"Report!" Just when Emperor Xuande and Li Yuntian were talking and laughing in the pavilion, an attendant suddenly rushed over, holding an official document in both hands, kneeling in front of the pavilion and proclaiming, "Your Majesty, our army broke the Tatars in Yunchuan Weida, beheaded nearly 10,000, and the enemy army fled in the wilderness. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Emperor Xuande couldn't help but look happy, and said to Jin Ying, who was standing aside, "Go, take the report to me." ”

Jin Ying hurriedly stepped forward to take the official document, opened it and bowed down and handed it to Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande looked at it with great interest, he didn't expect the war to go so smoothly, and the Ming army won a big victory so quickly.

Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, he had been in the army for many years, and naturally he could see at a glance that this official document was greasy, usually in the event of such a big victory, there would be a lot of prisoners, but the person who came to report the news obviously only emphasized the beheading of nearly 10,000 to the messenger, and did not mention the number of prisoners, which is intriguing.

Moreover, the beheadings of nearly 10,000 people are only an approximate number, and the word "more than 9,000 beheadings" and "more than 1,000 beheadings" can be used, which is obviously deliberately obscuring the number of beheadings.

Li Yuntian believed that the Ming army had won a battle in Yunchuanwei, but it is still difficult to say whether it was a big victory, and Li Yuntian suspected that this number had a lot of water from the past examples of the Ming army, and nine times out of ten they falsely reported their military exploits, which can be described as a stubborn disease of the Ming army, and has a great relationship with the Ming army's military merit promotion system.

"This victory has taught those Tatars a lesson, and it seems that the Marquis of Anping will soon be able to drive them out of the territory of Shanxi Xingdusi."

After reading the official document of Song Kai, Emperor Xuande smiled and handed it to Li Yuntian, if the Tatars who invaded the Xingdu Division of Shanxi according to the current momentum of the Ming army would be driven away soon, then the Ming army would enter the grassland to pursue and let those Tatars taste the power of the Ming Dynasty, and he would gallop to Monan like Emperor Yongle.

Li Yuntian glanced at this official document, the content of which did not have any exact information, in addition to the approximate number of nearly 10,000 beheadings, he also used the vague word of capturing many people, and there was no useful and exact information throughout the text, all of which were innocuous words.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the Tatars have been defeated a little strangely this time, they have been retreating since our army arrived, and now they are suddenly fighting with our army in Yunchuanwei, which seems a little out of place."

After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian solemnly expressed his concern to Li Yuntian, and he could already be sure that there was a lot of water in this official document of Song Kai, which meant that the Tatar Ministry was likely to have some unknown conspiracy.

It is worth mentioning that since Niu Shihao led the reinforcements to Datong, the Tatars, who got the news, abandoned the towns they had occupied and kept retreating, so that the Ming army regained a lot of lost territory one after another.

Yunchuanwei was a military town outside the Great Wall, and it seemed reasonable for the Tatars to have a big battle with the Ming army here, but Li Yuntian always felt that their behavior seemed a little unreasonable.

"Marquis Zhenwu, do you mean that our army's victory is different this time?" Emperor Xuande didn't expect Li Yuntian to say this, his expression suddenly looked a little surprised, and he asked suspiciously.

"The minister just thinks that the Tatars are prepared for this southern invasion, and our army must be careful." Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, and replied in an orderly manner, so that he would not question this result so as not to offend people at that time.

"Marquis Zhenwu, how should you reply to Marquis Anping according to your opinion?" Emperor Xuande saw that Li Yuntian's expression was solemn, as if he could not let go of the defeat of the Tatars, and his face became stern, he believed that Li Yuntian would definitely not be untargeted.

"Steady and steady, step by step!" Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and said eight words to Emperor Xuande.

Emperor Xuande bowed slightly when he heard this, and now the situation is unclear, and he will give the other party a thunderous blow after the enemy situation is clear.

"Report!" At this moment, another chamberlain rushed over, kneeling in front of the pavilion with an official document in both hands, "Your Majesty, the Duke of Yiguo was ambushed in Xining Fort, which is more than 300 miles away from Liaoyang City, and after a bloody battle, he led more than 10,000 people to break through, and has now arrived in Liaoyang City. ”

"What?" Hearing this, Emperor Xuande was taken aback, and Li Yuntian's face also showed a look of surprise, the two never imagined that Zhang Hao would suffer a fiasco before he arrived in Liaoyang City.

A few days ago, Zhang Hao also said in the report that after a fierce battle, the Ming army had successfully recaptured Xiling City, which was occupied by the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and the enemy troops defending the city fled westward in a hurry, and he was ready to march to Liaoyang City, and he would clear out the enemy troops who had entered the Liaodong area after the Liaodong Dusi defenders of Liaoyang City.

Who would have thought that Zhang Hao's army would be ambushed in Xining Fort, which was only fifty miles away from Xiling City, and suffered a rout, but it came too suddenly.

Although Li Yuntian knew that Zhang Hao's good news must have a lot of water, he had an army of 50,000 and was a famous and experienced general, so he would not have been defeated so badly no matter what!

Subsequently, Li Yuntian's face suddenly changed a few times, if he wanted Zhang Hao to suffer such a defeat, the enemy army in ambush was at least equal to Zhang Hao's strength, which meant that the other party had already planned this ambush and gathered troops in advance, but it was concealed from the Ming army in advance.

After this defeat, Zhang Hao only led more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army to flee to Liaoyang City, which was unable to complete the purpose of reinforcing Liaodong, and it would inevitably affect the morale of the Ming army in Liaoyang City, and the situation in Liaodong would undoubtedly become more dangerous.

"Come on, quickly summon the cabinet and military cabinet members to come to discuss the matter!" After the initial stunned, Emperor Xuande issued an edict with an expressionless face, once the battle in Liaodong was lost, then the enemy army would go south to threaten Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan was one step away from the capital, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Jin Ying knew that the situation was urgent, so she hurriedly summoned a few chamberlains to whisper, and the attendants rushed away.

Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, although the battle between the Shanxi Xingdu Division and the Liaodong Capital Division was thousands of miles apart, there must be a close connection between the two sides, and the battle of the Shanxi Xingdu Division undoubtedly attracted the Ming Dynasty's conquest army, and then created favorable conditions for the enemy army to defeat the Ming army in Liaodong.

Vaguely, Li Yuntian felt as if there was a person hiding behind the scenes to plan this qiē, guiding the Wuliang Ha Sanwei and the Tatars to fight against the Ming army, I have to say that the other party's strategy was outstanding, and he was able to launch a war at the same time in Shanxi Xingdu Division and Liaodong Capital Division, which is not something ordinary people can do.

Under the urgent summons of Emperor Xuande, the military cabinet and cabinet members who accompanied Emperor Xuande on the expedition came to see the driver one after another, and were taken aback when they learned that Zhang Hao was defeated, and no one thought that such an unbelievable thing would happen.

In the face of this sudden change, the top priority was naturally to send reinforcements to Liaodong again for rescue, so the ministers discussed who to send to Liaodong and how many troops to send, and even accompanied the army's food and grass, and the atmosphere was quite dull.

In fact, there are a few nobles in the capital who can lead the army to reinforce Liaodong, and the required troops can also be transferred from the Shandong and Shanxi capitals, and the only headache is the military supplies for the reinforcements.

In order to give Emperor Xuande the Northern Expedition and Zhang Haochi to aid Liaodong, the Ministry of Household has used the grain and grass in the Gyeonggi region, and now if you want to prepare grain and grass for the army to reinforce Liaodong, you need to mobilize it from outside Gyeonggi, which will take a lot of time, and it is obvious that what the Ming army lacks now is time, and if you can't get to Liaodong in time, the situation in Liaodong is likely to get worse.

Surprisingly, during this discussion, the British Gong Zhang Fu had been frowning and pondering there, as an experienced veteran, he had already seen that the two battles between the Shanxi Xingdu Division and the Liaodong Capital Division were not isolated, and the two sides seemed to echo each other from afar, which made the situation complicated.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Liang Kun, the right governor of the former military capital and the Marquis of Antai, is acting safely, and can lead the army to reinforce Liaodong, and the required soldiers can be transferred by the Shandong Metropolitan Division and the Shanxi Metropolitan Division." After some tense deliberation, Zhang Ben, the second assistant of the military cabinet, bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande and said in a deep voice.

Liang Kun is Liang Shaojie's father, originally An Taibo, who was named An Taihou because of his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, and served as the right governor of the former military capital Governor's Mansion, and he is also a strong general who can fight well.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Subsequently, Yang Rong, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, bowed to Emperor Xuande and agreed to Zhang Ben's report.

"The minister seconded the proposal." The rest of the people then expressed their approval, which was the result of their previous discussions, and they thought that it was most appropriate for Liang Kun to go this time.

"Master, what do you think of this?" Emperor Xuande's general Zhang Fu did not express his position, so he asked in a deep voice, although Zhang Fu was once robbed of military power by Emperor Xuande because of his close relationship with the King of Han, he still believed in his experience very much in combat.

"Antaihou is old and steady, enough to lead the army." Hearing this, Zhang Fu casually glanced at Li Yuntian, who was sitting at the end of the crowd, and then bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande and replied in a deep voice.

Due to the complicated situation in Liaodong, there are two best candidates for leadership in Zhang Fu's heart, one is Zhou Zheng, the loyal prince who assists the prince in the capital, and the other is Li Yuntian, who accompanies him.

However, Zhou Zheng couldn't go to Liaodong because he wanted to sit in the capital, and Li Yuntian was a close minister of Emperor Xuande, and now there were many nobles available in the imperial court, and there were no two of them anyway, so he had to retreat and let Liang Kun lead the army.

Li Yuntian noticed Zhang Fu's glance, and immediately realized Zhang Fu's thoughts, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, now he only has the right to attend this kind of discussion of military affairs, if Emperor Xuande doesn't ask him, he won't have a chance to speak at all.

Besides, there are so many nobles available in the capital, wouldn't it be a contempt for those nobles if he took the initiative to ask for them?

"Quasi-play, immediately send the edict to the Beijing Division, and arrange reinforcements to Liaodong." Seeing that Zhang Fu also agreed to be led by Liang Kun, Emperor Xuande issued an edict to Jin Ying, who was standing aside, in a deep voice.

"In addition, tell the Marquis of Anping to take every step of the way, and not to underestimate the enemy." Subsequently, Emperor Xuande remembered something and opened his mouth to instruct, Zhang Hao's defeat coupled with Li Yuntian's previous worries made him worry about Niu Shihao, in case Niu Shihao made any more trouble, the situation would become bad.