"Priest Xiao Wang, one hundred thousand cavalry are surrounding Datong, how do you defeat them?" Zhu Yuanzhang said patiently.
Wang Huai came out of the queue unhurriedly:
"Your Majesty, I have an opinion, but the issue has not been clarified, so I won't have to say it, right?"
What else needs to be clarified?
Zhu Yuanzhang became interested:
"Not guilty, tell me quickly!"
"The sun is about to go down, and the Qinhuai River is about to light up..."
"Pass the decree, no lights are allowed to be lit in the Qinhuai River until Taoist Master Xiao Wang has finished speaking!"
this....
Qinhuaihe won't start a curfew because of this sentence, right?
Wang Huai smiled helplessly:
"Let's air out the unclarified issues. Let's talk about Datong being trapped first..."
Some things should not be spread out on the table. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood and nodded.
Wang Huai said something surprising:
"I thought there was no need to send any generals or mobilize any troops."
"Um?"
Everyone was shocked!
Lu Wenxiang grabbed Wang Huai's sore foot and laughed:
"I really thought the charlatan had any real material! Datong was besieged with one hundred thousand cavalry, but they didn't send any troops to rescue them. Are you just spreading the beans?"
Some civil servants and generals could not help themselves and began to discuss——
"Does Datong Mansion also need to dry it to let the people of Ming Dynasty cool down?"
"Have you seen the Tatars or seen the battlefield?"
"They used people as fertilizer and buried them in the ground, and now the grass above is taller than you!"
"They say doctors have a parent-like heart, but you are so cold!"
Zhu Yunsheng didn't understand how the disciple he wanted to take on could say such a thing!
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression remained unchanged.
Every inch of the Ming Dynasty was the result of bloody battles. He knew the soldiers and had a natural sensitivity to the battlefield.
"Priest Xiao Wang, please continue..."
Zhu Yuanzhang became polite, and Lu Wen couldn't believe it:
"His Majesty......"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to interrupt him, and Wang Huai once again said something shocking:
"Datong will not fall, just like the lights on the Qinhuai River will not go out tonight."
"The good news may be on its way back."
Zhu Yunwen couldn’t sit still:
"Don't talk nonsense. How dare you conclude that Datong will not fall? Do you know the general of Datong Mansion?"
Wang Huai went through history in his mind, and found out that no one had invaded the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty this year, and he said:
"Datong is the first of the nine important towns. If it cannot be defended, the emperor cannot sit still in the Forbidden City. Therefore, Datong is first guarded by Zhongshan King Xu Da, and his successor..."
Zhu Yunsheng glanced at Wang Huai with a half-smile and said roundly:
"The commander-in-chief of Datong Mansion is Zhou Li, a subordinate of King Zhongshan. He has also experienced hundreds of battles. He also personally built Datong Fort, which is known as Jincheng Tangchi - Iron Hoof's Nightmare."
Wang Huai gave him a grateful look and continued:
"The famous general has fortified the city, the location is favorable and the people are at his best. As long as we can't hold on, no matter how many hundred thousand cavalry we have, it will be useless."
Zhu Yunwen was dumbfounded.
It turned out that he was the one who didn't understand Zhou Li.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Wang Huai silently, and re-evaluated him in his heart.
He once again misjudged Wang Huai, who looked exactly like Zhu Xiongying, and was not Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen combined.
Maybe Xu Da will be added as well, so the three of them will be combined!
"Where is the food and grass? Datong Mansion has become an isolated city. If there is not enough food and grass, even the King of Zhongshan..."
"Gather more grain and become king later" was proposed by Zhu Yunsheng. Before Wang Huai answered the question, he started talking:
"This year there was a bumper harvest of grain throughout the territory, so much that it filled the granaries. Jinyang Mansion even sold the old grain at a flat price. The price of grain has dropped to 20 yuan per dou of rice; the grain stock is still enough for three years of consumption."
How can we not worry about food and grass?
I can’t finish it!
"Then..." Zhu Yunsheng stopped talking.
Wang Huaiku suppressed his laughter and sang a double act with Zhu Yunsheng:
"I know what you want to ask. There is no need to worry about the transportation of grain and grass."
I retorted before I even said anything. Isn’t that too disrespectful!
Zhu Yunwen glared at Wang Huai hatefully, Zhu Yunsheng smiled and said:
"Master Xiao Wang is right. This year, the treasury provided 80,000 taels of silver to build a canal from Jinyang to Datong. In this way, grain and grass can be continuously delivered to Datong City through the canal. This project was completed in August last year.
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Zhu Yunwen was a little depressed. He really couldn't understand why Wang Huai, a charlatan, became so famous in one fell swoop.
The emperor's master, Zhu Yunsheng, defended him at all times and smoothed things over for him, without giving any face to himself.
He happened to be someone that even Zhu Yuanzhang respected, and he couldn't touch him at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the Minister of Hubu, who hurriedly knelt down:
"Your Majesty, what Taoist Priest Xiao Wang and Imperial Master said is indeed true - the Canal Household Department and the Military Department have completed acceptance."
Lu Wen held it in for a long time, feeling that he had finally found a bone in the egg, and stared at Wang Huai provocatively:
"If the enemy encircles us but refuses to fight... he will divide his forces to bypass Datong Mansion and go south to plunder, we, the Ming Dynasty, will also suffer heavy losses."
He thought he had defeated Wang Huai with his intelligence, and he immediately felt smug and looked at him triumphantly.
Wang Huai has a lot of spare time:
"There is no need to worry about this issue."
Lu Wen:......
Guo Ying took a look at Zhu Yuanzhang's face, stood up, and explained:
"There is a gap in the Great Wall to the south of Datong Mansion. The guard is called Lan Xin - the adopted son of Lan Yu, Duke of Liang."
Hearing the four words "Lanyu adopted son", Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.
Guo Ying confirmed Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and said like a dose of chicken blood:
"Lan Xin has a rough and arrogant personality and is extremely brave - very much like Lan Yu. From what General Mo has seen, I am afraid that he will not be trapped in the isolated city, but will go out to fight back! In his hands are the elite cavalry who followed Lan Yu in the northern expedition!"
Wang Huai added:
"Once the Tatars divide their forces, how can Zhou Li not know the opportunity? Under the closing pincer attack with Lan Xin, one hundred thousand cavalry may be like leeks delivered to the door, waiting to be harvested."
Zhu Yunwen felt that he had caught his loophole, and hurriedly retorted as if grasping the last straw:
"Absurd! How many cavalry does Lan Xin have in his hands? Is it enough for tens of thousands of cavalry to fill the gap between his teeth? What kind of waves can he make with Zhou Li?"
Disdain flashed in Wang Huai's eyes:
"If you really knew soldiers and blue jade tactics, you wouldn't say such things."
Guo Yingchang said what he wanted to say:
"Those who are violent are afraid of those who are stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of losing their lives. As Lan Yu's adopted son, Lan Xin has also inherited his style of defeating enemies.
The tactics of the Tatar cavalry are to concentrate their absolute strength on the central army and use deep breakthrough tactics - in this way, both sides will be weak.
And Lan Xin is the best at finding gaps with cavalry, surprise attacks on weak areas on both sides, penetrate directly into the center of the army, and take the general's head out of ten thousand troops..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was well versed in the art of war. Before Guo Ying could finish his words, he interrupted with a long smile:
"Taoist Priest Xiao Wang is such a god! Lan Xin and Zhou Li, who have learned a lot from Lan Yu and Xu Dazhen, can control an army of 100,000 head and tail with a ruthless horse and a carbine!"
Zhu Yunwen really didn't understand that Wang Huai, a charlatan, had the emperor's master facing him, the commander of the imperial guards helping him, and even the emperor's grandpa changed his dignity and made no secret of his love for him...
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the throne. Zhu Yunwen looked depressed. He couldn't help but stroked his head as a precaution in case he was slapped in the face again... This chapter has been completed!