Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 407, National War

Following the agreement on the matter here at the center of the Ming court, the entire Ming court began to operate quickly.

A lot of money was transferred from Emperor Hongzhi's internal funds to various places, a large amount of food and grass were mobilized from all parts of the Ming Dynasty to Gansu and Shaanxi, and a large number of troops began to gather from all over the place to move towards Gansu and Shaanxi. .

In the past, facing the Tartars going south, they basically adopted a Buddhist attitude. As long as they didn't push in the direction of the capital, the Ming court basically wouldn't really fight the grassland people.

Relying on the defense of the city, solid walls and clearing the fields, when the prairie people have robbed enough, they will naturally return to the grassland again, and it is not possible to mobilize too many troops to fight the prairie people.

Because the Ming court couldn't afford it.

One was that they had no money, and the other was that they could not win the war. The civil fort change broke the backbone of the Ming army, and since then they have never dared to fight the prairie people again.

Therefore, it is better to adopt a Buddhist attitude, build the city walls higher, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, etc. Such methods are more effective and less costly.

It's different now, Emperor Hongzhi is going to fight, and he's going to have a good fight with the prairie people. Money, food and grass are all allocated in a steady stream, and orders are constantly being conveyed to various places.

Here in some guards, thousands of households and hundreds of households in the guards received orders from the imperial court, and their faces turned pale with fright.

What a joke, Emperor Hongzhi actually wanted everyone to go to war, to fight the grassland people to death, what is the difference between this and going to die?
Everyone has been at ease for decades. They usually bully men and women in the guards and run rampant. It is no problem for slaves from general households to enslave.

But asking everyone to fight, isn’t it telling everyone to die? Most of the thousands and hundreds of households can no longer lift a knife, and the knives handed down by our ancestors have long been rusted, and the armor is also rotten. Now, tell everyone to fight the prairie people at this time?
The generals Xungui, Qianhu, and Baihu were panicked, completely panicked, and they were usually pampered, but they had already lost any fighting power.

Apart from fighting, they are very good at everything, such as eating empty wages, drinking blood from soldiers, enslaving military households, occupying guard fields, etc. They are very good at doing these things, but Can't fight, let alone dare to fight.

In addition to these panicked military generals, the military households of the court are also stupid.

Many military households have already become out-and-out farmers. Of course, their status is much worse than that of farmers. If farmers have a piece of land of their own, they can still live a good life.

But these military households are different. They have their own fields in name, but the thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc. in the guards basically occupy the fields of the guards.

These military households have long since become private serfs of these thousands or hundreds of households, and their status is the lowest.

Well now, the imperial court issued a decree, and these military households who have long been more peasants than peasants are actually going to the battlefield. These military households have never even touched a knife. fight?

However, after the order of the imperial court was issued, it was impossible not to go.

The military households of the guards began to gather continuously, and according to the order of the court, they gathered towards the designated location, preparing to have a good fight with the prairie people.

As for the frontier troops who had been at the forefront of the war before, they were also completely panicked. This time, the court actually ordered them to fight bloody battles with the Tartars.

This is tantamount to letting them go to die. They felt panic when guarding the city, but now they are still taking the initiative to attack, which makes them panic even more.

However, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about this now. He made up his mind to fight the Tartars, and even made a detailed plan.

An army of [-] was mobilized from Datong and Xuanfu in Shanxi, led by Liu Yu, the trilateral general who defeated the little prince in Datong last year.

On the west side, the frontier troops from Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi were mobilized, together with the Sichuan army mobilized from Sichuan, a total of about [-] troops were also mobilized. Commander Wang Yue of the Yansui, Gansu, and Ningxia Trilateral Commander-in-Chief attacked from the west road Prairie Army.

In the south, an army of [-] guards was mobilized from Henan, Anhui, and Shandong provinces, led by Li Gao, the commander-in-chief, and Ren Liang, the guarding eunuch, to attack the Tartars who were raging in Gansu and Shaanxi from the south.

The three-way army, with a total of [-] troops, divided into three groups to attack the Tartars going south, with great momentum.

It can be said that this was the biggest military operation in the entire Ming Dynasty since the Tumu Fortress Change. Except for the military forces used to defend the capital that were not mobilized, almost all of the military forces in the north of the Ming Dynasty were mobilized.

Even for the sake of the safety of the capital, in the past, if they were defeated this time, the Tatars would march eastward and approach the capital.

Here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, all the military forces have also been mobilized, and the guards have been organized one by one. The walls of the capital city have also begun to be heightened and reinforced with cement. At the same time, they have also begun to continuously transport food from the south to Beijing-Tianjin. area.

Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi was not at ease, and the ministers in the court were also not at ease. Everyone still had some idea of ​​the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, so not only the military power in the north was mobilized, but the military power in the south also began to move to the north. mobilize.

The mountain battalion, which had just made great achievements in the southwest region, was ordered to march towards the northern battlefield because of the bravery of the mountain camp.

At the same time, the guards stationed in various places in Ming Dynasty were also mobilized. The troops of the guards continued to gather in various places. As soon as they were assembled, they immediately marched to the north. Some went to the battlefields of Gansu and Shaanxi, and some went to The Beijing-Tianjin area is going to be used to defend the capital.

It can be said that this time, the whole country is fighting this battle with the strength of the whole country. The white money is sprinkled like water, and a large amount of grain and grass are continuously transported to the front line from all over the Ming Dynasty. The galloping horses carried the messengers to and from various parts of Daming.

On the official roads, armies from all over the Ming Dynasty are constantly gathering, with their banners fluttering and mighty.

"Emperor Hongzhi was going to fight the prairie people to the death. I, a little butterfly who traveled through time, finally caused a huge change. The emperor Hongzhi in history has never been so mobilizing to fight the prairie people to the death."

"I don't know whether this battle is good or bad."

Liu Jin, who was in the capital, naturally felt the great changes in the Ming Dynasty, and became worried.

The flapping wings of the butterfly he traveled through finally caused the butterfly effect, and produced such a huge change that the historical trajectory of Ming Dynasty completely changed.

A major event that has never happened in history has happened now. Emperor Hongzhi wants to fight the grassland people. Liu Jin knows very well that this has a lot to do with him.

Because of his appearance, Emperor Hongzhi had the money to fight wars, and he no longer blindly believed in civil officials, so the civil officials could not persuade Emperor Hongzhi at all, and Emperor Hongzhi also had enough control over the court, so his words still worked .

In addition, it was also because of my own appearance that I founded this newspaper, so whether it was Emperor Hongzhi or the Ming court, in fact, this battle could not be fought without a fight.

Because of the newspaper reports, the whole Ming Dynasty was already furious. Everyone knew about the serious crimes committed by the Tartars in Gansu, Shanxi, and Ningxia. revenge.

Therefore, it is impossible not to fight. You can’t just watch the Tatars raging in the Central Plains, and you must teach them a lesson. This is why Emperor Hongzhi was able to persuade many ministers, because it is impossible not to fight, and they have all been banned. When a person gets stabbed in the heart, but still doesn't fight back, that's not how a cowardly turtle behaves.

What Liu Jin is worried about is not winning or losing this battle, whether he loses or wins, Liu Jin feels that there is no big problem.

If you lose, Ming won’t die because of it. Now it’s the Hongzhi Dynasty, the middle of Ming Dynasty, Ming’s national strength is strong, and the court is not bad.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a wise monarch, not a subjugated monarch, so even if he lost this battle, Ming would not perish.

As for winning, that's even better, the prairie people are less of a threat, and there will be less trouble in the future.

What Liu Jin was really worried about was the impact of this battle on Daming Capital, which had just sprouted and developed. He was afraid that the budding development of Daming Capital would be cut off because of this. If this happened, all Liu Jin's hard work would be wasted.

(End of this chapter)