Wang Shouren left Beijing in mid-March to take up his post in Shaanxi.

Since the second year of Hongwu, when Zhu Yuanzhang merged the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, the actual area under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi has been very huge, including the later Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Hetao and part of the territory of Qinghai Province in later generations.

To the right of the Yellow River' is the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and to the west, it is necessary to reach the Hexi Corridor and the junction with Hami, that is, to Xinjiang.

In order to govern such a huge place, the Ming Dynasty set up the Shaanxi Xingdu Division in addition to the normal Shaanxi Metropolitan Command Division.

The Metropolitan Command Envoy Division is one of the three divisions, that is, the Political Envoy Division, the Inspectorate Envoy Division, and the Metropolitan Command Envoy Division.

In some areas where the military pressure on the frontier was huge and where ethnic minorities lived in large concentrations, the imperial court set up military and political institutions such as the Xingdu Command and Envoy Department as a supplement.

To put it simply, the Xingdu Division was set up in the border area with complex conditions, and in order to strengthen management, it was not available in every province.

Of course, this situation in Shaanxi is definitely needed.

However, the capital division and the Xingdu division are not subordinate to each other, they both belong to the five military governors, and in fact they are under the orders of the military department.

The administrative office of the two institutions is also different, the Shaanxi Metropolitan Command and Embassy is located in Xi'an, and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division is located in Ganzhou, which is later Zhangye City, Gansu Province.

There are 11 guards under the jurisdiction of the Xi'an Metropolitan Command and Embassy Division, including Yulin Wei, Suidewei, Ningxia Wei, Ningxia Qianwei, etc.

There are 12 health stations under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and its main defense area is the Hexi Corridor.

As the governor of Shaanxi, Wang Shouren won the trust of the emperor, and sent him over because he considered that he might encounter a war on the frontier later, so the holy decree appointing him stated that he had the power to control the twenty-three guards in Shaanxi, the strength on paper, and the border army of 200,000.

200,000 is not an accurate number, but the ancients didn't have the heart to count the heads every day, so they can roughly report it like this.

The strength on paper is like this, Wang Shouren has gone all the way, but it is not easy.

At this juncture, it is obvious that the combat effectiveness of the border army is weak, and the situation of the border army has improved since Yang Yiqing took charge of Shanxi until he took office as governor of the three sides.

But the so-called improvement is that several more forts have been built, and each other will be horns for a while, and they will jointly defend for a while, which is nothing more than a strong defense line.

Because no one is able to solve the fundamental problem of the destruction of the military cantonment.

On the one hand, the fields of the military tun were deserted by the soldiers, and on the other hand, they were also occupied. Either way, it needs to be cultivated, so many of the soldiers went back to become farmers.

The shortage of health services is a common phenomenon.

As for the great increase in military prestige written in the song, it is possible for some troops to do it because they have raised some military supplies, but it is better to do that.

What Wang Shouren is facing is such a mess, lacking food, salary, and people.

It can even be said that he didn't go to Xi'an to be an official, but to be a boy who scattered wealth.

Everyone up and down knew that he was the emperor's favorite minister, and he was designated to ask for silver. Like the commanders of Shaanxi, Yulinwei and Ningxiawei, they all talked for a long time, and in the end they said: There is no money.

Wang Shouren's beard grew long, and he stroked it without hesitation, but did not agree at first, but said: "This official wants to check the various guards on the spot." ”

Yu Linwei commanded the envoy named Zhong Yifei, he is not a confused and incompetent general, after all, Yang Yiqing also appointed some people here, but the general environment is like this, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

"Zhongcheng, then you go to Yulinwei first, and if you see it with your own eyes, you will know why we asked you to speak."

"Yes, Zhongcheng."

And all the people should be in peace.

Wang Shouren said: "The official has the silver. ”

With his words, everyone's eyes widened.

"However, the court allocated money to the official to guard the frontier and repel foreign enemies. Therefore, the money of this official must be put to good use. To put it more bluntly, the money allocated by the imperial court will definitely not be able to take care of everyone. At present, the situation in the frontier is not good, and for the sake of the overall situation, this official can only give to those who can fight, dare to fight, and fight well.

As long as there is a good fighting army and wins the battle, are you afraid of the lack of silver? ”

Wang Shouren saw that their expressions were complicated, and added, "The governor of Shaanxi in the past didn't care about him, but the official was a disciple of Wang Jizhigong of the cabinet, and he could enter the palace to meet the saint with a note." That's why I said that if I want to get the money, I must get it. ”

After saying this, the atmosphere in this room is more lively.

"That's it! Everything is up to you! ”

"It's okay to listen to it, but if you want to say that you can win, in this situation, does Zhongcheng have a way to win?"

Wang Shouren nodded confidently, "This official has a way, are you willing to listen?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, could it be that this white-faced scholar sent by the Beijing Master was still very good at fighting?

"This official has fought with Wang Xiangmin Gong in the past, and later led troops in Fujian. However, the suppression of bandits in the interior is different from the war in the frontier, and in Fujian, most of them are mountainous trails, and the soldiers are more expensive than expensive, and if there are too many, it is useless to squeeze the mountains. But in Shaanxi, the Tatars could attack from either direction, so it was better to be both expensive and expensive, but this is difficult to achieve, and then the second best thing is not fine, but also much more expensive.

The Tatar army was a plundering force, and they most wanted to come and go freely and unhindered. We have to fight him at this point, which is called setting up obstacles at all levels, fighting if we can fight, and retreating if we can't. ”

In fact, Wang Shouren didn't want to add the last five words, but the reality is that he must formulate a strategy based on reality.

Then he explained: "In a word, if Tatar enters Shaanxi from Yulin or Huamachi, we will definitely not be able to defeat the enemy with one blow, but there are guards in all parts of Shaanxi, and if the guards in various places take turns to invade day and night, you can bite a piece, and I will gnaw a piece, and it will cause heavy losses." ”

"Zhongcheng is afraid that he doesn't know something, the Tatar cavalry is like fire, and this intrusion will never go back if you are not careful."

"Don't I have cavalry? Yang Shangyi's headquarters is in Ningxia Town. We know this, and the Tatars know better. Moreover, Yulin has Ningxia in the west and Datong in the east, so he will not dare to fight for a long time, nor will he dare to chase deeply. ”

"What if you go west from Ningxia?"

"He didn't dare."

Wang Shouren directly concluded this sentence.

"In the second year of Zhengde, the imperial court was successful, and Ningxia will go further west? Run so far and wait for him to come back and the nest is there? ”

All in all, this is the difference between having the ability to fight back and not having the ability to fight back, if it was still a few years ago, just a few foot soldiers, the border forts everywhere were still dilapidated, and the generals who led the troops would even be afraid to move forward, then the Tatars would naturally fight as much as they wanted.

But once the Central Plains Dynasty came to its senses, the Great Wall stretched for nearly thousands of miles from east to west, and there were still cavalry in its hands, so it could adopt some active tactics.

Of course, the Tatars would certainly avoid the elite troops of the Great Ming.

This made the rest of the people muttered in their hearts, especially Yu Linwei.

"Zhongcheng, although Ningxia and Datong are close, it will take several days for the whole army to set off to help, but the Tatar soldiers can often travel a hundred miles a day."

Tzu is not in charge of the army.

This is not the original banditry.

Wang Shouren is a Confucian general, but he has enough experience in leading troops, and he has reached this juncture, his tone changed, "Commander Zhong thinks that receiving rewards for meritorious service is an easy thing to come by opening his mouth?" Back then, General Zhou Shangwen stabbed several times in Huamachi's body, and he fought to the death and did not retreat, so that he could make steady progress later! ”

War is about death, and if you are afraid of sacrifice, then the end result may be that more people will die.

(End of chapter)