Chapter 210: Bad News Comes

The news of the battle of Maoerzhuang came.

The first person to know was Zhu Qizhen.

Because the brocade guard went straight into the big one. Almost after Yang Hong and Chengguo Gong converged, the general news had already been transmitted to Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen no longer had the strength to be angry.

When Zhu Qizhen knew that there was this possibility, he should have been angry a long time ago.

It's useless to get angry when you're cleaning up the mess.

Zhu Qizhen directly summoned Meng Ying.

At this moment, Meng Ying had already assumed the position of Zhang Fu before, and had listened to the consultation in front of the emperor. In addition, during this period of time, Meng Ying was already preparing to send additional personnel to the two important checkpoints of Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass.

And select qualified soldiers from the remaining soldiers in the Beijing camp.

It seems that the battle of Maoerzhuang pierced the window paper of the Beijing camp, and under Meng Ying's investigation, only 50,000 of the so-called 200,000 troops in the Beijing camp can fight. As for the rest of the army, it was very reluctant to even defend the city of Beijing.

However, the reinforcement of Yanbian passes also requires a lot of manpower.

This level, except for Juyong Pass, is like Yang and Kou, which is a passage between two mountains, and no Guancheng is built.

Even when Xu Xi was reinforcing the border defense of the Nine Frontiers, he didn't think about changing these places to Guancheng, firstly, because he felt that it was too expensive, and secondly, he felt that it was not worth it.

At that time, before these levels, there were only a few guards, so no one could have imagined it. The world has collapsed to this point in the blink of an eye.

After Zhu Qizhen summoned Meng Ying, he first showed Meng Ying the urgent report of Jinyiwei, and then asked, "How are the preparations for Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass?" ”

Meng Ying said: "The minister has already inspected it once. Only the Bauhinia Pass is unprepared, and the gap is two or three miles wide, even if it is no longer possible to strengthen it now, it is just a strong general to garrison it. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Who? ”

Meng Ying said: "The minister thinks that Wei Yuan Bo Fang Jin can take on a heavy responsibility. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Are Fujian soldiers available? ”

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to use 30,000 Fujian soldiers. He just wanted to see how the results of Fujian's military training were. After all, the reform of the Fujian Guard Center was a pilot of Zhu Qizhen's military reform.

The quality of this place directly affects Zhu Qizhen's subsequent measures.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen wanted to take advantage of the big war to transfer them to the Beijing Division to take a look, after all, in addition to this opportunity, it is not an easy thing to transfer foreign troops to Beijing on weekdays.

It's just that at this moment, these 30,000 Fujian soldiers have become a lifesaver.

It's just that whether the 30,000 Fujian soldiers can be used or not, Zhu Qizhen has no bottom. After all, the performance of the Fujian soldiers in the pacification of Ye Liuzong and Deng Maoqi's rebellion was really spicy.

Will it be possible to be reborn in a few years?

Meng Ying said: "The minister has already inspected the Fujian army, and the Fujian soldiers are trained hard, although they are short in stature, they are strictly disciplined. From the courtier's point of view, the Tile Spur Horse team also rushed to move. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Bauhinia Pass is not as good as other places, does Qing think Fang Jin can do it?" ”

Meng Ying said: "The minister thought that Fang Jin could do it. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this way, Fang Jin will be ordered to lead the people of the headquarters to garrison the Bauhinia Pass and guard the side gate of Beijing. The arrangements of various ministries, I can trust you, but now how to clean up the big situation? ”

"I am going to order you to replace Cheng Guogong, in order to capture the general, the commander-in-chief Xuanda military officer, how about presiding over the battle situation?"

Meng Ying's breath tightened slightly, and said, "Your Majesty has an order, and it is not too late for the minister to be willing to go to the soup." ”

To tell the truth, when Meng Ying was young, he had this idea, at that time he was a relatively outstanding general in the second generation of Jingnan, but the Meng family was biased towards the King of Han.

If the King of Han ascends the throne, the status of the Zhang family at this moment is that of the Meng family.

It's just that the King of Han was defeated, and the status of the Meng family plummeted, and he never thought that one day he would be able to hold the handsome seal again, and he would be almost the whole country's soldiers.

Meng Ying was naturally a little excited.

Zhu Qizhen said: "How are you going to deal with the tile spurs? ”

Zhu Qizhen has no choice at the moment, and there are only a few people who can preside over a war of this scale. The Chengguo army was defeated, and the British official Zhang Fu was very old, and the other generals may be capable, but they have no qualifications. Civilian officials in charge? I'm sorry, Zhu Qizhen doesn't trust them.

Meng Ying said: "The minister thinks that in the current situation, the imperial court cannot be defeated for the second time, so the minister's strategy in Xuanda is to avoid a decisive battle with the tile spur, clear the wall, and hold each other for a long time." ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, although he felt a little harsh, but he also knew that this was probably the safest way.

Before the defeat of Chengguo Gong, if the imperial court was willing to guard the checkpoint, the tile spur would not have such a big result, but this kind of passive beating situation was not satisfactory to anyone, including Zhu Qizhen and the ministers of the foreign court.

But now it is coming up with such a solution.

Yes, without Armageddon, there would be no great defeat, and with the national strength of the Tile Spurs, even if they robbed a lot of things from Xuanda, it was impossible for them to maintain the war until winter.

Therefore, as long as they hold each other until the autumn, the tile spurs will definitely retreat.

And this June, that is, as long as it lasts until October, the Tile Spurs will retreat.

Four months, in terms of the grain and grass hoarded in the cities, there should be no problem.

With the ability to attack the fortifications of the tile spurs, even if it is a siege, in four months, the maximum is to pull out a guard post, and a Xiongcheng like Xuanfu and Datong will never be breached.

Wait until you have enough of the spurs, then retreat.

After all, once again, Maoerzhuang

After the defeat, Zhu Qizhen felt that his little heart couldn't bear it. He thoroughly understood Beijing's concept of Mongolia's small strategic space.

Almost a big defeat, Beijing will be able to suffer enemy cavalry.

But Zhu Qizhen still couldn't help but say: "Is it the only way to do it?" Is there no other way? ”

Meng Ying said: "It's really that the imperial court is not strong enough, and the ministers have carefully calculated, and the garrisons at each checkpoint have already been garrisoned in Beijing City, and the soldiers and horses in the Beijing division have been mobilized by 10,000." The Beijing division must have 100,000 defenders at any time, and it must not be shaken. ”

"Even if the minister goes to Datong to take office, he can only bring thousands of foot soldiers. I really can't pull out people. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knows that if Juyong Pass is the main gate of Beijing, and Bauhinia Pass is the side gate of Beijing, there are many other gateways in Beijing, such as Backward Horse Pass, Gubei Pass, Xifeng Pass, and so on.

It's all about reinforcement.

This line of defense is an important line of defense on Beijing's periphery. Some places are second-line defense lines, all need to be reinforced, although there are a lot of indiscriminate in the Beijing army, but it is still good to be sent to guard the pass, as for the city of Beijing, I am afraid that there are less than 100,000 horses, and the city walls of Beijing are not satisfied, let alone defend the city.

Zhu Qizhen said: "If there are really no soldiers and horses, can't you draw troops from other border towns?" ”

Meng Ying said: "Yes, but even if they can, the towns may not be able to draw out soldiers and horses, and now even if they are deployed, they can't directly enter the Xuanda area for a while, so they can't catch up now." ”

"There are not many soldiers and horses in Yan'an and Ningxia, as for Liaodong and Haixi, it is estimated that it will be difficult to draw out at this moment, as for Gansu, it is too far away, and when the Gansu army arrives, it will be too late."

"Slow down, no emergency."

"The minister is looking at the secret performance of the Jinyi Guard, and the minister estimates that the war report will arrive in Beijing tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but the whole country is shaken, and His Majesty should immediately take down the Duke of Chengguo in order to appease the people. The minister had no time to raise more troops. ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said: "Do you think that forcing back the tile spurs, what the minister wants to say is forcing them back, not waiting for the tile spurs to grab enough, and if you can't grab things, you can retreat by yourself, how many people do you need?" ”

Meng Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Fifty thousand foot soldiers? ”

Zhu Qizhen was a little strange and said, "Only 50,000? ”

Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are not a lot of Xuanda people and horses today, and the minister estimates that the cavalry of Xuanda has a total of 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry, 100,000 foot soldiers in the Beijing camp, and garrisons from all over the country. ”

"Now there are no cavalry in the imperial court, and what Your Majesty has given me can only be foot soldiers, in fact, 50,000 more foot soldiers and 50,000 less foot soldiers, the difference is not too big, but whether there are enough soldiers and horses in the headquarters, but whether the ministers can have enough prestige on the front line."