Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 172 Rescue Li Zicheng

Dozens of scholars were full of thoughts, but there was no wave in Chongzhen's heart.

With a clear cough, Chongzhen said: "Everyone is here, let's start."

Hu Guozhu immediately walked to the big screen in the hall, pointed to the map hanging on the big screen and said: "Ten days ago, I took eight hundred barbarians to the north along the canal and searched the road."

"There is no trace of Jiannu found in Yanzhou Prefecture."

"It wasn't until near Nvshan Lake in Dongchang Mansion that I finally found out that Jiannu didn't accept them at night."

"We launched a siege against Jiannu's Yebushou. These Jiannus were indeed difficult to deal with. Several Yebushou broke through and ran away, but only one was wiped out and two were caught alive."

"After interrogation, this time Jiannu was divided into two groups."

"In addition to the east army led by Doduo, there is also Azig's west army."

"Duoduo's army from the east originally came towards our Ming Dynasty, but when they reached the territory of Dezhou five days ago, they suddenly changed their course and headed west to Weihui Mansion. southwest."

"So we also turned to the southwest and continued to track the slaves under Hauge."

"After Haoge's troops passed Dongchang Mansion, they headed towards Caozhou and Dingtao. According to our speculation, its ultimate goal is either Kaifeng or Guide."

After Hu Guozhu finished speaking, he stepped back to the side.

The civil servants, generals and scholars in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay.

Chongzhen could probably understand their feelings. This is like a cook who worked hard for more than half a month to prepare a table of hard dishes, only to be told that the guests came and went to another house.

Or in other words, you took off your pants, so I'll show you that?

This kind of heart-scratching exhilaration is really indescribable.

A long time ago, Jin Xuan asked disappointedly: "Doesn't it mean that Jiannu is here?"

"I'm afraid that's the case." Chang Ruoshan nodded and said, "It was an accident, and I went to fight the thief."

"It's good to fight the bandits." At that time, Shizi, Ma Huabao, Jin Shenghuan and other ten town commanders also reacted, but the reaction of the generals was disappointment, but depression.

"That's great, is there anything we can do?"

"We can't sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight now."

"It's best for Jiannu and Liuzei to fight to the detriment of both."

"That matter, remember that there seems to be no idiom?"

"No, no, that's called the fight between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman wins."

The commander-in-chief of the ten towns celebrated with each other outside, while dozens of Zheng Sen looked contemptuous.

At the very beginning, Cao Hu couldn't help but raised his hand and asked, "Your Majesty, can you speak?"

The eighty-seven Zheng Senchangs only attended the Queen's meeting as a non-voting delegate, and they were allowed to speak according to the rules, so Cao Hu had to ask Chongzhen's permission to speak.

Chongzhen nodded: "Yes."

"Thank you, Saint." Cao Hu walked to the center of the small hall.

Before getting up, Cao Hu looked around first, and then said: "Your Majesty, you villains are not yet generals. Dasheng thinks this is a god-given opportunity. You, Xiao Ming, can definitely stand by and watch."

"What do you mean?" The scholar stared at each other and said, "It's a bystander, Northern Expedition?"

The scholar was originally a general of Qin Dapeng's army, and he was as cowardly as Chang Ruoshan.

However, there was no disturbance in Chongzhen's heart, because I already knew the virtues of those chief soldiers. .

It's just that the general soldiers have to be replaced, and the frontier troops in the eighty towns have to be abolished in a small area.

Because those commander-in-chief had suffered too few defeats against Jiannu, they all output shadows, and losing became a habit. Field battles basically collapsed at the touch of a button, and the ball was useless.

Chongzhen's silence was not an acquiescence in the eyes of those warriors.

So Chang Ruo became even more enthusiastic: "Boss, how many years has he been eating? Has he ever fought against Jianu off the battlefield? He knows that Jianu's little bow is quite powerful, right?"

"That's really you trying to scare you on purpose."

"A big body like him, whoosh, was shot through by Jiannu with one arrow."

"He even saw the shadow of Jiannu, so that life is gone."

Another soldier named Hu Guozhu is also from Qin Dapeng's old department. That guy probably has studied for a few years and still loses his words: "Confucius said: People are precious without self-knowledge..."

As a result, as soon as I opened my mouth, eighty or so Chang Ruoquan burst out laughing.

"What are they laughing at?" Chang Ruoshan was annoyed, "You don't know yourself, that sentence is wrong."

Standing by the side, Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of the navy, really looked up, covered his face and said, "That sentence is wrong, but it was said by Confucius and Lao Tzu."

"Eh? Hey, anyway, what does Tianjin mean?"

Hu Guozhu didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said again: "Since the old slave rebellion, our Xiao Ming has fought with Jiannu for seventy years, and how many times have we won a serious fight?"

Cao Hu retorted: "Will Xia Zhen win next time?"

Chang Ruoshan said: "Next time Xia Town will win, but it's just Jiannu's sideways approach, but it's the same that time, it's the Jiannu army! Does he know it's the Jiannu army?"

Seeing that Chongzhen still didn't speak, Hu Guozhu became even more excited.

"That time it was counted as the Mongol Han army, and there were not tens of thousands of real slaves!"

"Their scholars know that real slaves are not less fierce."

"All in all, Jiannu is really fierce, and field battles are provoking."

"So, it would be great to be able to consume Jiannu with the hands of thieves."

"We're going to watch a play in Xuzhou, and we're just waiting for Jiannu and the thief to fight to the detriment of both."

"Then what about before?" Chang Ruo said, "What about before Jianu and Liu Bandit fight to the death?"

"Then? Then there is no more, there is and then." Chang Ruoshan said, "It's not a theater anyway."

Cao Hu said: "Is it to take advantage of the Northern Expedition when Jiannu and the bandits are both in danger? Is it to take advantage of this good opportunity to recover the capital?"

Then it was the turn of Shizi, Hu Guozhu and other ten town commanders to laugh, as if they had heard the funniest joke, Northern Expedition?Those scholars really know that the sky is low and the earth is thick.

If you can hold the Yellow River, you will burn low incense.

His Majesty just wanted to keep half of the south of the Yangtze River.

Return to the Northern Expedition?Your Majesty didn't just talk about it, did they really believe it?silly.

There is still some expression on Chongzhen's face. Although Chang Ruo and Hu Guozhu are cowardly, they are wrong. Now the Northern Expedition is courting death. It is a matter of fewer soldiers and more soldiers. It is even more a question of whether Beijing's defense is sufficient, but with Hu Guozhu, Shizi and other cowards, how can he go to the Northern Expedition?

Basically, with the main force of Shaoduo's slave building, Hauge's thousands of partial divisions can defeat the eighty frontier troops in Xuzhou in the field. Yes, Huang Degong's ten frontier towns are also included!

It must be Huang Degong's ten town soldiers, barely able to fight against Hauge's side division.

But Tianjin added Chang Ruo, Hu Guozhu and other frontier troops from the [-] towns, which was simply fighting, and he lost his position. Put us in the back, and wiped out the friendly troops in front, and put us in the front. Fleeing and fleeing will lead to the collapse of the friendly forces behind. Hong Chengchou was not so defeated in Songshan back then.

He is afraid of opponents who are like gods, and teammates who are like pigs.

Hu Guozhu and Shizi are the most typical pig teammates of Tianjin.

What makes Chongzhen even more helpless is that those pig teammates are still moving now.

Because Qin Wang Zheng Sen has not yet grown up, the new army is even more visible.

Therefore, it is still necessary to rely on those pig teammates to defend the Huanghuai line of defense and buy time for Xiaoming.

So here comes the question, do you really want to watch the fire from the other side like Shizi and Hu Guozhu?

The answer is of course no, yes yes!Because doing so is not forcing Li Zicheng to a dead end, forcing Li Zicheng to a dead end, but also forcing Xiao Ming to a dead end!
In a word, saving Li Zicheng is not saving Xiaoming.

If Li Zicheng was defeated, Xiao Ming might die too.

Is it very magical?Li Zicheng, who almost overthrew Xiao Ming, turned into Xiao Ming's savior?

But that is not reality. Reality is often more absurd and magical than rumors, more unexpected and unimaginable. Xiao Mingchao and Li Zicheng, the number one rebel, have actually become a community of destiny.

Thinking of that, Chongzhen looked at the scholar and Chang Ruoshan and asked quietly: "Have they thought about it again? What if the thief can lose both to Jiannu? What will happen?"

The scholar said: "Even if Jiannu defeated the bandits first, if the casualties were heavy, wouldn't he be able to go south?"

"That's not the reason." Hu Guozhu also echoed, "Liu thieves are still very capable of fighting. If you can fight disabled Jiannu, then you, Xiao Ming, can firmly guard the half of Jiangnan."

"I'm afraid not necessarily." Cao Huqin finally spoke.

Cao Huqin didn't speak just now, and it was also because I was worried that Chongzhen would lose his mind and go to the Northern Expedition.

But hearing what Chongzhen said just now, Chang Ruoshan knew that her worries were completely unnecessary, so she stood up decisively to help Chongzhen. The Northern Expedition can be done, but it is still impossible to send troops to support the bandits. .

"Not necessarily?" The scholar snorted, "According to the meaning of the villain, can Jiannu beat the thieves nervously?"

With the deepening of the troubled times, military generals like Shizi and Hu Guozhu were not so afraid of the suppression of civil officials.

Jin Xuan said: "Have they ever thought about it, if the thieves saw the right situation, they would just give up Guanzhong and go somewhere else? After all, thieves were born into thieves, and it is the usual way to roam around."

"That." Chang Ruo and Hu Guozhu were dumb for a moment.

"Du Qing and Jin Qing are right to be worried." Chongzhen finally set the tone, "If the bandit sees the situation, he will run away, and there is a small probability that he will go to Hanzhong and head south through Hubei."

Cao Huqin and Jin Xuan bowed to each other at the same time: "My lord, I will learn from you."

Chongzhen said: "Therefore, the Northern Expedition is advisable, and it is also advisable to stand by and watch. You still have to fight a battle, and provide some support to the rogues as much as possible, so as to strengthen their momentum and hesitate their determination."

As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, it wasn't that the tone was set, it was a fight or a debate.

What is going to be discussed now is not how to fight?Specifically, how much troops should be used, and to what extent has it not been fought?
That aspect is what the scholars, Hu Guozhu and us warriors are good at, all of them shut up and became the audience honestly.

(End of this chapter)