In terms of status, Li Xuan and Wang Ji are almost the same. One is the Duke of the country, and the other is an earl and Minister of War.
As for the question of who commands whom in the military, it must be determined based on the emperor's edict.
Here again is the benefit of having a righteous status.
The scope of authority Zhu Qiyu gave Wang Ji was: to command an army of 100,000 people, and to eliminate the remaining troops first. In the western part of Oara, Wang Ji could act cheaply and command with full authority.
The eastern part of Oara is now controlled by Aara. Ala is the Great Khan of Oara appointed by Zhu Qiyu. No Ming army is allowed to take the initiative to attack Ala in the east of Oara.
Zhu Qiyu gave Li Xuan the authority to take charge of all military and military officials in Gansu, and to kill civil and military officials below the third rank in Gansu first and then report them later.
Any civil or military official can be temporarily removed from office and imprisoned on the spot, and then report to the emperor.
This is obvious. As long as Li Xuan is in Gansu, he has the authority granted by the emperor to take charge of all troops, money and food, including Wang Ji's 100,000 troops.
In extreme cases, Li Xuan even had the right to directly remove Wang Ji from military power, imprison him on the spot, and then take over Wang Ji's 100,000-strong army.
But this is all theory. In fact, Li Xuan was extremely polite to Wang Ji, and even temporarily gave up the Yamen of Shaanxi Xingdu to Wang Ji.
The nominal mission of Li Xuan's 50,000 elite border troops was to protect the flanks of Wang Ji's army and serve as a reserve army, ready to support Wang Ji at any time.
There are another 30,000 elite border troops in Shaanxi, under the jurisdiction of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion, under the command of Xu Heng, Duke of Anguo. They are also responsible for protecting the flanks of Wang Ji's army and are ready to support at any time.
In Xuanfu, there are also the Xiaoqi Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, totaling 40,000 people.
There are Yingzhou Guards and Tiance Guards in the capital, totaling nearly 70,000 people.
In an emergency, Zhu Qiyu can mobilize an additional 30,000 Duoyan Guards.
The total number of these armies was 220,000, which was why Zhu Qiyu dared to let Wang Ji command an army of 100,000 to welcome the Supreme Emperor.
Even if an extreme situation occurs, the 220,000-strong army can quickly kill the rebels.
It can also be seen from this that the focus of Zhu Qiyu's military deployment is all concentrated on the capital and the northwest line.
For the South, it was completely laissez-faire.
In the entire south, not a single soldier was Zhu Qiyu's direct lineage.
Now in charge of the army in Nanjing, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yi, Nanjing Minister of War Yu Qian, and Nanjing Minister of Civil Affairs Wang Ao are all direct descendants of Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen's father and son.
Zhu Qiyu was worried about the rebellion of the emperor's troops, and Wang Ji was equally afraid that the emperor would be stimulated and his mentality would suddenly collapse.
The commander leading troops abroad was most afraid of the suspicion of the emperor who was far away in the capital.
Wang Ji couldn't help but want to imitate Wang Jian.
When Wang Jian was raising the army of the whole country to attack Chu, he didn't get down to business. Instead, he endlessly competed with the King of Qin for money, land, and beautiful women to eliminate the King of Qin's suspicion.
Now Wang Ji also wants to have a big fight with the emperor.
But what Wang Ji wanted most was a marquis, the kind that was hereditary and irreplaceable.
On this day, special envoy Naha was also sent out to negotiate.
From the original intention, Ye Xian absolutely did not want to send him back to the Supreme Emperor.
With the Supreme Emperor in hand, Tuotuo Buhua and Ala never launched a large-scale attack first, let alone killed them all.
But if the Supreme Emperor is gone one day, then everyone will have no worries at all.
Unfortunately, God failed to fulfill his wishes, and he couldn't figure out why the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who was living a good life, suddenly gathered an army of 150,000 people and threatened to welcome back the Emperor.
Will welcoming back the Supreme Emperor be of any benefit to the current emperor?
He was puzzled at first, but due to military pressure from the Ming Dynasty, he had no choice but to send out special envoy Naha to explore the truth in the name of peace talks.
The Ming Dynasty showed its importance and gave very high reception standards: Cao Guogong Li Xuan, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, Baoding Bo Liang Yue, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fang Ying and others were all present.
Naha recognized Li Xuan, and also recognized Wang Ji.
After saluting and exchanging a few words, they went straight to the topic: "I dare to ask Cao Guogong and Jing Yuanbo, last time the imperial army kidnapped half of my tribe, it was only a little more than half a year ago, why did the imperial court come to conquer again for no reason?
I would like to advise you that it is autumn now and there is plenty of water and grass. Although we only have an army of 20,000, if we are wandering around and do not fight the main force of the Ming army, what can the Ming Dynasty do to me?
The vast grassland stretches for thousands of miles. How can you catch up with us cavalry who grew up on horseback when a hundred thousand troops are marching with their baggage?
In my opinion, forget it. Your army should give up as soon as possible and don't make useless efforts. It also avoids wasting national power and increasing worries. "
Li Xuan shook her head when she heard this, and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Ji with a smile on her face.
Li Xuan made up her mind not to express any opinions and just do her job well. His duty is to supervise the army in the northwest. As long as no one rebels, the mission is completed.
As for what happens to Wala, let's do it first. It doesn't matter. How about love, that's what Wang Ji has to worry about. In the future, Wang Ji will also be responsible for explaining to the emperor.
Wang Ji had no choice but to sigh and replied to Naha: "We can ignore you, and we have no intention of killing them all. As long as you return them to the Supreme Emperor, His Majesty will have his own reward for you."
When Naha heard this, he immediately asked: "If the emperor is returned to you, will your majesty restore the tribute rights of my department?"
Wang Ji was stunned by these words, and he just said casually that the emperor personally canceled Ye Xian's tribute rights, and naturally only the emperor could restore them.
How dare ministers dare to make arbitrary decisions without the emperor's approval?
But this question had to be answered, so Wang Ji had to look at Li Xuan with a troubled expression.
Li Xuan gave Wang Ji some face and replied: "Yexian's tribute rights cannot be restored. This is His Majesty's wish. So if you want to regain the tribute rights, you must do two things, one of which is indispensable:
First, return it to the Supreme Emperor. Second, change the leader. You can't continue to be the leader first, that's the bottom line.
Your Majesty will not be too unreasonable and can allow it to be passed down to his son first.
But which of Ye Xian's sons will succeed the leader must be designated and canonized by His Majesty in the name of Tian Khan. "
When Naha heard it, he was definitely not happy.
As a special envoy, Naha traveled frequently between Oara and the Ming Dynasty, responsible for communicating important matters. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person.
Naha immediately understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words: the Ming Emperor wanted to designate the grand master's son to succeed the leader. Who will the emperor appoint? Naturally, it is the third son of the Grand Master who is still in the capital of the Ming Dynasty: Ama Sangchi.
The emperor had previously played the trick of killing three soldiers with two peaches, and released two of the captured Taishi's wife, Mishu Hatun, the Taishi's eldest son Huo'er Huda, and the third son Amasangchi.
At that time, it was Naha who, as the plenipotentiary envoy of Yexian, abandoned Yexian's third son Amasangchi in Beijing.
Unexpectedly, the emperor not only failed to kill Amasangchi, but also sent him back to succeed the tribe leader.
(End of chapter)
