Jinyi Night Walk

"About soldiers, it is indeed a problem!"

Standing in the hall, Xu Jingchang's expression was dignified and authentic.

In the past few days, all the discussions in the courtroom were about the upcoming war in the Western Regions. The matter had already spread, and the meritorious officials who usually did not need to go to the court also knew about it. Arranging.Mentally, he despised Timur very much, but he did not act carelessly when facing Timur who came aggressively.

Xu Jingchang said: "The soldiers of Gan and Liang are mostly Tibetan, Fan, Qiang, and Miao. Among them, Meng and Hui are the most numerous. Not only do these two ethnic groups have the most soldiers in the army, but the local people also regard them The most, and Timur played the banner of the ancient meng and believed in Islam. Among these soldiers and common people, he was very appealing.

General Pingqiang Song Sheng sent back news before, when returning to Jia Jingshi, when they passed through Ganliang, the Ganliang sergeants were very respectful to them, sometimes these returning merchants carried Si goods and it was difficult to pass the customs, so they opened and closed the door. Send them out of the country.Song Sheng also discovered that among the merchants there were spies from foreign lands, and some sergeants didn't even take any benefits, and took the initiative to leak their border affairs to them. ",

Speaking of this, Xu Jingchang smiled bitterly, and said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, don't expect such people to fight bravely, even if they are passive and idle, it is good. They turned against each other. Although Jiayuguan is dangerous, with such soldiers guarding it, I am afraid that it will be defeated in a single battle, and it will be difficult to hold on. Moreover, from the news that has come out now, it can be seen that Tie Muer's spies have secretly infiltrated the local area and started to fight. It's inspiring."

"Let the imperial envoys go to Ganliang, strictly enforce military discipline, and order Song Cheng to strictly restrain them. Those who are particularly unreliable will be transferred away from the dangerous pass of Xiongguan!"

Zhu Di said in a deep voice, he also knew that this matter was easier said than done.Many legions in the Ganliang area are guards that were directly converted from the tribes, and most of the Han army was recruited directly from the local military households. Many local Han people believe in Islam, not to mention other ethnic minorities, it is these who believe in Islam. Whether the Han Chinese can be firm-willed at that time is also between the two.

Zhu Di frowned with thick black eyebrows, stared at the huge map, and asked, "If Gan Liang cannot be defended, where can we fight against it?"

Xu Jingchang said: "Your ministers and the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies have a joint discussion and believe that if Ganliang falls, Tie Mu'er's army will drive straight in and occupy Shaanxi, Gannan, and Ningxia in one fell swoop. Our second-line troops can be assembled in the Henan area. , and start a decisive battle with them. If we win, we can take advantage of the victory to pursue, regain the lost ground, and drive them back! If we fail, then..."

Xu Jingchang took a long breath, pointed his fingers on the Huaihe River, and said with difficulty: "I'm afraid, we have to set up a third line of defense here, and then decide the outcome!"

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "In the Shaanxi-Gansu area, there are now about 15 troops stationed in various fortresses. If they passively meet the enemy, they may be divided and surrounded by Tie Mu'er and defeated separately! In addition, in the Shaanxi-Gansu army, some soldiers It is not very reliable, once the switch is used to surrender the enemy, the pass will be steep and cannot be relied on!"

He stood up, paced up and down the main hall, pondered for a long time, then stopped suddenly, and said solemnly: "Order to transfer 20 soldiers from Shanxi, Sichuan, and Henan to Shaanxi and Gansu. The Shanxi and Gansu troops will guard the fortress. , 20 soldiers and horses from the Third Division of Henan Province are at the front line, actively looking for the enemy and fighting decisively!"

Xu Jingchang was surprised when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty, this is too risky. The second line is empty. Once the enemy breaks through, the consequences will be disastrous. Moreover, once the soldiers and horses from Shanxi are mobilized, once Wala becomes ambitious... Your Majesty, although Wala has tipped us off, But the wolf is ambitious and capricious..."

Zhu Di didn't feel hesitant when he heard it. He hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, although Wala chose us between Tie Mu'er and me, Daming, but we must be guarded against wolfish ambition. The soldiers of Shanxi Dusi did not move. , I will go to the imperial conquest and take out the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp!"

Xu Jingchang was even more dizzy when he heard it. With the information collected recently, some news and rumors about the Timur Empire have been grasped by the court one after another. That Timur's achievements in the west are really brilliant, as if it is the rebirth of Genghis Khan , How can the emperor easily conquest himself?If you change generals, you will be defeated if you lose. Daming can immediately organize troops to fight again. If the emperor himself conquers but returns in a big defeat, or there is even a problem, then there is no chance to recover from the defeat.

Xu Jingchang and several generals hurriedly persuaded him, Zhu Di stood up abruptly, slammed his fist on the case, and said resolutely: "This battle must be fought outside, and wolves cannot be let in to harm my country and people! Since others can't defend live, then I will go in person to keep the enemy out of the country!"

Xu Jingchang was sweating profusely, and he said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Song Shengjiu, the commander-in-chief of Gansu and Pingqiang General, has been in Ganliang. Fan Rong is overwhelmed, and his troops are as powerful as those in the Western Regions. It is enough to have the old General Song guarding the Western Regions. Why not let Song Where is the old general commanding the ministries? Your Majesty will personally conquest, this is absolutely impossible!"

Zhu Di sighed: "Song Sheng is old and in poor health. He has written many times, requesting to resign and return to Beijing, but because I don't have a suitable general to guard the Western Regions, so I have been refusing. Alas! Now let him lead the army alone, I can't worry about it!"

Zhu Di's words are not hypocritical, he really has no one to use.On the day when he started his army, there were quite a few famous generals under his command, but by this time, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Wang Zhen, Chen Heng, Tan Yuan and other famous generals had all died. Controlling Wala is easy and inseparable. As for Liu Cai, Chen Gui, Zheng Heng, Meng Shan, and Huo Zhen, all the generals are brave men.

These are his direct descendants, what about the generals who joined him after his death?Xu Huizu and Geng Bingwen are undoubtedly qualified to be in command. Xu Huizu can attack and defend. Will the banner come back as soon as it rolls?

Geng Changxing was good at fighting and defending, and asking him to defend the Western Regions was enough to turn the Western Regions into an iron wall, so that Tie Mu'er would return home without success.However, he is already dead. Even if he is still alive, he is the same as Xu Huizu.Among the remaining surrendered generals, although Ping An, He Fu, and Gu Cheng are all known as veteran generals, the problem is that these people are only good at fighting. It is absolutely no problem to ask them to follow orders and lead a group of troops to fight. Sending generals, to be honest, is really an embarrassing task.

Doesn't Zhu Di know the consequences if the imperial conquest fails?He had no choice but to do it!

At this moment, Mu En stood on tiptoe at the door, looking like he wanted to come in but didn't dare.

Zhu Di glared at him, and asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

Mu En hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lord Fu Yang Xu is asking to see you!"

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"Here he is, he's here! Sure enough, he's here, hehe, sister Sai'er, you're really good at tricking him out!"

Lying in the grass, staring at the figure approaching in the distance, Siyang brows danced, and he didn't care that he was one year older than Tang Sai'er, but called her sister.

Tang Sai'er said triumphantly: "Of course, it's not easy to play with this silly boy, hehe! But..."

She suddenly said with a guilty conscience: "If we tease him like this, he won't sue the Duke? I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."

"Hi! Don't be afraid!"

Si Xun hurriedly patted his chest to make sure: "Sister Sai'er, my father is actually kind. Don't look at him staring fiercely, he is actually very talkative. Usually, if my mother wants to beat us, we will go to my father. He must be protecting us. Don't look at him scolding us that night, we all pretended to be afraid in front of him, so Dad was not willing to really beat us."

Tang Sai'er pouted and said, "You are his daughters, but I am not!"

Si Yang said: "Then it's even more impossible to teach you a lesson. My father calls your mother Mrs. Sister-in-law, how can he bully you. Good sister, help me out of this bad breath, and I will share any delicious food in the future." Half of it for you, no! More than half for you! You are our good elder sister, you must be loyal!"

As soon as he talked about loyalty, Tang Sai'er's chest tingled, and he said with firm determination: "Success!" She turned her head and told Siyu and Siqi: "Don't make a sound, he will be alerted, but you can ask!"

The two little guys nodded hurriedly, eyes full of excitement.

After the incident happened two days ago, Xia Xun casually mentioned to several beloved wives that Yu's father and son were visiting, how could they bully them like this, and had to discipline their daughter.That's good, the four girls were first taught a lesson by the eldest lady Ming'er, and then they were caught and spanked by their own mother. I personally begged Tang Sai'er for advice and punished him to vent his anger.

So the four of them came here.There is still a large vacant land in the back residence of the Yang family, which has not been developed in time. There was a big pit on the ground. It turned out to be a big pit where lime was mixed when building houses, pavilions, and courtyard walls. There was still lime deep in it. After a few rains, the accumulated water inside slightly overflowed the lime, and there was a thin layer of clear water. Several people used this ready-made big pit as a disguise, and spread tree roots and grass stems on it.

If the four girls of the Yang family were to do the job, it would be very obvious that it was a trap, but it was done by an expert like Tang Sai'er, even if Xia Xun came, there would be no difference at all.

Yu Qian received a note with only one sentence: "Sue to my father, you are a despicable villain! If you have the ability to come to the back house, let's compete, whoever loses will sue, who is a puppy!"

The note was dictated by Tang Sai'er and written by Si Yang. Although Tang Sai'er is young, she has many eyes, and her ability to know people is not bad. She has already tasted it. Yu Qian is so proud! He has a high personality and an arrogant temper. If you say something else, he may ignore you. If you say he is a mean person, he will definitely come to argue with you. Sure enough, Yu Qian came here full of anger.

So he stepped on it, plunged in, and fell into the lime pit.

The girls laughed and ran happily to the lime pit. The lime had already been soaked in water, so it would not burn the skin, because the lime layer underneath was still soft. Yu Qian didn't get injured, but his head and face Adding the clothes, it was all stained white by lime. He reached out to wipe the water on his face, and that little white face was even more white in a mess.

Seeing his white hair and face in a panic, the five little girls could only lean forward and back together happily.

Only then did Yu Qian know the trick. He stood in the puddle in a mess, but he didn't want to make these little girls proud. He wiped the lime on his face again, held his head high, and proudly uttered a poem: "Thousands of hammers and tens of thousands of hammers have chiseled out the deep mountain, and the fire is burning like nothing. Don't be afraid of being smashed into pieces, and you must stay innocent in the world!"

Although Si Yang and Si Xun are mischievous, but the Yang family has invited famous teachers to teach them knowledge since they were young, their knowledge is extraordinary, once they heard that he uttered well, and his poems were full of lofty ambitions and full of courage, they even forgot to laugh at him.

If Xia Xun were here, he might be shocked. He knew that the song "Lime Yin" he had memorized when he was a child was a Ming Zhi poem written by Yu Qian when he was young, but he didn't know that this Ming Zhi poem was actually a poem of Ming Zhi. Born in a lime pit, Yu Shaobao, who dared to be in love, recited this poem back then. It wasn't that he was a young boy with a passion for the world. The handsome guy was just pretending to be cool in front of a few chicks...

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Xia Xun is well aware of Zhu Di's embarrassment that he has no general available.

In fact, in his heart, there has always been a doubt, that is: Will Timur die on the way to the east?

If he had just arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he might be able to insist on it, but he has experienced so many things, many of which have changed, and he can't be sure now.

If you are not sure, you dare not take risks.If Daming really didn't prepare, and Tie Mu'er went to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia alive and well, it would be an immeasurable catastrophe.

However, there are too many large-scale projects in Ming Dynasty now. If troops are dispatched to build fortresses and city walls along the border as if they are facing a big enemy, and a large army is waiting here, Tie Mu'er will really die on the way. How much food will this white preparation cost?Even though the national strength of the Ming Dynasty can withstand such a toss, the burden on the shoulders of the people must be much heavier.

He sent people to investigate for a long time, and he had more detailed information about Timur than the court, but there was no accurate information about Timur's health. Xia Xun knew very well that the news of Timur's Eastern Expedition It has been transmitted, and the emperor must make preparations early.As his brother-in-law, he was a very proud person in his bones. Last time, he betrayed Zhu Di, but this time he didn't speak up. Zhu Di would rather go to the court himself than condescend to ask him to come out.

To take the initiative in his own hands as much as possible, and prepare for the Western Regions with as little consumption as possible, then he, Yang Xu, has to take the initiative to ask Ying to shoulder this responsibility.

So, Xia Xun recommended himself!

He knew very well that if this job was done well, it would only be icing on the cake for his personal future, and if it went wrong, it would ruin his reputation, but he came anyway.Just because he is also a member of Daming, he is honored by countless people, he should do something for the people!

p: The chasing soldiers are fierce, and there is a danger of exploding chrysanthemums. All book friends vote for it! ! .