"Listed as a minister, I just received a letter from Uncle Zhongzhen from Liaodong yesterday, which happens to be related to what you just discussed." Chongzhen's tone was a little excited.

For Wang Yue, Chongzhen's heart is contradictory. The Tiance Army was the decisive force in the defense against the Manchus, and what he hoped for was that the Tiance Army would be weakened, not completely defeated.

So when he heard that the Tiance army was defeated in Liaodong, he was apprehensive in his heart, if even the Tiance army was defeated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming dynasty would be in danger.

However, he had been to the starting point city, and his knowledge of it made Chongzhen unbelievable that the Tiance army would fail.

Now the contact between Chongzhen and Wang Yue is very convenient, and the telegram and telephone can be communicated directly. Through communication, Chongzhen knew the situation in more detail than Luo Yangxing's grasp. The biggest gain was Wang Yue's special recital, which was transmitted by telegraph.

"The third division of the Tiance Army, Li Zixuan's division, was defeated in the attack on the defense line of Jiannugai Prefecture on May 19, and nearly half of it was lost. Subsequently, the 3rd Division retreated to Dalian to recuperate, and in this battle, a total of about 70,000 Jiannu troops were annihilated, while our army lost more than 2,800 killed and 3,300 wounded. ”

Wang Chengen read out Wang Yue's recital in the hall with a sharp voice: "......." This battle is the biggest defeat of our Tiance Army since the establishment of the army, and it is a shame for the defeat of Xuegaizhou, and all units of the Tiance Army are gathering reinforcements to Liaodong, and it is expected that from June 5, the whole army of the Tiance Army will launch a war to destroy the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Chenben Buyi, witnessing the shattering of mountains and rivers, Jiannu repeatedly violated the border, since the formation of Wanping regiment practice, he has vowed to destroy the pseudo-Qing, recover Liaodong, reorganize the old mountains and rivers, and now it has been four years. Today, the troops are raised to the north, and the momentum and Jiannu will not die, and Shenyang will not be withdrawn if it is not broken. ”

Chongzhen on the dragon chair, his hands clenched into fists, clenched tightly, in order to hide the excitement in his heart, his expression was very indifferent to look at the ministers in the court and said: "As a minister, what do you think of the twists and turns of the loyal uncle?" ”

Chongzhen was so excited when he received the news that Wang Yue was going to launch a war to destroy the Qing Dynasty, and the Tiance army was finally going to fight the Manchu Qing to the death.

Excited, surprised, excited, incredulous, etc., all the officials in the court had any expressions.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing, this is a great thing!" Huang Shijun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said loudly: "Some time ago, Jiannu once again detained the pass, and the border pass was urgent. ”

The Tiance army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are not going to die, which is exactly what the officials are willing to see, no matter who wins or who loses, the loss of the Tiance army is inevitable.

Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, bowed his hand to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the loyal uncle has this ambition, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, and the destruction of the East can be expected." In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the minister suggested that the Guanning army and the new army of Xuanda should be dispatched with the whole army to respond to the actions of the Tiance army. ”

Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now we should transfer the general troops of Shanxi Xuanda Jizhou Miyun Guanning, and the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, will urgently go out to support the Tiance Army, and we must take advantage of this God-given opportunity to destroy the Dongyu in one fell swoop and recover Liaodong." ”

"No!" Tian Weijia, the secretary of the ministry, said sharply: "Outside Shanhaiguan, the puppet Prince of Yu Duoduo led 100,000 troops, and Xuanda had 50,000 or 60,000 troops from Mongolia at each pass. I think that the border armies of the imperial court should guard the border and protect the border. Don't forget, the defeat of the Tiance army in Gaizhou, if the Tiance army is unfavorable and the imperial army is trapped outside the pass, the Beijing division will be in danger. ”

Fan Jingwen smiled and said, "Lord Tian is too worried, right?" However, I thought that the battle of Gaizhou of the Tiance army was obviously a victory, and at the cost of 6,000 casualties, 70,000 Jiannu were annihilated, which was clearly a great victory, and the combat strength of the Tiance army was obvious to all. ”

"Master Fan." Huang Shijun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "I can't agree with your proposal. The army of Jiannu outside the pass is close at hand, and the imperial army can hold the pass steadily, which has invited the heavens. And you are gambling on the fortunes of the country, in case the army loses again, the imperial court cannot afford such a risk. ”

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, arched his hand to Chongzhen, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, what Lord Tian and Lord Huang said is also true, the imperial army should take the preservation of strength as the priority, this is the best policy. ”

Preserving strength, this is the central idea that Tian Weijia and others want to express.

"What Elder Zhou Ge said is reasonable!"

"That's right, the court also has difficulties."

"Maybe the Tiance Army can wipe out the Eastern Capture on its own, but I don't know, and the loyal uncle didn't ask for reinforcements from the imperial court."

Most of the officials in the court agreed with the suggestions of Tian Weijia and others, some hoped that the Tiance army and the Qing army would be defeated, and some were afraid of the Qing army's achievements over the past decades and did not want to take risks, and so on.

"A bunch of rat-eyed people." Fan Jingwen scolded angrily and arched his hand to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty ......!" ”

Chongzhen waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and said: "What Tian Aiqing and others said is not unreasonable, and all the armies at the border should guard the pass tightly. In fact, this is also to contain the forces of the Eastern Prisoners, and to respond to the actions of the Tiance Army, so that Zhongzhen Bo no longer has any worries. ”

His thoughts are similar to those of Tian Weijia and others, hoping to preserve their strength, so that the Tiance army and the Qing army can fight and lose both, so as to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Chongzhen paused for a moment and said: "Spread the decree and order Wu Zhi, the superintendent of the Tiance Army, to go to Lushun immediately to assist Uncle Zhongzhen." Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the military department, went to comfort the Tiance army on behalf of me, loyal to the uncle but in need, and the imperial court should try its best to cooperate. ”

What can the imperial court cooperate with? Money or food? I guess it's enough to choke. But Chongzhen also had to show his attitude, after all, the Tiance army was about to fight desperately with the mortal enemy Manchu Qing.

"Your Majesty...!"

Fan Jingwen wanted to say more, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Retreat!" ”

"Alas!" Fan Jingwen sighed.

The reason why Fan Jingwen strongly supported Wang Yue was actually for the sake of the imperial court. Although he was friendly with Wang Yue, he was not so attached to Wang Yue that he became his mouthpiece.

After all, he was a traditional literati, and the first consideration must be the interests of the imperial court. Fan Jingwen has a deep understanding of the situation in the starting point city and the strength of the Tiance army. In his opinion, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be defeated, Liaodong is about to fall into the hands of Wang Yue, and if the imperial court does not intervene now, it will be difficult in the future.

…。

The Forbidden City, Chongzhen's imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu is here again, do you see it or not?" Wang Chengen said softly.

"Hmph, why is this Lu Jiandou so unclear?" Chongzhen's face was full of displeasure, he thought for a while and said, "Pass him in." ”

Lu Xiangsheng stepped into the imperial study and saluted Chongzhen: "Wechen knock to see my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Chongzhen sighed and said, "Flat." ”