(Happy New Year 2016, everyone!) ）

"If we really believe that the Qing people want peace, and really withdraw our troops and retreat, then we are very mistaken, and the Tartars will only laugh at us for being stupid. Unless the Tartars withdraw their troops from Songjin first, then they can still make people believe a thing or two. ”

Fu Shan also said on the side, "It is precisely because we broke Liaoyang and besieged Shenyang that we let the Tartars return to the army for help, and we hit his fate." Now that we're only winning one game with the Tartars, it's still too early to win, and we're happy to fight the Tartars again. ”

"Yes, unless the Tartars fully withdraw their troops from Liaoxi, they will not only withdraw their troops from Songjin, but also withdraw from Yizhou, Dalinghecheng, and Quang Ninh, so that we can believe in the sincerity of the Tartars' peace talks, otherwise, who will not say empty words." Wang Qian also said.

"Unless we teach the Tartars another hard lesson, or we take Shenyang, otherwise the Tartars are afraid that they will not really be willing to withdraw their troops from Liaoxi." Cao Duan said with a smile, "My lord, let's break Shenyang first, even if we want to negotiate peace, we are not in a hurry for this time and a half." ”

At this time, Liu Jun got up.

"Withdraw without a fight, and the Tartars will still think that we are afraid of them." He raised his voice a little, and the sound pierced through the noise like lightning piercing the sky.

"Let's have a good fight with the Tartars, even if we really want to negotiate peace, we will fight them and ask for peace again!"

At the end of the military discussion, Liu Jun left several of the chief soldiers and deputy generals of the nine-headed bird alone to discuss the matter.

Liu Jun sat down, "Regarding the peace, I don't believe in the Tartars, this must be just a delaying tactic, in order to paralyze the court and coax the court." When the court really believes it, then the Tartars will have to deal with us with all their might. Now Liaodong has entered the cold winter, and the Tartars left 30,000 soldiers and horses in Songjin, completely blocking the communication between Guannai and Liaodong, and the Liaohai is frozen, and the soldiers and horses who aid Liao will not be able to reach Liaodong before the spring. For a long time, we had to fight alone. ”

"This is the best time for the Tartars to destroy us. I don't think the Tartars will let it go. ”

He clenched his hands into fists, "If the imperial court can support us, then now is actually a great time to reverse the undefeated situation in Liaoxi in one fell swoop." It's a pity that the imperial court is now only afraid that it has been frightened, especially those civil servants who are in power, and they are only afraid that they will all surround His Majesty's order to transfer us back to Ningyuan Mountains and Seas and give up Liaodong. ”

Speaking of this, his voice couldn't help but raise a lot, "Those civil servants don't know what war is!" ”

"But after all, the holy decree has been issued, let us withdraw our troops and stop the war." Fu Shan Road. "Can we really do it if we resist the decree?"

Liu Jun glared at him sharply, "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the generals will not be affected by the orders of the monarchs outside." The emperor is far away in Beijing, where does he know the battlefield situation thousands of miles away. We're going to withdraw today, and then Songjin will be lost in vain. As long as we don't withdraw for a day, it will be difficult for the Tartars to move westward with peace of mind. I don't want the day when we will regret not sticking to it today. ”

All the generals of the Chu army couldn't help but look solemn.

"The current situation. It's worse than you know. Liu Jun continued, "Our rear is unstable. ”

Zhang Shan was shocked, "The rear is unstable? Could it be that there is something wrong with Lushun and Zhenjiang? ”

Liu Jun shook his head, "Lushun and Zhenjiang are not doing much. At least not yet. However, since the news sent back from the two lakes, Sichuan and Shaanxi have become chaotic again, and the southeast is not peaceful. Half a month ago, the thief Li Zicheng attacked Shangnan. seized Wuguan and went back to Guanzhong, and now the momentum is very strong. Tens of thousands of horses were gathered, and Guanzhong was about to erode. And Cao Cao and Luo Rucai also came out of the mountain again, he came out of the mountain from Daba Mountain, and captured several cities such as Xing'an and Hanyin, and the same momentum. ”

"In addition to these two giant bandits, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, and even Hunan, Jiangxi and other places have also begun to gather people to make trouble, and some people in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan in the southwest can't hold back and are ready to move."

"The removal of the guards in the provinces and the rectification of the tuntian, because the means are crude and simple, and there is no reasonable arrangement, as a result, the Central Plains is now empty, and the bandits from all over the country are together, and the officers and military households of those guards have also joined in. And the southeast tax land, the granary of the world, is now also fighting rent and tax arrears, and it is a chaos. ”

"That's really bad news." Fu Shan frowned.

"The Tenth Town, which was left behind in the Two Lakes, had previously received a holy decree ordering them to go to Liaodong for reinforcements. However, they are still in the process of gathering and preparing, because the sea is frozen, they cannot come by sea, but only by land. Liu Jun sighed, "If the tenth town leaves, then the two lakes will really be empty, and when the chaos around them is together, the two lakes will not be avoided." ”

"Hubei is our hometown." Wang Qian said worriedly, not only did the Chu army come from the two lakes, but all their arsenals, artillery factories, and even ammunition factories, cotton armor factories, shipyards, etc., all came from the workshops of the two lakes.

"Hubei is our home, and we must not leave it alone." Liu Jun said.

"Gordon, bring me the map."

Zhang Guodong immediately complied and went to get the map.

Liu Jun spread out the sheepskin map, "The current situation is very bad, Liaoxi is defeated, and we are temporarily trapped in Liaodong." The strength of the Qing army is still very strong, at least 100,000 elites. Songjin is lost, Liaohai is frozen, and we have to fight alone for at least half a year. On the other hand, the chaos in the Central Plains has risen again, and the imperial court intends to transfer the tenth town, so that our base camp will be empty. ”

Fu Shan smiled lightly, "Don't worry, it's only half a year, the Qing people can't help us, even if we can't conquer Shenyang, we can retreat to Liaoyang." ”

"I'm not worried about us, I'm worried about the two lakes. I don't want to wait for us to defeat the Qing army, and the two lakes will be captured by bandits. ”

Liu Jun continued, "I plan to continue to attack Shenyang, if we can take Shenyang before the arrival of Dolgon Daishan, then we can control Liaoshen this winter, and we can have a stable winter." Fu Shan, you clean up, and rush back to Liaoyang as soon as the military meeting is over, and you will be responsible for the defense of Liaoyang. Defend it, and we will advance and retreat. ”

"Yes, Commander. I will definitely guard Liaoyang, people are in the city! ”

"Release the four newly formed co-surrendering troops." Liu Jun said, "Let the soldiers and horses of the four associations go out, let the group of incorporated troops sweep around Shenyang, and tell them that from the Liao River to the Taizi River, from the Taizi River to the Hunhe River, I want them to turn these places into scorched earth." ”

"Let Kong Youde lead the troops?"

"Kong Youde and others want to stay and be my advisors." Liu Jun said.

"Understood, Sir." Chief of Staff Wang Qian said and nodded, "I will immediately go to the order in a while, and I will definitely let them turn Liaoshen into scorched earth." ”

"Tell them that they are free to plunder whatever they want, whether it be goods, cattle or women, and take what they like, and burn what they can't take away, and leave nothing for the tartars. I will allow them to keep one-third of all the money and livestock that have been plundered, and the rest will be handed over. ”

"Let Kong Youde and their men rob them, the handsome man really found the right person, these people are all professionals." Cao Duan said with a smile.

"Zhang Shan."

"Here, Sir." Zhang Shan responded.

"I need you to return to Huguang immediately."

"Now?" Zhang Shan asked suspiciously.

"That's right, right now." Liu Jun nodded, "I will give you a sick leave, and I will say that you will return to your hometown to recuperate." ”

Zhang Shan smiled and said, "I'm in good health, what does the big boss want me to do back?" ”

"If you go back to Huguang, you must at least be optimistic about Hubei. When you go back, tell Ma Xianglin and ask him to find a way to keep the Tenth Town in Huguang no matter what. When you go back, I will write you a letter, you bring it to Ma Xianglin, and the two of you will take the tenth town together in the future. In addition, I have a task for you, after you go back, you can integrate the guards of our various workshops and the security team of the bank, and follow our current establishment, and you go back to build at least six associations. ”

Six associations, that is, two divisions, 30,000 horses, this is equivalent to a new army in a reorganized town.

"If you want guns, cannons, and armor, go directly to the workshop to ask for them, and pull these six people together as soon as possible. With these six associations, plus the six associations in the tenth town, with these horses, they should be able to hold Huguang. However, your tasks are different, the tenth town is responsible for the guards of the big pond in the two provinces, and your six associations are specifically responsible for the guards of all our workshops, and we must not let our workshops fail, understand? ”

"If the Tenth Town is finally transferred, then you have to take over the defense of the Xialianghu region, and if necessary, I will allow you to abandon Hunan, but Hubei must be defended."

Liu Jun can't allow his base camp to fail, the bandits are quite terrible, Liu Jun never thinks that the bandits are some kind of rebel army, nor does he believe that the bandits are just. They may be oppressed and rise up to rebel, but when they rise up to resist, they are all bandits who plunder and destroy everywhere, and they do not produce but only plunder. They are completely different from those insurrectionists who have established base areas, have a clear program of governance, know how to produce, and know the will of the people.

Once Hubei falls into the hands of these people, the entire military industry that Liu Jun has built up with great difficulty will be destroyed.

Zhang Shan nodded, "I understand, if you dare to enter Huguang, you will cut them all!" ”

"You don't have to cut them down, beat them, and then you can send those people to Taiwan, or arrange for them to work in our salt mines. Remember, while none of these bandits shouldn't be killed, it's better to kill as little as possible. Many of them rebelled, and many of them were forced to do so, and although they committed many sins, they should still be given a chance to make amends. Liu Jun admonished him.

"One more thing you have to remember, not only can our workshop not fall into the hands of bandits, even if it is the government, without my warrant, you must not let them take a product from our workshop and take away a craftsman!"

"Understood." (To be continued.) )

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