prosperous age

Chapter 363 Chapter 362

Wei Guangde was still inexperienced, he just wishful thinking that the Ming army would attack Hetao, and he could mobilize Alta Khan to divide his troops to rescue, but he didn't think that the distance between the two places, Alta Khan might choose to give up because of the lack of rescue.

Gao Gong also did not have a soldier on his behalf, and he did not consider this possibility at all, so he regarded Wei Guangde's idea as the magic weapon for the Ming army.

Now, hearing the loophole pointed out by Yang Bo, Gao Gong was momentarily speechless.

Indeed, they only thought that the importance of the Hetao area could mobilize our cavalry to rescue them, but they didn't consider what would happen if the other party chose to give up.

Once Alta Khan did not fall into the rhythm of the Ming army as Yang Bo said, the effect of this strategy would be greatly reduced. If it did not achieve the purpose of allowing Alta Khan to divide his troops, it would actually be a failure.

After a long silence, Gao Gong said: "Then how to remedy it? Or just give up?"

At this time, Gao Gong was also shaken.

"Mobilize Shandong, Henan Guards, and Liaodong Town soldiers and horses to be ready to help at any time. Only in this way, the consumption will not be low, but it can ensure that there will be no loopholes in the defense of the nine borders."

Yang Bo responded lightly.

At this time Yang Bo, although he pretended to be indifferent on the surface, was actually a little irritable in his heart.

After receiving the report from the Xuanfu Army, the entire Ministry of War considered how to mobilize heavy troops to defend against the invasion of the Tartars, but no one proposed such a strategy of using offense instead of defense, although even if it was proposed, there is a high probability that it will be regarded as a strategy by him. Alternate option and not sent to the imperial court.

It's a pity that the combat power of the Ming army has declined seriously. If there is still more than half of the combat power of the early Ming Dynasty, the invasion of Alta Khan this time is actually an excellent opportunity to encircle and wipe out Alta's troops.

Unfortunately, everything is just a beautiful fantasy.

However, the plan proposed by Wei Guangde to attack the Hetao area to disperse the troops of the Alda Department is very appropriate.

Although the combat power of the Ming army has declined sharply, it still has an absolute advantage for ordinary Mongolians. What's more, the main force of the Tartars is in the Xuanfu, and there is no force on the grassland that can resist the encirclement and suppression of the two major armies.

According to Yang Bo's experience in contact with Emperor Jiajing since he joined the Ministry of War, Emperor Jiajing is a very face-saving person.

For more than ten years, Daming has been repeatedly invaded by the Alta tribe and has been exhausted. From the impatience on the emperor's face every time he reported the battle report, he can also see that the emperor is extremely dissatisfied with the current situation of Daming.

At the time of his cousin Emperor Zhengde, the Ming army swaggered in and out of the Great Wall, and could fight the Tartars outside the pass, but when it was in his hands, the situation was completely reversed.

Yang Bo was still thinking about the other side of Xiyuan, but Gao Gong couldn't wait to ask, "I'd like to ask Da Sima, how to improve Guangde's strategy?"

Withdrawing his thoughts, Yang Bolue said after thinking: "As I said before, if Altan Khan chooses to temporarily abandon the Hetao area, and still concentrate his forces in an attempt to destroy the Xuan army, and then break through the city wall of Juyongguan to threaten the capital, then we need to mobilize Shandong, Guards in Henan and other places joined in.

The Qingzhou Guard, Pingzhou Guard, and Tai'an Guard under the Shandong Metropolitan Division were transferred to Dezhou, where they merged with the Dezhou Guard to form a force and stationed in Hejian Mansion.

The three guards of Changshan under the jurisdiction of the Henan Metropolitan Government were transferred to Baoding Prefecture. If the Alta tribe really broke into Jizhen, the two armies could go to help the capital.

Shandong soldiers and horses plus Hejian Prefecture Tunwei have six guards, Baoding Prefecture has five guards that can be dispatched, and Henan soldiers and horses add up to eight guards. There are also three guards in Tianjin, Tongzhou and Zhuozhou near the capital. There are also more than ten guards nearby that can be mobilized, and the number of reinforcements can exceed 100,000 people.

I thought, with these large troops by his side, Al Da Khan might not dare to break into Ji Town unrestrainedly. "

Yang Bo has a good memory, and he quickly decided to call up the troops around Beizhili, and even had a plan for how many guards to deploy.

Yang Bo's words made Gao Gong on the side nod repeatedly, and even Xu Jie, who was sitting first, smiled and stroked his beard. Only Yan Song still sat there expressionless, indifferent to their conversation as if he was out of his mind.

The plan made by Wei Guangde did miss the safety of the capital. It's not that Wei Guangde couldn't think of it, but he didn't think Al Dahan dared to enter Ji Town from the beginning.

At the beginning, the Anda Department was able to advance to the vicinity of Tongzhou. Although some Tatars were said to have run under the city wall of the capital, Wei Guangde believed that the Tartars at that time were already at the end of their strength and had no strength to attack the fortifications. Otherwise, they would never give up attacking Tongzhou. Opportunity, there is the granary of the capital, where countless supplies are hoarded.

After conquering Tongzhou, the Alda Department can gain a foothold in the north, because the food and fodder in the city can support his tens of thousands of troops for at least half a year.

But what was the result, I Da Khan gave up attacking Jiancheng, walked around the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and chose to run away after grabbing enough.

Seeing the reactions of the three people, he didn't feel complacent, but Yang Bo was slightly surprised at this time, because he found that he had been here for a long time, but why he was the only one here.

For such an important matter, didn't you call other ministers to discuss it together?

Thinking of this, Yang Bo asked the doubts in his heart.

Before Yan Song and Xu Jie could speak, Gao Gong on one side began to explain.

After listening to Gao Gong's explanation, Yang Bo nodded slightly. It is true that irrelevant officials should not be involved in the war strategy between countries, such as people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Second elders, should we take Yang Shangshu's opinion as a ticket and send it to Xiyuan, or write a new memorial?"

Although Wei Guangde's plan was pointed out by Yang Bo as a major mistake, Gao Gong still didn't want to give up on this plan, because the practice of sweeping out the Hetao area fit his temperament very well.

Why are you Tartars only allowed to run into the pass to loot, and I, Daming, can also go out of the pass to snatch things back.

Having said that, Xu Jie looked at Yan Song inquiringly. Such a major military event must be led by the chief assistant, and it is not easy for him to express his opinions directly.

At this time, Yan Song seemed to wake up from a big dream. He looked at Gao Gong and then at Yang Bo with cloudy eyes. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he turned his head and said to Xu Jie: "You Cun Zhai Let’s write a draft proposal, supplement the only contracted plan, and send it to Xiyuan for His Majesty’s review.”

"But."

Xu Jie was about to say something, but Yan Song waved his hand, "The only ones who have led soldiers and fought in wars know this plan are the only ones who know about this plan. Since they think it's feasible, I think it should be possible.

Besides, this matter will ultimately be decided by His Majesty, so we just need to do what we have to do. "

When the words came to this point, Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with serious eyes, and Xu Jie felt a chill in his heart, knowing that he couldn't say anything more, so he nodded in agreement.

Gao Gong on one side was happy in his heart, and he didn't notice the eye contact between the first two cabinet ministers at all.

It's just that Yang Bo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, saw all of this, and he looked at Yan Song with a bit of teasing in his eyes.

Xu Jiepiao's memorial was sent directly to the palace by Yan Song, and Gao Gong was fine for the time being. If His Majesty sees it, he will summon them urgently again.

After Gao Gong bowed to the three people in the room and retreated, he returned directly to the Imperial Academy. At this time, Wei Guangde was still on duty, but he hadn't read the book. He was still deliberating the content of the memorial in his mind to see if there were any mistakes in his calculations.

After Gao Gong arrived, Wei Guangde knew the loopholes pointed out by Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, in his memorial.

What he didn't expect was that, except for Yang Bo, all the people who read the memorial were people who experienced the Gengxu Revolution in the 29th year of Jiajing. It is not easy to erase.

In their view, nothing is more important than the safety of the capital.

So as soon as Yang Bo mentioned another possibility, Gao Gong immediately knelt down.

On the contrary, when Xu Jie was writing the proposal, Gao Gong and Yang Bo were discussing in a low voice, constantly helping Xu Jie to revise the content. As long as it was considered by Wei Guangde at the time, the original plan was only fine-tuned, so the time was not limited. Not very urgent.

For example, the soldiers and horses in the second town of Yansui and Ningxia, the Ministry of War had written a document to convene the troops before, but this plan changed their direction from going east to support Xuanfu to going north to sweep the Hetao area.

The guards in Shandong and Henan are all guards stationed near Beizhili. Now they should also receive a document from the Ministry of War asking them to rectify their troops and horses to prepare for war.

This is also the reason why Yang Bo was able to say so easily to mobilize those many guards. In fact, everything is within the scope of discussion by the Ministry of War.

Once the battle goes wrong, these guards will be transferred north to support.

As for their new tasks, they only need to wait for the report of the Xuan Mansion's war to be delivered, and then the text will be issued.

However, to Gao Gong's disappointment, two days after the memorial was sent to the palace, he still did not receive the summons from the palace.

At this time, Gao Gong, sitting in the Imperial College, couldn't help but wonder if it was the secret words he said to the cabinet that made the palace start to pay attention, thinking that he was just the minister of Taichang Temple and had nothing to do with the war, so he also treated himself It was kept secret.

But he also knew that this was just his own imagination, if Emperor Jiajing really wanted it, then Wei Guangde would not let it go anyway.

During these two days, as far as he knew, Wei Guangde had not received any orders from the palace.

Obviously, what he regarded as very important was ignored by the palace.

Perhaps, Hetao is really a taboo of the imperial court.

"Clang clang clang clang."

Amidst the ringing of the horse hanging luan bell, a pond horse rushed towards the gate of Datong city.

From afar, the soldiers guarding the city saw the messengers with the "Ling" flag on their backs galloping on horseback, and hurriedly drove the people blocking the road to both sides of the road to make way for the messengers.

The fast horse did not slow down when it reached the city gate, but directly passed through the city gate and rushed to the General Military Mansion of Datong Town.

Soon, Liu Han, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, rushed to the Datong governor's yamen with the warrant of Xuanda Governor Ge Jin to meet with the governor Li Wenjin.

"Lord Li, the Tartars have attacked the Xuan Mansion."

After entering the door, Liu Han shook the warrant from Xuanfu in his hand and said loudly.

"It's almost the past few days, what should come will come after all."

Li Wenjin got up to meet Liu Han, took the warrant from him, and after reading it quickly, he was a little surprised and said, "I Dahan is attacking Longmenguan Fort? They really want to destroy the three guards of the Xuanfu."

"What should we do now? Do as we agreed before, or follow the governor's order and immediately go north to rescue Xuanfu?"

Liu Han also thought about it on the way here, but it's not important. He needs to confirm whether Li Wenjin still insists on giving up supporting Xuanfu and leading the army to attack Bansheng City.

Before Li Wenjin could speak, there were footsteps outside the door, and after a while, Yu Dayou walked into the room, saw that Zongbing Liu had arrived, and clasped his fists at him.

Yu Dayou is also the commander-in-chief. Although he was demoted for offending the boss this time, Liu Han also knew that he was capable after contacting him, not to mention Li Wenjin's face, so he didn't treat him as a criminal or a criminal. as officials of the same rank.

"Dayou, the Tatars attacked the Xuanfu Longmenguan Fort. It seems that they are eyeing the three guards of the Xuanfu. Governor Ge ordered us to go east immediately to support the Xuanfu."

As Li Wenjin spoke, he handed the military order to Yu Dayou.

After Yu Dayou took it and read it quickly, he said with a serious expression: "All the preparations are done, and Bansheng City will be won in this battle, but I don't know how many of those Bailian rebels followed the Tartars to Xuanfu."

Hearing Yu Dayou's words, Li Wenjin knew that he had made up his mind, and then he looked at Liu Han and said, "General Liu, let's follow the previously agreed strategy, and you and I will report to the imperial court and Governor Ge respectively."

According to the previously agreed plan, before they leave the customs, Li Wenjin, as the governor of Datong, will report to the court the plan to attack Bansheng City, while Liu Han needs to report to Xuanda Governor Ge Jin.

It's just that, after they issued the official document, they would leave Datong without waiting for the reply from the court and the Governor-General, and take the lead in attacking.

The purpose of the report was to avoid being accused of being "professional", although it may still be used as an excuse afterwards, but for the civil and military officials in the frontier, as long as they win in the end, the court will only give rewards instead of to punish.

The key to everything is to successfully raid Bansheng City, mobilize our troops to help, and relieve the crisis in Xuanfu.

"Okay, I'll send out the official document when I go back. When will I leave?"

If we want to mobilize our army to help, we need to race against time. We must do it before the war expands, so that we can rush back to the rescue.

If it is already entangled with the Ming army, even if Al Dahan wants to withdraw his troops, it is impossible, then their strategic attempt will fail.

At that time, if the Xuanfu really made a mistake, they would all be serious crimes of disobedience and dereliction of duty.

"The Tartars attacked Longmen Pass Fort three days ago. I'm afraid they have already broken through the pass by now."

Li Wenjin murmured, "Soldiers are precious and fast, and the army will leave the customs tomorrow."

After speaking, Li Wenjin looked at Yu Dayou.

After hearing this, Yu Dayou just nodded silently. Just like what he said to Li Wenjin and Liu Han at the beginning, it is safe to go out to the expedition, and the most dangerous thing is actually the way back from victory, which is full of thorns and ups and downs.

After the three agreed, they quickly separated to prepare for tomorrow's expedition.

And just when the Datong Army was about to go out, the messengers who also came from the Xuanfu waved their horsewhips and whipped their mounts continuously, rushed out of Changping City, and galloped towards the capital.

(End of this chapter)