The main reason why I am extremely surprised is that Chuzhou is only two hundred miles away from Nanjing, and if Liu Zongmin really comes, then he will be able to march to the city of Nanjing tomorrow.

At the same time, although I now occupy Nanjing, I only have 30,000 men and horses on my hands. If Liu Zongmin led a large army south, then Lao Tzu would probably lose Nanjing immediately.

So I asked eagerly: "How many people did Liu Zongmin bring?" ”

"Like, it seems like there are 200,000!"

I grass! Hearing this, Lao Tzu's blood almost didn't spurt out.

200,000 horses, what the hell is the rhythm of this?

You must know that I have been letting the Manchus attack Shanhaiguan, and it stands to reason that Li Zicheng will not let the army go south.

Even if I send a letter of state to North Korea before sending troops and let North Korea attack the Manchus, it will not be possible for North Korea to receive it now, and it will take at least 20 days.

I thought about it for a while, Liu Zongmin can go south with an army, there should be only two possibilities.

The first, the Manchus treacherously did not storm Shanhaiguan again.

The second, most likely, was that after Wu Sangui returned to Shanghai Customs last time, he began to persuade Li Zicheng to negotiate peace with the Manchus, and then the Manchus accepted their conditions and temporarily gave up attacking Shanhaiguan, so Li Zicheng was able to withdraw and let Liu Zongmin go south.

Damn, thinking of this, I'm about to explode!

If it is really as I deduced, then it is very likely that the Northern Expedition I have done before will fall short.

And what is most problematic for me now is not the bankruptcy of the Northern Expedition Grand Strategy, but how to deal with the arrival of Liu Zongmin's army.

In view of this, I immediately stopped the celebration banquet, and then gathered several of my lieutenants to discuss with them how to deal with Liu Zongmin.

After several adjutant generals heard that Liu Zongmin had an army of 200,000, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak for a long time.

After hesitating for a long time, he told me that it was better for me to give up Nanjing, retreat to Hangzhou, and wait for Li Dingguo and Xia Wanchun's army to come, and then take Nanjing.

As soon as they said this, Lao Tzu took the case on the spot and scolded: "Nanjing is the place where my Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and its status is comparable to Beijing." I lost Nanjing once before because of Wu Sangui, if I give up Nanjing now, how will the people of the world think of me? What do the civil and military officials of the imperial court think of me? ”

Yes, Nanjing can't be lost, once Nanjing is lost again, the morale that the Ming army has just accumulated will be lost, which is very unfavorable to the Northern Expedition later.

At the same time, if Nanjing is lost, the senior officials of the DPRK and China will lose confidence in me!

After I said this, my lieutenants didn't dare to express their positions, one by one you stared at me, and I stared at you.

Dude, I look at these mediocre talents, half angry, I can only let them get out, and then think about how to deal with it myself.

I thought for a while, if you want to hold Nanjing, there is only one way, and that is to have sufficient troops.

And where do the troops come from?

At present, there are only two armies of Li Dingguo and Xia Wanchun.

However, the fucking thing is that their army has just arrived in Quzhou, and no matter how fast Quzhou is to Nanjing, it will take five days to walk.

And in these five days, whether the buddies can hold Nanjing has become the key to the key.

Just let me hold Nanjing with 30,000 troops, to be honest, I can't do it at all.

For a while, I was like an ant on a hot pot, anxious and rounded, but there was nothing I could do.

Just when I was in a hurry, a drunken Ming army general suddenly broke in, carried a wine jug and said to me: "Your Majesty, can you let Chen Yuanyuan's sassy girls sing and sing beautiful songs to my soldiers to relieve their fatigue!" ”

Yes, I did bring Chen Yuanyuan on this expedition.

The reason why I brought her with me is not that I want to do something fancy and gut, buddy. Instead, she took the initiative to ask me, saying that she wanted to use her literary and artistic talents to inspire soldiers with the army.

Although Chen Yuanyuan did sing songs to the soldiers and comfort the soldiers when the army broke through Suzhou and Hangzhou before. But at this juncture, this drunken general asked Chen Yuanyuan to sing, and Lao Tzu was really angry after hearing it.

I was half dead in anger, and I slapped the general in the face, and roared loudly: "Yang Gang, I have already said to stop celebrating, why do you still violate military discipline and drink." Do you want to die? ”

I said that, but that guy was still not sober, and he was talking nonsense to me, saying that Chen Yuanyuan must be allowed to sing, otherwise he would not leave.

This made me anxious, and as soon as I pulled out the saber from his waist, I was about to cut him.

As a result, just as I was about to go under the knife, I suddenly burst into euphoria.

I kicked him hard, threw down the knife, and ran to Chen Yuanyuan's bedroom.

The reason why I ran to Chen Yuanyuan's bedroom was because I had already thought about how to deal with the upcoming army of Liu Zongmin.

……

When she came to Chen Yuanyuan's bedroom, she was teaching Mu Xia to play the pipa.

I have to say that although Mu Xia is rude, she does a really good job in dealing with people.

You must know that everyone around me doesn't like Chen Yuanyuan and thinks that Chen Yuanyuan is from a low background, but she never despises Chen Yuanyuan, and often helps Chen Yuanyuan speak.

Seeing my sudden arrival, Mu Xia was very unhappy and said, "Brother Emperor, you are really annoying!" I used to play the piano well, but you came in silently, and all your thoughts were interrupted by you! ”

I ignored her, took Chen Yuanyuan's hand and said, "Yuanyuan, tomorrow Liu Zongmin's army will arrive in Nanjing, I have something to ask you!" ”

"If the emperor has anything, just say it. As long as it is for the country, the people are willing to die even if they die! ”

So I put my ear to her and said, "That's ......."

After I finished speaking, Chen Yuanyuan nodded, and Mu Xia's little girl punched me in the back and complained: "Brother Emperor, are you talking to Sister Yuanyuan again?" ”

"Tell me you're big! I don't have the time to mess with you right now. ”

After saying that, I walked out of Chen Yuanyuan's dormitory quickly, and then came to the barracks of the firearms battalion soldiers.

When I arrived at the firearms camp, I gathered two hundred soldiers and said to them: "Early tomorrow morning, you will take the Dutchman's muskets and go directly out of the city to meet Liu Zongmin, as long as Liu Zongmin comes, you will ......."

I crackled and talked about my own deployment, and after listening to it, the soldiers of the firearms battalion said in unison: "We will never let down the emperor's love!" ”

After explaining the soldiers of the firearms battalion, it was already time for me to drag my tired body back to the dormitory.

……

Early the next morning, I took Chen Yuanyuan and climbed the Nanjing City Tower lightly.

After climbing the tower, I lay down on the dragon chair and drank a little wine, while Chen Yuanyuan played the piano for me on the side.

Seeing this, you will definitely complain about me, saying that Liu Zongmin is coming soon, you still have the heart to flirt with Chen Yuanyuan, are you so worthy of our readers who support you.

Hehe, don't be angry yet, buddy, the reason why I did this is actually to sit and wait for Liu Zongmin's arrival.

I want to use the easiest way to temporarily "repel Liu Zongmin's army".

And what is this trick called?

If you have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you must know that I am following Zhuge Kongming and playing empty city tricks with Liu Zongmin.

Yes, with Lao Tzu's current 30,000 troops, no matter how powerful the Ming army is, it is impossible to repel Liu Zongmin militarily. The only way to do this is to adopt some unexpected strategies.

Of course, Zhuge Liang's empty city strategy did scare away Sima Yi; But I used the empty city plan today, whether I could scare Liu Zongmin away, I'm really not sure.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, I really have no choice but to take a dangerous move and take the sword.

……

Sure enough, as I expected, just after Chen Yuanyuan finished singing the three songs, I saw tens of thousands of troops crossing the Yangtze River from a distance, and then they went straight to the city tower.

I saw that the leader was wearing gold armor, holding an iron axe, and under his crotch was a purple-red war horse.

He was tall, with a face like a brown bear, eyes like a silver snake, and a nose like a rat, and he looked extremely ugly.

If I'm not mistaken, this guy should be Liu Zongmin, the number one warrior under Li Zicheng.

After Liu Zongmin galloped for a while, the army came to the bottom of the Nanjing City Tower.

After coming to the city, he raised his iron axe and yelled at me: "Chongzhen, your grandfather Liu Zongmin is here, why don't you go out of the city and die!" ”