First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Please tell me."

"It's like this. You can go to Runing, Anfeng, Haozhou in the direction of Nanyang... and then send a letter to Shandong... At present, it will take five or seven days at the earliest. It was fine before the war, but if the war starts, an order, The exchange will take half a month. How can the two armies cooperate with each other? If Chahan adopts a strategy of defending and attacking, we will be at a disadvantage. Especially the troops in Nanyang, their strength is too small to deal with Chahan, especially The pressure from Guanzhong will also fall on their heads, if before we mobilize, Chahan relies on a strong force to defeat the Nanyang army first, then the overall situation of the battle will be reversed in an instant, and we must pay attention to it."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the map, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Then transfer Zhu Wenzheng to the north, let him lead the Huguang soldiers and horses under his command, rush to help Nanyang, and wait for Feng Guoyong to dispatch."

Another army has been added, and there is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang has bet on everything.

And Zhang Ximeng was slightly taken aback, Zhu Wenzheng!Could it be that his time is finally coming?

Chapter 464 Abandoning Henan and Keeping Hebei

After mobilizing Zhu Wenzheng to go north, Tang He was the only remaining general in the south.In Yingtian, only Li Shanchang maintained the overall situation.

To be honest, the bet is a bit high.

After the imperial meeting ended, Zhu Sheng immediately found Zhang Ximeng. The old man was out of breath and his face was very ugly.Zhang Ximeng noticed that there was cold sweat on his forehead, and he was trembling slightly as he sat there.

"Mr. Fenglin, do you want to call for a military doctor?"

Zhu Sheng smiled wryly and waved his hands, "Master Zhang, in fact, you shouldn't have supported the lord's decisive battle. You can just sit back and watch Liu Futong be wiped out. We will concentrate on managing Shandong and wait for the opportunity to make the Northern Expedition."

Zhang Ximeng listened silently, and didn't refute anything... In fact, there was nothing to say, what Zhu Sheng said made sense.

The heat of the decisive battle was really a little bit worse.

"I just told my superiors that Shandong and Nanyang are not easy to coordinate. The superiors let Zhu Wenzheng go north. Just relying on Zhu Wenzheng's troops is not enough to turn the situation around. If Li Siqiu goes all out and launches an attack from Guanzhong , to meet Chahan, Nanyang is bound to be difficult to preserve."

Zhu Sheng was out of breath when he said this, "Beware of Ming Yuzhen, he just needs to go out of Kuimen. We have too few troops in Huguang, so it's hard to deal with it."

Zhu Sheng painted a very bad possibility.

If Feng Guoyong can't hold on here and the Nanyang Group is destroyed, it will be difficult for the Shandong Group to completely defeat Chahan on their own.

Even to put it bluntly, defeating Chahan is of little value.

He can command the army, retreat in great strides, retreat to Shanxi, retreat to Guanzhong, and then leave the dilapidated Central Plains to Daming.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had few soldiers, not to mention taking over the mess, but also faced disputes with Han Song.The logistics supply line has been greatly lengthened, and the consumption on the road has increased sharply.

When it gets there, can Daming still hold on?

Zhang Ximeng was very skeptical, which was why he didn't dare to make up his mind.

"Mr. Fenglin, you, what's your opinion?"

Zhu Sheng endured the headache, and said to Zhang Ximeng: "We have done our best so far, and the rest is up to the Yuan army. Even if Chahan wants to give up Kaifeng and retreat to Hebei, it is a matter of chance. But if Yuan Ting is determined to fight to the death and is unwilling to give up the opportunity to destroy Han Song, then it will be a good thing for us."

"Also, if we have a good strategy, deceive Chahan for a period of time, strive for the most favorable layout, and block the soldiers and horses in the pass, we will have a chance. , It depends on the Yuan army, to see how wrong they are!"

Having said this, Zhu Sheng couldn't help coughing.

Zhang Ximeng got up quickly and came over to pat the old man's back, but when he put his hand on his wrist, he felt hot... Zhang Ximeng was startled suddenly.

Zhu Sheng is not young anymore.

Hurriedly rushing from Yingtian, bumping all the way, worrying about the overall situation, exhausting, the old man couldn't help but couldn't hold on.Zhang Ximeng hurried to call the military doctor, and then said to Zhu Sheng: "Mr. Fenglin, you said that I know this matter well, and leave everything to me. Even if we have mistakes and omissions in this battle, we will never be more than Yuan Ting." .You can rest assured."

No matter how you say this, it sounds a bit awkward. Could it be that it is worse than bad?

Shi Ran is a bit hurtful, but it is undeniable that it really makes sense.

The two sides have invested one million and one hundred thousand. In this kind of super-large-scale decisive battle, no one can control the overall situation and guarantee that no mistakes will be made.The result is that whoever makes many mistakes and makes serious mistakes will be crushed.

In other words, Daming has done the best, and the rest is up to Yuan Ting and Chahan.

Zhang Ximeng arranged for Zhu Sheng to rest, and explained carefully that the old man could recover from his illness without worrying about anything.

Then Zhang Ximeng called Guo Ying and Sun Yan, and they urgently formulated a plan.

He sent envoys to Chahan and offered to exchange Kaifeng with Aluwen.

The two sides stopped fighting and eliminated fighting.

This suggestion was also approved by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he immediately sent people to implement it. After some selection, Zhang Ziming, who had captured Anqing by himself, took up this glorious mission and quickly went to Kaifeng and Xinghuaying to meet Chahan.

Almost at the same time, Chahan Timur also summoned his generals to discuss the immediate battle.

People often like to pay attention to the victors, like Zhang Dingbian, it is really rare for a defeated general to write a stroke in the history books by relying on bravery.

On Chahan Timur's side, there are not many well-known names... But they cannot be underestimated because of this. Among these generals, there are many warriors who can stand up to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

Just because of his allegiance to Yuan Ting and following Chahan, he became a loser, unknown, and despised by later generations.

But at this moment, who dares to underestimate this group of people?

Under Chahan, there are adopted son Wang Baobao, generals Yan Sixiao, Li Keyi, Hu Linchi, Guan Bao and others, all of them are fierce tigers in the world and full-fledged titans.

It can definitely be on the same level as Daming's side, keeping pace with each other.

It's just that the situation on the battlefield is not very good for them, and they seem to be somewhat depressed and depressed.

Chahan first said: "Zhu Chongba has mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals, and it seems that he is going to fight us desperately. In my opinion, we have a lot of cavalry, so we don't have to worry about the gains and losses of a city or a place with them. When necessary, we can retreat. They led them to the land of Hebei, and then waited for the opportunity to send troops to beat the Zhu thief!"

Hearing this, the tense nerves of all the generals present relaxed a little, and even showed a relieved smile.

These generals are old fritters, and they marched southward, trying to destroy Han Song in one go.

But Liu Futong was unexpectedly tenacious and withstood the Yuan army's attack.After several months of military suspension, Chahan was exhausted by the veterans.

This is one of them.

Later, Wang Baobao defeated Dongping. Although it was due to an ambush, it was nothing, but it did frustrate his spirit.I also lost two good dogs, Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng.

In Nanyang, the situation is even worse.

Chahan personally led the troops to save his father, but Fu Youde blew up the city wall of Nanyang by relying on gunpowder, and led the troops with Ding Pulang and Deng Yu to defeat Chahan's reinforcements head-on.

This is very frightening. The firearms of the Ming army are a bit beyond the estimation of the Yuan army. If it is a siege operation, the combination of miners and gunpowder is almost unstoppable.

And Ding Pulang and Deng Yu also proved that even in a field battle, the Ming army is not afraid of Dayuan.

This is very hurtful.

If you continue to fight hard, it will not end well.

If you can't beat it, you can't beat it!

After ten years of fighting, this group of people is no longer the Tuotuo they used to be. There is no battle that must be fought, and there is no war that they cannot afford to lose.

It is already February, and after a while, the weather will be hot, and the best fighter has passed.

Return to Shanxi and Guanzhong to recharge your batteries.Wait until the autumn is clear and the horses are fat and strong, and then go south in one fell swoop to fight Kaifeng again.

Almost instantly, these people made this choice.

"In this case, I will write to the court now, and then make arrangements."

After a brief meeting ended, Chahan felt relaxed, but his son Wang Baobao was very disappointed and even a little annoyed.

"It's all to blame for my incompetence. If you don't lose Shandong, you don't have to give up Henan. Why did Zhu Thief get so arrogant!"

Chahan looked at this slightly immature adopted son, and couldn't help but said, "Why do you want to retreat as a father?"

Wang Baobao was stunned, "My child doesn't know."

Chahan sneered, "I've decided to retreat now. There are two things... First, your grandfather is still in the hands of the Ming army. I will ask them to release him as a favor. As for the second, do you know that the imperial court just appointed Appoint Polo Timur as Zhongshu Pingzhang!"

Wang Baobao subconsciously said: "How could the imperial court do this?"

He was really angry. Chahan Timur went through life and death for Yuan Ting, wiped out the Northern Expedition West Route Army, severely damaged the Central Route Army, threatened Han Song, and almost saved half of the Yuan Dynasty with his own power.

But today, Chahan is only Pingzhang of Henan Province in the Yuan Dynasty.

Polo Timur, at a young age, directly climbed to the high position of Zhongshu Pingzhang relying on his father Yu Yin.

Neither power nor status is comparable to Chahan.

This is too bullying!

That being the case, I will simply retreat and give you the task of dealing with Daming.Let you guys learn how powerful the Ming army is.At that time, I don't worry if you don't obediently admit defeat.

"Doing this for my father can not only get your grandfather back, but also let the court understand the importance of my father. It can be regarded as a combination of loyalty and filial piety."

Chahan said to his son: "Listen, sooner or later, you will also sit in my position... This defeat is not a big deal. On the contrary, it may be a good thing. It's been a long time, and when you learn this, It will also be able to gain a foothold in the court.”

Hearing his father's lofty remarks, Wang Baobao was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously said: "The Ming army has hundreds of thousands of troops marching northward, so father doesn't need to be on guard?"

Chahan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are still confused...Zhu Yuanzhang is just a farmer...Nowadays, the land in the Central Plains is thousands of miles away, floods, droughts and locust plagues continue, and the land is barren. How much can be cultivated? Farmers can't cultivate Standing on his feet, he is mainly pawns. How can he be an opponent of our [-] cavalry? In the past, he was in the south of Huaixi, where the water network was densely covered, and the boat masters were the main ones. There was no way to take him. But now in the Central Plains, he is Throwing himself into a trap and being restrained everywhere, is it possible that he can really hold on?"

Wang Baobao thought for a while, and felt that what his father said seemed to make sense. After all, conquering the north from the south was even more difficult. Of course, his previous defeat was not part of it, it was not part of it.

"Father, there is another worry, my son, and that is His Majesty, what if you disagree?"

Chahan frowned slightly, it was indeed a problem, but in Dadu, is there any other choice?

Could it be that they really dare to turn against themselves for such a thing?

Do you still want the Dayuan world?

"You don't have to worry about this kind of thing, just go on."

Wang Baobao was sent away, and the development of the matter was indeed a bit beyond Chahan's expectations... Just when he proposed to abandon Henan and return to Hebei.

Polo Timur, who was in Datong, immediately wrote a letter, demanding that he send his troops south to fight the red thieves, and not lose an inch of territory.

Then Polo Timur swung his army to attack Jining... Chahan's territory!

Chapter 465 I am Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew

From the perspective of God, you will feel that Polo Timur's move is simply stinky... He is equivalent to stabbing Chahan in the back, forcing Chahan to fight against Ming Dynasty, with an army of 10 yuan, the last Great Wall of the Yuan Dynasty , it will be destroyed.

This behavior is almost the same as Qin Hui's frame of Yue Fei.

But the question is, does Chahan count as Marshal Yue?

Obviously not.

The Yuan court appointed Polo Timur to succeed Zhongshu Sheng Pingzhang because Polo Timur's father Dashi Badulu was a nobleman of the old Mongolia Zhengjin Banner, which was completely different from Chahan's grass roots.

Letting him take over the power is also to contain Chahan, and even has the meaning of supervising the battle team a little bit.

If Chahan is allowed to withdraw to Hebei smoothly, hundreds of thousands of troops alone will be enough to seize the entire land of Hebei. At that time, it is not impossible to squeeze out Polo Timur, or even Dadu, to act the story of Dong Taishi .

That being the case, why let you back?

Forcing you to fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the end, both sides will suffer, and then I will clean up the mess, isn't it good?

It's also an army of hundreds of thousands. If you fight on the battlefield, you will lose your vitality if you win. Isn't this obvious?Lao Tzu just reaped the benefits of the fisherman.

Polo Timur jingled his abacus.

And what happened next proved that there were many people who thought the same as Polo Timur.

First of all, there was a fight between the two families, and Yuan Ting could not remain indifferent, so he sent Pingzhang to answer Tamerlane and Seventy to participate in politics, and asked the two to go to Jining together to mediate the dispute.

Needless to say on Chahan's side, because young people don't talk about martial arts and attract them, they lose the key points of Jining.Logically speaking, Polo Timur should let Ji Ning out, and then make an apology, compensate for the loss, and ease Chahan's anger.

But something unexpected happened. After the understanding of these two ministers, they agreed that Chahan Timur needs to give up Ji Ning and hand it over to Polo Timur.

When the news reached Xinghuaying, Chahan was furious!

With such a group of insects ruling the country, do we still need enemies?

His army is going back to Shanxi, and he gave Ji Ning to Polo Timur. Where are his soldiers going?

The imperial court is unfair, and this is to drive them to a dead end.

Chahan is about to dispatch troops and generals immediately, and he will destroy Polo Timur first.But fortunately, Wang Baobao and others were there, and they finally stopped Chahan from doing such a stupid thing.

After all, the most terrifying thing in front of them is the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops.

"Father, why don't we write a letter to the imperial court and ask Polo Timur to send troops to join us in dealing with the Ming army?"

Baobao gave his father an idea, but Chahan firmly rejected it!

"Polo Timur deceived me too much! If I still beg him to help me deal with the Ming army, wouldn't it be obvious that we are too useless? How can we gain a foothold in the court if we don't want anything in the future?"

Baobao was startled subconsciously, "Father, what should we do now?"

Chahan pondered for a long time, then suddenly said softly: "Naturally, it must be unexpected! Whether it is Polo Timur or the emperor of Dadu, don't try to lead me by the nose! I will make a move that you will never expect!" !"

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Looking back in the direction of Jining, Zhang Ximeng arranged for an envoy to meet with Chahan to discuss the matter of Aruwen. Sure enough, Chahan sent a message that he was willing to make peace with Daming. As long as Daming could release his father, he would return Hebei, and gave Kaifeng to Daming for disposal.