After returning from the outside of the city, Emperor Hongzhi always had a smile on his face, and after saying his wishes to heaven and earth and his ancestors, his heart was really much more comfortable.

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Your Majesty bows down and does what you do, and this year will definitely be smooth and peaceful." ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "I am sincere and sincere, I believe that I will move the heavens." ”

At this time, outside the hall, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, ran to the Fengtian Hall in a hurry, Wang Yue saw him, and laughed and teased: "How many girls are there in the family, why do you make Da Sima so anxious?" ”

In the previous dynasty, when Wang Yue was in power, he took some care of Ma Wensheng, and the two were born in the same year, and they liked to ridicule a few words in private, regardless of official position.

"Shichang, something big has happened on the border of Ningxia! I don't have time to be poor with you. Ma Wensheng scolded and scolded.

Ningxia?

Isn't that where I used to be?

Could it be that the Tatars have called, and now there is no food in the north, is it really possible.

That place is now guarded by Yan Kesong, and Yan Kesong is the father of Yan Xian's nephew.

Wang Yue's face was gloomy, and he looked at Ma Wensheng, who had not run far away, and quickly chased after him.

Ma Wensheng didn't have time to pay attention to him, and trotted all the way to Fengtian Palace, not caring about the eunuch to stop him, he pushed away the eunuch and broke in, and Wang Yue broke into the palace together.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!" Wang Yue said in a hurry.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Wang Yue and Ma Wensheng, who were panting.

The three members of the cabinet also turned around, only to see Ma Wensheng holding a military newspaper in his hand, and Xiao Jing, who was sharp-eyed, had already taken it quickly.

Ma Wensheng took a breath before he said: "The border army reported urgently, Andingbo was outside the city, and found traces of the Tatars, but unexpectedly, it was a trap of the Tatars, attacked by the Tatars, and they were captured together, as well as Zuo Shilang and Zuo Zongyi of the military department. ”

The guards have been captured alive!

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked and stood up: "Have the Tatars ever entered the city?" ”

"I haven't entered the city yet, and now Ningxia has a strong wall and a clear wilderness."

Ma Wensheng gasped and continued: "The Tatars said that they would use 300,000 stone military rations in exchange for the lives of our soldiers!" ”

"Who is the general of the thieves?" Emperor Hongzhi asked urgently.

"It's Dayan Khan, Bal Zhijin Batu Mengke!"

Emperor Hongzhi's face gradually lost its blood, and Fang Cai had a faint guess in his heart, but he didn't expect that it was really this name that made him jealous.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's faces also became grim.

Liu Jian lost his voice: "Want 300,000 stones?" ”

Now the summer tax paid by the Ming Dynasty in a year is only more than 4.9 million stones! 300,000 stones, enough to feed any frontier army for a year.

Li Dongyang fell into deep thought, he should have expected that this year's imperial court suffered heavy losses, how could the Tatars in the depths of the desert be spared, and in the face of life and death, they would definitely take risks!

"I'm afraid that the last time I sent 300,000 stone of grain to Ningxia Mansion, the news was revealed, and the Tatars knew that Ningxia had enough military food."

Li Dongyang guessed correctly, it was precisely because of the last time that 300,000 stone of grain was transported to the Ningxia military warehouse, the little prince got the news, and from the depths of the grassland, he led his troops to the border city of Ningxia.

"Your Majesty, Batu Mengke came with a large army this time, obviously making full preparations." Marven ascended.

Emperor Hongji fell into deep thought.

300,000 stone is not a small amount, and the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty need military rations.

Wang Yue knelt on the ground: "Dayan Khan is cunning and good at using soldiers, I am afraid that no one in the court can be defeated, and the minister implores me to take command again!" ”

Except for Wang Yue, the rest of the people in the court had never won a battle in front of Dayan Khan, and it was of course the safest to send Wang Yue to the expedition.

Li Dongyang sighed and said: "The Tatars are extremely flexible, if they avoid fighting and kill our soldiers and then retreat to the depths of the grassland, it is meaningless for Lord Wang to go on an expedition." ”

If you hand over 300,000 stone grains, not only will you feed the Tatars' iron cavalry, but you may not be able to exchange people back.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Call Yan Chengjin to come." ”

Yan Chengjin had just left the East Palace, and before he returned to Hanyuan, he was urgently announced by the eunuch to Fengtian Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Chengjin, your father was taken captive by the Tatars. ”

Yan Chengjin's eyes widened, he just handed the emperor today, and his father was arrested, this thing is poisonous.

Seeing that the child's face was frozen, he was also extremely sad when he thought about it, and Emperor Hongzhi was faintly distressed: "The Tatar army has been stationed outside the city of Ningxia, and it takes 300,000 stone of military food to exchange for your father's life." ”

Wang Yue pleaded: "300,000 stone grains for Jiangnan, but the number of a summer, An Dingbo is a rare general, this time it must be a loss of numbers, Your Majesty can't help it!" ”

Lao Wang is really interesting.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, although he picked a little, but he still could carry it clearly: "This time, Wang Qing's family is in charge, and the 300,000 stone military rations will be escorted to the outside of the Saiwai, and An Dingbo and the military squire will be exchanged back." ”

"Your Majesty, no." Yan Chengjin Road.

Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang were stunned, they never expected that the person who stopped them was Yan Chengjin, you are not happy to save your father, can you still be your own son?

It's not that Yan Chengjin doesn't want to save it, but that although the little prince has read a lot of books, he doesn't know the word integrity.

When integrating the various tribes of the grassland, the little prince's forces are not the most powerful, but he can defeat the fire sieving, Duoyan and other tribes and bring them under his command, which shows that he is an extremely good use of stratagem.

This time, only the main general of Ningxia was captured, and it was obviously planned for a long time.

Yan Chengjin's face was solemn: "Dayan Khan led a large army, if he handed over 300,000 stone military rations to him, I am afraid, he will attack the city on the spot." ”

Siege on the spot?

Emperor Hongzhi shuddered.

Li Dongyang and the others opened their mouths, obviously not expecting this layer.

Wang Yue also had a chill down his spine, and he was eager to save people, and he didn't think about it deeply.

Yes, what are you doing with a large army if you don't fight, don't you need money to eat and drink?

And what is asked for is still military rations, as the so-called soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved.

But if you don't give the army food, you will kill Andingbo and others.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "What does the Yan Qing family think?" ”

Yan Chengjin thought about it, considered it carefully, and said: "The minister naturally wants to save my father, but Lord Wang is in charge, and the minister thinks it is impossible." ”

Ma Wensheng hurriedly said: "Wang Yue has defeated Dayan Khan twice, and he is no more suitable person!" ”

Yan Chengjin said: "It is precisely because Lord Wang has made Dayan Khan lose the battle twice, Dayan Khan will definitely think that the imperial court is going to fight this time, so it will prevent it and increase the difficulty of rescue, plus the transportation of 300,000 stone grains will delay the speed of the march, and Dayan Khan will definitely use other means to strike first, it is better to let the British Duke take command and Lord Wang follow in disguise." ”

Ma Wensheng thinks about it, it makes sense, Wang Yue has already relieved the military power, and now he is in command again, isn't that telling Dayan Khan's court to fight?

If the British Duke was in charge, he had not fought a few battles, and with Dayan Khan's conceit, he might not have taken him seriously.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Good! ”

"The minister thinks that there is another problem that has to be guarded against, the Tatars have been short of food for a long time, seeing that the court is so happy to change food, it is inevitable that they will be greedy and insufficient, and then increase the number of grains, it is better for the court to release the news, the eight sides are short of military salaries, and it is the limit to gather 200,000 stone grain, and then release the news, my father and Lord Zuo are weak and incompetent, and they are inrelevant to the court, so as to dispel the idea of Dayan Khan's lion opening his mouth."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Let's do it, but you also have to be mentally prepared." ”

Dayan Khan may kill people when he sees the military rations, and whoever he is, he will not let the tiger return to the mountain.

And all of them knew it in their hearts.