All the officers and soldiers ate and laughed, and Guo Deng had no choice but to say, "The defeat of Tumubao cannot all be blamed on the emperor, there were many civil and military ministers who accompanied the expedition at that time, among which there were quite a few experienced wars, and even the British Gongzhang Fuzhang Lao General, who had won three victories in Annam, also died in this battle, which shows that he also used troops first, which is indeed higher than ordinary people." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Some soldiers agreed, "Yes, there are so many descendants of the Temujin family on the steppe? None of them can fight first, let's just say that the descendant of Chagatai Khan, Wei Si Khan, fought more than 60 battles with him in the early years, and he didn't lose all of them? Our emperor is only in his early twenties, and he has no experience in warfare. ”

Gongzi was about to nod, Yuan Ziying said: "But I am the Ming Dynasty to establish the country with martial arts, which emperor has not been personally defeated? There have always been more victories and fewer defeats, until Zhu Qizhen is a waste wood! If you can't beat it, you can't beat it, how can an army of 500,000 (in fact, 300,000) be defeated by 20,000 light cavalry! Throughout the ages, which battle can be compared? It is simply a loss of face for the Han people, not only the loss of the land of the south of the desert taken by the ancestors, but I am even more close to crossing the Yangtze River in the south, imitating the old example of the Southern Song Dynasty, although the country did not die in the end, but Zhu Qizhen's talent is really comparable to the king of the country. ”

Childe shouted, "Are you drunk, stay over there!" Yuan Ziying hurriedly took a pot of wine and walked away while drinking.

Gongzi had no choice but to explain to everyone, "This brother was originally a Han people from Monan, and his family died in the Battle of Tumubao, and he moved south into exile, because he is fluent in Mongolian, so I took him with me this time." When he returned to his hometown, he was inevitably excited, and his speech was out of order, so don't be like him. Guo Deng and others suddenly realized that they would not be careful.

The young master couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "General Guo, what kind of person is the emperor?" Guo Deng said helplessly, "After the battle of Tumubao, I went to the Wara army, although the emperor was imprisoned by the enemy, but he talked freely, never flinched and begged for his life, and fell into the prestige of the Son of Heaven. Later, Xining instigated to go south from Ganzhou first and capture Nanjing, but was also dissuaded by the emperor. ”

The young master said angrily, "Xining, I know, it is the eunuch who surrendered after the defeat, betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and was finally killed by us." Guo Deng shook his head and said, "Xining was originally a Mongol, and he became a eunuch after being captured by the Ming Dynasty, and it is reasonable that he was defeated and surrendered." ”

Thinking of the past, Guo Deng was also deeply moved, and said, "Finally, with the blessing of the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they also attacked the capital first and retreated to the grassland, so that the disaster of destroying the country disappeared." ”

There was a voice from afar, "Obviously, it was thanks to the blessing of Lord Yu Qian that he saved the Jingshi, but I don't know if the heroic spirit of Lord Yu will protect the court in the future?" At the mention of Yu Qian, everyone suddenly felt heavy, shook their heads and sighed.

Seeing that the sun was gradually sinking in the west, and the sunset outside the plug looked desolate and dignified, he couldn't help but sigh, "The people of the north, it's really not easy to live." Guo Deng also said, "The war is coming, and what the people are looking forward to most now is to build the border wall as soon as possible." (Note: The side wall is the Great Wall, after the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Great Wall in the north has long been gone, and the long wall of Ganzhou Wei will not be repaired until 1494.) ）

Tie Lingqi said: "The side wall, can the side wall block the Mongolian iron cavalry? The best defense is only attack." Guo Deng said with a smile, "What the girl said is, but the affairs of the soldiers, it has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, the literati have not experienced war, and they like to talk about the soldiers on paper. But I don't know that the attacks blocked by the border walls of the past dynasties are far more than ten times more than the number of times they have been breached. With the courage of the first emperor, he also had to build a side wall back then. ”

Tie Ling was unconvinced, "But can't you take the initiative to attack and defeat the enemy?" "After I drove the Mongols back to the grassland, in order to prevent them from coming back, I sent troops deep into the south and north of the desert several times, and once even burned the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Arahe Lin! How proud is it? It's just that~ girl, you see that the grass on the plain is completely burned by wildfires, and the spring breeze blows and grows. ”

Everyone was silent, and Guo Deng sighed, "In fact, not only our dynasty, but also the Han people of all dynasties have won many big victories in the north, but after that~ first, it is difficult to get rid of the other party, and second, even if they are all killed, the alien races in the west and north, seeing that there is no master in the grassland, will come to occupy it, and then go east and south, until it borders with the Han land, so as to start a new round of war." In the vast grassland, people gather and scatter, and I don't know how many ethnic groups have changed, but we are collectively called barbarians and Tatars. ”

Tie Ling and the others were agitated in their hearts, and Guo Deng said, "It's not that the Han people don't want to occupy the grassland, but further north, the land is barren, and the climate is abnormally cold. The national nature caused by this soil and climate has been formed over thousands of years, and it is difficult to change in the end. ”

"A big victory, solid can create more than ten years or even decades of stability in one fell swoop, but in the world, only the soldiers are the most fierce, victory or defeat is often only a millimeter, once defeated, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers may be destroyed in one fell swoop, causing the country to be shaken. Therefore, even if the successive dynasties had a great victory over the northern captives, after a few decades, they did not dare to say that they would win the battle, and they always focused on defense. ”

Everyone was silent again, looking at the vast wasteland outside the plug, carefully savoring Guo Deng's words, and all of them had thousands of feelings floating in their hearts.

Guo Deng remembered Cheng Xuchuan's incident and said, "Cheng Xuchuan's evil deeds have also been copied and reported to Ganzhou Wei, asking us to pay more attention to the trends." I heard that they went out of Zijing Pass, but how did you get out of Ganzhou Wei, Son?"

Gongzi told his plan, Guo Deng sighed, "Gongzi is thoughtful, although Cheng Xuchuan is a person from the rivers and lakes, but with his vicious heart and poisonous methods, if he really defects to the enemy country, it is indeed a problem for Daming's henchmen." You have traveled thousands of miles to chase the murderer, not only for personal revenge, but also for the sake of the people of the world, and the old man admires it very much. ”

Looking at the grassland from afar, Guo Deng said gloomily, "It's a pity that the old man treats the sinful body, if he leaves his post without permission, he is only afraid of affecting his colleagues~" Gongzi felt his heart and said busily, "How can I work General Guo? The general is responsible for the imperial court, protecting the people, and there is no day to leave." I waited for this trip to the north after careful preparation, and it is expected that there will be no mistakes. It's just that where Cheng Xuchuan fled to, there is no clue at present, the general has been at the border for a long time, and he wants to understand the situation in Mobei, I don't know if he can give some pointers?"

Guo Deng's spirits perked up and said, "Guo Mou should say everything. Today's Mongolian Great Khan is the youngest son of Tokhtobu, named Maergul Gesi, before the two Mongolian Taishi came to make our dynasty (1455), reported that the Taishi of the Porai killed the Arazhiyuan, recaptured the royal seal, the Khan throne, the restoration of the country called Tatar. ”

The young master said happily, "Finally restored the name of the country to Tatar, not Yuan! I know, because it was too powerful first, Da Ming was afraid of him, and he must be happy to see that he is dead and the throne is back in the hands of the Eastern Mongols." ”

Guo Deng couldn't help laughing and said, "Exactly, as soon as he died first, the relationship between Mongolia and my Ming Dynasty immediately became closer! The new Khan is called Uketu Khan, because he was only seven years old when he succeeded to the throne, and our dynasty called him the little prince, although he is fifteen years old this year, but like many emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, when he succeeded to the throne, the lord and young ministers were strong, and it was difficult to reverse the situation when he grew up. ”