The old emperor and Zhu Yunwen chatted until late at night, and today the old emperor opened his heart and told many things behind the scenes, which opened Zhu Yunwen's eyes. According to the old emperor's perception, if you want to develop and grow, you need to walk on two legs, one is to establish a good political power, so that the people below have a sense of belonging, can eat well, can afford to pay food, can recruit more soldiers and provide more military food; The other is to be a good general and a good strategy, of course, the quality of the master himself must be very high, in addition, you need some luck, you belong to the luck is better, so you succeed.

For example, the army of the Yuan Dynasty was dealing with Han Lin'er and Liu Futong, and Han and Liu blocked the Yuan army from going south, so Zhu Yuanzhang could manage Jiangnan with peace of mind. When Zhu Yuanzhang was full-fledged, the Yuan Dynasty general Chahan Timur was killed by his subordinates, and although his son Kuangkuo Timur was good at fighting, he lacked prestige and was unable to command the Yuan army in a unified manner, which caused serious infighting in the Yuan army. When Zhu Yuanzhang went to Anfeng to save Liu Futong and Han Lin's childhood, the back road was empty, and Chen Youliang's army went down the river, but he chose to storm Hongdu, if he went straight to Jinling, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be defeated. Another example is the decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, but Zhang Shicheng did not move, if he attacked from the east, then Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to fight Chen Youliang with all his strength, if the rear is lost, I am afraid the outcome is unpredictable. When Zhu Yuanzhang went all out to annex Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, the Yuan army was still in the civil war, and it did not stop until Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor. During the Northern Expedition, the main force of the Yuan army was mainly in Shanxi and Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Hebei almost went down in one go, so that the general trend of the Yuan Dynasty had gone, and there was no skill to return to the sky, so that the Ming Emperor was achieved.

The two chatted until late at night, and Zhu Yunwen said goodbye. Looking at Zhu Yunwen's back, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be in a good mood. From his heart, he still hopes that the Zhu family will live in harmony, and as for some of his son's small actions, he thinks it is harmless. At the same time, he also felt that his son would not take the initiative to rebel, because he had left enough resources for Yun Wei, and his son could not succeed, it would only cause useless losses in the northern Xinjiang defense line, and the border defense of the Ming Dynasty would probably regress to the situation five years before Hongwu, which was not what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see. But he can't change the prince for this reason, so he can only rely on this way to persuade his grandson not to fight easily, to trust his relatives, and the grandson seems to listen, which makes him very pleased.

Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, lay on the bed, and recalled the words of the imperial grandfather, he admitted that what the imperial grandfather said made sense, but the perspective was different, and the conclusion would naturally be different. Xungui and the prince are the two legs of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor relies on the honorable to balance the Quartet, including the prince, this system tends to be perfect when the father is alive, but the father's unexpected death, his own succession, the prestige is insufficient, the emperor's grandfather is worried that he can't control the court, so the Xungui has been purged, and now the court itself can indeed control it, but the checks and balances are a little powerless, in their own opinion, the current court is like a fat pig, there is money and food, but there is no reasonable use of talents.

After Xungui went through the purge, Fu Youde and the others were already difficult to trust, and what they thought before was too simple. They face death all the time, and if they are allowed to go out to lead the troops, will they break the jar and break it? Especially after half a year, they have enough time to purge the army, and after half a year, the army may be completely controlled by them. It's very subtle to say, if when Lan Yu comes out of the plug, everyone knows that there will be a later ending, and they will definitely rebel. But at that time, everyone was still elated, for the reward of the imperial court, in order to eliminate the main force of the Yuan army and celebrate, it was really impermanent.

From a historical point of view, the situation of the imperial court's inability was solved by the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, who sent the henchmen of the Jingyan Campaign to the whole country to control the military power in various places, thus ending the situation of the Sai king's control of the frontier. However, the ability of the generals who emerged in Jingnan was limited, and they were not the same as the founding princes, because they were only officers such as hundreds, thousands, and commanders of many guards at the beginning of Jingnan. So Zhu Di finally chose to move the capital to Beijing and came to guard the border in person, but there was also a certain amount of helplessness. But relying on the emperor to guard the border, if you meet an incompetent emperor, such as Ming Yingzong, the Ming Dynasty will be overturned, because there is no buffer zone, and going out is the front line.

After getting up the next day, Zhu Yunwen first wrote two letters, one to Xu Huizu in Xi'an, asking for his opinion on the current situation; Another letter asked Liu Zhen to send someone to Wuxue to deliver a letter, asking Wu Siye Chen Di and Wen Siye Jingqing to convene the officials and instructors of Wuxue to discuss the issue of building a city in Suiyuan, which was presided over by Fu Youde, a martial arts consultant, and Qu Neng, the commander of the guard army, and Song Xuan, the commander of the guard, should also participate, and the personnel of the staff office were responsible for the deduction.

In the afternoon, Zhuo Jing, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Li Jinglong and others were convened for discussion, first of all, Zhu Yunwen introduced the current situation, and hoped that everyone would speak freely.

Li Jinglong was very happy today, and felt that the imperial grandson had begun to accept himself again, so he spoke very actively, and after Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, he stood up and said: "Your Highness, the acting king is suspected of rebellion, and he will definitely not be able to return to Datong, King Yan is not in good health, and it is still unknown whether he can go on the expedition, and the last general thinks that he should send a heavy general to take over the defense of Datong and Beiping to prevent a sneak attack by Mongolia." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "What Cao Guogong said is very true, and Lone will consider this matter." What else? ”

Li Jinglong walked to the map and said: "Although I don't know the current situation of the Mongolian army, it is obvious that its assembly in the Daqingshan area is obvious, and our army must repel the enemy army if it wants to build a city in Suiyuan. According to the general's estimate, it will not be difficult to defeat the Mongol army near Daqingshan, but if the Mongol army does not fight a decisive battle with our army, but maintains a state of harassment and sneak attack, then our army's consumption of food, grass, and people is huge, and I am afraid that there will be problems. ”

"So how does Cao Guogong think this problem should be solved?"

Li Jinglong walked to the right side of the map and said, "Our army dispatched cavalry from Beiping, Daning, and Liaodong to attack Helin to attract the enemy to come back for reinforcements. ”

"What if the enemy doesn't come back?" Qi Tai Dao.

"Then our army will sweep Helinhou, make a detour to the west, and then mobilize the Datong garrison to the west to encircle, and the enemy army will be blocked near Daqingshan and be surrounded and annihilated."

Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "Then how many troops will be dispatched?" ”

"100,000 cavalry needs to be dispatched in the direction of Beiping, at least 30,000 cavalry in Datong, and 50,000 infantry troops and 50,000 cavalry are needed to build the city in Suiyuan, a total of about 250,000 people."

Everyone looked at each other, all shocked by Li Jinglong's generosity, Zhu Yunwen looked at Qi Taidao and said: "How many cavalry do I have in Datong and Beiping?" ”

Qi Tai thought for a while and said: "Most of my Ming cavalry are on the first line of Beiping, Kaiping, Daning, and Guangning, especially Daning, which governs the three guards of Duoyan, with a total of more than 150,000 cavalry, but it is difficult for all the three guards of Duoyan to be mobilized, so the cavalry that can be called is expected to be about 60,000 to 80,000, and the cavalry of Datong is expected to be about 30,000." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled, and said in his heart that Li Jinglong had really investigated the family background of the Ming Dynasty, and it seemed that he wanted to press it all at once and destroy the Mongols, this is too risky, if he loses, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not have many cavalry, so he said: "Cao Guogong, is this move a bit risky?" ”

"It doesn't matter, the last general has already thought it through, and the last general is willing to command an army of 100,000 to attack Helin, and then encircle Daqingshan."

Zhu Yunwen looked at the expressions of the others and found that Huang Zicheng's eyes were shining, and he seemed to think that Li Jinglong's strategy was feasible, Qi Tai was a little dignified, and Zhuo Jing looked at Li Jinglong with suspicious eyes.

Sure enough, Huang Zicheng said: "Your Highness, the minister agrees with Cao Guogong's opinion to clear the desert and do it in one fell swoop." ”

Qi Tai hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the ministers have different opinions on this matter, what if the Mongolian army neither returns nor garrisons Daqingshan, but raids my Liaodong line?" ”

Li Jinglong said: "This is impossible, the Mongolian army has already assembled in Daqingshan, how can it sneak attack Liaodong?" ”

"It was because the Mongol army had assembled so early that its purpose was suspected. Your Highness, it is very likely that the Mongols are carrying out the move of attacking the east and attacking the west, mobilizing the defenders of our eastern front, and then carrying out a sneak attack. ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned, he always felt that the Mongols were weak, and he never thought that the Mongols would take the initiative to attack the Ming Dynasty, and he was mobilizing the army to encircle him, so was this kind of transfer expected by the enemy? What if the enemy doesn't care about Suiyuan City, and all this is the enemy's smoke?

But after thinking about it, it is unreasonable, the Mongols do not have so much strength, but if they do not have so much strength, why did they appear near Daqingshan?

Everyone discussed for a long time, but there was no result, Li Jinglong insisted on sending troops from Beiping and swept across the desert, Huang Zicheng agreed, but Qi Tai advocated prudence, hoping to understand the reality of the Mongolian army before making a decision, Zhuo Jing did not say a word.

Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to announce the dismissal of the meeting and discuss it another day, but Zhuo Jing was left behind, and said with a smile: "Wei Gong, why didn't you say anything today?" ”

Zhuo Jing said: "Military strategy is not what Weichen is good at, and I am afraid that random speculation will affect His Highness's thinking." The minister suggested that His Highness should listen to the opinions of the soldiers in front of him before making a decision. ”

"Okay, Wei Gong, Gu will wait for the opinions of Wei Guogong and Wu Xue before making a decision."