War started in Ningxia.
For five or six days in a row, there was a large-scale deployment of troops and horses. People from all walks of life in Ningxia seemed to be actively mobilized. Yang Yiqing initially showed an extraordinary level of mobilization ability.
But after the war started, as time progressed, the results of the battles everywhere were a bit "unsatisfactory".
"Anbianhou's troops encountered the main Tatar force sixty miles west of the Ningxia Guards Station. The two sides briefly fought. Anbianhou's troops lost more than 60 people, and the artillery did not penetrate the Tatars. There is no first achievement in the camp."
"Anbianhou withdrew to Bianqiang Fort. The Tatars were afraid that this was a plan to lure the enemy deeper, so they withdrew eighty miles to the north. Anbianhou then led his troops there. Go south."
In general.
Zhu Feng lost the battle.
It’s not that he is incompetent, it’s that the Ming army is not strong enough. The total number of troops can only be dispatched by four thousand people, while the Tatars are dispatched in units of ten thousand.
Furthermore, the opponent will not fight in a group with you. They know that your artillery is powerful, and they also know that you can lay "mine arrays" of yellow gunpowder. However, this yellow gunpowder must be ignited. The Tatars are If I don't sneak into your ambush, you won't be able to do anything.
So much so that Zhu Feng retreated to the fortress in the border town and almost fell into a tight siege. Fortunately, the Tatars felt that this was "luring the enemy deeper", or they felt that Zhu Feng was not so bad, and might still be able to do so. If there is any powerful backup plan, when withdrawing the troops, they do not just withdraw a mile to prepare for another battle, but directly withdraw eighty miles to the north
The main force of Zhu Feng's troops turned the corner.
After Zhu Feng escaped from danger, he did not come to the town of Ningxia Town, but went south
This also shows that Zhu Feng was not confident enough to fight the main Tatar force. Now it is Zhu Feng, the famous "God of War" who avoids war.
Even Zhu Feng avoided the battle, let alone the soldiers elsewhere.
The residence of Yansui Town is also the residence of the trilateral general system.
The news of Zhu Feng's defeat, although suppressed by Yang Yiqing, still reached Qin Hong.
After Qin Hong saw the battle report, what he thought was that this battle was impossible to win.
"I will report immediately and request your Majesty to dispatch troops and horses from Datong, Pianguan and other places to rush to the three sides to prevent the Tatars from going deep." What Qin Hong is thinking about now is no longer whether Yang Yiqing can Take advantage of taking the initiative.
What he was thinking about was that there would be no big surprises on the three sides.
In other words, even if Emperor Yanling wanted to take the initiative to fight, Qin Hong judged the situation and believed that this battle must be held.
The news reached Piantou Pass.
As the governor of Pianguan, Wang Qiong was responsible for controlling military affairs from Pianguan to Taiyuan and other places. When he learned that Zhu Feng had suffered a setback in Ningxia, he also realized that Yang Yiqing was a bit "paper talk".
"Lord Zhongcheng, if this continues, Anbian Hou will have no choice but to hide in Tibet. The Tatars may find that he is unable to fight at any time and besiege him."
< p>Lian Wang Qiong’s general, deputy commander-in-chief Yao Shun, and also noticed that there was a big problem with Yang Yiqing's tactics.Wang Qiong shook his head and said, "If it had been anyone else, this battle would not have been fought according to His Majesty's wishes. The little Tatar prince came with all his strength this time and only attacked Ningxia. It is difficult to attack outside the terrain of Ningxia, so we can only hold on. There are also flaws in various places in the pass. The Tatars have already captured six or seven artillery pieces in Daming Border Town."
What worried Wang Qiong happened.
The Ming Dynasty repeatedly used artillery to frighten the grassland tribes. Although the little Tatar prince Batu Meng had not imitated it, he captured the Ming Dynasty's artillery in several previous confrontations.
Coupled with the captured artillery shells, local firearms suppression has been achieved.
The Tatars even used the captured artillery to attack fortresses. This is easier to find targets than using cannons in the wild. With a specific attack direction, the effectiveness of artillery can also be maximized. utilization.
"Your Majesty, Pianguan is willing to mobilize troops to assist Ningxia." Wang Qiong felt that he could not ignore this little brother Zhu Feng.
Furthermore, Wang Qiong has "lofty ideals". Regardless of whether he can get specific official positions as minister or minister in the court, he must at least establish his own prestige in the northwest. The governor of Pianguan is always too marginalized. He was also not recognized by the mainstream civil servants in the DPRK. He even hoped that he could become a trilateral leader and take over Qin Hong's place in charge of major military affairs in the northwest.
If you don’t want to be the governor of the general system, you are not a good military man.
The war situation in the northwest is tense, and news is constantly reaching the capital.
But most of the battle situations have been hidden by various places in the northwest.
When various parties in Ningxia encountered setbacks, they did not report to Yang Yiqing, the governor of Ningxia Town; when Yang Yiqing found out that there was a defeat, he tried his best not to report to the trilateral general system; Qin Hong wanted to ensure the stability of the northwest. To maintain stability, in order not to distract people, they would not report any defeats to the capital.
Then the news that Zhu Youtang knew was only the information that the generals in charge of the various places below thought could be reported to the court.
But even so, Zhu Youtang can feel that the situation in the northwest has not improved because Zhu Feng and Yang Yiqing arrived in Ningxia, but has even worsened a lot.
Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, judging from the known military situation in Ningxia, it is indeed difficult to achieve results in an attack. The Tatars also know the power of the Ming artillery and will no longer charge the Ming army with heavy cavalry." In the camp, between the two sides, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will fall into passivity."
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "Then there hasn't been a regular battle yet? Why did Zhijie fight with the main force of the Tatar prince?" , He said it in just a few words."
Is it possible that Xiao Jing said, "Maybe the two sides retreated separately without direct contact."
"Since the Tatars retreated, why do you know?" We didn't have the power of artillery to pursue. Are we still afraid of the Tatars coming back? Isn't this exactly what Bingkuan said before, to eliminate all evil?" Zhu Youtang was a little angry.
The Tatars retreated, and you, Zhu Feng, retreated too. What does this mean?
Deliberately not engaging in direct contact
What the emperor didn't know was that Zhu Feng withdrew his troops because the Ming side suffered a heavy loss in this battle, while the Tatars suffered little loss.
When Yang Yiqing reported the report, his words were very "tactful" like those of the generals who used troops in the northwest, that is, he only wrote the beginning and the result, not the process, and he also did not report the losses of both sides. But it's just a passing glance.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty's past achievements in the northwest, especially the first achievements, were often achieved at a cost many times greater than the Tatars.
Even Wang Yue’s victory at Helan Mountain was the same.
It was not until Wang Yue's battle at Pianguan that this situation was reversed, and the Ming Dynasty's losses were much lower than those of the Tatars.
Zhu Feng just brought out the normal state of foreign war in the northwest, which means that if you can't defeat someone, you will die. After the death, morale will be low, and you will have to retreat. This is also to prevent the Tatars from taking advantage of the victory.
From the emperor's point of view, he felt that Zhu Feng was deliberately avoiding the war.
"Without Bingkuan, what would have happened?" Seeing that Xiao Jing couldn't explain the reason, Zhu Youtang angrily pushed down a pile of memorials.
Wei Bin on the other side could only silently pick up the scattered memorials and rearrange them.
Zhu Youtang asked, "Is there any news from Liaodong?"
Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, I don't know, but this news from Liaodong is that Uncle Xinjian wants to use his slaves to fight the soldiers of Dusi." "Ma, are you going to attack the grassland?"
"Yes." Zhu Youtang answered directly.
Xiao Jing only then implemented it, and he didn’t even know how many people in the court knew about this news. He also didn’t know if the emperor asked Zhou Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, about the allocation of money and grain from the Ministry of Revenue. Pass Qi with the weekly menstruation.
Xiao Jing said, "Uncle Xin Xin has not made any reports recently, and Liaodong has not mentioned anything about the mobilization of soldiers and horses from Nuer Gandu Division."
"Send troops secretly, naturally. It should not be known to outsiders," Zhu Youtang said, "I had previously issued a secret order to inform Uncle Xin that he would only ask me if he encountered any trouble. It seems that his deployment of troops and generals went smoothly, and even the food, grass and baggage were replenished. , that’s why you didn’t ask me for trouble.”
When Xiao Jing heard this, he was thinking about it.
This is no news, even if it is good news
It’s too far-fetched
If there is really no news, then Your Majesty, you still ask us who don’t know Why
Zhu Youtang stood up and said, "Once Xinjian Bo makes any progress in the east, the soldiers and horses of each town in the Ming Dynasty should cooperate to march into the grassland. This time, we do not expect a big victory, but we want The Tatars have been forced back, so that they have not dared to invade the Daming Pass in recent years." Xiao Jing said, "Ningxia's autumn harvest will end within the last half month."
< p>Zhu Youtang turned back and glared at him and said, "Losing a place's money and food is a trivial matter. We must ensure that there are no major losses in the northwest in the next few years. In fact, what I want most is for Bingkuan to improve the military affairs of the three sides and let him take charge. Even if the little Tartar prince is a hundred brave, he would not dare to come."Xiao Jing thought to himself, Zhang Zhou is not that mysterious
One person can intimidate the Tatars
Your Majesty, you are too idealistic
"I also ordered Yansui and Pianguan to stop standing still and to change their minds. Let them assess the situation and send out troops on their own according to the specific situation." Zhu Youtang said.
Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, in the Hetao area, there is still a fire-sifted Menggoljin tribe. If he has evil intentions, I am afraid that sending troops will bring bad consequences."
< p> Zhu Youtang said sternly, "I have long distrusted a man as ambitious as Huo Si. He has submitted to the Ming Dynasty in name. In the past two years, has he been able to defend the border town against even a single Tatar soldier? Since he is a member of a foreign race, People's hearts will definitely not be on the side of Ming Dynasty, so they can take the opportunity to destroy him."Xiao Jing was very anxious.
The emperor is too eager.
It was discovered that Huo Si did not help the Ming Dynasty at the critical moment. In such troubled times, Huo Si also had to be exterminated together
Huo Si was a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty. If Huo Si was allowed to Together with Batu Munch, the Ming Dynasty's border areas will be really in trouble.
Cabinet.
Liu Jian and the others compiled the battle reports of the past few days and came to the same conclusion as Qin Hong, Wang Qiong and others. That is, the further the battle in Ningxia goes, the greater the Ming Dynasty's losses will be.
"It's time to ask Your Majesty to stop this battle." Liu Jiandao.
Li Dongyang reminded, "Your Majesty will not listen to such persuasion. Judging from the current dispatch of the Beijing camp, Your Majesty may have a tendency to use troops in Jizhou."
He has such a tendency. The judgment is based on the fact that Zhu Youtang dispatched 10,000 troops from the Beijing camp to approach Jizhou.
Jizhou Town is located between the capital and Shanhaiguan. It can be regarded as the defense line of the East Road of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, it was mainly used to guard against the Three Guards of Duoyan. This time, the Three Guards of Duoyan cooperated with the little Tatar prince to use troops against the Ming Dynasty. It seemed to be an attack on the Ming Dynasty. He was "retaliated" by his family last year, but he was quickly beaten back by Jizhou Governor Wang Xian and his troops.
Now the Duoyan Sanwei even dare not stay in the place where Daning and others once lived.
Xie Qian said, "Bin Zhi, you think that His Majesty wants to fight out of Jizhou to divert attention from the battle in Ningxia." If Katsuya can't beat him, then let's take out Duoyan Sanwei again behind closed doors.
It’s almost like spanking a child at home on a rainy day.
After falling behind with Batu Munch and losing face, he regained his face from Duoyan Sanwei.
Li Dongyang said, "According to Wang Xian's report, the three guards of Duoyan have not been close to the border of the Ming Dynasty in the past six months, even in the beginning of spring and into summer. At this time, the purpose of Jizhou's troops is unknown."< /p>
Liu Jian asked, "You don't know, and the Ministry of War doesn't know either."
"Yes." Li Dongyang nodded.
When the emperor used troops, it seemed that he skipped the Ministry of War, and did not explain clearly to his officials why he sent 10,000 troops to Jizhou.
Xie Qian sighed, "No need.Having said that, it was Zhang Bingkuan who was behind the plan again. It seemed to be Zhang Bingkuan's idea. ”
“I didn’t expect it. "Li Dongyang also denied this statement, "Zhang Bingkuan is in Nanjing. If His Majesty is of any use to him in the northern battle, he should be transferred back to Beijing quickly. He will be able to arrive in six or seven days at most. His Majesty has never mentioned this. Could it be that Zhang Bingkuan has more important things in Nanjing than using troops in the north?" Liu Jian thought for a while and said with a gloomy face, "After you said this, I also feel that There is something strange. His Majesty does not seem to want to rely on Zhang Bingkuan in this battle, but his shadow seems to be everywhere in this battle. "
Xie Qian said, "You two are really free. Tomorrow, I will ask His Majesty to dispatch troops and horses from all three sides. Even if it is just a show, we should not stand idly by. . ”
Civil officials have no decision-making qualifications for the Ningxia War, and they know nothing about the deployment of troops in Liaodong and other places.
Ma Wensheng, who is vaguely aware of some trends and rumors, has no idea about this. They kept it secret and left it to the three cabinet members to guess. They would never have imagined that the emperor was going to ask Wang Shouren to mobilize troops from northern Liaoning into the grasslands to "encircle Wei and rescue Zhao" thousands of miles away.
What do you think? There is no timeliness.
But in Liaodong, the governor Lu Wan gave a lot of support to Wang Shouren's invasion of the grassland.
Wang Shouren led troops through Liaodong, and Lu Wan even did so. He also personally went to express his condolences to Wang Shouren and brought enough grain, grass and meat.
"Bo'an, if you enter the grassland like this, you may have to walk two to three thousand miles, and I tell you from experience. You, the grassland road is very difficult to walk. "
Lu Wan went to remind Wang Shouren as a veteran.
Last year I led troops into the grassland and almost couldn't come back.
Wang Shouren said" It was already a cold winter when we deployed troops against Ulyanha last year, and encountering extreme weather would indeed slow down the march. It is not yet September, and no matter how bad the grassland climate is, it will not be so bad that there will be no return. "
Lu Wan smiled and said, "It seems that you are confident, but you don't know how to prepare."
Wang Shouren pointed to the military camp outside the tent and said, "Six thousand cavalry, a total of six hundred gates." Light artillery, ten thousand rounds. Four thousand flint muskets, one hundred thousand rounds of projectiles, no crossbows, only bows and arrows and short swords to reduce the burden of the march. "
When Lu Wan heard this, he immediately felt that Wang Shouren's way of fighting was different from other people.
"Bo'an, let me ask you, are you beating the Jurchens? Sometimes, this kind of configuration is also used. If heavy armor is abandoned, it will probably happen."
What Lu Wan is most afraid of is that Wang Shouren's excessive pursuit of light soldiers will have the consequences of making a bold advance and being unable to retreat.
p>No matter how powerful your guns are, if the Tatars use crossbows and bows, your soldiers will still attack the streets
Wang Shouren said, "The troops in northern Liaoning use heavy artillery to attack fortresses." , light artillery was used less. However, most of the things Lai Guo Gong forged in Yongping Mansion were light cannons. According to his intention, in the future, he would march into the grasslands and light cannons.Cannons are more mobile, have more uses, and are more valuable than heavy cannons. As for flint muskets, they are also used for the grassland confrontation between the two sides. ”
Only then did Lu Wan know.
It turned out that what he was interested in, or rather the “Sub-Mother Cannons” and “Heavy Cannons” that Lu Wan admired, were in Zhang Zhou’s hands. It seems that it is just a flashy "big toy"
It is impossible for the Tatars to stay there and let you fight.
The most important thing is to fight on the grassland. To maintain mobility, long-range artillery and heavy artillery are heavy, weighing at least three to four hundred kilograms or even close to a thousand kilograms. They can only be carried in wheeled chariots and pulled by horses. The transfer speed is very slow and is affected by the terrain. It's very big.
On the other hand, the heaviest cannon weighs less than 100 kilograms and less than 200 kilograms. It can be carried by horses and can be unloaded wherever you go. Mount the base and fire the cannon.
If the Tatars run away, you can also mount the horse and chase them.
Lu Wandao said, "It seems that you are going to use surprise troops and light troops in this battle." , to achieve victory over the Tatars. "
"Yes. Wang Shouren did not hide this point, "After entering the grassland, attack when you encounter it. Entering the grassland from here, you do not necessarily need to leave from here. You can return your troops to any place on the nine sides and go south." If the Tatars dare to come, even if they fight to the death and the whole army is wiped out, they will not be afraid. Even if he captures these cannons, he still won't be able to capture our Ming Dynasty's pass. ”
“Yes. ”
Lu Wan couldn’t help but sigh.
No matter how powerful the light cannon is, it will never be able to directly break through the earthen city walls and Guancheng of the Ming Dynasty.
The light cannon is Used to fight cavalry in the field, the effect of the shotgun
"The Duke of Six Hundred Gate Lai has already made preparations, or if the little Tatar prince does not attack Ningxia, he will also arrange for you to send troops at the appropriate time. Prairie. "Lu Wan realized that this battle was definitely not a hasty one.
If it was a passive counterattack, it would be impossible for Zhang Zhou to prepare 600 light cannons and thousands of rounds for Wang Shouren in a short period of time. Cannonballs, and thousands of flint muskets
Wang Shouren held up his hands and said, "I have to worry about Lu Zhongcheng for the defense of Nuergandusi, as well as the naturalization and resettlement of the Jurchens." "
"Easy to say, easy to say.
Lu Wan smiled and said, "Sometimes I really envy you young people for having the courage to fight at such a young age." "
Wang Shouren naturally knew that Lu Wan envied him for being able to win Zhang Zhou's trust and get the title at a young age.
"I also hope to have the opportunity to work with him. Lu Zhongcheng fought side by side. "Wang Shouren also showed respect for Lu Wan.
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