I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 507: Increasing Troops in North Korea and Doubts

The second day of March, Wenhua Hall.

Liaodong is progressing smoothly, which has reduced many obstacles.

Zhu Youxiao also took this opportunity to immediately convene a meeting of the six ministries in the Wenhua Hall, and called the cabinet, the military aircraft department, and the commander of the Jinyiwei Luo Sigong and others over, mainly to discuss the general attack on Jianlu.

"Xiong Tingbi once wrote in the title book that the Jianlu's food and grass could last until the beginning of April at most. Now it seems that it is true. Otherwise, Nurhaci and Huang Taiji would not be so anxious to jump over the wall. One moment they said they wanted to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and the next they sent Huang Taiji raided Liaodong just to get a chance to breathe.

It's just that it really seems that these are trapped beasts still fighting, and they can't make any big waves.But the more this happens, the less we can slack off.

Now that the war in Liaodong is urgent, the less food Jianlu has, the more anxious he will be, unsure of what he can do.Therefore, I specially called you here, just to tell you not to drop the chain at this time. Whatever is lacking in Liaodong, we will give it to you. We will wait until Jianlu is solved. "

Liu Yishen and others had long known the emperor's thoughts and understood his mood.

After all, the emperor has been thinking about this issue since he came to the throne, and it is obvious to all.

Now that there are finally signs of resolution, it is understandable that the emperor attaches such importance to the matter.It can even be said that not only the emperor paid attention to it, but they also knew the importance of this matter and did not dare to neglect it.

Thinking of this, Liu Yishen, as the chief minister of the cabinet, naturally needs to express his position.

"Your Majesty, the Cabinet and the Six Ministries are actually thinking about this matter. We have discussed it before. Now that the army is gathering in Liaodong, it is inevitable that there will be money. I thought it would be better to send the Liao salary to Liaoyang in advance and send someone from the Ministry of Households to take care of it. . Firstly, it facilitates the timely payment of wages, and secondly, it can also boost morale and show His Majesty's love for the common people and soldiers."

Upon seeing this, Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, also came out to support the situation. The money for Liao's salary had already been planned at the budget meeting.He doesn't need to spend any extra money, so he doesn't have any opinion on how to use it.

Zhu Youxiao had no objection, but he felt that according to the habits of officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, except that the Beijing camp could guarantee that the salary would be paid in full, nothing else could be guaranteed.

There was no saying in the previous life that if the Ming army is not satisfied with its pay, it will be invincible if it is fully paid.Although this is an exaggeration, it also illustrates the plight of the soldiers.

"This matter is serious, so it's settled. Let the Ministry of Revenue send Liao's salary to Liaoyang in advance, and let Yang Lian be responsible for the payment of salary. The people sent by the Ministry of Revenue will listen to Yang Lian."

Although Zhu Youxiao was worried about this problem, in the Forbidden City, even though he was the emperor, he was above ten thousand people.

But it is still very easy for the people below to hide it from him.Therefore, he can only rely on people he trusts to do things, and Yang Lian is one of them.

"Your Majesty, I also asked the firearms workshop to work day and night to make firearms and ammunition and transport them to Liaodong. To meet the needs."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court is currently besieging Jianlu on three sides, but its main force is mainly located in the Liaoshen area. In the direction of Khalkha and North Korea, although there are garrisons, the number of soldiers and horses is far less than that of Liaoshen.

Today, Huang Taiji used Nekalka to sneak attack Liaodong, but he failed only to be defeated by the Beijing camp.But this incident also gave the court a warning, that is, more troops must be sent to North Korea, otherwise what will happen next time the rebels raid North Korea. "

After seeing that the emperor agreed to the suggestions of Liu Yisui and others, Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Zaijin, Minister of the Ministry of War, came forward to discuss the matter.

Xu Guangqi's suggestion was quite satisfactory, but Wang Zaijin's suggestion suddenly made Zhu Youxiao feel reasonable.He was right, this time it was Nei Khalkha, and next time it might be North Korea.

You must know that in history, Huang Taiji invaded North Korea several times in order to consolidate the rear and plunder food, which forced North Korea to surrender and pay tribute.Now that Jianlu is in a hurry to jump over the wall, he might actually launch a sneak attack on North Korea and attract Ming's attention.

But as soon as he said these words, Zhang Weixian shook his head repeatedly.

"What Wang Shangshu said is wrong. Xiong Tingbi said this before when he proposed the three-sided strategy. The Jianlu soldiers are small, but our army is strong. As long as the Jianlu troops attack one side, then I, the Ming Dynasty, will attack the other two sides.

After Huang Taiji's sneak attack, Xiong Tingbi will naturally step up his reconnaissance of Jianlu, as long as Jianlu sends troops to sneak attack North Korea.The imperial court united with the Chahar and Ongjishit tribes to go north to attack Kaiyuan, Fushun and other places, so that they could not see each other, and then they would die. "

Everyone present had basically heard of this plan, but Wang Zaijin didn't believe it when he heard it. When he saw it, he handed over to Zhu Youxiao and said:
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't trust Xiong Tingbi. But since Xiong Tingbi's policy was proposed last year, the court has been implementing it.

But after a lot of effort, Huang Taiji succeeded this time.Therefore, in order to deal with Jianlu, we must be very energetic in this matter, and we must not repeat the mistakes of Huang Taiji's sneak attack on Liaodong, otherwise we may fail in our success. "

Zhu Youxiao nodded when he heard this, and then spoke in support:
"What Wang Aiqing said makes sense, then as you said, send another [-] troops to North Korea. As for the strength of the troops..."

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while after hearing this, and then continued:

"Although there are many troops in Liaodong, we cannot take action easily. Let's do this. After the troops in Liaozuo are reorganized, we will select elite soldiers and generals from Liaozuo to station in North Korea, and Cao Wenzhao will give unified command."

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Zhang Weixian felt helpless, but knew that there was no other way, so he could only follow Wang Zaijin and others and bow down and replied:

"The ministers obey the order."

Although the matter of sending troops was decided, what Wang Zaijin said just now awakened Zhu Youxiao.

What Wang Zaijin said was right, a hundred meters is a hundred miles away, and it is really strange that Huang Taiji suddenly appeared in Nekalka this time.Because he knew that the spies sent by the Ming Dynasty to Jianlu were working beside Yue Tuo, the leader of the red flag, and were deeply trusted by Yue Tuo.

Therefore, whatever Jianlu did, Ming Dynasty would know.The previous Battle of Puhe was won by virtue of intelligence superiority.This was even more true after that. The Ming Dynasty knew everything about the strength of the Jianlu troops and the food situation.

But this time Huang Taiji sent troops, no news came out.

This made Zhu Youxiao feel strange, and then he looked at Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and asked doubtfully:
"Luo Aiqing, why didn't Jinyiwei's spies installed in Jianlu report Huang Taiji's incident?"

Luo Sigong had already guessed that the emperor would ask this question. There was no news from Zhang Anning about such a big thing as Huang Taiji sending troops.

When he heard this, he doubted whether Zhang Anning had been discovered.

Thanks to Yang Yishan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards stationed in Liaodong, who sent a report saying that Zhang Anning still sent the information on time without being discovered, his concerns were dispelled.

(End of this chapter)