Like Xia Guoxiang, there is also the former Huaiguo Gong Ma Bao, who is now the same as a soulless person. Now that he was suddenly named by Zhu Youdong, Xia Guoxiang couldn't believe it for a while, but Wang Xing next to him clicked on Xia Guoxiang, and Xia Guoxiang reacted and said, "What the generals analyzed just now is right, and it is also very reasonable." ”

When everyone heard it, what the hell was this talking about? Zhu Youdong frowned and said, "I let you say your opinion, not their affairs." ”

Xia Guoxiang reacted at this time, sighed and said, "Your Highness understands in your heart that the Qing army will not care about this loss at all. In the eyes of the Qing court, the people were like domesticated poultry, there was no food, so it would be good to kill the people and take it away. Who cares about the life and death of the people, so it is impossible to make the Qing army care about this loss. ”

Ma Weixing said: "Prime Minister Xia, is there any basis for what you said?" Do you want His Highness to send troops? Let the Restoration Army fall into the trap of the Qing Army? You're trying to kill us. The people who supported Ma Weixing before supported it one after another. Li Rubi also followed: "Yes, now that we have finally achieved such an achievement, if we are not careful, if there is any accident at that time, the consequences are not something that you Xia Guoxiang can bear." ”

The people who supported Hu Yiqing just now also opposed it, and for a while, Xia Guoxiang's proposal had not yet been said, and it had already been opposed by everyone. Seeing this, Xia Guoxiang suddenly couldn't talk anymore. Seeing that everyone was against it, Xia Guoxiang was still a little worried about his situation.

Sure enough, Li Rubi and others began to attack Xia Guoxiang, even Jiang Zhilian, a civil official who accompanied the army and the former director of the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials of the Yongli Imperial Court. Now he is just accompanying the army to help Zhu Youdong deal with some paperwork and record the merits of various armies.

Seeing that everyone was attacking Xia Guoxiang, he also spoke: "Yes, your Xia Guoxiang is just a general, fortunately, His Royal Highness is magnanimous, so you can listen to the army, and now you are still misleading the country, what are your intentions?" Do you still want to surrender to the Qing court again? ”

Hearing the opposition of other generals before, although Xia Guoxiang was worried about himself, even if his future was gone, at least his life was worry-free. It's a big deal, that is, he was completely snubbed by Zhu Youdong from then on. But Jiang Zhilian's words were vicious, and he directly classified Xia Guoxiang as a traitor, which is a fatal crime.

Suddenly, Xia Guoxiang also rushed out of the crowd in fright, knelt in front of Zhu Youdong, and said: "Your Highness, the last general will never dare to betray again, and the last general will be loyal to His Highness." The other generals didn't dare to speak at this time, and the silence in the big tent was terrible for a while.

Jiang Zhilian saw that Xia Guoxiang came out to quibble, and wanted to scold a few more words, directly except for this traitorous minister for Daming. Jiang Zhilian was taking a step forward, and suddenly saw that the entire big tent was looking at him in shock, Jiang Zhilian also felt that his back was cold, as if he was being targeted by some fierce beast.

Jiang Zhilian instantly felt that the hairs on his whole body stood up, and a chill rushed directly from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. The cold sweat on his body also bubbled out involuntarily. Jiang Zhilian slowly looked back, and suddenly his soul was scattered, and Zhu Youdong was looking at him with murderous eyes. Jiang Zhilian's legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground, and he didn't dare to speak.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong didn't pay attention to Jiang Zhilian at all, and said to Xia Guoxiang: "You just said that the Qing army won't care about this, so what is your strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Xia Guoxiang didn't dare to say more, and immediately said: "Back to Your Highness, if we want to break the situation of the Qing army, we have two ways to go." Zhu Youdong said: "Oh, you can actually think of two roads, let's listen to it in detail." ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "Now most of the population of Huguang is concentrated in Wuchang and other prefectures, and we are facing no food and soldiers. The first method is to directly ignore Huguang, and we are now marching north with our army and directly entering Nanyang. Then the troops divided into two routes, so that one way quickly went north, threatening Luoyang and pinning down the Qing army. ”

When everyone heard this, they all quickly began to calculate, and Xia Guoxiang continued: "Your Highness will lead a large army to the west to meet the Qing army coming from Shaanxi. Then let the party Shousu go out of the Great Sanguan, Qi Sansheng out of Shangluo, and then attack Tongguan with His Royal Highness. As long as we can take Tongguan, and then join forces with a large army, and pass through Shaanxi, we can also disrupt the plan of the Qing army. However, Shaanxi and other places have been at war for many years, and I am afraid that they will not be able to support the attrition of the army. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "I'm afraid this is not easy, the north is conducive to cavalry combat, and the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Manchurian Eight Banners will arrive together." I'm afraid we have a lot of tough battles to fight, and we don't have the tactics to deal with cavalry at all, and if we rely on manpower to block it, the casualties will be too great. ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "Your Highness is wise, and the grasp of this way is not very great. Another method is that now our army immediately marches with all our troops and goes all out to catch up with the Huguang Qing army. Strive to capture Wuchang before the Qing army in Huguang gathers, so that we can take back all the Qing troops and food that the Qing army has withdrawn. The Qing armies did not have time to converge and could not be commanded in a unified manner, so we could break them individually. ”

Everyone listened to Xia Guoxiang's two methods, and they all gasped, these two methods are not easy to do. Zhu Youdong hesitated suddenly, the first plan seemed to be safer, but what he was facing was to directly confront the cavalry.

The second plan is even more risky, now the army has begun to run out of food, if the whole army marches in a hurry, the Qing army cannot be defeated within 15 days, and if there is capture, the army will directly run out of food. No matter how you look at it, it's a desperate gamble, and if the Qing army burns the grain in advance, the Restoration Army will also be wiped out.

Zhu Youdong suddenly hesitated, this is gambling with the entire Restoration Army. If they win, the young men who were forcibly relocated by the Qing army, according to their current hatred of the Qing army, will immediately become soldiers of the Restoration Army. The grain transported by the Qing army is military food, and Zhu Youdong is no longer afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army.

If it fails, the door to Sichuan will be wide open, and the Qing army will drive straight in. The army that entered Hanzhong was faced with the enemy on its belly and back, and the army of Yungui had no time to be transferred back, and there was a shortage of food and grass, so I am afraid that there would be nothing to do. The whole of Sichuan will no longer have the army to stop the Qing army, and the Qing army can rampage in Sichuan and exhaust the strength of the Ming army.

But if Zhu Youdong doesn't move now, it's the same. Now the Qing army is mobilizing troops everywhere, and when they are surrounded on all sides, the Ming army is as tired as coping, and I am afraid that there will be the same situation as Yongli. Coupled with the destruction of Yunguichuan by the Qing army, it is estimated that the Restoration Army is not as long as Yongli support.

At this time, the guards outside sent a letter to Lin Zhuang, and Lin Zhuang took it and looked at the contents. went directly to Zhu Youdong and said, "Your Highness, there is news from Hanzhong." Zhu Youdong was stunned, Hanzhong is now on the defensive, what military situation can it have?

Zhu Youdong saw the results and gave them directly to Gou Xingwang and others. Gou Xingwang looked at it and immediately shouted, "What? The Mongol soldiers had already entered the customs, and they had also appeared in the Shangluo area. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, it seems that it is impossible for us to go north, we are now in the plains, and if we fight with the cavalry, we will not be able to deal with the 30,000 cavalry of Mongolia at all." Zhu Youdong glanced at Xia Guoxiang, who was kneeling, and said, "You get up first, let me think about it." ”

Then he said to Jiang Zhilian: "Do you know what you are doing wrong?" When Jiang Zhilian saw Zhu Youdong asking, he instantly felt like he had returned to his soul, and immediately said: "Back to Your Highness, the minister doesn't care about participating in military aircraft affairs without authorization." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "It's not that you won't be allowed to participate in military affairs, if you have any suggestions, or add to the existing suggestions, it doesn't hurt to say whatever you want." But you don't have any advice, just retaliate, do you think I'm here to scold the street? Or the same hawker who bargained with you in the first place? ”

Jiang Zhilian said: "Your Highness spares your life, and the minister will never dare again." Zhu Youdong said: "Get out, if there is a next time, you don't have to live." ”

After Jiang Zhilian went out, Zhu Youdong said: "If you have any opinions and different plans, you can say it, but don't discuss groundless accusations here." Okay, let's talk about what else is there to get the army out of the predicament. ”

was scolded by Zhu Youdong for a while, and no one dared to say it at this time. Zhu Youdong said: "Let's do this in advance, you all go back and think about it." When they heard this, they all got up and opened their doors.

Zhu Youdong looked at the people who left and shook his head. Regarding the current predicament, Zhu Youdong is also a little powerless. In general, Zhu Youdong is just a farmer, and he can still rely on a momentum in the early stage to fight with everyone. But now facing the siege of the Qing court, Zhu Youdong feels powerless.

At this time, Zhu Youdong heard the soldiers who were still training outside, shouting powerful slogans, which seemed to give Zhu Youdong the strength to fight again.

Although I felt the power of the Tao, the immediate crisis could not be relieved. Zhu Youdong asked Deng Kai to continue to urge the rear, and urgently sent a batch of grain and grass over, so that the army could ease down first.

Zhu Youdong looked at the map, always trying to find a way to come out and let himself solve the problem in front of him perfectly. But there will always be all sorts of problems that will lead to the solutions that come up with that don't work. In the end, Zhu Youdong couldn't help but sigh like Gou Xingwang, and said: "If anyone can tell me how to fight, I will directly take the army to fight." ”

At this time, Gou Xingwang came in and said, "Why, Your Highness also has such troubles?" Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, now looking at this map, I have to take care of this place and worry about it." There is simply no way to send troops. No matter what we do, we will give the Qing army a chance, and every time it is a danger of destroying the world. ”

Gou Xingwang said: "Your Highness, you just think too much, as long as we send troops, there will be a danger of failure." Who said that when our army strikes, it must win, and who can guarantee that it will only win and not be defeated? ”

What Gou Xingwang said made Zhu Youdong speechless. Gou Xingwang continued: "I know that His Highness wants everyone to win the battle, so that everyone can no longer have fear of the Manchus. also let the people of the world see that His Royal Highness has returned with Daming. But these things can't be done all at once. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Am I too anxious? Gou Xingwang said: "Yes, when we didn't have such a big family business before, how bold it was at that time." You can answer as much as you want. As long as Your Highness gives an order, everyone will set off. But now it's different, everyone is separated, there are more troops, they are worried about each other, and they don't think about how to defeat the enemy at all. Instead, I thought, what if other people can't cooperate directly? How can I keep myself from making mistakes? ”

Zhu Youdong seemed to have some truth in what Gou Xingwang said, and said: "Yes, now that the stall is bigger, it is not as arrogant as before." Gou Xingwang said: "Actually, I have also had these, when I was in Long'an, I thought that His Royal Highness gave me the right to fight like this, what if I lose?" It's better to maintain the status quo and not be willing to take risks, but things don't work out well and you don't know what to do. ”

Zhu Youdong looked at it with some curiosity, this big man, he didn't think that he had so many thoughts.