Emperor Chongzhen nodded vigorously: "This time, I invited the teacher to go out of the mountain, just to be able to dominate the overall situation and expel the Manchurian Tartars." ”

Hearing this, Ji Qingwen couldn't help but say timidly: "Your Majesty, Inspector Yuan asked me to say a word to the Holy Lord, saying that he intends to rely on Jingshi Jiancheng to eliminate the main force of Huang Taiji, so as to completely remove the ......"

This is the third time that Ji Qingwen has spoken for Yuan Chonghuan, and he has already done his best.

"!" But before Ji Qingwen finished speaking, Chongzhen angrily reprimanded, "This guy is still wishful thinking, and now I am not very happy to be able to drive the Tartars away as soon as possible." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he quickly closed his mouth.

But I heard Sun Chengzong come out to make a round and said: "Don't be angry, the emperor (Yuan Chonghuan's words) is this temper." However, although this battle may not be able to annihilate the main force of the Tartars, as long as the deployment is carried out properly, it can still be severely defeated, and it is good to slightly suppress the arrogance of the Tartars. ”

If the same words come out of different people's mouths, the meaning will become completely different.

Chongzhen listened to Sun Chengzong's words, and his eyes immediately released a light of hope, and asked, "Oh? Teacher Sun still has such a clever plan? How to arrange it, I asked the teacher to teach me. I must fully cooperate, and those officials outside must also fully cooperate, otherwise, I will kill their heads! ”

"The first thing is to let Huang Taiji attack the city." Sun Chengzong said lightly.

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became calm: "No, I can't let the Manchurian Tatars attack the city, I can't afford to lose this face." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Don't worry, the emperor, and listen to the old minister's words......"

It turned out that according to Sun Chengzong's idea, Huang Taiji only asked for a "fast" word when he entered the customs this time, although it was the elite of the Eight Banners, but he did not carry siege equipment, and in the face of such a thick city wall in Beijing, there was actually no way to attack the city.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen actually did not need to worry about the Jingshi being breached, but should expect Emperor Taiji to take the initiative to approach the Jingshi city wall, and then use the firepower advantage on the city wall to severely damage its main force.

So how can you induce the scheming and experienced Huang Taiji to make a move?

"Bait, let the elements (Yuan Chonghuan's words) be the bait." Sun Chengzong gave his answer.

You must know that Yuan Chonghuan is Huang Taiji's mortal enemy, as long as he is in Liaodong for a day, Huang Taiji will not be able to go south; And as long as Yuan Chonghuan is eliminated, then Huang Taiji can boast that he is no longer invincible in the sea!

Similarly, although the imperial court intends to use Yuan Chonghuan as bait, it cannot sit back and watch him be calmly eaten by Huang Taiji, and there must be corresponding countermeasures - that is, in this bait, there must be a hook.

At the same time, the hook should not be placed too obviously, so as not to scare away Huang Taiji.

It takes a lot of experience and a lot of clever trickery.

So Sun Chengzong said to Emperor Chongzhen: "That old minister has the courage to ask the emperor to give me a gold medal order sword, and the old minister asks the emperor to command the defense affairs of the Beijing division on behalf of the emperor!" ”

This gold medal arrow is cast by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu, and the words "such as my personal visit" on the seal, the soldiers and horses of the world see this thing, as if they have seen the emperor himself, and they can use the supreme imperial power to give orders.

This gold medal was once given to the great general Lan Yu to unify the power of the crusade against the Mongols. After Lan Yu's success, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, was afraid that he would be a mercenary, so he fabricated the charge of rebellion, set off a big case, and implicated tens of thousands of people who were punished, and Lan Yu himself was also executed by the Zhulian Nine Clans and Ling Chi.

He was once given to Yu Qian by Emperor Daizong to fight against Wara Taishi Yexian. After Yu Shaobao successfully expelled Wara, he died unjustly at the hands of Emperor Yingzong after the Rebellion.

Although these two have different personalities, they both made the arrow prominent for a while because of the gold medal, and finally ended up unhappily because of the emperor's suspicion.

Soldier - murder weapon also.

This sentence could not be more properly reflected in this gold medal arrow.

(The above is pure nonsense, the plot needs it, forgive me.) ）

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated for a while, but finally made up his mind, turned around and walked into the dormitory, and rummaged through it himself, only then did he take out a box wrapped in yellow silk and handed it to Sun Chengzong with both hands.

Sun Chengzong hurriedly got up, took the box very respectfully, only lifted the lid and glanced through the gap, then closed the box, turned his head and said to Ji Qingwen: "Ji Qingwen, the sword you are wearing as a dog is very good, do you also lend it to the master?" ”

Ji Qingwen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that what he was wearing on his waist was the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" given by Emperor Chongzhen himself - he hadn't used it once!

So Ji Qingwen hurriedly glanced at Chongzhen, and saw that the real owner of the sword had no objection, so he untied the sword and handed it to Sun Chengzong with both hands.

In this way, Sun Chengzong has both the right to give orders, and the right to cut first and then play, from this moment on, the power in his hands has exceeded any official in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and even Zhang Juzheng of the year can not be compared with him.

In fact, with Sun Chengzong's wisdom and experience, how could he not know that a courtier like him, with such power, would never be able to see the imperial power, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the common people in the world, he could only put life and death out of the way like this.

So he raised his voice and shouted loudly outside the door: "Where is the commander of the Jinyi Guard? ”

Luo Yangxing, who was outside the door, heard that someone in the Qianqing Palace had summoned him, and subconsciously agreed: "The minister is here." And he pushed the door open and entered.

Sun Chengzong was unceremoniously and said: "Luo Yangxing, now that the enemy is currently and the military order is like a mountain, I will use your brocade clothes to convey the order, and the order must be forbidden, and there is no delay and disobedience, do you understand?" ”

Luo Yangxing was just about to agree, but suddenly thought that although Sun Chengzong had a high status and old qualifications, he was still clothed, why should he order himself, the number one spy in the Ming Dynasty?

Emperor Chongzhen is not a stupid person, and when he saw Luo Yangxing's slight hesitation, he said: "Luo Yangxing, why don't you agree?" Let me tell you, I have reinstated Mr. Sun Chengzong to re-enter the court, sealed the Zhongji Palace, the book of the leading army, and gave him a gold medal order arrow and a Shangfang sword to lead the defense of the capital. Now his old man's words are my words, and disobeying his words is disobeying my words, and it is the crime of deceiving the king and resisting the will, and he will be put to death! ”

Luo Yangxing listened, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and promised: "The minister obeys the order." What does Lord Sun command, Jinyi Wei will definitely serve as a dog and horse! ”

"Good!" Sun Chengzong responded, and then ordered, "The secretary of the military department and the commander of the nine gates come in." ”

Luo Yangxing kowtowed, then got up, and personally passed Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, into the house, and asked Li Yuanyin, who was also standing outside the Qianqing Palace, to pass on Shen Liang, the eunuch of the Nine Gates, and transfer a hundred brocade guards to be on call outside the Forbidden City at any time.

After a while, Shen Liang ran in out of breath and kowtowed a few times towards Emperor Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong saw that the current Admiral of Jiumen was actually a eunuch, and he felt tired for a while, but he also knew that now was not the time to argue with the emperor about whether to reuse eunuchs.

So he settled down for a moment and gave orders: "Now the Manchurian elite soldiers are outside the city, and they will attack the Beijing division from time to time. Therefore all the soldiers of the city were to be mobilized to garrison the city walls. Wang Qia, how many soldiers and horses are in each battalion and guard of the Beijing Division, you can report the number to me. ”

"Less than 80,000 people......," Wang Qia replied.

Sun Chengzong's old eyes glanced at him: "You don't have to answer now, I'll give you an hour to count the soldiers clearly, eliminate the old and weak who can't fight, and then give me a number, it must be accurate to a single digit, otherwise you will be punished for the crime of stupidity!" Let's go down! ”

Although the three major battalions of the Beijing Division are the elite divisions of the head of the Ming Gongwei, they have collapsed after the change of the civil fort, and although they have been rebuilt and reorganized several times, they have long since disappeared from the atmosphere when Chengzu Zhu Di invaded Mongolia in the north.

The number of "80,000" in Wang Qia's mouth was already very conservative, but Sun Chengzong knew that there was still a lot of water in it, so he asked Wang Qia to recount it and report it again. Although Wang Qia was not a person who was proficient in the art of war, he also knew that there were many drawbacks, and his heart was empty, so he hurriedly climbed down the ground to count the number of people.

Sun Chengzong said to Shen Liang, the eunuch who temporarily led the commander of the Nine Gates: "The strength of the three battalions of the Beijing Division is not enough to guard the Nine Gates. The generals, guards, and servants of all the royal palaces, lords, and officials in the capital division, as well as the errands of the various yamen, should all be assembled and concentrated in the military field, and the imperial court should be organized to participate in the battle. ”

Although this errand offends people, it is not difficult to do.

Shen Liang didn't think about it, so he replied with the word "yes".