In the first year of Chongzhen, on the third day of October, Tang Zhishan.
In the fierce battle on the second day of the second year of junior high school, both sides suffered heavy losses, and both sides were exhausted. Therefore, on the third day of the third day of the junior high school, the Tangzhishan battlefield seemed particularly peaceful. Only the occasional black gunfire reminded the resting soldiers of the two armies that this was still a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops from the Ming and Jin Dynasties gathered together.
Zhu Youjian was too tired when he returned to the camp last night. After listening to the reports of Gao Hongtu, Zhu Chunchen and others, he didn't say anything. He just ordered Zhonglie to restrain himself and then went to sleep.
He slept until noon the next day and didn't get up until noon. After breakfast, he met Zhang Fengyi, Yuan Chonghuan, Hong Chengchou and others who had just arrived with their troops in the imperial tent. Now the main force of the Ming army's horse infantry was almost here, eight. An army of 190,000 troops was deployed just to the west of Tangzhi Mountain, centered on Gao Hongtu's car camp. There is no need for Zhu Youjian to worry about setting up camp. Zhang Fengyi, Yuan Chonghuan, Hong Chengchou, and Gao Hongtu are all experts in setting up camp and will naturally arrange everything.
Zhu Youjian asked a few questions casually, and then turned the conversation to the "settlement issue"... Zhu Guobi, Zhao Zhilong, and Xu Yunzhen died for their country, and Li Shouqi and Li Zunzu were seriously injured. Of course, they were important reasons for Tang Zhishan's victory in the first battle.
If it weren't for these nobles and their servants to be killed by Hou Jin's cavalry, Zhu Youjian's wall attack would not have achieved such great results.
Although the sins of this group of nobles are far greater than their merits, with Tang Zhishan's "life-paying merit", Zhu Youjian cannot make them look too ugly... After all, today's generals, He is the noble man of tomorrow!
If Zhu Youjian drives out all these nobles, then people like Man Gui, Zhao Lijiao, Zu Dashou, and Hou Shilu will all be disappointed.
Even those people who are pro-military in front of the tent, don't they strive for the goal of becoming nobles who live with the country?
Therefore, Zhu Youjian can now rectify the nobles, but he cannot kill them... Even Zhu Yuanzhang first pacified the four sides and then massacred a group of heroes, and he did not kill them all. Otherwise, where would there be so many hereditary commanders?
Now Zhu Youjian has not reached the time when "the high bird is dead" or the "cunning rabbit is dead", so he cannot tell his subordinates openly that he is an emperor who kills heroes without loyalty!
Therefore, Zhu Youjian's current goal is not to "turn over the table" (it's his table, how to turn it over?), but to take away all the good things on the table, and then move away the obstructive things.
Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Chunchen, who was in the way (everyone else was either dead or injured, how could you escape unscathed?), frowned and asked: "How are the accounts of the Beijing camp? How many casualties and escapes? ?”
This is so true!
But Zhu Chunchen is so thick-skinned! With his face unchanged and his heart not beating, he went out to class and said: "Your Majesty, the Beijing camp is indeed neglected in the battle formation, and there are many veterans and weak soldiers among them. When encountering the slaves and thieves, the losses were indeed heavy... In just two or three days, During the day, more than 60,000 people died, and most of them fled... I have not been strict with the army, please punish me."
Not to mention killed in battle, but to say they escaped... They all escaped before the battle, and they can't be caught!
Zhu Youjian nodded and asked: "How many soldiers are left who are truly useful?"
"Not enough..." Zhu Chunchen considered it, "less than fifty thousand."
"There are so many?" Zhu Youjian's tone became gloomy.
"Think about it again," Zhu Chunchen gritted his teeth with a look of pain on his face, "less than thirty thousand..."
"Thirty thousand..." Zhu Youjian smiled, "Thirty thousand is enough."
enough? Zhu Chunchen thought to himself: It’s only 30,000, how many people can there be if they’ve all taken the empty quota? A soldier with pay, food, horses, equipment, armor, and various miscellaneous rewards would cost up to 30 taels a year. Thirty thousand soldiers only have 900,000 taels... How can it be enough?
Zhu Youjian seemed to have seen through Zhu Chunchen's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Thirty thousand soldiers are not much to eat up the quota!"
"Your Majesty, minister, minister..." Zhu Chunchen suddenly became nervous and knelt down to Zhu Youjian with a plop.
Zhu Youjian smiled and waved his hand, "Get up, get up... I won't punish you for your crimes. I will leave you 30,000 soldiers to let you, the military heroes, live. Do you want to eat the empty quota, or use these 30,000 soldiers?" It's up to you to go out with thousands of soldiers to make meritorious deeds. Duke Cheng, you ministers, are you willing to take the empty quota or are you willing to make meritorious deeds?"
"Of course I am willing to make contributions!" Zhu Chunchen said lies loudly.
Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded, "Okay! Okay! I'm just waiting for your words!"
What? Zhu Chunchen's heart trembled when he heard this... He said the wrong thing again! This little emperor must be causing trouble!
Zhu Youjian added: "Making meritorious service and establishing a career are actually two things...contributing to the country and establishing a career for yourself. And now there is an opportunity to have both. You can make contributions to the country and establish a career for yourself." .Gong Chengguo, are you willing?"
Of course I don't want to... But Zhu Chunchen didn't dare to say it!
"I am willing!" Zhu Chunchen said seriously.
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian said, "The slave thieves did not take advantage of this entrance, and now they are forced to Tangzhishan by me. Nothing can be done anymore. It will only be a matter of time before they retreat. But I, the Ming Dynasty's slaves The battle has just begun! If you want to defeat the slaves, you can’t just rely on defense, you have to attack!”
attack?
When Zhu Chunchen heard these two words, his heart almost broke.
"Long live my lord," Yuan Chonghuan interrupted at this time, "I also think we should attack... If you want to destroy the slave thieves, you must pacify Liaodong; if you want to pacify Liaodong, you must camp every step of the way in western Liaoning!"
Why is it Liaoxi again? Zhu Youjian glared at Yuan Chonghuan and said to himself: You Yuan Chonghuan, why are you so stubborn? You have been fighting in Liaoxi for your whole life, why don't you learn a lesson?
"Of course we have to get western Liaoning. Without western Liaoning, how can we get to eastern Liaoning?" Zhu Youjian had to say earnestly to Yuan Chonghuan again, "But the key to getting western Liaoning is not a narrow corridor, but the entire western Liaoning mountain range, from the main vein of Yanshan Mountain to the east. , all the way to Yiwu Lu Mountain must be captured, controlled, and turned into a place where our Ming Dynasty raises troops and farms. Only in this way can Liaodong be recovered and the slave thieves can be wiped out!
But now that the slave thieves entered the pass and were defeated, the Mongolian tribes outside Jizhen and the western Liaoning wall had suffered heavy losses due to successive years of war and drought, and were no longer able to stand on their own feet. Previously, we followed the slave thieves to help the tiger, so we must have stolen the chicken but lost the rice... This is the perfect opportunity for us to take advantage of the opportunity to send troops outside the Great Wall and capture the mountains of Yanshan and Liaoxi! "
Zhu Youjian once again proposed the strategy of "taking Yanshan".
"Your Majesty," Yuan Chonghuan had heard Zhu Youjian talk about this two or three days ago, but he still disagreed. "The Yanshan and Liaoxi mountains are too vast, with many valleys and basins, and they have always been in the Karaqin area. The territory of Mongolia and Inner Khalkha Mongolia... Even though the Haraqin and Inner Khalkha tribes have suffered heavy losses due to natural and man-made disasters in recent years, and their population has dropped sharply, we want to firmly control the Yanshan and Liaoxi mountains. It’s still not easy... I’m afraid it won’t work just by sending troops in!”
"Of course not!" Zhu Youjian said, "We also need to enclose the guard station and colonize the fields!"
He turned to look at Zhu Chunchen again and said word by word: "Mr. Cheng, Yanshan and western Liaoning are vast and have a lot to do! Are the martial arts families in the capital willing to go north of the Great Wall, be granted the title of a guard station, and live in a permanent town?" "
"Your Majesty, what did you say?" Zhu Chunchen didn't understand.
Zhu Youjian smiled and explained: "I will give you 30,000 troops, and then seal Yanshan Mountain outside the border wall to you... The 30,000 troops can be divided into ten guards and twenty stations, and the town of Yanshan will be divided into two." Everywhere. These ten guards and twenty offices all implement a feudal system, just like the chieftains in the southwest. The honorary ministers who are awarded one guard and one office are the princes of the area. They can run the army and manage the people. They can also be hereditary. Moreover, I will also distribute food and salary to the Ten Guards and Twenty Regiments... The total salary of the Ten Guards and Twenty Regiments will be based on the food and salary of the 30,000 Beijing camp soldiers. Cheng Guogong, are you excited? Don’t you want to be appointed as a military and civilian commander? This is hereditary wealth, and your Duke Cheng Guo is still here!"
