After they came in, they saw three people sitting in the Shuai Hall, the first one was naturally the emperor himself, and the people sitting opposite each other on the left and right were the scholars of the East Pavilion University and the secretary of the military department, Du Yinxi, and Hong Chengchou, who walked in the inner court.

The people who came were the seal of the dragon and tiger generals, Gao Bizheng, the main general of the Nanjing Beicheng troops, and Jiao Lian, the main general of the Nanjing siege force in the east city, Zheng Chenggong, the southeast commander of the Nanjing siege force, and Li Yuanyin, the chief general of the Nanjing siege force in the south city.

All the commanders of the Ming army in the Battle of Nanjing gathered here today, and as for the theme of the meeting, probably only a few people sitting in the handsome hall know.

The left and right have retreated, only Tianlang and the six generals have a secret meeting again, Tianlang waited for everyone to sit down, and then took another sip of tea, before he spoke: "Today to be able to gather with all the generals on the battlefield to recover the old capital, is one of the great things in my life, for how to fight this battle, I also ask the generals to speak freely, I hope you will not hide it." ”

After Tianlang finished speaking, he looked around, and after a moment of silence, Du Yinxi was the first to get up, "Long live, colleagues, the first emperor was martyred in the past, seven years have passed since then, I am a courtier, seeing the overthrow of the family and the country, and the dust of the monarch's father and unable to be loyal, I am really ashamed of the temple, the people of Li, and every time I think of this, I am even more ashamed." ”

Everyone listened attentively, and Du Yinxi paused, and then said:

"Rely on the heavens to take care of the ancestors of the saints of the Ming Dynasty, protect the life of the common people in the world, send the sage son of heaven to China, and entrust the true dragon to save the Han dynasty with rain, dew, wind and thunder, and cleanse the harm of tigers and wolves.

Maybe Plugging Yinxi's words is just the opening remarks of throwing bricks and jade, not much nutrition, and it is not the answer that Tianlang wants.

He didn't tell Tianlang how to fight this battle, but the national shame and ideals became a call he used to mobilize the generals. And what about an army with confidence and combat effectiveness?

Such a team no longer fears any enemy in the world, and they only believe that victory is inevitable. The blood of these generals has begun to warm, and the heartbeat has gradually accelerated, and the Ming army has been waiting for a year for the clarion call to attack Nanjing.

The glory of recovering the old capital will become the most dazzling memory in their hearts, and they are happy and excited to see that there are many comrades-in-arms who also share the same pursuit and honor around them.

Perhaps for today's Ming Dynasty, the strength and self-confidence of the past years have gradually recovered, so Plug Yinxi said or not, the day of recovering Nanjing can be expected, and there can be such an emperor who bravely leads everyone to revive the country, such as Plug Yinxi, such a person with feelings, will no longer be lonely in this life.

Seeing that the generals had been lifted by Yin Xi, Tian Lang smiled and said: "Hehehe, in this case, we have asked Hong Gong to make a military deployment for us to attack Nanjing." ”

Hearing Tianlang call that person's name, the generals didn't feel weird, after all, no one in the ranks here knew more about the defense of Nanjing City than Hong Chengchou.

When waiting for Hong Chengchou to speak, everyone's eyes were more expectant and trusting, which finally calmed down Hong Chengchou's nervous heart, who had not been able to integrate into this inner circle for the time being.

For him, in fact, this sense of belonging and identity is what he desires more than his military exploits.

He was more moved by the recognition of his comrades-in-arms than the forgiveness he received when he met his mother Fu and younger brother Hong Chengjian a few days ago.

It is said that a few years ago, the Qing Dynasty had just won the championship, and Hong Chengchou, who guided the country, became famous, so he welcomed his mother Fu to Beijing, hoping to fulfill his filial piety.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his mother arrived home, she was beaten with a cane and Hong Chengchou was dizzy, and Fu scolded: "I'm a person who is about to enter the ground, and you, a son of evil, even let me come to the banner to be an old mother for those sons and grandsons of different races!" I knew I shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place! ”

It is said that Hong Chengchou is a phoenix man, his family has been poor since he was a child, and his mother Fu Shi has been running around for a living when she was young, and she has also suffered a lot.

Hong Chengchou is almost fifty years old, and he originally took his mother into Beijing to enjoy happiness, but he was beaten by his mother.

In Fu's opinion, her son treasoned and defected to the enemy, and she was ashamed and depressed. Obviously not, but when you enter the palace as a wife, you have to call yourself a slave.

But for the simple and upright Fu Shi at heart, this is an insult to her, she can bow down to serve her in-laws and husband, and she can't be a slave and a maid.

So she got angry, beat her son and scolded her happily, and went back to her hometown without looking back, leaving Hong Chengchou alone in the wind.

In fact, Fu's reason or excuse is still very sufficient, there is a rule of etiquette in the Qing court, that is, the female dependents of important ministers in the court need to take turns to serve the queen mother in the palace on a regular basis, in order to show the loyalty of the courtiers and the closeness between the monarch and the minister.

Hong Chengchou became a courtier of the Qing court, but his mother Fu did not think that she was a slave of the Qing court, and the old man came to Beijing from Fujian Province in order to teach this disloyal and unfilial son a hard lesson, and then left in a dashing manner, not taking a cloud with him.

His younger brother Hong Chengjian also persuaded him to change his mind and stop being a thief of the Han family, and he was almost retaliated against by the Qing court and almost died.

But when Hong Chengchou sincerely repented, standing in the handsome hall with only a few people, he finally understood his mother's original intention and his younger brother's persistence.

Born as a human being, his own achievements may not be praised, and when he pays for the nation and the world, the sense of achievement is the most satisfying.

Perhaps Hong Chengchou, who was standing in front of Tianlang at this moment, finally understood what he needed in his life as a son of the Han family, and what loyalty and filial piety meant.

When his prodigal son turned back, no one despised him, the emperor also valued and trusted him, and even his mother and brother forgave him.

And the year of the establishment of Lord Hong, resolutely stood up, without hesitation, he led the generals to the sand table, the self-confidence and recognition after belonging is what he can not hope for in the northern court, no matter how many high-ranking officials can not shorten the distance between the hearts of different races.

He pointed to the sand table and said: "Your Majesty, generals, military affairs are urgent, Hong will only talk about war strategy today." ”

Tianlang motioned for him to speak freely.

"Thanks to the emperor's eloquence, our army has been using Nanjing as a bait to encircle and send reinforcements, resulting in the loss of 100,000 elites near Nanjing, and today our army has burned half of North China and the entire Central Plains, so that the Qing army can not take care of each other."

(End of chapter)