Screams, shouts of killing, clashing weapons, explosions when firing a salvo...... The offensive and defensive battles of the Ordnance Division are in full swing. 【】

"Liu Butang, are the border troops so brave?" Gu Zuo is a purely civilian official, although he is different in the military, it does not prevent him from understanding the difference in combat power between the border army and the Beijing camp in the Ordnance Division, and he is also full of emotion for this: "Strong on the outside and weak on the inside, it is not a blessing of the country." ”

Drawing on the lessons of the division of feudal towns in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, since the Song Dynasty, in order to achieve long-term peace and stability, the Chinese dynasty has implemented a policy of virtual borders and real affairs, that is, to maintain the strength of the central army, that is, the forbidden army, and weaken the border towns and local border armies. This policy effectively eliminated the worries of the martial arts and separatists, but replaced them with endless border troubles.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he also learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, and used the vassal king to guard the four sides, trying to achieve the effect of the best of both worlds. Of course, his strategy was somewhat whimsical, and even if the emperor could trust his brothers, the scholars would not trust the vassal kings, so the fragile balance was quickly upset.

After the Jingjing, Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Yanjing, and also re-implemented the old system of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Di is a bold character, of course he will not copy the old system, his concept is that the central army should not only be strong, but also used on the blade, so the Ming Dynasty pursued more than 200 years, and all the Son of Heaven has no one or forgotten the national policy 'Son of Heaven guarding the country' came into being.

This national policy is very similar to Xie Hong's push of Zhengde to the front line, while maintaining the strength of the Central Army, it will not suffer from border troubles, although it also caused a lot of hidden dangers in the late Ming Dynasty, but its positive role in the early stage is undoubted.

I have to say that the change of Tumubao is really a major turning point in the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to weakness, just in that border town of Xiaoyi, the elite of the central army of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and after that, the state power was fully controlled by scholars.

Of course, the scholars and doctors still pursued the old system of the Song Dynasty, which was formulated by the sages, and it was also very beneficial to everyone, so naturally there was no reason not to follow it. However, because there are too few people among them who understand military affairs, and even if they do, most of them are only familiar with military books, and their actual combat experience is almost none.

As long as it can be seen from the comments of this era, what the literati admired was that they were like Kong Ming, sitting in the Chinese military tent and distributing some clever tricks, and then the generals strictly implemented them, and they could achieve victory. Even the governors of the border towns are most likely to have this philosophy.

So, although they pursue a policy of imaginary and real, in fact, it is just what they think. In the Zhengde period, although the equipment and food were far inferior to the Beijing camp, if you talk about the elite level, the border army that has been fighting with the Tartars for a long time is far more than the Beijing camp that enjoys peace.

At this time, the weapons and numbers on the side of the Beijing camp had the absolute upper hand, and the tactics of besieging from all sides and attacking the east gate were adopted, and the main force attacking the east gate was the Shenji battalion.

Although the firearm is slower to load, it is a firearm after all, and the power is self-evident, and the three-stage shooting method has been there when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, and it is a very proficient tactic mastered by the Shenji Battalion.

In addition, there are many people and horses in the Shenji Battalion, and the length of one wall of the Ordnance Division is also limited, so with the support of thousands of firearms and the cover of the shield array, the Shenji Battalion has achieved uninterrupted coverage and shooting, so that the border troops on the wall can't raise their heads at all.

After the border army was suppressed by the firearms, the elite of the five military camps naturally did not give up the opportunity, dozens of ladders were quickly erected on the parapet, and the large group of men and horses also climbed up, the whole process was like flowing water, according to common sense, this is already victory in sight.

At that time, Gu Zuo and Liu Daxia both praised General Meng greatly, and at the same time put forward higher requirements for General Xiao, hoping that the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp could make persistent efforts to break through the Ordnance Division, and then go to the Forbidden City to catch the second battle.

For the requirements of the masters, the two generals are full of promises, they are also full of confidence, as long as they are on the parapet, it is a war of attrition, once the gate is broken, the cavalry of the three thousand battalions can drive straight in, and then a big victory can be expected.

Their good mood did not last long, and just when the soldiers of the Beijing camp climbed the wall one after another, the border army was launched. Jiang Bin was waiting for this moment, as long as there was an enemy on the wall, the covering attack of the Shenji Battalion would not be able to be carried out, and in terms of close combat alone, the so-called elite of the Beijing Battalion, where was the opponent of these battlefield veterans?

Soon, the soldiers of the Beijing camp who climbed the top of the wall were killed like standing melons and chopping vegetables, and the border troops on the wall even had time to shoot arrows, and put down a lot of the fire guns on standby in the Shenji Battalion. By the time the battle at the head of the wall was over and the smoke covered the wall again, the border soldiers were already hiding behind the battlements.

When this process was repeated several times, the morale of the Fifth Army Battalion could no longer be raised, and no matter how urged by their own commanders, no matter how fierce the covering shooting of the Shenji Battalion was, they could not muster up the courage to step forward. What about the parapet? If you can't beat it, you can't beat it.

The situation on the other three sides was even worse, because the Shenji Battalion placed the main force at the east gate, therefore, the Beijing camp troops in those places were directly defeated under the opponent's long-range attack, but the symbolic surname maintained the offensive and did not pose any threat to the real surname.

It is precisely because of this that Gu Zuo will make such an exclamation.

"Maybe it's a special case...... Liu Daxia also felt the same way. For scholars, the secretary of the military department is just an official position, just as most of the secretary of the ministry of engineering does not need to know the craft, and the secretary of the military department is not a person who has special experience in military affairs, so in military matters, Liu Daxia is stronger than Gu Zuo, but it is also limited.

The old man looked through the reports of Xuanfu Town over the years, and Jiang Bin's department was indeed a list of military achievements, but the military discipline was too poor, and Jiang Bin himself was unruly, so the old man ordered the general army of Xuanfu to deal with it strictly. But I don't want Zhang Jun's love to be sincere, and he actually disobeyed the old man's order, which is why there is today's trouble, and the vulgarity of the martial artist is really true. ”

Now I am asking you for a plan, not for you to show your foresight, but you have foresight, but what did you do in the first place? Gu Zuo secretly scolded himself in his stomach, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Butang, can you have a good plan to break the city now?" ”

"What is this......" Liu Daxia groaned. What can he do, plan well in advance, but there are frequent accidents in execution, what can he do now? Fighting on the wall has completely failed to achieve the goal of a war of attrition, all the soldiers consumed are their own soldiers, but there are still a lot of soldiers and horses, what is the use of being brought in?

He knew very well about the ferocity of the border army before, but he didn't expect that the gap in combat power between the two sides would be so high, it was simply one-sided, in such a situation, what else could he do? "If you had known that this was the case, it would be better to transfer some elites from Jizhen or Liaozhen, and it would be ...... if it was the same border army."

Gu Zuo was very impulsive this time and rolled his eyes directly to Lao Liu, how could he know so much? Now it's up to you to figure it out! I can't even figure out this matter of the Ministry of War, and I still want to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, which is really unreasonable.

Besides, can the border army be easily mobilized? This time, everyone is already very suspected of rebellion, if the border troops are mobilized into Beijing again, won't this crime be confirmed?

"Liu Shangshu, Gu Shilang, how is the battle situation here? How long will it take to get the most done? The two of them were worried, and suddenly they heard someone asking each other, faintly questioning, both of them were unhappy in their hearts, and when they turned their heads, their faces were full of uncertainty.

"Xu Shilang, are you questioning the main department?" Seeing who it was, Liu Daxia was even more annoyed. After Yan Zhongyu was unlucky, the call for this person to take over the secretary of the military department was very high, and the limelight had already overshadowed Liu Daxia, the chief officer.

In the unfavorable situation of the war, being questioned by such a person, Liu Daxia felt disgraced, and his tone was quite unkind when he answered.

"Liu Butang forgive me, it's the lower official who lost his word." Xu Jin's surname is harmonious, and he does not argue with Liu Daxia, first apologized slightly, and then explained: "There is a reason why the lower officials are here, and now the fierce flames are blazing, and the situation in the imperial city is critical, and the messenger of the prince has already seen the two elders, so he sent the lower officials here, in order to explain the situation to the two lords and make a decision." ”

As he spoke, he stepped aside, and Liu and Gu noticed that there was a little eunuch who came with Xu Jin, and he vaguely recognized that it was the one who was the closest confidant to Wang Yue.

"Two adults, that Xie Hong has already broken through the Xihua Gate and defeated the garrison warrior camp, and many departments of the forbidden army are waiting and seeing, and the prince is already in danger! Please make a quick decision, if the reinforcements are late, I'm afraid it will ......" Wang Xiaoyu was already a sensible person, and he had a gap to speak, and immediately briefly explained the situation in the imperial city.

"How is that possible?" Liu and Gu were both taken aback, and Gu Zuo asked anxiously, "What about Teng Xiang's left and right guards?" Are these two battalions not obeying orders? ”

"Before the slave maid left the palace, she saw the right guard stationed at the noon gate going to Xihua Gate to meet and help in the battle, but the left guard was ......"

"It's really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, so it's obviously ......," Gu Zuo said hatefully. The situation was critical, and he didn't care about pretending, so he directly said what he thought in his heart.

Beforehand, Wang Yue had sworn in front of the two elders, saying that Teng Xiang Zuowei was his cronies and was foolproof, but now he was gone. It had to be Geng Zhong, who had been taught by the scholars and doctors, to understand the general situation, and to stand up, castration or something was completely unreliable.

"Two adults, the situation in the palace is indeed critical, since the Ordnance Division is difficult to attack, it is better to ......"

The godfather was scolded, Wang Xiaoyu was naturally annoyed in his heart, not to mention the current situation that is stronger than people, even in normal times, he can't afford to offend these adults, and he can only pretend not to hear these words. In fact, he has been here for a while, and he also sees the unfavorable situation of the Jingying Offensive Ordnance Division, so he has this proposal.

"No!" Gu Zuo didn't want to think about it, so he broke off his breath, and directly interrupted the little eunuch's words, and after the words came out, he felt disrespectful, nodded to Liu Daxia and Xu Jin, and said, "Xu Shilang, can the two pavilion elders have an order?" ”

"What the two elders mean is that the two adults are the ones who understand the current situation best, so let the two judge the situation and decide how to act in Jingying...... In the opinion of the following officials, it should be the best policy to enter the palace and rescue. Xu Jin smiled bitterly in his heart.

Liu Ge Lao meant to enter the palace immediately to rescue, but Xie Ge Lao's opinion was different from Liu Ge Lao, what the hell was for everyone to know, it was nothing more than the calculation of the Jiangnan people. Even so, Liu Ge Lao couldn't make a decision in one word, because most of the people agreed with Xie Ge Lao's opinion, so after the compromise between the two sides, there was such a resolution.

But the situation in front of him is actually similar to that in Xie Mansion, Gu Zuo is also from Jiangnan, but Liu Daxia is not a person who will take care of the overall situation, even if he wants to support Liu Gelao's opinion, but looking at Gu Zuo's posture, it is obviously not listening.

"No! The border army in the Ordnance Division is so fierce, how can they let it go? If the Beijing camp enters the palace with the main force and allows the border army to kill the ordnance division to cause chaos, wouldn't it involve the entire capital in turmoil? What's more, the situation in the palace may not be more crisis, Teng Xiang's soldiers and horses have already met the battle, and Xie Hong's cry of rebellion is already weak, obviously falling behind, and even being annihilated is unknown, therefore, now it is necessary to break the Ordnance Division! ”

Gu Zuo made a generous statement, although his words were a bit of a strong argument, but it was not unreasonable, although Xu Jin still wanted to persuade again, but Liu Daxia bowed slightly, obviously a little moved.

"It's just...... Now that the enemy is rampant, even if you want to break through the Ordnance Division quickly, you have no good solution? He groaned for a while, but Liu Daxia spread his hands and sighed.

"The last general is a little stupid, I don't know ......" Xiao Zongbing has been holding back for a long time, but he doesn't dare to speak. According to the usual practice, when there are civilian officials, the military attaché can only supervise the battle, and the matter of discussing strategy has nothing to do with them, but since the adults are helpless, he is also eager to make meritorious contributions, so he opened his mouth.

"Since there is a plan, Mr. Xiao will come quickly!" Gu Zuo didn't care about any conventions. In his heart, the Forbidden City is not as important as the Ordnance Division, and the Forbidden City was taken by the emperor, and it was just a stalemate with the foreign courts; And without the craftsmen and wealth of the Ordnance Division, didn't the emperor have to give in in the end? Even if you are an emperor, you can't do it without money.

"That parapet wall is quite strange, and it is difficult for the general cannon to make contributions, but in the opinion of the last general, you can raise the muzzle of the cannon and bombard the wall directly! Under direct bombardment, the defenders on the wall will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, so ......"

"Yes, that's it, Mr. Xiao, you give the order to go." This plan is in line with Liu Daxia's thoughts, and the old man waved his hand vigorously to make a plan.

(To be continued)