The smoke of gunpowder in Datong Mansion has dissipated, but there are war clouds outside Yanjing City.

Dolgon led the army of 100,000 Jiannu all the way to Yanjing, and successfully entered the outside of Yanjing last night, and set up a large camp outside the Guangqu Gate.

The Qin Wang army of the Ming Dynasty arrived, and it was the most difficult Hong Chengchou!

Dolgon didn't dare to slack off, and urgently summoned his henchmen Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan to come to the big tent to discuss the matter, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan came to Dolgon's big tent in a hurry, and knelt down to Dolgon and said, "The slave knocks on the master." ”

Dolgon solemnly said, "Two gentlemen, please get up." ”

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan got up and stood down under Dolgon, and Dolgon said solemnly: "Mr. Wencheng, Mr. Wan, I have just reported from the horse, and a large group of Ming cavalry has been found in the Wanping area, which is roughly estimated to be at least more than 10,000 cavalry, and it is under the banner of Hong Chengchou. ”

"Hong Chengchou is here so soon?" Ning Wan said disapprerovingly, "But that's nothing, no matter how powerful Hong Chengchou is, he can't go to the sky with his 10,000 light horses." ”

"That's not what I said." Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "This 10,000 light cavalry is likely to be just the vanguard cavalry, since the vanguard cavalry has arrived in Wanping, it means that the brigade is not far from Yanjing, Hong Chengchou is not a good stubble, he has a few towns under the elite of the border army who are brave and good at fighting, master, you can't underestimate it." ”

Dolgon nodded and said: "This king also thinks so, if Hong Chengchou's army is really rushed to Yanjing, this battle will inevitably become a protracted war of attrition, but this is not Liaodong after all, Yanjing is urgent, and the troops sent by the Ming Dynasty will continue to arrive, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Fan Wencheng said in a dark voice: "It seems that the attack on Yanjing is going to be postponed, and Hong Chengchou must be killed first." ”

Dolgon looked at Fan Wencheng eagerly and asked anxiously, "I don't know what Mr. Wencheng has any opinions?" ”

Fan Wencheng paced back and forth in the big tent with a long beard in his hand, and suddenly paused and said loudly: "Yes, master, the slave has a trick to deal with Hong Chengchou!" ”

"Oh?" Dolgon said happily, "Mr. Wencheng will speak quickly. ”

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Hong Chengchou left the army and only brought 10,000 light horsemen to rush to Yanjing, which shows that Chongzhen Xiaoer is already in a hurry, Hong Chengchou is also in a hurry, the master just uses Chongzhen Xiaoer's anxious surname to set a trap, and let Chongzhen Xiaoer force Hong Chengchou to jump into the trap we set, hehehehe......"

Dolgon couldn't wait to ask, "How do you set a trap?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "The master can send a large army to Wanshou Mountain, put on a posture to dig Chongzhen Xiaoer's ancestral grave, and cut off the dragon vein of the Zhu family, Chongzhen Xiaoer will be in a hurry when he knows it, and he will definitely let Hong Chengchou hurry up and ride to Wanshou Mountain to protect the tomb, and the master can lay an ambush on the way to Wanshou Mountain, and open a ten-sided net to wait for Hong Chengchou!" ”

"Good plan." Ning Wan praised, "As long as Hong Chengchou is killed, even if the follow-up army arrives, there is no need to be afraid." ”

"But......" Dolgon frowned, "I am under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty's soldiers, Yanjing City is already in danger, and Chongzhen Xiao'er will let Hong Chengchou lead his troops to Wanshou Mountain to protect the tomb?" And Hong Chengchou is a smart person, it is impossible for him not to know that it is a trap, he will really drill into it obediently? ”

Fan Wencheng said proudly: "Master, it seems that you still don't know the essence of Confucianism." ”

Dolgon said honestly, "Please also ask Mr. Wencheng for advice." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "The essence of Confucianism is loyalty and filial piety, what is loyalty? Loyalty to the king as a minister, that is, the king wants the minister to die, the minister can't not die, as long as Chongzhen Xiaoer makes a holy decree, Hong Chengchou has to go; What is Filial Piety? Filial piety is the father for the son, that is, the father wants the son to die, the son can not die, if Chongzhen Xiaoer does not want to be scolded by the world for the infamy of unfilial piety, he must send troops to Wanshou Mountain to protect the tomb, even if he knows that he can't protect it, he must send troops. ”

"I see." "So this Confucianism is not a good thing, it will kill people." ”

"It depends on who uses it and how it is used." Fan Wencheng said, "If it is used well, Confucianism is a sharp weapon for governing the country and leveling the world, and if it is not used well, it is the culprit of the loss of the country and the world." ”

"There's one more problem." Dolgon thought for a moment and said, "How can we let Chongzhen Xiao'er know that we are going to Wanshou Mountain to dig his ancestral grave and cut off his dragon vein, and we can't let this king send someone to send him a letter, right?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "This is simple, didn't the master arrest a lot of eunuchs along the way?" These eunuchs are all people in the palace, they have the ability to see Chongzhen Xiao'er directly, we just need to find a chance to leak the news to one of the eunuchs, and then find a chance to let him run, Chongzhen Xiao'er will know the news. ”

Dolgon disagreed: "Isn't this the trick that the first emperor used before, doesn't it work?" ”

"Of course it works." Fan Wencheng said with a smile, "The first emperor's anti-plot actually didn't deceive Chongzhen Xiao'er, but Yuan Chonghuan died in the end, does the master know why?" ”

Dorgon was silent.

Fan Wencheng continued: "That's because the officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been divided into parties, they have always been in infighting, this party says this is true, and the other party will definitely say that it is false, they don't care whether this matter is true or not, they just oppose it for the sake of opposition, so Yuan Chonghuan died in the end, so this time whether Chongzhen Xiaoer believes it or not, he has to let Hong Chengchou lead troops to protect the tomb." ”

Fan Wencheng is worthy of being the number one dog-headed military advisor under Dolgon's account, and he is also worthy of being a learned Confucian who has read the "Book of Sages", he has thoroughly explored the thoughts of those officials in the Ming Dynasty, what they will think and what they will do after they encounter something, everything is already in his calculations.

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The Forbidden City, built the Pole Palace.

Once a day, rain or shine, the morning pilgrimage is underway.

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was gloomy, and he looked at Chen Xinjia, who was kneeling down on the Danqi, and asked, "Chen Aiqing, is the Jingshi under martial law?" ”

"Quit it." Chen Xinjia hurriedly responded, "The night before yesterday, the whole city was already under martial law. ”

"The outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city are all under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." Emperor Chongzhen said with a dark face, "Jiannu's annihilation is pervasive, and Fushun, Kaiyuan, Tieling, Liaoyang, and Shenyang in Liaodong have all been captured in this way, and they must not be given any opportunity to take advantage of." ”

"Wechen understands." Chen Xinjia said, "All the gates have sent the Beijing camp to guard it, long live the lord, you can rest assured." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and asked again, "Where is Hong Chengchou's vanguard cavalry?" Where did the follow-up army go? ”

Chen Xinjia said: "Before the previous dynasty, Weichen received the latest Tang report from Hong Chengchou, his 9,000 vanguard cavalry has arrived in Wanping, and the follow-up 80,000 troops have also passed Baoding. ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, his mind was slightly settled, and Hong Chengchou finally arrived.

At this moment, a small eunuch hurriedly came in from the side door and whispered a few words softly in Wang Chengen's ear.

Wang Chengen's face changed greatly when he heard this, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning when he saw it, and asked in a deep voice: "Wang Chengen, what's going on again?" ”

"Long live the ......" Wang Chengen was embarrassed, "Can you ......?"

"Speak!" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly, "What can't be said in front of the Manchu Dynasty?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Just now, Yan Xuan, the Zhuozhou Guard, escaped from the Jiannu camp and brought back a shocking news, saying that Jiannu was going to send troops to Wanshou Mountain to dig up the ancestral ...... of the Ming Dynasty, and also said that he was going to cut off the dragon ...... of my Zhu family."

"How can this be reasonable, Jiannu is too arrogant!"

"Long live Lord, we must not let Jiannu dig up the ancestral grave of our Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, you can't let Jiannu cut off the dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty, long live the lord, this is a major event related to the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations!"

The imperial historians in the hall immediately exploded, and they all stood up one by one, making generous speeches, and even crying bitterly and tears.

In the end, there was a Like Du who gave a class in the middle of the matter and said: "The tomb of the Emperor of Wanshou Mountain is not allowed to be desecrated, and the minister implores the Lord Wansui to immediately transfer the nine thousand cavalry of the Flood Inspector to protect the tomb." ”

This etiquette is all given to the voice of the matter, the thirteen imperial histories, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the sesame petty officials of the Qingshui Yamen of the Hanlin Academy have come out to second, don't look at these guys are not of high grade, they are just small officials with the size of sesame mung beans, but Hong Wuye has given them a lot of power, if these people play together, it will be a big deal.

Zhou Yanru was old and slippery, and he didn't dare to come out to touch this mold.

Chen Xinjia was still a little tender, and he still had the heavy responsibility of garrisoning Yanjing, so he had to give priority to the safety of Yanjing, so he went out and retorted: "Long live, the minister thinks that the words of Yan Xuan, the supervisor of Zhuozhou, are not credible, this is probably just a trap, the purpose is to lure and annihilate Hong Chengchou's nine thousand cavalry......"

"Chen Xinjia!" Before Chen Xinjia finished speaking, the first to speak was interrupted very unceremoniously by Likedu, and asked in a loud voice, "What a big deal is it to protect the Emperor's Mausoleum, you dare to obstruct it?" If the news brought back by Yan Xuan is true or not, let's not talk about it first, if it is true, the imperial tomb of Wanshou Mountain has been desecrated by Jiannu and the dragon vein has been destroyed, can you afford this responsibility? Do you want the Lord to fall into the infamy of unfilial piety? ”

Chen Xinjia's face changed greatly, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very suspicious of the real surname of the news that Yan Xuan brought back, and he was even more worried that this was a trap set by Jiannu specifically against Hong Chengchou.

But Emperor Chongzhen did not say what he thought in his heart, because he was not too sure of his own inference, in case he forcibly denied the opinions of the ministers, but the final result proved that the opinions of the ministers were correct, which would inevitably damage his prestige as an emperor.

Therefore, the best way is for a minister to stand up and oppose it, and Emperor Chongzhen can go down the slope to deny this proposal, so that even if Emperor Chongzhen is wrong in the end, he can also put the responsibility on the head of the opposing minister, but he Emperor Chongzhen will not have any responsibility, and the emperor's prestige will not be damaged in the slightest.

It's a pity that no minister stood up to oppose this time, Chen Xinjia, who had just barely spoken, quickly shrank back, and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, lowered his eyelids and looked drowsy, but just a moment ago, this guy still had burning eyes and looked full of energy.

Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to agree to the joint performance of the ministers, and the court ordered Hong Chengchou to lead his troops to Wanshou Mountain to protect the tomb.

In the final analysis, Emperor Chongzhen still values his reputation and the emperor's prestige more, and in order not to damage his face, he can only let Hong Chengchou take risks.

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Wanping, Hong Chengchou camp.

Not far in front of Yanjing City, 300,000 Jiannu (known as Dolgon) are stationed outside the Guangqu Gate, waiting for the day.

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to get too close, and led nine thousand cavalry to station in Wanping County, the reason why he hurried with nine thousand cavalry was not to fight with Jiannu, but to make Emperor Chongzhen and the people of Jingshi feel at ease, and also to contain Jiannu, so that they did not dare to attack Yanjing City unscrupulously.

Hong Chengchou has always been cautious with soldiers, as early as when he just received the edict of Emperor Chongzhen Qinwang, he had already thought of a comprehensive plan to fight against Jiannu, Hong Chengchou believed that the Jiannu soldiers were fine, and it was difficult to win in a rapid battle, and only by confronting them with a deep ditch and high fortress could they drag down Jiannu in a protracted war of attrition.

Therefore, as soon as the army arrived in Wanping, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered the collection of grain and grass, preparing to hold it for a long time.

Hong Chengchou was discussing with the Wanping County Commander about the collection of grain and grass, and suddenly saw a eunuch in a red robe surrounded by a team of Han generals, the eunuch held a holy decree in his hand, and shouted sharply: "Long live the decree, Jiliao Governor plus the prince and the Taibao plus the military department Shangshu and the left capital imperial historian Hong Chengchou received the decree......"

(To be continued)