Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter III: Plans for Internal and Foreign Difficulties

Section 12 Dispatch of troops to Beijing

November of the forty-sixth year of Wanli (the third year of the Later Jin Mandate).

The bitter cold wind has descended on the land of Liaodong, this majestic, vast land, everywhere is dead trees, cold wind, as far as the eye can see, there is no winter snow falling, indicating the drought and hunger in the coming year.

And the situation in eastern Liaodong is as severe as the climate.

Since Nurhachi led the army to capture Qinghe City, the Jiannu army began to attack in all directions, and the arrogance became more and more rampant, and the troops even drove to a place a hundred miles north of Shenyang.

At the same time, the reinforcements mobilized by the Ming Dynasty from all over the country have also arrived in Liaodong one after another, and the new Liaodong Economic Strategy Yang Hao has also rushed to Shenyang to deploy pre-war matters.

Seeing the gathering of armies from all walks of life, Yang Ho was full of ambition and confidence, and wanted to make a big victory as a stepping stone for himself to enter the cabinet. However, Yang Hao's good mood did not last long, and in a blink of an eye, he was ruined by the official documents sent by various battalions urging for food and equipment.

Yang Hao saw that the army had gathered, but there was no logistics affairs yet, so he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent someone to find the grain supervisor of Jingluo Mansion for questioning.

"Now hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered in Liaodong, and countless money and food are consumed by people eating horses and chewing every day, but why can't the money, food, and military equipment allocated by the imperial court be in place for a long time!" Yang Hao asked angrily.

The grain supervisor on the side was very embarrassed and said: "My lord, the subordinate has been asking the military department for military equipment, and the people of the military department said that the household department needs to allocate silver taels to build weapons and armor; The lower officials also asked the household department for food and silver taels to build equipment, but the people from the household department had already said that the grain and grass were too far to be transported to Liaodong, and it would take time to hoard the grain and grass for the army, and the silver taels allocated to the military department were also being raised, so let's wait. ”

"Wait! Where is the time? Will Kennu give me time? Give me another rush! Food, grass, and equipment must be replenished before the end of the year, otherwise I will write to Your Majesty and impeach him for his household and military departments! ”

Seeing that Yang Hao was angry, the grain supervisor hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is angry, your adult is angry, and the subordinate officials will immediately send a reminder to the household department and the military department." ”

After Yang Ho dealt with the food and salary, he went to various reinforcement camps to inspect them. But what he saw and heard once again hit the new Liaodong Economic Strategy.

Most of the so-called elite reinforcements from all over the country are in vain, the soldiers in each battalion are not fully clothed, the weapons in their hands are very simple, and the spirit of the soldiers is very weak, where is the elite of the Ming Dynasty, this is clearly a group of beggar soldiers!

When Yang Hao returned to the mansion, he was already so angry that he was smoking, and he tried his best to climb up, and he finally became this Liaodong strategy by the old Fang Congzhe, thinking that he could take this opportunity to attack Jiannu and establish meritorious deeds, who wanted to mobilize his subordinates were this kind of "elite"? What the next battle will be!

is in the same bad mood as Yang Hao, as well as Liu Ting's ancestors and grandchildren.

On this day, Liu Ling, Liu Zhao, and Liu Yunwei were discussing the upcoming war. At this time, the three of them also knew what kind of reinforcements they were, and such reinforcements were of little use to Shang Jiannu.

After thinking about it, Liu Ting's ancestors and grandsons felt that if they wanted to be sure of this battle, they still had to mobilize the old Sichuan army to Liao.

Liu Zhao said: "Father, we have written several times to mobilize the old Sichuan Army, but we have all been rejected, even if we go to the book again, we may not succeed." ”

Liu Yunwei said on the side: "This national war is very important, one more elite reinforcement will have one more chance of winning, what does the imperial court think?" Why do you keep disagreeing? Is it really just because of a lack of money and food? ”

Liu Zhao sneered and said, "Lack of money and food? It's all excuses! ”

Liu Ting thought for a long time and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this yet." Zhao'er, this time you personally took a trip and took my song to Beijing. When you get to Beijing, go to Lord Li Linbin, the squire of the military department, and see if he can help, and then let's do our best. ”

Liu Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave overnight today." ”

Ten days later, Liu Zhao rushed to the Beijing Division, and before he had time to rest, Liu Zhao rushed to Li Linbin's mansion first.

After the two sat down, Liu Zhao explained his intention straightforwardly.

Li Linbin looked embarrassed after hearing this, and said: "General Liu, you also know that I am just a small soldier of the military department, and I can't control the overall situation of the government. I can only report this matter to Lord Shang Shuhuang. ”

Liu Zhao said: "Don't worry, Lord Li, my father knows the difficulties of adults and will not make them difficult." It's just that the situation in Liaodong has not changed much now because of the arrival of reinforcements. What is the situation of those reinforcements, I guess Master Li also knows. ”

Li Linbin sighed and said, "Indeed, although the reinforcements to Liao are also some capable soldiers, most of them are still not elite. ”

"Exactly! Because of this, my father suggested that the imperial court mobilize the old Sichuan army again. ”

"It's hard." Li Linbin said: "General Liu, do you know why the imperial court has repeatedly refused to mobilize the old Sichuan army? ”

"I want to hear about it."

Li Linbin lowered his voice slightly and said, "When Ling Zun sent a letter to mobilize the old department, His Majesty was still a little moved, but why didn't he agree in the end? On the one hand, it is indeed because of the financial difficulties of the imperial court, you must know that if you send more people and horses, the grain and grass required will be increased several times; On the other hand, it is necessary to talk about the old Fang Ge. ”

When Liu Zhao heard this, he immediately became angry and said, "Master Li is saying。。。。。。 ”

"That's all there is to it, no need to say more." Li Linbin took the conversation.

"Humph! The soldiers fought bloody battles in Liaodong, and now they just want to mobilize more reinforcements, but they can't imagine that there are people in the DPRK who are hindered! Why is that? Does Fang Ge always want to be Qin Hui! ”

Li Linbin stopped again and again and said, "General Liu is angry, this is serious. If you think about it, Ling Zun was originally the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, and he repeatedly wrote to transfer the Sichuan soldiers to his command, which is a taboo for the elders. ”

Li Linbin saw that Liu Zhao was still looking at him puzzled, so he said: "Fang Ge is always a literati, how can a martial artist be allowed to act like this?" ”

Liu Zhao's face turned red, and he said: "At the moment of the national war, how can there be civil and military!" ”

"But the government is divided." Li Linbin sighed and said, "General Liu will stay in Beijing first, and wait for the old man to report this matter to Huang Shangshu before making plans." ”

Liu Zhao was helpless and said, "Then there is Lord Lao Li." ”

Two days later, Emperor Wanli convened Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua to discuss the matter.

After discussing for a while, Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, said: "Your Majesty, the minister recently received a report from Liu Ting, the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong Town, and once again requested to mobilize the old Sichuan soldiers led by him to go to Liaodong. He said: The Liaodong War is related to the fortunes of the country, and the imperial court should do a good job. Now the Jiannu soldiers are very sharp, and the combat strength of the reinforcements from all walks of life is uneven, in order to ensure the smooth situation of the war, it is requested to mobilize another 30,000 Sichuan troops to Liao. ”

After hearing this, Emperor Wanli was noncommittal, looked at Fang Congzhe, and said, "What about the opinion of the elder Fang Ge? ”

Fang Congzhe glanced at Huang Jiashan and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not necessary to transfer the Sichuan army again, the reinforcements currently gathered in Liaodong plus the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong have exceeded 100,000, which is enough to level the construction of slaves, so why bother to recruit and transfer again?" ”

"Your Majesty, this battle is very important, and you must not take it lightly. The minister thought that what General Liu said was not unreasonable, and besides, the Sichuan army had excellent combat strength, and being transferred to Liaodong would greatly increase the chances of winning this battle. Huang Jiashan said.

Fang Congzhe asked rhetorically: "Huang Shangshu is so sure that the Sichuan army is good at fighting?" If after transferring his troops to Liaodong, the combat strength is sparse and unable to serve as the main force, wouldn't it be an extra waste of money and food? You must know that every penny now is pulled out of the mouths of the people of the world! ”

Huang Jiashan was not to be outdone, and said: "The old general Liu Ting said in the letter that if you give the old general 30,000 Sichuan troops, you can block Jiannu alone!" Your Majesty, the minister thought that General Liu Ting would definitely not make a big fuss, so there is no doubt about the combat strength of the Sichuan army, and General Liu's previous achievements are enough to show this. ”

"What? Can 30,000 Sichuan troops resist hundreds of thousands of Jiannu? General Liu is old, all this kind of thing is said? It's just hubris! Fang Congzhe said in an unkind tone.

When Huang Jiashan heard this, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he was very embarrassed to stand there, so he had no follow-up.

Emperor Wanli said: "Fang Ge is serious, and General Liu is also for state affairs." ”

"Your Majesty's lesson is that it was the old minister who lost his words."

"However, there have been several debates about the mobilization of Sichuan troops before, and this time it is the same: there will be no further recruitment, and there is no need to talk about it in the future. The imperial court used the reinforcements currently mobilized to make every effort to prepare for a major war. ”

"Obey the order!"

Huang Jiashan sighed slightly, looking a little lonely.

Fang Congzhe looked at Huang Jiashan with his spare eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned slightly, as if to say: "This time I won again, fight with me?" You're no match for me yet. ”

Huang Jiashan didn't pay attention to Dao Fang Congzhe's expression, but only looked a little disappointed. And Li Ruhua, the head of the household, watched the play from the beginning to the end, as if this big war related to the fortunes of the country had nothing to do with him.

Half a month later, the imperial court sent a holy decree to Liu Ting, in which he ordered Liu Ling to mobilize all the combatable troops in Liaoyang, plan to prepare for war and prepare for the conquest of Jiannu, and his subordinates were placed under the jurisdiction of Yang Hao, the economic strategy of Liaodong. The decree was written gorgeously and magnificently, but there was no mention of the transfer of Sichuan troops to Liao from beginning to end.

Liu Ting and Liu Yunwei were very disappointed after seeing the holy decree. After Liu Zhao returned to Liaoyang, Liu Ting and the others learned what happened.

Liu Ting was furious and scolded: "Bastard! My generation fought bloody battles to protect the family and defend the country, but those useless ministers stumbled behind their backs, do they still want to play a story of twelve gold medals for the old man! ”

Liu Yunwei also said resentfully: "This war is related to the fortune of the country, how can the old man of the Fang Pavilion not know that he is the head of the hundred officials? Could it be that in order to fight with each other, they don't even care about the safety of the country? ”

The two vented for a while, but there was nothing they could do.

Liu Ting looked at the holy decree in his hand, sighed heavily, and could only helplessly save money and food with Liu Zhao and Liu Yunwei, recruit people's husbands, and prepare for the expedition.