Chapter 377 376 Maybe it’s not that bad

Chapter 377 376 Maybe it’s not that bad

When Lao Kan mentioned Ouyang Yijing's request, Wei Guangde looked down at the tea cup in front of him, and after a while he said, "I haven't had time to think about this in the past few days, but since I've found it, I have to give it a try."

"Is it because of the incident in Datong that you are staying home because of your illness?"

Now, news of the critical situation in the northern border town has spread in the north. Although most people didn't understand the secret at first, there were quite a few people who understood it. They pointed it out and spread it by word of mouth. Naturally, everyone knew about it.

Wei Guangde did not hide anything. When he heard Lao Kan talking about it, he nodded slightly, "The trouble in Datong not only failed to assist, but also sold the troops of Yansui and Ningxia."

"No way to solve it?"

Lao Kan asked.

Many people are talking about this matter in their spare time these days. Although it seems that the court has not introduced any measures to deal with it, I think the Ministry of War has already considered it. It is just like the last time it sent troops from two towns to sweep the Hetao. I am afraid that it is keeping secrets from the court officials. .

Lao Kan naturally listened quietly to such a discussion.

He didn't know how to fight, but he also hoped that the north could avert danger and at least resolve Wei Guangde's relationship. Although he couldn't offer any opinions, he could always be a listener.

"Unless the Datong Army performs a miracle."

When the topic came to the war, Wei Guangde replied with some lack of interest.

In fact, when he was in Xiyuan, Wei Guangde heard Emperor Jiajing asking about Li Wenjin and Liu Han. Wei Guangde was not familiar with them, so he naturally paid attention to Yang Bo's introduction, but was naturally disappointed afterwards.

Although Wei Guangde also thought of Yu Dayou, his current identity was only a assigned prison officer. Even if Li Wenjin trusted him, he would not be able to take over the command of this war.

According to the official documents sent by Datong, Wei Guangde understood that Li Wenjin was guarding Datong. After all, he was a civilian official and could not go out to fight with the Tatars. Therefore, the commander of the army would only be the commander-in-chief Liu Han.

This is also written in the official document. Liu Han commanded the war, and the governor Li Wenjin took over.

According to Yang Bo's introduction, Wei Guangde knew that although he didn't know how they planned it in the first place, with Liu Han's methods and without a fortified city, the Ming army's defeat was almost certain in the face of a surprise attack by the Anta army.

When camping in the wild, the defenses are actually relatively simple. According to the standards of the Ming army, wooden fences are erected, and trenches are dug outside the fences to delay the enemy's attack.

The Tatar camp was even worse, and they were not even prepared for the deep ditch.

If a camp in the wild is strong, there are many ways to break it.

As for letting Yu Dayou take command, although Wei Guangde did not know how high Yu Dayou's military talents were, judging from his performance after arriving in Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese, he won more than he lost, and from his promotion to the rank of general, his commanding ability was clear. There should be no shortage.

But after all, this is a war in the south, and the war in the north is still very different from the war in the south.

Moreover, now that Yu Dayou is in Datong, he may not even have a chance to speak at high-level military meetings and is not qualified enough.

However, in comparison, Wei Guangde still felt that Yu Dayou might have a better commanding ability than Liu Han. Didn't Yu Dayou build a unicycle chariot not long ago?

This also shows that Yu Dayou used his brain to fight. He had realized the huge gap between the Ming infantry and the Tatar cavalry, so he wanted to use equipment to change something.

It's a pity that he is a prisoner after all.

The only thing that comforted him was that if Li Wenjin guarded Datong, then Yu Dayou should be by his side. After the defeat of Liu Han Grassland, with Yu Dayou's help, Datong Town should not be completely defeated, and at least it can be expected to hold on for a while.

Neither Li Wenjin nor Liu Han mentioned Yu Dayou's name in their official documents. It's not that they wanted to take credit for Yu Dayou's achievements, but they couldn't. Firstly, he was a prisoner after all, and secondly, the chief minister of the dynasty was Yan Song, so they also Don't want to offend.

After the war is over, and on the premise of achieving a great victory, that's all, sharing some of the credit. This is not the right time.

"well"

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Lao Kan sighed, and then asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Find a place and see if I can become a magistrate."

In the past, if Wei Guangde moved to another place, with his holy family, he would still have a chance to become a prefect, although it would be very difficult.

But now I don't dare to think about it. It would be a great thing to be promoted to the state magistrate and promoted.

However, these may all be extravagant hopes now. Official positions such as general judge are probably the most likely to fall on him, which means that his grade will not be improved.

Anyway, now Wei Guangde regrets being too talkative at that time. If it hadn't happened, he wouldn't have to worry.

Today Lao Kan came to see Wei Guangde. Firstly, he wanted to care about this fellow villager and knew that he was in some difficult situations. Secondly, he wanted to see if Wei Guangde could help him.

Speaking of which, Lao Kan has been staying in the Ministry of Justice for a long time. He heard that there was a chief position in the Ministry that was going to be vacant, so he wanted to ask Wei Guangde for an idea.

In fact, Wei Guangde's defection to Prince Yu's Mansion was already an open secret in the capital.

There is nothing I can do, but Prince Yu's Mansion must have something. After all, the chief is only a sixth-rank official, and he is only a low-ranking official in the court.

Now seeing Wei Guangde's appearance, Lao Kan chose to shut up and did not intend to mention this matter.

After eating and drinking, and chatting for a while, Lao Kan stood up and left.

Wei Guangde saw Lao Kan out and then turned back to the inner courtyard. As soon as he entered the house, before he could say a few words to Xu Jianglan, a little maid hurriedly chased him outside.

"Sir, it is said that a friend of yours is visiting."

"who?"

Wei Guangde turned around and asked.

"I don't know, Zhang Ji only said that he is a good friend of the master."

The maid replied.

"Then I'll go out and meet you again."

Wei Guangde gave a wry smile to Xu Jianglan who stood up to greet him. After all, it was so late and someone still came to the door. It was really

When Wei Guangde returned to the front yard, he already knew who the visitor was from Zhang Ji.

Chen Ju.

I was a little puzzled, but I quickly figured it out. Eighty percent of the people had already arrived at the door. They just knew that Lao Kan was there, so they didn't come in. They didn't knock on the door until Lao Kan left.

"Brother Chen, it's been a long time since you came here to sit and have a drink."

Wei Guangde said to Chen Ju when he entered the room.

Chen Ju was still wearing a black blouse today, which seemed to cover his whole body, but now he put down the hood.

"I arrived early, but I heard that fellow villager You was here, so I didn't come in."

Chen Ju smiled.

After exchanging a few pleasantries and the two sat down, Chen Ju asked seriously: "Is there really no chance for Datong?"

That day in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing also asked Wei Guangde, but Wei Guangde just smiled bitterly.

I didn't want to send Chen Ju over two days later. I thought at that time that Wei Guangde would definitely not be able to come up with an idea when he heard the news. It was unknown whether he might come up with a solution in two days.

However, what made Chen Ju slightly disappointed was that Wei Guangde still responded with that wry smile.

"Okay, then tell me about the worst outcome. After the Tatars defeat the Datong army and the Yansui and Ningxia troops, where will they choose to break through?"

Chen Ju asked again immediately.

“The best place is Datong.”

Wei Guangde thought about this and answered directly.

"How to say?"

"Break the Datong border wall and move eastward along the Sanggan River Valley to the back of Xuanfu. By then, the Xuanfu army will be attacked from both sides."

"What's the worst possible outcome? Keep talking."

Chen Ju continued to ask.

"The worst thing is that if Datong and Xuanfu are destroyed, the Tatars will occupy these two cities and not leave, completely making the Great Wall lose its value."

When Wei Guangde said this, his bitter smile disappeared, and he didn't even know what his face looked like now.

Chen Ju, who was opposite him, looked ugly when he heard this.

"If you go to Xuanfu, can you keep Xuanfu intact?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Ju suddenly asked again.

"There are no guarantees, we can only do our best."

Wei Guangde's heart suddenly moved. These were probably what Emperor Jiajing wanted to ask.

Throw yourself into the Xuan Mansion. If you win, the merits and demerits will be equal to each other. If you lose, don't come back.

Seeing Chen Ju fall into silence again, Wei Guangde asked: "Brother Chen, do you have any questions?"

"Your opinion is the same as that of Yang Shangshu. What your Majesty wants to hear is that the Tatars entered Shaanxi from Yansui."

Chen Ju said in a low voice, "The emperor doesn't want to be embarrassed anymore about the disaster ten years ago."

It seems inevitable that the local area will be devastated. Naturally, we want to reduce the losses and impacts. The capital city cannot bear any loss.

Wei Guangde blinked, and his slightly stooped body suddenly sat up straight. Chen Ju thought for a moment that Wei Guangde was going to say something grand, such as asking him to go to the Xuan Mansion, at least to reassure the emperor in Xiyuan first. What I didn't want to hear was a different view.

"What I just said is actually the worst result, but from my point of view, it would be great luck for Anda Department if they directly defeat Yansui."

"Huh? How to say it, tell me in detail."

Chen Ju became a little interested when he heard what Wei Guangde said.

He understood Wei Guangde's subtext, it seemed that Datong was not that easy to fight.

"I have read the official document. I am afraid that the Datong army brought by Liu Han is really dangerous, but the governor Li Wenjin is still in Datong.

Although the main force of our army has been lost, we can still resist one or two by relying on the fortified city, and Li Wenjin is not without capable people around him. "

As soon as Wei Guangde said this, Chen Ju interrupted impatiently: "Who?"

"Yu Dayou."

Wei Guangde also directly named that person.

"Yu Dayou? Are you the chief military officer of Zhejiang?"

Not long ago, Chen Ju naturally still remembered.

After stroking his bare chin, Chen Ju asked after a while: "Is this person good at fighting?"

But after he said this, Chen Ju wanted to slap himself in the mouth, wondering how he could achieve the position of chief military officer without knowing how to fight.

Although the suppression of the Japanese was not very smooth, they eventually won a lot. In recent years, the Japanese pirates can no longer plunder everywhere without restraint.

"Is he following Li Wenjin now?"

However, Chen Ju quickly adjusted and asked, "Also, are you familiar with him?"

In fact, Jin Yiwei had a secret report about Yu Dayou's incident. The main task of Dongchang was to monitor Jin Yiwei, so Chen Ju also heard about Yu Dayou's extraordinary treatment in the "Prison Prison".

Ordinarily, if these words were spoken by Lu Bing, Chen Ju would not be surprised, but it would be abnormal if they came from Wei Guangde.

"Ahem, when my father was in Zhejiang, General Yu happened to be transferred to Zhejiang at that time to serve as the general in Hangzhou. In the 34th year of Jiajing period, when the Jiujiang Guards were ordered to suppress the Japanese, I also followed him. General Yu was on duty. He did it, so I knew him at that time.”

Wei Guangde didn't make up lies and told the truth directly.

"That's it."

Chen Ju nodded slightly.

"I also visited General Yu when he was imprisoned. He sent me a letter a few days ago."

Having said this, Wei Guangde remembered the picture of a chariot drawn by Yu Dayou, and then stood up and said to Chen Ju: "Brother Chen, wait a moment, I'll be back as soon as I go."

Soon, Wei Guangde took out the picture of a one-wheeled chariot painted by Yu Dayou from the study room and returned it to the room. He handed it to Chen Ju and said, "This is what he made under the governor Li Wenjin after he went to Datong. According to what he said, with this thing, Infantry can also engage in battle with cavalry, and they will not be at a disadvantage on the scene."

Chen Ju looked at the album in his hand carefully and asked a few questions from time to time. Wei Guangde explained to Chen Ju one by one the additions to the tank.

Wei Guangde went to the imperial prison to see Yu Dayou. Chen Ju really didn't know about this.

The main force of Dongchang was actually the people who came out of Jinyiwei. If Lu Bing wanted to hide something, it would be difficult for Dongchang to find out.

The relationship between Jinyiwei and Dongchang is actually more of a competition. Lu Bing naturally won't let Dongchang know too much. Wouldn't it be better for him, Jinyiwei, to report it?

"Have Li Wenjin and Yu Dayou known each other before?"

After Chen Ju finished reading the sketch in his hand, he looked up at Wei Guangde and asked.

"General Yu and Mr. Li knew each other before in Zhejiang. Mr. Li was transferred to Datong because of his achievements in suppressing the Japanese in Zhejiang."

Wei Guangde explained.

"Oh, that seems to be the case."

In the past few days, Datong has affected the hearts of the palace and the court. Naturally, Chen Ju also called up the files of Li Wenjin and Liu Han and looked at them. As soon as Wei Guangde reminded him, he remembered that it was really possible for Yu Dayou and Li Wenjin to work together.

In this case, it makes sense for Yu Dayou to be taken care of by Li Wenjin in Datong. The most important thing is that Wei Guangde believed that after the main force of the border army was defeated, Anta's troops launched a large-scale attack on Datong, and Li Wenjin had a chance to stabilize the situation in Datong with the help of Yu Dayou.

As for when he was in Xiyuan, and even now, if he hadn't asked himself, Wei Guangde wouldn't have dared to say anything casually.

"This is good news. I hope Governor Li Wenjin and Governor Li can listen to Yu Dayou's words."

But after all, it's just speculation, but it still gives a chance to change the bad situation.

"Brother Chen, do you want to report this matter to Your Majesty when you go back?"

However, Wei Guangde frowned slightly.

"I must say that the emperor has not been able to eat well or sleep well these days. If he doesn't find something happy to talk about, I don't know what will happen."

Chen Ju finally had a smile at this time, but then he straightened his face and said to Wei Guangde: "You have to be prepared to be transferred to Xuanfu, you know."

Wei Guangde nodded slightly when he heard this.

At this time, the lobby of the Ministry of War was still brightly lit. Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, was sitting on a chair. Opposite him was a huge nine-sided map of the Ming Dynasty hanging.

After a long time, Yang Bo looked away and sighed.

The military orders to recruit the Shanshan, Henan and Shandong Guards have already been issued, but Yang Bo still doesn't know for sure. This is the most difficult battle he has fought in his life.

I thought I had everything in mind, but I didn't expect something unexpected to happen.