Mingshi

Chapter 537 Not optimistic

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The faces of all the officials in the court turned pale in an instant, and each of them thought tremblingly in their hearts:
"Tu Guo..."

"The Ministry of War!" Emperor Jiajing's voice sounded coldly, and the Minister of the Ministry of War came out of the squad and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the guards at the northern border do not dare to move, in case Huang Taiji suddenly shifts the direction of attack. Therefore, we can only draw from it. Now [-] troops have been mobilized, and they are galloping to Datong in the starry night. In four days, they will reach Datong. It’s just that this force is not enough to resist Huang Taiji, and please send an order to dispatch the southern army to help.”

"Ministry of Industry!" Emperor Jiajing's voice sounded coldly again.

"Return to Your Majesty!" Minister of the Ministry of Industry said, "The equipment and materials in the army have already started to be shipped to Datong, but because of the lack of equipment, the Ministry of Industry needs to rush the time, so it started to be shipped to Datong yesterday, and it will take... eight days... ..."

"Crack!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the armrest of the dragon chair angrily and shouted, "Eight days! After eight days, I'm afraid Datong will be slaughtered."

All the officials were silent, but they were all muttering in their hearts, if Emperor Jiajing hadn't spent money on cultivating Taoism all day long, so that the Ministry of Industry had no money to make military equipment at ordinary times, how could this happen today?

Emperor Jiajing looked at Ma Fang and said, "Ma Qing!"

Ma Fang immediately left the class and said: "I am willing to go to Datong, and I swear to live and die with Datong."

"Is there a way to retreat from the enemy?"

Ma Fang said solemnly: "Datong must be defended, and I still need to transfer those people who were transferred to the southeast."

Emperor Jiajing frowned and said, "Can you hold it?"

Ma Fang shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just try my best!"

Emperor Jiajing frowned deeper, and looked at Luo Xin, but then moved his gaze elsewhere.To be honest, he was really afraid to ask Luo Xin at this time, because in his heart, Luo Xin was the last straw. Once he asked Luo Xin, Luo Xin had no choice. Wouldn't it be time for the country to collapse?Therefore, he still pinned his hopes on Baiguan.

However, it is okay for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to recite poems and fight against the enemy. Maybe only Ma Fang can say a thing or two if they come up with strategies to defend against the enemy.

In the end, Emperor Jiajing's eyes fell on Gao Gong's body and said, "Gao Qing!"

Gao Gong walked out of the class and bowed: "Your Majesty, although the grassland is full of troops now, the 20 troops are already all the troops in their grasslands, but our Ming Dynasty is different. It is just that there are millions of troops at the northern border. We can start from the border. Each of the nine towns will deploy a part of their troops, so that they will rush to help Datong in the shortest possible time, so as to ensure that Datong will not be lost. Moreover, we only dispatched a part of the troops from the nine border towns, which can be used as reinforcements. Even if Huang Taiji turns around to attack For any of the nine border towns, this support army can rush to help immediately."

Emperor Jiajing's expression softened when he heard this, and he nodded slightly.Turning to Xu Jie again, he said, "What does Xu Qing think?"

"Your Majesty, in addition to mobilizing some of the troops from the nine border towns to form a supporting army, we will immediately mobilize troops from all over the south to aid Datong. After all, our Ming's troops are far superior to those on the grasslands. When we gather another million troops at the border , when Huang Taiji was defeated."

Emperor Jiajing pondered for a while and said: "I declare my will to transfer [-] soldiers from each of the nine border towns to form a mobile reinforcement army and rush to Datong immediately. The troops stationed in the southeast, southwest, Bashu and other places will go to Datong as quickly as possible."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Xu Qing, Ma Qing, Gao Qing, Luo Qing, follow me to the imperial study. Retire!"

All the officials retreated, Xu Jie, Ma Fang, Gao Gong and Luo Xin walked towards the imperial study.These four people are all wise people, especially Ma Fang and Luo Xin are people who know military affairs, and they frowned tightly along the way.Xu Jie has also stayed in the cabinet for a long time. Although he doesn't know about military affairs, he is no stranger to it. Don't look at him speaking firmly in the court, but he has no bottom in his heart.Gao Gong didn't know much about military affairs, so his expression was the most peaceful, because he felt that if he really wanted to gather the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the grassland must not be his opponent.

Seeing that he had reached the door of the Imperial Study Room, Luo Xin let out a sigh of relief, and stretched his frown. It was not because he had any intentions in his mind, but because he didn't want Emperor Jiajing to see his worried expression, and let Jiajing The emperor was flustered.After all, this is an era when emperors decide the world. If Emperor Jiajing panics, the country will be over.

Entering the imperial study room, Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, glanced at the four people standing below, and said lightly:

"Give a seat!"

Immediately, a little eunuch brought a brocade stool to each of the four people, and the four sat down after thanking them.

The imperial study room was very quiet, Emperor Jiajing did not speak, Xu Jie and the other four did not dare to speak.All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the imperial study was very oppressive.

Emperor Jiajing scanned the faces of the four people back and forth, and finally fell on Luo Xin's face, and said in a concentrated voice:
"Luo Qing, what do you think of the war in the north?"

Luo Xin hurriedly stood up and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty, you are not optimistic!"

"Ok?"

The expression of Emperor Jiajing changed, as did the expressions of Xu Jie, Ma Fang and Gao Gong.The faces of Xu Jie and Gao Gong became serious. Ma Fang is Luo Xin's friend and knows Luo Xin very well.Xu Jie is Luo Xin's enemy, so naturally he knows Luo Xin very well, they know that Luo Xin can be regarded as a generation of famous generals, if he says that he is not optimistic, it must be a crisis.

Only Gao Gong showed a trace of contempt on his face. Gao Gong was also a generation of Wen Zong. He used to be the Grand Priest of the Imperial College. He had a lot of knowledge, but he still took military affairs for granted. Assembled, the 20 troops in the grassland were hitting a stone with an egg. It seems that Luo Xin's victory over Alatan Khan was mostly a fluke.

"No weapon!" Gao Gong said indifferently: "Isn't it a lie? Altan Khan can't pose a threat to me, Da Ming, so what can his son do? As long as Datong can last for four days, [-] reinforcements will arrive in Datong , with the joining of [-] troops, it is bound to be able to persist for a longer time. Then the mobile reinforcements formed by the nine border towns arrived in Datong, and their strength surpassed Huang Taiji. Not to mention defeating Huang Taiji, but it is not a problem to hold on. Finally, we will wait for the southeast, southwest and Bashu When reinforcements from other places arrive in Datong, it will be time to annihilate Huang Taiji."

After Gao Gong finished speaking, Ma Fang nodded again and again. He is just a military general, and he thinks and worries about military matters. In his opinion, what Gao Gong said is right. As long as he is sent to Datong and let him command a million troops, he will surely It can give Huang Taiji a headache.

But what Xu Jie was thinking about was not military matters, because he didn't understand military matters, but what he was thinking about was people's livelihood, so his brows furrowed unknowingly.

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