Now Daming is staring at Anqing Mansion up and down.

If Zhang Xianzhong breaks through Anqing Mansion, then entering Nanjing will be a prosperous place such as Pingchuan, Suzhou, and Yangzhou, which will be ravaged by the Liukou.

This kind of scene makes people shudder just thinking about it.

The most nervous thing is Emperor Chongzhen, who held a pre-imperial meeting and court meeting uninterruptedly, asked about the progress, and ordered Zhang Xianzhong to be eliminated as soon as possible.

Zhou Zheng and Yang Sichang almost didn't return home in the military department, which was the military intelligence center of the Ming Dynasty, running day and night.

In January, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa and Ma Yi arrived and fought against Zhang Xianzhong under the city of Anqing.

The two sides fought more than once, and each other won and lost.

With the continuous arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong could not take Anqing and had to retreat.

Zuo Liangyu and Shi Kefa allied forces to pursue and defeated Zhang Xianzhong at Fengxiangyi, Zhang Xianzhong fled north to the Lujiang River, wanting to continue north to Henan.

As a result, Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Lujiang, had been waiting for a long time, and Zhang Xianzhong could only retreat after being sniped and hid in the hidden mountain.

Zhang Guowei, the governor of Anqing, was still uneasy, and ordered Zuo Liangyu to search the mountain and completely eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, and Zuo Liangyu asked for military salaries, but Zhang Guowei couldn't get it, Zuo Liangyu was angry, and connived at the soldiers to loot the prefecture and county, and robbed women, but he didn't attack the mountain, and finally let Zhang Xianzhong escape.

Zhang Xianzhong then broke the Ming army in Taihu Lake in March, defeated Shi Kefa's reinforcements, and beheaded two soldiers in the sixteen counties of Lianke four prefectures near Taihu Lake, which made Nanzhili panic all day.

Emperor Chongzhen was naturally furious and ordered troops to march into various places to suppress bandits.

At this time, Yang Sichang was in the Qianqing Palace and officially presented the 'Four Positive and Six Corner Strategies' to Emperor Chongzhen.

The so-called 'Four Positive and Six Corner Strategies' is based on the officials of Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei as the four positives, and the four governors are divided into separate and special defenses; With Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan as the six corners, the six governors divided the defense and assisted in the suppression. The four positive and six corners are combined into a ten-sided net. The Governor-General and the Prime Minister's second ministers are dedicated to solicitation.

That is to say, the verbal 'ten-sided net' is a general strategy for suppressing bandits.

Zhou Zheng, as the squire of the military department, stood beside Yang Sichang, as he said to Yang Sichang, the military department did not have a second voice, so he naturally supported Yang Sichang in front of Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang asked and answered for a long time, and finally Chongzhen patted his leg and exclaimed: "I hate to use Qingwan!" ”

Subsequently, Yang Sichang said the method of raising salaries, Chongzhen was worried about Zhang Xianzhong's affairs in Nanzhili, how could it not be allowed, almost Yang Sichang's request was allowed, and he issued an order on the same day to encourage Yang Sichang's army to conquer the Liukou.

With the support of Emperor Chongzhen, Yang Sichang began to make drastic preparations, while dispatching troops at all levels, began to formally implement his encirclement and suppression strategy, and at the same time called Chen Xinjia, Lu Xiangsheng and other important support of the prime minister, governor, and governor into Beijing to carefully discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Zheng, as a squire of the military department, naturally couldn't leave it aside, and at the request of Yang Sichang, he joined in and planned various strategies and tactics.

The military department is busy in full swing, but the imperial court is different.

In less than April, the superintendent of the imperial history Fu Chaoyou suddenly wrote a letter to impeach Wen Tiren for six crimes: offending the Son of Heaven; offended by the ancestors; sinned against heaven and earth; offended by the feudal territory; offended by the sages; Offend the mind.

For this kind of empty mouth and white teeth, and there is no evidence to climb the accusation, even if Emperor Chongzhen is disgusted with Wen Tiren, he still sent Fu Chaoyou to prison for punishment.

This is like some kind of signal, Fu Chaoyou was imprisoned, but instead of curbing the storm of impeachment of Wen Tiren, it added fuel to the fire, and the impeachment storm became more and more intense.

Yang Sichang didn't care about this, and met Lu Xiangsheng in Beijing at the military headquarters.

Zhou Zheng naturally sat with him, and the three of them talked and laughed.

After skipping the foreplay, Yang Sichang put down the teacup, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Jiandou, your army must take Suiyuan as soon as possible, control the area of the Great Wall, from north to south!" ”

Jiandou, Lu Xiangsheng's word.

Lu Xiangsheng already knew Yang Sichang's plan, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials have already mobilized and prepared, regardless of the behind, take Suiyuan, and it will be able in half a month!" ”

Yang Sichang has no doubts about Lu Xiangsheng's ability, but unfortunately, this is not his person, that is, he will use him when he has no choice.

Yang Sichang didn't say these words, and talked about his plan in detail.

'Four positive and six corner strategies', all the soldiers and horses only care about their set goals, and don't care about anything else, so it is naturally easy to do.

Lu Xiangsheng listened, nodded from time to time, asked a word or two, and in some places, even argued with Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang twisted his eyebrows, his expression was not good, if it weren't for Zhou Zheng, I was afraid that he couldn't help but break out and oppress people with power.

Zhou Zheng watched from the sidelines, and whenever this time he played a round and gave the two of them steps, he finally ended today's talks without breaking down.

When Lu Xiangsheng left, Yang Sichang was still frowning, and the anger between his eyebrows was difficult to retreat, and said: "This Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know the general situation at all!" ”

Zhou Zheng poured him a cup of tea with a smile and said: "He is the prime minister of the five provinces, and it is a matter of success or failure in the suppression of bandits, even if you are dissatisfied, you should suppress it, and you can't reveal your emotions." ”

Yang Sichang glanced at Zhou Zheng, his nose erupted two white mist, and said, "You're right, I'm a little out of shape." ”

Zhou Zheng knew that Yang Sichang was very nervous now, and the 'Four Positive and Six Corner Strategies' was proposed by Yang Sichang, which was not only related to the Northwest Banditry, but also Yang Sichang's future, which was his 'Thousand Years of Achievements'!

If you win, it will naturally be an official and a knight, and you will be famous in history; If you lose, you will be ruined, and it is not a pity to die.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Lu Xiangsheng to come to my house at night to ease up, and besides, other people will also come to Beijing one after another, your temper can't be like this all the time." ”

Yang Sichang and Zhou Zheng have been partners for a few months, Zhou Zheng has never been embarrassed by him, and he still supports him in all aspects of money and food, as well as the government and the opposition, which makes Yang Sichang very satisfied. ”

Zhou Zheng smiled, and was just about to persuade, when suddenly a principal hurriedly ran over, whispered in Yang Sichang's ear, and handed over a notebook.

Yang Sichang's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly took it, and at a glance, he slammed the notebook on the table, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of fierceness.

The corners of his angry face agitated, and he picked up the teacup to drink tea, but before it reached his mouth, he threw it out again and shattered it on the ground.

It was the first time for Zhou Zheng to see Yang Sichang in such a gaffe, he glanced at the person behind him who was a little trembling, took the notebook, opened it, and glanced at it, and his expression changed slightly.

This is an impeachment, or a report of the transcript, it is the Pingliang prefect who reported Lu Xiangsheng, killed the good and risked the merits, and slaughtered several villages and 3,000 people in Pingliang Mansion to pretend to be a bandit to invite merit!

Zhou Zheng's expression was solemn, he didn't know the truth of this script, but whether it was true or not, this matter was not trivial, especially at the critical moment when Yang Sichang's 'ten-sided net' was implemented.