Sun Yuanhua is not so pure now, and he really sees how the "Red Flag Army" has developed over the years and what treatment he has enjoyed.

He has never seen a commander who treats grassroots soldiers so well, and the sense of superiority and honor that the officers and men of the "Red Banner Army" exude from the bottom of their hearts is simply unprecedented.

The support of the military and civilians in the system for the younger brother "King of Hanjiang County" is not only from the heart, it has simply become a fanatic.

Is it easy to do all this? How much food and energy do you have to put in? If there are tens of thousands of casualties due to heavy losses due to quick success and quick profit, the five-year salary given by the imperial court may not be enough to pay the pension.

The "Red Banner Army" is no longer under the control of the imperial court, and everyone in the world knows that the emperor will not be too distressed about the losses caused by this army, and it is natural to urge the "King of Hanjiang County" to fight quickly.

Sun Yuanhua is now firmly standing on the position of the "Red Banner Army", and seeing that the emperor is not struggling to see people carrying burdens, he played the right way:

"The 'Red Banner Army' is currently very difficult, without him, it is difficult to sustain the military salary and food, and the monthly imperial court gives 300,000 taels of silver can only pay 80,000 regular soldiers.

The recovery of Shenyang means the destruction of the puppet Manchu Qing state, so how can the slave chieftains easily admit defeat?

The minister expected that when the 'Red Banner Army' launched a general offensive, it would face the puppet Manchu Qing Dynasty, and all the people would be soldiers.

At that time, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, Goryeo soldiers, and Han troops that will be fought should be more than 300,000.

Therefore, it is likely that at least 300,000 regular soldiers of the 'Red Banner Army' will be mobilized to launch the decisive battle of Pingliao, but so far, the number of men and horses stationed outside the customs of the 'Red Banner Army' is less than 200,000, and even so, the monthly shortage of military salaries has reached more than 600,000 taels of silver.

If the imperial court can give enough money and food, increase the number of troops by 100,000, and then carry out a general mobilization of the 'King of Hanjiang County', it is not impossible to launch a general decisive battle this year. ”

Isn't this the difficulty of a strong man?

If the imperial court could get the money and food, and could organize 100,000 elite soldiers to move, it would have gone to support the Shaanxi battlefield long ago, and it would not have led to the destruction of Xi'an City, the fall of the feudal domain, and the collapse of the 200,000 or 300,000 imperial army.

Hearing Sun Yuanhua talk about money and food, and talking about the assistance of the imperial court, Chongzhen was suddenly extremely depressed, and didn't want to talk about when Huang Han would send troops, Liang Tingdong smiled and secretly gave Sun Yuanhua a thumbs up.

Colleagues who were familiar with Sun Yuanhua in the past were very strange, why didn't they see Sun Yuanhua for a few years, Sun Yuanhua, who was not good at words and liked strange lewd skills, became clever?

Even Yu Yinggui, the governor who had impeached Sun Yuanhua, and Li Mengchen, who had been impeached by Sun Yuanhua, thought it was incredible, and the officials of the Donglin Party Department all smiled.

Huang Han does not discriminate against the Donglin Party regardless of his birth, in fact, his mentor Xu Guangqi and senior brother Sun Yuanhua are both Donglin Party members.

The parties of this era are loose groups, without a political program, and cannot achieve the climate.

At this time, the cabinet ministers of the imperial court changed again, Liu Yuliang became the first assistant of the cabinet, and Kong Zhenyun, the former first assistant, was dismissed by Chongzhen.

Seeing that the emperor was embarrassed, the first assistant Liu Yuliang came out of the squad to relieve the siege and said: "Your Majesty, since the 'Red Flag Army' will not launch a big war in Liaodong this year, there should be no fewer troops that can maneuver in the case of defending the territory.

The 'King of Hanjiang County' has always believed that training soldiers in battle will get twice the result with half the effort, and there are many recruits in the 'Red Banner Army', so why not use the rogue to train their hands? ”

Cabinet minister Fan Fucui came out and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister seconded the proposal, and the combat power of the rogue is too much weaker than that of Jiannu.

The 'Red Banner Army' dispatched a detachment of troops from Tongguan and Shaanxi to launch an active attack, and the rumored Liukou took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to bypass Tongguan and plague Henan, Beizhili, and Zhongdu, which would be of great benefit to the country and the people. ”

Liu Zhilun also went out and said: "After Shaanxi missed, the defense line initially established by our army was too long, rather than waiting for the rogue to launch an attack from no knowing when and where, it is better to organize a large-scale attack, the target is directly aimed at Xi'an, and turn the passive into the active."

The 'King of Hangang' is a strategist, and he should be able to analyze the disadvantages of being active and passive. At that time, Chen Yuan personally led 30,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion to join forces with the 'Red Banner Army'. ”

Attacking instead of defending, and putting the rhythm in the hands of the Ming army, this idea is really good.

Chongzhen came to the spirit again, looked at Zhang Fengyi and Sun Yuanhua and asked:

"A few Aiqing have just returned to Beijing from Liaodong, and they must know the situation in Liaodong, since the 'King of Hanjiang County' has taken a defensive position to stabilize the Jinzhou defense line this year, there should be a lot of people who can maneuver, and it should be possible to dispatch 230,000 or 50,000 'Red Banner Army' to Shaanxi, right?"

Zhang Fengyi was mentally prepared and said frankly: "The 300,000 taels of Liao's salary per month is simply not enough for the consumption of the Liaodong garrison, and the 'Hanjiang County King' must tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and then make up for 3.5 million taels."

Today's Liukou is not what it used to be, and the requisition and transfer of 30,000 'Red Banner Army' outside the Guan, plus the transfer of 30,000 garrisons from Tongguan and Shanxi into Shaanxi to fight, can ensure victory in the war.

According to the treatment of the 'Red Banner Army' in wartime, the salary shall not be less than 300,000 taels of silver a month.

It takes more than a month to march 100 miles from Jinzhou to Tongguan for more than 3,000 miles, and it takes more than a month to march 100 miles a day, and there is a lot of food and horse material that needs to be consumed

If the imperial court allocates 1 million taels of silver, and the 'King of Hanjiang County' tries to make up for it by all means, the 'Red Banner Army' should be able to organize 60,000 horses to fight in Shaanxi for three months.

If the follow-up salary can keep up, it will be no problem to fight for a year and a half.

Your Majesty can rest assured that steady and steady fighting is the habit of the 'Red Banner Army', as long as the imperial court can get three or four million taels of silver for military expenses, it should be able to recover the lost territory in Shaanxi and retake Xi'an within a year. ”

Hiss! Chongzhen felt his teeth sore. Huang Han promised that in five years, in addition to the grain and grass in Pingliao, a total of 6 million taels of silver would be paid, and 60,000 troops would be sent to Shaanxi to fight for a year, and Zhang Fengyi would dare to ask for three or four million taels.

It can be seen that Zhang Fengyi has completely taken refuge in Huang Han, and this person is no longer a Ming courtier.

At this time, Liang Tingdong came out of the class and said: "The 'King of Hanjiang County' is kind-hearted, and has always regarded money as dung, and the money and grain sent to Shaanxi can be raised by himself, but two million silver can not be less in a year."

To be able to get a full salary, the soldiers must be high-spirited, and the recovery of Xi'an within one year will definitely be able to do it. ”

What does this mean? The ministers began to exchange ears, could it be that the "King of Hanjiang County" is ready to contract to recover Shaanxi? The contract period is one year, and the imperial court will pay two million taels of snowflake silver?

There are many nobles who don't know the cost of firewood and rice, and they think that if they spend two million taels of silver, they can buy the result of annihilating the Liukou and retaking Shaanxi, which should be very cost-effective, and they have expressed that they can accept it.

This is not to blame them, the princes, marquises, and earls who can participate in the court meeting are all in power with real teachings, they not only own land, but also have family businesses, last year invested in shipyards, participated in the whaling fleet of unknown people.