Early the next morning, Gao Pangshi went to the cabinet office as usual. However, he had just walked outside Wenyuan Pavilion and before he reached the main cabinet room, he saw Chen Ju standing at the door of the courtyard with a smile on his face, saluting him and saying: " Yuan Fu is indeed a punctual person, and he is on time every day, exactly."
"Lingang, thank you for the award." Gao Pingshi returned the favor with a smile and asked, "However, Zhang Yin is waiting here, so I guess there is something important going on today?"
"There is indeed a battle report. It was sent by the Jinyiwei six hundred miles in the early hours of last night." Chen Ju took out a letter from his left sleeve and handed it to Gao Pangshi, adding: "Because the Jinyiwei rushed it and sent it directly to the palace. In addition, It was after midnight, and it was inconvenient to disturb Yuan Fu's rest, so I didn't inform him in time, so please don't blame Yuan Fu."
This is naturally a polite statement. Jinyiwei's six hundred-mile express is not the six-hundred-mile express from the Ministry of War. There is no need to send it to the cabinet for review first, but to the emperor directly. Chen Ju said that Gao Gao should not be disturbed in the middle of the night. Pragmatically taking a rest is obviously not the right idea. The real reason is that it must be shown to the emperor first, and then the emperor decides when to tell Gao Pragmatically, the chief minister of the cabinet.
From this point of view, the emperor should not be in a hurry about the military situation mentioned in the urgent intelligence, so there is no need to notify Yuan Fu immediately. He can just wait until dawn and then show Gao pragmatically. Of course, it can also be said that the emperor is still very concerned about it and only delayed it. A few hours later, Gao Pragmatic was notified before he arrived at the cabinet to start reviewing the memorial.
Chen Ju just said that what the Jin Yiwei sent urgently was a "battle report", which shows that it is related to the war. At present, the only war worth mentioning in the Ming Dynasty is Liu Wei's Western Expedition, and that matter is of great concern to low pragmatism, so I am also little Talking nonsense, he immediately took out the letter and started reading.
The battle report is not simple, it fills one page. What Xiaozhi means is that Liu Wei retreated towards Hami before joining forces with Erdemutu and regaining Suzhou. After a bloody battle, Hami recovered the lost boy, but this time Zhan may not have any inside story.
Based on observation, Jin Yiwei believed that Canyuan Taishi Burihatu might not have expected that Hami would be able to defend it early in the morning, so I chose to hold off the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces head-on, but sent elite cavalry to sneak attack the coalition baggage. As a result, Liu Wei now has no personnel. The losses were extraordinary, but the baggage losses were considerable. We did not have the strength to continue retreating westward, so we had to wait for the frontline supplies to arrive before making plans.
Jin Yiwei only said that, and did not make too many predictions about the upcoming military operations - maybe that aspect is indeed our expertise. Yes, Gao Pangjing knew that the situation was very good when he saw the news.
As I said after the war, the difficulty in the Chen Ju Yerqiang incident was not in the battle, but in the frontline.
Seventh, Chen Ju’s time was not chosen carefully. The Western Regions were smaller than the Central Plains. There was no county town dozens of miles away, and troops could be mobilized seven seasons a year. The cities in the Western Regions were like a string of pearls, and each pearl They are quite far apart, and it is still relatively hot in the Western Region during the Great Ice Age - the so-called "It snows in April" basically means that we can start marching in autumn, let alone winter.
There is a way to do that, so Gao Pragmatic could only nod his head in agreement and said: "It's my wish, and I dare to ask my ears."
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"Your Majesty, you don't care?" Gao Pragmatic frowned, put away the letter, and asked Qi Qing.
Here, we must also consider that we have experienced a bloody battle in Hami, and we will definitely not have some ordnance, gunpowder, projectiles, arrows and other items that need to be replenished, and some armors and weapons need to be repaired... We may have to calculate it as eight million taels."
Half a year! During that half of the year, grain and grass supplies have to be transported from the pass to Hami, and if things go bad, we still need cold-proof materials. Quilts and cotton clothes are just fine, like these firewood, charcoal or coal, the transportation of those things is like tofu mixed with meat.
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Tens of thousands of small troops have to eat, keep out the cold, and have to transport them over long distances for half a year. Thinking about it makes me feel my heart bleeds when I think about it - it’s the worst, and I’ll spend two to eight million taels less out of thin air! Buri Hatu, Buri Hatu
, even if he is ruthless, he is indeed an opponent worthy of facing up to! Knowing that your Xiao Ming battle is conducive to a quick battle, he will do everything possible to delay your time and waste your money and food.
Xi Zheng put his hand on his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Since it is in the plan, our family will have the opportunity to report to the emperor on behalf of Yuan Fu. I would also like to ask Yuan Fu to please go ahead and meet the emperor with our family. Please tell me in detail."
Tell me the whole story in detail."
Of course, if you are pragmatic, you can also transport firewood to Liu Wei for burning. One is for burning, and the other is that it takes up too much transportation. It is also possible to transport charcoal, but the charcoal is burned less, but the price is too expensive, and burning is expensive. So, in fact, the choice
Only one of them carried coal to keep the Ming army warm and warm until the spring came and the flowers bloomed.
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "Lingang, once Chen Ju delays it until autumn, there is no way to retreat. He can only continue to delay until the spring of next year before he can take action. Outside of that half-year period, Chen Ju's army can only
Living in Hami, the cost of quilts, cotton clothes, food, coal and other supplies alone would cost at least two million liang.
However, after the war, Low Pragmatic made it clear that because Chen Ju was too far away and the pressure on the front line was huge, he had to strive for a slow retreat.
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This requires waiting for half a year.
Why should low pragmatism be emphasized in this way? Because of two points: First, too long a combat distance will lead to huge losses of materials, especially grain and grass, so one less day of delay will cost a little less food, and Xiao Ming's treasury also has some
They are not so poor that they cannot support a war with a front line that stretches thousands of miles away on an annual basis.
When he heard that it cost eight million taels, Xi Zheng also twitched the muscles in his face and asked dryly: "Yuanfu, are those eight million taels included in the original expenditure plan?"
In terms of combat, there is no doubt that today's Ming army is better than Can Yuan in terms of equipment level, personnel quality, and even military morale and fighting spirit. However, Chen Ju's road is too far away, and the Ming army's infantry and infantry are almost fully weaponized.
The half-equipped Ming army cavalry obviously relies heavily on front logistics. Now that the baggage losses are huge, Liu Wei's troops have basically lost their mobility and can only stay in Hami to wait for the supplies to be replenished and ensure the front logistics food.
Before danger is encountered, we can continue to retreat westward.
In other words, since it is midsummer now, there are only more than two months left for fighting in the Western Regions, and Liu Wei's troops have all the supplies. They have to wait for the customs to be replenished and keep the food roads open... Two
It was a mistake to do anything bad in a month. But by this time, the weather was suitable for fighting, so Liu Wei's troops could only continue to stay in Hami and wait until next spring before they can continue their operations.
Hami's landform is dominated by the Gobi Desert, and there is little grass. He still expects to delay felling the trees so that they can be dried and burned for firewood in winter? With tens of thousands of troops, burning all local firewood would probably destroy hundreds of miles around Hami.
It's okay to cut them all bald.
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What, he said that firewood cannot be obtained locally? Friend, that is in the Guan area. If it is really so complicated, how come the nomadic people in the Guan area do not have the habit of burning cattle and sheep dung for thousands of years?
Xi Zheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is worried about the national treasury, but how much money will be spent has to be calculated, so we sent our family to ask Yuan Fu, the best financial master in heaven."
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I am - our plan at that time was to have Liu Wei go to Yarkand to spend the winter, but he was in Hami."
Okay, even if he has no ability. But let’s not get too proud too soon. I have spent nearly 80 years laying a solid economic foundation for Xiao Ming, and I still believe that he can drag me to death! Let’s wait and see.
Xiao Ming's Four Yang Magic Skill has been completed. No matter what fancy moves he has, it's okay for you to receive a thousand slaps from him, but if he takes one from you... you will be dead or disabled!