Capital, Wuying Palace.
It has been three days since the last military report to Beijing.
Although the war on the border is coming to an end, there is no doubt that until now, the most important government affairs related to military matters are still.
Therefore, in the morning, Yu Qian was the first to appear.
"Your Majesty, the Liaodong Army reported that Dai Qin, the general under King Saikan, led 5,000 men to attack Liaodong Town, but was repelled by the chief military officer Cao Yi."
"Another Datong commander-in-chief, Guo Deng, came to report that three days ago, Guo Deng sent the capital commander Fan Guang to lead an army of 5,000 to attack Baiyangkou. He was ambushed by 5,000 cavalry led by King Saikan, and Fan Guang had to retreat in a hurry."
"As of yesterday, the remaining 10,000 troops had withdrawn from Baiyangkou and arrived at Mao'erzhuang. The Emperor and the Emperor were taken to the depths of the grassland."
Zhu Qiyu sighed.
Sure enough, no matter how careful a plan is, there will inevitably be oversights.
No one thought that Saikan Wang's march to the northeast was actually a false shot.
He clearly wanted to attack Liaodong, but in fact he divided his army into two. Five thousand people pretended to attack Liaodong Town, and the other five thousand people detoured to Baiyangkou to rescue first.
Baiyangkou was originally a retreat left for himself, and was guarded by 5,000 people. Now with the 5,000 people from the King of Competition, Fan Guang would naturally not be able to take it down.
He could only watch helplessly as Ye Xian led his remaining ten thousand soldiers back to the grassland.
However, this is not without its benefits.
After all, in a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to use troops on the grassland, so naturally the grassland will become more chaotic.
After this defeat, at least half of the elite troops in his hands were lost.
On the other hand, his old enemy was in trouble, but his strength had basically not been lost.
In addition, the biggest reason for Ye Xian's defeat was that Tuotuo Buhua withdrew his troops without authorization, which allowed troops from Xuanfu and other places in Liaodong to rush to aid Datong and cut off his logistics route.
When things have reached this point, it is no longer possible to reconcile the conflicts between the two sides, and there will definitely be a war.
If they really died in this battle first and indirectly allowed Tuotuo Buhua to preserve their strength, it would be better to let them fight on their own.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu asked.
"What are the battle losses of our army? How are the losses on the border?"
This was the main topic today, so Yu Qian was prepared, took out a memorial, forwarded it to the emperor's case, and then spoke.
"According to rough statistics, counting from the time of Ye Xian's massive attack, more than 30,000 officers and soldiers were killed in Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Datong, and about 50,000 were injured."
"Most of the walls of the fourteen passes including Longmen, Huailai, Yanghe, and Shunshengchuan were destroyed, and the remaining passes also need to be repaired, totaling sixteen."
"Among them, the damage to Daomaguan was the most serious. First, they launched a massive attack on the city. In order to defend the city, Cao Tai, the admiral of Daomaguan, and General Sun Dayong ordered the army to flood the city with water and build an ice wall. This was repeated several times. , Fang resisted for seven days. After the war, the city wall of Daomaguan was completely damaged and collapsed. It is no longer usable and needs to be rebuilt."
The more Yu Qian talked, the more Zhu Qiyu felt a headache.
Fighting wars, fighting is all about money!
The ancients said that militarism was necessary because the manpower and material resources required to fight were too great.
Ordinary people think that when a large army goes to war, the most expensive thing is the food and grass chewed by the people.
But in fact, food and grass accounted for at most about half of the entire war expenditure.
More, it is the expenditure after the war.
Just like in this war, the dead and injured need to be compensated, and those who have meritorious service need to pay for it. This is a lot of money, not to mention the re-reinforcement of various passes.
This time, they launched a large-scale attack first, and most of the generals guarding the border were fighting to the death.
Zhu Qiyu knew without thinking that another price of fighting to the death was that the walls and castles everywhere would be scarred.
These dozen passes are another huge sum of money!
Not to mention, there is also an inverted horse pass that has been completely destroyed and needs to be rebuilt.
Daomaguan, Zijingguan and Juyongguan are also known as the three inner passes, which are of great significance for protecting the capital.
If this battle had not been stopped by Ma Guan Shengsheng for seven days, there would never have been a great victory at Zijingguan.
Therefore, Daomaguan must not only be rebuilt, but also be built stronger than before.
To put it bluntly, it costs more money!
And it's not just about money.
Building new cities and strengthening passes requires not only money, but also people.
For such a large-scale reinforcement, it is not known how long it will take to complete the repairs based on the remaining defenders at each pass, so civilians have to be recruited.
Beyond that, there's the problem of the military.
The Ming Dynasty's army was based on the military household system, which was very rigid. There was little mobility and transformation between military households and civilian households.
Even if there are, because the status of military households is not as good as that of civilian households, military households will be transformed into civilian households.
In this battle, plus the Battle of Tumu, more than 200,000 imperial officers and soldiers were killed in the battle, and more than 100,000 people were injured but continued to serve as soldiers.
There is such a huge vacancy and I don’t know where to fill it.
And more importantly, nearly a quarter of these dead officers and soldiers had just inherited the army and had not been in the army for a long time and had no heirs.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty not only lost so many soldiers, but also a quarter of the military households had no one to inherit.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty permanently lost tens of thousands of soldiers to supplement its channels.
The previous problems, whether it is pensions, rewards, city walls, or civilians, can be solved with money, but the loss of military households cannot be solved.
These items were placed in front of him one by one. Even though he was a man of two generations, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel a little troubled.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu asked Shen Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs on the side.
"Shen Qing, how about the remaining silver in the household department?"
Chen Yi had a sad face, he knew that the war would bring disaster to the household department.
During the war, the household department was responsible for logistics and raising food and grass.
After the war, the Ministry of Revenue wanted to allocate funds for compensation and rewards, and this time it also spared the repairs of a lot of city walls and the reconstruction of a new city.
This is really killing me!
Moving out of the queue, Shen Yi frowned and said.
"Back to the Emperor, first of all, the Supreme Emperor has repeatedly conquered Luchuan, and last year he sent a fleet to sail to the West again."
"Afterwards, more than 200,000 officers and soldiers were mobilized for the northern expedition, which cost a lot of money and food."
"In addition, last year the Marquis of Ningyang suppressed the rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which delayed the move for many years. Now there are Miao rebels in the southwest, which has also cost a lot of money. The foundation left by the late emperor is really not strong anymore..."
Old Shen kept talking but refused to say how much money he still had.
Zhu Qiyu looked at his babbling eyes, understood immediately, and said.
"In that case, Shen Qing, please step aside first, and then go back and draft a memorial with the details of the household department."
The reason why this old man was rambling is because the Ministry of Revenue has little money and feels embarrassed, so he refuses to talk about it in front of so many ministers in the morning.
Although he was asked to draft a memorial, after the morning court, Zhu Qiyu kept Shen Yi and Wang Yonghe, the minister of the Ministry of Industry...
