In the Wenhua Palace, the celebrant and eunuch came to help, and each minister added a table, chair and four treasures in the study room in front of him, so that he could write out the plan in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is not difficult for Xiong Xiu, who is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War, and even the crown prince Zhu Houzhao writes very easily, but for the rest of the ministers, it seems too demanding to draft an effective plan in a hurry.

"Adults, you write quickly, Your Majesty, and Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, but they are all waiting for you!" Xiao Jing saw that the ministers were having a hard time putting pen to paper, and he was extremely anxious.

In his opinion, only these ministers in front of him could save Daming from danger, but except for Xiong Xiu, others didn't seem to have much insight into Gyeonggi's precautions.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang have discussed Gyeonggi defense, but most of them are clichés. In their view, Gyeonggi defense is nothing more than defending the city, but the details are not very detailed. The British Duke Zhang Mao, who was in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, although his prestige was outstanding, he rarely had the opportunity to fight.

When Zhu Houzhao wrote a few hundred words and raised his head, he realized that the old ministers he admired were still staring at him.

Zhu Houzhao immediately urged: "A few Aiqing, why don't you use your pen?" If you don't write it again, this palace can finish writing, don't say at that time that this palace doesn't know how to respect the old and love the young! ”

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other, then at Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao, and finally their eyes fell on Xiong Xiu.

If it really doesn't work, let Xiong Xiu come out to preside over military affairs!

After all, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty, it seems that only Xiong Xiu, who has served as a squire in the military department for many years, can take on this great responsibility.

Zhu Houzhao continued to write, Xie Qian gritted his teeth, and began to write on the white paper, he proposed a strategy, mainly in a stable word, stick to the Beijing division and not come out, wait for the arrival of the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin, and then fight with the Tatars.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang simply didn't put pen to paper.

Zhang Yanling used his strength to write some, but it was nothing more than how to prepare for the city gate and city wall, the overall situation was too poor, and everyone's focus was on Xie Qian and Xiong Xiu.

"The palace has been written, how long will it take for the Qing family?"

Zhu Houzhao was the first to put down his pen, and the number of words he wrote in the military strategy was as many as 1,000, and more than a dozen articles were sprinkled, but the notes did not dare to compliment, Zhu Houzhao's words could not even be done with basic neatness, and there were many graffiti parts in the middle, which looked messy.

Xiong Xiu put down the pen for the second time, and five hundred words was already his best.

As for Xie Qian, he started writing at the latest, but the content he wrote was relatively solid, the number of words was roughly the same as Xiong Xiu's, plus Zhang Yanling's strategy of less than 300 words, a total of four answer sheets were placed in front of the ministers.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were about to step forward to pick up the question to check, but Zhu Houzhao stepped forward to stop: "A few Qing families, you haven't said it yet, how to decide the winner?" ”

Liu Jian replied: "His Royal Highness the Prince, of course, it is based on a practical code of conduct, if the proposed method is appropriate, you can be selected, and the heavens will hear it!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little dissatisfied: "Speaking of which, it is still up to the father to decide, if the father has an idea, he would have come up with a decision a long time ago...... If he had known that I had written this question, he would not have agreed to me presiding over the military aircraft. A few Qing families, this is not fair! ”

Xie Qian persuaded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the dispatch of soldiers and horses in the world has always been decided by the emperor, if the prince has insight into military affairs, His Majesty will agree." ”

Xie Qian means that the whole world belongs to your old Zhu family, and your father doesn't trust us ministers, so he hasn't decided who will lead the army for a long time, but if you, the prince, are capable, and your father is too late to be happy, how can he not agree?

"Okay, let's get started...... This palace is the first to hand in the paper, and the number of words is the largest, don't get confused! Zhu Houzhao was very afraid that these ministers would repay their debts, so he personally stood at the table to supervise, he wanted to listen to what others said about him, and he wanted to know what his talents were, to put it bluntly, he lacked an objective understanding of himself.

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Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others were the first to read Xie Qian's answer sheet.

Xie Qian's plan of "holding on to the ground" is, to put it bluntly, to rely on the walls of the capital to deal with the Tatars, resolutely not going out of the city to fight with the Tatars, and hand over the initiative on the battlefield.

This strategy seems to be a nest, but it is the first choice of the old minister at the moment.

Influenced by the idea of moderation, the vast majority of ministers held the view that "no fault is meritorious", believing that as long as they could hold the capital, it would be a victory, and it would be the best choice to shrink back in this way.

Li Dongyang said: "It is necessary to hold on, but if Di Yi's soldiers and horses do not stop day and night, and continue to attack the city, I don't know how many days the Beijing division can keep it peaceful?" ”

Xie Qian replied: "The city wall of the Jingshi is high and deep, even if it is attacked day and night, it is enough to hold on for more than two months, and it is completely possible to wait until the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin from all over the country arrive!" ”

"Alas!"

Zhang Mao sighed and said, "This is equivalent to giving up the risk of being mediocre, if the border armies of the military towns in the northwest are unable to clear the troops and horses left in the vicinity of Xuanfu and Datong, this battle will turn into a stalemate, and there may not be a result in three or five months, how can we ensure the safety of Gyeonggi?" ”

In other words, Zhang Mao disagrees with this negative response.

Holding on to it means that all areas outside the capital will be abandoned, and the capital will fall into an isolated state, just like a copy of the battle of Tumubao, even if the defense of the capital is stable, the number of soldiers, horses, and grain and grass will always be limited, if the Tatars adhere to the tactics of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, in the long run, the Beijing division will eventually fall.

Xie Qian said: "Is there a better strategy?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Yu Qiao, don't be anxious, some things are not as simple as you think, there will be a loss of the city under a long-term attack, whether it is a city defense, or a defender of the city, once there is a problem in the ring, the capital is in danger, this can not be easily tried!" ”

Although Liu Jian doesn't know much about military affairs, he has read a lot of history books and knows the simplest truth, that is, if you defend it for a long time, you will lose.

When the army presses the border, there will always be one mistake or another in the city, and it may be that the enemy army is accidentally taken advantage of when sending troops, such as the shame of Jingkang; Or the garrison of the city defected to the enemy, such as the Battle of Jingjing.

To defend the city, it is very difficult to defend alone, the garrison soldiers do not pay attention to the hatred of the country and the family, they care about their own fame and fortune, even if the foreign invasion, there will still be greedy people who are afraid of life and death for their own glory and wealth, acting as lackeys of the barbarians.

Therefore, Xie Qian's purely defensive strategy was not approved.

Then came the strategy of Xiong Xiu.

The central idea of Xiong Xiu's policy is also to wait for help, but Xiong Xiu's military attainments are obviously much more advanced than Xie Qian, and he proposed that while stabilizing the defense, mobilize soldiers and horses around Gyeonggi and stationed them in the fortresses around the capital, forming horns with each other to contain the Tatars.

Li Dongyang said: "Xiong Shilang's military strategy is not lost, and he is fighting with Di Yi's soldiers and horses, both offensive and defensive, which is superior!" ”

In the comparison of the two military policies, Li Dongyang is more supportive of Xiong Xiu's operational ideas, Xie Qian does not know much about the defense of Gyeonggi, and he can only make some specious arrangements according to his own understanding, and Xiong Xiu knows the army and terrain of the capital well because he has served in the military department for many years. In this way, it is natural to come up with more practical and effective strategies.

Li Dongyang asked Liu Jian's opinion, and from the feedback, he also praised Xiong Xiu's views. But the problem is that Xiong Xiu is just a squire of the military department, and it is difficult to convince the public to let Xiong Xiu come out to preside over military affairs.

Yu Qian, the commander-in-chief of the last defense of the capital, is also the secretary of the military department, and now he will remove Liu Daxia's military secretary from his post and replace it with bear embroidery, which is obviously out of place, after all, Liu Daxia also won the victory in Ningxia Town, and is still on the way to lead the troops back to King Jingqin.

Ma Wensheng said: "It's better to take Ru Ming as the deputy marshal, and Young Master Liu will be on duty and fight with the Tatar soldiers and horses!" ”

Xie Qian was not distressed by the fact that his question was not chosen, and nodded in agreement: "This is very good, why don't you play Your Majesty immediately, please Your Majesty decide?" ”

If no one commented on the ministers next to him, Zhu Houzhao heard it in a fog and pondered in his heart: "This is the end of the agreement?" Why didn't you hear the comments on my military policy? Or did they finish rating and I didn't pay attention? ”

"Hey!"

Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't help but speak, "A few Qing families, what are you talking about?" Have you read this question from this palace? This is what Hongu worked so hard to write...... It's the first time I've ever written so many words since I was a child! ”

Also dissatisfied is Zhang Yanling.

It's just that Zhang Yanling has no qualifications to speak in front of this group of old ministers, and he knows that what he writes is basically a temporary patchwork, and it is not useful at all.

Liu Jian glanced at Zhu Houzhao and saw that he was insisting, so he had to pick up Zhu Houzhao's military strategy and read it.