Da's lonely expression. He narrowed his eyes slightly and passed by calmly.

The generals of the Northern Expedition returned to their distinguished squads. Next, Tang He and other generals reported on the results of the cave sweeping in Liting.

"Under the encirclement and suppression by our army, all the Jurchen tribesmen in Jianzhou have been wiped out."

"That tribe was being chased by another tribe of barbarians and their foothold was not stable. They originally planned to take shelter in our Ming Dynasty and Korea, so they were not prepared for our Ming Dynasty army."

"Our army killed their people and burned their tents. Their clan was completely wiped out. A few people tried to escape into the mountains and forests, but they were intercepted by our cavalry, and no fish escaped."

"However, even though it was a surprise attack, our troops responded quickly, and our army still had more than 800 dead soldiers and over a thousand wounded..."

"Oh?" Lao Zhu made a surprised voice. How could this Jurchen be so brave? She was suddenly attacked and caught off guard, and she actually killed and wounded more than 800 of our Ming Dynasty elites.

What Lao Wu said is indeed true. This Jurchen is so brave. If she is allowed to develop, she will become a disaster for our Ming Dynasty in the future!

"Just in case, in the future, the area where Jianzhou will be built will need to be plowed and swept every few years. The Daning Guards will be responsible for this matter..." Lao Zhu arranged. "Thank you for your hard work, the Ministry of War

Rewards need to be drawn up quickly. The Jurchen soldiers who went out to fight this time have all done their best!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tang He and other generals were overjoyed.

This is really a feat that fell from the sky for nothing!

Lao Zhu nodded. Due to the equalization of funds for the Fengyang project in Zhongdu, the imperial court is now quite financially wealthy. There is no need to worry about it.

I've been too busy these days. I posted late. There will be another chapter in a while. I should be free from tomorrow, so I will try to update three times a day. Thank you, readers!
Chapter completed!