"Just once!" Feng Tang and Feng Ziying, father and son, sat opposite each other, and Feng Tang expressed his attitude very seriously.

"The reason why I agreed to you to go to the grassland before was that I was too careless, thinking that I could control the situation, but there were indeed too many unexpected factors, but Dad also thought that sooner or later you would have to go through one or two military affairs, this time it was within Dad's control, Dad knew that you had great ambitions, and he was worried that you would have to encounter this kind of situation in the future and take risks, so it was better for you to experience it yourself, I didn't expect you to dare to go straight to Ganzhou, Feng Zuo is not long-hearted......"

"Dad, don't blame Uncle Zuo for this, in fact, across the grassland, there are Bu Shitu and Wulu Du'er Taiji escort, there is no danger, but I didn't expect the situation in Gansu Town to be so bad, Ma Xia actually escaped, so he encountered this situation, and he was forced to ,......"

Feng Ziying hurriedly explained that Feng Zuo had saved himself several times before and after the saddle along the way, and if he had to be punished for this, then he would be too reluctant to go.

"Ziying, that's not what I said, the task I gave Feng Zuo is one, to ensure your safety, when you see this situation in Ganzhou, you should decisively abandon Ganzhou, it is easy for a few of you to escape with your lives, just flee north and return to the grassland, fortunately, Liu Baichuan has no intention of rebelling, otherwise if they capture Ganzhou, what will you do?"

Feng Tang showed no mercy.

"That's really not okay, it's acceptable to be a prisoner, as long as you can escape with your life, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of running out of firewood. I believe that Liu Dongyang will not be so unwise, and it is pointless to kill me. Feng Ziying said very calmly.

"Well, this is quite a good ear, in a word, as long as you can save your life, it's easy to say." Feng Tang nodded with satisfaction, he was afraid that his son would be hot-blooded, and if he really wanted to go to a life since ancient times, who had not died and kept Dan in mind, it would be really troublesome.

"Daddy, what are you going to do now?" Feng Ziying asked: "The Henan soldiers and the Sichuan soldiers have not come, and even You Shigong and them are stationed in Liangzhou and Zhuanglang, don't they plan to fight?" ”

Feng Tang snorted coldly in his nose, "Hit? So what's the fight? How many days can you eat with this little grain in Ganzhou? Now there are 30,000 people in the city, and if you want to conquer Suzhou and Gaotai, you will need to increase the number of troops by at least 30,000, and you Shigong's troops will have to pull them over, and the Henan soldiers and Sichuan soldiers will have to come at least 10,000 or 20,000, can the imperial court afford it? Previously, Yang He was still fighting with me for that little bit of money, and tens of thousands of taels of silver were fighting with me, and he still wanted to fight? If these brothers do not honor their pensions and rewards, who will work for the court? ”

"Then dad means that Chai-sama is not going to fight, that's all?" Feng Ziying didn't believe it.

"I'm afraid it won't work, keep Suzhou and don't take it back, Chai Ke and Yang He don't think about it, the saliva of the imperial historians can drown the two of them." Feng Tang spread his hands indifferently: "That's not something that my father should worry about, I just care that my soldiers' rewards and pensions can't be less than one or two pieces of silver, they said that it is okay to fight, it is okay to increase the troops, and the rewards and pensions should be rewarded, as long as the silver is issued, there is nothing that cannot be beaten." ”

Feng Ziying smiled bitterly in her heart, this is the difference in mentality between the military general and Wen Wenchen, his father doesn't care about that at all, he only thinks that his subordinates must get the reward and pension, otherwise he will not be able to sit still, but this is not wrong, he is only the chief military officer, not the governor, not the military department, these things are not his turn to interject.

"Dad, what do you think we should do now?" Feng Ziying made up his mind, although he had some ideas, but whether it was feasible or not, he still had to ask his father, after all, he had no experience in this area.

"If you fight, you will increase the number of troops and spend money, and if you don't fight, then you will be appeased." Feng Tang saw that his son was so interested, and shook his head: "But it is also troublesome to appease, how to deal with these 20,000 soldiers?" How do you arrange Liu Dongyang and Tu Wenxiu? Continue to stay in Gansu or return to Ningxia? Are their subordinates going to be broken up and reorganized? It's all a problem, if you don't pay attention to it, it will turn into a rebellion, it's not easy to do, and Liu Dongyang can they trust the court's appeasement? Maybe he mentioned that he would maintain semi-independence, that is, in the current state, and guard the west for the imperial court, do you agree or not? ”

"Of course it's impossible to agree, if you promise Lord Chai and Lord Yang, they will have to go to prison when they go back." Feng Ziying shook her head decisively.

"Well, Brother Keng, you also understand this, how can Chai Ke and Yang He not understand? Even if Yang He is the right man of the Imperial Palace, he can't subdue those Taoist officials, and neither can your teacher, no one dares to agree to this condition, which is no different from the former Tang Domain, it is the same as losing ground. Feng Tang pursed his lips.

"Actually, there is still a workaround,...... Feng Ziying was interrupted by her father before she could finish speaking: "What workaround?" Isn't it just a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and lose both? Let Liu Dongyang go out of Hami in the west, and just run the seven guards in Kansai, how can there be such a simple thing? ”

Feng Ziying didn't expect that the "wonderful strategy" she had painstakingly conceived would be seen through by her father at a glance, and she was shocked.

"Brother Cong, what Dad can think of, Chai Ke and Yang He can also think of, but the Qiwei of Kansai is vast, sparsely populated, and mostly foreign, even when the former Ming Dynasty was established, it was just barely restrained, and it was quickly lost. Now you want Liu Dongyang and his gang to die, how can they go? Feng Tang shook his head again and again.

"Dad, there is some truth to what you said, but it's not entirely true." Feng Ziying calmed down, "As far as I know, there are many reasons why the Seven Guards of the Guanxi of the Former Ming Dynasty gave up, in fact, if it wasn't for the original army of our dynasty, maybe the former Ming Dynasty at least recovered Hamiwei and Shazhouwei, but it's a pity that when I established the dynasty, I also learned from the former Ming Dynasty to set the capital of Jinling, so I didn't have time to take care of the northwest, at that time, there was a great chance to recover Hamiwei and Shazhouwei in Turpan, and then there was no chance to ,......"

"You mean there's a chance now?" Feng Tang didn't expect that his son was clearly already following the path of Wenchen, how could he still be so interested in military affairs here, and he actually knew so much about the situation in the northwest grassland, which he had noticed since Feng Ziying was willing to send an envoy to the grassland before, which made Feng Tang very incomprehensible.

"The son got the news, the Mughal people who currently control Turpan are in a state of civil strife, and they are more focused on fighting for control of Turpan, and the seven guards in Guanxi are actually controlled by some small tribes, especially from Hami to Shazhou, bandits are rampant, which directly leads to the almost severance of this trade route, if Liu Dongyang really has the courage and enough control over his subordinates, then it is not possible to let him go west to occupy Shazhou Wei first, I don't think it is difficult, But I'm afraid Hamiwei's side needs to be carefully considered,......"

Feng Ziying's words failed to convince Feng Tang, Feng Tang shook his head: "Brother Cong, let's not talk about whether Liu Dongyang's subordinates are willing to follow him out of Jiayuguan in the west, even if they are willing, let me ask you how to solve the supply of grain and grass for more than 10,000 soldiers?" Hamiwei Gaza Prefecture Wei estimates that all the population together is not much more than Liu Dongyang and their group of rebels, do you want them to eat sand and soil? ”

"Dad, I know that grain and grass are the biggest problem, but it is definitely impossible to have so many soldiers to go west, half of the soldiers and horses are enough, and secondly, Suzhou and Jiayuguan also have to rely on the supply of grain and grass from the mainland?" Feng Ziying was not discouraged.

"The grain and grass in the imperial court to support Gansu Town has been exhausted, and you have to go to support Shazhou Wei and Hamiwei again?" Feng Tang asked rhetorically: "Do you think the imperial court will agree?" ”

"But what if there is no other choice?" Feng Ziying also asked rhetorically: "Liu Dongyang's troops are entrenched in Suzhou and Gaotai, if you want to fight, how much will it cost?" If they don't fight and let them go west to occupy Shazhou Wei and Hamiwei, at least nominally to expand the territory for the country, do you think the emperor and the cabinet will think that such a battle can be more of an explanation to the government and the opposition? Especially now that the emperor is in this situation, do you think he will refuse? ”

Feng Ziying's words stopped Feng Tang.

Especially the last question of the son, which went straight to the heart.

Will the emperor refuse? Can you refuse? For the current emperor, what does he need the most, and what makes him most excited?

Prestige and prestige, of course.

Even Feng Tang knew very well in Yulin that the ambiguous attitude of the Emperor Taishang and Prince Yizhong's various unscrupulous efforts to win over scholars had put great pressure on the emperor.

The rebellion in Ningxia Town gave many people an opportunity to criticize the imperial court for failing to pacify the three sides and four towns, leading to a mutiny, and these mistakes undoubtedly became the responsibility of Emperor Yonglong, and he almost made him guilty.

Even if the rebellion is successfully suppressed, it is far from the huge fame and prestige that can be gained by recovering the lost land of the former Ming Dynasty.

In terms of familiarity with military affairs in the border areas, Feng Ziying knew that he naturally could not compare with his father, even if he learned a lot of information from He Zhisheng and other soldiers on the Ganzhou side, as well as the officials of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, but the difficulties of military strength and logistical supply were there, and if he could, the imperial court would definitely not be willing to take another step west.

But in terms of people's hearts, especially the grasp of the thoughts of Emperor Yonglong, and the grasp of the thoughts of Chai Ke and Yang He, the two ministers, Daddy is inferior to himself, does Chai Ke want to stay here all the time to be the governor of the three sides? Isn't it fragrant to go back and take over as the left squire of the military department?

Could it be that Yang He wants to sit on the border in the name of the right capital Yushi and be a nameless deputy marshal? Is it okay for Shaanxi to have rich places such as Zhejiang, Nanzhili or Shandong? The battle is over, and no one wants to stay here if they don't have the slightest chance to gain something.

"Dad, think about it, people look forward to the people's hearts, well, I'm afraid it's more important to the emperor than anything else." Feng Ziying said lightly: "I believe that the two adults Chai Yang can also understand the emperor's difficulties." ”