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Chapter 649: Fight
In early April of the seventh year of Yongle, the layout of the northern expedition was basically completed. Zhu Gaoxu led the expedition in person, and generals Ping An, Qu Neng, Wang Bin, Wu Gao, Zhang Fu, Liu Sheng and others followed the army to the north. The total force prepared by the court was about 250,000 infantry and cavalry (actual number). Qi Tai, the Minister of War, was responsible for supervising the transportation of food and salaries along the way.
Previously, an imperial decree had been issued to transfer 13,000 guards from the Zhao Palace in Beiping, 10,000 guards from the Lu Palace in Yanzhou, Shandong, the Zhou Palace in Luoyang, the Qin Palace in Xi'an, the Jin Palace in Taiyuan, and the Dai Palace in Datong; and 5,000 cavalry from the Su Palace and the Qing Palace in the northwest. The guards of the northern princes will gather 73,000 people!
In addition, more than 70,000 elite soldiers from the nine borders and various provinces were trans
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