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After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, the originally noisy lobby finally gradually returned to silence.

The Ming Dynasty has always emphasized civilians over military force, and now although it is discussing war, it is still the civil officials who are the first to express their opinions.

Zheng Jiadong, a scholar in Shaanxi, took the lead in saying: "Lord Qincha, I think that the city of Daizhou must not be lost, this is not only a matter of losing the city and land, the safety of the people, the military food and disaster relief grain and grass of Shaanxi and Gansu are now mostly stored in the city of Jiezhou, once the city of Jiezhou is broken by the Mongolian army, the soldiers and civilians of Shaanxi and Gansu can only wait to starve to death this year!" ”

According to the inspector Zhou Bo also frowned and said: "Also, the Mongols have also been plagued by natural disasters in the past two years, this year because of the strategy of Lord Qincha to clear the wilderness, the Mongols have not grabbed much food, if this year's fire can make them return empty-handed, I am afraid that this year will be the beginning of the major tribes of Mongolia from prosperity to decline, from now on the Mongols will inevitably be a great threat, but if the Mongols get the grain and grass of Jiezhou City, the next year will be stronger and stronger, and they will eat the marrow and know the taste, and the more frequent invasion of Shaanxi and Gansu, Therefore, this war is a century-old border defense plan related to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and it must not be ignored! ”

Subsequently, Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, also got up and said: "The lower officials think that Zheng Xuezheng and Zhou according to the envoy are very reasonable, and the safety of Jiezhou City is very important, and it is a place that must be saved!" The top priority now is to support Daishu City as soon as possible and ensure the safety of Daishu City! ”

Most of the civilian officials were not good at warfare, and their opinions only expressed the importance of the war, and there were no practical suggestions.

In fact, Zhao Junchen didn't expect these civil officials to be able to say any clever opinions, so he just nodded his head in agreement and turned his attention to several military attachés.

At the same time, the civilian officials also knew that their opinions were of little practical use, and that the matter of fighting a war would ultimately depend on the performance of the military attachés, so they also turned their heads to the military attachés.

Under the attention of everyone, several military attachés were not cowardly, and they did not have any prevarication, and expressed their opinions one after another.

Among the military attachés, Fang Zhenshan, as the chief guard of Guyuan Military Town, is in the position of a second-rank official, and his status is the most noble, so it stands to reason that he should be the first to express his opinion.

Fang Zhenshan originally thought the same way, and was about to get up again to express his position, but found that He Zhang had already taken the first step to get up and said: "Lord Qincha, now Haiyuan City is already full of large armies, and there are more than 50,000 people in the new army, Qi Bin's new army, and the elite of the forbidden army, all of whom are brave and good at fighting!" At the same time, the Mongols have not yet discovered the dynamics of our army, but instead focus on attacking the city of Jiezhou, which is the most suitable for surprise attacks! The humble position believes that all the cavalry can be gathered, and the inferior position will personally lead the army to Jiezhou City, which will inevitably catch the Mongolian coalition army by surprise and make the Mongolian coalition army suffer heavy losses, and at that time, the dilemma of Jiezhou City will definitely be solved! ”

Seeing He Zhang rushing to express his opinion in front of him, a trace of annoyance flashed in Fang Zhenshan's eyes.

Fang Zhenshan and He Zhang originally had a disagreement, but now they naturally did not agree with He Zhang's opinion, and said: "Lord Qincha, I think that General He's idea is too risky!" Although Haiyuan City is now full of troops, our army is not known for cavalry, and there has always been a shortage of war horses, even if all the cavalry is gathered in one place, it is only about 10,000 people! At the same time, although the Mongols have divided their troops many times during this time, the Mongolian army surrounding Jiezhou City still has a scale of more than 40,000 people, all of which are elite cavalry who are good at horsemanship, and even many cavalry are one person and two horses, and the Mongols are still cautious when attacking Jiezhou City. Therefore, General He's suggestion is a bit taken for granted. ”

After Fang Zhenshan refuted He Zhang's point of view, He Zhang was also angry, and planned to argue with Fang Zhenshan.

However, before He Zhang could speak, Zhao Junchen asked, "So, does General Fang have a good plan?" ”

Fang Zhenshan said in a deep voice: "The Mongolian coalition army that invaded the Longnan region this time is all the most elite army of the Mongolian right wing and the Dzungar Khanate, and because of this, they dare not make any mistakes, once they suffer heavy losses, they will not be able to recover for many years, so the Mongolian coalition army has been extremely cautious since they invaded Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Mongols have always been not good at fighting for a long time, and now they are deep into the enemy's territory, so they must not dare to have a decisive battle with our army!" Now Lord Qincha led 60,000 strong troops to help, plus the strength of our Guyuan military town, it is enough to make up an army of 100,000 people, as long as this army puts forward the formation and presses towards the city of Jiezhou, and makes a posture of a decisive battle with the Mongols, the Mongols must be cowardly and flee without a fight, and then our army will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and order the border troops to intercept, and there will inevitably be a large number of gains! ”

I have to say that compared with He Zhang's opinion, Fang Zhenshan's opinion is more secure, and many officials have also shown their intentions, but Zhao Junchen still has a noncommittal attitude, just turned his head to look at Qi Bin and asked: "Qi Bin, you are a descendant of Qi Shaobao, and you are quite good at military strategy, but what are the different suggestions?" ”

Qi Bin obviously had some different ideas, he couldn't wait, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, he immediately got up and said: "Lord Qincha, I think that under the current situation, if you want to achieve the greatest results, the first thing is not to surprise and kill the enemy, nor to retreat from the enemy, but to send a strong army to the north of Weishui to break the guard, cut off the back road of the Mongolian coalition army, so that the Mongols can no longer retreat to the north bank of Weishui, and mobilize the troops of the Gansu military town to block the western road of the Mongolian coalition army!" Prior to this, in order to prevent the grass from startling the snake, but not to support the city too early, but to use the city as a bait to drag the Mongolian army, and wait until the encirclement is completely formed, and then press the city with a dignified and upright army, and have a decisive battle with the Mongolian coalition army, and completely wipe out this Mongolian army! ”

After hearing Qi Bin's suggestion, Zhao Junchen, who had been noncommittal, suddenly smiled.

Compared with He Zhang's radicalism and Fang Zhenshan's conservatism, Qi Bin's suggestion is the most in line with Zhao Junchen's thoughts!

However, except for Zhao Junchen, others did not think so.

As Qi Bin's words fell, several officials with serious personalities suddenly changed their faces and hurriedly expressed different opinions.

Zheng Jiadong has always had a good impression of Qi Bin, but this time he took the lead in standing up against Qi Bin's opinion, and said: "Lord Qincha, the lower officials think that Qi Bin's suggestion is inappropriate!" Although General He Zhang's strategy is a bit risky and radical, at least it can solve the siege of Jiezhou City in the shortest possible time, and maybe he can even establish miraculous achievements! General Fang's strategy is conservative, but it is a foolproof strategy, and this method has been proven to be effective many times over the years...... In comparison, Qi Shoubei's suggestion seems to be good, but this method must delay a lot of time, and it will not be able to support Jiezhou City in time, once Jiezhou City makes a mistake during this period, it will be a big deal! ”

Then, Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, also said: "The lower officials also have the same opinion, and the top priority now is the safety of Jiezhou City!" In addition, according to Qi Shoubei's suggestion, our army must have a decisive battle with the Mongols, not to mention the outcome of this battle, even if it is finally won, I am afraid that it will cause countless damages...... Comparatively speaking, it was General Fang's plan that was the most secure! ”

Zheng Jiadong and Wu Qifan are both old people, and as civil officials of the local yamen, they are also naturally afraid of war, if it is according to Qi Bin's plan, there will inevitably be a very large-scale war, the outcome of this war is unknown, and there are many variables, which naturally attracted their resistance.

However, according to the inspection envoy Zhou Bo had an enmity with the Mongols, and he had always hated the Mongols, but he very much agreed with Qi Bin's suggestion, and said: "Lord Qincha, the lower officials think that General Qi's suggestion is very good, neither as radical as General He nor as conservative as General Fang, if this plan goes well, it will be able to annihilate tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in one fell swoop, which must be an unprecedented miracle!" ”

Seeing that some of the officials finally supported Qi Bin's opinion, Zhao Junchen raised his hand and pressed down, stopping everyone from further arguing.

Then, Zhao Junchen finally spoke again.

Zhao Junchen's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "Since taking over the defense of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, I have successively formed a new army of soldiers, promulgated rich military merit rewards, and unified all the forces of Shaanxi and Gansu...... I've done so much to get through this year, and I've talked about it more than once during this time, but it seems that everyone just thinks I'm talking big, and still sticks to the old idea, that we just need to send the invading Mongols out of the country, and we don't need to make a big deal about it......."

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen glanced around at everyone present, and said, "Then, I'll say it again here!" My ambitions are bigger, bigger than you think! I'm going to work with you to create a miracle! I want the Mongols not to dare to invade my Ming territory again! I want to avenge all the people in Shaanxi and Gansu who have been plagued by the Mongols! I want to ensure the peace of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu for the next 100 years! I want to let this Mongol coalition army that invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty ...... There is no return! ”

Zhao Junchen's words were not loud, but his tone was extremely firm!

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, everyone present was dumbfounded.

Prior to this, Zhao Junchen had revealed more than once that he wanted to do a big job, but everyone didn't take it to heart, thinking that Zhao Junchen's statement was just to boost morale, but now after seeing Zhao Junchen's reiteration, they found out that Zhao Junchen really wanted to do something earth-shattering!

Even, listening to Zhao Junchen's meaning, annihilating the invading Mongol army was only part of his plan!

What does it mean to annihilate tens of thousands of Mongol troops in one fell swoop?

This is something that Ming Taizu didn't do back then!

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, although the Mongols were driven out of the territory of the Han Chinese, they were still passive in the face of the Mongol invasion for hundreds of years!

If the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu have such power, why should they be sifted by fire every year?

Back then, Ming Yingzong also had a similar idea, and personally led an army of 500,000 to personally conquer, but what was the final result? The change of the civil fort! The 500,000 army was completely annihilated, and even Ming Yingzong was captured, and even almost lost the capital!

Now, where does Zhao Junchen's arrogant statement come from?

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