The capital, the military department.

"Lord Shangshu, the military wall of the border city of Datong Mansion is in an emergency, the little prince of Dayan Khan, led 80,000 people, burned and plundered countless soldiers and civilians of our country, and the wealth is not calculated, and now it is gathering in the direction of Datong, I am afraid that it is going to attack Datong Mansion."

When Ma Wensheng heard this, he swooped up from his chair and exclaimed; "What? Bring it to me. ”

Wait for him to snatch the letter and look at it, the whole person is not good, most of the heart is cold, miserable, it is too miserable, the seventy-two forts around Datong Mansion, more than half of the loss, countless military and civilian casualties, now the weather is abnormal, Datong has been short of food and clothing, people are panicked, it is only October, it snows heavily over there, it is conceivable that the Tatars must not be happy, so they come to loot again, these damn Tatars.

It's just that why did these Tatars suddenly appear in Datong, isn't there any news to Datong in advance to warn, this is not normal, it's too late to think about anything else now, it's still important to enter the palace,

"Come on, prepare the horse to enter the palace." Marven went out in a hurry.

In the palace, the palace of the body.

Zhu Houzhao is discussing politics with several cabinet elders and scholars, because it is not a grand court meeting, so only a few cabinet scholars enter the palace to discuss politics, this is a regulation that cannot be changed, even if Zhu Houzhao is reluctant, there is no way.

Yang Tinghe is talking about the Book of Zhou, the fifth volume of the emperor: "The people of the time are the only emperor, they are not cruel and fearful of the wise, people are capable and promising, so that they are ashamed of their actions, and Bang Qichang, where they are righteous, they are rich and square, and you can make them better than their families, and the people of the time are ······!" ”

"Your Majesty, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is outside the palace to ask for a pilgrimage." A guard hurried over and knelt on the ground to ask for an order.

Zhu Houzhao said lightly; "Xuan."

"Yes."

"The Xuanbing Department's Shangshu Marven ascended to the hall." Liu Jin said.

As soon as Ma Wensheng came in, he spoke eagerly; "Your Majesty, Datong Mansion is in an emergency, the little prince of the Tatars led 80,000 troops to attack, and the surrounding seventy-two military forts have suffered more than half of the casualties, and countless losses of personnel and property."

Zhu Houzhao's sleepy head suddenly woke up, his eyes widened, he got up and drank; "What do you say? The Tatars are coming again? ”

He's so angry in his heart, Lao Tzu hasn't gone yet, you fucking should be the first step ahead, do things, this is, okay, I want you to come and go this time, just try my secret weapon.

When Liu Jian and the others heard this, their brows were deeply locked, and they said; "Your Majesty, the Tatars are menacing, you must be cautious, 80,000 Tatar iron cavalry, and Datong Mansion has only 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, I'm afraid I can't hold it."

Zhu Houzhao sneered; "Can't hold it? Hmph, pass the decree and order Zhang Mao, the governor of the five armies, and Yang Yiqing immediately enter the palace. ”

"The slave obeys." Liu Jin went out.

"Your Majesty is angry."

As soon as the scholars saw this, they knew that the emperor was going to prepare for a big move, and now the tax and silver in Jiangnan have not been escorted into Beijing, and the balance of the treasury is insufficient.

Li Dongyang is also the secretary of the household department, so he naturally knows the situation of the state treasury, but what can be done to solve it.

"Old minister, may I ask Your Majesty, are you ready to send troops to Datong?" Li Dongyang still asked, he was really worried.

Zhu Houzhao knew his thoughts, and after calming down, he said calmly; "The treasury is not enough to support the big war, I understand, but people are bullying the door, don't you still fight, but you don't have to worry, this battle must be fought, but there is no need for the treasury to pay for the military, my internal funds are enough, 100,000 silver is enough."

Li Dongyang's heart was slightly puzzled, and said; "How ready is Your Majesty going to send troops?"

100,000 silver, it sounds like a lot, but it's just a drop in the bucket, at most 20,000 troops need for a month, Your Majesty, this is child's play! Sure enough, it's still a young man's heart, don't you know, when the army moves, there are millions of grain and grass, what can you do with your 20,000 army, and besides, the 20,000 army can only be cavalry, if it is infantry, just the people's military horses are not enough to pay for the army's action.

That's why he asked worriedly, and the others looked at him with puzzled expressions.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "I, I am only going to support Datong with the Iron Eagle Guard." ”

Whoa, the beast howled and rushed through the hearts of the ministers present.

The corners of Yang Tinghe's mouth twitched, Your Majesty, the old minister's ears are not good, did you hear it wrong, can you say it again, how much?

Liu Li Xie and the three pavilion elders turned dark when they heard this.

Your Majesty, are you done laughing, Iron Eagle Guard? 5,000 Iron Eagle Guards, you let them deal with the 80,000 Iron Horsemen of the Tatars like wolves? Is this to send people's heads, or to support Datong, isn't this nonsense?

Only Yang Tinghe, who has been with the emperor recently, probably knows a little bit of hidden things, and recently there is always a thunderous sound on the Xishan side, and I don't know what he is doing, maybe that is the emperor's reliance.

Yang Tinghe thought about it and said; "Your Majesty, but there are already surprising means to win, the minister has been hearing the movements of Xishan recently, I don't know if Your Majesty can tell me, so that I can wait for Your Majesty to refer to the details."

Zhu Houzhao pointed at him with a smile; "Yang Aiqing, your news is very well-informed, yes, that is me, in order to deal with the incoming enemy, prepared, and not in a hurry, since Aiqing mentioned it, then for a while, follow me to Xishan for a walk, let you wait to see again, what is called thunder and earth, long-range strike."

What does long-range strike mean?

They glanced at each other, I don't know why, for the emperor has often appeared in the mouth of new words recently, it is no longer strange, even the earth under their feet is round, they can accept it, what else is unacceptable, after a while, just go to the West Mountain to see, how to wash the ground with thunder, and how to strike remotely.

Wait until Zhang Mao and Yang Yiqing rushed to the audience, and heard that there was a war in Datong Mansion, and the Tatars had invaded, which was good news, the two of them immediately geared up, fighting for the right to lead the troops to the battle, but Zhu Houzhao did not choose them, Zhang Mao is a veteran, and the natural battle experience is not bad, Yang Yiqing is a civil minister turned military general, and there is military talent, but there is no battlefield practice, and now is not the time to use them.

Military generals have not fought in battles, they are still called military generals, military generals who have not been on the battlefield, are not enough to lead the army, especially to fight a modern thermal weapons war that surpasses the times according to Zhu Houzhao's will, it is even more impossible, these two people are to be reused, and naturally they must be cultivated well, what is modern warfare.

Therefore, they don't need to fight this battle, but they want to observe it on the spot, how to fight this battle, it is not a large number of people, nor a cold weapon, but a hot weapon that they have never seen, Zhu Houzhao is naturally ready to fight in person, and no one can stop it.

After everyone understood what he meant, a group of ministers, led by the three elders, stood up and tried their best to dissuade them.

"Your Majesty, do you remember what happened to Yingzong? If the son of a daughter can't sit down, how can Your Majesty be light? The old minister did not dare to obey his order, and asked His Majesty to withdraw his order. "Xie Qian argues with reason, the change of the civil fort is really a hard wound of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao knew that they wanted to refute it like this, but he didn't care; "You only remember the things about Yingzong, have you forgotten the things about Taizu Hongwu and Chengzu Yongle? I have made up my mind, it is useless to dissuade anyone, and I must be a big victory and return, remember, don't think about playing any tricks for me, it's best not to play the Spring and Autumn penmanship, I don't want to fight outside, there are still people talking behind my back, pulling back the legs, our monarchs and ministers are harmonious, and we are united in one heart, a hundred years later, there may still be a good story in the history books. ”

Zhang Mao and Yang Yiqing saw that His Majesty was iron-hearted, and even said the words of threats, so they had to shut up with humor, Your Majesty is still martial, isn't that what they need? Only with such an emperor can there be a fight, otherwise he will be idle at home all day long, his body will be blessed, and he will fight a fart battle.

The three elders of the pavilion are unrelenting, Liu Jiandao; "The old minister knows that he can't dissuade His Majesty from changing his mind, but the old minister also has a word, please allow Your Majesty." Don't know what he's trying to say?

Zhu Houzhao looked at him lightly, others don't know, but he knows, the court has court rules, and the heavenly family also has the rules of the heavenly family.

This is since the Tumu Fort, Daizong Zhu Qiyu reformed the system, because of Yingzong's affairs, left a shadow on the imperial court, and even the emperor was arrested, the consequences are too terrible.

Now Liu Jian is ready to bring out this rule that the heavenly family and the courtiers discuss to stop Zhu Houzhao from being willful.

"Master Liu, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, the first assistant of the current dynasty, I don't want to be too harsh on you, you don't need to say it, I know what you want to say, I ask Master Liu to accompany me on a trip to the West Mountain, if you still think that I should stay, then how about I give up the idea of pro-conquest?" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Regardless of whether you agree for it or against it in the end, it doesn't matter if you are happy or unhappy about what I want to do, hmph.

This expression, they are too familiar, several times, Your Majesty is this kind of expression, let them fall into Your Majesty's impotent, unconsciously, inexplicably agreed to Your Majesty.

The three pavilion elders suddenly felt a big alarm in their hearts, and they didn't know what tricks the emperor was going to play again.

Li Dongyang was defeated by the emperor several times, although he felt that he was being teased, and he was vigilant; "Your Majesty has no jokes, so why don't the ministers follow Your Majesty Xishan and his party."

Zhu Houzhao smiled proudly in his heart, the old guy is quite cautious, he won't scare you to death for a while, let's see.

"Liu Jin, drive the West Mountain."

"The slave obeys."

Zhu Houzhao swaggered out of the palace for the first time, followed by the three thousand forbidden troops, and the people along the way rushed to bow down, and the mountains shouted long live.

All the way to the West Mountain, to the side of the mountain, the Jingying West Mountain Guard guarded here, and all the irrelevant tourists were driven away.

Zhu Houzhao sat in the temporary tent prepared in advance, and the accompanying ministers were standing on the left and right, and at this moment, there was no place for them.

Liu Jin walked in with a general in a red robe, not Zhang Zhong, but who was it? Listen only to him; "Your Majesty, you're ready, do you want to start now?"

Zhu Houzhao instructed lightly; "Give each of you Aiqing a clairvoyance, I'm worried that the distance is too far, and you adults can't see it clearly."

Zhang Zhong received the order, ordered to go down, and brought a pair of binoculars to them, this thing was made by the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, Zhu Houzhao just simply taught it, the monocular telescope was only used in the Qintianjian during the Yongle years, and the military has not found a use, which is a good thing that has been seriously buried.

When the binoculars were distributed, Zhang Mao and other generals immediately couldn't put it down, if this was used on the battlefield, it would be a really good thing, even the Wenchen side was amazed.

Zhu Houzhao said lightly; "This thing is just a gadget made by the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, if you like it, I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

Zhu Houzhao nodded to Zhang Zhong, he got the order, left, waved the order flag, a team of forty iron eagle guards walked out with neat steps, among which twenty people each carried a swarthy iron cylinder on their shoulders, quietly half-kneeling on the ground, looking ahead, and their movements were uniform.

The ministers didn't know why, only Zhang Mao nodded with satisfaction, he likes soldiers to be strict, orders are forbidden, only then can he have a soldier, Zhang Zhong is very good, it's a pity, he became a eunuch on the battlefield.

Yang Yiqing stared at those iron cylinders tightly, and there seemed to be a very terrifying smell of gunpowder, which was actually the smell of gunpowder.

Zhang Zhong waved the command flag again, and the soldiers moved again, twenty earthen steel cannons, and twenty soldiers held a strange-looking object in their hands, placed it above, still still, their eyes were still serious, staring ahead.

Zhu Houzhao raised the binoculars and put them in front of him, and the ministers did the same, wanting to see what was ahead, but there was nothing ahead, except for mountains, rocks and trees, and they didn't know what the emperor wanted them to see.

Just when they were secretly slandering themselves.

Boom~Boom~!!

There was a dull sound in his ears, and after that, in the telescope, there was a terrifying picture scene, the minister only felt the mountain under his feet shaking, the sand and gravel flying all over the sky, the smoke and dust rising, and the opposite mountain collapsed.

Hiss~.

The sound of gasping cold air kept ringing.

It's terrible, this is what the emperor has newly created, it is so powerful, how can manpower resist it.

Liu Li Xie and the three pavilion elders opened their mouths wide, dumbfounded, looked at the smoking iron cylinder on the ground, and knew that this landslide and ground cracking scene was caused by these small things, it was terrible, how did Your Majesty do this, this pile one by one, seemingly unbelievable things, how could it be done easily in the hands of Your Majesty.

When the king of Xuning was in the party, they saw His Majesty's decisiveness, and when the sea was banned, they saw His Majesty's strategy, the seven cities of Nanjing, and saw that it was benevolent, so on the moonlit night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, what they saw was an incredible miracle, and now this scene of raising their hands and feet to collapse and cracking the ground happened again in front of them, and they can only describe it with horror.

Throughout the ages, have you ever heard of such an emperor appearing?

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile; "What about the newly developed artillery of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau? It is lighter than a bulky cannon, and although it doesn't have as long a range as a cannon, it doesn't hurt a cannon to take a toll on it. ”

No one did not agree, what else to say, they could even think that when the Tatar cavalry charged, there should not be many artillery, only a hundred, and it could inflict a devastating blow on the Tatars.

The cannon can't explode, and the casualties are limited, but the artillery can.

They finally understood what it was, the sky was thundering, and the long-range strike was carried out.

It's just that even if there are these guys, 5,000 people can't be the opponent of 80,000 people, and people won't stand there waiting for you to kill.

Liu Li Xie and the three elders still didn't let go, Zhang Mao and Yang Yiqing even more disagreed, the Son of Heaven personally led the army, this is not child's play, this is killing people on the battlefield?

Zhu Houzhao had to take out the ultimate weapon, the fire gun, the Shenji Battalion has it, this is not unusual, and the lethality is limited, I saw Zhang Zhong wave the command flag in his hand again, and a team of soldiers who looked like fire guns walked away, twenty people each with a shot.

Yang Yiqing was more curious; "Your Majesty, what kind of weapon is this, Wei Chen looks like a firebolt?"

This is a modern simple version of the firearm created by Zhu Houzhao himself, just like the Hanyang made, as a military fan, firearms are a must, except for repeating guns, such as the kind of guns made in Hanyang, there is no problem, in the current era, it is already a weapon beyond the times.

Originally, he wanted to build a repeating gun, but unfortunately because the conditions did not allow it, he gave up for the time being, and as for the future, there will definitely be one.

Zhu Houzhao smiled mysteriously; "This weapon is not a firecracker, it is derived from a firecracker, but after a while, you will know that his power is not comparable to firecracker."

"Then the minister will wait and see how powerful this weapon really is." Yang Yiqing bowed and stepped back.

This time, the ministers saw that someone had set up ten planks in front of them, and they watched curiously.

Zhang Zhong pointed the command flag in his hand to the target in front of him and shouted the order; "A hundred steps, a high and low salvo."