Chapter 20                                                             �

Beijing's decision soon came to Zhou Mengchen's hands.

This made Zhou Mengchen overjoyed.

He was naturally happy that his plan was finally completed. In the future, when fighting with the Tartars, the situation of passive beatings may not be fully alleviated. But at least, both sides have attacks and defenses. The elite soldiers trained by Zhou Mengchen finally have a place to use their skills.

There is another reason that cannot be explained explicitly.

That is the case of re-enactment, with a license.

Yes, Jiajing agreed to Zhou Mengchen's request and made a noise. Although there was no imperial edict, there were documents from the Ministry of War, etc., which allowed Zhou Mengchen to go out to fight.

Many times, once the restrictions are released, the rest has nothing to do with the rear.

Zhou Mengchen has never been an honest person to obey orders. It would be fine if there was no chance. If there was a chance, Zhou Mengchen would never let Qingcheng go and fight. Anyway, Zhou Mengchen was a civil servant. He had the confidence. After all, it was not only the ministers of the Song Dynasty who could do such a title, but also the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhou Mengchen only had a thought. After all, it was difficult to maintain the upcoming Yulin Battle in Datong. Not to mention longer-term things. But at least the restrictions on this aspect have been opened.

Yes. Jiajing knew that he just made a sound of wind and did not mean to reconcile. The Ministry of War also knew that they made this news more to shock the Tartars and make them entangled with Datong Town. Without the mind, they would do something this spring, so that the court would have no face.

But the problem is that most officials do not know, the people do not know, and the Tartars do not know.

If Zhou Mengchen conquered Qingcheng in one fell swoop, he would turn the reconnaissance into reality. With Jiajing's temperament, he would be furious and think that Zhou Mengchen disobeyed him? Or would he go down the road and admit that what was before was true. Zhou Mengchen's victory became Jiajing's far-sighted vision and wise and powerful.

By then, the real one is fake, and the fake one is real.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen also knew that after all, if you play Jiajing, Jiajing would definitely teach you some lessons secretly. But that was just secretly. After all, the face of the court must be maintained, and the good situation of harmony between the wise ruler and the ministers of the great wise ruler and the ministers must be maintained.

If the reconnaissance can be successfully resolved, what is Zhou Mengchen’s slight grievance?

Anyway, Zhou Mengchen didn't want to be an official, just to promote his own academics.

Seeing that the court had opened the joints, Zhou Mengchen ordered without saying a word: "Transfer the order, all civil and military officials in Datong are discussing affairs in the Governor's Office."

In the main hall of the Datong Governor's Office, the three-way drum was settled.

Zhou Mengchen came out of the back hall.

The civil servants and officials sat in two rows. When they saw Zhou Mengchen come out, they immediately stood up and saluted in unison: "See the Governor."

Zhou Mengchen was wearing a big red official robe, and the peacock pattern was embroidered on the patch on his chest. Zhou Mengchen also kept serious and looked like he was not smiling.

This is a conference, but there is nothing to say. It's just a sense of ritual. Because Zhou Mengchen had privately held one-on-one negotiations with many civil servants and generals below, repeatedly discussing this matter. It can be said that this matter is strictly kept confidential to many soldiers in Datong.

But it is no longer a secret for the upper-level generals of Datong.

After Zhou Mengchen sat down, he said, "Eunuch Teng, please come to Xuanfu Ministry of War for official documents."

Teng Xiang sat in a unique position, sitting next to Zhou Mengchen, and sitting separately from civil and military officials. He showed his unique status. Teng Xiang said, "Yes." Then he took out an envelope from his body, which was covered with a red seal of the Ministry of War. Teng Xiang raised it up and signaled one or two. Then he unpacked it on the spot. He read aloud: "Minister of War Nie Ling: This year, the Tatars went south to Xuanfu, and the war was spread to Yongguan. The beacon fire reached the capital, shocking the Chinese and foreign countries. Your Majesty was furious. The Tartars were so rampant that they must report it. Zhou Mengchen, the governor of Datong, had a great victory in the Beijing first, and then the Battle of Baideng. The Tartars did not dare to cross the border wall and went south. They made great contributions. They were the pillars of the country and the Great Wall of the court. Now, Zhou Mengchen threw down his troops and went out of the frontier to attack the enemy. He avenged his shame in China."

Tengxiang then opened the letter and made public it on the left and right, so that everyone could see the red seal of the Ministry of War on it, and even the private seal of the Minister of War Nie Bao.

In fact, Nie Bao was still looking at Zhou Mengchen. He blurted the orders he gave to Zhou Mengchen.

This order can be either big or small. If Zhou Mengchen had made excuses, he would send Ma Fang to take more than a thousand cavalry, walk around the grassland, and then bring dozens of heads, it would be enough to give the court a deal. But if Zhou Mengchen wanted to do a big fight, this order could also be used.

But Zhou Mengchen could only decline Nie Bao's kindness.

Zhou Mengchen said, "You all heard it. Your Majesty has high hopes for us. In recent years, the Tartars have invaded the Great Wall several times, shocking the capital. Once, they even fought under the city of Beijing. The country has been in power for two hundred years. Apart from the Tumu Fort Incident, there has never been such a great humiliation. We were ordered to garrison the border, but such a thing happened. Shouldn't we die?"

"That's right, as soon as I came to Datong, I started killing forty-three generals and officials, but you ask yourself, if such a thing happened, shouldn't anyone in the Xuanfu be responsible?"

"I won't say much about the past. Think about your family and the people of Datong. Think about the autumn harvest last year and the spring plowing this year. In such a day, you will think about how many years the land in Datong is originally barren. In the Central Plains, if you can have a good harvest, you can have three years of experience. However, it is already very impressive to have a year of use in Datong. If we don't fight well that year, the Tartars rushed directly to Datong near various places. A fire burned the fertile land, and a large number of people will starve to death in Datong next year."

"Fortunately, the emperor is wise and has made up his mind to destroy this food. Today is the time for a good man to serve the country."

"Everyone follows the order."

"At." The people below said in unison.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Yang Jisheng, the governor of Datong."

"The official is here." Yang Jisheng and Zhou Mengchen were intimate in private, but now they have to do their business. He immediately stood up and said.

Zhou Mengchen said: "The three armies have not moved their food and grass before they can move forward. This time I want to send troops to kill Hukou and rebuild the old city of Yulin. How are the food preparations?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Report to the Lord, he has raised 200,000 shi of grain and stationed in the Right Guard of Datong. Later, there will be another 100,000 shi of grain, which will be transported one after another. I can guarantee that if the old guard of Yulin station 5,000 troops can be supplied for one year at a time."

Zhou Mengchen nodded and said, "I'm interested."

Of course I was determined. Although Yang Jisheng did the entire grain escort and storage work alone, Zhou Mengchen had checked it many times. Fortunately, the more than 500,000 stone of grain stored last year was still there, which was enough to fight this battle.

This is the biggest difference between Zhou Mengchen and Zeng Xian.

If we talk about military talent, it is hard to say which one Zhou Mengchen and Zeng Xian are better than that of Zeng Xian. In terms of tactics, Zhou Mengchen is far inferior to Zeng Xian. Zhou Mengchen is always restrained when fighting in the hands of the Tatars. After all, there are many cavalrymen and strong mobility. However, Zeng Xian does not have many cavalrymen, but attacking the Tatars, one strikes one by one, makes the Tatars not know where Zeng Xian came out.

It’s a bit exaggerated to be unpredictable to ghosts and gods. This kind of intelligence ability and tactical prediction are really incomparable to Zhou Mengchen.

However, where Zhou Mengchen was better than Zeng Xian, it was in internal affairs, or institutional construction.

Zeng Xian did not actually attack the Ming army system. His method could not be to bring together the elites from the towns in the northwest to form more than 100,000 elite combat soldiers. In essence, it is a battalion system. He did not add any reference to the various disadvantages of the Ming army system.

But Zhou Mengchen is different.

Zhou Mengchen had actually cleaned up Datong Town, and this kind of cleaning was not just once but twice. The first time he killed forty-three officers, and the second time he was to overthrow and rebuild the Thirteen Guards. It was essentially a major personnel adjustment. In addition to various institutional reforms.

Today's Datong Town is no longer the same as Datong Town a few years ago.

Therefore, the power to be exerted is completely different.

Zeng Xian had to rely on the capital's supplies to fight. But Zhou Mengchen didn't need it.
Chapter completed!