Chapter 180: Decision-making
He didn't know if he was right or wrong, but he wanted to try. The Yulin Army is full of 30,000 people, and the training is almost complete, and there are now about 5,000 guns, 100 artillery pieces, 3-kilogram cannons, 6-kilogram cannons, and 12-kilogram cannons, and 5,000 cavalry.
With such a strong force, it is enough to fight the Jurchen 60,000 cavalry, and as soon as the large phalanx of 20,000 people is unfolded, Zhu Youxiao does not believe that with the training, military discipline, and equipment of the Yulin Army, Nuer Hachi can still break through.
Squinting his eyes, Zhu Youxiao kept staring at the map, and in his mind, his plan was circling back and forth, and he was constantly scrutinizing to determine its feasibility.
"Your Majesty, the Cabinet Scholars are here." Liu Ruoyu's voice sounded softly, interrupting his train of thought.
"Announce them in." Colonel Zhu You sighed lightly, and his expression returned to calm.
Soon, the cabinet ministers all came in, a group of five people, all with serious expressions, they already knew the detailed situation, Shenyang fell, sixty or seventy thousand defenders were wiped out, and at present, the Tartars are attacking Liaoyang with all their might, wanting to take it in one fell swoop and sweep Liaodong.
"Sit down, everybody." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, five chairs came up, and after the five ministers saluted each other, they sat down one after another.
"Your Majesty, the Tartars are in a hurry to attack Liaoyang, so they should come to their aid as soon as possible." As soon as he sat down, Li Ruhua immediately spoke. He is the first assistant, and he should be the first to speak. Li Ruhua's opinion is very ordinary, rescue quickly, in order to hold Liaoyang without losing, as long as Liaoyang is still in the hands of the empire, the situation can be slowly plotted.
Li Ruhua didn't want to lose his teacher and humiliate the country and lose his territory as soon as he became the first assistant of the empire and a veritable prime minister, so his attitude was extremely resolute and he demanded that troops be sent to support him immediately. His eyes widened and he looked around, his eyes extremely sharp, as if he would eat whoever objected.
Wang Zuo and Huang Kezhang don't know much about military affairs, so they don't say a word, they are very self-aware, since they don't know anything and don't speak, the province will end up like Yuan Yingtai when the time comes, people are dead, their reputation is still stinky, and they have become a typical example of scholars misleading the country.
Yuan Yingtai has an excellent official reputation, and he is capable, and he should have a great future, but if he is not careful, he loses everything, he dies, and the situation in Liaodong is also dangerous. With such a big mistake, death alone was far from enough, and the two could almost foresee Yuan Yingtai's tragic and extremely tragic family experience.
"The minister seconded the proposal, at this time the top priority is to protect Liaoyang not to lose, Xiong Jingluo has served for more than a year, the Liaodong rectification of the army is strong and strong, the strength is strong, although Shenyang is lost, the loss of the army is broken, but the strength of the garrison generals in various places still exists, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaoyang, as long as Liaoyang is not lost, there should be no problem." Cui Jingrong also had the same opinion, but he said more, as if he wanted to show his ability in front of the Son of Heaven.
Now that Sun Chengzong is presiding over the law change, he has almost controlled all the powers, and even the light of the first assistant Li Ruhua has been overshadowed by it, such a prestige and such a career have made Cui Jingrong envious. He said so much at the moment just to express his opinions, show his talents, and let the emperor understand.
"Hmm."
It's a pity that Zhu Youxiao didn't show any surprised eyes as he thought, and looked at him with admiration, just bowed slightly, and set his eyes on Sun Chengzong. This behavior couldn't help but disappoint Cui Jingrong, he reviewed his proposal, there is nothing wrong, this is the best way to deal with it at the moment, hold Liaoyang, and then wait for the opportunity to regain the lost ground.
"Your Majesty appointed General Yu Zhigao as the commander of the navy after the Lantern Festival and formed the navy, I don't know what the situation is now?" Sun Chengzong did not speak, but instead raised a question. As soon as these words came out, the other four couldn't help but wonder how they were talking about Liaoyang now, and how they were involved in Tianjin's newly formed navy.
However, as soon as Zhu Youxiao heard his question, he instantly guessed the other party's plan, so the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, showing a happy smile, and answered happily.
"The first batch of ten warships has been built and is being outfitted, and it will be ready for service in about ten days or so. The second batch of five ships has also begun to prepare, and the first batch will be ready for construction after leaving the factory, because it is experienced, the construction speed will be half a month faster, and it will be launched at the end of April. Zhu Youxiao answered the other party's question in detail, and then looked at it with a smile.
"Well, it's almost enough." Sun Chengzong muttered, then lowered his head, carefully looked at the military map of Liaodong, and silently calculated in his heart.
The other four people looked at the questions and answers of the two monarchs and ministers, their faces were dazed and ignorant, they couldn't understand what they were talking about at all, not talking about the Liaodong, how did they talk about the ship?
"Wait!" Cui Jingrong, who used to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, knew better, and he suddenly remembered an order issued by the Emperor Taichang when he was still there, Dengzhou formed a naval division, and the commander was Shen Yourong. After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he recruited some combat-effective sailors from the south and merged them, and then they came under the command of Yu Zhigao.
That is to say, the navy stationed in Tianjin is not without combat effectiveness, they have gathered all the combat effective sailors in the entire southern country, even if the new gunboats mentioned by the Son of Heaven are not launched, the tens of thousands of sailors have the strength to fight in the face of the thief Li Dan. What's more, it is used to deal with the Jurchen Tartars who have no plates.
"In other words......" Cui Jingrong's eyes lit up, and when he raised his head to say his guess, Sun Chengzong, who had been keeping his mouth shut, suddenly spoke.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thought that Xiong Jingluo should stick to Liaoyang, attract the attention of Nuer Hachi, and make him attack with his life, and he had no time to care. Then, when Yu Zhigao was ordered to lead his elite sailors, land across the sea, and hit the place in his heart, he could relieve the siege of Liaodong and recover Shenyang, and he could attack his lair, kill his old and weak, and weaken the Jurchens. Sun Chengzong said a few words clearly and clearly about his strategic intentions.
The essence of his fast, accurate and ruthless strategy suddenly amazed several other cabinet ministers, and they were convinced, no wonder His Majesty let this person preside over the change of the law, he is really talented.
"This plan is a great good, Your Majesty should implement it quickly." Li Ruhua was the first to get up and stroked his palms in agreement. He doesn't care what plan he uses, as long as Liaodong doesn't lose ground, he can give him the head of the cabinet.
"This policy should be the best at the moment, and the minister seconded it." Cui Jingrong was the second to agree, he had just been mentioned by the two of them, and finally figured out the key, he couldn't help but be admired by His Majesty's foresight at this time, and he formed a navy in Tianjin early, and it turned out that he was waiting here.
"The old minister agrees!"
"It's a brilliant plan, it's a foolproof plan."
The other two also came back to their senses at this time, and after they looked at Sun Chengzong with admiration, they all agreed.
"This plan is really wonderful, but in my opinion, Sun Aiqing is still a little conservative and not bold enough." Zhu Youxiao laughed and said his plan.
"I plan to abandon Liaoyang, and the military and civilians of Liaodong will retreat into the pass, and then lead the Jurchens deep into the western Liaoxi corridor, and the navy will carry the Yulin army to land at Yingkou, cut off its way back, and finally annihilate the Jurchens here." Zhu Youxiao excitedly pointed to the map, where the name of a stronghold defense line was written - Ning Yuan.
His words were even simpler and rarer, but the simple words and the information revealed shocked several cabinet scholars to lose their voices. They looked around blankly, looking at each other, as if to make sure that the emperor was not crazy or not, otherwise how could he say such a thing.
Abandon Shenyang and lure the enemy deeper.
It's crazy, what to do with the millions of soldiers and civilians in Liaodong, how much sacrifice there is during this period, what to do with those materials, how to withdraw into the customs with such a huge flow of people.
"Your Majesty can't ......," Li Ruhua was the first to rise up and object. The old man spat excitedly, and shouted hoarsely, hoping to dispel the emperor's crazy idea.
"I've made up my mind." Zhu Youxiao pushed back with a faint word, he didn't pay attention to the others, but stared at Sun Chengzong tightly, only this military power can give him the right opinion.
"Huhu~~" Li Ruhua was pushed back by Zhu Youxiao's words, and he couldn't breathe, and he sat down on the chair with his buttocks, his hands trembling, and he was breathing hard. Seeing this, the other three younger bachelors gathered around to help calm down, for they were afraid that the seventy-year-old man would burp in a fit of anger.
Sun Chengzong ignored this, he just lowered his head, looked at the map with burning eyes, and kept echoing the emperor's thoughts in his mind, but combined with the actual situation, he considered its feasibility.
The Yulin Army, the ten gunboats of the navy, the soldiers and horses trained by Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong, the terrain of the Liaoxi Corridor, and the terrain of Ningyuan. All these kinds of information flashed in his mind, and he kept combining, accommodating, and analyzing.
Sun Chengzong has not been idle in the past three days, after the fall of Shenyang, he pulled out all the information in Liaodong and checked it carefully, not only that, the emperor's actions since last year to form an army are within the scope of his understanding, and with these materials as the base, the situation in Liaodong gradually became clear in his mind.
"The old minister thinks that this plan is feasible." Sun Chengzong slowly opened his mouth and spit out these words heavily.
"Sun Gaoyang !!" A loud shout came, "Do you know that once this plan fails, the situation in Liaodong will be out of control, and you will be a sinner for the ages." As soon as Sun Chengzong's answer came out, Li Ruhua didn't care about his body, and immediately stood up and scolded angrily, and he didn't know how his old body made such a huge sound.
"Ahem!" It's just that his body can't do it after all, and after roaring, he can't breathe again. Several others shouted, "Pass on the Imperial Doctor." "They themselves are also taking care of themselves, called taking care, in fact, they also want to avoid responsibility, such a major matter, once it fails, it will inevitably be pushed out by the emperor as a scapegoat.
"You guys send Li Aiqing to the Tai Hospital." Zhu Youxiao frowned and glanced at this side, then separated them.
"In accordance with His Majesty's will." This will also relieved the three of them, they left and right, picked up Li Ruhua and left, only Cui Jingrong, who was the last to take care of him, looked back when he left, and there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes. However, he did not stop after all, although his steps were slow, but he firmly left the main hall of Qianqing Palace.