What they were thinking about was that what the emperor just said was all the men in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, could it be that those talented people with meritorious fame even had to be soldiers? And those sons of families, such as the sons of the princes of the feudal lords or something, do they also have to be soldiers?

When the emperor said this, did he say something inappropriate and didn't put these people aside? Shouldn't it be said that all the men in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty?

In their opinion, the emperor must have said the wrong thing, and his own meaning would not include these people.

So, at the beginning, they thought about it and didn't care.

And these young people in the audience are basically ordinary households, and after listening to what the emperor said, they naturally agreed.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished talking about this, he went back. However, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Tongzhi Wu Zhong, remained here and began to ask these young men about all the information they had seen in the Naturalization City and the grassland.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't know these details through the eavesdropping system, so it was necessary to collect information in this way to supplement his understanding of the enemies on the other side of Naturalization City.

When he returned to the meeting hall, the eunuch of the celebrant was not around, and there were no cabinet members, so Emperor Chongzhen dictated and asked Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, to prepare the new thing of compulsory military service system to be tested in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chongjian listened and wrote, but he couldn't write anymore, so he had to remind Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there are those who are exempted, you don't have to do this, right?" ”

Saying this, he was ready to change all adult males as Emperor Chongzhen said to be people who served according to the law.

However, Emperor Chongzhen said categorically: "This matter is not considered labor service, and it is not exempt from military service." Everyone, everyone else, must obey! ”

Hearing this, Zheng Chongjian was a little stunned, and the other civil and military generals were also stunned. Everybody has to be a soldier, isn't that a joke?

In their minds, they immediately imagined that those talents, masters, or those sons of the world were forced to serve as soldiers one by one, which ...... What is this called?

Zheng Chongjian was the first to come back to his senses, and had to remind the emperor: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" ”

When the other civil officials and military generals heard this, they all looked at Emperor Chongzhen, wondering what the emperor would say next?

"What's wrong?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked without hesitation, he stared at Zheng Chongjian's eyes, which made the other party feel a lot of pressure, and had to lower his head, and then continued, "When Jianyu is raging, will he still choose whether he has merit or not?" Under the disaster of war, everyone is the same, and no one is immune. Men have strength, why can't they defend their families and the country by themselves? Train as a soldier for three years, at least let them know what to do when the enemy invades! ”

If it is said that this was said before the eleventh year of Chongzhen, or even before the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, it is estimated that it will attract the opposition of many people present. At least these civil officials must be opposed.

However, now Emperor Chongzhen's prestige is increasing day by day, especially in recent times, his prestige has reached an unprecedented height. These civil and military generals who were beside Emperor Chongzhen, that one was not convinced by Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, the weight of Emperor Chongzhen's words at this time was quite heavy.

Under the strength of Emperor Chongzhen, Zheng Chongjian did not dare to refute again, he was afraid that the emperor would mention the matter of "throwing pen from Rong" again, which seemed to be a little similar to the meaning of the emperor in front of him. This is a classic of literati and martial arts, and it is praised.

Besides, during the Qin and Han dynasties, all the people had to serve in the military at that time. Although the Qin and Han dynasties were compared with later generations, especially from the Sui and Tang dynasties, the situation was very different after the Song Dynasty. However, after all, there is a source, isn't it!

At the same time, he thought about it in his heart, the emperor's will was not his business, and there was no need to make a direct admonition.

Because there are rules in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, officials must be officials in different places, and they in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty are not people from the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, so the emperor's will has nothing to do with them. Since it's none of your business, it's better to hang it high.

Most of the other civil servants present also shared this idea.

As for those military generals, after the initial consternation, there was actually a lot of expectation in my heart, and those literati on weekdays pointed fingers at them military generals. Hehe, when they become soldiers in the future, see what they say?

Thinking so, they are even more looking forward to the day when it will come soon, they just want to see what it will be like for those who have made meritorious names to become soldiers!

So, just like that, no one objected to the civil and military generals present under the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen.

Seeing that this holy decree was prepared, Emperor Chongzhen personally looked at it, and after conforming to his own meaning, he said with a smile: "Actually, the benefits of being a soldier are also more. At this time, it is needless to say that it is needless to protect the family and the country and protect your relatives. Even in times of peace, there are no foreign enemies. But being a soldier can also exercise the body, strengthen the body, and also exercise the will, so that people know the importance of obeying the collective......"

Speaking of this, his eyes swept over the civil officials in the hall, and said in an accentuated tone: "It's better than those literati who have nothing to do all day long, go to the green building, and wear women's clothes to swagger through the market, isn't it?" ”

This situation is rare in the northwest, relatively few in the north, and the most important is more in the south of the Yangtze River. When Zheng Chongjian heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, could this be the case, the emperor still wants to promote it to Jiangnan, right?

However, as a pragmatic civil official, he naturally can't get used to that kind of sissy literati, however, the atmosphere is like this, even if it is him, it is helpless.

Therefore, if the emperor really wants to promote it to Jiangnan, the sons of important ministers in the court, and the sons of the emperor's relatives and nobles must all abide by this regulation, then it doesn't matter if his own grandson also does the same.

Thinking so, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Confucian children are actually capable of literature and martial arts. It was only later that many people were so focused on reading only the books of the sages that they lost everything else that the sages taught. Weak and can't help the wind, how can you serve Your Majesty! ”

When the other civil officials heard this, they were a little surprised by Zheng Chongjian's reaction. They feel that they don't object to it. But why is the Governor so in favor of it?

They were thinking about it, but those generals were happy to coax, and they all immediately echoed Emperor Chongzhen, showing their strong support for the holy will.

When the other civil officials saw it, they were afraid of leaving a bad impression in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, so they all supported it.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly when he heard this, so that after the promotion in the Ming Dynasty in the future, since everyone had been a soldier, then the secular discrimination against martial artists would be much less, which would be conducive to the implementation of the strategy of governing the country with equal emphasis on civil and military affairs.

After they all echoed for a while, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Now that the battle against Guihua City has to be further ......"

When everyone heard this, they immediately straightened their attitudes, and behaved very seriously one by one, it seems that the emperor is finally going to go on the expedition.

However, they didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen's words changed and said, "...... The scout war should be intensified, always maintaining that our army has more troops than Jianguo Tanma, forming an advantage and constantly consuming Jianguo's troops, and further suppressing Jianguo and the Mongol tribes, accelerating their consumption of grain and grass. If necessary, all the hussar battalions were dispatched, relying on the important town of Yulin, and fighting with the captives within a day's reach. In short, the consumption of Jianguo's troops, the coercion of Jianguo, and the consumption of Jianguo's grain and grass are the next combat goals, forcing Jianguo to break with the Mongol tribes, understand? ”

"Yes!" When the civil and military generals heard this, they immediately shouted the order.

They were all happily thinking in their hearts: The emperor's strategy is the least risky for the Ming army, and this step-by-step calculation, I am afraid that the Jianyu side will be miserable.

As a result, the scout war between Da Ming and Jianyu escalated again.

Generally speaking, the number of scouting horses is about a dozen people in a team; But now, this scout war has led to an increase in the number of both sides. The number of Jianyu Tanma increased to a team of 50 people, but the Ming army immediately increased to a team of 100 people when they did not collect it at night, forming a military advantage over Jianlu, and they were all from the hussar battalion, well-equipped and well-trained, as long as there was an encounter between the two sides, it was definitely the advantage of the Ming army.

In this case, Jianyu Tanma couldn't resist and had to retreat, and at the same time increased the number of troops, and the first team also increased to one hundred, wanting to be at least equal in strength with the Ming army. However, the Ming army did not collect at night, and the number of people in the first team immediately increased to 200, and the number of teams sent out also increased, at least in the grasslands near the border pass, almost all of them were the figures of the Ming army who did not collect at night.

After doing this a few times, the military situation at the front reported to Zilharang in Naturalization City again, and he was a little overwhelmed. He can't afford to spend it like this. His greatest hope was that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would come out of the customs as soon as possible to attack Guihua City.

On this day, he got a message from his subordinates to explore the horses, saying that there were at least about 4,000 cavalry troops who went out of the customs every day, and the Qing Dynasty was really unable to deal with it.

Zilharan thought about this for a long time, and finally made a decision and ordered the army to assemble.

When the leaders of the Mongolian tribes heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they rushed to listen to the order at a flying speed. When I met an acquaintance on the road, I said with emotion: "It seems that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is finally going to go out of the customs, now it's okay, it's finally here, after this war, you can enter the customs to rob his mother!" ”

"Yes, yes, I can't hold on anymore, and some people have come to tell me that if the tribe doesn't replenish grain and grass, they can only kill horses to satisfy hunger!"

"That's not good, the cattle, horses and sheep have been killed, what will I do next year?"

“……”

Chatting like this, they happily ran to listen to the order, but Zilharang said to them: "If you don't teach the Ming army a hard lesson and beat them up at night, the Ming Emperor will not come out......"

Before he could finish his words, the leaders of the Mongol tribes jumped out one after another, and no longer had the respect they had for Zilharang, and immediately began to speak, all of them very surprised and a little angry.

"Ah, what, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom didn't get out of the customs?"

"When will you be able to fight a decisive battle with the Ming Kingdom, Your Highness will give me a letter!"

"If you don't collect the Ming Kingdom at night, the Qing army can be dispatched, why are you calling us?"

"That is, our sons and daughters are lying down and dare not move, for fear that their stomachs will be hungry faster, so they can still send troops, and a little grain and grass will be kept for a decisive battle!"

“……”

This situation, which had never been seen before, made Zilharang's face a little gloomy. He clearly sensed that the leaders of these Mongolian tribes seemed to be getting bolder and bolder. Of course, he also understands that this is entirely because of the food trouble.

Azig on the side was angry when he heard this, so rude, he turned against the sky.

Thinking so, he suddenly got up from his seat, strode over, stared at some of the Mongolian tribal leaders who made the most trouble, and said viciously: "In front of the prince of the Qing Dynasty, who dares to make noise again? ”

Hearing this, these Mongolian clan leaders immediately remembered the ferocity of Jianyu, and suddenly, everyone became quiet.

At the right time, Zilharang hurriedly blushed and said: "Get rid of the Ming cavalry with the power of thunder, and when you turn back to the decisive battle, it will be much easier." Even if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom does not go out, as long as he has no cavalry, then we can also disarm the war preparation, and there is no need to prepare for war at all times. ”

Okay, what's the matter anyway! The leaders of the Mongol tribes thought in their hearts that they did not dare to disobey the military order, but could only obey it.

Therefore, the Jianyu army sent 3,000 troops, and the Mongolian tribes sent 6,000 troops, starting from the city of Guihua, making a big circle, and then from the left and right sides of the Ming border pass, together to attack the Ming army that surrounded the pass. Of course, at the same time, his Tanma also pretended that the Ming army could not be defeated at night, and retreated, wanting to attract the Ming army to go further into the grassland.

The cavalry that went out of the pass on this day happened to be Wu Sangui's department.

As for the situation of Jianyu, it can be said that this Guanning army is the most familiar. Even if Wu Sangui didn't notice it for a while, the veterans in the army immediately reacted and reported the situation to Wu Sangui: "Master, the situation doesn't seem right, it stands to reason that Jianyu doesn't seem to have reached the point of such a defeat!" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect it to be true, the emperor has already calculated this!" When Wu Sangui heard this, his face once again showed admiration and said, "Before leaving the customs, the emperor explained to Ben Shuai, saying that Jianyu couldn't be consumed, and it was likely that he would send troops this time and want to surround and destroy our department." ”

As soon as he heard this, his subordinates were suddenly surprised, they didn't expect the emperor to have an explanation, it must be true.

According to the "speculation" that Emperor Chongzhen told him, Wu Sangui immediately gathered several other cavalry armies that were separated, and after merging them together, he suddenly went to the west side, directly collided with the 3,000 men and horses of the Urad Division, and immediately killed them, and then marched away.

By the time the nearby Jianyu army rushed over, Wu Sangui had already entered the pass. Since Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition, the Ming army at the border pass saw the appearance of the Jianyu and the Mongol alliance for the first time.

I don't have to say that, since I dare to come, I have to entertain myself.