Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 190
"Yes."

Zhu Cihong also turned and left.

Watching Zhu Cihong leave, Du Yinxi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Jiannu used more than [-] troops to attack our Daming, which is almost the strength of the whole country, so at this time, only the troops in Shanxi, Beizhi and even Beijing are left. Few, this is an excellent opportunity for the intruders to enter the army, do you want to send someone to remind them?"

"No need." Chongzhen said, "If the intruder is willing to join the army, he will join the army without us reminding him, but if he refuses to join the army, no matter how much we persuade him, he will not join the army!"

In fact, Chongzhen still had a few words to say.

If Daming persuaded him, the intruders might not even enter the army.

Without seeing Li Zicheng, you handed over Luoyang and Henan to Niu Jinxing?
Du Yinxi sighed softly when he heard the words: "In this case, the intruder will probably sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

Chongzhen said: "It's not very possible. I dare say that the intruder will definitely choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. If he is willing to send troops, I will find it strange."

The reason is actually not complicated.

When the strengths of the three families are similar, and two of them fight, the most sensible course for the remaining family is to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and wait until the two fight to the detriment of both sides before coming out to clean up the mess.

Of course, if one family is dominant and the other two are weak, that's another matter.

But Li Zicheng obviously didn't think that the Jiannu family was the only one. He felt that the Ming court still had the strength to fight against Jiannu. Didn't the Ming army fight well in the Xuzhou battlefield before?

Therefore, the thief cannot sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

It must be said that it was the most sensible choice.

When the Jiannu soldiers were divided into two groups and attacked Hou Rouzhu from the north to the south, if Chongzhen knew the historical trend, if he knew that Li Zicheng would be defeated in Tongguan, I would definitely help Ruan Dacheng.

Because for Xiao Ming, Hou Rouzhu and Jian Nu would lose both sides if they fight together.

It was out of that logic that Chongzhen asserted that Li Zicheng would send troops if he did.

When Chongzhen went on to say: "It's true that even if the burglar is willing to send troops, it's nothing small. As the old saying goes, the backer will fall, and everyone will run away, only yourself is the most reliable! If you want to defeat Jiannu, You have to rely on yourself! I just believe it, with your one million soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou, you will still defeat the seven hundred thousand slaves!"

Chongzhen said it categorically, and the Hou Rou leaders who were present were cold-blooded. They hated to call Hou Rouying out of the city to fight with Jiannu now, but the civil officials like Du Yinxi and Jin Xuan were not as good as Wang Zuntan and Cao Hu. It seems worried, we have experienced Jiannu Bingfeng, and we know how powerful it is.

Chongzhen naturally knew the power of Jiannu.

Therefore, Chongzhen really took the defense measures to the extreme.

After some words of encouragement, Chongzhen said again: "Of course Xuzhou's defense is flawless. As far as the present is concerned, there are at most two hidden worries, one is the Yellow River, and the other is the mountain watching the tiger."

"The course of the Yellow River has not yet exceeded the horizon. Once Jiannu digs the small embankment of the Yellow River and diverts water to pour it backwards, the blunderbuss platform that your army has worked so hard to build in Xuzhou City will instantly turn into a swamp country. Although it will completely lose its effect, its military defense If the function will be slightly compromised, but fortunately it is the dry season in winter.”

"So, the only hidden worry is watching tigers in the mountains."

Speaking of that, Chongzhen pointed to Shanguanhu located in the southeast of Xuzhou with a long wooden pole.

Zheng Sen immediately took over the long wooden pole and continued to explain: "Shanguanhu is located in the southeast of Xuzhou, from northeast to southwest. Qiwai, because of this, Shanguanhu almost penetrated through the ten-story blunderbuss platform in Liwei, Xuzhou, from the first layer to the tenth floor."

"So, if Jiannu seized Shanguanhu, only the [-] or so blunderbusses in the southeast direction were beyond the threat of Jiannu Hongyi small cannons, and even the southeast corner of the Xuzhou city wall was within its range. Once the southeast corner is bombarded by the Hongyi cannon, it may be difficult for Xuzhou City to hold on."

Chongzhen said: "So, I dare to assert that Shanguanhu will definitely become the main direction of Jiannu's attack!"

Having said that, Chongzhen turned his gaze to the dozen or so general officers present and finished the roll call: "Wang Zuntan and Hou Rouzhu are not yet at Yunlong Mountain, so Hou Rouzhuzhen will hand them over to the commander-in-chief of the eight towns."

"Your ministers will take the order!" Wang Zuntan, Jin Shenghuan and Yunlongshan agreed bitterly.

Out of the short ones, choose the low ones, and Wang Zuntan's eight are not considered among the general soldiers who can fight.

"They come here." After Chongzhen waved to the eight generals to come down, he pointed to the sand table and said, "They see that there are four peaks in Shanguanhu from northeast to southwest. You have eight towns to guard eight of them. Wang Zuntan Take charge of the eight innermost hills, Hou Rouzhu in charge of the eight middle hills, and Yunlong Mountain in charge of the eight innermost hills!"

Yunlongshan's expression became even more embarrassing, because the innermost circle also meant that the innermost circle was under attack.

Chongzhen added: "In the six months since then, the Shiziying has been stationed at the foot of the mountain and the tiger, and has not yet built a small number of gun towers on the top, midside, and foot of the four peaks, so they have to worry about fortifications."

Hearing that, the eight people in Yunlong Mountain looked a little anxious, which meant that at most they had worked so hard.

"I am aware of their demands, and I will do my best to stick to them to the end, and I will definitely allow half a step forward!" Chongzhen's stern gaze glanced at the commander-in-chief of the Eight Towns, and he said, "So, if they have nothing easy to do or have no demands, Hurry up and tell me now, before you go down the mountain to watch the tiger, you will be nailed to the bottom of the mountain!"

The eight people including Wang Zuntan met their eyes and said at the same time: "I implore Your Majesty to send a team of scholars to go with you!"

Hou Rouying arrived in Xuzhou in early October. Every day, he climbed mud pits and dug trenches with the officers and men of the border town in Xuzhou, and even practiced together when they did not have time. The recognition that comes here turns into admiration.

Because the officers and men of Bianzhen discovered that those scholars are really ruthless people!
Even those of us who are poor soldiers find it difficult to eat meals, but those scholars can enjoy it.

Even our poor soldiers insisted that they were weak marchers who came up, but those scholars could grit their teeth and hold on, and no scholar could even make a sound when he ran himself into a faint.

In riding, shooting and fighting, those scholars are not even the slightest bit inferior to us.

How those scholars behave in the face of life and death is still unknown, but at least in normal training, the tenacity of those scholars surpasses those of us soldiers.

Of course, there is no reason why Wang Zuntan and the three of us made that request.

It's not that those little scholars are clumsy, they have a set of small principles, and they can also use the most complicated and simple words to say, so that they can know a few of these small characters, and they will know that they are a word when the shoulder pole is upside down. Most of the little soldiers can understand, and those little soldiers are also willing to listen to our little truth.

Therefore, bringing a team of scholars can be of little help at critical moments.

"No." Of course Chongzhen knew about that request.

Turning his head, Chongzhen said to Zheng Sen again: "Zheng Sen, he arranged eight teams of Hou Rou, because the use is small, and a team of ten people is enough."

Wang Zuntan and Jin Shenghuan thanked at the same time, but Yunlongshan rolled his eyes and said again: "Your Majesty, I haven't made any request yet."

"Not yet?" Chongzhen frowned slightly, thinking that he really knows how to reach out at the right time, and immediately asked with a pale face, "I don't have any requests yet, tell me."

Yun Longshan said: "I hope that the national crisis troupe will also go!"

"Ah?" Upon hearing that sentence, Ma Huabao's face suddenly collapsed.

Your Majesty wants it, the old minister wants to go to Hou Rouzhu, it's too safe.

By the way, the National Disaster Troupe arrived in Xuzhou as early as the year after the year, and it has not been touring in military camps in various towns in Xuzhou for nearly two months.

The National Disaster Troupe has almost had a break.

Ever since Yunlongshan saw a play, he immediately hated it.

It's just that he hates the performances of the troupe in national disasters, and he hates Mrs. Li Xiangjun in the troupe even more.

"National Disaster Troupe?" Chongzhen's gaze pierced Hou Rouzhu's eyes like a sharp sword, and said again, "Is it really the performance of the National Disaster Troupe that he hates?"

Hou Rouzhu's heart trembled suddenly, could it be that I am also...

That's right, since Jiashen's national calamity, His Majesty has suffered from a shortage of middle palaces, that's also human nature.

So, Hou Rouzhu was taken aback by his brain power, and quickly changed his words: "It must be convenient, forget it."

Ma Huabao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, looked at Chongzhen pitifully again, and said in his heart, forget it, let it go under the sage.

However, to Ma Huabao's disappointment, Chongzhen said: "There is something convenient, but it's not the same. He must ensure the danger of the troupe!"

When Chongzhen said that, he just cared.

Because the publicity of the National Disaster Troupe has not produced a huge response.

Therefore, Chongzhen really hoped that the trump card of the Propaganda Department would be nothing good or bad.

But Yunlongshan confirmed his judgment more and more, and immediately said in a respectful voice: "I lead the order! I know that I want to risk my life, and I also swear to ensure the danger of the theater troupe!"

"Okay, so you can't go quickly." Chongzhen said in a deep voice.

"I'm waiting for you to come in!" Wang Zuntan and the eight people bowed their hands and left.

Looking away from Wang Zuntan's eight people, Chongzhen turned his head and asked with a low voice: "Banban, how is the task I entrusted to him? Is the small Kongming lantern ready?"

Low and low, he hurriedly said: "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, it has already been done."

"Okay." Chongzhen nodded happily, and said, "Let's go and have a look together."

When Chongzhen came to the front yard, he brought a group of civil servants and generals and dozens of scholar chiefs.

Di Qiqian was so excited that he brought dozens of eunuchs out of the warehouse and brought out a small package wrapped in linoleum.

Open the linoleum, and the outside is filled with silk.

He lowered his head and said flatteringly: "Long Live Lord, that is the lowest heavy yarn purchased from Suzhou by my servant, Uncle Tuo Guo. It is extremely thin and heavy but extremely tough. It is most suitable for making the Kongming Lantern that Long Live Lord said. .”

While speaking, the eunuchs hadn't unrolled the silk yet.

(End of this chapter)