The questioning of the commander and the acquaintance Wei Pingzheng made Li Da speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.

The reason why he deduced the strategic intention of the Mongol Tile Tribes was, on the one hand, that after coming to Liaodong, he learned the real war potential after the unification of the three Mongol tribes through the information collected by border merchants and Jurchen Tartar officials.

On the other hand, Shen Yichen has repeatedly emphasized the threat of northern Mongolia, and Li Da believes that with Shen Yichen's foresight, he will never go wrong!

But if these reasons are more true, they are just "hearsay", and Li Da can't come up with any empirical evidence at all, let alone convince the decision-making level of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division with a few words.

Seeing that Li Da was silent, the chief soldier Cao Yiqing coughed and helped him relieve the siege and said: "Young people don't have much contact with the Tartars, and it is understandable that they lack judgment experience, Wei Tongzhi doesn't need to be demanding. ”

"But since the defenders of the border fort have discovered a large number of Mongolian cavalry, we still have to guard against it."

"In this way, the commander will send an order to let the border forts strengthen their vigilance, and report a military situation to the imperial court, and then deal with it as appropriate according to the situation."

Cao Yidu spoke and reconciled, this face Wei Pingzheng had to give, he could only give up: "Yes, the last general understands." ”

At the same time, Li Chun, the capital secretary, also echoed the situation: "General Cao is a veteran and serious, and it is foolproof to sit in Liaodong, so Li doesn't need to worry about it." ”

Faced with the disapproval of the chief soldier and the capital division, Li Da felt vaguely uneasy in his heart. To put it bluntly, the countermeasures of strengthening vigilance and reporting on military intelligence are just spectacles, and they cannot be regarded as real combat readiness or pre-war actions.

If the Mongol cavalry really attacked on a large scale, these alone would not be enough!

"General Cao, or the end of the general......"

Li Da wanted to say that he would go to the border fort to garrison and personally monitor the movements of the Mongolian cavalry.

But as soon as he said the beginning, he was interrupted by Cao Yi: "In the early years, Ben Shuai assisted General Wu to guard Liaodong, and then took over the post of Liaodong General Soldier, which has been more than ten years. ”

"The Tartars have the ambition of being a wolf in the Central Plains, but they don't have the strength to step into the Central Plains. Even if he was the first to spur, I am afraid that he himself would not dare to imagine that he could capture the Jingshi. ”

"For the general, be as stable as Mount Tai, you still have a great future in the future, you must learn to calm down."

After that, Cao Yi also patted Li Da on the shoulder.

To be honest, for this young general's junior, Cao Yi is still very optimistic and appreciative in his heart.

You must know that in the Xuande and Orthodox years, the meritorious relatives of the older generation gradually grew old, and most of the second-generation military attaches who took over their positions belonged to the children of the gentlemen, and the mud could not support the wall.

The most well-known is Mu Cheng, the second son of Mu Ying, the Duke of Qianguo, not to mention the sparse battle in Luchuan, and he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger and lost the face of the Ming Dynasty, and finally had to rely on Wang Ji, who was the secretary of the military department at the time, to clean up the mess.

Li Da was recommended by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, to come to Liaodong, coupled with his father's status as the governor of the capital, Cao Yi thought that this kid was here to gild, and he would be transferred back to Beijing for a year or two to be promoted.

As a result, I didn't expect it to be Jiangmen Huzi, Li Da came to Liaodong for a year, and he never coveted pleasure in the capital station, but took the lead and went to the front line many times.

With a deep background and excellent ability, Cao Yi regarded Li Da as a handsome talent to cultivate and treat, so he came forward to reconcile and teach step by step.

In a sense, Cao Yi was right, before the Tumubao Incident, Yexian's strategic plan was more akin to a large-scale autumn storm. By capturing the important town in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, he opened a channel to plunder the people's food and money, so as to complete the revenge on the Ming Dynasty and defend the dignity of the Mongolian iron cavalry.

Before the war, the mobilization also made a statement: "Even if it does not have a large city, so that its fields cannot be cultivated, and the people cannot rest, it is enough to plunder many places." ”

The general meaning of the translation is that if you can't capture the big cities of the Ming Dynasty, it's okay to disrupt their normal farming life, and it's better to plunder the money and come back, which is more satisfying.

As a result, who would have thought that the Ming army would be defeated and inexplicably capture the Ming Emperor back. This greatly stimulated Yexian's desire and ambition, thinking of taking advantage of the situation to capture the Jingshi and set foot on the Central Plains, so that there was a defense battle of the Jingshi led by Yu Qian later.

It can be said that from beginning to end, the ending of Tumu Fort is an unexpected big oolong!

Li Da did not have a God's perspective, and he couldn't predict the direction of the general trend of history, and in the face of Cao Yi's exhortation and advice, he thought that it might indeed be his own worries, so he nodded and replied: "Thank you General Cao, the last general will obey the warning." ”

"Don't be so serious, it's normal for young people to be a little arrogant, so it's settled."

Cao Yi smiled lightly, and then turned to leave.

"The last general will send General Cao to the army."

The military attachés of the capital division in the conference hall looked at Cao Yi's departing back and clasped their fists and saluted.

Compared with Cao Yi's relaxation, Li Da's face was still full of solemnity, and he secretly thought in his heart whether to order Zhang Qi, Wu Rong and others to lead the guards under his command to the border fort to deploy support in advance.

But if you do this, it is equivalent to disobeying Cao Yi's words, no matter how much the other party appreciates himself, it is estimated that he will not be able to accept the "two-faced and three-sworded" generals.

At this moment, Li Da is in a dilemma!

On the other side, thousands of miles away in Fuzhou Bao Shipyard, with the afterglow of the sunset, Shen Yichen sat in the dim study, also facing an extremely difficult choice question.

Just a few days after Shen Yichen and Bian He expressed their inner worries, he received a top-secret military information from the Beijing division sent by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, with a detailed description of the movements of the Tile Spur army during this time.

Compared with Liaodong, it was discovered that the soldiers and horses on the east road led by the Mongol Great Khan Tokhan Tokhunhua, the attack on Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu) on the west road, and the main force attacking the key middle road had long been discovered by the defenders of Xuanfu Datong and reported to the imperial court.

The appearance of Mongolian soldiers and horses in the nine-sided important town is actually not an uncommon thing. Since the beginning of the twelfth year of Orthodoxy, after the Tile Spur tribe unified the three Mongol tribes, the battle line has been greatly pressed forward, and even standing on the city wall, you can see the Mongol scout rangers.

Otherwise, it would not have been in the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen ordered Yang Hong to hang the seal of General Zhenshuo and serve as the chief military officer to sit in Xuanfu, just to prevent the attack of the Tile Spur Department.

However, this time, the border defender scouts, prepared the number of cattle and sheep rations from the tile spur department, and still keenly found different clues.

The number and equipment are so large that it is not like the posture of tentative sexual harassment in the past, but more like the preparation for war before the big war!

The 800-mile expedited military intelligence report handed over the intelligence information detected by the scouts to Zhu Qizhen's imperial eucalyptus, and at the same time, the ministers, the military department, and the ministers of the five military governors gathered together and began to discuss countermeasures.

It is different from the impression that the Ming Dynasty was unprepared and rushed to the battle. When it was discovered that the Mongol thorns were preparing to really attack the nine-sided town, the Ming Dynasty actually began to mobilize for war, and arranged troops to do a lot of countermeasures.

First of all, the governor of Xining, Song Ying, was sent to Datong soldiers and horses, and Chen Huai, the uncle of Pingxiang, and Jing Yuan, the commander of the horses, were the deputy generals of the left and right, and led a part of the Beijing battalion to Datong and Xuanfu to assist in the defense, and made preparations before the war.

In addition, eunuchs were urgently sent to serve as special envoys to the imperial court, and soldiers in Datong, Xuanfu, Ganzhou, Liaodong and other places were rewarded with one tael of silver per person. At the same time, the border people were urgently mobilized to harvest grain and pasture, implement the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, and not provide any possible supplies to the Waspur army.

It's a pity that the time is also lucky, and the small details before the war are full, and the battle can't be sparsely beaten, and no matter how much you prepare, it has become useless......

"Brother Chen, are you still worried about your grandfather's family letter?"

Ah Niu, who was standing at the door guard, saw that the sun had already set in the west, but Shen Yichen still didn't light the lamp, and the whole person was hidden in the dark, he realized that there must be something in his heart.

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen replied without saying much.

"Then do you want me to call Mr. Bian over?"

Ah Niu asked tentatively, as Shen Yichen's status became higher and higher, and the things he came into contact with became more and more important, he couldn't talk to him many times.

"Hmm."

Again, a short response.

The reason why Shen Yichen was so embarrassed was not because of the attack of the Mongolian Tile Spur Division, after all, he had already made sufficient mental preparations. It's about what you should do and what means you should use to intervene in this battle of national fortunes.

What's more, the intervention method planned in Shen Yichen's heart is likely to lead to annihilation, and he doesn't dare to make a choice easily!

It didn't take long for hurried footsteps to sound in the corridor, and Bian He walked into the study and asked straight to the point: "Owner, have you made a decision?" ”

In the face of Bian He's inquiry, Shen Yichen did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "If I can't do it and bring you to a dead end, will I regret it?" ”

Hearing this inquiry, a smile suddenly appeared on the face of Bian He, who had always been steady.

"Proprietor, do you think any of our subordinates will regret it?"

"But I'm afraid that if I take this wrong step, I will blame myself and feel guilty in the face of you."

After that, Shen Yichen sighed, what he wanted to do involved real rebellion, the kind that would become a benevolent if he didn't succeed.

Once he fails, Shen Yichen doesn't know how to face these people who are implicated by him.

"There are no victorious generals in the world, and from the moment we choose to follow our proprietor, we are destined to share glory and disgrace."

"This answer is not only for me Bian He, but also for Canghuotou and Wang Neng, and even Boss Ye and Jiang Lutou will give the same answer."

"Proprietor, you can make your own decisions!"

Listening to Bian He's words, Shen Yichen fell into silence again, and at the same time, the light in the room became dimmer and dimmer, until the two faces disappeared into the darkness.

I don't know how long it took, a faint light of fire folds appeared in the darkness, and then Shen Yichen lit the oil lamp on the table, reflecting a resolute face!

"Mr. Bian, gather the Fujian soldiers, horses and treasure ship fleet, and I will wave my army north to enter the King of Jingqin!"

This is the fundamental reason why Shen Yichen is so hesitant, he not only wants to return to Beijing without a recall, but also plans to take Fujian soldiers and horses into Beijing under the slogan of King Qin!

You must know that the move of "King Qin" is not really to rescue the emperor in many cases, and the rebellious ministers and thieves also like to wear this fig leaf.

The difference is that there is no authorization from the emperor.

Obviously, Shen Yichen did not, and at this time, it was impossible for Zhu Qizhen to predict the defeat in advance and promulgate the will of King Qin in various places.

King Qin?

When he heard these two words come out of Shen Yichen's mouth, even if Bian He had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked and speechless.

He had long known the content of Zhu Yong's letter to Chengguo Gong, and understood that the Mongol Tatar army was coming, and the entire northern border was covered with war clouds, which could be described as imminent!

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In the past few years, following Shen Yichen's side, Bian He knows that the proprietor is particularly wary of the Mongols, and he has always regarded it as a big problem. At the beginning, he even risked disobedience to the emperor, and constantly warned to strengthen the defense of the Nine Frontiers and not give the Tile Spur Department a chance to become bigger.

In the face of Shen Yichen's heavy concerns in the past few days, what Bian He could think of was the difficulty, but he returned to Beijing early at the risk of offending the emperor and gave up the important task of supervising the construction of the next sea ship.

Or do a little more than that, learn from Yu Qian with both hands, and simply don't wait for the emperor to reply and return to Beijing without a recall.

As a result, Bian He never expected that Shen Yichen planned to lead his troops into King Qin, judging from the current situation, this is no different from a rebellion!

Shocked, Bian He looked at Shen Yichen in front of him and asked a word hesitantly.

"Proprietor, do you really want to enter Beijing to fight against Mongolia, or do you want to win the Ninety-Five Supreme?"

It's not that Bian He doesn't want to believe Shen Yichen, but this reason is a bit too outrageous.

Not to mention that in Cheng Guogong's letter, it is only mentioned that the Mongol army has an offensive deployment, and the battle has not even started. Even if it really starts, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty in the north, it may not become a loser.

Or take another 10,000 steps back, Daming lost this battle, but so what?

The prosperous dynasty with a territory of thousands of miles has never cared about the gains and losses of a city and a pool, and then gathers a large army and then fights back, why do you need the support of the king of foreign troops?

Shen Yichen's idea of King Qin entering Beijing is more like the delusion of a careerist.

The doubts in Bian He's heart are exactly the point where Shen Yichen has hesitated in the past few days.

The change in history led to the advance of the Mongol army's attack, and the deployment of the troops in four directions was exactly the same as on the eve of the Tumu Fort. Shen Yichen already had a hunch that time might have changed, but the result would not change.

The defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Tumubao was too fast and too sudden, and Shen Yichen is now in Fujian, and there is no way to participate in this battle by any normal means. Even if Shangshu asked Ming Yingzong to return to Beijing, the answer he received was absolutely negative.

Doing extraordinary things at extraordinary times, Tumubao is not only a turning point for the Ming Dynasty, but also a reshuffle of the power pattern between the DPRK and China.

To put it more bluntly, Shen Yichen is a bystander at this time, how can he quickly ascend to the position?

Not to mention that once the son of heaven and a courtier, the current dynasty does not recognize the people of the previous dynasty. Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured, Ming Dynasty Zong Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, Shen Yichen, as the first emperor's hand-picked Sanyuan and the first confidant, can he still change the lintel and be a supreme minister under Zhu Qiyu?

Under normal circumstances, this is almost unlikely, unless it is to obtain the power of the dragon!

Of course, all of Shen Yichen's presumptions are based on the premise that the ending of Tumubao has not changed.

If the ending changes, and Zhu Qizhen is possessed by the god of war and defeats the Mongolian army in one fell swoop, then Shen Yichen's King of Jingqin will become a rebel.

Da Ming's qi is not exhausted, and the words that Shen Yichen once admonished Deng Maoqi will all be taken care of himself, and the end will inevitably be defeated and killed!

No one can control history, and neither can Shen Yichen, the chips on the gambling table this time will be the net worth of countless people.

"Mr. Bian, believe it or not, I don't have the idea of winning the Ninth Five-Year Plan."

"Then you can't use the slogan of King Jingqin, you have to change your name."

"In what name?"

"Go north to suppress the widows!"