None of the generals present expected that Zhang Zhou’s purpose was to send troops to the grassland.
They thought that Zhang Zhou came to Xuanfu just to set off cannons and open mines, because they all thought that Zhang Zhou was afraid of death.
Zhang Heling said, "Mr. Zhang, let's not make trouble. With your current status, my brother-in-law holds you like a treasure. If you insist on making this happen, what's the point of making trouble if you can't lose your troops?" On the grassland, we can’t even return to the capital.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone around them was embarrassed.
Only Ma Zhongxi heard this and felt it was both pleasant and nonsense.
I heard it because Zhang Heling opposed sending troops, and I thought it was nonsense because the emperor held Zhang Zhou as a treasure.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Everyone, do you think so too?"
"Haha." Zhu Hui and others could only smile bitterly.
If they were asked to take the initiative, they would not have the courage. After all, this was already the Hongzhi period, and none of the honorable ministers in the court still had the courage to go to the grasslands and make contributions.
The last distinguished minister who could help Zhang Zhou in his expedition, Wang Yue, has passed away.
Ma Zhongxi said coldly, "Zhang, you are indeed a newborn calf."
"Thank you for the praise." Zhang Zhou smiled.
"Hmph," Ma Zhongxi said, "You have just arrived, and you haven't even figured out the layout of the troops and horses around Xuan Mansion. You don't know how many soldiers and residents there are. You don't know anything about the soldiers, horses and food in the city. You dare to open your mouth and say that you want to go out to the grassland, and also say that you will detour behind enemy lines. You think that the wolves in the grassland are just paper. You can burn them by setting a fire, and you can poke them through with your finger. This is simple ignorance. ”
Ma Zhongxi was very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhou because of Ma Yi’s case and the matter of praying for rain that day.
Now he finally seizes the opportunity to use his identity as a "experienced person" to teach Zhang Zhou a lesson in an old-fashioned way.
Don’t mention how happy I am.
I like to see you pretending to be okay, but I am worried that I won’t have a chance to deal with you.
"Pa"
Zhang Zhou suddenly dropped a pamphlet on the table.
Ma Zhongxi glared at Zhang Zhou and asked, "What is this?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Oh, this is something I tinkered with when I was in the capital. I liked to talk on paper when I had nothing to do. What is the above about Xuan Da Place?" How many troops and horses are there, how many officers are available, as well as the shortage of personnel and damaged weapons everywhere, as well as the military pay reported to the court over the years, and even the corruption situation in the local military headquarters and the capital guard station, a detailed investigation ."
"You"
Ma Zhongxi was a little speechless.
The things Zhang Zhou listed sounded very professional. He was able to find out so many things at once, even before setting off for the expedition. It can be said that he was very prepared.
But he was embarrassed to say it.
Are you fooling me?
Regardless of whether you have that ability or not, how dare you say that a booklet like yours can contain such things?There are so many things
I really thought these people were laymen and could be deceived by you
Zhang Heling grabbed the pamphlet, opened it and looked at it, and said in surprise, "How can you read the characters so small?"< /p>
When Ma Zhongxi took a closer look, he realized that his conceit was a bit unnecessary, because the content of this booklet was not written with a brush. The words inside were very small and densely packed. How many words were there in such a booklet? The words feel countless.
"Old Ma, you know who I am. I have no actual combat experience, so I can talk. I like to command and command Wang Weining when nothing matters. When nothing matters, I like to point out Anbian Bozhu Zhijie, make some heavenly gunpowder, and then invent. What kind of artillery, you said I am a newborn calf, there is nothing wrong with it, but if it were not a newborn calf, I would be afraid of encountering tigers when I go up the mountain, and the timid ones would just go home and eat mush."
Zhang Zhou said" I'm just a novice, I'm just not afraid of trouble, just bite me" attitude made Ma Zhongxi feel powerless after hearing this.
Zhang Heling handed the booklet to Ma Zhongxi. Ma Zhongxi was not the kind of slack official. He picked it up and read the contents carefully. After flipping through a few pages, he found that it was not Zhang Zhou who was bragging.
The above really lists the actual situation in Xuanfu, Datong, Piantou Pass and other places.
"You have known about Ma Yi's bad deeds for a long time. Not only did you not go to court to participate in the impeachment, you actually protected him."
When Ma Zhongxi saw the Xuanda local government treasury list listed by Zhang Zhou, And the corruption situation was sorted out, and I felt angry all at once.
Ma Yi next to him became nervous upon hearing this.
What's going on
My crime has already been made known to everyone before anyone else has investigated me in detail
Zhang Zhou smiled and didn't answer.
Zhu Hui asked, "Mr. Zhang, where is the Chinese military tent of the Manguan Hui Department?"
Zhang Zhou picked up a cane and pointed at the hanging Zhu Hui looked at the careless-looking map on the door and said in surprise, "Weininghai this and this"
Zhu Hui couldn't help but be surprised.
Weininghai is the place where Wang Yue became famous, and it is also the origin of Wang Weining's nickname. At that time, Wang Yue sent troops from Datong to surprise Weininghai and took away the home of the Tatar Grand Master Yisi Mayin. In the Battle of Weininghai, he became the number one general from Chenghua to Hongzhi years of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Zhou said, "Weining Haizi, also known as Jining Haizi, has the most fertile grassland in Mongolia. It has been coveted by the Tatars for many years, and even the neighboring tribes, including the Yibulu." The Yongxie Bu Tribe, as well as the Ordos Tribe of Mandu Lai Agulehu, which is the tribe where Aoer Dusi is located, all covet this area, but it is currently owned by Huo Si."
Ma Zhongxi said sternly, "You don't need to explain it. It's not easy for you to send troops to Weininghai."
Everyone around him also looked at Zhang Zhou.
Everyone knows that the water and grass around the Weining Sea are rich and fertile, and they all know that it may be the location of the military camp in Fire Sieve, but no one thinks that the Ming Dynasty can surprise Weining Sea at will, and can continue to attack the Weining Sea.A replica of Wang Weining's battle.
Zhang Zhou sighed and said, "We are sending troops from Datong Town to Weininghai, a distance of 270 miles, and we have to pass through Maoerzhuang. That is where the front flag of the Mengoljin tribe is now. The fire screen is a defense for the headquarters. , but it is limited to this, but if we send troops from Wanquan Youwei, go out to Xinghe, cross Daqingshan, and penetrate directly into the hinterland of Weininghai from the east road, although the distance is longer, over 400 miles, besides the difficult roads along the way, Basically, there will be no obstacles."
"Enough"
Ma Zhongxi couldn't stand it. He walked over to the map and looked at all the landmarks on the map.
He didn't know where Zhang Zhou's map came from, but he also noticed that Zhang Zhou's map seemed to be much more complete and accurate than the current map in Yansui.
As the governor of Yansui, Ma Zhongxi is also knowledgeable about maps.
He was born as a great Confucian. Young famous Confucians such as Li Mengyang, Kang Hai, and Wang Jiusi all studied under him, and he himself was impeccable in terms of talent.
But in Zhang Zhou's view, there are no disciples when people are careful. For someone like Ma Zhongxi who is too straightforward, it seems not that easy to teach his disciples well.
"Mr. Zhang, I am not insisting on pouring cold water on you. Since the Tartars sent out troops, they have always been both soldiers and civilians. The so-called dismounting can be used to herd animals, while being mounted can be used to bend bows and arrows. The basic principles of soldiers and civilians are Just one."
Ma Zhongxi felt that he couldn't control the situation without showing some real skills, so he started to break up.
Zhang Zhou also looked attentively and seemed willing to listen to his opinions.
Ma Zhongxi continued, "The Manchurian Tribe is the most powerful among the three major tribes on the right wing of Mongolia. When sending troops, the Chinese army is always behind, and they never say that they will take the elders of the tribe. The weak women and children are ignored, and you send troops to make a surprise attack four hundred miles away. Regardless of whether your troops can arrive smoothly, it is just that after the troops arrive, they will encounter the camp of the Fire Sieve Headquarters and the center of the Fire Sieve Headquarters. "The main force of the army."
"How do you want to fight against a tired army after a long journey? Do you want to use side tactics again to blow up the Hulu barbarian camp? Or do you plan to use the enemy's strengths? Let's compete with each other in archery and archery."
After hearing this, Zhang Heling exclaimed, "You can't judge a man by his appearance, you can do it, you can really break it. You're right. It is not appropriate to send troops."
At this time, Zhang Heling was like a grassroots.
When it comes to sending troops to seek death, he will definitely not agree.
The scene was awkward for a while, because almost everyone present did not want to send troops. This was just Zhang Zhou's wishful thinking, but they could not speak out like Ma Zhongxi and Zhang Heling.
"Bah bang bang"
Zhang Zhou applauded and said, "Well said."
A compliment, the implication is, don't say it next time, it's a shame. Panic.
Zhang Zhou said, "Everyone, I want you to understand that I came to run the army under the emperor's order. It is my duty to mobilize troops and generals and go out to fight. My decision-making only needs to be based on your Majesty and your Majesty. Ministry of WarI am responsible and don’t need to explain too much to you. "
"You"
Ma Zhongxi is so angry.
If you can't defeat me, you plan to use your official power to suppress others
"But since I advocate sending troops, in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, it is still necessary to explain to you the current situation on the grassland before sending troops. ”
Zhang Zhou rolled up his sleeves.
A group of people stayed in a corridor for a meeting in the summer. There was no ventilation on all sides, so it was strange to be comfortable.
Zhang Zhoudao "Currently on the grassland, the little Tatar prince Batu Mengke, which is their headquarters Chahar tribe, has been moved to Aoerdusi, and the Ordos tribe Mandu Lai Agulehu has been forced to withdraw eastward, and is with Yi Bu La and Huo Si discussed and jointly fought against Batu Munch. ”
Don’t speak here.
In fact, this is not a secret. It seems to be an inevitable trend after the rise of Dayan Khan to complete the reunification of the grassland.
Especially in the previous war between the grasslands and the Ming Dynasty, it was not Dayan Khan’s headquarters who suffered the loss. Dayan Khan retained his strength and was qualified to complete internal mergers.
“In normal times. , when Huoshai marches into the army, it is impossible to abandon his troops and march out in full force, but now it is related to the life and death of their tribe. The three major tribes plus the coalition of more than a dozen small tribes are not Dayan Khan's opponents. They It was their limit to be able to leave some troops in Maoerzhuang to prepare for the Ming Dynasty to move north from Datong Town. ”
“If we can detour behind enemy lines, why do we think there is no chance of victory?”
“You don’t think that I, Zhang, am here to fight the Tatars head-on, do you?”
"Ah"
The people present were stunned again
In the previous sentences, Zhang Zhou was still explaining the meaning of sending troops in righteous words. This sentence seems to expose Zhang Zhou's true nature.
If you don't fight head-on, you just like to steal.
Zhang Heling said carelessly, "The snipe and the clam compete for the fishermen's profit. We are the fishermen. Why do we need to fight head-on? Mr. Zhang is right. If you don't seize such a good opportunity, this village will not have this store. Let's fight it. Well, what do you think?"
No one here is paying attention to him.
You, a positionless relative who is sitting on the fence, first said you would not fight, and now you are talking about fighting, feelings Whichever way the wind blows, that's where you, this bunch of wallflowers, go.
The scene became quiet again.
But this time, everyone seemed to have different wills. The previous fear of sending troops turned into an eagerness to try.
Tang Yin broke the silence and asked, "Zhang Zhitai, I dare to ask, have you figured it out? The headquarters of Huoshan is definitely in Weininghai, and. You're not well prepared, right?"
This became the topic of greatest concern to everyone present.
Those generals were all thinking that this Tang Jinshi could focus on the key points by asking questions.
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If this Zhang Banxian can call the wind and rain, figure out where the Huoshi headquarters is, and then send troops to make a surprise attack, thenThe chances of success are simply on our side.
"Yes." Zhang Zhou gave the accurate answer.
Zhang Zhou is not fooling around with this.
Historically, the war between the Dayan tribe and the Mongolian right wing lasted for more than 20 years. At first, Dayan Khan even encountered many difficulties, including the murder of his second son and the defeat of Ma'anling. , and almost lost his life.
But in the end, Dayan Khan sent troops to attack the Weining Sea in the fifth year of Zhengde, occupied the grassland of the Mongolian right wing headquarters, and performed sacrifices to heaven on the north bank of the Weining Sea, forcing several major tribes on the Mongolian right wing to fight decisively with them. Bula and Mandu Lai Agul were defeated in this battle, and then they could only lead their tribes to flee to Gansu and Qinghai for a generation. The grassland situation also underwent a fundamental reversal, and Dayan Khan unified the grasslands.
The tactics used by Zhang Zhou now are actually no different from those of Dayan Khan ten years later.
And Zhang Zhou has more chips and a greater advantage.
The entire military in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty can be controlled and controlled by him. There are yellow gunpowder and Folan cannons, improved red Yi cannons, and he is highly respected by the military.
At the same time, they took advantage of the annexation war between Dayan Khan and the Mongolian right wing to reap the benefits.
If it were not for the annexation within the grassland, the right-wing Mongolian tribes such as Huoshai would not have leaked their rear areas.
Perhaps even the grassland people feel that since Wang Weining is dead, Qin Hong, Wang Qiong and Zhu Feng alone will not dare to invade the grassland.
Zhang Zhou
In the eyes of the prairie people, he was just an alchemist. With the favor of the Ming Emperor, he could just train his troops slowly in the Xuan Mansion and give up that place to him. You, such a near-sycophant, why do you want to risk your life and cause trouble for yourself?
When you reach the territory of the grassland, you still let your soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty show off their power
"Everyone, I want to Let you understand that this battle is the proactive battle that Your Majesty has always wanted, and it is also a battle to enhance the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. In this battle, Yansui sent only 10,000 troops, of which 3,000 cavalry were the vanguard, and they quickly rushed to Weining Sea, and the follow-up Seven thousand soldiers and horses followed the Chinese army steadily. After harassing Weining Haibei grassland, they refused to fight and immediately withdrew their troops."
"At the same time, Pianguan, Datong, Yansui and other places will cooperate. Send troops to Yansui first, so that Dayan Khan loses sight of the front and rear, and also makes the Mongolian right wing think that the focus of the Ming Dynasty's troops is Yansui, so the Mongolian right wing moves further west."
"Then. Pianguan and Datong sent troops to form a coordination at Donghetao."
"Then we sent troops from Xuanfu to attack Weininghai. This battle may determine the situation at the border in the next ten years. Who wants to fight? They left to discuss the strategy of advancing the army together. If anyone does not want to fight, he will resign on the spot. From now on, the court will have no place to stand."
"Everyone, think about it"
Zhang Zhou was very powerful at this time.
The battle situation and tactics analyzed can basically be accepted by Wu Xun present.
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Zhang Zhou said, we are not here to fight with the main Tatar force at all. When we encounter the main Tatar force, we will just retreat. We will make a surprise attack behind the enemy's rear, which is only more than four hundred miles away. Most of them are the old, weak, sick and disabled in the Fire Screening Department. If they are afraid of this, then the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty really don’t have to mess around.
"Everyone, you don't even have this courage?"
Zhang Zhouyi was annoyed when he saw that no one came out to express his position, "Should I just send Wang Dehua to the police?" Call Zhu Zhijie and ask them to cooperate with me in sending troops. Should I ask Chen Liangjiu to come? Doesn't he have any other skills? There is no problem at all in marching troops for 200 miles in one day and one night. We can reach Weininghai in two days and two nights. You let me Are you temporarily transferring people?"
Everyone present wanted to laugh when they heard this.
Up to this moment, Zhang Zhou did not forget to disparage Chen Rui, and it was obvious that Zhang Zhou really looked down on Chen Rui, so he asked them to send troops together.
Just when Ma Zhongxi was fuming and silent.
Ma Yi came out, clasped his fists and saluted, "Zhang Zhitai, I am willing to be the vanguard and lead three thousand cavalry to attack Weininghai"
Ma Zhongxi glared at Ma Yi, seeming to be dissatisfied. Ma Yi was very contemptuous.
In Ma Zhongxi’s view, Ma Yi may risk surrendering to the enemy by doing this.
"Okay." Zhang Zhou was very approving of Ma Yi's attitude, nodded and smiled, "He is indeed a famous border general of the Ming Dynasty. He is brave, resourceful and responsible. He is not like some people. "Zhang, who are you talking about?" Ma Zhongxi couldn't listen anymore.
Zhang Zhou ignored Ma Zhongxi. The old man had a stubborn temper, which was not bad at all. He was even a little stupid.
In today’s world of Ming Dynasty, it is useless to be an official by being honest. Ma Zhongxi’s future experience also proves that he is neither suitable to be an official nor a role model, causing trouble among his disciples. Li Mengyang avenged Kang Hai's kindness. Even if he wrote the allusion of "Zhongshan Wolf", it would be useless, and he would not even be a good subject of the Ming Dynasty.
"Since you are determined to make great contributions, I will hand over the three thousand vanguard cavalry to Commander Ma and give him the opportunity to make great contributions. Do you have any opinions?"
" Very good. Haha." Zhang Heling was laughing.
As long as he is not allowed to be the vanguard, he feels good.
On the other hand, Tang Yinze seemed to understand something and looked at Zhang Zhou with a "I see" look.
Zhang Zhou just patted him on the shoulder, meaning to calm down. I understand that you are pretending to be confused, just pretend you don't know anything, but don't talk nonsense.
Tang Yin was horrified.
He now understands why Zhang Zhou went out of his way and accepted a guilty Ma Yi halfway.
Because looking at Zhang Zhou’s side, from Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, to Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling, to Zhang Lun and the generals of the Beijing camp, who can be worthy of leading the troops to raid Weininghai
Transfer Zhu Feng here, Zhu Feng dares to go
Or Chen Rui dares to go
The students of Yanwu Hall may have this ability, but they do not have high prestige among the local generals in Xuanfu. They are expected to lead three thousand cavalry and drive straight into the grassland for 400 miles and a round trip of 800 miles. After much thought, Ma Yi was the only one suitable.
And because Ma Yi was guilty, he was forced to rely on meritorious deeds to offset his sins.
As for Ma Yi's fear of defecting to the enemy, don't worry.
At this time, the situation in the north and south of the Nine Borders has been fundamentally reversed. The Ming Dynasty has the upper hand. Ma Yi will abandon his family and business and surrender to the enemy before the dawn of the Ming Dynasty to pacify the grassland. What does he want?
Zhu Hui said, "With Ma I’m afraid it would be inappropriate to direct one person to lead the troops. I don’t know who should lead the troops together.”
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, to send out troops, you must have military honors, civil servants, and supervisors. Military eunuch.
It seems that Cao Shun is needed even if Cao Shun is not required, but it must be said that many civil servants are also looking at Tang Yin. Zhang Zhou patted him on the shoulder a few times before, with the intention of letting him follow Ma Yi.
So Tang Yin was not only frightened, but also had chills running down his spine.
"Haha."
Zhang Zhou was just laughing.
"I think a colleague will arrive at Xuan Mansion today or tomorrow. He will coordinate the dispatch of troops as the head of the Ministry of War. I think it should be his lifelong wish to surprise the Weining Sea and shock the grassland. "
"Of course, among the Chinese army, I will still be the main one. I will personally lead seven thousand soldiers and horses, and together with Baoguo Gong, Shouning Hou and others, we will go out to fire cannons and falconry. , Shooting Condor, leisurely waiting for the triumphant return of the frontline soldiers. "Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading