Zhu Dadian immediately replied: "According to the report of Zhang Boyi and Wang Zhiren, Jianyu is definitely out of the empty country this time, even if there are not 100,000, there are 80,000 or 90,000 people, and the regent of the Qing Kingdom, Dolgon, personally led his troops to the south, so Weichen estimates that the number of Jianyu Nan will not be less than 100,000. ”

And Zhang Guowei on the side also replied very clearly: "Jianyu is coming from the empty country, since the enemy is expected to be lenient, there should be more than 100,000, Jingkou Town must go north as soon as possible, if it drags on for too long, I am afraid the situation will change!" ”

Last year, when Dordor marched south, there were almost 80,000 people when he set out from Guide, but all the way south was overwhelming, and now Dolgon has collected all the troops that can be scavenged to form such an army.

Among the armies in Jiangbei, Zhang Boyi, the strongest, has only more than 20 battalions, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Huangyan have only more than 10 battalions, and Wang Puxiang in Linhuai Pass has only six battalions.

Therefore, the 6,000 people of Zhou Zhisheng went north became the best choice, but Empress Changping still said very seriously: "Since there are 100,000 people in Jianyu, then Zhou Zhisheng's 6,000 people alone are not enough to turn the tide!" ”

Zhang Guowei was anxious when he heard Empress Changping say this: "Niangniang, Jingkou Town must go north immediately, otherwise the loss of Xuzhou is unimaginable." ”

Although Zhang Boyi's performance so far can not find any fault, and he also has a very good historical performance in the battle of Huzhou, and even carried out large-scale mobilization in advance, but after all, he only has more than 20 battalions in his hands, and he has already suffered losses in the early stage, and it is really unknown how long he can hold out in the face of the Qing army's attack by the whole country.

If Xuzhou is lost, then there is no need to count on Wang Zhiren of Huai'an, and the situation in Jiangbei will completely deteriorate after Xu Huai is lost one after another, but Empress Changping's opinion is different from that of Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei, she turned around and asked Wu Shengzhao: "General Wu, how many soldiers and horses can you transfer out without affecting the garrison of Nanjing?" ”

Wu Shengzhao didn't expect Empress Changping to ask such a question, and then it took a while to react: "Niangniang, Weichen can transfer up to four battalions of soldiers and horses here!" ”

Empress Changping said very solemnly: "Four battalions of soldiers and horses are enough, I should be able to recruit four or five more battalions of volunteers as soon as I ascend to the heights!" ”

If Jin Shengheng, the commander-in-chief of the General's Mansion who had just arrived in Nanjing, didn't know what was happening now, Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei, the two ministers, were all in unison: "Please take back your life, the sword and gun have no eyes, you are the blood of the heavenly family, you must not take such a risk!" ”

Empress Changping has already decided: "In August last year, the palace personally led the army across the river to finally recover Hangzhou, and the cause of Zhongxing was completely victorious. ”

Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian have a hundred kinds of reasons and a thousand reasons, after all, in August last year, the Yue Ming Dynasty was just a small court, and even the grass platform team could only be used to describe the situation at that time.

But now that the imperial court has established the country, the situation in the southeast is very good, and there is no need for Princess Changping to cross the river at great risk to fight the Qing army in the south, but I don't know why, Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian were speechless with excitement when they saw the holy Empress Changping.

Deep down, they even felt that Empress Changping was right, it was only half a year before the Battle of Hangzhou, and the situation at that time was urgent, but the current situation was also extremely critical.

Last year, if there was no Empress Zhang and Empress Changping to cross the river in person, the situation at that time may be unimaginable, after all, the Qing army once occupied the initiative on the battlefield in Zhejiang, especially Empress Changping led the army to cross the river can be said to be a stroke of genius, if there is no Empress Changping's divine soldiers descending from the sky, Hangzhou will never be recovered so quickly.

And now the situation faced by the Yue Ming Dynasty is also extremely critical, the Jianghuai army except for Zhou Zhisheng has been put into battle, but the situation is still developing in a very unfavorable direction for the Yue Ming army, as long as there is a slight mistake can be a devastating defeat, in this case the Empress Changping crossed the river to conquer in person, even if she only brought four or five battalions of reinforcements will change the situation in Jiangbei.

After making this clear, Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian knelt down, and then several important ministers at the meeting knelt down, and Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei both said very seriously: "Please Holy Virgin!" ”

The Virgin Mother in their mouths is naturally not Queen Changping, but "Empress Zhang of the Ming Dynasty Yingtian Prison State Bingzheng Yi'an Empress", from the beginning of Jinhua Prison Country, this Ying Tian Empress has a supreme position in the court of the Chengtian Dynasty, this time it is also this Empress Zhang who is really responsible for staying in Nanjing.

And when Empress Zhang heard this, she sighed: "Since Empress Changping is ready to cross the river to the north in person, who can stop her?" And His Majesty also talked to me about this matter before leaving Beijing, he said that it is up to her to do whatever Empress Changping likes, but she must ensure that Empress Changping is foolproof, after all, this is the blood of the Heavenly Family! ”

Although Liu Yongxi's two demands seem to be fundamentally conflicting, everyone has understood that Empress Changping's personal conquest is to act as a mascot in a sense, and Liu Yongxi's request is to make her a mascot instead of really fighting on the front line.

But for the front-line troops, the fact that Empress Changping is enough is enough to boost their morale, just like the reason why the Qing army's southern expedition is very extraordinary, a big reason is because of Dolgon's personal expedition, and even the defeated generals like Duoduo and Haoge have also tied with Zhang Boyi because of Dolgon's personal morale.

But after Empress Changping decided to go on a personal expedition, the important ministers present felt that the situation would change dramatically again, and the Yue Ming army that rushed to the north was not only more than 6,000 people in Zhou Zhisheng's two brigades and ten battalions, but also tens of thousands of troops led by Empress Changping, so Wu Shengzhao was the first to react: "Niangniang, I can draw three more battalions!" ”

And Empress Changping smiled slightly: "Two battalions are enough, now our troops going north are not two brigades but four brigades, the situation will be completely different, you can rest assured, I will listen to your arrangements when the river is crossed!" ”

But Empress Zhang felt that Empress Changping at this moment had really grown up.

She even hoped that the candidate for this expedition to cross the river was herself, but since Liu Yongxi entrusted the whole of Nanjing to her, she naturally couldn't be so willful.

And Liu Yongxi didn't expect his opponent to be so fast, he only stayed in Nanchang for two or three days, and the Huguang battlefield underwent such a huge change: "The western thief Zhang Xianzhong has really arrived in Yiling?" ”

Houze Hou Tian Jianxiu said without hesitation: "The front-line soldiers have already seen the puppet emperor banner of the Western Thief Zhang Xianzhong, the Western Thief is preparing to eat all of our loyal battalion this time, and He Tengjiao also attacked Wuchang when our army was unprepared!" ”

Liu Yongxi had already heard Tian Jianxiu introduce He Tengjiao's situation, and immediately laughed: "Since Empress Fengtian said that as long as Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai are not coerced, they should be able to deal with it, then we always have a way to deal with He Tengjiao, and the key is still on the Daxi thief and Jianyu!" ”

Although Azig has taken the initiative to withdraw from Wuchang, Liu Yongxi knows very well that the main force of Azig still exists, and its strength is not even weaker than the main force of the Qing army that launched a southern expedition in the direction of Jianghuai.

And Tian Jianxiu immediately replied: "Empress Fengtian really said so, Your Majesty and Empress Fengtian see the same thing, and now the biggest enemy of the country is still Jianyu!" ”

Although it is now a situation of attacking the Loyal Battalion and the Chengtian Dynasty in three ways, Tian Jianxiu's views are similar to those of Empress Gao, and they all think that He Tengjiao in Hunan is not a big problem unless Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jin are invited out.

The real enemy is still the big western thief Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army Azig department, but between Zhang Xianzhong and Azig two strong enemies, Tian Jianxiu's views are completely consistent with Liu Yongxi, Azig is the real enemy, although Zhang Xianzhong is still attacking, but as long as the Yue Ming army led by Liu Yongxi arrives in Huguang, there is a solution.

But Azig and the Qing army are too terrible, Tian Jianxiu has a personal experience of this, starting from Shanhaiguan, the Dashun army is all the way to defeat and keep defeating, and the Qing army pursues and kills the Dashun army all the way through most of China.

On these thousands of miles of escape, except for the Battle of Huaiqing, the Dashun Army could not find a real victory, and even the Battle of Northern Shaanxi of Li Guo and Gao Yigong only achieved some tactical victories.

If it weren't for the canonization of the Chengtian Dynasty, I'm afraid that the Loyal Battalion would still not be able to find a foothold.

And the reason why Azig gave up Wuchang is also very sinister, they are retreating as advance, preparing to use Huguang as bait to attract the Dashun army, He Tengjiao and the Great Western Army to kill each other, and now that Azig's goal has been achieved, then Azig will take advantage of the cannibalism of the three parties to go south again when the cannibalism of the three parties is at its most intense.

Therefore, Tian Jianxiu put forward his own suggestion: "Now in addition to Your Majesty recovering Wuchang as soon as possible, the key is to prepare an elite army to deal with Azig and go south again!" ”

Liu Yongxi felt that Tian Jianxiu was indeed an old opinion, but the problem now was that the Qing army had launched an offensive on the Jianghuai side, although he did not know how many troops the Qing army had invested in the Jianghuai battlefield, but after solving the Huguang war, the main force of the Yue Ming army must return to Jiangnan as soon as possible.

In this situation, a mobile corps that was enough to cope with the Azig army going south again became a difficult cook for a clever woman, and Liu Yongxi immediately asked: "Hou Zehou, how much do you know about Zhang Xianzhong, a thief?" ”