"See His Royal Highness King Yue."

"Your Highness with a mere few thousand men and horses, first annihilated more than 1,000 enemies, and then killed the Varat Silver Sword warriors, captured the enemy chieftain, and forced back nearly 20,000 Tartar thieves, the news came, and the soldiers in the north were all rejoicing!"

"His Royal Highness King Yue is wise and brave, and he can be an example for the military attachés in the world!"

Zhu Qiming was invited to the Red Castle, in a secluded courtyard, the middle and senior officers of the nearby defenders gathered here, from thousands of households to all commanders, everyone scrambled to sing praises to Zhu Qiming, and for a while, the words of praise were endless. Zhu Qiming was very unimpressed, listening to compliments in his spare time can change his mood, but life and death are at stake, and he cannot be paralyzed.

He glanced at everyone lightly, "Nearly 20,000 Tartar thieves swaggered here, calmly left, and entered a no-man's land on the ground of Daming, and this king is ashamed of this!" ”

Everyone was speechless, and they were all stunned in embarrassment.

Leaving everyone behind, Zhu Qiming entered the inner room, and saw Yang Hong coming over quickly, saluting, and the two sat opposite each other in front of the charcoal fire.

Originally, it was inconvenient for him to meet secretly with local military and political officials due to regulations, but after seeing the big battle of the entry of Tartar thieves, he felt that the situation was urgent, how could there be so many regulations to talk about at this time?

This is said to be the private residence of a certain officer, as for whose private residence it is, everyone is secretive, and Zhu Qiming is inconvenient to ask, anyway, he also wants to find a secret place to have a good chat with Yang Hong, and he can't take care of too many idle things.

Yang Hong first praised Zhu Qiming's actions, and then a trace of worry appeared on his face, "Alas, the performance of the defenders of Xuanfu may disappoint His Highness!" ”

Although this remark has an obvious tentative meaning, it still hits Zhu Qiming's worries. He is now observing the situation in the north from a higher macro perspective, not simply talking about war. The higher the angle of the station, the stronger the sense of distress.

In fact, two years later, the Ming army suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Tumubao, and the reasons for the defeat were many, and these reasons for the defeat were already showing signs at the moment. First, the logistics supply is terrible. The war readiness warehouse in the north is not as rich as the legend says, only to find that there is a shortage of grain and grass everywhere when the war is about to start, and after the war is still in a hurry to make up for the shortage, and a group of senior officials from the DPRK and the Central Committee of the government who have been conscripted criticize others for their inefficiency, but they themselves are even worse at doing things themselves, and the use of hundreds of thousands of troops is an astronomical amount, and those civilian officials are simply unable to provide effective logistics supplies for the army in a timely manner.

This is the evil consequence of being accustomed to following the script routine, always following the routine, the adaptability will be extremely poor, everything has to wait for the ready to go to war, but to fight or not, when to start the war, this is not up to the decide, the enemy will never leave you enough time to respond.

Second, the ability to respond is so weak that it is scum. When the Tartar thieves invaded the border on a large scale, it was Yang Hong's son Yang Jun who fled without a fight, making the Tartar thieves like no one's land, deep to the Sanggan River area, cutting off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, forcing the Ming army to move back to the direction of Datong, and was surrounded by the Yexian heavy army group. Seeing that the Beijing army led by the orthodox emperor was in a predicament, Yang Hong, who was close at hand with heavy troops, did not lead the army to help for a long time, and hundreds of thousands of Beijing troops looked around and found that they had become a lone army on the territory of the Ming Dynasty! Therefore, the actions of Yang Hong's father and son together constitute a rather fatal cause of defeat.

Third, the strategy and tactics are deadly. First of all, the familiarity with the terrain in the area of Datong and Xuanfu was simply unbelievable, where to encircle and where to set up an ambush, everything was clear, on the contrary, the huge Ming army was like fighting away from home, and the enemy was expected to take the lead everywhere. When he first used a plan to mobilize the Ming army, it was suspected that Zhuge Liang would be reincarnated, and his whimsical ideas were like coming easily! In contrast, the decision-making level of the Ming army is full of nerd-like rigid heads.

Zhu Qiming is not an immortal, and it is impossible to predict the war situation two years later, but after he gained insight into the shortcomings of the government and expected the inevitability of the war in the north, he gradually saw many shortcomings in national defense and war preparedness.

It's just that it's inconvenient for him to say anything at the moment, it involves a large group of military and political dignitaries, how can a prince rashly put his beak away! What's more, the garrison officers all over the Xuanfu have seen the battle of the Tartars, and if they are replaced by new people, the situation may be even worse.

"Even Yang Dudu, in the past, he has only faced a small group of Tartar thieves several times, and has never encountered a big enemy, a few days ago, more than 10,000 Tartar thieves attacked, so many years, this is the first time, everyone is a little overwhelmed for a while, and it is understandable." Zhu Qiming's expression was indifferent, and his tone was calm, in order to ease Yang Hong's heart.

Xiao Wang was thinking that if the Tartar thieves invaded the frontier fortresses on a large scale in the future, no matter what their intentions were, the Ming would be in a dilemma. If the Beijing army does not go to the north to intercept the Tartar thieves, the border castle will not be protected, and once the border fortress, especially the Datong border fortress, is controlled by the Tartar thieves, there is no danger to the south, and the capital has lost its barrier, the situation is dangerous, and it can only be forced to move the capital. Let the Beijing army go to the north to face the battle, once you encounter Tartar thieves in the wilderness, you will lose the support of a strong castle, and the chances of victory are very small, which may lead to even more serious consequences. ”

Yang Hong was slightly stunned, and pondered for a long time, "It turns out that His Highness has already thought about it!" In my opinion, if the Tartar thieves really attacked the border castle on a large scale, the Beijing army would definitely go to the north to face the battle, otherwise, the consequences of losing the border barrier would be unimaginable. As for the Beijing army encountering Tartar thieves in the wilderness, this matter must be worry-free, there are defenders in Datong and Xuanfu to help, and the Tartars are difficult to win. glanced at Zhu Qiming, seemed to hear Zhu Qiming's words, and added: "In the next meeting, I will urge the defenders everywhere to prepare for war in peacetime, and respond to the enemy in case of assistance, such as the Tartar thieves coming and going freely a few days ago, I will never let it happen again!" ”

Zhu Qiming was quite satisfied with Yang Hong's answer, and in the face of the military commander of one side, he could only prompt politely, and that was all he said.

The body has been roasted by the fire, looking out the window, but the sky is full of snowflakes, in the middle of winter, the snow and ice cover the mountains, the thieves will stop for months, what should they do in the next leisure time? He was a little confused about this.

"Yang Dudu thinks that the Tartar thieves frequently cross the border to test the Xuanfu side before and after winter, what is their intention?"

This is a difficult question to answer and to be reasonably inferred! Putting aside this question, taking advantage of Yang Hong's contemplation, Zhu Qiming's thoughts flew back to Beijing, thinking that Lu Xiyao was still living in seclusion in Lingxiao Palace, and his heart couldn't help but be sour, but at a time when Sheji was in danger, as a prince, the love of children could only take a back seat!

And that Qin Hui concubine, no, now she should be Qin Concubine! I don't know what the recent situation of Concubine Qin's accumulation of wealth is, the danger of external troubles is getting closer and closer, as soon as the war starts, if there is not enough silver in the inner treasury, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to stabilize its position, and the monarch and ministers are in a panic, I am afraid that there is only one way to move the capital.

Moving the capital? Don't even think about it! At this moment, he resolutely drew a bottom line in his heart.