Chapter 734 The Inconsistent Storm

By the end of June, the 34,000 soldiers of the Beijing camp of the Six Guards and the Southern Expedition were mobilized.Civil officials Xue Yan, Hou Hai, Pei Youzhen and others have left the capital with their orders.

Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, was officially appointed as the General of the Conquest of Yi in Fengtian Hall. He was ordered to command all the military power of the Southern Expedition Army of the Jingying, the Annan Governor's Office, the Guards and the Guards recruited in Guangxi and Guangdong, and had the right to act expediently.

Chen Xuan was the chief general of the navy and controlled all fleets participating in the war, but he had to comply with Zhang Fu's military orders.

Marquis of Anyuan Liu Sheng was appointed as the left-leaning general of the left-leaning general, and Marquis of Heyang Yin Desheng was appointed as the right-leaning general of the right-leaning general.

When the army set off, it was clear and windy.People can also hear the surging rivers swaying to the shore when they are in the north of the capital.

Zhu Gaoxu led the crowd to send Zhang Fu and other soldiers to the outside of Jinchuan Gate.Zhu Gaoxu gave wine and said goodbye, and repeatedly reminded the generals to take into account the righteousness and pay attention to public opinion propaganda to reduce the local people's willingness to resist.

The carriages of Queen Chen and King Annan Chen Zhengyuan were also in the central army.

When everyone said goodbye, the curtain of the carriage was lifted open in a corner. Chen was covered in tears, his expression was extremely sad, and he cried like a tearful person.

But while she was heartbroken, she tried her best to persuade Zhu Gaoxu to let her go back, which was so contradictory.

Zhu Gaoxu could only sit on the horse's back and waved his hands a few times, which seemed to have a hint of entangled sorrow for a moment.

The crowd behind passing through the Jinchuan Gate corridor was a central army infantry escorting the regiment Dragon Sun and Moon Flag.

When they lined up and walked out of the corridor, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a sense of dazedness, as if he didn't know where he was.

Most of the soldiers of the Beijing camp who went on this expedition received newly issued military uniforms from the imperial court, but the military uniforms worn in combat mainly took into account the armor and practicality; therefore, almost all the soldiers wore the wide-eaves of the Ming army and carried various combat tools.

Only this line of flag protection was wearing dresses, they wore large-brimmed cloth hats on their heads, brand new gray clothes, carrying Chunhan light guns, but did not carry ammunition, and looked very clean.

Regardless of the power of the mecha gun, the slender new forged gun barrel was very smooth and glittered in the sun.

Because of the big-brimmed hat, the neat military appearance is very similar to that of modern and modern troops.

Such a scene made the people watching from afar look at each other, and were completely attracted by the strange team.

The ancient Jinchuan Gate Tower, the pagodas on Lion Mountain, and the pavilions, pavilions, water pavilions and arch bridges are all elegant scenes in the Ming Dynasty style.

But this army made Zhu Gaoxu feel the factors of change.

With the sound of drums with even rhythm, the troops kept moving in line and their footsteps were very neat.

The generals riding horses held their fists to the left on the back of the horse. Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also held their fists to return the salute to them; Titicaca... The sound of footsteps that were staggered far and near made it difficult for the generals to hear clearly.

There were continuous queues of infantry and cavalry coming in the corridor. Most of the troops were based on the Hundred Houses teams, and each team maintained an appropriate gap.

Although there are many people on this road, there is no congestion. There are still room for the messengers riding horses to come and go. The military discipline and order of the Jingying Army is good.

The tilt of military expenditure after Zhu Gaoxu came to power seems to be effective in military power.However, he hopes that these elite Beijing camps can play a real role and bring substantial national interests.

Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while, but did not ride his carriage and rode straight back to the city.

A group of great Han generals from the Jinyiwei followed Zhu Gaoxu and rode their horses from the main road in the capital city until they entered Xi'an Gate. When they arrived at Xihua Gate, the soldiers of the Jinyiwei stopped.

Zhu Gaoxu did not get off his horse and rode into the palace to Rouyi Hall.

There is no horse riding in the palace, but no one can stop the emperor from doing anything; at most, civil servants wrote letters to emphasize the correspondence between etiquette and heaven, and Zhu Gaoxu was always in his ears.

Everything was as usual in the simple and bright main hall of Rouyi Hall. A while ago, he often spent time with civil and military officials discussing the affairs of Annan Kingdom, and the map on the table was still there.

But when Zhu Gaoxu walked in, he suddenly felt that this place seemed empty.Only then did he realize that the people living in the apse had left.

Chen only lives here temporarily, but it has been a long time; he can see her immediately if he sends an eunuch to summon her. Now Zhu Gaoxu is still a little uncomfortable at once, and always feels that something is missing.

He sat down behind the big table, looking at the memorials and maps above, doing nothing. After a while, he unconsciously reached out and placed his hand on his forehead and rubbed it hard for a while.

At this moment, the eunuch Wang Gui bent over and walked in, holding the whisk and saluted: "Report to the emperor, the former guardian of the Ministry of State sent a memorial to the palace, but the officials who did not go to the Ministry of State said that they had written some important things.I put the memorial on it for the emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu responded, reached out and picked up the memorial at the top and opened it.

The Northern Department of the Guardian Department sent people to the north to buy some Mongolians and received news: The Great Khan of Mongolia and Benyali died of sweating!

Zhu Gaoxu realized that the situation in Mongolia will undergo a great evolution.His attention immediately escaped from the subtle emotions just now and carefully read the content of the memorial.

From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the Ming army carried out a retaliatory northern expedition, with the target of the Tatars.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that the battle was very unhappy, and more than 200,000 people in the entire army suffered.

But the Tatars seemed to be very uncomfortable and suffered heavy losses. After Benyari's Khan tent was destroyed by the E Kingdom's Jingping and Anhui Kingdom, he led his troops to retreat westward.

As a result, because of insufficient food and grass, Benjali's Khan tribe had to borrow grain from the west.

Unexpectedly, the Watstu people took advantage of the situation and raided Benjalis and slaughtered Benjalis himself and most of his troops.

This Khan was nominally the Khan of the Mongolian Kingdom. As soon as he died, the Watsai people quickly supported a new Khan: Bari Khan.

Bari Khan claims to be a descendant of the Golden Family, but at least the Ming Dynasty has no way of knowing who it is.

The Tatar tribes that suffered significant losses were actually in power Alutai, known as the Mongolian Grand Tutor.

Alutai was hit by the Ming army because of his strength. He was extremely frightened by the situation where Wasattack supported the Mongolian Khan and took the opportunity to expand eastward, and was furious.

This Alutai, who once fought against the Ming army with 200,000 to 300,000 troops, was killed and unwilling to seek peace, actually decided to change his strategy in the struggle within Mongolia.

The bribed Mongolians reported to Ming Dynasty officials that Alutai was collecting good horses from various tribes and preparing to send envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty court to show his friendship.

They seemed to want to take the initiative to change their relationship with the Ming Dynasty, so as to use the Ming army's military strength to attack the Washu tribes in the west.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Gaoxu looked up at Wang Gui who was standing in front and said: Take it to Wuying Palace and let the ministers in the cabinet and Dianbao Department take a look.

yes.Wang Gui bowed forward and picked up the memorial with both hands.

Zhu Gaoxu decided to listen to the ministers' opinions first, but he didn't have to think too much and immediately lost interest in continuing the northern expedition.

Last year, Zhu Gaoxu was not very willing to go to the northern expedition, but because the Tatars took the initiative to harass the border, he did everything he wanted to do, and he didn't want to appear too weak when he ascended the throne. Then he went deep into the grassland to fight a war, which made him realize that the northern expedition was a huge and thankless thing.

But the Mongols seemed to have some misunderstandings about the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols were in power, and the rebels in the world were rising one after another. The strategy of the Yuan court was to attack whoever was king or emperor, because they could not attack multiple ways at the same time. This was the strategy of the Ming Taizu Group to slow down the king.

Now the Mongolians seem to think that the Ming Dynasty would do the same and attacked the Khan of the Mongolian.The ancients really valued status and flags too much.

But the fact is that now, from Emperor Zhu Gaoxu to court ministers, there are a bit of resistance to unprofitable wars.

The reason why Zhu Gaoxu ignored the advice of his ministers and insisted on planning military operations in the South China Sea and Northeast Asia was simply because he felt that there were long-term benefits; but even Zhu Gaoxu himself could not see any benefits for the northern grasslands.

To solve the northern problem through large-scale battles and relying solely on offensive suppression, Zhu Gaoxu tried it and thought it was too expensive and lacked feasibility.

As for the flag of the Golden Family, you don’t have to pay too much attention.

The former glory has long ended and cannot escape the torrent of history, and will sooner or later be abandoned by the Mongols.

Just like the Han and Tang banners in the Central Plains, they had great appeal and were eventually eliminated.

Zhu Gaoxu was no longer willing to continue the northern expedition.

The problem is that the Jingnan Campaign has drawn too many troops from the Northern Guards, and has not managed the north in recent years, causing the northern national defense to become increasingly weak; but fortunately, the Mongolian tribes are also fighting internally and cannot truly threaten the northern border for the time being... So in the north, Zhu Gaoxu felt that it is necessary to re-improve the national defense system and occupy favorable key areas.

First, actively defend against national policies, consider building a bastion, and then slowly plan for it.

Such a major event will be huge. Fortunately, guarding against the nomadic tribes in the north has always been the key to national defense in the Central Plains and is easy to get support from the government and the opposition. After all, everyone needs a sense of security.

Several maps on the table were placed, including Japan's map, Annan situation map, Tatar Watshu power map, Hami in West Mongolia and other complex sections. There are also nautical charts in the corner, one by one, one line to the coast of India and Africa in the West.

Zhu Gaoxu's fingers slowly moved on it.

After a long time, he finally put down the drawings, leaned back on the chair, and fell into deep thought without saying a word.

The number of millions of yuan, as well as the ragged corvee and boatmen seen near Chongqing Prefecture, the Shandong Provincial Administration Office had already starved to death, and various rumors of frequent cults and activities that had been banned by the court; Qi Tai talked about the fact that opening up the territory was a success, and it was difficult to reward immediately and was harmful to the current situation... One by one, trivial fragments kept flashing in his mind.