The reading of the edict means the end of this war, which lasted for more than half a year and finally ended with the great victory of the Ming Dynasty, the war is over, people are still alive, and people have to continue to walk their own roads, which are destined to be unstable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The triumphal ceremony was followed by a grand palace banquet, the emperor and the civil officials all attended, rejoicing at the unexpected victory, rejoicing at the war that indirectly solved the financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Ruxun thought that the emperor would summon him to do a secret talk, but no, the palace banquet did not last long, as soon as night fell, the palace banquet was over, and the generals who had families in the capital were anxious to go home and reunite with their families, and those who did not have families were in a hurry to go back to find a woman to put out the fire - after returning from Japan, on the border of Korea, Song Yingchang did not allow the Ming soldiers to touch the captured Japanese women, which made many soldiers and generals complain.

It's almost blowing up!

The emperor didn't look for it, Xiao Ruxun probably knew the reason, if he didn't look for it, he wouldn't look for it, he was still in a hurry to go back to see his wife, bid farewell to a group of colleagues in the army, agreed to have a child and invite everyone to eat full moon wine, and then hurriedly planned to leave the palace.

"Ji Xin, why are you walking so fast?"

While galloping, a loud voice came from behind Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun looked back and saw that it was Shangshu Shixing of the Ministry of War.

This should have died in the political struggle in this war, because of Xiao Ruxun's birth and survived, and continued to serve as the secretary of the military department, and also because of the promotion of Xiao Ruxun to win a big victory and received a joint reward, the mood is very good, and Xiao Ruxun is also more pleasing to the eye, and now he is smiling, and he doesn't know that Xiao Ruxun is his relative and nephew.

"Ouch! Look at the old man's head melon seeds, hahaha, I can't call Ji Xin now, I really want to shout Xiao Hou, after all, he is the Marquis of Pingyu, and he is still the first military general who has been awarded the title of Marquis for military merits since Wanli, and the limelight can far overshadow the original Li Chengliang, hahahaha! ”

Shi Xing walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Ruxun's shoulder: "You did a good job, when the news came back, the military department was happy to become a pot of porridge, and when I learned that you got a silver mountain from the Japanese country, the household department Shangshu ran to the military department to verify, hahaha!" It's been a long time since my military department has been so high-eyebrowed, refreshing! Readily! ”

Xiao Ruxun's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "I don't dare to call it like this, the ministry can still call the last general's words, these are the last general's own work, and it is the duty of the last general to defeat the Japanese invaders, and I don't dare to be arrogant." ”

Shi Xing nodded with great satisfaction: "Not arrogant or impatient, the demeanor of a general, rare, rare, Daming has this general, so he can rest assured that he can entrust the frontier, by the way, Ji Xin is in such a hurry, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "My beloved wife is pregnant for nine months, and she is about to give birth, and the last general has been fighting outside, and she has not been able to accompany her, and she is very worried in her heart. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? That's really going to congratulate Ji Xin, I'm going to be a father when I return from a big victory, that's really a double happiness! Saying that, Shi Xing's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "I still want to delay Ji Xin for a while, but now I look at it, it doesn't seem to be the time, that Ji Xin, why don't you go back and see your beloved wife first?" ”

Looking at Shi Xing's appearance, Xiao Ruxun felt that Shi Xing seemed to have something important to discuss with him, hesitated, looked at the sky, and asked, "Does Shi Butang have something to discuss with the last general?" ”

Shi Xing nodded and said, "Since Ji Xin cares about his beloved wife, let's go back and see my beloved wife first, it's not too late to talk about this matter tomorrow...... Tomorrow seems to be Ji Xin's rest, then, let's talk about it later! ”

Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "Since there is a war, it is better to talk about it now." ”

Shi Xing looked around and nodded: "Ji Xin, originally you were going to come back and rest for a while, I also heard that the position that was originally going to be given to you was Admiral Jingying Rongzheng, but then I don't know what happened, and became the chief military officer of Pingnan, this point, the old man didn't expect it, but the matter has come to this, this is the meaning of the cabinet and His Majesty, the old man is helpless, just thinking that you will go out again in a few days as soon as you come back, I am really uneasy." ”

"No, the last general didn't think so, it is an honor for the last general to share the country's worries."

Shi Xing smiled and said: "Daming has Ji Xin, it's really a blessing, then the old man won't talk nonsense, Ji Xin, the day before yesterday, news came from Yunnan, the king of Dongwu Kingdom, Mang Yingli, led 300,000 troops to attack Yunnan, Yunnan Governor Chen Yongbin was in a hurry, the war was in crisis, the situation was not good, the imperial court had allowed Chen Yongbin to borrow Sichuan soldiers and Guangxi soldiers for emergency, but it was not so easy to think about.

Now that the elite soldiers and fierce generals of the imperial court are in the army under your command, probably the imperial court also thought of this, so it decided to use you as the chief military officer of Pingnan, and this time you are officially allowed to be the front-line commander, and the governor Chen Yongbin is the deputy marshal, in charge of logistics and transportation, you can let go of it, and take the destruction of the cave and the martial country as the ultimate goal, and fight this battle well! ”

"Take me as the handsome?" Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment.

This is really very rare in the middle and late Ming Dynasty when civilian commanders prevailed, with military generals as the front-line commanders, let civilian officials lead logistics, this is simply back to the early Ming Dynasty Gonghou Bo leading the army system, it seems that in order to win over and comfort themselves, these civilian officials are also quite thoughtful, looking at Chen Yongbin's unfavorable use of troops, simply let a military general in charge of the war, I don't know what he will think.

Will he honestly do the logistics for himself?

"Yes, with you as handsome, Ji Xin, do you know how much trust this is now?"

Xiao Ruxun immediately put on a grateful look: "How can the last general, He De, get such trust from His Majesty and the imperial court?" ”

"You deserve it, you definitely deserve it!" Shi Xing was very satisfied with Xiao Ruxun's posture and spoke; "Don't say anything else, tell me how you plan to fight this battle? This battle is not easy, the cave soldiers are numerous, familiar with the terrain, strong and good at fighting, and I am very disadvantaged. ”

Xiao Ruxun thought for a moment and said, "Did Dongwu really send 300,000 troops? Unless they have a population of more than 5 million, and the population of the Japanese Kingdom exceeds 10 million, they only send 200,000 troops, how dare they send 300,000 troops? Isn't that looking for death? The last general thought that the Dongwu Kingdom would send about 70,000 troops at most, and it was impossible to have more, otherwise their logistics would not be able to keep up, and they would just bluff.

At present, the biggest problem is that the roads in Yunnan are difficult to travel, not only are it difficult for soldiers to walk, but it is even more difficult to transport military food and ordnance, and it is also difficult to transport the firearms that the general is best at; if this is the case, then the combat effectiveness of our army will inevitably drop greatly, and the climate in Yunnan is humid and sultry, and the northern soldiers come suddenly, and they are afraid that they will not adapt to the water and soil, and if the plague in the army is triggered, it will be a bad thing. ”

Shi Xing rubbed his hands and said annoyedly: "The old man also thinks like this, the most elite southern soldiers under your command are guarding Ishimi Town, and the most well-armed Ningxia firearms battalion has too many equipment to transport, and only Liu Wei's Sichuan soldiers and Deng Zilong's wolf soldiers can be used. ”

Xiao Ruxun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Ministry, why do you have to send troops from Yunnan?" ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said: "Ministry, is the border of Dongwu Kingdom near the sea?" ”

Shi Xing was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said: "That place in the Yongle period is still the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, and the old man vaguely remembers that it seems to be near the sea in the south, what, Ji Xin, do you want to ...... Is it ......?"

Shi Xing suddenly realized.