Zhu Cihong's original plan for the New Year's offensive was a blitzkrieg with the goal of recovering Taiyuan, and the tactical difficulty was that the enemy was unprepared to attack from both sides. The reason why he wanted to take charge in person was because the enemy's situation was complicated, including the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the newly formed Green Battalion of the Datong Army, the Chuang Army led by Yuan Zongdi, and the bandits and bandits formed by the rout of the Ming Army.

The situation in our army is not simple either. Zuo Guangxian and Niu Chenghu Mountain were separated from the water, and it was too difficult to coordinate operations, and the requirements for troops to open up the two battlefields in the north and south at the same time were too great. Moreover, after the fall of Shanxi, the loyal and righteous people of Jin Province formed a large and small Qinwang army, relying on the support of the local gentry, and fought with the Qing soldiers. One of the larger ones is the "Jiaoshan Army", in the original historical script, they also counterattacked Taiyuan City in the sixth year of Shunzhi, but unfortunately the army was defeated.

Whether it is Zuo Guangxian or Niu Chenghu, they are indeed experienced and brave generals in fighting, but when it comes to political, economic, popular and other ideological issues, they are beyond their power. In this case, there is a great need for someone to sit in charge, and there are only three people who have such ability and status in the East Palace system, Zhu Cihong, Wu Fu, and Sun Chuanting. And once a major event happens, it is even more necessary to make a decision without hesitation to avoid delays.

An example of this is the uprising led by Yuan Zongdi.

Now Zhu Cihong accepted it first without hesitation, which is equivalent to achieving half of the combat objectives ahead of schedule.

And Zhu Cihong also knows a secret that did not happen, that is, Jiang Xuan, the defender of Datong, was not a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. According to the original historical script, this unscrupulous person who broke into the Qing Dynasty and came to the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty five years later, is known as the "Wuzi Change" in history.

The end of the Wuzi Revolution was that the rebel general Yang Zhenwei killed Jiang Jiu and surrendered to Azig. Azig was angry that Datong was stubbornly defending, and after entering the city, he slaughtered and slaughtered, except for Yang Zhenwei's family. Almost all the people of Datong were slaughtered, and the surrounding prefectures and counties were also implicated, which is known as the "Massacre of Datong" in history.

Now there are more green battalion soldiers in Shanxi than Manchurian soldiers, and if Jiang Jiu's capriciousness can be well used, maybe Shanxi can also go down in one go. If Shanxi is occupied before the Qing army reinforces Shaanxi, it will be isolated from Beizhi. Shake the morale of its troops.

And at Jiang Liang's level, neither Wu Fu nor Sun Chuanting can make a decisive decision, let alone make any promises. In terms of Jiang Hao's position, if the Ming army was only a superintendent, he would not easily betray the Qing. Just as it was impossible for Yuan Zongdi to surrender to Niu Chenghu.

"Poor Dao didn't know that His Royal Highness was coming to Shanxi, and he wanted to go to Huaiqing Mansion." Guo Jingzhong knew that his coincidence halfway would make people worry, especially since the crown prince was wearing civilian clothes, and the leakage of the route was a big deal. He explained: "As for learning that His Highness is in Huaiqing. It was because I read the "Emperor's Bulletin" a few days ago and saw His Royal Highness sitting in Luoyang and presiding over the governance of Henan. When I want to come to spring ploughing, Henan is the granary of the Central Plains, and His Royal Highness will probably still go. ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Actually, I was going to get married in Jinan, but later the courtiers said that they couldn't do this big gift, so they had to give up." Since this is the case, I will rush to recover Shanxi first when the green and yellow are not available. ”

Guo Jingzhong said with a smile: "Your Highness is like a light weight. Sure enough, it's the wind of the hero. ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "The male lord can't talk about it, he can barely be regarded as a promising person." ”

"Your Highness. There is something unclear about the poor road, so dare to ask for advice. ”

"Don't dare to teach, sir, please speak."

"From the point of view of poverty, the importance of the world is nothing more than Gyeonggi and Jiangnan. His Royal Highness is based in Shandong, with Jiangnan as its back and Gyeonggi as its north. It is the situation of hegemony in World War I. Why do you want to take Shanxi first? Guo Jingzhong asked.

Zhu Cihong devoted himself to strategic decision-making, and the General Staff Headquarters even gave various feasible and infeasible plans. Guo Jingzhong's question did not go beyond the scope after all. He said: "If you concentrate a large number of troops and conquer Kisuke in one fell swoop, it will not be difficult from a military point of view. "Now there are two divisions and two battalions under the command of Donggong, and there are nearly 40,000 main soldiers. If these 40,000 people are all placed in Beizhili. Even if the Manchu Qing army held on, it might not be able to hold Beijing.

"It's just that in this way, it is the situation of a decisive battle between the two armies." Zhu Cihong said: "Even if we win, our army's losses will be very large, and in my opinion, it is not worth it." ”

Guo Jingzhong nodded slightly. The exchange of troops is a matter of wisdom between the benevolent and the wise, and some people think that one for two is a gain, but in Zhu Cihong's view, if you can't destroy the enemy several times, it will be a loss.

"Moreover," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "the officials and military towns in various places should also be cleaned up." Instead of letting those people disobey the yang and yin in the future, it is better to go all the way now to wash all the way, completely eliminate the bane, and open a peaceful world for future generations. ”

Guo Jingzhong looked at Zhu Cihong and said, "This is exactly what the founding monarch was worried about. ”

said that Zhu Cihong was the founder of the country, that is, in Guo Jingzhong's opinion, the Ming Dynasty has died in the country. However, the Ming people did not have the habit of playing the text prison on the platform, and they were not the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, so no one paid attention to the language disease in Guo Jingzhong's words.

However, Zhu Cihong knew that his name was Shouguo Zhongxing, which was not much different from the founding of the national foundation. Many people are blindly optimistic that the Ming Dynasty still has half of the country, but in fact, Jiangnan is completely in the hands of the powerful family, not in the hands of the imperial court.

However, Guo Jingzhong can't be blamed, not every monk is Yao Guangxiao, and not every Taoist priest is Zhuge Liang. Guo Jingzhong is proficient in medical skills and swordsmanship, and naturally puts less effort into the art of slaying dragons. And since Zhu Cihong was born in this life, he has been thinking about how to calm the world every day, and the deeper he thinks, the more he will gain.

Along the way, Guo Jingzhong taught Zhu Cihong some Taoist health skills, all of which are simple and easy to use and guide techniques. Through chatting with Guo Jingzhong, Zhu Cihong knew that what he had learned on paper was shallow in the end, and that he had found a Taoist priest to carry out "ideological" work, which was simply half the effort, and it was no wonder that the Zhang family failed to give a satisfactory answer.

In fact, those who really make the common people regard them as immortals are all true Taoists.

These Taoist priests do not need expensive medicinal materials for alchemy, nor do they spend time and energy on tedious scientific rituals. They generally master the two skills of medicine and swordsmanship, use exquisite medical skills to warm the body and mind of the people, and then use swordsmanship to deter ill-intentioned villains.

When outsiders accept them, they will teach the "way of tranquility" and influence sentient beings, without worrying about heavy metal poisoning caused by taking pills, and everything will focus on spiritual liberation.

And the spiritual level of liberation is only eight words: like people drinking water, they know their own warmth and coldness.

Learning is not a lack of understanding, not a lack of truth.

Guo Jingzhong is obviously also a leader among the Taoist priests of Longmen, and soon let Zhu Cihong see his "true" side, which makes people feel gentle and close. Coupled with the dialectics handed down by Lao Tzu, Guo Daochang's skills in philosophical speculation also amazed Zhu Cihong. It can be said that if Guo Daochang's level is rampant in the future generations of "masters", he can definitely be rated as a "great master".

Especially on some issues in the Shijie concept, the original concept of the Quanzhen Sect is consistent with Zhu Cihong, and there is a feeling of seeing each other late.

Guo Jingzhong also instructed Min Ziruo to practice in his spare time, which soon made Min Ziruo's hostility greatly reduced. When the group arrived in Zezhou, Guo Jingzhong had completely integrated into this small team and was introduced as a private person by Zhu Cihong.

"Sir, go and come back quickly," Zhu Cihong said to Guo Jingzhong, "When the war in Shanxi is over, let's discuss how to implement the Quanzhen Sect in Daming." ”

Guo Jingzhong is in the style of a grandmaster, but he just thanked him and left.

With the comparison of the people of Huanyang Dao, the Zhang clan of Longhu Mountain is obviously a little too incompetent.

Zhu Cihong originally hoped that there would be instructors to spread the idea of "loyalty and righteousness" and Taoist priests to spread the "divine right of the Son of Heaven", so as to completely consolidate the ideological position of the soldiers from two aspects and build an army with "faith". Now it seems that the system of trainers is very successful, and "loyalty" is originally imprinted in the blood of the world, needless to say. However, the belief in the Son of Heaven has not been established for a long time, and even if there is a little bit, it is only "superstition", not faith.

It's not that the righteous priests are lazy, but that many Taoist priests don't know what faith is in the first place.

Now with Guo Jingzhong, Zhu Cihong's heart is alive again. As if there was a providence in the dark, the title of "Quanzhen Dazhen" appeared in his mind for no reason, which could remedy the scattered situation of the Quanzhen Sect. (To be continued......)

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