The so-called wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants, and after the people below sent the futon, the two of them drank two jars of spirits before falling asleep. Zhang Ru, who drank so much wine for the first time in Daming, slept until three o'clock the next day before getting up, and when he got up, Xie Jie was gone.

He shook his swollen head and sat up slowly, and Jiang Wei, who heard the movement inside, handed over the hot water and towels as soon as possible.

After washing up a little, drinking some millet porridge that nourishes the stomach, and changing out of the clothes with a strong smell of wine, Zhang Ru walked out of the eunuch's mansion.

It's just that I came out for a walk, and there was no one around, but there were still brocade guards around me.

Not long after he left, he returned to the mansion, and he always felt a little uncomfortable, and returned to the mansion to have people prepare hot water. It wasn't until he washed off all the alcohol on his body that he reappeared refreshed.

A sound of horses' hooves sounded from a distance, and it began to get far away, Zhang Ru thought it was a passing horse, and as the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, Zhang Ru felt that something was wrong, so he asked Jiang Wei to go out and have a look.

Jiang Wei was lame and slow, and before he reached the door, the sound of horses' hooves disappeared, and a man in armor always appeared at the door.

The door at the door was the cavalry of the Jinyi Guard, and after seeing this person's outfit, he stopped him on the way and asked what he was doing, and the bearded general said anxiously: "The last general has an urgent military situation, and he came to report to the commander on the order of General Zhang." ”

It happened that Jiang Wei came not far away, and when he saw this person's outfit, he instinctively felt that something was wrong, and immediately let him in.

After searching on him for a while, he appeared in front of Zhang Ru with him: "My lord, General Zhang's people have an urgent military situation to report." ”

Zhang Ru looked at the bearded man and said, "What emergency military situation?" ”

The bearded man carefully took out a thin piece of letter paper from his arms, which had the unique red stamp of the Ministry of War, and he handed the letter to Zhang Ru with both hands and said: "The Ministry of War has given an order, and the general will not know the content, but the Lord General of the General Army has instructed that the Governor must go to the General Military Mansion after reading it." ”

Jiang Wei said with a straight face: "General Zhang is such a big official, he actually wants the commander to go to the General Soldier's Mansion, could it be that he Zhang An can't come here?" ”

Zhang Ru was reading the letter, ignoring Jiang Wei's questioning, but the one who always said fearlessly: "The last general is acting on orders, I don't know why the general gave such an order." ”

It just so happened that Zhang Ru finished reading the contents of the official document, and said to Jiang Wei with a solemn face: "Go to the General Military Mansion and bring a few capable brothers." We don't have anything in the eunuch's mansion, we can't see the topographic map, how can we talk about major events in the army. Don't embarrass the brothers of the border army, everyone is a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, you are just in a different position from them, not one level higher than others. ”

Daming is a feudal society, there are always many people who have the idea of superiority, and now the young people of Jinyiwei rarely have such problems, after all, the first batch of people were brought out by him. The people after that were all trained by Mu Bin according to the methods he explained.

However, Jiang Wei was not his person before, and later became a member of Jinyiwei after following him, so it is inevitable that such a situation will occur.

A hint of gratitude flashed in the general manager's eyes, but the soldier was not good at words, so he didn't express it.

Zhang Ru took Jiang Wei and Fan Tong in the direction of the General Soldier's Mansion, galloping all the way, because the matter had become very urgent.

He almost didn't tear up the official document of the military department, because the official document actually asked all the border troops of Xuanfu to stand still and wait until Datong was in an emergency.

The reason is not clear in the official document, but Zhang Ru estimates that it is the result of disputes in the court.

After arriving at Zhang An's mansion, Zhang Ru and Zhang An directly entered the White Tiger Festival Hall.

Everyone who comes to the White Tiger Festival Hall needs to unarm their weapons, and Zhang An and Zhang Ru are no exception. This is a rule in the army, and it has been spread for I don't know how many years, even a deviant person like Zhang Ru can't break such a rule.

After entering, a huge sand table occupied almost two-thirds of the space of the White Tiger Festival Hall, and around the sand table was a row of stools. The terrain on this sand table encompasses the entire nine-sided land, and a long border line is covered with small flags.

Zhang An said as he walked: "What do you think about this?" ”

Zhang Ru said indignantly: "What else can you see, I can't wait to pull those old masters who are on the court to the frontier to take a look, and see how the people of Datong Town fought bloody on the battlefield." I built the country with military force in the Ming Dynasty and inherited peace for a hundred years, so that those old masters forgot that peace was bought in exchange for war. ”

Zhang An sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't!" I thought that Zhang Butang would help, but I didn't expect him to be able to help. If Datong is lost, even if the hundreds of thousands of troops of Xuanfu and Jizhen are dispatched at the same time, they may not be able to stop the 300,000 Tatar iron cavalry. If the same is lost, the capital will be completely exposed to the enemy's iron hooves. ”

Zhang Ru said: "The terrain from Datong to Xuanfu is flat, four hundred miles away, if it is a light horse and a fast gallop, it only takes two days to arrive." In that case, we won't have enough time to prepare, and where will we have time to fight the enemy. Xuanfu is not the first line of the war, the city is not as high as Datong, and the defensive equipment is not Datongzu, this battle will undoubtedly be lost. ”

"But there is a death order from above, and we can't help it." Zhang An felt very helpless.

He doesn't think that the people in the military department are all pig brains, and he can't even think of such a simple question, but if the people in the military department want to fight, they also need the support of others.

The Ministry of Engineering should send defensive tools, arrows, bows, crossbows, and spears and armor. The household department has to send money, cloth, and a lot of things.

At the end of the day, it's the lack of money to blame.

Jun Bu heard that the Han Dynasty was strong for a while, and after the recuperation of Wenjingzhizhi, he was barely able to let Wei Qinghuo under the command of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty get sick and drive the Xiongnu to Mobei. Rao is as strong as a great man, and after decades of war, he finally gradually embarked on the road of decay.

Now the Ming Dynasty is not as strong as the Han Dynasty, the people's will is not as good as the Han Dynasty, and the money is even less than the Han Dynasty, and it is inevitable that the people above will consider this aspect of the problem.

What the people above thought Zhang Ru didn't care at all, so he immediately stared at Zhang An's eyes and asked, "The general is willing?" ”

Zhang An raised his head, looked at Zhang Ru, and said very seriously: "Unwilling!" But what can it be, disobedience? Aren't you afraid that some people will say that we support our own troops? ”

Zhang Ru sneered: "It turns out that the general is afraid of being notorious. ”

Zhang An explained: "I'm not afraid of carrying the notoriety, I'm afraid that someone will make a fuss about this." It is true that Zhang An is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, but the lives of more than 340 people in a family are also fate. ”

Zhang Ru nodded and said: "I understand your thoughts, I don't need you to disobey the order, I will take this responsibility, you just need to do what you have to do." ”

Zhang An said uneasily: "You can't afford such a big responsibility." ”

Zhang Ru sneered: "If the war is lost, no one can afford to bear it, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the lives of millions of people, that can't be regarded as child's play." The people in the court are afraid that they know the character of the general, and the purpose of deliberately doing this is nothing more than to see the head of Xiang Shang after the defeat of my troops.

So in this battle, I have to ask the general.

300,000 iron horsemen, the Tatars raised the whole country's troops, and everything was ready. If they are defeated this time, the borders of my Daming will be quiet for at least twenty years.

For the sake of Daming, I will not hesitate.

Only when we win, those people dare not attack our meritorious heroes, and only when we are victorious, can the Ming Dynasty truly carry forward the national prestige. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang An was no longer ambiguous, and nodded with a heavy face: "You can trust me, I will live up to you." This battle must be won! ”

Zhang Ru said again: "I don't want to know the combat policy or anything, that's your business, although I am the commander of the whole army in this battle, but the real command will be handed over to you." You give me 3,000 elites, all of them cavalry, and obedient cavalry, I will be of great use. ”

Zhang An was surprised: "What is the use of you wanting 3,000 cavalry?" ”

Zhang Ru sighed and said, "None of us now knows whether we will win or lose in the end, so just in case, I have to go to the front line." ”

Zhang An exclaimed when he heard this: "You are going to attack the camp!" ”

Zhang Ru shook his head and explained: "It's not an attack on the camp, it's 300,000 elite soldiers, I was kicked in the head by a donkey, and I used 3,000 people to attack the camp." Prepare for the worst, if the war is lost, but I can bring back the head of the little Tatar prince Batu Munk, do you think Your Majesty will blame us for using troops without permission? ”

This decision made Zhang An feel uneasy, he really couldn't imagine that Zhang Ru, the young master who grew in honey in his eyes, had such courage.

3,000 people attacking the Tatars of 300,000 troops is beyond their own strength, but 3,000 people to do the so-called thing of capturing the thief and capturing the king first is not an egg hitting a stone.

He asked with a look of disbelief: "Three thousand?" Can it be done? ”

Zhang Ru nodded: "You have to believe me." ”

"That's three thousand lives." The reason why Zhang An was uncertain was that he didn't want to look at the elite of his subordinates and run to the tiger's mouth to die.

Zhang Ruzheng said: "Don't worry, it is not only your brothers, but also my Ming Dynasty's disciples." If I, Zhang Ru, can come back alive, I will try to bring them back with me, unless, I can't come back. ”

At this time, Zhang An was completely relieved, and after hesitating for a moment, he pointed to the sand table and said: "Within half a month, I will take the 120,000 troops of Xuanfu to Datong to support, and I will try my best to persuade Li Ming in Jizhen, you are careful in everything." ”

Zhang Ru nodded: "Everything, please general!" ”

After speaking, he turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, he was stopped by Zhang An.

He turned his head with some doubts, but saw Zhang An's somewhat moist but excited eyes, the veteran who was guarding the side, stretched out his big hand full of calluses and patted Zhang Ru's shoulder vigorously: "Come back alive!" ”

Zhang Ru nodded vigorously, and left the White Tiger Festival Hall without looking back.