Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

All the town commanders who came here today to discuss matters and pay homage to Tianyan were the commanders of the Yingzhou War.

After finishing speaking, Zhengde introduced everyone's names to Su Mu respectively.

These people are Shi Chun, General of Xuanfu Travels, Xiao Zha, General of Liaodong, Wang Xun, General of Datong, and Zhang Zhong, General of Xuanfu.

Several people bowed their hands to Su Mu at the same time, with respectful expressions.

After dealing with military affairs, the whole day has passed, and the sky is gradually dimming.

Looking at Emperor Zhengde again, he still looked radiant, without any trace of fatigue.You know, as soon as he entered Datong City, he summoned his generals and officials to discuss matters, and he never rested for a moment.

Su Mu was surprised, he didn't expect Zhengde's body to be so strong.

When everyone retreated, Su Mu was about to leave, but Emperor Zhengde said indifferently: "Su Mu, please stay."

"Yes."

The signing room suddenly became quiet, only Emperor Zhengde and Su Mu were left.

The two hadn't been alone for many years, and when they met this time, they didn't know what to say.

After staying for a while, Zhengde asked, "Su Mu, where do you live now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister is currently living in the Yamen of the Xingdu Si in Shanxi."

Emperor Zhengde tapped his forehead with his finger: "I just remembered, Commander of Shanxi Metropolitan Commander Si Qian Xie is naturally your student, and now he is concurrently serving as the capital of Shanxi Province, so it's fine if you live there. You are busy, but it is a bit troublesome for you to run back and forth. The battle is imminent, but there are some things that cannot be delayed. From tomorrow, you will live in the camp of the Chinese army."

Su Mu was overjoyed: "Yes, I will move here to serve His Majesty when I get home and settle down."

It was boring to sit still, and the atmosphere was very awkward, so Su Mu saluted: "If His Majesty doesn't order, I will leave."

"Wait." Zhengde frowned: "Is it so uncomfortable for you to talk to me? Also, you only spoke half of what you said earlier, but why?"

"I don't know."

Zhengde snorted: "Before you said that when the army was mobilized and deployed, it must be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Tatars. Now, there is no one else in the signing room. Can you tell me the reason?"

Now that Emperor Zhengde asked about the military policy, Su Mu's spirit froze, and he immediately realized that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for for two years.If you grasp it well, it is not impossible to restore the old relationship with Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde had no martial arts skills at all, and his greatest ambition in life was to command thousands of troops to gallop on the battlefield.It can be said that the military is his only hobby.

If I can present a strategy to defeat the enemy today, it is naturally in the emperor's heart.

"Yes." Su Mu cleared his throat and sorted out his thoughts.Although this war is only the third time that the little Tatar prince invaded the Ming Dynasty, the Yingzhou War in real history took place in the 13th year of Zhengde.

However, since history has undergone tremendous changes, it is not impossible to advance the Yingzhou War to the seventh year of Zhengde.

Su Mu didn't know much about military affairs. When he played war games with Emperor Zhengde in the palace, nine out of ten times he would be killed by Zhu Houzhao.Even in a fight with Liu Jin, he lost more than he won.

It was from that time that Su Mu deeply realized that he had no talent in military affairs.As for the literature of imperial examinations, it was only by relying on the foresight of modern people, that they happened to study ancient literature in universities before, so they won the title of master in the literary world and the number one scholar in the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty by plagiarism.After all, he is just an ordinary person.

Now if he wanted to formulate a complete set of combat plans against the enemy out of thin air, it would be his life.Even if he bit the bullet and figured it out, it would be full of flaws, making people laugh.

Instead of going to such trouble, it is better to directly move the Yingzhou War from real history.

Thinking of this, Su Mu said: "The Tatar Little Prince's family came to Shanxi to spend the winter this time. The total population of the whole family is about 20. According to my minister, the number of Tatar soldiers who can mount horses and control strings should be around [-]." , and they are all cavalry. In my Ming Dynasty, most of them were infantry."

"According to the war game, one cavalry is equivalent to seven infantry. So, if we want to fight the Tatars, our army must gather more than 35 troops. We have six frontier troops, and each town is 40. Deducting the soldiers and horses staying in the town, the total number is [-]. Moreover, the Tatars have just passed through a winter, and their horses have lost weight, and their combat effectiveness has also dropped a lot. One rises and the other rises, and our army’s combat effectiveness is superior. You can fight."

Hearing Su Mu's eloquent talk, Zhengde nodded slightly, his face much milder. ,

He stretched his body and put his hands on the fire cage to keep warm: "However, Su Mu, you forgot one thing. The Tatars are all cavalry, with outstanding maneuverability. And our army marched from various towns to the battlefield one after another. Gathering together in a short period of time, there is no way to squeeze into a fist and beat people. We must prevent the little prince from sending out elite cavalry to defeat each of them."

Speaking of this, he suddenly had a smile on his face: "Su Mu, when we played war chess in the small courtyard where you lived, didn't we repeat the tactics of Wanyan Yinshu in Song Dynasty? Song Dynasty The Western Army is so powerful, but Yinshu insisted on relying on thousands of cavalry to adopt the same strategy and eat up the entire Western Army like knocking on brown sugar. This time, we must guard against the little prince adopting the same tactic.”

Su Mu nodded: "The general is right, this is just now when I suggested that the soldiers and horses of the towns go to the battlefield to hide the truth from the little prince. I am afraid that the Tatars will adopt this method and consume it bit by bit. I'm alive."

Zhengde said solemnly: "I'm not afraid of consuming my vitality, but I'm afraid that the little prince will be afraid and run back to the grassland directly. So, this commander will not come to Shanxi for nothing. He fled north, and his strength was greatly reduced. But in the future, I will It is not so easy to annihilate his main force again."

Su Mu: "The general is right."

Zhengde: "Go ahead."

Su Mu: "What I mean is that soldiers and horses from various towns quietly entered the battlefield, and at the critical moment, they will encircle and annihilate the Tatars."

Zhengde shook his head: "The little prince is not an idiot. It is impossible for him not to know that I, the General of the Sixth Town of Ming Dynasty, is fighting with him. This Datong Mansion is probably full of his scouts. With so many soldiers and horses coming to Shanxi, there are naturally countermeasures. You must have already figured out how to defeat each of them."

Su Mu suddenly smiled: "I'm afraid that he won't attack one by one. If he huddles together and becomes a turtle, we really can't take him down. Now, my Ming army is divided into six groups, and the little prince only needs to eat one of us. Our army Shocking, there is no need to fight this battle. It is said that it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers, and he will definitely do it, but it is up to us to decide which way to eat."

Zhengde raised his eyebrows: "Be more careful."

"We can count the days. When the generals from all walks of life are about to arrive on the battlefield, let the town army sell their weaknesses and attract the whole army of the little prince to attack. The little prince's attention is attracted by the town army, so naturally he has no time to take care of other things. Five routes. As long as the soldiers and horses in this town tie up the little prince to death, the other five towns can calmly arrange a large encirclement and fight out at the critical moment. The key to this battle is..."

"The key to this battle is to get the timing just right." Zhengde snapped at Su Mu's words, waved to him, and then pointed to the chair beside him: "Come and sit."

Su Mu sat down.

Zhengde pointed to the fire cage again: "It's cold, let's face the fire."

"Thank you for your shirt." Su Mu put his hand on the fire cage, his heart suddenly warmed up, and he felt that the grudge between himself and Zhu Houzhao was melting away little by little.