In order not to criticize himself, and in order to set the biggest example, Shen has always paid 50,000 taels of silver by himself.

At this moment, all the silver "raised" was added together, and Shen Cheng got a total of 600,000 taels of silver, and then, Shen Cheng asked Zhao Shiqing to take an account from the treasury of the household department, and the 600,000 taels of silver were instantly clean, like a white lotus, and in a blink of an eye, it became a special fund for the treasury to handle the prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

Xiao Daheng remembered the strong resentment inside and outside the government and the opposition in those days, and was deeply impressed by Shen's consistent determination and methods.

And all this, of course, is not understood by the meritorious soldiers led by Xiao Ruxun.

The soldiers were tired after several days of trekking, and they began to enjoy the preferential treatment given by the imperial court, while Xiao Ruxun took Xiao Daheng to see the 126 chieftain-level captives who would be presented to the emperor at the tomorrow's prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

The ten sacrifices before were ordered to be chopped alive by Zhu Yijun, who was in urgent need of venting, and now these one hundred and twenty-six are estimated to be difficult to escape, and it is no wonder that after the Tumu Fort, the Ming Dynasty has never captured so many captives with status at the level of tribal leaders in the battle against the northern captives.

It can be said that Xiao Ruxun crippled dozens of tribes in this battle, which is an extremely painful loss for the small population of the northern captives, after the news spread, the northern captives will also be frightened away from the Great Wall, and dare not continue to go south.

Therefore, there will be a long period of peace in northern Xinjiang, which is too precious for the Ming army that urgently needs to rest, especially the ruined Shanxi and Datong, which have almost no strength to deal with even a small war.

"These are just captured alive, when the soldiers kill the enemy, it is impossible to always pay attention to which ones have status and which ones do not have status, and the soldiers with a heart will capture them alive, and chop them off directly after killing the red-eyed, there are many of them, these people are strictly speaking, they are lucky, at least they are not dead."

Xiao Ruxun and Xiao Daheng strolled beside the wooden cages where the captives were held, and these prisoners were lined up, and the people inside had long been frightened by the daily whipping and insults of the Ming army, and many of them had gone crazy.

"I see, so many leaders, you can imagine how amazing the results of this battle are! Xiao Zhennan, your battle almost swept away the Beiyu tribe that was close to the important town of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty! ”

At this moment, as a person who understands military affairs, Xiao Daheng is still excited.

Xiao Ruxun smiled and shook his head.

"No, it can only be said that a large number of northern tribes in the west and north and east within a certain distance of Tumut have been swept away, but further north, farther west and further east, there are still northern captives active.

To put it simply, that is, the group of northern captives directly faced by Xuanda was swept away, and I don't know further north, and there is General Li's Liaodong Army in the east, and they dare not mess around, and now there may be the strength of the south.

However, I have sent people to build more than 20 Jingguan on the grassland, just wait for the news to spread, those northern captives do not know if they have the courage to continue to go south, but even if they go south, it will not be a big south, at most a small force that has come to make a test, and the defenders of Jiubian Town can deal with it. ”

Xiao Tycoon nodded.

"This is already very good, it is really very good, Xiao Zhennan should not know how much trouble the imperial court has every year for the military expenditure of the nine sides, in order to defend the nine sides, the imperial court is really exhausted and emptied the treasury!"

Xiao Ruxun pursed her lips, pondered slightly, and said slowly: "Actually, there is a solution. ”

Xiao Daheng suddenly became interested.

He really wanted to hear how this strongest military general of the Ming Dynasty viewed the problem of the nine-sided border, although he was an enemy, but as a military talent, Xiao Daheng was very interested in it.

"I want to hear about it."

"It's very simple, if you want to change this situation, the best strategy is to abandon the nine sides, train cavalry, rely on the castle, take the initiative to attack, raise the war with battle, and go straight to the north of the desert."

Xiao Tycoon was stunned.

That's a big deal.

At the beginning, Zeng Mill just wanted to recover the Hetao, but he was beheaded, and now Xiao Ruxun is even more straightforward, directly asking to give up the nine sides, train the cavalry on a large scale, and then take the initiative to attack, and go straight to Mobei, this is clearly the strategy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and a full-scale war is this!

"What about the middle policy?"

Xiao Tycoon wanted to hear all of Xiao Ruxun's strategies.

"The middle strategy is to weaken the nine sides, move the front to the north in an all-round way, occupy the key points of transportation in the south, build castles, train elite divisions, restore the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, and lay the foundation for the initiative to attack.

It's also terrible, Hongwu?

Xiao Daheng felt that his concept had been strongly impacted.

"So, what about the next step?"

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"Don't hide it from Xiao Shilang, the current nine-sided strategy is the next policy, scattering millions of troops on a defensive line, it seems to be impregnable, but in fact it is full of loopholes, one side is broken, and the northern captives have already entered the interior, how can the other eight sides be guarded no matter how tightly they are guarded?"

"This ......"

Xiao Daheng had to admit that what Xiao Ruxun said was reasonable, and there were some literati in the court who knew the soldiers and raised the weakness and stupidity of the nine-sided strategy, but unfortunately, these people were all beheaded and their opinions were eliminated.

The literati from the interior thought that by simply imagining it, they could reduce the size of the defense line and the land they occupy, so that they could reduce the burden of military spending and thus have more money to develop themselves, and later they had more money to make themselves fatter.

But I don't know why, the more you retreat, the more strategically passive, the more rampant the enemy in the north, and the military spending not only did not decrease, but increased, which made the literati and old men who were nourished by the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River even more puzzled.

Xiao Tycoon didn't know what to say.

But he understands that attacking, taking the initiative, it is impossible.

"Throughout the dynasties, all the periods when the border troubles were minor were all periods of active attack, and the enemy outside the country could not only eliminate a larger number of northern captives, but also protect the people in the interior from losses, so as not to endanger grain production, and not to cause a large number of displaced people.

If you blindly stick to the Great Wall, once the Great Wall is breached, there will be the people and land behind, once it is destroyed, it is now, do not hide Xiao Shilang, when he led the army back to the division, he arrived at Bauhinia Pass, and saw that the ragged people of Shanxi were moving back.

It's already May, and now that the land is cultivated, how much grain can be harvested in the autumn? If it weren't for the discovery of the grain cave in Shanzang this time, so that the people could have food to spend the winter, Datong, Shanxi, would not only be starving millions of displaced people! ”

Xiao Ruxun's face was full of sighs.

Xiao Daheng is not only embarrassed, but also more jealous.

A military general is not good at training troops to fight, what do you think about these civil affairs? Getting carried away as a temporary governor?

Xiao Daheng strengthened his judgment.

This person is extremely dangerous, cannot be taken for his own use, and must be removed as soon as possible.

At the same time, an uninvited guest came to Shen's mansion.

"Elder Shen Ge, where Zhang Cheng went, we have already found out."

The uninvited guest knelt down on one knee and presented a letter to Shen Cheng with both hands.

Luo Sigong's handwritten letter.