Hu Mingyi, who had not yet left, heard Vice General Li's request and took back his steps. He turned around and looked at Li Guangyi and said, "Dong Weng, what Vice General Li said makes sense. There are not many defenders in the city, so it is better to recruit some civilians." Go up and defend the city."
"It's not that I don't want to recruit civilian husbands, but to recruit civilian husbands, we must first solve the problem of money and food." Li Guangyi said with a frown.
After hearing this, Hu Mingyi smiled softly and said: "In fact, the problem of money and food is best solved. Think about who in the city least wants Datong Town to be broken down by bandits."
"Who?" Li Guangyi asked.
Hu Mingyi said with a smile: "Of course it is our acting king, His Highness."
"King Dai!" Li Guangyi frowned and said, "There are a few vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty who are willing to pay for this kind of thing. I'm afraid I can't count on King Dai."
Hu Mingyi smiled and said, "We don't expect His Highness to actually provide this money. As long as His Highness shows up once, the money and food will mainly come from the squires in the city."
"If you want the squire to provide this money, why do you need His Highness to come forward?" Lieutenant General Li next to him asked puzzledly.
Hu Mingyi said with a smile: "This group of bandits in Datong used to be a business in Datong. They had many contacts with the squires in the city. There is no guarantee that someone will not collude with the bandits secretly. If His Highness the King comes forward, even if the squires in the city are there, If you don't want to, for the sake of King Dai, I will also spend some money to defend the city."
Upon hearing this explanation, Vice General Li nodded understandingly.
Li Guangyi's brows were still knitted together and he said: "In this case, His Highness the King of Dai will probably have to take some of it away."
As the governor of Datong, he not only had to guard the place, but also monitored the palace of Datong for the imperial court. As a civil servant, he naturally had no good impression of the vassal prince's family.
"This is also unavoidable. If His Royal Highness had not come forward, the wealthy squires in the city might not be willing to spend their money to defend the city." Hu Mingyi comforted Li Guangyi.
Li Guangyi sighed lightly and said: "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, this is the only way."
"This matter should be done sooner rather than later. Otherwise, should the students contact the official of the Prince's Palace?" Hu Mingyi said to Li Guangyi.
Li Guangyi nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Hu, you can take the initiative, but we can't delay contacting the frontier soldiers in the rebel army."
"Student understands." Hu Mingyi stepped in and saluted.
Li Guangyi then said to Lieutenant General Li: "We must hurry up on recruiting civilian men. The bandit army has appeared on Zuowei Road and may attack Datong Town at any time."
"I will obey the general's orders." Lieutenant General Li cupped his fists and saluted.
On this day, Datong's petition for help was sent to the capital and sent to the palace.
"Chief Assistant, Datong has sent urgent documents." Zhu Guozhen broke into Han Xu's office, holding an official document in his hand, and walked quickly towards Han Xu.
Han Xu put down the official document in his hand, raised his head and looked at Zhu Guozhen and the official document in his hand, and said hurriedly: "Quick, show me the official document from Datong."
As the person who advocated the suppression of the Tiger Flag, he was very concerned about the situation in Datong.
When the official document was handed over to Han Xu, Zhu Guozhen said with an ugly face: "Something happened in Datong. The two border armies of Xuanda and Datong were completely wiped out. The whereabouts of the two generals Yang Guozhu and Wang Bao are also unknown. They may have fallen into the hands of the enemy."
Han Xu, who was looking through official documents, looked increasingly ugly.
Snapped!
I saw Han Xu slapped the table with the official document, and said with a livid face: "Incompetent, useless, an army of more than 60,000 people was beaten to pieces by a bandit who did not even have half their strength. Li Guangyi is so incompetent that he still has the nerve to ask the imperial court to send reinforcements. If it weren't for his incompetence, how could Datong have become like this? His hat should be removed. Such a person is not worthy of staying in Datong as a governor."
"Chief Assistant, now it is not a question of whether Li Guangyi is suitable for the position of governor of Datong, but that we should send troops to Datong to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. Otherwise, if something happens in Datong, we will be in trouble." Zhu Guozhen said with a sad look on his face.
Before the imperial court took action against the Tiger Character Banner, no one thought that the imperial court would fail. After all, no matter how powerful the Tiger Character Banner was, it was just a business, not even as good as the slave thieves before Saarhu, let alone compared with the Ming Dynasty.
However, reality gave the court a severe slap in the face.
Back then, Saarhu gave the slave thieves the opportunity to grow in Liaodong. This time, the scene of that year may be repeated in Datong.
Han Xu said in a bad tone: "Now that the most elite soldiers and horses of the imperial court are in Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou, there are no soldiers sent to Datong. In the end, Li Guangyi is still incompetent. More than 60,000 border troops are gone. Even if Even if they are a bunch of pigs, they won’t be wiped out in one battle.”
"I know you are angry, but now is not the time to vent your anger on him. Don't forget, there is a vassal king in Datong. Once the vassal king falls into the hands of the rebels, you, me and the entire cabinet will have to bear the wrath of the Holy Emperor, especially It's you, Wei Wei has long disliked you and me, and may take this opportunity to squeeze you out." Zhu Guozhen stated the pros and cons for Han Xu.
Han Xu frowned and said, "How can there be any troops sent to Datong to relieve the crisis in Datong?"
"We can first mobilize troops from Taiyuan. There are not 70,000 or 80,000 troops in Taiyuan. Send half of the troops to Datong. After the rebellion in Datong is quelled, it will not be too late for us to deal with Li Guangyi." Zhu Guozhen made suggestions for Han Xu.
Hearing this, Han Xu smiled bitterly and said: "There are still 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan, I'm afraid they don't even have half."
"How is it possible? Last time I was from the Ministry of War..." Halfway through his words, Zhu Guozhen suddenly stopped talking as if he thought of something.
Han Xu said with a bitter look on his face: "For many years, civilian officials have been suppressing military generals. They would rather let military generals eat empty pay than have too many soldiers and horses in their hands. The number of officers and soldiers recorded by the Ministry of War is no longer the real number. The real number is no longer true." The number is far less than recorded.”
"You deserve it! The truth deserves it." Zhu Guozhen shook his head and sighed.
For the first time, I felt that only when the troops were used did they know how little they had. If the generals below had not been paid empty wages, they would not have been unable to send troops to Datong to quell the chaos.
Han Xu said: "We can only let Taiyuan send some troops to Datong to protect the town of Datong first, and then dispatch one troops from Zhending Prefecture and Baoding Prefecture to maintain the situation in Datong together with Taiyuan's troops and horses. Expand the rebellion, and then see if we can dispatch a troop of troops from Liaodong to Datong to quell the rebellion."
"We can only do this for the time being." Zhu Guozhen nodded and agreed with Han Xu's proposal.
He knew that this was a hopeless solution. After all, no one expected that Xuanda's two frontier armies of more than 60,000 people would not be able to take advantage of the bandits, but instead the entire army would be wiped out.
Han Xu said: "You personally go to the Ministry of War and ask the Ministry of War to quickly mobilize the troops and horses of Taiyuan, Zhending and Baoding. The troops and horses of these three prefectures must be fast. I am worried that Li Guangyi will not be able to hold on and lose Datong."
"I'm going to the Ministry of War now, but should the Holy One also tell me that such a big thing cannot be hidden from the Holy One?" Zhu Guozhen said.
Han Xu said: "Even if I want to hide it, I can't. I'm afraid that Datong's request for help has already reached Qianqing Palace."
