"Your Majesty, last night the soldiers and horses of King Qinzhou attacked the Jianyu camp near Jizhou, I didn't think that Jianyu had already prepared, and was defeated by the ambush soldiers, and almost all the troops were wiped out!" Man Gui hugged his fists and played.

Because he didn't receive an urgent report at night, he didn't have time to let people write a recital for him, so he was in a hurry to make a report, so he could only speak orally.

"What?" Hu Guang didn't expect that he finally heard the news of the main force of Jianyu, but by the way, it was the annihilation of tens of thousands of Tongzhou Qinwang troops! As a result, Jianyu's morale after suffering two defeats in a row went back at once.

Man Gui thought that the emperor had not heard clearly, so he prayed again, and then added: "In fact, the main force of Jianyu, especially the Jurchen Tartars, has not suffered great losses. He Jianyu went to the field battle, and the number of people was not as large as Jianyu, so it was not uncommon to have such a defeat. ”

Hu Guang nodded, and then immediately asked, "Then how to deal with it next?" ”

"Continue to clear the wilderness, so that Jianyu will not have enough food and grass." Man Gui is an expert on the issue of Jianyu, and he talked eloquently, "If you want to annihilate the main force of Jianyu in the Guan, the general thinks it is very difficult, so you can only drive them out!" ”

When he said this, he was a little worried. After all, these words are a bit long, and they will destroy their prestige, and I don't know if the young emperor can stand it. But that's the case, he can only tell the truth.

If it were the original Emperor Chongzhen, he might really not be able to stand this kind of words, and he might even ignore the facts, and force Man Gui or all walks of life to attack and fight to the death with Jianyu.

But Hu Guang would never be so brutal, and after thinking about it, he immediately nodded in agreement: "Man Qing is reasonable, it seems that the plan now is to expel Jianyu from the customs as soon as possible and restore peace in the customs as soon as possible." ”

Speaking of this, he remembered what he had thought of before, and immediately continued: "You sent people to spread rumors, saying that the 100,000 White Pole Army and the Southeast Musketeers will immediately go to the Beijing Division and prepare for a decisive battle with Jianyu in the land of Gyeonggi. In addition, the Guanning army has already left the Shanhaiguan and smashed Liaoyang. Well, another version says that the Guanning army has gone to the steppe to take revenge on those Mongolian tribes. ”

Man Gui was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly played: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

However, some people don't think that way. Soon, some courtiers heard about this and wrote a chapter one after another, either demanding severe punishment for the governor's interpretation of the scriptures, or attacking the non-people entrusted by Sun Chengzong, or demanding that the edict of King Qin continue to be issued, to defend the Jingshi, and so on.

As for these recitals, the eunuch Wang Dehua, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, all sent them to Hu Guang, and Hu Guang personally reviewed them. Looking at this large number of concerts, Hu Guang had the idea of replacing the eunuch with the seal of the master of ceremonies for the first time.

What Hu Guang wants is that ordinary matters can be handled by the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, and only important matters can be decided by him. As a eunuch in charge of the seal, you must have the ability to distinguish between general and important things and share the work for the emperor. Of course, in order to do this, it is necessary to understand the emperor's attitude towards things.

After receiving Hu Guang's instructions, Liu Xingzuo rushed to Sun Chengzong's place as soon as possible and announced the news that the Tongzhou soldiers and horses were almost wiped out near Jizhou.

As soon as this news came out, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the lobby suddenly condensed and became a little heavy. Some of the conjectures brought about by Changli's victory were suddenly shattered again.

Liu Xingzuo glanced at the people present, looked at the faces of Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou and others, and then continued: "Your Majesty has a will, and the strategic goal of my Ming Dynasty is to expel Jianyu from Gyeonggi as soon as possible. The strategy used is to continue to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness, and be sure not to let the Jianyu take the city again, and get food and grass supplies......"

He recounted several methods that Hu Guang had come up with, and then added: "Elder Ge can also take other means, but the ultimate goal is to expel Jianyu as soon as possible and restore peace to the land of Gyeonggi." ”

Sun Chengzong was quite surprised to hear this, and in his impression, the young emperor would not seem to be so realistic. Even though the impression he had had before had changed a lot, the will also said that the Jianyu would be cut off from the back road, and the Jianyu would be severely damaged or annihilated in the pass.

As the commander of one party, what he is most afraid of is that the emperor can't see the actual situation clearly, and he will forcibly command from afar, and ask for whatever he wants!

You know, soldiers, treacherous! If it weren't for the strength reaching the crushing level, there would be too many factors that would affect the outcome of the war. The result of remote forcible command regardless of the actual situation is the last thing he wants to see.

In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen did not do anything like this. Of course, he may have his reasons, but forcibly ordering the commander in front to do whatever he wants, this can easily become an assist for the enemy.

Sun Chengzong was shocked and a little relieved, and immediately nodded and said: "The old man knows it in his heart, come on, beat the drum and gather the generals!" ”

As soon as his words fell, before the herald guard could act, he saw Liu Xingzuo clenching his fists and continued: "Elder Ge, Your Majesty has appointed the last general to command the Jinyi Guard, and you need to go to Beijing immediately to take up your post and rectify the Jinyi Guard. In order to facilitate communication with Shanhaiguan, the last general will send a person to the pavilion elder, and if there is anything, you can contact the Jingshi immediately. ”

Upon hearing this, everyone in the lobby was taken aback. Commander of the Jinyi Guard, this is the emperor's cronies, the highest status of all the armies!

Although these people present had thought that Liu Xingzuo would be promoted, they never thought that he would be able to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard. To put it mildly, in the eyes of Sun Chengzong, the general soldier of one side is just a subordinate to call people, but Liu Xingzuo in the future is a person who even he has to treat politely.

Sun Chengzong thought so, not to mention Zu Dashou and others. Even if they were jealous and envious in their hearts, on the surface, they immediately smiled and congratulated Liu Xingzuo on his ascension in unison. Suddenly, Liu Xingzuo became the central figure in the lobby, like the stars holding the moon.

It's really thirty years in Hexi, thirty years in Hedong, who would have thought that Liu Xingzuo, who defected back to the Ming Dynasty, would suddenly become the commander of the Jinyi Guard after being squeezed out by everyone, this is the emperor's cronies!

originally thought that he had no backstage, but it turned out that the backstage of others was the Ming Emperor! Zu Dashou regretted it in his heart, thinking about how to make up for the unhappiness between him and Liu Xingzuo. Wu Xiang also regretted it, he had already seen that Liu Xingzuo had signs of transshipment, and he should have spent more money at that time, and he didn't have any friendship without pain!

Knowing that Liu Xingzuo was going to leave immediately, Sun Chengzong looked at the situation in the hall, and also withdrew the order to beat the drum and gather the generals, and enthusiastically wanted to practice it for Liu Xingzuo. And Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others also kept one after another, saying that if they say a colleague, they must be sent well. On the other hand, he quickly sent people back to prepare a heavy gift.

Liu Xingzuo knew the emperor's attitude towards Sun Chengzong, and at this time, he had not yet taken up the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard, so it was not easy to refuse Sun Chengzong, so he agreed.