Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 323 Lan Yu sat on the dragon throne and was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat [Please subscribe]

Emperor Tianyuan had made a decision. He originally wanted to let his concubines ride in the carriage and take valuable property, seals, documents and other important items with him to escape.

But before he could utter these words, messengers came one after another to report.

"Report—the Grand Commandant led several thousand elite cavalrymen to attack the Ming artillery positions, but was defeated halfway. The Ming army is now storming the camp from the south!"

"Report! The Ming army has entered the camp from the west. The commander-in-chief, Maha Zhang, has been killed in battle. Your Majesty, please send reinforcements immediately!"

"Report! Ming troops are attacking our camp from the east. Countless in number, their artillery fire is fierce. Pingzhang Balan requests that Your Majesty send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Emperor Tianyuan panicked even more, his already pale face turning even paler. He asked in a trembling voice, "The Ming army broke into the camp so quickly? Prime Minister, what should we do?"

Shi Liemen said anxiously, "Your Majesty, we must lead our elite cavalry and break out to the north immediately. If we delay any longer, we will all fall into the hands of the Ming army!"

The chief minister Nie Qielai said, "The Ming army is using a tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side vulnerable. I'm afraid there are Ming troops lying in ambush in the north."

Shi Liemen said, "If we are ambushed by the Ming army, there is still hope of breaking through, but if we are surrounded by the Ming army in the camp, there will be no way out!"

Emperor Tianyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to the Prime Minister - send someone to bring Tianbao Nu and Dibao Nu, and we will break out now!"

Shi Liemen hurriedly saluted and said, "I will arrange it right away!"

Nieqilai sighed and retreated to organize the breakout...
The camp where the Northern Yuan Dynasty court was located was extremely large - the outermost area was the camp of the Yuan army under the command of Taiwei Manzi, which consisted of camps, fences, arrow towers, watchtowers and gates. It was a defensive facility second only to the city on the grassland.

Further in, there is the largest pastoral homestay camp, which is located around the Northern Yuan Dynasty court camp and has a radius of several miles.

The innermost area is the camp of Northern Yuan ministers, nobles and imperial troops who came here with Emperor Tianyuan, with a radius of one or two miles.

Therefore, when the Ming army attacked, although the Yuan army collapsed at the first blow and even fled at the sight of the enemy, it still took time for the Ming army to reach the location of the Yuan court's Golden Tent.

When Lan Yu learned that the Yuan army camps in the east, west and south had all been breached, he asked Zhang Long to stay in the south to take command. He personally led 3,000 elite Ming cavalry, with Guangmingwei spies as guides, and rushed into the Yuan army camp in front of him.

"Don't worry about the scattered Yuan army and herdsmen. Follow me and take the Tartar Emperor's Golden Tent!"

Although the main camp of the Yuan army was about 10 to 20 miles deep from north to south, Lan Yu led his elite cavalry to rush in very quickly.

With a spy from the Light Guard who was familiar with the camp leading the way and a telescope for observation, he would not get lost and could really go straight to the Yuan Emperor's Golden Tent.

When Lan Yu arrived at the core camp where the Golden Tent was located, he saw that there were not many Yuan army guards and there was chaos inside, so he frowned - looking at this scene, most of the Yuan emperor and the important officials of the Yuan court had already fled.

Lan Yu immediately shouted an order, "Attack this place and capture all the remaining Yuan remnants. Wait for your punishment!"

"Order!"

A considerable number of the 3,000 elite cavalry led by Lan Yu were his personal soldiers. They were as fierce as wolves and tigers, and rushed in excitedly upon hearing the words. Although there were facilities such as gates and fences here, there were hardly any Yuan army guards, making it completely defenseless for the Ming army.

The panicked Yuan court nobles, officials' families, and their servants became even more panicked when they saw the Ming army rushing in.

Some guards and Yuan soldiers rushed forward to stop them, but they were easily killed on the spot by the Ming army using small flags as units.

The women either fled into the yurts out of fear, or stood there screaming in fear, or collapsed on the spot.

Some people wanted to escape, but were rushed over by the Ming army and knocked down with their lances, and were caught and tied up by the Ming soldiers behind them.

If anyone dared to resist, the Ming army under Lan Yu would not be polite at all and would kill them with one blow.

However, although these elite cavalrymen under Lan Yu were as fierce as wolves and tigers, they were also very organized. Under the guidance of several secret agents of the Guards of Light, they quickly took control of the core camp where the Golden Tent was located, as well as various important places.

As for Lan Yu, he had already entered Emperor Yuan's golden tent with his trusted personal soldiers.

The Golden Tent is actually a temporary yurt-style building with multiple load-bearing pillars inside. The overall size is almost the same as an ordinary palace in the capital or the Peking Imperial Palace, but it is not as tall.

After entering, Lan Yu saw that it was divided into three layers inside and outside.

The outermost area was probably where the Golden Tent guards stayed, with the floor covered with fine felt; the middle area was the largest, probably where Emperor Yuan met and discussed matters with his ministers, with the floor covered with fine carpets, and the pillars and "walls" were decorated with all kinds of ornaments that looked very valuable, and there were even a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.

The innermost part is where Emperor Yuan lived, which is equivalent to the Qianqing Palace in the imperial palace in the capital.

The floor was covered with thick and soft camel-hair carpets, and the walls were decorated with exquisite blankets and silks. Even though the charcoal fire had cooled, it was still warm inside.

After a brief walk, Lan Yu arrived in front of the Yuan Emperor's exquisite yet heavy golden throne. He placed his foot on the low table and said with a smile, "The Tartar Emperor lost his country and was driven to this vast grassland by us, yet he still lives in such extravagance. If the remnant Yuan Dynasty doesn't end here, then Heaven is truly blind!"

The personal guard officer laughed and said, "Your Majesty is right. When the Tartar emperor's father was in power, he exploited us Han people to his heart's content. Now that he has been driven to the grasslands, he is exploiting those herdsmen. Not a single one of them is a good person!"

Another general said, "The Tartar emperor must have escaped, but I don't know how far he ran, or whether he was ambushed by the Marquis of Yan'an and his men."

While the two were talking, Lan Yu's eyes couldn't help but fall on the golden dragon throne, and he couldn't move his eyes away.

He suddenly felt an urge to sit on it.

He was an unruly person by nature, and now that he had defeated the Yuan court in one battle, he became even more arrogant.

In addition, the tent was filled with his trusted personal soldiers and no outsiders, so when this idea came to his mind, he put it into action and sat down.

The trusted bodyguards were all stunned when they saw it, and then pretended that they saw nothing.

Lan Yu smiled and said, "This Tartar Emperor's golden chair looks quite luxurious, but when you sit on it, it feels just like an ordinary chair."

The group of trusted personal soldiers were all rough and uncouth, and even though they could recognize some words, they didn't know how to start a conversation at this time.

Just when the atmosphere was getting a little weird and awkward, there were footsteps and the sounds of women crying outside.

Lan Yu subconsciously left the golden dragon throne and grasped the hilt of the knife.

It was a captain under his command who came in with a rosy face and a large group of women.

"My Lord, these are all the Tartar Emperor's concubines, all gathered here with the Yuan Emperor's favorite concubine. Let's take them all down at once. What do you think we should do with them?"

Hearing that they were the Yuan Emperor's concubines, Lan Yu's eyes lit up and he looked over. Then, his gaze was instantly drawn to the woman at the head.

The woman looked to be in her twenties or early thirties, wearing a white fox fur coat, with black hair like a waterfall, skin as white as snow, three-dimensional and delicate facial features, and a pair of emerald green eyes. She looked worried at the moment, but it couldn't hide her elegant and noble temperament.

He immediately walked over, stared at the woman, and asked, "Who is she?"

Lan Yu was asking his subordinates, but it was this woman who spoke first.

She glanced at Lan Yu, took a step back, and then turned her head to Lan Yu and said in a cold voice in somewhat awkward Chinese: "I am Wu Qige, the imperial concubine of Emperor Yuan. Even if I am captured, the general must respect me."

Lan Yu looked at the imperial concubine's cold and arrogant expression and listened to her words, and immediately became annoyed.

He stepped forward, grabbed Wu Qige by the collar of his fox fur coat, and leaned in close, saying, "Respect you? You've become our captive, yet you're still acting like Concubine Hu Yuan? Do you believe we can kill you right now?"

Wu Qige found it difficult to fully understand Lan Yu's words, but she saw the burning flame of desire in Lan Yu's eyes, and immediately struggled in panic.

The more she struggled, the more impulsive Lan Yu became. He subconsciously wanted to take action and really kill this imperial concubine of Emperor Yuan.

He even had the idea of ​​asking the generals and personal soldiers in the tent to divide up the other concubines and palace maids of Emperor Yuan - that way, these people would be even less likely to tell anyone about the matter.

However, when he wanted to take off Wuqige's clothes, he suddenly remembered something that happened before he left the capital and headed north last year.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang called him to the palace as usual to explain some things.

At the beginning, it was all about military affairs, which was normal.

But after the military affairs were discussed, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stared at him and asked, "Lan Yu, if you are lucky enough to defeat the Yuan court and capture the Yuan emperor and his concubines during the Northern Expedition next year, what will you do with them?"

He didn't even think about it at the time, and smiled and said, "Of course, I will bring them back to the capital and present them to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "I've heard you're quite lustful and have seven or eight concubines in your house. When you meet the Yuan Emperor's concubines, won't you be so lustful that you do something presumptuous or rebellious?"

He didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang asked this, and was shocked at the time. He quickly said, "I would never do such a thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang then walked down, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Remember what you said today—you are still young, and you have a long way to go. Don't become arrogant and forget your own reasons just because you have achieved some great things."

As these memories came flooding back, Lan Yu looked at the pale and beautiful face in front of him, and his hand that had already fallen somewhere, and suddenly he broke out in a cold sweat, and his hair stood on end!

"How could the higher-ups have predicted what would happen today last year?"

'Could it be...'

Another person immediately appeared in Lan Yu’s mind—Liu Kuan!
As the person who accompanied Zhu Biao to meet Liu Kuan on the "Xian Bridge", he now knows Liu Kuan's background better than anyone else.

"Could it be that Liu Kuan knows something about us and has informed His Majesty?"

He looked at Concubine Wu Qige again, his expression changing.

"Could it be that we actually killed this Tartar concubine and the story has been passed down to future generations?"

"If it can be passed down to future generations, wouldn't it also be known to the higher-ups?"

Thinking of this, Lan Yu pushed Wu Qige away, turned around and walked back to the dragon throne.

At this time, both Wuqige and the generals and personal soldiers under Lan Yu were somewhat confused about the situation.

Just now Lan Yu was about to deal with this Tartar concubine and had even taken action, so why did he suddenly stop?

It seems like he's breaking out in a cold sweat?
Just when they were confused, they saw Lan Yu waving his hand with his back to the crowd and saying, "These Tartar concubines are important captives. Take them together and keep them under good guard. No mistakes can be made!"

At this time, some generals and personal guards in the Golden Tent also had lustful thoughts about these Tartar concubines, but most of them knew that doing so was problematic and were afraid of military law and Zhu Yuanzhang's sword.

Therefore, after hearing Lan Yu's instructions, most people breathed a sigh of relief.

"I will obey your orders!"

The captain responded and escorted Wuqige and other concubines of the Yuan emperor out and placed them under house arrest in a large yurt nearby.

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Emperor Tianyuan was escaping on horseback.

Although he was the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, his riding skills were average. Fortunately, he had a thousand-mile steed under his crotch, a rare good horse, which allowed him to barely keep up with the cavalry guards.

"I wonder how Uqige is doing."

Seeing that they had run more than 20 miles away from the camp and were basically safe, Emperor Tianyuan couldn't help but take a short break and thought of his most beloved concubine, Wuqige.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the captain who was leading the way came in panic and reported, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, it's bad, Ming cavalry appeared ahead!"

Soon, the captains on the left and right sides also sent people to report that they had discovered the Ming cavalry.

The director Nie Qielai said, "I told you that the Ming army would ambush in the north."

Shi Liemen said, "At this point, what's the point of discussing this? The only way to escape death is to break through the Ming army's ambush!"

After saying this, he looked at Emperor Tianyuan and said, "Your Majesty, please be sure to follow me and others later. Don't fall behind."

"I...I understand." Emperor Tianyuan began to stutter when he thought about facing the blade of the Ming army.

Shi Liemen drew his sword and thrust it towards the sky, shouting in Mongolian: "Warriors of the Yuan Dynasty, when a meeting on a narrow road comes, the brave prevails. Follow me and Your Majesty!"

"Ula!"

Thousands of elite Yuanting guards gathered together under the command of Shiliemen and charged northward!

　First update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)