Chapter Ninety-Four: Chengguo's Public Countermeasures Plan

Outside the Wuying Palace, the spring rain is murmuring, and the humidity is blowing in the face, which makes people feel refreshed

It's just that the atmosphere in the main hall is solemn.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Jinyiwei news, after the beginning of spring, it is a definite fact that the tile spur will attack Haixi Town. How should the imperial court respond? Tell me about it. ”

British Gong Zhang Fu coughed twice and said: "Now the city of Haixi Town has been built, there are 30,000 soldiers, the edge of the sea is connected, and there are 200,000 stones of grain in stock. There are also Jiao Li, Shi Heng, Yiha, and other good ministers and famous generals guarding the town, and the ministers think that Haixi Town is solid and indestructible. Even though there were 100,000 thorns to attack, the minister didn't think he could take it. ”

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew about this.

Even Zhu Qizhen arranged it single-handedly.

In Layue last year, he knew that the tile spur might attack Haixi Town, and Zhu Qizhen began to prepare.

Although the heavy snow closed the mountains in winter and also sealed the port of Haixi, he still managed to transport some things in, and the grain and grass materials in Haixi were enough to support the thirteenth year of orthodoxy.

That is, a siege that lasted for two years can be resisted.

But what Zhu Qizhen wanted to ask was not only the battle of Haixi Town, but also the attitude towards the tile spur.

After all, before the tile thorn attacked the seven guards of Kansai, it can be said that it is not a place directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and there is a skin on it, if you look at it from the tributary list alone, the slave of the Ming Dynasty is still there.

Come to pay tribute as well. It seems that everyone is a loyal courtier of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu's white-haired head lowered slightly, avoiding Zhu Qizhen's eyes, and said: "The minister thinks that the tile thorn is not only attacking Haixi, but his purpose is actually North Korea. ”

"Once North Korea falls to the thorns, then Liaodong will be in danger."

Zhu Qizhen didn't think about it from this aspect, but now when he heard Zhang Fuyi say it, his heart sank.

He never felt that North Korea was a loyal vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Qizhen was also very clear about the contradiction between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, but he didn't think that this contradiction would make North Korea fall to the thorn.

After all, if you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has nothing to ask for them, and you can even make some money through tributary trade, and if you surrender to the tile thorns, you will have to pay a lot of gold and silver materials to worship. Not to mention the cheap from the shingles.

Not to mention, attacking North Korea from the perspective of geopolitics and from the offensive window of the Western Strait is the most difficult mountain road to take, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army at all.

It is easy to be cut off by Daming.

Zhu Qizhen felt that even if he used force against North Korea, it would be on a small scale.

This is a matter of course, but don't worry too much.

Zhu Qizhen didn't believe it, Zhang Fu didn't understand what he wanted from Zhang Fu's mouth, it was with the tile spur

War and.

The tile spur is already so provocative. Could it be that the imperial court can only sit back and watch the tile spur grow step by step, and it will not be able to tear the face with the tile thorn until it reaches the edge of the tile thorn.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the tile spur is so aggressive, it is really hateful, and the minister thinks that the tile spur should be taught a lesson." Cheng Guogong suddenly spoke and relieved the British public.

Zhu Qizhen listened to it and said, "What is the good plan of Chengguo Gong? ”

Cheng Guogong said: "Since the tile spur sent troops to the northeast, the minister asked Gansu Town to send troops to recover the seven guards of Guanxi. ”

Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "This method is good. ”

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen felt that Cheng Guogong was actually not useless, at least he had fought with Emperor Taizong. The ability is still there.

The tile spur seems to be huge, but in fact, it is the imperial court that really has the advantage of military power.

Although the imperial court's army of three million has a lot of water, it is enough to overwhelm the soldiers and horses.

The main force of the tile spur is in the northeast, and the town of Gansu gathers twenty or thirty thousand horses to attack the West Qiwei, but it is also an appropriate time.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "Who does Cheng Guogong think can be the main general?" ”

Cheng Guogong said: "Ding Xibo is a suitable candidate, but the minister heard that Ding Xibo has been in poor health recently. After all, he is old, and the minister thinks that Ren Li is the most suitable. ”

Zhu Qizhen had nothing to say when he heard it.

Without him, Jiang Gui is nearly eighty years old, and a veteran is really not good now. Zhu Qizhen secretly regretted in his heart, the sky is not a holiday, otherwise a few years later, Jiang Gui will definitely have the ability to lead the way alone.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Just summon Xibo back to Beijing and let Ren Li guard Gansu." ”

Ren Li, as Jiang Gui's deputy general, can still be trusted. Now, without the support of the tile spurs, the Kansai Seven Guards alone will not be able to fight against the imperial court.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and asked, "Where is Ren Li?" ”

Cheng Guogong said: "It's in the Beijing camp." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Call him over." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone went down to ask for a salute. But it will take a while for Ren Li to come from Beijing. Zhu Qizhen said: "The British public is going to take a walk. ”

The British Duke immediately said, "The minister obeys." ”

There are no flowers in the courtyard of Wuyingdian, only a few towering old pines, under the background of the red wall and golden tiles, it looks solemn, coupled with the sound of birds from time to time, the spring rain is a little quiet.

Zhu Qizhen walked in front, and Zhang Fu walked behind.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Guogong is the first emperor entrusted to the lonely minister, the minister of the country's pillar, I can trust Guogong, I will ask a word today, the imperial army, really does not have the ability to defeat the tile thorn outside the pass?" ”

"This is a private conversation, out of your mouth, into my ears, and there is no historian here, so let's tell the truth."

Zhang Fu said: "Chenruo."

Leading the troops, breaking the tile and thorn is no big problem, but the other people lead the troops to win or lose in five or five. It's just that it's easy to break the tile, it's difficult to destroy the tile, and the old minister has gone out of the customs with Emperor Taizong many times, so he naturally knows the grassland terrain, and it is boundless for tens of thousands of miles. The imperial court broke the tile thorn ten times, and after the tile thorn was defeated, it would rise again in just a few years, but the number of elite horsemen in the imperial court was not much, and once it was damaged in the grassland, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

"If you fight in the grassland, you will have a hundred evils in me, a battle on the border wall, and a hundred disadvantages in the enemy."

"The minister is not old and cowardly, as long as His Majesty gives an order, the old minister is willing to take the Beijing camp out of the fortress, but does this victory mean to the imperial court?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "Haixi Town is not on the grassland. Can't you hit the tile spur hard? ”

Zhang Fu said: "The minister thought that the tile spur would not tear his face with the imperial court, so this time the plan to fight Haixi was not a tile thorn. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Whether it is Jurchen or Wuliangha, is there a difference? ”

Zhang Fu said: "There is a difference, and the difference is when to fight." ”

"The ministers are old, and the days are thin, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the new wheat next year, and I have heartfelt words."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Guogong, please speak." ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty inherited the cause of Taizu Taizong, following the legacy of the first emperor, since ascending the throne, there has not been a day of neglect of government, the world is in the hands of Your Majesty, thriving, repairing water conservancy, the people of Hebei have to be blocked, conquering Luchuan, the southwest Tusi is afraid of Tianwei, the salt tax, the use of the treasury is endless, the road is repaired, and the people are relieved of the suffering. is so endless, even if it is the ancient Mingjun, he can't do it. ”

"Although the tile spurs are strong, they are defeated. Your Majesty is rich in spring and autumn, why rush this matter. Peace with the Tile Thorn or not, never in the Tile Thorn, but in His Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty feels that the preparation is enough, even if the tile spur is obedient, why should the court want to add to the crime? And if Your Majesty feels that the preparation is not enough? How can you move out of anger? ”

"Therefore, the Lile expedition came from the Son of Heaven, why should Your Majesty ask the ministers?"

Zhu Qizhen listened to Zhang Fu's words and was stunned. I suddenly thought, "I'm actually limited by history. ”

Because of the change of Tumubao, he has been struggling with the time point of the war with the tile spur, and the time point of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy has repeatedly appeared in his heart.

For a while, he had the feeling that the last period of the war was the fourteenth year of orthodoxy.

But he forgot that as the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, the date of the real decisive battle could actually be determined by him.

"Those who are good at fighting in the past are invincible first, and then they are invincible when the enemy is victorious. You can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy. Therefore he who fights well can be invincible, and he who cannot make the enemy invincible. ”

Zhu Qizhen only remembered the words in Sun Tzu's Art of War at this moment, in Zhang Fu's words, a decisive battle in the grassland is invincible to the enemy, and a decisive victory on the side wall is invincible to me.

Although Zhu Qizhen felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he had to admit that it made a lot of sense.