"About the soldiers, it's really a problem" In the hall, Xu Jingchang's face was solemn.
In recent days, all the discussions in the court are about the upcoming war in the Western Regions, and the matter has spread, and the heroes who usually don't need to go to the court also know about it, and Zhu Di is even more up and down, making arrangements in full swing.
Spiritually, he despised Timur very much, but he did not act lightly towards Timur, who came with great momentum.
Xu Jingchang said: "Gan and Liang sergeants, mostly Tibetan, Fan, Qiang, Miao tribes, especially Mongolian, Hui two ethnic groups are the most, not only the army has the most soldiers of these two ethnic groups, the local people also have the most of these two ethnic groups, and Timur is the banner of the Mongols, and believes in Islam, among these soldiers and the people, it is very appealing.
Pingqiang general Song Sheng had sent back the news before, back to the Jiajing Division, passing through Ganliang, the Ganliang sergeants were very respectful to them, sometimes these Hui merchants carried private goods with bad customs clearance, they opened the door privately, sent them out.
Song Sheng also found that there were foreign annihilators among the merchants, and some sergeants even took the initiative to leak border affairs to them without taking any benefits.
Speaking of this, Xu Jingchang smiled bitterly and said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, such people, don't expect them to fight bravely, even if they are passive and sluggish, they are all good.
Although Jiayuguan is dangerous, relying on such soldiers to defend it, I am afraid that it will be defeated in a battle and it will be difficult to hold on.
What's more, judging from the news coming now, Timur's annihilation has secretly infiltrated the local area and begun to stir people's hearts. ” "Order the imperial envoy to press Ganliang, strictly enforce military discipline, and order Song Sheng to strictly restrain him, and those who are particularly unreliable will be transferred out of Xiongguan and dangerous passes" Zhu Di said in a deep voice, he also knew that this thing was easy to say, but it was difficult to do.
There are many legions in the Ganliang area that are directly converted into guards by the attached tribes, and most of the Han troops are directly recruited from local military households, and many local Han people believe in Islam, not to mention other ethnic minorities, that is, these Han people who believe in Islam can be firm in their will at that time, and it is also between the two.
Zhu Di twisted his thick black eyebrows, stared at the huge map, and asked, "If the cool is undefendable, where can we fight with it?"
Xu Jingchang said: "The ministers and the military department and the governor's office of the five armies discussed together, believing that if Ganliang is lost, Timur's army will drive straight into and occupy Shaanxi, Gannan and Ningxia in one fell swoop, and our second-line troops can gather in Henan and start a decisive battle with them."
If we win, we can take advantage of the victory to pursue, regain lost territory, and drive them back If we fail, then" Xu Jingchang took a long breath, pointed his finger on the Huai River, and said bitterly: "I'm afraid, we have to lay a third line of defense here, and then decide the winner."
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "In the Shaanxi and Gansu areas, there are now about 150,000 garrisons, stationed in various fortresses, if you passively meet the enemy, you may be divided and surrounded by Timur, and each will be broken In addition, in the Shaanxi and Gansu army, some soldiers are not very reliable, once the switch is surrendered to the enemy, the pass is steep, and it is not to be feared."
He stood up, paced on the main hall, pondered for a long time, suddenly stopped, and said awe-inspiringly: "Command to go down, transfer 200,000 soldiers from Shanxi, Sichuan, and Henan to Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Shaanxi and Gansu troops will guard the fortress, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the three divisions of Shanxi, Sichuan, and Henan will be at the forefront of the front line, and take the initiative to find the enemy for a decisive battle."
Xu Jingchang said in surprise when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this is too risky, the second line is empty, and once it is broken through by the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Moreover, the dispatch of Shanxi soldiers and horses, once Warat has ambitions, the emperor, although Wara has reported to us, but the wolf's ambition is capricious."
Zhu Di didn't hesitate when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, although between Timur and my Daming, Warat chose us, but the wolf's ambition is indeed unguarded.
The soldiers of the Shanxi capital did not move, and I drove the expedition in person and took the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp out."
Xu Jingchang was even more dizzy when he heard it, with the recent collection of information, some news and rumors about the Timur Empire have been grasped by the imperial court one after another, and Timur's record in the West is too brilliant, as if it is the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, how can the emperor easily personally conquer If he changes the general, he will be defeated if he is defeated, and the Ming Dynasty can immediately organize soldiers and horses to fight again, if the emperor is personally defeated and returned, or even there are three long and two short, then there is no chance to save the defeat.
Xu Jingchang and several generals hurriedly persuaded him, Zhu Di stood up, smashed his fist on the case, and resolutely said: "This battle must be fought outside, and I can't let the wolf in and harm my people Since others can't hold it, then I will go in person to keep the enemy out of the country."
Xu Jingchang was sweating profusely, and said continuously: "Your Majesty, the chief military officer of Gansu, the Pingqiang general Song Shengjiu is in Ganliang, Fanrong is obedient, and the military is extremely powerful in the Western Regions.
Zhu Di sighed: "Song Sheng is old and in poor health, and he has written many times, asking to step down and return to Beijing, but because I don't have a suitable general to guard the Western Regions, I have not allowed it, but now let him lead the army alone, I can't rest assured."
Zhu Di's words are not hypocritical, he is really unavailable.
At the beginning, when he raised the army, there were many famous generals under his command, but by this time, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Wang Zhen, Chen Heng, Tan Yuan, these famous generals had all died, Qiu Fu was in charge of Yanjing, the north was in Tatar, and the west was in control of Warat, and it was easy to leave, as for Liu Cai, Chen Qi, Zheng Heng, Meng Shan, and Huo Zhen, the generals were all brave husbands.
These are his descendants, the generals who have been attached to him after the martyrdom Xu Huizu and Geng Bingwen are undoubtedly qualified to take command, Xu Huizu can attack and defend, and he is definitely a good general in the world, the problem is that this person can't afford to use it, and he doesn't dare to use it, so he handed over the army to Xu Huizu and went to the Western Regions, who knows if he will be killed back in a big banner Geng Changxing fought well and asked him to defend the Western Regions, which was enough to build the Western Regions into an iron wall, so that Timur would return in vain and return with a feather.
However, he is also dead, even if he is still alive, he is the same as Xu Huizu, he doesn't dare to use it at all, in addition, there is also a Sheng Yong, who is not bad at fighting, and now he has also been impeached and committed suicide.
Among the remaining generals, although Ping'an, He Fu, and Gu Cheng are all known as veteran generals, the problem is that these people are only good at fighting, so let them follow the instructions and lead all the way to battle, there is absolutely no problem, let them take command of the palm print, transfer troops and send generals, to be honest, it is really embarrassing.
Didn't Zhu Di know the consequences of the defeat of the imperial expedition, he had to do it as a last resort At this moment, Mu En probed his brain at the door on tiptoe, looking like he wanted to come in but didn't dare.
Zhu Di glared at him and asked angrily, "What's the matter?"
Mu En hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xu, the Duke of the Auxiliary Kingdom, asks to see you."
"Come, come, hey, Sister Sai'er, you are so good, you can really get him out" Lying in the grass, staring at the figure walking in the distance, Si Yang's eyebrows danced, not caring that he was a year older than Tang Sai'er, but he called her sister.
Tang Sai'er said triumphantly: "Of course, it's not easy to fiddle with this stupid boy, hum it's okay" She suddenly said a little weakly: "Let's play tricks on him like this, he won't complain to Grandpa Guo, I'm afraid, I'm afraid."
"Hey, you don't have to be afraid" Sixun hurriedly patted his chest and guaranteed the ticket: "Sister Sai'er, my father is actually kind, don't look at him staring at him very fiercely, in fact, he is very easy to talk."
Usually if my mother wants to beat us, we will go to my father, and he will definitely protect us.
Don't look at him training us that night, we all pretended to be scared in front of him, and my father was reluctant to beat us. ” Tang Sai'er pursed her lips and said, "You are his daughter, I am not" Si Yang said: "Then it is even more impossible to teach you a lesson, my father calls your mother Mrs.
Sister-in-law, how can he bully you."
Good sister, help me out of this bad breath, I will share half of what you have to eat in the future, not half of you, but you are our good eldest sister, I can't help but be righteous."
As soon as she talked about righteousness, Tang Sai'er's chest straightened up, and she strengthened her determination and said: "Cheng" She turned her head and instructed Siyu and Siqi: "Don't make a sound, let him be alert, only you can ask" The two little ones nodded busily, their eyes full of excitement.
After the incident happened two days ago, Xia Xun casually mentioned to several beloved wives that the father and son of the Yu family were guests at the door, how could they bully others like this, and they had to discipline their daughters.
This is good, the four girls first took a lesson from the eldest lady Ming'er, and then they were caught and spanked by their own mother, and the four girls hated them so much, this account was calculated on Yu Qian's head, and the four of them begged Tang Sai'er to come up with an idea to rectify his anger.
So the four of them arrived here.
There is still a large vacant land in the back house of the Yang family, it has not had time to develop, there was originally a big pit on the ground, it turned out to be a big pit of lime mixed with the building of houses, pavilions, and courtyard walls, and there is a foot of lime deep inside, after a few rains, the water in it has slightly overflowed the lime, a thin layer of clear water, and a few people used this ready-made big pit to make a disguise, and the roots and grass stems were laid on it.
If the four girls of the Yang family do this work, it must be very obvious, and it will be obvious that it is a trap at a glance, but it is from the hands of Tang Sai'er, an expert, even if Xia Xun comes, there is no difference at all.
Yu Qian received a note, with only one sentence on it: "Sue my father, you are a despicable villain who has the ability to come to the back house, let's compete, whoever loses and sues again, who is the puppy" The note was dictated by Tang Sai'er, written by Si Yang, although Tang Sai'er is young, he has a lot of eyes and eyes, and his ability to recognize people is not bad, she has already tasted it, Yu Qian, this kid, is arrogant and has a high temper, you say something else, he may ignore you, you say that he is a despicable villain, he will definitely come to reason with you, sure enough, Yu Qian came angrily.
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So he stepped on it, plunged headlong into it, and fell into the lime pit.
A few girls laughed, happily ran to the lime pit, the lime had already been soaked in water, and it would not burn the skin, because there was a lime layer below, and it was quite soft, Yu Qian did not fall and hurt himself, but his head and face plus his clothes were all stained white by lime, he reached out and wiped the water on his face, and the little white face was even more white.
When the five little girls saw his white hair and face, they were so happy that they leaned back and leaned back.
Only then did Yu Qian know that he was in the middle of the plan, he was standing in the puddle, embarrassed, but he didn't want to make these little girls proud, he wiped a handful of lime on his face, raised his head high, and a poem proudly spoke: "Thousands of hammers are chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire burns as if it is idle."
Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world" Although Si Yang and Si Xun are naughty, but the Yang family has invited famous teachers to teach them since they were young, this insight is extraordinary.
If Xia Xun is here, he may be startled, he knows that the lime song he memorized when he was a child in school was a Mingzhi poem written by Yu Qian when he was a teenager, but he didn't know that this Mingzhi poem was actually born in a lime pit, and he dared to love Yu Shaobao's poem back then, it was not that the little boy had the world in mind, and the handsome guy was just pretending to be cool in front of a few chicks, and Zhu Di had no general to use, Xia Xun knew it.
In fact, in his heart, there has always been a doubt, that is: whether Timur's crusade will die halfway through If he had just arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he might have been able to say that he had experienced so many things, many of which had changed, and he couldn't be sure now.
If you can't be sure, you don't dare to take risks.
If the Ming Dynasty really didn't prepare, and Timur killed Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia vigorously, it would be an immeasurable catastrophe.
However, the Ming Dynasty is now too much of a big project, if this side is like the enemy's dispatch of troops, build fortresses and repair city walls along the border, and the Tun army is waiting here, as a result, Timur really died on the way, this is prepared in vain How much will it cost to eat Daming's national strength Even if it can afford such a toss, the burden on the shoulders of the people will inevitably be much heavier.
He sent people to investigate for a long time, and he had more detailed information about Timur than the imperial court, but there was no accurate information about Timur's health, Xia Xun knew very well that the news of Timur's crusade had come, and the emperor would inevitably prepare early.
His brother-in-law is a very proud person in his bones, the last time, he disobeyed Zhu Di, this time he didn't speak, Zhu Di would rather drive in person than surrender himself and ask him to come out.
If you want to take the initiative in your own hands as much as possible, and prepare for war in the Western Regions with the smallest amount of consumption possible, then he, Yang Xu, has to take the initiative to ask for help and shoulder this responsibility.
So, Xia Xun Mao recommended himself He knew very well that the success of this mission was just the icing on the cake for his personal future, and if he failed it, he would risk ruining his reputation, but he still came.
Just because, he is also a member of the Ming Dynasty, he is praised by hundreds of people, and he should do something for the people To be continued: