Chapter 282: He succeeds, but I fail

Ma Zhongxi had no objection to sending troops, and Zhang Zhou made the decision at this corridor meeting.

When Ma Zhongxi returned to the governor's office, his people had already moved out all the large and small boxes of things. He knew that he wanted to free up the official residence for Zhang Zhou, and there was still a table on his desk. He was writing the unfinished memorial to beg his old age to return home.

"Zhongcheng, it will get dark soon. If I can't finish writing today, I won't be able to send it out in time."

The subordinate officer had seen that Ma Zhongxi was very determined in resigning. When I saw Ma Zhongxi come back again, I felt that Ma Zhongxi's attitude and behavior had changed.

An official who could reach the level of governor of Xuanfu was almost a civil official second only to the minister of ministers in the Ming Dynasty. What Governor Ma was thinking in his heart was not something that an official could figure out.

Ma Zhongxi picked up the pen, somewhat hesitantly.

But he still wrote the resignation letter as fast as he could.

"Send to the capital overnight."

Ma Zhongxi seemed to have figured it out.

The subordinate officer asked, "Have you already said hello to Zhang Zhitai? If you resign rashly, he may deliberately make things difficult for you."

The subordinate officer felt it was necessary. A word of caution.

If you resign like this, you can say that you are tired of officialdom, but Zhang Zhou can sue you for running away from the battlefield, and can also find various excuses to mess with you.

There are many ways for bosses to mess with subordinates.

Ma Zhongxi looked old-fashioned and his attitude was extremely determined, "I sit up straight and have a clear conscience. No matter what he wants to do, I will never accompany him to fool around anymore."

Official official Looking embarrassed, he almost didn't ask what else Zhang Zhitai could do

Didn't he come here to practice artillery, military training, and mining? Did he have other errands

Zhang Zhou moved into the governor's Yamen in the rain that night.

There were many houses, but they were still not enough for the people Zhang Zhou brought. Many Jin Yiwei could only squeeze into the temporary Tongpu rooms. In order to show that he shared weal and woe with the soldiers, Zhang Zhou personally went to Tongpu to inspect However, each person was given 200 cash as daily living allowance.

But after the inspection, he went back to his big room, lying on the high bed and soft pillows, recalling the comfortable life at home in the capital.

"It's a pity that there are no women around, so life is difficult."

Zhang Zhou is obviously a person who wants to think about something when he has enough to eat and nothing to do.

Then Liu Guilai announced at the door, "Sir, Master Tang is here."

Zhang Zhou then collected himself and went to the back hall to meet Tang Yin who was hesitant and even a little scared.

"Junior brother, why are you here? I didn't say you wanted to live here. The place is too small and I didn't arrange a room for you." Zhang Zhou said with regret on his face.

Tang Yin said, "I'll just live in the post house."

Zhang Zhou nodded.

Be aware.

Tang Yin asked, "When you mentioned that you were going to send troops, did you give in?"I am planning to send troops together with Deputy Commander Ma."

Zhang Zhou then understood why Tang Yin looked like this. He might have felt that his withdrawal forced Zhang Zhou to temporarily dispatch others to coordinate the troops, while he himself It is most appropriate for him to send troops.

"Bohu, tell the truth, do you want to go?"

It doesn't matter how many years Tang Yin is older than Zhang Zhou, but in terms of seniority, Zhang Zhou is. As a senior brother, you can show off your master's style.

Tang Yin said, "I'm not good at bow shooting, or I'm not used to riding horses for long distances. I would like to ask who Zhang Zhitai is planning to go with."

"Wang Bo'an, you don't know that he has the ambition to make contributions." Zhang Zhou was still puzzled.

What did Tang Yin say to him? Wang Shouren also went to Piantou Pass together. Although the two went to Piantou Pass for different purposes, they were both Jinshi in the same year and worked in the Yanwu Hall together. Could it be that Tang Yin had no idea about Wang Shouren's ambition

"He is not"

"You want to say that he went to Daming Mansion to handle the funeral for Wang Weining. He can change at any time. Besides, there are so many honorable men under the command of Yanwu Hall. , generals, are all in the northwest now, why is he the only one to do some innocuous things? With his enthusiasm for military affairs, it is naturally best for him to coordinate the dispatch of troops. "

"What if he doesn't want to go?"

Tang Yin asked a question that deeply troubled him.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "If he doesn't go, you can go." , who made you my junior brother?"

Tang Yin seemed to get the answer he wanted instantly. He was just vaguely worried before, but now this uneasiness seemed to burst out.

Zhang Zhou stood up and said with a mocking expression, "Don't worry, if you don't want to go, I will find someone else. Not everyone has such an opportunity to make a difference." You and I are fellow disciples, and I still want to leave you with a good opportunity, but please don’t embarrass me here."

"I understand. ”

Tang Yin is so embarrassed.

But he really did not dare to follow the expeditionary cavalry to raid Weininghai. This seemed to exceed his expectations, and he did not feel that he had such

The army formation is in progress that night.

Ma Yi will select some soldiers to coordinate with the people in the capital camp, and Zhang Zhou will also send Sun Shang. Qi and Liu Gui went with them to serve as "supervisors"

They said they were relieved of Ma Yi, but they still had to have the necessary supervision.

Zhang Zhou also wrote a memorial immediately that day and sent it to the capital overnight so that Zhu Youtang could know the detailed plan for the battle.

The next morning, the plan was placed in front of Zhu Youtang.

Dai Yi, Xiao Jing and others were silent because they did not know in advance that Zhang Zhou was going to raid Weining Hai, and they did not know whether the emperor knew about it.

But they also understand that the emperor will fully support Zhang Zhou’s proposal, even if it involves completing a raid of nearly a thousand miles.

“Your Majesty, come with me.Also sent was a memorial from Ma Zhongxi, the governor of Xuanfu. He said that he was too old and frail to bear the burden of governing Xuanfu. He also said that his health has been getting worse in recent years."

Dai Yi said this. At that time, he was also waiting for the emperor to show off his power.

Zhang Zhou said that he was going to go on an expedition. As Zhang Zhou's top subordinate, Ma Zhongxi actually said that he would resign.

This is not such a lack of cooperation. Looking for trouble

As expected, after hearing this, Zhu Youtang shouted sharply: "The war is coming, but he wants to stay out of it. Is the so-called justice in his heart more important than the stability of the Ming Dynasty's border?" If he leaves, who will take his place and take care of logistics, military pay and other matters?" Dai Yidao said, "Mr. Zhang may have capable people around him. "

"Are you saying that Tang Yin and his like are a little too young? Unless Wang Qiong is allowed to go, the defense at Pianguan cannot be relaxed at all.

Zhu Youtang waved his pen and said, "He doesn't have to think about resigning for the time being. After this battle is over, regardless of victory or defeat, he will go wherever he wants to go." I will never stop him."

As he was talking, a young eunuch came in at the door.

Xiao Jing went over to pick him up, and when he came back he said, "Your Majesty, the three pavilion elders are still here. There are Ma Shangshu and Ying Gong waiting outside the hall. ”

There is a war in the northwest. Unlike his father, Zhu Youtang mostly wants to ask the opinions of the orthodox civil servants in the DPRK. He also does not want to have a too tense relationship with the ministers in the DPRK. .

In the Qianqing Palace

The detailed troop dispatch plan presented by Zhang Zhou was circulated among Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao. Zhu Youtang looked at him. Calmly, he was not in a hurry to let them give their opinions.

According to Zhu Youtang's estimation, except for Zhang Mao, everyone in this group would probably object.

But after a few people circulated it, it ended. Later, Ma Wensheng, the leader, expressed his opinion, but he did not follow the path that Zhu Youtang expected.

Ma Wensheng said, "If the Huosi Zhongzhang is indeed north of Weining Sea, send troops from Xinghe to encircle Da Da." There is nothing wrong with Qingshan sending troops. But with only three thousand cavalry to attack, there is a possibility of falling into a heavy siege. Around the Weining Sea, there was not only a group of Manchu officials and angry tribes. In the past, when the Marquis of Weining sent out troops, he would take advantage of the wind and snow to go out during the day and night. He could not reach the distance of three hundred miles but sneaked for twenty days to arrive. "

Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "Ma Qing's family, do you think that Bingkuan's plan to send troops is too public, and it is easy to leak the news in advance?"

Ma Wensheng did not expect that the emperor would be so Directly, but that's what he meant.

Wang Yue made a surprise attack on Weininghai. He hid during the day and moved at night. He sent troops from Datong Town and took more than 20 days to reach Weininghai. However, you wanted to send troops from Xuanfu. , I have traveled two hundred miles and arrived unexpectedly. I have never seen you make such a surprise attack.

Are you afraid that others will not know?

Zhang Mao said, "Your Majesty, I am an old minister. As far as we know, there is no sign of Di Yi's activities on the Daqing Mountains, and it may be possible to remain unnoticed. ”

Xie Qian smiled and said, “Mr. British, the grassland terrain is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Many places can be seen within dozens of miles.”Wuwei sent out troops with great fanfare and wanted to cover up the enemy's rear, but I was afraid it was too ideal. "

A fight started in the court.

Dai Yi wanted to say a few words, but was interrupted by Zhu Youtang's hand.

"Several members of the Qing family, if Bingkuan is really accurate and the Chinese army's tent in Huoshan is indeed in Weininghai, then in your opinion, his troop dispatch plan should be feasible. It’s just that the details need to be worked out, is that what I mean?”

Zhu Youtang actually didn’t want to discuss the feasibility with these people.

He was just giving a routine note, Telling you about the matter and letting you know in advance will show that I rely on you, rather than saying that I must listen to your opinions and stop the matter.

The military and political affairs in the northwest are more about generals. Make your own decision based on the actual situation, just like when Wang Yue went to Weininghai, he only discussed it with Wang Zhi, and even the Duke Bao Zhu Yong and others did not participate together. Why should the emperor discuss everything with his ministers< /p>

Liu Jian and others are looking at Ma Wensheng.

Even the cabinet does not seem to have much say in such a key issue of sending troops. It depends on how the Ministry of War decides on this expedition. .

Ma Wensheng said, “Your Majesty, that’s it. ”

“That’s okay. "Zhu Youtang said, "Before Bingkuan left, he mentioned to me that if we send troops to the grassland, there are two options. "

When Ma Wensheng and others heard this, "Good guy, Your Majesty, you have already discussed it with Zhang Bingkuan in advance, but you are still pretending to discuss it with us

Zhu Youtang continued, "Either play it slow or slow. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses divided into several groups, marching no more than forty or fifty miles a day, advancing step by step on the grassland, driving the Tatars out of the Hetao. "

"In addition, it is necessary to take the enemy by surprise, or like Wang Weining, who spends ten or even dozens of days at night to plan a surprise attack and suddenly attack. ”

“Or it may be a long-distance attack, reaching the place of fighting within three or two days. Even if the opponent has learned the news in advance, as long as the attack is fast and decisive enough, the battle can be successful. "

After the emperor finished speaking, the Qianqing Palace fell into silence.

The three ministers present, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao all heard that Zhang Zhou had predicted their predictions. < /p>

Zhang Zhou just told the emperor and asked the emperor to tell them. This does not mean that if the information is leaked in advance, the effect of the surprise attack will not be achieved.

More importantly, it depends on whether the enemy has it. It took time to react.

After Zhu Youtang finished speaking, several people were silent, and he pointed to Dai Yi beside him. Dai Yi then came out and added, "Mr. Zhang wrote on another paper. In it, it is mentioned that the little Tatar prince Batu Mengke, Huoshai, Yibula and other tribal leaders are currently meeting at the Fengzhou line. The place where the two sides will fight next is either at Chi'er Mountain, which is about 100 meters away from the Weining Sea. More than eight hundred miles. ”

Li DongYang couldn't help but came out and questioned, "Why did the Huoshai and other troops rush in with such a light force with their backs completely exposed? This is not the Tatar style of military use."

Dai Yidao "Because it involves the annexation of the grasslands. , cannot be inferred by common sense."

Zhu Youtang interrupted Dai Yi and said, "Just explain Bingkuan's meaning."

Let you explain to them. What Zhou means is that you are still meddling in your own opinions. Who do you think you are? You, a eunuch, still want to participate in the most direct planning of sending troops to the grassland.

Dai Yi listened to the emperor If so, I feel somewhat disappointed.

As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, I was suppressed by the civil servants before, but now I am suppressed by Zhang Zhou. There are also Xiao Jing and others below who are eyeing my position. The emperor does not seem to think highly of himself. I am just a Big things like mouthpieces and emotional planning have nothing to do with me, right?

"Mr. Zhang mentioned that even after the troops were dispatched, the fire screen and other departments responded, and they would try their best to go westward under the attack from the front and rear. As long as the troops are moved quickly enough, they can catch up within a day or two. After all, there are many livestock, old and weak women and children around the grassland tribe's tent, so they cannot run fast."

Dai Yi finally finished. < /p>

Zhu Youtang said, "Mr. British, do you have any opinions?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I have no objections to Zhang Zhitai's sending troops. I strongly support this kind of use of troops. If we can fight The power of the Ming Dynasty shows the strength of our soldiers on three sides." Zhang Mao said this, but he couldn't help but look at Liu Jian and the others.

How could Liu Jian and the others not see the anxiety in Old Man Zhang’s heart

Don’t you, Zhang Mao, really like to think about things from the standpoint of that boy Zhang Zhou? Now he has done it secretly The surprise attack on Weininghai made it possible for him, and the title is almost guaranteed to fall to him. Then there is no need to wait for the next generation of you. It is estimated that you, Old Man Zhang, will hand over the responsibility of admiral of the Beijing Camp in your later years.

If you, Old Man Zhang, didn’t know what raising tigers meant until now, you would only be aware of it later.

On the matter of preventing Zhang Zhou's rise, we should be of the same mind. Only you, Wu Xun, were stubborn at the beginning.

"The vanguard will send out troops, probably tonight." Zhu Youtang said another piece of news that was somewhat unacceptable to the people present, "Three thousand cavalry, one person and two horses, without cannons, each After three days and four nights, they launched a surprise attack on Weininghai at dawn. This was to prevent the Ming soldiers from being unfamiliar with the terrain, so it would be better to attack during the day. Led by Bingkuan himself, he will also leave tonight and leave the fortress early tomorrow morning." Zhu Youtang's words also made Liu Jian and others fully understand that this was just a routine notification.

Liu Jian cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to mention this matter in the next two days?"Too many people know. "Zhu Youtang said, "Even Bingkuan's mission to the fortress was just for artillery exercises and troop training. With the progress of the troops, there was no sign of a surprise attack, and it could also paralyze the grassland tribes. ”

“Haha. "Xie Qian smiled.

The way he laughed out loud also made the atmosphere a little weird.

Of course the people around him knew why Xie Qian was laughing. He felt that Zhang Zhou was playing tricks on the grassland, and they all felt that if they sent troops to the grassland, they must be led by Zhang Zhou. Whether it was the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the world, or even the grassland people, they all felt that only Zhang Zhou was qualified to lead the troops to the grassland. < /p>

But Zhang Zhou did the opposite. The commander-in-chief Zhu Hui and deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Heling followed him out to shoot rabbits and slowly went out to practice troops along the way.

The result was that Ma Yi led troops to raid Weininghai.

Xie Qian's laughter was more about Zhang Zhou's being too "idealistic".

There is nothing so cheap in the world Things

Zhu Youtang said, "My expectations for Bingkuan were originally to let him establish the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, drive away all the barbarians around Xuanfu, mine and smelt iron and cast cannon, and strengthen border preparations. This battle was a decision he made after assessing the situation. I will not demand that he will win, but sending troops like this is what I hope to see. Success is his, failure is mine. ”

After hearing this, several people present felt uncomfortable.

The emperor still said the same thing, if Zhang Zhou wins, I will double the reward; but if the troops do not go well, I will not Hold him accountable

This is such a cover-up, Your Majesty

Li Dongyang asked, "Who will lead the troops when we send troops to Weininghai?"

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Ma. instrument. " Zhu Youtang said.

This seems to explain why Zhang Zhou protected Ma Yi as soon as he arrived at the Xuanfu, and did not hesitate to antagonize Ma Zhongxi, the governor of the Xuanfu.

"That's right. , the rain in Xuanfu still came. Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan succeeded in praying for rain in front of the people, which also let the soldiers and the people know which side God's will is on." ”

Li Dongyang wanted to say, I don’t want to let the people know whose side God is on.

But to let the soldiers think that Zhang Zhou is awesome, so Zhang Zhou proposes a surprise attack Weininghai's strategy will only follow him if he is afraid of death.

He is establishing his authority by doing this. "Who will coordinate to send troops?" Li Dongyang continued to ask.

Zhu Youtang said, "Xuanfu guarding officer Cao Shun, and the head of the Ministry of War Wang Shouren." "

"This"

When Li Dongyang heard Wang Shouren's name, he still couldn't understand it.

Zhang Zhou actually used their traditional civil servants In Li Dongyang's view, Wang Shouren, a disciple of the faction, was definitely not something Zhang Zhou could win over. Please remember to collect, network.The latest and fastest address without anti-theft and free reading