Chapter 148 Closed Door Meeting

With Xie Qian's words as the basis, even Zhu Youtang seemed to feel that it was meaningless to discuss the issue of whether to accept the war or not.

The reason why Wang Yue was sent to Piantou Pass was not to prepare for war

When things come to a close, if he orders to stay back if he can, not to mention that Wang Yue is depressed. Being an emperor will also feel very useless.

The court meeting is temporarily over.

However, discussions about the war have not stopped. There will be a closed-door meeting of the inner court later. The discussions involve issues such as defense deployment and troop dispatch. Many of them are confidential, and only a few officials such as the Ministry of War and the Cabinet are involved. Qualified to participate in this meeting of Qianqing Palace.

On the way to Qianqing Palace.

Xiao Jing led the way, followed by several people.

Cabinet Liu Jian and Xie Qian went to discuss and coordinate the response.

Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, and Wang Zongyi, the Right Minister, are responsible for discussing strategy and the response of the War Department.

The purpose of Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was to discuss the issue of grain and grass dispatch in the northwest.

As soon as they arrived outside Qianqing Palace, they saw a person who had arrived early and was standing there smiling at them.

British public Zhang Mao.

Xunchen did not participate in the previous court meeting, but the governor's office was obviously aware of the changes in the military situation in the northwest. When the emperor asked for the military opinion in the northwest, he did not call anyone else, but only Zhang Mao. Not paying attention to Zhang Mao, he probably wanted to use Zhang Mao's maturity and prudentness to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Young Master, you are still laughing now." Xie Qian walked over and saluted after seeing him.

Zhang Mao retorted, "Yu Qiao, you usually laugh in the court, all for the sake of the court, why should you care about this situation?"

Xie Qian was startled.

I then thought that when I teased Wang Yue in the court, didn’t I say it with a half-smile like Zhang Mao

“Several pavilion elders, please come in”< /p>

After Xiao Jing passed the message, he came out and said to a few people.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youtang had a lot of northwest battle reports in front of him. Before the arrival of several important military and political officials, Zhu Youtang seemed to be still studying these battle reports.

"Early this morning, news came in, and there are still more. At present, there is a roar of wind, cranes, and soldiers in the Piantou Pass and other places."

Zhu Youtang pointed to Xiao Jing aside, " "Give me a seat"

Many chairs were brought over at once.

When the ministers took a look, it seemed that this posture was going to be discussed for a long time. It is very likely that such closed-door meetings will be held frequently recently.

The emperor attaches great importance to the war in the northwest.

After the ministers thanked each other and took their seats, Xiao Jing circulated the northwest battle report to everyone present. Everyone only had time to glance at each report.

Zhu Youtang said, "How many troops are currently stationed around Piantou Pass?"

Ma Wensheng put down a memorial in his hand, stood up and said, "Back to Your Majesty, there are cavalry stationed in Piantou Pass." Eight thousand, 14,000 can be adjusted for preparation, inspection and service, and three troops and horses can be mobilized from the Beijing camp.Thousands. If we want to fight head-on, we can dispatch less than five thousand cavalry and less than two thousand Shenji Camp firearms."

"In addition, the troops stationed around Piantou Pass can rush to Piantou Pass within three days. Especially focusing on the troops and horses of the three passes, maybe five thousand more cavalry can be dispatched."

Zhu Youtang said, "That means that the number of troops Wang Yue can use is only 20,000, right?"< /p>

Ma Wensheng did the math in his mind. He wanted to say, are there that many?

But he still said, "Yes." "

Zhu Youtang sighed, "The Tatars may send more than 20,000 troops this time."

Ma Wensheng said, "There is currently no clear report on the number of Diyi soldiers and horses outside the Pass."

“No need to worry. Zhu Youtang said, "There will be a detailed report soon. If Wang Yue hadn't been at Piantou Pass, perhaps the intelligence collected would not have been so fast. He should have taken sufficient precautions." ”

Ma Wensheng had to admit.

With Wang Yue at the head-turning pass, it is indeed twice the result with half the effort. We cannot use common sense to speculate on the two situations of having Wang Yue and not having Wang Yue.

Because Wang Yue managed the army well, and the soldiers below were confident and expected to perform well, a group of weak soldiers could perform exceptionally well, not to mention that Wang Yue had mobilized all the elites around Taiyuan Town.

"If we fight, what's the chance of winning?"

Zhu Youtang asked a question that seemed amateurish.

From this point, the minister present. I also understand the tension in the emperor's heart, or the emperor's utilitarian mentality at critical moments.

It's a bit of a gambling mentality to talk about the odds of winning without talking about the specific situation.

Liu Jiandao. If Wang Weining is stationed at a side pass and cannot leave the city and waits for reinforcements, the chance of winning is almost 10%. However, if he leaves the city and fights behind the pass, the result will be unpredictable. "

"Mr. Liu Ge, let's not talk about letting Wang Yue stick to it for now. This is not his style. "Zhu Youtang said, "It's okay if I don't use him or place him somewhere else and let Piantou Guan hold on. But in the current situation, any concession will make Di Yi worse. I don't hope that there will always be wars in the northwest in the next few years. ”

In the emperor’s opinion.

This battle should still be fought in order to build confidence.

Then Zhu Youtang said to Dai Dai on the side Yi Shi winked, meaning that Dai Yi would explain the situation around Piantou Pass again.

Dai Yi said, "Dear elders, ministers, and princes, the use of troops in the northwest is imminent. Due to the rise of the little prairie prince, wars have continued in the grassland in the past few years. I thought that this could weaken the grassland tribes, and the border troops could reap the benefits. However, the grassland tribes became more and more courageous with setbacks, and the internal annexation was not ended, which violated the Ming Dynasty. But the matter is not over yet. If the border troops give in in this battle, I am afraid that in the next few years, all the towns on the nine sides will be attacked by bandits from the grassland tribes one after another."

This shows the necessity of this war.

When Dai Yi finished speaking, Zhu Youtang looked at Ma Wensheng and said, "Ma Shangshu, are you right?"I know the situation in the towns in the northwest, but I think there is some truth to this."

Ma Wensheng said, "Back to Your Majesty, I believe that even if the Tatars attack Pianguan with heavy troops this time, their purpose is still to The main thing is looting, and they may also ask for a horse market and so on. ”

Zhu Youtang nodded, “Actually, the Tatars’ memorials about opening the border market have not stopped since the end of the Helan Mountain War last year. However, in this situation, if we trade with the Tatars, isn’t it unfair to others?” If the Tatars attack my shield with spears for the purpose of plundering, it is definitely not like this. If they want to destroy the pass, they will deliberately confuse our Ming border guards and make our Ming soldiers have no time to visit the north. The intentions are so dangerous"

After listening to the emperor's words, Ma Wensheng did not argue anymore.

As the emperor said.

In the main tribe of Tatar, which is Dayan At the critical moment when the Ministry was about to annex the Mongolian right wing, the Tatars went out in force to attack Piantou Pass. In addition to looting, their purpose was naturally to achieve some strategic results to ensure that the North Korea would not have enough power to send troops to the grasslands before they completed the annexation internally.

Dai Yi continued, "Currently, based on the report of Chief Military Officer Ping Jiangbo and Chen Rui analyzing the enemy's situation, the troops sent to the grassland headquarters at Piantou Pass may be the fire sieve of the previous raids at the pass."

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Everyone present could not help but take a breath after hearing this name.

Although Dayan Khan is the nominal little prince of the grassland, this fire sieve can be said to be Dayan Khan. Dayan Khan and Huoshai are nominally monarchs and ministers, but in fact they are interdependent. In Dayan Khan's war to unify the grassland, Huoshai can be said to have made great contributions.

What's even more terrible is that the biggest feature of this fire sieve is that it can harass the Ming Dynasty's border gates without any problem, and it is very experienced in attacking.

It can always choose the weak defense areas of the Ming Dynasty and grab them. They just leave without wanting to fight.

There will also be situations where they go south to plunder for hundreds of miles.

Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui can be said to be the most experienced frontier general in the northwest. , he said it was Huo Si who came this time, so he must have chosen the style correctly.

Xie Qian said coldly, "Isn't Uncle Ping Jiang very afraid of Huo Si? If he is asked to take it." I'm afraid the soldiers will fight, I'm afraid."

Some words are not very clear, but they already reflect Xie Qian's contempt for Chen Rui.

As we all know, Chen Rui likes to drink cold wine, and the military There are rumors that the reason why Chen Rui doesn't drink hot wine is that he is afraid of the fire sieve and is afraid that he will provoke the fire sieve after drinking the hot wine.

Chen Rui has been operating in the northwest for many years and has made great achievements. Basically, he can maintain no success, but only with Huo Si, he suffered a lot of losses. He even almost got caught in a tight siege and was killed by Huo Si. From then on, he was afraid of the rumors about Huo Si. The more it spreads, the more evil it becomes.

Liu Jiandao, "If Huo Si really invades, the situation will be even worse for the border troops. "

Zhu Youtang said, "This fire sieve has killed border people many times in the northwest and robbed the pass. This time, let him fight Wang Yue head-on. Isn't it a good opportunity to show off the power of the border army?"

Even Ma Wensheng was thinking, this is really easy to say.

Fire Sieve.To be able to become a figure on par with Dayan Khan in today's grasslands, I really thought that his ability was just a boast. Wang Yue could beat others, but in a head-to-head confrontation with Huo Si, the chances of winning may not be that high

Zhu Youtang did not want to listen to this group of people's suggestions about whether to fight or not to fight. This issue had already been discussed in the court. He I am more concerned about the preparations for this war.

Zhou Jingdao, "Your Majesty, last year Liu Shiyong, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who was the governor of Xuanfu, had prepared more than 500,000 taels of military rations in the northwest. This year, more than 200,000 taels of silver from Beijing's reserves have been sent to Xuanda. , It is expected that there will be no deviation in the procurement of grain, grass and baggage.”

In the past, the frontier army relied on grain to expand the country, and the merchant villages in the northwest could achieve self-sufficiency, but the national treasury was empty.

Currently, the northwest uses money from the capital and lets the northwest purchase it by itself. The area of ​​farmland in the northwest's frontiers is also decreasing year by year.

Zhang Mao came forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are enemies all over the nine borders now. I would like to impose martial law around the capital to prevent Tatar spies from sneaking into the hinterland of our capital. We will also send troops and horses to strengthen the defense at Juyong Pass and other places."

At this time, only Zhang Mao seemed to understand the emperor's intention to fight a tough battle.

What he mentioned was very pragmatic. No matter whether Wang Yue won or not at the Piantou Pass, at least the stability of the capital should be preserved first.

Zhu Youtang nodded and said, "I also have the same idea to strengthen the garrison at the three inner gates to ensure that the capital is safe. The Qing family should have no objections."

People present Of course no objection.

Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Wang Zongyi, the right minister of the Ministry of War, asked, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask who made the suggestion that Wang Yue, the left minister of the Ministry of War, go to Pianguan to guard the area."

It seems to be saying.

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