Jiao Fang stroked his beard, his expression was slightly calm, and he did not speak, but looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Wang Hua lightly and said: "Wang Aiqing, the turmoil in Jiangnan has just been calmed down, and the local people are unstable. ”

When Chu Yi left Beijing, he had told Zhu Houzhao about his plan, so Zhu Houzhao knew very well what Chu Yi was going to do in Jiangnan.

At present, although King Ning's rebellion has been quelled, the next thing is the most important, if you don't take the opportunity to clean up Jiangnan, I'm afraid that a plan will fall short.

Therefore, even if it was the Tatar Koubian, and even if there was a danger of soldiers coming to the city of Beijing, Zhu Houzhao still insisted on not urgently summoning Chu Yi back to the division.

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "Lu Dazhu, the commander of the Beijing battalion, Han Kun, the commander of the Tengxiang Four Guards, Cheng Xiangwu, the commander of the Jing Navy, and the British Duke Zhang Mao quickly entered the palace to see the driver. ”

After giving some orders, Zhu Houzhao rubbed his forehead and looked at Yan Hao, who was in charge of the military department, and said, "Yan Qing's family, how many soldiers are there in the Beijing Division!" ”

Yan Hao, the secretary of the military department, only took office not long ago, compared with the previous military department scholars, the power in Yan Hao's hands is much worse.

Since Yu Qian, the military department has leapt over the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and completely controlled the power of dispatching soldiers and horses in the imperial court, which can be said to have truly achieved the right to dispatch soldiers and horses by the Son of Heaven.

However, Chu Yi rose strongly, and after several killings, the power of the world's soldiers and horses returned to the hands of the Son of Heaven, and now the military department is more about assessing the merits of the generals and managing the logistics of the army, as for the power of dispatching soldiers and horses, it is in the hands of Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven.

Yan Hao took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Back to Your Majesty, there are still more than 43,000 people in the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion in the Beijing Division, and there are still more than 70,000 people in the Beijing Battalion except for the 10,000 soldiers and horses who accompanied the Grand Governor to the south, and at the same time, 10,000 of them in the Jing Navy were taken with the Grand Commander, and there are still more than 13,000 people stationed in the Beijing Suburb Battalion, in addition to the more than 18,000 soldiers under the Fifty Soldiers and Horses Division. Twelve guards in the capital, a total of 12,000 people......"

Zhu Houzhao's frowning brows gradually loosened, and then he laughed and said, "In this way, there are still nearly 160,000 troops in the capital? ”

Yan Hao nodded slightly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case, there are still 160,000 troops in the Jingshi. ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly got up and said: "Okay, there are so many large armies, only 100,000 Tatars, what should I fear." ”

It's just that old ministers like Chen Ding, Wang Hua and other old ministers are not as optimistic as Zhu Houzhao, after all, in their eyes, the combat power of the Ming army is really worrying.

In particular, the phenomenon of empty salaries in the Ming army is too common, and they really doubt that the so-called 160,000 troops in the Beijing division will be able to muster 100,000 available manpower at that time.

Although they also knew that Chu Yi was presiding over the reorganization of the Beijing camp, they really didn't have a little idea of how the Beijing camp was and what its combat power was.

After all, under Chu Yi's fierce and ferocious methods, many officials in the Beijing Division did not dare to inquire about the news of the Beijing camp at all, in case Chu Yi thought that he had bad intentions, wouldn't it be wronged.

Therefore, this has led to many officials not having a clear understanding of the current situation in Beijing, even if it is Yan Hao, who is the secretary of the Ministry of War, he only goes back and forth to the Son of Heaven according to the roster of military registration managed by the Ministry of War.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's excited look, Chen Ding couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, Jingshi is the important place of a country, and there is no room for the slightest mistake. ”

Even if it may be a little too late in time, it is still necessary to summon local soldiers and horses to Beijing.

Regarding Chen Ding's suggestion, Zhu Houzhao was naturally kind and kind, bowed his head slightly, and then said: "Elder Jiaoge, pass the decree to the place, and order the local soldiers and horses to enter the king of Jingqin as soon as possible." ”

As he was talking, he heard a heavy footsteps, and then he heard the attendant outside the hall saying: "Tengxiang Fourth Guard Commander Han Kun, Jingying Commander Lu Dazhu, and Jing Navy Commander Cheng Xiangwu ask to see him." ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and said, "Pass!" ”

Immediately, I saw Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, and Cheng Xiangwu striding over, walking closer, and bowed to the ground to pay homage to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "A few generals are quickly exempted." ”

Among several people, Han Kun can be regarded as an old qualification, in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion, which is also a powerful military figure in the capital, although the status cannot be compared with the elders present, but when it comes to power, there are really few people who can compare with the huge Beijing Division.

Han Kun said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers and others to come and I don't know what to order, and the ministers will definitely go to the soup and the fire, and they will not give up." ”

Chu Yi left Han Kun and the others in the Beijing Division, only looking at the men and horses that Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, and Cheng Xiangwu could command, accounting for almost half of all the soldiers and horses in the Beijing Division.

Zhu Houzhao handed over the 800-li urgent military report to the three of them and circulated: "The three generals might as well take a look, this is an urgent report at the border pass, and the 100,000 Tatar army has already crossed Taiyuan Town and is heading straight for Gyeonggi. ”

Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, and Cheng Xiangwu suddenly changed their expressions when they heard this, as generals, how could they not know what it meant for the Tatar army to cross Taiyuan.

This means that the Tatar army will inevitably come to the city, especially after reading the content of the urgent report, Han Kun and the others are even more sure of this.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of the border town, was completely dragged by Dayan Khan's soldiers and horses at this moment, and there was no way to distinguish soldiers and horses to rescue the Beijing division, once Yang Yiqing returned to aid the Beijing division, then the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong would inevitably fall into the hands of the Tatars, and then Dayan Khan's 100,000 Tatar soldiers and horses would inevitably go south.

At that time, Dayan Khan and Balsborot two Tatar armies, nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, together with the city, even if the city of Beijing is thick with high walls, there may not be any accidents.

Glancing at each other, Han Kun said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers swear to defend the Beijing Division to the death, and ensure that the Beijing Division is not lost!" ”

"Hahaha, that's a good point, the Tatars want to break the city, unless they step on the old bones......"

At this moment, a burst of laughter came, and everyone knew that at this time, the British Gong Zhang Mao came.

Immediately afterwards, I saw an old figure walk into the hall, Zhang Mao was old, and his spirit was obviously much worse than the previous two years.

Maybe he didn't take advantage of the open and secret battle with Chu Yi, or maybe he was old, anyway, Zhang Mao's spirit and spirit had declined a lot, and he couldn't compare with the previous years.

In any case, Zhang Mao is still a fixed needle of the Ming military, not to mention anything else, just the name of the British duke, which has great influence in the military.

There's no way, who made the grandfather Zhang Yu and the father Zhang Fu are all bigwigs in the army, and Zhang Mao is not bad, he has been in charge of the Beijing camp for decades, and his influence has already infiltrated the Ming military.

A few steps forward, Zhang Mao saluted to the Son of Heaven and said, "Minister Zhang Mao, meet Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Come on, give the British public a seat!" ”

After thanking the Son of Heaven, the British Duke sat down, his eyes swept over the crowd present, only to hear Zhang Mao slowly speak: "Your Majesty, the old minister only learned the news of the Tatar Koubian on the way here, I don't know how Your Majesty is going to deal with it?" ”

Zhu Houzhao took a breath slowly, and said with a bright light in his eyes: "As a great tomorrow, I should guard the country, and I will never let the Tatar alien race cross the capital by half a step." ”

The British Duke looked at Zhu Houzhao, got up slowly, and then bowed and said: "Your Majesty can have this thought, the old minister is very pleased, the first emperor has a spirit in the sky, and he must be smiling." ”

In fact, in the eyes of the British public, Zhu Houzhao is not a qualified son of heaven, but Zhu Houzhao's performance at the moment made him change his mind.

As long as you read all the history books, you can know that the king of the shou cheng can rarely surpass the king of entrepreneurship, and many of the king of the shou cheng are often frightened when the enemy soldiers are in the city, Zhu Houzhao does not say anything else, at least this courage is far beyond many of the lords of the guard.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "I have more than 100,000 troops, just Tatars, why be afraid." ”

said Zhu Houzhao said: "I should personally lead the army to meet the Tatars, in order to raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty......"

"Your Majesty must not ......"

"Your Majesty thinks twice......"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, everyone present was taken aback, especially Jiao Fang, Chen Ding and other old ministers, who almost tore off their beards all at once, and hurriedly admonished Zhu Houzhao with panicked expressions.

Jiao Fang looked at Zhu Houzhao with a solemn expression and said: "Your Majesty, as the king of a country, how can you be in danger, as the so-called son of a daughter can't sit down, Your Majesty intends to fight with the Tatars, and the ministers are fully supportive, but Your Majesty should sit in Beijing and dispatch soldiers and horses, so it is the duty of the monarch of a country." ”

Chen Ding was upright, and shouted directly at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, hasn't you forgotten that the change in the civil fort has happened?" ”

Zhu Houzhao has always taken Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu as examples, and before King Ning rebelled, Zhu Houzhao had the absurd idea of driving the expedition in person, but he didn't dare to mention it to Chu Yi.

Now that the Tatars are coming, Zhu Houzhao only feels that it is time for him to take the lead in person, but he never thought that he would attract the opposition of a lot of people as soon as Liu revealed such a thought.

Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly in his heart, and set his eyes on the British Gong Zhang Mao, Han Kun, Lu Dazhu, Cheng Xiangwu and others, but it was a pity that even if Zhang Mao and they had the courage, they would never dare to let Zhu Houzhao drive in person.

[Well, the second one will be sent, and there will be one more in a while, oh, there is a ticket to smash the ticket, and it will be doubled soon.] 】

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