Xu Lang got dressed and came to the living room, and Lu Tianxiang was sitting in the living room waiting for him.

Xu Lang hurriedly greeted him: "Old Lu, why did you come here so late, it's okay, don't be tired." ”

"I'm nothing, but you're working too hard." Lu Tianxiang didn't say anything else, "What happened to the hell, is there something big in the north?" ”

Xu Lang knew that the Crossing Conference had made a resolution, and although Lu Tianxiang was retired, he had the right to know all the things in Yulin Bay more than anyone else, which was the privilege given to Lu Tianxiang by the Crossing Conference. The confidentiality regulations do not include Lu Lao, so Xu Lang has nothing to hide.

Xu Lang told Lu Tianxiang about the loss of Xi'an and the resolution of the General Staff, and Lu Tianxiang pondered carefully after listening to it.

"Xu Lang." Lu Tianxiang asked, "I transferred all the soldiers and horses from the important towns of the Nine Sides to Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and I thought about what I would do without the Mongols." What if they go south at this time? ”

"Lu Lao." Xu Lang rubbed his head, "I've also thought about this problem, but there is no good way to do it at the moment." At the meeting tomorrow, I would like to suggest to the Military Commission that we send someone to find the Jin merchants, hoping that they can find a way to stabilize the Mongols. ”

Lu Tianxiang shook his head: "Jin Shang is unreliable. ”

"I also know that this method is very unsafe." Xu Lang poured a cup of tea for Lu Tianxiang, "But there is really no better way, Huang Taiji, Tao Min and Li Zicheng can have 300,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Lu Tianxiang smiled and said, "How could such a smart person as you ignore a very important place, Nanjing." ”

"Nanjing?" Xu Lang paused for a moment, "Old Lu, what do you mean。。。。。。 ”

Lu Tianxiang smiled again: "In the original history, even if Beijing fell and Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, the Nanming regime in Nanjing still had hundreds of thousands of troops. The total number of troops in the four towns of Jianghuai set up by Shi Kefa alone reached 400,000, so can these people be used? Although their combat effectiveness is not very good, it is not impossible to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng. ”

"Lu Lao." Xu Lang hesitated, "400,000 troops is not a small number, let's not say that Chongzhen agrees, even if he agrees, I'm afraid the imperial court won't be able to take out so much silver to support 400,000 people." ”

"Silver." Lu Tianxiang sighed slightly, "Yes, silver is very difficult to do." ”

Xu Lang didn't want to add too much pressure to Lu Tianxiang: "Old Lu, you should rest first." When I meet tomorrow, I will put forward your old opinions to the Central Military Commission, and I will first look at Chairman Zhang's opinions. It's not too early, I'll send you back. ”

"No need, Xu Lang." Lu Tianxiang stood up, "The courtyards on both sides are open, I'll just go back by myself." You must rest well, now Yulin Bay and even the entire Ming Dynasty depend on you. ”

"Qingwen." Xu Lang shouted, "Send Lu Lao back to rest." ”

Early the next morning, the meeting of the Central Military Commission was held as scheduled, and Xia Yang attended the meeting as an observer. After half a day of discussions, the Central Military Commission came up with a principled plan.

Four infantry regiments equipped with rifled guns formed the First Division, two artillery regiments formed the Artillery Division, plus Andreas's cavalry division, and three divisions formed the First Army, led by Han Wantao, and marched to Xi'an. The remaining three infantry regiments will go to Dengzhou by sea to assemble, and then go to Tianjin to wait for Jiang Beiming, Jiang Beiming and Wang Qianxiang rushed to Tianjin with Datong's infantry to stand by, and Zhou Lei also went to Xi'an to serve as the commander of the first division. Xu Lang took Gao Chen and Xiao Junzhe to Beijing quickly, and tried to get Chongzhen to give Qin Liangyu a decree through the relationship between Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun, and the white pole soldiers were transferred to Xi'an. If possible, let the imperial court recruit troops from the Nanjing area to Xi'an. The Nine Sides and Wu Sangui did not move for the time being, and looked at Huang Taiji's reaction. Quickly sent an urgent order to Wang Zhaoxing, asking him to go to Japan to contact Zheng Zhilong, and no matter what method he used, he would persuade Zheng Zhilong to assemble warships in Nagasaki and prepare to attack Busan. Send a fast boat to the Philippines to inform Zeng Guangxian, and at the same time send people to Macao, trying every means to persuade the Westerners to help the Ming Dynasty, whether it is to reinforce Lushun or attack Korea, hoping that the Westerners can go to Dengzhou as soon as possible.

The Vietnamese side should also be vigilant at all times, and ordered Li Fuqiang to make all preparations, and once he turned against North Vietnam, he would hold Champa and Pliango no matter what.

In the end, Zheng Jiang and Zhang Guodong privately agreed to Xu Lang's suggestion that Zhang Hai and Pan Xuezhong would secretly set up a special force in Beijing, and once the situation really changed, they would definitely find a way to get Chongzhen to Nanjing. Even if Chongzhen doesn't go, he has to find a way to get one of his sons over.

Xu Lang returned home, first went to talk to Lu Tianxiang briefly about the arrangements of the Military Commission, and then went back to prepare to go to Beijing.

After Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo came home from work, they saw Qingwen and Musk Yue packing up for Xu Lang, Cheng Yiyi asked a little strangely: "Why are you packing your clothes, are you going out again?" ”

"Gao Chen and I will leave tomorrow." Xu Lang replied simply, "Han Wantao and Ye Zhan will leave the day after tomorrow." ”

"Xu Lang, where are you going this time?" Zhao Zhiruo asked.

"Zhiruo, I can't say it yet." Xu Lang smiled apologetically, "Don't worry, nothing will happen." ”

Zhao Zhiruo didn't ask more, walked over and grabbed Xu Lang's hand: "Be careful." ”

The next day, Xu Lang took Gao Chen and Xiao Junzhe Pegasus to Beijing. On the third day, Han Wantao also set off with two divisions. At the same time, 200 marines also followed the three infantry regiments on battleships and left for Dengzhou, from which they would go to Tianjin, and from Tianjin to Beijing.

Jiang Beiming had received the news of the loss of Xi'an in Datong for some time, because he had not received orders from his family, and all the Yulin troops had been standing still in Datong. The people from the Ministry of Security sent news that Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou had stabilized their positions in Weinan County, but Weinan County could not stop Li Zicheng at all, and Yang Sichang meant to continue to retreat in the direction of Shanxi.

Jiang Beiming called Zhou Lei and others to his camp for a meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you all know the current situation." Jiang Beiming briefly introduced the situation and asked, "Wang Qianxiang, is there any movement on Wang Pu's side, has he received the will of the imperial court?" ”

"As far as I know, not yet." Wang Qianxiang replied, "But Wang Pu has come to me, and he means that he doesn't want us to go to Xi'an again." With our Yulin Army stationed in Datong, he is still very relieved. ”

"We definitely can't be stationed in Datong." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Although there is no news from home yet, I guess our next step is either to go to Xi'an or go back to Beijing." ”