In the past few days, it should be said that all the eyes of the court have been focused on the war in Datong, and Zhu Changluo, as the emperor, will naturally not relax, and almost always pay attention to the war on the border.

But the military report on paper is only words after all, and for the war on the front line, no matter how detailed the military report sent back by Liang Yong, it is difficult for Zhu Changluo to fully grasp the overall situation.

To tell the truth, this time he went out to fight, he was also a little bottomless, after all, it was the first time to start a war with other tribes, no matter how powerful he was, it was certain that he was a little uneasy in his heart.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Changluo is extremely excited about the return of Yang Lian and Luo Sigong.

The two of them were witnesses of this war, and what they saw and knew must have been much more detailed than what was reported in the military newspapers.

You must know that Zhu Changluo knew very well that after Yang Lian completed the secret decree he gave him, he did not stay in Liaodong and did nothing, but followed the Jurchen army to the west, and the Jurchen cavalry was a strange army, and it was not impossible to say that it was the victory of this war, so it should be said that in addition to Ma Gui and others, the people who knew the situation on the front line best were none other than Yang Lian and the others.

"Your Majesty's grace, in accordance with Your Majesty's secret order, went to persuade Weng Guodai, the leader of the Horqin Tribe, to withdraw from Liaodong, but unexpectedly, it ......"

Speaking of this, Yang Lian couldn't help but feel a little weak, although the final result was good, but after all, he didn't completely follow what the Son of Heaven told him, strictly speaking, this can be regarded as a crime of resisting the will.

"It doesn't matter, I was just a proposal at the time, it wasn't a will, not to mention that I would not accept the orders of the foreign monarch, and before I was in the battle array, when I moved with the fighter plane, it would ruin the battle situation! Yang Aiqing entered the camp alone, turned the tide, is a wise and brave person, has made great contributions to the country and the community, and there is no need to be uneasy because of trivial matters! ”

Zhu Changluo smiled and waved his hand.

It should be said that it was indeed what he thought about at the beginning, the so-called wise man must make a mistake, after all, Zhu Changluo is not in the grassland, naturally he does not know the true pattern of the grassland, what he hears is the relay of countless people, and what he sees is countless cases of negligence, which will inevitably cause deviations.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Changluo was a little glad that the person he had sent over was Yang Lian, such a young man who dared to fight hard and make a decisive decision, if he listened to the ideas of the old men in the court and sent a so-called old and important minister over, I am afraid that he might not be able to make such a quick decision.

This point is particularly obvious on the battlefield this time, it is also against the original intention of the imperial court, but Yang Lian dares to cut through the chaos quickly and take bold risks, but Ma Gui is different, although the nature of the matter is different, but when facing the attitude of Tu Mo Teh to negotiate peace, what Ma Gui can do is to report to the court immediately and wait for the will.

Zhu Changluo didn't intend to accuse Ma Gui of anything, standing in his position, he was indeed right to do this, and this was also a choice that most of the generals who went to war would make, because Ma Gui and Yang Lian were different, and Yang Lian had too many advantages that Ma Gui did not have.

Yang Lian is not only young, but he is a civil official, a Qincha, an old minister of the East Palace, a confidant of the Son of Heaven, a secret order, and a royal flag, if his decision is successful, it will naturally become a good story, but even if it fails, with the protection of the Son of Heaven, plus the bonus of the identity of the civil minister, it may not really be what will happen.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a minister who has been condemned.

But Ma Gui is different, he is just an ordinary general, like all generals, he leads the army to fight, under the control of the military department, and the management of the imperial court, all he can do is to fight on the battlefield, and everything else, whether to fight or not, when to fight, he has no power to decide.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Changluo's excited mood gradually calmed down, this is another big problem......

Since the Song Dynasty, the imperial court is accustomed to the use of literature to control the military, and the civil dignity and martial humility have become the common truth of the Ming Dynasty, but in this way, although the warlord rebellion in the Sui and Tang dynasties has been eliminated, but at the same time, the military strength of a country has declined to a terrible point, and without enough military strength, a country will only be ravaged.

Because of the fear that the generals will rebel with the army, they will unscrupulously suppress the military ministers, but it is just because of choking and waste food, even if there is no military commander to rebel, there will be foreign invasions, peasant uprisings, want to overthrow a dynasty, there are countless ways, in order to prevent one of the possibilities and despise the army, is the real way to die!

Shaking his head, Zhu Changluo's face returned to a smile and said.

"Yang Aiqing doesn't have to mind this, go on! I heard that after you persuaded the Horqin Department to retreat, I followed the Jianzhou Jurchens to Datong to support, what is the situation? ”

He took this matter to heart, but in the end it was not something that could be done overnight, so he put it aside for the time being and continued to ask about the situation on the front line.

It should be said that Zhu Changluo's change in expression, if he called other ministers over, he would inevitably feel worried in his heart, thinking that he had done something inappropriate or that the Son of Heaven was demonstrating to him, but Yang Lian, as an old minister who had followed Zhu Changluo for many years, naturally knew that the Son of Heaven's attitude was precisely because he did not regard himself as an outsider, so he did not hide his emotions.

As for the reason for this change of the Son of Heaven, Yang Lian is unpredictable, but when he was in the East Palace in the past, he had already been accustomed to the idea of the imagination of the Son of Heaven today, and the worry on the face of the Son of Heaven must have a reason, but this reason definitely did not come from himself.

And who it was targeted, Yang Lian couldn't guess, but he knew that when the Son of Heaven showed such a look, the court would inevitably have some turmoil......

But that had nothing to do with him, and Yang Lian continued.

"After the Japanese minister persuaded the Horqin Department to retreat, he rushed back to Huifa City, according to the previous agreement, as long as the minister can let the Horqin Department withdraw from Liaodong, the various departments of Baylor promised to send cavalry to support our army, so the minister immediately ordered someone to send a message to General Magui of Datong, and ordered the Baylor soldiers to rush to Datong in five ways!"

"Presumably Aiqing can do this, it must have taken a lot of effort, the Jurchen tribes have a lot of grievances, even if there is no threat from Horqin, it is not easy to get the troops to be sent by the various departments!"

Zhu Changluo nodded, but asked.

Persuading the Horqin Department to retreat is only the first step, the real difficulty lies in letting the Jurchen troops send troops to help, how did Yang Lian do this, but Zhu Changluo was also very curious.

"Back to Your Majesty, in fact, this matter is difficult to say, easy to say, thanks to the authority of Your Majesty!"

Yang Lian arched his hand and replied with a smile.

"I?"

Zhu Changluo was a little confused, he could hear that Yang Lian was not a compliment, but he was thousands of miles away, and he could help Yang Lian a lot.

Fortunately, Yang Lian did not continue to sell Guanzi, and said directly.

"Your Majesty, in fact, if you want all departments to send troops, the method used is nothing more than four words, each of which is broken! The worries of the various ministries are nothing more than whether anyone takes the opportunity to attack themselves after the elite is exhausted, so the minister at that time took the royal order banner as a proof, and signed an alliance with the ministry, if the ministries can send troops to help, then I will keep the peace of their tribes, if other tribes dare to take advantage of the fire to rob, my Liaodong Iron Cavalry will definitely send troops to help, if there is something wrong, when the war is over, I will send a large army to fight it! After this covenant was made, the Jianzhou Ministry was the first to respond, and then the Yehe Ministry, the second ministry was the two strongest of the ministries, the second ministry responded to it, and the other ministries had no opinion! ”

It should be said that this is Yang Lian's own assertion again, but this is different from the one just now, this matter is within Yang Lian's purview, before the envoy, Zhu Changluo had given Yang Lian the right to arbitrarily make an opportunity, and the royal flag was also given to him at this time.

"So, you're clever in your use, but it's your credit, so what does it have to do with me? Could it be that Aiqing thinks that I can't compete with my subordinates? ”

Xu was in a good mood because of the victory in the war, and he even had the heart to joke.

"The minister doesn't dare, but in this matter, it really has nothing to do with His Majesty!"

Yang Lian owed, but smiled.

After a pause, Yang Lian's face became serious and said.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of five ways to send troops this time, each of which is a Jurchen department, the Jianzhou Department has long been naturalized, relying on Your Majesty's prestige and virtue, and the ministers dare not exceed the merits, the reason why the Yehe Department was the first to respond, is also for the sake of the concubine Niangniang in the palace, if there is no token from His Majesty, Buyangu will not agree to send troops so easily, as for the remaining Huifa Department and Hada Department, it is because the Horqin Department is in the city, only by agreeing to my Ming covenant can there be a glimmer of life, so the ministers can each defeat each department, mainly relying on the authority of His Majesty, General Li Rumei's help is also indispensable, and what the ministers do is just a small thing! ”

Sure enough, I still have to go out to practice!

Zhu Changluo remembered that when he first saw Yang Lian in Nanzhili, this kid had a stinky temper, he didn't speak without bending, and he could choke people to death when he opened his mouth.

Over the years, although it has improved, it has not improved much.

I didn't expect to go out on such a trip, not only did I get things done, but also learned a lot of ways to speak, this far-fetched compliment is not what Yang Lian would say in the past.

And not only that, before leaving the capital, Yang Lian was like a sharp and incomparable sword, shining with cold light, breathtaking, but the edge was too revealing to be unbeautiful, and at this moment, Yang Lian was a little less flamboyant, but a little more calm, as if the sword was in the sheath, not flashing the edge but not damaging the sharpness.

An envoy can make Yang Lian have such a big change, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy!

"Then I will receive this merit! Yang Aiqing may wish to continue! ”

finally heard Yang Lian's compliments, and Zhu Changluo accepted it unceremoniously.

At the same time, his expression also became a little solemn, because no matter how much Yang Lian did, he was just preparing for the big battle on the front line, the so-called thick accumulation, thick accumulation is important, but if there is no last thin hair, everything will be empty, after all, the battle situation on the front line can really lay the victory or defeat of a war!

This is also what Zhu Changluo really cares about, even with the help of the cavalry, how did Ma Gui achieve such brilliant results, speaking of which, when he received the military report, Zhu Changluo was taken aback, capturing Pullik and his subordinate generals, beheading two thousand, and capturing tens of thousands, this is a big victory in a big victory!

You must know that although Tumut claims to be an army of 30,000 this time, the total number of troops is actually less than 20,000, 2,000 beheaded, tens of thousands of prisoners, plus the number of previous beheadings, this time Tumut is not an exaggeration to say that the whole army was annihilated.

"This is still because General Magui is like a god!"

Speaking of this, even Yang Lian's eyes lit up.

It should be said that in the past, Yang Lian, like other Wenchen, looked down on military generals a little, and felt that those martial artists were vulgar, and they couldn't do anything except shouting and killing, but this time, Ma Gui taught him a good lesson and told him what an excellent general is.

"At that time, the minister rushed to the aid of Datong with the Jianzhou army, and originally planned to launch a general attack after the arrival of the five-way army, but halfway, the minister received an order from General Magui, and the minister led the Jianzhou army to Datong in the starry night, and after the minister arrived, he knew that in addition to the Jianzhou Department and the Yehe Department, the other three armies were regarded as surprise soldiers by General Magui, and they were sent to the royal city of Tumut, Chahar and Horqin to carry out a raid, and the Jianzhou Department received the task of cutting off the Tumut grain road in two ways, and among the five road army, General Ma Gui only left the most courageous Yehe cavalry, and cooperated with the main force of our army to launch a general attack! ”

"The royal city of Tumut...... Chahar Ministry...... Horqin Department...... That's a good idea! ”

Zhu Changluo frowned and thought for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face, Ma Gui really deserved to be a general who had been guarding the border for a long time, but even he didn't expect this move.

What is cavalry best suited for?

People with a little common sense know that the biggest advantage of cavalry is mobility, coming and going like the wind, and walking away, compared with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of large-scale wars, the advantage of cavalry is more reflected in the battle of small forces.

And Ma Gui obviously understands this very well, and gives full play to the advantages of cavalry.

Tuo Lik and Lin Dan thought that Daming had no cavalry troops, so their nest was impregnable, but they didn't expect Daming to have such a hole card.

The cavalry of the Jurchen tribes is not much, the strong are more than 2,000 people, and the weak ones are more than 1,000 people, if these troops are placed on the frontal battlefield, under the cover of the infantry, although they can play a great role, but if they are used for surprise attacks, they can receive unexpected results.

In this battle, whether it is Tumut or Chahar, or even Korqin, the main force is exhausted, and if a cavalry force raids their lair at this time, it will definitely catch Talik and Lin Dan off guard! What's more, there is also the bad news that the grain road has been robbed, so many heavy news have come one after another, Zhu Changluo can already imagine how they are in a hurry......