Chapter 62 Zhaozhou

In May of the twentieth year of orthodoxy, he also fell tens of thousands of steps and rode first, and went down to the city of Zhaozhou, known as an army of 100,000, and summoned Jurchen tribes from all over the country to come to the meeting.

All the tribes sent envoys to congratulate them, but not a single soldier arrived.

At the same time, Zhu Yi knew that he was going to come first, and recruited the Jurchen guards from all over the city to guard the city, but most of them did not arrive, only the nearby Jurchen people who lived in Zhaozhou City, more than 1,000 households, and more than 1,000 strong men, who were willing to serve the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhaozhou City is an old city, or even a ruined city, after the Ming army was stationed, it was also repaired with great effort.

Coupled with the continuous supply of materials in the rear, there were 5,000 soldiers in Zhaozhou City who ate food for three or five years, as for other cloths, gunpowder, projectiles, and even firearms, artillery, and so on.

It's all there.

The generous Ming army naturally caused many local people to defect.

Some people have always felt that during the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were no Han people in this part of the northeast.

This could not be more wrong.

Whether it was the Tang Dynasty's rule of the Northeast or the Jin and Yuan dynasties, a large number of Han people came to the Northeast, but in the tribal system of the Northeast, they could only become members of the tribe.

Now the re-entry of the Ming army has also caused many Han people to lose their tribe Jurchens.

This is how more than 1,000 families came.

Almost every one of them had a daughter married to a Han Chinese.

Of course, it may not be married.

After all, although Zhu Yi's army is stationed in Zhaozhou, it still belongs to the Ming army's Beijing army sequence, with twelve taels of silver per year, not to mention the desperate and dangerous city, a bitter cold place.

Naturally, it will be added to the money.

Therefore, the soldiers are very generous, and the purchasing power of the same twelve taels of silver here is several times that of Beijing, so these soldiers are all very rich.

Some of these soldiers are not married, and they are asking for a wife here, and some are already married, and it is not too much to accept another one here.

The women here are cheap anyway.

Zhu Yi also understands that if you really want to encounter a brutal siege battle, everyone in the city is their own strength. He has been desperately trying to recruit the population.

He also turned a blind eye to this matter, closed one eye, and even set an example, taking in several noble daughters from nearby tribes, hoping to get the help of their father and brother.

It's just that these people are old slippery heads.

It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but don't even think about it.

Therefore, Zhu Yi could only report the situation here, and defend the city, preparing to defend wholeheartedly.

Naturally, there were no 100,000 cavalry in this dispatch, but even if there were no 100,000, they would surround Zhaozhou City in all directions, surround it, and persuade them to surrender again and again.

Zhu Yi didn't care at all.

Even Zhu Yi felt that if he could die in battle

Here, he was also willing to restore the imperial court to the title of Duke of Chengguo, and he did not hesitate to cut off the head of the Tile Thorn Envoy and throw it into the Tile Thorn Army.

Naturally, the tile spurs did not send any more emissaries.

Zhang Zongzhou came forward to build siege equipment, and first divided his troops everywhere and recruited all the people from all tribes now.

A big war is about to begin.

The Zhaozhou emergency report also reached Jingshi at the end of May.

Suddenly, the Beijing division was rectified.

In the Wuying Palace.

A map of the Northeast is already laid out on a long tabletop.

On the map, the Ming army is marked in red, and the tile spurs are marked in black.

At this point in Zhaozhou City, it is a very stark contrast.

The Ming army had only 5,000 men, while the Tile Spur army had 100,000, one to twenty.

Zhu Qizhen could feel the atmosphere of the black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhaozhou is in danger, how should the imperial court deal with it?" ”

The members of the cabinet are there.

Meng Ying said: "Naturally, we want to send troops to rescue and win a decisive victory under the city of Zhaozhou with the tile spurs." ”

It is impossible for Meng Ying to say that she will not be saved.

This is determined by his basic plan, and if he says that he will not be saved, if this word spreads, his danger will be greatly affected.

Wang Ji became more and more old, he coughed slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, saving nature is to be saved, but the court must consider one thing, how to save it?" ”

"If, as last year, 100,000 Beijing troops were dispatched, and the main force of Liaodong Town went north to rescue, it would be with Teng Guogong to say, and the tile spur would be decisive under the city of Zhaozhou? How will you deal with it first? ”

"Your Majesty, do you think you will fight this battle with us first?"

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "No." ”

After so many years of training, Zhu Qizhen doesn't feel that he has much military ability, but he still has basic cognition.

Every great war in history must be a hit and off between the two sides.

Either there is hope of victory on both sides, or geographically it is a place that must be attacked.

Here in Zhaozhou, it seems to be in line with the latter point, but it has to be combined with the specific situation.

I also understand the gap between the national strength of the tile spur and the Ming Dynasty. It can't be seen from the perspective of the Han dynasty.

also faced the imperial army first, Zhu Qizhen estimated that there was a high probability that he would retreat.

Wait for the Ming army to retreat from the city of Zhaozhou and besiege Zhaozhou again.

After all, if the imperial court keeps 100,000 troops out of the army, this consumption is unbearable for the household department.

Therefore, although Zhaozhou is a must be defended by the imperial court, it may not be a must-attack of the tile spur, at least not a must-attack that must be attacked this year. The imperial court is so nervous that one or two futile troops will inevitably crowd out resources from other areas.

It's like Emperor Taizong's three northern expeditions, the money was not spent, but the results were not too big, and it can be said that the loss was extremely high.

Zhu Qizhen also had to face this problem, and he looked at Meng Ying.

Meng Ying didn't refute, Zhu Qizhen's heart moved, knowing that Meng Ying was not very urgent to rescue Zhaozhou, but it was difficult to say because of his position.

Suddenly, Zhu Qizhen was a little light-hearted about the immediate rescue of Zhaozhou.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhaozhou is in danger, the imperial court must do something, right?" ”

Between Zhu Qizhen's words, he had already taken a step back and no longer said that he must rescue Zhaozhou.

But as Zhu Qizhen said, the city of Zhaozhou was besieged, but the imperial court did nothing, and it is estimated that if nothing else, the officials of the imperial court sprayed the governor's mansion of the five armies to death.

After all, Zhaozhou was stationed in the Ming Dynasty official army, not a detention guard. Not to mention, these Ming officials and soldiers are still Beijing troops, most of them are natives of Beijing and Hebei, and now the news has not spread, and after the news spreads, it is estimated that the people of Beijing are not very satisfied with North Korea.

Wang Ji said: "Your Majesty, now we will attack Zhaozhou first, and its intention may not be in Zhaozhou. What I was most worried about was not the isolated city of Zhaozhou, but the construction of Haixi Tuntian, Songyin City, and Changbai Mountain. Once we spend a lot of manpower and material resources to rescue Zhaozhou City, then the construction of Haixi and Songyin will be dragged down. ”

"On the contrary, it gave him a chance. Even our army went out of the plug in a big way, in case there was a flaw, a big defeat, and the previous hard work would be in vain. ”

Zhu Qizhen's heart sank, and he also felt that what Wang Ji said was right.

After all, it was no one else, but a famous general, and the battle of Maoerzhuang was the most glorious moment of his life, even if it was placed in history, it could save his life.

Is it really hard to say that you are besieging the city to send reinforcements in the first place?

Wang Ji said: "With Your Majesty's strategy of taking every inch of land as the camp, every inch of land, the tile spur will never be an opponent in the future, such an unpredictable battle, the minister thinks it is better to move less." ”

Even though Zhu Qizhen has confidence in the Ming army, he has to admit that after the decisive battle with the Tile Spur army outside the pass, after orthodoxy, although there are two victories in Montenegro and Xingkai Lake, but after careful analysis, they are all tricks.

There is no real victory in the first battle.

The battle of Maoerzhuang made Zhu Qizhen lick his wounds for four years, and then he had the ability to re-send troops, if he did it again, Zhu Qizhen didn't know how to end it.

It can be said that Wang Ji's words are in Zhu Qizhen's arms.

Since it is difficult to say whether the decisive victory or defeat is achieved, avoid the decisive battle, accumulate small victories into big victories, and when the strength of the Ming army and the tile spurs are compared, and the big score surpasses, it is not too late to launch a decisive battle.

"What about Zhaozhou?" Zhu Qizhen said.

Wang Ji coughed and said: "Naturally, it is necessary to save, but how to save it must be carefully considered. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately asked, "Sir, what's the plan?" ”

Wang Ji said: "The old minister doesn't dare to be, but he is foolish, what does Your Majesty think of the waterway rescue?" ”