The meeting was dismissed, and Xu Lang Leng Tianbing returned to the General Staff and immediately summoned all the staff officers.

Leng Tianbing conveyed Li Zicheng's news to everyone with a serious expression, and then said: "The Military Commission has ordered that the General Staff Department must come up with a response plan within two days. The general principle is that Li Zicheng cannot be allowed to grow stronger, still less can the Manchu Qing enter the customs. Hard work, everyone, don't go home for the next two days, and Chief of General Staff Xu and I won't go home either, and we're here to accompany you. One more point, strictly confidential, I won't say anything else, and get to work. ”

"Yes, sir." Everyone replied in unison.

The conference room of the General Staff became a temporary staff room, and all the operational staff officers, including Zheng Lei from the Third Division, also began to work with a few people.

Xiao Junzhe sat opposite Gao Chen with the rank of lieutenant, biting a pencil and staring at the map in front of him silently, Xu Lang quietly walked around behind him, leaned on his ear and said softly: "Junzhe, I will send someone to talk to your mother in a while, don't go back in the past two days, hard work." ”

"Chief of the General Staff." Xiao Junzhe raised his head and replied, "No need, since it is strictly confidential, no one else can notify the family, so I will be exempted." ”

Xu Lang didn't speak again, smiled and patted Xiao Junzhe's shoulder.

Xu Lang called Leng Tianbing to his office alone and closed the door: "Tianbing, I have some personal thoughts and want to talk to you alone." ”

Leng Tianbing didn't joke with Xu Lang, and sat down opposite Xu Lang: "Say it, I'll listen." ”

"TechnoAlpin." Xu Lang smacked his lips, "I feel more and more that this matter is not easy to handle." There were almost 100,000 people on Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's side, and Huang Taiji and Tao Min's Korean New Army also had 150,000 or 60,000, and this did not include the Mongols. I guess Tao Min will definitely do two things after learning the news, the first is to contact Li Zicheng again, and he will definitely help Li Zicheng with a batch of firearms; The second is that he will definitely ease relations with Huang Taiji, and may even use Dolgon as a condition. ”

"There is such a possibility, Tao Min should not be underestimated." Leng Tianbing was also quite worried, "If they unite several families, then the total number of troops can reach 300,000, and the possibility that the Ming Dynasty can resist is very small." ”

"In the original history, in 1644, Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime in Xi'an, and then hit Beijing in less than three months." Xu Lang then said, "Although the current situation cannot be compared with the original, the Ming Dynasty still has a certain strength, but no one dares to guarantee which direction it will develop next, and history may repeat itself." ”

"And what do you mean?" Leng Tianbing felt that Xu Lang seemed to have a very important suggestion.

"Give up Beijing, withdraw to Nanjing, divide the river and rule, and accumulate strength." Xu Lang looked at Leng Tianbing and slowly said his thoughts.

"It can't be, it's absolutely impossible." Leng Tianbing shouted, "In the original history, Li Zicheng didn't leave Chongzhen when he hit the city of Beijing, he would rather hang himself than leave." It's still far from that point, how could Chongzhen give up on Beijing. Moreover, once the capital is moved, the world will be shocked, which is absolutely impossible. ”

"I knew it couldn't be." Xu Lang said, "This is just the last resort. So I have an idea, you just know it, and no one should say it. I would like to suggest that Zhang Hai set up a special forces unit in Beijing with our Marines as the team to ensure the passage from Beijing to Tianjin. Transfer the Pearl or the Guangdong to Tianjin, and once there is an irreparable situation, even if it is a kidnapping, Chongzhen will be tied up in Nanjing. ”

"Xu Lang, let me ask a question first." Leng Tianbing asked rhetorically, "Why do you have to let Chongzhen go to Nanjing, even if he dies, wouldn't it be okay to set up another emperor in Nanjing." ”

"This won't work." Xu Lang explained, "Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun had a total of eight sons, five of whom were adults. After Wanli's death, his eldest son Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Taichang, but he only served as emperor for a month. And Zhu Changluo only has two sons, the eldest son is the famous carpenter emperor Tianqi. Tianqi gave birth to three sons but none of them survived, so his younger brother Chongzhen ascended the throne after his death. After Li Zicheng broke Beijing, Chongzhen's three sons were nowhere to be found, and Zhu Cihuan, the only one who knew his whereabouts, was also wrapped out of Beijing by Li Zichengxie and did not go to Nanjing. Moreover, whether this Zhu Cihuan is true or not has always been controversial in the historiography. ”

Leng Tianbing listened a little big: "Xu Lang, what do you want to say, now is not the time for you to talk about history." ”

"That's what I mean." Xu Lang said with a smile, "In the original history, it was precisely because Chongzhen and his sons did not go to Nanjing that there was actually no orthodox heir since Emperor Taichang, which led to a total of five emperors in the Southern Ming Dynasty." Of course, there are other reasons for this, but the problem is that none of these five emperors are truly justifiable, and no one can be calmed. So what I mean is that Chongzhen must live, and it must be up to him to form the Nanming regime. If it is really not possible, he must get his son to go to Nanjing, only in this way can the legitimacy of the legal system of the Nanjing regime be ensured. ”

"I said Xu Lang, you think a little too much." Leng Tianbing said, "It's still far from that far. ”

"Plan ahead." Xu Lang said, "If you think my idea is feasible, then I'll write something for Zheng Jiang and Zhang Guodong to see." First of all, the four of us know, secretly prepare for it, and there will be a way out when it really comes. ”

Leng Tianbing thought carefully for a while: "Then you write it first, and then talk about it after you get it out." ”

When Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing were talking secretly, Zhang Guodong and Zheng Jiang came to Xia Yang's office, and Xia Yang was struggling with the matter of resettling the displaced people.

"The two chairmen, why did you come to me together?" Xia Yang got up and gave up his seat and smiled bitterly, "I'm really embarrassed now. Just our original people who built roads and houses are not easy to resettle, and soon Beiming will send a large number of displaced people. Although Xiao Junzhe's suggestion is not bad, there are still many difficulties in implementing it. ”

"Lao Xia, let's put aside the matter of resettlement of displaced people first." Zhang Guodong sat down and said.

"Why?" Xia Yang was confused, "Do you have any other way, or is there something new?" ”

"It's something new." Zheng Jiang saw that there was no one else in the house, and said, "Li Zicheng has conquered Xi'an." What to do next, our military committee is discussing, and Beiming's side has suspended the operation of marching into Xi'an. ”

Xia Yang frowned after listening to Zheng Jiang's story: "So there is a great danger in the north, and if Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing join forces, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”