The heavens begin with the bright sword

chapter 133

Emperor Hongzhi always paid attention to the frontier army. What is the purpose of the Great Emperor sitting in the capital?
It's not just a saying that the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.

Emperor Hongzhi was serious. Since he ascended the throne, he has started to consolidate the frontier army, appointed Minister of the Ministry of War Ma Wensheng, and constantly reformed the military system, but due to long-standing problems, these measures have restrained the weakening trend of the Ming Dynasty’s military power to a certain extent. It can't solve the fundamental problem, but it's actually just a drop in the bucket.

Regarding this point, Emperor Hongzhi and the cabinet ministers were also well aware, otherwise they would not have always adopted a defensive strategy against the constant harassment of the little Tatar prince on the border.

But it’s different now. With Zhang Xiu’s gun manufacturing technology, Jinyiwei and Dongchang’s people have completed the replacement of the large-scale firearms assembly battalion. At first, even the cabinet didn’t know about it. Later, the assembly scale became larger, so they couldn’t hide it. .

The main money used was the emperor's internal funds and Zhang Xiu's ill-gotten gains from the rivers and lakes. After the new Shenji Battalion was assembled, the reform of the military system was unstoppable.

The change of the civil fort caused the loss of the main force of the Beijing army, and the system of garrison troops in order to defend the capital became a recruitment system.

Although the combat effectiveness of the recruiting system is stronger than that of field soldiers to a certain extent, there is a hidden danger that the army not only receives high military salaries from the court, but also very easily forms the phenomenon of "only knowing the generals, but not the court".

The guards in the capital are fine, after all, they are all under the emperor's eyelids, and local troops can easily become private soldiers and form local separatist regimes.

In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, Emperor Hongzhi still relied mainly on recruiting soldiers, supplemented by guards. The local government still restored the old system and set up a small number of guards.

The various reforms to the military system were nothing more than to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army. Now Zhang Xiu brought spears and cannons. Emperor Hongzhi was very keenly aware that this would be a great change.

Emperor Hongzhi, who had always been "obedient", did not listen to the urging of the elders this time. The restless blood of the Zhu family from the bone marrow finally began to awaken. As personal guards, Sanqian Dongchang Banzi led the Five Army, Sanqian, and Shenji Battalion with a total of 8000 troops, and the Royal Commander personally conscripted.

Xu Pu, the "Prime Minister" of the four dynasties, had his head smashed, and he still couldn't stop Emperor Hongzhi's determination to conquest himself. He angrily scolded Zhang Xiu and Cao Zhengchun as treacherous eunuchs, traitors who deceived the emperor, and even brought the Minister of the Ministry of War with the army. Ma Wensheng was also sprayed badly.

After being tired of cursing, he could only sigh in the end: "The old minister wishes he could be 20 years younger and join the Tatar war with His Majesty!"

Everyone laughed and said that the old man also wanted to go to the battlefield. During the civil war in the orthodox years, the old man was in his 20s. He was in his twenties when the country was in crisis. Naturally, he had a heart to serve the country. The psychological gap was reflected when they could only stay in the capital. Everyone comforted the boss to relax, and Emperor Hongzhi even said, who is the boss who stayed behind in the prime minister's court house?Just wait until they return in triumph.

The change of Tumubao was a disgrace to the royal family, and Emperor Hongzhi deeply believed it. The Zhu family seized the world from horseback. How could they abolish their martial arts and forget their housekeeping skills?The idea of ​​his personal conquest was not a sudden idea, but after careful consideration.

Shame before the snow!
The little prince of Tatar is actually the main leader of the Tatar tribe formed after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the division of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He was called the little prince by the people of the Ming Dynasty. .

Borjijin Batu Mengke, the No.15 grandson of Temujin, ascended to the throne of Khan at the age of six, and took another six years to formally take charge of the government. He was titled "Dayan Khan". Sima Yin, Huo Sha, and Yi Bu La unified Monan Mongolia, and they can be said to be the rejuvenating masters of the "Mongol Empire".

Skillful.

Emperor Hongzhi was also the master of ZTE in the Ming Empire. After listening to Zhang Xiu's introduction to Batu Mengke, he made up his mind to compete with Batu Mengke. With chariots and horses, the emperor of the Central Plains and the king of Mobei Khan fought in front of the two armies with spears on their horses. The winner was the king, and the loser was the bandit. It should be a good story in the history books.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi just wanted to think about it, and the cabinet ministers and ministers were extra "gracious" for his years of hard work to let him go to the imperial court. I'm afraid that the plot that gave him a blood remonstrance would be unstoppable.

Datong Prefecture, one of the important towns in the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall under its jurisdiction starts from Zhenkoutai in the east and ends at Yajiao Mountain in the west, with a total length of more than 330 kilometers.

Emperor Hongzhi was wearing golden armor, pointing to the country, and lashing out at Fang Qiu's generals and commanders of the guards. Everyone's blood was boiling, and he wished to go directly to the old den of the Tatars, and also came to seal the wolf and live in Xu. Shi Yanran.

Meritorious service is the foundation of a military commander. In the past, when the emperor was away, the order given by the court was to focus on defense, but this time it is different! Yu Jia’s personal conquest, such a big commotion, even the soldiers from several guards in Taiyuan Prefecture were transferred here, obviously The family of the imperial court is well-off, and they can support an expedition to Mobei. It can't just be the Tatars who have been beating them.

Before the emperor came, they had fought against the enemy a few times, and they had won or lost, but these were just appetizers. The little prince of Tartar led [-] cavalry to the south to plunder, and his intention was probably more to test Daming. depth.

"I want to fight against the enemy at Heihe Bay, what do you loves think?"

Emperor Hongzhi pointed to a location on the map, where the Tatar camp was currently located, and this was the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"decisive battle?"

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, and said in their hearts: The emperor is not small, he will fight decisively as soon as he comes.
"Your Majesty can't do it!" Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, hastily tried to persuade him, saying, "We're waiting for the army to arrive for the first time, and it hasn't been repaired yet and we don't know the situation of the thieves and bandits, so we must not attack rashly!"

Ma Wensheng, a veteran who has led the army for many years, is capable of martial arts when he is on horseback, and can be literary when he is off horseback. Emperor Hongzhi still relies heavily on him, otherwise he would not have brought him with him this time.

But along the way, he discussed the military situation in the frontier with Zhang Xiu, who was the leader of Jinyiwei, more than once.As the closed disciple of "General Chen", Zhang Xiu was idle, so he told Emperor Hongzhi some tactics and strategies.

These include concentrating superior forces, and taking advantage of Tatar's unaware of the power of firearms, in the decisive battle with Heihe Bay, the outcome will be determined in one battle.

Of course, there are also traditional skills of the independent regiment: first lure the enemy, then lay an ambush, and finally destroy the enemy head-on.

There are even more daring ones, actively letting the Tatars surround themselves, and then Emperor Hongzhi led the army to encircle the Tatars again, and came up with a central flowering tactic that the "Yamazaki Brigade" failed to complete.

Zhang Xiu was just talking, but he didn't expect Emperor Hongzhi to get serious. After serious thinking, he felt that the last risk was too great. There are many links, but he thinks that winning is not happy enough; it is still a decisive battle against Heihewan, and his blood boils even more after he has accomplished all his achievements in one battle. He defeated the enemy head-on and left his name in history!

Although Zhang Xiu didn't have time to command a large-scale battle, he was also killed from the battlefield. From the independent regiment, Daoxin Sixth Regiment often fought head-to-head with the devils, and he can be regarded as a "general victorious". The rifles of the same model as the Governor's Mansion, and even a few submachine guns and machine guns. If the emperor didn't let people go, he would even dare to lead this group of people to play a tactical interlude, a four-degree "black water", and copy the classics.

The emergence of firearms is known as the nemesis of cavalry, and it is not unreasonable that nomads have gradually been reduced to vassals so far.

Moreover, Jin Yiwei's band of murderers, even if they don't have guns, are no longer inferior to the Tatar cavalry in terms of martial arts alone. Although they are not as familiar with guns as Shenjiying, their combat effectiveness is definitely ranked first.

"Report!"

When the emperor was thinking about how to use the tactics that Zhang Xiu and he had studied to persuade these generals, a soldier came to report outside the door: "Master Zhang led the Jinyiwei scouts to encounter three thousand Tatars in Jiulonggou who are plundering the people's cavalry. My lord threw the army to meet the enemy, covered the transfer of the people, and their whereabouts are unknown!"

"Send an order to mobilize the fifth army battalion to support!" The emperor ordered directly.

"How many people does Zhang Xiu bring with her?"

"A hundred households."

"Assemble the whole army!" The emperor was anxious.

The generals below also have complex expressions. Normally, when they encounter the looting Tatar cavalry, they will take a detour. Now that Zhang Xiu led a hundred Jinyi guards to charge up for the people of a village, it is a pity and admiration. .

The commander of the right guard in Datong made his heart say, "It's a man, it's a pity."

Then he bowed his hands to the emperor who wanted to mobilize the whole army to rescue Zhang Xiu, and said: "Your Majesty, it's too late, there is no chance of winning a hundred against three thousand, and I'm afraid the whole army has already been wiped out."

The commander of the Yulin Guard also came out of the squad, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the final general is willing to take three thousand Qingqi back to retrieve Master Zhang's remains."

How much is a thought.

Ma Wensheng also frowned. To be honest, he was very optimistic about Zhang Xiu. After all, the two had cooperated in Hami. Zhang Xiu's ability was outstanding, but it was a pity to die here.

But his sacrifice was not in vain, at least he could make the emperor realize that fighting is not just playing tricks, the so-called kindness does not control soldiers.
Thinking this way, when he was about to step out and prepare to give advice——

"Report-"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a Jinyiwei striding forward with a head in his hand. After entering the tent, he knelt down on one knee, lifted his head up, and said loudly: "The Jinyiwei set up an ambush on the Tumao River and wiped out the three thousand Tatar cavalry. It is the head of the Tatar leader Sasiha!"

Ok? ? ?
Everyone's eyes widened, and the grief and indignation that had been brewing just now froze.

(End of this chapter)