Yu Dayou is determined to restore his ancestors' protection with his military achievements, which is evident from his proposal of such a combat plan at this time.

However, just giving advice is not enough. He still needs to participate in this battle personally and get the greatest contribution to have a chance.

Therefore, when Li Wenjin hesitated, not only was he worried about the feasibility of the plan, but also was also worried about the generals who led the troops. Yu Dayou bravely expressed his idea of ​​wanting to lead the troops himself.

To be honest, when he heard Yu Dayou's combat plan, he felt that the plan was good and the probability of success was high.

The only problem is that the victory army's journey of triumphant success is full of thorns. If a good general cannot be selected to lead the team, the risk factor of the Ming army will be very high.

Li Wenjin still recognizes the ability of Liu Han, the general officer of Datong. If Liu Han leads the team to attack Banshengcheng, Li Wenjin will be relieved, but will Liu Han agree to this dangerous plan? What's more, he will lead the team himself.

Of course, Yu Dayou has no problem. He has fully demonstrated his judgment ability, especially his ability to command in the front line through many wars.

After Yu Dayou recommended himself, Li Wenjin's last concern was dispelled. Liu Han was unwilling to lead the team to raid, so he let Yu Dayou go.

When Liu Han talked about the safety of his retreat, Li Wenjin did not speak because he didn't know how to deal with it at that time. It all depends on the on-site judgment of the commanding general.

No matter how careful the plan is, you cannot accurately determine the position of the battlefield.

The encounter with the Tartars during the retreat was random and completely unpredictable, so he looked at Yu Dayou, and Liu Han was not stupid. Seeing Li Wenjin's performance, he also looked at Yu Dayou.

Yu Dayou was not frightened at this time. He had been on the battlefield many times and had fought with the Tartars, so he began to explain to Liu Han with confidence what he thought about the plan for this battle.

Li Wenjin didn't understand these, but Liu Han, as the general of Datong, should be able to understand them. When he was with Li Wenjin, he could discuss strategic topics, but in terms of tactics, he could only communicate with Liu Han.

"It's time for nine sides to move."

When Zhang Juzheng heard Wei Guangde say this, he couldn't help but repeat it in a low voice, then raised his eyebrows slightly, "How can I explain it?"

According to the literal meaning, Wei Guangde seemed to want to mobilize the troops on the nine sides to deal with Altan Khan's invasion.

Well, if this is the case, Zhang Juzheng will lose interest in Wei Guangde, it is nothing but unreliable.

As Beijing officials, they should be very clear about the dilemma of the court's finances.

To mobilize the nine-sided troops, it requires a huge amount of resources to do so.

Where does money and food come from?

Now, the area where the army is stationed, the supply of money and food is still tight. Once the army begins to be mobilized, the consumption of transportation is something that the court cannot afford today.

Moreover, no one knows that when fighting, of course, the more soldiers and horses you mobilize, the more.

Han Xin ordered more troops and became better. No one of them understood the truth that scholars could understand.

Only a few people who are stupid in reading will think that Zhuge Liang's "tricks and tricks" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are really useful, and they are all things that fool readers.

The battle example of defeating more with fewer and defeating strong with weaker, but that is definitely not what the coach wants. It is all in the event of no choice. Perhaps it is because of his lack of strength, or perhaps it is a helpless move that has no time to mobilize the army.

, not an orthodox way of using troops.

What Zhang Juzheng thought about, Wei Guangde didn't pay attention to his words and easily misunderstood people. At this time, he just thought about it and continued: "The main force of Altan's army should have gathered outside Xuanfu Town. The war is about to break out. At this time, the recruitment of reinforcements from the nine borders must be

It's too late.

Perhaps only Jizhen and Datong can join the battlefield during the war. Liaodong Town to the east, Taiyuan Town to the west, and Yansui Town to the west, so don't mention Ningxia Towns further away.

But have you noticed that the Xuanfu reported that Altan's main force was all out. What does this mean? On the prairie in the north, there are probably no Tartars outside other towns. At this time, we are working hard to go north to harass and destroy.

Chance.

Aren't they going to fight on the front line of Xuanfu? The Xuanfu army is fully defending with the help of Jizhen Army. Other towns go north to harass his rear, especially the Datong Army and the Liaodong Army. They can completely move east-west and cut off Altan's troops

The way to go.”

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but say with some regret: "It's a pity that there are grasslands in the north, and the Mongolians are nomadic people living by water and plants. There is no royal city, otherwise they will directly attack his royal city."

After a pause, looking at the astonished gazes of his colleagues around him, Wei Guangde sighed again: "What a great opportunity to drink horse Hanhai, snatch stone Yanran, and seal wolf Juxu."

Wei Guangde's last passage is a bit pretentious. All the generals of this era regard the things represented by the twelve words as the highest honor of the general and pursue them throughout their lives.

Of course, this is just their ideal, and ideals often fail to reality.

When Wei Guangde finished speaking, he noticed that the other colleagues were all pretty good, only a hint of excitement flashed in Zhang Juzheng's eyes, but perhaps he thought of something immediately and soon dimmed.

If it were the Ming Dynasty, maybe it would be possible. At that time, famous generals gathered and soldiers were all fighting soldiers. As for now, just think about it.

The pavilion fell into silence, and everyone was speechless.

It should be said that Wei Guangde's ideas seemed a bit imaginative and unrealistic to his colleagues. At this time, the defense was insufficient, and he was still thinking about fighting, which was really true.

At this time, all the six tribes and nine ministers of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan. After the fierce discussion before, they were all standing tall and waiting for the sage of Emperor Jiajing on the imperial throne.

In the previous discussion, although the Ministry of Revenue strongly resisted mobilizing the surrounding troops, the Ministry of War was tough.

Although the other departments were not concerned about their affairs, they all agreed with the Ministry of War’s opinions when they thought that the Altan cavalry might come to the city of Beijing again.

That is, he almost completely passed the request of Governor Ge Jin of Xuanda. He not only planned to mobilize his subordinate Xuanda and Shanxi troops to fight, but also requested the Jizhen army to assist in defense and join the battlefield if necessary.

More than 100,000 people and horses in the three towns were mobilized. Every day, people ate horses and chewed astronomical figures. The Ministry of Revenue naturally cried poorly and firmly disagreed.

Participating in the discussion was not only Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie, the six ministries officials, the left censor of the Censorate, the Dali Temple Minister and the Taichang Temple Minister.

Originally, the gathering of nine ministers should not have the Taichang Temple Minister, but should have been the Tongzhengsi Tongzheng envoy. However, since the Zhengtong period, because Emperor Yingzong was young, he could not attend the court, and the imperial power fell into the hands of the three Yangs in the cabinet.

The status of Masaji declined sharply.

Up to now, the Tongzheng Envoy Department has almost become an institution dedicated to delivering memorials to the cabinet, and has lost the right to comment on internal and external seals.

After the Xuanfu Army submitted it to the Xiyuan by the cabinet, Emperor Jiajing directly called the name of Gao Gong, the minister of Taichang Temple, when he summoned important officials to discuss matters, he asked him to replace the quota of Tongzheng and Tongzheng to participate in the meeting of the Nine Ministers.

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Xu Jie seemed very happy about this arrangement and his brows were also relaxed, only the chief assistant Yan Song frowned and did not say a word.

However, Gao Gong, who attended such a major meeting for the first time, seemed very reserved, completely like a transparent person. He didn't say a word during the entire process of the discussion, but just listened quietly to the opinions expressed by other bigwigs.

Such a picture is a very novel experience for Gao Gong, who was one of the imperial conferences for the first time, and is even more encouraging in his heart.

He felt the emperor's attitude towards Prince Yu's Mansion since Emperor Jiajing asked him to attend this meeting. Is he going to start cultivating the team of Prince Yu's Mansion?

Thinking of this, he had to listen carefully to the big guys' speeches while thinking about what Wei Guangde said before. It was rumored in the palace that Emperor Jiajing had discussed the issue of "seizing the vassal" with Lu Bing.

Being groundless?

It seems that it is not necessarily a fear, but it may not be groundless.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong thought that Wei Guangde seemed to be in the palace, so he made up his mind to go back and talk to Wei Guangde, and asked him to inquire in the palace to see if there was anything else he hadn't noticed.

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Prince Yu's mother is not here, and Prince Yu has no support in the palace. The one who can speak is some of the eunuchs I met back then. Even though they have maintained contacts over the years, it is not as good as before. After all, Prince Yu cannot give them the desire.

of.

Although he was dedicated to it, Gao Gong gradually realized it and understood the essence of the imperial meeting. In fact, the emperor had to know the attitude of each department towards something, the reasons for support and the reasons for opposition.

As the second assistant Xu Jie made a summary speech at Yan Song's instructions, the Yongshou Palace was quiet and he began to wait for the emperor's sage.

"The Xuanfu war is imminent, nothing is more important than this."

Emperor Jiajing seemed to casually glance at the ministers in the hall, and then hesitated for a moment, saying: "The Ministry of War will issue a document to Ji Town, and be careful of the passes along the Great Wall.

The Jizhen army entered Miyun and was ready to enter Xuanfu to support him at any time. Yansui Town and Ningxia Town also issued official documents to ask them to mobilize their troops to stand by."

After saying these words, perhaps Emperor Jiajing saw the new Minister of Revenue Gao Yao, full of confusion. Thinking of the stall he had just taken over Ma Kun's abandonment, he probably didn't know where to find money at this time.

In fact, this is true. The Ministry of Revenue in the Ming Dynasty has been declining year after year. The old and new Ku were almost emptied for two years. Every year, as soon as the gold flowers and silver sent from the south entered Taicang, they would be brought to the courts.

Let's go, and there is a sudden war now, and it is inevitable that there will be difficulties in income and expenditure.

After thinking about it, Emperor Jiajing said again: "First lend a sum of silver from the Changying Custody of Taipu Temple, give priority to this military operation. It is absolutely not allowed to cause trouble at this time because of insufficient food and salary supply."

This year, he has received news of two mutinies from soldiers. If such a farce is staged again at this critical moment, don’t stay in the capital.

"In addition, the Ministry of War said hello to Duke Cheng and asked him to rectify the Beijing camp immediately."

To rectify the Beijing camp, this is to prevent problems before they happen.

Ten years ago, the Beijing camp rushed into battle, and the defense of the capital was in chaos.

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing could not find anyone to get angry, so he could only punish officials and eunuchs from the Governor of the Beijing camp at that time.

This time, I don’t know what Altan Khan planned, but according to the memorial of Ge Jin, the main forces of the Altan tribe were all out, and there were always 70,000 to 80,000 troops. With so many people, even the lifestyle of nomadic people,

The consumption required is also quite large, which shows that Altan Khan has done a lot of effort.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty believed that a war would be inevitable. However, in the face of such a war, everyone tacitly mentioned one thing, that is, the plan to send someone to the governor to this battle seemed to be to make the whole battle.

All of them were handed over to Governor General of Xuanda Ge Jin to complete.

After the imperial meeting ended, everyone withdrew from Yongshou Palace, walked out of Xiyuan one after another and each got into the sedan chair and returned to their yamen offices to carry out the decisions at the meeting.

After Gao Gong got on the sedan chair, he did not ask the sedan chair owner to carry him back to the Imperial College, but ordered: "Go to the Hanlin Academy, hurry up."

I am not in a hurry to find out the news in the palace, but among the officials of the King Yu in the capital, only Wei Guangde has had the experience of leading troops to fight. Gao Gong wants to talk to Wei Guangde about the contents of the imperial meeting.

There is nothing more important than this war in his opinion.

But he has never commanded the army or fought a war, so he will ask someone who has done this.

The sedan chairkeeper carried the sedan chair and quickly left the gate of Xiyuan and ran towards the Hanlin Courtyard. Wei Guangde had already come out of the pavilion and returned to his duty room to sit down.

I had already filled the pavilion with tea. As soon as I sat down, I saw Lu Bu delivering the freshly brewed tea. I felt a little sick.
To be continued...