The ministers originally planned to let Lao Shoufu persuade the emperor, but they didn't expect that after a while, Lao Shoufu was persuaded by the emperor, coupled with the support of a certain undisciplined Li Ge Lao and Shangshu Shixing of the Ministry of War, although the ministers were helpless, but the matter had to be settled like this.

However, since the plan to send troops has been decided, the first place is who to send as a general!

Although the Ming Dynasty inherited the Song system, the Wenzun and the Wuhu, but one thing is better than the Song Dynasty is that although the Ming Dynasty is Wenzun and Wuhuly, it is not to control the military with the Wen, and the things related to the war, the Wenchen are not very involved, and there is rarely a situation where the Wenchen is in command and the insider guides the layman.

Therefore, it is particularly important to determine who is the general!

In this era of inconvenient communication and transportation, victory or defeat on the battlefield often depends on the general's ability to control and judge the situation.

An excellent general has the power to lead a war to victory, and who is sent as a general determines the outcome of the battle to a large extent.

Seeing that the agreement of the soldiers was decided, Zhu Changluo asked.

"This battle must defeat the enemy and win, the choice of the general who leads the army is extremely important, who should be sent as the general, I don't know if you gentlemen have a candidate?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister recommended General Magui, the right governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion! General Ma has great achievements, in his early years, he was the deputy chief of Datong, and the Tulmer Department has been fighting for many years, he is familiar with the border military situation, and he will lead the army to the expedition with General Ma Gui as the general, and he will definitely succeed! ”

As soon as Zhu Changluo's words fell, Shi Xing, the secretary of the military department on the side, spoke.

"Do the other Aiqing have any opinions?"

Zhu Changluo nodded and said.

Speaking of which, in fact, there is nothing to argue about the generals, today's Ming Dynasty, there are still many fierce generals, but when it comes to the people who can take command of the expedition, in fact, there are only a few, the first place is Li Rusong, the left governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion, and Ma Gui, the right governor of the rear army's governor's mansion, the two are called East Li Xima, and they are the two henchmen of the imperial court.

He participated in the Ningxia Rebellion and the Battle of Korea, and made great contributions in these two major wars, and countless other small battles.

It can be said that now in terms of the number of qualifications and military exploits in the army, no one in the Ming Dynasty can surpass these two, and the only one who can compare with the two of them is the governor and the same knowledge Liu Ling, but Liu Ling, although he is brave, but he is proud of his merits, and his character is arrogant, and he is not a good general for a while, so Zhu Changluo did not intend to hand over this important task to him.

So the candidate can only be chosen between Ma Gui and Li Rusong, to tell the truth, Zhu Changluo actually likes Li Rusong in his heart, because when he first left the palace, he had relatively more dealings with Li Rusong, and the later battle of Liaodong was also led by Li Rusong.

For Li Rusong's ability, Zhu Changluo still believes in it, relatively speaking, Ma Gui is much stranger to Zhu Changluo, although he also made achievements in the battle of Liaodong, but Zhu Changluo has not really dealt with him, so he is still a little worried in his heart......

Obviously, Zhu Changluo is not the only one who has such an idea, Shi Xing's voice fell, and Chongxin Bofei Jiajin stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister recommended General Li Rusong, the right governor of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion! General Li is brave and good at fighting, has made many achievements, is loyal and brave, has broken the Japanese country, if General Li leads the army to the battle, he will definitely be able to raise the prestige of my Ming army! ”

It should be said that if you look at the current status and merits, Li Rusong is better than Ma Gui, and in the battle of Liaodong, Li Rusong presided over the overall situation, but Ma Gui can only lead the left wing to cooperate, and you can see the status of the two.

And for military generals, military merit is like the prestige of civilian officials, it is hard currency!

A military general with heavier military merits will undoubtedly be more convincing!

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that General Li is more suitable, although General Magui has great achievements, but he has not really presided over large-scale battles, and most of them are flank auxiliaries, so the old minister thinks that General Li can be the main general, in charge of the overall situation, and make General Magui the deputy general, assisting from the side, so it is the most appropriate!"

It was the second assistant who spoke from the heart, which is a more objective statement.

Zhen Ge Lao and Shi Xing Fei Jiajin are different, he is a pure Wenchen, he has never really been in contact with martial arts, and he can be regarded as the representative of most of the Wenchen present, so Zhen Cifu can only be considered from the military merit and reputation, Li Rusong once presided over the battle of Liaodong and has rich experience, so it is undoubtedly more suitable for him to be the main general.

It should be said that the suggestion of the second assistant is still more reliable, Ma Gui and Li Rusong have actually cooperated more than once, in the battle of Ningxia, the two were once under the same account as generals, Li Rusong led the right side of the people, Ma Gui led the left wing of the people, and broke the enemy army.

During the battle of Liaodong, the two also cooperated with each other, with Li Rusong containing the main frontal force of the Wa State, and Magui raiding from the rear.

If it's still like this this time, it's reasonable.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

However, what Zhu Changluo didn't expect was that this time, the old man of the military department Shangshushi unexpectedly insisted and retorted directly.

"The battlefield is unpredictable, how can we just look at the merits of the war? Although General Li Rusong once presided over the Liaodong War, but he did not deal with the Tatars, if this battle is in Liaodong, the minister should support General Li Rusong as the general, but this battle is against the enemy Tatar, General Ma Gui has been guarding the northwest for more than ten years, and the Tatars have fought more than 100 battles, and has never been defeated, but also has fought with the Tulmer Department several times, if the enemy is understood, General Li is by no means as good as General Ma, so the old minister thinks that General Ma should be the main general, assisted by General Li led the army! ”

Zhu Changluo frowned, but his face changed, and he had to admit that what Shi Xing said was also reasonable, Li Rusong and Ma Gui were indeed a difficult problem to choose.

But what he noticed was not this, but another problem, just when Shi Xing spoke, Zhu Changluo's mind suddenly remembered something, this matter was very important, but he was distracted, Zhu Changluo couldn't remember anything......

Shaking his head, Zhu Changluo was entangled in his heart, and finally decided to hand over the main general to the more familiar Li Rusong, but just as he was about to speak, he thought for a while and turned his head to Wang Xijue.

"What does Motosuke mean?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that General Magui is more suitable! Although the old minister does not understand the art of war, he also knows that soldiers pay attention to knowing themselves and knowing their opponents, General Ma Gui is more familiar with the situation at the border pass, and it is more suitable for him, although General Li is brave and good at fighting, but in the end he is often in Liaodong and moves to the northwest, he may be reckless because he is not familiar with the situation, but it is not beautiful! ”

Wang Xijue pondered for a moment and said slowly.

To be honest, Lao Shoufu is actually not particularly familiar with these two generals, but to his extent, in fact, he doesn't value things like military merits, so many years, large and small battles are enough to prove that these two generals are excellent generals, how many military merits are just the number of opportunities, and the gap in ability may not be large.

But if we look at the situation, there is no doubt that Magui, who is familiar with the situation in the Turmer Ministry, is more suitable......

However, what Lao Shoufu didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, the face of the Son of Heaven on the throne changed drastically, and he was categorical.

"According to Yuanfu's words, in this battle, General Ma Gui will be the main general, and Li Rusong will assist from the side!"