This meeting was not long, because Zhu Qizhen was too tired, so the generals quickly retired with interest. He had the command of the Wanquan Left Guard to make Zhao Bosheng arrange the generals.

In addition to Yuan Bin and Gao Yun, there are also Wang Jinchang and two Yang Gongzi. This is the place where the military town of Daming is stationed, in order to avoid trouble, and in order to calm those Tile Spur warriors who dare to follow Naren, Naren has been appointed by Zhu Qizhen to appease those Tile Spur guards.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen took a sip of the hot tea handed by Yuan Bin, and put the hot towel on his face, as if he had just recovered some of his spirits, Wang Jinchang couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, you are a golden body, and now you have returned from the northern hunt, physically and mentally exhausted, and you have foot diseases. You should rest more, why be in such a hurry to meet the generals? ”

"It's not that I want it to be like this, but I have to do it." Zhu Qizhen handed the towel to Gao Yun with a smile, and the meaningful smile on his face made Wang Jinchang's heart jump slightly.

"Xuanfu, what is the situation this year?" Zhu Qizhen just smiled and did not continue to talk deeply, but asked another important question.

Hearing this, Wang Jinchang replied: "Since the great changes in the border town of Xuanfu last year, the soldiers have been greatly discounted, and it is difficult for the soldiers to make up for it for a while, so that Nawa Thorn can have an opportunity to invade the south frequently. However, this year, the Son of Heaven issued an edict and made peace with the Tile Thorn, but the Tile Thorn has rarely invaded our border town in the south......"

"Now in Xuanfu, how many soldiers are available?" Zhu Qizhen nodded, but he still didn't mean to stop, but asked with great interest.

"The Great Wall under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town starts from Yongguan Sihaizhi in the east, and reaches the Xiyang River in Yanggao County, the northeast corner of Shanxi Province in the west, with a length of 1,000 and 23 miles. It is the foremost barrier facing the grassland in western Beijing, so there are also the most soldiers and horses, with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers, but now, there are about more than 80,000. There were more than 70,000 foot soldiers and less than 10,000 cavalry. Speaking of this, Wang Jinchang couldn't help but pause, because the reason for the lack of soldiers and major generals in the land of Xuanfu was on the body of the emperor in front of him.

"More than 80,000 ......," Zhu Qizhen's fingers tapped lightly on the desk. Hearing this number, Zhu Qizhen felt quite a lot in his heart. But then Zhu Qizhen knew that he was wrong, and how wrong it was.

-------------------- because Yang Xin next to him immediately explained: "The Xuanfu mountain and river disputes, the land is dangerous and narrow, and it is known as easy to defend with momentum, but it is not four hundred miles to go to Beijing, and the key is sent, and the key can be known." Therefore, the construction of Erfentun will be twice as large as other towns, although there are 100,000 elites, but there is still a sense that the strength is dwarfed. ”

"Oh? I would like to ask for details. Zhu Qizhen sat up straight and smiled at Yang Xin. 100,000 elites, more than 1,000 miles, it is indeed a few, but, according to common sense, the military town of the border town, gathering tens of thousands of troops, is already a strong town, why does the Xuanfu have 100,000 troops, but the strength is still insufficient? ”

Hearing this, Wang Jinchang's face changed slightly, and he was about to speak, but Zhu Qizhen smiled and waved his hand to stop the conversation.

That Yang Xin was not afraid, cleared his throat and continued to reply: "Back to the emperor, in fact, this should not be said by the minister, but since the emperor inquired, the minister will be bold." For example, when the left acropolis was first built, it was ten miles in circumference, three zhang and five feet high, four city towers, four corner towers, and as many as forty city shops. The left acropolis opened four gates, and surrounded by an urn city. However, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Acropolis, there were only 1,195 officers and 499 horses. This city should be Kyoto, Yun, Jin to go back and forth, the east covers the town, the northwest should aid Huai'an, the right guard, also important land. However, since the time of the ancestors, the border troubles have become more and more serious, and the smoke has risen everywhere, and these more than 1,000 soldiers need to respond to the various forts and guards, and the soldiers are tired of running for their lives, and more than half of them have fled......"

Listening to Yang Xin's eloquent talk about the soldiers and horses from all over Xuanfu Town and the city outline department, Zhu Qizhen's eyes brightened, and the Yang Xin in front of him, who was in his twenties, burly and straight, and could still talk without hesitation in the face of himself, was definitely a character, at least he knew the border town of Xuanfu well, at such an age, it was extremely rare.

And from Yang Xin's mouth, it also made Zhu Qizhen understand a big problem, the strength of Xuanfu Town, according to this distribution, is indeed unable to achieve a comprehensive defense, after all, any defense is impossible to achieve a drop of water, even if there is a Great Wall to cover it, it is impossible.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, patted the table lightly and sighed: "The best defense should be offense." ”

Hearing this, Yang Neng and Wang Jinchang couldn't help but be stunned, but Yang Xin's eyes lit up, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face: "The emperor is wise, and he is in the middle of the word." It's no wonder that Emperor Shizu conquered the grassland all the year round, and if he wanted to come, he just fought with the idea of attacking instead of defending. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded approvingly and said: "Yes, back then, Emperor Shizu conquered the grassland again and again, which made the grassland tribes afraid of me like sheep and wolves, and rarely committed crimes, that is, because they were hurt by my Ming, and they were hurt, so they could only restrain their minions and were busy licking their wounds, how could they have the spare strength to commit crimes again?" ”

"It's a pity that after the ancestor, the Ming Dynasty no longer has the intention of forging ahead, and only makes the grassland departments sit big, so that there is now a doom." Thinking of his tragedy, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Seeing Zhu Qizhen's expression, everyone in the room couldn't help but hang their heads, with a sour and humiliated face, yes, the dignified Son of Heaven let those tile thorn tartars be captured, this is not only a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, but also a deep scar in the hearts of the Ming soldiers. "The Emperor's ......"

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if I mention it, speaking of which, in the past half a year, I haven't actually suffered much, but it has made me exercise a good body, and now, I can not only ride a fast horse and draw a hard bow, but also understand a lot of truths and understand a lot of things."

"I think I grew up in the deep palace since I was a child, and my understanding of Daming is mostly from the mouths of the ministers, you may not know that back then, I didn't even know how many pennies an egg was worth......

"In the past, for my Ming soldiers who died on the battlefield, in my ears, it was just a bunch of numbers, hehe...... If I say this, you may not say anything, but you will definitely feel uncomfortable in your heart, but at that time, that's what I thought in my heart. ”

“…… Because I knew what those Ming soldiers were fighting for, I realized that it was not a bunch of numbers, it was the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty and the merits written in blood......"

Hearing this, Wang Jinchang and the others couldn't help but start to heat up in their eyes again, those dead soldiers were able to be personally recognized by the Son of Heaven, acknowledging their merits and loyalty, how could this not move them?

(To be continued)