Zhu Qiyu had a military report in front of him, and underneath it was Yu Qian, the Minister of War, with a solemn expression on his face, reporting the report.
"Your Majesty, I have come to report from Zijingguan. Four days ago, I also raised 40,000 troops to attack Baiyangkou. After three days of hard work, guard Xie Ze was defeated and the city was defeated. Guard general Xie Ze died in the battle. Yang Xinmin, the co-ordinator of military affairs, hanged himself after the city was broken.
He died, with 9,000 officers and soldiers guarding the city, and more than 6,000 people died in battle."
"The pioneer officer Shi Heng led two thousand remaining soldiers and retreated to Zijingguan. They were captured by Shi Luotong, the right deputy who was cooperating with the garrison of Zijingguan, and were taken to the capital to be dealt with by the court."
Hearing Shi Heng's name, Zhu Qiyu raised his eyelids and sneered in his heart.
Sure enough, he still has this greedy and fearful temperament!
A cold look flashed in his eyes, and Zhu Qiyu spoke.
"The families of those who died in war should be generously compensated and should not be stingy. Guard generals Xie Ze and Yang Xinmin will give them as posthumous gifts as usual, and they will be promoted to the first level and given a son by Zhunyin."
"As for Shi Heng, I have issued an edict before, and he was forgiven by the court for fleeing without fighting. This time, the guard died in battle, but he fled in the face of the wind and retreated without fighting. How can such people who have shaken the morale of the army be allowed to do so again?
Excuse me?"
"Order Luo Tong to execute this man on the spot. If anyone dares to flee without fighting, the generals guarding him in various places will kill him first and report later."
Yu Qian wanted to say that it was written in the military newspaper that Shi Heng did not flee in the face of the wind, but went into battle several times under the command of the defender, and finally retreated with the remaining soldiers after the city was broken.
But the emperor's golden words had determined his nature, and Yu Qian swallowed his words.
Anyway, not many people can see detailed military reports. Since the emperor said that he was fleeing without a fight, let's just pretend that he was fleeing without a fight...
In the current war, someone really needs to sacrifice the flag to prevent anyone from daring to retreat without authorization.
So Shi Heng's fate was decided in just a few words. Under such a situation, the life and death of a pioneer officer would not even make a splash.
After uncovering this section, Zhu Qiyu turned his attention back to the military newspaper and asked.
"How are the people in Aiyangkou? What are the enemy's battle losses?"
Yu Qian said: "Back to the emperor, after we guessed the attack route first, the Ministry of War has ordered the passes to be merged in twos and threes, and the people in the small passes to move to the passes close to the fortified city or to the passes where heavy troops are stationed.
Where the men are on duty, the passages have been blocked with wood and stones. There are twelve places in the Chenbing Pass. Among them, there are as many as five thousand soldiers and horses, as few as three thousand, and all the equipment, equipment and baggage are available, so we can protect ourselves."
"Before the war started, the people in Baiyangkou had already moved to Juyongguan, and the people in Daomaguan, Zijingguan and other places were also moving out one after another."
When it comes to civilian and military arrangements, Yu Qian goes into more detail.
After a brief pause, after the emperor had finished digesting it, Yu Qian continued.
"In the Battle of Baiyangkou, more than 6,000 of our troops died. According to reports from spies after the war, more than 3,000 of our army died and more than 2,000 were injured."
Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but frowned and asked.
"How could there be such a disparity?"
The Ming Dynasty defended the city and made preparations in advance. More than 6,000 people died in the battle, but Ye Xian's battle losses were less than half of the Ming army?
Yu Qian smiled bitterly and said.
"Your Majesty, you have already mobilized 40,000 elite troops to attack the city. There are less than 10,000 defenders in Baiyangkou. It is difficult to fight with a small number of enemies. Half of these 10,000 troops are newly transferred to Baiyangkou after Tumu.
At Yangguan, the soldiers did not have enough training, and they were able to achieve such a record because Xie Ze, the general of Baiyangkou, fought bravely to kill the enemy and issued a strict order to fight to the death and not retreat."
Although the emperor seemed dissatisfied, for Yu Qian, he was quite satisfied with this achievement.
After all, the focus of the imperial defense deployment this time was on Zijingguan and Juyongguan. Although Baiyangkou and Daomaguan also attached great importance to it, they were slightly less important than Zijingguan.
This time, 40,000 troops were mobilized first. Excluding the 10,000 who were responsible for logistics, there were a total of 30,000 troops. Judging from the battle losses, only half of them would be left when the capital was attacked.
This is good news for Yu Qian, who values the safety of the capital more than his life.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly, but he was a little impatient.
Ten thousand versus forty thousand, and there is no strong city like Datong Xuanfu to rely on. With a small number of enemies, and the opponent is an elite, being able to defeat the opponent's 3,000 people is already a good result.
"I remember that during the Civil War, I first led the main force, which totaled nearly 70,000 people. Even though he suffered some losses in the Civil War, after such a long period of preparation, he has generally recovered his strength, and there are only 30,000 left.
Where is the army?"
Yu Qian said: "According to the reports arranged by the Ministry of War at various places in the border defense, after the Civil War, we also retreated to Weining Haizi and did recruit troops from various tribes again. However, because our officers and soldiers were reduced to pieces in the previous campaign,
The plundering of various tribes has put many tribesmen in Oara in danger, and they have left some of their young men to guard the tribes, so they have not fully recovered their strength yet."
"Therefore, this time the troops were dispatched, the number of troops was reduced first, totaling more than 60,000. I personally led the main force of 40,000, and another 10,000 stayed outside Datong City, and then sent 10,000 to attack Gubeikou."
Zhu Qiyu frowned, stood up and came to the border defense map hanging nearby.
Since sending away the Wala envoy that day, this border defense map in Wuying Palace has not been taken down.
He set his sights on Datong, Xuanfu, Beigukou and other places, patrolled back and forth, and spoke.
"I can understand why Datong left troops. Datong is adjacent to Yanghe and is an important place for the transportation of military supplies. Even if he captured Baiyangkou for backup, the six thousand officers and soldiers brought by Fan Guang must still have caused a stir.
Please pay attention first, it’s just Gubeikou, what’s the use of ten thousand?”
After all, because of what he did in this life, not only did he ascend to the throne much earlier than before, but the layout and defense of the border were also different from those in his previous life.
Once the measures taken by Ming Dynasty changed, the measures taken first were naturally different from those in the previous life.
Here in Datong, Fan Guang's six thousand people were shown first even if they were made.
After all, Datong was too important for the Ming Dynasty's border defense. If there were no reinforcements, there would be no suspicion first.
Zhu Qiyu ordered Fan Guang to break up the 30,000 people into parts. It was obvious that he was reinforcing 6,000 people, but in fact, he would dispatch the army first, set his sights on the capital, and secretly reinforced Datong with the remaining 14,000 people.
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The best strategy is to build the plank road openly and covertly build the plank road.
If you don't even build the plank road, people will immediately discover your old warehouse.
So he left 10,000 troops outside Datong City first. Zhu Qiyu was prepared for this, but Gubeikou is no less fortified than Juyongguan. Let alone 10,000 troops, even those 60,000 troops should go first.
, it may not be possible to capture it even after a while.
Why would he do this?
At this time, Yu Qian also followed the border defense map and said.
"Your Majesty, I am also puzzled by this. According to the news from the Gubeikou garrison, the one who led the troops to attack Gubeikou this time was Yexian's younger brother King Saihan. This man is brave and good at fighting, and he is brave in riding and shooting. But this time
Attacking Gubeikou, but retreating after repeated battles, it seems..."
Zhu Qiyu fixed his gaze on a certain part of the border defense map and said calmly.
"It seems that there is no intention to capture Gubeikou, it's more like a feint attack, right?"
Yu Qian nodded and said nothing.
Zhu Qiyu breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around, looked past the palace palaces, looked at somewhere far away, and sighed softly.
"First of all, as expected, a real hero actually thought of going with me. Let's take a look and see which one of us has better methods..."