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Chapter 473 Fighting on Two Fronts and Three Fronts
Zhu Yousong immediately convened a military meeting in front of the imperial court. In the Jinluan Hall, all civil and military officials shouted long live.

Zhu Yousong told all the ministers about the urgent memorial.First of all, we talked about Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses. Li Dingguo, His Royal Highness Li Dingguo, the son of Daxi Wang Zhang Xianzhong, a [-] army, like a sharp knife, went out of Bazhong, fought in Yichang, and broke Jingzhou. Dai was killed in battle, and Daoxing, the commander-in-chief of Wuchang, was injured.

As soon as Zhu Yousong said this, he was annoyed by a general, who was actually a junior general. He was only 17 years old this year. As soon as the armor leaf sounded, Zhang Huan came out from among the generals to invite him.

This is the descendant of the divine crossbow general Zhang Ling, known as Zhang Huan, the sharpshooter. Zhang Huan is now the commander of the imperial camp and the commander of the imperial cavalry.Born as a Wu Jinshi, he used to be No.3 in the first class, and was once named the first-class bodyguard by Zhu Yousong. In terms of martial arts, he was second only to Ma Jinhua and Fan Jinzhong, who came to Beijing for the exam. The second place in the list, and later followed Zhu Yousong to drive the Tartars north, charged into the battle, shot Hauge with arrows, and made outstanding achievements repeatedly.

When Zhang Huan heard the words Li Dingguo, he was about to burst into tears, because he already knew that Li Dingguo was Zhang Yuer at that time, and this was his father-killing enemy. He died at his hands in the battle of the war, more than ten years of hatred made Zhang Huan, he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the main reason was to one day be able to face Li Dingguo on the battlefield, today the opportunity finally came.

Zhang Huan bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, the last general is not talented. I am willing to lead a team to relieve Wuchang's danger. If the thief general Li Dingguo is defeated, he is willing to serve as a military order."

Of course Zhu Yousong knew about the feud between Zhang Huan and Li Dingguo. If the two met on the battlefield, it would be life and death.

However, Zhu Yousong had a good impression of Li Dingguo. Although he lost his status as a thief and saved Zhang Xianzhong to recognize him as his godfather, Li Dingguo was highly regarded in history. He was one of the most outstanding anti-Qing generals in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and a national hero. .

Zhu Yousong admired such a hero very much, even though he traveled through time, he was destined to be an enemy with Li Dingguo.However, in the face of national righteousness, Li Dingguo persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty, showing lofty national integrity.

Zhu Yousong knew that sooner or later there would be a day when he and Li Dingguo would have to fight, and now Zhang Huan appeared again to avenge his father.

When two tigers fight, one must be injured. Zhu Yousong cherishes Li Dingguo and Zhang Huan even more.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong did not have an accurate version, "Xiao Aiqing, I haven't finished my words yet."

Zhang Huan had no choice but to plead guilty, retreated to the martial arts class, stood up again, and gritted his teeth at the name Li Dingguo.

At this time, Zhu Yousong continued: "Now the big traitor Fan Wencheng is dead, but the thief and the thief are still my strong enemies in the Ming Dynasty. Now the thief and the thief are colluding. They have formed an alliance between Qin and Jin. Zhang Xianzhong Sending troops from the south, Li Zicheng personally led an army of 15 out of Tongguan and took Shanzhou. Zheng Longfang, the commander-in-chief of Shanzhou, was killed in battle.

Henan Prime Minister Chen Qianfu, who was in Kaifeng, hurriedly dispatched Yuan Shu, the general of Dezhou, to station troops in Luoyang.

Regardless of whether it is the southern battlefield or the northern battlefield, my Ming's army has lost soldiers and generals, retreating steadily.Ladies and gentlemen, let's discuss how we should retreat from the enemy. "

In fact, Zhu Yousong already has the idea of ​​sending troops, but he still wants to hear from civil and military officials. This is Zhu Yousong's advantage. Although sometimes he seems to be self-willed and self-willed, in fact, he has fully promoted democracy. .

After Zhu Yousong finished speaking, many civil and military ministers were astonished, and then whispered among themselves, even the young general Zhang Huan did not dare to be rash.

Li Zicheng went out in person, Shanzhou fell into the hands of thieves, Luoyang was in danger, and Zheng Longfang was killed.

Zheng Longfang's bravery is well known.He was originally a subordinate of Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing. At the beginning, Zhu Yousong took a risky game and subdued Huai'an to carry out a beheading plan against Liu Zeqing, revealing his identity in the middle.

In the bloody battle in Huai'an City, Zhu Yousong repaid his grievances with virtue, and surrendered Zheng Longfang during the escape. So far, this brave general has repeatedly made military exploits under Zhu Yousong's command, and he is invincible with his sword in the palm of his horse.

Liu Zeqing's party members disintegrated one after another, and later Zheng Longfang followed Zhu Yousong to chase the Tartars in the north. His contribution in the battle of Luoyang was indispensable, and Zhu Yousong named him the commander-in-chief of Shanzhou.

Unexpectedly, such a brave general, who had experienced many battles against Liu Zeqing and the battle to drive the Tartars to the north, died in front of Li Zicheng's horse, which is really sad.

Don't say that the civil and military officials were shocked, Zhu Yousong was also shocked when he heard the bad news.

It seems that Li Zicheng is not as easy to deal with as he imagined. For a long time, even Zhu Yousong believed that Daming's army could not defeat Li Zicheng's army, and Li Zicheng's army could not defeat the Tartars. Now Zhu Yousong's army can win If the Tartars are killed, it is of course easy to exterminate Li Zicheng and his like.

If you use such logical reasoning or have such a fixed mindset, it is undoubtedly naive and ridiculous.In any war in history, if it were to start all over again, no one would dare to take the victory lightly.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Yousong gathered civil and military officials today and let all the officials hold court discussions here.

After the civil and military officials discussed in low voices, a group of generals including Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, advocated sending troops on both sides.The chief minister of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu, Yuan Jixian, Zuo Maodi and other civil officials expressed concern.

The new Ming Dynasty has just been established for half a year, and the economy has just begun to recover, but it is still in decline, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done.Now the Jiangnan area is very unstable, the battles in Fujian are mixed, and Lu Wang Zhu Yihai is dishonest in the Hangzhou area, secretly recruiting troops to expand his power.Now sending troops on both sides is equal to fighting on three fronts, and the common people will be in dire straits again. Can the still deficient treasury support the cruel war?
However, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are different. The two puppet regimes of Daxi and Dashun established by them have been recovering for two years. Healing the wounds and recuperating. In comparison, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are stronger, and the combined strength of the two thieves has doubled. It is said that the combined strength of these two heroes is no less than one million, so it is better not to fight for the time being.

Even after a year or two, or Zheng Zhilong in the south of the Yangtze River was pacified, he would be more confident in fighting these thieves again.

Zhu Yousong nodded helplessly after hearing this. The suggestions of these civil servants are very reasonable. This is the actual situation of both the enemy and the enemy. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. You cannot simply regard them as the peacemakers and completely deny them.

Wars cannot be won on the spur of the moment, especially for gangsters like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Impulse is undoubtedly the devil.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to wait a year or two to raise troops and horses, or to pacify Zheng Zhilong in the southeast before sending troops to suppress bandits.

By that time, I am afraid that Zhang Xianzhong has annexed the entire Jiangnan, and Li Zicheng once again marched into Beijing.No one gives you such a chance to recuperate and recharge your batteries. The reality is cruel. Now that you have been forced to this point, you have to fight!
So Zhu Yousong finally shook his head helplessly, "Everyone's words are reasonable, but the thief will not wait for me. The situation is serious. I have decided to send troops on both sides. I will focus on defense against Zhang Xianzhong and do my best against Li Zicheng." attack."

(End of this chapter)