Gao Yingxiang glared at the others, looked at Liu Guoneng and said encouragingly: "You go on!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Guoneng had no joy or sadness on his face, and was not moved by the performance of other people, and continued to say: "The middle strategy is to jump out of the encirclement of the Ming army directly north, break through from Hubei, and attack the capital!" ”

"What! Attack the capital! ”

"The red lady is crazy! If we go to attack the capital, won't we be looking for death! A group of leaders were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they talked about it, of course, in a bad tone. In their opinion, the Red Lady's move is to find death again.

Of course, they can't be blamed for this, this is where the pattern of the Liukou is, Li Zicheng had millions of troops at that time, and he had defeated Sun Chuanting, and the last strength of the Ming Dynasty was wiped out by him, when Li Zicheng was in Tongguan, he was still hesitating to enter the capital, and at that time he also sent someone to send a letter to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that as long as he was crowned king, Li Zicheng was willing to withdraw his troops and claim the courtiers, not to mention that now, Liu Guoneng said that it was unimaginable for all Liukou.

However, Li Jing suddenly opened his eyes and became interested, while Gao Yingxiang frowned and slapped the table and shouted: "Give me my silence, let Liu Guo continue to speak!" ”

All the leaders looked at Liu Guoneng, with disdain or ridicule in their eyes, Liu Guoneng smiled lightly and said: "King Chuang now has strong soldiers and strong horses, there are 300,000 righteous troops here, plus nearly 100,000 people in our department, a total of 400,000, if we directly march north along the canal to the capital, you can't believe it when you hear me say that I want to enter the capital, not to mention the Ming army, the Ming army will not be able to react, and when they know that our purpose is the capital, I am afraid that it will be too late."

Now the Ming Dynasty has just repelled the Qing army, its own casualties are definitely not small, there are only tens of thousands of forbidden troops left in the capital, if we can go down in one fell swoop, then the Ming Dynasty will die, and King Chuang will enter the capital as the emperor! Even if we can't attack it, we will wait until we retreat, and it will always make the Ming army tired and unable to live in peace! And if we wait for the Northern Expedition to the capital, the world will be shaken, after you follow the king of Chuang to break through Fengyang before, the righteous army of the world has responded, if we wait for the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that even the righteous people of the world will win the grain and the scenery. The king can be bullied! ”

A group of rogue leaders who were originally full of disdain for Liu Guoneng all fell into deep thought when they heard the red lady's middle strategy. After breaking through Fengyang and burning the Ming Dynasty imperial tomb in the first month of this year, the scene of their fame is still vivid. If it is really the Northern Expedition to the capital, it is really hard to say what the situation will be at that time.

Gao Yingxiang's face also showed a bit of emotion, the two words Northern Expedition were full of magic, which was enough to arouse the delusions in his heart.

However, Li Jing, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke: "The lifeless old mother will let the White Lotus Sect renew in Shandong in the near future, if it is really the Northern Expedition at this moment, the two will echo each other at that time, and it is not impossible!" ”

"The White Lotus Sect is going to make trouble again?"

"Looking at the Northern Expedition this way, it's really funny! If we really break into the capital, then King Chuang will not be the emperor in the future! ”

Among the leaders, Li Zicheng, who has always been known for his composure and calmness, couldn't help but breathe a little shorter, he is Gao Yingxiang's nephew, and Gao Yingxiang has no heirs! If Gao Yingxiang really became the emperor, wouldn't he be ......

"King Chuang order! Where do we fight or not, let's go on a northern expedition to the capital! ”

"Yes, King Chuang just happened to have the White Lotus Sect to cause trouble, this is not God to help me, at this time, if you don't go on a Northern Expedition, when will you wait!"

Gao Yingxiang suppressed the throbbing in his heart, raised his head to look at Liu Guoneng, and hissed and asked, "Guoneng!" What is the best policy for the red lady? ”

Only then did the rest of the leaders react, this red lady still had the best policy and didn't say it, and the middle strategy was already so good, so what should the best policy do, they all looked at Liu Guoneng with anticipation.

Liu Guoneng coughed lightly, and then said: "Qi Yu Chuang Wang, the best strategy of the Red Lady is to attack Nanjing to establish the country and become the emperor. ”

"Build a country and become an emperor!" Gao Yingxiang muttered a few words silently in his heart, waved his hand to quiet everyone, and said to Liu Guoneng: "Please continue!" ”

"As the so-called name is not justified, although we are now known as the righteous army, but in the eyes of the people of the world, they are just a few rogues, I have waited for so many years to capture countless cities, have you ever seen officials surrender? Are there any scholars who have come to us? Liu Guoneng asked rhetorically to everyone present.

Everyone shook their heads, there are indeed a lot of officials and scholars caught over the years, but many would rather die once, and very few are willing to take refuge in them. Not to mention the scholars, even the captured warriors rarely surrendered.

"Why not! Just because we are rogues, they don't look down on us, and they definitely have no future with us! Liu Guoneng paused this time, and said: "It's different to conquer Nanjing, once King Chuang is established and proclaimed emperor, we can also open the imperial examination to recruit people from all over the world, and we can collect taxes from the people under our rule."

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was repeatedly defeated by us and was able to mobilize a large army to make a comeback was because he occupied the world and could collect taxes from the people, and once we failed, it would be completely finished. And if we have Nanjing as a base in the future, even if we are unfortunately defeated, we can quickly retrain the army.

And when the time comes, we will no longer be rogues, but officials and soldiers! This identity is different, naturally there are so many people who are dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty at the bottom of the world, why worry that no one will vote. When the time comes, divide the south, divide the river with the Ming Dynasty, and then take the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang won the world with this, there is a precedent first, why should I worry about the great cause! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, they all knew that the woman who was the red lady had a good idea, but they didn't expect that her vision was really so unique. Why can't the rogues succeed, they can only be the king's precursor. The most important thing is that there is no base of one's own. The Red Lady's strategy undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for them.

Gao Yingxiang slowed down and asked Li Jing, "What does King Li think of this?" ”

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Li Jing looked indifferent, holding the pagoda with his left hand, gently brushing his beard with his right hand, and said with a smile: "The people have been poor for many years in the north of the war, and the main finance of the Ming Dynasty now relies on Jiangnan taxes. ”

"At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the policy of building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king. If I call the emperor directly, isn't it appropriate? Gao Yingxiang still had some doubts.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "The situation between Zhu Yuanzhang and King Chuang back then was not the same. At that time, the Yuan Dynasty was also powerful, and the rebel army rose in all directions. Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is not the strongest. Of course, it is necessary to delay the claim to the throne and let the Yuan army attack the other rebels. Now that King Chuang is the leader of the world's righteous army, he should naturally be called the emperor as soon as possible, so as to show his will and calm the hearts of the people of the world! ”