I'm really not the carpenter emperor

If you don't go to the left wing, there is only one way to besiege Chahanhot to break the siege.

But Chahanhot is too far away, and everything there is unknown. Since Chengzu, no Ming army has ever fought so far.

Whether it will rain along the way and how many Mongolian tribes will be loyal to Chahar are even more unpredictable.

It is also a taboo for military strategists to work on an expedition!

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When the Ming army arrived in Guihua City, they were caught in a dilemma.

After all, Sun Chuanting didn't have enough commanding experience in this kind of battle. He was worried that this would be embarrassing, and for a while, he couldn't save it for three days.

At the same time, the Ordos area.

The left-wing tribes were invaded on a large scale by the Monan Mongolian forces who surrendered to the Golden Family of the Chahar tribe in early August, and the front line was more than 1000 miles deep.

Lin Dan Batur personally led 13 Chahar cavalry, falsely claiming that there were [-] people, chose a flat land, and marched straight to Ordos.

Along the way, they traveled non-stop, day and night, and arrived at the territory belonging to the Abaga tribe, one of the three left-wing tribes, on August [-].

Lin Danbatur ordered the army to take a short rest, that is, to disperse into six groups to attack, and issued an order to destroy the Abaga tribe within three days.

For a time, the Ordos area was full of the voices of Chahar cavalry coming and going.

Although the Abaga tribe is known as one of the three left-wing tribes, the entire tribe does not have as many cavalry as Lindan Batur brought, so it is difficult to resist.

Soon, the Abaga tribe collapsed completely, and blood flowed in rivers in all the grazing lands. The tribes fled in all directions, and the shouts and killings continued one after another.

Chapter 532

A piece of battle report from outside the pass made the court become turbulent again.

Many people didn't know much about Sun Chuanting before, and it was all because Zhu Youxiao's cadre gang was arbitrary and insisted on appointing him as the supervisor, which allowed him to leave the customs smoothly.

Killing Wang Bao, the chief soldier of Jizhou without authorization, although it was found out afterwards that it was true, still made some people dissatisfied.

With the news that the army of Guihua City had not been deposited in the three days, there was a lot of talk among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the household department, who complained three times a day.

The current household department is led by Cui Chengxiu, former Minister of the Ministry of War.

Cui Chengxiu is a civil servant, he doesn't know anything about military affairs, but he has been sitting in the position of Minister of War for three years, and now he has just arrived at the Ministry of Households, and he thought he was in a clean place, but he was dizzy when he didn't want to.

This was the fourth day that Sun Chuanting had been on hold, and Zhu Youxiao looked at the second memorial presented by the Ministry of Household Affairs today, feeling unhappy.

Because of his familiarity with history, Sun Chuanting must be trusted.

But the problem was that fighting was too costly, and the household department repeatedly complained to himself, hoping that he could issue an imperial decree to urge Sun Chuanting to march, and it was really imminent.

Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that Sun Chuanting must have his own understanding of the war, and if he stood still, he must be in a dilemma.

At this moment, on the imperial case, on the left are requests from the left-wing ministries for help, and on the right are the considerations made by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War for the logistics of the war, and want to urge Sun Chuanting to march as soon as possible.

This was the case in Sarhu back then. The imperial court commanded remotely, which made the frontline generals even more in a dilemma.

At that time, even the generals on the front line were too contemptuous of the Jurchen led by Nurhachi, and the Juniper Department's greed for merit was also one of the incentives.

In any case, the cabinet and the Ministry of War at that time must bear the scapegoat for the failure of the Battle of Saarhu.

Now the same problem is in front of Zhu Youxiao, and the civil servants hope to urge Sun Chuanting to march and end the Northern Expedition as quickly as possible.

However, for Zhu Youxiao, doing so really sent chills down the spine.

In history, Emperor Chongzhen urged Sun Chuanting, and the latter's hasty advance of the army resulted in a big defeat, which is even more vivid.

After all, although Daming's treasury has eased over the years, there are still more places to spend money.

Before the new salt law is fully implemented and effective, it will have to bear huge military expenditures, which really makes the finances seem a bit stretched.

Zhu Youxiao also understands that the most taboo of generals commanding operations is to be disturbed by non-war factors.

Based on the battle of Sarhu alone, if the cabinet and the Ministry of War did not urge Yang Gao to investigate and formulate a plan step by step, Nurhachi might still be eating wild vegetables in Changbai Mountain.

And the urging of the cabinet and the Ministry of War was not without reason, because the finances at that time were even more difficult than now, and because it was winter, the logistics and transportation could not be improved at all.

The ministers of the household department and the military department are the most familiar with the financial burden caused by the war and the military preparations in various places.

For them, the current battle situation really does not allow them to drink tea and chat leisurely. They urgently need the emperor's decree to urge Sun Chuanting to march.

Zhu Youxiao thought that if he could delay for a day, it would count as a day. He had no intention of intervening in Sun Chuanting's battle, and he would not change his original thinking now.

After Cui Chengxiu was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wang Qia, the left servant of the Ministry of War, naturally became the candidate for the next Minister of the Ministry of War.

Going out to the gate of Daming, I happened to meet Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, coming out together with several officials from the household department, so he cupped his hands and asked:

"Master Li, what does His Majesty say?"

Li Banghua sighed.

"Ugh!"

"Lindan Batur raised his troops to flank the left wing, and the left wing seemed to be unable to resist it! Sun Chuanting is still standing still in Guihua City. What is he thinking?"

"This is the Tang Bao from today. One of the strong left-wing troops, the Abaga tribe, has been dispersed by Chahar. If we don't rescue them, it may be too late!"

Unable to wait for the last word, Li Banghua dragged Wang Qia, and some officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate stumbled all the way north, and staggered to the gate of Chengtian.

Outside Chengtianmen, there are two vermilion-roofed pavilions, one with a high drum on the west side, and a golden bell on the other side in the east.

Li Banghua and Wang Qia led the courtiers out of Chengtian Gate, one group went west and the other group went east under the surprised eyes of the generals of the Yongwei Battalion.

The former picked up the bell and pestle that was as thick as a bowl, and rang the golden bell with all his might.

Seeing this, the latter joined forces with all the ministers to grab the drumsticks that had penetrated into the child's arms, rounded his arms, and smashed them towards Gaogu with all his strength.

Suddenly, the deafening sound of bells and drums buzzed over the Forbidden City.

The bells and drums are ringing!This is no ordinary event!

All the civil and military officials of the imperial court who were sitting in the court rooms of the various ministries raised their heads when they heard the sound, they were startled, and before they had time to say more, the officials of the various ministries also tidied their clothes and gathered towards the Qianqing Palace.

Officials are like gurgling tributaries, embracing all rivers and returning to one place.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, as if he wanted to get rid of his worries, picked up the chess record and set up a chess game by himself, making a plan in his heart to delay all officials for Sun Chuanting, when suddenly he heard the sound of bells and drums outside Chengtian Gate.

For a while, Zhu Youxiao had a bad premonition, looked down at the chess game, and said to the side:

"I have never called a group of ministers to discuss matters, and the court meeting is not today. Why are the bells and drums in the imperial city so loud? You go out and ask, what happened?"

Not long after, the servant and eunuch hurried back and said:

"Your Majesty, it's Du Zuo Du Censor and the Ministry of War Hall Official beating drums and bells outside Chengtian Gate!"

Zhu Youxiao had just dealt with Li Banghua and the courtiers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He thought he could get away with it today, but he didn't expect them to go out and make a big fuss.

"Bullshit!"

"The two of them are my humerus ministers. If they follow the behavior of those stubborn scholars, then it's a child's play to beat the drums and bells!"

"Go out and tell them again, I just pretend it never happened this time, and tell them to go back, so that they can deal with government affairs!"

After saying that, Zhu Youxiao lowered his head to look at a certain famous chess game on the chess record.

In this chess game, the veteran's side can be said to have an absolute advantage, not only has three more pawns than the opponent in terms of strength, but also the position of the chariots, horses and cannons is very good.

Two chariots, one occupying the middle road, one leading the gate, two horses peeking at the Jiugong, one waiting for the trough, two cannons, one sinking the bottom line, and one aiming at the boring palace. As long as one step forward, the opponent will have nothing to do.

But why, the opponent was able to turn defeat into victory?

When Zhu Youxiao was free in the palace, he often studied chess with others.

There are many master-level chess players in the palace and court. Although Zhu Youxiao is playing in his spare time, as time goes by, his chess skills are naturally not comparable to mediocrity.

For the veteran, winning is a matter of grasp. Now what Zhu Youxiao needs to see is why the opponent can turn defeat into victory and kill a bloody road.

Could it be that there is still a best move that I haven't studied thoroughly?

Zhu Youzheng was thinking carefully, but the sound of bells and drums outside Chengtian Gate did not intend to let him continue to "leisure", one after another.

Even with a mild temper on weekdays, Zhu Youxiao couldn't stand the buzzing of the bells and drums outside, a little anxious, turned his head and shouted:

"Why are you still knocking?"

Chapter 533 It's a war

As soon as the words fell, the Golden Melon Warrior played outside the Xinuang Pavilion:

"His Majesty! The three lords, the nine ministers, the six ministers and other important officials of the court heard the sound of bells and drums, and all came out of the court room and waited outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"

"Well, this chess game can no longer be played."

Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes, cursed bitterly, deliberately let others hear, and then threw the chess piece hard to the ground.

After thinking about it, it seemed that he was still not relieved, and directly swept the entire chessboard to the ground!

The palace attendants of the Xinuang Pavilion hadn't seen Emperor Tianqi's fury a few times in a year, and they immediately fell to their knees, bowing their heads and not even daring to vent their breath.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and said as he walked out:

"Pull up the court!"

"I want to see what catastrophe is going on, but I beat drums and bells outside Chengtian Gate, and summoned the six ministries and ministers!"

"If they make a big deal out of a molehill, I have to punish them for disturbing the holy car first!"

Not long after, Zhu Youxiao sat down on the Kowloon Throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony with a sullen face, glared at Li Banghua who always made a fuss, and said:

"Didn't I just tell you in the Nuan Pavilion that I have my own concerns about Sun Chuanting, so I don't need you to worry about it, so I forgot it so soon?"

Li Banghua calmly took out the latest Tang newspaper from his sleeve.

It is said that this war also alarmed the Jiannu in the east. As soon as the old slave got better, he stared at him and wanted to personally conquer Neikalkha to recover the place where he was defeated in the last Liaodong war.

"Your Majesty, the slave chieftains of Jianzhou will raise their troops again soon. Due to the containment of the west wing, we cannot take Neikalka into consideration."

"This is Xiong Tingbi's report on Liaodong's economic strategist. It is extremely urgent. Your Majesty will not even read Liaodong's pond newspaper!"

Good guy, you actually learned to use Xiong Tingbi to suppress me.

Zhu Youxiao took the Tang newspaper from the servant, and before reading it, he complained first: "It's another side newspaper, Liaodong and Xilu, when will they be the leaders!"

"Nurhachi doesn't know good and bad, doesn't he know how to be content at all?"

"I have treated his family well in the Ming Dynasty! His descendants may be the hereditary governor of Jianzhou Wei, and the first emperor even named him the Dragon and Tiger General. What else is he going to do?"

"Could it be possible that this guy still wants to be king! He deserves it too!"

This complaint is not so much a scolding of Nurhachi, but rather a way for Zhu Youxiao to vent his dissatisfaction and express an attitude to the officials.

Just now I failed to play chess, and I have been disturbed by the sound of bells and drums outside the palace. The war between Liaodong and Xilu has continued year after year, and Tang newspapers followed one after another.

I'm so hot right now, I can do anything!

Sure enough, this kind of anger quickly paid off.

Seeing the unhappy face of the emperor, all the ministers complained like a cannonball for the first time, and they knew that the emperor was not in a good mood.

In this way, except for a few very courageous ones who are still eager to try, everyone else is thinking of being wise and safe, and no one dares to answer.

In the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony, only Zhu Youxiao's deliberately aggravated panting could be heard, as well as the flipping of the pages of the Tang newspaper.

"Bastard!" Zhu Youxiao finally finished reading the pond newspaper, and threw the pond newspaper back to Li Banghua's feet, "Where are Wei Guangwei and Wang Qia!"

"A chief minister of the cabinet and a minister of the Ministry of War, can you handle this mess? It's worth beating drums and bells, and making a fuss!"

Wei Guangwei could hear clearly that this grandpa Xu didn't want to meddle in Sun Chuanting's affairs, so he purposely got angry and diverted his attention here so as to escape.

As for Wang Qia, although his understanding of military affairs is several levels higher than Cui Chengxiu and Wei Guangwei's, he is no match for flattering Shangyi.

Although the two of them came out at the same time, they both fell to their knees in fear and sincerity, but in fact, they had completely different considerations in their hearts.

Wei Guangwei said: "Your Majesty calm down, this is a momentary negligence, please punish me!"

Sometimes, an obedient cabinet minister is just so useful.

Zhu Youxiao had nothing to hesitate, he sighed in his heart, and then went straight down the steps, raised his hand to signal everyone to flatten, and said in a muffled voice:

"I think you are all loyal, and what you report is really urgent, so I won't pursue the crime of arbitrarily gathering officials and beating drums and bells!"

"All of you, let's disperse!"

After speaking, I will get up immediately.

Taking advantage of the lingering power of Longwei's wrath, the ministers were still on the verge of being frightened, so they ran away quickly.