Chapter Twenty-Eight: King Qin of the North

(Thanks to the newcomers of time, Gongsun Tang, and Lilizhi's book friends for their tips)

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers pointed to Beijing, and of course the Chongzhen Emperor and ministers in Beijing were frightened half to death, and the city of Beijing was in chaos, and the Chongzhen Emperor issued several edicts to recruit the army of King Qin. Cao Yue in Nanjing also received several edicts within one day asking him to lead his army north to King Qin.

"Old man Sun, His Majesty the Emperor finally thought of us, thought of our Nanjing New Army, I thought that his old man had forgotten us!" Cao Yue took Emperor Chongzhen's edict of King Qin, and said to Sun Chuanting jokingly: "I really can't understand why Lord Banzai didn't let us have more than 100,000 men and horses to advance west before the situation deteriorated to prevent the Liukou from capturing Shaanxi and Henan. ”

"I think so," Sun Chuanting stroked his beard and said with a meaningful look: "The emperor just wants the Nanjing New Army to go to Beijing to Qin Wang when Liukou or Jiannu attack Beijing, he doesn't want this army to go to Shaanxi and Henan, otherwise there will be something in Beijing, and the Nanjing New Army will not be able to go north in the fastest time!"

Sun Chuanting's words made Cao Yuemao pause: "I see, long live the Lord He actually planned to do this." It's just, Old Man Sun, don't you think it's too late for Lord Banzai to activate us now? Nanjing is so far from Beijing, we can't quench our thirst!"

"Perhaps, many people in the court, including Long Live Lord, don't want to see you make any more military achievements, so they let him lead the army to fight when they have no choice but to do so," Sun Chuanting said, showing a wry smile: "In the past year or two, you have made too many military exploits, more than any Ming general, but you have made it very difficult for Long Live Lord, and there is no reward for it." Hehe, you haven't thought that you have reached the point where you have reached the point of high merit and even public anger. The ministers of the court shall rebuke you in the palace when you return from victory. Long live the matter of your sins, I believe you will not forget, right? Banzai may have wanted to activate you and your men for a long time, but the officials of the DPRK and China stopped him. ”

"Old man Sun, what you said is really reasonable, it may be true, there are many traitors in the court, and they have harmed the Jiangshan Society," Cao Yue patted his head with a wry smile. It seems that the strange things that have just been said can only be explained by such reasons. What kind of people are the people in the DPRK and China, when the country is like a tired egg. even put the play of power in the first place. Monarchs and ministers are like this, and it's no wonder that the Ming Dynasty is not dead.

Sun Chuanting's chief Cao Yue smiled bitterly twice, and then sighed: "Don't blame anyone, hurry up and gather the soldiers and horses, go north to King Qin, I hope we can rush to Beijing before the Liukou conquer Beijing!"

"Old man Sun, let's discuss how to rescue Beijing first," Cao Yue pointed to the sand table in front of him. He said to Sun Chuanting: "The latest situation of the enemy and us is on the top, the flow is strong, Nanjing is more than a thousand miles away from Beijing, and the canal is now in a dry period. How to transport troops, how to use troops, let's two good students sum it up!"

Of course, the sand table was tossed out by Cao Yue, after coming to Nanjing. Sun Chuanting had already seen too much of the incredible around Cao Yue, and he was no longer surprised. It was also by Cao Yue's side that he had seen too many miracles, and he deeply admired the unusual talent of this young man. And had a different mind. He felt that he was very close to Cao Yue, and the two of them were very harmonious in doing things together, and they could complement each other in many aspects. Sun Chuanting thought that if he and Cao Yue presided over the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would definitely be able to regain its life.

If one day the dream really comes true, then even if the north is lost, with the financial resources of the south, as well as the military power in Cao Yue's hands, the wisdom and ability of him and Cao Yue can repeat the Daming rivers and mountains.

Because Sun Chuanting had encountered too many setbacks, he was completely disappointed in Emperor Chongzhen and ministers like the court, and he also noticed that Cao Yue had unusual thoughts, so he also had strange thoughts. Both of them were aware of the change in each other in a certain aspect, but they both had a tacit understanding and did not break it. It was precisely because of the tacit understanding that after receiving the edict of King Qin from Emperor Chongzhen, the two did not rush to order the army to march to the north, but complained first and then discussed how to arrange.

"That's right, now the north is in a dry season, the water level of the canal has dropped sharply, and troop carriers may not be able to go, so it is impossible for the army to all take the canal, and most of the men and horses have to travel by land!" Sun Chuanting agreed with what Cao Yue said, and immediately expressed his opinion: "The Nanjing Navy Division has a certain scale, and the ship is large enough, so it can be arranged in this way, and one of them will take the sea route, and the speed will be relatively fast." Otherwise, the two of us divide the troops, I will take a group of men and horses by sea, you take the main force by land and canal, and we will strive to meet in Tianjin, how about it? ”

Cao Yue looked at the sand table and pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "This idea is good, you can consider it." In this case, how about you lead 10,000 sailors, 30 warships, and 20,000 troops by sea, and I lead the rest of the men and horses by land and canals? ”

"Good!" Sun Chuanting immediately readily agreed. Next, the two also discussed the specific arrangements, including the march route, military supplies, and arrangements for the aftermath after the battle situation was abnormal.

At the end, Cao Yue said to Sun Chuanting very seriously: "Old man Sun, I think Beijing can't hold it, the north is already a mess, even if there is no war, it will take decades to recover, to hold the Ming Dynasty, moving the capital to Nanjing is the only choice." I hope that the Lord can figure this out, if he is not willing to leave Beijing, then no matter what, we will take a certain prince, or crown prince. ”

Cao Yue's words made Sun Chuanting's heart a little shocked, he understood what Cao Yue meant, and finally he nodded solemnly, "What you said is right, let's just decide, I hope that Long Live Lord can agree to move the capital to Nanjing." At worst, we will also take away the crown prince or the king!"

The king of Sun Chuanting's mouth is Zhu Cijiong, this little prince was named the king of Dingzhen by Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning of the year.

After the two tacitly smiled bitterly, they also left separately to do emergency mobilization.

In the evening, Cao Yue took the time to return to the princess's mansion.

Zhu Yujiao just gave birth a month ago, and gave birth to a son for Cao Yue, and after Emperor Chongzhen learned the news, he sent a reward, and personally named Cao Yue's son Cao Anguo. Cao Yue was a little reluctant to accept the name of this soil scum, but in the end he didn't dare to brush Emperor Chongzhen's wishes and accepted the name.

When Cao Yue returned to the house, Zhu Yujiao was breastfeeding the child. Zhu Yujiao, who has become a mother, seems to have matured a lot, and the little greenness between her eyebrows is gone, replaced by the maturity and love that only women have.

Cao Yue sat next to Zhu Yujiao and watched his son fall asleep peacefully after eating enough milk. When Yun'er came over and took the little thing and put it on the bed, Cao Yue whispered to Zhu Yujiao: "Jiao'er, I'll talk to you about something in a while." ”

"What's the matter?" Now Zhu Yujiao is almost completely ignorant of the situation outside, all her thoughts are on her son, at first glance, Cao Yue said this, seeing that her husband had a solemn look on his face, she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart: "Husband, what happened?" ”

"Your father is in trouble, I must lead the army as soon as possible to rescue your father!"

"What?" (To be continued.) )