The commander Wei Pingzheng's question made Li Da speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

The reason why he inferred the strategic intention of the Mongolian Wasat tribe was that after coming to Liaodong, he learned the real potential for war after the unification of the three Mongolian tribes through information collected by border merchants and Jurchen Tartar officials.

On the other hand, Chen Yichen has repeatedly emphasized the threat from northern Mongolia. Li Da believes that with Chen Yichen's foresight, there will be no mistakes!

But if these reasons are serious, they are just "hearsalism". Li Da cannot produce any evidence at all, and he cannot convince the decision-making level of Liaodong Dushi in a few words.

Seeing Li Da silent, General Cao Yi coughed and helped him to rescue him: "Young people don't have much contact with the Tartars, and it is understandable that they lack judgment experience. Wei Tongzhi doesn't have to be demanding."

"But since the border guards discovered a large number of Mongolian cavalry, we still have to guard against it."

"Let me do this, I will continue to order the fortresses to strengthen their vigilance, and also inform the court of military information, and then respond according to the circumstances in the future."

Cao Yi had to reconcile the words, and Wei Pingzheng had to give him this face, so he could only bow and say, "Yes, I understand."

At the same time, Li Chun, the Dusi, also followed the situation and said: "General Cao was a veteran and persistent person, and he was in charge of Dingbao in Liaodong. There was no need to worry about Li joining."

Faced with the disapproval of the General and Dusi, Li Da felt vaguely uneasy. The response measures such as strengthening vigilance and reporting on military information are just scenes and cannot be considered real combat readiness or pre-war actions.

If the Mongolian cavalry really attacked on a large scale, these alone would be far from enough!

"General Cao, what about the last general..."

Li Da bowed his hands and wanted to say that he might go to the border fort to garrison himself and go to the front line to monitor the movements of the Mongolian cavalry.

But as soon as he started, he was interrupted by Cao Yi: "I have been assisting General Wu in his early years to defend Liaodong, and then taking over as General Liaodong, which has been more than a dozen years since I took over as General Liaodong."

"The Tartars have the ambition to compete with the Central Plains, but they do not have the strength to enter the Central Plains. They even use the Wass and Stories to Yesen. I'm afraid he himself can't imagine that he can capture the capital."

"For the generals, you should be as stable as Mount Tai. You have a bright future. You must learn to keep calm."

After saying that, Cao Yi patted Li Da's shoulder for fear of Li Da.

To be honest, Cao Yi is still optimistic and admired this young military junior.

You should know that in Xuande and Zhengtong, the older generation of meritorious relatives gradually grew old, and the second generation of military officers who took over their positions were mostly playboys who could not support the mud.

The most famous one is Mu Sheng, the second son of Duke of Qian, Mu Ying. Not only did the Luchuan wars be ruined, but they were afraid of the enemy and lost all the faces of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, Wang Ji, who was then the Minister of War, had to clean up the mess.

Li Da was recommended by Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong to Liaodong. With his father's identity as the deputy governor, Cao Yi thought that this kid was here to gilt, so he had a year or two before being guarded by the border and then transferred back to the capital to be promoted.

Unexpectedly, it was the general Huzi. During the year Li Da came to Liaodong, he had never been greedy for pleasure at the Dusi station. Instead, he led the way to the front line fortress city to guard the border many times.

With a deep background and outstanding ability, Cao Yi treated Li Da as the handsome man to cultivate and treat him, so he came forward to reconcile and teach him step by step.

In a sense, Cao Yi was right. Before the Tumubao Incident, Yesen's strategic plan was more similar to a large-scale autumn wind. By capturing important towns in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, a channel for plundering people, food and money was opened, thereby completing the revenge of the Ming Dynasty and defending the dignity of the Mongolian cavalry.

Before the war, Yesen also spoke: "Even if the big city cannot be obtained, the fields cannot be cultivated, and the people cannot rest, and many plunders are enough to show off."

The general meaning of the translation is that if you really can't conquer the big cities of the Ming Dynasty and disrupt their normal farming life, it is better to plunder money and come back, which is more satisfying.

Who would have thought that the Ming army was defeated and inexplicably captured the Emperor of Ming. This greatly stimulated Yesen's desire and ambition. He wanted to take the opportunity to capture the capital and step on the Central Plains, and then the battle for the capital guard led by Yu Qian was later established.

It can be said that from the beginning to the end, the end of Tumubao was an unexpected big mistake!

Li Da had no God's perspective and could not anticipate the direction of the historical trend. Faced with Cao Yi's advice, he thought about it and might have been too much of his concern, so he nodded and replied: "Thank you, General Cao, I will follow the warning."

"No need to be so serious. It is normal for young people to be a little angry. This is the matter."

Cao Yi smiled relaxedly, then turned around and left.

"The last general is to send General Cao."

The military officers in the meeting hall looked at Cao Yi's departure and bowed with fists.

But compared to Cao Yi's relaxation, Li Da's face was still full of solemnity. He secretly thought in his heart whether to order Zhang Qi, Wu Rong and others to lead his garrison troops to the border fort to deploy support in advance.

But doing this is equivalent to lip service to Cao Yi's words. No matter how much the other party appreciates him, he probably cannot accept the "two-faced and three-killing" generals.

At this moment, Li Da was in a dilemma!

On the other hand, Fuzhou Bao Shipyard, which is thousands of miles away, is accompanied by the sunset, and Shen Yichen is sitting in the dim study, facing an extremely difficult multiple-choice question.

Just a few days after Shen Yichen and Bian He expressed their inner concerns, he received Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng and sent someone to rush the top secret military information sent from the capital. The content described in detail the movements of the Wassat army during this period.

Compared with Liaodong, it was discovered that the eastern troops led by the Mongolian Khan Tuotuobuhua, the western troops attacked Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu), and the main troops attacking the key middle route had long been discovered by the defenders of Datong, Xuanfu, and reported to the court.

It is actually not a rare thing that Mongolian soldiers and horses appeared in important towns on the nine sides. Since the Wasai tribe unified the three Mongolian tribes in the early 12th year of Zhengtong, the front line has been greatly pushed forward, and even standing on the city wall, you can see Mongolia's reconnaissance raciers.

Otherwise, in the 12th year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen ordered Yang Hong to garrison General Zhenshuo and serve as the general officer to take charge of Xuanfu in order to prevent the attack of the Washuo tribe.

However, this time, the scouts of the border guards keenly discovered different clues when preparing the amount of cattle and sheep rations from the Watami tribe.

The number of people and the equipment are sophisticated, it is not like the previous tentative attitude of tempting sexual harassment, but more like the war preparations before the war comes!

The military information report of eight hundred miles was urgently reported, and the information found by the scouts was reported to Zhu Qizhen's imperial case. At the same time, the ministers of the Governor's Office of the Ministry of War, and the five armed forces gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

It was different from the later Ming Dynasty's impression that it was unprepared and hastily fought. When it was discovered that the Mongolian thorns were ready to attack the important towns of the nine sides, the Ming Dynasty actually began to mobilize the war and arranged troops to make a lot of countermeasures.

First, he sent troops from the governor of Xining, Song Ying, the governor of Xining, Chen Huai, the prince of Pingxiang, and Jing Yuan, the son-in-law of Duwei, as the left and right deputy generals, led some of the Beijing camps to Datong, Xuanfu assisted in defense, and made preparations before the war.

In addition, eunuchs were urgently sent to serve as special envoys of the court, rewarding soldiers from Datong, Xuanfu, Ganzhou, Liaodong and other places with one tael of silver. At the same time, border residents were urgently mobilized to harvest grain and forage, implement the policy of strengthening walls and clearing the fields, and not providing any possible supplies to the thorn army.

It’s a pity that time is good and fate is good. The small details before the war are full, and they can’t stand the battle and fight so badly. No matter how much preparation is done, it will become useless...

"Brother Chen, are you still worried about your grandfather's letter?"

Standing at the door, A Niu, who was guarding the door, saw that the sun had already set, Chen Yichen still did not light the lamp, and his whole body was hidden in the darkness. He realized that there must be something in his heart.

"Um."

Chen Yichen responded without saying much.

"So do you want me to call Mr. Bian over?"

A Niu asked tentatively, as Chen Yichen's status grew higher and his contacts became more and more important, and he often couldn't talk to him.

"Um."

Still a brief response.

The reason why Chen Yichen was so embarrassed was not because of the attack of the Mongolian Wasat tribe, after all, he had already been mentally prepared. It was because of what he should do and what means he should use to intervene in this battle of national destiny.

More importantly, Chen Yichen's intervention method planned in his heart is likely to lead to a catastrophe, and he dare not make a choice easily!

Not long after, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor. Bian He walked into the study and asked straight to the point: "Master, have you made a decision?"

Facing Bian He's inquiry, Chen Yichen did not answer directly, but asked back: "If I can't plan and lead you to a dead end, will I regret it?"

Hearing this question, a smile suddenly appeared on Bian He's face, who had always been steady.

"Owner, do you think anyone of our subordinates will regret it?"

"But I'm afraid that after taking this wrong step, I will blame myself and feel guilty when facing you."

After saying that, Chen Yichen sighed, what he wanted to do involved a real rebel, and he would become a good person if he failed.

Once he failed and was sentenced to death, Chen Yichen didn't know how to face these people he was implicated.

"There is no ever-victorious general in the world. From the moment we choose to follow the boss, we will be doomed to share honor and disgrace."

"The answer is not just for me, Bian He, Cang Huotou, Wang Neng and others. Even Boss Ye and Jiang Lutou will give the same answer."

"Owner, you can make your own decision!"

Listening to Bian He's words, Chen Yichen fell into silence again. At the same time, the light in the house became darker and darker, until his two faces disappeared into the darkness.

I don’t know how long it took, a faint light of a fire broke out in the darkness, and then Chen Yichen lit up the oil lamp on the table, reflecting a firm face!

"Mr. Bian, summon the Fujian army and treasure ship fleet. I want to rush my troops north to go to Beijing to serve the king!"

This is the fundamental reason why Chen Yichen is so hesitant. Not only did he not want to return to Beijing without summoning, he also planned to bring Fujian troops to Beijing with the slogan of serving the king!

You should know that the act of "rescuing the king" is often not really about saving the emperor, and traitors also like to use this fig leaf.

The difference is whether there is an emperor's authorization.

It is obvious that Chen Yichen did not. At this time, Zhu Qizhen could not predict the defeat in advance and promulgated the will of serving the kings in various places.

Responsible for the king?

When he heard Chen Yichen say these two words, even though Bian He was mentally prepared, he was still shocked and unable to speak.

He had known the content of the letter from Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong, and understood that several large armies of the Mongolian Tartars were attacking, and the entire northern battle was covered with clouds, which was about to break out!

After following Shen Yichen in recent years, Bian He knew that the boss was particularly prepared for the Mongols and always regarded it as a major concern. At that time, he even risked disobeying the emperor and kept warning him to strengthen the defense of the nine borders and not give the Washu tribe a chance to grow.

Faced with Chen Yichen's concerns over the past few days, Bian He could think of the difficulty was nothing more than submitting a memorial to return to Beijing early and giving up the task of supervising the construction of a foreign ship.

Or if you act a little more than the rule, learn from Yu Qian to swing his hands, and simply summon him back to Beijing without waiting for the emperor to reply.

As a result, Bian He never expected that Chen Yichen planned to lead his troops to Beijing to serve the king. Judging from the current situation, this is no different from rebellion!

Shocked, Bian He looked at Chen Yichen in front of him and asked a question hesitantly.

"Master, do you really want to go to Beijing to fight against Mongolia, or do you want to be the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five?"

It’s not that Bian He doesn’t want to believe Chen Yichen, but this reason is actually a bit too outrageous.

Not to mention the letters of Duke Cheng, only mentioning that the Mongolian army had an attacking deployment, and even the battle had not started. Even if it really started, the Ming Dynasty's troops in the north might not be a loser.

Or take another ten thousand steps and the Ming Dynasty lost the battle, but so what?

The prosperous dynasty with a vast territory of thousands of miles never cared about the gains and losses of a city and a pool. Then, it was just a matter of summoning a large army and then fighting back. Why do you need the support of the foreign army?
To be continued...