Chapter 777: The West Wind (II)

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In the afternoon of the same day, the General Administration Department sent out the news that Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng wrote at the same time, resolutely asking to take the initiative to attack and expel the Tartars in order to avenge the slaughter of Shizhou. A little later, the two of them were each other, Zhang Juzheng tried to explain the nine reasons why this battle must be fought, and Shen Mo prepared seven reasons for winning this battle.

On the one hand, their rank is here, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and a servant of the Ministry of Household - two high-ranking officials of the ministry speak at the same time, and the weight is naturally not light; But more importantly, it is their identity, they are all Xu Ge Lao's proud protégés at this juncture, and the two of them are on the book at the same time, which has to be reminiscent of whether there is Xu Ge Lao behind his back.

So many people wrote the recital overnight with different purposes, and the next morning, before the court, all the brains were handed over to the General Administration.

'The old hatred has not been snowed, and a new hatred has been added, this time if you don't repay it, you swear not to be a person' This is full of enthusiasm.

"Give me 3,000 tiger ben, go straight to the Tartar lair, and I will not worry about Your Majesty's northward worries" This is self-immeasurable.

"Your Majesty, with the immortal assets of the gods, the Yuan Fu is thoughtful, and the kings of all the towns in the world are enough to meet the heavens and people. The so-called benevolent are invincible, and the Tartars are driven out, and there is no doubt that "this is a horse-shaped attack."

"The Tartars have been in the country for more than a month, and they have been exhausted from repeated battles. Just like the end of a strong crossbow, you can't wear it. Our army will defend the homeland and the country, share the same hatred for the enemy, recuperate and recuperate, and will be able to win the war." This is rational and analytical.

For a while, public opinion was directed, the people's hearts were happy, and the crowd was excited, and the ministers were eager to put pen to paper, and immediately urged the horses to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Tartars

Although in the end, it is the people at the highest level who make the decision. However, the pressure of public opinion and the direction of Shilin's wind will inevitably affect their decision-making.

Gao Gong was originally the main battle faction, and the national disaster was at the head, no matter whose proposal it was, it was naturally greatly supported. But with the other two bigwigs, I don't want him to be so happy......

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wenyuan Pavilion, the first auxiliary duty room. Xu Jie and Yang Bo sat opposite each other.

Everything that happened in the early dynasty made Yang Bo feel very sad, and he still has a blue face. Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "I said it wasn't my idea, do you believe it?" ”

"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not." Yang Bo snorted and said: "Baiguan has already believed it, whether it is what you said or not, what is the difference." ”

Xu Jie's face showed an expression of crying and laughing: "Today's young people, they are really daring, the old man is confused, and they represent him." ”

"I'm afraid it's Hua Tinggong, and I acquiesce in my heart." Yang Bo is an old Jianghu, when you think he is confused, he is pretending to be confused, once he doesn't pretend, he will understand better than anyone else: "You are afraid of people saying that Huating is no different." ”

"Hehe......" Xu Jie shook his head and said: "Military affairs, it is still safe to listen to Puzhou." ”

"You also know that I am from Shanxi, where is the Tartar now? Just in Shanxi, you think I don't want to send troops? Yang Boyu said angrily: "But everything has to start from the overall situation, once there is a mistake in the capital or the whole army is wiped out, who will bear this responsibility?"

"Yu Pogong, I know you." Xu Jie comforted Yang Bo softly, but secretly sneered in his heart, bullying me for not understanding geography, what's the matter? When the Tartars invade Jinzhong, they will no longer go south, and they will be far away from your Jinnan. Of course, he won't expose Yang Bo's self-defense, big shots, they want to save face with each other. So Xu Jie said softly: "You are an old man seeking a country, and you are humiliated and dirty." ”

"Uh...... "What does it mean to endure humiliation and dirt?" Yang Boxin said, why is it so awkward. He said in a muffled voice: "Yuan Weng, at this time, only if you speak, can you suppress the situation." ”

"What's this......" Xu Jie said with a sad face: "The problem is, now even the emperor is tempted, and he wants the cabinet to come up with a plan for an attack quickly." ”

"Not long after the emperor ascended the throne, he was surrounded by the main battle factions like Gao Gong, Shen Mo, and Zhang Juzheng, of course he would be moved." Yang Bo stared at Xu Jie and said, "The pass is you Xu Ge Lao, as long as you support me, this matter will be over, otherwise...... It can't end. ”

"Hehe," Xu Jie smiled again, he had known Yang Bo for decades, and it was the first time he had seen him lose his temper like this: "Yu Po, you tell me the truth, is there really no chance of winning this battle?" ”

"Really...... Alas......" Yang Bo sighed and said: "On the surface, it is not impossible to win, after all, the Tartars have committed a taboo in the army, but the combat effectiveness of my Ming army, that is called a hemp rope to lift tofu, can not be expected, let them guard the city It's okay, but if you want such a large-scale attack, you will not be able to form an army first, and give it to the Mongols to cut melons and vegetables?" After a pause, he gave an example: "As soon as the officers and soldiers heard that I was leading a large army to come, they were silent when they came up, and they shrank in the thick walls of the high cities of Xuanfu and Datong, and watched me lead my troops south. It wasn't until I slaughtered Shizhou that the governor Wang Zhi heard about the change and knew that the situation was serious, so he arrived at Yanmen with 6,000 guerrilla cavalry, and 20,000 cavalry from Datong and Yansui also arrived, but when they came to the front, they were all hesitant, and no one invited to attack. When I had gone away, they killed the people who had taken refuge in their victory. Such an army, can you count on them to drive out the Tartars? Why don't you go and worship God......"

Listening to Yang Bo's old analysis, Xu Jie already had an idea in his heart, but he seemed to beat the drum again, sighed and said, "What you said is also ......"

"Originally," Yang Bo snorted and laughed: "Zhang Juzheng has never left the Taiwan Pavilion, pure scholarly words, although Shen Mo has resisted the Japanese and served as a southeast economic strategy, but he has never been in contact with the military. He was really annoyed by Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng, after his clear attitude, the two of them actually pulled the tiger skin to make a big banner, and unceremoniously sang against themselves, which is really not a son of man

"But ......" Xu Jie really sighed this time, and said: "You see that my 'three return oaths' are still hanging on the wall, and the affairs of the cabinet are not me, so I have the final say." ”

"Hmm......" Yang Bo knew that Xu Jie was talking about Gao Gong, the main battle leader, and the emperor still listened to this guy, which was indeed quite tricky. But in the final analysis, Xu Jie still couldn't pull his face, and he didn't want to be said, just like any of the previous Qiu Zhiyu: "I'm asking you now, Lord Shoufu, what kind of attitude do you have?" War, or not war, give me a clear word"

"I'm very conflicted." After a period of silence, Xu Jie said slowly: "War, there is a reason to fight, there is a reason not to fight, there is also a reason not to fight, is it to fight or not?" Saying that, he looked at Yang Bo tentatively and said, "Otherwise, let's fight on a small scale, even if we can't win, it doesn't matter." ”

After listening to Xu Jie's words, Yang Bo's breath became coarse, his face changed for a while, he picked up the tea in front of him, drank it all, wiped his mouth and said, "Okay, everyone is a good person, I can't be the only one who is evil, right?" Saying that, he waved his hand and said: "I won't say anything, you can do whatever you like, but every soldier in the Beijing camp has to stay in Beijing City, which is nothing to discuss." ”

"So how do they fight?" Xu Jie was a little dumbfounded.

"There are still so many Qinwang's troops outside the city, so let them transfer troops at will, and fight as much as they want." After Yang Bo finished speaking, he put the teacup on the table, arched his hand and said: "Farewell" and left.

When Yang Bo walked out, the expression on Xu Jie's face gradually converged, and he returned to his old appearance of Gujing Bubo, and he just behaved in front of Yang Bo, just to clear himself up and let Yang Bo know that Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng's behavior was not instigated by him behind the scenes. In fact, in his heart, he had already made up his mind to fight a limited battle, not to change anything, but to just have a meaning

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After making up his mind and Yang Bo's attitude was clear, Xu Jie came to the main hall and held a cabinet meeting. Because of the rare agreement between the two giants this time, the progress of the meeting was also surprisingly fast......

First of all, it is the candidate for the general system of military affairs, because among the officials who came to King Qin, there were two governors, six governors, and a number of general soldiers and generals, these people did not fight well, but their temper was not small, so the general system they were looking for not only had to be able to fight, but also had to be able to calm the table. Originally, Yang Bo was the most suitable candidate, but he refused to cooperate, so he had to find someone else. Looking around at the princes of the court, there are not enough grades that can fight, and those who have enough grades will not fight, and there is really no second suitable one except silence.

Xu Jie and Gao Gong both had full confidence in the ability to be silent, so they decided that he would coordinate and command this battle, but it was obviously not a matter to let the military department Shangshu not use, but let the Ministry of Rites Shangshu take command. Besides, he had to take care of the emotions of the military department, so Yang Bo was still the coach and Shen Mo was the deputy commander. Of course, in order to prevent these two from clashing at that time, someone had to stop them.

Gao Gong originally planned to be this supervisor, but Xu Jie didn't agree, and said that if you do it, then it is designated as a bias frame, it is better to exclude Yang Bo directly, or I will come. Gao Gong thought about it, anyway, Shen Mo was his student, and Xu Jie would definitely not turn his arm out, so he obeyed him.

So Lord Shoufu personally supervised the teacher, Yang Bo served as the coach, and Shen Mo served as the deputy commander, and a set of leadership teams was formed.

The rest is a difficult hard job, that is, to raise and transfer grain and grass, which is a thankless errand, but Gao Gong said that Zhang Juzheng has already said hello and is willing to take the initiative. Xu Jie knew that since Zhang Juzheng was the first to initiate the battle, he must take responsibility in it, so he agreed.

It only took half an hour to finalize a series of arrangements, which were so efficient and fast that several pavilion elders were not used to it. The ticket was to be sent to the celebrant for approval soon, and then it became a holy decree to be transmitted.

After receiving the appointment, Shen Mo immediately rushed to the cabinet and met the chief quartermaster Zhang Juzheng, who smiled and arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the commander, we will definitely provide strong support, so that the soldiers in front have no worries." ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "You can still laugh, I'm afraid you don't know the pain of military supplies, right?" ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "That's not necessarily, don't underestimate people." ”

smiled silently, and entered Wenyuan Pavilion side by side with him, and when he met Gao Gong coming out, he didn't say hello, so he cheered the two of them up and said: "Do a good job, if you have any difficulties, just say, I will solve them for you." ”

The two thanked each other, and Gao Gong nodded: "Go ahead, do less nonsense and do more." And he departed.

Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and said in their hearts, this tall man is like a spirit, and he really can't stand it if he doesn't drink well.

Entering the first auxiliary room, seeing Xu Jie's concentrated performance, the two waited quietly for a while.

"You're here." Sensing the two of them coming in, Xu Jie took off his glasses and said, "Sit down." ”

After the two of them gave the salute, they sat down, and listened to Xu Jie: "Jiangnan, I have read your second piece carefully, and it is very good, and it gives people confidence, but ......" thought about it and said: "It seems that there are specific shortcomings, although the teacher has not been in contact with the military, but he also knows that fighting a war is not a reason, and there must be specific strategies and tactics." ”

"Teacher, how can these things be clearly explained in the recital." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Jiangnan, you can report to the supervisor on the spot." ”

"You're the one you want to know, right?" Xu Jie couldn't help but smile.

"It's all the same, it's all the same." Zhang Juzheng said.

Shen Mo said confidently: "First of all, the generals are selected, and without elite soldiers and strong generals, there is no way to talk about victory." ”

"Can you pick it?" Xu Jie thought of Yang Bo's words, and said worriedly.

"Dignified and bright, is there no hero?" Silently, he said: "Now the Tartars have committed several taboos, as long as the elite soldiers are selected, what is the difficulty of seeking a victory?" ”

"So how do you fight?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

"It depends on the enemy's situation......" Shen Mo said lightly.

Zhang Juzheng almost fainted, and said, "Don't you have a charter in your heart?" ”

"The way of the battlefield is ever-changing, how can you predict it in advance, only to respond to the enemy." After thinking about it silently, he still said something, so that they could rest assured: "The Tartars are divided into east and west, which seem to echo each other from afar, but in fact, the two are hundreds of miles apart, and they are both lone troops at all...... However, commanding operations is the business of the generals, and the specific strategy should be finalized after consulting with the generals, and it is too early to say anything. ”

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to close, and he said that I made a mistake in this bet, why does it feel unreliable?

Xu Jie also smacked his lips, and said a little weakly: "Okay, I'm waiting for your good news for the teacher." "It's already done, it's too late to say anything, I can only trust him to the end.

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Since he was silent and didn't talk about tactics, Xu Jie could only tell him repeatedly, don't rush forward, don't seek a big victory, and count defeat before winning, everything is to achieve the goal. Shen Mo wrote it down very carefully, indicating that he understood.

After coming out, Zhang Juzheng suddenly smiled and said: "You are a commander with no score, I am a quartermaster without a score, this battle is really watchable." ”

"It doesn't matter if I don't have a score," Shen Mo said calmly: "It's okay not to command blindly, but I'm worried about your ......" Zhang Juzheng was speechless.

The two went to the military department again, Yang Bo couldn't see that he was angry, he warmly encouraged the two, and said that he took on the task of defending the city, and he didn't have the energy to care about anything else, and he had to rely on Shen Butang to plan a lot about the attack.

Shen Mo didn't expect him to help, so he said with a decent and humble sentence: "Since the subordinate is in charge of the attack, then please give the commander a talisman." "In order to prevent the generals from making rebellion, the right to transfer troops in the Beijing camp is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, that is to say, without the Ministry of War giving a talisman, no one can transfer a single soldier in the camp, otherwise even if it is a rebellion, it will be punished by the nine clans. Therefore, if Shen Mo wants to transfer troops, he must first ask Yang Bo for soldiers.

Yang Bo said: "The talisman has been given to the Marquis of Dongning, which troop do you want to transfer, ask him if he wants the talisman." "Dongning Hou Jiaoying, who is the head of the Beijing camp, does have a military talisman in his hand, but he also has Yang Bo's secret order to let him go out of the city in the name of inspecting the outer bunkers, and he must not let Shen Mo find it.

Shen Mo didn't know that there was a fraud, so he had to get up and say goodbye, and after coming out, Shen Mo said: "Let's go around one family again, we can't afford to delay, let's go to the barracks first; On the Hou side of Dongning, I asked people to look for him first, and Bacheng was also in the barracks. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "I'm a layman, I listen to you." ”

Just as he was about to get into the sedan chair separately, he silently heard someone calling: "My lord." When I looked back, I saw a burly general, with bright clothes and armor, a sword at his waist, and an imposing general, coming out of the yamen. couldn't help laughing: "So fast? "It turned out that in the morning, Li Chengliang said that he came to the military department to sign up, but he didn't expect that in the morning, even the military uniform was sent down.

"That's when I can make a little more profit." Li Chengliang held his waist knife and smiled bitterly.

"Where's the distribution?" Shen Mo motioned for him to walk away with him, and after walking for a while, he asked softly.

"Go to Juyong Pass and serve as a general." Li Chengliang said: "But I don't plan to go, I'll follow the adults." "He is a hereditary commander, but this is equivalent to a military rank, and the general is a military position, second to the chief soldier and deputy chief soldier, which is really frighteningly high...... He hadn't been a soldier for a day yesterday, and today he has become a senior general, which also shows the unreasonableness of the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

"Military orders are like mountains." Shen Mo said: "Is this good?" ”

"Aren't you the lieutenant marshal? It's not a matter of saying that I'm coming. Li Chengliang said indifferently.

"You just let me offend Yang Bo to death." Silent sighed helplessly, at this time, Hu Yong led two horses, since he was handsome, he couldn't sit in a sedan chair anymore.

Shen Mo held the stirrups and turned over the horse, Li Chengliang also got on another horse, Hu Yong hurriedly said: "This is for Master Zhang." ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he opened the sedan curtain and said with a smile: "Give him a ride, I won't ride a horse." ”

Li Chengliang clenched his fists, bared his teeth and smiled: "Then thank you Lord Zhang." ”

"You're welcome." Zhang Juzheng nodded at him and lowered the sedan curtain.

So two riders and a sedan chair, surrounded by guards, marched to the military camp in the outer city.

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