In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair with a sad face, staring at the palace gate with lost eyes, while Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and Lu Daqi, the squire of the military department, who were standing on both sides, stared at the ground silently and were speechless. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

News has just come from SX that Yang Sichang, a scholar of Dongge University, has passed away. This is a very big blow to Chongzhen, Yang Sichang is his most trusted courtier, he works hard for Daming, and he often understands his intentions as soon as he hears them, and he has long regarded him as a teacher in his heart. So the city of Xiangyang was broken, King Xiang was killed, and he didn't plan to reprimand him, but now that he really went, he would never see him again.

Chongzhen's heart was sour, and tears couldn't stop flowing. Chen Xinjia and Lu Daqi hurriedly kowtowed and persuaded: "Since Scholar Yang has passed away, I still hope that the emperor will mourn!" ”

Chongzhen packed up his emotions and exhaled, "How is the battle situation in Xuanda now?" Where did Gao Qi dive? Can you rendezvous with Lu Xiangsheng? ”

Chen Xinjia hesitated for a moment and replied, "Your Majesty, the news that has just arrived at the military department says that Governor Lu has arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, and the senior supervisor army is a hundred miles behind him. It should be fine. ”

Chongzhen nodded and asked, "A hundred miles of land?" Isn't it farther away? If Lu Xiangsheng encounters the Tartar army, he can march a hundred miles to support him in half a day? ”

Chen Xinjia said, "There are three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry under the command of the Senior Supervisor, so it is not a problem to think about it. ”

Lu Daqi was about to speak, but was glared at by Chen Xinjia. Chongzhen noticed this scene and asked, "Lu Shilang seems to have something to say?" ”

Lu Daqi said, "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, this time the Tartar soldiers are divided into two routes, with a strength of 40,000, all the way out of Miyun, all the way out of Qingshan Pass, if the two Tartars are combined, Governor Lu is afraid that he will not be able to deal with it!" ”

Chen Xinjia said angrily, "Miyun and Qingshan Pass are hundreds of miles apart, and the Tartars can converge so easily, besides, the High Supervisor Army has been monitoring Dolgon in Qingshan Pass, how can it be so easy for them to converge?" Lu Shilang, don't worry about people here! ”

Chongzhen saw that the two directors of the military department had different opinions, and he also had a big headache, and he didn't know how to decide. At this time, Wang Chengen came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the fold that Jinyiwei just handed over." ”

Chongzhen took the excerpt, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, his face became darker and darker, and after reading it, he threw the excerpt to Chen Xinjia, "Look at it!" Look at this dog minion, he only gave Lu Xiangsheng 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, but he followed behind him with 30,000 elite soldiers. What is he doing here? Chongzhen yelled.

Chen Xinjia trembled and picked up the fold, which read, "The commander of the Jinyi Wei Daimyo Mansion made Zheng Shaoqiao cry blood and told my emperor that the Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng had arrived at the Daimyo Mansion, and there were only 5,000 tired and old soldiers under his command, and there was a shortage of food and salary. The people of the Daimyo Mansion were grateful for Lu Gong's kindness and hoped that he would stay in the Daimyo, recruit troops and train the army, and wait for the opportunity to fight the enemy again. Lu Gong said, the enemy rushed to the west, the aid division was separated from the east, the cause was in the middle of the system, the food was poor, and he died overnight, and there was no futile father and elder. Chen Shaoqiao, as the commander of the Daimyo's Mansion, couldn't bear to see Duke Lu knowing his death and was in the enemy formation, and implored the emperor to send troops to aid Duke Lu, so as not to lose another minister of humerus in our dynasty! ”

Chen Xinjia had already collapsed to the ground after reading it, he conspired with Gao Qiqian to reduce Lu Xiangsheng's troops just to prevent Lu Xiangsheng from entering the army, but he didn't expect Gao Qiqian to be so bold and go so far, he only gave Lu Xiangsheng 5,000 tired old and weak soldiers. I was scared and regretted.

Lu Daqi snatched the fold in Chen Xinjia's hand, looked at it and shouted, "Raise up and sneak into the country!" Emperor! The situation is urgent, and I ask the emperor to immediately order Gao Qi to sneak into the army, and on the other hand send reinforcements to support Governor Lu! ”

Chongzhen sighed: "This time I used people inappropriately, where is there still soldiers to send in this Beijing division?" Who else can take the helm? ”

Wang Chengen said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, isn't there still King Yongming?" He didn't bring two thousand guards from Hengzhou to the Gui Palace, they were all elite cavalry! ”

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, but then he shook his head and said, "The vassal king is in command and goes on the expedition, there is no precedent for my dynasty since he became an ancestor, this matter is not appropriate!" ”

When Lu Daqi heard what Wang Chengen said, he hurriedly said, "Princess, do you mean that King Yongming has two thousand elite horsemen in Beijing?" ”

"If you go back to Lord Lu, yes!" Wang Chengen replied with low eyebrows.

"Your Majesty, be in a hurry! The minister knew that the Hengzhou army had good combat power, and asked the emperor to order the Hengzhou army to go on the expedition! Lu Daqi said urgently.

Chongzhen was also a little moved, wondering, "But my fourth brother is young and good at scheming, but leading troops to fight is not child's play!" Besides, it's against the ancestral system, it's not appropriate! The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs are inevitably irritable!"

Lu Daqi's face was red and his neck was thick, "Your Majesty! When has this been? If you don't have time to wait for me, let's invite the King of Yongming to come and discuss! ”

Chongzhen hesitated, nodded and ordered Wang Chengen to summon Zhou Renyuan into the palace.

Chongzhen turned to Chen Xinjia and drank, "Cut off Chen Xinjia's position as the secretary of the military department, and go home to be punished." If that Lu Xiangsheng has three long and two short, I will definitely cut off Er's head! Don't get out of here! ”

Chen Xinjia trembled and got up, looked like a withered tree, and staggered out of the palace gate.

Zhou Renyuan was hurriedly brought in by Wang Chengen, and as soon as he saw Wang Chengen, he knew that things were not going well in the north.

As soon as Chongzhen saw him, he said with some embarrassment, "Fourth brother, the situation in Xuanda has unfortunately been said by you. Now that Lu Xiangsheng is in danger, the Ministry of War means that he wants to send the Hengzhou guards you brought to support. ”

"Lu Daqi, the squire of the Lower Officers and Soldiers, has seen the prince." Lu Daqi saluted Zhou Renyuan. "I don't know if the prince's two thousand elite horsemen can solve this crisis and go out for the country."

Zhou Renyuan said loudly: "Where is Lord Lu?" My Hengzhou army is also the army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is incumbent on me to fight the Tartars! ”

"Good! Good! The prince can sympathize with the court, which is really a blessing for the court. Your Majesty, what are you waiting for? Lu Daqi urged Chongzhen to say.

Chongzhen was a little annoyed by Lu Daqi's rudeness, and Zhou Renyuan looked at it and hurriedly said, "Presumably, the emperor is hindered by the status of the county king of his younger brother, and the ministers of the court are making irresponsible remarks. The younger brother has a strategy to block the mouth of the court minister. ”

"Oh?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Fourth brother, what is the best plan, come quickly!" ”

"The younger brother suggested that Wu Xiang and Wu Laojunmen be the commander of this expedition, and the younger brother is willing to be a supervising army." Zhou Renyuan said.

Lu Daqi praised: "The prince's clever plan! Wu Laojun is highly respected and knows a lot about military affairs, so he has no objection to leading the troops and courtiers, and the soldiers who go out on the expedition are Hengzhou's personal guards, and the prince is the supervisor of the army, which is reasonable. ”

Chongzhen nodded and asked, "The battlefield is dangerous, does the fourth brother really want to go out with the army?" He was still very worried about Zhou Renyuan's safety.

Zhou Renyuan resolutely said: "Loyalty to the country is also the duty of the younger brothers!" ”

"Since you are determined to do so, I will no longer stand in my way!" Chongzhen said slowly, and then asked Wang Chengen to go to Wu Mansion to announce the decree.

"Your Majesty, my brother still has some suggestions." Zhou Renyuan said, "The younger brother asked the emperor to order Zheng Chenggong to lead the sailors to attack Juehua Island, and at the same time ordered the 5,000 cavalry of Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, to assemble in Xuanfu, and Zu Dashou of Jinzhou to send troops to attack the nearby prefectures and counties occupied by the Tartars. ”

"Why?" Chongzhen asked. "Could it be that the fourth brother is going to have a decisive battle with the Tartars this time?"

"Definitely." Zhou Renyuan said, "I don't have enough troops to fight the Tartars. The subordinate brother means that the cavalry of Shanhaiguan is going south, causing me to encircle the Tartars of Zhendingfu, and the Tartars must send troops to rescue, and our sailors will attack Juehua Island, which will create the illusion that I want to reoccupy the hinterland of the Tartars, Juehua Island, and Jinzhou will send troops at the same time, and this Tartar must be lacking in skills. The Tartars of Zhending Mansion must be called to protect themselves and return to the outside of the customs. ”

"You're saying that these dispatches are all a pretense to give the Tartars the illusion that I'm attacking everywhere?" Chongzhen asked.

"Exactly! After all, getting the Tartars out of the army is the most urgent thing at the moment! Zhou Renyuan sighed.

Lu Daqi admired and said, "I heard that the prince has a unique vision and thinks high!" Now the lower officials listen to the prince's policy, and it is indeed so. I didn't expect that the prince was also quite strategic in military affairs, and the lower officials admired it! ”

Chongzhen saw that Lu Daqi also agreed, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" Just do as the fourth brother wants. Fourth brother, you go and arrange the expedition here, and you can discuss the matter of grain and grass with Lord Lu. ”

Zhou Renyuan went out with the order and immediately went to the Hengzhou military camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

After Zhou Ren left, Lu Daqi didn't leave, and said to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although King Yongming is young, he is quite strategic, I wonder if the emperor can issue a secret decree to Wu Xiang's old military gate, and let him listen to King Yongming's opinions more?" ”

Chongzhen sneered, "Don't be so troublesome. Since my fourth brother can say that I and you can't move, I still can't move Wu Xiang? Presumably Wu Xiang had been waiting for this news for a long time. ”

"Huh?" Lu Daqi was surprised for a while, but seeing that Chongzhen was no longer speechless, he had to leave the palace in confusion to arrange grain and grass.

After Lu Daqi left, Chongzhen silently pulled out a report of Jinyiwei, which said that Zhou Renyuan went to the Wu Mansion this morning.

Fourth brother? Are you really loyal to the court or do you have other intentions, I really don't understand!