Chapter 146: War Breaks Out on the Frontier
One of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, Gansu Town, Ganzhou.
Wang Yue was born as a civil official, and when he was old, he always wanted to leave something to the world and prove to future generations that he had come.
Recently, there has been no war in the frontier, so Wang Yue picked up a pen and paper, and is summing up the experience of fighting for officials, generals, and leaders in these years, and writing a book to make a statement.
At this moment, Wang Yue is recalling the battle of Weininghai in the first month of the sixteenth year of Chenghua, which is an extremely beautiful resume in his life, although this battle is in cooperation with Wang Zhi, the governor of the West Factory, but Wang Zhi's achievements cannot be erased, and Wang Yue's achievements cannot be erased.
Wang Yue fought because of this and was given the title of Wei Ningbo.
That's quite an achievement!
Because, if there is no variable of Li Zhaotong, in the entire 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, there are only three civil officials who have been knighted for martial arts.
Coincidentally, these three people are all surnamed Wang, namely: Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, Weining Bo Wang Yue, and Xinjian Bo Wang Yangming.
In particular, now Wang Yue does not have a knighthood, just because he has a good relationship with Wang Zhi, in the nineteenth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue was implicated by Wang Zhi and removed from the title.
"General Wang, it's not good, the Tatars are coming."
"It's coming, it's coming, what are you panicking about?"
Wang Yue was not flustered about the Tatar invasion, after all, because every summer and autumn, the frontier always had to start a war.
Moreover, Wang Yue had enough confidence to repel the other party.
The pro-soldier who came to report the news was a cronie of Wang Yue's cronies, and he had followed Wang Yue to the east and west for many years.
His performance should be the same as Wang Yue, he will come when he comes, it's not a big deal, just retreat.
"Mr. Wang, have you forgotten that Li Ge is old?"
"Elder Li Ge? Li Xiya? What do you suddenly mention to him? ”
Wang Yue was a little confused, what does the Tatar invasion have to do with Li Dongyang, who has already returned to Beijing safely? Is it worth the panic of this pro-soldier?
"Mr. Wang, you forgot, Elder Li Ge handed you a bag before leaving, which mentioned that the Tatars would commit crimes in July, and now it's really July!"
At the beginning, Li Dongyang made a big mistake, that is, he should not give the tips to Wang Yue in public.
Because, Li Dongyang, as a pavilion elder, came all the way to Ganzhou to send this bag, and the things mentioned in the bag are really happening now, which is very reminiscent:
What happened to them was a big thing. The Tatar invasion in front of me is probably not ordinary!
In this way, the morale of the army will be shaken!
After all, it is worth the old man of the court to personally send the bag, and what is said in it has really happened, which shows that the court attaches great importance to this matter!
Perhaps, there are really some immortal characters who predicted this catastrophe and said it. Then the imperial court realized the seriousness of the matter and sent the elder to inform him.
Now that the things described in the bag have really happened, these insiders can't help but think nonsense!
The most important thing is that Wang Yue did not adopt the advice on the bag and seriously prepared for the war.
Wang Yue, naturally, didn't believe in any ghosts and gods, and he firmly believed that the thing described in the bag was just that Li Dongyang's son blind cat met a dead mouse.
However, Wang Yue knew very well that this incident shook his military heart!
This made Wang Yue serious!
Wang Yue said in a deep voice:
"Prepare for the war seriously, this matter will not be mentioned again! Give a gag order to all insiders, if anyone leaks this matter and shakes the hearts of the army, the old man will definitely pick your skin!
In addition, you must believe that we can still win this war! ”
"Okay! General system of the king. ”
Wang Yue is in today's Ming Army, that is really the existence of the Dinghai God Needle level, the enemy heard his name, they were all frightened, Wang Yue said that he could win, many officers and soldiers would listen to him, thinking that he could win!
Therefore, Wang Yue's words were very morale-inspiring, and as soon as his voice fell, the pro-soldier had a frightened expression and calmed down.
"How many Tatars are coming this time?"
After stabilizing the morale of the army, Wang Yue began to prepare for military arrangements, he was really confident that he could defeat the Tatars, even if the Tatars were very strong and could come to many people, he was still confident.
"According to the scouts, nearly 10,000 Tatars came this time, claiming to be 50,000, led by the little prince himself." The soldiers reported truthfully.
"It's pretty much the same as usual! So what are you panicking about? A childish man talks nonsense, and you believe what a blind cat says when he meets a dead mouse? The official told you that Li Xiya came to my Ganzhou for two purposes, one was to appease the old man on behalf of the imperial court, and the other was to brush up his son's reputation.
The Tatars will be in the summer and autumn every year, and Li Xiya is extremely intelligent, and it is not surprising that he can count the Tatar invasion in July.
It's just that this Li Xiya is shameless, in order to make his son famous, he came up with some clever tricks to shake the old man's military heart, and when the battle is over, the old man will return to the capital, and he must join him! ”
Wang Yue said this to stabilize the morale of the army, but he believed it himself.
Now, he really thinks that Li Dongyang is giving Li Zhaotong fame.
Wang Yue's tone was very firm, and everyone could hear it, and he was so sure that this personal soldier, as his loyal follower, would naturally believe it even more:
"Mr. Wang, you are right, Li Ge Lao did not do it right this time."
"Well, let's not talk about Li Xiya, let's talk about it, how do you think we should deal with the Tatar attack?"
Wang Yue intends to guide this personal soldier under his command, because this personal soldier of his is a descendant of his family, and now he is following him, if he is released, he can mix a hundred households, so Wang Yue also wants the other party to learn more, and when he is old in the future, this person can become one of the pillars of the Wang family.
"General Wang, I think we should first capture Helan Mountain, prevent the Tatars from occupying this place for a long time, and prevent the Tatars from using this place as a stronghold to invade the border passes and attract other tribes to Koubian."
The military literacy of this pro-soldier is okay, he thought about it and replied.
"Good idea."
Wang Yue nodded, and then, he corrected:
"However, you have one point, not accurate enough! That is, we should capture Helan Mountain quickly and immediately, not first, and you must understand the truth of the speed of soldiers when you fight later. ”
"I see, Mr. Wang."
This pro-soldier also knew that Wang Yue was teaching himself, so he was naturally as good as a stream.
"Okay, the soldier is fast, I won't talk nonsense with you, pass on my orders:
Where Wang Yue belongs, he marches to Helan Mountain in three ways:
ordered Yansui deputy commander-in-chief and commander Zhu Jin to lead 2,000 troops out of the south road;
ordered Ningxia to guard the eunuch Zhang Xun and the chief military officer, the governor of the same governor Li Jun, to lead 2,000 troops out of the middle road;
Ordered the deputy commander-in-chief and the commander of the capital to make Zhang An and the right supervisor of the gun Cheng Hao Shan lead 2,000 troops out of the north road.
The old man is in the middle of the general system.
In addition, Zhang An and Hao Shan were ordered to be two sentinels. ”