In the military conference hall of the Seoul Tuanshan Army, Zhang Zhang called Gao Yuanliang early in the morning to discuss, because the situation in the Daming Pass had deteriorated to the extreme.

In the early morning of this day, the sky was still dark, and Zhang Li, who was sleeping, suddenly received a report from Lu Xiangsheng in Shandong and had to get up to deal with the matter.

Lu Xiangsheng's report explained the situation in the pass to Zhang Li in detail, and asked how the Tuanshan army in Shandong should respond, waiting for Zhang Li's next decision.

At this moment, there are only three people in the military conference hall, Zhang Li, Li Dingguo and Gao Yuanliang. Li Dingguo has been following Zhang Zhang for the past two years, and everyone is used to it, and they all know that Zhang Zhang values this young man very much.

Zhang Zhang first handed Lu Xiangsheng's letter to Gao Yuanliang, and after Gao Yuanliang read it, Zhang Zhang opened his mouth and asked: "Yuanliang, the situation in the customs is critical, what do you think?" ”

Although the Tuanshan Army went to fight in Korea, the high-level officials were also quite concerned about the situation in the Ming Dynasty and had always paid attention to it.

The officials forced the people to rebel, and the thieves were rampant, which is also a normal thing in these years, and it has been like this year and month, and there is nothing unusual in the original. It's just that this time the thief leader Gao Yingxiang died suddenly and unexpectedly, and Li Zicheng suddenly rose to become the biggest winner.

In fact, Li Li is quite guarded against Li Zicheng, but according to the trend of history, Li Zicheng will not soar until the death of Gao Yingxiang in July of the ninth year of Chongzhen-that is, after the summer of the following year.

Zhang Li originally grasped this time difference, striving to end the Korean War in the spring and summer, and it was best to destroy the Manchus, even if they couldn't extinguish it, they would be greatly damaged. I can't recover for many years, and then I can free up my hands to turn around and deal with the affairs of the customs.

Unfortunately, history has gone in a completely different direction. This is really difficult to decide, after all, tension is not a god operator. History has changed so much that it is impossible to know everything without foresight. Now that there is an extreme unexpected situation in the pass, the response of the Tuanshan Army is very important.

Gao Yuanliang frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he spoke: "My lord, my subordinates have always believed that the thieves are a rabble, and the main enemy of our mountain army is still Jiannu. ”

Zhang Zhang smiled slightly, looked at Gao Yuanliang and said slowly: "Oh? That Jiannu has always been a barbarian in the eyes of the princes of the imperial court. The so-called scabies is just a disease, and thieves are the big trouble! Yuanliang, don't you have the same opinion as the imperial court? ”

Li Dingguo on the side showed a thoughtful look, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Now that Lord Zhang and Gao Yuanliang are discussing the highest strategic level of the Tuanshan Army, which enemy to kill first, this is really a very important matter.

Gao Yuanliang's face flushed slightly, and his tone was unhappy but obviously with a hint of excitement: "My subordinates have also read some history books in the past few years, and they have some ideas about the matter of building slaves, but I don't know in front of adults. Should I say ......?"

Zhang Zhang nodded and said loudly: "Yuan Liang, it's okay for you to talk about it." ”

Gao Yuanliang straightened his throat and said, "My subordinates don't have a good impression of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others. But they are Han Chinese after all. Even if they overthrew the Ming Dynasty and established a new dynasty, it would be a short-lived dynasty. This is my own Han matter. But the Tartars were different, they were the same as the Mongols before them. To change the clothes of my Han family, this is absolutely unacceptable to my subordinates. ”

Zhang Li laughed. Excitedly said: "Yes, yes, what Yuan Liang said is very much in line with my opinion." Now you know why I came to Liaodong, right? ”

Gao Yuanliang looked at Zhang Zhang with admiration, and said with some fascination: "My lord, I am the Ming Dynasty who guards the country and does not let the Tartars ravage the Central Plains!" ”

Zhang Li bowed his head slightly, but he did not open his mouth and continued--The bloody storm of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history of "keeping hair without leaving a head, leaving a head without leaving a hair" has not happened for the time being, so it is impossible to say this.

Zhang Zhang couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed, and his thoughts flew back to more than three years ago. I still remember that when the Baohe Palace called the right one, I made the decision to go to Liaodong, and I have never regretted it.

From the very beginning, his choice was a thorny road full of dangers and dangers - perhaps finding a Daming border town in the Guannei, such as Xuanfu or Shanxi, could develop slowly, rely on Tuntian to enhance his strength, and then compete with Jiannu.

However, I didn't choose to do that.

The reason is obvious, if Zhang Li is not mistaken, the Manchu Qing entered the customs a total of five times in the Chongzhen Dynasty. For the first time, the tension in the second year of Chongzhen was that Mu had a way, after all, people had not crossed over. From the second time the Manchu Qing entered the customs and plundered the tension, they began to intercept and destroy, and finally let them return to Shenyang in disgrace.

In order for the people of the Ming Dynasty not to be enslaved, it was necessary to block the Jiannu in Liaodong until the day they perished, and this is the only explanation for all the actions of Zhang Li.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little silent for a while, and after a while, Zhang Li took the lead in speaking: "Yuan Liang, Dingguo, in your opinion, how should my regimental mountain army deal with the current situation now?" ”

Gao Yuanliang wanted to hear Li Dingguo's opinion, so he set his eyes on Li Dingguo and asked, "Dingguo, can you talk about it?" ”

Li Dingguo nodded, he had been thinking about his previous opinions for a long time, and he already had an idea in his heart. He said confidently: "Lord Zhang, Gao Dudu, according to the opinion of his subordinates, the situation in the pass is chaotic, and it is best for our regimental army to sit back and watch the changes." ”

Zhang Li's eyes deepened, and he repeated Li Dingguo's words: "Sit and watch the changes? ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhang continued: "Dingguo, you go on." ”

However, contrary to Zhang Zhang and Gao Yuanliang's expectations, the young Li Dingguo refused to continue, but remained silent.

Zhang Zhang suddenly understood the deep meaning behind Li Dingguo's refusal to speak, so he fell silent.

Although Gao Yuanliang's mind was not as sensitive as tension, he only pondered for a stick of incense, and he finally understood what Li Dingguo meant-

At most, Lord Zhang controlled his power in Shandong Province, without uncontrolled expansion of territory, probably because he wanted to stand in the name of righteousness. Nominally, Zhang Li is naturally still a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and his control of Shandong can barely be regarded as within his own jurisdiction. But what about Kyoshi?

Do you want to learn from Zhao Kuangyin, or Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of this dynasty?

Emperor Chongzhen, what should I do?

I'm afraid that in the eyes of those people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Li is a living "anti-thief", right?

Those who are superior, even if they are pretending, must pretend to be Mr. Morality, so as to meet the expectations of the scholar class, and then they will support Tension, right?

These thoughts lingered in the minds of Li Dingguo and Gao Yuanliang, and the best situation at the moment was for the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed by other forces, not the Tuanshan army...... (To be continued.) )