Huang Daozhou, Liu Zongzhou, Shi Kefa, and Ni Yuanlu are humble gentlemen, and they are all iron-clad ministers who are willing to die for the country.

But they are suitable for living in a peaceful and prosperous era, and using this kind of person as an official in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty will actually mislead the country and the people.

Seeing Liu Zongzhou playing right again, and hearing a lot of words without nutrition, Chongzhen's mind was full of black lines.

Zheng Guochang saw that Liu Zongzhou was off topic, so he interrupted in time: "Your Majesty, the border passes are full of flames, and Shanxi, and Henan are full of hunger.

The minister suggested that His Majesty immediately issue an order to strictly order Lord Hong and Lord Yang to guard the border wall and cooperate with the 'Red Flag Army' to expand the results of the battle. ”

Even Huang Daozhou felt that his friend Liu Zongzhou's advice was inappropriate at this time, so he went out in time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, the gentleman still repays the grievances directly, and the Eastern slaves slaughtered my Ming officials, eunuchs, soldiers and civilians are countless, at this time, the Ming army should fight bravely to be the first, and kill more slaves to avenge the hatred!" ”

Wen Tiren said: "Daming has been poisoned by Jiannu for a long time, it's time to be ashamed, and the old minister implores His Majesty to issue an order to counterattack on all fronts!" ”

Immediately after all the ministers seconded the proposal, and then the courtiers were simply unanimous, and they all asked the emperor to order all the Ming troops to launch a counterattack to recover the lost territory and rescue the soldiers and civilians who were coerced.

The emperor was as good as a stream, and ordered Yang Sichang, Liu Zhilun, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Chen Biqian, etc. to wait for the opportunity to attack.

The counterattack has been a foregone conclusion, and the ministers changed the topic to discuss the general of the conquest sent by Zheng Zhihui personally, and the main content is two.

First, the emperor was asked to issue an edict urging Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, to strengthen the blockade of the border wall of Xuanda, and ordered Hong Chengchou, the general commander of the three sides, to strictly guard the border wall of Yansui Town, so as to prevent the Qing army from breaking through the defense area and escaping.

The second is a bit tricky, and the general tentatively estimates that the number of refugees waiting to be fed will reach as much as three to five million.

The imperial court was asked to raise relief grain as soon as possible, and organize officials to prepare seeds, livestock and farm tools to prepare for next year's spring ploughing, otherwise the great famine that broke out in Shanxi after the Qing army was repulsed would face the tragic scene of changing children and eating.

The Ming family has a lot of great things to do, and after eliminating the military disaster, they have to deal with natural disasters and food shortages, but fortunately they have to defend the land of Gyeonggi, and they can squeeze out five or six hundred thousand stone of grain to support Shanxi from the true nature of the handover, but it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket in the face of millions of hungry people!

At this moment, Chongzhen's head began to grow like a fight again, and his heart was extremely irritable. He asked his ministers how to solve the imminent food problem. But the ministers looked at each other, and no one had a good plan.

Who knew that Liu Zongzhou, who didn't know the fun, went out to play the right class again, talking about the emperor's dedication to the affairs of the emperor, and he must go to his own wisdom, be cautious and use the virtuous, and teach the world to correct the hearts of the people, worship Confucianism, and save the decline in case of death.

The furious Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore, and drove Liu Zongzhou back to his hometown on the spot.

When millions of hungry people were waiting to be fed, Liu Zongzhou had no good plan, and talked about morality, can a gentleman eat as food? He deserves to be dismissed and return to his hometown! This kind of person is not the material for being an official at all.

Seeing that the ministers had nothing to do, the emperor asked the civil officials and military generals to donate money and food to help the victims of Shanxi and Henan tide over the crisis.

Wen Tiren, Zheng Guochang, He Ruzhong, Cheng Guoxiang, He Fengsheng and other adults took the lead in pledging, Wen Tiren's family was not very wealthy, gritted his teeth and pledged 800 taels of silver, Zheng Guochang was rich and promised to give 10,000 taels on the spot.

In the end, Cheng Guoxiang, the secretary of the household department, took more than a dozen household officials to summarize, and the emperor would get a total of more than 300,000 taels of silver from the ministers, and Chongzhen squeezed out more than 100,000 taels of internal funds to make up 500,000 yuan, which was earmarked and will be used to buy grain in Jiangnan.

Liu Zhilun and Lu Xiangsheng are already in the middle of the attack, and it doesn't matter at all whether the emperor has issued a holy decree for the whole army to wait for an opportunity to counterattack again, they are actively arranging to intercept and kill the rear team of Jiannu.

After Yang Sichang received the holy decree, he felt like a mang, as soon as he arrived at Xuanda, it was a beacon of fire, and there was no time to rectify the people and horses to build a side wall to build a defense system, and the current defense area was just holding on to a few cities.

The Great Wall of the Xuanda Defense Area is close to a thousand miles, and there are dozens of passes that Jiannu can attack, no matter how it is arranged, it can't withstand tens of thousands of Jiannu attacking a little, Yang Sichang knows it.

He still took the strategy of sticking to the city and did not move, as for whether the Qing army came to Xuanda Defense Area to break through the customs, it can only depend on the will of heaven.

The transfer of the Ming army in the interior led to a great reduction in the pressure of the rogues, and due to the absence of the natural enemy Sun Chuanting, Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the alliance, was still alive, and the ironclad cavalry accumulated by Gao Yingxiang's department reached seven or eight thousand.

After fighting with the official army for several years, the waves washed the sand, and the combat effectiveness of the Liukou skyrocketed, and after killing Cao Wenzhao and one or two thousand former Guanning Iron Cavalry last year, the Liukou's self-confidence was completely different.

Liukou either advanced or retreated in the Shangluo Mountains with the three general officers Cao Bianjiao, Wu Zimian, and Zuo Guangxian, as well as the Ming army led by more than a dozen generals, guerrillas, and Du Si, and dragged tens of thousands of Ming troops to thin and collapse, and dragged them to complain......

It didn't take long for the big leaders such as Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Lao Huihui, who were good at wandering, successfully broke away from the encirclement formed by the Ming army and broke into Shaanxi again, and they led their men and horses to kill near Xi'an.

It is rumored that Gao Yingxiang intends to take Xi'an and establish himself as the king of Qin, so the defenders of Xi'an are highly nervous, and the men and horses under the command of Huang Weizheng and Han Zhikuan are the main force guarding Xi'an, and the total number of soldiers and horses does not exceed 5,000.

This is still the result of the "Red Flag Great Grain Bank" and the "Sifang Money Village".

Xi'an is the hardest hit area of natural disasters and military disasters, the rogues and the officials and soldiers have repeatedly tug-of-war, the surviving people are simply unable to complete the production to save themselves, the food is sky-high, even if the soldiers get full salaries, it is difficult to support their families, and there are countless thieves who participate in the robbery of homes.

There are many "Red Banner Army" industries in Xi'an Jiancheng, and there are two generals Huang Weizheng and Han Zhikuan, who have a deep relationship with the general of the conquest, and assisting in the defense of this city is an important task of the Shaanxi Military Intelligence Department.

Many of the officers and soldiers under the command of Huang and Han were developed into banner guards, and these less than 5,000 men and horses were not hungry because they were able to buy rationed and price-limited grain at the "Red Flag Grain Store".

More than 100 military attachés and good soldiers at the grassroots level are flag guards or the objects of inspection of flag guards, and the mental outlook of less than 5,000 men is completely different from that of the Ming army in the interior.

Hong Chengchou was worried that Liukou would really capture Xi'an and capture or kill the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian and others to lead their men and horses to Xi'an to drive away Liukou.

Wu Zimian, You Shiwei and other generals led the men and horses to Yansui Town, Yu He Renlong and other generals to join forces, these tens of thousands of Ming troops fought to block the Shenmu, Gushan, Qingshui Zhuying Fort on the east road, Yulin, Yuhe, Qingping Fort on the middle road.