If not abolished

Chapter 110: 2 Expedition to Mobei

Zhu Zhanji and Hu Shanxiang said goodbye in a hurry. Wu Cheng and others chased him halfway and saw that Zhu Zhanji had turned back, and they finally felt relieved.

"Your Highness." Wu Cheng thought Zhu Zhanji had figured it out, so he returned halfway and wanted to comfort him.

"Let's go." Zhu Zhanji put the amulet away solemnly.

When Wu Cheng saw what Zhu Zhanji was holding, he immediately stopped talking. Come to think of it, if the Crown Prince hadn't seen the person, there was no way he would have come back. Fortunately, Miss Hu San still caught up.

The group left Jining City in a mighty manner. Zhu Zhanji looked back for a while and said, "Gee." He rode away.

When Zhu Zhanji came back, it was almost the end of the year.

"Brother, you are finally back. I thought you were going to break your promise." When Jiaxing heard that Zhu Zhanji was back, he was so happy that he came to Qingyun Palace early in the morning.

Zhu Zhanji hugged his sister and said, "Jiaxing has grown taller."

"That's right, big brother, you haven't seen me for a long time." Jiaxing said with a smile, "Big brother, don't change the subject. You promised me before that you would take me out of the palace to see the lanterns today during the Lantern Festival."

"Okay, I'll tell my brother and mother when the time comes." Zhu Zhanji had been keeping it in mind since he couldn't find her, so he had to agree.

"Yeah, big brother is the best." Seeing that Zhu Zhanji agreed, Jiaxing danced in his arms.

"Okay." Zhu Zhanji asked her to be more obedient.

Zhu Zhanji played with his sister for a while and then sent her back to the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess hadn't seen her son for a long time, so she talked to him for a long time.

"Fortunately you came back before the New Year. I was happy that you came back, but I didn't expect that His Majesty wanted to take you to the war. You just came back, and now you have to leave again, and go to the battlefield. I don't know how dangerous it will be." The Crown Princess said with a worried look on her face.

"Mother, don't worry too much. There are so many people protecting your son, nothing will happen." Zhu Zhanji had experienced this before, and nothing happened in his previous life, so he was not worried at all.

Seeing him so relaxed, the Crown Princess was afraid that he might underestimate the enemy, so she said sternly, "On the battlefield, swords have no eyes, so you must not underestimate the enemy. Even your grandfather would have a hard time getting any advantage from them."

"Son, understand. I'm just trying to make you feel at ease."

"It's good that you know." The Crown Princess also knew that her son had his own ideas, so she didn't say much.

"By the way, I promised Jiaxing that I would take her out of the palace to see the lanterns on the Lantern Festival." Zhu Zhanji happened to be talking about this with his mother.

"That girl has been clamoring to go out and play for a long time. She was worried that you wouldn't come back. Okay, you can bring more people." The Crown Princess had no objection to this. She had been clamored by her daughter several times before. "By the way, how about asking the two people in your palace to accompany you?"

"What are they going to do?" The Crown Princess was referring to Cao Wanyi and the others. If he hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that there were these two people in the palace.

"Just take her with you if I tell you to. You were away during this period, and the Cao family has been very respectful. They have a good eye this time." The Crown Princess had a very good impression of Cao Wanyi. It was a rare occasion that her son had free time, so she had to let them develop some affection.

"Mother." Zhu Zhanji was naturally unwilling.

"If you don't agree, then don't go out." The Crown Princess threatened.

Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to obey.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival. Early in the morning, Jiaxing clamored to leave the palace.

"There is no light in the daytime. Please wait until it gets dark."

"Ah, we have to wait until dark, but it's only morning now, there's still a long time." When Jiaxing heard that it would take so long, his excited mood immediately became discouraged.

Zhu Zhanji gave Cao Wanyi a look, and Cao Wanyi immediately walked to Princess Jiaxing, took her hand and said, "Princess, don't be sad. Time actually passes very quickly. Let's find something to do before it gets dark. In fact, we don't have to wait until it gets dark. We can wait until the sun sets. When the sun sets, there will be vendors on the street. We can go shopping first, and then go to see the lanterns when it's almost dark."

"really?"

"Of course, Your Highness is not often outside the palace, but I go out to watch the Lantern Festival every year, so what I said is of course true."

"Oh, that's right. My sister grew up outside the palace." Jiaxing thought immediately, "Then we can just wait until the sun sets, right?"

"Yes, let's practice calligraphy now, and then go to the yard to play shuttlecock, and the time will pass quickly."

"Okay. I want Sister Chu to play with me. She can play a lot."

"Ok."

Zhu Zhanji's ears were finally quiet.

In the evening, Zhu Zhanji took Jiaxing for a walk on the street. It was Jiaxing's first time out, and he was extremely curious about everything. He ran around and looked there, wanting this and eating that.

"It's okay to buy some small things, but the food is not good. If it's not clean, you'll get a stomachache if you eat it later. I'll take you to a restaurant to eat." Zhu Zhanji stopped his sister's hand from buying food.

"Ok."

"You two can go shopping by yourselves and then meet at the restaurant later." Zhu Zhanji said to Cao Wanyi beside him.

Chu Xuanying originally felt that it was very stressful to come out with Zhu Zhanji, and she didn't want to come out, but she thought that there would be almost no chance to leave the palace in the future, so she came anyway. Now hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, she immediately prepared to thank him, but Cao Wanyi held her back.

Cao Wanyi said, "How can this be possible? We can just accompany His Highness. We come to this lantern festival every year, and there is nothing special we want to visit."

"Wu Cheng, send a few people to follow Miss Cao and Miss Chu. This is their first time in Jiaxing, so I'm afraid they'll have to wander around for a long time. You can go to the restaurant and rest first."

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was determined to make this arrangement, Cao Wanyi no longer refused, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanji later took his sister to the place where the lantern riddles were guessed, and recalled the time he spent with Hu Shanxiang as if it were yesterday.

"Brother, that one looks good." Jiaxing said, shaking his arm.

"like?"

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji immediately guessed the riddle of the lantern.

"Okay, that's enough, let's go eat."

"Okay." Jiaxing got the lamp and didn't want anything else.

After the Chinese New Year, the preparations for the expedition were ready, and the time for the expedition was also calculated. On February 19, the 12th year of Yongle, Zhu Di once again went out of the border to personally attack Wala. The army marched for several months, and finally in June of that year, a battle broke out in Hulanhusiwen. Daliba Khan and the three kings, Mahamu, Taiping, and Batusuolo, led the cavalry and formed a battle array in three groups on a hilltop more than ten miles away from the Ming army. There were about 30,000 soldiers, each with three or four horses. The Ming army sent troops to challenge Mahamu, and Mahamu sent Mongolian cavalry to rush down the hillside to fight. They were shot back by the dense "magic guns" of the Ming army, and then they had to gather on the top of the mountain and dared not come down. The Ming army took advantage of this opportunity to advance the troops on the east and west wings, and the two sides began to fight. After a day of fighting, both sides suffered losses.

In the evening, Zhu Di commanded hundreds of elite cavalry as the vanguard, followed by the firing of muskets. The cavalry took advantage of the momentum and the Wala tribe was defeated. More than ten people including the prince were killed, and thousands of people were killed. Daliba, Mahamu, Taiping and Batusolo escaped and fled to the Tula River.

On the battlefield, a small incident occurred. Zhu Zhanji was fighting bravely. Seeing their strong momentum, the enemies prepared to escape. Li Qian encouraged Zhu Zhanji to chase them. This had happened in his previous life. That was Zhu Zhanji's first time on the battlefield. He was too excited about killing the enemies. Later, when he chased to Jiulongkou, he was besieged by the Wala cavalry. At the critical moment, fortunately, the cavalry sent by Zhu Di came to rescue in time and they were able to escape from danger. Afterwards, Li Qian did not dare to see Zhu Di and committed suicide.

This time Zhu Zhanji was on guard again and would not be easily fooled. He brought enough people and chased after him. Seeing that his nephew was so enthusiastic, Zhu Gaoxu was afraid of stealing the credit, so he also followed.

Zhu Zhanji did not fall into an ambush this time and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop. On the way back, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanji walked side by side in the front.

"I didn't expect Zhanji to be so brave in his first battle." Zhu Gaoxu said, patting his nephew's armor.

"Uncle, you're too kind. I'm still a little bit inferior to you." Zhu Zhanji had a deep memory of his second uncle. Who would have thought that the first expedition he would lead after ascending the throne would be to fight his own uncle.

"Hey, you are still young and need a few more years of experience." Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself, where would his face be if you, a young boy who is on the battlefield for the first time, beat him.

"My second uncle is right." Zhu Zhanji didn't want to talk to him, so he rode away on his horse, thinking that Zhu Gaoxu would be able to lead the team back.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu had a vicious idea in his mind. He said to his deputy general, "This kid is cheating. He agreed to have a horse race, but he ran away first. As the elder, I will let him go first. You take the troops back."

"Yes, Your Highness the King of Han." The deputy general accepted the order.

Zhu Zhanji heard the noise behind him and looked back, "Zhanji, why are you running so fast?"

"Is there anything wrong, Second Uncle?" Zhu Zhanji stopped and asked.

Zhu Gaoxu stopped him and said, "Why don't we have a race to see who can get back to the camp first?"

"Okay." Although Zhu Zhanji didn't know what he was going to do, he had no objection to it.

As they spoke, the two of them started competing. After looking at each other, they pulled the reins at the same time and galloped out.

Zhu Gaoxu deliberately ran a little behind and stabbed Zhu Zhanji's horse with a weapon. Zhu Zhanji didn't check it in time, and the horse was frightened by the pain, so Zhu Zhanji fell off.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Zhanji didn't expect that his rogue uncle would start to attack him at this time. Why did he believe him?

"What to do? What do you think? Swords and knives are merciless on the battlefield. Isn't it normal to get injured or die? No one should doubt it, right?" Zhu Gaoxu dismounted and said with a sword in his hand.

"If you dare, the emperor will not let you go." Zhu Zhanji fell and broke his leg, unable to move.

Seeing that he was like this, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to laugh. No, he had already laughed out loud. "Let's talk about it later. Now, die!" As he said that, Zhu Gaoxu stabbed him in the chest.

Zhu Zhanji thought he was going to die and his heart stopped for a moment. The expected pain did not come. He looked carefully and found that the sword did not penetrate him. Zhu Gaoxu was also stunned for a moment. While Zhu Gaoxu was not able to react, Zhu Zhanji rolled away.

Just as Zhu Gaoxu reacted and was about to stab again, a shout came from not far away: Your Highness, Your Highness...

It turned out that Zhu Di discovered it and disappeared, so he sent people to support him.

Zhu Gaoxu missed his opportunity.