Wu Zheng's answer, to everyone's ears, is indeed arrogant.

As the prince of Yu, Duoduo is almost equal to the princes of one side.

To put it mildly, he really has to be ruthless, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, I'm afraid even the imperial court can't restrain him.

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, Duoduo needs to be really ruthless.

But wars are mostly national wars, not personal vendettas, and almost no one will do this to abandon their great future and prominent position to take revenge on one or several people.

Even if Duoduo's left foot was indirectly destroyed by Wu Zheng.

Facing the whispers in the hall, Wu Zheng said calmly: "Now that the Qing court and our dynasty have temporarily ceased war, its main force is divided into three routes, one to the west into Shaanxi and Gansu, one to covet Sichuan, and the other to the south to Fujian and Guangdong. After all, there are few people in Jianlu, even if they add the troops from all over the country, the troops are also stretched, and now on the battlefield in Fujian, the Longwu Dynasty is going all out, and the Qing court urgently ordered Duoduo to go south to reinforce, at this time, what does he have to rely on to refuse my request? ”

When Wu Zheng said this, the whispering gradually subsided.

Qian Sule asked again: "But what if Duoduo just shouldn't, how should you deal with it?" ”

Wu Zheng smiled and said: "Then I will stay in Pinggang Cottage and not leave!" ”

It may seem like a joke, but it's evocative.

At least like Qian Sule and others, the taste is out of Wu's contention, the strong self-confidence.

This kind of self-confidence cannot be manifested unless it has been in the top position for a long time or is not powerful.

Yes, if you don't leave, what can you do with me?

I'm not leaving, you have to go.

But you can't go, it's mine to leave Shaoxing Mansion, do you dare to go?

If you don't dare to go, you have to come and beg me to go.

If you ask me, you must do as I will.

I don't ask for much, I just want to take hundreds of people, do you agree?

This is the real meaning expressed by Wu Zheng's simple sentence.

Just like yesterday, Wu Zheng ordered to kill more than ten imperial historians and officials in a row, and Qian Sule was furious and scolded Wu Zheng.

In fact, scolding doesn't hurt, I want to fight, but I don't have the ability; I want to take it, but I can't do it; If you want to punish the crime, I don't agree, what can you do to me?

Xiucai met soldiers, and it was unreasonable to say, since Wu Zheng stood among the military ministers, he never thought of becoming a literati again.

Soldiers are unreasonable, as a matter of course, both internally and externally, they have to follow my reasoning.

Qian Sule didn't ask anymore.

Zhang Huangyan said: "Dare to ask Jing Haihou, even if Duoduo compromises and agrees to the imperial court to leave the north, how to deal with it if he changes his mind on the way and gathers troops to attack?" ”

This question was on point, and Wu Zheng was also thinking about how to solve this problem.

There has never been a true commitment to oneself.

It's like Wu Zheng promised to leave in three days, but now he has to take advantage of Duoduo's predicament and make an additional request.

This is already a breach of trust.

But no one will accuse Wu Zheng of dishonesty, this is the fickleness of people's hearts.

There is no real right or wrong in the world, there are different positions, and there is a difference between right and wrong.

The same goes for agreements and covenants, both sides sign agreements not just to fulfill one party, if so, the agreement is like a piece of papyrus, not fart.

Only when both sides have demands, and an agreement reached after compromise is solid.

The duration of a truly stable agreement lies in the change of strength between the two sides after the signing of the agreement, and if it is balanced, the agreement will always be valid, and once the strength of one party rises or falls greatly, the agreement will still be scrapped, and there is no reason at all.

Therefore, if Duoduo turns his face and changes his hexagram, it is a reasonable thing, which has nothing to do with character, only about strength.

In other words, if Duoduo weighed the pros and cons and found that the benefits of annihilating and capturing these hundreds of officials and their families were much higher than the losses from restarting the war with Wu, then Duoduo would inevitably choose to encircle and annihilate.

But the problem is that Wu Zheng's strength is not in Pinggang Mountain, at least most of his strength is not here, and in the north of Hangzhou to the Yingtianfu area, the whip is beyond reach.

Seeing that Wu Zheng was silent, Zhang Huangyan turned to Zhu Yujiao and said, "Your Highness, to resolve this dilemma, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on the strength of the Ming army in Pinggang Mountain. The minister thought that it was necessary to gather at least 30,000 people in order to form a deterrent to the Qing army and prevent the Qing army from changing its mind halfway and launching an attack on our dynasty. ”

That's the truth, but it's even harder.

Even if the entire territory of Shaoxing Mansion is still in the hands of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will not be possible to recruit more than 10,000 new troops for a while, not to mention that now, at least seventy percent of the land has fallen, where to recruit more than 10,000 soldiers?

This is not that Zhang Huangyan is deliberately ugly, he just tore apart the appearance of everything and pointed out the essence of the problem, that is, if you want to do more than one hexagram, it is very simple, speak with strength.

Only with 30,000 troops to contain the 40,000 Qing army, then even if Duoduo wants to change his hexagram, he has to weigh whether the pay is proportional to the gain.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

This is simply an unsolvable problem, but everyone is unwilling, do they really want to take such a huge risk to go north?

This is not a part of the Ming army, but the entire imperial court, and there is no room for a trace of risk.

If something unbearable really happens, then the court will be served with a pot, and there will be no chance to turn over.

In this way, it is safer to stay in the cottage, after all, relying on the natural risk of the cottage is enough to support it for another year and a half.

Zhu Yujiao slowly turned her gaze to Wu Zheng, "Jinghai Hou has a way to deal with it?" ”

Wu Zheng was in a dilemma.

But looking at Zhu Yujiao's expectant eyes, Wu Zheng couldn't bear to refuse her.

At this time, Wu Zheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart.

He pondered for a moment and replied, "Back to Your Highness, there may be a way to deal with it." ”

Wu Zheng's words made everyone's eyes focus on him.

Zhu Yujiao's expression moved slightly, and she asked, "Jinghai waits to talk quickly." ”

"Since we can't gather enough people in a short period of time, we might as well do the opposite."

No one understood this.

Fortunately, Wu Zheng didn't want to pretend to be mysterious, "The worst result of this matter is that the Qing army changed its mind and suddenly launched an attack on our army." Then, as long as our military first thinks of a countermeasure, we may be able to solve this difficult problem. ”

"Assuming that the Qing army does attack our army in the middle of the road, then where will they choose to make a move?"

"The signing of the armistice treaty with the Qing court this time was extremely fast, and Duoduo concentrated all his efforts on attacking Pinggang Mountain, and did not have the energy and enough time to occupy the northwest of Shaoxing Prefecture, that is to say, the northwest of Puyang was still within the jurisdiction of our dynasty. It is too close to Pinggang Mountain, then our army will immediately send reinforcements, and if the distance is too far, it will enter the sphere of influence of our dynasty, and Duoduo will also have to guard against the Ming army stationed in Hangzhou to cross the river to respond. Therefore, in the minister's mind, the only eligible area is the area from the Three Realms to Shengxian County. ”