"About the soldiers, it's a problem!"

In the hall, Xu Jingchang's face was solemn.

In recent days, all the discussions in the court are about the upcoming war in the Western Regions, and the matter has spread, and the heroes who usually don't need to go to the court also know about it, and Zhu Di is even more up and down, making arrangements in full swing. Spiritually, he despised Timur very much, but he did not act lightly towards Timur, who came with great momentum.

Xu Jingchang said: "Gan and Liang soldiers, mostly Tibetan, Fan, Qiang, Miao tribes, especially the Méng, Hui two ethnic groups are the most, not only the army of these two ethnic groups of soldiers the most, the local people also take these two ethnic groups the most, and Timur is the banner of the méng ancients, and believes in Islam, among these soldiers and people, it is very appealing."

Song Sheng, the general of Pingqiang, had sent back news before, returning to Jiajingshi, and when passing through Ganliang, the Ganliang sergeants were very respectful to them, and sometimes these Hui merchants carried goods and did not clear customs, so they opened and closed the door and sent them out. Song Sheng also found that there were foreign merchants who were foreign, and some sergeants even refused to take any money and took the initiative to leak border affairs to them. ”、

At this point, Xu Jingchang smiled bitterly and said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, such people, don't expect them to fight bravely, even if they are passive and sluggish, they are all counted, and many of these soldiers, once the Timur army comes to the city, they will defect." Although Jiayuguan is dangerous, relying on such soldiers to defend it, I am afraid that it will be defeated in a battle and it will be difficult to hold on. What's more, from the news coming now, Timur's Jiān Xi has secretly infiltrated the local area and began to stir people's hearts. ”

"Order the imperial envoy to press Ganliang, strict military discipline, and order Song Sheng to strictly restrain him, and those who are particularly unreliable will be transferred out of Xiongguan and dangerous passes!"

Zhu Di said in a deep voice, he also knew that this thing was easy to do, but it was difficult to do. There are many legions in the Ganliang area that are directly transformed into guards by the attached tribes, and most of the Han troops are directly recruited from local military households.

Zhu Di twisted his thick black eyebrows, stared at the huge map, and asked, "If the cool is unguardable, where can we fight with it?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "The ministers and the military department and the governor's office of the five armies discussed together, believing that if Ganliang is lost, Timur's army will drive straight into and occupy Shaanxi, Gannan and Ningxia in one fell swoop, and our second-line troops can gather in Henan and start a decisive battle with them." If we win, we can take advantage of the victory to pursue, regain lost territory, and drive them back! If it fails, then ......"

Xu Jingchang took a long breath, pointed his finger on the Huai River, and said bitterly: "I'm afraid, we have to lay a third line of defense here, and then decide the winner!" ”

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "In the Shaanxi and Gansu areas, there are now about 150,000 garrisons, stationed in various fortresses, if you passively meet the enemy, you may be divided and surrounded by Timur, and each one will be broken!" In addition, in the Shaanxi and Gansu army, some soldiers are not very reliable, once the switch is surrendered to the enemy, the pass is steep, and it is not to be feared! ”

He got up, paced on the main hall, pondered for a long time, suddenly stopped, and said awe-inspiringly: "Command to go down, transfer 200,000 soldiers from Shanxi, Sichuan, and Henan to Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Shaanxi and Gansu troops will guard the fortress, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the three divisions of Shanxi, Sichuan, and Henan will be at the forefront of the front line, and take the initiative to find the enemy for a decisive battle!" ”

Xu Jingchang said in surprise when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this is too risky, the second line is empty, and once it is broken through by the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable." Moreover, the dispatch of Shanxi soldiers and horses, once Warat has ambitions, ...... the emperor, although Wara reports to us, but the wolf's ambition is capricious ......"

Zhu Di didn't hesitate when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, although between Timur and my Daming, Warat chose us, but the wolf's ambition is indeed unguarded. The soldiers of the Shanxi capital did not move, and I drove the expedition in person and brought the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp out! ”

Xu Jingchang was even more dizzy when he heard it, with the information collected recently, some news and rumors about the Timur Empire have been grasped by the imperial court one after another, and Timur's record in the West is really too brilliant, as if it is the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, how can the emperor easily conquer in person? If you change the general, you will be defeated if you are defeated, and the Ming Dynasty can immediately organize soldiers and horses to fight again, if the emperor personally conquers but returns defeated, or even has three long and two short, then there is no chance to save the defeat.

Xu Jingchang and several generals hurriedly persuaded him, Zhu Di got up, smashed his fist on the case, and said resolutely: "This battle must be fought outside, and we can't let the wolf in and harm my country and people!" Since others can't keep it, then I will go in person and keep the enemy out of the country! ”

Xu Jingchang was sweating profusely, and said continuously: "Your Majesty, the chief military officer of Gansu, Pingqiang General Song Shengzhen is sweet and cool, Fanrong is subdued, and the military power is extremely high in the Western Regions, and there is the old General Song guarding the Western Regions, which is enough, why not let the old General Song command the troops?" Your Majesty is personally enlisted, this is absolutely unacceptable! ”

Zhu Di sighed: "Song Sheng is old and in poor health, and he has written many times to ask to step down and return to Beijing, but because I don't have a suitable general to guard the Western Regions, I have not allowed it, alas! Now let him lead the armies alone, I can't rest assured! ”

Zhu Di's words are not hypocritical, he is really unavailable. At the beginning of his army, there were many famous generals under his command, but by this time, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Wang Zhen, Chen Heng, Tan Yuan, these famous generals had all died, Qiu Fu was in Beijing, the north choked Tatar, and the west controlled Warat, and it was easy to leave, as for Liu Cai, Chen Qi, Zheng Heng, Meng Shan, and Huo Zhen, the generals were all brave husbands.

These are his descendants, and what about the generals who have been attached to him one after another after his martyrdom? Xu Huizu and Geng Bingwen are undoubtedly qualified to be in command, Xu Huizu can attack and defend, and he is definitely a good general in the world, the problem is that this person can't afford to use it, and he doesn't dare to use it, so he handed over the army to Xu Huizu and went to the Western Regions, who knows if he will be killed back in one roll?

Geng Changxing fought well and asked him to defend the Western Regions, which was enough to build the Western Regions into an iron wall, so that Timur would return in vain and return with a feather. However, he is also dead, even if he is still alive, he is the same as Xu Huizu, he does not dare to use it, and there is also a Sheng Yong, who is not bad at fighting, and now he has also been impeached and committed suicide. Among the remaining generals, although Ping'an, He Fu, and Gu Cheng are all known as generals, the problem is that these people are just good at fighting, and they are asked to follow the instructions and lead all the way to battle, there is absolutely no problem.

Doesn't Zhu Di know the consequences of the defeat of the imperial expedition? He had no choice but to do it!

At this moment, Mu En probed his brain at the door on tiptoe, looking like he wanted to come in but didn't dare.

Zhu Di glared at him and asked angrily, "What's the matter?" ”

Mu En hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xu, the Duke of the Auxiliary Kingdom, asks to see you!" ”

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"He's coming, he's coming! Sure enough, hehe, Sister Sai'er, you are really good, you can really get him out! ”

Lying in the grass, staring at the figure walking in the distance, Si Yang's eyebrows danced, not caring that he was a year older than Tang Sai'er, but he called her sister.

Tang Sai'er said triumphantly: "Of course, it's not easy to fiddle with this fool, hum!" But ......"

She suddenly said a little weakly: "Let's play tricks on him like this, he won't complain to Grandpa Guo, right?" I'm afraid...... I'm afraid ......"

"Hey! Don't be afraid! ”

Si Xun hurriedly patted xiōng 脯 to guarantee the ticket: "Sister Sai'er, my father is actually kind, don't let him stare at him, it's actually special." Usually if my mother wants to beat us, we will go to my father, and he will definitely protect us. Don't let him train us that night, we are all pretending to be scared in front of him, and my father is reluctant to beat us. ”

Tang Sai'er pursed his lips and said, "You are him, I am not!" ”

Si Yang said: "Then it is even more impossible to teach you a lesson, my father calls your mother Mrs. Sister-in-law, how can he bully you." Sister, help me out of this bad breath, I will share half of what you have to eat in the future, no! Divide your half! You're our eldest sister, so you can't help but be angry! ”

As soon as the righteous qi arrived, Tang Sai'er's xiōng chest tǐng got up, and he strengthened his determination and said, "Cheng!" She turned her head and instructed Siyu and Siqi: "Don't make a sound, call him vigilant, only you ask!" ”

The two guys nodded busily, their eyes full of excitement.

After the incident happened two days ago, Xia Xun casually mentioned to several beloved wives that the father and son of the Yu family were guests at the door, how could they bully others like this, and they had to discipline their children. This can be done, the four girls first took a lesson from the eldest lady Ming'er, and then they were caught and spanked by their own mother, and hated the four girls so much, this account was all calculated on Yu Qian's head, and the four of them begged Tang Sai'er to come up with ideas and rectify his anger.

So the four of them arrived here. There is still a large vacant land in the back house of the Yang family, it has not yet had time to develop, there was a big pit on the ground, it was originally a big pit mixed with lime when building houses, pavilions, and courtyard walls, and there was a foot of lime deep in it, after a few rains, the water in it slightly overflowed the lime, a thin layer of clear water, and several people used this ready-made big pit to make a disguise, and the roots and grass stems were laid on it.

If the four girls of the Yang family do this work, it must be very obvious, it is a trap at a glance, but it is from the hands of Tang Sai'er, an expert, even if Xia Xun comes, there will be no abnormality at all.

Yu Qian received a note, with only one sentence on it: "Sue my father, you are a despicable person!" If something comes to the back house, let's compete, who loses and then sue, who is the dog! ”

The note was dictated by Tang Sai'er, written by Si Yang, although Tang Sai'er is old, she has a lot of eyes and eyes, and her knowledge of people is not bad, she has already tasted it, Yu Qian, proud! Personality is high, temper is arrogant, you are anything else, he may ignore you, you are a despicable person, he will definitely come to reason with you, sure enough, Yu Qian came with a puff.

So he stepped on it, plunged headlong into it, and fell into the lime pit.

A few girls laughed, happily ran to the lime pit, the lime had already been soaked in water, and it would not burn the skin, because there was a lime layer underneath, and it was soft, Yu Qian didn't fall and hurt it, but his head and face plus his clothes were all stained white by lime, he reached out and wiped the water on his face, and the white face was even more white.

When the five girls saw his white hair and face, they were so happy that they leaned back and leaned back.

Only then did Yu Qian know that he was in the puddle, embarrassed, but he didn't want to make these girls proud, he wiped a handful of lime on his face, raised his head high, and proudly exported a poem: "Thousands of hammers chiseled out of the deep mountains, burning like idleness." Don't be afraid of broken bones, you want to leave your innocence in the world! ”

Although Si Yang and Si Xun are naughty, but the Yang family has invited famous teachers to teach them since they were young, this insight is extraordinary.

If Xia Xun was here, he might be shocked, he knew that the "Lime Yin" he memorized when he was in school was a Mingzhi poem written by Yu Qian when he was a teenager, but he didn't know that this Mingzhi poem was actually born in a lime pit......

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Zhu Di has no generals available, and Xia Xun knows it.

In fact, in his heart, there has always been a doubt, that is: Will Timur die in the middle of the crusade?

If he had just arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he might have been able to make up his mind, and he had experienced so many things, many of which had already undergone some changes, and he couldn't be sure now.

If you can't be sure, you don't dare to take risks. If the Ming Dynasty really didn't prepare, and Timur killed Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia vigorously, it would be an immeasurable catastrophe.

However, there are too many big projects in the Ming Dynasty now, if this side is like the enemy's deployment of troops, build fortresses and repair city walls along the border, and the Tun army is waiting for this, as a result, Timur really died on the way, how much food will be spent on this preparation in vain? Even if the national strength of the Ming Dynasty can afford such a toss, the burden on the shoulders of the people must be much heavier.

He sent someone to investigate Xu, and he already had more detailed information about Timur than the imperial court, but there was no accurate information about Timur's health, Xia Xun knew very well that the news of Timur's Eastern Crusade had come, and the emperor would inevitably make preparations early. His brother-in-law is a very proud person in his bones, the last time, he disobeyed Zhu Di, this time he didn't speak, Zhu Di would rather drive in person than surrender himself and ask him to come out.

If you want to take the initiative in your own hands as much as possible, and prepare for war in the Western Regions as much as possible, then he, Yang Xu, has to take the initiative to ask for help and shoulder this responsibility.

So, Xia Xun Mao recommended himself!

He knew very well that this errand was just icing on the cake for his personal future, and if he failed it, he would risk ruining his reputation, but he still came. Just because, he is also a member of the Ming Dynasty, he is praised by hundreds of people, and he should do something for the people!

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