Zhu Qi left, one day in June, in the ninth year of Hongwu.

The day when Zhu Qi left, it rained heavily. His wife Xu Miaoyun cried like a tearful person. She wanted to accompany Zhu Qi, but there was no other way for the child in her belly.

The eldest brother Zhu Biao came to see him off with a serious expression.

Li Qi was crying too, crying loudly.

"You're crying, don't I go there anyway when Princess Liao is pregnant! You're not married yet!"

Zhu Qi rode a horse and said this to Li Qi angrily.

Li Qi also said while wiping his tears:

"Your Highness, I'm going to be over this year..."

Zhu Qi rolled his eyes. What Li Qi meant was that he would not come back this year, so he would delay until next year?

But he was right. It was June now. According to Xu Miaoyun's pregnancy in April, the expected delivery date will be in February next year.

It is not difficult for Zhu Qi to travel to Shuzhong and Yingtian Prefecture within eight months. If he travels at full speed without considering safety, he can travel back and forth in two months.

But the real difficulty is that he still has to be responsible for the defense of Shuzhong.

He did not go to Bashu for a trip.

According to his conversation with his elder brother Zhu Biao, his mission this time is to ensure that the Shu area will not be attacked by Uszang and King Liang.

If possible, it would be a great thing to cut off the contact between Uszang and King Liang.

This is not something that can be solved by patrolling the army and checking the inventory in the past.

Although the possibility of fighting is not very high, just in case, Zhu Qi estimated that he had to repair the abandoned city pass there and connect a complete, solid and reliable direction, so that he could wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's edict to return to Yingtian Prefecture.

No one can say how long this process will take.

If you are fast, it’s like when Xu Da was in charge of defense in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Spring has passed and winter has returned, which takes more than half a year.

But that was mainly because Wang Baobao launched an attack in the autumn, and before winter came, the attack was defeated by Zhu Qi.

Then Beiyuan had to enter the defensive stage, and Xu Da's mission was completed and he was transferred back, leaving only Fu Youde to guard the situation.

But it's hard to say about Zhu Qi.

This King Liang dares to take the initiative to attack?

How dare Uszang take the initiative to attack?

It's unlikely.

As mentioned earlier, even if Wang Baobao was not dead, the soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would not be able to be dispatched to Yunnan.

It is not realistic and impossible to attack the Ming Dynasty by the troops of the Yunnan chieftains and the power left by the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Yunnan.

As for Uszang, it had long lost the momentum of Tubo during the Tang Dynasty.

This is mainly because the indigenous people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are also surging.

Uszang, which looks united, is divided into two areas, Kangba and Ando due to geography and history.

These two regions have a faint meaning of splitting into two regimes.

In fact, in recent years, most of the envoys sent to the Ming Dynasty were sent by Kangba, and those who were closely connected with the Northern Yuan Dynasty were Ando.

Zhu Qi is not sure about the specific reason for this situation, after all, he has never learned about the history of this area.

Anyway, most of the fights cannot be played, so I will drag them hard at that time. I don’t know how much time it will take.

If he could take the initiative to cut off the connection between Uszang and King Liang, the King Liang would be unable to contact Beiyuan.

King Liang did not have any threats, so he really wanted to come back any time.

But just thinking about it, if you want to cut off the connection between Uszang and King Liang, unless King Liang surrenders or Uszang surrenders, the matter is not that simple.

Even if it is conservatively estimated, it would be unrealistic to settle the southwestern border for eight months.

Mu Ying is a man in his thirties. Zhu Qi still has a very impression of Mu Ying in his memory.

Because he was the first adopted son to be accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhu Biao called Mu Ying the eldest brother according to his age.

Of course, since Zhu Yuanzhang was the first, it is unnecessary to call Mu Ying a brother.

After all, the Zhu family is now in the lineage of emperors, and they are friendly to each other, so the king and his subjects cannot be confused.

No matter how good the relationship between Zhu Qi and Xu Zengshou and his group are, no matter how good they are, they will still add the word "Your Highness".

I dare not call this part casually and happily.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself didn't care about profession, but it didn't mean that imperial power could touch the bottom line.

Because of this, Mu Ying has no airs of being the eldest brother.

Both Zhu Qi and Zhu Di were respectful.

But Mu Ying is a little older than Zhu Qi and others. In today's terms, there is a generation gap.

Everyone can’t talk together, so they are polite to each other, but it is not realistic to have a deep friendship.

However, Zhu Qi was particularly kind and enthusiastic about Mu Ying.

This time I went to Bashu, I was all counting on him. How could I not be enthusiastic?

As soon as he saw Mu Ying, Zhu Qi grabbed his hand and said kindly:

"Brother Mu, this time the Bashu defense is all up to you."

Mu Ying suddenly panicked and hurriedly said respectfully:

"What did your Highness say? I will never refuse to follow your Highness and go through fire and water!"

There are a lot of Balabara, and the relationship between Zhu Qi and Mu Ying is rising sharply.

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Zhu Qi and others walked down the river and entered the river from Wu Gorge.

I can also appreciate the taste of "the monkeys on both sides of the straits cannot stop crying, and the light boat has passed thousands of mountains."

Along the way, Liu Bowen talked about his experiences and stories about Bashu. The old man used to be quite a cool male god, but he didn't know what to do. It seems that he has become more and more fond of communication recently.

You know, Liu Bowen used to smile and hide his merits and fame.

However, listening to the old man telling stories, the mood of missing his wife suddenly became much weaker.

At first, he talked about Bashu, but later he talked about the story of the Ming army conquering the world.

Liu Bowen followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight south and north, and heard many stories and saw many strange people and strange things.

During the Battle of Fanyang Lake, Zhang Dingbian raided a single ship, and dozens of arrows were still standing.

Lan Yuhongdu defended his 83 days and refused to retreat. He killed less than three of the ten soldiers guarding the city, with corpses everywhere, and even the city gates were blocked by corpses, and the corpses under the walls were piled up into mountains.

The highest place is not even a ladder, you can touch the city wall by just lying on the body.

There was also Xu Da leading his troops to fight with Wang Baobao in Shaanxi, and Chang Yuchun's single army raided the bravest army and defeated Dadu...

Mu Ying also listened to him and said a few words occasionally. He had participated in many battles, although there were no important positions.

But he often takes the machete and leads.

Zhu Di was envious of the moment when he saw it. He really wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like Mu Ying.

Those stories and legends are all about the stories of Zhu Qi, Zhu Di, and Xu Zengshou, and they can be said to be filled with blood.

Even Zhu Qi's adult bones felt like they were burning.

As this burned, Bashu arrived.

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Sichuan has been a land of outstanding people and spiritual powers since ancient times.

Qin State embraced Bashu and obtained the capital to sweep the six countries.

When Liu Bang entered Sichuan, Xiang Yu thought he would hurry Liu Bang into a remote area.

But I didn't know that the people waiting for Liu Bang in Bashu were not only abundant soldiers, but also abundant food...

Since ancient times, too many heroes have written legends here.

There is also a saying, "Sichuan will not perish, China will not perish."

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the heroic story of the Sichuan Army is still being praised.

Although Zhu Qi has never been to Sichuan, he has heard that he has a natural favor for this country of Heavenly Prefecture since he was a child.

From Wu Gorge and after coming down from Chongqing Ferry, we continued to go from Meishan along the land route towards Chengdu.

There is no waterway to go from Chongqing to Chengdu.

It takes about ten days to walk the ancient Sichuan-Chongqing road.

As for what the boatman pulled the boat along the Minjiang River to Chengdu, or something.

Then hurry up and knock it down.
To be continued...