The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 281 Weining Sea 2.0
None of the generals present thought that Zhang Zhou's purpose was to send troops to the grassland.

They thought that when Zhang Zhou came to the Xuanfu, he really just went out to set off cannons and open mines, because they all felt... Zhang Zhou was afraid of death.

Zhang Heling said: "Mr. Zhang, let's not make trouble. With your current status, my brother-in-law holds you like a treasure. What's the point of you insisting on doing this? If you make trouble, you can fold the soldiers and horses on the grassland. I can’t even go back to the capital.”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone around was very embarrassed.

Only Ma Zhongxi felt both pleasing to the ear and nonsense when he heard this.

It was pleasing to the ear because Zhang Heling opposed sending troops, and felt that the nonsense was about the emperor holding Zhang Zhou as a treasure.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Everyone, do you think so too?"

"Hehe." Zhu Hui and the others could only smile wryly.

Let them take the initiative to attack, they don't have the courage, after all, this is already the Hongzhi period, and none of the ministers in the court today still has the heroic spirit to go to the grassland to make contributions.

The last honorable official who could help Zhang Zhou go to war, Wang Yue, has passed away.

Ma Zhongxi said coldly: "Zhang, you really are a newborn calf."

"Thank you for your praise." Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

"Huh!" Ma Zhongxi said, "You are new here, and you haven't even figured out the layout of the soldiers and horses around the Xuan Mansion. You don't know how many soldiers and villagers there are, and you don't know anything about the soldiers, horses, food, and grass in the city, so you dare to open your mouth and say you want to go to war. Grassland, you still say you want to detour behind the enemy's rear? Do you think the wolves of the prairie are all made of paper, you can burn them by setting a fire on them, and you can pierce them with a finger? Simple! Ignorance!"

Ma Zhongxi was dissatisfied with Zhang Zhou because of Ma Yi's case and the matter of praying for rain that day.

Now he finally seized the opportunity to use his identity as a "comer" to teach Zhang Zhou a lesson.

Not to mention how fun it is.

I like to see you kid pretending to be okay, just worrying that I won't have a chance to deal with you.

"Snapped!"

Zhang Zhou suddenly dropped a booklet on the table.

Ma Zhongxi glared at Zhang Zhou: "What is this?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Oh, this is something I fiddled with when I was in the capital. I liked to talk about soldiers on paper. The above mentioned how many soldiers and horses there are in Xuanda, how many soldiers are still available, as well as the lack of personnel and the damage of weapons everywhere, and the history Report to the imperial court about the military pay, and even the corruption situation in the local general military mansion and the capital guards, and conduct a detailed investigation."

"you……"

Ma Zhongxi was a little speechless.

The things listed by Zhang Zhou sounded very professional, and he was able to find out so many things at once, and he was very well prepared before going on an expedition.

But he didn't have the nerve to say it.

Are you fooling the devil?
Regardless of whether you have that ability or not, how dare you say that you can hold so many things in such a small booklet?
Do you really think these people are laymen and can be fooled by you?

Zhang Heling grabbed the booklet, opened it to read it, and said in surprise, "The characters are so small, how do you read them?"

When Ma Zhongxi looked over, he realized that his conceit was a bit redundant, because the content of this booklet was not written with a brush, and the words inside were very small and densely packed. How many words are there on such a booklet... I feel that it is impossible to count. clear.

"Old Ma, you know me. If I have no actual combat experience, I will move my mouth. If I have nothing to do, I like to command Wang Weining. If I have nothing to do, I like to give pointers to An Bianbo and Zhu Zhijie. What kind of gunpowder and artillery can you say? There is nothing wrong with my newborn calf, but if it weren’t for the newborn calf, I would be afraid of encountering tigers when I go up the mountain, and I would go home and eat mush if I am timid.”

Zhang Zhouzhou's attitude of "I'm a novice, I'm just not afraid of things, you bite me" made Ma Zhongxi feel powerless.

Zhang Heling handed the brochure to Ma Zhongxi. Ma Zhongxi was not the kind of lazy official. He picked it up and read the contents carefully. Flipping through a few pages, he found that Zhang Zhou was not bragging.

The above really lists the actual situation in Xuanfu, Datong, Piantouguan and other places.

"You...you already knew about Ma Yi's misdeeds, not only did you not participate in the impeachment, but you actually...covered it?"

When Ma Zhongxi saw Zhang Zhou's list of Xuanda local government treasury accumulation and corruption, he felt angry immediately.

Ma Yi next to him became nervous.

What happened?
My crimes have already become known to everyone before others have investigated me in detail?
Zhang Zhou smiled but did not answer.

Zhu Hui asked: "Mr. Zhang, where is the tent of the Chinese army of the Manchurian Army?"

Zhang Zhou picked up a rattan stick and pointed to the sloppy-looking map hanging on the door. Zhu Hui stared at it with wide eyes and said in surprise, "Wei Ninghai? This... this..."

Zhu Hui couldn't help being surprised.

Weininghai is the place where Wang Yue became famous, and it is also the origin of Wang Weining's nickname. Wang Yue sent troops from Datong to attack Weininghai by surprise. The No.1 general from Chenghua to Hongzhi years of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Weining Haizi, also known as Jining Haizi, has the most fertile grassland on the right side of Mongolia. For many years, it has been coveted by the Tatar headquarters. There is Mandulai Agulehu's Ordos tribe, that is, the tribe where Aerdusi is located, and they all covet this area, but it is currently owned by Huozhai."

Ma Zhongxi sternly said: "You don't need to explain it. To send troops to Weininghai, what do you think is easy?"

People around are also looking at Zhang Zhou.

Everyone knows that the water and grass around Weining Sea are fertile, and they also know that there may be the camp of the Huozhai army, but no one thinks that Da Ming can surprise Weining Sea casually, and can reproduce Wang Weining's great battle.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "We dispatched troops from Datong Town to Weininghai. The distance is 270 miles. We have to pass through Maoerzhuang, where the front banner of the Mengoljin Division is now located. Huozhai's defense against the headquarters is limited to this. But if we say Send troops from Wanquan Right Guard, leave Xinghe, cross Daqing Mountain, and go straight to the hinterland of Weining Sea from the east road, although the distance is longer, more than four hundred miles... But apart from the difficult road, there are basically no obstacles along the way."

"enough!"

Ma Zhongxi couldn't take it anymore, so he walked over to the map and looked at all the landmarks on the map.

He didn't know where Zhang Zhou's map came from, but he also noticed that Zhang Zhou's map seemed to be much more complete and accurate than the current Yansui map.

As the governor of Yansui, Ma Zhongxi is also knowledgeable in maps.

He was born as a great Confucian. Li Mengyang, Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi and other young and famous Confucians in the world have all studied under him, and he himself is impeccable in terms of talent.

But from Zhang Zhou's point of view, there are no disciples when people come to observe. It seems that it is not so easy to teach good disciples for someone as straightforward as Ma Zhongxi.

"Mr. Zhang, it's not that the official wants to pour cold water on you. He came to Tatar to send troops. He has always been a soldier and a citizen. It is said that dismounting can graze animals, while mounting can bend bows and set arrows. The army and the people are one."

Ma Zhongxi felt that if he didn't show some real skills, he would not be able to control the situation, so he almost started to break up.

Zhang Zhou also showed an attitude of listening attentively, as if he was willing to listen to his opinions.

Ma Zhongxi continued: "Huozhai's Manguan Ai tribe is the strongest among the three right-wing tribes in Mongolia. When sending troops, the Chinese army is always behind, and they never say that they will ignore the old and weak women and children of the tribe , you send troops to surprise four hundred li, regardless of whether your soldiers and horses can arrive smoothly, just say that after the soldiers and horses arrive, they will encounter the camp of Huoshai Headquarters, as well as the main force of the Chinese army in Huoshai Headquarters."

"How do you fight against an army that is exhausted after a long journey? Do you still want to use partial tactics to blow up the barbarian camps? Or do you plan to use the enemy's strengths to compete with him on horseback riding and shooting?" Higher or lower?"

Zhang Heling, who was next to him, heard this, and exclaimed: "You can't judge by appearance, old horse, you can do it, you can really break it. You are right, sending troops...is not appropriate!"

At this time, Zhang Heling was like a grass on the wall.

When it comes to sending troops to seek death, he will definitely not agree.

The scene was awkward for a while, because almost everyone present didn't want to send troops. This was just Zhang Zhou's wishful thinking, but they couldn't speak out like Ma Zhongxi and Zhang Heling.

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"Clap clap clap..."

Zhang Zhou applauded: "Well said."

A compliment, the implication is, don't say it next time, it makes you panic.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Everyone, I want you to understand that I am here to govern the army by the emperor's order. It is my duty to dispatch troops and generals to go out to fight. My decision-making only needs to be responsible to His Majesty and the Ministry of War. You explain too much."

"you……"

Ma Zhongxi was so angry.

You can't say no to me, so you plan to use official power to suppress people?

"But since I strongly advocate sending troops, in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, it is still necessary to explain the current situation on the grassland to you before sending troops."

Zhang Zhou rolled up his sleeves.

A group of people stay in a hallway for a meeting in summer, and there is no ventilation on all sides, so it's strange to be comfortable.

Zhang Zhoudao: "At present, on the grassland, the little Tatar prince Batu Mengke, who is their headquarters, the Chahar Department, has now moved his account to the Aoerdu Division, and the Ordos Department Mandulai Agulehu has been forced to retreat eastward. Discuss with Nibula and Huozhai to fight against Batu Monk together."

Do not speak at the scene.

In fact, this is not a secret. After the rise of Dayan Khan, it seems to be an inevitable trend to complete the unification of the grassland.

Especially in the previous war between the grassland and the Ming Dynasty, it was not the headquarters of Dayan Khan who suffered losses. Dayan Khan had preserved his strength and was qualified to complete internal mergers.

"In normal times, when Huoshai marched in, it would be impossible to leave his own troops and go out in full force, but now the survival of their tribe is at stake. The coalition forces of the three major tribes plus more than a dozen small tribes are still not Dayan. Khan's opponents, they can leave some troops in Maoerzhuang generation to prevent Da Ming from going north from Datong Town, which is their limit."

"If you can bypass the enemy's rear, why do you think there is no chance of victory?"

"You don't think that I, Zhang, came to fight the Tartars head-on?"

"what?"

The people present were stunned again.

In the first few sentences, Zhang Zhou was still explaining the meaning of sending troops with righteous words, but the latter sentence... seemed to expose Zhang Zhou's true nature.

If you don't fight head-on, does that mean you like to sneak around?
Zhang Heling said carelessly: "The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. We are fishermen. Why do we have to fight head-on? Mr. Zhang is right, this kind of good opportunity, if you can't seize this good opportunity, this village will not have this shop. Let's fight it. Uh." ? What do you think?"

At this meeting, no one in the room paid any attention to him.

You have no stand for a relative who sits on the fence, you said you don’t want to fight, and now you say fight. Feelings are which way the wind blows, and where does your weeds go?
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The scene fell silent again.

But this time it seems that everyone's will is different again, from the fear of sending troops before, it has become an eagerness to try.

Tang Yin broke the silence and asked: "Zhang Zhitai, dare to ask, you have figured it out. Huoshai's headquarters is definitely in Weining Sea, and it's not well-prepared, right?"

This has become the topic of most concern to everyone present.

Those military generals were thinking, or this Tang Jinshi could focus on the key points by asking questions.

If this Zhang Banxian can call the wind and call the rain, and then figure out where Huoshai's headquarters is, and then send troops to make a surprise attack, then the chance of success is completely on our side.

"Yes." Zhang Zhou gave an accurate answer.

It's not that Zhang Zhou is fooling around.

In history, the war between the Dayan tribe and the Mongolian right wing lasted for more than 20 years. At the beginning, Dayan Khan even suffered repeated setbacks. He experienced the killing of his second son and the defeat of Ma'anling, and almost lost his life.

But in the end, Dayan Khan was in Zhengde for five years. By sending troops to attack Weininghai by surprise and occupying the grassland of the Mongolian right-wing headquarters, he performed sacrifices to heaven on the north bank of Weininghai, forcing several major tribes of the Mongolian right-wing to fight against them, and also did not assassinate and Mandulai. Gu Le was defeated in this battle, and then he could only lead his tribe to flee to Qinghai, Gansu for a generation, and the situation on the grassland has fundamentally reversed since then, and Dayan Khan has thus unified the grassland.

The tactics Zhang Zhou is using now are not fundamentally different from those of Dayan Khan ten years later.

Moreover, Zhang Zhou has more chips and has a greater advantage.

The military in the northwest of the entire Ming Dynasty can be controlled and controlled by him. There are yellow gunpowder and Franc machine guns, an improved version of the red barbarian gun, and he is highly respected by the whole army.

At the same time, it took advantage of the annexation war between Dayan Khan and the Mongolian right wing to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

If it weren't for the annexation within the grassland, the Mongolian right-wing tribes such as Huoshai would not have leaked their rear.

Perhaps even the grassland people felt that since Wang Weining was dead, Qin Hong, Wang Qiong, and Zhu Feng alone would not dare to enter the grassland.

Zhang Zhou?

In the eyes of grassland people, this is just an alchemist, with the favor of the Ming Emperor, he can train slowly in the Xuan Mansion, and I will give you that place. Why does this kind of sycophantic make trouble for himself?
When you arrive at the grassland, will you still let your soldiers and horses of Ming Dynasty show their power?

"Everyone, I want you to understand that this battle is an active attack that His Majesty has always wanted, and it is also a battle to show off the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. In this battle, Yansui sent no more than [-] troops, of which [-] cavalry were the vanguard. Weininghai, and the follow-up [-] soldiers will follow the Chinese army to fight steadily, and after they have harassed the Weininghai North Grassland, they will not love to fight, and immediately withdraw their troops."

"At the same time, Pianguan, Datong, Yansui and other places will cooperate to send troops. First send troops to the land of Yansui, so that Dayan Khan will lose his mind. It will also make the Mongolian right-wing ministries think that the focus of the Ming Dynasty's troops is Yansui. The Mongolian right wing moved further west.”

"Subsequently, Pianguan and Datong sent troops to form a synergy in the East Hetao."

"Following that, we sent troops from the Xuanfu to attack Weininghai. This battle may establish the border situation for the next ten years. Whoever wants to fight will stay together to discuss the strategy of advancing troops. If anyone does not want to fight, he will resign on the spot. There will be no place to stand!"

"Everyone, think about it!"

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Zhang Zhou was full of momentum at this time.

The analyzed battle situation and tactics can basically be accepted by Wu Xun present.

mainly……

Zhang Zhou said, we are not here to fight the main forces of the Tatars at all. We just retreat when we meet the main forces of the Tatars. The surprise attack on the enemy’s rear is not far away, only more than 400 miles. Disabled, if you are afraid of this...the Ming soldiers really don't have to mess around.

"Everyone, you don't even have this little courage, do you?"

Seeing that no one came out to make a statement, Zhang Zhouyi was also annoyed, "Should I call Wang Dehua and Zhu Zhijie and let them cooperate with me in sending troops? Or should I let Chen Liangjiu come? He has no other skills, and he marched all day and night." There is no problem at all for two hundred miles, and you can kill Weininghai in two days and two nights, are you asking me to transfer people temporarily?"

Everyone present wanted to laugh when they heard it.

Up to this point, Zhang Zhou still didn't forget to belittle Chen Rui, and he could see that Zhang Zhou really didn't like Chen Rui, that's why he asked them to send troops together.

Just when Ma Zhongxi was furious and did not speak.

Ma Yi came out, clasped his fists in salute, and said, "Zhang Zhitai, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and lead [-] cavalry to surprise Weining Sea!"

Ma Zhongxi glared at Ma Yi, as if he was contemptuous of Ma Yi.

In Ma Zhongxi's view, Ma Yi may risk surrendering to the enemy by doing so.

"Okay." Zhang Zhou praised Ma Yi's attitude, nodded and smiled, "As expected of me, a famous frontier general of the Ming Dynasty, I am brave, resourceful, and responsible, and I am not afraid of war like some people."

"Zhang, who are you talking about?" Ma Zhongxi couldn't listen anymore.

Zhang Zhou ignored Ma Zhongxi, the old man was just too stubborn, not bad at all, and even a little stupid.

Being an official in today's world of Ming Dynasty, it is useless to rely on honesty alone. Ma Zhongxi's future experience also proves that he is neither suitable for being an official, nor has he behaved like a teacher. Li Mengyang's kindness to Kang Hai will be avenged among his disciples. Even if he wrote the allusion of "Zhongshan Wolf", he would moan without illness, and he didn't even become a good subject of Ming Dynasty.

"Since you all have the heart to make contributions, I will hand over the [-] vanguard cavalry to the commander of the horse, and let him have the opportunity to make contributions. Do you have any opinions?"

"Very good. Hehe." Zhang Heling was laughing.

As long as he is not allowed to be the pioneer, he feels fine.

On the other side, Tang Yin seemed to understand something, and looked at Zhang Zhou with a "so that's it" look.

Zhang Zhou just patted him on the shoulder, meaning to be calm, and you pretend to be confused when you see it, just pretend you don't know anything, but don't talk nonsense.

Tang Yin was horrified.

He now understands why Zhang Zhou would act uncharacteristically and accept Ma Yi, who is wearing a sinful body, on the way.

Because looking around Zhang Zhou, from Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui, to Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling, to Zhang Lun and the generals of the Jingying, which one can lead the army to raid Weininghai?

Call Zhu Feng here, does Zhu Feng dare to go?

Or would Chen Rui dare to go?

The students of Yanwu Hall may have this ability, but they don't have high prestige among the local generals in Xuanfu, and they are expected to lead [-] cavalry into the grassland for [-] miles, and back and forth for [-] miles?

After much deliberation, only Ma Yi is suitable.

Moreover, because Ma Yi is wearing a sinful body, he is forced to rely on making contributions to offset his sins.

As for the fear of Ma Yi surrendering to the enemy... let alone worry.

This will fundamentally reverse the situation in the north and south of the Nine Sides, with Ming taking the upper hand, will Ma Yi throw away his family and business and surrender to the enemy before the dawn of Daming's pacification of the grassland?What is he plotting?
Zhu Hui said: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate to command one person to lead the army with a horse. I don't know who should lead the army together?"

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, to send troops, there must be military honors, civil servants, and eunuchs who oversee the army.

The eunuchs in the army seem to use Cao Shun, but when it comes to civil servants... many people are also looking at Tang Yin. Zhang Zhou patted him on the shoulder a few times earlier, which meant that he would follow Ma Yi straight in.

So besides being horrified, Tang Yin felt a chill down his spine.

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zhou was just laughing.

"There is a colleague who thinks he will arrive at the Xuan Mansion today and tomorrow. As the head of the Ministry of War, he will coordinate the dispatch of troops. I think it should be his lifelong wish to surprise the Weining Sea and shock the grasslands."

"Of course, in the Chinese army, I will still be the main officer. I will personally lead [-] soldiers and horses, and together with Baoguo Gong, Shouninghou and others, we will go out of the fortress together, shoot cannons, falcons, and eagles, and wait leisurely for the front line The soldiers are triumphant."

(End of this chapter)