In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Fei Hong, Xia Yan, Wang Shouren, Yan Song, Yang Shen, and Wang Feng finally came.

The Great Power Policy Conference has not yet been held, but Fei Hong is the one who will definitely retreat, he did not speak.

The first to speak was Wang Shouren: "The Xuandadun Sentinel Army did not report the change. The looting of Duoyan is a small matter, and the slaughter of the Xuanjiao embassy is a big matter. Those who want to muddy the waters, Khanting, Alta, and even Gunbiric, are all possible. ”

Yan Song is about to change from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Culture and Education, and this announcement to the embassy will belong to the Ministry of Rites and Communications in the future, but Yan Song said firmly: "You can't just do it!" If the envoy is outside, he is the envoy! No matter who it is, it's only the North Captive! It's the northern captives, and they're all under the Khan's court! When the envoy is sent to the Khan's court, he is instructed to find out the murderer and give Daming an explanation! ”

Yang Shen's face was very dark, staring at the emperor: Jiajing used troops in the southwest at the beginning of the tenth year, and Jiajing used troops in the northern desert in the eleventh year? Over there, His Majesty is obviously ready to move!

Zhu Houxi's face was also ugly: as Yan Song said, the Xuanjiao envoy was sent out, representing the Ming Dynasty. If this kind of thing is just done to compensate for it, who will dare to be a propaganda envoy in the future?

So Zhu Houxi directly posthumously presented the county lord first.

But sustaining a large deterrent force requires enormous financial pressures.

The time for the Northern Expedition has not yet arrived, and Zhu Houxi wanted to go all out. In order to achieve this goal, the grain and grass and military resources that have been reserved today are not enough.

"Don't be so troublesome!" Zhu Houxi's face was calm, "No matter which way you go north, just stare at me!" I have sent an order to Datong to prepare to go out of the side wall and take back the Tucheng and the Drying Horse Terrace. ”

"Your Majesty!" Yang Shen suddenly opened his mouth.

Zhu Houxi raised his hand to stop him: "Only let Yu Dayou go out!" ”

Large-scale operations will not work, but small-scale sorties will.

"Winter is coming, and they won't move around again." Zhu Houxi snorted coldly, "In my eyes, there is only one person in the big trouble in the north. If he did it, using this method only means that he is already in a dilemma, and there will be no more situation where the entire northern captives will join forces to attack. If he hadn't done it, I would have just beaten him, and no one would have helped him. If I have the guts, I will come to take revenge, and see if the Khan Court and Gunbirik will sit back and watch his Tumut tribe get weaker and weaker. ”

Yang Shen disagreed: "In the fifth year of Jiajing, Chicheng Hou defeated the Ministry of Answering the Institute, and at that time, His Majesty and the late Yang Wenzhong Gong also judged that the northern captives would not join hands!" What about the six years of Jiajing? Thousands of miles of border walls to meet the enemy! Now that the Ming Dynasty is stronger than a year, although there are many disputes among the various tribes in the north, how can it be concluded that they will not share the same hatred? The plan of the northern captives is precisely to lead our army out of the border wall! When it's bitterly cold, how can you go on an expedition? What happens if you lose a battle? ”

He didn't care about the emperor's ugly face, but agreed with Yan Song: "The invitation of the great uncle is the best policy!" Go to the army to plot, and then fight again! Now the plan to expel the northern captives is still waiting for the rich country to strengthen the army, and the glorious army will be suppressed and expelled with the glorious army! The thief is still big, the southwest is newly determined, and at this time it is the best policy to cut down the relationship! If the Khan Court does not have an explanation, the Great Master is famous, and he can calmly prepare for the Northern Expedition! In any case, we will have to prepare for another year, and then we will go on the expedition in the spring and summer of the following year! ”

Zhu Houxi suppressed the unhappiness in his heart: "Gongjin, what do you think?" ”

"To the west of the earth city, there is still a side wall. The northwest goes into the sea and is also a barrier. Not only Tucheng, if Maoerzhuang, Dry Horse Terrace, and Daqingshan are taken back, then the horse drinking place in the north of Datong can be controlled. The minister thought that if he wanted to send troops, he would be like in Waiyun, and he would fight quickly and make a big move! As long as you hold on for a winter, the walled fort will be completed! ”

"No!" Yang Shen strongly objected, "Regardless of the suffering of hastily building a walled fort in the cold winter, how to hold on to it alone." With the war alone, how can I give up? Since then, he has continued to want to take it back, and Xuanda will fight with the three sides for many years. Your Majesty, the border area is newly established, and there are still many official powers to be sorted out! Proper planning and re-effort is the right reason! ”

"I've made up my mind!" Seeing that Xia Yan was bolder than himself, Zhu Houxi said categorically, "Only take the earth city and the horse drying platform!" Although the earthen city is a little farther away, the forts on the side wall behind it can be relied on. It is only more than ten miles to go to Yanghekou, and it is also easy to keep. The main thing is that with cultivation, everything is impossible to wait for the enemy to make you fully prepared. If he sneaks up, we have to give him an unimaginably fast response! The sooner he is, the more worried he will be that I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I am actually ready for everything! ”

Yang Shen's chest rose and fell in anger.

Do you know how difficult it is for me to do this household book? Keep fighting, keep fighting! At the beginning of the year, we will fight Waiyun, and at the end of the year, we will fight Beiyu!

A little bit of money that I have saved up in the past three years. Wai Dian can also say that after the fight, they will recover some of their debts, but what about the Beiyu? What do you get? There is only a steady stream of food expenses!

As soon as the words "I have made up my mind" came out, the purpose of calling them to come was just to discuss logistics matters.

The war itself is simple, and the goal is clear.

"Another four years have passed, and I believe in Guo Xun and Yu Dayou! In the future, the northern expedition will always spend the winter in Mobei! Now it's only less than fifty miles away from the side wall, and the right to train soldiers should also be done! ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes were cold, now it was not what it used to be, and the emperor's authority was enough to suppress many objections in the court.

The Great Power Policy Conference was held as scheduled, and the Western "rabble" on the Malacca side set sail on the way north.

The border city of Liaodong has brought wealth to the three tribes of Duoyan, and for the current situation where Meng Yuan really showed their fangs, Hua Dang said at the time: That is a decision that you need to make in the future.

Now Gramtai is just thundering, and I wonder if some small tribes from the west and north are dissatisfied with him.

But after being removed from the official position of Sanwei by the Ming Revolution, the history of them as fat sheep began.

In response to their request, Da Ming gave a reply that he had already sent troops, and at the same time sternly rejected their request for another seal, asking them to give an explanation for their failure to protect the Xuanjiao Embassy.

Duoyan Sanbu, who are used to being a wall-to-wall grass, actually has no more choices, and the purpose of their request for sealing is only to protect their wealth with the deterrence of Daming, are they really willing to work for Daming?

The border market can not stop, and the propaganda envoy can continue to be sent, but there are two if there is one, what should I do?

In this regard, Liu Long, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Communications after the Great Power Policy Conference, suggested that you can neither expand nor move away, and now that you have money, repair the border walls, build passes, and strengthen your defenses.

The history of the Northeast has entered the stage of "I repair the border wall for the Ming Dynasty".

And Datong has been boiling since the order came half a month ago.

From Yu Dayou's side, the troops were quickly mobilized to the north, and Datong also took action here.

Now at the foot of Lei Gong Mountain outside Datong City, it is the camp area of the general army and pro-military camp of Datong Town.

After the First World War, Xuanfu and Datong were the first places to carry out the military tun reform. At present, the officers and men of Datong are roughly divided into two vertical systems, garrison and mobile, and a horizontal system divided by road.

In addition to the commander-in-chief's pacesetter battalion and the commander-in-chief's personal battalion, the mobile warfare troops in the vertical system are also uniformly called their own field battalions or field flags under the general and guerrilla generals in the horizontal system, with troops and family soldiers as their main combat forces.

Coming here today, in addition to Guo Xun's own personal barracks, there are also field camps or field flags carried by some guards in the hinterland in addition to the generals of the border wall.

"It's been four years!" Guo Xun's voice was hoarse, "In four years, how many of the newly created weapons and armor in the capital and Huailai, this governor has the cheekiness to ask His Majesty, Wang Dutai and the General Armaments Department?" Look at the guys you're wearing, think about the guys you're carrying! ”

Under the stage, there are at least 100 households who are qualified to stand up, and their eyes are full of longing. Because I have confidence, I am not afraid. Because the Ming Dynasty has newly sealed so many dukes, marquises, and uncles, they are eager for it.

"Your Majesty only ordered General Yu to go on the expedition, so that we must win a quick battle in Datong! You are all asking for help because you have the heart to win and the courage to fight! This governor can let you follow, only one sentence, everything is at the disposal of General Yu! ”

"The last general obeys!"

"Thirty-six miles of Tucheng, eighteen miles of dry horses, morning and evening, quick battle!"

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! ”

Guo Xun didn't have to work hard this time, he had to be prepared for the possibility of counterattacks from other walled forts along the side wall.

Now, Yu Dayou has marched from the west road to the left guard of Datong, and went straight to the nearest Zhumen Fort to Tucheng.

And these gathered in Datong to choose the front, part of them went to the Fort of Rejection to meet Yu Dayou, some of them went to Yanghekou first, and some of them went to the Zhenqiang Fort and Fort of the Refusal Wall between the two to prepare for the left and right.

The soldiers are fast, and they don't talk nonsense anymore.

And Guo Xun still has the next group of people to speak.

"This time it's about reclaiming the old land and recovering the homeland! The Governor knows that building a fort in the winter is very hard! But you're all optimistic! Guo Xun raised his hand and pointed at a person, "The steward of the grain storage number Datong Warehouse is here!" The manager of the transfer run is also here! Before the snow melted, the forts of Tucheng and Hanmatai were built, and the food was doubled! The governor will then go to Zhenqiang Fort to supervise, the materials, grain and grass, Huailai has already been shipped, His Majesty is staring at this side! ”

Yu Dayou in the west had already crossed the Shili River, and in the fine snow, the 3,000 elite soldiers he brought over were marching.

In front of him, there were still two thousand waiting for him at the Fort of Rejection, and in the direction of the Dry Horse Terrace there were only three thousand.

Guo Xun transferred nearly half of Datong's Shenwei cannon and new-style tiger squat cannon to him.

"Even if there are other side forts to cover up, the main force will still come very quickly. Naturalization is more than 200 miles away from Tucheng, and the army is carrying huge cannons, and the march is too slow. As soon as you get out of the side wall, you will be detected. ”

Yu Dayou said categorically: "I want to feint to attack the old Xuande Weiliang City!" Take down there, two rivers and an old side wall behind you, peep into naturalization, I have to save it! I'll go in that direction from Ninglu Fort, Master Zhao, you go with the thousand five elite soldiers to attack Tucheng. Where I will be the flag, where is the main force. If I dare not take precautions, I will go to the old Shan Yu Chengyunchuan to take a turn! ”

"Really? His Majesty's order is to capture the earthen city. Zhao Benxue asked.

"Be lenient with the enemy!" Yu Dayou's eyes were firm, "I can't afford to bear the loss of this lost land, someone must really be able to contain his main force." Tucheng, I don't have much baggage here, so I can quickly go over to the teacher. How to set up the garrison outside the city to protect the army village according to the terrain over there, please ask Zhao Shi! ”

"Good!"

From the fifth year of Jiajing to the present, Zhao Benxue has come to this Jin land for so many years, and he is finally going to set foot outside the side wall.

Within the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Dayou marched quickly, and soon arrived at the Broken Fox Castle a little east of the tiger's mouth.

At the top of a section of the arc of the new side wall, there is an old side wall outside it, which reaches the Qingshui River in the southwest and the sea of water in the northeast.

Yu Dayou only took 1,005 elite soldiers with his headquarters, but he took a total of 600 defenders from Ninglu Fort and Pohu Fort and some logistics civilians.

"Follow Ben Jiang, and when I get to the old side wall, I don't dare to bypass Ben Jiang to go to Broken Fox Castle!" Yu Dayou is already a real general, "He doesn't dare to bet on whether there will be an army of 10,000 people in the mouth of the tiger and go straight to naturalization!" The Drying Horse Terrace will move later, and it is difficult for him to determine the true purpose of Da Ming! ”

Naturalization is the nest of Alta.

Yu Dayou's general flag is where the soldiers are.

I replied that as Yu Dayou expected, he already knew that Man Shoubald had overdone things.

Now, Manshou Bald had to sneak back from Duoyan to the north, and then from the gap between Yongshebu and Chahar's pastureland, and the people had not yet arrived.

Rao is like this, and I have to raise enough soldiers and horses in the cold winter to prevent the Ming army from attacking.

In his opinion, it should be unlikely.

Even if Mongolia goes south to fight the grass valley, it is time to come back at this time.

Heavy snow blocking mountains is no joke.

Moreover, his surprise attack on Duoyan was chosen in early November, without warning in advance, and Da Ming would not react so quickly.

Who did it, Da Ming always has to figure it out first, and then wait for the new batch of important ministers in the big country policy meeting that starts in mid-November and will end at the end of the month to agree on a good strategy, right?

But now, on the fourth day of the lunar month of the Ming people, the sentry rode back to his sweat tent: "Khan! When the Ming army arrived to the south of Liangcheng, it was Yu Dayou! Both rivers are almost frozen, and they can easily cross the river to fight! ”

"Is there any movement over there at the Tiger's Mouth?" When I heard Yu Dayou's name, I couldn't help but be surprised, "What about Ningxia and Gansu?" ”

"There are three times as many generals on the Great Wall of Killing Hukou, and the news from Ningxia and Gansu five days ago has not moved."

I was silent.

Didn't Yu Dayou guard Jingping? From that side to Liangcheng, how long ago did it have to be opened? Isn't it that as soon as the news of Duoyan reached the Han emperor, the military order was immediately transmitted to Datong?

Don't you need time to pull out the whole army?

Just as Zhu Houxi expected, I felt that Mingren was ready to fight at any time.

But in the cold winter, even if you want to fight, shouldn't you go to fight the better Gunbiric?

I replied, who hadn't bothered Xuanda for four years, felt very aggrieved: Why did you beat me?

"You really underestimated me!" I gritted my teeth, "In this cold winter season, I still have to go out of the side wall." It's okay to let them go and never return. This time, they hit our ranch first! Trumpet! ”

The sound of the horn soon sounded inside and outside the big board that was still being built, and fifteen-year-old Ma Fang was stunned when he heard it, and his eyes suddenly flashed.

The year before, when he came to this area where he was grazing by Alta, he showed by chance the archery skills he had learned over the years, and shot a tiger that was lying dormant and ignored by his relatives.

It can't be said that he saved my life, but my courage and skills were favored by my answer, so I became a servant who raised horses for me.

Last year and this year, he also drove horses, cattle and sheep with the Altan army to the northwest to exterminate some small tribes, and expanded the area of the Tumut tribe.

Now, Ma Fang, who will soon be sixteen years old, has grown a lot taller.

Seeing that my guards then came here to select horses and prepare to assemble, Ma Fang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Can I not drive cattle and sheep this time?" I want to go out with the Khan to kill the enemy! ”

"You?" The guard glanced at him, remembering the year before, he nodded, "I'll ask the Khan." ”

Ma Fang didn't know who he was going to beat, but he knew that he was still a lowly slave. Only by gaining more trust here first, will he have more opportunities.

Maybe it was because all the people who were taken away by the bald had not yet returned, or maybe it was because I couldn't accept defeat this time, and Ma Fang finally got the opportunity to be incorporated into the army of Ida.

Then, he saw the vanguard army rushing straight to the southeast, and he was nervous and uneasy: it was the direction of the Ming Dynasty.

When they arrived at Yunchuan, there were also more than 1,000 horsemen ready to join the army.

In Ma Fang's calculations, less than two hours had passed at this time.

"Change horses! Tired horses, just here waiting for the people behind. "The bold Ming army came out of their ridiculous Great Wall to attack our brothers, slaughter our women and children, and rob our pastures, cattle and sheep!" It was Yu Dayou who led the troops out to let my brother lose the lives of thousands of grassland children! Use your bows and arrows to tell the Han people that Tumut is not the same as Ordos! Kill! ”

Ma Fang's blood was boiling, and he also held the inferior bow he made himself and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Is there still such a fierce general in the Ming army? Let the elite soldiers under Jinong's command die thousands?

"Sentinel in front, rush to Liangcheng before dark!"

I replied and gave the order, and the sentry among his personal guards actually ordered Ma Fang in.

"Being a sentry rider is the most dangerous, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" Ma Fang only trembled with excitement.

"Okay, come along. Prove your bravery and loyalty to the Khan! ”

He grew up as a child on the grassland, and after so many years, Ma Fang is no different from the young and strong on the grassland.

I replied that he just needed a chance, and Ma Fang only needed a chance.

What impact can a Sentinel have on a big battle? What's more, with him staring, there are several people in a sentry cavalry team.

In fact, Ma Fang at this moment will indeed not have an impact on the current battle situation.

But what about the future?

Ma Fang finally became a warrior, and he vigilantly followed the sentry horse, pondering the opportunity to escape back to Daming.

Now he has a horse under his crotch!

The question is, if he goes to Daming, will he be killed as a tartar?

So Ma Fang cautiously glanced at the few people around him.

Now, he hoped to meet the Ming army's sentinels, so that he would have a chance.

The snow was falling heavily, and they kept moving, searching for traces of the enemy.

This time of year on the steppe is not suitable for fighting.

However, in the south of Cochin, it is more suitable to send troops during the dry season.

Yan Shifan walked slowly all the way and finally arrived at Cat Ba Island. Facing Nguyen Van Tai, he said bluntly: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!" Mo Dengyong still refuses, in a word! If you arrive in Thang Long, do you think this son will have a good face? He killed Ben Gongzi in a fit of rage, Jiaozhi must be missing, but Ben Gongzi's life is gone, who to reason with? I'll wait another month at most, okay, I'll see after the New Year! General Zhao has already set off from Dongguan, if you don't believe it, you will be able to meet the Daming Sea Master after the New Year! ”

The new order had not yet come, and he didn't know that Zhao Jun was really ready to pull out, but this did not prevent Yan Shifan from being self-taught and naturally skillful in playing with extreme pressure.

He also muttered in his heart: I don't know if that Wang Zhi and Nanao County Jue can do it, it's been so long, and the Westerners' ship should also come. In case Ruan Gan can't stand it, he will really be exterminated like this, and when the army of Jiaozhi returns to defend Qinghua, it will be a bad thing.

Fortunately, Wang Zhi finally arrived in advance, and it was impossible for him to go to Qinghua with Alfonso and them, so what else did he have to prepare for employment negotiations.

Shi Bao has already prepared these things, and both people and documents have them.

Just when Nguyen Van Tai was helpless to go to Thang Long, the commercial and war dual-purpose ships of the Portuguese merchant alliance appeared on the sea east of Thanh Hoa, and at this time, south of Liangcheng, Yu Dayou faced me directly.

In this battle, he was still defending, and the strategic goal was achieved: I came at him.

To the east of him, Zhao Benxue looked at the huge cannon that had been pulled out of the side wall and dragged with difficulty in the snow, and said to the commander here: "General Yu has given you the credit, so as to achieve a quick victory." If I wait for me to react, then there will be variables! ”

"Mr. Zhao rest assured!" The general of the pro-military camp under Guo Xun, who had picked up a big opportunity in vain, turned red, "With this sleigh car, you can get to Tucheng in a day and a half at most!" ”

"There are also sentinels ahead, and if they detect it, they will come and go quickly."

"General Yu is on the side of Liangcheng, and I can only divide troops to help, don't be afraid! Instead of clearing the sentry horse, it is better to march as soon as possible. When I arrived in Tucheng, as soon as the cannon went off, it was hot, and I was just in time to drink a bowl of hot Laba porridge in Tucheng! ”

I am not stupid, I know that I am being led by the nose when I see Yu Dayou's posture that he didn't even row far from the sentry and is leaning on the old Great Wall and is ready to defend it.

Tucheng also detected the news that the Ming army had left the side wall, and even saw Guo Xun's general flag from a distance.

Which side is the main direction of attack?

Yu Dayou's flag fluttered in the snow in the distance, and I squinted his eyes: than a field battle in the snow? The Ming army, huddled behind the side wall, really knew how cold the winter on the grassland was?

"That's a good thing!" I replied and sneered, "Tucheng doesn't want it!" If you have the courage to do so, try it in the cold winter wax moon to defend the earth city! Let the generals on the Tucheng side hide in the north of Broken Fox Castle, release them some more, and concentrate on plundering the grain and grass they transported! ”

No matter what good calculations the great tomorrow makes, the northern expedition in the cold winter is taboo!

It's a shame that he can figure it out!

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Yu Dayou and I Da were consumed here, and the Mongol army did not take advantage of the greater number of people to attack in the field.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, the Ming army arrived at Tucheng and captured the empty city without firing a single shot. In the past, the old city in the territory of the Ming Dynasty has been in disrepair for many years, and is only regarded as a military stronghold by the Mongols.

Now, this stronghold has been burned to the ground in anticipation of the arrival of the Ming army.

Yu Dayou did not send sentinels to the front, but there were many sentinels in the direction of Tucheng.

The situation in Tucheng reached here, and Yu Dayou understood what the situation was now.

"He's waiting for the New Year." Yu Dayou looked at the tents and horses in the distance, and looked at the soldiers around him with a smile in the snow, "What do you think of the New Year's enlargement of artillery battles and the celebration of the enemy?" ”

"Meidi very!"

The men in the land of Shaanxi and Jin replied with a smile.

(End of chapter)