In Chongzhen's meaning, the more soldiers the better, so that they can be sure to capture Nanjing and ascend the throne smoothly. However, all the way south from Beijing, he relied on Chen Yue, so he couldn't help but consider Chen Yue's views.

"Your Majesty, the defenders of Zhenjiang can accompany them to attack Nanjing, as for gathering local troops, forget it." Chen Yue objected without thinking.

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with the opinion of Pingnanhou, "I can't wait for Cheng Xun to speak out, Wang Yin stood up and helped Chen Yue speak."

"The city of Nanjing is high and deep, if the Pingnan army can't take it, it may not be able to capture it if it recruits 100,000 troops. Because there are millions of people in Nanjing, if King Fu and Ma Shiying are willing, they can also levy the people in the city to defend the city. In this way, falling into a protracted war, Nanjing City will inevitably be rotten, not my blessing of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the siege of the city is the bottom, and the attack of the heart is the top. There are hundreds of cultural relics and millions of people in Nanjing, and not everyone is rebellious. There must be a few who are really rebellious, and more of them are loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty, just for rebellion and coercion. As long as our army is under the city of Nanjing, all the gentlemen in the city will inevitably respond in groups, so why should we attack the city? ”

Wang Yin said slowly, a paragraph that broke down the current situation very clearly, and when Cheng Xun and Lu Mingrong wanted to object, they didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees with Mr. Yokoyama, the art of war is cloudy, the first army is to fight, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. Now that we have an absolute advantage and opportunity, the army that supports King Fu has gone to three, so why bother to adopt such a strategy as attacking the city. Only a person who does not understand the art of war or military strategy would make such a stupid suggestion. ”

Yuan Kewang glanced at Cheng Xun and Lu Mingrong as he spoke, and the two of them were angry.

"I am a second-class jinshi in the seventh year of Chongzhen, a protégé of the Son of Heaven, an official worshipping Zhenjiang soldiers, and an official of the four-grade imperial court, who are you who dare to insult me?" Cheng Xun pointed at Yuan Kewang and scolded sharply. Yuan Kewang was a fortunate person who was born in a show, and dared to insult himself, which made Cheng Xun not angry.

"Enough!" Without waiting for Yuan Kewang to scold back, Chongzhen scolded sharply, what he couldn't see the most was that the ministers quarreled with each other, "When it comes to things, they are all meritorious scholars, what kind of system do they become like shrews scolding the street!" ”

Chongzhen was angry, and everyone hurriedly bowed down to plead guilty, although Cheng Xun was angry, he had to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Lord Yuan means that it is impossible for all the civil and military ministers in Nanjing City to support King Fu's rebellion, as long as we send someone to contact them, there will definitely be many civil and military people with great righteousness, willing to fight back. It is only necessary to persuade some of the defenders in Nanjing City to open the city gates, so that they can enter the city and suppress the rebellion without attacking the city at all. ”

Seeing that Yuan Kewang, who supported him, was reprimanded, Chen Yue had to stand up and speak, and took the opportunity to say his thoughts.

The method of attacking Nanjing Chen Yue has been thinking about it for a long time, and he has already planned to make a comprehensive plan, but the stakes are so high, he didn't plan to say it easily, but in today's situation, Yuan Kewang is young and vigorous, and if he doesn't stand up again, I'm afraid he will be punished.

"Good way, good plan!" Before others could speak, Lu Zhenfei said happily, "The Nanjing Guards are all my Ming Dynasty military households, and the leaders are also my hereditary ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the most loyal to Your Majesty, but they are the people who support Liu Zeqing's generation of King Fu will definitely not be able to pee in a pot, as long as someone enters the city with His Majesty's edict, there will definitely be many people who respond to us, so that the soldiers can enter the city without blood, and the catastrophe caused by the siege can be avoided."

Chongzhen kept nodding, his heart was completely relaxed, what he was worried about was whether he could attack the city, as long as he could attack the city, the military strength of the Pingnan Army would definitely not be able to resist Liu Zeqing's rebels.

Seeing that most of the people in the hall agreed with Chen Yue's strategy, even Lu Zhenfei agreed, Cheng Xun and Lu Mingrong glanced at each other helplessly, and could only agree.

So, the matter was settled. Chongzhen issued an order to take Chen Yue, the Marquis of Fengpingnan, as the rebellious general, to be fully responsible for the attack on Nanjing, and to take Cheng Xun as the supervisor of the military road, leading the Zhenjiang defenders to accompany him. The army that attacked Nanjing totaled 15,000 people, known as the 100,000 army, and sent troops three days later.

In order to ensure the insurance period, Chongzhen issued an order to transfer 5,000 troops to the Huai'an regiment, and the defenders of Yangzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang each transferred 2,000 to 3,000 people to Zhenjiang to converge, and a total of 20,000 troops were requisitioned and transferred as the rear army, thinking that Chen Yue's army was the backup, and as for Chongzhen and a group of ministers, they stayed in Zhenjiang and waited for the arrival of troops from all over the country before going to Nanjing. After all, the soldiers are in danger, and Chongzhen's presence on the battlefield is too dangerous, and he doesn't want to experience another fierce battle in the canal.

Afterwards, the ministers retreated, but Chongzhen left Chen Yue behind.

"Aiqing, don't think too much, I ordered to recruit defenders from all over the country not to distrust you, it's really that our army is too small, Nanjing's guards are no longer credible, even if Nanjing is defeated, Nanjing's guards can't stay, and Aiqing, your Pingnan army will definitely follow you to Yangzhou to take office, and Nanjing City must have an army that I can trust."

Chongzhen actually cared so much about his feelings, and Chen Yue suddenly felt flattered.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the ministers are not as far-sighted. Weichen can only look at how to capture Nanjing, but His Majesty is really far-sighted after the capture of Nanjing. ”

Listening to Chen Yue's unfamiliar sycophants, Chongzhen couldn't help but glared at Chen Yue in disgust, ", remember to go see Kunxing, she's very bored these days." ”

Chen Yue saluted Chongzhen and "rolled" out, but before he could go to find Princess Kunxing, he saw Yuan Kewang waiting outside.

"A bunch of bastards, they jumped out to fight for power before things got any good." Yuan Kewang said angrily.

"Brother Yuan, are you talking about Cheng Xun?" Chen Yue asked in surprise.

"It's Cheng Xun and that Lu Mingrong, they don't want you to enjoy the great merit of counterinsurgency alone, so they jumped out and said that they would mobilize the troops of various provinces to recruit 100,000 troops.

If they really recruited 100,000 troops, they would definitely suggest that Lu Zhenfei should be the overseer to be responsible for leading all the armies in the tradition of Wen Yuwu. And Cheng Xun and Lu Mingrong will definitely be involved, either responsible for the supply of grain and grass, or counselor in the military, and come in to share a share of military merits.

These people don't want to see Master Hou alone in power! Only then did he deliberately target you, Master Hou. ”

"Brother Yuan is not too worried, it shouldn't be like this, I also met them for the first time and didn't have a holiday, why did they target me." Chen Yue said with a smile.

"Hmph, the civil and military disputes in the Ming Dynasty have been going on for a long time, and in the eyes of these civil officials, Lord Hou, you will be the representative of the generals in the future, and they absolutely don't want to see you hold too much power.

Master Hou, you must be careful of these civil officials in the future, the most insidious is them. I know that there are too many things that are bad in their hands. ”

Yuan Kewang solemnly admonished, and Chen Yue's expression also became solemn.