Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1628 Northern Expedition ([-])
It was afternoon now, after Gao Wushi left the palace, he went directly to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but Zhou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, came over and was waiting.

After all, the other party is a legitimate Da Sima, so Gao Wushi couldn't neglect him, so he immediately invited him to meet him in his room.When Zhou Yong saw Gao Wushi, he immediately asked after the ceremony: "Situ, is the emperor dissatisfied with the current battle situation?"

Gao Wu said sincerely: You are really sensitive enough, Da Sima.But not only can't say these words, but also can't show face, so he smiled slightly, waved his hands and said: "The emperor is a little surprised, but I have already helped the Ministry of War, so I don't need to worry about it."

Zhou Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and then thanked him again and again. Gao Wushi naturally said calmly that this soldier does not need to be so polite, and both sides have a few polite words.

Then Zhou Yong sighed, and said: "This battle is really a bit paradoxical. I really don't understand what kind of song Tumen is singing... Even if he defeats Tumote's reinforcements, so what? Now he They have all run to the vicinity of Daning, and even if they leave Tumote alone and head east immediately, he will definitely not be able to take down Horqin before winter! So what is he trying to do here?"

At this time, a Jinshi Guanzheng came in with tea, Gao Wushi did not answer immediately, took a sip of the tea, put down the teacup and waited for the Jinshi Guanzheng to leave the door, then said: "The so-called taking Horqin is probably just Tumen's. His real intention should be to re-establish the prestige of the Great Khan of Mongolia."

"I would like to hear from Situ Gao." Zhou Yong said immediately.

"Don't dare to talk high, I have some thoughts, and I am willing to discuss with my soldiers." Gao Wushi said casually and politely, "The previous three battles in Monan, Liaonan, and Liaobei, Tumen didn't get any benefits, and as a result It was Abadai Saiyin Khan of the Outer Khalkha tribe who violated his orders... It wasn't even a violation of Yin and Yang, it was almost ignored.

Mongolia has been divided for many years, and Tumed has been more prestigious than Chahar for decades. The influence of Tumen, the Great Khan, was not so wide that he had to come up with a five-rule system to swear the Khan's power.However, later, because of the successive defeats in three wars, Khan's power was even more precarious.

This time he suddenly sent troops to surrender Waikalkha, which can be regarded as stabilizing the old collar of Dalson Kuden Khan before he moved eastward, which can be described as a rare achievement in recent years.However, Tumen and Brihatu still had some brains, knowing that what he did would definitely attract Daming's attention, so it was hard to guarantee that Daming would not take any action.

If my prediction is correct, it should be Brihatu who suggested something to the Tumen. The general idea must be that instead of waiting for me, Daming, to make a move, it is better to preemptively announce that I will surrender Horqin, so as to seize the initiative and force me to Daming could only focus on Horqin as they expected.

I have to say that Brihatu's strategy was really successful.And not only that, he also expected that since my Ming Dynasty was not yet fully prepared for the decisive battle with Chahar, Tumote would probably be involved in this operation, so he used the main force of Abadai Saiyin Khan to contain it I rescued the soldiers of Horqin in Liaodong, and went westward with the main force of Chahar to attack Tumed's reinforcements.

Why did they target Tummet?The reason is actually very simple, because Tumed is the head of the Mongolian right wing and the strongest competitor of Chahar, the headquarters of the Great Khan.As long as Tumen shows the strength to overwhelm Tumed, then the Inner Kalkha tribes in eastern Chahar will not dare to doubt his strength, and even Horqin has to put his mind away and continue to make false claims with him... so As a result, his position as the Great Khan has been stabilized again, at least on the bright side. "

Zhou Yong suddenly realized, thought for a moment, and asked: "From this point of view, Tumen's action has actually achieved his goal, and he doesn't need to fight the next battle? I mean, he As long as it is delayed until winter, this matter will be over!"

"It's almost the same reason." Gao Wushi sighed softly, and said: "That's why I suggested to the emperor just now, let Cao Yu lead the troops to Daning, and take the Tumote Mongolian army out... In fact, the emperor really hopes that Ji The town frontier army and Tumen fought head-on, but I think Tumen and Brihatu may not be willing to let the emperor get what he wanted."

It turned out that when Gao Wushi suggested Cao Yu to go to Daning just now, he already expected that this trip would not win a battle. He just couldn't say it directly in front of the emperor. It is safer to touch.

After all, he is highly pragmatic. Although he has the special ideal of a time traveler, he is still very "bureaucratic" in many ways of doing things. This is almost a skill acquired in two lifetimes. How can he give up easily?

Although "bureaucracy" is a derogatory term most of the time, at least it has a derogatory meaning, but in fact, in a world full of bureaucrats, "non-bureaucratic" is not only difficult to achieve, but it is easier to get yourself involved.

When Gao Wushi said this, what else did Zhou Yong not understand?Although his abilities are mediocre, after all, he has been working in this big dye vat for decades, and he must have this comprehension ability.

What Gao Situ meant was nothing more than to let Cao Yu go to work hard, and by the way, he would also increase mutual understanding with the generals at all levels under his command.After all, although there is a high probability that there will be no war in this trip, even if it is just a march, a veteran in the army like Cao Yu will definitely be able to understand many situations of the troops under his command from many angles, which will be helpful for the decisive battle with Chahar in the future of.

Zhou Yong nodded, and pondered: "Even if you fail to join the battle, the credit of a 'forced retreat map' won't escape, and then you can..."

"Oh, that's right." Gao Wushi suddenly interrupted Zhou Yong, preventing him from finishing the following, and said: "The emperor should have already made a decision—the Chahar decisive battle may be brought forward, and it may be launched in the spring of next year." Offensive. My soldier, the military department had better prepare early, so as not to be caught off guard by then."

"War will start next spring?" Zhou Yong was really taken aback, and asked: "Situ, the lifting of the feudal ban has not yet been completed, and it seems that the Ministry of Households will spend at least a million taels of silver for the aftermath of the clan next year. , would it be too hasty to start a war at that time?"

Gao Wushi rubbed the space between his brows, put on a perplexed and determined look, shook his head and said, "If you say that you are fully prepared, then of course you are not yet. It would be best if it could be delayed by another year or two, but The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, since the emperor has already made a decision, we as ministers have no choice but to do our best to at least not spoil the big event."

He saw that although Zhou Yong nodded heavily, but the gloomy look on his face was still lingering, he explained: "From ancient times to the present, there has never been any complete preparation in military matters. It is nothing more than the general trend. I can fight. Next year Launching a big war in the beginning of spring, although to my Ming Dynasty, it is nothing to say that everything is ready, but to Chahar, I don’t think they will be able to prepare properly, and even... they may not be able to reach my Ming Dynasty. Launch this decisive battle. In this way, we are not at a disadvantage."

Naturally, Zhou Yong couldn't disagree with Gao Wushi, and nodded in agreement when he heard the words, but after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Jizhen, Xuanda and other places are easy to arrange, but Liaodong... I don't know what Situ's arrangements are for Li Rusong's troops. opinion?"

Gao Wushi said: "This battle is a national war, but it can be used for everything."

Zhou Yong is not a person of the real school, since Gao Wushi said so, he had no choice but to agree, then hesitated, and asked again: "Xiao Ruxun's rescue of Horqin this time is quite different from the previous court's prediction. If the follow-up does not There will be bigger battles, and there will be no other accidents, I wonder how Situ thinks the Ministry of War should evaluate his performance in this battle?"

This question is really troublesome, Gao Wushi didn't express his opinion immediately, but pondered for a while.

Xiao Ruxun's battle must be completely different from what the imperial court had expected. The imperial court thought that he would be facing the main force of the Tumen. Seriously, he was a little worried. This is also one of the high pragmatic intentions.

But in the end, the Tumen didn't go to the Eastern Front. Instead, they ran to find Tumed's reinforcements. On the Eastern Front, only the Mongolian army of the Outer Khalkha tribe of Aba Dai Saiyin Khan was left.The strength of the Outer Khalkha is obviously not as good as that of Chahar, so the credit is correspondingly much smaller. As a result, the performance of the coalition forces in the end was not very good... This is a bit embarrassing.

Although Xiao Ruxun's headquarters did not suffer any losses worth mentioning, and it could be regarded as "repelling the enemy" in name, but the Horqin's department they were going to rescue suffered some losses.In terms of battle losses, the Horqin Department must have surpassed the Wai Khalkha Department, which shows that the rescue of the Ming and Manchu coalition forces under the command of Xiao Ruxun is not good, so it is a bit troublesome to evaluate Xiao Ruxun's performance in this battle.

If you judge from a narrow perspective, no matter what other conditions have changed, at least his mission to send troops this time must have been completed-the Horqin Ministry is still there, Yehe is not in danger, and the imperial army is almost gone. Any loss, then of course, as the chief general of the army, he has successfully completed the task and deserves all the credit.

However, the imperial court will launch a decisive battle in Chahar in the spring of next year, and of course it needs to take care of the mood of the various subordinate forces.Now Horqin and the three tribes of Manchuria (Yehe, Hada, and Jianzhou Youwei) have suffered losses. Although it is hard to say that it is heavy, it cannot be said that it is irrelevant. Who knows what they think?

Don't think that the Mongols and Jurchens usually look rough and have no small calculations. In fact, they have a lot of small calculations, and because their own strength is not strong, they pay special attention to immediate interests.If they feel that it is not worthwhile to work with Da Ming after this battle, then it is hard to say whether they can be mobilized in the next year's war.Even if they can be mobilized, I am afraid that they will not be able to work hard. After the war, they will not move forward, and they will engage in fringe OB operations.

If this line of thinking is followed, then Xiao Ruxun should not be commended and rewarded.Rescue is not good, not to mention punishment, at least there must be an order to punish him, but Gao Yushi does not approve of such an approach.

To be honest, both Mongols and Jurchens, in the consistent thinking of the Ming people, are obviously "not my race, their hearts must be different", they are not only "bad people", they are not even worthy of human rights - if the Ming people If you know what human rights mean.

As a young cadre at the time, Gao Yushi still had basic political awareness, so he was not a Han chauvinist, but a Chinese chauvinist.His basic idea is "accepting Chinese civilization as my compatriots", which is specifically manifested in this era as "everyone in the pan-Chinese civilization circle is the object of my solidarity".

However, ideals belong to ideals, unity belongs to unity, and the current reality cannot be ignored.It is impossible for officials and people of the Ming Dynasty to regard the Mongols of Horqin and the Jurchens of Yehe, Hada, and Jianzhou Youwei as "citizens of the Celestial Dynasty" like themselves. He and the Jurchen's mood and ignored the mood of his own frontier army.

This is not easy to deal with, if Xiao Ruxun is criticized and the army is raging, wouldn't it be a joke?So you can't do addition and subtraction at the same time, it is best to take care of both sides.

Xiao Ruxun's side didn't lose much, but the results were not too great. After deliberation, Gao Yushi felt that he could only deal with Erdemutu and Butashri, that is, to praise them, or at most to do so in the military position ( It's not a job, because the general's job is to be the chief soldier. This refers to promoting Xiao Ruxun's role as the commander-in-chief to the commander-in-chief) and Wu Sanguan to make some articles.

As for Horqin and the "Congzheng" Jurchen Trilogy, I am afraid that it is not enough to just give some "famous utensils".Tumed can only give "Famous Weapons" because Tumed has relatively strong financial resources. They were able to provide [-] cavalry at once a few years ago. After recuperating in the past few years, they have maintained a good relationship with Daming. In terms of trade, at least the strength will not be worse than before, so even if you lose thousands of cavalry, it is not a serious injury, and you may not need a blood transfusion from Ming Dynasty urgently.

However, Horqin and the Jurchen Tripartites are not as powerful as Tumot, especially Horqin's "Controlling Strings", which has a total of [-] serious classics. This time, it lost thousands of people, which is almost a broken arm injury. I am afraid that not giving them some benefits will inevitably make people feel cold, and it will not be conducive to pre-war unity.

Since Horqin needs some subsidies, the damage to the Jurchen Tripartite is not too big anyway, so it doesn't matter if you subsidize it by the way.But how to distribute this "subsidy" has to be considered.

Gao Wushi shared his basic idea with Zhou Yong, and Zhou Yong said, "Situ is unparalleled in righteousness. In this way, Horqin and Jurchen Tripartite must be grateful."

After a pause, he continued: "As for how to reward, in fact, it doesn't have to be paid... Da Situ, the officers and soldiers have changed their outfits quite quickly in recent years, especially the Ministry of War has eliminated many types of rewards according to Da Situ's previous proposal. All kinds of firearms, although we don’t use these things now, we can give them to the Mongols and Jurchens.”

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and said a little hesitantly, "Giving firearms...wouldn't be any hidden dangers?"

"Don't worry, Da Situ, it won't happen." Zhou Yong said with confidence, "Those firearms are all bought by us, and they are not artillery guns, but all kinds of gadgets, almost all of which are disposable. Yes, like rockets, thunder cannons and the like."

Gao Wushi came to his senses now, and thought to himself: Good guy, are you treating yourself as a rice emperor, and the Mongols and Jurchens as frogs?Throw the replaced garbage to them if there is no place to dispose of it?This is really... a good idea!
Hubu Shangshu Gaobutang immediately made a decision, and said firmly: "Okay, then do it like this! Oh, yes, remember to clearly tell them the prices of these firearms back then, and let them know that my Ming court is very generous to them of."

Zhou Yong suppressed a smile and nodded, "Don't worry, Da Situ, the Ministry of War will let them clearly understand the value of these firearms."
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