When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he still said helplessly: "Then let's take a look at the Zhao'an situation on Mr.'s side first!" ”

When Min Hongxue heard this, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, now that Xiao Yuanying's thieves are in full swing, the possibility of being able to really recruit security is probably even smaller than that of Jianyu entering the customs." For the sake of stability, Weichen thought that it was better to prepare with both hands! ”

In fact, the implication is that the possibility of really recruiting the thieves is very small, so don't count on it.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little more confident than Min Hongxue, after all, he had heard Zhang Mingwei say something about Xiao Yuanying. However, Min Hongxue's argument is not unreasonable.

Zhao'an's matter, now there is no eyebrows at all, if you just hope for this, in case Zhao'an fails, it will really be very passive.

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen was a little moved.

Seeing this, Min Hongxue, who had been watching him, immediately played to him: "Your Majesty, it is better to go to the governor of Zhishan Yong and let him prepare the soldiers and horses first, so that if the move fails, he will not be caught off guard." Although it will delay the defense of Jizhen's frontline, Weichen still feels that it is necessary. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a long time, and then finally nodded, and was about to speak, but when he heard the inner attendant report: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Xingguo is here." ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised, didn't Mr. go to be busy with the matter of Zhao'an, why did he enter the palace again so quickly, it is impossible to have an eyebrow about Zhao'an, right?

Although he didn't think it was possible, he immediately summoned him.

"Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, the matter of Zhao'an has eyebrows!" As soon as Zhang Mingwei saw Emperor Chongzhen, he smiled and said.

"......" Emperor Chongzhen was dumbfounded when he heard it, what did he want, is this true?

Min Hongxue listened, but frowned, and then reminded: "Guogong is young, this matter of recruiting security involves military affairs, and if you are not careful, the consequences will be very serious, and it is not comparable to other things." ”

He is already in his seventies, and he has never seen a young man in his twenties in the court. Except, of course, the emperor.

After the recovery, he had little contact with Zhang Mingwei. Although I have heard about Zhang Mingwei's previous events, those are not military affairs.

Even if Zhang Mingwei led his troops to exterminate the thieves in Fangshan County, it was a knife to kill chickens, and now this kind of thing with hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn is completely different things.

Therefore, in military affairs, Zhang Mingwei has not yet been able to convince him. At this age, he had enough reason to suspect that Zhang Mingwei did not understand the seriousness of the military matter, so he had this reminder.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he nodded, agreed with Min Hongxue's statement, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the people from Xiao Yuanying are coming to me!" ”

"What?" When Emperor Chongzhen and Min Hongxue heard this, they were immediately surprised. They never imagined that such a thing would happen.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he knew that he was not specific enough, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "When I led my troops to Fangshan County to suppress the thieves, I first sent someone over to inquire about the news, so that incident had twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, after I came back, I sent a family member in the house to join Li Zicheng's department as a secret agent, so that I could use it in the future......"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, he heard Zhu Yujiao mention this matter to her. Seriously, he forgot about it when he heard it, thinking that there was such a good thing, and it was more likely to die halfway.

“…… I didn't expect him to be intercepted by Xiao Yuanying halfway, because he was a scholar, and his conversation convinced Yuan Shizhong and became the military advisor of Xiao Yuanying......"

Emperor Chongzhen was dumbfounded when he heard this, he was so lucky?

“…… Then Yuan Shizhong and Li Zicheng and other thieves couldn't get along, so they wanted to go to Zhang Xianzhong, but they heard my reputation halfway, so they changed to the north under the persuasion of my family, and sent my family Ding and one of his cousins to Beijing, wanting to see if there was any possibility of being recruited......"

Min Hongxue on the side was dumbfounded when he heard this, there was such a good thing, is this not the end of the Ming Dynasty?

However, with his age and his experience, after the initial shock, when he came back to his senses, he realized that it was entirely the credit of the national prince. Take precautions, and sure enough, there is an amazing harvest!

Thinking of this, Min Hongxue was a little surprised. looked at Zhang Mingwei again, as if he found that although Guogong was only in his twenties, he had a calmness that this age group did not have!

It seems that for the national prince, it is really impossible to reason with the usual!

In fact, Zhang Mingwei has always been like this, but his own mentality has changed.

Although he hadn't finished listening yet, Emperor Chongzhen's face already had a smile, listening to Zhang Mingwei relay the deeds of Xiao Yuanying, although it was not as exaggerated as Mr. saw in later generations, but it would not be much different. He knew that there was a great possibility of success in Zhao'an. In this way, the situation will be in favor of the imperial court!

As soon as Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but praise him: "Mr. is really my lucky star!" ”

No, I was climbing the mountain well, and as soon as my foot slipped, I fell in front of you. If it's not your lucky star, then there are ghosts!

Zhang Mingwei thought so in his heart, so he smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, time is pressing, I don't think I will go out of Beijing at sunset, recruit this little Yuan camp as soon as possible, so that I can deal with Zuo Liangyu's troops and relieve the siege of Feng as soon as possible!" ”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen just wanted to nod, but he immediately shook his head and said, "Sir can't afford to lose, I will send others to go." ”

Speaking of which, he saw Min Hongxue and said; "It's up to Min Qing to recruit An, and then lead the army to exterminate Zuo Liangyu's department, and then lift the siege of Feng!"

That Zuo Liangyu even dared to shout the words "Qingjun side", is it really easy for me to deceive?

"......" Min Hongxue was speechless, what the emperor meant by this is that the life of the prince is life, and my life is not life?

But this was just a little complaint in his heart, and he immediately replied: "The old minister has the order!" ”

When Zhang Mingwei saw it, he didn't expect this to be the case, so he wanted to speak.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he said to him: "Give ten more little Yuan camps, and I will not ignore the safety of Mr.!" This matter is so decided! ”

"......" Zhang Mingwei's already open mouth became an "O" shape, and he couldn't speak.

He can understand that because of his special background and how much help he has given to Emperor Chongzhen, this has been proven. It is not particularly strange for Emperor Chongzhen to say such things, this should be related to the relationship between men and women...... No, it has nothing to do with other friendships or anything like that.

Turning his head to look at Min Hongxue, he is so old, and he must have a lot of experience in dealing with these things. He not only led the troops to quell the Tusi rebellion on the Yungui side, but also after the rebellion was suppressed, he changed the land and returned to the stream, implemented Sinicization education and other measures, all of which were very good.

With him coming forward, and the identity of the secretary of the Ministry of War, he should also be able to recruit Xiao Yuanying.

Thinking like this, although Zhang Mingwei's heart actually wants to lead the troops out to fight. But if you think about it, forget it. It's not that I'm afraid of death, but now it's two years before the Ming Dynasty fell to the country, and after my own hard work, the situation has changed slightly, but we must not give up all our efforts!

The most important thing is that Emperor Chongzhen was very resolute this time, and he made a decision directly, and Min Hongxue also received the order.

So, the matter was settled.

Zhang Mingwei was in Beijing, and began to plan a wealthy man who was far away in Fujian, and by the way, he also had to reply to the prince and tell him what to do, and he also had important things to be busy with.

On the other hand, Min Hongxue led the Beijing camp, which had only been formed recently, with a total of 20,000 horses, out of Beijing and headed for Baoding.

………………

In the city of Zhendingfu in Beizhili, the flames soared into the sky, and there were cries and wails everywhere. Soldiers dressed in official uniforms were plundering the city.

At the head of the city, an official in a big red scarlet robe, looking at all this in the city, frowned and said to a nearly fifty-year-old veteran beside him: "Is this too much? If you don't open the city gate, you will kill the prefect. How can we be stationed here with such a burn? ”

When the veteran heard this, he didn't think so, looked at the chaos in the city, and said casually: "My lord, I don't know the difficulty of leading troops!" Now that the imperial court doesn't give Yulu, and it has to raise so many soldiers, if they are allowed to drink the northwest wind, who will follow me? ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the civil official, and then emphasized: "There are not enough troops, and with the will of the imperial court, we will be tied up in the execution ground and killed!" No, maybe it's still all over the house, or maybe it's the Nine Clans? ”

Although he was talking about such a terrible crime, his face was not panicked at all.

When the civil official heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and then said hatefully: "Rebel, rebel! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an excited voice respond, "Is Daddy looking for me?" ”

When the civil official heard the sound, he saw a few people coming up from the side of the horse wall. The one at the head was the posterior of brocade, and behind him, there was a group of family members, carrying several young women.

At first sight, the civil official was so angry that he pointed his finger at him, opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't speak.

The brocade-clothed posterior didn't care at all, but said to the veteran: "Dashuai, this is really enjoyable, if you see someone wrong, you will kill it with a knife; It's really nice to see which one is beautiful and grab it directly! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the few women behind him and said, "I picked a few good ones and sent them to my father and Dashuai." ”

"You ......" the civil official trembled with anger.

On the contrary, the veteran laughed and said: "Hou Gongzi is true temperament, not bad, not bad!" ”

This Hou Gongzi is Hou Fangxia who sold Guide Mansion. Needless to say, the civil official is Hou Sui, and the military general is Zuo Liangyu.

"I'm going to find Brother Menggeng, he grabbed it faster than me!" After Hou Fangxia finished speaking, he asked the family to leave the women, and hurried down to the city again.

Hou Sui looked at this scene, didn't come over in one breath, and almost fainted.

As far as his original intention is concerned, he actually didn't think about rebellion. It was all dragged down by this rebel that he came to this point.

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