Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and others, who have been waiting for the battle these days, also breathed a sigh of relief when they got the triumphant return of the army led by today's son, and quickly let the Yumajian military camp as the main reserve of recruits according to Xiao Xuan's request, and the reserve recruits who had just undergone about two months of rigorous training took over the defense of the nine gates of the capital and completely replaced the original defenders of the capital.

If it was before, Xiao Xuan would not dare to do this. In the case of a strong opponent outside the pass, if there is a lack of sufficient troops to defend the city, there may be a possibility that the main force of Jianzhou entering the pass, which is not bad in combat effectiveness, will break through the capital. However, after the main force of Jianzhou suffered losses of at least estimated close to 10,000 people this time, it should not be able to launch another large-scale offensive with the strength and morale for at least a year.

As for one year from now, if all goes well, according to the quality standards of the 40 percent annual expansion of the army and the three-year increase in three years in modern history, the entire Guards Battalion and the Brave Guard Battalion should have the ability to expand to about 20,000 people. At that time, while having enough troops to guard the family in the capital to deal with the threat of Jianzhou, there was another force that effectively went out to fight. This operation showed that at least in defense, a modern force with twice the strength of the army had the ability to resist twice the core strength of Manchuria. If Jianzhou were to fight itself in a decisive battle a year later, it would probably have to leave a very small number of troops in Liaodong, like in 1644.

If we look at the comparative pattern of "progressive forces" and "reactionary forces" in history in 1644 and after, the strength of the peasant army is greater than that of the remnants of the Ming army, while the Jianzhou army is stronger than the sum of the peasant army and the Ming army system. However, if there is a force that can contain the main force of Jianzhou in the defense. Then it is likely that it will be feasible to confront the "reactionary forces" in the next year by joining forces with the peasant army.

Of course, even if Li Zicheng and others learned a lot of knowledge, they would not be able to grow to the pattern of 1644 within a year, but at least they could effectively contain the forces of the "reactionary Ming army". At least the "progressive camp" is no longer as small as the historical pattern, and Xiao Xuan believes that even if it is temporarily weak, it can fight a decisive battle with the enemy's main force in the north, which should be very different from Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang's farming counteroffensive strategy of shrinking to the southwest.

In this way, the critical period for changing the face of the balance of power will be about a year at most in the future, and as long as he does not copy Stalin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Zicheng, and others too early to show the cards of the Son of Heaven's rebellion, he will also have the confidence to do some other drastic acts.

"What have been the results of the interrogations of those people in the prison in the past few months? Of course, it is what I would like to see ... After seeing Cao Huachun and the others, Xiao Xuan asked first. Because his style is different from that Chongzhen in history, some people who were loyal to that Chongzhen in history will still be loyal to him after he shows his hole cards to revolutionize the world, Xiao Xuan is not sure. Therefore, it is also necessary for Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen and others to offend some people more and more ruthlessly, so that there is no turning back.

Hearing this, Cao Huachun and the others said: "The people secretly arrested in the Tai Hospital have already gained eyebrows, and under torture and coercion, some people have begun to admit that they are prescribed according to drugs that seem to be correct, but are actually harmful to the emperor. Officials from the Ministry of Industry also admitted that the imperial boats used for the emperor had hidden dangers in their design from the very beginning. The people involved in the Red Pill case who were secretly arrested have also been recognized. It's just that if you want to get information about the rebellion of the five military camps last year, as well as the border army and Jiannu's fornication, because the stakes are very high, the slaves and maids still don't dare to make decisions without permission... ”

Xiao Xuan thought for a moment and said, "As long as there is a major suspicion, it's fine." Didn't Zhuge Kongming have a sentence back then? Although the prison of the small and big cannot be discerned, it must be affectionate. Obviously, Xiao Xuan at this time also enlightened. Now that I have decided that I want to finally break with some people and some traditions. Then there is no reason why you are only a gentleman and others are villains. What I need is an excuse and a handle, not an objective, fair and ironclad fact.

Seeing that both Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun's expressions were somewhat depressed at this time, Xiao Xuan thought for a while and decided to hold a royal meeting outside the military system about the upper echelons of the old core of the Xindi. Thought meetings have been held more than once in the army, but Xiao Xuan still decided that it would be better to make a statement of unity of thought and explain clearly to the cronies who had supported him to come to power and had enough votes.

Not only Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun, but also Pang Tianshou and other internal supervisors, and even Tian Xiuying, Zhou Yufeng and others around him also gathered together rarely, and held a unique meeting near the city not far from the expanded camp of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

"When we returned from the war, we encountered rebellion again. Do you think that I have already shown signs of betrayal and divorce, or should I not act so willfully in the past, and should be honest and honest? Acting under the supervision of those big insiders? Xiao Xuan asked solemnly.

Xiao Xuan's attitude has actually been expressed more or less before. It's just that some things that have happened recently still make Wang Chengen feel a little uneasy.

"Holy Lord, now that the strong enemy is outside, it has not been truly destroyed. It's still not time to make a big move, right? If there is indeed civil strife in the DPRK ... ”

Seeing Wang Chengen speak, Zhou Yufeng, who had endured a lot of fear and pressure along the way, also disregarded his identity, and persuaded with palpitations: "Those who commit rebellion should be severely punished, but Your Majesty, is it really okay to go on like this?" Still can't make too many enemies in the tree.。。。 ”

Maybe she felt that her identity was not qualified, or maybe she had different opinions, but Tian Xiuying did not speak at this time. It was only after Xiao Xuan showed his intentions that he did not have too many scruples and said according to Xiao Xuan's instructions before: "The concubine has also experienced a lot of things when she went to war with the army this time, and she has seen a lot of tragic situations among the people. At that time, Wen Yanbo once said to Shenzong: The king and the scholars rule the world together, not the people rule the world together. However, are today's scholars really allies and pillars of the country that my Ming can rely on? The concubine decided that the saint dared to change the sun and the moon into a new heaven and recreate the ideal of the peaceful and holy world, which was destined to be the enemy of many big families today. It is not so much that scholars and vassal kings are allies of the emperor, but that except for a few loyal and good people, their main body has gone to the opposite side of my Ming Dynasty in terms of interests. The moths in my Ming society are the primary enemies of my Ming Dynasty. In contrast, those people and common people who rebelled for their lives, no, the common people, were the real allies of the imperial power... ”

(End of chapter)