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Around the Chinese New Year, Xiao Tianjian was also as busy as an axle, on the one hand, he ordered Feng Weihan to go to the Beijing Division in disguise, sit in the Beijing Division, collect information from the imperial court, and then use carrier pigeons to transmit the news back to Luoyang City as quickly as possible, so that Xiao Tianjian could adjust the deployment in advance. （..)

When he learned of the predicament of the imperial court, Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed in Luoyang City, Chongzhen did this, it can be said that he did another thankless business, although he was forced to negotiate peace with Jiannu, and also had ambitions to use the power of the official army outside the gate to destroy the Xingtian Army in one fell swoop, but in the end it was still a bad move, overestimating his ability to control the official army, and at the same time he was not really ready to mobilize the army. When he raised sufficient rations, he gave the Xingtian Army a full opportunity to adjust.

Originally, after learning that the imperial court had delayed the southward movement of their army due to food and salary problems, the staff officers in the army, headed by Li Xin, immediately proposed a plan that could disintegrate the imperial court's operation.

The plan they put forward was very simple, that is, to take advantage of the weakness of the imperial court that there was no sufficient military rations in the north at present, to give the imperial court a snake and a seven-inch fight, simply choke the throat of the imperial court, and immediately choose one or two points on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal with the superior forces that had just been freed up, and give a sudden blow to capture a section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, completely jam the canal, and prevent the transfer of grain from the south to the north. I'm afraid that the Jingshi will have nothing to eat, and they have all chosen the locations for the attack, one is Jining Prefecture in Shandong, and the other is Xuzhou.

In these two places, there are not many officers and soldiers at the moment, and they are very close to the areas controlled by the Xingtian Army, and before Xiao Tianjian returned to the north, Liu Bao had already made a plan to attack these two places, and he was only about to implement them, so no matter from which point of view, it is not a matter of much effort for the Xingtian Army to conquer these two places, and it can even be said that the problem of food for those officers and soldiers in the north can be solved once and for all, so that they are not able to go south to fight the Xingtian Army.

If Xiao Tianjian followed their advice and implemented it, it would have a great chance of success, and even within a few months, it would cause a serious food shortage in the north, causing the entire imperial court to lose its combat effectiveness.

Therefore, once this combat plan was proposed, all the generals in the army expressed their support, but Xiao Tianjian alone refused to agree, and in Xiao Tianjian's hands, he had already obtained a piece of information at this time, which wrote the situation of the officers and troops who were going to be transferred south this time.

"Liaodong General Soldier Wu Sangui, Datong General Soldier Wang Pu, Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke......" these names Xiao Tianjian is very familiar, Wu Sangui needless to say, the rest are not strangers, in the history of the Songjin War, these people have appeared, but on the occasion of the battle, they have rushed to lead the troops to flee the battlefield, only Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen, Qiu Minyang and a few other general officers did not escape, and finally defended Songshan and finally broke the battle and died on the battlefield.

Xiao Tianjian couldn't figure out how Chongzhen chose people, why he chose these people to enter the customs to deal with him, if it was Cao Bianjiao and Yang Guozhu, he might still let them go because these two people could be regarded as heroes of the resistance, but this list was too tempting for him.

Needless to say, this Wu Sangui alone has a huge attraction to him, you must know that this guy is a super traitor who can be as famous as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi in history, in Xiao Tianjian's original plan, one day when he goes north to attack Jingshi, sooner or later he will have the opportunity to fight with this person, either this fang will be surrendered, or this fang may be surrendered as in the original history, and in the end there will be a big war with him, if he does not kill this fang Xiao Tianjian feels that it is difficult to calm the hatred in his heart.

But he never expected that history was disturbed by him beyond recognition, and he actually had the opportunity to meet this fang at this time.

The plan proposed by Li Xin and other people from the staff department is indeed very feasible, and it is a very good plan, but it also brings a big problem, that is, as long as the Grand Canal is cut off, then there may be a large-scale food shortage in the entire Jingfu and Guanwai and even Shandong. At the same time, he is also ready to go north and prepare for a showdown with Jiannu.

Now the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty has long been not Xiao Tianjian's goal, in his opinion, the fall of the Ming Dynasty is not a problem to consider, the most important thing is to take the Beijing Division, to face the Jiannu entry into the customs, he must learn from the history of Li Zicheng's failure experience, to prevent himself from following in the footsteps of Li Zicheng's success in the future, not only can not save China, but has become a historical sinner who led Kou into the customs.

If he is stuck in the Grand Canal now, then it will inevitably cause the complete collapse of the entire Ming Dynasty's defense system in the north, and if he doesn't get it right, he may attract Jiannu to go south before he is completely ready to fight with Jiannu, forcing him to lead his troops to fight with Jiannu before he captures Nanzhili, and once he fails, then the whole of China may fall into a situation from which he will never recover, and his efforts over the years may be in vain!

So although Li Xin's plan is very attractive and has strong operability, Xiao Tianjian is not willing to take this move, because if it is not done well, it may backfire and lead Jiannu to enter the customs in advance, at this time, he still needs the Ming defense system in the north to continue to play a certain role, so that he has time to completely control the hinterland of the Central Plains first, and have a stable rear to support him and Jiannu in the final duel.

What's more, this time he had a golden opportunity, and he met Wu Sangui leading his troops south, you must know that if this guy surrenders to Jiannu in the future, it is likely to cause a disaster for the Han people, and the tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops under his command will become the vanguard of the Qing army once they surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and the harm caused is unimaginable.

So now there is such an opportunity to face Wu Sangui, if you do well, you can take advantage of this opportunity to kill this guy in the hinterland of the Central Plains first, which is equivalent to completely solving a big traitor in the future and avoiding a lot of trouble.

Therefore, after Xiao Tianjian got this information, he thought about the plan proposed by Li Xin and other staff officers in detail for a long time, and finally vetoed this plan.

For Xiao Tianjian's veto of such a good battle plan, all the generals felt that they didn't understand, so Xiao Tianjian smiled: "Why bother? Could it be that this time the official army went south, and you were afraid of them? What kind of conspiracy and conspiracy, in my Xiao's opinion, is not needed, since they want to fight to the death in advance, then Lao Tzu will give them this opportunity and defeat them in a dignified manner! Don't mention this matter again, let them come! Now all we have to do is prepare! Hoard supplies, give them a head-on blow, and let them have no return! ”

Xiao Tianjian couldn't tell his subordinates what might happen in the future, tell them that he knew what had happened in history, and tell them that Wu Sangui, who came this time, would become a traitor and surrender to the Manchu Tartars in the future, not to mention that there were some plans that he couldn't say too early now, for example, cutting off the canal might cause the defense system established by the Ming Dynasty in the north to completely collapse, and it might lead the Jiannu army to knock south in advance, so that they would have to face a decisive battle with Jiannu in advance, which was not easy to tell his subordinates for the time being.

But in private, Xiao Tianjian and Li Xin did a certain amount of communication, after all, Li Xin is now his chief of staff, and he needs Li Xin to understand many things, so he informed Li Xin of some things to consider, and Li Xin couldn't help but marvel at the depth of Xiao Tianjian's consideration after listening to Xiao Tianjian's thoughts.

When he and other staff officers set up the battle plan for attacking Jining Prefecture and Xuzhou, he only thought about how to prevent the northern official army from going south, but did not think about it further, and now after listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, he knew that Xiao Tianjian was not only thinking about the current big war, but also had even considered the future Northern Expedition, and the plan he proposed was obviously in conflict with Xiao Tianjian's long-term plan, and it was likely to cause an avalanche of the northern official and military defense system in advance. So after understanding Xiao Tianjian's thoughts, Li Xin immediately dispelled the idea of continuing to persuade Xiao Tianjian to listen to him, and immediately nodded: "I see, I didn't expect that the lord had thought so far!" I really admire the lord! In that case, then there is nothing to say about lowly duties! That's it!

However, he thinks that it is better for him to sit and wait for them to go south, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack in advance as before, and after a large number of officers and troops of the province go south, they will enter the area under our current control and harm the people! At present, the main forces of each department have been deployed, and Chen is stationed in Kaifeng, Weihui, and Luoyang, although the materials are still lacking, but after all, we can go north first, and continue to transfer materials to the front to replenish it!

In addition, at the moment, we don't know which way the officers and soldiers will go south, so it is better to take the initiative and force them to meet us according to our ideas! I don't know what the handsome man thinks? ”

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian thought about it for a while, and immediately nodded: "What you said is good!" It is expected that waiting for them to go south is tantamount to handing over the initiative to the imperial court, and we have to deal with it passively! It's better for us to take the initiative and force the court to go south according to our ideas, so that the initiative will be in our hands! Hehe! I've been focusing on logistics for a while, but I've forgotten about that, and it's a good time for you to remind you! Just do as you say! However, since we have taken the initiative to attack, then we must always choose a place to attack, attack it and save it, and force the imperial court to send troops according to our ideas, you might as well tell me where we will attack first! ”

As the two of them spoke, they walked together to the giant hand-drawn map of the Ming Dynasty hanging in the hall, stood in front of the map and began to observe.

"If the lord asks where to hit first, then as you can see, you still have to hit here first!" As he spoke, Li Xin pointed to a point on the map.

"Jining Prefecture? Or Jining State? Xiao Tianjian couldn't help laughing.

(Chapter 3 arrives!) Brethren, let the tipping be more violent! Hehe! ）