Under the gradually dimming sky, the snow on the ground was whiter than the sky. Zhu Gaoxu walked away from the frozen shore of the "Sea Lake", and the military general Chen Wu led his brown horse behind him.

Fires flashed in the military camps everywhere, and smoke was scattered in the air. The baggage soldiers had already prepared dinner, and the soldiers were lined up with iron cups to scoop food.

There were not many people around Zhu Gaoxu; when he walked into the military camp, he was still recognized by many people. The soldiers stepped forward and held their fists and saluted, and successively paid homage to the emperor. Although the light was not very good, the group quickly attracted the attention of many soldiers.

"I don't pay duty, enter the tent earlier after dinner." Zhu Gaoxu walked to a sergeant and reached out to pat the snow on the sergeant's shoulder. The sergeant stood there with his fists bent down, not daring to move.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back and said, "Brothers, follow me to this desert wasteland in the north, endure the wind, snow and cold, and there is almost no one around. But I want to tell you that the people in the Ming Dynasty will spread the heroic deeds of their brothers! We are fighting for the peace and stability of the people and for the peace and prosperity of the people."

More and more soldiers gathered over with iron cups, and people looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu continued to shout: "Sometimes we can't find the enemy, sometimes we face severe cold, and food may not be so easy to swallow... However, I and the civil and military officials have made the best decisions, and the Ming Dynasty's official army will win!"

A general immediately shouted: "The saint has won every battle!"

"Vict! Victory..." Everyone shouted, and some people shouted "Long live".

Zhu Gaoxu did not stay for too long, so he left the barracks with several civil and military officials and inspected another barracks.

The soldiers here saw the emperor coming and stood up from the ground. Zhu Gaoxu walked to an iron pot, reached out and picked up the spoon and sucked it at the bottom of the pot. He scooped up a piece of meat and a little soup, and put the spoon into his mouth.

"It has a salty and meaty smell, well, it's just not easy to chew." Zhu Gaoxu said chewing.

The military general next to him said, "Sir, this is the horse meat I got from the battlefield. I don't burn much firewood now and I can't cook it."

"My teeth are good." Zhu Gaoxu replied with a smile, "Brothers are okay?"

The soldiers laughed for a while and answered one after another: "Okay! OK..."

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Soldiers, I will look elsewhere."

He continued to walk around the barracks, observing the behavior of soldiers from far and near. Seeing that some were eating, some were working, and some were sitting on the ground to rest. It seemed that people knew what they should do, and the situation in the barracks was quite stable. Zhu Gaoxu's confidence became a little firmer at this time.

After a while, as soon as he walked to a tent, a group of soldiers stood up from the ground, holding their fists to salute here.

Zhu Gaoxu walked up to them and looked over one by one. He saw a young man holding a piece of dirty letter paper in his hand, and asked casually: "Letters from home?"

The young man looked very nervous and suddenly turned red and hesitated: "This...that's..."

Chen Wu walked forward, took the letter from Housheng's hand, and presented it to Zhu Gaoxu with both hands. Zhu Gaoxu reached out to answer and asked, "Can I see it?"

The young man hurriedly nodded vigorously and said, "Sir, look at it."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it and looked at the young sergeant in front of him with a strange expression. The sergeant adapted for a while, and finally became a little more straightforward. He said, "The little one is Zhang Yong, Datong Ren."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Zhang Yong, fight well! I will not treat you badly."

The military generals nearby immediately clasped their fists and said, "Sir, Zhang Yong worked very hard on the battle formation, and he was lucky. We followed Duke Ba and Marquis of Heyang (Yin Desheng) on ​​the side of the Luyan River and encountered Tatar cavalry rushing forward. More than half of a general flag team were killed or injured, and the whole team was scattered. Zhang Yong committed a Tatar horse soldier alone, and was overwhelmed by a war horse! After the battle, I took him out and saw that he was not dead!"

Zhang Yong said: "At first, I thought the bones on my body were broken, but I didn't want it to be just a skin injury. I could still go to battle next time!"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "All the generals reported all the soldiers who had made meritorious, and the court will definitely discuss the merits and reward them."

The two of them clasped their fists together and said, "Thank you, Master!"

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and left. He had just walked a few steps before stopping and waved to Chen Wu to approach him, and said in a low voice. Chen Wu held his fists and took the order and strode straight forward.

Soon, Chen Wu and another general came back and took Zhu Gaoxu and others into a tent.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down next to the fire inside. Soon, the sergeant Zhang Yong who had just spoken was brought in. As soon as Zhang Yong entered the tent, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"I'm fine, sit down." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Zhang Yong turned his head and glanced at the general who brought him in, and sat down carefully next to the fire.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything for a moment, and was silent for a while, then raised his head and stretched out, "What's your letter?"

Zhang Yong quickly took out the letter from his arms and handed it on both hands.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the words on the paper and asked, "Did you have had an engagement with the wife named Feng?"

Zhang Yong shook his head and said, "Master, we have no engagement." He paused and said hurriedly, "It's no wonder Chunhan. It's just a coincidence that we know each other. The Feng family is in a wealthy family and it is ordinary to not want to marry a military household."

His face showed a bitter smile in the fire, "Otherwise, she would almost be a widow this time!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Zhang Yong quietly looked up at Zhu Gaoxu. He was quiet for a while and then said, "On the spring day this year, many people in Datong Mansion City went out to visit the spring; the young man happened to go to Datong City by the orders of hundreds of households. When he returned, he encountered heavy rain. The young man was hiding from the rain in a yard next to the post road, so he saw Feng Chunhan, and then she and another woman were also sheltering from the rain..."

While listening carefully, Zhu Gaoxu nodded from time to time. The generals on both sides might be a little strange, after all, they were still on the battlefield. It was rare for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to be interested in the private affairs of a young man's children.

Zhang Yong roughly talked about the letter, and Zhu Gaoxu quickly understood it.

Because of a spring rain, the soldier Zhang Yong met Feng Chunhan who was hiding through the spring and hiding from the rain. The two of them secretly became admirable and later met each other secretly. However, due to the difference in family background and identity, they were unable to achieve success in the end. Just before Zhang Yong went to war, he received a letter that Feng Xiaoniang was going to marry someone else.

This is not a touching thing, nor is it a tortuous and moving process, it is filled with too many ordinary realistic factors.

Zhu Gaoxu took a look at the wrinkled letter in his hand and suddenly threw it on the fire quietly! In an instant, the letter paper burned and turned into a ball of ashes.

The people around him looked surprised and all looked at the gray. Zhang Yong stared at him and was stunned.

"I'm asking someone to write a new copy for you. You just need to follow his arrangements." Zhu Gaoxu said, "After the army returns to China, if Feng is not married yet, she will let her marry you. What?"

"This..." Zhang Yong seemed at a loss for a moment.

The general next to him reminded in a deep voice: "Why don't you thank me?"

Then Zhang Yong fell to the ground and kowtowed, "The villain kowtowed you to thank the holy grace!"

"Flat." Zhu Gaoxu stood up, picked up the helmet on the ground and put it on his head.

Zhu Gaoxu and others walked out of the tent first. Then Zhang Yong was called by Chen Wu and left the place together.

...The group returned to the headquarters of the Central Army.

Soldier Zhang Yong was arranged to wait in a tent. Not long after, Hou Hai, the left envoy of the Guardian, came here. After a few greetings, Hou Hai took out a written letter and handed it to Zhang Yong, and nodded, "Zhang Yong, take a look first."

Zhang Yong stepped forward and bent over to take the letter paper.

The relevant story has been changed... The new content is roughly that "Feng Chunhan" encountered rain on the road to spring, and while hiding from the rain, he met Zhang Yong, a young and handsome soldier in the garrison. "Feng Chunhan" heard Zhang Yong's deeds. When the Tatars attacked Datong City at the end of last year, Zhang Yong bravely fought with the army to protect the people. She respected Zhang Yong very much and secretly fell in love with him.

But this summer, the matchmaker used a matchmaker to "Feng Chunhan" and told him a good family; and Zhang Yong was also ordered to go to war. So he had this "Feng Chunhan's letter" (written by Hou Hai), which was: He wanted him to serve the country and fight back against the Tatars, and "Feng Chunhan" promised to persuade his parents to reject the matchmaker, and miss him, waiting for the hero to return.

Hou Hai waited for a while and said, "Your matter is probably still the same. I only changed the result. Only in this way can the soldiers be encouraged."

Zhang Yong seemed to be a little worried.

Seeing this, Hou Hai smiled and said, "The letter had been burned, and you would indeed marry Feng Chunhan in the end. What's wrong with it? The emperor said something that others dare not marry her again; as for why Feng Chunhan wanted to marry you, this matter is not important. Do you understand?"

Zhang Yong looked at Hou Hai's red team leader's official uniform and was stunned for a moment. He finally nodded vigorously and said, "See the order!"

Hou Hai walked up, patted Zhang Yong's arm, and smiled and said, "You don't have to go back to the Heyang Hou (Yin Desheng) army. We will stay at the headquarters of the central army tonight, and we will first go to Chen Wu's command to be the chief flag of the guards and soldiers, and there will be rewards when we look back."

Zhang Yong rubbed his hands and said, "The villain is really..."

Hou Hai said: "Didn't you fight to the death and kill the Tatar cavalry with your own hands? I will leave first, and Chen Wu will arrange military positions for you."

Zhang Yong bowed with his fists and said, "I'm going to see you off to Lord Hou."

Hou Hai walked to the tent, turned his head and said, "Zhang Yong, remember what is written in the letter. Then this is the truth. You have to make yourself believe it."

Zhang Yong nodded and said, "Abide by the order!"

The two walked outside the tent and the conversation was over. Hou Hai's boots stepped on the snow and made a "crunch" sound. There was a "cracking" sound in the air not far away. Hou Hai raised his head and saw a military flag with the word "Ming" written on it, dancing in the cold wind...
Chapter completed!