My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 260 A Person Like Chen Ping

"Nephew Jingchang, Your Majesty asked me to train soldiers and to be the vanguard of the Northern Expedition... I, I can finally follow my father's example and travel across the desert."

With tears in his eyes, Xu Huizu grabbed Xu Jingchang's wrist with one hand and the wine glass with the other, pouring spirits down his throat.

This is a deep and restrained person, he will not show his feelings easily, especially in front of juniors.

I had no choice but to use the wine to cover my face and chat with Xu Jingchang.

What Xu Jingchang could say was to drink with his uncle, and then casually said, "Uncle, are you sure?"

"No!" Xu Huizu replied simply.

Xu Jingchang was stunned, so direct?
Xu Huizu took another sip of wine, and then said to Xu Jingchang: "You know Uncle, I learned the art of war with the Emperor Taizu and my father in the early years, and trained soldiers to suppress bandits several times, but all I dealt with were bandits The bandit... and was defeated by the biggest bandit leader. In terms of leading the army, I am far inferior to His Majesty."

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, "I can see that."

Xu Huizu said again: "My ability to train soldiers is only upright. I'm too far behind to deal with the Mongolian tribes. Especially the cavalry attack, I can't do it. Do you understand what I mean?"

Xu Jingchang nodded, "Understood, you are from a professional class, follow the steps, a dignified teacher, and good at fighting tough battles. No one can match recklessly. When you need to change tactics, you can't do it, right?"

Xu Huizu was a little stunned, and nodded helplessly, "That's right, that's what I mean."

"Then what can you do if you have nothing to do?"

Xu Huizu suddenly raised his voice, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Your grandfather lost once in the past, and I want to make up for him."

Xu Jingchang said unconvinced, "You can't act recklessly! You are obviously not sure, but you insist on being brave, what if you get involved in the overall situation?"

Xu Huizu looked at Xu Jingchang, and suddenly smiled, "I'm not smart enough, but someone in our family is better than me!"

"Who?"

Xu Jingchang let out a low cry, and then realized something. He stretched out his finger and pointed to his nose, "It couldn't be me, could it?"

Xu Huizu slapped the table, laughed loudly and said: "Smart, we, uncle and nephew, will work together, and there will be no disadvantages!"

Xu Jingchang also slapped the table, "Are you kidding me? Am I someone who can lead the army?"

Xu Huizu hummed: "Why not? First of all, your surname is Xu, and you are from the Xu family!"

It turns out that people from the Xu family have their own talents?

"Secondly, you are the Duke of Ding, a hereditary Duke, how can you not lead the army?"

Xu Huizu laughed and said: "You have to learn if you don't want to learn, and you can't avoid it if you don't lead the army. You don't want to be looked down upon by the courtiers, do you?"

Xu Jingchang frowned, who dares to look down on me?

I send him to prison!
As for leading the army, Xu Jingchang didn't want to get involved at all... It wasn't that he was greedy for life and fear of death, the problem was that he was really not good at it, and Xu Jingchang also tried to train Jin Yiwei.

But he found himself with nothing more than being able to teach a little about queues.

If it was a battle to suppress bandits, he could still explore his experience and slowly improve.

But if he came up with tens of thousands of cavalry, expedition to the desert, and wiped out his old enemy for many years... Sorry, he is not Huo Qubing, he really doesn't have that ability.

It's just that this time Xu Huizu pinned his hopes on him, thinking that with his cleverness, he could make up for the shortcomings, and then fight a good battle. This idea may be in vain.

No way, no way, it's useless to be brave!

Xu Jingchang thought over and over again, and suddenly said: "Uncle, how many Mongolians do you have?"

Xu Huizu was startled, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, just how many Mongolian cavalry can we have under our command?"

Xu Huizu thought about it, in fact, the number of Mongolian soldiers in Daming is really quite a lot.When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, he captured many Mongolians.

Don't think that the Yuan Dynasty belonged to the Mongols, and all Mongols are masters!

That's not the case at all. Quite a few low-level Mongols joined the Ming army... Lao Zhu also issued a special decree to treat these Mongols who belonged to them equally.

Later, Zhu Di guarded Beiping, and there were also many Mongols under his command. Needless to say, there were also the Duoyan Sanwei, which was composed of Mongols.

But now there is a problem, Xu Huizu hesitated: "Are you going to use this Mongol to deal with the Mongol?"

Xu Jingchang shook his head, "How can you say that! Our subordinates are mainly Tatars, and we have to deal with Wala!"

Xu Huizu smiled awkwardly, "You just use differentiation and disintegration, don't you?"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "Uncle, what I mean is that we can buy cavalry... anyone who is willing to fight for us can be awarded the pasture."

"Give them pasture? We don't have any!"

"If you beat it down, you will have it!"

Xu Huizu was speechless, he had to slow down.

It is absolutely correct to gather more Mongols and let them charge forward.

Xu Huizu knew that Huo Qubing was able to run rampant in the desert back then, and every time he went to battle, the results were brilliant. A very important reason was that Huo Qubing could win over the Huns and let them act as guides.

Otherwise, if you plunge into the vast grassland, you can't find a way out.Then it is not the champion, but the lost.

So this step is right.

If you want to win over the Mongols, you must spare no rewards.

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and it should be given to the pasture.

What's more, I haven't got it yet.

"If you do this, if these people rebel against Daming in the future, what do you think should be done?"

"It's very easy to do. The key is to divide them into hundreds and thousands of pastures, so that they can be kings everywhere, rich and brilliant. Isn't it very simple!"

Xu Huizu thought about it seriously, and suddenly he smiled, "I don't understand this, you deal with the Jurchen tribes, I see you try your best to keep them safe, and you don't want to break up. Why are you here with the Mongolian tribes, you will be scattered. What's the point of this?"

"This is called adapting measures to local conditions and seeking truth from facts." Xu Jingchang said: "The Jurchens are still in the fishing and hunting stage. Their tribes are scattered and they don't have any core identity. If they fight at this time, it may promote the unity of the various ministries and make them really unite. That will be troublesome. So we need to trade with them on an equal footing, do business well, subtly influence, constantly influence, and win people's hearts. Unknowingly, we must gather all the Jurchen ministries."

Xu Huizu nodded, "That makes sense, is that the Mongol?"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "The Mongols are different. They have completed their unification long ago and established the Great Yuan Dynasty. Even if we drove them to the grassland, their civilization level is much higher than that of the Jurchens, and there is still the Golden Family. The Mongols They want to unify the grasslands and then fight against us. Therefore, for the Mongols, we need to continue to divide and disintegrate, and to buy and win. Sometimes, it is better to use silver than knives. Of course, we still need knives. When you shine the sword, you must be able to take it out, otherwise it will become a joke."

Xu Huizu frowned, thought over and over again, finally nodded with a smile, and sighed, "You have too many tricks, although you may not be able to use troops to fight, but it may not have a good end against you."

Xu Huizu nodded immediately, "Okay, I know this time."

After the meal, Xu Huizu acted immediately, he really didn't have much time.

In just three months, it is necessary to prepare the troops and ensure victory. The difficulty can be imagined.

But Xu Huizu had a good method taught by his nephew, and he had a little more chance of winning.

He first recruited Mongolian cavalry in the army, who are proficient in riding skills, and those who are outstanding in archery and horse martial arts are preferred.

Those who can familiarize themselves with the road and find grassland tribes will be promoted to a higher level immediately.

Enjoy double military pay, and award grassland according to the size of the credit.

Immediately after the announcement of this order, Xu Huizu was left with a problem, how to select the truly capable ones from the huge number of people, so as to avoid being cheated by others.

Xu Huizu was so busy that he didn't have time to rest. He worked day and night, and it can be said that he had exhausted his efforts... After all, the use of troops this time was really important to him.

Xu Huizu wanted to restore Xu's family's reputation and wash away Xue's father's regrets. Everything happened this time.

As the personnel dispersed, Xu Huizu gradually got a lot of news.

Xu Huizu was very surprised to see the most important one.

He hurriedly found Zhu Di.

"Your Majesty, according to the secret report, it is said that the Tatar Khan Guilichi is not a descendant of the Golden Family. It is likely to be a Wala."

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately became interested. If this is the case, maybe this is a godsend opportunity.

He hurriedly called Xu Jingchang over.

Facing this news, Xu Jingchang was very calm, because he had already worked hard to study it before, and the history of Beiyuan in the early Ming Dynasty was a bad book.

The main reason is that they retreated from the Central Plains, and changed from a huge empire to a tribe, and this tribe was split into two parts, the east and the west.

The complexity here is beyond words.

For example, Alutai, who has been mentioned repeatedly, is now the Taibao of the Tatar Ministry, commanding military power and having great influence.

But this Arutai came from Persia. According to the theory, it belongs to the Semu people, not the Mongols.

This is also the reason why he cannot stand on his own as a Great Khan.

As for Guili Chihan, who was supported by Alutai, it is also very doubtful whether this person is of the blood of the Golden Family.

According to secret reports, he may be a Kyrgyz man, a puppet launched by Alutai.

"So Arutai is monopolizing power, and Guilichi is a counterfeit, and the Tatar tribe's hearts are scattered. It's time to send troops." Zhu Di felt that his blood was boiling, and no one could stop him this time.

Xu Jingchang thought for a while, and he also agreed to send troops, but not to attack the Tatars.

"Your Majesty, I think we should help the Tatars to resist the invasion of Oirats."

"Resisting Oirat? You mean Oirat is going to attack Tatar? Is there any news?"

Xu Jingchang smiled, "It depends on whether His Majesty needs it."

Zhu Di frowned, "Just say it!"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "I suggest that you spread this news to Wala immediately... Then we kindly invite Guili Chihan and Alutai Taibao to come over for a martial arts competition.

Only then did Zhu Di glance at Xu Huizu, "How is your nephew?"

Xu Huizu whispered: "Comparable to Chen Ping, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)