That night, the top level of the Ming army in Desheng Fort was also holding a meeting.

The meeting was of course presided over by Ma Wei, the chief general of the Desheng Fort garrison and the general of the Datong North East Road. The prince who inspected the defense of the three towns of Xuanda Shanxi and watched the government on behalf of the prince Gao Shishi, and Huang Mengyu, the local eunuch of Datong, attended the meeting as superior leaders, and according to the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty, both of them automatically had the nature of supervising the army because they both had the word "Qincha" on their titles.

The rest of the generals attending the meeting were headed by Ma Gui, the garrison of Desheng Fort, and sat on both sides.

Ma Wei's face was slightly gloomy, and he knocked lightly on the table, and said: "Qincha, Zhenshou, colleagues, according to the original plan of Governor Jianchuan Gong Wang, the defenders of Desheng Fort deliberately did not strengthen their strength, in order to attract the enemy in front of him, that is, the main force of the Chinese army sent by me this time, hoping to use Qincha Xingyuan as bait to induce him to storm this fort, and attract the enemy to fight a war of attrition with us under the fortified city of Desheng Fort, so as to cooperate with the strategy of attacking his left flank and suppressing the arrogance of Da Da. ”

"However, until today, there is no obvious sign of the Chinese army taking the initiative to attack the city, except for strengthening the sentry posts, which is inconsistent with our army's original plan. The main reason why I would like to invite you to the meeting today is to discuss with you, whether we will continue to adhere to the original plan and still insist on sticking to the city, or will we be a little flexible and more active in trying to lure me to attack the city? Please send and guard to give advice, and please colleagues to speak freely. ”

Gao pragmatic was a little surprised, because Ma Wei's words were actually quite level, it seems that it is really "Yi Di into China is China", he has been mixed in the Ming officialdom for more than ten years, this Mongolian man actually knows the difference between "not hesitating to teach" and "speaking freely" according to his status, it is really close to Zhu is red, and close to ink is black.

However, Gao Pragmatic is also a superior leader at the moment, and according to Huang Mengyu's dog-licking attitude towards him, maybe he can still be regarded as the leader with the highest status, so it is naturally not good to be the first to speak.

In this kind of meeting, the person with the highest status is usually either the first to speak or the last to speak, but there is a clear difference between the two: the first one is called "setting the tone", which means that I have a clear proposition, first say a general meaning, and you all have to speak according to my meaning, and you can only improve and supplement, not contradict this opinion; And if the last one is spoken, it is to synthesize everyone's opinions, and finally choose one to make a decision, of course, at the same time, you can add a little.

Although Gao Pragmatic actually has a lot of dominance over this meeting because of the title of Qincha and Huang Mengyu's kneeling and licking attitude, after all, he has the word "Guanzheng" on his head as a mantra, and the first one to set the tone is inevitably ugly and too domineering, so he chose not to say a word, just picked up the tea cup in front of him, picked up the tea lid and gently stirred it, and took a sip of tea, without the slightest intention of speaking.

This action is actually a habitual action when I had a meeting in my "previous life", and the current situation is similar, so I did it subconsciously.

But the meaning of this action is really obvious, Huang Mengyu understood the meaning of Gao Pragmatic without a teacher, so he also followed the same example, without saying a word, just smiled and glanced at Ma Gui and the others.

Ma Gui didn't know if it was because he was young and didn't know much about officialdom routines, or because he was eager to make meritorious contributions, but after thinking about it for a while, he took the initiative to speak: "The last general thinks that although the Duke of Jianchuan ordered to stick to it, my Desheng Fort is different after all, and the more important task is to drag down the main force of my answer and prevent it from being able to distract the flanks." And for the time being, I don't know if I have any other plans, so it's best to think of a way to let me launch an offensive as soon as possible. ”

Ma Wei glanced at Gao Shishi and Huang Mengyu, and when he saw that the two of them had not heard of it, he nodded noncommittally, and asked, "Do the generals have different opinions?" ”

A general in his forties clasped his fists and said: "Participate in the seat, the last general feels that it does not matter whether I answer or do not move, as long as he does not divide his troops to his left flank, it will have no impact on our army, and there is no need to make adjustments, and it is still the priority to hold on to the city." ”

Ma Wei asked, "How can you see it?" ”

The general said: "If the northern captives do not divide the troops, then the marshal will attack Xin Ai with the main force, and Xin Ai will not be able to defend against it, so our army is already a sure victory, so why should we draw snakes and add to it?" Besides, if we want to provoke Alta to attack, we will only provoke him, and if we want to provoke Alta, there is no better way than to send troops to attack. However, I only have more than 2,000 soldiers in Desheng Fort, how can I have the ability to send troops to attack the Chinese army camp with as many as 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers? ”

Ma Wei was worried about this before, so after listening to it, he was a little silent, but he didn't expect a rather childish young man's voice to sound: "Father's words are wrong!" ”

As soon as Ma Wei looked up, he saw a person standing behind the middle-aged general, a young man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, a few years younger than Ma Gui. General Ma couldn't help laughing and asked, "Okay, you Zhang Wanbang, are you going to rebel against your father again?" ”

It turned out that this young man named Zhang Wanbang was the son of the middle-aged general before, and his father's name was Zhang Bingzhong.

Zhang Wanbang's grandfather, Zhang Xun, served in the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties, and only last year due to old illness begged from the position of Yunchuan Wei commander (under the jurisdiction of Datong Town). His father Zhang Bingzhong's current position is to attack Zhang Xun's Yunchuan Wei commander, and he was ordered to garrison Desheng Fort.

Yunchuan Wei in the early Ming Dynasty belonged to the border towns in the more important guards, set up also very close to the outer line, to the later Inner Mongolia and the northwest of Lingel County, but in the orthodox years due to well-known reasons, it moved back to Shanxi.

After the internal relocation, the importance of Yunchuan Wei declined, from the original David to the second and third line status, to Zhang Xun, Zhang Bingzhong father and son, Yun Chuanwei has already reduced the number of people, not to mention, there is a serious shortage, Zhang Bingzhong said that a dignified Yunchuan Wei commander, in fact, after careful selection, the number of troops stationed in Desheng Fort is only about 600 people......

However, because the serious problem of the shortage of Daming Wei is not only the Yunchuan Wei family, but a common phenomenon throughout the country, it is not unusual for Zhang Bingzhong, the commander of the guard who can only take 600 people, and even in Deshengbao, his 600 people are also a quarter to one-fifth of the size of the defenders, so his words are still worth Ma Wei's consideration.

As for Zhang Bingzhong's son Zhang Wanbang, it is not surprising that he appears here, because although he is young, he has also attacked thousands of households because of the merits of his ancestors, and he has ...... under his hands Ahem, there are more than a hundred people.