However, Zhu Qiyu did not get carried away, and it is not a good skill to push the army first with hard power. The formation of multiple legions in the back to besiege Warat is the real test.

It is necessary to deal a heavy blow to the foundation of Warat, and finally kill it first; It is also necessary to maintain a balance to prevent the emergence of a new dominant strongman in Mengyuan. It is also necessary to control the Mengyuan magnates such as Totobuhua and Arazhiyuan.

It's not easy, but you need to be very careful.

At this time, Zhu Qiyu's biggest advantage came into play again: knowing that he couldn't do it, he didn't command blindly, but transferred professional talents to assist him.

Therefore, as soon as possible, Zhu Qiyu issued an edict and ordered Luo Tong, the left attendant of the military department, to return to Beijing immediately to preside over the military department.

If we put aside factors such as the fame and prestige of later generations, just looking at experience and ability, the Wenchen with the strongest military ability at present is Wang Ji, the secretary of the military department, followed by Luo Tong, the left attendant of the military department.

As for Jiang Yuan, the right attendant of the military department, although he is more famous than Luo Tong, in terms of military talent and experience, it is obviously still a big difference.

However, Zhu Qiyu also appeased Jiang Yuan according to his strong, motivated, and self-esteemed character: Jiang Yuan was ordered to concurrently serve as a bachelor of Hanlin and enter the cabinet to participate in confidential affairs. In this way, although Luo Tong took over the affairs of the military department, Jiang Yuan was still able to participate in Zhu Qiyu's Xihua Hall small court meeting and became a member of the core decision-making circle between the emperor and Wenchen.

As for Luo Tong, when the situation collapsed in Jiaozhi that year, he defended Qinghua City and killed many people, both military talent and loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. During the rectification of Gansu with the military department, there were also great exploits in breaking the Tartars. It can be regarded as a veteran who participated in the Civil War and has rich military experience.

has enough ability and qualifications, and the most important thing is that Luo Tong is the hardline main battle faction that is most in line with Zhu Qiyu's appetite. Especially on the issue of recovering Jiaozhi, Zhu Qiyu and Luo Tong definitely have a common language.

Although he was a close confidant of the Emperor Taishang, Zhu Qiyu decided to let Wang Ji rectify military affairs in Nanjing, in order to completely quell the rebellion in the south in the future.

Jiang Yuan, the right attendant of the military department, is also very enterprising and easy to accept Zhu Qiyu's military philosophy.

As for the cronies of Sanyang in the Ministry of War, the military thinking is in the same vein as Sanyang, and there is no difference. These people have no interest in the territory of the Mongols, the territory of the Jurchens in Liaodong, and that's it. But they didn't have the slightest interest in recovering the real Han land like Jiaozhi, but they really disappointed Zhu Qiyu completely.

Such a person can only be transferred out of the capital by Zhu Qiyu from afar, and just find a place for them to nest in.

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The crown prince was temporarily left in the Kunning Palace and lived with Empress Zhou; Concubine Xuanyi had already returned home yesterday; Zhu Qiyu instructed Chen Xun and the others to go to the West Flower Hall for lunch before lunch, so they also got on the chariot and returned to the Qi Palace.

Four thousand guards withdrew from the palace in an orderly manner, returning the defense of the Forbidden City to the Jinyi Guard.

In fact, this is a bit of a public humiliation of Jinyiwei, but it doesn't matter, if Jinyiwei really dares to come out to rebel against the emperor because of dissatisfaction, then Zhu Qiyu can still look down on Jinyiwei. At the very least, he can be regarded as a hot-blooded man, which is much stronger than being insensitive.

Now Zhu Qiyu wants to separate the six military craftsmen and thousands of households under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei, and this part of the experienced and skilled craftsmen is valuable. As for the rest of the brocade guard, it is better to fend for itself.

Zhu Qiyu returned to the palace and just dragged his tired body into the room. I saw my fifteen favorite concubines, kneeling on the carpet in unison, prostrating their heads and prostrating, while shouting: Your Majesty is wise and martial, long live, long live.

After a night of nervousness, Zhu Qiyu didn't expect that as soon as he returned home, the favorite concubines would be so interesting. Don't say it, fifteen stunning stunners, prostrate at their feet with low eyebrows, and the feeling of shouting long live is really fluttering.

Zhu Qiyu floated a little more tea before he smiled and let the concubines get up.

Lin Xiangyu came up to serve and change clothes, and asked, "The war is finally over, is my husband going to rest at home?" Our sisters waited for the husband to bathe in the fragrant soup, and then flattered the husband well for a day and a night. ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "Oh, what do you want to do." I'm going to wash up, eat something, and sleep for an hour.

When it was almost noon, I was going to get up and go to the West Flower Hall to hold a small pilgrimage meeting, first appease these cronies and important ministers, and then assign tasks to them. The imperial court should speed up the allocation of ordnance, firearms, grain and grass, and support more than 100,000 soldiers to attack Warat in three ways.

Then at noon, you prepare a table of food for me in Jiangyunxuan, and I will feast on the secret envoys of Totobuhua and Arazhiyuan, a total of four or five people. Then I will discuss with them a further battle plan.

In the afternoon, I will summon the representatives of the noble families of Ying Guogong, Fuyang Marquis, Anping Marquis, Guangping Marquis, etc., and talk to them about the restoration of the lords.

After that, it was to meet with the soldiers of the central guard of Yingzhou, although they did not go outside the city to kill the enemy, but these days to protect our safety, it is also a great achievement.

Then he met with Shi Heng, Sun Bo, Liu Yongcheng and other generals, and also appeased them a little, made wishes to them, and assigned tasks.

After that, he discussed military affairs with the chief generals of the second battalion and six guards such as the Marquis of Xing'an and the Marquis of Chengshan, as well as He Yi, Huang Pu and others.

After tossing all this, it's time for the evening, rest, and tomorrow morning, let's go out of the city to work together. The day after tomorrow, the Yingzhou Left Guard, Yingzhou Right Guard, Tiance Guard, and Xiao Cavalry Battalion were all opened, kicking off the prelude to the real war. ”

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Isn't it that the first army has completely collapsed, why does the husband still fight?" ”

Zhu Qiyu explained with a smile: "Your little girl's family doesn't know, in the headquarters of Warat, on the prairie, there are also 20,000 elite troops, and Boyan Timur has 10,000 people. In addition, the original subordinates of the three Polo brothers are now annexed first, and they can also make up 10,000 soldiers.

This is 40,000 people, plus the 10,000 troops of Boyan Timur who are holding the Emperor Taishang hostage and staying in Datong, and the 12,000 ambushes that were also sent first, and now the defeated Warat army is still about 16,000 people.

Once Rang Yexian successfully escaped back to Warat, these soldiers would all add one and add one together, and they would be together again, and there would be an army of 80,000.

You said that this is not tiring, and after this time, I will definitely learn to be obedient first, and in the future, I will only use these 80,000 troops to harass around the border of the Ming Dynasty, and no longer enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. When the time comes, 80,000 cavalry will come and go like the wind, where shall we arrest him?

So I can only take advantage of his illness and ask for his life. Then organize a large army battle, and consume the total strength of Yexian and Boyan Timur to less than 40,000 people.

In this way, once and for all, he will first lead an army of 40,000 with Boyan Timur, a 30,000 army under the command of Arazhiyuan, and a 30,000 army under the command of Tokhoff Buhua. I just need to balance in the middle, secretly support, and let the three Mongol forces continue to fight a civil war. ”

Lin Xiangyu smiled with admiration: "Although the slave family doesn't understand military affairs, the husband is really not an ordinary wise and martial artist. In only three months, the Ming Dynasty's erroneous military strategic situation against Wara was completely reversed by Fujun.

The slave family didn't dare to say anything Han Bai Weihuo, but the husband already faintly had the image of the Holy Lord of Zhongxing, and there was definitely no problem if he was a hundred times stronger than the Emperor Taishang. ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled and pinched Lin Xiangyu's little face, the advantage of her own little princess is very good: she does not show her edge, she is wise and foolish, no matter when, no matter how ridiculous she acts, she always encourages herself, the acting emperor who is a halfway monk, like a little woman who worships her husband.

Lin Xiangyu asked with a smile again, "Next, what should the slave family do?" ”

"Tomorrow when you go to the labor army, you prepare the silver, and then quickly arrange for the guards to count the heads today. How much reward should be given to each person, and there should be no mistakes or omissions.

The silver we raised before to ransom the emperor still has 400,000 taels, and all of this part will be distributed to our second battalion and six guards. And it was evenly distributed according to the head, among which the wounded, the dead, and the double hair.

The remaining 800,000 taels obtained from the auctioneer in Jietianlou were used to reward the guards with silver according to the number of beheadings.

In addition, we will take out 400,000 taels from our treasury and distribute them to the soldiers of the central guard of Yingzhou. Although they did not go into battle to kill the enemy, they also made great contributions to defending us, and they could not fail to give a reward, which would be bad for chilling people's hearts.

In short, everything has to be taken care of, I probably mean this, you just have to decide for yourself. ”

(End of chapter)