If he succeeds in defeating the fragile left wing, he will regain the strategic initiative against the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to eliminate the northern trouble of the Ming Dynasty, can Gunbirick, the most powerful right-wing leader on paper, ignore it?

The best choice is to defeat Gunbilik nearby, regain and recover Qinghai. This will take a lot of time, enough for me to first subdue the left wing without any worries, and then to receive the 20,000 households of Ordos and Yongxiebu, which are bound to be defeated in his mind.

As for the more bitter cold in the further north, what are you afraid of?

Next, as long as they did not go south, but aimed at the savage Jurchens and other subordinates, the Ming army would either not work to march north, or they could only sit and watch me recuperate.

In this process, maybe Zhu Houxi will be gone.

"There are also three faces." After stepping down from the governor of Xuanda, Wang Shouren lived in Beijing for a long time, as a staff officer of the military council, "Can the border city be opened?" Also opened, Duoyan Sanbu took the exchange of the Ming goods, and then sold them to me! If you don't open it, I will eat up the three parts of Duoyan, and Daming doesn't care? If you want to manage, you need to reset Wanquan and Daning Division. Thousands of miles to the north, building cities to transport grain, manpower and military resources, it is much easier for me to loot again than to enter the border wall. ”

Yang Shen beat a drum in his heart and looked at the emperor worriedly.

Zhu Houxi has been thinking about this for a month, and even his son Zhu Zaiyu, the king of Yue, who has been away from the capital for more than a year, has returned to Beijing, and he doesn't care about seeing him a few more times.

Now Xia Yan and Wang Shouren have a disagreement on the strategy towards the north.

Xia Yan believed that although it was impossible for the Tumut Department to go fast with women, children, camp tents, and all the cattle, sheep and horses, the Ming army could not go fast as it went deep into the grassland in the north, and it could not stop them. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of the fact that neither Altan nor the Khan's court can come to the rescue, and go all out to defeat Ordos and Yongshebu.

Wang Shouren believes that once the Ming Dynasty regained control of a large area of land beyond the border walls, it would be impossible not to recast a number of walled forts to control these lands and compress the living space of Alta. And if I swallow the remnants of the left and right wings, although the overall strength of Meng Yuan has decreased a lot, there will be more available troops under my command. Since then, he has been plundering in the north of the Ming Dynasty, where there is no border wall and border defense system, and the grain, grass, and military resources of the Ming Dynasty must be guarded against thieves for a thousand days.

Therefore, instead of repeating it first, it is better to go straight to the main battlefield of the Khan Court. Once the Khan's court collapsed and my plan failed, Gunbilik had nothing to worry about.

"Tucheng further north, back to Guanshan, back to the past, Xuandewei and Guanshanwei, can suppress the eastern aid of the Ordos Department. In this way, you can only build Liangcheng, Zhuozi, Jining, Xinghe four cities between Guanshan and Datong, and then supplement with Tucheng, Maoerzhuang and other forts, then Datong to Guanshan more than 100 miles of grain road is safe. If Gunbirik can occupy the Toyosu Beach, he must not dare or want to risk the east, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

Wang Shouren continued to persuade Zhu Houxi: "At this time, when Yong Xie Bu is swept away first, and then Chahar is pressed, when I am the weakest and weakest in the battle between Altan and the Khan's court, I can defeat it in one battle. As a result, he had no choice but to flee westward, and then he fought with Gunbiric for pasture. After losing the war and migrating westward for a long time, I can't subdue the tribes with advantage internally, and I can't defeat Ordos with strength outside, I'm afraid it will be cheaper for Gunbiric. ”

Needless to say, does Gunberic need to worry more? He himself is old, and his talent is far inferior to that of me.

Xia Yan shook his head again and again: "Knowing that the main force of the Ming Dynasty is going north to Chahar, how can Gunbilik not go around the north of Guanshan in the name of King Qin?" When the battle between Wang Shi and I is in full swing, he will reap the benefits! Besides, after traveling thousands of miles to the north to conquer the Khan Court, Daming was not ready for this. ”

Wang Shouren said the reason why Yang Shen's heart beat the drum: "This eternal opportunity is just fighting for the country." The three sides, Datong and Shanxi, naturally have the tendency to re-enact the side wall, so that Gunbilik does not dare to act rashly. The three major battalions, Xuanda, and Jiliao elite soldiers, should go straight to the Khan Court. If the three departments of Duoyan don't want to have last year's incident, they should also send troops as strikers. ”

From the bottom of his heart, Yang Shen agreed with Wang Shouren's opinion.

But from the perspective of his family background, Yang Shentai was too worried about the food and logistics pressure brought about by the dispatch of such a 100,000-level army and the main force to march thousands of miles to the north.

Zhu Houxi was still contemplating, his brows furrowed.

Judging from the time, Gunberik must have sensed the departure of the Tumut tribe at this time, and the northernmost tribe of Yongsheb must have also seen the battle of the Tumut tribe migrating northeast.

The battle in Chahar will start in July or August at the latest.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, although the military council was still discussing, the grain storage number and the grain and grass from other warehouses of the imperial court had already been arranged. Preparation, mobilization, and the same need to be launched in July and August at the earliest.

I replied decisively and resolutely, at a good time.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to directly chase and beat me up and reap the benefits of the fisherman, it must be another fierce battle with Meng Yuan in the depths of the grasslands further north in the cold winter. For many years, no Ming army has been able to go so far, and the place is unfamiliar, and Wang Shouren's proposal is equally bold.

Xia Yan's suggestion is more practical, but in the future, he will be more passive in the face of me who has passed the most dangerous moment.

As long as he is willing to stay in Mobei, Zhu Houxi can only be like Zhu Di, and it is difficult to achieve complete success in repeated northern expeditions. After all, Alta had already given up on Toyoshu Beach, and he could move around.

In the absence of Tianyan now, if I answer that if I play peek-a-boo with Daming, Daming will not have many good ways.

The firepower of the Ming army was stronger, but the Ming army, which relied more on firearms troops, was even less mobile than the cavalry.

Both methods have pros and cons, and at this time, only Zhu Houxi himself can make this decision.

It's also time to make a decision.

He looked at Wang Shouren and Xia Yan: "You still missed a little, and that is me." ”

Wang Shouren's heart moved, and he looked at the emperor.

Zhu Houxi stood up: "You don't need to divide your troops to capture Guanshan and Liangcheng. When I arrived in Taiyuan, Gunbirik didn't dare to move! ”

Xia Yan knew the emperor's decision and was silent.

The last time the emperor went to Xuanfu, Bodi died in Luohangou.

This time the emperor went to Taiyuan, it was a strategic fraud against Gunbiric. As long as the news reached the Loop, Gunbiric would not dare to leave easily, let alone abandon it directly.

Yang Shen was overjoyed: In this case, the Western Front only pretends to have a big move, and there is no need to send troops in fact.

"Half a year is enough. Spread the decree to the Marquis of Xiangcheng, Hanhaibo, and Zhen'anbo, first with the power of Xuanda, out of Zhangbei, and chase away Yong Xie Bu. Spread the order of Wuding Marquis and Jiliao General Army, train the generals, and prepare to send troops. Tell Duoyan Sanbu that if you want Yong Xie Bu's pasture, then send troops as soon as possible to block Yong Xie Bu's escape to the north. Once he made a contribution, while Altan was at war with the Khan's court, the scouts went north to set fire to the wasteland, making Altan even more sad for this winter! ”

In order to protect the land city, the dry horse platform, and the Maoerzhuang, which were newly recaptured last year, Xuanda has the most sufficient grain and grass military funds, and now the morale is also the highest.

Zhu Houxi looked at Zhang Fujing and Yang Shen: "Xuanda will send troops now, and we can try our best to support two months' military supplies." How the logistics support is relayed depends on you. I went to Taiyuan first, and when the good news came, I drove to Zhangbei, and handed over the matter to the Marquis of Funing and Jingbianbo, but Gunbilik still couldn't help. And if I drove the northern expedition, I would not be able to retreat immediately, nor would I dare to attack easily. ”

He said categorically: "This winter, I spent it with the soldiers in Mobei!" Let my horses, cattle and sheep lack hay and lose fat, and when the spring of the coming year is warm, they will break the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Yang Shen understood, nothing more than to make the pressure in the next few months a little less, but this pressure will continue until the end of next year.

The majesty of the Great Tomorrow's Imperial Expedition was first used to suppress Gunbilik's inability to leave the Hetao, and then used to encourage the soldiers of the Northern Expedition to hold on to the cold winter in Mobei for a winter, so that I could also cast a rat trap.

The real decisive battle with me was chosen in the spring and summer of next year.

The Emperor is once again on a personal expedition, and this time quickly.

Decided, Lu Bing quickly moved nervously.

Yan Chunsheng, the town of Anbo, was excited, and he quickly set up a special combat camp and set off for Xuanfu as soon as possible.

In the palace, Zhu Houxi still has things to arrange.

This time, he's going to be away for a long time.

The Ming Dynasty already has a crown prince, so there is a prince in the name of supervising the country. In fact, the heavy responsibility is still entrusted to six important people: Sun Jiao, Cui Yuan, Wang Shouren, Yang Shen, Zhang Zuo, and Mai Fu.

After Guo Xun left with the main force of the three battalions, Mai Fu and Qiu Luan, who was transferred back, were in charge of the remaining three battalions.

Guo Xun also began to fight chicken blood, this time it is really a great opportunity for Feng Gong.

He has just stepped down from the general army of Datong, and after all, he has made great contributions and has battlefield experience in Datong.

Since the sixth year of Jiajing, there have been so many Hou Bo in Daming. Now it is time to conquer the Khan Court in the north, and if the first war is wiped out, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities for meritorious service in the future, and the generals in the Beijing camp are eager to be promoted as soon as possible.

It's the Northern Expedition, it's the Northern Expedition!

Just as the emperor was preparing to go to Taiyuan, Li Quanli and Yu Dayou had just received a clear military order, a fleet of ships arrived at Ji Po Island, east of Anxing City, Jiaozhi.

Mo Dengyong stood at the bow of the ship, silently looking at the humble port in front of him.

It seems simple, but this is only after Tian Rucheng came a few years ago, and the construction began. In a short period of time, it has begun to take shape. There is no doubt that this is the handiwork of the Ming Emperor Ming Ji Haimao.

On top of that, there is now a huge sealed ship here.

On the deck at the front end of the sealed boat, Weng Wanda stood by the wind, quietly looking down at the fleet in the distance.

"Lord Li, General Ruan, Your Majesty is also benevolent and righteous to your Li clan. Now that Mo Dengyong has come to attend the meeting in person, I hope that the servants will stop speaking ill of each other and quarreling in vain. If there is no help from the Great Ming King, can you exterminate him? If you want the help of the Ming Dynasty, how can you afford the military needs of the king's southern expedition? The three mansions of Langshan belong to the Ming Dynasty. Don't want to pay the people of the land, but also think about destroying the Mo Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty does not want the people of the fields here, but only hopes that the peace of the feudal country will be peaceful, and the people will no longer worry about the war. ”

“…… The envoy is reassured, and the minister understands. ”

Ruan Gan was not qualified to make irresponsible remarks, and without the help of the Ming Dynasty, he himself would not have the confidence to recover half of the country, although their son-in-law actually did the same later.

And Li Weining, a puppet, is even more submissive.

Behind Weng Wanda, Yan Shifan glanced at one eye, and then noticed that Wang Xueyi greeted Mo Dengyong below and guided him to board the ship.

"Lord Weng, wait in the cabin, right?"

He opened his mouth to remind Weng Wanda, and there was still respect in his tone.

In any case, this Weng Wanda is also the second only person to Li Mo in the system, and now he is the general director of the Nanyang Diplomatic Department of the Ministry of Rites and Communications, who is the fourth grade, and is ordered to patrol the Nanyang by a sealed boat.

Cochin was just his first stop.

There is a cabin like a palace on the sealed boat, and the cabin on this deck is now located in the cabin, and the venue has been arranged.

After Weng Wanda walked in, he sat down in the main seat without giving up.

On either side of him, there were subordinate officials holding several holy decrees, the treasure seals of the Qincha, and the signplates.

Voices and footsteps sounded on the gangway outside, and Weng Wanda sat upright.

When Mo Dengyong walked into the cabin, the first thing he saw was Weng Wanda sitting there in a red robe, and the holy decree behind him.

"The foreign minister asks Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Seeing Mo Dengyong's style with his own eyes, Ruan Gan couldn't help but feel complicated.

Since Mo Dengyong paid a big respect, Ruan Wentai and the others he brought were naturally like this.

"Saint-Ann. Master Mo, get up and take your seats. ”

On one side is the Li Dynasty, which only came to Li Weining and Ruan Gan Weng's son-in-law, and on the other side is the Mo Dynasty, which has six people.

Weng Wanda looked at them and said slowly: "Jiaozhi has been fighting for several years, and now it is time for an end. You are all surrendered wholeheartedly, please keep sealing. ”

Mo Dengyong and Ruan Gan were silent, and Weng Wanda didn't care about them: "In the past, Jiaozhi was the political envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and the Li Dynasty was first established, and the Ming Dynasty canonized Li Li as the lord of the country. Unexpectedly, before a hundred years passed, there would be civil strife in Jiaozhi. Since the first year of Jiajing, the old ministers of the Li Dynasty avoided disasters to the Ming Dynasty, and there were many words that asked for the establishment of the political envoy of Jiaozhi and hoped that the Ming Dynasty would proclaim the king again. Now, His Majesty only hopes that the Celestial Empire and the vassal kingdoms and clans can communicate and have close friendship. ”

"The matter has come to this point, if Da Ming sits idly by, how long will the two of you still fight? How innocent are the people of Jiaozhi? Your Majesty's grace is like the sea, and he can't bear to see the lives of Jiaozhi in misery, so he sent his official to the south to mediate the dispute between your two families. ”

With that, he waved his hand, and made a new map spread out in front of them.

"Take this as a boundary, stop fighting, and let each his people be in peace. His Majesty said: It will take ten or twenty years to dance with knives and guns, and even if one side wins in the end, Jiaozhi will definitely be ten rooms and nine empty, and the bones will be in the wilderness. Your Majesty knows that you are all unwilling, so it is better to show your skills and govern the land and the people. Over time, the people's aspirations can naturally be seen clearly. What do you think? ”

“…… Your Majesty Shengming. The foreign minister's performance of Li Shi has run out, which is not a lie. If it weren't for the perverse cronyism of the Li family, and the resentment of the officials and the people, how could the foreign ministers have no choice but to take charge of the great government? Now, the foreign ministers only hope that the people of Jiaozhi will live and work in peace and contentment, but Ruan Gan and others are greedy for power and are bent on restoration. If the hearts of the people of Jiaozhi are still oriented towards the Li Dynasty, why can they only hold their heads and run away? Qin envoy Mingjian. ”

Ruan Gan wanted to speak, but Weng Wanda frowned: "There is no need to say these words again." If you think so, then listen to the decree of this official. ”

Mo Dengyong looked at the dazzling line on the map again, bowed his head and left his seat: "Foreign Minister Mo Dengyong listens to orders." ”

Weng Wanda got up, took the first holy decree, and began to read Zhu Houxi's will to the two kneeling lords.

Putting aside the high-sounding words, the meaning is very simple: demarcation and rule, the Ming Dynasty still regards Cochin as a family, and only sets up a diplomatic embassy on Cat Ba Island. One of the two families is the Jiaozhi North Xuanwei Envoy, and the other is the Jiaozhi South Xuanwei Envoy, both of which can trade and communicate with the Ming Dynasty. How effective are the two families in governing the land and securing the people, and the Jiaozhi propaganda makes it play every year.

“…… If anyone starts a war again, and I hear the news, I will be punished by the Holy Judgment. If you have an antipathy, do not obey the admonitions of the Ming Dynasty, and cannot work in peace and contentment, it will be difficult to be a great task for the Xuanwei of Jiaozhi, and I will get rid of it. Looking at the people's aspirations with the effect of governing the land and reassuring the people, this Chenger and other people-oriented foundation for a hundred generations, I can also be the lord of the country again, and forever form a friendship with the clan. Chin this! ”

Mo Dengyong's heart shook violently, but he could only thank him verbally.

His eyes were fixed on the floor, and there was endless hatred in his eyes.

That great tomorrow has a bad intention, and this is to encourage the north and the south to fight openly and secretly from now on. Which side is at the end of the war, and can't secretly do more? Admonish this today, punish that tomorrow, the north and south of Jiaozhi must beware of the Ming Dynasty and each other, where is the energy to govern the land and secure the people?

He didn't know if Ruan Gan's idiot could see through this, but he knew that Da Ming's purpose of "still treating Jiaozhi as a family" and "preparing to canonize the lord of the country in the future" seemed to be lenient and benevolent, but in fact how insidious it was.

The standards are all in Daming!

Then, it was Weng Wanda who took out the national letter, and asked the two of them to check it and sign it for printing.

This is a "truce", but it is not a real "armistice". The civil war in Jiaozhi is not over, but it is necessary to change from the confrontation between the two armies to a competition to see who can better "govern the land and secure the people".

Every five years, with the bait of canonizing the only lord of the country, let the north and south of Jiaozhi fight openly and secretly.

In the meantime, there is an important point of judging how "banditry" is.

"The foreign minister still has something to play." Mo Dengyong gritted his teeth, "The foreign minister is not a person who is greedy for power, he is willing to abdicate, and ask His Majesty to canonize my son Mo Dengying as the envoy of the Jiaozhi Northern Xuanwei, in order to show the determination of the Jiaozhi Northern Xuanwei Division to stop the soldiers, preach and educate, and reassure the people!" ”

Weng Wanda looked at him deeply: "This official will play Your Majesty." ”

Behind the scenes, Mo Dengyong will naturally do more things that are not easy to detect, but that will not affect the overall situation.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is decisive.

And the Mo clan, who slaughtered the Li Dynasty clan, is naturally difficult to coexist with the Li clan, unless the Mo clan is willing to die and the clan is wiped out.

Originally, it was still a country, but now it has become two toasts, and toasts are originally "family worlds".

Weng Wanda didn't care what they did, he just presided over this negotiation meeting step by step.

While the history of Cochin is changing here, news from the north is also on its way to the south.

The Son of Great Tomorrow once again drove the expedition in person, and this time he mobilized in the "Ming Pao".

With the record of many victories over the northern captives, the imperial court calculated the accounts to the officials and the people: if there is no northern trouble, how much food and salary in the border areas can be saved in the future of the Ming Dynasty.

These accounts, the people of the Ming Dynasty can not understand, but there is no tax, that is enough.

These accounts were told by Prime Minister and Minister of State Zhang Fujing to hundreds of officials: I, Zhang, have just sat in this position, and now it is a special war time when the Ming Dynasty wants to seize the opportunity of the ages and eliminate the northern disaster in one fell swoop.

Who's going to pull me off the hind legs of my head?

Now that it has been published in "Ming Pao", Jiaozhi will naturally know.

What will happen if they know that the Ming Dynasty is temporarily unable to make a big move in the south?

Mo Dengyong only learned about this news later, including the news that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to recapture Tucheng at the end of last year and early this year—these were all widely publicized at this time as morale-boosting news.

He remembered the smiling one-eyed Yan Shifan he had seen in Fengzhou, and finally understood that he had been deceived by him.

At that time last year, where did Daming have the spare strength to attack on the Jiaozhi land route! Sending some warships over is already their limit!

It's a pity that he has already used the seal on the national book and received the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

What to do again is what the big tomorrow calls "anti-will".

Do you want to take advantage of the powerlessness of the Ming Dynasty and take advantage of Ruan Gan's transfer to the more unkeepingly Qinghua, and forget it the other way around?

(End of chapter)