Beijing City, Xiyuan.

Although the Ming court could not command the front-line operations in time, all the military information that happened would be gathered back here, so Zhu Youzhi was able to know the battle situation a few days ago.

Dayan Khan's killing of Datong Yushi Tiezhi can be concealed from Datong for several days, but many members of the night department of the military department are not born at night, and their eyeliner has already spread all over the desert.

Although the news from the capital is also lagging behind, it actually took no more than three days to return to the capital, and even two days before it was sent to Zhu Youji's desk.

The first military report of the night department was naturally that Dayan Khan rebelled and killed Datong Yu Shi Tiezhi to break with the Ming Dynasty.

The second is the good news sent back by Zhao Chengqing, the Marquis of Wujing, the general soldier of Jianzhou, through the Tang newspaper system, that the Zhao army led by him has captured the southern branch of the Alchuka Division.

When these two military newspapers came back, things were mixed with joy.

The Ming Dynasty is now different from what it used to be, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty has been going downhill all these years, and the sudden break between the two sides is not necessarily all bad.

Dayan Khan's reversal gave the Ming ample reason to stop the expansion of the Northern Yuan and prevent the emergence of a unified Mongol regime in the north.

After all, the Mongols are the people who once dominated the Central Plains, and once they are allowed to grow bigger, then their blades will once again point at the Central Plains.

It is better to take advantage of the strength of the Ming Dynasty and take action against the Northern Yuan, which is not unified now, so as to completely solve the biggest hidden danger of Mongolia, and even take the opportunity to include Mongolia in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, the joy is the good news this time, although he has lost the assistance of Mongolia, but Zhao Chengqing is a marquis with real talent and learning, and now he has successfully taken the southern branch of the Alchuka Division, and it is not so difficult to capture Banla City next.

It's just that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a third military report is coming.

Just when Zhao Chengqing led the Zhao army to approach Banla City, he was suddenly attacked by the rear of the Emu tribe, and the 10,000 light cavalry army was cut off by the Emu tribe.

To make matters worse, the Ming grain army was not able to set foot in the Emu Department.

Due to the terrain, if they wanted to bypass the Emu tribe, they would need to retreat back to the eastern Urabu or enter the Savage Jurchen realm.

It is precisely because of this that the Zhao army led by Zhao Chengqing is mired in the quagmire, and the grain army of the Ming Dynasty is no longer able to move forward.

"Emubu should really be torn to pieces!"

"Such capriciousness, what a despicable villain!"

"If you really want to investigate it, the person who deserves to die is Dayan Khan!"

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When the news came back, Zhu Youzhu summoned all the officials of the military department to come to the imperial study department to discuss, and the officials of the military department present pointed the finger at the Emu department and Dayan Khan.

Although it was the Emu Department that caused trouble for the Ming Dynasty, the culprit was really Dayan Khan.

If Dayan Khan had not chosen to defect and break with the Ming Dynasty, resulting in the destruction of the tactics of the siege, the Emu tribe of the Haixi Jurchens would probably not dare to help the Alchukha tribe.

As a result, things went unexpectedly, Dayan Khan beheaded the Ming officials to clearly send a signal to break with the Ming, and the Emu Department chose to help the Alchuka Department fight against the Ming Dynasty together.

"It's useless to talk about these now, the top priority is how to transport grain north, and how to save the trapped Zhao Chengqing Department?" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the military department, became more and more pragmatic, and immediately expressed his position with dissatisfaction.

Just now, he was still criticizing Emubu and Dayan Khan for dying down, and they began to rack their brains to find a way to solve the current dilemma.

Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, thought that he had outstanding military talent, and even threw out his own plan: "Let's immediately mobilize a large army to conquer the Emu department, which can not only open up the grain road and continue to go north, but also take the opportunity to rescue Zhao Chengqing's department!" ”

"Lu Shilang, you said it easily! Who will lead the army to open up the grain route? How much time will it take? How much money and food are needed? Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the military department, has always regarded Lu Wen as a thorn in his side, and immediately asked three questions.

Fang Langzhong, Lu Hui and other officials of the Ministry of War immediately smelled a trace of gunpowder in the air, and couldn't help but silently exchange glances.

Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, had a gloomy face, and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, the deputy general army of Liaodong will gather all the troops of Liaodong and Jianzhou, as the so-called: one force will reduce four meetings, even if there are more Jurchens, they are also chickens and dogs!" ”

"Not to mention how much time it will take for Liaodong to suddenly gather so many troops, and how much food it will cost. The troops deployed by the guards of Liaodong and Jianzhou are to defend against the Jurchens of Haixi and the Jurchens of the savages. Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the military department, grabbed the flaw and immediately questioned sharply.

Lu Wen, the left waiter of the military department, knew that Zhang Hai in front of him had been targeting him since he was promoted by Xu Pu, and immediately sneered at him: "Zhang Shilang thinks that the old man's method is not good, I don't know what good prescription you have?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Alchuka Department is a land of projectiles, and it is not worth the king's hard work. Today, the Emu Ministry is helping the Alchuka Ministry, not really being an enemy of my strong mind, but only to relieve the siege of the Alchukha Ministry. The minister thought that he would immediately order Zhang Jin, the governor of Liaodong, to stop the sword and soldiers to negotiate peace, and the imperial court would no longer need to consider the matter of transporting grain to the north, and could also ask the Emu Department to withdraw its troops and let Zhao Chengqing's troops return from the difficulty! Zhang Hai belonged to the out-and-out Qing school, and immediately took the opportunity to propose peace talks.

In his opinion, all the troubles are caused by the sword of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty can take the initiative to cease the war, then all problems will be solved, and the Ming Dynasty can share the blessing of peace with the Jurchen tribes of Haixi.

Xu Hong and other officials of the Ministry of War were fortunate to come to the imperial study today to discuss matters, although they could not see the emperor above the attic, but it was rare to be so close to the emperor, and they were secretly happy in their hearts.

It's just that when he heard that Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the military department, actually proposed peace talks, he couldn't help but look at each other.

Although they did encounter problems in this expedition, they now rashly ceased war and negotiated peace, not to mention damaging the emperor's face, even if the entire Ming Dynasty was also disgraced.

Even if the Ming Dynasty was wrong, Dayan Khan's rebellion, Alchu Kawei, who belonged to the Ming Dynasty, openly asked for more rewards, and Emuwei gave Daming a knife from behind.

With all this, how can we take the initiative to seek peace? What reason does the dignified China have to sue for peace?

Liu Xuan, the secretary of the military department, looked at Zhang Hai who was talking with complicated eyes, and found that this faction still did not give in, and did not understand the emperor's painstaking efforts to strengthen the army and strengthen the country.

If these Qingliu were in power, it would be absolutely impossible for Jianzhou to recover, and at least half of the millions of victims in Henan would have died, or a large number of victims would have become their servants and tenants.

Above the attic, the fragrance of tea rises.

Zhu Youzhu was lying here sipping fragrant tea, and he was in a good mood, but when he heard the content of the ministerial discussion of the officials of the military department below, he couldn't help but feel bad.

As early as when Liu Xuan, the governor of Liaodong, was recalled to the court to serve as the secretary of the military department, he could not even pick out a suitable candidate for the governor of Liaodong, and at that time he had already realized that there were too few military talents in the Ming Dynasty.

In the original history, Lu Wen, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the Military Department, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Military Department, formed an iron triangle of the Ministry of War for five or six years, which can be regarded as the top military talents in this period.

It's just that the Hongzhi Dynasty in history was the period when Sun Tzu was in power, and there was no foreign war at all during that period, and the chaos and unification of Mongolia were ignored at all.

Now the official of the Ministry of War that he hopes for is a bloody man, and after many inspections of Lu Wen, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Hai, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, in the end, he did not give the position of the governor of Liaodong to these two "top military talents".

Although Zhu Youzhu knew that Zhang Hai was a peacemaker, when the war was facing a predicament, he actually jumped out and pulled his hind legs, and he couldn't help but feel bored in his heart.

Even though he expelled the so-called clear stream to the corner of the officialdom, the kneeling party can still be seen everywhere, and now it still occupies the important position of the right attendant of the military department.

"Your Majesty, please use tea!" Han Youying felt Zhu Youji's unhappiness, and her head was significantly lower when she knelt down to hand the tea, and she also put her posture extremely low.

Her current mentality has slowly changed, no matter what the man in front of her wants, as long as this man can be happy.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the docile woman in front of him, and also realized that he was a high emperor: "I called you here today to discuss in the hope that your military department can come up with a feasible solution to the problem, instead of trying to retreat when encountering difficulties!" ”

"Your Majesty's lesson is that the ministers should remember!" Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, naturally would not let go of the opportunity to attack Zhang Hai, and said loudly.

Zhang Hai actually just wanted to show his attitude of seeking peace, and let the history books leave a grand mark on him, and he didn't expect the tyrant in front of him to adopt it: "The minister also wants to offer advice to Your Majesty, and please ask Your Majesty to see it!" ”

Xu Hong and other officials silently exchanged glances, but they knew that the two waiters in front of them had their own calculations, but this battle was burned to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can send an order to Zhang Jin, the governor of Liaodong, to immediately dispatch troops to support the front, and the Ming Dynasty can uproot these two rebellious guards with a large army, and it can also deter the Jurchens who are ready to move on all sides!" Lu Wen, the left attendant of the military department, realized that Zhu Youzhu was the main battle faction, and once again put forward his own plan.

Although the candidate for the governor of Liaodong has been vacant so far, the governor of Liaodong was personally arranged by Zhu Youji, who was Zhang Jin, the former Dali Temple Zuosi.

Zhang Jin is a Jinshi in Chenghua for five years, and he is a genius who rarely comes out of the guard and is named on the gold list. His ancestor Zhang Jing once served as the governor of the Yuan Dynasty, and was killed in the early Ming Dynasty and moved to Minzhou.

Although he came out of the guard and was not taught by a famous teacher, Zhang Jin was extremely talented and diligent and studious. At first, he studied Buddhism, then Taoism, and Confucianism.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is very particular about relationships, although Zhang Jin created a precedent for the children of border guards to obtain the reputation of Jinshi, but his career was not smooth, and he just started as a Jinshi to watch politics.

In the twenty-first year of entering the office, he was only the left temple of Dali Temple, but he had excellent results in the ministry examination, and as a result, Zhu Youzhu made an exception to promote Zhang Jin to the governor of Liaodong.

Due to the sudden reversal of the Mongols, the burden of the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Haixi Jurchens fell on the shoulders of the governor of Liaodong, which can be described as full of drama.

Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, became more and more steady, but he stopped him by saying: "Lu Shilang, what Zhang Shilang said just now is reasonable!" Not to mention that it costs a lot to assemble the Liaodong Army and the Jianzhou Guard, the time may not be in time! For the sake of today, it is necessary to find a clever solution to the dilemma, rather than sending troops out of the country at any cost! ”

During his tenure as the governor of Liaodong, he knew that it was easy for the imperial court to move troops, but the transfer of each soldier required a lot of money and food.

Although it cannot be said that Lu Wen's method cannot be effective, it is a victory worth the loss to dispatch an army of 100,000 to fight two tribes with a combined population of less than 100,000.

Fang Langzhong, Lu Hui and other officials of the Ministry of War nodded silently, although Zhang Hai's request for peace was unreliable, but Lu Wen's approach was also undesirable.

"The minister thinks that the military information we have obtained from Haixi has seriously lagged behind, and it is not suitable for the imperial court to command the war now, but to retain the front-line commander to continue to command the battle. The imperial court can now make a diplomatic fuss, immediately remove the Emu tribe from the title of Emuwei, and order the other five major tribes to encircle and suppress the Emu tribe and the Alchuka tribe. Xu Hong stood up and immediately expressed his opinion.

Hey?

When Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, heard Xu Hong's proposal, he couldn't help but take a serious look at this low-key Enke Jinshi.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Officials such as Fang Langzhong and Lu Hui of the Ministry of War realized that Xu Hong was the right entry point to solve the problem, and even echoed the words.

A smile finally appeared on Zhu Youji's face, and he found that after all, it was not all straw bags like Zhang Hai and Lu Wen, but also some outstanding young talents, so he silently tasted the tea handed over by Han Youying: "Xu Hong's words are in line with my heart!" In this case, the military department drafted a text, and today it will send a letter to the Emu department! ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that the emperor had made a decision, and he also led all the officials of the Ministry of War to salute respectfully.

Since the war in Haixi had been discussed, Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, led the officials of the Ministry of War to retire with great interest.

Although the officials of the Ministry of War, Lang Zhong, Lu Hui and other officials wanted to pay tribute to Long Yan, they also knew that it was an honor to be able to be here now, but they couldn't force too much.

When Zhu Youzhu saw the officials of the military department retreating, he fell on the long-legged woman in a purple dress in front of him, and what was even more rare was that there was a faint fragrance of flowers on her body.

Han Youying stood up very interestingly, knowing what Zhu Youji's eyes represented, and then silently walked into the rest area in the attic.

The capital is cloudy and rainy, and the Haixi region, thousands of miles away, is a sword and sword.

Burst!

Burst!

Burst!

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A vanguard team with the banner of Zhao Zi tried to capture the small mountain bag in front of them along the mountain road, but the Jurchens hoarded heavy troops and set up fences here, and the arrows in the sky forced the Ming army to retreat.

Zhao Chengqing's troops formed an army of 15,000 people in the face of the Emu Division, and did not choose to fight head-on, but chose to avoid its edge and leave from other paths.

It's just that providence makes people, and the long snake rift that was originally iconized on the ground is unknown when the rift has been sealed by the collapsed mountain rocks, causing it to become a desperate valley in front of you.

Zhao Chengqing wanted to lead his troops to withdraw too late, the terrain of this Long Snake Valley was connected to other mountain ranges, and there was only one way out, becoming a veritable Sleepy Dragon Valley.

As a result, the back road was cut off by the Emu Department who was chasing behind, causing all the soldiers and horses led by Zhao Chengqing to be trapped here, and they could only choose to ask Shanhaiguan for help.

It's just that the bad situation is beyond everyone's expectations, I thought I could hide in the valley for two or three months and wait for reinforcements, but in the morning I looked at the endless spring water, and suddenly it dried up.

At all times, water is the most needed living resource for the army, and it is also the confidence that they can persevere. If there was no water source, they would have to last for seven days at most, just like the terrible situation of the Tumu Fort back then.

"Master Hou, we have dug ten meters and still there is no water source, and the soldiers can't dig anymore!" Seeing that the situation was so unoptimistic, General Chen Daring seemed anxious.

Zhao Chengqing was wounded by an arrow in his left arm, looked at the clear sky and said helplessly: "Kill the horse and drink blood to quench your thirst!" (End of chapter)