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Seeing King Yu's expression, Wei Guangde didn't know how to express his mood at this moment.

Maybe he is too sensitive.

However, after discussing with Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde's concerns about Ma Fang's battle this time were getting heavier and heavier.

He didn't answer King Yu's question directly. He was so stupid that he had already made it clear.

Next, Wei Guangde revealed his concerns about the war, and even explained the possible outcomes and defeats in detail.

"Although this battle is a bit risky, the Tartars have just raging in the capital. I think this revenge should be carried out."

Like Emperor Jiajing, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had the same attitude towards foreign enemies as the prince, and that was to fight back.

After the "Gengxu Incident" that year, Emperor Jiajing was determined to prepare for the Northern Expedition to retaliate, but for various reasons, it was not done in the end.

This time, the Tartars replayed the situation of that year, which naturally made King Yu excited and wanted to take revenge and go back with the most ruthless revenge.

"But Shandai, your and uncle's concerns make sense."

King Yu said in a deep voice, "How do you plan to improve this strategy for Ma Fang?"

Ma Fang is only the general of Xuanfu, and all he can manage is the Xuanfu.

This time, the dispatch of troops will inevitably take away most of the mobile troops of the Xuanfu, resulting in the great weakening of the Xuanfu defense force. At this time, it is indeed necessary to replenish the Xuanfu troops.

In fact, the most important function of the Great Wall is not to use a wall to block the enemy outside, just like a siege.

Even if the Ming Dynasty filled the city walls with millions of troops for this, it would not be possible to fill the Great Wall.

The Great Wall is a defensive system, which is composed of a complete defensive engineering system based on a variety of defensive fortifications such as city walls, enemy towers, passers-by, camp, ward, town, beacon tower, etc.

Many people in later generations believed that the Great Wall was useless. Foreign enemies could open a gap in the Great Wall and drive straight into it. Only those without strategic common sense think so.

The more important role of the garrison on the Great Wall is to warn, and of course they are also warriors.

When the enemy's traces are discovered, the warning will begin, and of course we must resist. In fact, we only want to gain some time to make preparations for the inland people, and create some time for the people in the country to strengthen their preparations and clear the fields.

It takes time to open a gap, and you must also be prepared for the attack of the defenders. The strategic advantages of the sudden attack of the nomadic people have been completely lost. The beacon tower quickly conveys military information to the distance, which can also give the Central Plains regimes sufficient time to prepare and resist the attack.

Most nomadic peoples plunder in the Central Plains. Attacking cities is not their strength. Once the warning is made, the property and manpower they can grab will be greatly reduced.

Besides, they generally do not dare to go deep into the hinterland to rob, for fear that the rear route will be cut off by the defenders at both ends of the gap.

The Ming Dynasty built a large number of forts along the Great Wall, which was actually the main fortification to defend against the attack of the enemy cavalry.

These towns and forts are as small as small towns and are not easy to attack, and are densely spread within dozens of miles behind the Great Wall.

If the Tartars break the walls, they either attack and loot these towns and forts, or skip them directly and continue to go deeper, launching attacks on other big cities in the Ming Dynasty. The troops in these towns and forts are the main force that recovers the city walls and blocks their smooth retreat.

Because of this city wall, nomads could not choose a place to enter the country at will when attacking the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they had to find ways to break the city passes along the Great Wall and grab a gate.

In this way, their huge troops can pass through the Great Wall smoothly, and the robbed materials and population can also come out of seclusion.

The purpose of replenishing the troops of Xuanfu is naturally to have sufficient reserve forces to expel the incoming Tartars army when the Tartars attacked the Xuanfu.

"My idea is to mobilize the troops from Shanxi Town to support Xuanfu to make up for the emptiness of Xuanfu's defense after Ma Fang left."

Wei Guangde said.

"Why is it Shanxi Town rather than Datong? This time, Datong General Jiang Yingxiong and his subordinates performed extremely well, and their combat power was also excellent."

King Yu wondered.

"The Governor of Xuanda Jiangdong has always chosen to be in charge of Datong, which is not without reason."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to say.

"Ma Fang and Jiangdong are not in harmony?"

Upon hearing this, King Yu frowned slightly.

Thinking of lobbying King Yu to stand up and help Xu Jie suppress Yang Bo, Wei Guangde explained to King Yu that Jiangdong wanted to draw elite troops from the Xuanfu Army Camp.

When it comes to power struggles, it is hard for King Yu to say anything else.

Rights, only when you hold them in your hands is right.

Once you hand it over to others, it will no longer be controlled by yourself.

King Yu could understand why Ma Fang refused Jiangdong.

"The current general officer of Shanxi Town is Dong Yikui. He was recommended by the Ministry of War for his contributions to the war and had just been transferred from Xuanfu.

He has been in Xuanfu for many years and is very familiar with it. At this time, he can calm down the troops in Shanxi and help him."

Wei Guangde continued, but worried that King Yu would not know the urgency of this matter, he added: "This matter is urgent. Based on my understanding of Ma Fang, he may have already set up a military force on the side of the wall at this time and may go out of the frontier at any time."

"But, what should I do? You have to contact Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of War. The subordinate text of the Ministry of War will be reasonable."

Prince Yu is not Xiaobai, he is just a prince. He can use the power of the army, so where does he have it?

Moreover, this is also a cause of trouble. Beware that the father knows it, it is possible to abolish it on the grounds that he has ulterior motives.

"Your Highness has nothing to do. Of course, I went to see Shangshu Yang and told him that Ma Fang was planning to raid the Beihe Beach recently. But I thought it was a bit inappropriate, so I asked him to discuss how to make up for some of the mistakes."

Wei Guangde said that he told King Yu about these things, and of course he could not give him any problems.

This is inconsistent with his image in King Yu's mind, and it will give people the impression of being troublesome.

In fact, in the letter, Ma Fang just mentioned it casually to clarify the battle.

But he thought it was just a matter of mentioning it, but he pointed out the target, which made Wei Guangde alert. Ma Fang should have had this plan long ago.

He would not be nervous if the raid time was advanced or postponed, but at this point, he thought it was extremely inappropriate.

Now, this feeling is getting stronger and stronger.

"Since you already have this idea, why don't you come to see the orphan? Why don't you talk to Yang Shangshu directly?"

King Yu also realized that this was a troublesome thing at this time. As the prince, he was actually unable to get involved, even though Emperor Jiajing did not seem to have stopped him from contacting foreign generals.

"As long as it's because of Jiangdong."

Wei Guangde continued at this time: "Your Highness should know that Jiangdong and Liu Tao are competing for the position of governor of Ji Liao."

King Yu nodded and said, "I heard about this."

"Shangshu Yang is also in his sixties. He has expressed his lack of energy in private many times before. I guess his plan seems to be to let Jiangdong take over his position."

Wei Guangde said.

"You want to stop Jiangdong from becoming the governor of Ji Liao and prevent him from entering the Ministry of War."

King Yu understood a little, "But, after all, he was recommended by Shangshu Yang, so it is hard for me to interfere in this matter."

"But Jiangdong and Ma Fang have a gap. If Jiangdong comes to take charge of the Ministry of War, it will probably be unfavorable to Ma Fang."

Wei Guangde answered directly.

"Do you want to express your support for Liu Tao?"

King Yu was a little hesitant. Liu Tao was standing behind Xu Jie, and Yang Bo was behind Jiangdong, both of whom were important officials in the court.

Originally, with his personality, he naturally kept a distance from the position of governor of Ji Liao and did not participate in it.

But now I know the relationship between Jiangdong and Ma Fang, and the position of Governor General of Ji Liao is extremely sensitive.

Indeed, if Jiangdong comes from Jiliao, it will be almost a surefire candidate for the next Minister of War, as long as he doesn't have anything else to do.

You know, he has already completed all the over-the-top efforts of serving as Minister of War. From the Minister of War to the Minister of War in Nanjing, he is now just about to take over as the governor of Ji Liao.

Wei Guangde didn't know what King Yu was thinking at this time, but saw him lowering his head and thinking for a while.

Wei Guangde was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.

King Yu was also weighing the pros and cons at this time. If he participated in this matter, he would probably offend Yang Bo.

As Wei Guangde said, Yang Bo is indeed considering the successor.

In fact, Xu Jie is older than Yang Bo, but in King Yu's memory, there seems to be no news that Xu Jie wants to retire. Moreover, to outsiders, it seems that Xu Jie is still very old and strong.

Thinking of this and thinking of Ma Fang involved, King Yu finally made the final decision.

At this time, Ma Fang, who had led his elite cavalry to the fortress to repair it, but the news he had been waiting for still did not come.

Of course, the sneak attack on the North Beach was not a decision made by Ma Fang when he was so angry. He had actually prepared for more than a year.

Not only did he send him to collect terrain information along the route at night, but he also kept track of Altan Khan's whereabouts, striving to succeed in one blow.

Altan Khan is surrounded by his side for many years. The older he gets, the more he cherishes his life. His ambitions are gone, and his fearless courage has dissipated. Only the experience accumulated after a lifetime of military service and an unparalleled deterrence.

Ma Fang has always nailed his target to Altan Khan, so he naturally had to take all the influence into consideration, and even the route of advance and camping location should be fully considered, in order to leave no flaws.

But sometimes, when you are reckless and show off your courage, you will often achieve unexpected results, and the word "wisdom will lose" will appear, which also shows that sufficient preparation is often the root of failure.

Now, Ma Fang has gathered the mobile forces that Xuanfu can mobilize to Zhangjiakou Fort again in the name of patrolling the border, and can act only after confirming Altan Khan's position.

Preparation is sufficient.

During his intentional or unintentional training, the Xuanfu Army had already conducted relevant simulation drills many times without realizing it.

Although there are many people participating, not many people know the complete details, which is also for the sake of confidentiality.

Just as he was waiting, outside the Zhangjia Pass, more than ten miles away from Zhangjiakou Fort, a fast horse was leaping on his horse and whipping towards Chengguan.
Chapter completed!