Since Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, people in the world only know that he is a very diligent emperor, but only a few people understand how mean and unkind the lord in front of him is, and it can even be said that all the performances he has made are essentially to make people die willingly for him.

Since the succession to the throne, Long Keduo has been quite jealous of him because of his power as the commander of the Nine Gates and Yongzheng's inner suspicions, and basically lost trust in him very quickly, and it almost took only a year to completely put Long Keduo under house arrest.

Later, if it weren't for the rapid change of the situation and Nian Qianyao's military power, otherwise even he wouldn't have any good end, as for Ortai or Tian Wenjing, they were all abandoned sons who could be discarded casually.

Therefore, Zhang Tingyu knew in his heart that no matter how much Yongzheng valued him now, there were some things that could never be wrong, once he touched the thread in the other party's heart, then Yongzheng's suspicion of him would only get deeper and deeper.

"Back to the emperor, the slave thinks that negotiating peace with the Russians at the moment may add a big boost to the Qing Dynasty in the future, but the other party cannot be used by my Qing Dynasty at present, and can only be used as a foreshadowing in the future...... Now the slave thinks that in the face of the Chu Rebellion Northern Expeditionary Army, there are three strategies to deal with it. ”

"Hengchen might as well talk about it."

Yongzheng's tone was very flat, but the rest of the ministers pricked up their ears, they were not completely without ideas, but now they also wanted to confirm one or two, and then guess his thoughts through the attitude shown by the emperor.

Zhang Tingyu slowly raised his first finger, "Judging from the current form, the best strategy is to stick to Shandong, Henan and Zhili, if you just stick to it step by step, you will only be swallowed by Ning Chu with more blows and fewer blows, one by one, and I will have little ability to fight back at that time." ”

Hearing that Zhang Tingyu only set his own countermeasures as the next strategy, Xu Yuanmeng was a little unconvinced, and he replied in a deep voice: "In the eyes of Lord Zhang, is it possible that I will give up Shandong and Henan in the Qing Dynasty and let Chu cross the Yellow River safely?" ”

Zhang Tingyu shook his head and sighed softly: "If my Qing Dynasty chooses to stick to Shandong and Henan, it seems that it can form a continuous resistance, but Lord Xu has not thought about it, if there is no bullet pressure of my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, where will the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Green Battalion come from, I am afraid that it will completely collapse before it reaches the battlefield......"

"Besides, since the governors of various places were delegated to the government before, then they can also unite the gentry from all over the country and resist Ning Chu at that time, as for these hundreds of thousands of troops, in order to ensure that they can be directly dispatched to Beijing."

Hearing this, Yongzheng was shocked in his heart, he found that this issue seemed to be in the court, and no one really mentioned it at all - maybe it was because of the problem of the integration of the Manchus and Hans, or because he was worried about causing a split in the court, all in all, everyone almost acquiesced to the fact that the green camp was of the same mind as them.

But is the question really a heart? This is naturally a big lie, and only those ministers who sit in the court all day long will think that the green camp will fight for the survival of the Qing Dynasty.

However, in reality, the discipline of the green battalion is not as high as imagined, whether it is to choose coercion and temptation, or to choose to buy and divide, there is always a way to deal with the green battalion, not to mention, with the current infiltration ability of Ning Chu's shadow and the military aircraft department, I am afraid that the green battalion system has also become a sieve.

Xu Yuanmeng didn't speak, when the other party pierced this point, he knew that no matter what he said, there was no point in saying anything, the emperor wouldn't believe him, the ministers wouldn't believe him, and even he couldn't convince himself.

"Zhang Tingyu, tell me about your strategy."

Yongzheng did not continue to study this issue deeply, after all, there is no way to solve this problem, the reason why the green camp will not return to the heart is very simple, the treatment is not enough, but if it is really given according to the treatment of the Eight Banners, there are not many people who can be fed with the money and food of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Tingyu's face was indifferent, and he raised his second finger, "Mobilize the Shandong Green Battalion and the Henan Green Battalion to go north, abandon the defense of Shandong and Henan, stretch the battle line of Chu Rebellion, and mobilize heavy troops in Zhili to fight Ning Chu to the death." ”

According to Zhang Tingyu's plan, when the time comes, Zhili will concentrate 180,000 green battalion soldiers, plus 100,000 New Army of the Eight Banners and 50,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, with more than 300,000 troops to meet the elongated Fu Han Army.

Yongzheng nodded, and he thought about this in his heart, but he still wanted to hear the so-called best policy, so he looked at Zhang Tingyu and motioned him to say the last policy, which is the so-called best policy.

Zhang Tingyu took a deep breath, which was also the most taboo in his heart, so he knelt down and said in a low voice: "Back to the emperor's words, the slave thinks that no matter how much I fight, I have no chance to recover in the customs of the Qing Dynasty, since there is no hope, it is better to retreat and seek the second, you can choose to withdraw from the customs and accumulate strength, if the world changes one day, I will not be able to enter the customs again to try to plot the world........ "Look for books."

Everyone was shocked, they instantly only felt that Zhang Tingyu was crazy, this battle had not been fought yet, so they wanted to give up all the territory in the pass, and just ran back to the outside of the pass, if they didn't know, they were afraid that they would still think that Zhang Tingyu was a traitor inserted by Ning Chu'an.

Xu Yuanmeng was furious, pointed at Zhang Tingyu who was kneeling on the ground, and said sharply: "Zhang Tingyu, do you know what you are talking about?" Believe it or not, just by your words, the old man will behead you! ”

Prince Zhuang Yunlu also looked furious, "How can I surrender without a fight in the Qing Dynasty?" Zhang Tingyu, you don't have the courage to fight Chu Shun, but this king does, even if this life is given up, how can you abandon the ancestral inheritance? ”

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground, his expression became even more indifferent, and he said in a low voice: "If it weren't for that, everything in my Qing Dynasty would be pressed on this battle, and if I lost, it would ......be a catastrophe forever."

To be reasonable, Zhang Tingyu didn't think that this battle could be won at all, even if he gathered all the current forces of the Qing Dynasty, he was still not optimistic that the Qing court would be able to defeat Ning Chu.

Seeing that everyone was going to continue to accuse, Yongzheng snorted coldly, and stopped everyone's scolding, everyone saw that Yongzheng was angry, but they all knelt in front of Yongzheng.

Yongzheng didn't look at them, and sighed, "Since Chu Rebellion raised an army, I have often thought about why the situation is so corrupt, it is really because everyone is selfish, and no one can sacrifice their lives to go to the difficulty, so that Chu Rebellion sits big and cannot be reinforce.....d."

"If you continue to retreat before fighting, I am afraid that the hearts of the army and the hearts of the people will be ruined, and at that time, even if the outer fertile soil is concerned, how can I be cleared?"

"In this battle, I heard that Chu Shun Xiao'er personally led the army to come, and I was unwilling to retreat...... You don't need to discuss it anymore, I am determined to personally conquer Chu and return the world to a bright future! ”

All the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted long live three times, but Zhang Tingyu sighed in his heart, now that the emperor has made up his mind, as courtiers, they have to obey orders.

With Yongzheng's determination to personally conquer, the smell of gunpowder in the Northern and Southern War became more and more intense, but there was a panic in the Eight Banners in the capital, because there was a precedent of Kangxi's personal conquest.

Even the scholar of Manchurian University, who had been studying behind closed doors, now had to make a statement to the emperor, claiming that the emperor was the most important of the state and must not be moved lightly, or that he could order the ministers of the clan to be the commanders, and that he could also select fierce generals in the army, and he could also resist the enemy south of the Yellow River, so that he could not be lightly offended.

If in the past, Yongzheng saw such an excerpt, maybe he would have given the old minister a face, and it would be over if he chose to leave it in the middle and not send it, but the current situation is different, Yongzheng was originally suspicious in his heart, so he felt that Ma Qi's words had some other meanings, and then he thought of the old fourteen who lived in Jingshan.

It doesn't matter if he thinks about it, but he hooked out all the taboos in Yongzheng's heart, he quickly thought of the bad things that happened when he succeeded to the throne, and immediately refuted it fiercely, and sent the little eunuch to Ma Qi's mansion, and scolded the old man for an hour.

However, the problem is that Yongzheng scolded and retired an old minister, but it also aroused the opposition of other important ministers of the clan, everyone's meaning is very simple, the current situation is already difficult, if the emperor has something on the battlefield, what will the Qing Dynasty do?

If the old thirteen were still there, maybe he could still persuade Emperor Yongzheng, but the old thirteen was already dead, and Prince Zhuang Yunlu had no influence, and he was young and vigorous, and he was also in favor of the emperor's personal conquest, so at this time, the clans who spoke did not really have any special weight.

In this case, Yongzheng refuted them all, and even showed no mercy to some old ministers, he also suspected that his old fourteenth in Jingshan, thinking that the other party was doing something, so he specially sent an envoy to reprimand, but this reprimand did not matter, Yun Yu, who was already extremely frightened, was so directly scared to death.

For a while, rumors were rolling in Beijing, although many people did not dare to say it explicitly, but they thought in their hearts that there must be Yongzheng's handiwork in it, and Yunyu's death was inseparable from Yongzheng.

Yongzheng actually didn't do it this time, no matter how resentful he was, he would take one thing into account, that is, Yunyu is his brother with the same father and mother, and the relationship is even more special than other princes, if Yongzheng does it, I am afraid that his reputation in the future will be outrageous.

Therefore, Yun Yu's death was a little wrong at this time, and Yongzheng had no time to worry about it at the moment, because Ning Chu's Northern Expedition army had been gradually assembled on the south bank of the Yellow River, and it was possible to launch an attack across the river at any time.