Today's military camp structure is very large, with more than 60,000 war horses alone. In addition to being snatched on the grasslands, the rest of these war horses were tricked from the surrendered Mongolian tribes.
In addition to the 5,000 Mongolian cavalry of the Aohan tribe, other tribes also gathered up almost 7,000 cavalry. This is equivalent to an exchange. Zhu Youxiao gave them salt, food, grass and other daily necessities, and their cavalry and war horses had to be included in the collection. Join the Yulin Army and serve him.
Although these tribes are extremely reluctant and have a high level of resistance, they have no choice. Even if they have all kinds of reluctance in their hearts, they can only do it.
When Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace, Wang Xiangqian and Wang Zaijin had been waiting at Qianqing Gate for a long time.
Seeing the anxious expressions of the two of them, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but frown.
"What, what's the emergency?"
Before Zhu Youxiao dismounted, Wang Xiangqian took out a memorial from his arms, couldn't wait to greet him and said:
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent warning from Shandong. A drought has broken out in three prefectures. The Chief Envoy of Shandong has confirmed that these three prefectures and counties will have no crops this year. Please make early preparations to allocate money and grain for disaster relief in time!"
Before Zhu Youxiao could read this memorial from Shandong, Wang Zaijin took another memorial and said:
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Liaodong. The old slave has sent Amin to lead the slave soldiers with the blue flag to conquer Mao Wenlong and North Korea."
"Mao Wenlong was outnumbered and had to abandon Zhenjiang Fort and retreat to Pi Island."
"After Amin's slave soldiers defeated Mao Wenlong, they crossed the Yalu River and invaded North Korea. They looted and looted the neighboring prefectures and counties in North Korea. Except for the young men and young women, they slaughtered all of them. It can be said that no chickens or dogs were left alive."
"Now the whole Korean people are in panic, and the people near the river have begun to move south. The king of Korea also sent envoys to Shenyang to meet Xiong Tingbi and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to drive away the slaves."
"At the same time, Lao Nu personally led the Zhenghuang and Zhengbai banners to unite the Horqin tribe in the grassland. They had sent troops to the Monan grassland a few days ago. Because Lin Dan Khan rushed to the battle, he was defeated by Lao Nu's combined forces in the first battle. .”
Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath. This was really bad news. Although he had not expected the disaster in Shandong, he had already prepared psychologically and responded to it. He had already hoarded a lot of the most important food.
The old slave impressed him with admiration. He didn't expect that under such a strained situation, he actually dared to attack from two directions, and even dared to expedition to Mongolia. This courage was quite good.
But the North Korean king was too naive and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops?
Just one word from you?
Zhu Youxiao took the memorial and asked:
"Is Xiong Tingbi making any moves?"
"Back to Your Majesty, when he learned that Lao Nu divided his troops into two groups, Xiong Tingbi personally led an army of 30,000 cavalrymen out of Shenyang to attack Jian Nu. He fought fiercely with Jian Nu under the city of Sarhu for two days. Seeing that he could not break the city, he was afraid Shenyang Kongkong was exploited by Jiannu, so he had no choice but to lead his army back."
Xiong Tingbi had done what he could. After he obtained the move to establish slaves, he did not hesitate at all and immediately led the elite Ming army out of Shenyang City.
It's a pity that the old slave is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has already made complete preparations. He has left a full army of soldiers and horses to guard Sarhu City, and there are Daishan and Mang Gurtai in Hetuala. Support is always available.
"Go back to the Qianqing Palace first, and then announce the entrance of Cheng Guoxiang and Ni Wenhuan into the palace."
The first thing Zhu Youxiao did when he returned to the palace was to take off his breastplate. This thing was still a bit heavy.
"I ordered Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, to go to sea immediately and get in touch with Mao Wenlong first."
"Send envoys to North Korea, reply to the King of North Korea, and tell him that the slaves are just here to collect food. They will retreat soon. There is no need for Ming Dynasty to send troops. It will only waste money and food supplies."
"And in my name, I order the king of North Korea that North Korea must support Mao Wenlong at all costs and coordinate our Ming Dynasty's pincer attack on the Jiannu slaves in Liaodong."
Wang Xiangqian only felt that the emperor was too strong. It was obvious that someone else came to seek help, but in the end, the one who helped became the one who was helped.
"Your Majesty, the situation in North Korea is not peaceful either. I'm afraid the King of North Korea will not obey the edict."
Zhu Youxiao smiled lightly and said in a very relaxed tone:
"Then make it clear to them that with Mao Wenlong here, North Korea will be safe. If Mao Wenlong is completely defeated by the Jiannu, North Korea will also be in disaster."
"Yuan Fu, please draft the decree according to my original words. I think the king of Korea and his ministers will weigh it clearly themselves."
Who doesn't know that North Korea is the most loyal son of the Ming Dynasty. Although North Korea is small, its national strength is not bad, but its army is too poor. How could he leave such good resources unused.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty's assistance to them, this little bit is simply negligible. The name of their country was given by Emperor Taizu himself. During the Wanli period, in order to help them restore the country, they went on two expeditions against Japanese pirates. Without the Ming Dynasty, where would Korea be? .
"Both of them have led troops and fought in battles. Yuan Fu's reputation was even more powerful in Northern Xinjiang back then. Can you tell me, how was the victory or defeat in the battle between Lao Nu and Lin Dan Khan?"
The two of them quickly began to meditate, and Zhu Youxiao did not rush him. He sat on the throne and waited quietly.
After a while, the two of them looked at each other as if they were understanding.
Wang Xiangqian, as the deputy minister of the cabinet, first said:
"Your Majesty, I think Lin Dan Khan has a better chance of winning. Although Lin Dan Khan lost the first battle, he is still a Mongol Khan. He still has tens of thousands of loyal Mongolian cavalry under his command, while the old slave leads less than 20,000 troops and horses. Although there are Horqin tribe With the help of others, Lin Dan Khan’s army still has a huge advantage in terms of numbers.”
"The old slave is on an expedition again. Lin Dan Khan must be more familiar with the terrain and terrain of the grassland. Mongolia has cavalry and horse teams, fighting fast and fiercely. The slave may not be able to resist."
Hearing this, Wang Zaijin shook his head repeatedly and immediately retorted:
"Yuan Fu's words are wrong. When marching and fighting, the number of troops is important, but it cannot determine victory or defeat. For thousands of years, there have been many cases of defeating more with less."
"If whoever has more people wins, then what is the explanation for the Battle of Feishui? Why was Qin's Fu Jian's million-strong army defeated by the Jin army's tens of thousands of soldiers?"
After saying that, he bowed to the emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, I do think that Lin Dan Khan will definitely be defeated!"
"Although there are less than 20,000 slaves, they have been fighting with the old slaves for so many years and have been on the battlefield for a long time."
"Looking at the Monan Grassland, the conflicts and divisions among various Mongolian tribes are extremely serious. Although Lin Dan Khan was the Great Khan, he was only in name only."
"Furthermore, Mongolia has just suffered a major defeat, its morale is extremely low, and it was defeated by Jian Nu in the first battle. The advantages and disadvantages of the subsequent battles between the two sides are obvious. Therefore, I conclude that Lin Dan Khan will be defeated by Lao Nu."