Does Zhu Ying have troops?

The answer is yes,

He has people, and quite a few of them.

The total number is about 5,000.

From another perspective, the current Zhu Ying is more like a warlord in later generations.

But this is normal.

If you want to survive in the border areas of the Ming Dynasty without some men and horses, you are not a wolf eating sheep, but a sheep to be slaughtered.

Money and supplies are one thing, but the most important thing is to have troops.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun; this is a famous saying from later generations, and Zhu Ying would never forget it.

These five thousand cavalrymen were not concentrated together, but were dispersed.

There are about fifty to one hundred cavalrymen in a squad, and Zhu Ying has dozens of such squads.

Not only cavalry, but other arms are also involved.

However, in the desert and grassland, light cavalry is the only option. The rest are useless, and mobility is king.

These troops are nothing to the Ming Dynasty, but they are a considerable force in the desert grassland, and are also the trump card that allows Zhu Ying to be so carefree until now.

Their main task was to maintain the safety of the caravans, while they also occasionally played the role of a horse bandit.

Adhering to the principles of later generations, the main targets of robbery are generally hostile forces, commonly known as: black eating black.

Unfortunately, the caravan that Lan Yu's adopted son wanted to bully was the old birds from the desert.

Some of these old hands even worked for the remnants of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

Now he has been conquered by Zhu Ying.

Perhaps if they encountered a caravan coming from the Western Regions, the outcome would be much better.

Relatively speaking, the Western Regions are slightly more civilized than the desert and grassland.

Duke of Liang Lan Yu, including other dukes, marquises, earls and other military generals and nobles.

Normally, they would not stay in the capital.

The military and politics in the Ming Dynasty were not clearly divided.

The nobles known as the Huaixi Military Generals Group are generally based in the local area.

Although the Ming Dynasty is now unified, the local area is not peaceful, and there is still a tendency of unrest in some local areas.

There are also many things to do with military generals and nobles.

For example, cultivating land, training soldiers, controlling the army, defending the border, resisting Japanese pirates, and suppressing rebellions.

There are also many other matters such as disaster relief and disaster prevention, etc. that we participate in.

Duke Lan Yu of Liang is now vaguely regarded as the leader of the Huaixi military group, although there are many veteran generals among them.

But in terms of military achievements, he can still be said to be the most handsome one.

If ordinary people heard that he was Lan Yu’s adopted son, they would have panicked a long time ago.

But Zhu Ying dared to kill him directly.

He didn't want to fight against Lan Yu. He would definitely not win if he confronted Lan Yu directly.

However, Zhu Ying sees the current situation more clearly than anyone else.

The arrogant Lan Yu seems to be very powerful, but he is actually a tree that is about to fall.

Ever since the death of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying knew that these extremely arrogant generals, led by Lan Yu, were almost about to die.

The young Zhu Yunwen was simply unable to control these arrogant generals.

Zhu Yuanzhang would not leave a mess for his grandson, so he had to clean it up first.

Moreover, the former dragon slayer has now become a dragon, so he would not feel too guilty if he killed Zhu Yuanzhang.

Lan Yu always disregarded the law. Zhu Yuanzhang had hundreds of reasons to kill him. Any one of them would be enough to kill him several times.

The Lan Yu case, one of the four major cases in the Hongwu period, broke out in February of the 26th year of Hongwu.

Although it seems that there is still more than half a year left, Zhu Yuanzhang has actually already begun collecting evidence and is ready to take action.

After all, Lan Yu's achievements are there, so we still need to find a reason to kill him.

Moreover, Lan Yu has deep roots in the army. Killing him alone will not work. Only by eradicating him completely can the trouble be eliminated forever.

So let alone the fact that Lan Yu is still suppressing the rebellion, even if he comes back immediately, he will only fall into the quagmire.

This is the advantage of intelligence information, and also the source of Zhu Ying’s confidence.

As for his men.

Forehead,

Isn't it normal for the fleeing remnants of the Mongols to commit crimes and run away?

Take the situation in ancient times as an example.

From discovering that a person is missing, to reporting the case for investigation, finding clues, solving the case, and issuing arrest warrants.

After this series of operations,

Those men had already run away.

Unless you arrange an express speed of 600 or 800 miles to catch up, you won't even get a bite of ashes.

It’s just the resources of the post station, how can it be so useful?

The detectives from Yingtian Prefecture only target the local area.

Moreover, such situations were very common in ancient times, killing people and running away, given the speed of information dissemination in ancient times.

Even if a fugitive was standing in front of you, would you know who I am?

After not staying in the teahouse for long, Zhu Ying went out for shopping, commonly known as scouting the area.

His many caravans were about to arrive, and he would avoid the embarrassing situation of having no one available.

First of all, you need to be familiar with the city of Nanjing.

Before, Prince of Yan Zhu Di's people had been monitoring him, making it difficult for him to act. Now that it is confirmed that the people have been withdrawn, Zhu Ying also has to start taking action.

Always prepare for the worst.

We cannot make this trip to the capital in vain, so we must find out where those firearms craftsmen live.

Either by threats or bribery, who knows, they might kidnap a group of people and run away.

…

Night, Ming Palace.

In the Renzhi Hall, Zhu Yunwen was no longer there.

As the crown prince, Zhu Yunwen had already begun to learn how to handle government affairs and no longer had to keep vigil every day.

Because Zhu Biao died so suddenly, his mausoleum has not yet been fully built.

Historically, Zhu Biao, who died of illness in late April, was not buried until mid-August on the east side of the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The body remained there for nearly four months.

It is impossible that no one was keeping vigil for such a long time.

At this time, there were still a young man and a young girl waiting in the hall.

They are the legitimate son Zhu Yunhuan and the legitimate granddaughter Zhu Mingyue.

Zhu Biao's wife, Chang, gave birth to his eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, in the seventh year of Hongwu.

In the ninth year of Hongwu, his eldest granddaughter Zhu Mingyue was born.

In the 11th year of Hongwu's reign, his second grandson Zhu Yunhuan was born.

Before Zhu Biao's death, there was also a step-wife, Lu, in addition to Zhu Yunwen.

He had three sons, one of whom died young, and three daughters.

From this we can see that when it comes to creating children, Zhu Biao still adhered to the style of the Zhu family and was very accurate in his decision making.

A gust of wind blew, bringing some coolness in this hot May weather.

But in this gloomy environment, it has a somewhat creepy meaning.

"Sister, I'm a little scared."

Zhu Yunxun, who was only thirteen years old, pulled the sleeve of his sister Zhu Mingyue and spoke in a low voice.

"What are you afraid of? Daddy is here. What is there to be afraid of? You are my royal son. Don't be so timid."

The girl matured precociously. Zhu Mingyue, who was two years older than her, scolded her younger brother Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan glanced at his father Zhu Biao's coffin and nodded tremblingly.

But he didn't notice it either.

My sister's calf seemed to be shaking slightly.

Perhaps to comfort her brother, and also to comfort herself, Zhu Mingyue hugged Zhu Yunxun and whispered:

"Don't be afraid, brother. Daddy is gone, but we still have Grandpa Huang to protect us."

What the two didn't know was.

Outside the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang stood at the door, silent.

Listening to what the two siblings said, I felt a little uncomfortable and a little guilty.