Xu Huizu and Song Sheng said that they had been prepared, and that the food, equipment, war horses, and tiger squat artillery had been prepared, and that they had asked the imperial court to issue an order to go out; Since the end of August and the beginning of September, there was a small group of Mongolian cavalry at the southern foot of Daqingshan, and after the conflict with the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, it was often a touch of collapse, but since then, it was difficult for the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty to cross the Daqingshan to the north to reconnoitre.

Zhu Yunwen's body has not fully recovered, and these twists and turns were sent directly to Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial front. After Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he summoned Zhu Yunwen to discuss with King Ning, King Liao, King Gu, and King Jin Shizi.

After everyone read the military newspaper, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "After reading the military newspaper, let's discuss it." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and King Ning, who was good at strategy, spoke first: "Father, judging from the current situation, Mongolia may have received news in advance and knew that my Ming Dynasty was going to build Suiyuan City, and was currently assembling near Daqing Mountain. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"The Mongols have rarely appeared near the Great Wall in recent years, and the Dongsheng Zhuwei have only encountered a small group of cavalry harassment, never so often, and it is difficult for my Ming cavalry reconnaissance to cross Daqing Mountain at present, indicating that there are a large number of Mongolian cavalry at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, otherwise there will be no such effect, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry can only be mobilized by the Northern Yuan Khan."

"Well, what about you?"

Zhu Yunwen said: "Sun Er thinks that Uncle Ning's judgment is correct. The Mongols must have received definite information, which is why they mobilized cavalry so quickly. ”

The others nodded in agreement.

"So how should the current situation be handled?"

Or King Ning said: "Father, the Mongols are assembled on the western front, then the eastern front must be empty, and the son suggests that troops be sent from Beiping and Daning, go straight to Helin, and then outflank the Mongolian army on the western front, so that it will be a great victory." Father, the purge of Mongolia in this move, the son is willing to lead the army to the battle. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at King Ning, who was only nineteen years old, and felt very relieved to hear him talk, and said, "Yun Wei, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up and walked to the edge of the map, and said: "Grandpa Huang, uncles and cousins, the Mongols reacted quickly and decisively this time, and something must have happened that we don't know, our intelligence must have been leaked, and judging from their actions, their intelligence should be quite certain, so I tend to believe that the Mongols have obtained relatively complete information." ”

"So we must have a full estimate of the difficulty of building a city, in the case of large-scale enemy harassment, it is quite difficult to build a city, there are two options, one is to send a large army to sweep the surroundings of Daqingshan, but if the Mongol army retreats, our Ming Dynasty will not be able to stay in the steppe for a long time, and the Mongols can wait for our army to retreat again, so the gains outweigh the losses; There is also Uncle Ning's suggestion, use the city to attract the attention of the Mongol army, and then smash Helin from the eastern front, which may have two results, one is that the Mongols will return to aid Helin, reduce the pressure on the city building army, and achieve the strategic goal of our army; The other is that our army moves quickly, and the Mongols have no time to come back to help, so we can flank the Mongol army on the north and south sides of Daqing Mountain. The first is to consider the weather reasons for attacking from the eastern front, and the attack on Mobei is generally in February and March in the spring, and when it arrives in Mobei, it is in April and May, so that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can better adapt; The second is that if the purpose of flanking from both sides is to be achieved, the time of building the city also needs to be delayed, and the mobilization of 100,000 troops to build the city will definitely have an impact on the spring ploughing of the northwest Tuntian; The third is to attack on the Eastern Front, which requires the command of a general, and the commander needs to be carefully selected. ”

King Ning said: "Yun Wei, I am willing to lead the troops to the battle." ”

Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "Everything is still up to the imperial grandfather to decide." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at King Ning and Zhu Yunwen, thought for a while, and said, "Call King Yan and King Dai to come over." ”

"......" King Ning stood up and wanted to speak, but was stopped by King Liao.

King Yan came first, but his body was weak, and he came on a soft couch, and after arriving, he weakly arched his hand and said: "Father, Your Royal Highness, the minister is unwell, and he can't pay full courtesy, and he hopes to forgive his sins." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his most mature, heroic, and most similar son, who became what he is now, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, and said, "Di'er, you sit down for a while, and wait for the acting king." ”

After a while, the acting king also arrived, and the crime of assassinating the emperor's grandson and the punishment afterwards hit him hard, he looked haggard and depressed, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly after reading it, and said: "Quan'er, you summarize the military report for everyone." ”

"Yes, Father." King Ning turned his head and elaborated, "Here's how it ......"

After hearing this, the acting king immediately knelt down and said: "Father, the son is willing to lead the troops out of the fortress, attack Mongolia, and make meritorious service to atone for his sins." ”

King Yan thought for a while and said: "Father, Brother Quan and Yun Wei are right, the direction of the Mongol attack this time should be the west, so I can attack heavily on the eastern front and attack Helin, which can not only attract the Mongolian army to come back, but also flank the Mongols, if the plan is successful, it will be a feat for the ages." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "Di'er, what you said is very good, but who can lead the troops to the battle?" ”

Yes, the plan is good, and the opportunities are good, but who can lead the army? Everyone couldn't help but look at King Yan, especially King Ning's eyes were full of hope. But King Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Erchen is willing to lead the troops to the battle, but my body, hey." As he spoke, he clenched his fists, then hung down weakly, and said, "I don't know, please ask my father to judge the emperor." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was expressionless, looked at Zhu Yunwen, and said, "Yunwen, what about you?" ”

"Sun Er recommends Fu Youde, Duke of Yingguo, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, and Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan." As soon as he said this, Zhu Yunwen found that the eyes of the kings were all staring, which made him a little nervous.

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you have any suggestions from others?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Erchen/Sun Chen, please ask the emperor to make a holy judgment." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Then let's stop here today, you all go back, Di'er and Gui'er take good care, fortunately, the situation has changed, and the attack time must be delayed, if your body can get better, I don't have to worry." In addition, I have something to discuss with you. ”

The people took the command.

After everyone left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat down in front of the Long Shu case, asked Zhu Yunwen to sit in front of him, and said, "Yunwen, do you think Fu Youde and others are more reliable than your Uncle Wang?" ”