The staff officers present couldn't help but nod...... Now although the Ming court no longer expects Lin Dan Khan to send troops to attack the Beiyu with the Ming Dynasty as promised, it still expects the Beiyu to be able to withstand the footsteps of the Jurchens in the east, but at the last military meeting, Zhang Han clearly pointed out that the Beiyu could not do anything on the east road, and there will be more and more Beiyu tribes to serve the Donglu and be pawns for the Jurchens to invade the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan will not be able to withstand the pressure and slowly move the tribe westward, so that in addition to squeezing the pastures and territories of the western departments, it will also lead the Jurchens to the west. Now that the Ming Dynasty has lost Guangning and has not separated the Jurchens from the Mongols at all, the next step is not only to worry about the Shanhaiguan defense line, but also to be careful that after a few years, the Jurchens will completely control the Mongol tribes, and then cross the Great Wall defense line from the north to the south.

Before this, all the officers had some hard time believing Zhang Han's assertion, but now they felt that after all, Zhang Han's insight was a cut above ordinary people!

……

"The North Captives began to make a big move."

Sun Yao and Yang Qiu walked into Zhang Han's office together, both of them had a thick stack of documents and information under their arms, and their expressions were also very solemn.

Sun Yao said: "In addition to more than 100 Taiji dispatched from the headquarters of Tumut, mobilizing nearly 100,000 herdsmen and armor soldiers, there are also Halashen, Karaqin, Ordos and other departments have also all mobilized, adding up to 150,000 herdsmen, in terms of military intelligence and our staff department, there are about 15,000 to 20,000 armor soldiers, which belong to semi-professional soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, and there are also about one or two thousand real elites, with better armor and weapons, and they do not produce all year round, only practice riding and martial arts, and are real professional soldiers among the Mongols. It is also the main escort around each Taiji, which is the legacy of the cowardly Xue system left by Genghis Khan. ”

Zhang Han said to Yang Qiu: "From Yansui to Xuanfu, what is the situation at the border? ”

Yang Qiu said: "It's quite calm, there are small-scale offenses, but the action is not big." Several large tribes in the north have been locked up by our military forts, and unless they ignore us from behind to seal their way back, cut off their logistical grain routes, burn their pastures, and completely abandon their hometowns, there is no way to move their tribes south. There are small-scale border offenders, and the general soldiers from Xuanfu to Yansui and the generals of the border towns have already taken care of them, and they will dispel the matter themselves, and they can't see too much risk for the time being. ”

Sun Yao also said: "Zhou Da Niu did a good job, his cavalry supplemented some scattered horse thieves, expanded to more than 800 to 900 people, divided into several teams, and swept those scattered small pastures near the border all day long, forcing them to retreat, which also made the various departments dare not be too scattered, so that the pressure on each town is much less." ”

Zhang Han nodded slightly when he heard this, but the pressure in his heart did not decrease much.

The overall pattern now is to dance with Yusheng on the wire rope, and almost the slightest mistake will fall down.

The Beiyu are now in the last period of decline in their history, and Zhang Han wants to seize such an opportunity...... The Mongols were on the road to complete decline, and even if they were still a whole people, they were now divided and weakened.

Yang Qiu continued: "Ah Cheng and the others Taiji bypassed the Xiaoheihe Fort and attacked the Daheihe and the others, and there was no battle, they passed between the forts and the military platforms, trying to cut off our back road, and later found that there were too many military platforms in the dungeon, it was difficult to completely block them, and the further south they went, the greater the risk, and then they gave up. Recently, the Beiyu army has been divided into two routes, the west is led by Ah Cheng and Xi Lingse, and is still active in the area of Xiaohebao, and the east road is led by Baihong Dataiji, and there is also news that Bu Shitu Khan may lead his own pro-army to join Baihong Dataiji and strengthen the east road. A large number of captives have been found in Xinghe Fort and Jining Fort on the East Road, and Siguan Li has entered Xinghe Fort to coordinate and command the overall situation of the East Road. ”

Sun Jingting's Xiaohehe Fort on the West Road is also the closest place to Qingcheng, with Xiaoheihe Fort to Daheihe Fort as the center, it accommodates a large number of Han people and Han merchants in Banshengdi, and it is also the place where the military division has the strongest troops.

A large number of artillery of the Artillery Division was also concentrated in the small Heihe forts, except for these two places, Xinghe Fort had the most artillery, and the number of artillery in the rest of the small forts was not much.

Zhang Han faintly felt a little uneasy, the current situation is developing too smoothly, and the northern captives have been unable to do anything for more than ten days, and if it drags on like this, the morale of the army will be crossed...... The decline of the Beiyu is all-round, not only the combat effectiveness has declined greatly, but its ability to organize and mobilize is also very poor, from the previous hierarchical military system, to the current decentralized system of herdsmen and soldiers led by each Taiji tribe is a serious regression, in history, the Mongols attached to the Jurchens to enter the customs, and its Mongolian Eight Banners composed of the Jurchens still have some combat effectiveness, and those Mongolian coalition forces composed of dozens of Taiji are chaotic, except for following behind the brigade to rob the people, it is almost useless, Now the hundreds of thousands of troops composed of the northern captives, all of them are herdsmen in the prime of life and semi-full-time armor soldiers, which has done great harm to their fragile economy, and they are poorly organized, and a large number of Taiji together will definitely have many problems in command and supply, if there is a strong Khan like Altan Khan, it is okay, the prestige of the current Bu Lost Rabbit Khan is not good at all, and the long-term assembly of the coalition army of various ministries will be consumed for a long time, and the various ministries will have different hearts!

Zhang Han's gaze turned to Sun Yao, and said in a deep voice: "Sun Yao, has the General Staff Department ever deduced the tactics of the Northern Captives?" ”

"Deduced." Sun Yao said: "The Northern Captives have always had no way to attack the fortifications, and they rarely break my Daming Border Fort, so ......"

"Don't dwell on the past!" Zhang Han shook his head and said, "Now there are us and Yusheng, have you ever had it before?" Besides, the Beiyu also has a record of repeatedly breaking through our Ming border military forts. ”

Sun Yao stood up and said, "My subordinates know their mistakes, so I will immediately gather people to re-deduce." ”

"Be quick." Zhang Han said: "The current situation seems to be smooth, but in fact, everything is in the fog. This is going to be the most dangerous time! ”

Zhang Han summoned another attendant officer and instructed: "Tell the attendant division to prepare, recently I may have to go north in person, patrol the forts, observe the situation of the northern captives in various places on the grassland, and decide the battle, so prepare quickly." ”

Yang Qiu and Sun Yao were both shocked!

……

Wang Xinyi, Zhang Yongan, and Wu Bo were also discussing the situation in the north in the study.

"I heard that the Beiyu has made a big move." Zhang Yongan's clear face showed a hint of admiration, and he said: "No matter what, a businessman dares to take the initiative to go north to pick up the tiger whiskers of the northern captives, which really makes people don't know how to say it. ”

"It's hubris." Wu Bohe said quietly: "And it's arrogant and excessive, I'm worried that he will bring unnecessary trouble or even disaster to Daming." ”

Wang Xin nodded and said: "What Mr. Wu said is right, now that Dongyu is in trouble, most of the court's wealth and military strength are used on Dongyu, Beiyu was originally at peace with my Ming Dynasty, this Zhang Han is a military attache who was born as a businessman, but he doesn't know the general trend, and he doesn't know that he was originally an ant-like figure, so he dares to take the initiative to provoke Beiyu?" Beilu has not had trouble in recent decades, of course, but has been under the gate of the Beijing division many times, to put it mildly, although the east has repeatedly defeated the Ming Dynasty, and there is a whole Liao land, but they have never attacked the city of Beijing. ”

Zhang Yongan nodded and said: "I heard that they have built a lot of military forts, but under the siege of the Northern Army, they can only be trapped to death, and they don't know how high the sky is in the future." ”

Wang Xinyi sneered: "The governor of the military gate strongly supports this person and urges this matter, saying that it can build a solid border, so as not to cause trouble in the north after the horse market is cut off, and the imperial court also believes them, now I want to see how they end it." ”

Wu Bohe frowned and said: "For the time being, there is no way to take them, the garrisons of the towns, guerrillas, generals, deputy generals, until the general army, the soldiers prepare the road, guard the road, and patrol the road, all of which are inextricably related to Zhang Han, and everyone also knows that he has to keep the business road to go north, which is related to their share of profits, enough officials and generals from the four towns have formed a group to help Zhang Han, this force is so strong, even the governor is also subservient, we don't have much evidence now, just based on the news, the court will not pay attention to it at all." ”

Zhang Yongan said: "I heard that Zhang Han took out hundreds of thousands of silver a year to distribute to the officials and generals of various towns, and the profits from going north were really staggering. ”

Wang Xinyi was also moved, and he felt very red.

He himself knew that if he hadn't come with hostility, Zhang Han would have openly turned against him, and he was afraid that there would be his own share of the profits from smuggling, and there would never be less.

At this moment, Wang Xinyi actually had a faint feeling of regret and pity.

"Don't think too much about it." Wu Bo comforted Wang Xin together: "Dong Weng is a serious jinshi, and the backbone of Donglin, the patrol is just the beginning, and in the future it will be positioned to the governor, Fu, and even the six main halls, for the sake of a little silver at this time, it is still too cost-effective." ”

Wang Xinyi nodded slightly, and said: "This is right, but I have been here for a few months, and there is no way to take Zhang Han, I am only afraid that Wang Gong will blame me for not doing well in the Jingshi." ”

When it comes to this, the two staff members have no choice, and Yusheng's power in Shanxi, especially from Datong to Xuanfu, is desperate, from officials to generals, to businessmen, and ordinary people, almost all of them are on the side of He Yusheng.

Zhang Yongan shook his head again and again, and said: "The rise of large businessmen will always offend many people, and the easiest thing to offend is not the officials and gentry, but the people, and Yusheng is the opposite, not only did not plunder the local wealth, but also gave quite a lot of feedback, it is very supportive of Zhang Han by the locality, we want to find some people who are hostile to him, it is too difficult, even if there are some, it is difficult to be useful." ”

Wu Bohe smiled at this time: "I have found one recently. ”