When Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, came out after entering the palace, his expression was worried and solemn, and he didn't need to act at all.

Subsequently, Yang Yiqing, chief staff officer of the Military Affairs Conference, Wang Shouren, secretary of the military department, and Li Quanli, chief military officer of the Beijing Battalion, all visited him.

The long conversation with them also did not cure Guo Xun's spiritual internal friction, and Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, then closed his door at home for three days.

Three days later, he went to Jingying, and the Marquis of Wuding raised the low price of the land next to the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth with a single blow: he was crazy to grab a piece of land favored by the British public, not only won the more than 20 acres of land at the price of 300 taels per acre, but also spent 30,000 taels to entrust the Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to help him build a new mansion.

You must know that there are six or seven small houses in the capital today, and the location is only about fifty taels of silver.

The cost of building brick houses is there, and more than 20 acres of land need to be built with dozens of main hall wings, hoods and courtyards, and more than 10,000 taels of silver is enough, and it is impossible to build it like the regulations of repairing palaces in the palace.

"It shows that Li Fuda's case, Your Majesty is very angry, I am afraid that in Nanjing, Marquis Guo has not made less money...... Fighting with the Guogong Mansion must be deliberately spitting out more silver. ”

"It's a bad start...... You say, will the price of the house in the capital be more expensive in the future? ”

“…… One yard is one yard, and the houses in other places are not accompanied by the market? ”

Guo Xun went to Jingying, and it was Li Quanli who took him.

"Are you sure?" Li Quanli asked in private, "Although there is already a temple, this strategy is only for you to go to Datong." The battle situation is ever-changing, and whether you can take those few moves well depends on how you will act after you go to Datong. ”

Guo Xun's spiritual internal friction is because of this.

To put it bluntly, what the emperor told him was only the strategic intent of this battle. So much content is nothing more than four words: luring the enemy deep and creating fighters.

That kind of change is nothing more than to see what kind of battle situation occurs on the front line of Xuanda after Guo Xun goes to Datong, make a plan first, and increase step by step.

How easy is this for Guo Xun, who is about to go to Datong to serve as the chief military officer?

Guo Xun faced the biggest test of his ability, and the emperor gave him this opportunity after all.

Therefore, when Li Quanli asked him now, there were still many expectations in his eyes: If you feel that you can't do it, give up quickly!

“…… I have my own opinions! Although you stay in the capital, you will recommend brave generals to me, and you will be meritorious! ”

Guo Xun is not without veteran generals in Beijing, but the ones he trusted when he was in Beijing are not low now. In addition to his own soldiers, 3,000 people should be selected to dress up as conscripts, and they must be fresh faces in the army.

This matter can only be entrusted to Li Quanli.

Seeing Guo Xun gritting his teeth and shouldering the heavy responsibility, Li Quanli could only sigh: "I have been paying attention to people for a long time. To tell you the truth, after the military council roughly planned this, I had already secretly dispatched people to the Miyun Stone Castle. After last year's exercise, I asked the stone box fort to be in danger, and I was allowed to build a fort there, using the soldiers of the Beijing battalion. ”

Guo Xun was overjoyed: "Good brother! Take me with you! ”

Li Quanli had already planned to show his cowardice in case Guo Xun heard about the plan, and if he picked a son, then he would ask for his life here; If he still insists on going, it is also a credit that he has prepared in advance.

When they were on the road, the two of them were still riding horses far ahead in private, and Guo Xun asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you persuade Your Majesty to ......?"

"What do you think? Naturally, it is persuasion and persuasion. ”

"Then why don't you just ...... if you don't keep it?"

"Are you warlike when your majesty? Now that the Ming Dynasty is thriving, if the new law is successful, the rich country will get the law, and the armament will gradually be renewed, and it will be pushed over in the future. It's just that the north is not stopped, how can things be as good as they should be? Fight first and then talk, and if you win, you can talk about the opportunity to enrich the country and strengthen the army in the next few years. But now there are many hidden dangers in the border towns, and it is difficult to say that the generals will win. ”

"I mean the royal driver......" he stopped here.

Li Quanli's face was strange for a long time, then he looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty said that the change in civil engineering has broken the backbone of the Ming monarch and ministers who straightened up and looked north. Emperor ...... That's only the first ......"

“…… I see. ”

Guo Xun thought back to the changes in the military generals of the Ming Dynasty after the change of civil engineering, and he had nothing to say.

is talking about the spirit and dignity, so now Your Majesty wants to go through the danger and boost the morale of the Ming Wenchen and military generals, and the heavy responsibility will be pressed on the generals who command the troops in front and know the temple, and also on the ministers who create the situation and transport grain and grass in the rear.

It is said that there is no guarantee of victory in a war, and how well everyone executes the intention of this battle is the key to increasing the victory rate a little bit.

Guo Xu looked to the northwest: "I hope the Tartars don't worry, don't be in a hurry as soon as spring begins, I haven't arrived in Datong yet." ”

……

What no one knows at this moment is that although the Battle of Lotus Leaf Mountain still happened, my judgment is also different because the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty has indeed "changed" the individual.

Originally, the Tumut Department did suffer a loss in the autumn of Jiajing's fifth year in Lotus Leaf Mountain, but it only ate a little, which was nothing at all. Rao is like this, and the young and vigorous I can't stand this kind of thing that may seriously hit his rising prestige, so in the first month of the sixth year of Jiajing, he ordered troops to invade the south. In the sixth year of Jiajing, in this northern captive Koubian, the Ming Dynasty died two generals.

From the sixth year of Jiajing, there will be Koubian of this level every year in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the scale is even getting bigger and bigger, until more than 20 years later, the army will come to the capital. The shame of Gengxu is that the Mongolian cavalry camped two or three miles outside the west gate of Beijing, even if they were tired and asleep because of the battle all the way, the defenders of the capital did not dare to go out of the city to rob the camp.

It can be said that after suffering a small loss, he took a big stick and beat the heart of Da Ming every year.

But this time, due to the change of the Son of Heaven, the border town of Daming had Yang Yiqing's general system on the three sides of the western front earlier, the uncompromising Ganzhou mutiny, and Wang Xian and others came to Xuanda.

I replied that the loss suffered last year was not small, and it would indeed take a few more months to come back seriously.

Yes, of course he is coming back.

The Tumut Department is only one of ten thousand households, and I don't have a Khan yet. I have not slept well in the past two months, and I only feel that my heart is as bad as the sun in this prairie winter.

Shame! Except that the old Dayan Khan accidentally suffered a small loss in Yingzhou at that time, how could the good sons and daughters of the grassland have lost such a big person in the south in the past few decades?

The large army eventually escaped, but not only left behind more than 400 brothers, but also many of the things that had been plundered at the beginning of the fort, and instead brought back more than 600 wounded soldiers.

Since Dayan Khan, the status of the golden family on the steppe is unshakable! I am still so young, he also has the blood of Genghis Khan, how do you know if he will become the suzerain Khan in the future?

He was upset, but he was very relaxed on the surface, and now he laughed at the people in his account: "The sons of the Tumut Department have won great victories everywhere over the years, and a small loss is nothing. This time, he was full of bald enemies, and he was proud when he broke a fort, forgetting how many hedgehog-like forts the Han people had built in the south. ”

In his tent, there is also a Han Chinese.

At this time, the Han man bent down and said, "Khan, General Manshou is indeed underestimating the enemy. The villain said that the Ming people's fort is easy to break, but if you encounter someone who dares to meet the enemy outside the fort, you must at least guard against the other general's personal soldiers and family soldiers. ”

There was a small but stout man in the tent who immediately glared at him, but the old man closest to me rebuked: "Bald! ”

"Humph!" The bald hand clenched his fist and pounded it heavily in his heart, "Khan, please give me another three thousand...... No, two thousand rides! This time, I will definitely win Datong! ”

"Okay, what's the hurry." I replied with a wave of my hand, "I've said it many times, don't call me that." If you get used to it, it's not good for Bodie to hear it. ”

After that, he looked at the Han people: "Shi Tianjue, you can tell everyone about the Han army again." ”

"Yes." That Shi Tianjue bent down first, and then straightened his waist and said to the rest of the people, "I have lived in Xuanfu for many years, don't look at the Ming people have so many soldiers in the border town, but these soldiers are like slaves on weekdays. Farm the land for the chief, build houses, and build fortifications. Not only can you not get paid, but you can only get a little bit of the income from farming and work. If you can't eat enough, how can you fight? ”

"You humiliated me for losing to some slaves?" It's the same as being bald and not being able to stand it.

"Nope! What the general encounters must be the general's servants. Nowadays, in the border towns of the Ming people, the most capable of fighting are the generals' families, servants, and private soldiers. They have the best weapons and armor, never have to worry about their livelihoods, and are well-trained. But the general thought about it, these elite soldiers who were raised by the generals with the money they earned were the guarantee for them to gain a foothold in the border towns. Few generals are willing to put them in danger as easily as the one they encountered. ”

The bald mood is a little better, it seems that the luck is too bad, and I met a person who is not dying.

Shi Tianjue bent over me again: "So when you go to the south to fight the grass valley, it's not difficult to strategize. Those who have status and can get oil and water will generally only be in safer and stronger castles. The outermost ones are often those who have no part to speak, and they can't get enough oil and water to raise elite soldiers. Breaking only one or two forts on the periphery is a good thing for both sides. They can ask for money from the Great Tomorrow, and they will not easily come to the enemy. If you have to leave the castle, then for the sake of your life, you will definitely take the elite soldiers with you. Why fight with it, they can't run. ”

I nodded and looked at the other generals in my clan: "Understand, right?" ”

Shi Tianjue continued: "If you see the Ming army coming out of the fort, it means that the above is in a hurry, and they have to come out. In that case, there is no need to linger too long. Grab a little more along the way, at most one or two more peripheral forts, and you can come back with the harvest. For the Ming army guards, the military order has been completed, and we have withdrawn. As for the broken forts, dead people, and robbed of some property and people, the Ming people have long been accustomed to it from the emperor to the generals of the border towns. ”

"That's it!" I replied with a pat on the knee, "Full, think of your sons, are they as majestic as when we occupied the vast land?" Are there so many iron knives, iron armor, and iron arrows? It is a gift from the Immortal Heaven that our Tumut Ministry can stay here! Now, we don't have enough people, and our weapons are not good enough! The defenders of the Han people are doing this, their land will only get easier and easier to fight, and the soldiers will only get better and easier to win, what is the hurry? ”

“…… I understand. ”

I stood up and walked slowly out of the tent.

Looking at the meadows in the distance, which were still covered with some snow, my eyes flashed: "However, the emperor of the Han people also knows that there are these problems on the edge of his territory, so he is very ambitious to train his soldiers. The Han people have been afraid of our attack for many years, and their emperor wants to change this, but he must teach him a lesson to learn to enjoy the riches of his palace with peace of mind, just like his ancestors! Urluk, you can go to the Khan's Court. Tell the Great Khan that the best way to convince all the families is to get a big victory from the Han people at a time. And I would like to be a striker! ”

The elder Urluk, who had traveled day and night to protect the young Alta and his grandfather, Dayan Khan, was a confidant on whom he truly depended.

Now that he heard this, he asked solemnly, "Will Bodie follow your advice?" ”

"Why not? He doesn't want me to rush to the front, and let my beloved Uncle Wu Tuo Qingtaiji pick up some cheap and stand more firmly on the right flank? My dear brother, don't you want me to rush to the front, so that I can command the right wing with greater prestige in the future? ”

Full of bald excitement: "Just let them see, our Tumut Department will be able to level the Datong Xuanfu!" ”

Shi Tianjue was also very excited: "Khan, since there is such a big plan, the villain has to contact more sect members in the south." ”

I smiled and nodded, "Go ahead." I will pretend to be resting and will not disturb them for the time being, presumably those who secretly do business with us will come back with their goods. ”

He is no longer like himself in another plane, and he sends troops again in this New Year's month. But like Zhu Houxi, he took a long-term view and decided to give the other party a hard blow and try to destroy the other party's will to fight.

On the grassland, the envoy set out from Fengzhou Beach, where the Tumut tribe was stationed for grazing.

Some to the west, which is one of the 30,000 households on the right wing, and now the head of the right wing, is stationed in the direction of the Ordos department, who occupy the fertile Hetao area.

More, in the direction of the northeast. There, there were the three divisions of Asuth, Yongshebu and Karaqin under Yongshebu Wanhu, one of the 30,000 households on the right wing, and Chahar in the central Wanhu where Bodi Khan was located.

The current situation between the Northern Yuan tribes is also delicate.

At present, I am not convinced, and I want to rush forward to take revenge and turn to Bodi for help, if it brings a big victory to Beiyuan, it is the embodiment of Bodi's prestige.

As long as I am willing to rush to the forefront. Rush to the front, there will always be dead and wounded. If the Northern Yuan army pressed the border, how could the Ming army not be ready for battle? This pioneer has lost more than the usual grass valley.

But I only need all the other lines to put pressure on the south.

Behind that fragile Great Wall, there are holes in every line. Dilute the strength of the defense, and dare not easily divide troops to defend other places, that is the opportunity for me to lead the elite troops to break through a gap.

It is also an opportunity for the grassland tribes to see clearly how strong Tumut Wanhu actually is.

The prestige he wants to regain is not to the weak and timid Han people in the south, but to the wolves on the grassland!

(End of chapter)