Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1671 The Arrow Behind Fa Yuan ([-])
The autumn of the 20th year of Wanli was really an eventful year. The first battle to destroy the Yuan had just started, and Yang Yinglong in the southwest took advantage of the situation to raise troops to rebel, and then the mutiny and riots of the Cao army appeared in the tax-heavy southeast.

And then, the battle situation in the three directions is far from ideal.First, the several armies of Fayuan traveled a long distance without finding the whereabouts of Tumen's army, and even the nearly 40 people in the entire Chahar tribe were all missing.

Originally, the large troops of the Chahar Department could be found, and it is impossible that there were no clues, but the main task of the army was to find the main force of the Chahar Army for a decisive battle after all, so all the troops could only continue to fight for this purpose.

However, this goal has not been achieved in fact. In such a large range of thousands of miles, the Chahar cavalry can rely on high mobility to come and go freely between the gaps of several armies. In the end, the Ming army still let the Chahar troops Jin Chan escaped from its shell and slipped away successfully.

The only result of the battle is probably to regain the lost ground and take over the vast left-wing Mongolian grassland including Chahar Khan Ting Chahanhot.If this achievement is only discussed from the perspective of "opening up the frontier and expanding the territory", it can almost be called a world-class achievement-the area of ​​​​opening up the frontier and expanding the territory is equivalent to the sum of Northern Zhili and Shanxi.Considering that the opponent is Mongolia, the number one enemy of Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country, it is unreasonable not to give the credit to the king.

However, the court of the Ming Dynasty was not a fool to hold a meeting. The territory of the Mongols and the territory of the Ming Dynasty were two different things.They are not farmers. If you leave today, you can come back tomorrow. The grassland is still the grassland.Fighting in the Central Plains can cut off the other side's millet and wheat, but for the Mongols, what can you do to them, cut off the prairie?
Don't look at the joke, even if the wasteland is burned, it can't be burned cleanly. Have you never heard of "wild fire can't burn out, but spring breeze blows and regenerates"?When they don't leave, you run over and light a wildfire, which will make it difficult for their horses, cattle and sheep to grow fat this autumn.But now people have made it clear that they will not be here this year for pastures and autumn. After the fire is finished, wait until the spring of next year. Because of the nourishment of inorganic nutrients, the grass may grow better than before.

And this principle is not difficult to understand. Although Ming people don't know what inorganic nutrients are, any farmer can understand the similar principle.In the era without chemical fertilizers, many farmers would burn bellflowers from rice and other crops to fertilize the fields. This is common sense. Gao Yushi saw it a lot in the countryside when he was a child in his previous life. In this life, he saw the same in Xinzheng and Guangxi. Countless.

Therefore, as long as Chahar's army is not wiped out, the battle will not be over.Even if the latest news received by the imperial court indicates that Tumen Khan may have gone to Tumed, and the original "Chahar Grassland" was fully occupied by the army, that would not be considered a real victory.

However, although the imperial court understands this truth, it seems that many people do not understand it.For example, many newspapers and periodicals in the capital have published the front pages and even the outliers, declaring that the officers and soldiers have completely occupied the left-wing Mongolian grasslands, and have driven Can Yuan to a corner, and had no choice but to flee to the Jin Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty—that is, the area under the jurisdiction of Tumed.

According to them, this wave, this wave is that Chahar has no choice but to fight to the death with Tumed. Although Daming is the suzerain of Tumed, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. profit.

Of course, these newspapers are not really so naive, they only do this because the capital group behind them is the Maritime Trade Alliance, and even Jinghua itself.The so-called ass decides the head, of course, if you can blow it, you must blow it, and if you can't blow it, you must create conditions.

As a result, ordinary people in the capital didn't know what was going on, and really thought that the situation in northern Saibei was good.Especially when they heard that Xiao Ruxun of the Liaodong Army did not even need to participate in the pursuit, but returned to Chahanhot to garrison, it attracted many people in the capital to set off firecrackers in front of their homes to celebrate.

This situation was also reported by Dongchang to His Majesty the Emperor in the palace. Zhu Yijun was very calm when he heard about it, and thought about it without worry, and said: "Although the victory is not complete, after all, the capture of Chahanhot is a fact. It is reasonable for the people to celebrate, and I don't need to interfere."

It is not surprising that the emperor has such an attitude. After all, this battle was originally a product of his ZTE Ming philosophy. Although this battle is far from over, the support of the people is much better than opposition.After all, this virtually added prestige to him, and he had no reason to object to celebrating.

However, the School of Mind was very nervous about this. Such a big event as the Cao Jun riot did not make the emperor stop supporting the highly pragmatic war against the Yuan, let alone recall him. This is obviously not in the interests of the School of Mind.Now that the people of the capital are fooled by the newspapers into thinking that victory is in sight, this virtually sets a frame of mind for everyone.

What frame of mind?The framework is: Da Ming and Yuan Yuan are about to win a big victory, and whoever sings against it at this time must be a traitor.

This obviously embarrasses the officials of the School of Mind, because since the Cao Jun riots, almost all officials in the court who advocated "to fight against the outside world must first settle the inside" are members of the School of Mind.These people have always advocated that the matter of cutting down the Yuan should be put on hold for the time being, and the Cao army riot in the southeast and the Bozhou rebellion in the southwest should be put down first, and it will not be too late to destroy the Yuan when there is nothing internal. It is also.

However, the people in the capital are doing this now, and the School of Mind is very passive.Originally, the reason why these so-called "morality and practical learning" officials were able to gain a foothold in the imperial court was largely due to the support of a lot of public opinion-no matter how these public opinions came from, there were anyway.

But until now, the people in the capital believe that the victory of the war against yuan is in sight. Whoever jumps out to oppose at this time and makes the effort to destroy Yuanyuan fall short will surely become a sinner of Ming Dynasty and the world, and will be poked wherever he goes Backbone, that's too bad.

As for whether the current battle situation is considered "victory is in sight", few of the Lords of the Mind School know about military affairs, and there are some internal disputes instead.

Some officials believe that the victory of this battle is a certainty. Instead of jumping out to oppose the continued attack, it is better to accept this reality and think about how to avoid being strongly suppressed by the powerful faction in the next confrontation.

Another group of officials insisted that the current situation of the war was not in sight of victory at all. Although Gao Wuzhen seemed to occupy the vast grassland of the Chahar Department, as long as the Chahar people and the Chahar army did not suffer much loss, they would still be able to fight. Could come back at any time.

Some of these officials even believe that although the current situation seems to have forced the Chahar people to give up their "ancestral land", the entry of the Chahar army into Tumot may be the next step. It may not be as simple as the official army and the Tumed army jointly strangling him, there are still a lot of variables.

Some people think that although Tumed is known as powerful, but as the core of King Shunyi, the main Western Post not only lost a lot of troops last year, but also mobilized most of them this time to go northward with Magui to Waikalkha, which means At this moment, Tumed's interior is relatively empty.

Tumed claimed to have [-] cavalry under his command, but this statement was already watery. The [-] cavalry actually included the Erdos Wanhu subordinates they had been able to mobilize in the past.

During the Northwest Rebellion, Ordos Wanhu was thwarted by Gao Yushi in a thunderous manner because he helped Qibai during the Northwest Rebellion, and lost some troops. Now the overall strength is not as good as before, and there may be more than [-] riders in total.

Tumed also lost some last year, and the number of troops he can maintain is about 6, which is not much different from that of Chahar headquarters.This time, Gao Pragmatically dispatched [-] troops from Tumed and [-] troops from Ordos, which means that there are only about [-] troops in the vast territory of Tumed headquarters, which can be described as extremely empty.

In this way, the entry of Chahar headquarters into Tumed can be seen to a certain extent as a concentrated [-] army attacking the relatively dispersed [-] Tumed army. It is impossible to strangle, and Tumed may face catastrophe.

Based on this, these Xin School officials believe that the key now is whether Gao Pragmatism's westward movement is fast enough.If his army chased him fast enough, then Chahar's move to abandon Chahanhot and go straight to Tumot might have really lost his wife and lost his army. Not only did he lose his ancestral land and horse farm, but he also failed to weaken Tumo. Special, I am afraid that he will really be strangled by the joint soon.

On the contrary, if Gao Wushi's army is not fast enough to move westward, and Chahar breaks down the 2 people left behind by Tumot—especially if he can break through Guihua City, then Tumen's loss of Chahanhot is very likely to be in Fufu's Tummet made up for it.

As for the next battle situation, it is hard to say for the time being, but in any case, as long as Tumen can "eat a full meal" in the naturalization, the next battle situation remains to be seen.At the same time, once Tumed suffers a huge loss such as loss of naturalization, not only Tumed may be alienated from the imperial court, but it will also be a huge blow to the prestige of Gao Pragmatic, who is in charge of the power of this war, and it may affect many things in the future. .

The Practical School was able to hold the real power of the court for more than [-] years. The trust of the first emperor in Gao Gong was only the foundation. The success of the tribute of I Da and the victory of the Monan War were undoubtedly the real two pillars.

The success of Alda's tribute established the political status of Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei as the chief assistants of the Real School, and the victory in the Monan War was the prestige foundation for Gao Yushi to successfully take over the real power of the Real School.

Either of these two incidents is related to Tumed, so on the other hand, if there is a problem with Tumed, especially if his political stance is repeated, then the authority and reputation of high pragmatism will be seriously shaken.

Gao Yushi did not unify the Real School. I believe that Xu Guo and Shen Li will never let go of such a good opportunity once such a shake of reputation occurs. When the time comes when their Real School is in civil strife, can't the My Heart School take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters?Not to mention being able to overthrow the classmate of His Majesty the Emperor in one fell swoop, but if a few pieces of flesh are torn from him, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?
After some debate, this school of thought gradually gained the upper hand, so the topic gradually turned to "how to slow down the march of high pragmatism".

To slow down the marching speed of the front-line troops or simply stop their advance, apart from asking the emperor to issue an order, which is basically impossible, the easiest way is of course to fiddle with supplies.

It's a pity that this matter is really extremely difficult for the Heart School at present.After all, Gao Yushi himself is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he knows more about whether there is a lack of food in the rear than the officials of the Heart School who don't touch Yang Chunshui, and it is impossible to fool around.

If it were done in the past, there is another way for the Heart School to think about, and that is to find a way through the Ministry of Industry-the Ministry of Industry is often responsible for assisting in the delivery of military rations.Although the Ministry of War is in charge of this matter, the Ministry of Industry may be in charge of many civilians, so it can also make some tricks in it.

One of the easiest ways is to deliberately arouse the resentment of the people, or even stir up commotion, which will naturally lead to the interruption of supplies.

However, Gao Yushi had been prepared for a long time. This time, the Ministry of Industry did not assist in the delivery of food. The task of transporting military food within the Great Wall was directly handed over to the Production and Construction Corps controlled by the nobles, and the Ministry of Industry could not intervene.

As for the rest of the Great Wall, it’s really worth noting, because Jinghua Trading Company took over the task for this part—if the hands of Xin School can reach into Jinghua Trading Company, the power under Gao Yushi’s hands will really become a colander. Is it worth spending so much time, gentlemen, to get your mind swollen at every turn?

At this point in the matter, everyone finally reached a consensus, but in the end they got stuck on how to implement it.Even if the masters of Xinxue refused to admit it, they still felt a little cold in their hearts: Gao Yushi is really well-prepared.

However, no matter how strict Gao Yushi's defenses are, he still has to find a way out now, otherwise, once the Tumen army catches up with Guihua before they capture Guihua, then the entire war against the Yuan Dynasty must be over— ——Even the masters of Xinxue don’t think that Tumen can fight back——by then it will be too late for regret.

The entire flower hall was silent, and needles could be heard. Rao, all the attendees boasted of their high talents and wisdom, but faced with the high-level pragmatism of taking care of all related affairs by themselves, they were also clever women who couldn't cook without rice, and really couldn't think of any clever plan.

Shen Shixing's strengths have never been in ingenious strategies. Apart from reading and taking exams, his specialty mainly lies in his slick wrists. This is more about his interpersonal skills. He is known for his outstanding coordination skills. At this time, he can only look around at everyone. , I hope that all the gentlemen present can come up with some good suggestions.

However, he looked around again and again, but no one said anything, everyone was either frowning or sighing, all of them were like eggplants beaten by Shuang, and they couldn't see any energy.

In the end, it was Wang Xijue who stood up and said in a voice that was so low that it was almost hoarse: "If you want to explain, there is barely one in this cabinet, but I don't know if you can afford to sacrifice one... Zhijun."
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