When Li Rusong and Ma Gui saw the emperor, they were in a hall full of all kinds of weapons, and as soon as they stepped into the house, they couldn't help but straighten their backs, they were too familiar with this place, or rather, they were really familiar with the furnishings in this house.

This is a big tent of marching after all!

On both sides of the hall are all kinds of weapons, in the middle is a huge sand table, full of small flags of various colors, obviously used to deduce the battle array, Ma Gui is the most familiar with the border, at a glance, this sand table is now framed, is the situation on the border.

And behind the sand table, in the middle of the hall, there is a detailed map, the Son of Heaven is dressed in civilian clothes, standing in the middle of the hall, there are two people behind the Son of Heaven, one is the chief administrator of the inner palace, Wang An, the princess, and the other is wearing a python suit, but he has a bun that only literati can use, Li Rusong quickly went through all the ministers he knew in his heart, but was surprised to find that he had never seen this person in the court......

"Ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

But after only looking at each other for a moment, the two of them knelt down and saluted.

"Get up!"

Zhu Changluo took his eyes off the map and said lightly.

"The military report must have been read by the two generals, the Tumut Department led the army to attack me, the crime is unforgivable, I want to send the army to the same place, and fight to the death, I don't know if the two generals have a good strategy?"

The two stood up respectfully, hearing the emperor's question, but they both frowned.

To tell the truth, when they received the military report, they had already begun to deduce countermeasures in their hearts in case the Son of Heaven inquired, but what they didn't expect was that as soon as the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, he was going to fight to the death with Tumut......

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, my Ming and Tatar have been at war for hundreds of years, but it is difficult to help their subordinates, not without reason, as the minister sees, if the court is determined enough in this battle, it can severely defeat Tumert, but if you want to fight to the death with it, it is really difficult!"

"Oh? What's the difficulty? ”

It was Ma Gui who spoke, Zhu Changluo had never contacted this old general before, and he never thought that he would speak so straightforwardly, and he was suddenly interested, pretending to be displeased.

Ma Gui is also a stubborn character, when it comes to the battle formation, even if it is the Son of Heaven in front of him, he may not be afraid, and immediately pointed to the sand table in front of him.

"Your Majesty, please see, there are nine important towns on the border of my Ming Dynasty, all of which are built according to the Great Wall, and the one who defends them is the Tatars, for hundreds of years, my Ming Dynasty is not without soldiers and generals, when the people are strong and strong, but the trouble of the Tatars has never been lifted, the biggest reason is that the Tatars occupy the geographical advantage!"

"Beyond the Great Wall, is the plain terrain, the terrain is flat, extremely suitable for cavalry combat, Tatar grows in the bitter cold land, everyone is skilled in bow and horse, and good at breeding good horses, its cavalry momentum, not my Ming can be compared! If Your Majesty wants to guard the border, you only need to send heavy troops to garrison the towns, take strict precautions, and do not let the Tatars cross the Great Wall, and after a few months, the weather will turn cold, and the Tatars will retreat due to insufficient logistics, but if Your Majesty wants to completely annihilate his troops, with all due respect, it is really difficult! ”

"Under the terrain of the plains, the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, my Ming is stronger than the infantry, even if I can win the battle, but if I want to pursue the enemy, I can't do it, and the Tatar cavalry wants to escape, but it is very easy, and after they can recuperate, they will come to attack me again......"

At this point, Ma Gui's voice also revealed a thick helplessness.

This is almost every general who guards the border can feel the helplessness, the Tatar cavalry, the biggest advantage is strong mobility, high flexibility, in the endless plain, is simply invincible, the Ming army is mainly infantry, in the plain terrain, it is precisely the existence of cavalry restraint.

It is not necessarily impossible to defeat it, but the mobility of the infantry is not as good as that of the cavalry, and the pursuit can't catch up with others, how to fight?

Therefore, in all dynasties, almost all the Central Plains dynasties took a defensive position in the process of fighting with the Tatars.

Although the infantry could not defeat the cavalry in the plains, as long as they entered the Great Wall, the flexibility of the cavalry would be suppressed, and they would be defeated by the infantry.

This kind of geographical environment naturally determines that neither of the two parties can help but seeg each other.

Of course, as an army guarding the border, the feeling of not being able to take the initiative to attack, and can only be passively beaten, is really uncomfortable!

"So, we can only keep it? Could it be that this Tatar cavalry has no way to target it? ”

Zhu Changluo's voice was faintly displeased, but it was Li Rusong on the side who pinched a cold sweat.

He and Ma Gui have also been friends for many years, for fear that this old friend would accidentally offend the emperor for a while, so he secretly pulled the other party's sleeve at the moment, but General Ma's personality does not rub sand under his eyes, not to mention this kind of military affairs, how can it be by the emperor's temperament, pretending not to feel Li Rusong's stop at the moment, arched his hand.

"Your Majesty, in the plains, the cavalry is almost invincible, if you want to win the battle, unless I have a better cavalry army, relying on infantry alone, or you can use tactics to make the other party suffer losses, but if you want to hurt your vitality or even completely annihilate the other party, it is difficult!"

"Then, according to the general's view, how many cavalry are there enough to crush Tumut?"

Zhu Changluo looked at the vast plain on the sand table, frowned, and asked after a while.

Ma Gui was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said.

"If what the military report is correct, this time Tumut sent 30,000 troops to attack our Datong, if Your Majesty can give the minister 8,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry, the minister will definitely be able to win the battle!"

Eight thousand cavalry, this number is really not worth mentioning compared to the entire 800,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty!

But it is these 8,000 cavalry, but the entire Ming Dynasty can not get together the army, Ma Gui's heart is very clear, now the Ming cavalry is very few, the most powerful cavalry force, is the Li family in Liaodong 3,000 iron cavalry, but unfortunately, these 3,000 iron cavalry is the Li family to guard Liaodong fundamental, it is impossible to transfer it at all.

What's more, even if it is transferred, 3,000 cavalry, even if it is supplemented by more infantry, it is impossible to defeat the 30,000 army of Tumut in the plains.

But what he didn't expect was that the Son of Heaven pondered for a moment and actually spoke.

"I can put together 10,000 cavalry for you, but the premise is that you need to hold Datong for at least a month, during which the soldiers and civilians must not suffer too many casualties, and do not lose any place, but also do not let Tumut be discouraged and withdraw his army, you can do it?"

"If Your Majesty can really give 10,000 cavalry, the minister ...... It can be done! ”

It should be said that Zhu Changluo's request was actually a bit unreasonable, but Ma Gui hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and agreed.

He didn't know where the Son of Heaven would go to get him 10,000 cavalry troops, but after guarding the border for so many years, he had been holding back a lot of energy in his heart, as long as he could teach the Tatar bastards a lesson, not to mention guarding for a month, even for three months, he Magui would do his best to do it!