Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1701 Cutting Yuan (fifth five) progress across the board
In the next few days, the battle in northern Xinjiang developed rapidly, and news came from several directions, both good and bad, but generally speaking, the good news was the main one.

The good news first.The first piece of good news came from Helin. King Shunyi sent a messenger from Hannaji to report to Gao Wushi, saying that his troops had fully grasped all the resident tribes in Helin and its surrounding area of ​​about [-] miles. There are more than [-] households, with a population of about [-].

Considering that the population of the Waikalka tribe in Mobei is lower than that in Monan, and some important tribes in this tribe have been transferred away by Abadai Saiyin Khan, there should not be many tribes left behind in this inventory.

Although the "five hundred miles in radius" is not enough to represent the complete recovery of Mobei Mongolia, it still means that the core area of ​​Mobei with Helin as the center is completely under control. It can be seen that Hannaji's work has been very effective.

The second piece of good news is that the follow-up troops of the Economic and Strategic Headquarters caught up with the large troops after recovering supplies, joined up with the forward cavalry with high pragmatic proficiency, and restored the previous strength.At the same time, the cavalry of the Marin Department who escorted Li Song back to Beijing also rushed over, and unexpectedly brought a secret decree.

From the literal point of view, this secret decree does not seem to have much worth mentioning. It is mostly just that the emperor said that he already understood the situation of the frontline war, and thought that Gao Yushi had done a good job.The emperor also expressed his approval of Gao Yushi's dismissal of Li Song, and comforted Gao Yushi not to have any ideological burden for this, and to continue to do what he should do, and he has everything covered.

But in the end, the emperor mentioned the situation in the south, saying that although the situation in the southwest has been adjusted, but because the front line has learned the previous lessons, it is now implementing a steady and steady approach, and the marching speed of all ministries is not fast. There is no news of the successful elimination of Yang Yinglong.

By the way, the emperor talked about the turmoil in the Cao army.This matter seems to be not a big problem, because the number of turbulent Cao troops is relatively limited after all, but the problem is that the battle ahead is going on rather strangely.

The emperor said that the governors of Yingtian and Fengyang both expressed that they were short of troops, and the work of mobilizing troops was obviously slower than expected, and even the troops that had been mobilized had many problems.

The governors of both places found that the quality of the guards mobilized was uneven. The youngest was only 12 years old, while the oldest was 67 years old. The age span was as high as 55 years old, which was shocking.What's even more speechless is that no matter young or old, they are undoubtedly as thin as a bean sprout, and they don't look like they can fight.

In addition to age, the armaments of the guards are even more eye-catching.Governor Yingtian stated that among the approximately 4000 troops mobilized in place, less than [-] had qualified weapons, and about [-] of the [-] people came with firearms, but...they either did not have bullets or gunpowder .

Occasionally, there are projectiles, but the quality of the projectiles is not up to standard, and many of them are not round at all, like a handful of stones caught by the river, with any shape; occasionally, there are gunpowder, and the gunpowder has a lot of impurities, can it be ignited? I'm afraid it's hard to say, let alone let the firearm fire normally.

As for the artillery, it's even worse. There is obviously a new type of Jinghua artillery in the warehouse of the Nanjing Ministry of War. Among them, there are 36 No. 6000 guns and [-] No. [-] guns. They seem to be quite powerful.Who knows after asking, only three people in the [-]-strong army said they would use this kind of artillery, and two people said... maybe they would use it.

This is the case for Governor Yingtian, but the situation for Governor Fengyang is even worse than that of Yingtian.Everything else is similar, except that there are fewer artillery pieces in stock—of course, it doesn't matter, because no one in Fengyang directly expressed that they would use new artillery pieces.

Obviously, the emperor was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the southern army.Knowing that it has been 30 years since the Southern Army Ma Fang Nanshan after the Japanese pirates were put down, the degradation will definitely be degraded, but the degradation to this extent really makes Zhu Yijun so angry that he just wants to chop off a few heads - unfortunately this is impossible , because in theory, military training issues are under the control of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

As the head of the three important officials in Nanjing, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing must be a civil servant, so this head can't be easily chopped off.Besides, in the past few years, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing has changed a dozen or so, so we can't cut them all, right?
Gao Pragmatic is of course also concerned about these matters mentioned by the emperor, especially the issue of the Ministry of War.The Ministry of War belongs to the "traditional sphere of influence" of the Practical School. Although the Ministry of War in Nanjing is different from that in Beijing, it is not always held by people from the Practical School—it can even be said that officials who are not from the Practical School are often in charge—but in the final analysis, military affairs are practical. The school is in charge, and Nanjing's military strength is stretched like this. Although Gao Pragmatic is not a minister of the Ministry of War, he also feels shame on his face.

But having said that, Gao Yushi was more concerned about why the emperor talked about this matter with him.Gao Pragmatic has already made arrangements for the Cao army riot in Nanjing, roughly in two directions: one is to let Wei Guogong go to appease the Cao army, exempt the previous compensation for the loss of the water boat, and put this account on the head of the Japanese invaders, so that The Cao army lost the reason and necessity of the riot; secondly, Wu Xun of Ningbo Port took the lead to find out the origin of the "Japanese pirates", so that the grievances and debts are right.

However, the former Wei Guogong was a bit disappointed. He felt that even the soldiers behind him were not ready, and he really didn't dare to meet the Cao army who had already rioted. That's why the two governors, Yingtian and Fengyang, gathered their troops.The latter is difficult to find out so quickly. No matter how good Wu Xun is, unless he did it in the first place, it is impossible for him to find out the real culprit as soon as the high-level order arrives—— You have to give someone some time.

Gao Yushi believes that Zhu Yijun is not a particularly concerned person, he is an emperor who has always allowed his ministers the necessary time to do things, so he mentioned the situation of the Southern Army in the secret decree, and he probably did not want to urge himself.That being the case, why did the emperor do this?

Prepare the Southern Army?It is possible, but only possible.The southern army did not have a clear preparatory task, so the emperor should not be anxious about it.Even if it is necessary to prepare the southern army, can't it be done after the northern battle is over?

The Cao army riot can obviously be resolved by political means. The emperor would not worry about Nanjing being lost because of this. to attack Nanjing.

Therefore, the emperor's mention of this matter in the secret decree must have other meanings.Gao Wushi vaguely suspected that the emperor also felt that the alliance of southern officials had threatened the rule, so this time he was testing whether he would like to carry out a purge against the south?
This matter is not sure yet. It can only be said that there are some grass snakes and gray lines, and the meaning of the pulse is thousands of miles away. Make a decision later.

However, the emperor spoke clearly about the performance of the Southern Army, and he was probably dissatisfied with the current situation of the Southern Army. Gao Yushi decided to remind Tian Le, who was then Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and asked him to propose some ways to improve it.Anyway, such a major matter can't be decided in a short time. When the procedures are almost done, it's time for him to return to Beijing, and there will be time to intervene again.

Well, the second piece of news was originally good news, but with the emperor's secret decree, it's hard to tell.It can only be said that if the emperor is really dissatisfied with the southern officials' clinging together, it may still be good news.

The third piece of good news came from Magui.After Ma Gui and Abadai Saiyin Khan fought near the mouth of the Three Gorges for a while, they finally found a chance to fight the latter.The battle was not too big, and from the description, it should be that Ma Gui caught Abadai Saiyin Khan's tail and fought.

The results of this battle were not brilliant. Only about [-] Mongolian troops in the Outer Khalkha tribe were annihilated, but Abadai Saiyin Khan was successfully driven away.Ma Gui estimated from the opponent's escape trajectory that Abadai Saiyin Khan might take a detour to the south, but this way of walking is not common, so the specific route is difficult to predict.

In fact, if the time is turned back 20 years, the annihilation of more than a thousand Mongolian troops is already a rare victory, and it belongs to the kind that can make the emperor sue the Taimiao.It's a pity that time has passed, and now the imperial court has been spoiled by high pragmatism, and the number of enemies wiped out by this order of magnitude has become less conspicuous.

Gao Pragmatically reckoned that when the court received the news, it would probably only reward Ma Gui, give Ma Gui a false title, a hereditary quota, etc., and then give dozens of taels of silver and a robe, and that would be the end of it. .

However, Abadai Saiyin Khan was forced to go south "in an unusual way", which made Gao Yushi frown.Even if Abadai Saiyin Khan lost a thousand men, he should still have nearly [-] cavalry in his hands. If he robbed the grain roads of the Magui Ministry in the south, he would be a big threat.

Magui's Ministry is too far away, and Gao Yushi worried that too detailed command would limit Magui's decision-making. After thinking about it, he simply gave Magui an order and asked him to use his own judgment to decide the next military action.Gao Pragmatic only puts forward one basic requirement, that is, the premise of all actions is to help Tumed actually control the Waikalkha Department-how to do it is your business, and the department is not controlled remotely.

Then came the fourth news, and this time it was bad news, and very bad news at that: Tumen had gone, gone.

This matter is quite complicated.From the perspective of the timeline, the so-called "Mongolian army lost twice in one day" a few days ago is actually not accurate. In fact, Qi Jiguang defeated Tumen the first time, and the so-called Lightning Lake victory at the Economic Strategy Headquarters came the next day. .It's just that it took time for Qi Jiguang's battle report to come from his naturalization, and it turned out that the two Mongolian troops seemed to have lost the battle on the same day.

The defeated Tumen gave up encircling Guihua City and ran eastward, while Buyan Huangtaiji and Brihatu, who were also defeated, ran westward. The two Mongolian armies soon joined forces near Shacheng.

Shacheng, which had suffered eight lifetimes of bloody misfortune, was once again blackmailed, but Tumen still did not choose to attack Shacheng. After receiving a large amount of supplies donated by Shacheng, Tumen's army immediately withdrew, and it seemed that they were heading north.

At this time, Qi Jiguang was turning to march eastward, and Li Rusong was also attacking westward. Tumen was actually in a disadvantageous situation of being attacked from east to west.Ma Chengen's department hurried all the way, and finally almost reached the blockade position.

However, something happened at this time: Ma Chengen's troops suddenly discovered that a large number of Mongols were found two hundred miles to the north.This group of Mongols was large in number, Tanma said it was "hundreds of thousands", and judging from the direction of movement, they were migrating westward.

Mongolians, hundreds of thousands of people.These two sets of words and seven characters made Ma Chengen immediately realize that this was the long-lost brigade of the Chahar tribe. They were not the Mongolian army, but the people of the tribe.

There is no doubt that it is a great achievement to eliminate the Mongolian army, but if the foundation of the Chahar tribe is directly taken over, it will be a great achievement!Which of the two is more important does not need to be said.

Ma Chengen immediately made a decision to deal with the "hundreds of thousands of people" first, and the task of blocking the northern line of naturalization can be delayed a little bit.In Ma Chengen's view, it doesn't take much time to deal with these hundreds of thousands of people by himself. After all, this is not an army, but just ordinary herdsmen, women, children, and children.

But sometimes, when a person is unlucky, it is really hard to drink cold water. Ma Chengen went north to find the troubles of hundreds of thousands of people, but he was discovered by the other party halfway - only then did Ma Chengen know that the other party Although these hundreds of thousands of people are either herdsmen, women, children, old and young, the Mongols' so-called soldiers are really not just talking, especially on the grassland.

The hundreds of thousands of people in Chahar are guarded. Although the sentries are all temporary herdsmen, the problem is that there is no essential difference between the "herdsmen" and the "Mongolian army", and they are still perfectly capable of scouting horses.

But Ma Chengen didn't take it too seriously at the time, if the sneak attack failed, he would hit me hard, anyway, it's impossible for you to beat me.

This idea seemed right. The opponent didn't even think about fighting Ma Chengen when he found out, but sped up his speed and fled to the northwest.Ma Chengen pursued closely, and gradually narrowed the distance between the two sides—this was because the other party "migrated with the whole family" after all, and carried too many cattle, sheep and other supplies.

At this time, Ma Chengen was very satisfied, and he was already thinking about what to do after he caught up.It is impossible to kill all of them. Although the Ma family and the Mongols have fought for several generations, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is bitter and bitter, but after all, Master Tai has explained that these people are useful to keep, so At most, we can only kill a few happy dancers to make an example, and the rest have to be kept and handed over to the scripture platform.

However, before Ma Chengen could figure out how to escort these people to Jingtai to report their merits, he suddenly heard that the other party stopped running away, and it seemed that many of them had gathered together, and it seemed that they wanted to fight him.

Instead of being surprised, Ma Chengen was overjoyed, this is a gift of the head, a great contribution!So immediately ordered the whole army to advance, ready to defeat the enemy.When he was about forty miles away from the enemy, Ma Chengen ordered the whole army to put on armor and prepare for battle.

However, when he walked another 40 miles and could already see the other party coming towards him on the endless grassland, he realized that the number of the other party was a bit too large - he had gradually found out that the number of the other party was about [-]. People, probably only half of them appear on the battlefield now!
However, Ma Chengen's surprise was only momentary. There are only 20 mobs, not to mention that the elites under his command are enough to fight against two, even if one is against ten, it is not surprising-the elite soldiers are just mowing the grass against the homeless.

Facts proved that his idea was correct. The forwards of the two armies had just engaged in battle—if the opponent was counted as an "army"—the enemy was immediately defeated.Although the Mongols fought hard, they were still beaten by a platoon of guns so that they cried and shouted for their mothers and collapsed on the spot.Seeing this, Ma Chengen immediately commanded the cavalry to attack, preparing to mow the grass formally.

However, an accident happened. Just as the Ming army cavalry drove out, another cavalry suddenly came from behind - this cavalry was wearing a nine-fold white banner.
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