The capital, the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

In the dark of night, the entire military headquarters yamen became quiet, only the candlelight in Yu Qian's house flickered.

Since returning from the palace, Yu Qian immediately sent the order to recruit Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, to go north to Datong Town to help, and then Yu Qian began to sit in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, mobilize money and grain baggage everywhere, and mobilize all the money and grain baggage that can be mobilized to Huai'anwei in Xuanfu Town to hoard, only after Liu Juntao led the army north, he began to transfer it to Datong Town.

At this time, after Yu Qian finished taking care of the affairs in his hand, there was also a trace of worry in his heart:

This time, he also led 200,000 iron cavalry to the south, and attacked Datong Town with the power of the desert, which can be described as surging, and the situation of this war is not even inferior to the defeat of Tumubao before!

Whether Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, can withstand the onslaught of the 200,000 troops under the Yexian Division, Yu Qian has no confidence in his heart, after all, the speed of Liu Juntao's army expansion is too fast, according to common sense, the combat power of the army under Liu Juntao will definitely drop sharply!

"I hope Mr. Liu can turn the tide!"

Although he said so, Yu Qian also understood in his heart that most of this battle would still be a scorching battle, and when the time came, the two sides would compete in logistics support.

So, Yu Qian cheered up and began to worry about the money and food of Liu Juntao's army.

A few days later, the order of the military department to mobilize a large army to the north was sent to the Yanzhou capital city, and a team of red feathered fast horses roared and rushed into the general military mansion!

After Liu Juntao received the order from the Ministry of War, he immediately summoned officials at and above the level of all ministries of the shogunate, as well as guerrilla generals and above of all armies and battalions to discuss the matter.

General Soldier's House, lobby.

Liu Juntao sat in the middle of the right with a frown, and on the left hand side were:

Hu Dexing, Minister of the Military Department, Cheng Wulei, Director of the Recruit Division, Zhang Baigui, Director of the Equipment Division, and Cheng Tian Dusheng, Director of the Zhenfu Division, sat behind Hu Dexing;

Liu Zi'an, the head of the Investigation Department, Liu Shang, the secretary of the Fangfang, Liu Zhong, the secretary of the court, and Liu Xia, the secretary of the vassal state, are exchanging views on the current war;

Lan Siqi, Minister of Praise and Painting, Zhao Ling, Director of the Strategy Department, and Zhang Yuqing, Director of the General Staff Department, are writing and painting, and they don't know what they are planning;

Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, Ma Lijun, Secretary of the Workshop, Cui Ning, Secretary of Trade, and Xu Ping, Secretary of Economy, are talking about something in the back;

Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Rui, Secretary of Tuntian, Xu Fa, Secretary of Household Registration, and Cheng Kangming, Secretary of Mediation Department, sat in the back.

On Liu Juntao's right-hand side, the main generals are also sitting upright, the vanguard battalion general Zhang Xiaojun, the rear battalion staff general Yan Hu, the left battalion staff general Chen Ziping, the right battalion staff general Gao Ran, the front battalion staff general Sun Xu, the iron cavalry staff general Zhou Zongsheng and others sat down in turn, and the guerrilla generals of the subordinate battalions of each battalion were also listed behind, Bai Yuxing, Tao Jixin, Liu Youfu, Chang Hongdao, Meng Fanchen and others were full of excitement on their faces.

At this time, everyone had already read the order of the military department, and they were not afraid of the matter of raising troops again, but they were all eager to try and want to send troops to fight immediately.

However, as a commander, Liu Juntao has a lot of things to think about, such as: How about the logistics supply of the army? How is the army deployed in Datong Town? how the army coordinated with the garrison of Datong Town, and so on.

In addition, as a result, the Warat army is menacing, especially the first has completely unified the entire territory of Warat, and completely integrated the strength of the various departments of Warat, at this time, Warat's threat to the Ming Dynasty is far greater than the change of Tumubao, so Liu Juntao is very serious in his heart.

At this time, Liu Juntao looked at everyone and asked Liu Zi'an, the head of the Investigation Department, "Has the Investigation Department acted?" ”

Liu Zi'an said: "Qiyu General Town, now the Investigation Department, the Chaotang Division, and the Domain Division have all been dispatched to investigate and monitor all parts of Datong Town, Chaozhong, Mobei and other places, and the news from all sides will continue to come back and be sent to the army at any time. ”

"Good!"

Liu Juntao looked at Lan Siqi, the minister of the Praise Painting Department, and asked, "Can the Praise Painting Department formulate relevant strategies?" ”

Lan Siqi got up and said: "Qi Qi Town, now the Strategy Department of the Zanhua Department has formulated a strategy to face Warat, and it will be reported to the head town tomorrow; The General Staff Department has also mobilized manpower to accompany the army to the north at any time. ”

"Excellent! Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, how is the money and grain prepared? ”

Although the War Department and the Household Department would provide money and food for the army to go north, Liu Juntao still ordered the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to prepare money and food for the army in case the imperial court was undersupplied or cut off by the Wara Iron Cavalry.

The army has two grain routes, the imperial court and Yushan Town, which can ensure the safety of the army to the north to the greatest extent.

Guo Yongzhong first said: "Qiqi Town, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has mobilized 300,000 stone grain, and the follow-up grain and grass are also being dispatched, and the northbound grain road has also been demarcated, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to transport the follow-up grain and grass to Datong Town." ”

Even if Liu Juntao dispatched all the troops under his command, the 300,000 stone grain was enough for more than 80,000 soldiers to eat for three months, so Liu Juntao was also very satisfied.

Then, Tang Yu said: "Qiqi Town, the Ministry of Commerce has prepared three million taels of silver, and the opening silver, marching silver, and Anjia silver of the soldiers of the army can be allocated at any time, and the Ministry of Commerce will continue to allocate silver in the future, and the salaries of the soldiers of the army will be ready every month!" ”

It stands to reason that when the army goes north, the expenses of the soldiers should be borne by the military department and the household department, but Liu Juntao was worried that the soldiers would be in danger of war, which would cause the military salary of the imperial court to arrive in time, so he asked the Ministry of Commerce to prepare the silver, and once the silver supply of the imperial court could not be supplied, it would be made up immediately, so as to prevent the morale of the army from being hit.

Seeing that all the departments of the shogunate were ready, Liu Juntao looked at the generals on the right, and saw that all the generals had expectant looks, so he smiled and said: "This time, I will also lead the people to attack first, the momentum is not small, it seems that we must have a bloody battle in Datong Town in the north!" ”

Zhang Xiaojun said with a smile: "What the general town said is very true! We should be more serious, the more troops we will go north this time, the better! ”

Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Sun Xu and others also echoed one after another.

Liu Juntao waved his hand, ignoring the clamor of the crowd, but said to Hu Dexing, the minister of the military department: "The military department should also act immediately, and the recruit department will make every effort to recruit new soldiers, as long as it receives my order, the new recruits who have completed the training will be sent north; The Equipment Division must also go all out to ensure the supply of armaments for the army! ”

Hu Dexing, Wu Lei, and Zhang Baigui received orders one after another.

At the same time, the three of them also secretly said in their hearts: "It seems that the town is preparing to fight to the end first, this is a protracted battle!" ”

And Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu and other generals were all overjoyed when they heard this, and it seemed that Liu Juntao was ready to mobilize troops and horses to the north as much as possible.

Sure enough, I only heard Liu Juntao say: "The generals will listen to the order!" ”

Zhang Xiaojun, general of the vanguard battalion, Yan Hu, general of the rear battalion, Chen Ziping, general of the left battalion, Gao Ran, general of the right battalion, Sun Xu, general of the front battalion, Zhou Zongsheng, general of the Iron Cavalry, and other guerrilla generals of the subordinate battalions of each battalion, such as Bai Yuxing, Tao Jixin, Liu Youfu, Chang Hongdao, and Meng Fanchen, stood up and stood by with their fists clenched.

"Three days later, all the battalions of Yanzhou Town gathered outside the north gate, and this time they galloped north to aid Datong Town, and more than 80,000 soldiers in Yanzhou Town all went out to fight to the death with the Tartars!"

Hearing Liu Juntao's order, everyone in the hall felt their blood boiling, more than 80,000 soldiers in Yanzhou Town all went out to fight, such a force, such determination, where is the plan to rush to the aid of a city and a military town?

Liu Juntao is clearly going to fight a decisive battle with the Warat army under the city of Datong, and he wants to fight with the Tartars endlessly!

However, no one in the lobby is afraid or timid, everyone is high-spirited, after all, since Liu Juntao led the people of Yushan Town to rise, they have always been invincible, and how many strong enemies have they conquered along the way? How many crises have you survived?

Today, Liu Juntao is going to lead everyone north to kill Hu, which will be a great opportunity for everyone to make contributions!

Zhang Xiaojun's face flushed, and he suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Fight to the death!" Defend the Emperor! ”

"Fight to the death! Defend the Emperor! ”

"Fight to the death! Defend the Emperor! ”

Yan Hu, the general of the rear battalion, Chen Ziping, the general of the left battalion, Gao Ran, the general of the right battalion, Sun Xu, the general of the front battalion, Zhou Zongsheng, the general of the Iron Cavalry, and the guerrilla generals of the subordinate battalions of each battalion, such as Bai Yuxing, Tao Jixin, Liu Youfu, Chang Hongdao, and Meng Fanchen, all roared angrily;

Hu Dexing, Zhang Baigui, Tang Yu, Lan Siqi and all Si Cheng also raised their arms and shouted.

Liu Juntao saw that the popularity of the crowd was available, and he was also very relieved in his heart.

However, for Gu Quan, the prefect in Yanzhou Mansion, as well as the governor of Jinan Mansion and others, Liu Juntao still kept an eye on it, and decided that after he led the army to the expedition, all the affairs of the General Military Mansion would be presided over by Hu Dexing, Minister of the Military Department.

And instructed Hu Dexing: "All matters of the General Military Office are not interfered with by anyone, and my General Military Office only directly obeys the orders of the Military Department!" ”