Hearing the emperor's question, Xu Youzhen was silent.

Although after so many years of purging, the water in Shanxi is still a bit deep. Because the emperor didn't kill thoroughly enough, he really let go of too many powerful gentry.

The forces of the fish that slipped through the net are intertwined, and they are not easy to provoke.

Zhu Qiyu smiled indifferently and stopped asking. The so-called illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, and the things in Shanxi are left to future generations to toss slowly.

The most important thing in front of him was to finish the battle, and Xu Youzhen asked again: "Shengshang, after the Shaanxi-Gansu border army entered the Houhetao, did it immediately attack the main force of the Mongolian army with the Dongsheng defenders?"

Once the main force of the Mongolian army retreats to the grassland, should the whole army pursue? ”

Zhu Qiyu asked rhetorically: "What do you say? ”

Xu Youzhen replied: "The idea of the Ministry of War is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots once and for all. But what we are afraid of is that the main force of the Mongolian army will flee directly west and run to Hami.

Then we will not be able to catch up with them, and when we arrive in Hami, the main force of the Mongol army can choose to continue to flee westward and go to the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire, or we can choose to go north and occupy the original territory of Warat.

With our supply capacity, as long as the main Mongol army escapes into the territory of the Timurid Empire, even if it is safe, it is impossible for us to catch up with them. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, he really hadn't seriously considered this issue before. The Golden Horde was now fragmented, and the Kazakh Khanate, which had split from it, was in close proximity to the Eastern Chatai Khanate.

With the strength of the Mongolian army under the command of Agabarzi, once it enters the Kazakh Khanate, it will be a dragon crossing the river, and it can completely overwhelm the head snake and take the Kazakh Khanate as its own.

Zhu Qiyu has already realized that as long as Agabarji and Hara Ku father and son decisively cut off their tails to survive and flee all the way west, it will really make people scratch their heads.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu really admired the people of the Han and Tang Dynasties more and more, how did they run the Western Regions thousands of miles apart. It is really not easy to send the army over, to suppress the kings of the Western Regions, and to maintain influence for many years.

Zhu Wenfang pulled his father and signaled the ministers to wait.

Only then did Zhu Qiyu come back to his senses and asked Shen Yi to speak.

Now the war mainly relies on two people, one is Xu Youzhen and the other is Shen Yi.

Shen Yi replied: "If Agabarji chooses to flee north, whether it is to Hulunbuir, or Hala and Lin, it is about more than 2,000 miles, and the supply of our army can barely support it.

If Agabarji chooses to flee west, there is no way.

Before the construction of the straight road from Gansu to Hami proposed by the Holy Lord was completed, our supplies could not support such an expedition.

And this Ming and Yuan decisive battle, although there were not many battles, but both sides gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Ming Dynasty was already 'transferred to half the world'.

If we don't end the war this year, I am afraid it will affect people's livelihood again. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded solemnly, Shen Yi even used the five words 'transfer salary for half the world', which shows that the people have been affected a lot.

'Transferring wages for half the world' is used by ministers to describe Zhu Qizhen's conquest of Luchuan.

The battle of Luchuan triggered a chain reaction of the Miao Rebellion in the southwest and the civil uprising in the southeast. The wolf smoke is everywhere, and the people are not happy.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care if the people could survive.

Zhu Qiyu still cares a lot, although he doesn't have the idea of being the Ming Dynasty's version of the 'big savior', but he still tries to be sympathetic to the people within the scope of his ability.

Next, the ministers expressed their opinions and spoke freely.

Zhu Qiyu listened carefully to everyone's thoughts and made a final decision: "Order An Guogong and Cao Guogong to enter Houhetao with King Su, and keep an eye on the movements of Agabarji at all times."

Once Agabarzi withdrew, their task was to keep the main Mongol army on the west flank at all times and prevent it from fleeing westward.

The Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry mobilized all the materials that could be mobilized to fully support the Shaanxi-Gansu border army.

Dongsheng and Datong had already hoarded a considerable amount of supplies, and once the Mongol army retreated, they pursued it with all their might.

I will transfer another 10,000 battalions of the state guard army to Datong to strengthen the combat strength in the direction of Dongsheng and Datong.

The war in Hulunbuir should be almost over. As long as the army over there has its hands free, it can flank the main Mongol army of Agabarji from the north and south. ”

This big war looks easy, but in fact it is really all about it.

After another 10,000 battalions of state guards are transferred, there will be less than 20,000 battalions of state guards left in the entire Beijing division, and thousands of days will be guarded.

The rest of the Son of Heaven's pro-army was almost all sent out.

If someone rebels, the situation will be worse than the defense of Beijing back then.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu's original decisive layout played a role.

The Jingying, loyal to Zhu Qizhen, was either sent to the battlefield or resettled far away in Burma.

Beijing went to the guard, and all of them were transferred to Nanjing. The guards of the government army loyal to Zhu Zhanji and other direct guards were all sent to the battlefield.

There is also Jinyiwei, which has been cut in half. Most of the rest were sent to Nanjing and other provinces.

Now around the capital, there are no troops loyal to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen, and there are no guards who are strong enough and have the heart of rebellion.

As long as there is no invasion of foreign enemies in Gyeonggi, more than 20,000 pro-troops can barely watch the Gyeongshi.

In order to complete the battle, the elite soldiers who can be sent are all sent without reservation.

Although it does not interfere with the specific command of the front-line generals, the general strategic direction is still controlled by the imperial court.

With a general direction between the monarch and the minister, they began to discuss the specific details.

It took two hours before the court dispersed in the afternoon.

Ganquan Palace has four dining rooms in the east, south, west and north, and Zhu Qiyu ordered the ministers to have lunch and rest for a while before leaving.

During special periods, the ministers were escorted back and forth by personal guards.

Seeing the ministers out of the Qingyun Palace, Zhu Qiyu sighed: "This last dynasty is really not easy, no wonder the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty don't like to expand their territory." The empire is too big, and it's really hard to rule.

Prince, you should remember that in these territories conquered by our Jingtai Dynasty, Japan must not give up, nor can the island chain of Taiwan, Luzon, and Ryukyu.

Temasek and Malacca must not give up, and Annan must not give up.

It's not obvious yet, but with the great development of navigation technology, the sea will become extremely important.

Those who have sea power win the world, we must take precautions and be a real empire on which the sun never sets with both land and sea hegemons.

As long as the Han people persist for another 300 years, these external troubles on land will be gradually eliminated.

When firearms are more developed, these Mongol cavalry will be nothing. ”

Zhu Wenfang nodded again and again.

Zhu Qiyu asked a little unconfidently: "Son, do you really understand?" ”

"Mm-hmm, I really understand."

"I spoke at the court meeting for more than two hours just now, and did you understand everything?"

Zhu Wenfang nodded again: "I understand." ”

Zhu Qiyu also nodded: "Sure enough, I inherited your mother's intelligence." ”

Zhu Wenfang corrected: "It's not my mother, it's my sister." Daddy called my sister to the old man to see how she cleaned you up when she went back. ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Okay, okay, sister, sister." But your sister dares to clean me up? Are you misunderstood, you didn't see what she was like at home. ”

(End of chapter)