Liang Yanwu hurriedly waved his hand, with a look of shame on his face: "Commander Yang is polite, now that the Ming Dynasty is stable, it stands to reason that it should already be the days for you seniors to retire with peace of mind, but because we, the juniors, are not angry, and we are still troublesome for the old minister to go out of the mountain, all the faults here should be attributed to the contemptible people." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Yang Feng smiled: "Liang Xianggong doesn't need to be humble, the first battle in Hexi has now attracted the attention of the whole world, so it is reasonable for someone to come in person." What's more, the expulsion of the Tartars is the grand wish of our Chinese people, and now it is about to become a reality, and it is even more honorable to be able to personally participate in these last few wars. ”

Liang Yanwu and Tang Zhen glanced at each other, their faces showed a relaxed expression, Yang Feng came in person as the president of the Six Gates of the Ming Dynasty and the Jinyi Guard, and said such a remark, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor now has full determination and confidence in defeating Mongolia in a short period of time.

"Could it be that Commander Yang is bound to win this battle?" Tang Zhen exhaled softly.

Yang Feng clapped his hands, looked at the bloody and tragic scene under the city, with a teasing smile on his face, and pretended to be angry and said, "Doesn't Inspector Tang believe in the Shence Army, the Six Doors and the Jinyi Guard?" His Majesty invited the old man to come to Guanzhong to sit in the town a few years ago, and now the old man is personally coming to this Dunhuang City, if this can still be defeated, try to ask the entire Ming Dynasty, who can win this battle? ! ”

A big stone fell to the ground in his heart, and Tang Zhen and Liang Yanwu looked at each other and laughed.

Yang Feng beckoned two of his subordinates, and said in a deep voice to Tang Zhen and Liang Yanwu: "That being said, now we are still surrounded by Mongolian Tatars in the precarious side of Dunhuang City, so we can't slack off at all, what you said just now is right, if you want to save Dunhuang City, in addition to the Tianxiong army on the surface, the only one you can rely on is Haidu, as long as the Haidu Department can have internal strife and finally attack the rear side of Kublai Khan's Ministry, the siege of Dunhuang will naturally be solved without a fight." Now for the Ming Dynasty, which is ready for the Northern Expedition at any time, it is very important to preserve the strength of the Shence Army and the Tianxiong Army, and it can even be said that it is ······"

Yang Feng paused and looked at Liang Yanwu and Tang Zhen: "The most important thing!" ”

Frowning, Liang Yanwu was a little surprised: "Your Majesty still plans to go on a northern expedition within this year?" ”

"There is little possibility and hope now," Yang Feng shook his head, "If it was possible before, now that the Shence army is surrounded, it is bound to suffer losses, and the dispatch of the Tianxiong army will consume the firearms and food of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households." Your Majesty's character is also well known to you, and he will not fight this kind of battle without all preparations. ”

Liang Yanwu and Tang Zhen nodded, this is a fact.

Ye Yingwu seems to like to use dangerous moves, and it can even be said that he can now step by step to this position, which is more like having the favor of God. But in fact, those who understand the truth know that Ye Yingwu has actually planned how to attack and retreat in his heart before fighting every battle, compared to others, what he does more is to count the morale and will of an army, which is why Ye Yingwu is always able to do things that seem incredible in the eyes of others. Because he has a strong army that can be relied upon, and a group of elite soldiers who are loyal to His Majesty, this allows him to achieve military goals that the rest of the army cannot do.

And the so-called Ye Yingwu's dangerous moves have always meant that Ye Yingwu has repeatedly made strange plans in the use of troops, but people in the army know that Ye Yingwu has never forcibly marched when the food and salary are insufficient, and even Ye Yingwu launched a counterattack after repelling the Mongols going south last time, all of which were carried out after first confirming that the grain and grass were sufficient.

It can be said that as long as Ye Yingwu plans to send troops, it will be a sure victory.

"However, Your Majesty's mind is not something that we mortals can figure out, Your Majesty gives an order, and we will do our best to complete it." Yang Feng looked up into the distance, his eyes were deep, "No matter what the Northern Expedition is, since the First Battle of Hexi has reached such a situation, not to mention what Your Majesty thinks, those of us who are courtiers have no reason to watch the defeat of the Ming Dynasty." ”

The old man's words were loud, and the surrounding Ming soldiers all subconsciously straightened their chests.

And Yang Feng pointed to the two entourages behind him: "These are the leaders of the Six Gates and the Jinyi Guard in Hexi, I think you have seen it before, and the communication with the Central Plains, the Six Doors will fully assist, and how to prompt the Haidu Department to attack the Kublai Khan Department is the responsibility of the Jinyi Guard." Please rest assured, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and the six doors and the brocade guard will definitely not lag behind. But if there is an order, the two of them will say it directly. ”

Liang Yanwu and Tang Zhen nodded solemnly.

Maybe the main army and the six doors and Jinyi Wei have a lot to deal with in peacetime, maybe everyone has always had more or less contradictions and conflicts, but at this moment, everyone has only one common goal.

This battle in Hexi must end with a victory or even a perfect victory!

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Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi walked out of the political hall side by side.

The political hall of the Ming Dynasty is set up on the side of the north gate of the imperial city, facing the city of Nanjing, with its back to Yuhuatai, and the official offices of the six departments are scattered around the political hall, and there is a road through the political hall and the yamen of the six departments directly leading to the side door of the palace, which makes it look like the six departments are more advanced from the palace. The purpose of this is also to ensure the openness of the communication between the government hall and His Majesty the Emperor, so that the officials of the six ministries can know that the prime ministers of the government hall have communicated with the emperor in and out of the palace gate, so as to avoid the three prime ministers of the government hall controlling the government and covering the heavens.

Lu Xiufu is also presiding over the aftermath of the snow disaster in Shandong Province, so there are actually only Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi in the political hall, and the two ministers came out together and went straight to the palace.

"Just now, Zhang Xianggong of the Ministry of War went directly to the political affairs hall, and then the two Xianggong came out and went straight to the palace. It seems that something big has happened in Hexi again. Wang Lixin, the secretary of the ministry, said softly. In September of the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the official department of Shangshu Wang Zhishi, begging the bones to return, His Majesty approved, given gold silk and pearls to show honor. After Wang Yi left, Wang Lixin, the left attendant of the original ministry, was promoted to the secretary of the ministry.

"Why is Wang Xianggong so sure that it is Hexi?" Hubu Shangshu Xie Fangde suddenly said in some surprise, if anyone is the most unwilling to see the outbreak of war now, it is naturally Xie Fangde. Originally, the raising of grain and grass was a big mountain on Hubu's shoulders, but at least for the Northern Expedition, the initiative and deadline were in their own hands, and if it was the war provoked by the Mongol Tatars first, it meant that a large amount of grain and grass was needed now, and no one knew how many squares would be needed in the end.

Chen Zongli, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, coughed lightly, frowned and said: "If the Mongolian Tartars want to provoke a border provocation, there is a chance that they will continue the battle situation of last year, and the Ming Dynasty now has the upper hand everywhere, and the only one with insufficient troops is Hexi, and the two Mongolian civil strife were originally stationed in the north of Hexi, so if you want to attack Hexi, you can also transfer troops nearby." ”

Although Chen Zongli is old, he usually keeps silent, but after all, he is also an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and his experience and vision are higher than these rising stars, so even if he is not in his position, he can see the problem with a sharp point.

Before the rest of the Shangshu spoke, Zhang Shijie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had already walked out of the political hall, looked at the Shangshu of the various ministries that greeted him, was slightly stunned, and immediately raised the military newspaper in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "The Mongolian Tatars attacked Dunhuang, Hexi was in chaos, and this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Chen Zongli and the others' faces changed slightly, obviously the Mongolian Tartars chose a good time, the Ming Dynasty has undoubtedly fallen behind as soon as they fight, as for whether they can turn the tables, it depends on the ability of the Dunhuang Shence Army and His Majesty's dispatching instructions.

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked at the palace not far away. The place that symbolizes the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty and the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty will lead the Ming Erlang who fought bloodily on the front line to achieve the final victory as before?

Looking at the various Shangshu who were a little stunned, Zhang Shijie said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, we should also pack up and wait for Your Majesty to summon you." ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liu Yi walked into the imperial study in a hurry, they thought that Ye Yingwu had already started thinking about how to deal with it after receiving the news, but the scene that caught their eyes was really surprising.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't seem to be in much of a hurry to think about the war in Dunhuang and Hexi, but read it with relish with a book in his hand, and when he heard the sound of reports and footsteps, he just nodded lazily, and let Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi come in directly.

"Song Ruiqing's family, Ren Zhongqing's family, but what's the big deal?" Ye Yingwu put down the scroll unhurriedly, waved his hand, and the two maidservants hurriedly stepped forward to open the cups. When there were no other officials, Ye Yingwu was actually still used to calling Wen Tianxiang their cousins, and this kind of title also reminded Wen Tianxiang and them of the days when they had shared weal and woe with His Majesty, and in Ye Yingwu's opinion, it was also more able to make Wen Tianxiang and them firmly unite around him.

After all, the emperor unites his ministers, not only through the channel of pure interests.

With an anxious look on his face, Wen Tianxiang stood directly and said, "Your Majesty, Hexi 100,000 fire is in a hurry!" ”

Ye Yingwu waved his hand: "I'll give you a copy of this, and I naturally have one here, so I already knew about it." The two of you don't need to panic, come and pour tea for the seat of Wen Xianggong and Su Xianggong! ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi were both stunned, obviously Ye Yingwu's reaction was a little unexpected for them to happen, and Ye Yingwu didn't wait for the two to speak, so he spoke first: "Song Rui, Ren Zhong, this is the latest tribute to Lin'an Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, brewed with Zhongling Spring Spring water taken from Zhenjiang Mansion, known as 'the first spring in the world', there are not many people in the world who can have this mouthful." ”

What Ye Yingwu said is the truth, the production of Longjing tea in this era is very small, basically the vast majority of it is used as royal tribute tea, and it is brewed with Zhongling Spring Spring water taken overnight, which makes this cup of tea precious, exuding hot tea soup rolled into the fine celadon cup, the light green tea soup and celadon cup in the faint aroma contrast with each other, for anyone who loves to taste tea, this is a coveted reward.

It's just that Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi obviously have no interest in drinking tea and sitting with Ye Yingwu now, the two of them each symbolically took a sip of the teacup, Wen Tianxiang stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Mongolian Tatars are attacking Dunhuang, Dunhuang is only defended by the Shence Army alone, and it is in danger, how can Your Majesty still be able to read and enjoy tea here?" ”

Ye Yingwu put down the teacup unhurriedly and said in a deep voice: "Song Ruiqing's family thinks there is anything else I need to do now?" ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi were both stunned, while Ye Yingwu pointed to the chessboard on the table next to him and beckoned to the two: "Come, you two come forward and take a look." ”

This is a set of chess that has been placed, and it is an endgame, judging from the chess surface, the black chess piece side crosses the boundary river, and the rooks and horses are all there, which has the intention of covering up the killing. The red chess pieces looked a little miserable, all the rooks and cannons were being watched by others, and only a lone horse could move.

Although Wen Tianxiang was not as obsessed with chess as he was in another time and space, he still had a great impression of chess, although he didn't know what Ye Yingwu's intentions were, he still looked at the chessboard carefully, and then frowned slightly. The red chess pieces on the chessboard obviously symbolize the Ming Dynasty, and now His Majesty represents the Ming Dynasty with the inferior red chess, could it be that in His Majesty's opinion, the Ming Dynasty is at a disadvantage and is pressed and beaten by Mongolia in Hexi, is it already inevitable?

Ye Yingwu made a gesture of please at Wen Tianxiang, Wen Tianxiang hesitated for a moment, reached out and picked up a "rook" until the lower boundary of the chessboard, and Ye Yingwu showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, calmly twisted the only horse to cross the river, and directly ate one of Wen Tianxiang's pawns: "Kublai Khan attacked Dunhuang with a large army, but with the protection of 'soldiers', a certain Dunhuang is not something he can eat for a while, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Tianxiong army can sweep his peripheral soldiers and horses." ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi gasped, and then Wen Tianxiang did not hesitate to twist up another "rook" to defend, Ye Yingwu did not withdraw the "horse", but directly pushed the other "rook" directly across the river: "The vanguard of the Tianxiong army may suffer heavy losses, but after paying the price, Mongolia has no way to really stop the Tianxiong army from killing out of Yumen Pass." ”

Su Liuyi clicked the "cannon" on the chessboard, Wen Tianxiang hesitated for a moment, and put the "cannon" on the shelf, which was a headshot.

"The Mongol Tartar attack is likely to put Dunhuang City to a severe test, and I'm not sure how long the Shence army will hold out, but I'm sure they'll do their best." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, directly put the "Shi" on top, and blocked the head cannon with the "Xiang" in front. "With Tang Zhen and Liang Yanwu in charge, I believe they can delay until the end."

Wen Tianxiang gritted his teeth, and his "rook" and "horse" were withdrawn to keep an eye on Ye Yingwu's "rook" and "horse". And Ye Yingwu pondered for a moment, directly twisted up the "cannon" and set it on his "car", locking one of Wen Tianxiang's "elephants": "The newly developed firearms of the Ministry of Industry are handed over to the Tianxiong Army, and I believe that Zhang Jue and Gundam will be able to use these firearms well." ”

Frowning, Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi vaguely understood something.

Ye Yingwu's "cannon" hit him, and the "rook" was crossed again, and the "general" of the black chess pieces had already trapped the "general" of the black chess pieces, while the rest of the black chess pieces were either blocked by the pawns of the red chess, or were stared at by the rest of the "rooks" and "horses". Unless black loses his rook to protect his handicap, he has already lost.

Stretching out his hand and tapping on the "soldiers" who played a key role in the end, Ye Yingwu said with a smile: "I believe that Sonam Sangpo should understand his responsibility at this time. ”

"What if the minister exchanges the 'car' for His Majesty's 'car', so as to protect the general?" Wen Tianxiang looked up at Ye Yingwu with some confusion.

Ye Yingwu didn't take a second look at the chessboard, and walked straight back to the desk, the tea was still steaming faintly, Ye Yingwu took it up and took a sip slowly, then looked back at Wen Tianxiang, and said in a deep voice: "This is on the chessboard, and on the real battlefield, my 'rook' will obey my orders, but will Kublai Khan and Haidu's 'rook' obey their orders?" Especially when I send someone to show them what is at stake. ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi's faces changed.

And Ye Yingwu smiled lightly, looked up at the half-hidden window, and the bright spring light sprinkled on the eaves: "The six doors and the Jinyi Guard have been fully dispatched under the central coordination of Yang Lao, maybe Kublai Khan and Hai can clearly see the importance of Dunhuang to Mongolia, but it does not mean that everyone below can see clearly." ”

Another pot of fresh water was boiled, and the maid carefully poured the water into the teapot, and the fragrance of tea was elegant.

And try new tea with new fire. (To be continued.) )