The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Yu Dayou wanted to achieve military success and use his military achievements to restore the shelter of his ancestors, and he was very determined. This can be seen from the fact that he would propose such a battle plan at this time.

However, just providing advice is not enough. He also needs to personally participate in this battle and gain the greatest credit to have a chance.

Therefore, when Li Wenjin hesitated, not only worried about the feasibility of the plan, but also doubtful about the generals leading the army, Yu Dayou bravely expressed his intention to lead the army himself.

To be honest, when he heard Yu Dayou's battle plan, he felt that the plan was very good and the probability of success was high.

The only problem is that the victorious army's road to triumph is full of thorns. If a good general cannot be selected to lead the army, the Ming army will be in high danger.

Li Wenjin still recognized the ability of Datong's chief military officer Liu Han. If Liu Han led the team to attack Bansheng City, Li Wenjin could rest assured, but would Liu Han agree to this dangerous plan? What's more, he has to lead the team himself.

Of course, Yu Dayou has no problem. He has fully demonstrated his judgment ability through many wars, especially his ability to command on the battlefield.

After Yu Dayou recommended himself, Li Wenjin's last concern was dispelled. Liu Han was unwilling to lead a raid, so he would let Yu Dayou go.

When Liu Han talked about the safety of the retreat, Li Wenjin didn't say anything because he didn't know how to deal with it. It all depended on the on-the-spot judgment of the commanding general.

No matter how carefully you plan, you can never accurately determine the location of the battlefield.

The encounter with the Tatars during the retreat was random and completely unpredictable, so he looked at Yu Dayou, and Liu Han was not stupid. Seeing Li Wenjin's performance, he also looked at Yu Dayou.

Yu Dayou had no stage fright at this time. He had been on the battlefield many times and had fought against the Tatars, so he confidently began to explain to Liu Han his plan for this battle.

Li Wenjin didn't understand this, but Liu Han, who was the chief military officer of Datong, should be able to understand it. With Li Wenjin, he could discuss strategic topics, but in terms of tactics, he could only communicate with Liu Han.

“It’s time for Jiubian to take action.”

When Zhang Juzheng heard Wei Guangde say this, he couldn't help repeating it in a low voice, and then raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's the explanation?"

According to the literal meaning, Wei Guangde seemed to want to mobilize troops from all over the world to deal with the invasion of Anda Khan.

Well, if this is the case, Zhang Juzheng will lose interest in Wei Guangde. Without him, it is unreliable.

As Beijing officials, they should all be very aware of the current financial predicament of the imperial court.

Mobilizing people from all over the world requires massive resources.

Where does money and food come from?

At present, the army is stationed in the area where the supply of money and food is still tight. Once the army begins to mobilize, the consumption of transportation is something that the current court cannot afford.

Moreover, who doesn’t know that in war, of course, the more troops and horses are mobilized, the better.

Han Xin's principle that the more soldiers the better, none of them understand.

Only a few people who are stupid in reading will think that Zhuge Liang's "ingenious tips" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are really useful. They are all just things to fool readers.

There are indeed cases of defeating the large with less, and the weak defeating the strong, but that is definitely not what the coach wants. It is a helpless move when there is no other way, maybe because of one's own lack of strength, or maybe because of the rush of time and no time to mobilize the army. , is not an orthodox way of using troops.

What Zhang Juzheng was thinking, Wei Guangde did not notice that his words could easily be misunderstood. At this time, he just thought about it before continuing: "The main force of the Anda Department should have gathered outside Xuanfu Town. The war is about to break out. At this time, reinforcements from nine sides will definitely be recruited. It's too late.

Perhaps only the troops from Ji Town and Datong can join the battlefield during the war. Liaodong Town in the east, Taiyuan Town and Yansui Town in the west may not be able to catch up, let alone the Ningxia towns further away.

But have you noticed that the main force of the Xuanfu Reporter Department has been sent out. What does this mean? On the northern prairie, there are probably no Tatars outside other border towns. At this time, it is time to go north to the grassland to harass and destroy. Chance.

Aren't they going to fight on the front line of Xuanfu? The Xuanfu Army, assisted by the Jizhen Army, defended with all its strength, and other towns went north to harass his rear, especially the Datong Army and the Liaodong Army, which could completely advance from east to west and cut off the retreat of the Anda Department. "

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but said with some regret: "It's a pity that the north is full of prairie, and the Mongols are nomadic people who live on water and grass. They don't have a royal city, otherwise they would directly attack his royal city."

After a pause, looking at the stunned looks of his colleagues around him, Wei Guangde sighed again: "Drinking Ma Hanhai, strangling Shi Yanran, sealing the wolf to live in Xu, what a great opportunity."

Wei Guangde's last words were a bit pretentious. The military generals of this era all regard the things represented by those twelve words as the highest honor of a general and pursue them throughout their lives.

Of course, this is just their ideal, and ideals often lose to reality.

When Wei Guangde finished speaking, he noticed that other colleagues were doing well. Only Zhang Juzheng's eyes flashed with excitement, but maybe he thought of something immediately, and it quickly dimmed.

If it was the early Ming Dynasty, maybe it would be possible. At that time, there were many famous generals and the soldiers were soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles. As for now, just think about it.

The pavilion fell into silence, and everyone was silent.

It should be said that Wei Guangde's idea seemed a bit fanciful and unrealistic to his colleagues. At this time, the defense was insufficient, and he was still thinking about fighting out. It was really...

At this time, all the six ministers and nine ministers of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan. After the previous heated discussion, they all stood in silence with their hands down, waiting for the Holy Judgment of Emperor Jiajing on the throne.

In the previous discussion, although the Ministry of Revenue strongly resisted the mobilization of surrounding troops, the Ministry of War took a tough stance.

Although the other ministries had nothing to do with themselves, they all agreed with the Ministry of War's opinion when they thought that the Anda cavalry might come to Beijing again.

That is, the request of Xuanda Governor Ge Jin was almost fully approved. He not only planned to mobilize his Xuanda and Shanxi armies to fight, but also requested the Jizhen army to assist in defense and join the battlefield if necessary.

More than 100,000 people and horses were mobilized in three towns, and the number of people eating horses and chewing every day was astronomical. Naturally, the Ministry of Household Affairs lamented the poverty and firmly disagreed.

Participating in the discussion were not only the chief minister of the cabinet, Yan Song, the second minister, Xu Jie, and the officials of the Liubu Hall, but also the censor of Zuodu of the Ducha Yuan, the ministers of Dali Temple and Taichang Temple.

Originally, such a gathering of the Nine Ministers should not be attended by the Minister of Taichang Temple, but by the Minister of General Affairs. However, starting from the Zhengtong period, Yingzong was unable to attend the court due to his young age, and the imperial power fell into the hands of the cabinet San Yang. The status of the Chief Secretary dropped sharply.

Up to now, the General Affairs Department has almost become an agency dedicated to delivering memorials to the cabinet, and has lost the right to submit internal and external memorials and refute them.

After the Xuanfu army report was delivered to Xiyuan by the cabinet today, Emperor Jiajing directly named Gao Gong, the Minister of Taichang Temple, when he convened the important ministers for discussion, and asked him to participate in the meeting of the Nine Ministers instead of the General Affairs Secretary. .

Regarding this arrangement, Xu Jie seemed very happy and his brows were relaxed. Only the first assistant, Yan Song, frowned and said nothing.

However, Gao Gong, who was participating in such a major meeting for the first time, seemed very reserved and completely transparent. He did not say a word during the entire discussion, but quietly listened to the opinions expressed by other big shots.

Such a scene was a very novel experience for Gao Gong, who was attending the imperial meeting for the first time, and he was even more inspired.

He sensed the emperor's attitude towards Prince Yu's Mansion from the moment Emperor Jiajing asked him to attend this meeting. Is this about starting to train the team of Prince Yu's Mansion?

Thinking of this, he had to listen carefully to the speeches of the big bosses, while thinking about what Wei Guangde said before. There were rumors in the palace that Emperor Jiajing had discussed "promoting the vassal" with Lu Bing.

Groundless news?

It seems that there is no need to be afraid, and it may not be without reason.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong also thought that Wei Guangde seemed to have someone in the palace, so he made up his mind to go back and talk to Wei Guangde and ask him to inquire in the palace to see if there was any other news that he had not noticed. .

With the absence of Queen Yu's mother and concubine, King Yu has no one to rely on in the palace. The only ones who can talk to them are some eunuchs he knew in the past. Even if they have maintained contact with each other over the years, they are not as good as before. After all, King Yu cannot give them what they want. of.

Although he was multitasking, Gao Gong gradually heard it and understood the essence of the imperial meeting. In fact, the emperor wanted to know the attitude of each department towards something, the reasons for support and the reasons for opposition.

As the second assistant Xu Jie made a concluding speech at Yan Song's signal, the Yongshou Palace became quiet and began to wait for the emperor's judgment.

"The Xuanfu war is about to begin, and there is nothing more important than this."

Emperor Jiajing glanced at the ministers in the palace seemingly casually, and then said after a slight hesitation: "The Ministry of War will send a document to Jizhen, and the passes along the Great Wall will be strictly guarded.

The army from Ji Town was stationed in Miyun, ready to go to the Xuan Mansion for support at any time. Yansui Town and Ningxia Town also sent official documents to them, asking them to mobilize their troops to be on standby. "

After saying these words, Emperor Jiajing may have seen the tangle on the face of the new Minister of Household Affairs Gao Yao, thinking that he had just taken over the stall left by Ma Kun, and he probably didn't know where to find money at this time.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The household department of the Ming Dynasty has been in deficit for many years. The new and old treasury were almost emptied two years ago. Every year, as soon as the gold and silver sent from the south enter Taicang, people from various yamen rush to pick it up. Let's go, now there is a war, and it is inevitable that the income and expenditure will be stretched.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Jiajing spoke again: "First, borrow a sum of money from the Changying treasury of Taipu Temple to give priority to guaranteeing this military operation. We will never allow any soldiers to cause trouble due to insufficient food and salary supply at this time."

This year, he has received news of two soldier mutinies. If such a farce happens again at this juncture, the capital should not stay still.

"In addition, the Ministry of War sent a message to Duke Cheng Guo and asked him to reorganize the Beijing camp immediately."

Rectifying the capital camp is to nip problems in the bud.

That time ten years ago, the Beijing camp was rushed into battle, and the defense of the capital was in chaos.

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing could not find anyone to get angry with, so he could only punish the officials and eunuchs in the capital camp of the then governor.

This time, I don’t know what Anda Khan planned, but according to Ge Jin’s memorial, the main force of Anda tribe will be used up, and there will always be an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people. With such a large number of people, even with the nomadic lifestyle, The consumption required is not small, so it can be seen that Andahan's intention is not small.

At this time, everyone in the Ming Dynasty believed that a war would be inevitable. However, in the face of such a war, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention one thing, that is, the plan to send a governor for this war, which seemed to make the entire war impossible. They were all handed over to Ge Jin, the governor of Xuanda, to complete.

After the imperial meeting ended, everyone exited Yongshou Palace and walked out of Xiyuan one after another. Everyone got on the sedan chair and returned to their own yamen offices to implement the decisions made at the meeting.

After Gao Gong got on the sedan chair, he did not let the bearers carry him back to the Imperial College. Instead, he ordered: "Go to the Hanlin Academy and hurry up."

There is no rush to inquire about the news in the palace, but now among the officials of King Yu's line in the capital, only Wei Guangde has the experience of leading troops in combat. Gao Gong wants to talk to Wei Guangde about the content of the imperial meeting and listen to it. In his opinion, nothing is more important than this war.

And he himself has never commanded an army or fought in a war, so he should ask someone who has done so.

The bearer carried the sedan quickly away from the gate of Xiyuan and ran towards the Hanlin Academy. At this time, Wei Guangde had already come out of the pavilion and returned to his duty room to sit down.

I had already drank a lot of tea in the pavilion. As soon as I sat down, I saw Lu Bu bringing freshly brewed tea, which made me feel tired.

The tea has been brewed, and Wei Guangde doesn't want to drink it, so he just puts it somewhere.

At this time, Wei Guangde had no interest in reading. Looking at the book on the desk, he reached for it, closed it and threw it aside. His mind went to Xuan Mansion.

Ma Fang is still serving as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuan Mansion, commanding the complete left and right guards.

Considering Ma Fang's past record, Lai An Da Khan would not be so stupid as to think of finding a breakthrough between Datong and Xuanfu. The greater probability is to look for opportunities to break through the border wall near the Longmen Guard area of ​​Xuanfu and find opportunities to defeat him. The three guards of Xuanfu then chose the opportunity to continue southward to threaten the capital.

By then, the Yanqing and Juyongguan lines will become the main battlefields again, and victory or defeat may be decided here. By then Xuanda, Shanxi and Jizhen armies have gathered, and it is not known whether they can completely defeat the main force of Anda.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde felt anxious again.

Although he was lucky last time and scared people away during the fight with Anda Khan, Wei Guangde knew very well that the Tatars entering the customs that time were not as good as this time.

If it is true, as stated in the memorial to the Xuanfu, that the main force of the Anda Division is used up, think about the tens of thousands of elite Mongolian cavalry. Wei Guangde does not believe that Xuanda's men and horses alone can stop it, even with the soldiers and horses of Jizhen. Fear is not enough.

Wei Guangde had seen the Jizhen defense line completely, and had a general understanding of the combat power of the Jizhen army, which seemed to be not as strong as the Xuanfu army.

After all, the Xuanfu Army has been fighting against the Mongolian Tatars all year round, and their combat experience is not the least bit strong.

I just hope that those who have taken refuge in him will not suffer any losses in this war, Wei Guangde thought in his heart.

"grown ups."

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, as if someone had entered the yard, and Lu Bu's words at the door were heard again.

"Master Gao Gonggao is here."