Liang Yong came quickly, it should be said that he had been waiting outside for a long time.

Along the way, Liang Yong was indeed very low-key, strictly abiding by the emperor's orders, just doing his own thing, taking care of the heavy logistics of the army, and never interfering in military affairs.

Even when Ma Gui was in a hurry at that time and wanted to leave the Shenji Battalion and go to the aid of Datong alone, Liang Yong just stood quietly aside, watching Zhao Shizhen, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and Ma Gui argue with reason, quietly as if he did not exist at all, not at all like a certain senior surnamed Wang, who ran around with the army......

But this doesn't mean that he doesn't care about the war situation, as a pro-army sent by the Son of Heaven, he naturally knows what he should do.

As the eunuch of the supervising army, Liang Yong's big tent was set up next to the big tent of the Chinese army, so when the Tatar envoy arrived, Liang Yong received the news as soon as possible, he really didn't know how to fight battles, but he knew people's hearts.

Several red-clothed cannons on Datong City were pushed up by Liang Yong himself, and he naturally saw that when countless cannonballs were fired in unison, the enemy army was in flames.

At that time, it was not an exaggeration for the Tatars outside to say that they were so frightened that they could not stand it with such a sharp weapon in their hands, and it was normal for them to come to sue for peace.

After the Tatars were sent out, Liang Yong paused for a moment and walked towards the Chinese army's tent.

"Admiral Liang, you are here, I really have to bother you to think about it this time! Just now, Na Tumo sent an envoy over, saying that he wanted to negotiate peace with my Da Ming, how is this good? ”

As soon as they entered the tent, Ma Gui and Li Rusong greeted them as if they had seen a savior, and clasped their fists with both hands.

Liang Yong was very calm, bowed back, and said softly.

"This kind of major event, it should be decided by the two generals, this time the army is on the march, the emperor ordered our family to supervise the transportation of baggage, and not to interfere in military affairs, our family is really not good to say!"

It's not that Liang Yong is holding it, things have to be done, but the words must also be made clear, the status of eunuchs has always been difficult to do, especially when there is a wise son of heaven above, it is even more difficult to do.

To this day, Liang Yong can step by step to the status of Admiral Dongchang, in addition to that ruthlessness, more or more cautious, before he left the palace, he did get the emperor's secret edict, can act on the spot, but he also knows that the emperor said in front of the two generals that he should not interfere in military affairs, not just talk......

Admiral Liang laughed, how could this matter be regarded as military affairs? We are waiting for the march and war, but that is after the court orders the war, and such matters as peace and war are government affairs, and it should be decided by His Majesty and the princes of the court! ”

Ma Gui smiled bitterly and spoke.

In fact, this is also the characteristics of the system of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty inherited the Song system, not only the various systems of the imperial court, but also inherited the Song Dynasty up and down checks and balances, and the concept of governing the country with literature and martial arts.

Since Emperor Taizu, no one in his old family has believed that except for his own children and grandchildren, there are very few people who can independently hold any rights.

Take the army as an example, the governor's office of the five armies is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, but they have no power to transfer troops, let alone command troops, their duty is to manage the daily affairs of the army, and the more important food and salary are no longer in their control.

The right to command the army is in the hands of each general, and the right to transfer troops is in the military department, that is to say, if an army is to be transferred, there must first be an order from the military department, and then it will be issued through the procedures of the governor's office of the five armies, and finally the general who leads the army will be transferred together with the army under his command.

Under such checks and balances of all parties, it is the normal state of the Ming Dynasty, but you must know that before the Song and Ming dynasties, China was not like this at all, and the most obvious point is that before the Song and Ming dynasties, it was very common to have various official positions such as generalissimos of soldiers and horses.

Some of these official positions are permanent and some are temporary, but they all have a clear characteristic, that is, all affairs can be arbitrarily decided on the spot.

This kind of official position is similar to the prime minister in the army, but they have the power to decide what happens in the battle array!

But in the Song and Ming dynasties, there was no concept of commander at all, and the most common official position was that of a certain chief military officer, or supervising the military affairs of a certain place, and the power was restricted.

Just like Ma Gui now, if it was before the Song and Ming dynasties, as the commander of the front line, he could decide whether to fight or make peace depending on the situation of the war, but now he can't.

He must get permission from the imperial court to continue sending troops!

But seeing that Liang Yong was pretending to be stupid, Ma Gui also opened the skylight and said brightly, and said directly.

"Admiral Liang, the situation is urgent, the general will not go around the corner, this matter must be reported to the court for decision, but you and I both know that those adults in the court are eager for Tumut to withdraw as soon as possible, if this matter reaches the imperial court, there is a chance that it will be passed, but not to mention anything else, this Tumut Xingshi will offend my Datong, kill my generals, kidnap my army and civilians, let me work hard and hurt the people and money, and rush here for thousands of miles, at this time, a fluttering sentence of peace, let alone Your Majesty, even the generals can't bear this breath!"

Ma Gui hammered it the table, and there was a vicious look in his tone.

As a general who has guarded the border for many years, Ma Gui's dislike for Tatars has not been a day or two for a long time, you know, there has never been real peace between the Ming and Tatars!

The grassland is poor in materials and the environment is bitter and cold, while the Ming Dynasty is rich in materials and the people are weak, and more importantly, the grassland has pursued the law of the law of the jungle, so when the grassland materials are in short supply, it has always been the tradition of the grassland people to burn and loot in the Ming Dynasty, and they don't even think it's a mistake.

For thousands of years, the grassland peoples and the Central Plains peoples have been constantly fighting wars, precisely because of this irreconcilable contradiction!

Even after I answered the tribute, Tumut bowed to the Ming Dynasty, this situation has not changed, and the biggest change is actually from burning and looting to looting without burning.

As long as you don't kill people, both sides generally turn a blind eye to this situation, if you are caught by the Ming Dynasty, you will kill it directly, and the Tatars will not protest because of this, but on the other hand, the Ming Dynasty will not ask the Tatars for this reason, if they are not caught on the spot, they can only consider themselves unlucky.

When Magui was guarding the border, he had encountered a small Tatar army no less than 100 times, and they did all kinds of evil, and would rob the people of all valuable things in their homes, including food, cloth, salt, silver, and even sometimes, they would have sexual immorality.

There were hundreds of Tatars killed by Magui alone, which shows how serious the situation is......

Whenever he saw the miserable situation of the people after the Tatars crossed the border, Magui wanted to rush to the steppe and kill them all, but it turned out that he couldn't.

The court has no life, if he dares to send troops without authorization, the first thing he will face is the court's questioning!

Finally, today, the imperial court has sent 100,000 troops, and the Son of Heaven has almost unlimited supply of military expenses, so that he can realize his long-standing ideals, how could Ma Gui want to give up easily?

"General Ma is angry, our family can understand your feelings, these Tatar barbarians, our family is also very unpleasant, but unfortunately, our family is no longer in Beijing now, as General Ma said, this is a political matter, if our family is still in the capital, maybe there is any way, but our family is now responsible for supervising the army, and we can't leave the army at will, but we are also powerless!"

What Ma Gui didn't expect was that he had already expressed his attitude so obviously, and Liang Yong still didn't let go, but spoke.

"But General Ma doesn't have to worry, the princes of the imperial court are not corpses and vegetarians, General Ma will make the situation clear, they maybe, will not agree to negotiate peace?"

"This ......"

Ma Gui was helpless for a while, but Li Rusong's eyes flashed with a hint of understanding, and he stepped forward.

"Admiral Liang, this matter must be reported to the Ming court, but what I am thinking is that before the Ming court, this matter should be reported to Your Majesty first, and when you came, Your Majesty once instructed us to wait for the transmission of news in the army, and Admiral Liang is responsible for it, so what I mean is to ask Admiral Liang to send someone to hurry up and immediately report this matter to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can be prepared!"

Liang Yong smiled when he said this, in the end, he was a person who had been in Beijing for a long time, not someone like Ma Gui who had just stayed in Beijing for a short time, and he said Liang Yong's heart in one sentence.

He is a supervising army, supervising military affairs, supervising the chief general, discussing peace and war, such a major matter, Ma Gui and others can't decide, he naturally can't decide, of course, at least he can't decide on the surface, whether he has received a secret edict in private, no one knows.

If at this time, he made a big idea and sabotaged the peace, then once it reached the Jingshi, it would be another crime, and Eunuch Liang was cautious, so he naturally refused to leave a handle.

But as Li Rusong said, transmitting news and collecting intelligence is one of the responsibilities sent by the Son of Heaven, even if the matter of the Son of Heaven is known by the imperial court, they can't say anything.

Is it possible to make a front-line military report, and can't it be directly presented to the Son of Heaven?

"The two generals rest assured, our family has already sent someone to send the song to the Beijing Division, presumably in two hours, Your Majesty will be able to receive it, but this procedure on the surface still has to be followed, the two generals still send a formal military report to the imperial court!"

Smiling, Liang Yong spoke.

At this time, even Li Rusong frowned, he thought that after delaying on his side, let the Son of Heaven receive the news, and take advantage of the fact that the ministers of the court did not know about it, he thought of something.

After all, the means of the Son of Heaven are not something they can speculate, and maybe they can think of ways to persuade the princes of the court, but Liang Yong doesn't seem to be worried about this matter, but repeatedly urges them to hurry up and submit the general's report.

"Okay, the old man will immediately repair a book and submit it to the court!"

After hesitating for a moment, Ma Gui gritted his teeth, and finally decided, believing in Liang Yong's judgment.

If you don't believe it, you can't help it......

With that, Ma Gui picked up the pen, and after a while, he stamped the paper with his own big seal on the paper where the ink had not yet dried, stuffed it into an envelope, and carefully sealed it with wax.

At this time, he saw that Liang Yong seemed to remember something, and spoke again.

"Our family almost forgot, General Ma, our family just heard that General Da Yunda woke up, General Da was ordered to be in danger, with a small number of troops, stubbornly defended the city for 15 days, repelled the Tatar army several times, and insisted until the army came to help, and he took the lead, bloody battlefield, and almost sacrificed his life for the country.

What does this mean?

Ma Gui and Li Rusong glanced at each other, both of them were a little puzzled, it was indeed not easy for Dayun to defend the city for fifteen days, and he deserved these praises, but this is just some verbal things, if you want to discuss military merits, you still have to be beheaded.

And Dayun has been defending the city these days, to be honest, the number of beheadings is not very large, not to mention, how can there be a battle that has not yet been fought, so he is in a hurry to ask for credit?

But this is not a big deal, Liang Yong opened his mouth, Ma Gui did not refuse, picked up the pen again, wrote a military report asking for merit, sent his own soldiers, and quickly sent the two military reports to Beijing.

Seeing the messenger who delivered the military report leaving, Liang Yong seemed to be very satisfied, and arched his hand and spoke.

"The two generals Mingjian, this military report has been spread, but before the order of the imperial court comes down, this battle will continue to be fought, according to our family's opinion, the two generals who should be prepared still have to prepare......"

Li Rusong's eyes flashed, and he vaguely heard a different meaning, and hurriedly asked.

"Then if you call Admiral Liang, how should you prepare at this moment?"

"Our family doesn't understand military affairs, but we also know that we know that we know that the other is invincible, the two generals have just arrived here, they must understand the situation of the enemy and us, and in this city, the person who knows the situation of the enemy and me the most should be regarded as General Dayun, who has been defending the city for fifteen days, the two of you might as well talk to General Da, maybe there will be unexpected gains......"

Liang Yong said something meaningfully, and then turned to leave.

Leaving Ma Gui and Li Rusong standing in place in confusion, they couldn't understand what Liang Yong meant, looking for Dayun? What's the use of looking for him?

Could it be that what they can't do, Dayun can do it as a general defending the city?

But at this moment, they can only be dead horses as live horse doctors, but coincidentally, before they can speak, someone outside comes to report and say.

"General, General Dayun, the chief soldier of Datong, asks to see you!"

"Please come in!"

A moment later, Tayun appeared inside the tent with a white cloth wrapped around his head.

"Datong Chief Soldier Dayun has seen the Chief Soldier Officer!"

Although he was wounded, Dayun still insisted on giving a military salute.

"General Da, please get up, it's Ben Bei's late, and he almost let the general die on the battlefield, it's Ben General's fault!"

Ma Gui hurriedly got up, helped Dayun up, and said apologetically.

This is not fake, you know, if it is not to the point of being forced to do so, how can Dayun, as the front-line commander, personally go into battle?

It's really because if this battle is lost and Datong is lost, Dayun won't have to go back, and he can only commit suicide and martyrdom, but it is better to die on the battlefield.

And the reason for this is all because he came too late......

"The general doesn't have to blame himself, it is the old man's responsibility to defend the city and fight, and if he can sacrifice his life for the country, it is also the old man's luck! Today, the old man asks to see the general, but he really has important information, and he must present the general in person! ”

However, what Ma Gui didn't expect was that Da Yun's face was solemn as soon as he opened his mouth.