Late February.
The examination has ended and is still being marked. As the emperor, Zhu Youtang is not in Beijing, so the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies have maintained the government's affairs to a certain extent. At this time, it was announced that Here comes the news that the Tatars have once again invaded the border.
In the cabinet.
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang also received the northwest battle report that day, and learned that the Tatars had gathered troops in Ningxia and other places, and had repeatedly invaded in places such as Piantou Pass, Datong and Yansui, and I learned that the Tatars were likely to drive straight in from Huamachi.
Liu Jiandao: "After several years of preparedness, I thought I had controlled the situation in the northwest, but now, the Tatars are still coming and going freely, and what's even worse is that they have intensified. Now Zhang Tingmian and others After being transferred back to Beijing one after another, Huamachi's defenses were lax, how could he resist the menacing attack of the Tatar cavalry?"
While talking, Liu Jian seemed to be waiting to see Zhang Zhou's joke.
I have been serving as Minister of War for several years, and I feel that I have won a lot of battles, but I still haven’t done anything to harm the Tatars. They can still mobilize tens of thousands of cavalry to attack, and they are still Let the border officers of the Ming Dynasty be exhausted to deal with it, and this time you are at the port, let's see how you deal with it.
Li Dongyang casually took out another thing that looked like an edict and said: "His Majesty seems to be planning to use the city on the seaside as a coastal garrison, and even plans to continue to expand the city."
Liu Jian took it over and looked at it, shook his head and said: "Binhai City? The Ming Dynasty's maritime territory has always been stable, what is the significance of this city?"
Li Dongyang said: "Zhang Tingmian was transferred from Ningxia After that, Ningxia's local defense was in a lax state. Huamachi itself was stationed with only a scattered army. At this time, the Tatars attacked and there was not even a Chinese army commander. They were afraid that the Tatars would just watch the fun. People also know how to choose their time."
Not only Liu Jian was gloating about his misfortune, but Li Dongyang also had the same expression.
Liu Jiandao: "Binzhi, is it wrong to just watch the excitement?"
Li Dongyang said with a teachable look: "I am just worried about the changes in the situation in the northwest, and It’s not just watching from afar, this is the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and we are closely related to it.”
He said this, but he seemed to have a very relaxed look on his face.
Finally, there is a chance to defeat the Ming Dynasty’s border troops, and finally there is a chance to make Zhang Zhou, the Minister of War, unhappy. Under this premise, even if it means sacrificing some of the interests of the Ming Dynasty’s border, it is Acceptable.
How can this make people unhappy?
Liu Jian asked: "In the previous transfer order, weren't there soldiers and horses rushing to the aid of Huamachi? Zhang Bingkuan had an insight into the opportunity and was able to accurately find the Huamachi. This time it was already a Tatar The third time the Kou border was based on Huamachi. Now that the Tatars know that our Ming Dynasty has heavy troops stationed in Huamachi, why do they still use this as their target? "
Yang couldn't answer this time. , he shook his head and said he couldn’t understand.
No matter how important the geographical location of Huamachi is, it is not so important that the Tatars must attack it. However, after the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the Tatars, likes to target Huamachi, which is something Li Dongyang can't understand.
Liu Jiandao: "Once or twice, it can be said to be a coincidence. This succession is confusing."
Li Dongyang sighed: "It is said that Zhang Bingkuan has the ability to understand people's hearts. , Does he really have it? If you don’t know, you might think that he is secretly colluding with the Tatars..."
Li Dongyang did not discuss this in depth.
It seems that he also knows that this matter is a bit nonsense. Although Zhang Zhou’s predictions are accurate every time, the Tatars seem to be used as spearmen, and they are attacked wherever Zhang Zhou points them. It cannot be said that Zhang Zhou is in the same group as them.
Because every time it was the Tatar soldiers who went to die.
Liu Jiandao: "Who do the people in Huamachi regard as the censor of the capital now?"
Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "There is no censor of the capital. In Ningxia's local defense, there is also No civil servants were sent to take over the military power. Previously, Zhang Tingmian was in charge of military affairs. His Majesty's original intention was to let Marquis Pinglu go to command the army, but his schedule was obviously delayed by the successive Tatar raids. Now he has not gone too far. At the beginning, there was no news of him sending troops to the northwest."
Liu Jian asked: "Don't even have a backbone?"
Li Dongyang looked at it and sighed: "What if Liu Jin goes there? In time, it should have arrived a few days ago."
"Liu Jin."
When Liu Jian mentioned this person, his expression looked very cold, with a feeling of itch in his teeth. .
"It's him." Li Dongyang said, "After he stepped down from the position of Admiral Yanwutang, he was transferred to Huamachi. His Majesty's intention for this move is not clear. As far as I know, although he He has gone to the border many times for promotion, but he has never experienced a war, and his soldiers may not take him seriously."
"That's good." Liu Jian didn't even hide his feelings for Liu Jin. Disgusted, he said something that seemed very inappropriate.
Li Dongyang wanted to remind Liu Jian to be careful.
You think "that's fine" when you say Liu Jin cannot be used. Does that mean you plan to watch Liu Jin fail and cause Ming Dynasty to suffer military losses? To achieve the purpose of revenge on him?
When others hear this, they will definitely think of it this way.
Liu Jiandao: "Who can be sent to rescue now?"
Li Dongyang said: "It is possible to mobilize troops from Ningxia or Yansui. But this The Tatars were obviously well-prepared and used their troops to contain the soldiers and horses from all over the Ming Dynasty. Currently, there are no reinforcements to go to Huamachi, and with the heavy troops stationed in Huamachi, it stands to reason that We shouldn’t send troops to help.”
The implication is that extra precautions have been taken in Huamachi, with more than 10,000 troops stationed. Even if the Tatars gather tens of thousands of troops, Why let other defense areas transfer people there?
Even if it is a tune, in what name? Who will lead the troops?
Li Dongyang continued: "One thing is that the people in Huamachi are not subordinate to the three parties themselves. The responsibilities of the three parties do not cover the people in Huamachi.at. "
After listening to this, Liu Jian seemed to be completely relieved and said: "That's quite special. It's not affiliated. The victory or defeat of Huamachi all the way has nothing to do with the defense of the three sides. It's your own responsibility. Responsibility for victory or defeat. "
"Yes. ”
Li Dongyang also nodded.
Who asked the imperial court to send a group of people to garrison Huamachi?
This group of people was led by Zhang Mao. , and Zhang Mao definitely doesn’t want to accept Wang Qiong’s control, then this group of people is a special existence in the northwest, and they probably have a sense of responsibility for their own profits and losses.
Liu Jiandao: "The Tatars also know how to choose. In this place, only Hua Ma Chi was attacked, and it seemed that he also had a good idea of the popular support within the Ming Dynasty. ”
Li Dongyang asked: “Then do you want to advise...to dispatch troops and horses from various places to help Huamachi?” "
"Of course. "Liu Jian said, "We advise your majesty that your majesty is in the so-called Binhai City. If the news spreads to the northwest, I'm afraid it will be too late. But we are not qualified to coordinate the defense of the northwest. Either Wang Dehua personally leads the troops, Or just wait for the results of the Huamachi battle... No matter what, the Ministry of War is responsible for this matter. ”
Li Dongyang thought for a while.
This is because he hopes that Huamachi will be defeated...
He is a little dirty inside, and he is simply taking advantage of the Ming soldiers. It's not destiny, but if it is based on "eliminating the traitors in the court", everything seems so reasonable.
Who allowed Zhang Zhou to control the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty?
Probably? Only when the Ming Dynasty's military and political affairs encountered great changes could the emperor lose his complete trust in Zhang Zhou. At that time, the traditional civil servants would have the opportunity to suppress Zhang Zhou.
Under this premise, It seems reasonable to hope that there will be some changes in the Ming Dynasty's military affairs.
Liu Jiandao: "We have done nothing in this matter and have no ability to do anything. If so, just wait and see. By the way, you don’t need to feel any psychological pressure. "
"Yes. ”
Li Dongyang wanted to say that this is just self-comfort.
There was still an opportunity to use the network to activate the relationship, let the northwest military and political affairs make some changes, and assist Huama Chi's defense.
But since you Liu Jian said so, it means that we can't do anything, it's up to Zhang Zhou to deal with it on his own...
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Si Li supervises the duty room
Wei Bin learned about the incident in the northwest and hurried back to the duty room to find Chen Kuan, looking anxious. After coming in, he only saw Yang Peng sitting there reviewing memorials. He asked anxiously: "Where is Eunuch Chen?" Big things must come to him.
Yang Peng said: "Even if the sky falls, people like us shouldn't be able to bear it. How anxious are you?" "
Wei Bin said: "Aren't you in a hurry? The Tatars are coming again! This time the Tatars are determined to invade the border. From Xuanfu to Ningxia, there are reports of wars along the way, especially Huamachi. It is said that the TatarsThe Tartars have tens of thousands of elite soldiers gathering. Can we not be anxious about such a big matter? ”
“Haha.
Yang Peng looked calm and composed and said with a smile, "Eunuch Wei, you are just making such a fuss. Didn't Ming Dynasty station a group of troops alone in Huamachi?" If the court had not been prepared, this time it would indeed be a big crisis, but the Tatars did not choose any other place to attack, but only Hua Ma Chi to see if they wanted to come back or not. ”
Wei Bin was a little angry.
In terms of seniority among the ceremonial eunuchs, Wei Bin far surpassed Yang Peng, but now Yang Peng is the chief eunuch Bingbi, and his status is higher than his Being above him meant that the latecomer came first, which made him unhappy.
But Yang Peng was trying to be a big deal in front of him, using his momentum to suppress him, and even showing off his mature and prudent appearance, he just let him go. He was even more unhappy.
Wei Bin said angrily: "Your Majesty is not in Beijing now, and even the Minister of War is not here. He has to deal with the affairs in the northwest, so the court meeting cannot be carried out, and the troop deployment needs to be moved forward. This Aren't you in a hurry? Moreover, Ningxia's troops at Huamachi now don't even have a commander. After the British officer was transferred back to Beijing, the Ningxia border troops stationed in Huamachi were also transferred away, leaving them with a huge shortage of food, grass and baggage. Isn’t this worth worrying about? "
Yang Peng continued to smile, as if he was not worried at all.
Wei Bin gritted his teeth and said: "Don't bully others too much, Eunuch Yang, how old do you think you are? Ability? It seems like he can see through the situation in the northwest! You have to know that the defenses in various parts of the northwest are not as tight as Huamachi, but no matter where they are, once there is an enemy situation, the trilateral system must mobilize troops to deal with it. However, Huamachi is not on the three sides. Within the defense range, if something happens to Huamachi, there will be a gap, and the northwest of the Ming Dynasty will fall into chaos. ”
“Alas! "
Yang Peng stood up and said, "Your Majesty is not in a hurry, but Eunuch Wei is really extremely anxious." You haven’t seen the Ming Dynasty’s new cannons, nor have you seen the power of flint muskets. I don’t blame you. Now we are not afraid of the Tatars coming, but we are afraid that they will not come. If they want to come and rob us, then let them rob us. The result will be that our Ming soldiers will win. "
"Fart! "Wei Bin scolded, "If the war was so simple, then why was Huamachi defeated before, and why was Anyuan Hou convicted and even died on the way back to Beijing? Why is it that now the British Duke only has one post in the Governor's Office, and even the capital camp has given up? "
Yang Peng said: "Dare you ask Eunuch Wei, are there any of your people in Huamachi? "
"Huh? ”
Wei Bin seemed to be petrified in an instant.
He seemed to understand what Yang Peng meant.
You are so anxious, and you seem to be closely related to you. But in fact, whether something goes wrong in Huamachi is not within your scope of responsibility, Wei Bin, and it has little to do with you. Why are you so anxious?
Yang Peng said helplessly: "No matter the war. We don't need to take responsibility for how to advance, or whether we win or lose. The most important thing is to report the matter. You were looking for Eunuch Chen, but he didn't come because he had something to do today. Things must be reportedLet Your Majesty know. As for the arrangements between His Majesty and Cai Guogong, are we able to control it? "
Wei Bin said: "The rise and fall of Ming Dynasty's border affairs has nothing to do with you? ”
“Don’t make such a big deal out of it. Yang Peng said with a smile, "We are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally we care about the court, but there are some things that we cannot control." In this way, our family will find someone to quickly convey the meaning here, but in fact, you don’t need to exert any effort, you can know it. How long do you think His Majesty will know about this matter than you? Do you think... Mr. Cai Guoguo turned a deaf ear to this matter? "
"Then...that..."
"Ten thousand steps back, even if Huamachi fell, Ming soldiers suffered countless casualties. This is what happened in the northwest. Cai Guogong responded to the possible war in Huamachi in advance. It was a miraculous calculation and foreknowledge of events. Even if the army was defeated, what responsibility did Cai Guogong have? Your Majesty will just send out various troops to let the Tatars know what will happen to them!
Wei Bin frowned and said, "Why can't people understand what you are saying?" "
Yang Peng smiled and said: "What else is there that you don't understand? It would be our family to take charge of military affairs, and we would rather have the Tatars come to kill us. It would be good if the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops were defeated, but if they were defeated, it would be a good time to coordinate the court and make them work together to mobilize all the power of the court to send troops to the grassland. At that time The voice of opposition between the DPRK and China will disappear, and the mobilization of troops, horses, food and grass will be unimpeded. Isn't this good? "
"You..."
Wei Bin was speechless for a moment.
Yang Peng patted Wei Bin on the shoulder and said: "We want to come. , this may be the result that His Majesty wants to see. If the Ming army had to take the initiative to fight out, the Tatars would only have to hide every time. But now that the Tatars are actively attacking, it would be tantamount to exposing their hiding place. All the troops of the Ming Dynasty can coordinate Attack. Are you sure...the Three Sides Wang Junmen and the King Xuan Junmen don't want the Tatars to come so that they can have a goal and deploy troops and horses to help them escape?
Wei Bin said: "You mean, Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren will mobilize their troops?" ”
“Our family didn’t say anything. "Yang Peng said, "We are just hypothetical. As long as there is movement from the Tatars, our border army officers and soldiers will not sit still and wait to be killed. If it were the British Duke who had been there to guard it, or if it had been someone else... it might have been someone else who wouldn't have been able to hold on! "(End of Chapter) Transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you