Taiyuan Mansion is the capital of Shanxi Province, and this hall is quite grand, so that it can accommodate the officials of the surrounding state capitals to come to discuss the matter, and Ye Yingwu is here in person, it is temporarily expanded, making this hall even seem to have the courage of a palace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ye Yingwu didn't say much about this, firstly, the capital turnover of the Ming Dynasty is now, and it is not bad for money, and secondly, after the Taiyuan Mansion is where the army in the north gathers, the magnificence of the council hall can also match the spirit of the Ming Dynasty.

The entire hall has been hung with maps for war, mainly in the area of Taiyuan, Yanmen Pass and Lanshui, after all, the Ming army is now facing off against the Mongolian army on this line. And in the center of the lobby is an elaborate sand table with a clear mark on the situation between friend and foe.

"How's the battle going now?" Ye Yingwu asked in a deep voice while unbuttoning the cloak outside and handing it to Xiao Yangzi who came up. The place where Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty meet on the sand table is full of large and small flags, indicating that the places controlled by the two sides are intertwined.

Zhang Shijie hurriedly took the pole and pointed on the map: "Now the Mongolian army is shrinking in the area of Yanmen Pass, and arranging a defense line along the Lanshui line, Xia Ran is operating the back road, afraid that we will send troops to cut off this way back, but the Mongolians are not honest, and have sent troops into the territory of Datong Mansion many times, obviously trying to test our military deployment in Datong, but they have been repelled by the Tianwu army." ”

"Do the Mongolian Tartars still have illusions about Datong?" Ye Yingwu frowned, the Tianwu Army, which was originally in Datong Mansion, was known as the "strongest in the Ming Dynasty", and the Tianwu Army attacked Juyong Pass, Ulzhou and Datong Mansion all the way, which can be said to be overwhelming, and it is impossible for the Mongols not to know their combat power, not to mention that after the Tianwu Army, the Ming Dynasty also removed two divisions of the two Huai Army to deploy in Ulzhou, and can forward to support the Datong defenders at any time.

Zhang Shijie nodded, and said with a wry smile: "The trebuchet and the rest of the large baggage carried by the Mongolian Tartars this time are definitely impossible to go back through the rugged mountain road on the first line of the Lanshui River, and when the Mongols marched, these large baggage were also from Datong Mansion to the south of Yanmen Pass. It is obviously not so easy for them to abandon the heavy baggage and retreat, they must still have the illusion of being able to open up the road of Datong Mansion, not to mention that if they want to go from Datong Mansion, in fact, they don't need to take Datong Mansion at all, as long as our army is forced into the city, these baggage of the Mongols can pass through the city calmly, and there is no need to take Datong Mansion at all. ”

"This minister agrees with what Zhang Xianggong said." Yao Shu also responded, "The economy of the Mongols has been greatly damaged, and they have been fighting for many years, even the economy of my Ming Dynasty is a little unable to make ends meet, not to mention the already poor Mongolia, so for these large-scale baggage that symbolizes a lot of money and grain, the Mongols are definitely not willing to abandon it easily." ”

Hearing Yao Shu's "I am Ming", Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie looked at each other and smiled, at least in words and deeds, Yao Shu has adapted to his current identity.

Nodding, Ye Yingwu looked at Yutu: "Did Jiang Hao respond?" ”

"This is natural, General Jiang Haojiang's temper, everyone is knocking on the door, so it is naturally impossible to sit idly by," Zhang Shijie's voice was a little more helpless, and the wooden pole in his hand pointed to the south of Datong, "The Mongolian sentry cavalry appeared, and the Tianwu Army quickly responded, and the two brigades went directly south to Mayi, and arranged a defensive line around Mayi, and there were about four brigades behind the troops on top, and there were also thousands of cavalry teams that even crossed Mayi, as if they wanted to slip around under the Yanmen Pass and then go back." ”

"This Jiang Ho is really restless, and it is estimated that the Mongolian Tatars are very helpless to see that they have attracted such a strong revenge in the end." Ye Yingwu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, who is not good for the Mongols to provoke, but they provoked the most short-tempered of many generals of the main army of the Ming Dynasty, it is strange if they are not unlucky.

Mayi is the south gate of Datong Mansion, and it is also the only way to go north from Yanmen Pass, and now Jiang Hao is sending troops to station in Mayi, obviously expressing that he wants to go north from Datong Mansion, and there is no door, unless he steps on the corpse of Tianwu Army!

However, with the low morale of the Mongols and the lack of sufficient food and grass, they will naturally not have a bloody battle with Jiang Hao in a fortress like Mayi, and the Mongols will suffer losses at that time, and they may not be able to take Mayi at all. What's more, even if Mayi is taken, there is still Datong Mansion and the Great Wall behind, Jiang Hao's posture now is clearly the meaning of a bloody battle to the end, and the gains outweigh the losses for the Mongols.

"In the end, the Mongols will still go to the Lanshui," Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "unless the Mongols don't plan to go back alive." What is the situation on the front line of Yanmen Pass now? ”

"The Zhendong Army will launch an attack on Yanmen Pass every day, because a large number of artillery pieces are not called, so the attack is not violent, but it can be seen that the fighting spirit of the Mongols is far from being as high as it was at the beginning, and it is conceivable that they will not have a good time in the past half a month." Zhang Shijie hurriedly replied, "Now that we have concentrated the Zhendong Army and the Shenwei Army, although the losses of these two main armies in the last battle of Qinshui were not small, but if we want to take Yanmen Pass, we still have our hands on it." ”

Ye Yingwu shook his head: "If the Ming Dynasty wants to fight, it will fight a battle once and for all, with the current state and strength of the Zhendong Army and the Shenwei Army, even if you take the Yanmen Pass, there is no way to pursue it all the way along the Lanshui, not to mention that the Mongols have already arranged many arrangements along the Lanshui, and now they have strengthened those camps, and it is easy to break through a Yanmen Pass, but it is not so easy to pursue along the Lanshui in the future." If the main army of the Mongol Tatars is allowed to successfully retreat to the steppe, all our efforts for so long will be in vain. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Several civil and military officials all looked at Ye Yingwu.

"Wait a little longer," Ye Yingwu said softly, looking at Yutu, "Where are the Jinghu Army and the Xuanwu Army?" ”

"There are about three days left to reach the front line of Taiyuan Mansion." Zhang Shijie obviously expected Ye Yingwu to ask this question, and blurted out. The Jinghu Army originally came to support the Shanxi battlefield, while the Xuanwu Army was originally used as a reserve and a new force in the Youyan battlefield of the Northern Expedition, pursuing the Mongol army in one go after the success of the Northern Expedition or covering in time after the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Now that Youyan has won a great victory, the Xuanwu Army is no longer needed, and the Xuanwu Army also turned around and went directly to the Shanxi battlefield, counting that the Xuanwu Army has a canal to use, so the day of arrival is similar to that of the Jinghu Army. Ye Yingwu nodded: "After the arrival of these two main armies, they will repair for seven days, and after seven days, they will launch a general attack!" ”

Zhang Shijie, Yao Shu and others all beat a spirit, and they all bowed their hands together: "Obey the order!" ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhang Qing's family, Yao Qing's family, you two follow so-and-so." ”

Although he didn't know what Ye Yingwu wanted to do, Zhang Shijie, who was the head of the military attaché, and Yao Shu, the head of the civil official, still nodded and quickly followed Ye Yingwu. Ye Yingwu called the two of them up, it must have been for something important.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned the side compartment, Zhang Shijie was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Jun Shigong, what kind of wind blew you over?" ”

As we all know, Lu Xiufu, as one of the three prime ministers of the DPRK, should be sitting in Nanjing City at this time, and Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi are presiding over the government together, after all, Ye Yingwu has already taken the imperial conquest, and if there is no three of them in the court, it is inevitable that there will be some young people who will disturb the government.

Now that Lu Xiufu is here, Zhang Shijie was really taken aback, indicating that something big must have happened. And immediately Zhang Shijie's eyes were attracted by the young man opposite Lu Xiufu, this young man Zhang Shijie has not been seen for a long time, of course, this is not because of the contradiction between the two, but because this young man is Zhang Cheng who is in charge of the six doors of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty!" Lu Xiufu and Zhang Cheng didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Ye Yingwu, they bowed first, and then Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Shijie, who was a little surprised, "I haven't seen you for a few days, Zhang Xianggong won't not know so-and-so, right?" Could it be that Zhang Xianggong is also 'a noble man who forgets things'? ”

"You kid knows the joke of Kanso." When Zhang Shijie was young, as Ye Mengding's son-in-law, he didn't deal with these Lin'anjing Street Tigers, so he was not surprised by such a joke, but Yao Shu next to him was slightly stunned, obviously he didn't expect these courtiers around Ye Yingwu to speak so freely, but he soon realized that Zhang Shijie and Zhang Cheng were actually from Long Yuanrong, who started with Ye Yingwu in the early years.

In short, these are all those who have followed His Majesty to eat in a big pot and fought side by side on the battlefield, and the friendship between them and between them and Ye Yingwu naturally cannot be measured by the interests of ordinary bureaucrats. Yao Shu couldn't help but nodded, and only such monarchs and ministers who understand each other and can afford to joke with each other can come to today's position step by step side side by side.

Unity is perhaps the reason why most of the founding monarchs have been able to go down in history.

Zhang Cheng laughed twice, and just wanted to say something, Lu Xiufu coughed lightly beside him, Zhang Cheng suddenly understood, stuck out his tongue at Zhang Shijie, changed his face to a serious expression, and first arched his hand at Ye Yingwu: "Your Majesty, the situation of the Mongolian Tatar defense in the Yanmen Pass in the north is already here, and the Jinyi guard sacrificed twelve people, and finally got this deployment map." ”

Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie and others all put away their smiles, and there were spots of blood on the not thick silk cloth in Zhang Cheng's hand, it can be imagined that in order to send this information, Jinyiwei did pay a heavy sacrifice, and like the Ming soldiers who died in Youyan and Qinshui, they are also heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

"The main ones who died were the informants below, but four of our own people also left," Zhang Cheng said softly, hesitated for a moment, and then added, "Three of these four people followed His Majesty after the Battle of Huangzhou." ”

Ye Yingwu's face was even more gloomy, and he reached out to take the silk cloth and handed it to Zhang Shijie, while Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "In order to send this defense map, Jinyiwei took the initiative to expose several informants, making the Mongolians think that we made such a big move in order to retreat, but it is estimated that it will not be long before the Mongolians will come back to their senses and know that we have actually figured out their arrangements." ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng continued: "Ten days, if you don't launch an attack after ten days, this defense map will be invalid nine times out of ten." ”

Ye Yingwu Huo Ran turned his head to look at Zhang Shijie, Zhang Shijie's forehead didn't help but feel that there was sweat flowing down, and he was silent for a long time before he looked at Ye Yingwu and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, ten days is exactly the time when the Jinghu Army and the Xuanwu Army can be repaired completely after they arrive, but these ten days must also include the time to march from Taiyuan Mansion to Yanmen Pass・・・・・・

"It's too late to repair, ten days is already the minimum deadline," Ye Yingwu's voice turned cold, "Now send an order to the Jinghu Army and the Xuanwu Army to arrive within three days, so that we can ensure that at this time after six days, the Ming Dynasty has already launched an attack on Yanmen Pass!" ”

Zhang Shijie's throat rolled, and he wanted to say something, but finally swallowed that sentence. And Yao Shu beside him didn't say a word, obviously as a pacifier of Shanxi Province, he knew very well what he should do and what he shouldn't do, since Ye Yingwu had already issued a military order, he would do his best to complete it.

"Obey the order!" Zhang Shijie arched his hand and said, turned around and went down to arrange the order.

And Yao Shu also wanted to follow Zhang Shijie to retire, but Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand to stop him, and then Ye Yingwu looked at Lu Xiufu: "Jun Shiqing's family, Chengzi came here to set up a defense map, what about you?" ”

Lu Xiufu stood up and handed the fold in his sleeve to Ye Yingwu; "Your Majesty, this is the performance of the household department, which includes the information on the money, food, and equipment consumed by the main forces of the Ming Northern Expedition, as well as an estimate of how much consumption will be needed to end this war."

Ye Yingwu nodded, opened it and glanced at it roughly, with a contemplative look on his face, and looked up at Lu Xiufu after a while: "That is to say, the number of these refugees thrown to us by the Mongolian Tatars now has exceeded the budget of the previous household department, so even if there is a steady stream of grain and grass from Nanyang now, I am afraid that the front line will be difficult to support for more than half a year?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Xiufu nodded, and Zhang Cheng also said with a guilty face on the side: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei is also at fault in this matter, after all, it should be Jinyiwei's responsibility to count the number of people in Mongolia, but I never expected that because of the atrocities of the Mongols, many people hid or fled to other places, which also made the Mongolians not very clear about how many people there were in their territory, so the information obtained by Jinyiwei from within them is now very flawed. At least in terms of the number of people, we have undercounted more than 100,000, and these more than 100,000 are mainly women, children, old and weak refugees who have fled the famine everywhere. ”

Ye Yingwu raised his eyebrows slightly, he knew what it meant to have more than 100,000 old and weak in plain white, which meant that the Ming Dynasty had no way to get the labor needed in it, and even had to allocate more food to help them, maybe these old and weak did not eat as many soldiers as the main army of the Ming army, but after all, it was food, and more than 100,000 people consumed every day could actually be at least 60,000 or 70,000 troops of grain and grass, that is, the main force of the Ming army, which means that there are more than 100,000 people in one day. The Ming Dynasty had to have a main army withdraw from the battlefield one day earlier.

The reason why the Ministry of Household clearly pointed out that it would support it for half a year is obviously that with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it will take half a year to digest these 100,000 refugees.

Lu Xiufu looked at Ye Yingwu and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this half year is also based on the judgment that this year's summer harvest can be normal, so it is very likely that it will not be able to support it for half a year, after all, once there is a problem with the summer harvest, these troops and refugees will have to wait for the grain and grass from Nanyang to arrive, and it will be half a year later, and there will be a period of time in the middle where everyone needs to be hungry, which is absolutely impossible・・・・・・"

Ye Yingwu nodded and looked at Lu Xiufu: "In other words, our current time is only half a year at most, and we must end the war against Mongolia within half a year?" ”

Lu Xiufu was silent for a moment and responded solemnly.

Slowly putting down the music in his hand, Ye Yingwu took a deep breath.

Yao Shu also had a solemn look on his face, obviously the resettlement of these more than 100,000 refugees would mainly be handed over to Shanxi Province.