In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon case and then stared at the review and commented, and the great eunuch Lu Guangyi stood quietly aside to grind it. The whole hall was silent, only the green smoke on the incense burner.

Han Zanzhou quietly entered the hall, and Lu Guangyi was stunned for a moment when he saw it, now Han Zanzhou should not be on duty, why did he come back again.

Chongzhen glanced at Han Zanyi and continued to look at the music. Han Zanzhou stood respectfully on one side.

After reviewing a few more books, Chongzhen Fang put the red pen on the pen holder, turned his head to look at Han Zanzhou, something must have happened at this time.

"Your Majesty, Fang Mingxia is back, something big has happened in Wuhu." Han Zanzhou stepped forward and said.

"What the hell is going on? Say it! Chongzhen's face was stunned, and his brows furrowed. Judging from Han Zanzhou's expression, the matter should not be small, otherwise Fang Mingxia would not have rushed back to Nanjing from Wuhu. Chongzhen's heart suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Let's let Fang Mingxia say it, he will wait outside." Han Zan said, seeing Chongzhen nodding, he waved his hand and ordered someone to pass on Fang Mingxia.

Fang Mingxia knew what happened best, and it was better for him to tell Chongzhen, and Han Zanzhou took him to the Qianqing Palace.

"Weichen Fang Ming Xia has seen Your Majesty." Fang Ming Xia Zhan walked into the main hall tremblingly, and knelt on the ground from a distance. This was the first time he had ever met the emperor.

"No need to be polite, tell me, what happened?" Chongzhen's sharp eyes were staring at Fang Mingxia's body, and he didn't care about anything else.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Mingxia kowtowed, straightened up, and asked, "Your Majesty, in the Battle of Wuhu, Gonggong Han has already told Your Majesty about the annihilation of all 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers of Azig, right?" ”

Chongzhen nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"It's not Weichen's performance, this war, the plan is completely from the hands of Weichen, and the former chief soldier Li Guoying is responsible for the implementation. Not long ago, with the assistance of Zheng Sen, the soldier, Weichen ventured to infiltrate the Qing army and persuaded Li Guoying, the chief soldier of the green battalion, to abandon the secret and surrender to the Ming with the friendship of his fellow villagers.

Li Guoying's conscience is not clear, he still has a loyal heart to my Ming Dynasty, and he was also persecuted by Zuo Mengeng in the past, and after listening to Weichen's persuasion, he repented and was willing to return to the Ming Dynasty.

After persuading Li Guoying to surrender, Weichen and Li Guoying discussed that they must inflict heavy losses on the Manchu Tartars and help our army win a great victory, so they came up with a plan.

......”

Fang Mingxia was eloquent and convenient, and explained in detail the matter of designing to annihilate the Azig Eight Banner Soldiers, these things were completely out of his planning, his personal experience, although Chongzhen had already learned the general process of the matter from Han Zanzhou's mouth, but he still couldn't help but be attracted by Fang Mingxia's story, and was surprised by its ups and downs.

In this way, Li Guoying personally took the risk to lead the fleet to transport 15,000 Azig soldiers across the river, and more than 100 ships of the fleet capsized in the center of the river, and the 15,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners sank in the river to feed the fish and turtles. When the boat sank, Li Guoying jumped into the river and swam across the river to escape for his life and returned to the camp.

The camp on the south bank, seeing the sinking of the fleet, Tan Tai was furious, and launched a fierce attack on Li Guoying's army with the remaining 5,000 and 8 banners. The deputy general Li Guoxiong sent people to ask Pingnanhou for help, but for some reason, Pingnanhou did not move and sat back and watched the abuse of the Eight Banners. In the end, at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers' lives, Li Guoying completely annihilated this group of Eight Banners soldiers and cut off Tan Tai's head.

Who knew that when Li Guoying happily took the captured Tan Tai's head to the Pingnan Army camp to meet Pingnanhou, Pingnanhou brazenly ordered Li Guoying to be arrested and imprisoned.

Your Majesty, the reason why this battle was won was because Li Guoying was brave and brave and fearless of sacrifice, and 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners died at his hands. Although he once had the reluctance to surrender to the Manchus, but with this battle, no matter how big the mistake is, it is enough to offset it.

At present, the Marquis of Pingnan is clearing out Li Ying's troops, which are all heroes who have killed the Mantars, and Li Guoying has also been arrested and put in prison, and his life is in danger at any time. Weichen implored His Majesty to issue an order to dissuade Pingnanhou, and spare his life for the sake of Li Guoying's meritorious service! ”

Fang Mingxia said with tears in his eyes, and after finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and couldn't stand still.

Han Zan Zhou Jingli listened carefully on the side, and couldn't help but secretly praise Fang Mingxia for being smart in his heart.

Chen Yuegong is highly powerful, and his position in Chongzhen's heart is irreplaceable, and if he rashly attacks, it will inevitably cause Chongzhen's disgust. And Fang Mingxia's entire discourse focused on describing the merits of himself and Li Guoying and the difficulties of fighting the Eight Banners, and finally only said that Chen Yue ordered Li Guoying to be arrested for some reason, and did not say a bad word about Chen Yue, nor did he say the reason why Chen Yue arrested Li Guoying.

However, sometimes there is no need to attack directly, in Fang Mingxia's description, Li Guoying is the hero of the annihilation of the Manchu Eight Banners, and all the 20,000 Eight Banners were annihilated by Li Guoying, while Chen Yue's army of more than 100,000 did not play much role in this battle. And now, the heroes of the Eight Banners have been arrested by people who have not played much role, and the purpose of the arrest can be imagined.

Sure enough, after listening to Fang Mingxia's words, Chongzhen's face was extremely ugly, "You said that Chen Yue arrested Li Guoying, but is it true?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's true, Weichen came from the camp of the Marquis of Pingnan, and he went to the cell to see Li Guoying in person before returning to Nanjing." Fang Mingxia affirmed.

What a Chen Yue, he actually did such a thing! Chongzhen felt a resentment towards Chen Yue in his heart, your credit is already big enough, why not frame Li Guoying for stealing people's credit? In the first thought, Chongzhen thought that Chen Yue was arrested out of jealousy and out of a rush to attack Li Guoying.

If what Fang Mingxia said is true, the 20,000 Eight Banners all died at the hands of Li Guoying, then Li Guoying is a wise and brave general. In the Ming Dynasty, there are fewer and fewer generals who can win battles.

The north fell, the elite of the nine sides were all defeated, the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty were completely damaged, Zuo Liangyu, who could fight, died, and his son Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Manchu Qing with the army, Huang Degong also died, and others such as Bu Congshan, Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren, Huang Fei, etc. were not in the stream, and the Ming Dynasty could not be supported by Chen Yue alone.

In Chongzhen's heart, he hoped that Chen Yue could win battles one after another, but he was also afraid that Chen Yue would win one after another. Because with Chen Yue's victories again and again, Chen Yue controlled more and more troops, stronger and stronger, and his prestige became higher and higher, which Chongzhen did not want to see. Power needs checks and balances, and the army also needs checks and balances, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is unwilling in his heart, Chongzhen must think of checks and balances against Chen Yue. This is also the reason why he asked Chen Yue to hand over the Four Seas Commercial Bank and the Salt Company some time ago, not because he, the emperor, is greedy for money.

Therefore, if there is another great future that can fight, this is what Chongzhen is willing to see.

"Nonsense, even if Li Guoying is guilty, he has to be judged by the imperial court. I issued an order and ordered Chen Yue to release Li Guoying! ”