Ye Yingwu's meaning Wang Lixin They naturally understood it, for the Ming Dynasty, it was indeed a bit difficult to deal with the main Mongolian force and the Youyan defenders respectively, after all, the two main armies of the Ming army were contained in Hexi, and the Jinghu Army and the Xuanwu Army that rushed over from behind had no way to reach the battlefield in the short term, so fighting separately was definitely not a good thing for the Ming army, which had received a large amount of land and the state capital and became too long, and even pushed themselves into the fire pit. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, Ye Yingwu simply conceded the front line of Taiyuan Mansion and concentrated his army to hold the Taihang Eight Paths, so as to avoid the Mongol army from threatening the Ming army in North China, and at the same time build a defensive line on the north and south banks of the Great River, relying on the Divine Guard Army and the Praetorian Guard Army led by Ye Yingwu himself to delay the battle. As long as the Ming army can break through Youyan, the entire Mongolian hinterland will be exposed to the Ming army, and as long as the Mongols are not fools, they will naturally obediently withdraw from the river.

Although such a strategy seems to be a bit risky, Ye Yingwu knows it, and Wang Lixin also knows it very well, for Daming, this is the best choice.

After all, no one wants to watch the Northern Expedition end up in a hasty and fruitless end, Huaxia has been waiting for three hundred years, and there is no reason to wait any longer. Since the defeat of the Song army at the Baigou River that year, China's desire for the Northern Expedition and victory has been for three hundred years.

Three hundred years later, this battle cannot be lost again!

It's just that if he does this, it means that Ye Yingwu will go against the promise he made to several ministers in the political hall and go to the front line in person, which means that the Ming Emperor will have to take risks at any time. The emperor monarch is the foundation and core of a dynasty, and there can be no mistakes. At the beginning, when Ye Yingwu had not yet ascended the throne, he led the army to rush to the front line, and the officials of the DPRK and China were embarrassed to say anything, but now, this matter is not so simple.

"If you don't take risks, how can you win?" Ye Yingwu asked rhetorically.

Wang Lixin immediately stepped forward: "Please think twice, Your Majesty!" For Daming, this Northern Expedition was originally very hasty, even if it failed, it was understandable, not to mention that now that the Northern Expedition has just begun, no one can make a conclusion. And Your Majesty has now put yourself in such a dangerous position, and we as courtiers cannot but consider Your Majesty's safety. ”

Without waiting for Wang Lixin to finish speaking, Guo Shoujing, who has always been taciturn and has not much interest in political affairs, took a step forward somewhat unexpectedly: "Your Majesty, the Northern Expedition can fail, but Your Majesty can't have any accidents, and when the time comes, Daming can't afford this consequence!" Please think again, Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty think twice!" All the officials couldn't help but take a step forward at this time and said loudly.

Although Ye Yingwu is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the immediate monarch, it can be seen from his personality and governance that even if Ye Yingwu is not the emperor of the ages, he is definitely not the kind of person who can't listen to the advice of others and estimate the bad consequences, not to mention that the officials refute the emperor in person, and the tradition of knowing the benefits and harms is inherited from the former Song Dynasty and has been in China for hundreds of years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is deep-rooted, so these officials have nothing to hide in such circumstances.

This is clearly telling Ye Yingwu that the Northern Expedition can fail, but Ye Yingwu can't take risks as an emperor!

"You all think so?" Ye Yingwu asked in a deep voice.

Wang Lixin and none of them answered, just bowed and saluted. At this time, even if anyone has objections in their hearts, they naturally don't dare to say it, and when the time comes, not to mention how Ye Yingwu thinks about it, Wang Lixin and they will also wonder if this person is in the purpose of flattery, after all, throughout the ages, there are many precedents for the emperor to make wrong decisions because he listened to some villains.

Ye Yingwu frowned slightly, in fact, Wang Lixin's meaning Ye Yingwu was very clear, and even if he thought about it from another perspective, Ye Yingwu himself was very likely to have the same thoughts as Wang Lixin and them. The emperor is on the front line, it is indeed dangerous, it is easy to become the target of the enemy to capture the thief and capture the king first, and now the blood of the Ming royal family is thin, Ye Yingwu's children are too young, once Ye Yingwu has any accidents, then he will either follow the curtain of the former Song Empress Dowager and listen to the government, or directly let Ye Yingwu's brother Ye Yinghe ascend the throne.

Whether it is listening to the government or Ye Yingji taking the throne, it actually means the process of re-familiarization of the monarch and the officials below. After all, since Wen Tianxiang, the vast majority of officials in the entire court are Ye Yingwu's cronies, and they are the original ministers of Conglong, but they are not familiar with Ye Yingji and Lu Wanyan, and there will inevitably be turmoil at that time.

In another time and space, the change of the civil fort of the Zhu Ming Dynasty is the best example. The Ming army was defeated and lost the monarch, and the enemy army pressed the border, if it was not for Yu Qian who was born out of thin air and turned the tide, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty's national glory would have come to an abrupt end. Now Ye Yingwu is also facing such a risk, if there is a gap in any link in the entire Northern Expedition, it is very likely to cause the Mongolian army to break through the Ming army's blockade, resulting in something unexpected for himself, and then Ye Yingwu has no way to hope that someone in the Ming Dynasty can also turn the tide and support the building in the general like he saved the former Song Dynasty.

After a moment of silence, Ye Yingwu turned to look at Yutu.

On the map, the various units of the Ming army marched forward in a surging manner in the land that had been abandoned by the Mongols. But who can see that behind the red arrow that keeps moving forward, there is a rolling killing machine?

Looking up at Wang Lixin and them, Ye Yingwu seemed to have figured it out, and said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to ask you a question, once the Northern Expedition fails, will the Ming Dynasty still have room for support?" ”

The entire imperial study was suddenly silent.

Wang Lixin opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

If it weren't for the large amount of grain and grass transported north from the South Seas, I am afraid that Ye Yingwu would not have made up his mind to make up his mind to go north in the end. It can be said that this time the Ming Dynasty did its best to go on a northern expedition, not only for the dream of recovering Youyan in China for 300 years, but also for a complete break with Mongolia.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have been competing for many years, since the all-out war, it is natural to divide the winner, otherwise both sides will not give up.

The Ming Dynasty used the Northern Expedition to pour the country's troops and the country's money, mobilizing not only the local state capitals and the main army on the front line, but also the Ming Dynasty because of the Northern Expedition, the entire treasury for many years is consuming the family funds that have been stored for many years, and the private businessmen are also actively participating in it, and a large amount of money is going bankrupt.

It can be said that the current Northern Expedition has been tied to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and even tied to the national soul of the Ming Dynasty.

Three hundred years ago, Song Taizong went on a northern expedition and returned defeated, and since then, the Huanghuang Yan Song Dynasty seems to have completely broken its backbone, and there is no longer the ability to attack northward. Three hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty rose, just like the Huanghuang Yan Song Dynasty, which was born at that time. If the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty fails and retreats at this time, not only will the vitality be greatly damaged, but even the entire dynasty will be lost its temper because of this, and it will once again fall to the same level as the former Song Dynasty!

When the time comes, don't talk about Ye Yingwu, even if there are so many people standing in this imperial study now, what kind of face do they have to face the people who are about to suffer again, the ancestors and ancestors under the Yellow Spring, and the roaring heroic spirits in the sky?!

Ye Yingwu didn't say a word, and looked directly at Wang Lixin and the others.

Over the years, under the leadership of Ye Yingwu and the bloody battles of the front-line soldiers, many people even have a subconscious, that is, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming Dynasty to fail, and even if it fails, it will soon make a comeback. But this time the Northern Expedition was not as usual, the Northern Expedition of the former Song Dynasty failed, and it never returned to the original point for three hundred years. If the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty fails, with the current Ming Dynasty's war-torn and not strong heritage, it is very likely to fall apart and collapse for thousands of miles.

When it comes to that point, even if there is Ye Yingwu, what is the use?

"If I die in battle, I can exchange it for the victory of the Northern Expedition, then it is okay!" Ye Yingwu said coldly, slapping the table with his hand, "What I'm worried about now is that once the Northern Expedition fails, will I be the Emperor Wen of Song, be the 'Yuanjia Caocao', and run back to Nanjing in embarrassment!" ”

Yuan Jia was hasty and won the Canghuang Beigu.

All the officials secretly took a breath, they couldn't afford such a crime, and they were all from the main battle team, and no one wanted to watch Liu Yilong's tragedy play out on themselves and in front of them. Huaxia has had such embarrassment and sadness again and again, and it must no longer be on Daming!

Wang Lixin shook his head lightly and arched his hand at Ye Yingwu: "Please also ask Your Majesty to make a will." ”

Although Wang Lixin always felt that there were still many flaws in Ye Yingwu's words, he didn't want to refute it, first, he could clearly feel that the officials around him, especially those young and vigorous officials, had been mobilized in his chest, and his cheeks were flushed and he couldn't wait to follow Ye Yingwu to the battlefield now, Wang Lixin didn't have the courage to "fight the Confucianism with his tongue", and secondly, Wang Lixin, as a real main battle faction, naturally understood that Ye Yingwu was driving in person. It will inevitably greatly increase the possibility of victory in the Northern Expedition, so if it is not for the importance of Ye Yingwu to the Ming Dynasty, he does not object to Ye Yingwu's personal expedition.

After all, since the former Song Dynasty, the main battle faction firmly believed that the emperor's personal expedition had a great role in promoting the victory of the war, so at the beginning, Kou Zhun hugged Song Zhenzong and went straight to Lanzhou, and later Yu Yunwen and Yu Prime Minister Yu went on the Northern Expedition, and he also agreed with Song Xiaozong's monarchs and ministers to go hand in hand. And Wang Lixin asked himself that he didn't have the ability of Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and others to persuade Ye Yingwu to change his mind, so all he could do was to fully support Ye Yingwu.

"Please give your Majesty's will!" A group of officials followed Wang Lixin.

Ye Yingwu was also relieved. He knew that it was a bit risky for him to do so, but he knew even more that if he didn't do it now, he was afraid that he would face a Northern Expedition that would be difficult to end.

It is even possible that the advantages and disadvantages between the Ming and the Mongols will be reversed.

Ye Yingwu had no choice but to make the best choice.

"Immediately ordered, the Tianwu army in the Taihang Mountain to arrange defense lines, relying on the river and Taihang Mountain to defend the roads, not let the Mongolian Tartars enter the land of Yan Zhao, in addition, the main force of the Tianwu Army fully cooperated with the two Huai armies to attack Youyan. In addition, he ordered the Divine Guard Army to march quickly and rush to Heluo first! Ye Yingwu said loudly, "Order the rest of the main forces, the success or failure of the Northern Expedition, the survival of the Ming Dynasty, in this battle, we must fight with all our might, forward, and then forward!" ”

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The entire Dongning Province trembled under the rumbling sound of cannons.

In order to break through the defense line of the Mongol Tatars as soon as possible and sweep away the defenders of Liaodong, the town navy did not mean to leave behind. Artillery and flying thunder cannons were erected and bombarded the city walls everywhere. The north is dry and cold, so it is generally made of loess and black soil as the city wall, and there are no city wall bricks outside, so it is like a piece of tissue paper in front of artillery and flying thunder cannons.

In addition, Liaodong is located in a remote, bitter cold place, and Mongolia originally strengthened the city wall left by the Jurchens, not to mention the low city wall, but also lacked horse faces, enemy platforms and other urban defense structures that were already common in the Central Plains and Jiangnan. But then again, even if there is, it doesn't seem to be a difficult problem to solve for the Ming army, which is constantly bombarded by concentrated artillery.

After all, the frenzied embryokillers of the town navy naturally had no polite reason when they saw the thick trees in the northeast forest, and as a result, the nest car and ladder car built in the end were all a lot higher than the city wall, and seven or eight ladder cars were moving forward side by side, which was already like a moving city wall.

The light artillery mounted on the ladder cart condescendingly called at the Mongol soldiers on the city wall, and there was constant smoke and dust, accompanied by the screams of the Mongol soldiers. And more Ming soldiers are like a tide, and they are getting closer and closer to the city wall.

"It's been more than half an hour since the siege began." Standing on the nest car, Wang Dayong said with squinted eyes.

"There has to be a process for everything." Wang Huchen put down his clairvoyance and said in a deep voice, "Within one day, there shouldn't be much of a problem in taking Dongning Mansion, especially now that we have obtained the city defense layout of Dongning Mansion, artillery and flying thunder cannons can directly remove the trebuchets hiding behind the city wall, so as to avoid being bitten back when the foot soldiers attack the city later." ”

"This time, Jinyiwei has the most credit." Wang Dayong sighed with emotion.

Wang Huchen smiled: "In the future, we will fight this battle, so it is better to give them the first credit, after all, there are many opportunities for cooperation on the entire Northern Expedition." ”

Wang Dayong nodded, and just as he was about to say something, a soldier climbed up the nest car along the ladder - in order to facilitate the communication between up and down, a soft ladder was still released outside the nest car hanging house for people to go up and down - walked to Wang Dayong and Wang Huchen, and arched his hand and said: "General Qiyu, supervisor, the west gate of Dongning Mansion seems to have changed, and a group of Mongols was blocked when they left, resulting in only half of them running out, and the rest seem to be trapped in the city. ”

"What?!" Wang Huchen and Wang Dayong were both stunned, and they raised their clairvoyance to look at the farthest place, and sure enough, I don't know when, there was a faint pillar of smoke rising, but because the attention of the two of them just now was on the front city wall, they didn't see this faint pillar of smoke.

"Do you remember the Jinyi Wei spy who came back to the Internet yesterday and submitted the map?" Wang Huchen suddenly remembered something.

"You mean that the Jurchens and the Mongols are fighting among themselves?!" Wang Dayong was taken aback.

Taking a breath of cool air, Wang Huchen ordered to put down the nest car, paced in the hanging room, and said in a deep voice: "There should be no fraud in this, after all, all the city defense drawings are handed over, which shows that the Jurchens really want to cooperate with us to save their lives, in this case, there is no reason to cooperate with the Mongolian Tatars to deceive." What's more, the Jurchens are not stupid, and they should be clear about how to choose this battle. ”

"In this case, nine times out of ten, the Jurchens in the city are reversed." Wang Dayong nodded, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"There are not many Mongolian Tatars in the city, most of them are Jurchens and Bohai people, if all the Jurchens are reversed, it must be impossible to have only such a little movement, it should just be a problem on the West Gate." Wang Huchen analyzed, "It's just that the artillery bombardment on our side is so powerful, the Jurchens should have been shocked, and when the time comes, as long as they shout a few words, they will naturally turn back." The first priority should be to find out what is going on at Simon. ”

Wang Dayong didn't wait for the hanging house to land, jumped down directly, and rushed to the war horse in three steps and two steps.

The cavalry of the surrounding towns and navy guards mounted their horses one after another, waiting for orders.

"Be careful!" Wang Huchen walked up to Wang Dayong's horse and said in a deep voice, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, just now it was just a certain speculation, and no one knows what the Jurchens are planning." ”

Wang Dayong nodded emphatically and shouted, and the cavalry behind him also raised their whips to follow.

Wang Huchen stood in the billowing smoke and dust, pursed his lips and looked to the west.

No matter what the Jurchens want to do, the Zhenhai Navy is bound to win this Dongning Mansion.

As for how to deal with the Jurchens after that, that is a matter for the imperial court. (To be continued.) )