Chapter 430 429 Yan Ne's relocation

Speaking of the relationship between King Yu and Emperor Zhengde, he is actually an uncle and nephew. However, when talking about Emperor Zhengde, Wei Guangde still noticed a hint of disdain in King Yu's eyes.

Wei Guangde understood the reason in his heart, but this was not what he should have. If he talked about the relationship here, it would harm the interests of the civil servant group, and there would also be his interests.

As for Wei Guangde's records of some ridiculous things about Emperor Zhengde in the "Records" in the Hanlin Academy, he did not go to the bottom of it.

There are many rumors among the people, so how can Wei Guangde control it?

However, since it is about the matter between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, not only are there envoy exchanges, but private transactions, but the most important thing is war.

Naturally, when Wei Guangde talked about the Battle of Yingzhou that occurred in October of the 12th year of Zhengde, King Yu's previous cynical attitude began to become solemn.

Wei Guangde was a little surprised, but he didn't ask, but explained according to the information and understanding he found.

"Before the Battle of Yingzhou, the general offensive route of the Tatars was determined through the news brought back by the people and the discovery of the Ming whistle cavalry, so that the troops and generals were dispatched calmly."

Of course, Wei Guangde would not talk to King Yu about the topic beyond the outline. According to the records of the "Records", although it is not the final draft yet, there is a high probability that there will be no major changes.

When Wei Guangde briefly talked about this war that lasted for several days, from the beginning, the Ming army encountered the Tatar cavalry around Yingzhou City, and then the battlefield gradually began to revolve around Yingzhou City.

After the talk, when Wei Guangde was about to say that this battle had affected the political situation of the Ming and Mongolian countries, King Yu suddenly asked: "Mr. Wei, why did the emperor's uncle personally come to the battlefield in this battle? I have heard someone privately,

The imperial uncle's temple name is Wuzong, which is also due to his martial arts skills in this battle."

Wei Guangde didn't say much before and after the outbreak of the Battle of Yingzhou, but since King Yu asked, he felt it was necessary to mention it.

In fact, in later generations, Wei Guangde also saw some statements about this battle. Many people argued for Emperor Zhengde. Wei Guangde was the same before, but in this life, after learning more information, his views gradually changed a little.

"The outbreak of the Battle of Yingzhou was not accidental. In the 11th year of Zhengde, the border army found out that the Tatars arrived in Weining Haizi and predicted that the direction of harassment was tilted. The Ministry of War made strict plans for this.

, select elite soldiers and generals from the regiment training to enrich the Xuanda front line, and secretly mobilize elite soldiers from Liaodong, and the elite soldiers of Yansui ambushed, opening their pockets to wait for the Mongolians."

Wei Guangde said, "The results of the battle were also very great. Twenty thousand Tatars cavalry divided into different routes to siege the Beatou Pass and other places, and were defeated by our Ming army in Kelan Prefecture, and beheaded more than 80 levels. This battle was made by Du Yu.

Shi Shanxi Governor Li Yue commanded the great victory in Zhenxi.

As a result, the Ministry of War summarized the usual practice of Tatars sending troops, so they took precautions for the next military trends of the Tatars' Ranhan Bagong Prince (Dayan Khan) in advance, and planned it. Emperor Wuzong Zhengde was patrolling the border at this time.

, I'm afraid the news was leaked from the Ministry of War.

Let him know the plan of the Ministry of War, so he chose to go to Xuanda to inspect the border at this time."

Wei Guangde replied.

Later generations talked about the Battle of Yingzhou, most of them said that the Tatar army was at the city. Emperor Zhengde ran out of the capital and summoned the surrounding troops to defeat the Tatars in Yingzhou. Obviously, this was impossible.

Wei Guangde believed in it before, but now he doesn't believe it anymore.

In ancient times, when fighting, dispatching troops and generals was not just a command to send troops to mobilize and set off immediately. It took two or three days to prepare alone, and could only march for dozens of miles a day. Without long preparations, a war would not be fought.

After having the experience of Baoanzhou, Wei Guangde has already gained a full understanding of the wars of this era.

"Some people say that the soldiers were only killed at the 16th level of the captive head, and they were confused. They thought that the record was not true, and that the emperor's uncle also personally killed at the 1st level of the captive head."

King Yu asked again.

Wei Guangde smiled. Later generations have also talked about this matter a lot, and most of them think that the ancients fooled fools.

How long has it been fought between tens of thousands of people from Chen to You?

According to the intermediate time, it is from 8 am to 6 pm, which is how many hours it takes.

However, after the Battle of Baoanzhou, Wei Guangde probably had some speculations, maybe he didn't really talk nonsense at the level 16.

"First of all, the casualties in this battle are not only the number of people recorded in the "Records". It is true that our Ming army's deaths and serious injuries are serious. It may be minor slandered but not recorded, perhaps thousands, and tens of thousands are unknown.

The sixteenth level beheading in the "Records" does not mean that only sixteen people were killed, but only sixteen heads were cut off, and the remaining Tatars were taken away by the other party.

You should know that in the Battle of Yingzhou, our Ming Dynasty did not win a great victory. The two sides actually fought equally. The Tatars retreated rather than defeated.

As mentioned earlier, our army pursued the Tatar troops with superior forces and achieved the results of beheading more than 80 levels, but actually killed thousands of people.

When the Ministry of War checks military merits, only the heads captured are proved, so the Ministry of War will not admit that the body is taken away or the head is damaged."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde looked at King Yu and said lightly: "So, Your Highness should not see the first draft of the "Records" beheading level 16, so he believed that this battle only killed sixteen enemies. This was only confirmed and recognized by the Ministry of War.

The head of

In the northern border towns, most of the soldiers have heavy weapons, because both the Ming soldiers and the Tatars on the opposite side are wearing leather armor and iron armor protective gear, and the guns and spears are difficult to hurt, and the power of heavy weapons is even greater.

However, this heavy weapon is good on the battlefield, but if it hits the enemy's head with one hammer, the head may be destroyed.

The result is that if a war is fought, it is better to win. You can search the battlefield well and not let a head out of the way, but if you retreat, you will lose all your money. Both sides will play a similar game, and the final head is often the same.

It is not recognized by the Ministry of War Inspection due to damage.

By the way, if there are traces of gun arrows on the head level, the head level will not be counted."

"That's it, I understand."

King Yu nodded slightly after hearing Wei Guangde's explanation, which eliminated a lot of his previous discomforts.

That is, because Wei Guangde went to the battlefield and knew the key points well, he could explain it clearly to King Yu, otherwise he could only explain it in writing.

Later, Wei Guangde talked about the impact on both sides after the war.

"The Prince of the Tatar tribe Ranhan Da Bagong died shortly after this war. It is unknown whether it was injured by the battlefield. Emperor Zhengde of Wuzong did not mention this matter. It can be seen that the battlefield was in chaos at that time, and it was impossible to distinguish the enemy chiefs.

Where is, however, after this war, the border between the Ming Dynasty was somewhat calmer, and a large-scale military offensive of at least tens of thousands of people has not been formed again."

Wei Guangde continued.

"The emperor's uncle made great contributions in this battle. In the victory of the Battle of Yingzhou, no matter whether the Prince of Ranhanda Bagong was injured or died in this battle, at least the Tatar tribe did not continue to attack."

King Yu immediately said with some joy.

However, Wei Guangde's expression was strange when he heard this. King Yu immediately took all his credit on Emperor Zhengde. This was not the point he wanted to express.

Wei Guangde didn't know whether King Yu said this intentionally or unintentionally, but he still said: "This battle has made great contributions to the Ministry of War. Before the war, Emperor Zhengde of Wuzong also greatly inspired the morale of the soldiers. It is also good to make great contributions."

Wei Guangde just said this lightly. He didn't want to argue with King Yu, "However, the Tatar tribe did not dare to go south after that, but in fact it had little to do with this battle. The main reason should be the death of Prince Ranhan's Eight Bows.

In his death, the tribes he left behind were inherited by his descendants. As a result, all forces on the grassland were in chaos and attacked each other for their own interests. In such an environment, it would naturally not pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

This situation lasted until the 21st year of Jiajing. After his brother Ji Nang died, Altan Khan became the leader of the tribe, and it took several years to reunify other tribes.

It should be noted that Altan Khan is the grandson of the Eight Bow Prince of Ranhan, inherited the Ordos tribe and the Tumote tribe, and is regarded as the leader of a tribe with a strong strength.

Therefore, there was no major war on the border for more than ten years, which was related to the death of Prince Ranhan's Bagong, but it is impossible to determine whether he was caused by the battle in Yingzhou."

"On the grassland, if the sweat dies, will the grassland fall into chaos?"

King Yu realized what Wei Guangde wanted to express, and the tribe conquered by strength, once the Khan died and the tribes were inherited by their descendants, it seemed that they would be divided and disobedient to each other. This required someone to launch a war of unification again, and then

Will go south to attack Ming.

"About this is the case. Although they also have a descendant who will inherit the throne of the Great Khan, the key is that their vocation is a real vocation, which will obtain tribes, land and population respectively, which is different from the vassal states of our Ming Dynasty, so internal friction is inevitable."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Cutting Altan Khan can temporarily resolve the Nine-Border War?"

King Yu went further and asked.

“It’s possible.”

Wei Guangde's answer is also simple.

When Altan Khan died, whether the grassland would split again can only be said to be possible. After all, it depends on whether anyone among his descendants has enough prestige to make others bow their heads.

However, when Wei Guangde saw the brilliant flash in King Yu's eyes, he couldn't help but guess that after his highness assassination masters from the Jinyiwei would send the assassination masters from the grassland to assassinate Altan Khan?

After all, no matter who it is, you will feel bored when facing the constant emergence of the north alarm. Since there is a solution to the problem, of course you will choose to give it a try, even if it cannot be cured, it will only be temporary relief.

If you succeed, the border can live for a few years or even longer. If you don’t succeed, you will have to fight anyway.

When Wei Guangde and King Yu came out of the study, they saw Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng sitting there discussing what.

Seeing them coming in, Yin Shidan picked up a piece of paper at his hand and handed it to King Yu.

"Ouyang Shangshu submitted a memorial today, and he asked the order to recommend the candidate for the Left Minister of the Ministry."

King Yu and Wei Guangde naturally knew what was going on. Yuan Wei was promoted to a vacant official position, and he didn't know how Emperor Jiajing would choose this time, whether to summon the cabinet ministers to discuss, organize the recommendation, or directly appoint him.

"Master Gao has sent me a message?"

King Yu took the note and glanced at it, then asked.

"Suqing had sent a message before, and he had done everything he should do, and he left it to fate."

Yin Shidai replied.

Wei Guangde understood that whether it was the summoning ministers or the direct ministers to discuss, it was nothing more than Yan Song, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei. It seemed that Gao Gong had already escaped all the relationships that should be run away, and he said what he should be said, as for them

What you can say in front of the emperor is really just waiting.

As for what they can recommend, it is the Six Ministry of the Nine Ministers, which involves a wider range. I think Tian Gaogong will not be idle these days, so he should be establishing a good relationship with them.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but nod and murmured: "Leave it to fate."

Perhaps, others would think that Gao Gong had done perfectly and had done everything he should do, but Wei Guangde knew that all he did was useless.

Whether it is the discussion of the cabinet ministers or they will push, they will never be able to avoid Emperor Jiajing in the end. As long as he does not nod, Gao Gong will not be able to go up.
To be continued...