Chapter 363 362 Beijing and Datong

Wei Guangde still lacked experience, but he just wished that the Ming army could mobilize Altan Khan to split his troops to rescue him, but he did not expect that Altan Khan might choose to give up because of the lack of rescue.

Gao Gong was also a man who had no military service, and he did not consider this possibility at all, so he regarded the idea proposed by Wei Guangde as the winning weapon of the Ming army.

Now, when Gao Gong heard the loopholes pointed out by Yang Bo, he was speechless for a moment.

Indeed, they only thought that the importance of the Hetao area could mobilize Altan's cavalry to rescue, but they did not consider what would happen if the other party chose to give up.

Once Altan Khan, as Yang Bo said, did not fall into the rhythm of the Ming army, the effect of this strategy would be greatly reduced. It did not serve the purpose of Altan Khan's division of troops, but it was actually failure.

After a while of silence, Gao Gong spoke, "How to remedy it? Or give up directly?"

At this time, Gao Gong was also shaken.

"Mobilize troops from Shandong, Henan garrisons, and Liaodong Town to be ready to enter the aid at any time. However, this will not cost less, but it can ensure that there will be no loopholes in the defense of the Nine Borders."

Yang Bo responded lightly.

At this time, although Yang Bo pretended to be calm on his face, he was actually a little irritated inside.

After receiving the Xuanfu Army newspaper, the entire Ministry of War considered how to mobilize heavy troops to defend against the invasion of the Tartars, and no one proposed such a strategy of attack instead of defense. Even if it was proposed, it would be a high probability that he would be a good person as a

Alternative options will not be sent to the imperial front.

Unfortunately, the Ming army's combat power declined severely. If it had more than half of its combat power in the early Ming Dynasty, this invasion of Altan Khan was actually an excellent opportunity to encircle and annihilate Altan's troops.

Unfortunately, everything is just a beautiful fantasy.

However, Wei Guangde's proposed plan to attack the Hetao area to disperse Altan's troops was very suitable.

Although the Ming army's combat power declined sharply, it still had an absolute advantage for ordinary Mongolians. Moreover, the main force of the Tartars was in Xuanfu, and there was no force on the grassland that could compete with the encirclement and suppression of the two major armies.

According to Yang Bo's experience in contact with Emperor Jiajing since he entered the Ministry of War, Emperor Jiajing was a very good person.

For more than ten years, the Ming Dynasty has been repeatedly invaded by Altan's troops and has been exhausted. From the impatientness on the emperor's face every time he reports a war report, he can also see that the emperor is extremely dissatisfied with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, his cousin Emperor Zhengde, the Ming army was swaggering in and out of the Great Wall and could fight the Tartars even outside the pass, but when it came to his hands, the situation turned completely over?

Yang Bo was still thinking about the other end of Xiyuan, and Gao Gong asked here with an urgent need: "I would like to ask Grand Sima, how should Guangde improve this strategy?"

After retracting his thoughts, Yang Boluo said: "As I said before, if Altan Khan chose to temporarily give up the Hetao area and still concentrate his troops to eliminate Xuan's army, and then break through the Juyongguan wall to threaten the capital, then we need to mobilize Shandong in advance.

Warring States in Henan and other places came to the rescue.

The Qingzhou Wei, Pingzhou Wei and Tai'an Wei were transferred to Dezhou and joined forces with the Dezhou Wei to form a team of troops to enter Hejian Prefecture. The Dezhou Left Guard blocked the border between Northern Zhili and Shandong to guard against the rebellious Tatar soldiers.

The three guards of Changshan under the Henan Metropolitan Division were transferred to Baoding Prefecture. If Altan's troops really broke into Jizhen, the two armies could go to the capital to aid.

Shandong soldiers and horses plus Hejian Prefecture Tun Guards have six garrisons, Baoding Prefecture has five garrisons to be dispatched, and together with Henan soldiers and horses, there are eight garrisons. There are also Tianjin Sanwei, Tongzhou and Zhuozhou near the capital.

There are more than ten garrisons nearby that can mobilize, and the reinforcements can reach more than 100,000.

I think with these army on the side, Altan Khan may not dare to break into Jizhen and be presumptuous."

Yang Bo has a good memory and soon decided to convene troops around Northern Zhili. Even many garrisons have been transferred to have already made drafts.

Yang Bo's words made Gao Gong nodded repeatedly, and even Xu Jie, who was sitting on the top, stroking his beard with a smile. Only Yan Song still sat there without expression, as if his soul was wandering outside the sky and was indifferent to their conversation.

The plan formulated by Wei Guangde did miss the safety of the capital. It was not that Wei Guangde could not have imagined it, but that he did not think that Altan Khan dared to come to Ji Town from the beginning.

At that time, Altan's troops were able to advance to the vicinity of Tongzhou. Although some Tartars were said to have run to the walls of the capital, Wei Guangde believed that the Tartars were at the end of their power at that time and had no strength to attack, otherwise they would never give up on attacking Tongzhou.

Opportunity, there is the granary of the capital, and countless materials are stored here.

By conquering Tongzhou, Altan's troops could gain a foothold in the north, because the food and fodder in the city could support his tens of thousands of troops to consume at least half a year.

But what happened? Altan Khan gave up attacking Jiancheng and walked around Gyeonggi. After grabbing it, he chose to run away.

After seeing the reactions of the three of them, Yang Bo was slightly surprised at this time because he found that he had been here for quite some time, but why did he only come to him?

For such a major matter, haven’t we summoned other ministers to discuss it together?

Thinking of this, Yang Bo asked out his doubts.

Before Yan Song and Xu Jie could speak, Gao Gong on the side opened his mouth to explain.

After hearing Gao Gong's explanation, Yang Bo nodded slightly. The combat strategies between countries should not be involved in any unrelated officials. For example, the people from the Censorate, he did not feel the need to get them involved.

"Two Pavilion Masters, are you going to send Yang Shangshu's opinion as a ticket to Xiyuan, or write a rewrite of the memorial?"

Although Wei Guangde's plan was pointed out by Yang Bo, Gao Gong still did not want to give up on this plan because the practice of sweeping the Hetao area was very consistent with his temperament.

Why are you only allowed to run into the pass to loot? I, the Ming Dynasty, can also break out of the pass to grab things back.

Having said that, Xu Jie looked at Yan Song with inquiring eyes. Such military and national affairs must be led by the chief minister, and he would not be able to express his opinions directly.

At this time, Yan Song seemed to have woken up from a big dream. He looked at Gao Gong with a turbid gaze, then looked at Yang Bo, and didn't know what he was thinking. Then he turned to Xu Jie and said, "Just Cunzhai, just like you

Come and write a ticket and add Weiyou’s plan and send it to the West Garden for His Majesty to visit.”

"But."

Xu Jie was about to take a look at what he said, but Yan Song waved his hand, "Those who have led the troops and fought a war, the only one who knows this plan is Weiyouheshandai. Since they think it is feasible, I think it should work.

Besides, this matter will be ultimately subject to His Majesty’s Holy Tribunal. We can do everything we should do.”

When he said this, Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with a look of his eyes becoming loud. Xu Jie felt a little nervous without realizing that he could not say anything else and had to nod and agree.

Gao Gong, who was on one side, was happy and did not notice the eye confrontation between the two cabinet ministers of the previous head.

However, all this was seen by Yang Bo, the Minister of War. He looked at Yan Song again and there was a little joke in his eyes.

Xu Jiezhezhao's memorial was sent directly to the palace by Yan Song, and Gao Gong had nothing to do for the time being. If His Majesty saw it, he would summon them urgently again.

Gao Gong bowed to the three of them in the house and then returned directly to the Hanlin Academy. At this time, Wei Guangde was still in the room, but he was not reading a book. He was still pondering the content of the memorial in his mind to see if there was any error in the calculation.

After Gao Gong arrived, Wei Guangde knew the loopholes that his memorial was pointed out by Yang Bo, Minister of War. Wei Guangde smiled bitterly in his heart. Altan Khan did not have enough troops to threaten the capital, so he was so worried about what to do.

But what he didn't expect was that except for Yang Bo, those who had read the memorials, all of whom had experienced the Gengxu Incident in the 29th year of Jiajing. They were surrounded in the capital and reminded them to be nervous for more than half a month.

The experience cannot be easily erased.

In their opinion, nothing is more important than the safety of the capital.

So as soon as Yang Bo talked about another possibility, Gao Gong knelt down.

However, when Xu Jie was writing the vote, Gao Gong and Yang Bo were discussing quietly while helping Xu Jie modify the content. As long as it was Wei Guangde considered at the time, he directly adjusted the original plan, so the time was not to be done.

Not very urgent.

For example, the troops in Yansui and Ningxia towns had already written to gather troops before, but this plan made them move from east to support Xuanfu to north to sweep the Hetao area.

The garrisons in Shandong and Henan are all garrisons garrisons close to the Northern Zhili. Now they should receive documents from the Ministry of War to rectify their troops and prepare for war.

This is also the reason why Yang Bo was able to explain so easily that many garrisons were mobilized. In fact, everything was within the scope of the Ministry of War.

Once the war is not going well, these garrisons will be transferred to the north for support.

For their new tasks, you only need to wait for the report of the war to start in Xuanfu to come and then issue the document.

However, what disappointed Gao Gong was that two days after the memorial was sent to the palace, he still did not receive the order from the palace.

At this time, Gao Gong was sitting in the Imperial College and couldn't help but think that it was the confidential words he said to the cabinet that made the palace start to pay attention, thinking that he was just a minister of Taichang Temple and had nothing to do with the war, so he also did not want to do with himself.

Keep it confidential.

However, he also knew that this was just his own random thought. If Emperor Jiajing really wanted it, Wei Guangde would not let it go no matter what.

In the past two days, as far as he knows, Wei Guangde has not received the will from the palace.

Obviously, he regarded it as a very important thing and was ignored by the palace.

Perhaps, Hetao is really a taboo for the imperial court.

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang."

As the horse hangs the bell ringing, a pond horse rushed towards the gate of Datong City.

As the soldiers guarding the city saw the messenger soldiers carrying the "order" flag on their backs, and rushed to drive the people blocking the road to both sides of the main road and give up a way to the messenger.

When the fast horse arrived at the city gate, it did not slow down, but went straight through the city gate and ran towards the General Mansion of Datong Town.

Soon, Liu Han, the general of Datong Town, rushed to the Datong Governor Li Wenjin with the order of Governor General Xuanda Ge Jin, and met Governor Li Wenjin.

"Mr. Li, the Tartars attacked Xuanfu."

When he entered the door, Liu Han shook the warrant from Xuanfu in his hand and said loudly.

"It's almost the past few days, and what should be coming will come eventually."

Li Wenjin stood up to meet Liu Han, took the warrant from him and quickly read it, and said a little surprised: "Is Altan Khan attacking Longmenguan Fort? They really want to destroy the three guards of Xuanfu."

"What should I do now? As I said before, should I follow the Governor's order to go north to rescue Xuanfu immediately?"

Liu Han also thought of it on his way, but this was not important. He needed to confirm whether Li Wenjin still insisted on giving up supporting Xuanfu, but instead led his army to attack Banshengcheng.

Before Li Wenjin could speak, footsteps sounded outside the door. After a moment, Yu Dayou walked into the room and saw General Liu arrive, so he clasped his fists at him.

Yu Dayou is also a general officer. Although he was demoted by offending the boss this time, Liu Han knew that this person was capable after contacting him, let alone Li Wenjin's face, so he did not treat him as an official or a criminal, but still

Being an official at the same level.

"Dayou, the Tartars attacked the Longmen Pass fortress of Xuanfu, and it seemed that they were targeting the three guards of Xuanfu. Governor Ge ordered us to go east to support Xuanfu immediately."
To be continued...