When the Hongguang Imperial Court was newly established, the first thing was to consider how to deal with Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen is now in Huai'an, and he has the support of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Pingnanbo Chen Yue and Huaiyang, Chen Yue has three or four thousand descendants in his hands, and he can kill from Beijing to the south, which shows that the combat effectiveness is extraordinary.

Although Lu Zhenfei served as the governor of Huaiyang for less than a year, with the help of the local gentry in Huai'an, he organized and trained more than 20,000 regiments of soldiers, and even led the regiment to train soldiers to defeat the army of thieves who went south, and his strength should not be underestimated.

If the two sides really start a civil war, it will inevitably be the Ming court that suffers losses, and if the thieves go south, the Ming dynasty is likely to die in the hands of the thieves in an instant. Of course, at this time, Nanjing did not know the news that the Dashun army had been defeated by the Qing army.

On the day that King Fu ascended the throne, Ma Shiying, Liu Zeqing, Qian Qianyi, Zhao Zhilong, Liu Kongzhao and other core personnel of the Hongguang Imperial Court began to discuss strategies to deal with Chongzhen.

"It's better to send someone to Huai'an to persuade him, although Chongzhen can't be the emperor, but he can be the emperor, and his status is still respected, I just hope he can recognize the reality." Qian Qianyi sighed.

"Hmph, the throne is all fought out, he has soldiers and generals in his hands, how can he easily admit defeat?" successfully helped King Baofu ascend the throne and was named a marquis, Liu Zeqing was also full of confidence, and civil officials like Qian Qianyi were no longer so high in his heart.

"It's better not to fight or not, Lu Zhenfei is stupid, but he is not a person who doesn't understand things, he can tell him about the current situation, and he must be able to give up and continue to support Chongzhen."

Qian Qianyi said that Hongguang's ascension to the throne made the status of the generals rise sharply, and if they were allowed to go to war against Chongzhen, it would inevitably cause the tail to be defeated, and the corresponding decline in the authority of the imperial court.

"Even if Lu Zhenfei is unwilling to submit to the imperial court, what about the regimental training generals under him? You must know that the regimental training is not a regular official army, and its generals are all gentry from Huai'an, and the gentry are all scholars, and they have families and mouths in Huai'an, so they must not want to see a war in Huai'an, so it should be easy to persuade them to surrender. ”

After listening to Qian Qianyi's analysis, Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong both nodded yes, at this time, they are the ones who are most reluctant to fight, although they are hereditary noble families, but they have not been in battle for more than 200 years, where do they still know how to lead troops to fight?

Mu Zhai Gong said very much, the regimental training will definitely be able to divide and disintegrate, Mu Zhai Gong is famous all over the world, so I asked Mu Zhai Gong to write a letter to the gentry in Huai'an, persuade them to support the Hongguang court? As long as they are willing to surrender to the imperial court, all the rewards and official positions are all in charge of Mu Zhaigong. ”

Ma Shiying nodded, agreed with Qian Qianyi's method, changed his words, but said, "The regimental training is easy to solve, but Pingnanbo Chen Yue is a big trouble, he can travel thousands of miles to protect Chongzhen from Beijing to the south, and it is definitely not something that can be shaken by words." ”

"Chen Yue!" Qian Qianyi frowned, he had been away from Beijing officialdom for many years and did not know much about this newly rising figure.

"Chen Yue is not easy to deal with." Among the people here, the most familiar with Chen Yue is Liu Liangzuo, when the Qing soldiers looted and returned to the north last year, he was the chief soldier of Shandong, and he was under the command of the superintendent Zhou Yanru. In Tongzhou, he watched Chen Yue kill Zhou Yanru's staff, but Zhou Yanru had no way to take Chen Yue.

"Although Chen Yue's army is not many, it can fight with the Manchurian Eight Banners but can win, this appointment is not inferior, and it is said that he has a personal relationship with Princess Kunxing, and it may be difficult to make him obedient!" Liu Zeqing said.

This is not easy to do, although Qian Qianyi may be able to persuade some gentry in Huai'an to submit, but with Chen Yue here, those gentry will inevitably hesitate.

"In that case, let's fight!" Ma Shiying said categorically, "I have a plan, how about you listen to it?" As he spoke, he said the idea he had been thinking about for a long time.

"First block the news, the news of His Royal Highness King Fu's accession to the throne is kept secret, and then send a letter to Chongzhen in the name of Shi Kefa, explaining the matter in Nanjing, saying that after learning that Chongzhen returned to the south, the ministers of Nanjing gave up continuing to support King Fu, and asked Chongzhen to go south quickly. Then let's send troops to attack them halfway and kill them in one fell swoop! ”

"Shi Kefa will definitely not agree to write a letter, he is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Chongzhen will not believe it without his signature." Zhao Zhilong shook his head and said.

"The matter of signing is very simple, I have several pieces of Shi Kefa's pen and ink, as long as you practice a little, you can imitate his handwriting to write letters, and then stamp the seal of the military department." Qian Qianyi said.

"However, what you said about the halfway attack, can you be sure of this? You must know that Chen Yue must have led troops to escort Chongzhen all the way, but it was not easy to deal with. ”

"No matter how strong Chen Yue's army is, it is only three or four thousand people, I have already ordered Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie to secretly move in the direction of Huai'an, Gao Jie's army is close to 10,000 people, and Liu Liangzuo's army is even more than 15,000, the total strength is six or seven times that of Chen Yue, and it is a halfway attack, how can it be invincible?"

Ma Shiying said with a smile, long before he came to Nanjing, he had thought about dealing with Chongzhen.

"Yuanfu's strategy is really high, first blocking the news to make Chongzhen mistakenly think that the ministers of Nanjing still support him as emperor, and when he happily goes south, it will definitely surprise him to suddenly send troops to attack." Liu Kongzhao gave a thumbs up.

"That's, don't look at who came up with the plan!" Liu Zeqing was funny, patting the slightly stiff fart.

Qian Qianyi does not understand military affairs, but he is very familiar with intrigues and tricks, and after thinking about it carefully, he also thinks that Ma Shiying's strategy is good, as long as he can successfully deceive Chongzhen out of Huai'an, he can always find a suitable place to attack from Huai'an to Nanjing for hundreds of miles, and attack the unprepared enemy with six or seven times the force, he should be able to win.

As long as Chongzhen is captured or killed, even if there is anyone who opposes King Fu's accession to the throne, there is nothing to be done. This is the quickest way to stabilize the situation, and it is much better than a protracted war.

"But there are still two problems, one is that the movement of King Fu's accession to the throne is too big, and at this moment everyone in Nanjing must be well known, and it is not easy to block the news.

In addition, Chongzhen must be clear which way to come to Nanjing, whether he will take the land route directly to Pukou, and then cross the Yangtze River to Nanjing, or go south along the canal, cross the Yangtze River in Guazhou to Zhenjiang, and then come to Nanjing from Zhenjiang, the route of the march must be clear. ”

Qian Qianyi thought about it and put forward his own suggestions. From the moment he knelt down to support King Fu's accession to the throne, his fate and future had been tied to King Fu, and he naturally did not want to see King Fu fail.

"Well, Mu Zhaigong's opinion is very important," Ma Shiying praised, "Blocking the news, please ask Xin Guogong and Dongping Hou to be in charge of the defense of Nanjing, close all the gates of the outer city, and strictly prevent the news from leaking."

Chengguo Gong, you are the governor of Caojiang, please order your naval army to directly block the Yangtze River, and no boat is allowed to cross the river to reach Jiangbei during these days.

Then he sent Xizuo to Huai'an to find out the route of Chongzhen's southward march. ”