Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

Let's keep this matter covered for as long as possible.

"At the moment the brunt of the situation is to retreat, what's your strategy?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

The court meeting was presided over by Empress Dowager Sun, but before she knew it, it was presided over by Zhu Qiyu, who easily controlled the situation, and the officials did not feel that there was anything wrong.

Zhuge Zheng and I sighed inwardly, everyone misunderstood, this prison prince is not easy to get along with, and there is a high probability that the Queen Mother will have a struggle with him.

Yu Qian got up and said: "The first is to find out the information of the 20 troops, and at the same time order the major towns, the border guards must not... open the city gates, and at the same time gather the remnants of the army as much as possible."

It is impossible for all of the 20 elite army to die, at least a small part can survive, and it is hard to say how much can be gathered.

"Secondly, send envoys to Wala to bring gold, silver, jade and silk. It would be the best if they can welcome back the king's frame."

This sentence is good enough, at this stage Wala is absolutely impossible to let Zhu Qizhen back, keeping the name of the emperor is a big threat to the Ming border, Wala will let Zhu Qizhen back unless he is all idiots.

"The third and most important point is that if the 20 Oirat army is defeated, at least the 20 army must be forced back. If the border cannot be defended, then the capital will face the [-] Oirat army."

The capital is too close to the border, and now an army of 20 is approaching Xuanfu, only a few hundred miles away from Beijing.Just cross the Great Wall, and you can drive straight in, and fight all the way to the capital. If the capital is also captured, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be full of wars, fall apart, and the country is in danger of being overthrown.

In comparison, the emperor's consolation is insignificant.

To put it bluntly, even if the emperor is dead, he can be replaced, but if the Ming Dynasty is overthrown and the country is gone, where did the emperor come from?

"How many battle-ready soldiers does Ming Dynasty have now?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Yu Qian pondered for a while: "On the surface, there are 180 million soldiers available for battle in the country, but the actual number of available soldiers is no more than [-].".

Chapter 12 Shocking Numbers!

Hearing these two numbers with such a big difference, Zhu Qiyu was stunned: "Why are there only [-] available soldiers?"

"Can you call King Qin?"

Empress Dowager Sun made a point.

"No."

"No way!"

"Once the King Qin's army is summoned, the disaster will be even worse if the Wala's army breaks through!"

Zhuge corrected me, Zhu Wushi and others ignored etiquette, and they all spoke out against it.

Zhuge Zhengwo persuaded me: "The Queen Mother knows that in the past dynasties, King Qin's army has so many disadvantages, and most of King Qin's army is untrained civilians, the number is as large as it is, but they have no combat power, and King Qin's army is likely to become refugees. If the bandits are used by someone with a heart, they are likely to shake the state and cause endless harm."

"It's Ai's family thinking about it."

The Empress Dowager Sun is very good at talking about the scheming dog, but she doesn't know anything about military affairs. Hearing Zhuge Zhengwo's persuasion, he readily admitted that his thinking was stupid.

"But why only 180 soldiers are available, and my Ming Dynasty has [-] million soldiers?" She asked again.

Yu Qian said in a deep voice: "My Ming Dynasty borders six countries, the Mongolian and Yuan Empires to the north, Goguryeo to the northeast, Xixia to the northwest, Northern Song Dynasty to the west, Dali to the southwest, and the Southern Song Dynasty to the south.

"The last battle with Goguryeo was ten years ago, but Goguryeo was ambitious and had to guard against it, and the border guards couldn't move."

"In recent years, there has been no war with Xixia, but there have been small-scale frictions. The Xixia ruler has great ambitions, and the border guards can't move."

"As for the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, there has been no war in the past 20 years, but these two countries are big countries after all. If the border defense is weak, they don't mind coming up to take a bite."

"As for Dali, this country shouldn't have to worry about it, but there are less than [-] border guards on the border of Dali. Not to mention that it will take at least half a month, and it will be a drop in the bucket."

"A total of more than four hundred thousand."

Yu Qian paused, and took a deep breath: "Your Highness, I will serve as the right and left servants of the Ministry of War, and the head of the Ministry of War, and patrol the states."

"In some guards, there are only 130 old and weak people left in the 5-man army, and the vacancy rate is as high as [-]%. The leading officer can only say "all are dispatched". It is really helpless."

"At that time, there were only five or six people stationed at such an important pass as Shanhaiguan. You can know how serious the private service trend was in the whole Liaodong at that time."

Zhu Qiyu gasped: "Ninety percent of the quota is short!"

It has been less than a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the disarmament has reached such a level.

"After the inspection, I reported to His Majesty. His Majesty ordered rectification, and the situation has eased. However, this is the case. I estimate that it is a blessing to have 100 out of 50 troops in various guards, and most of them are old and weak."

Zhu Qiyu breathed out slowly: "In other words, except for the 40 frontier guards, the remaining one million troops with 100 will be enough?"

Yu Qian shook his head: "I'm afraid it's less than 50, about 40 to [-]. Excluding the old and weak, there are at most [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and they are still distributed all over the country."

"and also……"

Yu Qian hesitated for a moment: "The 40 troops on the border may not be full."

He said it very tactfully, and everyone knew that there was no "not necessarily", and the total border defense must not have more than [-] yuan.

Everyone looked dignified, thinking that the change of the civil fort was just an accident, but after listening to Yu Qian's words, the Ming Dynasty's military equipment was so slack that the change of the civil fort was not an accident, but inevitable.

Although everyone knew that the matter was critical, they did not expect it to be so critical.

Yu Qian continued: "The 20 troops estimated by the minister are the remaining [-] troops in the Beijing camp and the [-] troops in Zhili. Although these [-] troops are not as good as the [-] elite troops of the three battalions, they are still capable of fighting. Soldiers."

The so-called military preparation means that the elite of the local guards have to take turns to train and stay in the capital, also known as "Beijing drill".

In Taizu and Chengzu, this system was strictly implemented, and the national guards took turns to train and stay in the capital, and they still maintained considerable combat effectiveness.

Later, although this system was not abolished, gradually only the guards closest to Zhili went to the capital to train and stay there.

Up to now, only the guards in the Zhili area still maintain the "Beijing drill" system and maintain considerable combat effectiveness.

Zhu Qiyu smiled sarcastically: "There are more than 100 million troops, but I can only gather [-] troops. I think back then, my Ming Dynasty had so much martial virtue."

Empress Dowager Sun sighed faintly, with an army of [-], only Amitabha could defend the capital, and it was wishful thinking to rescue his son.

Although Zhu Qizhen was a piece of trash, the lack of military equipment in the Ming Dynasty could not be entirely blamed on him, but from the former emperor Xuanzong.

"Also over there first, do you have any intelligence, a rough estimate, there are 15 elite cavalry and [-] infantry."

Everyone in Wenyuan Pavilion was gloomy.

The 20 troops of the Mongolian Yuan were detained. No matter what time, Daming must be cautious. Now that the 20 elites of the Ming Dynasty are all dead, how to pass this level?

If there is enough time, it is natural to mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the country for training.

But time simply cannot accommodate the mobilization of soldiers and horses, even if the mobilization only mobilizes the Zhili flanking army, the time is a bit stretched.

No one knows how long the border can be guarded. Once the border is broken, the Oirat army will go straight to the capital, and it will not exceed two days.

two days?It is not enough to mobilize Zhili troops for training, let alone mobilize troops from farther places for training.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the map on the wall, the Wala army is currently on the front four.

The Tuotuobu Huawang of the First Route Army led more than [-] soldiers to invade Liaodong through Gubeikou, and I personally led more than [-] soldiers to conduct a pressure test on the response of Liaodong troops in Guangning Zhenjing Fort before planning to attack Haixi.

The Central Route Army also led [-] bandits to Datong, and then added more than [-] troops to the headquarters.

Ara Zhiyuan led more than [-] people, passing through Juyongguan Kou Xuanfu.

There is another [-] troops attacking Guyuan Town along the way.

The four fronts put great pressure on the border towns.

If any town is in danger, other important towns dare not rush to help, and no one knows whether the enemy troops are fishing.

"My minister asks for your order to admiral the [-] troops, control the generals and schools of each battalion, recruit civilians, mobilize food and grass to guard the capital!" Zhu Wushi got up and bowed.

"The minister is also willing to ask for an order!"

"The minister is also willing to ask for an order!"

Zhuge Zheng me, Yu Qian also asked for an order, wanting to command the fifty thousand soldiers and horses to guard the capital.

Among the three, it is illegal for Yu Qian and Zhu to ignore the military power.

Yu Qian is a civil servant. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, civil officials such as the Minister of the Ministry of War cannot command the army, but only the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

And Zhu Wushi, a member of the royal family, has already mastered the Hulong Villa, and has two treasures, the "Danshu Iron Coupon" and the "Shangfang Sword", which can "cut the faint king up and the slanderous ministers down", and his status is extraordinary. Military power, fear of giving birth to disobedience.

Chapter 13 Choose Yu Qian!

However, Zhang Fu, the left governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, died in the Tumubao Incident. Taining Marquis Chen Ying, Consort Du Wei Jingyuan, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, Xiangcheng Bo Li Zhen, Suian Bo Chen Xun, and Xiuwu Bo Shen Rong, Zuo Dudu Liang Cheng, Dudu Tongzhi Wang Gui and others were all killed.

More than half of the upper-level leaders of the entire Fifth Army Commander's Mansion died, and there were no people who were qualified to be admirals and control [-] troops.

All eyes fell on Zhu Qiyu, waiting for his choice.

Zhu Qiyu turned around and slightly bowed to look at the Empress Dowager Sun behind the bead curtain: "What does the Empress Dowager think?"

Empress Dowager Sun was silent for a while, thinking in her heart. In fact, for her, it doesn't matter who leads the army, but she is slightly inclined to ignore Zhu.

Without him, Zhu disregarded belonging to the royal family.

In times of crisis like this, she still trusts members of the royal family more, which is a woman's weakness.

However, she was still a little hesitant. Zhu ignored his extraordinary status. If he was in control of the military, would he pose a threat to his son's throne?

Zhu Qiyu looked at Empress Dowager Sun quietly, and saw her face change slightly, so he guessed her thoughts all over the place.

After all, he is a person who has lived in the deep palace for a long time.

Although he has a deep mind and loves the Sixth Palace alone, after all, he has never really participated in court affairs, his political sensitivity is too low, and he knows nothing about military affairs.

That is to say, she is the best in the harem, but she is a little at a loss when she is out of the harem.

To put it simply, she does not choose candidates from the perspective of suitability and ability, but from the perspective of emotional closeness.

Let the Empress Dowager Sun think about it, and Zhu Qiyu said without hesitation: "The Empress Dowager said, although Zhuge Taifu was the chief soldier of the Xuanfu and the commander of the Imperial Army, he has not been in the military for ten years. It is undeniable that ten years ago, Zhuge Taifu is the No.1 choice, but now he is over seventy..."

"As for the emperor's uncle, his strength is naturally at the top of Ming Dynasty, but he has never led an army. Under this situation, he is not suitable to lead an army..."

Zhu Qiyu spoke quickly and firmly, and analyzed the three of them for Queen Sun.

He didn't want to have a conflict with Empress Dowager Sun at this time. The more at this time, the more turbulent people's hearts are, the more he must be united.

Moreover, most of the power in the capital is in her hands.

So when the three of them asked for an order just now, he didn't speak hastily, but directly asked Queen Mother Sun.

As the supervisor of the country, the person who will ascend the throne next step, the Empress Dowager Sun has always been extremely wary of him. At this time, any challenge to her authority will greatly irritate her.

An empress dowager who holds the power in the capital in her hands, and a woman whose selfishness is greater than that of her family and country, if she is stimulated at such a critical moment, it will inevitably delay her.

At this critical juncture, if the two rulers of the empire confront each other, the empire may be overthrown.

So no matter what kind of considerations, Zhu Qiyu must not let Queen Mother Sun be too vigilant about herself.

Zhu Qiyu's analysis was clear and clear, and all the ministers nodded slightly after hearing his clear and clear instructions, agreeing with his statement.

"As for the servant, he followed the late emperor to quell the chaos during the period of the first emperor, and he never stayed away from military affairs when he was in charge of various places. After he was transferred to the servant of the Ministry of War, the achievements he made are obvious to all."

"Furthermore, none of you here know more about my Daming and military affairs than Yu Shilang."

"So Yu Shilang is the best person to control soldiers and horses."

Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and he admired King Tan more and more in his heart. From the current point of view, although this King Tan is driving ducks to the shelves, he is far better than the emperor of Beishou in terms of means, bearing, decisiveness, and thinking.

Perhaps it would be a better choice for this king to be emperor.

He asked for an order to restrain the soldiers and horses, not out of selfishness, but because he really wanted to keep the capital.

Empress Dowager Sun said softly: "Yes."

As for who to lead the army, Zhu Qiyu thought about it in his mind, and finally he preferred Yu Qian. After all, in history, Yu Qian defended the capital and forced the Oirat army back.

Although Zhuge Zhengwo and Zhu Wushi are extremely powerful and belong to the top people in the world, Zhu Qiyu may not be at ease in leading the army.

However, in the battle to defend the capital, after Yu Qian led the army, Daming had civil servants seizing military power, which caused a disaster for 200 years.

The term civil servants seizing military power is very broad. What kind of method is it to take away all military power?

In fact, there are many aspects, such as food and grass, through various occupations of military fields, leading to food supply problems, such as command power, supervision power, and the right to assess the promotion of generals, and the seizure of power in all aspects. Almost all the powers in it are It was lost in Zhu Qizhen's hands.

For example, the eunuch supervised the army, and Zhu Qizhen spent the guarding eunuch during the Tianshun period.

To be honest, Yu Shaobao is credited with protecting the capital, but since he started, the civil service system has completely overridden the imperial power and the group of honored and noble relatives, and it has gotten out of control.

The most stable system in ancient times was the triangular regime system, in which various forces check and balance each other, the most typical being the imperial power, civil officials, and military officials and powerful groups, so that everyone will play games with each other, generally not too outrageous, but the power of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty was completely It got out of control, and the seventh-rank civil servant actually asked the general in the army to kneel down.

But this can't be blamed on Qian, it can only be said to be a coincidence, the civil official group began to seize military power with the help of Qian's credit, and surpassed the noble group.

However, if the Xungui Group hadn't been completely lost in the Tumu Fortress Change and lost its talents, it would be unable to compete with the civil official group, and the civil official group would definitely not be able to reach the level of overpowering the imperial power in the late Ming Dynasty.