"Your Majesty, the result of my deduction is Datong Weiyuan City!"
"From the west of Xuanfu Town to the edge of Shanxi Town, there are steep walls and deep trenches, connected by beacons and forts. Hundreds of households are set up to defend all passes that are accessible to vehicles and horses. This eliminates the possibility of an attack from Datong to Xuanfu."
"And in the southwest of Datong Town, surrounded by mountains and isolated, it is impossible to move a large number of carriages and horses!"
"Weiyuan City is the most striking place for Datong's deep echelon defense system. The terrain is flat and there is no danger to rely on.
Outside the border, in the Xiaosong Mountain area, is the pasture land where the Malitaiji tribe, the leader of the tribe, lives, and the Chahar cavalry army can maneuver quickly.
If we attack, then Xiaosongshan will be their defensive place. They can attack when they advance and defend when they retreat.
Moreover, it is more than a hundred miles from Datong to the east and Huai, Ying and other counties to the south, which are all wealthy places.
So, not surprisingly, they will attack from here. "
Chongzhen looked at the map and then at the generals: "In this case, do you have any countermeasures?"
"Your Majesty agrees?"
"Of course, I can look at the big picture, but I'm too weak when it comes to details. Since it's your deduction, you have to look at it in more detail than I do myself."
Although history records the events and months of Lin Dan Khan's invasion of Datong, he did not see the exact location of the invasion.
Maybe, but he really didn't see it.
"Now that you have deduced this result, do you have any countermeasures?"
The generals looked at Du Yinxi and seemed to recommend Wu Jinshi as their spokesperson.
Du Yinxi continued: "Your Majesty, I have two countermeasures. One is to close the door and beat the dogs, let Lin Danhan enter Weiyuan Fort, and then send troops from both sides to intercept their retreat.
It can directly kill Lin Dan Khan's army entering the pass, but in desperate situations, it is easy to cause large-scale deaths of civilians and soldiers;
The second is to set up a large number of dense horse traps and horse-rejecting stakes outside Weiyuan Fort to prevent their cavalry from charging.
Then they mobilized a large army to consume Lin Danhan's strength until Jiannu's army came, and they had no choice but to retreat. "
"Then what?"
Faced with Chongzhen's rhetorical question, everyone was stunned for a moment, a little confused. The enemies had retreated, what else was there?
Seeing everyone's confusion, Chongzhen could only continue: "Have you ever thought that after consuming Lin Danhan's strength, they would not be able to withstand the attack of the Jiannu army?
Jian Nu wiped out Lin Dan Khan, and the area north of Xuanda was basically open to Jian Nu.
They can attack our defenses at any time, so what should we do? "
Listening to Chongzhen's analysis, the generals fell into deep thought again.
This possibility is very high, and Jiannu will not let go of this opportunity. Whether it is increasing his territory and grazing land, or attacking the Ming Dynasty, it will be beneficial without any harm.
After the lobby was quiet for a while, Hou Xiu hesitated and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty means to beat up Lin Danhan first, and then provide some support.
Let Lin Dan Khan and Jian Nu fight dog against dog, consuming the strength of both sides, and we reap the benefits? "
"Yes, I agree with Master Hou's suggestion. If you don't make Lin Danhan honest, how can they be obedient!"
"But the problem is, if Jiannu cannot attack for a long time, withdraw his troops and continue to conquer other Mongolian tribes,
Without the threat of establishing slaves, with the strength of Lin Dan Khan and his idea that those who obey me will prosper and those who rebel against me will perish, will he take the opportunity to annex the surrounding tribes and grow stronger? Will he pose a threat to our Ming Dynasty again?
They are in the grassland, and the cavalry has a huge advantage. We can only watch, but we can't stop them! "
"No, why did those tribes leave Chahar and join Jiannu?
Part of it is the benefits and threats promised by Jiannu, and more is the dissatisfaction with Lin Dan Khan.
After the Jiannu retreated, the Khalkha, Tatar, Oara and other tribes were to the north, and Ordos and the retreating Tumut were to the west.
To the south is our Ming Dynasty, and to the east are the Jiannu and Mongolian tribes. They cannot afford to offend any of them. "
Chongzhen also agreed with everyone's analysis.
It can be seen from Lin Dan Khan's various actions since he succeeded to the throne that he is a man with great ambitions, high vision and low abilities, and an extreme lack of strategic vision and political skills.
He has the identity of the orthodox king of the Golden Family, and is also the Lord of Mongolia with a so-called army of 400,000.
If this had been given to Nurhaci or Huang Taiji, Mongolia would have been unified long ago. Ming Dynasty is probably in danger now.
"Then what if Jiannu integrated all the Mongolian tribes in Mobei and led a large army to besiege and kill Lin Dan Khan again?"
Without waiting for anyone to respond, Chongzhen said calmly: "Then let's see who recovers and accumulates strength faster between us and Jiannu.
We are not short of money and soldiers now, but what we are short of is time.
When the Firearms Research Institute increases the speed of manufacturing Hongyi cannons, and installs a few of them in each castle, they can come from wherever they like and attack with cannons. "
Everyone was startled again, then laughed, and the worries in their hearts instantly relaxed a lot.
As for the plan to deceive Huang Taiji, he will not tell anyone until there is no result.
"Okay, now that the results and countermeasures have been deduced, let's pass the order to Governor Xuanda and let them prepare, and at the same time let Taiyuan Town be ready for support!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Mangui: "Mangui, the Xuanfu government will take advantage of Wang Chengyin's incident to quickly rectify the military affairs and inventory the soldiers.
If there are any shortages, immediately recruit troops to make up for it, speed up training, and train a force that dares to fight. The safety of the North Gate of Beijing depends on you. "
"I understand!"
After Man Gui finished speaking, he hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, what about the governor of Xuanfu and the commander of Wandu haven't dealt with it yet?"
"Bring it up!"
After a while, the two of them arrived in the lobby and knelt on the ground, their expressions a little panicked. They knew exactly what happened in the past few days, and it was estimated that the emperor was going to settle things now.
"Guo Zhicong, according to Wang Chengyin's culpability, I can kill you for your negligence, but now is the time when I am employing people, I will remember first,
From now on, the Xuanfu government will no longer have a governor. The Xuanfu governor will be replaced by the Xuanfu government envoy department. You will serve as the Zuobu government envoy of the Xuanfu government! "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Han Huang: "Send a message to the cabinet and ask them to coordinate with the Supervisory Office and the Military Discipline Procuratorate to send people to establish the Xuanfu Prosecution Department and appoint the Right Chief Envoy!"
Mentioning this gave Chongzhen a headache. The official positions in the Ming Dynasty were so chaotic.
A province has a governor, governor, commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, and occasionally a supervisor, all of whom have a certain say in military power.
Although there are checks and balances on each other, the efficiency cannot be worse. Reforms must be made when the busy period is over.
After the arrangements were made, Chongzhen looked at Ma Luosheng again: "Ma Luosheng, although Wang Chengyin's matter has nothing to do with you, the problems you have with Wandu are not small.
How many people are missing from each guard? Do you think I don’t know about the corruption among the commanders and envoys of each guard?
I will give you another chance and give you three months to cooperate with the people sent by the imperial court to reorganize Wandu Division.
If there is no result after three months, I will kill you.
Mangui, please keep an eye on it. If any commander of the guard station causes trouble, I allow you to kill him first and report later! "
The three of them responded in unison.
Guo Zhicong and Ma Luosheng are the survivors of the disaster, while the governor is patrolling the country and appeasing the soldiers and the people.
The purpose is to control the provinces and control the three divisions, which have great power.
Now that the emperor has dismissed the governor of Xuanfu, he serves as the chief envoy, in charge of local civil affairs and finance, which is completely different from his previous power.
But why bother worrying so much when you can save a life?
Man Guixin was happy because without the governor dividing his military power as the commander-in-chief, he could concentrate his military power to do more things.
There is no need to ask for instructions here and there, and the efficiency of military training will be higher.
After everything was arranged, Chongzhen and Mangui chatted alone for a while.
Only the two of them knew what they talked about specifically, but Man Gui's face was full of solemnity.
"I will continue my inspection of the northwest tomorrow, and the Xuanfu will be left to you. Don't let me down!"
Time is really tight, his destination is Xi'an, and he has to go to Taiyuan on the way to deal with the eight major locust merchants.
He is now very interested in the eight major locust merchants. He is excited when he thinks that tens of millions or hundreds of millions of taels of property may be confiscated.
With this family fortune of hundreds of millions of taels, he can calmly arrange many things without worrying about money in a short period of time, allowing Ming Dynasty to enter a virtuous cycle.
But when the money reaches the treasury, it is considered his own, so he is very urgent now.
