Chapter 471: It’s hard to go out

Cabinet value room.

The report from the northwest came like snow flakes, especially after Zhu Hui divided his troops out of the pass in five groups in early April. Qin Hong, the trilateral commander, gave sufficient support to Zhu Hui's troop dispatch. But obviously it was difficult for Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses to perform well in the unfamiliar Hetao venue.

In other words, it is difficult for a minister like Zhu Hui, who has primitive thinking and no foresight, to achieve any results on the battlefield.

Xie Qian singled out several memorials from Yansui, put them on the desk in front of Liu Jian after reading them, and said, "Send troops from Piantou Pass to Yulin Guard, more than a dozen The main earth fort is reported to have more than 46,000 soldiers in writing, divided into five groups. The minimum number of soldiers in one group is only 2,000. The Baoguogong group has 20,000 elite cavalry. It is estimated that it will take more than 20 days to conquer the Donghetao area. After walking around, no results have been reported yet."

Li Dongyang raised his head and asked, "Is there something that has disturbed the people?"

"Haha." Xie Qian smiled. Thieves come like a comb, soldiers come like a grate, and officials come like a shave. Fortunately, there are many thieves in the Hetao area and few people. In the past few years, Qin Shiying has said that he will immigrate to the Hetao area. We only focus on building cars, and this time we set up forts in the northwest, which seems to have been neglected a lot more than usual."

Recently, Xie Qian has come forward to contact people in the military and political system, and it seems that the military and political affairs of the Ming Dynasty have also been neglected. The system has seen through the general.

The last time Qin Hong was in the northwest, he was very high-spirited and very attentive to the defense of the Hetao. But after this time, Qin Hong only focused on managing the area in front of him, saying that he wanted to defend the area in the Hetao. The land is peaceful, the people run the army, but it is more like thunder but no rain.

Liu Jian asked, "There is no movement of the march in Datong."

Xie Qian shook his head and said, "Wang Bo'an seems to have stopped since he took over the military affairs general system of Xuan Da. Recently, he has been raising military food and supplies." He was very attentive and rashly made many unreasonable demands to the court in the name of being inconsistent with his qualifications. However, there was also a good point. The Ming Dynasty sent troops from the Hetao area, and he was stuck on the Datong road. The Tatars wanted to mobilize troops from the eastern front. Going south, I'm afraid I'll have to think about whether I'll be cut off by him."

Li Dongyang said, "As the commander-in-chief of Datong Military Affairs, no matter what kind of request you make, it is not too much."

At this time, Li Dongyang was willing to speak for Wang Shouren.

Although Wang Shouren seemed to be promoted by Zhang Zhou, traditional civil servants were willing to regard him as a target to win over. Especially people like Li Dongyang who once admired Wang Shouren did not want to give up this talent.

"Bin Zhi, you are right. If I were in this position, I would make more requests like Bo'an. It is difficult to say whether the three parties are more important or the declaration of the University is more important. But others wouldn't think so," Xie Qian sighed.

What he calls "unreasonable demands" is that you, Wang Shouren, clearly do not have enough rank, yet you still make so many demands. It seems that you are greedy and completely disregard the imperial government's financial constraints in all aspects.

Liu Jian asked, "What do others think of Datong now?"There is room for criticism in raising military supplies."

"Yes. "Xie Qian nodded, "There are still a lot of criticisms. Some people say that Zhang Bingkuan instructed Wang Bo'an to do this. There has been a lot of turmoil in Datong recently. It seems that the importance of northwest defense will be moved to Datong in the future, but now Maoerzhuang outside Datong has moved to Wei. There are no signs of Tatar activities in Ninghai. How can we start talking about the importance of Datong's defense?"

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "Yu Qiao, didn't you mention that Datong has a special terrain, it can be regarded as being in the Hetao. In addition, they can block the east entrance of the Hetao. As long as Wang Boan is in Datong, the Tatars will not dare to invade the Hetao at will. In this way, Datong is equivalent to blocking the fertile land outside the pass. "

Liu Jian asked again, "Zhang Bingkuan has not done anything recently."

"Tsk. Xie Qian said with a hint of disdain, "I don't know what this guy has been busy with recently. He often goes in and out of the capital, and almost no one is seen in the court. However, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty even has to deal with the affairs of the ministry." To the people below, even the people in the Ministry of War can't stand it, but there are some opinions that they dare to think but not say. "

While Zhang Zhou was "not doing his job properly," no one dared to impeach Zhang Zhou for not doing his job properly. This is what Xie Qian was angry about.

Li Dongyang commented, "That's Because most of what Zhang Bingkuan has done cannot be replaced by others, and His Majesty has such faith in him, even the most outspoken officials have to shy away. No wonder others. It was also because we didn't suppress his momentum before. ”

In the past, a bunch of old ministers tried to impeach Zhang Zhou, but nothing happened to Zhang Zhou. Now that Zhang Zhou has reached a high position by virtue of military merit, he is still afraid of ministers participating in the impeachment

Xie Qian said, "Then what is he doing and how can he be replaced?"

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian did not answer, but looked at Xie Qian with both eyes.

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It seems to be saying, you ask us, aren't you the one who has been contacting us about who to ask?

He has done so many things, don't say we can't understand, just say this Who else under the court can understand those artillery and blunderbuss? Who knows how he came up with the so-called reform of tactics? Who knows how it was completed in a few years

It's unclear.

The situation in the northwest is becoming increasingly tense, but Zhang Zhou is actually very relaxed recently. He spends most of his time in the capital, and does not have to walk between yamen, and rarely goes to the palace.

But this does not mean that he has less communication with the emperor.

Most of the recent communication is completed by Li Rong and other eunuchs, which means that the emperor does not need to communicate all the time. When I met Zhang Zhou, the emperor and his ministers occasionally met each other, and they were very polite to eat together and talk about family matters. On the contrary, they rarely talked about official business when they met.

Although the Shangting Department was also performing military affairs, most of the time. Wang Qiong is the leader. Wang Qiong has become the chief minister of the Shangting Department. Wang Qiong is much more involved than Zhang Zhou in the northwest military affairs. This is also because the northwest military affairs do not involve marching strategies and are more involved. The most important thing is to be completed by logistical supplies, but the kingIt is more convenient for Qiong, the Minister of Household Affairs, to handle and take over.

Beyond Yansui Pass.

Zhu Hui personally led 20,000 elite cavalry, carrying more than half of the firearms in the army. The march speed could only cover 60 miles a day. After five days of marching, he finally covered more than 200 miles, but What Zhu Hui felt was the sky full of yellow sand and the gray weather with no end in sight.

"Is this this damn place all year round?"

Zhu Hui has never held any military meeting these days, or he thinks this is not important, even if it is His 20,000 soldiers and horses were also divided into three armies: front, middle and rear. The distance between the front and rear was only a dozen miles.

When he asked the question, there was only one "general" who accompanied the army. He had won the trust of the emperor and received many commendations, but he could only accompany Zhu Hui because he had no actual experience in leading troops. Cui Yuan, the consort of the eldest princess of Yongkang, is beside this coach.

Cui Yuan looked at the map in front of him and said, "To the south is the sandy land of Mu Us. The wind has been blowing from the southwest these days, so the sand and dust may be relatively large. I paid a visit when I left. Mr. Qin, who made the platform, told me that we should try to walk where there is a river. If there is a lot of sand, we should march as much as possible during the day, because the wind and sand are stronger at night and it is difficult to distinguish the direction. ”

In other words, he did not want to be restricted by civilian officials. He also wanted to learn from Wang Shouren, who could directly solve problems with his military skills and soldiers. Although Zhang Jin, the governor of Baoding, Yamenguan and other places, was a veteran, his reputation in the court was not high, so Zhu Hui did not take Zhang Jin seriously.

"He also said this" Zhu Hui frowned.

Cui Yuandao "Qin Lao Tai Tai gave a lot of help in sending troops, actually"

Cui Yuan originally wanted to highlight Qin Hong, but seeing that Zhu Hui's face was wrong, he stopped talking. .

Just as he was talking, Liu Ning, a former army general and general, asked for orders to enter the Chinese army's tent and complained to Zhu Hui, "Commander, the terrain for dozens of miles in front and back of this place is too bad. At night The wind and sand were so strong that after the soldiers buried the stove, the boiling water was full of dust."

Zhu Hui said angrily, "Why don't you cover the pot with a lid?"

Liu Ning said, "If there is no lid, There's more dust."

"Then eat it after it's finished." Zhu Hui looked very annoyed.

Cui Yuan reminded: "There should be no one in the army who is still eating now."

Liu Ning said, "Every army is complaining, and some say it will still be the same if we go north." Son, let’s avoid places with sandy areas. Some people say that we shouldn’t come to this Hetao area. Some people in the army are dissatisfied with the marching speed, or we can send a group of troops to camp and bury stoves in front. "< /p>

Zhu Hui said coldly, "Just follow your orders. I haven't given the order yet, and a group of generals want to go against the grain. The march must be calm."

"Yes." Liu Ning held his fists and led. At the same time, he asked for instructions, "Commander, how will we march tomorrow?"

Zhu Hui looked at Cui Yuan, but Cui Yuan quickly looked away.

Zhu Hui then said, "Now that we have passed Mu Us, the rest of the road is easy to walk. We saw several abandoned earth forts halfway along the way. We walked north along the river and arrived. After setting foot in Xiaoqinghe, didn't the five groups of troops already agree on a place to meet up?"

"Yes"

Liu Ning didn't hear clearly for a moment.

It feels like Zhu Hui has said everything, but he seems to have said nothing. The march plan for the next day is just to continue walking north

Is there nothing wrong with this sky full of yellow sand? Coping strategies

After Liu Ning left with doubts.

Cui Yuancai reminded: "After the spring, if the wind and sand are too strong, we should step up the march."

"Maoren."

Zhu Hui tied Cui Yuan to Around him, he not only wanted Cui Yuan to make meritorious deeds, but also wanted Cui Yuan to help him make meritorious deeds. He also had to have the necessary respect for Cui Yuan. After all, this was a figure that even the emperor admired.

"You have never led a soldier, and you don't understand many things. Listen to me. If we have no mistakes along the way, it is a merit. Don't rush forward. If the wind and sand are stronger, can people drown? We are not walking in the sand. It’s nothing more than covering up the sky and blocking out the sun at night. I’ve explored the situation ahead clearly. It’s no problem. It’s good to be at home for a thousand days, but it’s difficult to go out for a while. If Wang Boan leads the army, it won’t be much better than us.” Please remember to collect it. , the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft