The course of the Battle of Panshan? These have already been written in detail in the war report, and now Chongzhen asked again, Chen Yue knew that what he wanted to hear was not a repetition of the war report, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided to tell the truth, and told the whole battle process 1510, including Tang Tong and Bai Guangen were killed and fled at the beginning, and there was no longer any concealment.

"First it was a one-touch collapse, and then it fought bravely, why is there such a big difference between Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's performance?" After listening to Chen Yue's explanation, Chongzhen asked the doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty, this is actually a matter of the military system, the family system is a general, everyone only knows how to preserve their own strength, and it is okay to fight a good battle, and they can't hold on to it when they encounter a hard battle. There is also the treatment of the army is too poor, take Tang Bai No. 2 as an example, although the total number of more than 20,000 people, but the really well-trained elite only has a few pro-soldiers around the two general soldiers, ordinary soldiers are in arrears all the year round, plus the generals are deducted, and they can't even eat enough on weekdays, how can they fight? Chen Yue smiled bitterly, "The reason why we can win this time is because the number of cavalry left behind by the Mantars is only three thousand, which is about the same as the number of Tang Bai's second army's own soldiers. ”

"However, you have fought against the Mantars several times in a row and won all of them, is this still a fluke?" Chongzhen looked at Chen Yue directly, the reason why he was so tolerant and generous to Chen Yue was because Chen Yue had always won battles against Mantar.

"If Weichen said that it was really a fluke, will you be disappointed, Your Majesty?" Chen Yue asked cautiously, looking at Chongzhen's darkening face, and hurriedly continued: "Of course, luck is one thing, more is the courage to fight, from the minister to the minister's subordinates, every soldier has a heart to fight to the end, and a heart of loyalty to the country, so he can always win." ”

"Dare to fight, dare to fight...... Chongzhen muttered these two words, spontaneously filtering out Chen Yue's boasting, "If all my soldiers in the Ming Dynasty dare to fight, why not be afraid of the Mantars and the thieves!" Chongzhen sighed.

For more than ten years of battles with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen is very clear that in every major war, there will always be a part of the army that will be the first to break and flee, and then cause a series of routs, and eventually lead to the collapse of the whole army, so the word dare to fight is simple to say, but it is difficult to do.

"How did you manage to make your subordinates dare to fight without fear of death?" Chongzhen looked at Chen Yue with blazing eyes, wanting to know the answer from his mouth.

"There is no special way for Weichen, only to be rewarded with a good salary." Chen Yue said with a wry smile, the army of this world is not the next generation, there is no noble ideal support, and the soldiers are fighting in order to eat.

"The army under Weichen's subordinates, the salary is not too high, but it has always been paid in full and never deducted, every time there is a war, the meritorious soldiers are given generous rewards, the wounded and the dead are given bereavement, and the soldiers under the ministers are enough to feed the family without any problem. And for those who dare to flee from the battle, they will be divided by heavy punishments, so that the subordinates of the ministers can fight to the death and not retreat, even in the face of the extremely vicious Mantar. "Bow down and die

"Plenty of rewards!" Chongzhen smiled bitterly, if the court was rich, why did it fall into the current situation! Now that Cao Yun has been cut off, the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be transported, the north is in a mess, the finances of the imperial court have long collapsed, and it is impossible to learn from Chen Yue's methods.

"If I appoint you as the governor of Jiliao, you may defend the northern frontier for me and prevent the Manchu Tartars from breaking through!" Chongzhen was pacing anxiously in the hall, suddenly stopped, and said to Chen Yue.

Governor of Jiliao? Chen Yue was stunned at first, followed by ecstasy, the position of the governor, almost to the apex of officials, is equivalent to handing over all the troops in the north of Beijing, all the cities and forts in the frontier to himself, even Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, is also his own subordinate in name, as long as he works hard for a year, there is no problem in pulling up an army of tens of thousands of people, and when the time comes, when the time comes, he will wait for the great changes in the world, or wave the army to the king, or lead the troops south to the south of the Yangtze River and then stand on his own, you can deal with it freely!

"Wechen must have done his best to die!" Chen Yue patted his chest and reassured.

"I don't want you to die, I want a way to defend the northern frontier!" Chongzhen said impatiently, "If you are the governor of Jiliao, how can you defend the northern frontier?" "If you can hold the northern frontier and make the Manchu Tartars no longer enter the customs, you can concentrate on dealing with the thieves in the Central Plains, and pour the power of the entire Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen can't exterminate the thieves if he doesn't believe it!

"How?" Chen Yue's eyes turned quickly, he was just an ordinary person, he hadn't read a few military books, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and there was no way for a person with outstanding intelligence like Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, what idea could he come up with.

"The defense line of the Great Wall in Northern Xinjiang is damaged, so that the Manchu Tartars have repeatedly broken through the pass, if Weichen is the governor of Jiliao, he must first repair the forts, plug the gaps one by one, and then train elite soldiers to make them guard the forts, so that the defense line is five problems." Chen Yue thought about it for a long time, and then remembered that when Qi Jiguang was the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, he built the Great Wall on a large scale, built fortresses at various passes, and established a solid defense line to resist the invasion of the Mongols.

"Extensively repair the fortress and train elite soldiers, how much food does it need!" Chongzhen showed a sarcastic smile on his face, he naturally knew Qi Jiguang's method of guarding Jizhen during the Jiajing period, and it was not surprising that Chen Yue could propose this method, but now is not the Jiajing period when the Japanese were pacified, where is the money and grain to do these things?

"Cao Yun is cut off, the taxes in the north cannot be collected, the salary of the nine-sided army has been in arrears for several months, and the ministers of the imperial court have also been in arrears for half a year, Chen Yue, Chen Yue, if you can come up with a way to get a lot of silver for me, what does it matter if the position of the governor of Jiliao is given to you?"

Chen Yue also knew that he had a bad idea, so he lowered his head embarrassedly. Damn, in this situation, let yourself come up with the idea of being able to block the invasion of the Manchurians, but it is really difficult for yourself, if you have an idea, so many talented people have already come up with it, how can you get your turn. In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty has fallen into the current situation because of the financial collapse, if this problem can be solved, all problems will be solved.

If there is money, a large amount of money and food is used to appease the victims, and taxes are reduced, so many people will not rebel. If you have money, recruit a large number of troops to build weapons and armor, even a pile can kill a full pile of tartars. But without money, everything will be dissolved.

Looking at Chongzhen's disappointed expression, Chen Yue knew that the position of Governor of Jiliao was about to leave him, and he was suddenly extremely disappointed in his heart, and suddenly a thought came out of his mind, and he hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, Weichen has an idea, and he can get a lot of money." ”