Zhu Qiyu was not joking, and really took two million taels of silver from his own treasury to Shen Yi to reward the soldiers and boost morale.

As for the horses, bean grain, grain, cloth and other things of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, they are also taken by the household at will, and they are given as much as they want, without the slightest hesitation.

History has proven that to fight this kind of war, which is related to the fortunes of the country, one should unreservedly give everything he has, in that parlance, it is called stud.

It's been ten years, and what I've been waiting for is today. or preach and achieve the position of the emperor; Either step down from the altar and be an ordinary mediocre man.

The counter-example is our Wanli Emperor, who refused to use his internal money to support the Liaodong War.

If Wanli was willing to take out five or six million taels of internal money, the deployment of the Ming army would be much calmer, and the battle of Salhu might not be so tragic.

As the saying goes, the bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused.

Sometimes when you are in the game, you can't see the situation clearly.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head, he was just an ordinary person, and he didn't understand it at the beginning. But now it's getting more and more reminiscent, and this time it's time to put everything on the line, and there can be no fluke.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu sighed: "An Guogong was still prescient and took the initiative to transfer 10,000 elite soldiers from Japan back."

10,000 more people means a lot more power. With 5,000 infantry, Li Ling was able to defeat tens of thousands of cavalry of the Huns. I have 10,000 extra cavalry, which will probably play a key role.

The old man seeks the country, and the widow is lucky. ”

Lin Xiangyu asked: "Isn't the husband afraid of Anguo's high merits?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "It doesn't matter, can An Guogong survive me." Don't listen to people talking nonsense about Sima Yi and other nonsense, Sima Yi is so easy to be.

An Guogong's prestige in the army is limited to himself, and Guogong can pass it on to his son, but his prestige cannot be passed on to his son.

If you have to find a threat, Ning Guogong Chen Mao is obviously more taboo. The 30,000 old camps that my brother handed down from that time stayed in Myanmar and other places.

There's nothing you can do with them. ”

"So what's next?"

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Increase troops on the western front, and on the eastern front, expect Wang Yue to live up to the trust."

It is a bit risky to let the new civilian officials command the army. Wang Yue himself has no qualifications to be the commander, I asked Tao Jin to command the troops, and let Wang Yue give him counselor military affairs.

Tao Jin, this person, was already in command of the Shenji Battalion when he was defending the Beijing Division. By now, he is very Buddhist.

So nominally, Tao Jin is the coach, but in fact, Wang Yue plans more.

Fan Guang all the way, Fan Guang, Wu Zhong, and Gu Zhong are more than brave, as for resourcefulness, it depends on my Tanhua protégé Zhang Ning.

I was curious to see what they would do for me, and this battle was fought and eventually turned into a blind box. ”

Zhu Qiyu prayed silently, I hope that historical inertia will work, and I hope that Wang Yue will live up to his trust.

Chatting about military affairs, His Majesty the Absurd Emperor suddenly asked, "Oh, when will I be able to eat milk?" ”

Lin Xiangyu replied solemnly: "Next month, my husband will almost be able to eat milk." ”

"I'm thirty years old, and I'm still breastfeeding, have my sons and daughters ever laughed at me?"

Lin Xiangyu comforted: "It's okay, even Zhu Wenfang doesn't know that his father loves milk, and in the hearts of his children, his father's image is tall and majestic." ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he became more and more embarrassed, so he took Lin Xiangyu into his arms, exposed Xiangxiang's shoulder, and relived the happy times of the year.

After that, the situation is unspeakable.

In the next ten days, all parties were nervously deploying, and a large number of Ming troops had already set off from the interior to Xi'an for reorganization.

Cao Guogong and King Su led 60,000 elite soldiers and 80,000 auxiliary soldiers from Gansu to Ningxia.

On August 20, Tao Jin and Wang Yue led a large army into the grassland south of Bear Lake.

Meng Yuan's remaining troops began to flee in all directions.

But they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have to drive cattle, sheep and horses, so they can't run fast at all.

The cavalry of the Ming army were like eagles catching chickens, and they were captured back to the camp in groups.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Yue couldn't help sighing: "It is worthy of the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, the order is forbidden, and they are not allowed to burn, kill and loot, they really abide by the military order, and they have not committed any crimes." ”

Tao Jin said with a smile: "That's because the saint has given too much, once a soldier does not obey the military order and is expelled from the pro-army, it will affect several generations."

Who would give up this iron-clad job for some petty profits? ”

"That's the same, we robbed so many cows, cows and horses, and there was no place to settle them. Once the main force of the Mongolian army arrives, these will become a burden. ”

When Tao Jin heard this, he knew that Wang Yue had already made a calculation, so he hurriedly asked for a plan.

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Let's set up a big camp two miles west of the Wuersun River, and build a prisoner of war camp west of the big camp to settle the captured Mongolians."

Further west, cattle were fenced off with wooden fences to keep the enemy out.

The enemy rushed forward, the fence was breached, and thousands of cattle were scurrying around, which was disgusting.

After breaking through this barrier, it was a prisoner of war camp, and the parents, wives and children of the Mengyuan cavalry were in it, and they were still rat throwers, and they did not dare to rush and trample.

Let's hold the camp and prepare for it with artillery and crossbows. ”

This plan is safe, and Tao Jin is very good.

Since the emperor did not send eunuchs to supervise the army, Tao Jin was more like a supervisor at this time, while Wang Yue was making suggestions and formulating strategies.

The 30,000 elite infantry of the Ming army was responsible for building a large battalion, deploying artillery, bed crossbows, and setting up various means of defense.

Fifty thousand auxiliaries were responsible for the construction of prisoner of war camps and livestock camps, as well as the installation of horse rejection.

The cavalry only sent a small force to capture the prisoners, while the main force rested in place and waited for the arrival of the Mengyuan cavalry.

On August 23, Hara Kuchu led 50,000 elite cavalry around and camped 20 miles west of the Ming army's camp.

After discovering that the Mongolian army arrived, the small cavalry of the Ming army all withdrew to the large camp and could not hold out.

The Ming army was not in a hurry, and the grain transported this time, combined with the slaughter of the Mongols' livestock, was enough to support more than three months.

At the same time, the Ming army also made great efforts to transport a large amount of soybean grain, enough to support the horses to eat in January.

When there is grass, let the horse eat grass first; When it is winter, let the horses eat bean grain. In this way, in winter, the war horses of the Ming army will inevitably be stronger than the Mongolian army.

In other words, the Ming army was not afraid of Hara bitter to fight a protracted war.

The Ming army was already invincible according to the camp and stronghold.

Hara Kuchu soon found that the situation was very different from what he expected, and he originally wanted to maneuver on the grassland and attack the Ming army.

Who would have thought that the Ming army would stay where it was and refuse to move.

He had already fought a tough battle in Liaodong, and now the Mongolian army was up and down, obviously resisting the attack.

Haraku summoned all the generals and asked again.

No one was willing to storm the Ming army's camp, but the captured men, women, and children, as well as livestock and horses, were in urgent need of rescue.

At this time, there were already many generals expressing their dissatisfaction.

After all, Hara's bitter command is full of a large number of old subordinates who have taken off and are not spending money with Ara.

(End of chapter)