I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 395 Starting the War Machine

However, Xu Jie didn't dwell on this issue for too long, and turned to look at Yan Song at the side, saying in a deep voice.

"Old Yan Ge, it's not too late, let's go meet His Majesty now!"

When Yan Song heard this, he nodded slightly, and immediately responded.

"Well, this matter is extremely urgent, and there is no room for delay. Let's go!"

After that, Yan Song followed Xu Jie's pace and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

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The Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this moment, Lu Fang is respectfully waiting beside Jiajing, reporting the current progress to him.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the servants have almost finished what you ordered earlier. The servants have already summoned all the famous painters in the capital, and told them the requirements of the assessment. The time limit is three days."

"I'm sure the results will come out soon."

Seeing that Lu Fang had settled the matter so quickly, Jiajing couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang, and then ordered.

"Well, you did a good job in this matter. As for the officials of the Information Department, they can be found among the group of Hanlin scholars!"

Hearing these words, Lu Fang immediately responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the guiding eunuch hurriedly entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, reporting respectfully.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, are asking for an audience outside the palace, saying that they have something important to report!"

After Jiajing heard this, after pondering for a moment, he immediately ordered.

"Let them both come in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's order, the guiding eunuch quickly retreated respectfully.

Seeing this situation, Jiajing immediately turned his gaze to Lu Fang who was aside, and said.

"Now is the time for the cabinet to be on duty. The two of them suddenly came to meet me. Something must have happened!"

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Yan Song and Xu Jie followed closely into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"My minister bows to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

The moment they entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yan Song and Xu Jie knelt down on the ground respectfully as usual.

"Well, get up!"

Jiajing waved his hand, and immediately ordered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Yan Song and Xu Jie got up from the ground.

At this moment, their faces couldn't hide their eagerness. Before Jiajing could ask why, Yan Song rushed the envelope from Jizhou to eight hundred miles, and took out the envelope from his sleeve, and lowered his head. Holding it high above his head, he said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, here is the urgent delivery of the news from 3000 miles from Jizhou. It is said that a cavalry force of [-] men is rushing towards Jizhou, and it is not ruled out that the main force of the enemy army is waiting in the rear. This possibility of timing!"

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, Lu Fang stepped forward quickly, took the envelope from Yan Song's hand, and handed it to Jiajing respectfully.

At this moment, Jiajing's face couldn't help showing a trace of solemnity. After he opened the envelope and browsed the contents from beginning to end, he followed the instructions.

"I have ordered you to send supplies and food to Jizhou for at least three months from now on. I will leave this matter to your household department!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Xu Jie, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Seeing this, Xu Jie knelt down on the ground and issued a military order to Jiajing.

"I obey, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your expectations, and I will definitely deliver all the supplies, food, grass, etc. in place. If something goes wrong, your Majesty, you can deal with this minister!"

"By the way, tell the Weapons Department that the firecrackers, grenades, cannons, etc. produced in recent days are all dispatched to Jizhou!"

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie, and immediately added another sentence.

After instructing Xu Jie, Jiajing turned his gaze to Yan Song who was on the side, and continued to instruct.

"Pass down my order to order the guards near Jizhou to prepare for battle and be ready to help Jizhou at any time!"

"I want these Tatar cavalry who have repeatedly invaded the border of our Ming Dynasty to come and go!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he couldn't help but clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of cold killing intent.

When Yan Song heard this, he immediately responded in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

After Yan Song and Xu Jie returned to the cabinet and recounted Jiajing's order, the entire cabinet quickly began to function, and orders were issued to the corresponding departments through the cabinet.

The household department was the first to bear the brunt. After receiving Jiajing's order, the household department mobilized the frontline troops from various places, such as money, food, ordnance, armor, and other materials, and delivered them to Jizhou.

Not only that, but the Weapons Department also transported recently produced firecrackers, grenades, cannons, etc., to the direction of Jizhou under the unified deployment of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

On the side of the Ministry of War, they began to dispatch troops urgently. While organizing the army, they also issued a notice to the guards near Jizhou, asking them to dispatch elite soldiers and march towards Jizhou!
The official department is responsible for issuing various appointments and personnel transfers. In this way, all kinds of orders, like snowflakes, are issued to the six departments through the cabinet, the central department of Ming Dynasty, and the six departments Over there, one by one began to be implemented.

This huge war machine of the Ming Dynasty also started to work gradually!

Gradually, the night was getting very deep, and after dealing with most of the affairs at hand, Yan Song and Yan Shifan took sedan chairs and returned to Yan's mansion.

Yan Shifan lifted the car curtain, looked at the scenery on both sides of the road, and fell into deep thought.

During the day, when the cabinet was dealing with the relevant affairs, Yan Shifan was very keenly aware that today's father is very abnormal, and even some trivial matters have to be done by himself, for fear of any mistakes.

Not only that, but Yan Song's mood was not quite right, his face was full of melancholy, and he was in a daze from time to time.

When the sedan chair came to a complete stop, Yan Shifan got off the sedan chair first, came to Yan Song's sedan chair, and carefully supported Yan Song.

"Father, slow down!"

When Yan Song heard the words, he just nodded indiscernibly, with an unconcealable exhaustion on his face, and with Yan Shifan's support, he reluctantly got down from the sedan chair.

"Father, it's getting late, my child will help you to the room, you can go to rest later!"

Yan Shifan took a full view of the tired look on Yan Song's face, and immediately said with concern.

Hearing this, Yan Song shook his head, with a painful expression on his face, and said in a deep voice.

"If I'm not fully prepared, I won't be able to sleep!"

"Yan Shifan, do you know that as soon as I close my eyes, the scenes of the Gengxu Revolution will keep flashing back in my mind!"

After listening to Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan also fell into silence.

He knew very well in his heart that more than half of the responsibility for the Gengxu incident was on his father.

One is to strongly recommend the general Qiu Luan to the emperor, which eventually caused the Ming army to dare not go to war and allowed Altan Khan to go away after eight days of plundering.

After a long time, Yan Shifan came back to his senses, and after organizing the words in his mind, he immediately spoke out to comfort him.

"Father, my son knows that you feel guilty, but now, under His Majesty's diligent rule, my Ming's national strength has begun to gradually recover!"

"Your Majesty has always been brooding over the Gengxu incident, and never thinks about revenge!"

"Father, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, you can only have the opportunity to see that day if you take care of your body first."

"Just wait, Your Majesty will lead us to take back everything that I, Da Ming, lost!"

When Yan Shifan said this, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of determination.

After being comforted by Yan Shifan, Yan Song's mood gradually calmed down, and he gradually recovered his former spirit.

"Well, you're right, help me back!"

"Yes, Father!"

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Jizhou, Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao had a rather ugly expression on his face, and he was pacing non-stop in the meeting hall.

Not long ago, Yang Xuan received the latest intelligence from the scouts in front, saying that he had discovered the main force of the enemy army. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least 5 people!

After hearing the news, Yang Xuan did not delay at all, and quickly dispatched his subordinates to invite Yang Bo to the Governor's Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures together.

Just as Yang Xuan was in a daze, he heard footsteps coming from outside the hall, and a guard entered the room, reporting respectfully.

"Master Governor, Lord Shangshu has arrived!"

When Yang Xuan heard the words, he came back to his senses, and immediately ordered.

"Well, let him come in quickly!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After the guard responded, he left the room straight away, and after a while, Yang Bo entered the hall with steady steps.

As soon as he entered the hall, Yang Bo keenly sensed the sadness on Yang Xuan's face, and asked involuntarily.

"What's the matter, what happened?"

Hearing this, Yang Xuan shook his head imperceptibly, then pointed to the seat beside him, and said.

"Let's sit down and talk!"

Yang Bo didn't doubt him, and immediately sat down on his seat.

After Yang Bo took his seat, Yang Xuan sighed immediately, his tone full of worry.

"It seems that things are similar to what I expected before. This is the news that the scouts sent out earlier heard!"

After Yang Xuan finished speaking, he picked up a piece of paper on the table and handed it to Yang Bo.

Yang Bo took the paper, and when he saw what was written on it, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

"What, the main force of the enemy army has been discovered, at least 5 people!"

Hearing this, Yang Xuan nodded slightly, turned his eyes away from Yang Bo, and continued.

"It seems that the previous speculation has become a reality. This 3000-man cavalry team is the bait thrown by the Tatars to test our reality."

"If we reveal the slightest flaw during this process, then the main enemy army who is waiting for the opportunity in the distance will swarm up!"

Hearing this, Yang Bo couldn't help being silent for a long time, and then he opened his mouth to speak.

"It seems that this is a tough battle!"

Next, Yang Bo and Yang Xuan discussed the next military deployment.

Just as the two finished their discussions and were about to leave, a subordinate hurried in and reported respectfully.

"Report to the two adults, the imperial court has sent someone!"

Hearing this, Yang Bo and Yang Xuan looked at each other, and they both saw deep shock in each other's eyes.

Afterwards, Yang Bo was the first to react, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Where are the people sent by the imperial court, take us there!"

"Yes, my lord!"

This subordinate didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly brought the two of them to the waiting room.

Seeing Yang Bo and Yang Xuan coming, the person who came to deliver the letter quickly got up from his seat, immediately took out the letter from his pocket, and said in a deep voice.

"Here is the letter sent by the imperial court, please read it, both adults!"

Hearing this, Yang Xuan stepped forward, took the envelope from the old man, and opened it.

After he finished browsing all the content above, he immediately turned around and looked at Yang Bo who was beside him, his tone full of excitement.

"Brother Weiyue, look, the imperial court has already started dispatching to Jizhou enough food and grass to last three months. In addition, a large number of new weapons have also been sent, and the surrounding guards are also mobilizing elite soldiers. , go here for reinforcements."

When Yang Bo heard this, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart. He snatched the envelope from Yang Xuan's hand and read the contents of the letter carefully from beginning to end.

Immediately, Yang Bo clutched the letter paper tightly, his eyes were full of determination, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, with the strong support of the imperial court, this group of Tatar cavalry who have repeatedly invaded the borders of our Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to pay the price they deserve!"

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At this moment, less than eighty miles away from Jizhou, there is an endless army marching slowly. This is the [-] army led by Tu Maihan himself!

Tumaihan took the leather bag containing kumiss from his subordinates, and after drinking for a while, he threw the leather bag back into the hands of his subordinates, and immediately asked.

"Is there any news from Zhuertu?"

Hearing this, the subordinates not far from Qitumahan hesitated for a moment before giving a response.

"Honorable Khan, Zhuertu sent a message two days ago that he will launch a tentative attack soon!"

Hearing this, Tumahan's face suddenly became gloomy, he sneered, and immediately spoke.

"I don't know what calculations he has in mind. He is clearly procrastinating on purpose and wants to preserve his strength!"

As soon as the words fell, Tumahan loosened the reins of the steed under his crotch, and immediately gave orders.

"Go and tell him, if he hasn't officially launched an attack tomorrow night, then don't blame me for being cruel!"

"Yes, Great Khan, I will personally relay your words to Zhuertu!"

After ordering the matter, Tumahan's face looked better, and immediately, he was seen waving the whip in his hand, and the maroon horse under him was suffering from pain, and immediately galloped.

Seeing this, the guards on the side hurriedly patted their horses to follow, for fear that something might happen to the profuse Khan Tumahan.

At this moment, Tumahan's heart is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

Due to the sudden drop in temperature this year, the growth of aquatic plants on the grassland was far worse than before, unable to support so many livestock and people. Therefore, Tumahan made up his mind and personally led [-] string-controlling people to Daming to plunder.

If Daming is vulnerable, he can take the opportunity to plunder and plunder, so that the tribe can safely survive the current dangerous situation!
If not, you can also use Daming's hands to consume some of the excess population, thereby reducing the burden.

And Zhuoertu, who led more than [-] cavalry, was the unlucky guy selected by Tumahan!
Although Tumahan is a great Khan, not everyone is convinced that he is a Khan. There are also many voices of opposition within the tribe.

In order to scare the chickens to warn the monkeys, or to establish his prestige, Tumai Khan selected the Zhuertu from among the many opponents as his object of prestige.

There are two main considerations for Tumahan. One is because the power of Zhuertu is the weakest. After his vitality is exhausted, he can annex his tribe without any effort.

At that time, all the cattle, sheep, women, livestock, etc. he owns will be taken by himself.

The second is because among the many voices against him, the voice of this Zhaertu is the loudest.

"Hmph, Zhuoertu, after you die, I will enjoy your woman well!"

"The pearl on the prairie, hehe."

Thinking of this, Tumahan smiled sinisterly, and the face of Zhuoertu's wife suddenly appeared in his mind, and his lower abdomen couldn't help feeling hot.

(End of this chapter)