That night, the senior Ming army officials in Desheng Fort were also holding a meeting.
The meeting was of course presided over by Ma Wei, the commander-in-chief of the Desheng Fort garrison and the commander-in-chief of Datong North East Road. The imperial envoy inspected the defense of the three towns in Shanxi and watched the government on behalf of the prince. Gao Pragmatic, a fake bachelor's degree student who accompanied the prince, and Huang Mengyu, the local eunuch who was guarding Datong by the imperial envoy, attended the meeting as superior leaders. At the same time, in accordance with the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty, they Because people have the word "imperial envoy" in their title, they automatically have the nature of supervising the army.
The other generals attending the meeting, headed by Ma Gui, the garrison of Desheng Fort, sat on both sides.
Ma Wei's face was a little gloomy, and he knocked on the table lightly and said: "Imperial envoys, guards, and colleagues, according to the original plan of the King's Governor Jianchuan, our Desheng Fort garrison deliberately did not strengthen its troops in order to attract people in front of us. The enemy is the main force of the Chinese army that I am sending troops to this time. I hope to use the imperial envoy's camp as a bait to induce them to storm the fort, and attract the enemy to the fort of Desheng Fort to fight a war of attrition with us, so as to cooperate with us. The commander-in-chief attacked his left flank and suppressed my arrogance."
"However, until today, I replied that the Chinese army has no obvious signs of taking the initiative to attack the city except for strengthening sentries. This is inconsistent with our army's original plan. I invite you to attend the meeting today, mainly because I want to communicate with you Let’s discuss it, should we continue to stick to the original plan and defend the city, or should we make some changes and be more proactive in trying to lure me into attacking the city? I ask the Imperial Envoy and Guard to give me some advice, and I also ask all colleagues to speak freely.”
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised, because Ma Wei's words were actually quite good. It seemed that "the barbarians entered the Chinese and the Chinese became the Chinese." After more than ten years in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, this Mongolian man actually knew that according to his status, Let’s distinguish the difference between “don’t hesitate to teach” and “speak freely”. It’s true that those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black.
However, Gao Pragmatic was pretending to be a superior leader at the moment, and according to Huang Mengyu's dog-licking attitude towards him, he might still be considered the highest-ranking leader, so naturally it would be difficult for him to be the first to speak.
In this kind of meeting, the person with the highest status is usually either the first to speak or the last to speak, but there is a clear difference between the two: the first to speak is called "setting the tone", which means that I have a clear opinion, and I will speak first. To give a general meaning, you all have to speak based on my meaning. You can only complete and supplement it, and cannot contradict this opinion; and if you are the last to speak, it is to synthesize everyone's opinions and finally choose one to make a decision. Of course, you can also omit it at the same time. To supplement.
Although Gao Pangshi actually has a lot of control over this meeting because of his imperial envoy title and Huang Mengyu's kneeling attitude, after all, he has the word "Guan Zheng" on his head as a straitjacket. Opening one's mouth to set the tone would be unsightly and too overbearing, so he chose to remain calm. Without saying a word, he just picked up the tea cup in front of him, picked up the tea lid and fiddled with it gently, and took a sip of the fragrant tea. He had no intention of speaking.
In fact, this action was still a habitual action during meetings in my "last life". The current situation is similar, so I did it subconsciously.
But the meaning of this action was really obvious. Huang Mengyu understood Gao Pragmatic's meaning without any knowledge, so he followed suit without saying a word, just smiled and glanced at Ma Gui and others.
Ma Gui didn't know whether it was because he was young and didn't know much about officialdom, or he was eager to make meritorious deeds. He just thought about it for a moment, and then took the initiative to say: "The general thought that although Duke Jianchuan ordered us to stand firm, our Desheng Fort is different after all. The more important task is to hold back Anda's main force and prevent it from being able to distract Anda's flanking forces. At the moment, Anda is standing still. I don't know if it has ulterior motives. For the best strategy, it is best to think of some way to let Anda attack as soon as possible. Launch an offensive."
Ma Wei glanced at Gao Pangshi and Huang Mengyu, and seeing that they seemed not to have heard anything, he nodded in disbelief and asked, "Do the generals have different opinions?"
A general in his forties clasped his fists and said: "Come here, I don't think it matters whether I move or not. As long as he doesn't divide his troops to attack his left wing, it will have no impact on our army, so there is no need to make any move." Adjustment, still focus on holding on to the city."
Ma Wei asked: "How can you see it?"
The general said: "The Northern Captives will not divide their troops, so the commander will attack Xin Ai with the main force, and Xin Ai will not be able to defend himself. In this way, our army is already sure of victory, so why do we need to add any unnecessary extravagance? Besides, we want to make Anda attack." , it is nothing more than irritating Anda, and if you want to irritate Anda, there is nothing better than sending troops to sneak attack. But you, our Desheng Fort only has more than 2,000 soldiers, how can we send troops to sneak attack Anda, who has 50,000 or 60,000 troops? The Chinese army camp?”
Ma Wei was worried about this before, so he was silent after hearing this, but he didn't expect a childish young man's voice to sound: "Father's words are wrong!"
When Ma Wei looked up, he saw a person standing behind the middle-aged general. He was a boy of only sixteen or seventeen years old, a few years younger than Ma Gui. General Ma Shen couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Well, Zhang Wanbang, are you going to go against your father again?"
It turns out that this young man named Zhang Wanbang is the son of the previous middle-aged general. His father's name is Zhang Bingzhong. As his name suggests, his fighting style has always been steady and steady. He would rather have no success but strive for no mistakes.
The Zhang family has been in the army for generations. Zhang Wanbang's grandfather, Zhang Xun, served in the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties. Only last year due to old age and illness, he retired from his position as the commander of Yunchuan Guards (under the jurisdiction of Datong Town). His father Zhang Bingzhong's current position is that of the Yunchuan Guard commander who succeeded Zhang Xun and was ordered to garrison Desheng Fort.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Yunchuan Guard was a relatively important guard station among the border towns, and it was located very close to the outside. In later generations, it was located in the northwest of Inner Mongolia and Lingeer County. However, during the Zhengtong period, due to well-known reasons, it was moved back to Shanxi.
After the internal relocation, the importance of the Yunchuan Guard declined. It gradually fell from the original David's key guard to the second and third tier status. In the hands of Zhang Xun and Zhang Bingzhong and his son, the Yunchuan Guard has already reduced its number of personnel, and there is still a serious shortage. Zhang Bingzhong Speaking of a dignified commander of the Yunchuan Guard, in fact, the number of troops stationed at Fort Desheng after careful selection was only about 600...
However, since the serious shortage of vacancies in the Ming Dynasty Guard is not limited to the Yunchuan Guards, but a common phenomenon across the country, it is not unusual for Zhang Bingzhong, the commander of the Guard, to have only 600 men, even in Desheng Fort. For example, his 600 people were one-quarter to one-fifth of the size of the defenders, so his words were worthy of Ma Wei's consideration.
As for Zhang Bingzhong's son Zhang Wanbang, it's not surprising that he appears here, because although he is young, he has conquered thousands of households due to the merits of his ancestors, and has... well, more than a hundred people under his command.
