The aftermath of the Jingying military generals is endless.

On that day, tens of thousands of troops marched in full gear in the southern suburbs of the capital in the morning, and then the cannon sounded in that direction for most of the day, and now the aftermath has not subsided much because of Shuntianfu's "refutation of rumors".

It's not about whether there was really a rebellion, but about the return trip after the royal drive out of the city, what is the situation of the earth-shattering cannon on the side of the Beijing camp and the "battle for the Ming Dynasty" that was later heard in the camp?

A big war is coming?

I haven't heard of a rebellion anywhere, is it a side matter?

There is no news from the border towns that have captured Koubian in the north, do you want to go north?

In front of Zhu Houxi, Wang Zuo replied: "After the big competition, the Beijing camp is quiet, and the officials and people in the capital are not worried about the sudden military chaos in front of them. It's just that now they are talking about His Majesty's fear of the intention of the Northern Expedition, and the situation is as His Majesty expected, the minister has caught six Northern Yuan spies, and they want to spread the news to the north just in case. ”

The sudden appearance of the march of the army did make the people of the counties in the southern suburbs of Shuntianfu panic for a while, but the general rushed back to the fifth army camp in a hurry, and there was no offense with the people along the way. Then the movement was only limited to the five military camps, and even the nine gates of the Beijing Division were not closed.

The question is, do some thoughtful people believe?

As long as we analyze the current internal and external situation, we will know that the goal of the emperor's fierce troops can hardly be said to be internal enemies - how many internal enemies are there? Now they are all smart people who resisted not jumping their feet during the last Huguang rebellion. Is it that the strength of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court is weaker now than before, or is it that His Majesty has made the people's will deviate even more from the people's will this year?

So the target, naturally, is a foreign enemy.

I don't know when I don't know, but looking at the formation, it doesn't seem to be simple - in another month or two, the autumn grain will be harvested, but do you know that this is not a pre-war preparation?

Why don't you send such important information to the north in a hurry?

Zhu Houxi didn't care how many spies he caught, this thing couldn't be caught.

"How many people are talking about the end of the war that shouldn't be taken lightly?"

Wang Zuo bowed and replied: "They are all scholars who have no official status, and the ministers have not yet received a report that there are Beijing officials who are talking about it without authorization." ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: I am learning more and more well.

National Policy Council, Military Council, State Palace...... There are so many bigwigs on it, and now the middle and low-grade officials are just like the people in the suburbs of Beijing who suddenly know about it. There is no wind direction at all, so what else is there to say? After the reform of the Beijing Government Office, these officials are all smart.

Zhu Houxi laughed and said to him: "Yuan Hongmao is the twelfth on the list, Lu Bing is seventeenth, and there are six people on the list who are in command of the pro-army, and you have meritorious." ”

Wang Zuolian called his duty, and Zhu Houxi only said: "Meritorious work is meritorious work." Jinyiwei is in your hands, and it is an important transitional stage of change. Luo An said that you are an extremely smart person, so many of my thoughts must be thoroughly understood. ”

"The ministers will do their best."

"After the martial arts hall test, I will give you ten people. Five stayed in the special service center for training, and the other five were brought to the special operations camp by Yan Chunsheng. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

What is not known to outsiders is that now the interior of Jinyiwei is also quietly changing.

The special service thousand households were assigned to the Nanzhen Fusi. And Beizhen Fusi has now secretly set up a special operations battalion.

Yan Chunsheng, who had blended into the rebels in the Huguang Rebellion and made great contributions, soared straight to the command of the fourth grade. He is excellent in archery, bold and careful, and now serves as the most special special combat battalion in the Jinyi Guard with Zheng Sipin.

The emperor's request for the special operations camp simply made Wang Zuo's scalp tingle: in addition to the per capita soldier king, they must each have a special stunt, and they must be good at being elusive and surviving alone.

In His Majesty's words, in the future, they will be able to become a surprise soldier with a few people, and they will do what an army of tens of millions cannot do.

Zhu Houxi told him: "You don't have to just stare at the strong martial arts, you have to look at the results of the literary examination and look at the age." In the special operations camp, what you want is people who dare to think and are willing to learn, and what you want is who knows how to communicate and cooperate with your peers. ”

"I remember."

Zhu Houxi let him go.

Which side is the wolf coming to the big competition and the subsequent exercises?

When the Northern Yuan Dynasty was accustomed to plundering in the south, they only saw the Ming army holding the city. But since the beginning of this year, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty has engaged in a "battlefield autumn point soldier" every year. The same young Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty lives by himself, will he feel that the other party also wants to make contributions?

So is the Northern Yuan ready for Armageddon?

Zhu Houxi himself knows very well that the time has not yet come to the north.

To this end, he actively prepared for intelligence and special infiltration operations.

If one exercise a year can make Beiyuan throw a rat trap and stop a little in the next two or three years, then the money will be well spent. The venue of the exercise is in the suburbs of Beijing this year, can we go to Xuanfu next year?

The border town exercise is being performed, which year will suddenly become real?

In short, the Northern Yuan also had to guard against the fact that the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really eager to make contributions and was hot-headed and went north. They are guarded, don't they consume money and food?

than consumption, is Daming afraid of the Northern Yuan?

But some officials don't understand. There is no official in Wang Zuo's mouth who talks without permission, but because this official is not talking without permission.

He directly handed over a note.

The identity is sensitive, and Fei Hong's State Hall sent it over after the ticket was drafted.

Zhu Houxi muttered: "Dignified champion, when you arrive at the household, it seems like falling into the eye of money...... Didn't I take the money for this exercise from the inner treasury? ”

Gu Dingchen sneered and said: "Yang Shilang is worried about the big war, and the money and food should be too stretched. This year, the provinces began to restructure and recruit troops, and the five military camps recruited nearly 50,000 new soldiers. ”

He saw the emperor muttering, but he rarely picked up the Zhu pen in person: Don't panic, just a drill.

Putting down the pen, Zhu Houxi handed the song to Gu Dingchen, and then sighed: "I'm still short of money." ”

After saying that, he pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "Huang Jin, go and ask Huangzhuang how the new fertilizer that Jin Qila tried to make with struvite stone will compare the results after this year's trial." Mao Zhen, go to the State Hall and ask how the things played in Zhejiang are being discussed. Lu Song, go find the British public and ask him how he is preparing for the summary meeting of the eighteen enterprises at the end of the year. ”

Gu Dingchen listened to it in his ears, and saw that the emperor paused and looked at himself again: "Jiuhe, tell the general political envoy, if Zhan Rong of the Nanjing Household Department and the Yellow Book Inspector of the various prefectures have a sparse performance, send it to the imperial study as soon as possible." ”

Several people received their own orders, and Wang Shenzhong was left in the imperial study.

"Come, continue with the style dispute you said."

"......" Wang Shenzhong only felt that everyone else was doing practical things, and he talked nonsense with the emperor every day, and it was Lin Xiyuan who dealt with the most with foreign countries.

And now that the emperor has just finished handling a few state affairs, why did he switch to being interested in literary style?

"Nowadays, the Taiwan Pavilion style chapters are redundant and the literary meaning is poor, and during the Hongzhi period, Li Dongyang and other seven people called the Qin and Han dynasties, and the poems must be prosperous in the Tang Dynasty. Ranchen recently talked with Mao Zhen, but he felt that the Tang and Song Dynasty articles were intended to be established, and the text was ...... in accordance with the words."

Literature is being talked about in the imperial study, and there is still a competition in the five military camps.

On the first day, Yu Dayou said to his guard: "In today's battle, the opponent is Lu Bing. It's not difficult for me to defeat him, but it will inevitably take a lot of energy, and tomorrow will be a strong opponent. Today, Brother Bao is on the battlefield. ”

"Wrap it on the old bag!"

Yu Dayou told him: "In these eleven games, I can enter the top four, and the fierce battle is behind." Now I have won two games first, if what you said is true, there are nine people left in the same group, and I already know what the skills of this general and accompanying general are. If you can't defeat Lu Bing, you will admit defeat, and you must also protect your body and wait for the later battle. According to my arrangement, not only will I be able to make the cut, but I will also be able to recuperate to the best of my ability before the runoff. ”

Although he has not had much time to deal with, Yu Dayou has the identity of a showman, he is the first in the literary examination and the fifth in the general examination, and his martial arts are also among the best among the thirty-six people on the main list.

In the past few days, the two have tried to practice against each other, and Bao Zhengchuan is not an opponent at all.

In the mind of Bao Zhengchuan, his personal guard, Yu Dayou has a more "advanced" status as a literati, and the attainments of the art of war displayed between his conversations have broken his heart.

Now, Yu Dayou still didn't put down the scroll he brought, and calmly arranged his palace martial arts test, obviously very confident in his promotion.

This confidence is based not only on strength, but also on the fact that he trusts Bao Zhengchuan to provide the strength of the other warriors' personal guards.

But in each battle, whether Wu Jinshi personally went into battle or sent personal guards to fight the enemy, it was up to Yu Dayou to judge.

So that's really that sure?

The palace test martial arts test has also begun, and Yu Dayou still has to pass this hurdle before he comes to the palace test and the literary test that can best show his ability.

In a trance, Yu Dayou felt a little strange: according to his own level, even if he went further in this palace to try martial arts and rely on the strategy and only won the third, with twenty points in hand, the two people who were definitely stronger in martial arts than themselves would definitely be at least twenty points lower than themselves in the literary test.

After all, their skills for more than 30 years have been in martial arts, and the things that can be tested are too simple and can't close the gap.

So...... How does this martial champion's test method seem to be tailor-made for himself who has not only raised people's level, but also practiced martial arts, and studied the art of war?

In the Fifth Army Camp, Yan Chunsheng also came.

Gu Shilong knew him, so when he saw Yan Chunsheng, he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Yan Yanshi, a good skill, I haven't heard from you for more than a year since I returned to Jinyiwei."

Yan Chunsheng also smiled: "Grandpa Guo has a lot of nobles and is still worried about his humble duties, I am really afraid. ”

"Why did you get here to watch the battle today?"

"The commander let the lowly come here. Grandpa Guo knew that they would be ordained after the palace examination. By the grace of His Majesty, he allowed ten Jinyi guards. ”

"Ten?" Gu Shilong's eyes glared, "Thirty-six Tiangang, ten people return to Jinyiwei?" ”

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstand! Yan Chunsheng suddenly said, "I also want to take some from the sub-list." Now that it is close to the water, the commander asked the lowly to take a look first and pick some good seedlings. There are so many people, they are all here to pick people, right? ”

Yan Chunsheng was talking about the people of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the generals of the Beijing camp naturally did not miss it.

This year's martial arts is easy and then difficult, starting from the martial arts test of the examination, which can almost be called a cumbersome examination process.

But the more this arrangement is made, the more the emperor attaches importance to it.

The martial arts that the emperor attaches so much importance to, and finally re-ranked the second place from the thirty-six main list after the examination, are definitely all promising.

Where these people are appointed and will make contributions in the future, can't the chief follow suit?

All of them are potential stocks, just look at which people the emperor can assign to his side.

Gu Shilong suddenly felt a little different.

In the past, it was the middle and low-level generals who took the path of the ministers, and passed through the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Five Prefectures, and the selection process has always been like this.

But now, first of all, the provinces have been sent to Beijing for a big competition, and the competition for the position of this new general is also so watching. First of all, the emperor is paying attention to and seeing it personally, and the people who send it must have real skills, and secondly, ...... Does this still need to go through the path of the lord? Now it has become a person that everyone wants to grab and bring into the emperor's own eyes.

Although it is difficult to make a final election, it is also a ladder for the emperor to build for capable newcomers.

Yu Dayou saw that the selection rules of Wu Zhuangyuan were too favorable to himself, and what Gu Shilong saw was the new changes brought about by this promotion system in the army.

In addition, the new military system, new drill codes, new weapons, and new tactics are added......

Three or five years later, I am afraid that the entire Ming army will have a new look.

Military Council ...... His Majesty is really an extremely important adviser, and he brings more influence and role than anyone else.

Gu Shilong presided over the martial arts test of the martial arts hall test here, and Yang Yiqing was holding a meeting with Li Quanli and Qiu Luan to inform him of the rules of the "actual combat exercise".

In order to show fairness and avoid hatred, the veteran battalion prepared in advance, and it was not until this moment that they knew how to conduct this exercise.

After giving Li Quanli two days to get acquainted with each other with the top ten generals, today, the coaches and generals on both sides were all present.

The door was closed, Yang Yiqing sat on it, and said solemnly: "This exercise, there is also a code name: Qiu Zheng!" ”

Everyone's hearts sank.

Spring harvesting, summer seedlings, autumn harvesting, and winter hunting are all in the agricultural gap to talk about things. This passage in Zuo Chuan is about the tradition of performing martial arts in the agricultural slack that began since the Yin Shang period.

But at this time, those who are familiar with the military know that it is the time when the Northern Yuan War Horse is fat and strong, and it can be called the strongest combat power.

"At this time of year, before the snow is about to fall, it is the easiest time for the northern captives to go south to plunder." Yang Yiqing continued, "This autumn festival is located in Miyun. Uncle Xiangcheng, after three days of training, you will lead the army to take over the stone box fort first. ”

Li Quanli frowned slightly: "Stone Box Castle? That camp could not accommodate nearly 5,000 soldiers. ”

Yang Yiqing said solemnly: "The staff officers of the military council have re-studied the defense line in the north of Beijing, and the stone box fort looks at the Gubeikou in the north, Baimaguan and Shitangling in the northwest, and Caojia Road in the northeast, which is the gathering place for soldiers and horses from all roads to the south. Xiangcheng Bo went first, how to set up camp and arrange defenses is one of the contents of the test. ”

"So, the veterans of the five military camps led by the Marquis of Xianning are coming to attack?" Li Quanli looked at the young Qiu Luan.

"Three directions." Yang Yiqing nodded, "How to arrange the detective sentry, Xiangcheng Bo also needs to pay attention." You go first, and how the Xianning Hou leads the troops to avoid your ears and eyes is one of the subjects that will test him. ”

Yang Yiqing looked at everyone, "They are all Ming officers and soldiers, and they can't really fight to the death." The exercise was divided into three categories. ”

Everyone hurriedly listened attentively.

"One, reconnaissance. The military council had set a few dangerous places in the north, northwest, and northeast directions of the stone box fort, and only informed Xiangcheng Bo. In addition to the division of troops to garrison, whether Xiangcheng Bo set up suspicious soldiers and fake strongholds is to decide for himself. The Marquis of Xianning needs to know what strongholds there are. ”

Qiu Luan was a little big-headed: Li Quanli and they went first, and they definitely had to keep someone to pay attention to the movements of the veteran barracks. To put it bluntly, this stage is the night march of the veteran barracks. It was already difficult for Li Quanli to guess which direction they would come from the north of the Stone Box Fort—they had to go around in a big circle, which was tiring.

They also don't tell him what strongholds they are, there may be suspicious soldiers and fake strongholds. To put it bluntly, everyone has to be familiar with the terrain there, do a good job of reconnaissance by the sentinels, and then decide how to attack and defend.

"Second, robbing grain and grass. Now there is no food in the stronghold, and when the first time it passes, only enough food is allowed for ten days. After that, the stone box fort was transferred from place to place each time, and it did not exceed ten days' rations. Before the end of the exercise, if the garrison of any stronghold was cut off, the defenders of that place would be judged to be defeated and withdraw from the exercise. ”

Speaking of this, he reminded: "Don't think about going to the villages and towns near the left to buy grain, Your Majesty has arranged for three hundred brocade guards to be scattered in the exercise area, and violations of the rules will be remembered." ”

"......" Li Quanli just wants to scold his mother, does he rely on a group of recruits who are tired of running for their lives, dividing troops to defend many places, and having to think about food and grass?

"Then how do you decide the winner?"

"Don't rush first, and third, engage the enemy. If someone on the attacking side touches within 200 paces of the remaining stronghold and the defenders still do not detect it, the defenders will directly lose the stronghold. If it has been detected, the magistrate of the army shall first record the number of attacking and defending sides of the stronghold, the weapons and baggage they carry, and the rations on both sides, and stop the fight immediately. Yang Yiqing said in a deep voice, "They are all Ming officers and soldiers, and this exercise naturally cannot be used as a real bomb to attack and defend." ”

Qiu Luan was puzzled: "It's just attacking and defending strongholds?" What if Xiangcheng Boruo doesn't care about the stone box fort? ”

What if they didn't care about the stone box bunker at all, and the people were all scattered outside, like an iron bucket array? It also investigates a ghost and robs a ghost's grain and grass.

"Now that there are exercises, the defenders don't have to think about taking advantage of the loopholes. The stone box fort cannot be less than a thousand and five hundred at all times, and it is regarded as the main city. And if the northern stronghold is lost before the end of the exercise, the defenders will lose. ”

“…… When exactly will the exercise end? ”

Yang Yiqing laughed: "Uncle Xiangcheng is a defender, will he tell you when the enemy army will attack and retreat?" ”

Qiu Luan's eyes lit up, and it was lively.

The recruits are already weaker, although they will be braver, but the soldiers are bears.

"From the southern suburbs of the capital to the Miyun area, if the command is right, both the attacking and defending sides should be able to reach that area before the tenth day of October. The exercise will not end as early as the 10th day of November, and the period of this month, in His Majesty's words, will mainly be a contest between reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, and between attacking and defending troops and marching. During this time, neither of you shall kill any of your sentinels in a contest or in the robbery of food. There is no way, when you meet each other, you can only win or lose in hand-to-hand combat. If they lose, these pawns will withdraw from the exercise. ”

“……”

Qiu Luan suddenly became less happy.

He is all veterans, and whether he has weapons or not is different. At least this arrow can't be used, you have to go up to hand-to-hand combat, what is this?

But it can't be recommended to really use weapons, and don't take the lives of soldiers seriously.

I can hear it, this is what His Majesty meant.

Not only that, Qiu Luan felt that a lot of things had been prepared in vain.

The veterans of the five military battalions, who mainly fought positional warfare.

The advantages of these veterans in such a key point of examination were suddenly pulled down a lot.

In this autumn exercise, the most important energy had to be focused on reconnaissance, marching, and food and grass -- wouldn't he eat and drink when attacking?

"There are many places to show the ability to command the army." Yang Yiqing looked at the two people, unlike them, Yang Yiqing has really commanded the army in the border town for many years, "Marching and fighting, not only fighting in front of the battle. ”

"Yang Gong, I said before that if someone enters within 200 steps of the stronghold, he will be judged to lose, this is ...... If the Marquis of Xianning only sent one or two people to come in at night...... "Li Quanli is not easy.

"Xianning Hou, you need to remember that it is useless to send only one person to touch it. There are fewer people than the defenders of the stronghold, and all your men will withdraw, and the defenders will exchange one for you three. ”

Yang Yiqing's answer made Li Quanli much more relaxed, while Qiu Luan was very depressed.

“…… General Staff, it's too troublesome. ”

Although the defenders occupy an advantageous position, it is not without a few people touching the battle examples of many people on the opposite side. Now, Qiu Luan feels that his veteran is more restricted.

Yang Yiqing glanced at him, otherwise? Is the gun really killing more than a thousand dead and wounded?

He looked at Li Quanli again, and then said in a deep voice: "I think you also understand that this exercise is about the northern captives attacking the grass valley and attacking the border village. I have been a general of the Ming Dynasty and the North for many years, when the enemy is really based on the village, it is calculated that one person can be exchanged for a few people, and there are statistics on this number, Your Majesty. Although they are all figures reported by the border towns, they may not be completely true, but they are calculated based on this. In addition to the squad reconnaissance and food robbery, the rest are all engaged in the enemy, and there will be no shortage of people. ”

Therefore, both of them had to allocate the number of attackers and defenders according to this number, which in turn involved the transfer of rations. Once the enemy is engaged before the end of the exercise, the victory or defeat of each stronghold will be judged according to this number. The losing side withdraws from the exercise, and the winning side withdraws from the corresponding number. Before the end of the exercise, Xiangcheng Bo can also send people to recapture the stronghold, and the rules are the same. This time, it is already simple not to include the situation where the wounded need to be cared for. ”

"......" both felt that it was already very troublesome.

"In that case, why should the weapons and rations also be remembered?" Qiu Luan asked.

If it's just the number of people, then ......

"Remember, you can only judge if you have the enemy, because you can't really fight. But if the attacker comes running empty-handed, is that a death? Before engaging the enemy, seek truth in everything. If the attacking side has heavy rations for less than three days, the attacker will be judged to lose. ”

“…… The General Staff, but the Mongols, all come and go on horseback like the wind, and feed the war with war. My five battalions are all infantry ......."

"Therefore, reconnaissance is the first, the food is robbed without a fight, the march is hidden, and the enemy's movements are detected in advance, and the rescue is the best!"

Yang Yiqing stared at the two: "Finally, inform Xianning Hou which day the exercise will end, if the battle situation is unfavorable, he will definitely step up the attack, and Xiangcheng Bo naturally knows that it is a decisive battle." It is not necessary to distinguish the final victory or defeat in this exercise, and the final situation of the battle is the result. In addition, the military order decisions during this period of time are the basis for judging the gains and losses of the participating generals and you. If you are really holding back a force and not being convinced, in the future, there will be a chance to meet the enemy army! ”

Everyone was in their hearts, and the top ten of the generals in the competition also understood: Obviously, this is to only examine the command, daily arrangements, and commanding ability of the ten of them and these chief generals to the greatest extent, and try not to be implicated by the combat strength of the new recruits and veterans.

It's really acting, but ...... This method of acting can show some real skills under the commanders of Li Quanli and Qiu Luan, who are eager to make meritorious contributions.

Even including the ability of these generals to get along with them when they are working under the lords!

(End of chapter)