When Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the Ming Empire was full of smoke, and he probably read more war reports a day than his ancestors in peacetime read in a month, and he naturally became a little interested in the war, so he had the idea of wanting to hear about the battle situation on the front line.

The emperor asked, of course Liu Renyu would not hide his secrets, and told all the details of this battle.

When the ministers above Chongzhen's hall heard Liu Renyu's story, they seemed to open a window and saw a new world that made them feel new but very strange.

Turning soil into mud, water drying and recovering can be cement for solid stones; a Tiger heavy chariot with four wheels, which can change direction as the horse turns; It can fly in the sky, soar freely, and from time to time fly over the enemy camp and drop hot air balloons with 10,000 enemies and firecrackers.

When the Ming monarchs and ministers in the main hall heard that the Jingbian Fort Army set off firecrackers in the middle of the night over the Houjin military camp, they all laughed loudly, and when they heard the decisive battle at the last moment, they were all enthusiastic, as if they were in the scene, and they fought bravely with the Ming soldiers to kill the enemy.

"Aiqing, every time I listen to you talk about the battle, I have a lot of wonderful ideas, the last time was 'the slave chief Taiji eats', this time it is to set off firecrackers over the enemy camp, Aiqing's ingenuity is really a lot.

And that Jiannu has always boasted that 'the Jurchens are not satisfied with 10,000 people' and are invincible, in this battle, they have 70,000 or 80,000 people, and our army only has 50,000 horses, but we won more with less and won them, which shows that Jiannu is bragging. Chongzhen finished listening to the general process of the battle and smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, this battle can have a big victory, thanks to your strategizing thousands of miles away, the supervisor Sun Chengzong has a good plan, and the soldiers in front swear to fight to the death. At the end of the day, it's you who deserve the most credit. Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, said at the right time.

Speaking of which, this secretary of the military department is also lucky, after Liang Tingdong was deposed, he followed him to power, and before he could figure out the situation, the front line reported a great victory, so he won a great achievement for no reason, so of course he had to boast about his emperor.

"Your Majesty, now that the court is in the court, the politics are clear, it is appropriate to take advantage of the opportunity of the big victory, the troops and horses, and then try to forge ahead, in one fell swoop, into Shenyang, capture the slave chief Huang Taiji, sweep away the Jiannu, and then exterminate the thieves, and finally rest with the people, from then on I will be the Ming Dynasty Qinghe Yan, a prosperous scene, and Your Majesty is the generation of the Holy Lord of the Ming Dynasty." A section official felt that the current military situation was good, so he threw out this remark without thinking.

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately received a response from the ministers.

These civilian officials, who did not go to the battlefield and did not even know the actual combat effectiveness of the Ming officers and soldiers, were frantically clamoring to wipe out Jiannu in one fell swoop and return the people of Liaodong to a bright future.

Chongzhen is an anxious person, as soon as he heard these words, he immediately said to Liu Renyu excitedly: "Liu Aiqing, I heard that the entire Jiannu clan is only a few hundred thousand people, and there are only eighty or ninety thousand people who become Ding, and now we will destroy 6,000 Jiannu in one battle. ”

Originally, there were no military ministers in the court, but they had long since degenerated and had not been fighting for many years, so Chongzhen naturally would not ask those vases with high status and almost zero military experience, he would ask Liu Renyu, who had never been defeated in many years of war.

This question is actually easy to answer, but because it was asked by the emperor, it seems that it is not difficult to answer.

said that he couldn't beat it, and some people in the court said that he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he ate the king's fortune and didn't want to repay the service; said that the fight was made, and the date will definitely be agreed again, and the time will be checked on schedule, hum, the slave is still there, so he will be punished for the crime of bullying the king.

Liu Renyu felt that this question was not easy to answer, but he thought about Yuan Chonghuan's fate and decided to tell the truth, even if the emperor was unhappy, he couldn't lie to the other party.

"Death penalty!" Liu Renyu, who had already stood up, suddenly knelt on the ground.

Li Jiye and the others saw Liu Renyu kneeling down again, and they also hurriedly knelt down.

"What is Aiqing's crime?" Chongzhen wondered.

"The emperor asked the minister a question before, if the minister answers, I am afraid that the emperor will not like to hear it, and the minister can only ask for the guilt first." Liu Renyu replied in a slump of voice.

"Oh, what are you saying, Aiqing just says, I forgive you for your innocence." When Chongzhen heard this, he had already vaguely guessed something in his heart.

"Emperor Xie," Liu Renyu got up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu soldiers are divided into three parts, the Zhenyi Qiding is the core, the armor people who surrendered are the second part, the Han people who defected and surrendered to Jiannu are the third part, and there are also Mongols to help.

When Jiannu besieged Dalinghe City, the minister took advantage of the discord between the slave chief Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai to find a good opportunity to fight with the same force, and took advantage of Mang Gurtai's psychology of underestimating the enemy, and beat Mang Gurtai by surprise, only to win the first 1,000 levels of Zhenyi, and then used the tunnel surprise attack, chariots, hot air balloons and other militaristic weapons to help, so as to fight against Jiannu.

Even so, the elite soldiers of the minister's department still lost more than 1,200 people, although Jiannu lost 6,000 people, but Zhenyi only 3,000, and the rest were all armored people, and the Han people were Aha. The retreat of the slave chief Huang Taiji was not because he couldn't be defeated, but because he was worried that his own people and horses would be lost too much.

Moreover, the total strength of Jiannu can reach 1340,000, all of which are elite soldiers with strong combat power. On the other hand, our army, the minister thought that most of them could not fight against Jiannu, so they rashly gathered a large army to fight a decisive battle in the Shenyang area where Jiannu stole the territory, and Jiannu would definitely fight to the death in order to keep his own territory, and at that time, he was only afraid of ....... ”

Liu Renyu hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that our army will not only not be able to win, but will also have the worry of the defeat of the Salhu army, so the minister thinks that the most important thing now is to train and strengthen the army, and if there is enough food and salary, then the fighting spirit of our Ming officers and soldiers can be solid, and the fighting spirit is also sufficient, and the Jiannu will not be destroyed." ”

This basin of cold water was poured on Chongzhen's head, which made him a little stunned.

It's really unpleasant, but he's just a little good, it doesn't matter if it's ugly, as long as you don't lie to him.

So Chongzhen just smiled bitterly and said: "Aiqing is reasonable, but I am a little careful, this Jiannu has been counted since the time of the temple master, and now it has gone through four dynasties, and it is still not extinguished, it can be seen that the destruction of Jiannu is not an overnight effort, and it needs to be done slowly." ”

Those science and Taoist officials who were super strong in combat and had been observing Chongzhen's face and were about to drown the timid Liu Renyu with overwhelming saliva, saw that the emperor didn't say much, so they had to put away their own set of rhetoric, and continued to listen to Liu Renyu and Chongzhen play against each other silently.

"Aiqing, you have made meritorious achievements again this time, and you have won a lot, I naturally want to promote your official, you are a guerrilla in Yansui Military Town, but not?"

Chongzhen changed the topic, and no longer dwelled on the heavy matter of whether he could quickly extinguish Jiannu.

"If you go back to the emperor, the minister is the guerrilla general of the Yansui Army Zhenjingbian Fort." Liu Renyu replied respectfully.

"Okay, you are twenty-four years old this year, you are still very young, but you have made many military exploits, when I used to read history books, I read about a generation of male lord Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, one of the generals he used, Huo Quai, also became famous at a young age, and became a general in his early twenties, and you happen to be in your early twenties this year, but you are also going to be a general."

When Chongzhen said this, he first paused, and then said with a deeper smile: "Liu Aiqing, I have decided to promote you to the deputy chief soldier of Yansui East Road, you have become a general, but you have to work harder, train more elite soldiers, extinguish the thieves, and kill more northern captives." If there is another war in Liaodong, you must attack at any time. ”

"The minister thanks the lord Longen, the minister should practice more tiger ben, where the emperor points out, the minister will fight." Liu Renyu was pleasantly surprised, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Jiye and several other generals also knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"That's it, that's it, you exchanged your life for the left and right, and I didn't give it to you for nothing, hurry up." Chongzhen said gently.

"Your Majesty." Liu Renyu got up as he said.