Chapter 195: Zhang Fu's End

Zhang Fu said: "The old minister doesn't dare to deceive His Majesty, maybe that's the case?" ”

Zhu Qizhen stood with his hands in his hands, didn't look at Zhang Fu, and said: "I remember that the British Duke said a long time ago that the decisive battle with the Great Wall of Tile Thorns is not to fight with the Tile Thorn in the side wall, but to rely on the side wall and fight on the grassland, have I remembered wrong?" ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty is Shengming, but the old minister has said this. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Now Mr. thinks, where is Cheng Guogong? ”

"Jining Haizi." Zhang Fu said: "According to various military reports, I am in Jining Haizi at this moment. ”

Zhu Qizhen glanced at the map and said, "This place should only be more than 200 miles away from the side wall, isn't it a decisive battle relying on the side wall?" So can you win? ”

Zhang Fu knelt down and saluted, and said, "The minister doesn't dare to speak. ”

At this moment, the corners of Zhang Fu's mouth were extremely bitter, as if he had bitten through the bitter gall.

Cheng Guogong's victory or defeat has become the key to whether he can keep the late festival.

Although Zhang Fu has wanted to retire for more than ten years.

But he also didn't want to leave such a big mess behind. And Zhu Qizhen was already dissatisfied with Zhang Fu when he spoke like this.

And what can he say?

Cheng Guogong obviously fell for the trick first.

Cheng Guogong is the front-line commander, and all the information that Xuanda has extended to the border is to give Cheng Guogong one point first, and then report one point to Beijing.

On top of various military newspapers, Zhu Qizhen has never been approved by Zhu.

It's that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to cross Cheng Guogong to command the battle below.

But what battle did Cheng Guogong fight by himself?

He didn't seem to regard himself as the general of the Xuandajing camp, but as the chief general of the reinforcements. The battle was divided into several battlefields, and there was no coordination between them.

It's all about fighting on their own.

In this situation, Zhang Fu felt that even if he went by himself, he might not be able to get out of the whole body, and at least he would have to be stripped of a layer of skin. Not to mention becoming a prince.

There are many exams, but they haven't been tested yet, and everyone has counted whether they can pass or not, and for people like Zhang Fu, they have already made a judgment on the fate of Cheng Guogong, that is, the defeat has been decided.

The only question is how many points have you lost?

The defeat of the annihilation of the whole army is also a defeat, and the defeat of most of the army is also a defeat, and the loss of baggage and the wounding of many troops, but the smooth withdrawal is also a defeat.

However, this was not what Zhang Fu should have said to the emperor, Zhang Fu knew that the emperor definitely didn't want to hear this.

As the promoter of Cheng Guogong. Cheng Guogong fought such a defeat, he will definitely have to take responsibility.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Guogong is also tired in the past few days, let's go back to the house and rest for a while." Zhu Qizhen didn't return at all, just looked up at Ning Haizi on the map in a daze

location.

Immediately, a eunuch helped Zhang Fu up, and Zhang Fu bowed and retired.

Zhang Fu, who has always been agile, is a little old at the moment.

Among the auxiliary ministers left by Emperor Xuanzong, there is only one Hu Hu who has always wanted to resign, and he doesn't want to take care of things and wants to maintain his health.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Zhang Fu's desolate back, and sighed secretly in his heart, but there are some opportunities, Zhu Qizhen will not let go, if Cheng Guogong is really defeated in this battle.

I'm very sorry, I'm afraid that the Duke of the Five Kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty will become the Duke of the Four Kingdoms.

Immediately, there was also the Jing Nanxun Gui Group in the Ming Jingying, which could be dealt with together with this defeat.

The military reform that he has been stagnant also has the best entry point, which can turn the three major battalions of Emperor Taizong into a military system that Zhu Qizhen himself can rely on.

This is also a great opportunity for Zhu Qizhen.

It's a pity that Zhu Qizhen doesn't like this opportunity.

He'd rather take his time.

However, in a crisis, we must first deal with the danger before we can face the opportunity.

Zhu Qizhen's first thought was not anything else, but to transition this difficulty in this way. The plan that was prepared before will also be taken out.

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "Xuanbao Dinghou." ”

During the war, Zhu Qizhen has always relied on the British Gong Zhang Fu, but Zhu Qizhen did not just listen to the opinions of the British Gong Zhang Fu, he also had to ask the opinions of Wang Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the opinions of Hou Mengying of Baoding.

It's just that Wang Ji is in the cabinet, and he just asks when he is doing things every day, but Meng Ying is back and forth. By the way, Meng Ying's upper recital is a secret play, through the channel of Jinyiwei, directly to the imperial front.

The reason why Zhu Qizhen did not summon Baoding Hou Mengying was that he didn't want to let some people interpret too much. After all, Meng Ying, with the support of Zhu Qizhen, also pulled up a group of people in the Beijing camp. But the cake in Jingying is so big, Chengguo Gong's side occupies it, and Baodinghou's side is less.

Baoding Hou's side is occupied, and Chengguogong's side is less.

How good can the relationship between the two sides be? The contradiction between them is known to many people.

If the Duke of Chengguo led the troops outside, but the emperor had close contact with his opponent, and it was spread out, it would cause many people to reverie. Not good for operations.

Now in this situation, Zhu Qizhen doesn't care anymore.

If Cheng Guogong can really show his might and return victoriously, Zhu Qizhen will naturally forget about today's events, and will not hesitate to reward him, and according to Zhang Fu's intentions, Cheng Guogong will be hung in the cabinet. Then, in the name of rewarding meritorious officials, all these meritorious ministers were dispersed to the border, and anyway, they had to deal with the entry of the tile spurs, and also prepared to attack the tile spurs. All that requires qualified generals.

But how likely is this to be?

Zhang Fu didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Qizhen naturally wanted to use Baoding Hou.

Zhang Fu, who had been resting in Wenyuan Pavilion, was invited back

The family rested, and the Marquis of Baoding was suddenly summoned. Many years later, this is actually the beginning of the succession of new bosses in the army.

Zhu Qizhen didn't think about anything more, and when Meng Ying came, he threw all the information about Zhang Fu's analysis to Meng Ying. He asked, "What should we do in the current situation?" ”

Baoding Hou Mengying is also gray-haired at the moment. He is not a few years younger than Zhang Fu, and now he is also in his sixties. After carefully reading all kinds of information, he said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the defeat of Chengguo Gong will not be too serious, because Cheng Guogong has all cavalry, and if he wants to let 100,000 cavalry be wiped out so close to the side wall, the minister thinks it is impossible." ”

"Even if the tile thorn besieges with twice the strength and loses more than half, it is already about the same. It's just that the only problem is that after the victory of the tile spur, he will not give up, and will continue to go south, and at that time, there will be no cavalry in the court. ”

If you think about it, you can know that the cavalry that has just been defeated cannot be sent to the battlefield for a while. Xuanfu and Datong, all the cavalry will probably not have 40,000.

That is, hundreds of thousands of horsemen on the tile spurs, and 40,000 horsemen against the Ming Dynasty.

Although there are still many elite infantry troops in the Ming Dynasty, such as the elite of the 100,000 infantry army who have just arrived in Datong, they have already been the elite of the original border army of Datong and Xuanfu. But so what?

Without cavalry to restrict the tile spur cavalry, the entire defense line of Xuanda would be divided by the tile spurs and fall into a passive situation of fighting separately.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Will the plan be released? ”

The Marquis of Baoding said: "The capital must not be shaken, and the minister thinks that His Majesty should increase the troops of Bauhinia Pass, Juyong Pass, and Yanbian Pass, and not let the enemy ride directly into the city of Beijing." Again, the figure is lifted. ”

Even the tile spur can bypass all the cities without attacking, directly deducting the level, attacking the Juyong Pass, or the Bauhinia Pass, and already other levels. After breaking through these levels, the tile spur will face Beijing, and it will be a flat horse.

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Okay, I will convene a cabinet meeting in a while, and you can attend the meeting." Let's start with this one. ”

If the tile spur cavalry can go straight to the city of Beijing, then Zhu Qizhen will not face a simple military problem, but a political problem.

Although many military issues are actually entangled with political issues and are difficult to separate, they still have weight in their composition.

The captives rode into Gyeonggi, which was going to shake the world, and even threatened the prestige of Zhu Qizhen. Is it easy for Zhu Qizhen to conscientiously save this prestige for so many years?

Zhu Qizhen paused slightly, and asked the Marquis of Baoding: "If you are asked to take command and preside over the military affairs of Xuanda instead of Chengguo Gong, what are you going to do?" ”

The Marquis of Baoding said: "The minister doesn't know, because it doesn't depend on what the minister does?" It depends on how much capital Chengguo leaves to his ministers. ”

"How much money you have, how big things you will naturally do."

Zhu Qizhen sighed in his heart: "I hope I don't lose too badly." ”