The spies of the Western Wei State spread the news that the King of Wei was going to march eastward in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jinyiwei naturally received the news and informed Zhu Cihong.

Even if Chen Zilong doesn't mention it today, Zhu Cihong has to discuss this matter with the ministers.

At this time, Zhu Cihong walked a few steps in the study with his hand in his hand, and turned his head to look at everyone, "Have you all heard the news?" ”

In the study, half of the people said that they had heard some rumors, and Zhu Cihong's face was gloomy and said, "What do you think?" ”

Several ministers discussed a few words, but Chen Zilong, who provoked the conversation, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister originally thought that the battle between Gao Jingzhong and Jiannu would last for more than ten years, so that our dynasty would have enough time to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and finally reap the benefits, but now it seems that the situation in the north is changing too quickly, and our dynasty must take action." ”

Zhu Cihong originally thought the same way, thinking that the war between the Western Wei and the Qing Dynasty would take many years, and he had enough time to sweep away the warlords and strengthen the centralization of power, but he didn't expect that the victory or defeat between the Western Wei and the Qing would be separated so soon.

Zhu Cihong walked back to the big seat and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "What does Chen Qing mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, according to the news obtained by the minister, the cause of Gao Jingzhong's Eastern Expedition was that the Wei army annihilated tens of thousands of Qing troops in Guanzhong in June and July, and Dolgon wanted to cure the crime of leading the army commanders Haoge and Jierharang, which caused the two Yi kings to flee, occupy Shenyang, cut off the Guanwai, and break with Dolroll, which divided the momentum of Jiannu into two, and the strength of Dolgon in the pass was greatly damaged, resulting in a reversal of the offensive and defensive momentum."

Zhu Cihong nodded, "It's similar to the news I know." ”

Chen Zilong continued: "Your Majesty, I just heard Lu Shangshu's words that Jiannu should shave his hair in North Korea and change his clothes, which is completely different from Jiannu's previous policy towards North Korea, and it should be the Hauge faction that is being promoted, which also confirms the break between Hauge and Dolgon from the side, otherwise it is impossible to come up with two sets of policies." “

"Commander Wu, let people ask!" Zhu Cihong turned his head and ordered.

"Obey orders!" Wu Bangfu, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, saluted and received the order.

After receiving the news, Zhu Cihong had asked people to verify the news, but due to problems with the road, the news had not yet been transmitted.

At this time, Zhu Cihong looked at Chen Zilong and motioned for him to continue, and Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, if Haoge and Dolgon break up, this will indeed cause a great loss of Jiannu's strength and become a turning point in the general trend of the world. If we recognize this now, we must admit that the Western Wei Dynasty was already quite powerful. “

The Ming Dynasty was pressed and fought by Jiannu for more than ten years, but the Western Wei State successively defeated Jiannu and will enter a counteroffensive, which makes people have to admit that the Western Wei Dynasty is rising rapidly, and militarily, it has surpassed the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Chen Zilong's words changed, "Your Majesty, colleagues, when the thieves were trapped in Shenjing for three months, if Gao Jingzhong went east and captured Shenjing, what would be the consequences?" ”

Zhu Cihong was silent, he had already realized the seriousness of the problem, Lu Zhenfei frowned and said: "In the past few years, the Western Wei Dynasty has fought against Jiannu, Gao Jingzhong has a very high prestige in the north, even in Jiangnan, there are many people who praise Gao Jingzhong. If the Western Wei Dynasty captures Beijing, then Gao Jingzhong's prestige will be in full swing and completely overshadow our dynasty. Your Majesty, this situation must not occur~"

As he spoke, Lu Zhenfei said that he was anxious.

Zhu Cihong's face became gloomy, and some things were difficult for the minister to say, but he knew very well that the Ming Dynasty was able to favor Jiangnan, and the main reliance was that he was the son of the Great Tomorrow, the orthodox identity of the Han family, and the prestige accumulated in the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years.

In recent years, the Western Wei Dynasty has gradually risen, and there is already a tendency to fight against Nanjing, if Gao Jingzhong is allowed to capture Beijing and monopolize the merit of expelling Jiannu, then Gao Jingzhong will completely suppress him, and he wants to call the emperor to go south to destroy the Ming, and the people will feel reasonable.

Da Ming relied on the expulsion of Meng Yuan to sit in the country for so many years, Zhu Cihong didn't dare to imagine what it would be like if Gao Jingzhong's prestige was higher than him.

Generally speaking, it often takes a long time for foreign people to conquer the Central Plains Dynasty, but the internal dynasties of China compete for the crown much faster.

If the Ming Dynasty loses its morality, it will inevitably be destroyed by the Western Wei Dynasty, and it will be the same as entering Beijing.

The Ming Dynasty was not afraid of the Manchu Dynasty, but was afraid of thieves, high rebellion, Zhu Cihong was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "Lu Qing is right, Gao Jingzhong must not be allowed to capture Beijing." He glanced at everyone, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

Everyone looked at Chen Zilong, after all, he mentioned this matter first, and he must have already had an idea in his heart.

Sure enough, Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is time for me to consider defending the Western Wei Dynasty and fighting for the world." ”

He paused and continued: "If the situation continues like this, Gao Jingzhong will definitely become a problem for my court's henchmen. For this reason, the minister thought that our dynasty should make many preparations, one is to start arranging the defense of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the other is to compete with the Western Wei Dynasty for the recovery of Beijing and the restoration of the Han family's rivers and mountains. ”

"The key to the defense of the Western Wei Dynasty is in Wuchang, Jingzhou and Xiangyang. There are only two ways to compete for the merits of recovering Shenjing, one is to raise troops to the north, take advantage of Gao Jingzhong's battle with Dolgon, collect two Huai Shandong, and enter Shenjing. One attacked Jingzhou and Xiangyang to contain the Western Wei and make it impossible for the Western Wei to seize Beijing. Wang Yan took over and said: "The minister thinks that the land of Jingxiang is the waist of the world. Central Plains, can be merged with the southeast. If you get it from the southeast, you can also map the northwest. The Western Jin Dynasty used it to die Wu, and the Mongolian used it to die the Song Dynasty. Our dynasty raised troops at this time, first, to contain the Wei army's eastward crusade, and second, to shift the focus from Jiangbei to Jingchu to complete the deployment of Western Wei. ”

Zhu Cihong was a little moved when he heard this, but Chen Zilong said: "No! ”

"Why?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, if Jiannu can block the Western Wei Dynasty, Wang Shilang's words naturally have some truth. But the minister thought that Jiannu was in the Guannei, and he was rootless, and this time he was defeated and infighting, and the total number of Jiannu was only about 100,000, where could he withstand this. The minister thought that this time Jiannu was really dangerous, and according to the military information obtained by the Ministry of War, the Wei army's eastern expedition had been preparing for many days, perhaps at this time, and the main force of our dynasty was concentrated on the front line of Jiangbei, and to turn the spearhead to attack Jing and Xiang, first of all, it was unjust, and secondly, it was too late in time, and it would take at least two months to transfer soldiers, horses, grain and grass. Moreover, according to the intelligence, the Western Wei Dynasty blocked the news of our DPRK, obviously anticipating that our DPRK might sneak attack Jing and Xiang, and we must be prepared. In this way, maybe I can't sneak attack Jingxiang, but will let Western Wei seize the handle. If the Western Wei Dynasty captures Beijing, and then uses the excuse that our dynasty does not want to drive out the Jiannu but helps the Jiannu, and the army comes to attack, it will be difficult for our dynasty to resist. The combat strength of our army is not as good as that of the Western Wei Dynasty, if it does not occupy morality, the minister will not see the hope of victory~"

"If Xingshi goes north and competes with the Western Wei Dynasty for the recovery of Beijing, the merit will be different!" Chen Zilong said with a straight face: "The minister thinks that I am heading north, no matter whether I can take Beijing or not, first of all, morally, our dynasty can continue to occupy the righteousness, so that Gao Jingzhong can't grasp the handle, if he dares to attack our dynasty, he will be guilty of chaos." Secondly, Jing and Xiang are important to our dynasty, and the two Huai are the most important to our dynasty. If Gao Jingzhong quickly occupies Shenjing, sweeps the north, and takes Lianghuai, it will also be a huge threat to our dynasty, so the minister does not approve of mobilizing Jiangbei soldiers and horses to Jing and Xiang. In the end, our grain, grass and ordnance are all stored on the front line of Jiangbei, and the army can go out at any time. In addition, the imperial court can also use the name of the Northern Expedition to transfer Zuo Liangyu out of Wuchang, take over the important town of Wuchang, and complete the deployment of the Western Wei Dynasty. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, he listened to Chen Zilong's words, the central idea was to firmly grasp the righteousness, and he had already made a decision in his heart, "Chen Qing, you come up with a plan~~~~"

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