Under the twilight, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo in the east of Puzhou City led thousands of cavalry to camp away, and at the same time, more than ten Dongchang fans in the south of the city escorted Zhu Cunji and his party towards the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain in the south.

In the county government in the city, Chunxiang, who had been exhausted all the way, was not sleepy, drinking alone with candles in the lobby, and Zhu Cunji's iron box was placed on the table at hand.

The subordinate on duty outside the door said with concern: "Head, you can rest first, and I will call you when I come back."

Chunxiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm in a good mood today, I want to drink more" said and drank it all.

In the middle of the night, Chunxiang was already drunk and hazy in the lobby, and suddenly a spirit looked outside the room, and more than ten fans escorting Zhu Cunji in the courtyard had returned.

"Clean?" Chunxiang asked.

The first person nodded: "The stone sinking river is very clean."

Chunxiang exhaled, the Yellow River carp is fat! As he spoke, he took some silver and waved it to a few of his subordinates to disperse, turned his head and glanced at the iron box next to him, raised his hand and knocked on it a few times: "Big brother, is the pot on your body lighter?"

In the Forbidden City, the atmosphere is very depressing.

It was the middle of summer, and the plague was rising again, which made the people in the capital panic, and the court was anxious but had no plan for a while, so it could only increase efforts to control hygiene.

However, the thing that added fuel to the fire of the imperial court came again.

Almost at the same time that Gao Jie and others received the military order, several horsemen in the southeast of the imperial capital galloped straight to Zuo'anmen, and the city gate guards were just about to stop them, and immediately people scolded, get out, Dongchang reported urgently, and rushed into the city gate with a whoosh, causing pedestrians to scold.

Eight hundred miles of urgency, all the way to change more than ten groups of people, Chang Yu from Qingzhou sent an urgent report finally sent to the capital, Fanzi entered the city and went straight to the palace, and soon sent to Emperor Chongzhen.

The emperor's heart was shocked, and he urgently summoned the cabinet ministers into the palace to discuss.

The ministers were all shocked when they read it carefully, and their expressions were heavy and no one made a sound.

"Zhongqing is talking" Emperor Chongzhen stared at the first assistant Li Banghua and clapped his hands anxiously, Chang Yu hurriedly came to report that he had no way to be the master, and wanted the court to make decisions, but they only frowned and didn't speak, what did they want to do, could it be that they were afraid of being responsible, what was the difference between that and the gang of goods that were taken down.

"Your Majesty, the Tartar trick is extremely vicious, the old minister suggests that people be released to make peace" Li Banghua sighed, at the moment, we can't afford to toss it, if we really force the Tartar fish to die and break the net, at most it will hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred!

Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, the Qing army entered the customs five times in more than ten years, and every time he was free as if he was visiting his own backyard, the resentment of these many years became more and more serious, but he was weak and weak, but he couldn't do it, but this time he was chased by Chang Yu all the way for thousands of miles, and he was defeated in Qingzhou City and wanted to escape.

How can he not hate, how can he be willing!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's better to give it a fight with the Tartars, even if you lose 800 yourself, you can also hurt the enemy 1,000" At this time, a voice sounded, and everyone turned their heads in surprise to see that Gong Yonggu, a horse with no soldiers, no power, and no officials.

"Nonsense!" The second assistant Wu Fu reprimanded: "The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil at this time, and the people are already struggling to survive when they are just attacked by thieves. ”

That is, that is, everyone agreed.

Gong Yonggu's expression was firm and unmoved: "Have you ever forgotten why Dolgon entered the customs this time, and why he only led 30,000 soldiers and horses into the customs?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and didn't know why he said this, but they all knew the reason why the Qing army entered the customs this time, that is, Dolgon was defeated in Ningyuan outside the pass, and in order to stabilize the position of the DPRK and China, he made a desperate bet to enter the customs to collect capital.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Gong Yonggu continued: "Ning Yuan has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Great War Tartars, but this time he only led 30,000 to enter the customs, which shows that this is the only old book left of Dolgon. ”

These words were loud, and Emperor Chongzhen, who listened to it, was excited, but Wu Fu said angrily: "You only know that the vitality of the Tartars who fight is greatly damaged, have you ever thought about how much price we have to pay, the Tartars are invincible, advance and retreat like the wind, if their troops enter the hinterland, burn and kill all the way......"

"Lord Jifu, dare to ask us what else Daming has to hurt? What else can't be let go of the broken down so far, Dolgon can break the cauldron and lead 30,000 soldiers and horses into the pass, we don't have the courage to give it a go" Gong Yonggu's voice raised: "Besides, Chang Yu can chase thousands of miles from the capital and kill nearly 10,000 enemies, forcing the Tartars to make this decision, it can be seen that Dolgon is also panicking."

Wu Fu snorted silently, and Gong Yonggu said to Emperor Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, Chang Yu has nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses on hand, as long as he encloses the Tartars in a range, even if he wants to do evil, he may not be able to do so. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's heart was moved, and sure enough, his confidant Mo Ruogong Yonggu was a little friend, as he said, Daming has now been ruined like this, and there are no worries, it is better to let it go and cripple it.

Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Jiayan, the governor of Beijing, also believed: Let it be better to do it! In addition to the reasons that Gong Yonggu said, the two of them also have a guess, will Dolgon really break the net with Ming Tingyu at any cost?

He is the regent of the Qing Dynasty, and it took him a long time to ascend to the throne, so he really gave up this hard-won power and lost both with the Ming Dynasty? If he is really injured and returns to the outside of the gate, he must not be directly put into the prison and beheaded by the whole family, you must know that the losing side of the struggle for power is bound to die, when Dolgon and Haorge fought for the throne, the second son of the Daishan family, Shuo and his grandson Adali, were executed only because of the problem of standing in line, and they were so powerful!

"Hit! Better a finger off than always aching! "Emperor Chongzhen's case, if you give up and leave safely this time, there will be no peace in the future, come to visit once every few months, who the hell will suffer, it is better to break his leg this time, see if he is still sneering.

After the words of Gong Yonggu, Shi Kefa and Wang Jiayan of the main battle faction, the main and faction of the second assistant Wu Fu was also relieved, and the hall was slightly noisy, and the first assistant Li Banghua's original frowning brows were also relaxed, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, so he bowed his hand around: "Everyone, you are quiet for a while, and let the old man say something."

Everyone quieted down, and Li Banghua coughed lightly and looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, do you think Chang Yu wants to fight or peace?" ”

Forehead? Chongzhen was stunned, and the ministers also raised their eyebrows, but then they all thought of something.

Chang Yu is on the front line of the overseer, no one here understands the situation better than him, and he has always been resourceful, and everyone can see through the situation, can he think of the way he can see through it?

Absolutely impossible!

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and smiled bitterly, and blurted out: "This kid! ”

"It's time to fight and Chang Yu already know in his heart, he just wants a license from the imperial court" Li Banghua laughed: "Your Majesty, it's better for us to sit back and wait for good news, and too much interference will be suspicious."

All the ministers felt that what Li Banghua said was reasonable, although many people criticized Chang Yu, but he recognized his military talent very much, no one dared or wanted to come out at this critical time, if it was okay to win, if there was a leak, then it would be with the little eunuch to take the blame.

Including Emperor Chongzhen is also thinking about this, in a word, you are allowed to be the master of the whole power, if you win, you will be meritorious, and if you pass, you will be blamed.

How comfortable it is to be a hands-off shopkeeper yourself.

As the sun set, several fast horses galloped out of Andingmen and disappeared into the twilight.