"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Golden State has won a great victory." A little eunuch ran out of breath, "Your Majesty, the governor of Denglai is playing, and Jinzhou is victorious." Zhang Shujie, the deputy general of our Shenji Battalion, captured Jinzhou and beheaded more than 1,000 Zhenyi. ”

"What did you say?" Chongzhen didn't believe it, "It was the Shenji Battalion that defeated Jinzhou, not the Yulin Army?" ”

Wang Chengen took the fold from the little eunuch's hand and held it in front of Chongzhen, and the little eunuch knelt on the ground and replied: "Your Majesty, that's what the person from Dengzhou said. ”

Chongzhen finished reading the fold and threw it to Wang Chengen, and couldn't hide the joy on his face: "Wang Chengen, you can also take a look." This time, it was really the Shenji Battalion that defeated Jinzhou, not Yulin Bay, but my Shenji Battalion. ”

Wang Chengen took it and looked at it, Wang Chengen's heart understood what was going on, without the help of the Yulin Army, Zhang Shujie would not have been able to defeat Jinzhou with his own strength. Xu Lang has already arrived in Beijing and has also looked for himself, Wang Chengen has been thinking about how to convey the meaning of Yulin Bay to Chongzhen in the past few days.

Wang Chengen had just finished watching the recital and had not yet spoken, Chongzhen said again: "Wang Chengen, the intention is to be made." Yang Wenyue and Zhang Shujie did not disgrace the holy order and won this great victory, and I am very pleased. Yang Wenyue added the title of prince and young prince; Zhang Shujie was promoted to the general army and was named the general of the dragon and tiger. Perform their duties first, and when the war is over, there will be another reward. ”

"Slave and maid command." Wang Chengen knelt down and said, "The slave and maid will do it immediately." ”

"You wait a minute." Chongzhen stopped Wang Chengen again, he was still thinking about the Yulin Army in his heart, "Wang Chengen, Yang Wenyue's memora also mentioned the Yulin Army, and they didn't go to attack Jinzhou." ”

Wang Chengen knew what Chongzhen meant by this, this attack on Lushun, Chongzhen's idea was to consume the strength of the Yulin Army and Zheng Zhilong, and Chongzhen should know that the main force of the Yulin Army was now in Annan.

"Your Majesty." Wang Chengen knelt down again and said, "Yang Wenyue's recital also said that the Yulin Army only had 7,000 troops, all of which were placed in the south of Jinzhou to snipe Lushun's reinforcements. His Majesty's will is to defeat Lushun, and there are 20,000 Tartars in Lushun, which also depends on the Yulin army. ”

"I understand." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Wang Chengen, is it that Xu Lang has come to Beijing in the past few days and has seen you and Cao Huachun?" ”

Wang Chengen kowtowed, he knew that Xu Lang's coming to Beijing would definitely not be able to hide from Chongzhen, and he didn't want to hide it from Chongzhen, but he hadn't figured out how to tell Chongzhen what Xu Lang said. Now seeing Chongzhen asking, Wang Chengen knows that it is not okay not to say it: "Your Majesty, General Xu Lang did come to Beijing, and he also looked for slaves and maids and Gonggong Cao. It's just that Xu Lang talked about some things, and the slave didn't think about how to deal with it, so he didn't reply to His Majesty. ”

"Xu Lang told you something." Chongzhen asked, "Why didn't you think about how to deal with it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." Wang Cheng'en replied, "General Xu Lang said that the Tartars still have 90,000 soldiers and horses in Korea, but they are all stationed on Tsushima Island in the southern part of Korea, and their intention is to conquer Dongying. Dongying currently has a population of 10 million, and if the Tartars were allowed to conquer Dongying, their power would be greatly increased. Therefore, General Xu Lang suggested that we take this opportunity to send troops to Korea again to prevent the Tatars from attacking Dongying. ”

"Will the Tartars attack Dongying?" Chongzhen never expected that Xu Lang would find Wang Chengen because of this incident.

"Your Majesty, that's what General Xu Lang said." Wang Chengen said again, "But Your Majesty, General Xu Lang said that as long as the Tartars really attack Dongying, then North Korea must be empty." As long as we send a surprise army to Korea, then North Korea can re-attach itself to our Celestial Empire. Moreover, Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong's fleet will block the Korean Strait, and even if the Tartars defeat Dongying, they will not pose any threat to our Ming Dynasty. Moreover, General Xu Lang also said that this time it is certain that the 50,000 troops of our Celestial Dynasty will recover Lushun, and we only need to build a defense line in Jinzhou after recovering Lushun to cut off Huang Taiji and Lushun. We can use Lushun as a base, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Huang Taiji's troops are only tens of thousands, and we can encircle Huang Taiji from east to west. ”

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said with a smile: "Wang Chengen, I think Xu Lang's suggestion is very good, why do you feel that you don't know how to deal with it?" ”

Wang Chengen didn't think much about it: "Your Majesty, although General Xu Lang's suggestion is good, in this way, all my Ming troops will be invested in Liaodong." Now Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are still fighting against the Liukou in Shaanxi, once there is a change in Shaanxi, I am afraid that our dynasty will have no troops to send. That's why the slave didn't know how to deal with it. ”

"That's what you're talking about." Chongzhen thought for a while, "Wang Chengen, you step back first, I still have to think about it." ”

Wang Chengen retreated, and Chongzhen called a little eunuch: "Xuan Gao dives." ”

Gao Qiqian walked quickly into the Heart Cultivation Palace: "Long live the slave and maid." ”

"High dive." Chongzhen asked, "Did I find out what I asked you to investigate?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid have checked it out." Gao Qi replied, "The prince did send his two nephews to Yulin Bay, and the slaves and maids also found out that Zheng Zhilong in Fujian and Feng Kaizhong in the Thousand Households of Fushan in Shandong also sent their sons to Yulin Bay. ”

Chongzhen's heart was annoyed: "What are they trying to do, the world is my world, not the world of Yulin Bay." ”

"Your Majesty must not be angry, and you need to take care of the dragon's body." Gao Qiqian kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know whether to say a word or not." ”

"Say." Chongzhen's anger did not subside.

Gao Qiqian has been snubbed by Chongzhen Ming since the last time Yue dragged it, and Gao Qiqian also understands that no matter how loyal he is to Chongzhen, Chongzhen will no longer use him openly, because there are too many things involved, especially the cabinet.

But Gao Qiqian never expected that Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun had both looked for him, and the two of them expressed one meaning to him, no matter what the eunuch's infighting was, the eunuchs were all rootless people, and their fate must be the same. The cabinet is different, people have their own way.

Gao Qiqian also thought carefully about the words of Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, his current situation, the cabinet can't count on it, they have always had prejudices against eunuchs, especially the Donglin Party. If you want to make a comeback now, you still have to rely on Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, and only by leaning on them can you have a chance.

Gao Qiqian raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, although the prince sent his two nephews to Yulin Bay, the prince is not disloyal to His Majesty. The prince said to the slave maid that although the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were also in Yulin Bay, they had certain difficulties in finding out the news, so the prince showed favor to Yulin Bay, and Yulin Bay would not be wary of the two children. ”

Chongzhen was a little relieved when he heard Gao Qiqian say this: "What about Zheng Zhilong and that thousand households?" ”

"Your Majesty." Gao Qiqian replied, "Zheng Zhilong sent 30 children to Yulin Bay mainly to learn shipbuilding in Yulin Bay, slaves and maids can guarantee with their lives, Zheng Zhilong will never be with Yulin Bay." ”

"I also know Zheng Zhilong." Chongzhen relieved a little more, "How about that Qianhu?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." Gao Qiqian said, "The slave inquired about something. When Yulin Bay and Chen Yingyuan attacked Shengjing for the first time, they were stationed in Fushan Qianhu, when Kong Youde was in turmoil in Shandong, and Fushan Qianhu was starved of food for half a month. After Yulinwan arrived at Fushan, he opened a canopy to give porridge and saved the lives of hundreds of people in Fushan, so Feng Kaizhong and Yulinwan got very close. Moreover, Feng Kaizhong is only a thousand households, he only knows that Yulin Bay is also a subject of my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Alas, I didn't expect Yulin Bay to do such a thing." Chongzhen's heart began to contradict again, "Gao Qiqian, Xu Lang from Yulin Bay came to Beijing, you also know about this, but what do you think of Xu Lang's suggestions?" ”

Xu Lang came to Beijing about Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian said, Wang Chengen felt that this matter must not be hidden from Gao Qiqian. And Gao Qiqian also knew that since he had decided to fight on the same front with Wang Chengen, it was better to follow Wang Chengen's meaning.

"Back to Your Majesty." Gao Qi replied, "General Xu Lang's suggestion still needs to be decided by His Majesty. It's just that the slave maid feels that General Xu Lang doesn't have any disadvantage to my Daming, and Yulinwan is still thinking about Daming. ”

Gao Qiqian didn't start one thing, not only didn't say anything to Chongzhen, but also didn't say anything to Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun. That is, there was an officer who taught the regiment to express his intention to take refuge.

Pan Xuezhong arranged a bitter plan to let a captain officer stay in the Qinglou overnight, and Pan Xuezhong personally directed a scene of checking a brothel at night. The captain officer was beaten with forty sticks, and scolded Jiang Beiming and Pan Xuezhong in the barracks every day. Zhang Xiang of the Shenji Battalion also knew about this, thinking that he had found an opportunity and introduced this captain officer to Gao Qiqian. But now Gao Qiqian's mind has changed, and he is extremely careful, so he didn't show much enthusiasm for the captain's refuge, but just told him to go back first, and everything was waiting for news.

"You stand down first." Chongzhen retreated and dived, and sat in the heart cultivation hall and was uncertain. What exactly does Yulin Bay mean, and should I agree to their request to enter North Korea? Chongzhen slowly came up with a way, not only listening to the opinions of these eunuchs, but also asking the meaning of the cabinet.

Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, was summoned into the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Chongzhen told Liu Yuliang about the current situation and Yulinwan's suggestion. Liu Yuliang has never had any ideas, and historical records record that after he learned that Lu Xiangsheng died in battle: "Hearing that Xiangsheng died in battle, after Anping, the detectives reported that the Qing soldiers were coming, and they were colorless, and they rushed to Jinzhou to avoid it." ”

Chongzhen now put such a big problem in front of Liu Yuliang, and Liu Yuliang just kowtowed: "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty has his own perfect strategy." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand in disgust: "Aiqing, step aside." ”