After the news of Kong Youde's rebellion in Wuqiao and his return to Denglai reached the capital, Gao Qiqian did not dare to delay and reported to Emperor Chongzhen overnight. [ 八〔(?一Chinese( 〕〉].]8〉1)Z}

"How many Liao soldiers does Kong Youde's department have?" Chongzhen asked anxiously, this Wuqiao is not far from the Jingshi, what if ......

Gao Qiqian hurriedly replied: "Denglai's emergency document said that the Confucian thieves have more than 1,000 strong old Liao soldiers and thousands of thieves, most of whom are civilians from Beizhili and Shandong, who are coerced by Confucian thieves. ”

"More than a thousand thieves and soldiers are in turmoil, and he will be in an emergency, Sun Yuanhua can he be this governor! Didn't he boast that he had trained two battalions of brave and invincible new-style firearms troops? Could it be that they are all deceitful? Chongzhen heard that the Kong thief was just such a small number of soldiers and horses, and said angrily at the moment.

Didn't this Sun Yuanhua usually advocate some advanced Western learning, and introduced advanced firearms and the Portuguese officer corps from the West to train new soldiers? Don't you claim to be powerful? How is it that at the critical moment, even a thousand or hundreds of thieves can't suppress the rebellion?

Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "Long live the lord is angry, the slave thinks that Sun Yuanhua and Governor Sun may have neglected to use people, resulting in a large number of thieves, but long live the lord don't have to worry too much, Kong Youde is just a small thief, and his troops will not have too many soldiers and horses, and it should not be difficult to exterminate the imperial court." ”

After listening to Wang Chengen's words, Chongzhen seemed to calm down his anger slightly, and said: "Qi Qian, tell me, what is the best way to quell the rebellion of the Confucian thieves?" ”

Gao Qiqian said in embarrassment: "Long live the lord, the slave is the minister, this military event ......"

Chongzhen knew that he was afraid of being accused of interfering in politics by his ministers, and he didn't blame him, so he waved his hand and said disappreciatively: "Don't worry about it, this is me asking you, if you don't interfere in politics, you can boldly say it." ”

"Yes, the minion obeys." Gao Qiqian put his mind down and said: "Your Majesty, the slaves think that the thieves are in turmoil, and they can't be tolerated and connived, so it is appropriate to send troops to suppress them as soon as possible, as long as they transfer a team of soldiers and horses that can fight to suppress it, the number of people is not large, as long as there are three or five thousand elite soldiers, I believe that the rebellion of the Confucian thieves can be quelled!" ”

"Oh? In your opinion, where should you transfer the soldiers and horses to quell the thieves? Chongzhen asked again.

Gao raised his eyes and rolled his eyes, thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, the slave feels that this Kong Youde is not only a soldier and horse of the Liao army system, but it is naturally better to use the Liao army to suppress Kong Youde, knowing himself and knowing that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles!"

The slave dared to think that Zu Dacheng, the new chief military officer of Liaodong, was not bad, and Zu Dacheng was Zu Dashou's younger brother, and Zu Dashou defected to the enemy, His Majesty was extraordinarily gracious, not only did he punish Zu Dacheng, but also promoted him. ”

Chongzhen nodded and praised: "The dive really lives up to my expectations, it makes sense!" Good! Then I plan to transfer Zu Dacheng to lead the army to exterminate the Confucian thieves! ”

Gao Qiqian was praised by the emperor, and he was also quite happy in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, the slave still has an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not......"

"Say it."

"The minions obeyed. Your Majesty, the slave thinks that it is probably not enough to just transfer the ancestral Dacheng's department, it is better to transfer the Jinzhou staff general Mo Li with him, isn't he Mo Li very capable of fighting? Anyway, there is no war on the Daling River and Jinzhou side now, and Cao Bianjiao is guarding it, so he transferred Mo Li to the command of Zu Dacheng. Gao Qi smiled and said quietly.

"Oh?" Chongzhen caught Gao Qiqian's weird smile, thought about it for a while, and then understood.

Chongzhen said without a trace: "Qiqian is right, since this Mo Li can fight well, then let him contribute to the court and conquer the Confucian thieves." ”

Gao Qiqian secretly rejoiced, and was about to persuade Chongzhen to go to bed earlier, but Chongzhen suddenly said: "Qi Qian, Mo Li, Zu Dacheng has just experienced the betrayal of his brother Zu Dashou and defected to the enemy, I am always a little uneasy in my heart, so let's do it, this time you will work hard, supervise the army!" ”

"This ...... The minions obeyed. Gao Qiqian was a little reluctant to get involved with Mo Li again, after all, that guy always had some unexpected moves, and he had never dealt with himself. But Long Live Lord opened his mouth, how dare he say no.

Chongzhen yawned, Wang Chengen was about to persuade him to go to bed, Chongzhen thought for a while, and said: "Qianqian, now that the people in Henan are raging, what is your best plan?" ”

"This, Your Majesty, the prince entered the palace earlier than the slaves, and he has a strategy, so there must be a clever plan, right?" Gao Qi rolled his eyes and said.

He is a shrewd person, and he can be where he is today thanks to Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen's support, but at this moment, Wang Chengen and himself are here, but Long Live Lord only asks himself and ignores Wang Chengen, which makes him a little apprehensive, after all, Wang Chengen's status in the palace is above himself.

Moreover, if these things are spread out, it is difficult to guarantee that the ministers will not be left behind, and with Wang Chengen to bear it together, the risk will be reduced a lot.

Chongzhen nodded, and seeing that he was reasonable, he turned to Wang Chengen and said, "Chengen, you can talk about it." ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen glanced at Gao Qiqian meaningfully, and said: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are ministers, and these military affairs should not be vain, but when Your Majesty asked, the slave and maid had the courage to say a word."

Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that the Tianxiong army under the rule of Lu Xiangsheng, the supervisor who was responsible for rectifying the military equipment of the Daimyo, Guangping, and Shunde provinces, has always been well-trained, and most of them are elite soldiers. ”

Chongzhen was slightly stunned, nodded and sighed: "Lu Xiangsheng is indeed a loyal minister, when the first emperor was there, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty tended to be attached to Wei Gelding, and he dared to despise him. When I was in the hidden house, I often heard people say that there was a blue sky in the Daimyo Mansion, but I didn't know at the time, but after asking, I knew that it was him Lu Xiangsheng. After I ascended the throne, I was the first to lead troops to King Qin, such a loyal and courageous courtier, I was also confused for a while, and I actually forgot about him. ”

Gao Qiqian suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Princess, it is true that this Lu Xiangsheng can fight, but he still has to supervise the military preparation of the three mansions, in case the Dongyu comes to attack again......" Speaking of this, Gao Qiqian did not say any more.

Wang Chengen said: "Gonggong Gao's words are wrong, the Dongyu Tartar has just been defeated by Mo Li, Cao Wenzhao and others, and he has cut 20,000, thinking that the Dongyu is just a little barbarian, how can he still dare to commit another border in the short term?" ”

"What Cheng En said is good." Chongzhen nodded and said happily: "Proposed decree, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to Henan to level the thieves. ”

Three days later, Dalinghe City.

In Mo Li's military camp, after listening to the holy decree read by Zhang Quan, the little eunuch from the palace, Mo Li and the others couldn't help but be a little stunned.

He didn't know why Kong Youde rebelled, and he didn't care, Chongzhen asked him to lead troops to Shandong to suppress Kong Youde's rebellion, which was nothing, but why did he rush to Ningyuan by himself and obey the orders of Zu Dacheng and Gao Qiqian? Is this a rhythm that is going to blatantly kill itself? What a living conspiracy!

After sending Zhang Quan away, Mo Li summoned all the generals to discuss.

At this time, Guan Feng, Du Geng, He Zhendong, and Ma Jinzhong were all deputy generals in Jinzhou, and Guan Feng is now Moli's top boss, and He Zhenbei, Ba Laodao, Bai Zhicheng, Xiao Yang and others are all generals.

Cao Bianjiao was the chief military officer of the Liaodong Forward, and his station should have been in Jinzhou, but Cao Bianjiao was still stationed in Dalinghe City on the grounds of continuing to build Dalinghe City, the purpose of which was to continue to be with Mo Li and others and accept Mo Li's command.

This time, except for Du Geng, Ma Jinzhong, and Bai Zhicheng, who were stationed in Jinzhou, the other generals all arrived.

Xiao Yang stood up first and said indignantly: "Damn, what kind of bullshit is this, why do you want us to obey the command of his ancestor Dacheng!" ”

"That's it! He is Ningyuan's garrison, we are Jinzhou's garrison, and we are not subordinate to each other, why should he command our generals! Cao Bianjiao also said angrily.

Obviously, this is a conspiracy made by Gao Qiqian, thinking of taking advantage of his personal vendetta to toss himself when he was demoted. Zu Dashou was killed by himself, and Zu Dacheng is Zu Dashou's younger brother, and now he wants to obey Zu Dacheng's orders, so I don't know.

Gao Qiqian and Zu Dacheng have enmity with themselves, and it is conceivable that if they send troops this time, there will inevitably be many twists and turns.

"The holy decree said that only 2,000 soldiers and horses under the lord and Zu Dacheng were sent to pacify the Confucian thieves, what does this mean? There must be something strange in this, or let's ask the emperor for his life, let his ancestor Dacheng come to Dalinghe City to garrison, and transfer all the soldiers and horses of our Liaodong Forward General Army to quell the rebellion! Guan Feng said suddenly.

"That's right! That's a good idea! Xiao Yang clapped his hands and said, "So that we can continue to follow the general to fight!" ”

Mo Li shook his head and said, "No, wouldn't this give up the two bridgeheads of Jinzhou and Dalinghe?" We finally defeated the Tartars and defended the Daling River, which changed the ancestor Dacheng, what if he also followed his brother's example in the future? Besides, how can the emperor's decree be easily changed? ”

"General, as long as we ask the emperor for his life together, I don't think the emperor will not ignore it." Li Guo said.

The generals also echoed Li Guo's suggestion.

Mo Li looked at everyone, thought for a while and said: "It's still not necessary, lest we be honest and say that we are arrogant and domineering, not to mention that we will put down a mere Kong Youde rebellion?" The military newspaper said that Kong Youde's elite soldiers were no more than 1,000, and the rest were homeless and chaotic thieves, so there was no need to worry, our 2,000 people were enough. ”

"My lord, what I'm afraid of is not the thief, but to beware of Gao Qiqian and Zu Dacheng! My lord, you are alone, if you ...... then," Guan Feng didn't dare to continue.

"It's okay, I don't think they have the courage to mess around, but I'm still a general of the Ming Dynasty! Just make up for it, Yuji and follow me. Moli said.

The supplement is Li Guo, who, like Zhou Yuji, is now a guerrilla under Mo Li's account.

"My lord, Guan Feng has always followed you, and when you go to war, Guan Feng naturally can't help but be idle, and I will go too!" Guan Feng said.

"No, there is no you in the imperial court's order, you can't leave your post without permission, otherwise you will be punished!"

Guan Feng pondered for a moment, and then said: "My lord, otherwise, Guan Feng has a way, maybe it will work......"