golden scales

If it wasn't for the red box report, Yao Tao would almost have thought that Lu Suyao was jealous of her and deliberately interrupted her conversation with the crown prince.

However, the red box announcement means that there is a major event that can affect the safety of the country, and it can be delivered directly to His Highness at any time, and no one has the right to dismantle it.

Zhu Cihong remained calm, and ordered: "Prepare some food for those who work overtime." Immediately, he took a group of people and left the finance department - now the household department - small courtyard.

In the ear room of Zhu Cihong's study, a Jinyiwei Qianhu wearing a flying fish suit stood with his legs apart, like an iron tower.Seeing the crown prince coming in, the thousand households stepped forward and bowed to salute, presenting a red sandalwood box with both hands, it was called a red box only because it was sealed with vermilion clay.

Zhu Cihong personally took the red box, inspected the sealant, walked to the desk, and opened the paper box.Lying quietly in the paper box was a piece of off-white rice paper with no ink stains on it.

"You go out first." Zhu Cihong said: "Get the receipt in the attendant's room."

Jin Yiwei Qianhu bowed and retreated.

Zhu Cilang asked Lu Suyao to fetch a small stove, sat a pot of water on it, waited for the steam to come out, put the white paper on the steam to smoke for a while.On the rice paper that was originally off-white, two lines of handwriting gradually emerged, and it really was the top information sent by Song Hongye from Jingzhong:

"The Nine Chieftains plan to send Gushan Erzhen Yechen to Datong to take Shanxi, and Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu to go south to take Shandong."

Zhu Cihong squeezed the information, read it twice, and finally set his sights on the two words "定" and "何".It seems that Bahana and Shi Tingzhu's going south has been confirmed, while Ye Chen's taking Shanxi has not yet been finalized.Reminiscent of the previous disputes within the Manchu Qing, it seems that the focus of the Manchu Qing is still on the northwest, so it is more cautious to send troops.

However, such a strategic decision is also in line with the current needs of the Qing Dynasty: the Datong Yulin line in the northwest is connected to Mongolia. If this area can be occupied, the inside and outside of the pass will be integrated.For the Manchurians, Shandong has only one canal, which is obviously not as important as the Qin and Jin Dynasties—they would not know that Jiangnan surrendered without a fight.

Moreover, the force is like water, and fighting from high to low always has an advantage.Except for the Taizu of this dynasty.The founding emperors all made contributions and established their careers without taking the land of Qin and Jin Dynasties first.If he had the troops capable of defending the two provinces, Zhu Cihong would not be willing to start from Shandong.

Another point is: I am afraid that the Manchurians are more afraid of Li Zicheng, and the remnant light is still a banner that they can use to win people's hearts.With the difference between the pros and cons of going out and entering, it is not difficult to understand why they chose the northwest as the main direction of attack.

"Min Ziruo!" Zhu Cihong called his adjutant and said, "Record, military order."

Min Ziruo didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately took out the hard-covered notebook and charcoal pencils, ready to record.

"First, order the Tank Division, and the escort will only come to Linyi. Then return to the establishment of the First Guard Battalion; Mo, leave tomorrow to return to Jinan, and I will go with him. Fourth, order Xiao Tugeng to move the Firearms Division to Jinan. The newly minted [-]th artillery will be given priority to the First Guards Battalion; Weixian, road works from Weixian to Jinan."

Min Ziruo writes like a fly, and some places are only recorded with symbols that he can recognize, for fear of missing any points.

Zhu Cihong waited for Min Ziruo to stop writing, and said again: "Sixth, order Xiao Donglou to gather troops and move to Yanzhou. Guard Qingshi Pass, and be ready to go out to respond at any time. Seventh, send an order to Luo Yukun to recover Huai'an. I want to see Liu Zeqing, Or his head. Then stick to Xuzhou. Remember it?"

"Return to Your Highness! Write it down!" Min Ziruo's forehead was covered with sweat.

"Pass it on immediately, without delay."

Min Ziruo didn't dare to delay, so he ran out like flying, muttering to himself while running, repeating the military order he just got, so as not to forget the symbols he wrote down later.

Lu Suyao was also called in soon, and was ordered to prepare the military uniform and change of clothes for the crown prince to go out.

Sitting alone in the study, Zhu Cihong unfolded the map of the whole country, drew a circle around Shandong with his fingers, and finally felt at ease: after the Seven Military Orders, the entire Shandong was not threatened except for the border between the west and Henan, which was slightly thin.Of course, Henan is not a threat. Since Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing, the whole of Henan has been moved by the news, and hundreds of "rebels" have risen.

But this time, the rebels are all under the banner of "destroy the thieves and restore the Ming".

Moreover, Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide Mansion, and Ding Qiguang, the general in charge, recovered Guide Mansion, arrested the pseudo-shun county magistrates and officials in the counties under their rule, and sent them to Nanjing.For this reason, Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to reward officials and nobles, and appointed Sang Kaidi as the governor of Henan, and Ding Qiguang as the general of Henan, to recover the lost land as soon as possible and restore the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Although judging from the data, Yubing seems to be a force that should not be underestimated.But in terms of actual combat capability, they have a negative score, which is even more terrifying than nothing.Because once they encounter a slightly powerful attack, they will turn around and run away, disrupting their own positions.

If it is said that the Eastern Palace Army can withstand three-tenths of the battle damage without being defeated, then the team composed of local bandits and refugees may not even be able to withstand three percent of the battle damage.

Although it is not known how many soldiers Bahana and Shi Tingzhu brought south, according to the previous intelligence analysis, there should not be many troops.However, there have not been a large number of guards who have surrendered to Manchuria, so this group of soldiers and horses must be the real barbarians from the East, with strong combat effectiveness.

To be precise, it has strong field combat capabilities.

Although the Eastern Palace Army system is not afraid of field battles, it is better at defending the city based on fortifications, mainly because the artillery is inconvenient to transport.At the same time, the battle of defending the city is, to put it bluntly, a struggle for consumption. What the defender consumes is supplies, while what the attacker consumes is human life.This is exactly Zhu Cihong's advantage and Dorgon's disadvantage.

If Dorgon's claws extending to the south are knocked out, will it attract hundreds of thousands of Eastern captives to come out?

Zhu Cihong leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and had difficulty grasping the strategic issues in the future.

Any rational marshal would not mobilize all the troops and leave his own front line empty.If [-] Manchurian soldiers went south and the winner could not be determined within ten months, would Li Zicheng sit on the sidelines in Shanshan?But Dorgon has already done this once, and this time the Manchurians entered the customs in a big way, just to ignore Shenyang's emptiness-of course, there is no armed force in Liaodong that can threaten Shenyang.

If there was a division in Lushun at this time, Dorgon would definitely be frightened and toss and turn.

——If only Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was still there.

Zhu Cihong suddenly raised his head, and pinched his palm hard.This is a habit he has developed in two lifetimes. Once he finds himself in negative emotions, he uses this kind of stimulation to break free.I have to say that this little stimulus is still very useful.

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The holy car of the emperor and the empresses of the inner palace left Laizhou, which attracted the people to walk dozens of miles outside the city, just to have a look at the holy face.Of course, they can't see anything, at most they can only see the ostentation.

"On this road..." Emperor Chongzhen's means of transportation was a four-wheeled carriage that was enlarged and widened, pulled by eight solid-colored horses, which was already the greatest extent that the current imperial court could maintain the emperor's dignity.

Zhou Hou sat in the carriage as before, and raised his head when he heard the words: "What?"

"Don't you think it's not too bumpy?" Chongzhen really wanted to lift the curtain to see how thick the ground was.He finally sat back and just sighed: "The fate of the country is like this, it really shouldn't be so wasteful of people and money."

Zhou Hou put down the book in his hand, and said disapprovingly: "Didn't you hear that just now? The people outside are shouting long live, so it can be seen that Brother Chun still has a sense of propriety in doing things."

Chongzhen did not speak.He had clearly heard the voices of the mountains calling from both sides of the road just now. There was no reluctance or sadness, but mixed with joy beyond words.This kind of rare support makes him extremely enjoy, and he can't wait to stop the car to meet these people who are still loyal to Daming in difficult times.

However, thinking of this road, Chongzhen hesitated. In his view, any large project would be accompanied by side effects of wasting people and money, especially projects like repairing bridges and repairing roads without any profit.

——Seeing Ci Hong, I still want to talk about it.

Chongzhen thought to himself.

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