Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 767: Learning from Xu Da’s Northern Expedition, the Emperor conservatively refused to divide his troops

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly opened the map and took a look. The map around the capital was relatively accurate.

Zhu Qiyu has not been idle in these years, urging the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry to redraw the map around the capital according to his own requirements.

Da'er Haizi is about 250 miles north of Kaiping City.

Agabarji is really a bit tricky. Putting 30,000 cavalry here is really difficult to deal with.

You send a few thousand men over, and the cavalry is wiped out by you. You send an army of 100,000 people up there, and they disappear in a flash.

This is guerrilla warfare.

Zhu Qiyu pretended to be a man of arrogance and courage: "Xue'er, go get the notes I took a few days ago."

"Which note?"

"It's about the record of Xu Da, our King of Zhongshan, being severely beaten during his second Northern Expedition."

Qianxue was enlightened after hearing this, and glanced at her husband thoughtfully before going over to the bookshelf to dig out the notes.

Zhu Qiyu took the note and didn't care about the looks of the girls. Anyway, I just have a thick skin, and through Xu Da's experience of being beaten up, I can reduce my psychological pressure.

Even the greatest hero of the Ming Dynasty, the Taifu, the Prime Minister Zhongshu Shengyou, the Duke of Wei, and the General Zhenglu were all defeated. It was normal for me to lose.

Lin Xiangyu lai asked in Zhu Qiyu's arms: "I heard that the Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat during the second Northern Expedition?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Well, opposite there is Wang Baobao, who is called a strange man by our Taizu. And at that time, the Ming Dynasty divided its troops into three groups, the middle group was led by Xu Da, the east group was led by Li Wenzhong, and the west group was by Feng Sheng.

The targets of the middle road and the east road are Hara and Lin, the capital city of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

I had a good idea beforehand. I went straight to Hala and Lin in the middle, with support in the east and suspects in the west.

Once the Yuan Army blocked the Central Route Army, the East Route Army cut off its rear route and attacked from both sides.

But when the army was actually dispatched, the three groups lacked coordination and acted independently.

Wang Baobao was defeated many times and used a trick to lure the enemy deeper. Xu Da may have drifted off, but he really went deep alone and was severely wounded by Wang Baobao.

Later, the partial general Tang He was defeated by the Yuan army. The Central Route Army suffered a total loss of tens of thousands.

Therefore, it is said that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. As long as it drifts, anyone may lose the battle. "

Lin Xiangyu asked again: "What about my husband, are you sure of this battle?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head honestly: "No, if we go to fight on the grassland, even Wei Qing and Xu Da are not sure that we will win.

In this kind of mobile warfare that involves thousands of miles and circuitous routes, anything can happen.

It’s not like hitting Japan, it’s all mountains. Ashikaga Yoshimasa refused to drill into the mountains, and our Ming army also refused to drill into the mountains. Just go back and forth between the two small plains, and the battle will be much easier to fight.

But the boundless plains like Mongolia are completely different. Taizu and Taizong still looked like they were dead no matter how many years they fought. "

After complaining, Zhu Qiyu pulled out another large shrimp from the hot pot, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

After eating, Zhu Qiyu continued to talk: "So I deliberately left an opening in Ningxia, hoping to lure the main Mongolian force to go south and rush into the Hetao.

Then I mobilized a heavy army of more than 100,000 troops in Dongsheng, pretending to be trying to catch turtles in a jar.

In fact, I left the main Mongolian force alone and went to capture Agabarji's base camp.

The question now is whether Agabarzi values ​​Hara and Lin more, or whether he values ​​Hulunbuir Prairie more.

Hara Khorin has been designated as the capital since the time of Genghis Khan. The grassland to the north of the Halakhalin forest is rich in water and grass, and hundreds of rivers flow into Lake Baikal.

Both places are important, but I will not divide the troops into three groups and let the enemy defeat them one by one like Xu Da did in his second Northern Expedition.

No matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way. This is my strategy. "Unknowingly, Zhu Qiyu has learned from Nurhachi. No matter how many roads we have, I will concentrate the main force and attack all the way.

The only uncertainty now is whether his main force will follow Xu Da's Northern Expedition and attack Hara and Lin; or whether he will seize Hulunbuir in a pioneering way.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "Write a letter to Wang Yue and ask him what he thinks."

After that, Zhu Qiyu started eating again. Recently, he had to frequently sow seeds in the imperial concubine's body, so he was a little weak and needed more supplements.

Qianxue was waiting there blankly, and Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "My beloved concubine, please write a letter now. It will be sent immediately with six hundred miles of expedited service."

"No, my husband has already finished speaking? I thought you had other instructions for Wang Yue."

"Anything else?"

"Why don't you mobilize the three guards of Duoyan to harass the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry stationed in Da'erhaizi?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Forget it, I'm scared. Daer Haizi is Mongolia's territory. The 30,000 Mongolian cavalry can do whatever they like.

Before finding out the true level of Agabarji, try to do less and watch more.

Whether Agabarji is Wang Baobao or Wang Baobao, I need to observe more to determine.

The government and the public are watching, and I don’t want to follow in Xu Da’s footsteps.

Conquering Japan, North Korea, Annan, Myanmar and other places was not considered very difficult by both the government and the public.

But if you can capture Hala and Lin and then completely occupy it, it will be more convincing.

Although Taizu and Taizong were able to fight, they did not occupy the capital of Beiyuan.

It was easy to occupy Yuan Shangdu, set up Kaiping Guards, and even let our wise emperor Shenwu Xuanmiao abandon it.

The Kaiping Guard is gone, the Dongsheng Guard is gone, and the court is like a blind man and a deaf man.

He also led the army into Shanxi first and set up ambushes everywhere. The Ming army just rushed into the encirclement in a daze, which makes me feel distressed just thinking about it. "

Qianxue prepared the pen and ink, and then asked: "Do you want your husband to write it in handwriting?"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "You go ahead and write. Wang Yue should be considered my direct disciple. It's too late for him to be happy when my junior wife writes to him."

Early in the morning, the ninth day of February.

Kaiping City.

Wang Yue had just finished breakfast and was sitting there worrying. The soldiers came to report, and Mandulu, the Mongolian Khan who had just been ennobled by the imperial court, arrived with thousands of people.

Wang Yue had received news before that the imperial court supported another Mongol Khan. Originally, the profuse sweat would fall on the head of Ma'er Guerjisi. The young master is easy to control, but it is quite surprising that a half-brother who is naked and naked suddenly appears.

Now the Mongolian Khan elected by the Khuritai Conference is Tuotuo Buhua's younger brother, and the Great Khan supported by the imperial court is also Tuotuo Buhua's younger brother.

Wang Yue greeted him personally and only chatted with Mandu Lulue. Mantulu didn't stop much, picked up his horse Guerjisi and Ala's young grandson, and led his army to continue northward.

Since the Mongolian cavalry was already stationed in Da'erhaizi in the north, Mandu Luben led his army westward, first to Daning, then through the Duoyan Sanwei Defense Area, and then turned north toward the Xing'an Mountains.

After sending Mandu Lu and his party away, Wang Yue said to himself thoughtfully: "When Mandu Lu leaves, it's okay to recruit Tuotuo Buhua's old troops, but even Haixi Jurchens and Savage Jurchens have to be recruited, and they are not afraid of raising tigers." To cause trouble."

Before Wang Yue could think more, another soldier delivered the emperor's secret message.

Wang Yue dismissed everyone, opened the secret letter, and saw an extremely beautiful and neat official script. As for the content, it is quite concise, just asking about my thoughts on attacking Mongolia.

(End of this chapter)