Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 827: The monarch and his ministers determine the final strategy. The decisive battle of Ming and Yuan Dynasties is officially staged.

After hearing the emperor's question, Xu Youzhen fell silent.

Even after so many years of purges, the water in Shanxi is still a bit deep. Because the emperor's killing was not thorough enough, he actually let too many powerful gentry go.

The forces of those who slipped through the net are intricate and complex, and they are not easy to provoke.

Zhu Qiyu smiled lightly and stopped asking questions. As the saying goes, the disease comes like a mountain falling, and the disease goes away like a silk thread. Let the affairs of Shanxi be left to future generations to deal with slowly.

The most important thing at hand is to finish the battle. Xu Youzhen asked again: "Your Majesty, after the Shaanxi-Gansu border army entered Houhetao, did they immediately attack the main force of the Mongolian army from east to west with the Dongsheng defenders?

Once the main force of the Mongolian army withdraws to the grassland, should the entire army pursue it? "

Zhu Qiyu asked: "What do you think?"

Xu Youzhen replied: "The idea of ​​the Ministry of War is to eliminate the problem once and for all. But what we are afraid of is that the main force of the Mongolian army will directly flee westward to Hami.

Then we will have no way to catch up with them. When we arrive in Hami, the main force of the Mongolian army can choose to continue to flee westward to the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Timur Empire, or they can choose to go north to occupy the original territory of Oara.

With our supply capabilities, as long as the main force of the Mongolian army escapes into the territory of the Timur Empire, it will be safe and there is no way we can catch up with them. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded. He had never seriously considered this issue before. The Golden Horde has now been torn apart, and the Kazakh Khanate and the Eastern Chattai Khanate are closely adjacent to each other.

With the strength of the Mongolian army under Agabarji, once it enters the Kazakh Khanate, it will be like a dragon crossing the river. It can completely overwhelm the local snakes and take the Kazakh Khanate as its own.

Zhu Qiyu has already realized that as long as Agabarji, Hara Kuchu and his son decisively cut off their tails to survive and fled westward, it would really make people scratch their heads.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu really admired the people of the Han and Tang Dynasties more and more, how they managed the Western Regions thousands of miles apart. It is really not easy to be able to send troops there, subdue the kings of the Western Regions, and maintain influence for many years.

Zhu Wenfang cheered on his father and signaled that the ministers were still waiting.

Only then did Zhu Qiyu come to his senses and asked Shen Yi to speak.

Nowadays, the war mainly relies on two people, one is Xu Youzhen and the other is Chen Yi.

Shen Yi replied: "If Agabarji chooses to flee north, whether it is to Hulunbuir or Harahalin, it will be more than two thousand miles, and our army's supplies can barely support it.

If Agabarji chooses to flee west, there will be no choice.

Before the construction of a straight road from Gansu to Hami proposed by the Holy One is completed, our supplies cannot support such an expedition.

Moreover, in this decisive battle between the Ming and Yuan Dynasties, although there were not many battles, both sides gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Ming Dynasty had already "transformed half the world".

If the war cannot be ended this year, it may affect people's livelihood again. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded solemnly, and Shen Yi even used the words "transfer half the world's salary", which shows that the people have been greatly affected.

"Transfer half the world's salary" was used by ministers to describe Zhu Qizhen's expedition to Luchuan, which wasted people and money.

The Battle of Luchuan triggered a chain reaction of Miao rebellion in the southwest and civil unrest in the southeast. The smoke is everywhere and the people are in dire straits.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care whether the people could survive.

Zhu Qiyu still cares about it. Although he doesn't have the idea of ​​​​being the Ming Dynasty version of the 'great savior', he still tries his best to be considerate of the people within his ability.

Next, all the ministers expressed their opinions and spoke freely.

Zhu Qiyu listened carefully to everyone's thoughts and made the final decision: "Order An Guogong, Cao Guogong and King Su to station in Houhetao, and keep a close eye on Agabarji's movements.

Once Agabarji withdraws his troops, their task is to always stay on the west side of the main force of the Mongolian army to prevent them from escaping westward.

The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works mobilized all available materials to fully protect the Shaanxi-Gansu border troops.

Dongsheng and Datong have stockpiled a considerable amount of supplies, and once the Mongolian army retreats, they will pursue it with all their strength.

I will transfer another 10,000 Yingzhou Guard troops to Datong to strengthen the combat power in the direction of Dongsheng and Datong.

The war in Hulunbuir should be over soon. As long as the army there is freed up, it can attack the main force of the Mongolian army in Agabarji from the north and south. "This battle looks easy, but in fact it really takes everything.

After another 10,000 Yingzhou Guards were mobilized, there were less than 20,000 Yingzhou Guards and several thousand Tiance Guards left in the entire capital.

Almost all the remaining emperor's personal troops were sent out.

If someone rebels here, the situation will be worse than the battle to defend the capital.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu's decisive layout worked.

The Beijing camp loyal to Zhu Qizhen was either sent to the battlefield or resettled far away in Myanmar.

All those from Beijing were transferred to Nanjing. The avant-garde of the government army and other personal guards loyal to Zhu Zhanji were all sent to the battlefield.

There is also the Jin Yiwei, which has been cut in half. Most of the rest were sent to Nanjing and other provinces.

Today, there are no troops loyal to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen around the capital, and there are no guards who are strong enough and willing to rebel.

As long as there are no foreign enemies invading the capital, more than 20,000 pro-army troops can barely keep the capital in check.

In order to complete the battle, all the elite soldiers who could be sent were sent without reservation.

Although it does not interfere with the specific command of the frontline generals, the overall strategic direction is still controlled by the court.

After the monarch and his ministers had a general direction, they began to discuss specific details.

It took two full hours, and it was only after noon that they dispersed.

Ganquan Palace has four dining halls in the east, south, west and north. Zhu Qiyu ordered the ministers to have lunch and rest for a while before leaving.

During special periods, ministers will be escorted back and forth by personal guards.

Watching the ministers leave the Qingyun Palace, Zhu Qiyu sighed: "This last dynasty was not easy. No wonder the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty didn't like to expand their territories. The empire was too big and it was really difficult to rule.

Prince, remember, Japan must not give up the territories that our Jingtai Dynasty conquered, and neither can the island chain of Taiwan, Luzon, and Ryukyu.

Temasek and Malacca must not give up, and Annan must not give up.

It’s not obvious now, but with great development in navigation technology in the future, the ocean will become extremely important.

Those who win the sea power win the world. Our Ming Dynasty must prepare for rainy days and become a true empire on which the sun never sets, with dual hegemony of land and sea.

As long as the Han people persist for another three hundred years, these foreign troubles on land will be gradually eliminated.

When firearms develop further, these Mongolian cavalry will be nothing. "

Zhu Wenfang nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Zhu Qiyu asked somewhat unconfidently: "Son, do you really understand?"

"Yeah, I really understand."

"I just spoke to the meeting for more than two hours, did you understand everything?"

Zhu Wenfang nodded again: "I understand."

Zhu Qiyu also nodded: "Sure enough, I inherited your mother's intelligence."

Zhu Wenfang corrected: "It's not my mother, it's my sister. Daddy called my sister to my hometown to see how she will deal with you when she goes back."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I'll let my sister be my sister. But your sister dares to deal with me? Do you have any misunderstanding? You haven't seen what she is like at home."

(End of this chapter)