Chapter 601 I want to fight in person!

The deployment of military forces in the northern country in the Ming Dynasty was like a dumbbell.

On the east side, of course there are several places such as Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, Jizhen, etc. This is not only the main place to prevent the Mongols from moving south, but also the main place to prevent the Tartars from advancing westward. Shanhaiguan has always been the title of the world's No. 1 pass. The Ming army has the strongest troops here and the strongest combat power. The most elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty are all here.

On the west side are three towns including Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi. This area is relatively complex, with a large area, a small population, and severe wind and sand. However, this is a place where the enemy often invades, which is difficult to prevent. The Ming army had to hold on here hard. The number of Ming army on this side seems to be large, but its combat effectiveness is very worrying.

In the middle, there is the capital. The main garrison force of the capital is the three major camps. Originally, the three major camps were very elite, and most of the elites of the Ming army were concentrated here. However, after the Tumu Fort Incident, the elites of the three major camps were completely wiped out, and the three major camps that were reorganized completely lost the style of their predecessors and their combat power was simply incomparable. The three major camps now can only be used to defend the city. It is impossible to fight against the Tartars in field.

The basic pattern of the emperor guarding the country's gates designed by Emperor Yongle is basically like this. The border army is mainly used to defend the city and is only responsible for dealing with small-scale and low-intensity border conflicts. Field battles are mainly dispatched by the three major battalions in the capital. The war mainly relies on the three major battalions. After the three major battalions shrank, they can only rely on the Liaodong Legion and Xuanda Legion among the border army.

In the past, in order to prevent the resurgence of the Mongols and sporadic attacks, the Ming Dynasty vigorously built the Great Wall and used the Great Wall to firmly surround its northern border. Even so, the Ming Dynasty still had two records of being slapped in the face. One was the well-known Tumu Fort Incident, and the other was the Jiajing period when Tatar Altan Khan besieged the capital. During the Chongzhen period, the Tatars invaded twice, and it was even more impossible to say. The shadows of the previous two times had not been removed, and the third time came again.

To fight in field, the Liaodong Legion is definitely the main force. To fight against the Tartars, cavalry must be dispatched. The most powerful cavalry of the Ming army belongs to the Liaodong Legion. However, Gao Qiqian does not want to fight against the Tartars. This is a very high risk. If you are not careful, you will be wiped out. On the Liaodong front line, Gao Qiqian is also a strict command of the troops. He must not fight against the Tartars until he has no choice.

However, if he refused to fight the Tartars now, he would definitely be lifted up and strangled to death by Chongzhen. From the time he entered the Xihun Pavilion, Gao Qiqian understood. This time, Chongzhen did not want to be simple to defend, but to be strong. Perhaps it was because his performance in the first two times was too cowardly, which made Chongzhen feel very embarrassed. Therefore, this time, he must save some face.

The problem is that Chongzhen wanted to save face, of course there was no problem, but the Ming army now could not withstand Chongzhen's troubles! Among all the eunuchs and supervisors, Gao Qiqian was the most familiar with military affairs. He knew very well what level the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was. Holding a strong city might also stop the rampant Tartars. Going out of the city to fight the Tartars at night would definitely be seeking death!

I saw Gao Qiqian kneeling on the ground, giving Zhang Fengyi a hidden look, and then said pitifully: "Your Majesty, I know I am wrong. I am willing to lead the army to fight Jianlu to death and redeem my sins. I also ask the emperor to be kind and let me give my life to the battlefield."

Chongzhen said with relief: "Okay! Be ambitious! Get up!"

Gao Qiqian then slowly stood up.

Zhang Fengyi's eyes turned and said with great concern: "The emperor, fighting against the Tartars, the weapons, food and grass must be strengthened, and the soldiers' salaries must be increased by 30%. In this way, everyone will inevitably strive for the first place, and a great victory is just around the corner."

Chongzhen said without hesitation: "Ministry of Revenue?"

Hou Xun, the Minister of Revenue, always had a dead face. His thin face was not bloody at all. He seemed to be a zombie's face, and his voice was wrinkled. He said without emotion: "Taicang silver is less than 800,000 taels, and the grain is only 3 million stones. The emperor will watch it yourself."

The only one who dared to speak to Chongzhen in the Western Warehouse was Hou Xun. In fact, he had wanted to retire many times and escape from the mess of the court, but was always stopped by Chongzhen. Chongzhen didn't know what was wrong with the problem, and he never cared about Hou Xun's offense. Wen Tiren originally wanted to drive Hou Xu away, but later found that he could not drive him away, so he had to give up.

As a result, everyone's eyes were focused on Chongzhen. The amount of Taicang silver was not enough, so they could only be allocated from the treasury. This is a convention. As the scope of activities of the Shaanxi chaos army continued to expand, agricultural production was constantly damaged, and the land that could collect taxes was less and less. Naturally, Taicang silver income was less and less. Salt tax, iron tax, stamp tax, mineral tax, etc. were mainly about entering the treasury and becoming the emperor's private money. Therefore, when the national finances were in trouble, they could only rely on the treasury.

Chongzhen did not answer and turned to Yang Sichang: "Where are your three towns?"

Yang Sichang said slowly: "I have calculated that as long as 900,000 taels of silver, the three towns can gather 60,000 troops and fight the Tartars to the death."

Chongzhen frowned and said slowly: "Sixty thousand people, nine hundred thousand taels of silver, too much."

Wang Kun said tactfully: "Your Majesty, the salary in our three towns has always been less than that in Liaodong, and the officers and soldiers have complained. We don't need to add bonuses. As long as we match our food and salary with the Liaodong army, the officers and soldiers will naturally strive to be the first, serve the country, and defeat the Tartars, which is no problem."

Well, he not only wanted to reach out to the emperor, but also to tease Gao Qiqian. When he came in just now, Wang Kun saw Gao Qiqian kneeling on the ground with a gloomy face. Obviously, he was scolded by Chongzhen, and he felt very happy. Speaking of which, the conflict between Wang Kun and Gao Qiqian has been around for a long time. As long as he has the opportunity to harm the other party, he will never let it go.

Because the eunuchs and military supervisors plundered money, embezzled military pay, beat and scolded soldiers in various places, it caused high disgust among the officers and soldiers of the army. Some troops also had bloody conflicts and many people died. In the year this year, Chongzhen accepted the advice of the minister and prepared to withdraw all the eunuchs of military supervisors. However, how to resettle these people has become a big problem.

Wang Kun and Gao Qiqian were both staring at the eunuch in charge of the seal and the throne of the admiral of the East Factory. For this reason, both of them used quite a lot of methods openly and secretly. Even Wang Chengen was almost injured by accident. Later, Chongzhen was furious and simply refused to withdraw the military supervisor of Wang Kun and Gao Qiqian, and instead let Zhang Yixian be the eunuch in the East Factory. Wang Chengen continued to serve as the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, and Cao Huachun served as the commander of the Beijing camp. As a result, both of them were useless and the depressed Zhang Yixian was in vain.

In front of Wang Kun, Gao Qiqian was not willing to show his weakness, and immediately said in a sharp tone: "Master, if I have nine hundred thousand taels of silver, I can produce ninety thousand troops, including at least ten thousand cavalry!"

What Liang Tingdong wanted was Gao Qiqian's big bag and said with a smile: "Emperor, the Liaodong Army has strong combat power, and the soldiers of Xuan Da were not as good as possible. He also asked the emperor to dispatch Liaodong soldiers to come to Tongzhou and Changping areas to start a field battle with the Tartars. We all want to admire the style of Liaodong soldiers."

Yes, this is a praising killer, and you have to use a knife to kill people! Gao Qiqian said that he could send out 90,000 people, and it still has to be said whether he could hit this number. Who doesn’t know about the empty amount? Even if he really has this number, when he arrives in Tongzhou and Changping, he will encounter the main vanguard of the Tartars, even if he doesn’t die, he will be beaten to become disabled.

This time the Tartars went south and their troops were very powerful. The slave chiefs who were clearly known at the moment include Haoge, Abatai, Yuetou, Ajige, Jirgalang, Huang Taiji and others. In addition, several large tribes in Mongolia were also involved. The invading Tartars were so powerful that the Ming army collided with them in the wild and could only be crushed into pieces.

Zhang Fengyi was not a fool, and he suddenly heard Liang Tingdong's insidious intentions. The Liaodong Legion fought against the Tartars alone. Is it because he didn't die fast enough? Even if the Liaodong Legion was all dispatched and fought against the Tartars outside the city, there was no hope of victory, let alone 90,000 people? He hurriedly said: "Emperor, the Tartars went south from Huairou and went straight to the capital. Our army happened to attack from both sides, which severely damaged the enemy."

Gao Qiqian immediately reacted, and he was almost plotted against by Wang Kun and Liang Tingdong. He secretly held a grudge against the two of them, but he said with great determination in the face of Chongzhen: "Emperor, I will lead my army to the vicinity of the capital to protect the safety of the capital. As for money and food, no matter how much the emperor gives me, I will never hesitate!"

Chongzhen's face turned red, as if it was steamed. It took a long time to say something: "The treasury can only give 600,000 taels. 400,000 in Liaodong and 200,000 in Xuanda."

Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong both looked at each other, helpless. Wang Kun and Gao Qiqian glared at each other. Faced with the overwhelming offensive of the Tartars, what can 600,000 taels of silver be used to? After all, each person only has a few taels of silver, how can it stimulate morale?

At this time, Cao Huachun, who was admiring the Jingying, spoke and said lazily: "Master, if they are unwilling to receive the 600,000 taels, it is better to allocate them to the Jingying. The Jingying's money and food in August this year have not been distributed in full! As long as the soldiers get enough money and food and do not need additional rewards, they will naturally fight the Tartars in a field."

Wang Kun and Gao Qiqian immediately turned around and glared at Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun spoke lightly, as if he was righteous, but in fact he was nothing more than killing the Jingying camp to death and not leaving the city to fight. Emperor Chongzhen was in the city, how could the three major camps go out of the city to fight? Even if the Jingying really wanted to leave the city, it would be stopped by Chongzhen's strict orders. He really didn't feel hurt when he stood up and spoke.

Cao Huachun fanned the flames, and the West Warehouse suddenly became lively. When it comes to money and food, no one would be left behind. Everyone knows that the court’s money and food are just a little bit. If you don’t strive for it, it will fall into the hands of others. Without money and food, will the soldiers under your command follow you to drink the northwest wind? How did Bi Zisu die? How did the mutiny brew? In the end, it was not the word “money”?

In such occasions, it is the most appropriate to find trouble for others. Wen Tiren glared at Yang Yipeng and said lukewarmly: "It's all a mistake in the canal transportation. If the canal transportation can arrive smoothly, how could the money and grain of Jingying be delayed? The Governor's Grain Office will explain this."

OK, this is taking the opportunity to fan the flames and cut off political enemies. Wen Tiren had disliked Yang Yipeng in the morning. Last time, he gave Yang Yipeng an eye medicine in front of Chongzhen. However, Yang Yipeng was not a good person. After explaining the situation, Chongzhen did not make things difficult for him. Now, Wen Tiren jumped out again and wanted to make things difficult for him. Of course, Yang Yipeng did not give him face and said coldly: "The Ministry of Revenue owes the 800,000 taels of silver that the river workers owes the river workers has not been allocated yet! The cabinet won't have received my memorial? I don't have money and grain to ask the river workers to dig the river channels, and can the canal boat fly over?"

Wen Tiren had to shut up after a soft nail. The most troublesome thing about him was the money and food problem. Chongzhen had at least an inner treasury, and he only had a taicang silver in his hand, which was empty and could not even raise mice. But the country was a great cause in the Ming Dynasty, so he asked for money everywhere. It was hard to cook without rice. As the chief assistant, he did not have enough money and food in his hand, so how could he be free?

But at this time, Hou Xun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, seemed to be sleepwalking, completely ignored the feelings of everyone around him, and murmured to himself: "Taicang silver is less than 800,000 taels, and the grain is only 3 million stones..."

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Chongzhen slapped the table in anger and stood up suddenly.

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and their faces were full of solemnity.

"If you don't have money, you can't fight? You can't lose a penny?"

"Raising troops for a thousand days, using troops for a while! How much money did you spend on raising your soldiers? Now, when you hear that you are going to fight, you ask for money! Where did the money you usually go? It all fell into your own pockets?"

Chongzhen said angrily.

Because he had been baked in the West Warehouse for too long, his face was very bright, as if a fire was burning. In addition, he was really angry, and the heat on his face became even more intense. When he was angry, he could clearly see beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead.

"Gao Qiqian, you sent 90,000 troops!"

"Wang Kun, you sent 60,000 troops!"

"I want money, no!"

Chongzhen shouted with a pale face.

"I obey the order!"

"I obey the order!"

Seeing that Chongzhen was really angry, Gao Qiqian and Wang Kun didn't care about asking for money anymore, so they knelt down and said. Chongzhen was furious, and the others had to kneel down.

"You don't dare to fight the Tartars, I'll go in person!"

"I went on the battle myself and fought to the death with the Tartars!"

"You cowards! When you hear the Tartars, your legs become weak!"

Chongzhen became more and more angry as he spoke, and walked out from the back of the desk. He just walked to the front of Gao Qiqian. He raised his foot and kicked Gao Qiqian over. This action was very intense. His face turned red as if it had been cooked. Later, he kept coughing, obviously too excited. Wang Chengen hurriedly patted the dragon's back and picked up the porcelain cup to let Chongzhen drink water.

"The emperor calms down! We cannot share the worries for the emperor. We deserve to die!"

When everyone saw that Chongzhen was really angry, they hurriedly sang loudly with everyone's words.

Wang Kun took the lead in expressing his opinion and said in a turbulent language: "Emperor, I will immediately dispatch 60,000 troops to Bao'anzhou area tomorrow to protect the safety of the capital! Even if I am broken into pieces, I will keep the emperor's safety! Emperor, I may be the last time I see you tonight. Take care of you in the future!"

When Gao Qiqian heard Wang Kun speak the lines first, he immediately lay on the ground, burst into tears, and shouted fiercely: "The emperor treats me as much as a mountain. Only by dying in battle in front of the formation can I repay the emperor's love! The emperor, I have no relatives, only one godson. After I die, I will ask the emperor to take care of me. I will leave the emperor forever."

The two eunuchs in the military made a desperate statement, and they burst into tears and sighed. Zhang Fengyi, Liang Tingdong, Yang Sichang and other civil servants were not willing to fall behind. They were braver than the other, and the other sacrificed their lives for justice. It seemed that they could not repay Chongzhen's kindness without being crushed to pieces.

Seeing the people around him patting their chests and agreeing and fighting with the Tartars with all their might, Chongzhen slowly calmed down. After getting angry, his face improved much better.

Liu Zongzhou suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you might as well let Zhang Zhun compete with the Tartars in a field."

Everyone's eyes, including Chongzhen's, immediately focused on Liu Zongzhou.

The name Zhang Zhun seemed like a powerful spell, which made the West Nut Pavilion suddenly become cold, and everyone felt an inexplicable chill.

I don’t know when the name Zhang Zhun became a forbidden body. As long as it is possible, everyone will be tactfully not mentioned in front of Chongzhen. Even if it is mentioned, they should be called Zhang Ni to show that they are irreconcilable with Zhang Zhun.

Liu Zongzhou realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it would be a pity if Zhang Zhun was not allowed to participate in the war with the Hu Ben Army's record in Huang County. With the Tartars' revenge personality, perhaps this time it was for Zhang Zhun. As long as Zhang Zhun appears, he might be able to attract the Tartars' attention."

Chongzhen was slightly surprised and said suspiciously: "You said the Tartars came for Zhang Zhun?"

Liu Zongzhou hurriedly said, "This is just a speculation of the ministers, and I dare not conclude. The Tartars went south to rescue the Tartars in Dengzhou City this time, which must be one of their established goals. Therefore, the battle between the Tartars and Zhang Zhun is inevitable. If the Tartars and Zhang Zhun fight each other, both lose the loss, or die together, wouldn't it be better?"

Yang Sichang immediately said: "I will discuss it."

Master Qiao Yun also said quickly: "I will discuss it."

Fu Zonglong thought about it, nodded and said, "I will discuss it."

Liu Zongzhou said in a deep voice: "I have heard that the Tartars invaded, and Zhang Zhun had already received the news early in the morning and asked Shi Kefa to pass it on to all the great masters of the Ministry of War. But later, the Ministry of War did not accept it. If we had prepared early, how could our army suffer such a great loss?"
Chapter completed!