The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"Report--"

"General, the right wing of Mongolia has moved!"

The scout hurried in to report the latest battle situation.

An Guo quickly came to the geomancy map after hearing this.

During this period, the Ming army did not do nothing. Under the command of the Beijing army scouts, they continued to investigate the grassland military situation and draw geomancy maps.

"What direction?"

"Da Lan Li Wen!"

"What the hell is this place?"

An Guo was stunned, and then hurriedly looked at the geomancy map.

The scout stepped forward to circle this place and explained: "This is a plain, an excellent place for cavalry to charge."

"It seems that both sides want to achieve success in one battle!"

An Guo touched his chin and thought, and his eyes became sharp.

"How are the troops of both sides? Have you found out?"

"Dayan Khan has received the help of 30,000 cavalrymen from the Khorchin tribe. The apparent strength is as high as 70,000, all of whom are cavalrymen skilled in archery and horsemanship. In addition, there are 20,000 auxiliary infantrymen!"

"The right-wing Mongolian lords such as Yibula and Mandulai only have 30,000 troops, but the Huoshai Mengguolejin tribe seems to be joining the battlefield to fight against the left-wing army. The bottom line is that the right-wing troops are estimated to be around 50,000!"

The right-wing Mongolian army of 50,000!

The left-wing Mongolian army of 90,000!

It seems that the strength of the two sides is very different, but the problem is that the left wing has the help of Khorchin, and the right wing naturally has the help of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the left and right wings of Mongolia are in a state of war and attack, it will be the most beneficial for the Ming Dynasty!

"Send a message to Wang Qiong, and ask him to rush to Dongsheng City to garrison immediately!"

"I will personally lead 10,000 troops out of the border to prevent the trash like Yibula and Mandulai from being swallowed up by others!"

The scout immediately took the order and left.

An Guo immediately prepared for the battle.

But at this moment, a scout hurried over.

"General, the general's order!"

Hearing this, An Guo's expression changed and he knelt on one knee.

There is only one "general" in the Ming army now, and that is Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty!

Only Tang Hao deserves the honorific title of "general" given to him by the soldiers of the three armies.

The scout handed the secret letter to An Guo, who smiled unconsciously after reading it.

"Great!"

"The Marquis has wiped out the Jurchen tribe and is on his way to Daning!"

"In addition, Ma Yong and Deng Boyan have also completed the affairs of the five prefectures and are about to arrive here to cooperate with us to attack Hetao!"

Hearing An Guo's words, all the generals were delighted.

The Marquis of Zhongshan swept Liaodong and slaughtered the Jurchens, so the situation in Liaodong was settled, and the next step was to attack Daning.

As long as Lord Zhongshan takes back Daning, the Hetao area will no longer be isolated, but can cooperate with Daning to clamp down on Mongolia's eastward and southward harassment!

The northern border defense line of the Ming Dynasty will be revitalized!

"Don't be happy yet!"

An Guo looked at the generals unhappily.

"We sent troops at the same time as Lord Zhongshan. Now Lord Zhongshan has swept Liaodong and marched into Daning, but we have not made any achievements here!"

"In the next battle with the left and right wings of Mongolia, our army must make some gains, otherwise when Ma Yong and Deng Boyan arrive, you guys will be scolded one by one!"

The generals laughed after hearing this.

The generals who followed Lord Zhongshan Tang Hao in the past had different temperaments.

For example, Xu Tianci, the descendant of Xu Da, the King of Zhongshan, is well-known for his maturity and steadiness. He does not show his emotions on his face and is also the most valued by the Marquis of Zhongshan. Whenever someone is needed to stay in the rear, it is Xu Tianci.

Of course, there are also those with bad tempers, such as Ma Yong, who was a famous troublemaker when he entered the Beijing Army. He dared to challenge the Marquis of Zhongshan openly. He was beaten up and thrown into the beheading camp. His hot temper even gave Marquis Tang a headache.

It happened that this kid went to Japan with Deng Boyan and made great contributions, so he was promoted and became one of the main generals.

It can be imagined that when Ma Yong arrived, he would definitely not be able to spit out ivory from his dog's mouth!

"Organize the army!"

"Prepare for war!"

An Guo gave an order with high spirits.

"After watching the excitement for so long, you have to stretch your muscles!"

At the same time, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yiqing frowned, and Jiao Fang remained silent.

Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty also frowned.

They were checking the accounts today, and the more they looked at the results, the more frightened they were.

The main reason was the problem of food.

There were red lines for the money and food in the treasury.

Although the Ming Dynasty conquered Japan and seized a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from Japan, the money had always been stable and the income and expenditure were appropriate.

However, the grain reserves were decreasing day by day, and even now fell below the red line.

Once a natural disaster occurred in a certain place, the court might not even be able to raise food for disaster relief, which meant that the problem was extremely serious.

Jiao Fang, the Minister of Revenue, was quite conscientious, but the problem was that he had a bad reputation and his subordinates were all fair in their work, so it was not until today that Jiao Fang suddenly noticed the matter and was immediately shocked and broke into a cold sweat.

He did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly found Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet. Yang Tinghe was such a person that he saw the seriousness of the matter at a glance and dragged him to see the emperor.

The three of them began to reconcile the accounts one by one, and in the end the result was that the Ministry of Revenue had indeed spent a lot of money, and it was all the money that should be spent.

For example, after the Ming Dynasty conquered Japan, it sent a total of 30,000 garrisons to Japan. The living supplies of these garrisons were borne by the Ming Dynasty and Japan respectively, which undoubtedly added a huge expense to the Ming Dynasty's finances.

In addition, Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao and Jinglu Bo An Guo led their troops to the expedition at the same time, which was equivalent to fighting on two fronts, and the consumption of food and grass was countless.

The most important thing was the construction of the border wall proposed by Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao.

This national policy recruited a large number of civilians, including those Japanese slaves transported from Japan, a total of nearly 80,000 people, and daily food and drink were also a huge expense.

With such consumption, it would be strange if the national treasury was bottomless!

Even if the court had already used the national treasury money to buy food from the people, the huge consumption made the national treasury a little unable to hold on.

Yang Tinghe listed these items clearly and clearly, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao solemnly.

"Your Majesty, this cannot go on!"

"The court cannot sustain a two-front war at the same time, and the Marquis of Zhongshan must be recalled!"

This is the only solution Yang Tinghe could think of.

Yang Tinghe is also aware of the importance of Hetao.

Choose the lesser of two evils. Now the only way to ease the financial pressure of the court is to order the Marquis of Zhongshan Tang Hao to return to the court.

"According to the report of the Ministry of War, the Marquis of Zhongshan has swept Liaodong and seized a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which are being transported back to the court."

"I think that since the war in Liaodong has been decided, it is entirely possible to slow down the pace. After Jinglu Bo manages Hetao, the court can send troops to Daning again to rebuild the northern border defense line!"

"Compared to Hetao and Liaodong, the land of Daning is not that important!"

Zhu Houzhao was silent after hearing this.

"The land of Daning is related to the reconstruction of the northern border defense line of our Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible to give up halfway!"

"But your majesty, the treasury..." Jiao Fang said anxiously.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands impatiently and said: "Let's do this. I will transfer 200,000 silver coins from the treasury to the national treasury, and the Ministry of Revenue will find a way to sell all of them in exchange for grain!"

"Even if I have to sell everything, I will win this battle!"

The emperor's attitude was extremely firm, and Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang had nothing to say.

In fact, this was the first time they saw money being transferred from the treasury to the national treasury.

Even the late emperor, who was hailed as the "Lord of the Restoration", tried every means to transfer money from the national treasury to his own private treasury.

In comparison, the current emperor is indeed more wise and powerful!