Hearing this vague decree, all the generals hesitated, what does this emperor want to do, not only want us to go into battle to kill the enemy, but also tie our hands and feet, so that the army does not leave the capital too far, isn't it a joke? How can there be such a war?

Among the people, only a few people Lu Xiangsheng and Pang Gang understood that Chongzhen did not want the imperial army to leave his sight, afraid that the Tartars would surround the capital again, and at the same time, he was also afraid that the army would lose control and wanted to hold this army tightly in his hands.

Pang Gang sighed and shook his head secretly, although Chongzhen is a diligent emperor, but he is not a qualified emperor, this suspicious and suspicious surname has been with him for more than ten years as an emperor, it is estimated that this is also related to the fact that he did not receive a systematic royal education when he was a teenager, and his mind is far worse than the previous Emperor of the Apocalypse and the Emperor of Wanli.

For example, in history, during the reign of Chongzhen, in just 17 years, there were 52 cabinets, which shows that during the reign of Chongzhen, the life of each cabinet was less than four months, which can only be described as absurd in the eyes of later generations.

In these seventeen years, Chongzhen also removed fifty scholars (equivalent to the prime minister or deputy prime minister), and fourteen military department secretaries (that refers to the official military department secretary, and those who add the title of military department secretary like Yuan Chonghuan are not counted). In addition to Yuan Chonghuan, there were ten governors or governors who killed or forced them to commit suicide, and eleven governors were killed and one was forced to die. Among the fourteen military department books, Wang Qia was imprisoned and died, Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were poisoned, Yang Sichang hanged himself, Chen Xinjia was beheaded, Fu Zonglong and Zhang Guowei were dismissed and imprisoned, and Wang Zaijin and Xiong Ming were dismissed and investigated.

In Pang Gang's opinion, such a frequent exchange of blood, unless Chongzhen has iron-fisted means or extraordinary imperial talents like his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, changing a person to such nonsense can only push Daming to the abyss of destruction. Moreover, Chongzhen's suspicious surname also made him carry forward the system of supervising the army more and more, and even for military events such as marching and fighting, he had to send eunuchs who could only make money to check and balance the commander, which was really sad and lamentable.

After listening to the holy decree, Gao Qiqian, who was originally in a very bad mood because of Pang Gang's appearance, suddenly felt much better, and he snorted lightly and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Lu Dudu, you have also heard the emperor's holy decree, the emperor is such a meaning, do you still insist on leading the whole army out to meet the Tartars?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng held back his anger and said, "What about the will of Father-in-law Gao?" ”

"According to our family's wishes." Gao Qiqian thought about it for a while, rolled his eyes and said: "In this way, our 100,000 army is too many here, and it is not easy to supply food and grass, why don't we divide the troops?" ”

"Division?" As soon as Gao Qiqian's words came out, not only were all the generals stunned, but Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he trembled and almost scolded, divide the troops, divide your mother's soldiers! Don't look at the fact that the Qing soldiers are scattering everywhere to attack Hebei, but Lu Xiangsheng can guarantee that as soon as the news of their division spreads, the originally scattered Qing soldiers will immediately pounce like hungry wolves to surround and swallow the scattered Ming army!

But as the old saying goes, after all, the arms can't twist the thighs, and Lu Xiangsheng naturally can't compete for the high diving with the support of the emperor, and it seems that the division of troops is a foregone conclusion.

Pang Gang looked coldly at Gao Qiqian's self-conscious performance like a clown and did not speak, he knew that such a major event was not qualified to argue with his current status, he could only watch Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian blushing in the tent like fighting cocks for the number of their respective commanders. In the end, the result came out, Lu Xiangsheng led Xuanda's men and horses and his own headquarters Tianxiong army, a total of more than 40,000 troops, to Yongdingmen, while Gao Qiqian led the remaining nearly 60,000 troops to Lugou Bridge to station.

But there is an exception to this, that is, the Shandong reinforcements led by Pang Gang were originally going to sneak with Gao Qi, but Gao Qiqian, who had just been put on his neck by Pang Gang, dared to let this evil star follow him, so he used Lu Xiangsheng's weak strength as an excuse to assign Pang Gang to Lu Xiangsheng, which also made Lu Xiangsheng a little surprised.

After the two of them finished discussing, Gao Qiqian said triumphantly to everyone: "Okay, everyone has heard it, except for the Xuanda soldiers and horses, and the rest of the people will go with us!" ”

After speaking, Gao Qiqian took the lead in walking out triumphantly, and more than 30 generals in the big tent followed him more than 20 times, and the general officers and generals of all parts of Miji Guanning were all gone, leaving only more than ten generals of Xuanda who were alone around Lu Xiangsheng.

Looking at the lonely handsome tent, Lu Xiangsheng only felt a burst of grief and indignation in his heart, and could no longer hold back the resentment and grief in his heart and slumped on his seat, he really couldn't figure out why he finally gathered 100,000 troops, not to find a decisive battle with the Qing army, but to divide troops to guard everywhere, it is foreseeable that the future battle will be extremely difficult and passive.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was a famous military commander in the late Ming Dynasty after all, although he was depressed, but he was not discouraged, and after a while, he resolutely raised his head and said to the generals: "Everyone, although our army has been divided, our army still has 40,000 troops, and it is not so easy for the Tartars to take advantage of us." The Tartars are rampant in Gyeonggi, killing my people, destroying my homeland, all my Ming courtiers are gritting their teeth, and all the generals and officials should kill the enemy and serve the country with the same hatred! Lu is here, please! ”

After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng bowed deeply to everyone.

All the generals avoided their bodies to show that they did not dare to accept the Governor's gift, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Shanxi, stood up and shouted loudly: "Swear to follow Lu Dudu to the death, kill the enemy and serve the country!" ”

The generals also shouted out one after another: "Kill the enemy and serve the country!" ”

Seeing that the military heart was available, Lu Xiangsheng's originally depressed mood finally improved a lot, and he said to the generals: "Lu Mou thanks everyone for their love, I received news that the Tartars have gathered in Tongzhou, so this trip to Yongdingmen will not be peaceful all the way, everyone needs to be careful." ”

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, the big man behind Pang Gang couldn't help but mutter: "This dead eunuch, knowing that the Tartars are in Tongzhou, but he still wants to divide the troops into two ways to let us go to Yongdingmen, is it because we don't die fast enough?" ”

Da Zhuang's voice was not loud, but it could already be heard clearly by everyone, and everyone couldn't help but laugh bitterly, what kind of general brought out what kind of soldiers, a small guerrilla dared to question the commander's strategy, not to mention the one who was his boss.

After leaving the big tent, Pang Gang jumped on his big red horse, raised his horsewhip and volleyed a crisp sound, and the group rushed to his camp at a gallop.

Soon, the officers and soldiers of each battalion pulled out the camp one after another, and in the sound of people shouting and neighing, the generals of Xuanda and Guanning towns had already set up camps one after another, leaving only a large empty camp.

(To be continued)