Chapter 7 You Hit Yours, I Hit Mine

In the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Qizhen waited for the British public Zhang Fu

It's just that now the atmosphere of the British public Zhang Fu has softened a lot.

Without him, although the British Gong Zhang Fu is I don't know how many years older than Zhu Qizhen, he and Zhu Qizhen have the same good thing, that is, Zhang Fu finally had a son again at the age of sixty under his unremitting efforts.

There are follow-up people in the British public lineage.

This is a great joy for the British public.

Now the British Duke himself also has the intention of retreating, especially when the emperor has become so difficult to serve. For example, this time about Hamiwei.

If before, the emperor would have been the first to ask the British duke.

And it was Zhu Qizhen who kept the British Duke and did not summon him. However, he sent his cronies to send all the big and small affairs about Hamiwei to the British duke.

Therefore, when the imperial court was discussing the matter of Hamiwei, the British prince kept his door closed.

The attitude of the British Duke Zhu Qizhen, coupled with what Zhu Qizhen said before, naturally tasted the taste, that is, the emperor himself did not want to hear the so-called abandonment of Hamiwei.

But Zhang Fu also weighed the possibility of rescuing Hami from a military perspective. His opinion is almost the same as that of Yang Pu.

The Ming Dynasty did not enter the Western Regions, and it was not that the Ming Dynasty had no ambitions for the Western Regions. It's more based on realistic considerations. During the Yongle period, there were six sorties to attack the grassland, almost all of them were from the eastern northern expedition, and from Kaipingwei across the desert, so why did the Han attack the Xiongnu, and then hit the Western Regions, and cut off the strategic decision of the Xiongnu. But the Ming Dynasty wanted to run the Northeast.

The reasons for this are complex, but the ruin of the Northwest is a very important one.

Zhang Fu also knew that it was impossible for Zhu Qizhen not to return the color to the tile thorn in this matter. With this attitude, he already has a plan in mind.

Zhu Qizhen said a few words of homely things to the British public. Within a few sentences, he turned to the topic and said: "Now that the tile is attacking Hami, the king of Hami is asking for help, Guogong is a famous general in the world, a pillar of the court, I don't know how to teach me?" ”

British Gong Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty, the tile spur has a suspicious heart, and the minister has thought about it repeatedly, and the tile spur may not have the idea of leading the army to a decisive battle in Hami, so that the army will be sent less, and it will not be able to make contributions to foreign lands, but will damage the prestige of the Ming Dynasty." Send more troops, not to mention how the war is, once the army arrives in Hami, the tile spur retreats, the army can not be stationed in Hami for a long time, once the army is lost, then the tile spur returns, how to deal with it? ”

Zhu Qizhen heard this and had to be silent.

Daming gave up Mo Nan little by little, and now there are more infantry and fewer horsemen, even if Yang Hong is 10,000 horsemen, it is already half of the cavalry in Datong.

The lack of cavalry, especially the lack of formed cavalry groups, let

The mobility of the Ming army has decreased a lot.

In the battle of Jiang Gui's fame, no more than 30,000 cavalry participated in the battle. You can see the size of the cavalry in the northwest. However, compared to the number of Tile Spur cavalry, the Tile Thorn has mastered the ability to choose the battlefield.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Qizhen understood more and more that the plan for the decisive battle of the Great Wall formulated by Zhang Fu was certainly a little discouraged, but on the whole, it was the plan that the Ming army was most likely to implement.

However, Zhu Qizhen was still unwilling, and said with a somewhat wry smile: "It's difficult for the British Duke to let me restore King Hami Zhongshun and let his sister marry to the tile thorn, and I still have to give marriage, and the dowry can't be given." ”

The British Duke said: "Your Majesty, although the imperial court is beyond the reach of Hami's whip, but it can beat some people? ”

Zhu Qizhen heard the sound of the British Gong and said, "What does the Duke mean?" ”

The British Duke said: "The reason why the Tile Thorn dares to go west is because Uryaha is in the east and settles in the rear of the Tile Spur, since the Ulliangha dares to make a choice between the Ming Dynasty and the Tile Thorn, he will have to bear the price of this choice." ”

"The tile spur can go down to Hami, and the court can also break the Wuliangha."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he suddenly remembered a sentence in his heart, that is, you beat yours, and I beat mine. At this moment, he immediately understood that he had been limited by his first move

If your thoughts have been limited to how to deal with Hami, then you won't be able to get out of the first routine. Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Zhang Fu is really a famous general, at least on top of this strategic analysis, the decision is above me." ”

At least Zhu Qizhen hadn't thought about this before.

It's just that as soon as this idea came out, Zhu Qizhen had a lot of ideas.

Zhu Qizhen actually didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the tile spur in advance, after all, Hebei's water conservancy has not yet been completed, and even if it is completed, Hebei's people's power will be almost consumed.

Waiting for Hebei's grain and grass to accumulate must be for several years.

Although the imperial salt tax has increased little by little, it will take time to complete all the reforms. The matter of Ningbo is not big, but Zhu Qizhen also knows that shipping is not too stable.

In this way, the speed at which the imperial court can deploy supplies from the south will be limited by the canal.

Four million grains a year was fine in the Chengping period, but once a war started, it was not enough to see at all.

In a thousand words, Zhu Qizhen is not ready. At least not prepared for a long and fierce battle with the Tile Spurs. As for the armistice, don't even think about it.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to, Zhu Qizhen certainly doesn't want to bow to the tile spur. But Zhu Qizhen, who has evolved into a political creature, thinks more based on interests, and if the interests are big enough, Zhu Qizhen doesn't mind bowing his head.

It was because of the feuding relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia.

Once the fight starts, Zhu Qizhen wants to negotiate peace

, they will inevitably lose their political prestige. Once the war between the tile spurs and the Ming Dynasty officially started, Zhu Qizhen decided not to stop the one.

But for a while, the Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to put troops into Mobei. The tile spur cannot be destroyed, so it will be a high probability event for the war to become protracted.

Therefore, based on the preparation for the prolongation of the war.

Zhu Qizhen didn't do a good job.

The accumulation of finances, the allocation of resources, and even the reform of the military, especially the reform of the military, are simply superficial and have not been deepened at all.

Therefore, the first question Zhu Qizhen asked was about the reaction of the tile spur, and said: "Guogong, if the army goes out to attack Wuliangha, what will it be?" And will the tile spur fight with the imperial court because of this? ”

Zhang Fu said: "Although there are tens of thousands of horsemen in Wuliangha, but it is by no means the opponent of the imperial court, only Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong three towns are combined, which is enough to defeat Wuliangha, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, has several northern expeditions from Emperor Taizong, with rich experience and familiar roads, which is enough to break Wuliangha." ”

"As for the reaction of the Tile Spur?" Zhang Fu smiled lightly and said: "If the minister dares to say it, he will never tear his face with the court." There are three reasons, one of which is that the main force of the tile spur is in the northwest, and it is beyond the reach of the northeast whip, even if he tears his face with the imperial court, what good will it do him? The second is that Uliangha is not the headquarters of the Tile Thorn, and he will not care about the loss of Uliangha first. The third is that the tile thorn has made a lot of profits through tribute, so that he can give up this benefit, and he will be willing first. But the tile spur is very unwilling. ”

"There's a more important thing." Zhang Fu said: "The existence of this Uliangha is not in the interests of the Watts. If Your Majesty sits in the position of the first, how will Your Majesty think about going south? ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "If I am not fully prepared, I will not go south." Zhu Qizhen suddenly figured it out. I'm afraid I'll have to clear the venue first.

The eldest fights with the second, and the third is unlucky.

It always has been.

Although Zhu Qizhen is afraid of tile spurs, there is one thing that is a basic fact, that is, even if the strength of the Ming military is weakened, in terms of national strength, it is still the Ming Dynasty that is better than the tile spurs.

The tile spur attacked the Ming Dynasty with the weak to attack the strong, so it must first integrate resources and try to annex the territory. Moreover, from the grassland in the Yongle period, there is a law.

That is, the enemies of the Ming Dynasty were not killed by the Ming Dynasty.

For example, if it weren't for Emperor Taizong's crippled Arutai, it would have taken a lot of effort for the tile spur to take down Arutai, and the grandfather of the first, Mahamu's matter, is even more illustrative, he just fought a battle with Emperor Taizong of Kulan and lost temperature, and then was caught up by Arutai, a big battle, so that the tile spur suffered heavy casualties, if it wasn't for the fact that Tuhuan was a masterpiece, he would almost have withdrawn from the grassland battle.

Such a lesson is in the front, and before fighting the Ming first, will Wuliangha be allowed to watch?