Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1627 Northern Expedition ([-])
"First gather all the troops that can be mobilized in one place, and then whether it is the western front or the eastern front, can't our army have an absolute advantage? As long as we solve one of the front lines, will the other line be far away?"

Faced with the emperor's almost questioning words, Gao Yushi said calmly, "Yes, as long as the imperial court is willing to use the wealth accumulated over the years, I believe that no matter whether the emperor chooses to fight the eastern front or the western front first, the chance of winning is ninety-nine percent."

The words are what Zhu Yijun loves to hear, but Gao Wushi's expressionless appearance always makes him feel that something is wrong.Zhu Yijun's eyes flickered and he was full of doubts. Seeing that Gao Wushi didn't intend to take the initiative to explain, he had no choice but to ask, "Since we can win, why do you seem to disagree?"

Gao Yushi cupped his hands slightly: "Your Majesty, the time for the entry of winter in Saibei has been getting earlier almost every year, and judging from the current situation, it will take at least one month to achieve a full-scale deployment of troops, whether it is the Jizhen line or the Liaodong line. Time preparations. In this way, and it will take time for the order to be issued, then in the end when we dispatch troops, I think it will be almost November.

I am sorry to say bluntly that even though the army has been strengthened to a large extent in all aspects over the past few years, I am afraid that the troops will be reduced by half before the battle.

What's more, even if the officers and soldiers forcefully attack regardless of the losses, no matter how much combat power the officers and troops have left after half of their non-war casualties, let's just talk about the response of Tumen and Brihatu-they actually don't need to fight with our officers and soldiers at all. In combat, He Linyi ran directly to the Outer Khalkha Department. Even if the officer and army went in vain, the previous losses would be completely in vain. "

Only then did Zhu Yijun think of the big problem of time, and he couldn't help feeling very annoyed: "Why is it this time!"

"If it weren't for this time, how could the Tumen have announced that they wanted to subdue Horqin? This was calculated by him and Brihatu long ago." Gao Wushi said: "The reason why the imperial court wants to send troops to help Horqin is a matter of politics in itself. Decision-making rather than military decision-making. Although the current battle situation on the front line is a bit unexpected, in the final analysis, the losses of the court officers and troops are minimal, and what the emperor cares about now is only the loss of the court's prestige rather than the loss of strength."

Probably Zhu Yijun was right after thinking about it, his complexion gradually became better, but he was still a little sullen, and frowned, "But it doesn't matter if the prestige is damaged, and we have to find a way to fix this matter. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that there was no It was expected that Tumen would attack Tumed's reinforcements, and the Daning defenders had not received the order to send troops, so that there was such a big trouble...

Pragmatically, I think Jizhen can no longer be so passive. Even if the weather turns cold, those who should send troops should still send troops, at least not to make Tumot think that the court is mean and ungrateful.You see... Can Ji Town send troops to meet Tumed's reinforcements, or even repel the Tumen head-on, and avenge them? "

Gao Wushi didn't answer right away, and after thinking for a while, he said calmly: "Jizhen should mobilize part of its troops to attack. If there is no major command error, it is not impossible to repel the Tumen head-on, but the problem As mentioned before, that is, Tumen may not choose to fight."

"Is he still going to be with Lin?" Zhu Yijun didn't want to understand.

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "If we just send troops from Jizhen, then of course Tumen don't have to go to Helin, he can just go back to Chahanhot. Now it is not far from the beginning of winter, and it is impossible for Jizhen to pursue However, it is unlikely that Xiao Ruxun from Horqin will go to Chahanhot... To be honest, Tumen and Burihatu chose the time wisely.

In this time window of one or two months, we can dispatch troops enough, but as long as he doesn't take the initiative to choose to fight, then we won't be able to fight a decisive battle, and when he drags on until winter, this war will have to end anticlimactically . "

The more Zhu Yijun listened, the more annoyed he became. He paced around twice quickly and said, "Practically, how is the preparation for the final battle going? Will we be able to fight next spring?"

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, knowing that the emperor had become really angry, and pondered: "If you have to fight, it's not impossible, but there must be no demon moths in the court."

In fact, the "demon moth" that Gao Yushi refers to is very broad, but Zhu Yijun didn't fully understand it. He thought Gao Yushi mainly referred to the political aspect, that is... such as things like the School of Mind holding back.

However, Zhu Yijun can control such things, so he said without hesitation: "Don't worry about this, when the time comes, the front line will be handed over to you, and the rear will be handed over to me, there will be no problem."

It was a bit early to say this, Gao Yushi didn't want to interrupt too much, so he changed the topic and said: "If Jizhen is going to send troops this time, I think it's better to let Cao Yan go. He has been in Jizhen not long ago, if he can Having the credit for repelling the Tumen can also build up some prestige and lay a good foundation for the big battle after the beginning of next spring."

Zhu Yijun had no objection to this point, and immediately said without hesitation: "Okay, you can discuss this with the Ministry of War after you go back, and let Zhou Yong go to the doctor's office."

Gao Wushi got up and saluted: "I obey the order."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand to remind him not to be too polite, and then asked: "I heard that it was your servant who went to pick up Tumot that night, and the loss was not small?"

Gao Wushi never wanted the emperor to pay too much attention to his servants, so he tried his best to downplay the topic, saying: "Jinghua Trading Company has some cavalry in Daning, and they usually guard the caravan. They heard that the chief general of Tumed's side is the minister. His disciples were worried that they would be punished if they didn't go to the rescue, so they made a rash decision...

However, in terms of losses, it is actually not that big. The casualties are about 800 people, which is roughly the same as that of the Chahar Mongolian army.However, they were originally a sneak attack, and it was really ugly to fight like this in the end. I have already decided to punish Gao Jiang, who was in charge of commanding the battle that day. "

Zhu Yijun was half consoling and half persuading: "After all, they are not an army of economic control. It is already very good that they can draw with the elite of the Chahar Khan Court. Why do you have to be so harsh?"

Gao Wushi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his words had worked, he naturally acted out the whole set, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I'm being harsh, but they are sneak attacks after all... Besides, I haven't treated them badly these years, although I can't Prepare them with excellent armor, but they should still have some advantages over the Mongols in terms of weapons, but the result is like this, alas!"

In fact, Zhu Yijun knew about the equipment of Jinghua Cavaliers, and he also knew why Gao Yushi "couldn't prepare them with excellent armor"-it was because the imperial court regulated it here.

However, Zhu Yijun was obviously inconvenient to talk about this matter, so he smiled and said: "Now that things have turned out like this, the emperor is in a difficult situation... Do you think I should give Jinghua Trading Company a reward?"

Gao Wushi looked surprised, and said in amazement: "Why do you want to reward them? They fought to rescue the disciples of the master's family. This is a private matter. What has it to do with the court? Why should they receive the reward from the emperor?"

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Yushi with a smile that was not a smile, and suddenly curled his lips: "Since you said so, well, I won't reward you this time. But next time, if your family member goes out with the official army , then let me say it first, you will be rewarded if you deserve it, and you can no longer find excuses to refuse."

Gao Wushi smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your ruler has given you something, but I dare not resign."

Zhu Yijun nodded in satisfaction, and finally stopped standing and circling around, found a chair to sit down, and waved his hand to let Gao Wushi who had been standing with him for a long time also sit down, and then said: "I heard that your maritime trade alliance borrowed a city in the country of Wa, Is there such a thing?"

Gao Wushi was a little surprised by this question. Although he knew that there must be factory guards among the servants of the nobles, it was impossible to completely hide these things from Zhu Yijun, but Zhu Yijun did not pay much attention to Japan in the past, and I remember correctly. If so, this is the first time he took the initiative to ask about the actions of the Maritime Trade Alliance in Japan.

However, Gao Wushi did not intend to hide anything about this, and said frankly: "Going back to the emperor, there is such a thing."

Zhu Yijun had a little surprise on his face, and asked, "Why is this Japanese country so generous that it can even lend out the city?"

"Without others, there are benefits." Gao Wushi smiled and said: "The maritime trade alliance conducts trade in the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom court—er, the court under Toyotomi Gongyi can gain a lot of benefits from it.

How to put it, in fact, the Sea Trade Alliance first set up a general office in the Kyushu Island in the west of the country, but that place is actually a prince, and the imperial court of the country of Japan will not benefit much, so when the Sea Trade Alliance asked to set up another one in Kanto The general office, in order to share the benefits, the Japanese court naturally had to agree to some seemingly excessive conditions. "

"Oh... But I heard that the part of the Wa Kingdom's Kanto is not directly managed by the Wa Kingdom's court. In this case, what does the Maritime Trade Alliance have to do with the Wa Kingdom's court?"

Gao Wushi had no choice but to give a general account of the cause and effect, and then said: "So Misaki Castle and Yusheng Castle in the north belonging to the Narita family, these two cities are now regarded as a nail for the Japanese court to wedge into Tokugawa Ieyasu's sphere of influence. Although this nail is not directly controlled by the Japanese court, at least it has an interest bond with the Toyotomi family, and has nothing to do with the Tokugawa family..."

"Oh, I understand." Zhu Yijun snorted softly: "This is the Japanese imperial court's trick to keep that Tokugawa Ieyasu always on his back, not daring to have a different idea." But he paused, and suddenly felt a little bit With a half-smile, he looked at Gao Wushi and said, "Although the Japanese imperial court has a good plan, I always feel...you won't be so honestly used by him, right?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "The emperor is holy, that is the court of the Japanese country, why should I be honest with them? No matter what the Sea Trade Alliance does in the Japanese country, in the final analysis, it is just to make money. The so-called business talk about business, Tokugawa As long as Ieyasu is willing to make a profit, the Maritime Trade Alliance can certainly do business with him."

Zhu Yijun laughed, and said: "That's the truth, but as far as I know, it seems that you don't just earn money—I heard that the Narita family even married a daughter to you?"

"Oh, there is also this matter, but this matter is also a bit unexpected..." Gao Wushi suddenly paused, and said with some doubts: "The emperor suddenly asked about this matter, but do you feel that something is wrong?"

"That's not the case, it's just that this incident reminded me of another incident." Zhu Yijun touched his chin and said, "I heard that the girl from Ye He's family never lived in the Shangshu Mansion?"

Gao Yushi became more and more strange, and thought to himself: Why do you, the emperor, care so much about my private affairs?

But if I want to return to my thoughts, I still have to answer the words, so I can only say: "There is such a thing."

"Why? That girl is ugly, doesn't she catch your eye?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

Gao Wushi patiently replied, "No, it's just that I think she's too young, let's talk about it in a few years."

Now it was Zhu Yijun's turn to be surprised, wondering: "Are you young? It seems not..." After a pause, he hesitated and said: "Forget it, I won't play charades, I just want to ask you if you are worried My opinion?"

When he asked such a question, Gao Wushi suddenly reacted, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is too worried."

However, Zhu Yijun still seemed to be skeptical, and said: "The girl from the Yehe family was left behind by you at Jianxinzhai, and this girl from the Narita family is even worse. I heard that she is still stranded in the Wa country, and she was never sent to the capital. To be honest, I know Yao There are some things about her... But you don't have to worry about my dissatisfaction, she can't blame you for this matter, it's her own choice, you don't have to have any burden in your heart."

"Yes, I understand." Gao Wushi didn't want to say much, so he had to simply respond.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Yijun didn't have much to say, so he changed the topic back and said: "Tumen's actions this time are somewhat unexpected. Anyway, Tumote and Horqin are more or less affected. Some losses. Although Jizhen can show that the court attaches great importance to them after sending out troops,... will these losses make them alienate from the court and affect the decisive battle after the beginning of spring?"

"The emperor wants to ask if you want to reward them for their loyalty to the state?" Gao Wushi asked.

Zhu Yijun nodded again and again: "That's right, I do have this intention, but Tumet's loss is so great, this reward...is not very easy to handle."

Of course, Tumet lost tens of thousands this time, although some of them escaped and may be found later, but even if he lost several thousand cavalry, according to Daming's calculation, it would be a huge sum of money It can only be settled, if the court helps them pick up the money, it will be a bit ruthless.

Gao Yushi didn't want to spend money on it either, so he said, "It's not worthwhile to reward money, it's better to give some famous utensils."

The famous utensil here does not refer to any real objects, but refers to the official position of the imperial court. Zhu Yijun knew it all, and thought about it: "Then give it to Erde Mutu and that... what is the name of that lieutenant general?"

"Back to the emperor, the deputy general is called Butashri, the son of I Da and the third lady." Gao Wushi replied.

"Oh, yes, Butashli." Zhu Yijun said: "Otherwise, since Erde Mutu is the son of Prince Shunyi, the court should be more generous and give him a governor and acquaintance; Butashli can also be regarded as the old king. What do you think of giving him a governor or command envoy?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "There will be a big war in the spring of next year, let's go to the first level for now, Erdemutu will be the governor, and Butashri will be the commander."

Zhu Yijun thought about it, otherwise it would be difficult if the two of them made meritorious service next year, so he nodded and said: "It makes sense, that's okay, let's do it like this."
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