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Chapter 406, National War

As the central court of the Ming Dynasty discussed this matter, the entire Ming Dynasty court began to move quickly.

White money was transferred from the internal funds of Emperor Hongzhi to various places. A large amount of grain and grass were mobilized from all over the Ming Dynasty to Gansu and Shaanxi. A large number of troops began to gather from all over the country and marched towards Gansu and Shaanxi.

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In the past, when facing the Tatars moving south, they basically adopted a Buddhist attitude. As long as they did not push in the direction of the capital, the Ming court would basically not really fight with the grassland people.

Relying on the defense of the city, fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, when the prairie people have plundered enough, they will naturally return to the grassland again, and there is no need to mobilize too many troops to fight with the prairie people.

Because the Ming Dynasty could not afford to fight.

Firstly, there was no money, and secondly, they could not win. The Tumubao incident broke the backbone of the Ming army. From then on, they never dared to fight with the grassland people again.

Therefore, it is better to adopt a Buddhist attitude and build the city walls higher, strengthen the walls and clear the fields. This method is more effective and less expensive.

Things are different now. Emperor Hongzhi is going to war and has a good fight with the prairie people. Money, grain and grass are being allocated in a steady stream, and orders are being conveyed to various places.

In some guard stations, thousands or hundreds of households in the guard stations turned pale with fear after receiving orders from the imperial court.

What a joke, Emperor Hongzhi actually wants everyone to go to war and fight with the grassland people. What is the difference between this and going to die?

Everyone has been at ease for decades. They usually bully men and women in the guard house, behave tyrannically, and have no problem enslaving slaves in the general's household.

But asking everyone to go to war is not asking everyone to die. Most of the thousands and hundreds of households can no longer carry knives, and the knives handed down from our ancestors have long been rusty, and the armors are also rotten.

Now, are you asking everyone to go to war with the prairie people at this time?

The military commanders, thousands of households, and hundreds of households were panicked, completely panicked. They who were usually so pampered had already lost any fighting power.

In addition to fighting, they are very good at everything, such as eating empty wages, drinking soldiers' blood, enslaving military households, occupying guard fields, etc. They are very good at doing these things, but they are

I don’t know how to fight, let alone dare to fight.

In addition to these panicked military officers and nobles, the military households in the imperial court were also stupid.

Many military households have already become out-and-out farmers. Of course, their status is much, much worse than that of farmers. As long as farmers have their own land, they can still live a pretty good life.

But these military households are different. In name, they have their own fields, but the thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc. in the guard station basically occupy the guard station's fields.

These military households have long become private serfs of these thousands or hundreds of households, and their status is the lowest.

Well, now that the imperial court has issued an order, these military households who have long been more like peasants than farmers are actually going to the battlefield. These military households have never even touched a knife. They don’t have enough food and clothing, so what are they going to do?

fight?

But after the imperial court's order was issued, it was impossible not to go.

The military households of the guard stations began to gather one by one, and followed the court's order to gather at the designated location, preparing to have a good fight with the grassland people.

As for the frontier troops who had been at the forefront of the war, they were also completely panicked. This time, the imperial court actually asked them to fight bloody battles with the Tatars. They could no longer just defend the city and dare to take the initiative to attack the Tatars.

This is tantamount to asking them to die. They felt very panicked when they were guarding the city, but now they actually took the initiative to attack, which made them even more panicked.

However, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about this now. He was determined to fight the Tatars and even made a detailed plan.

From Datong, Shanxi, Xuanfu mobilized a hundred thousand troops, led by Liu Yu, the trilateral general who defeated the little prince in Datong last year. This army will directly cut through the Tatars' retreat route to the north, preparing to close the door and beat the dogs.

On the west side of the road, the border troops from Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi were mobilized, plus the Sichuan army mobilized from Sichuan. There were also a total of about 100,000 troops. Commander Wang Yue, the commander-in-chief of the three frontiers of Yansui, Gansu, and Ningxia, attacked from the west road.

The steppe army.

In the south, a hundred thousand garrison troops were mobilized from the three provinces of Henan, Anhui, and Shandong, led by the chief military officer Li Gao and the guarding eunuch Ren Liang, to launch an attack on the raging Tatars in Gansu and Shaanxi from the south.

The three armies, with a total of 300,000 troops, were divided into three groups and launched an attack on the Tatars heading south with great momentum.

It can be said that this was the largest military operation in the entire Ming Dynasty since the Tumubao Incident. Except for the military forces used to defend the capital, almost all the military forces in the north of the Ming Dynasty were mobilized.

Even for the safety of the capital, if in the past, if they were defeated this time, the Tatars would march eastward and approach the capital.

Here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, all military forces have been mobilized. Guard troops have been organized one by one. The city walls of the capital have also begun to be heightened and reinforced with cement. At the same time, a steady stream of food has begun to be transported from the south to Beijing and Tianjin.

area.

Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi was not at ease, and the ministers in the DPRK were not at ease either. Everyone still had some idea of ​​the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, so not only the military power from the north was mobilized, but the military power from the south also began to move towards the north.

transfer.

The mountain camp that had just made great achievements in the southwest region was ordered to march towards the northern battlefield because of its bravery.

At the same time, the garrison stations stationed in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were also mobilized. The armies of the garrison stations continued to gather in various places. As soon as they were assembled, they immediately marched to the north. Some went to the battlefields in Gansu and Shaanxi, and some went to the battlefields of Gansu and Shaanxi.

The Beijing-Tianjin area is prepared to be used to defend the capital.

It can be said that this time, the whole country came to fight this war. The white money was sprinkled like water, and a large amount of grain and grass were continuously transported to the front line from all over the Ming Dynasty.

Running horses carried messengers to and from various places in the Ming Dynasty.

On the official roads, armies from all over the Ming Dynasty are constantly gathering, with flags fluttering in a mighty manner.

"Emperor Hongzhi was actually prepared to fight the grassland people to the death. I, a little butterfly who had traveled through time, finally caused a huge change. No Emperor Hongzhi in history had ever mobilized so much force to fight the grassland people to the death."

"I don't know if this battle is good or bad."

Liu Jin, who was in the capital, naturally felt the great changes in the Ming Dynasty, and he became worried.

The flapping wings of the butterfly that traveled through time finally caused the butterfly effect and produced such huge changes. The historical trajectory of the Ming Dynasty was completely changed.

A major event that has never happened in history has happened now. Emperor Hongzhi wants to fight with the grassland people. Liu Jin knows very well that this has a lot to do with him.

Because of his own appearance, Emperor Hongzhi had the money to fight the war, and he no longer blindly trusted the civil servants, so the civil servants could not persuade Emperor Hongzhi at all, and Emperor Hongzhi also had enough control over the court, so his words still worked.

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In addition, it was also because of his appearance that he founded this newspaper. Therefore, neither Emperor Hongzhi nor the Ming Dynasty could survive this war without fighting.

Because of the newspaper reports, people throughout the Ming Dynasty were agitated. Everyone knew about the heavy crimes committed by the Tatars in Gansu, Shanxi, and Ningxia. The scholars of the Imperial Academy even went to the Gate of Supreme Harmony to petition the imperial court.

Revenge.

Therefore, it is impossible not to fight. We cannot just watch the Tatars raging in the Central Plains. We must also teach the Tatars a lesson. This is why Emperor Hongzhi was able to convince many ministers, because it is impossible not to fight. They have all been punished.

If someone stabs you in the heart and you don't fight back, that's not how you act like a coward.

Liu Jin was not worried about winning or losing this battle. Whether he lost or won, Liu Jin felt that there was no big problem.

Even if they lose, the Ming Dynasty will not die because of this. Now is the Hongzhi Dynasty. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has strong national power and the court is doing well. It is not like the late Ming Dynasty where party fighting was fierce and the court did not care about the life and death of the court.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a wise monarch, and he was not a king who destroyed his country, so even if he lost this battle, the Ming Dynasty would not be destroyed.

As for winning, that would be better. The threat from the prairie people is smaller, and there will be less trouble in the future.

What Liu Jin is really worried about is the impact this war will have on Daming Capital, which has just begun to develop. He is afraid that the budding development of Daming Capital will be cut off. In this case, all Liu Jin's hard work will be wasted.


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