However, when they saw an attendant push out something similar to a table and lift a red cloth covering it, it dawned on them that the emperor was originally going to discuss the military situation.

Most of the courtiers know about this thing. Especially Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi, because they have a bigger one there, this is called the sand table.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen started with a joke was to attract everyone's attention and reduce their attention to the civil-military relationship present. At this time, after seeing that the sand table cloth was lifted, he restrained himself a little and joked a little: "This is the terrain around Jinzhou in Liaodong, and I specially asked people to make it. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, could it be that Jinzhou Jianyu found out that Lushun was occupied by my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"What about the new army, where is the new army?" The military department Shangshu Shen Yongmao also immediately chased and asked. At the same time, I thought in my heart that judging from the Korean war, there was no doubt about the strength of the new army, at least it would not be afraid of being captured. There is a new army, so Lushun is worry-free!

Seeing that there were still courtiers who were also about to speak, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, listen to me first." ”

"The minister is reckless!" When Wen Tiren heard this, he first apologized.

Emperor Chongzhen above saw that Shen Yongmao seemed to want to speak, so he hurriedly spoke first, otherwise this meeting would be a little watery: "Lu Zhongcheng reported that Jinzhou Jianyu seems to have been aware of the situation on Lushun's side, so he is ready to attack Jinzhou to cover the landing of the new army in Lushun to rest......"

He roughly said Lu Xiangsheng's previous notice and his own approval, and then said: "I didn't expect Jinzhou Jianyu to withdraw overnight last night, leaving only ......."

“…… According to the latest news that the night does not receive investigations, Jian Yu has retreated to Xiaoshan Mountain, and is waiting there, as if he wants to hold here. ”

On the edge of the sand table, there was an attendant who pointed to certain places in the sand table with a stick, and spoke with the emperor.

“…… Jianyu's action is very abnormal! Emperor Chongzhen said that he said his purpose later, "Therefore, I hope that you Aiqing can analyze and deduce the intention of Xia Jianyu, what is it to do?" ”

In the Wenhua Palace, it immediately fell silent. Jianyu's move was really unexpected by each of them. Cunning and cunning, you still need to think about it!

Emperor Chongzhen saw that no one spoke for a while, so he introduced Shenyang's reaction, and then waited for how these Ming and high-IQ talents would analyze.

Hearing that there was no movement in Shenyang, the auxiliary minister Xue Guoguan immediately said: "Your Majesty, since Jianyu is ready to give up, it's not right, my Ming Dynasty sent troops to occupy Jinzhou, as Lu Zhongcheng said, but to defend Lushun, it will be more convenient to transport the materials and soldiers of the naval division in the future." ”

Shen Yongmao listened, and also nodded and agreed: "The minister also agrees, as long as Jinzhou is occupied, my Ming Dynasty will recover a very large piece of Liaoland!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Could this be what Jianyu wants us to do?" ”

Hearing this question, everyone fell silent. If Jianyu retreats, Daming will naturally take possession, this is a logical thing, is this really the purpose of Jianyu, a trap?

At this time, Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "Sun Ge always thinks that this may be because Jianyu is afraid that our naval division will land along the coast, just like the Korean war, and unknowingly transport the troops to a certain place. Therefore, Jianyu simply abandoned all the places south of Little Montenegro. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, also said: "Uncle Zhongyong thinks that this city is not occupied for nothing, no matter what he does, it is better to occupy it first and then talk about it, it is better than us sending troops to fight it!" If there is any conspiracy, whatever, we will strengthen the city defense, and make it the same as Ning Jin, just defend it! ”

Uncle Zhong Yong is Man Gui, he has been fighting against Jianyu before, but he also has the weight to speak. However, his opinion obviously has his personal style, regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, he will do it first.

No one answered Sun Chengzong's words before, but Man Gui's words immediately attracted Lu Xiangsheng's rebuttal, and he heard Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, say: "Lu Zhongcheng thinks that it is not realistic to run Jinzhou into Ningjin. The Ningjin front line is based on the Shanhai Customs, which can easily get support from the customs. However, Golden State faces each other across the sea, and it is very difficult to transport both manpower and material resources. What's more, if it's typhoon season, there will be a frozen sea in winter......"

When he said this, Cao Huachun suddenly paused and stopped talking, and after a while, he seemed to say in a sharper tone: "Lu Zhongcheng thinks that maybe this is the conspiracy of Jianyu, and when the typhoon season or the winter freezes the sea, it will be when they send a large army to attack Jinzhou." At that time, the defenders of Jinzhou, Lushun and other places had no support, and it was unknown whether they could withstand the siege of Jianyu! ”

Hearing this, many people suddenly realized that if they occupied the Jinzhou side, there would indeed be this problem. However, some people agreed, and naturally some people objected, so they heard Mao Yuanyi say loudly: "Your Majesty, the new army can be stationed in Jinzhou, and it is guaranteed that Jianyu will not be able to take Jinzhou throughout the winter." ”

Hearing his confident answer, remembering his identity as the chief instructor of the new army, and the battle plan that had been agreed to let the new army go to Gaizhou to guard for a winter, many people immediately believed that this method was feasible, so let the new army garrison Jinzhou, let Jianyu steal chickens and rice, and let Daming get a large piece of land in vain.

Suddenly, many ministers agreed with this approach. Even Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the new army, also expressed his determination and confidence in holding Jinzhou through Cao Huachun's mouth!

However, Emperor Chongzhen pondered. If this is to be done, it is obvious that the planned battle of Gaizhou will not be able to be fought again! Wouldn't the purpose of the Gaizhou Campaign, which he had done his best to promote, be unattainable?

As soon as he thought of the purpose of the Gaizhou Campaign, he immediately compared it with Jinzhou, and then immediately came to a conclusion: Jinzhou's strategic position cannot be compared with Gaizhou at all! If the Ming Dynasty occupied Jinzhou, the threat to Jianyu was actually not great, which can be seen from their use of Xiaoshan as a defensive line. Gaizhou, on the other hand, can effectively threaten Liaoyang, which is equivalent to a nail in Jianyu's stomach.

By the way, since the Golden State side is already in Jianyu's calculations, and Gaizhou is something they didn't expect, then why let them occupy the initiative as Jianyu wants?

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen's train of thought was suddenly opened, and he even ignored the discussion of the courtiers below for a while, and when he finally came back to his senses, he found that the courtiers below did not speak one by one, but just looked at themselves.