Unexpectedly, time has passed, and no one in the court has come forward to prevent the Duke of Liao from entering the county king.

Chongzhen's eyes looked at Huang Daozhou, and at this time he counted on this moral gentleman who was not right about things and not people to fire the cannon.

Who knew that Huang Daozhou came out of the class and said: "For more than 200 years, have I ever had a civil and military general in the Ming Dynasty who has been able to expand the territory?" The Duke of Liao expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty for 3,000 miles, which was enough to make the Ming Dynasty have one more province with outstanding merits, and it is not an exaggeration to canonize the prince. ”

Damn, this benevolent brother is really right about things and not people, Chongzhen scolded secretly in his heart, and pretended to be unshocked on his face, and asked: "You ministers can speak freely, I really want to hear everyone's true opinions." ”

Yang Sichang, who was forced into a corner, had trouble sleeping and eating during this time, and his health was deteriorating, and he proposed that the emperor negotiate with the general to send troops to Shaanxi.

Ten days ago, the Ming army stationed in Xianyang gathered 8,000 cavalry and organized a surprise attack under the leadership of Tang Tong, Gao Jie, and Bai Guangen, with the tactical goal of breaking through the Liukou defense line and killing under the city of Xi'an.

However, fifty miles east of Xianyang, it was intercepted by 5,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and the Ming army was defeated in a melee battle, and only less than 2,000 cavalry fled back to Xianyang City.

Several of the main generals were killed and scattered, and I don't know whether they were dead or alive, and the eight thousand cavalry were beheaded more than 1,500 in battle, more than 1,000 prisoners, and two or three thousand men and horses were scattered.

Xianyang City has not been surrounded by rogues, and now it can be concluded that it is being monitored by Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and as long as a large number of men and horses leave the city, it will definitely be attacked.

Now Xi'an has been besieged, and the official letters for help obtained by the Ministry of War are all issued by the Shaanxi Military Beidao and the eunuchs who supervise the army.

Moreover, there was not much food in Xianyang, and they had already asked to abandon Xianyang City and flee to the mountains to avoid being captured by Jiannu when they ran out of food.

The only way to solve the crisis in Shaanxi is to recruit the "Red Flag Army", and Yang Sichang, who understands the current situation of the imperial court, went out and played the right way:

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Liao has made outstanding achievements and should be added to the rank of knight, and the imperial court has given the title of the king of Hanjiang County, and the minister is willing to go to 'Hanjiang Province' to issue an edict, and also take this opportunity to ask the general to send troops to Shaanxi to relieve the people's upside-down."

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department who he relied on very much, also supported the capture of the general to enter the king of Jue County, which made Chongzhen unexpected, and his face became even more ugly.

Seeing that Pingliao was about to evolve into a reality in five years, Zheng Guochang was unwilling to make extraneous branches, which led to the arrangement of his son-in-law being in vain.

He understands military affairs, and transferred the "Red Banner Army" from the easternmost part of the Ming Dynasty to the northwest, not counting the Shanghai Road, there are three or four thousand miles by land alone, how much does it cost along the way?

Zheng Guochang went out in time to play: "The 'Red Banner Army' has just experienced a major war to eliminate more than 100,000 Qing troops, including more than 20,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, the casualties will definitely not be small, and the soldiers are afraid that they will have to be repaired. ”

Liang Tingdong knew that there was no food in Shaanxi, and the army would have to pay half a life for a single supply after entering, and he did not want the "Red Banner Army" to miss the Pingliao plan.

He played the right word: "The purpose of Jiannu to bring disaster to Shaanxi is self-evident - to mobilize the 'Red Banner Army', if Your Majesty recruits and captures the general into Shaanxi at this time to fight with the Liukou and the Manchurian cavalry, it should be right in the middle."

The Nu chief will definitely take advantage of the expedition of the main force of the 'Red Banner Army' to do things on the front line of Jinzhou, and may also try to sneak attack the Jizhen defense area, in case of breaking into the land of Gyeonggi again, my Ming Daming's losses will be much greater than the loss of Shaanxi. ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "Your Majesty, only clear rewards and punishments can motivate the three armies, and the minister implores Your Majesty to give the general the title of 'King of Hanjiang County', as for whether to recruit the 'Red Banner Army' into Shaanxi to participate in the war, you can think about it in the long run!" ”

The court is arguing again, this is not surprising, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in history, when the rogue soldiers came to the city and saw that the country was about to die, Chongzhen was still arguing with the ministers, and it can be seen that they played with each other.

Now because he accepted Huang Han's suggestion to stick to the land of Gyeonggi to ensure this pure land, the courtiers have no sense of crisis, but it is useless for Liu Zhilun, Yang Sichang and other far-sighted ministers to be in a hurry.

Liang Tingdong was alarmist and dispatched the "Red Banner Army" to Shaanxi, and the land of Gyeonggi could be broken through by Jiannu, so that half of the courtiers did not support the five-year suspension of the Pingliao plan, which made the family Chongzhen hesitate.

Reinforcements have not been sent, and they really can't be sent, and he may refuse to send Liu Zhilun to lead the troops.

Just kidding, the number of Ming troops that can be assembled is not as large as the number of Manmeng cavalry, and it is possible that there will be no return just when they encounter Jiannu, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of rogues.

Liu Zhilun thought about it, if he was sent to rescue Xi'an, he could only wait and see from Tongguan.

Then, regardless of whether the emperor was happy or not, he sold his face and asked the general to send at least five battalions of the "Red Banner Army" to assist him in relieving the siege of Xi'an.

It is believed that with 20,000 "Red Banner Army" plus tens of thousands of Tongguan defenders and Jingying men, such a regiment does not seek to inflict a large number of casualties on the Qing army and the Liukou, but only wants to fight under the city of Xi'an, and it can be done.

The court meeting was inconclusive, and a new situation arose when the next day was re-discussed.

There was good news from Shanxi, not only did the emperor not expect it, but the ministers were surprised.

It was Yang Dalang, Yang Danian and other fierce generals who led the "Red Banner Army" to attack the Mongols in Shanxi, and actually beat the Tartars in the Hetao area to flee 500 miles north, and beheaded 20,000 Tartar cavalry under the Ordos Wanhu Phosphorus Chen.

Chongzhen, who saw the good news, was no longer mixed, but worried, he couldn't guess how great the strength of the general was to be, why he was able to loot the Ordos grassland while launching the Pingliao War?

As a lesson from the past, Huang Han led his men and horses to Shanxi to fight a few battles, and at least fifty or sixty thousand Ming troops disappeared out of thin air, including a large number of border cavalry.

At this time, he was a little afraid to send the "Red Flag Army" into the interior, he was worried that Shaanxi would be controlled by Huang Han again, and the main force of the Ming army there would be controlled by the "Red Flag Army" again.

He also counted on Hong Chengchou's men to turn the tide.

It is Chongzhen's decision to wait and see for a while, because according to past experience, it will not take too long for Jiannu and Tatar to enter the customs, and it is impossible to shake the Ming army's resolute will to defend the city.

There are a lot of soldiers and horses in Xi'an and Xianyang, and they are still mainly elite border troops, and there is a trilateral commander-in-chief Hong Chengchou personally commanding, so the possibility of being easily broken by the rogue is very low.

As long as the Jiannu and Tartars retreat, I am afraid that the few rogues will not be able to withstand the beating of Hong Chengchou's people.

Chongzhen issued a holy decree, instructing Hong Chengchou, Wang Chengyun, the eunuchs Du Xun and Du Zhizhi to strictly guard against death, and the imperial court was gathering a large army, and holding on to it for even one day at this time would be beneficial to the next siege battle.