The next morning, Gao Pingshi planned to go to the Xinzhai Villa to meet Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei according to the original plan, so as to avoid the feeling of ignoring people as soon as they were sent to the hospital. At the same time, this also made Liu It means that the brothers and sisters get a chance to reunite after a long separation. Unfortunately, this idea went wrong. Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei actually came to the city.
When Gao Pragmatic asked, it turned out that it was the Ministry of War who sent someone to inform him that the two men were coming to the city early in the morning. He said that yesterday Wen Hua summoned the Central Cabinet and the Ministry of War to make suggestions on how to deal with the current war situation in Gansu but did not get the emperor's approval. It is expected that today they may They will be summoned to the palace for consultation, so the Ministry of War notified them in advance to come to the city and wait.
I see. Gao pragmatic nodded, leaving Dong Yiyuan to talk and letting Liu Wei go see his sister. However, he and Dong Yiyuan didn't even have a few words to talk before the eunuch came and summoned him and the two generals to go to the Wenhua Hall to meet the saint.
Liu Wei had just met Liu Xin at this time. The brother and sister were called away without even saying a few words, and they felt a little depressed. But the emperor could not delay the call, so he had no choice but to leave the gifts for his nephew and niece and plead guilty before leaving.
Seeing this, Gao Pragmatic comforted him and said, "We'll wait until the right thing is called. I will also live in Baiyu Tower tomorrow. It will be convenient then."
Liu Wei thought that Gao Pragmatic moved to Baiyu Tower just for this matter, and said hurriedly: "How dare you work for the Marquis?"
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said, "I'm going to go, brother-in-law, there's no need to see anyone outside."
Liu Wei heard that he had changed his name to "brother-in-law", which meant that he was referring to his family members, so he couldn't say anything else, so he agreed immediately.
The three of them went all the way to the palace under the leadership of the eunuchs. When they arrived at the Wenhua Palace, they were immediately summoned to enter. At this time, the same people were indeed present in the Wenhua Palace - the emperor, five foreign ministers and the Minister of War, Song Yingchang. Of course, if you have to worry about it, Chen Ju and Wang An are also there.
"My noble and pragmatic ministers (Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei) pay their respects to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said to Wang An, "I will give you a seat in Nanning."
At this time, there were no other servants in the palace except Chen Ju and Wang An. Wang An personally moved a chair to Gao Pangshi and said respectfully: "Master Marquis, please take a seat."
"We have a factory supervisor." Gao Pragmatic smiled and said politely. At this time, he was not polite to the emperor, because the other five pavilion elders and Song Yingchang were all sitting at this time, and it was estimated that the meeting had been going on for a long time.
Zhu Yijun took the initiative and said: "Rixin, you didn't come yesterday, so some situations may not be clear. Li Wen and Xu Sanwei have both submitted new memorials...Chen Ju, please tell the Nanning Marquis."
"According to the order." Chen Ju accepted the order and said pragmatically to Gao: "Master Hou, Li Zhijun and Xu Fujun had their briefings yesterday. The two ministers have their own views on the military crisis Gansu is currently facing, and they have submitted a request to the imperial court. The aid is quite different. Yesterday's call... failed to discuss the outcome.
Generally speaking, Li Zhijun believes that although Suzhou has encountered setbacks, the Ganzhou Five Guards have been strengthened several times in recent years and have about 30,000 troops. Relying on the Ganzhou city defense and surrounding fort systems, they should be able to contain the Chahar's troops continued to move eastward.
Therefore, Li Zhijun believed that as long as Ganzhou defended with all its strength and waited for the Tumote cavalry in Qinghai and Achatu to gather and threaten the two wings of Chahar's rebel army, Chahar would be in the dilemma of being unable to conquer for a long time, while also having to worry about The flank was attacked, and the only way left was to retreat.
At the same time, Guyuan was 1,200 miles away from Ganzhou, and there was no time to rescue him in such a hurry. If reinforcements were sent forcibly, Chahar would have already retreated halfway, and it would only be a waste of food and wages. Therefore, as long as Gansu mobilizes garrison troops from Lanzhou, Xining and other places to gather in Yongchang, the Chahar rebel army will find out and retreat. "
Chen Ju paused for a moment. Seeing that Gao Pragmatic had no intention of asking, he continued: "Xu Fujun's views are almost completely opposite to Li Zhijun's. Xu Fujun believed that Chahar captured Yarkand by itself. It has been recuperating for seven or eight years, and now there are local soldiers from Yarkand under its command. It can be seen that it has completely completed its control, and its strength has not decreased but increased compared to the past.
In this way, Ganzhou's 30,000 soldiers may not be able to guarantee the defense of every place. Even if the city of Ganzhou is not lost, the surrounding forts may be greatly damaged. Once the forts are lost continuously, it may subsequently affect the military morale in the city. Although there are more than 10,000 Tumut cavalry on both wings available, they may not be able to believe it at the moment.
Xu Fujun believes that Qinghai Huoluo Chibu is wild and untamable. In the past, he was forced to submit. If the war goes against me now, I am afraid that he has no intention of making any move. He cannot believe it.
Although Achatu's Shachixing is the son of Zhongjinhatun, he is too young and his prestige in the army is unknown, as is his military ability. Therefore, even if his loyalty is trustworthy, his combat prowess is hard to say. Therefore, whether he can serve as a flanker is still in doubt.
In this way, both wings cannot be fully trusted. If the five guards of Ganzhou are left to defend without a large army to help, Chahar coach Burihatu may not choose to retreat.
Xu Fujun believed that Burihatu might choose to contact Huo Luochi and persuade him to fight back, or at least to stand still. Then he concentrated his forces to defeat Sha Chixing's troops. Then both wings of our army were destroyed, and Ganzhou fell into an isolated city.
If no large army comes to help at this time, how do we know that Burihatu will not persist in besieging the city and waiting to exhaust our army's supplies? By then, the overall situation in the northwest will completely collapse, Shandan and Yongchang will fall not far away, Liangzhou and Xining will fall into a sea of fire, Lanzhou and Lintao will also find it difficult to control themselves, and the shock in Guanzhong will be inevitable. "
Seeing that Chen Ju didn't want to go any further, Gao pragmatically guessed that the above were Li Wen and Xu Sanwei's respective opinions, so he asked: "So, what was the dispute about yesterday's meeting?"
Chen Ju glanced at the elders and Song Yingchang, and said: "Maybe he thinks that the reserves in the northwest are insufficient, and the army is really unable to support him; maybe he thinks that Ganzhou is in a crisis, and no matter what the reserves are, he can't just die without saving... In short, Either they agree with what Li Zhijun saw, or they agree with what Xu Fujun said."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic had previously suggested mobilizing the Tumut cavalry in Qinghai and Achatu areas as the two wings of Ganzhou. Logically speaking, he should not hesitate to agree with Li Wen, the governor of the three sides, to let Ganzhou and the two Tumut cavalry Solve the Gansu incident independently.
However, the questions raised by Xu Sanwei this time cannot be said to be completely negligent. His worries are indeed justified.
Huo Luochi has a criminal record. If Burihatu finds him now and successfully persuades him, not to mention letting him fight back, as long as he stands still or delays deliberately, the Ganzhou left wing will be useless.
Sha Chixing on the right wing of Ganzhou does have the problems Xu Sanwei mentioned. Sha Chixing was the second son of Zhongjin Hatun. When Anda Khan died, that is, in the ninth year of Wanli, Sha Chixing had just learned to walk, so he was only in his twenties now.
Although Tumote cooperated with the Ming Dynasty in launching several battles over the years, Sha Chixing had nothing to do with them. He was enfeoffed to Achatu after the Battle of Yuan Dynasty. Under such circumstances, Xu Sanwei doubted his prestige in the Tumut army, and even doubted his ability to use troops that he had never shown before. This was perfectly normal.
Considering that the Chahar army is personally commanded by Buri Hatu, and Buri Hatu's ability is beyond doubt, Xu Sanwei doubts that he will appease Huo Luochi while concentrating his forces to defeat Sha Chixing, who has a poor reputation. Naturally, it is reasonable and reasonable, and it is impossible for the court not to consider it.
But looking back, Li Wen’s view is not wrong. Problems in the northwest often arise from two aspects: distance and logistics. Being too far away means that it is difficult to deploy troops quickly, and logistical difficulties will lead to huge expenditures for the slightest deployment of troops. Therefore, these two difficulties almost always go hand in hand.
Just mobilizing troops will cost a lot, and it will be difficult to end it quickly each time, so the cost will be even greater. Being too far apart makes it difficult for the Ming Dynasty army, which is mainly infantry, to rush to the battlefield quickly. When they arrive, as long as the opponent finds it difficult to defeat, they will choose to escape temporarily. Therefore, the Ming army will either make a trip in vain, or stop at the local area and The other party is consuming.
Although the Ming Dynasty has a strong foundation, they are nomadic, and the losses they spend there are much lighter than the Ming army. It is obviously not a problem to continue to waste like this.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's defense system against them has always been the city-based Jiawubao model. That is, once the nomadic invaders invade the border, the Ming army and the local Han people will concentrate on the city and the Wubao [Note: also called Dunbao] to defend, and wait for a long time. If you can't attack and retreat on your own, you will be considered a victory.
The Wubao is an important part of the defense system of the Ming Dynasty's border army. It can be used as a buffer for residents to live in when there is war. Troops can be stationed in the Wubao. When there is no war, farming can be done in the pier for military needs. Although it can only supply Partly, but always a big benefit.
In fact, in Gao Pragmatic's view, although the views of Li Wen and Xu Sanwei seem to be opposite, in fact they both make judgments from their own standpoints, and there is no right or wrong in their own attitudes.
Li Wen, the trilateral governor-general, was responsible for the entire Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. From his standpoint, he certainly felt that he could not give all his power to Gansu.
There is an unspoken thought here: If you really lose Gansu, then it will only be Gansu anyway. Shaanxi at least still has the ability to defend itself. However, if Gansu has just been invaded at this time, I will go to support you with all my strength. What if this force is also lost in Gansu and Chahar's army directly enters Guanzhong? It's not enough to chop off your and my two heads together.
"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"
In the eyes of Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu, it is obvious that I, Gansu, are on the front line, and you, Guanzhong, who is on the second line, of course need full support. As the saying goes, "If Hexi is peaceful, Guanzhong will be safe." If Hexi is lost, how can Guanzhong be safe?
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about it. In fact, the problem between the two of them was that they only considered the problem from their own position and did not reach a higher strategic level. Of course, this was not their fault, because even if they wanted to stand at a higher level, they could not help but shake their heads. Looking at it from a certain level, there is also a lack of understanding of the overall situation.
The most critical problem here is that they don't know what the level of power outside their control is. To put it more clearly, they only know how much food they can use and how many soldiers they can mobilize, but they don’t know how much financial, material, and manpower they can use at the court level.
Perhaps in their view, the imperial court has been involved in continuous wars over the years. Even if we don't talk about military strength, at least it must have cost a huge amount of material and financial resources. Even now, they have not yet determined whether the War to Ping Japanese is over.
The War of Ping Japanese was presided over by Gao Pragmatic. Li Wen and Xu Sanwei certainly did not feel that they could "compete for the budget" with the Minister of Household Affairs. Therefore, even if the court had money and food, they would only use it for the Ping Japanese army. I'm afraid they won't be able to spare much support here.
Therefore, both of them considered the response based on the resources they could mobilize, which led to the above polar opposites.
As for yesterday's meeting, Gao Jingshi didn't ask who supported Li Wen and who supported Xu Sanwei. It didn't really matter, because... in the large household department after the reform, only he, Gao Jingshi, knew the real situation best, even if The other pavilion elders could only guess and had no real numbers in mind.
Zhu Yijun felt a little relieved when he saw Gao Pragmatic's expression as usual, and asked, "Which one of them does Rixin think has better ideas?"
Gao Pingshi glanced at the emperor, then at the cabinet ministers, and said: "Both of them have a correct view."
Zhu Yijun was startled, frowned and said, "But now I have to adopt one side."
"I think they can all be adopted." Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "But in addition to their views, some supplements can be added. Now in short, Li Zhijun believes that reinforcements cannot be easily dispatched to avoid weakening Guanzhong. Strength, this is some kind of bottom-line thinking. Xu Fujun insisted that in order to consolidate Guanzhong, Gansu should be settled first, so he insisted on requesting reinforcements to avoid accidents in Ganzhou.
However, there are obviously other options for the imperial court, such as gathering some available but unorganized troops from Ganzhou, Shaanxi and even Ordos and letting them support Ganzhou. "
"Rixin is saying that the generals who are idle at home will be allowed to take their servants to Ganzhou?" Zhu Yijun responded quickly, but he immediately frowned and said: "Does it just mean that they should be punished for their crimes and perform meritorious service, or should they be paid and rewarded? Oh, by the way, How will the Ordos army be used? Is it related to meritorious service?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Of course you need to be paid when you go on an expedition, and you need to be rewarded if you win a battle. There are many generals and servants who are idle at home, and they are very capable when fighting, but it is okay for those generals to support them at ordinary times. A large army may not be able to be maintained when it goes on an expedition, and it can only be subsidized by the imperial court to stimulate fighting spirit.
As for Ordos...does the emperor still remember Boshu Ketu? His original official position in Mongolia was quite impressive. He was a Jinong, nominally second only to the Great Khan.
However, because this person helped the rebels during the Northwest Rebellion, he has been punished ever since. Now that there is a police force in the northwest, they can use the abolition of punishment as a condition to make them contribute to the court-even if they are exempted from pay, why not? "
After Gao Jingshi said these words, before Zhu Yijun said yes or no, Wang Jiaping took the initiative and asked: "If Boshu Ketu is released, will this person not do stupid things again?"
This issue is obviously very important, especially since the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty believed more than the military generals that "those who are not from my race must have different hearts." They were worried that after Boshu Ketu was released, he would turn against the imperial court. After all, he is also a Jinong, and his appeal among the Mongols still exists. If this causes chaos in the Hetao, it will be too much of a loss.
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