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Wang Yangming sighed softly, stepped forward and helped Qi Zhen up.

Looking at Qi Zhen, Wang Yangming said: "What is the crime of General Qi? With more than [-] troops against nearly [-] Tatar cavalry, this is already quite rare."

Qi Zhen said subconsciously: "But our army was the cavalry that could suppress the Tatars before, but now it is..."

Thinking that before they did force Ma Guli to lead the cavalry to retreat continuously, if Wang Yangming hadn't sent troops to help him now, he might have been defeated.

After enjoying successive victories, he suddenly felt the powerlessness of the infantry against the cavalry again, Qi Zhen naturally couldn't accept it for a while.

Wang Yangming shook his head and said: "In the past, the army had artillery to help, so naturally it could suppress the Tatars, but now our army is unable to use artillery on a large scale because of the shortage of gunpowder, which makes it difficult for you, General Qi, to attack. , if you really want to say it, the defeat in this battle is the responsibility of the governor."

Before Wang Yangming could finish speaking, Qi Zhen said, "Why did the governor make such a statement? The shortage of gunpowder supply is clearly a problem of the logistics quartermaster. How can the governor be blamed?"

Wang Yangming said with a bit of self-reproach: "If the governor could have noticed the problem earlier, the current situation would not have occurred."

Seeing Wang Yangming's self-reproach, Qi Zhen couldn't help saying to Wang Yangming with a bit of resentment: "The governor, the last general thought that the officials in charge of logistics and supplies must be severely punished. If it weren't for them, this battle would not have been so serious. Many soldiers died, and even with the power of firearms, we can completely enter the Tatar camp in one go and win this battle."

As soon as Qi Zhen said this, he pointed directly at the officials in charge of logistics.

In this big tent, the faces of several civil officials suddenly changed. You must know that military supplies have always been in charge of civil officials. This is one of the methods used by the civil official group or the imperial court to suppress generals.

Even the emperor would acquiesce that the civilian group controls the logistics, so as to restrain and restrain the generals who command the troops outside.

Military supplies and logistics are controlled by the civilian group. Even the generals have no objection to this point. After all, as warriors, they only need to be responsible for fighting and killing the enemy.

As for asking them to be responsible for counting the amount of supplies, dispatching military supplies and other complicated matters, to be honest, few generals are willing to spend their minds on these cumbersome things.

It can even be said that even if they want to do it, they don't have the ability and energy.

But there is a premise that, since the logistics and military supplies of the army are handed over to the civilian group, these quartermasters must ensure the supply of military supplies needed for the battle ahead.

If the military generals are disadvantaged in combat, then the responsibility is naturally the military commanders, but if the army is disadvantaged in combat due to insufficient logistics supplies, then the responsibility will fall on these civil servants.

This is also why when Qi Zhen asked for the severe punishment of the quartermaster, the complexions of several civil servants present changed.

One of the councilors couldn't help but said to Qi Zhen: "General Qi, what do you mean by that? It's clear that the soldiers under your command are not capable enough to defeat the Tatars. What's the matter with the logistics quartermaster?" .”

As he said that, the counselor snorted coldly and said, "From my point of view, you clearly want to shirk your responsibility, Mr. Qi."

Several other civil servants nodded after hearing this, with expressions of approval on their faces. Even Shen Buyi stood there expressionless, as if Qizhen pointed the finger at the officials in charge of logistics and military supplies.

Although Shen Buyi felt that those quartermasters did not fulfill their duties, the army lacked gunpowder, and the most sharp firearms of Ming Dynasty could not provide enough assistance for the army.

But this can't be entirely blamed on those logistics quartermasters, obviously the soldiers and horses under Qi Zhen's command are also partly responsible, and now that everything is pushed to the quartermasters, Shen Buyi is naturally quite dissatisfied.

However, Shen Buyi did not directly open his mouth to mock Qi Zhen like those few people, but just looked at Wang Yangming indifferently.

Needless to say, all the generals present naturally stood on Qi Zhen's side, and immediately jumped out one by one to ask Wang Yangming to severely punish the officials in charge of military supplies.

For a while, a battle almost broke out between the civil and military sides.

This is not the first time this scene has been staged, Wang Yangming couldn't help frowning, even with his ability, facing civil and military confrontation is quite a headache.

But this time, Wang Yangming couldn't help the anger in his heart. He glanced at the civil servants coldly and said, "Send down the order and immediately take down all the military supply officials responsible for the operation and storage of gunpowder. Guilty, beheaded..."

At this moment, Shen Buyi frowned and interrupted Wang Yangming's words: "Governor, the military supply officer belongs to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, and is an official ordered by the court. Even if he is guilty, the court must convict him, and then he will be punished according to the crime... ..."

Qi Zhen couldn't help being furious when he heard the words: "Fart, the governor is the commander-in-chief of an army, and the whole army is up and down, but if they are guilty, they can be punished by military law."

Shen Buyi looked at Qi Zhen with disdain and said, "General Qi, let me ask you, does the governor have the right to kill first and then play later?"

Qi Zhen froze for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head and said, "No, but military law is ruthless..."

An official at the side heard Qi Zhen say that the military law was ruthless, so he sneered and said, "Could it be that the military law is stronger than the national law? Those quartermasters are all officials ordered by the imperial court, so how could they kill them at will... "

As he said that, the official looked at Wang Yangming without fear and said, "As the elder of the cabinet, the governor should not abuse his power and kill the court officials in vain."

After the Battle of Tumu Fort, the tentacles of the civil service group have penetrated into the army, and their control over the army has become stronger and stronger.

Literati in charge of soldiers can naturally use the banner of military law to kill soldiers who disrespect orders in the army, but it is obviously impossible for them to use military law to kill their own family members.

Especially this time when Wang Yangming commanded the army, the imperial court dispatched many officials from the Ministry of War, Ministry of Households, Ministry of Industry and other ministries into the army, trying to take the opportunity to increase control over local soldiers and horses.

Even in some people's opinion, Wang Yangming, as a cabinet elder, should act like Yu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War, remembering his own position and taking the opportunity to infiltrate the influence of their civil official group into this group. Go among the hundreds of thousands of troops.

Because of Li Huan, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Beijing camp, under Li Huan's strong elimination, most of the Beijing camp, which had already fallen into the control of their civil official group, suddenly returned to the imperial power.

Their civil servants group did not know how much thought and energy they had spent in order to suppress the military generals and nobles. This is Yu Qian's success in taking military power into his hands, and directly let the nobles and generals of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion The institution in power has completely become a display.

At the time when Zhu Houzhao was assassinated and his life was uncertain, Fei Hong joined forces with the nobles in the army to instigate a part of the Beijing camp to rebel, which is a manifestation of the civil servants' control over the Beijing camp.

Now that the Beijing camp is out of control, many people in the court are watching and anxious. But this time the Tatars went south to invade, many people are still worried whether Li Huan will take the opportunity to control the troops on the nine sides and other places.

Some people even discussed to create some troubles for Li Huan. Even if he was defeated by the Tatars in World War I, he absolutely couldn't just sit back and watch Li Huan take the opportunity to control the local area and the border army.

That is to say, Li Huan recommended Wang Yangming as the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops, otherwise these people would have already taken action.

No matter how you say it, Wang Yangming is of orthodox Confucian background, and is regarded by many people as a member of the civil official group. The group sent many people to join the army with Wang Yangming.

These people were headed by officials such as Chen Zheng and Li Bu, some of them became counselors under Wang Yangming, and some of them entered the army as quartermasters and other official positions that required civilians to fill in the army.

How could Wang Yangming fail to understand the meaning in the official's words? If he really killed those quartermasters mercilessly, he would definitely be regarded as a traitor by these officials.

Here, when Wang Yangming was under the scrutiny of Shen Buyi and other officials, mules and horses neighed endlessly in the barracks of hundreds of thousands of troops, where the logistics and supplies were located.

A large number of young and strong people are very busy running various supplies. After all, it involves the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops. The daily food and grass alone is an extremely terrifying figure.

What's more, they are also responsible for repairing the soldiers' weapons and armor in the front, and even transporting the wounded in front.

It can be said that the more intense the fighting in the front, the busier these people in the rear will be.

In a tent, there was a strong smell of alcohol.

In the middle of the tent, several figures were sitting there in official uniforms, drinking and having fun with smiles on their faces.

One of the officials was good-looking, about forty years old, and his name was Li Mao. He was transferred from the Ministry of War not long ago to leave Beijing with Wang Yangming to manage logistics and military supplies.

At this moment, Li Mao was raising his glass to the two colleagues in front of him and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's have a drink together. This fine wine was obtained by Mr. Li after a lot of effort. These days, his mouth has faded like a bird." .”

Fang Sheng, who was sitting opposite Li Mao, complained a bit: "It's true that alcohol is prohibited in the army, those Qiu Baji drinks are nothing more than that, we are just in charge of logistics and military supplies, why should we be so strict, and harm Fang The wine worms are about to crawl out of their stomachs."

Zheng Shi on the side drank the fine wine in his glass and said: "So what if we drink secretly, is it possible that he, the Great Governor, can still know about it?"

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "Unless he can catch us, otherwise, how can he wait for me?"

Fang Sheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Zheng is very true, so what about Commander Wang, if we don't help him, he really thinks he can control the army and dispatch so much food, grass, and military supplies."

As Fang Sheng drank the wine, he looked at Li Mao and said with a smile: "We just need to move a little bit, and discipline him, the governor of the king, to be unable to move a single step."

Li Mao, Fang Sheng, and Zheng Shi looked at each other and couldn't help feeling proud.

Li Mao, who was stroking his beard, said with a bit of satisfaction in his eyes: "I just move my pen a little bit. No, isn't our king's governor blind? He can only see hundreds of cannons. No gunpowder available."

Hearing what Li Mao said, Fang Sheng sighed softly and said, "Speaking of which, Commander Wang was able to think of concentrating all the firearms in the army. Not to mention, his move was really effective, and he just killed the Tatars. Let's fight, if there is enough gunpowder, the Tatars may really be defeated and flee in this battle."

Zheng Shi also nodded approvingly and said: "That's right, I only know the sharpness of firearms today. If I knew this earlier, even if I ask for orders to lead the army, I can still fight against the Tatars."

Speaking of this, Li Mao's eyes flashed a cold look and said: "That's why Wang Yangming is too popular. If you don't suppress it, after this battle, both Li Huan and Wang Yangming will probably be named marquises and worship ministers because of their military achievements. At that time, there will be no one in the court who can compete with Li Huan, Wang Yangming and the others."

With a serious expression, Fang Sheng stroked his beard and nodded: "The key is that Wang Yangming's position is not clear, especially with Li Huan, the traitor. Otherwise, we will help him defeat the Tatars this time. With this great feat, It is absolutely possible to overwhelm that traitor Li Huan."

Zheng Shi poured water and wine for Fang Sheng and Li Mao respectively, and said with a dignified look on his face: "This time there is a problem with the supply of gunpowder, the governor will definitely send someone to investigate strictly, we have to be careful before we deal with it." yes."

Li Mao said indifferently: "If he wants to check, let him check it. There is nothing wrong with our account books. As long as he can't catch us, what can he do with us? Don't forget, we are all in the six departments. Among them are high-quality and high-ranking officials, not those Qiu Ba who can be killed in the army based on the previous crime."

With a bit of confidence, Li Mao chuckled and said, "Even if Wang Yangming wanted to make us famous, he might not be able to pass the test of Shen Shen and them. Don't forget, Wang Yangming, the governor, has no power of life and death. Lord Shen, Lord Chen, and Lord Li are here, so we have nothing to worry about."

Fort Wuning

Cao Xiong looked at Li Huan, who was leading the army, with surprise on his face. He couldn't help getting off his horse and striding towards Li Huan. He bowed to Li Huan in great surprise and said, "The last general has seen the general, the general is mighty!"

The news that Li Huan ran across the prairie and slaughtered countless Tatar tribes has already spread. When Cao Xiong saw Li Huan and others return, his heart was filled with joy and admiration.

Li Huan supported Cao Xiong, with a smile on his face, he said: "General Cao, don't come here without any problems!"

While taking Li Huan to see Yang Yiqing, Cao Xiong introduced Li Huan to the current situation in the pass.

Soon Li Huan and Cao Xiong came to a small courtyard, which was one of the few courtyards in Wuning Castle that was still relatively complete.

Fort Wuning is not big, and there are not many courtyards. The other courtyards have already been turned into ruins.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Yang Yiqing came up to Li Huan with several generals in the army, and said from a distance: "The general attacked the Tatar rear far away, causing the Tatar army's morale to be in chaos. We can kill Dayan Khan 10,000+ The army is blocked here, thanks to the merits of the general."

Li Huan shook his head when he heard the words and said: "Governor Yang is absurd. It is the credit of many soldiers to attack and kill many Tatar tribes. Compared with those soldiers who died in the battle and shrouded in horse leather, what face does Li have to say and credit? .”

The generals who followed Yang Yiqing heard the words, and saw that Li Huan made such a great contribution without the slightest publicity or pride, and they didn't even forget the soldiers who died in battle. They looked at Li Huan one by one with eyes filled with anger. A look of admiration.

Even Yang Yiqing couldn't help being stunned for a moment, as for the soldiers beside him, they bowed deeply to Li Huan and said: "The general is mighty."

Walking into the living room, Li Huan and the others took their seats.

Then Li Huan said to Yang Yiqing: "Governor Yang, what is the current situation? Is there any news from Mr. Yangming, when can we attack the Tatars?"

As soon as Li Huan opened his mouth, he asked a series of questions. Although it was said that Jin Yiwei helped deliver the news, the news was too late after all, and Li Huan really didn't know about the recent situation.

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath, and even told Li Huan the current situation in detail. After all, the main force of the Ming Dynasty was only tens of miles away from Fort Wuning, so it was really not difficult to convey information.

Perhaps hundreds of thousands of troops cannot cross 10,000+ Tatar soldiers and horses for a while, but if you just send some people to pass the news, it is not difficult to spend some effort.

It is also because of this that Yang Yiqing is quite clear about the current situation of the main force of the Ming army.

Li Huan listened to Yang Yiqing's narration, especially when he heard that Wang Yangming really followed his suggestion to use the firearms of the generals together, and when facing the Tatars, the firearms played a great role, even suppressing the Tatars. The Tartars beat.

Li Huan couldn't help but burst into an excited smile, but when he heard Yang Yiqing mention that not long ago, there was a problem with the army's logistics and supplies, so that the Ming army didn't have enough gunpowder to exert the power of the firearms. Li Huan's complexion suddenly became gloomy.

Frowning, Li Huan said with some doubts: "How is this possible? With Mr. Yangming's calmness and caution, since he has seen the power of firearms, how can he not pay attention to firearms? The supply of gunpowder."

Yang Yiqing shook his head and said: "That's what I said, but there is a saying that everything depends on human effort. Maybe the governor didn't pay much attention to it, or something happened during the execution of the orders of the governor. Anyway, no matter what, now everyone There is simply not enough gunpowder in the governor's place, so he can only choose to fight recklessly with the Tatars."

Li Huan's complexion changed, and after a while he took a deep breath, looked up at Yang Yiqing and the others and said, "I saw that the Tatars seem to be continuously sending troops to attack Fort Wuning, how long can you hold on?" ?”

Yang Yiqing looked straight and said: "If there are no accidents, there is no problem in guarding for ten days and half a month. Of course, the premise is that the governor can put enough pressure on the Tatars to attract more troops from the Tatars. Otherwise, with the Tatars doing their best, Fort Wuning really can't hold it."

Regarding Yang Yiqing's words, Li Huan had no doubts. In the end, Wuning Fort was just a border fortress, not one of those fortresses that could rely on its tall walls to resist the army.

If Fort Wuning was really such a high-walled city with amazing defenses, then Yang Yiqing and the others would not be able to capture it from the nearly [-] Tatars stationed in Fort Wuning, including Ada Tumeng and Ayan. up.

Li Huan said slowly: "In other words, to be able to severely injure or even keep these Tatars, everything depends on whether Mr. Yangming's main force can suppress the Tatars!"

Yang Yiqing nodded slightly and said: "We are just responding from the flanks, not the main force of the army, so if we want to deal with Dayan Khan's army, we still have to rely on the governor."

Li Huan was thoughtful, a bright light flashed in his eyes, he stood up suddenly and said: "Since that's the case, Li will go to see the governor and ask him to send troops as soon as possible to attack the Tatars together."

Hearing what Li Huan said, everyone couldn't help being stunned, and when they realized it, Li Huan had already swung the fiery cloak and strode out.

Yang Yiqing and others hurriedly followed, and Yang Yiqing said to Li Huan: "General, general, how do you go to see the governor?"

The two sides were separated by Dayan Khan's army, and the more than [-] troops were not for display. It would be fine if Li Huan's identity was not exposed, but once it was exposed, who knows if those Tatars will go crazy.

Li Huan laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Naturally, I killed them all the way."

Everyone stood there dumbfounded when they heard the words, they all thought that Li Huan was going to quietly pass through where the Tatar army was, and then enter the camp of the Ming army.

But according to what Li Huan meant, he wanted to kill the Tatar army with open swords and spears.

Opening his mouth, Cao Xiong swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "General, that is a Tatar army of more than one hundred thousand, how can the general have a body of ten thousand gold, take such a dangerous risk..."

Li Huan shook his head slightly at Cao Xiong and said: "You don't need to talk about Cao Zongbing, Li knows the seriousness."

While speaking, Li Huan yelled: "Xu Ying, immediately order more than a thousand fine horses, dare to follow this general to kill the Tartars and go to see the governor."

After hearing Li Hua's words, Xu Ying, Ren Ping, Li Hu, Li Guo and the others' eyes lit up immediately, all of them were full of evil spirits, and none of them showed any fear.

"The last general is willing to be with the general."

The generals behind Yang Yiqing and Cao Xiong were shocked when they saw the reactions of Xu Ying, Li Hu, and Li Guo.

Don't these people know how dangerous it is for more than a thousand people to attack an army of 10,000+, especially if it is a Tatar camp, isn't this death?
But seeing Xu Ying get on the horse and gather more than a thousand elite cavalry at an extremely fast speed, it must not be said that Xu Ying and the generals are not afraid one by one, even these soldiers and horses, none of them are afraid, on the contrary It exudes a high-spirited fighting spirit.

A strong murderous intent rushed towards the face, which only made everyone's heart tremble.

"Hey, you really deserve to be an elite who followed the general across the prairie."

Li Huan got on his horse, cupped his hands at Cao Xiong, Yang Yiqing and the others and said with a smile: "Everyone, Mr. Li will go first, and the rest of the troops will stay here to help Governor Yang and General Cao to guard Wuning Fort together."

Seeing that Li Huan had made up his mind, Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and said to Li Huan, "Here Yang is waiting for the general to lead the army back."

Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Thanks to Governor Yang's kind words, Li will go now."

I saw Li Huan rushing out first, his scarlet cloak fluttering in the wind, he looked so eye-catching, and behind Li Huan were more than a thousand fine riders in black, rushing out of Wuning Castle like a torrent, only killing those who were Tatar soldiers and horses attacking Fort Wuning.

Seeing this scene, Yang Yiqing immediately said to Cao Xiong and the others: "Everyone, let's go to watch the battle with the governor, and appreciate the invincible demeanor of the general."

Cao Xiong laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Go together, go together."

Soon a group of people climbed to the highest point of Fort Wuning under the protection of their own soldiers, and looked towards the front of Fort Wuning from a distance.

At a glance, whether it was Yang Yiqing, Cao Xiong, or a group of generals, all of them opened their eyes wide, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

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