Chapter 154: Heavy Snow Falls

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why? ”

Guo Deng said: "Now that winter is about to begin, it is too late to mobilize the army. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened and immediately understood. It's even common sense. Soldiers are not allowed or cannot be used in winter, especially in high-latitude areas, such as Xinjiang.

What is the fate of winter soldiers in these places? Just look at Changjin Lake.

All kinds of warmth in the Ming Dynasty can not be compared with later generations in any case, and there are still such situations in later generations, let alone at this time.

In some places in the south, such as Cochin, winter is the time to use troops, but in the north, once it snows, even if the two sides are close to each other. can only look at the other party's cat winter.

Nothing can be done.

Otherwise, I don't know how many people kill others, and the people who die themselves must be more than the people who die on the other side.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen is too anxious about the situation in the Western Regions, but he has forgotten this common sense of using troops.

He pondered for a while and said: "That is to say, only after March next year can troops be used, and when the army arrives, it is estimated that it will be the turn of spring and summer, can the Western Regions hold on?" ”

Guo Deng said: "The minister has already read the war report of the Western Regions, the three cities of Luntai, Gaochang and Yizhou have all been built in recent years, and the cities are tall. There are plenty of stockpiles and enough firearms. ”

"The guards have Jin's uncle and nephew, Shi Biao, Bai Gui, the governor of the Western Regions, and there are rising stars of the imperial court below, such as Fan Jin, Xu Ning, Wang Xi and other generals, all of whom are temporary shows, and there is also King Yi in charge, even if the tile thorn is powerful, if you want to conquer the three cities, it is impossible."

Zhu Qizhen listened, and his heart was slightly relieved.

This time, King Yi's performance also made Zhu Qizhen's face shine.

It is true that King Yi's murder of his wife was quite unpopular, and it also made him lose a lot of points on Wenchen's side. But if you really want to talk about it, being ruthless at a critical time is also an advantage.

If King Yi hadn't made a quick decision, first broke the Maori child, and extinguished a fire, maybe the situation in the Western Regions would have been even more difficult to clean up than it is now.

It can be said that the most effective army in the entire northern and southern Xinjiang is the Ili garrison.

Whether this legion can be retained or not is directly related to the existence of the Western Regions.

If the Ili Legion no longer exists, and now Bai Gui can only abandon Luntai and Gaochang and defend Yizhou, that is, Hami, the gateway to the Western Regions. Waiting for reinforcements.

Even King Yi lost the heart of Wenchen, which is not a bad thing, as a prince. What does the heart of a doctor do?

It's just that Zhu Qizhen quickly felt the meaning of Guo Deng's words, that is, Guo Deng never said Yili from beginning to end.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "What does Guogong think of the situation in Yili?" ”

Guo Deng took a deep breath and said, "Minister -------" just said this one word, below

I don't know what to say.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "I know. ”

There are some things that don't need to be said too clearly.

After Ili was alone behind the enemy, even if it was still in the hands of the imperial court, it was played in many ways, and there was no direct performance of Zhu Yi, the general of Ili.

To put it mildly, Ili is still not in the hands of the imperial court, they are all two words.

Guo Deng's not mentioning Yili is actually a statement in itself, and he doesn't have much hope for the situation in Yili.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know that Zhu Yi has been thinking about restoring the title of Duke of the country for most of his life, and thinking about the merits of the king of Dongping County. ”

"Your Majesty is magnanimous." Most of the ministers felt that there was no hope left, and they couldn't go against the emperor, and Zhu Neng, the king of Dongping County, could be said to be the first general of Jingnan, and he always had to keep some decency.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew, lifted the door curtain, and a cloud of broken jade blew in. Most of Zhu Qizhen walked out, opened the door curtain, and stood outside the door, only to feel that the world was cold, and the sun was dim, as if it was dusk, the wind was whistling, rolling countless snowflakes, it seemed that the battle broke through the jade dragon three million, and the remnants of the armor flew all over the sky.

Zhu Qizhen felt even more chilled.

He secretly said in his heart: "I feel so cold here, but I don't know if the various departments of the Western Regions can withstand this winter." ”

Zhu Qizhen's thoughts wanted to fly over Guanshan to see what the situation was on the Luntai battlefield.

At this moment, on the battlefield of Luntai, there is also heavy snowfall.

It's just that this heavy snow is much heavier than the snow in Beijing. And the snow came much earlier than Beijing.

At this moment, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains have been dyed white.

Whether it is a city or a tent, whether it is a mountain or a river, no one is spared. It's all a bleak white.

However, the situation under Luntai City is very different.

The tens of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty are confronting the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tile Thorns.

The location of Luntai is geographically close to Urumqi in later generations, but it is not the same. Generally speaking, it is more northerly than Urumqi, after all, it is necessary to establish control over the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

But at this moment, even heavy snow can't hide the bloody atmosphere here.

Although the two cities of Gaochang and Luntai were attacked by the Tile Spur, the place where the Tile Spur attacked was still Luntai, because only by laying down here can the two armies of the north and south of the Tile Spur completely converge.

King Yi is in Luntai City at the moment, he took the army of the Ili Group, and as soon as he came to Luntai, he controlled the military and political army of Luntai, and the next battle of Luntai was commanded by Jin Fancha.

This veteran is not leaking a drop in defending the city, even if the Tile Spur army also uses artillery, it is not enough to shake Luntai City.

After all, it is best to use a good artillery in this era

It's made of copper. Not everyone has the ability to make good artillery out of iron.

It's just that the siege is the bottom, and the attack is the top.

This is also known to the Watts.

After they knew the details of the Ming army in Luntai City, rumors flew all over the sky for a while, and someone in the city shouted that Ili had been defeated. If they surrender, they will be reunited with their families.

It shook the morale of the army very much.

However, although the morale of the Ili tribes was low, there was not much to surrender.

No, their families are not in Ili.

Almost all the families of the low-level soldiers are in Yili, and even the new princess of King Yi is now in Yili.

It's not that they don't care about Ili's family.

But there are three points that make the soldiers dare not rebel, one is the festival with the tile spur.

They all knew that their hands were stained with the blood of the thorns. It can even be said that the last Great Khan of the Tile Thorn also died indirectly at the hands of this army. How dare they defect to the Watts.

Second, most of the family members in Ili are wives and children, and there are no parents.

Perhaps this point will probably make no difference in later generations. But in this era, it is different, loyalty and filial piety are the main festivals.

And the wife is the product of a man. There is a difference between the two.

The third, and most important thing, is that these soldiers have followed Shi Heng to fight one battle after another, and have fought with the tile spurs, even if the tile spurs are aggressive. But in the eyes of these people, the tile thorn is still not comparable to the army of the imperial court.

It's just that they miss Shi Heng very much.

Many people are saying at the moment that it would be nice if the old man was here.

They agreed that if Lao Guogong was still around, things would never have developed to this point.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Jianzhi, the king of Yi, could only frequently patrol the city wall to appease the army, but even if he was the emperor's son, his prestige was far from being comparable to Shi Heng.

I was not less than rolled my eyes by these arrogant soldiers.

And just when King Yi Zhu Jianzhi was patrolling the city in the heavy snow. Under Luntai City, there is also a team of people and horses surrounded by guards, looking at Luntai City from afar.

It was Azi Timur, who looked at Luntai City and couldn't help but sigh a little.

This is the main transportation route between the north and south of Xinjiang. He had been in the Western Regions for many years, and he had walked there I don't know how many times. It's just that I never thought that in just a few years, the Ming Dynasty has built an extremely strong city here.

The city is built against a hill with snow-capped mountains as a backdrop, and the style of the castle is typical of China, with square and angular edges, and countless large and small artillery pieces on display.

Even Bai Gui once felt that Luntai City was more suitable than Yizhou City to become the residence of the governor of the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty, so the governor of the Western Regions was prepared here, which was a little bigger in terms of specifications.