Hong Chengchou was a little happy that Zheng Zhihu had no ships available for the time being, because it gave him another reason to continue to delay. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Hong Chengchou knows that although the number of these troops under his command is quite large, the number of people who can really listen to his command is very limited. And there is a general sense of fear of the Eight Banners. Strike now, and it may not end well. And he also knew that the power in his hand was the last mobile force of the Ming Dynasty, and if it was lost in this battle, then after that, whether it was to deal with the domestic rogues or the Jianxuan who entered the country, the imperial court would not be able to take out any decent strength. So although he can also understand why the imperial court keeps urging him - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong made a big fuss again, the imperial court is completely powerless to suppress it, and can only count on him to solve it here quickly, and then transfer the army back to deal with those rogues. But he understands better that he must not fail, and once he fails, Daming will really be finished. Besides, according to his calculations, Zu Dashou's side should be able to support it for a long time, and he also hopes to use Zu Dashou to consume more Manchu power, and it is best to make the Manchu side become a tired soldier, and then attack, so that the chance of victory is greater. Moreover, he can also use this time to put the army in order. By the way, he commanded them to engage in some skirmishes with the Qing army, and tried to dispel the fear of the Eight Banners in the army through some small victories.

To say that Hong Chengchou's strategy still has a considerable effect. In some of the recent smaller encounters, the Ming army did not suffer much in the face of the Qing army. Especially his own descendants, such as Cao Bianjiao's troops, after being equipped with Dutch armor, faced the Eight Banners Army, and also fought several small victories in a row, and the morale and morale of the army have risen. Hong Chengchou felt that it was still very possible to break the siege by holding each other slowly and advancing slowly.

So Hong Chengchou wrote to Emperor Chongzhen again, telling him that he had to wait for Zheng Zhihu to repair the damaged ships before he could set off. However, only two days later, he received news that an angel had come with a holy decree.

At that time, Hong Chengchou was discussing with Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, how to break the siege. I was taken aback when I suddenly heard an angel coming. Obviously, Hong Chengchou's letter to the emperor must still be on the way, and at this time the emperor's envoy came, which shows that the emperor did not see his new reason for delay. This angel must have been sent to urge him to hurry up and send his army.

"Overseer, I'm afraid this angel is here to urge me to go to war." Qiu Min sighed, "I said a few days ago that it may not be a good thing for the Inspector to win those small battles. Now that the saint is in a hurry, seeing that the army of the Governor can win the battle, can he still endure to take his time step by step? In addition, some time ago, Li Zicheng fell into Luoyang, Zhang Xianzhong fell into Xiangyang and Suizhou, King Fu and King Xiang were killed, and the Central Plains was again erosive. How can the Holy One still be able to bear to let us fight here slowly? Besides, Chen Xinjia saw the battle report of the superintendent, and I am afraid that he also advocated a quick battle......"

Hong Chengchou listened, shook his head and said, "I can't fight a few defeats first, right?" The more than 100,000 troops, I'm afraid they don't even dare to go out of the city gate. Without further ado, let's go meet the angels first. ”

The envoy sent by Emperor Chongzhen was a third-class jinshi, Zhang Ruoqi in the staff of the Ministry of War. When the two met, Hong Chengchou set up the incense case, and Zhang Ruoqi read out the holy decree. The meaning of this holy decree was the same as Hong Chengchou expected, and it really urged them to march immediately and relieve the siege of Jinzhou. And Zhang Ruoqi, who read out the holy decree, was also appointed as the supervisor of the army, responsible for urging Hong Chengchou to send troops.

After reading the holy decree, Zhang Ruoqi put away the holy decree and handed it to Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou held the holy decree in both hands, stood up, and then handed the holy decree to his entourage to collect it, and then said to Zhang Ruoqi: "Lord Zhang has worked hard all the way. Then he led him to the back of the small living room and sat down with Qiu Minyang.

After the three of them sat down, Hong Chengchou spoke: "I don't know when Lord Zhang left Beijing?" ”

Zhang Ruoqi replied: "Xiaguan was ordered on the 10th of this month, and he left the Beijing division on the same day, rushed all the way, and only arrived today." ”

Hong Chengchou calculated in his heart, this Zhang Ruoqi left the Beijing division on the tenth day, and now it is only the eighteenth, and in only eight days, he has driven thousands of miles, and when he arrives here, it seems that the DPRK is indeed in a hurry.

"Master Zhang is walking so fast." Hill Min said.

"It's urgent, and I can't help but be unhappy." Zhang Ruoqi said, "Two adults, you have all heard the meaning of the holy decree just now. I don't know how prepared this army is now, when can it set off to relieve the siege of Jinzhou? ”

Hong Chengchou knew that Zhang Ruoqi was Chen Xinjia's person, and he also knew that Chen Xinjia was now very trusted by Emperor Chongzhen. In order to cater to Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Xinjia inevitably followed the emperor's temper many times when dealing with things. For example, Emperor Chongzhen is anxious, and Chen Xinjia's measures are all kinds of thunderous orders. Now that Zhang Ruoqi had just sat down, he hurriedly mentioned the matter of sending troops, which was obviously adhering to Chen Xinjia's meaning.

"Now a lot of things are not ready, more than 100,000 troops, there is a lot of movement." Hong Chengchou said, "It is to send troops, the grain and grass of more than 100,000 troops, and the equipment are not trivial, once you don't take it, it will be a big defeat immediately." Lord Zhang, come and see ......" Hong Chengchou stood up and walked to the front of the case.

Zhang Ruoqi also stood up and followed.

"Lord Zhang, you see, this is the map from Ningyuan to Jinzhou." Hong Chengchou pointed to this map and said to Zhang Ruoqi, "Lord Zhang, you see, the road from Ningyuan to Jinzhou is flat. Jian's cavalry is free. In the past battles of Hulsa and the following battles, my Ming Dynasty was always defeated by Jianxuan because of the division of troops. This time, our army must not repeat the mistakes of the past, so this officer intends to make this more than 100,000 army only one way, and slowly advance along the main road, so that the Jianzhi will not get the opportunity to fight more with less. It's just that more than 100,000 people are all on the way, and it will be difficult to receive grain and grass. If it is along the mainland to supply, the cavalry of Jianzhi will harass back and forth, and the supply of grain, grass and ordnance may not be able to take over. Therefore, the officer intends to use the sea route to transport grain, grass and military supplies.

Now that Jianyan's sailors have been wiped out by General Zheng's soldiers, the sea is too peaceful. If these things were transported by sea ships, there would be no need to leave heavy troops to defend the grain routes, and the number of troops that could be used to relieve the siege would be greatly increased, and it would be more certain to relieve the siege of Jinzhou. Second, I'm not worried that Jian Yan can cut off my food channel. Daily supplies can be guaranteed by sea. It's just that there are still winds and waves on the sea, so Lord Zhang, look at it again, when our army arrives in Songshan and controls Tashan, we can send all the grain, grass, ordnance and materials here to Bijia Mountain and put it in Tun. Most of this mountain is in the sea, only at low tide there is a land bridge connected to the mainland, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can be called a man's pass, ten thousand people can not be opened. Military rations are hoarded here, and nothing goes wrong. In this way, echoing inside and outside Jinzhou, the siege of Jinzhou can be solved. ”

Zhang Ruoqi looked down at the map for a while, then raised his head and said, "In this way, when can Inspector Hong send troops?" ”

"Zheng Zongbing's side is a little troublesome." Qiu Min said, "During this time, Zheng Zongbing's fleet continued to sweep away the sailors of Jianyan, and although they won a great victory, the ships were damaged and needed to be maintained in order to take on the heavy task of transporting grain and grass. As the old saying goes: 'Before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first.' Now the plan is to wait for Zheng Zongbing to repair the ship before he can act. ”

"How long will this be?" Zhang Ruoqi's face changed and said, "Now the Jianqi is infesting outside, and the rogue is raging inside. The big city was conquered one after another, and many of the clans and clans fell. The Son of Heaven is unpleasant to eat, and he can't sleep well. If you can't repel the Jianxuan division as soon as possible, the Central Plains will be eroded! But the overseer pushes and pushes again and again for small reasons, where is the king? And transporting grain by sea, but it is the icing on the cake. If there is no Zheng General Army, or if the future battle will not be close to the sea, will the Governor never send troops to fight? Could it be that the superintendent's reputation for winning all battles over the years has been fake? ”

"Master Zhang." Seeing Zhang Ruoqi speak like this, Hong Chengchou was also a little annoyed, so he said: "Jianqi is not as good as Liukou, since the emperor Xian, I have fought with the Ming Dynasty, losing more and winning less. Therefore, we must be very cautious in the battle with Jianxi, and there is no room for mistakes. If, in order to be so quick for a while, you give up a more secure approach, what if you are defeated? Hong has been a self-proclaimed superintendent for 20 years, and when it comes to marching and fighting, isn't it as good as Master Zhang? ”

"Inspector Hong is good at fighting, and the lower officials have always admired him." Zhang Ruoqi sneered, "I just don't want Inspector Hong to be so afraid of the enemy like a tiger." Don't you know that the generals are so afraid of the soldiers, and the supervisors are so afraid of Jianji, how can the generals below not be afraid, I am afraid that the more careful the superintendent is and dare not send troops, the more afraid the soldiers below will be. Besides, the superintendent can know that King Fu and King Xiang have fallen, and the Son of Heaven will hear about it and be cut off for a few days. Now there are no soldiers to fight in the Central Plains, so they can only let the rogues rage. If the Central Plains continues to erode, and then the relatives and vassals fall, and the superintendent continues to delay, where will the Son of Heaven be placed? It's Inspector Hong, what result do you want? ”

This is already very straightforward, if Hong Chengchou continues to delay, I am afraid that Chongzhen will really be unable to help but turn his face. At that time, even if you win this battle, you will lose your holy family, and your future career will be very difficult out of thin air. If there is really something about the fall of the clan during this period, I am afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will concentrate all his resentment on him Hong Chengchou. And since ancient times, there has never been a shortage of people in the court who can figure out what he wants, and when the time comes, I am afraid that a large number of people will immediately impeach him. When the time comes, he Hong Chengchou will be a little luckier, and he will probably have the opportunity to resign and go home, but if he doesn't do it well, he is afraid that his life will be difficult to save. Since ancient times, how many courtiers who have been resented by the king have had a good end?