Chapter 144: The imperial commander’s personal expedition
"I can't trust Ye Chen." Zhu Xiongying said.
He Xi said: "How about I go on a personal expedition under His Majesty's command?"
Zhu Xiongying hesitated instead. Said: "Is the emperor going to conquer it himself?"
He Xi said: "Exactly."
He Xi has been thinking about what to do in the current situation since he got off the car. But after thinking about it. He Xi still felt that only the imperial commander could conquer it himself.
It's not that He Xi thinks Zhu Xiongying has any commanding ability. But this war requires the whole country to mobilize its strength. It is a decisive battle. If we win, we will save the situation. If we lose again. Don’t talk about Tianjin. Beijing is under threat from the Southern Army, and it is probably impossible for Zhu Xiongying to retreat outside the border.
The imperial commander's personal expedition did not require Zhu Xiongying to have any commanding abilities. After all, He Xi himself was going.
It is about integrating national strength.
If He Xi goes south and Zhu Xiongying does not go, there will be many troops in Beijing that He Xi cannot dispatch. And when we get to the front line, there are also some problems in commanding the troops. After all, the political foundation of Beijing today is the alliance between He Xi and Zhu Xiongying.
The same is true in the military.
He Xi is unwilling to destroy such a foundation. Caused estrangement between the two parties. But on the battlefield, many things are not factional struggles, but they may not be explained this way afterwards.
Facing a famous player like Fu Youde, He Xi was not only confident but also very stressed.
He Xicai doesn't think he is a genius who can win more with less. What he wants is actually very simple, that is to use more manpower and material resources, Liaodong Army, Jingying, Hebei Army, Monan Cavalry, Datong Cavalry, and even Hebei Minzhuang. All available troops were used.
All available manpower and material resources are mobilized.
If you can't beat Fu Youde in one battle, then fight a few more battles. If you can't defeat him, Fu Youde will be killed.
This will require the entire Beijing to enter the military system. No two centers are allowed. The best way is for Zhu Xiongying to conduct the expedition in person. The location of the imperial commander is both a political center and a military center, allowing for better communication and faster decision-making.
Zhu Xiongying didn't understand this, so he said: "Uncle, I don't know anything about military affairs. I will conquer it myself ------"
He Xi said: "Your Majesty, did Song Zhenzong have any knowledge of military affairs? Today, people are in panic. If you want to save the situation, you must defeat Fu Youde. And who is Fu Youde? How can we win without the entire country's troops? The survival of the world depends on this battle. , I will naturally be on the front line, but is Your Majesty willing to wait for news at the rear?"
Zhu Xiongying took a deep breath and said, "I understand. I will lead the expedition in person soon."
Zhu Xiongying was naturally unwilling to wait for news at the rear. It's just that he had some luck before. I think Beijing still has some capital. After all, He Xi just talked about Korea and Japan conquering each other. Many soldiers were also recruited from Goryeo and Japan.
I don’t want to think about it, and I don’t want to admit it. The next battle is a battle of life and death for Beijing.
Now Hexi has made this clear. Zhu Xiongying's character, he would rather die on the front line than wait for others to judge his fate.
He Xi said: "I would like to ask your Majesty to order General Ping'an to go south to rescue Zhending. You don't need to do anything else, just contain Geng Bingwen's troops. In addition, I would like to ask your Majesty to write a letter and send it to the King of Jin. As for what to write, .I think His Majesty knows what’s going on.”
Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "I just want my uncle to be a real King of the Jin Dynasty."
He Xi said: "Without further delay, I will go and prepare now. Within three to five days, I will go south. Your Majesty, please also prepare."
At this time, He Xi couldn't help but reveal his thoughts.
In fact, he was also in a hurry.
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After leaving the palace, He Xi often breathed a sigh of relief while sitting on the carriage. Suddenly he said angrily: "Ye Chen. Hello."
The voice was kept low, not daring to be heard by outsiders.
After He Xi heard that Ye Chen was defeated, his head was covered at that moment. But even if he reacted instinctively, he didn't show the slightest hint of anything wrong. Because he knows that everyone from top to bottom regards him as the backbone. He can't panic.
If he panics, the people below will panic even more.
Many things cannot be done because we have already lost.
But now He Xi is facing the biggest crisis since he came to Ming Dynasty.
Before that, if there was any problem, he had Zhu Yuanzhang to take care of it. Now in this position, he is everyone's confidence, and his confidence is only himself.
It’s just that as long as we are human, we will have mood swings. When He Xi was alone, he couldn't help but lose his composure and thought to himself, "Am I destined to wipe your butt? Ye Chen."
In fact, He Xi understood Ye Chen.
What kind of person is Fu Youde? He is almost the top handsome man of this era. Ye Chen can fight like this with less troops than Fu Youde, which is actually pretty good. Even if we really want to talk about the reason, the biggest question is where he is. He Xi's Eastern March. As a result, Beijing's troops were empty and unable to provide timely support.
Let Ye Chen's main force be less than Fu Youde.
This may be one of the reasons why Ye Chen is tied up a lot of the time.
After all, Ye Chen may be confident that he can win more with less. But He Xi never had this idea. He didn't think of any clever strategies. He just wants to use force to overwhelm people. In this battle, Fu Youde has 500,000, so Beijing needs 600,000.
If the military strength cannot exceed that much, then the firepower must exceed the opponent's by a lot.
After Ye Chen vented his temper, he went directly to the cabinet without going home.
After arriving at the cabinet, immediately review relevant documents. Give a lot of orders.
The bank was ordered to pack all the gold and silver, totaling more than three million taels, into boxes and transport them to Tianjin. Used as a reward for the army.
When fighting a war, you must first make money. Without money, nothing can be done.
Order Puzhou Society, as well as all state-owned construction companies, to stop work and assemble in Tianjin.
There are at least tens of thousands of construction workers. He Xi didn't know they were going to the battlefield. But they are workers after all and have a certain inheritance of cooperation. After training, they can easily become soldiers. Let them replace the logistics workers. More soldiers can be dispatched to the battlefield.
Order all factories under the Ministry of Industry to stop all other types of production and convert them to military products.
And issued a military procurement list to purchase from all private enterprises.
This purchase includes finished products and accessories. The finished products include artillery, fire blunderbuss, grenades, hand blunderbuss, and wheel blunderbuss. Gun carriages, transport vehicles, kettles, military uniforms, etc. There are also parts, such as the wooden handle of a grenade. Iron shell.
Previously, He Xi tried his best to prevent the war from affecting the industrial development of Beijing and Liaodong.
From last year to now, although there have been several wars in the south, the wars have not had any impact on Beijing. Even from last year to now, Beijing's industrial output has been increasing. Among them, military products certainly have a certain share. But the share is not large.
Now, almost all factories that can manufacture military products must produce military products.
Beijing and Liaodong turned to wartime economies.
He Xi even gave Yang Shiqi unlimited authority to print money.
In order to meet the logistics requirements, Yang Shiqi could print directly after the imperial treasury was spent.
The reason why He Xi did this. On the one hand, He Xi made a big deal from Japan, and Japan will become Beijing's source of raw materials and colony in the future. The banknotes have some more hard currency to back them up. Also very simple.
Just what He Xi said to Zhu Xiongying.
The Beijing regime has reached a critical stage of life and death.
Winning the fight is nothing more than dealing with the aftermath. He Xi has a way.
Lost the fight. No more worries. This sequelae is left to Nanjing to deal with. Why should He Xi worry about them.
More importantly, He Xi didn't expect it at all. Nanjing was extremely slow to respond to financial policies. To this day, banknotes printed in Beijing can still be used unimpeded in all parts of the Ming Dynasty. He Xi printed a lot before. But I still want to maintain the price of banknotes.
But this is no longer the most important principle.
However, He Xi also felt relieved about Yang Shiqi. Yang Shiqi is a cautious person. He knows the importance. He will not start printing massive amounts of money unless absolutely necessary. In fact, Beijing's finances are still relatively healthy today. There is a balance of tens of millions of yuan.
There should be no problem in fighting this battle.
He Xi decided that Yang Shiqi and Yang Zhen would stay in Beijing. The two of them worked together to maintain the situation in Beijing. After he finished handling matters in Beijing, he had already gone south without waiting for Zhu Xiongying to lead the expedition in person. He wanted to meet Ye Chen first.
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