Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded: "That's right! I don't expect that Ma Gui is really Han Xin of the Han Dynasty or Li Yaoshi of the Tang Dynasty. He can always win without defeat and make immortal contributions to the Ming Dynasty. I also never expect that the Ming Dynasty can rely on one person." Civil servants and military generals can maintain long-term peace and stability!"
"on the contrary."
"What I strive to do is to make the Ming Dynasty's generals like him able to defeat! Let the ruling ministers like Qing and others be able to afford trial and error!"
"What is a strong country?"
"That is, losing once will not break your muscles and bones, and you can fight and lose again until you achieve your goal, instead of being devastated and even having to increase taxes on the people and eat a lot of food before you can fight again."
"So, it doesn't matter why he stayed in Daban Shengcheng for whatever reason. Does this dynasty really have to rely on him and his tens of thousands of troops to recapture the Hetao?"
"Or is he Magui the only general I can use?"
"What is the greatest advantage of this dynasty? It is the strong national power! It has been able to continuously transport elite soldiers. Especially in these years, so many roads have been built, so many soldiers have been trained, so many skilled craftsmen have been trained, and so many ordnances have been built. What is important is to minimize the impact of generals’ personal loyalty and talents on the fate of the country.”
When Zhu Yijun said this, he said: "Gong Ji and Marquis Ningyuan have noticed this, but you civil servants have not. It shows that they are still a little behind in their understanding of military affairs, and they still only think about spending less money in war." Spend less money on this aspect. It seems that they only hope that Ningyuan Hou and Shuozhou Hou will recover the Hetao. Moreover, they hope that they can do it even if they don't. Even if they encounter problems at the slightest moment, they want to ask the two people who did it. Is there any problem with loyalty and ability? I forgot that my original intention was to recover the Loop, and I forgot that I should quickly find a solution to the problem itself. As for accountability, it is irrelevant."
"Your Majesty said so."
"In terms of military and political affairs, I and other civil servants are still not good enough, especially a clean figure like Chen, who is too petty!"
At this time, Shen Shixing took the initiative to admit the shortcomings of Qingliu. He took the initiative to compromise and refused to argue with His Majesty. He had to maintain the dignity of Qingliu as a civil servant.
Zhu Yijun said: "I am not here to blame anyone, but to let you understand what I mean. I allow you to make mistakes in specific decisions, because the Ming Dynasty has developed to this point precisely because I allow you to make mistakes. , can show his strength."
"So, send another army! If he can't break the enemy camp, let others do it. The Ming Dynasty is so big that there is no shortage of people who want to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield."
All the ministers bowed their hands and said yes.
Then, Qi Jiguang seemed to have already made up his mind and said: "Your Majesty, in this case, I suggest that we move our troops directly behind Helan Mountain to prepare for any eventuality."
"Crossing the gap in Helan Mountain."
Zhu Yijun recited a sentence at this time, then pondered for a moment, then smiled at Qi Jiguang and said: "It turns out that you have already made up your mind."
"I don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty. I have this idea, but I just don't know what the holy will is, so I don't dare to express it well. Now that Your Majesty wants me to write a big article, I have no choice but to write a pen first!"
Qi Jiguang replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Then I'll start from Zehelan Mountain."
"According to the order!"
Qi Jiguang immediately raised his hand and said yes.
…
"Helan Mountain?"
"That's right, our Jinyi Guards have discovered that Huo Luochi has arrived at Helan Mountain, and his purpose may be to target you, Lord Marquis!"
Back to one day last month, Li Rusong, who had arrived in Guyuan, learned about Huo Luochi's situation from Jin Yiwei, who was responsible for spying on intelligence.
After hearing this, Li Rusong asked: "Is this Kuai Bai going to draw all the captives over to rebel with him?"
After saying that, Li Rusong asked the Jin Yiwei again: "Are you still arresting Han people?"
"Still catching!"
"But we haven't captured these Han people yet to fill the trenches and attack Huamachi."
The Jin Yiwei replied.
Li Rusong clenched his fists after hearing this: "It should be that Zhuli Rabbit, Zhuang Tu Lai and Shi Lost Rabbit have been kidnapped to other places. Ma Gui must have attracted them there, and his reaction was quite fast."
"The dispute between the old and the new, between me and you, is inevitable, and it also makes the whole matter of recovering the Loop much more difficult."
Tian Le, the deputy envoy accompanying the army, said something at this time.
Li Rusong said: "We have to rush to Ningxia City as soon as possible and regain the forts. We cannot let Kuaibai capture too many Han people and return to Ningxia!"
With that said, Li Rusong gave instructions to his generals, Zha Damou and others: "After passing the Red Castle, let the cavalry go around in units of a thousand people to sweep away the captives, so that the captives who are still in Ningxia dare not leave the city!"
"yes!"
The Red Castle is the dividing point between Ningxia and Shaanxi. Passing the Red Castle is the boundary of Ningxia.
Because the governor of Ningxia, Cao Zideng, rebelled and deceived the guards of many forts in Ningxia, they were killed and forced to surrender. Therefore, most of the forts in Ningxia, except Huamachi, were ravaged by captors. occupy.
Moreover, after occupying these fortresses, these captors also frantically arrested Han people, so that a large number of Han border residents were tied up with their hands and taken to places that looked like concentration camps.
With the arrival of the troops led by Li Rusong, when these captives escorted many Han border residents to serve as cannon fodder in the military camps, many cavalry from Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Datong appeared sweeping through the smoke.
Whizzing!
Whizzing!
As soon as these Liaodong cavalry saw the captives escorting the Han people, they fired their bows and arrows to kill them.
At the same time, the official school carried forward the tradition left by the Li family, took the lead, took the initiative to charge forward, took out the three-eyed blunderbuss, and after approaching the captives, fired the blunderbuss directly, and then used the blunderbuss as a hammer.
For a moment, the Taoluo, who only had light armor on his body, was completely sorry. He could only die on the spot with blood flowing freely.
"The Han cavalry is coming!"
"The Han cavalry is coming!"
"The Han cavalry is coming!"
…
After Li Rusong ordered his Liaodong cavalry to enter Ningxia and raid the forts and rescue the Han people, he once again proved to the world that in this world, it is not only the case where the Tartars ride on the Han people, but there are also the cases where the Han people ride on the Tartars. , and more powerful!
Because the Han cavalry used armor made from open-pit iron mines in the Northeast, they had heavy armor and heavy arrows and could also handle firearms, so the Taolu light cavalry was naturally no match.
Therefore, these captives were frightened when they saw the appearance of the Liaodong cavalry, making the Ming Dynasty seem to have reproduced the majesty of the Han family in the Han Dynasty, where one Han acted as the five barbarians!
"ah!"
One set of prisoners was letting go of the few Han people he had captured, and ran wildly to the north. While running and shouting, he screamed, and then fell under the horse of a Liaodong cavalry.
Situations like this were still happening in other forts. Many Taolu and horsemen were killed one after another. Some simply put down their weapons again, put on Han clothes, and knelt on the ground shivering, returning to the obedient appearance of the victims of the past.
"Li Rusong's Liaodong Cavalry is here?"
After Kuaibai learned about this situation from his son Kuaiyun, he was not too shocked. He just said with a sullen face: "It's so fast! It seems that we can't capture so many Han slaves now."
As he spoke, Kuai Bai ordered Kuai Yun: "Take all our people back to Ningxia!"
"good!"
Kuaiyun responded and asked again: "Then Huamachi won't be attacked either?"
Kuaibai said with a rather depressed expression: "Let's not fight yet! We have to preserve our own strength, and everything has to wait until Litu has wiped out Ma Gui first."
After hearing this, Kuaiyun raised his hands and said yes, and then left Kuaibai.
Kuaibai came to King Qing and Cao Zideng and informed them that Li Rusong had arrived with his army.
After hearing this, King Qing said in a panic: "I have heard for a long time that Li Rusong is brave and good at fighting. Now that he has come to Ningxia, we cannot take it lightly!"
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. No matter how brave and skilled Li Rusong is, he cannot capture the impregnable Ningxia City. Now we only need to wait for Li Tu and the others to wipe out Ma Gui's troops, and then return to capture Huamachi. Everything will be fine." It can be easily solved!”
"Because the world has been suffering from the new etiquette for a long time, as long as it breaks its path first and thwarts the imperial court's edge, many heroes in the world will respond, and your majesty's peace will be successful. Just like when the ancestors were established, it will be possible to defeat the enemy within a few years. Go to the capital!"
At this time, Cao Zideng comforted King Qing and said again: "In my humble opinion, what Your Highness needs to do now is to show a gesture to let the world see that His Highness is sincere in restoring the ancestral system. Therefore, Your Majesty might as well issue an edict to abolish the tyrannical rule. Restore the ancestral system, but only exempt the gentry from corvee service, prohibit human trafficking, declare that all people in the world, regardless of Han or foreigners, are your Majesty’s sons, and promise not to kill scholars!"
After hearing this, King Qing nodded and said: "Everything is in accordance with Yuan Fu's arrangements. In addition, let's use this decree to recruit Wan Shide and Xiao Ruxun. I hope they can also see Gu's thoughts and make them understand. Fengtian Jingnan is not only for himself, but also for the sake of order in the world!"
"I obey the decree!"
…
"Bing Xian, the rebels are here to surrender again."
Xiao Ruxun came over and said something to Wan Shide that day, and handed Wan Shide the letter that was sent into the city.
Wan Shide looked at it and said with a smile: "I treat the Tatars who were affected by the disaster with benevolence and porridge, let alone my own Han people? When I was appointed as the doctor of martial arts in the Privy Council, I was Xinli's support Or, even more so now! So, general, if you want to surrender, please kill me. Anyway, this military constitution will not surrender."
"If I had planned to demote my humble position, I would have demoted it long ago. How could I wait until today? It's just that the policies adopted by the rebels are very popular with the gentry. Bing Xian thinks that we should drive out the gentry in the city to prevent them from doing bad things."
Xiao Ruxun replied.
After hearing this, Wan Shide looked at Xiao Ruxun with great admiration: "That's it! It's just right to temporarily borrow their food and grass to serve as troops and requisition their houses to recuperate the wounded! I issue this order in the name of this constitution."
"Let's do it in the name of a humble position, so as not to affect Bing Xian's reputation and future. When the time comes, Bing Xian will just claim to the outside world that he was sidelined by his humble position."
Xiao Ruxun replied.
Wan Shide immediately refused and said: "Wan accepted the general's good intentions, and it is better to do it in the name of Ben Xian. I would rather be known as a cruel official than be known as a rat, and because of this, I will not be able to convince my subordinates in the future."
(End of chapter)
