Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 295
On the night of that day, the high-ranking members of the Ming army in Fort Desheng were also holding a meeting.

Of course, the meeting was presided over by Ma Wei, the chief general of the Deshengbao garrison and the guard general of Datong Beidong Road.The imperial envoy inspected the defense of the three towns in Shanxi, Xuanda, and was acting as the crown prince's official advisor. Because people all have the word "imperial envoy" in their titles, they automatically have the nature of supervising the army.

The rest of the generals attending the meeting were led by Magui, the defender of Deshengbao, and sat on both sides.

Ma Wei's face was a little gloomy, and he tapped on the table lightly, and said: "Imperial envoys, guards, colleagues, according to Governor Wang Jianchuan's original plan, our Desheng Fort defenders deliberately did not strengthen their troops, in order to attract people in person. The enemy is also the main force of the Chinese army that Alda sent troops this time. I hope to use the imperial envoy Xingyuan as a bait to lure him to attack the fort by force, and to attract the enemy to fight a war of attrition with us under the fortified city of Desheng Fort, so as to cooperate. The commander-in-chief's strategy of attacking his left flank and suppressing Arda's arrogance."

"However, until today, I said that the Chinese army has not shown any obvious signs of taking the initiative to attack the city except for strengthening the sentry. This is inconsistent with our army's original plan. I will invite you to the meeting today, mainly because I want to share with you Discuss, should we continue to stick to the original plan and still stick to the city, or should we make some changes and try to lure me to attack the city more proactively? Please give us your advice, and ask your colleagues to speak freely."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, because what Ma Wei said was actually quite standard. It seems that "the barbarians enter China, and the Chinese become China." Let's distinguish the difference between "not hesitate to teach" and "speak freely", it is true that those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

However, Gao Yushi's current appearance can be regarded as a superior leader, and according to Huang Mengyu's dog-licking attitude towards him, maybe he can be regarded as the highest-ranking leader, so naturally it is not easy to be the first to speak.

In this kind of meeting, the person with the highest status is usually either the first to speak or the last to speak, but there is a clear difference between the two: the first to speak is called "setting the tone", which means that I have a clear proposition, first To make a general idea, you all have to speak according to my meaning, and you can only complete and supplement it, and you cannot contradict this opinion; and if you are the last to speak, it is to synthesize everyone’s opinions, and finally choose one to make a decision. Of course, you can omit it at the same time. as a supplement.

Although Gao Yushi has the title of imperial envoy and Huang Mengyu's kneeling and licking attitude, he actually has a lot of dominance over this meeting, but after all, he has the word "Guanzheng" on his head as a curse. It would be unsightly to set the tone with one opening, and it would be too domineering, so he chose to keep his composure, just picked up the teacup in front of him without saying a word, picked up the tea cover and fiddled with it lightly, took a sip of the tea, and did not feel any pain at all. There is no intention to speak.

This action is actually a habitual action during meetings in the "previous life". The current situation is similar, and I did it subconsciously.

But the meaning of this action is really obvious. Huang Mengyu understood the meaning of Gao Pragmatism without a teacher, so he followed suit, without saying a word, just looked at Ma Gui and others with a smile.

Ma Gui didn't know whether it was because he was young and didn't know much about officialdom, or he was eager to make contributions. He just thought about it for a while, and then he took the initiative to say: "The general thought that although Lord Jianchuan ordered to stick to it, my Deshengbao is different after all. The more important task is to hold back the main force of Ida and prevent it from being distracted from the flanking ability. But right now Ida is standing still, I don’t know if it has other plans. In order to be safe, it is best to find a way to let me answer as soon as possible Go on the offensive."

Ma Wei glanced at Gao Wushi and Huang Mengyu, and seeing that they seemed to have never heard of them, he nodded noncommittally and asked, "Do you think differently?"

A general in his forties clasped his fists and said: "At the seat, the general feels that it doesn't matter if I move or not. As long as he doesn't divide his troops to the left, it will have no effect on our army, so there is no need to do anything. The adjustment still focuses on defending the city."

Ma Wei asked, "How do you see that?"

The general said: "Since the northern captives did not divide their forces, the commander-in-chief will attack Xin Ai with the main force. Xin Ai will not be able to defend, so our army is already sure of victory. Why do we need to add another thing? Besides, we want to make me answer to attack." However, if you want to provoke I Da, you can do nothing more than send troops to sneak attack. However, I only have two thousand soldiers in Desheng Fort, how can I send troops to sneak attack on Al Da, who has as many as [-] to [-] troops? The Chinese army camp?"

Ma Wei was also worried about this before, so after listening to it, he was a little silent, but he didn't expect a rather childish boy's voice: "Father's words are wrong!"

When Ma Wei raised his head, he saw a person standing behind the middle-aged general, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, a few years younger than Ma Gui.General Ma Shen couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Good Zhang Wanbang, are you going to contradict your father again?"

It turned out that this young man named Zhang Wanbang was the son of the middle-aged general before. His father was named Zhang Bingzhong.

Their Zhang family also served in the army for generations. Zhang Wanbang's grandfather, Zhang Xun, served in the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties. Last year, due to old illness, he was begged to retire from his position as the commander of the Yunchuan Guard (under the jurisdiction of Datong Town).His father Zhang Bingzhong's current position is the commander of Yunchuan Guard who attacked Zhang Xun and was ordered to garrison Desheng Fort.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Yunchuanwei belonged to the more important guards in the border towns, and the setting was also very close to the outside line. It went to the northwest of Inner Mongolia and Linger County in later generations. However, due to well-known reasons, it moved back to Shanxi during the Zhengtong period.

After the inland relocation, the importance of Yunchuanwei declined, and gradually slipped from the original David to the second- and third-tier positions. In the hands of Zhang Xun and Zhang Bingzhong, Yunchuanwei had already reduced the number of staff, and there was still a serious shortage. Zhang Bingzhong It sounds like a commanding envoy of the Yunchuan Guard, but in fact, only about 600 troops were stationed in Desheng Fort after careful selection...

However, since the serious lack of staff in Damingwei is not limited to Yunchuanwei's family, but a common phenomenon throughout the country, it is not surprising that Zhang Bingzhong, the commander of the guard who can only afford 600 people, even came to Deshengbao. He said that his 600 people are also one-fourth to one-fifth of the size of the defenders, so his words are still worthy of Ma Wei's consideration.

As for Zhang Wanbang, the son of Zhang Bingzhong, it is not surprising that he appears here, because although he is young, he has conquered thousands of households because of the merits of his ancestors, and he has... cough, more than 100 people.

(End of this chapter)