No one expected that after seeing Lu Daqi, the governor of Henan, Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor, did not encourage Lu Daqi first, but directly taught Lu Daqi a hard lesson.

Lu Daqi himself didn't expect that he was just expressing his determination to live and die with Henan, but he was reprimanded by His Majesty Zhu Youzhen in person, and Lu Daqi didn't know how to speak for a while.

"I know that you are under a lot of pressure, seeing that the land of Henan is lost in your hands, and the attack of the Duoduo Department is fierce and you can't parry, which makes you very discouraged now, but as a minister who defends the land, the last thing you should do at this time is to give up on yourself, you can die and leave a reputation for the festival of death, but you are doing this to abandon the thousands of Li Shu in Henan behind you, and where is the abandonment of me and the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Youzhen said bitterly, what he hates most about Wenchen is this, especially the so-called loyal ministers, there are really many such loyal ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, and they seem to be sure that the country will be defeated and will change the dynasty, just symbolically resist, and then die in the name of the whole festival.

In this era, even if Zhu Youzhen now intends to improve the status of military attachés, it is not an overnight thing, and there are still many civilian ministers who basically control the military aircraft, which means that the civilian official group still belongs to the most powerful group in the empire.

However, if even the civil officials who ruled the entire southern group, that is, the Ming Empire, did not have the confidence to repel the Tartars, and blindly responded to the situation with the idea that it was a big deal or suicide, then the Ming Dynasty could not have died.

"As Your Majesty said, Wechen really didn't expect Duoduo's offensive to be so fierce, Geng Zhongming, monk Kexi and other traitors' artillery is very sharp, Ruzhou, Xingzhou and other fortified cities were broken overnight, its cavalry needless to say, under the vertical and horizontal, almost every village will be slaughtered, every house will be burned, Wechen's soldiers can neither stick to the city nor go out of the city to fight, so far Wechen is empty of the will to defend the land, and no ability to defend the land! Maybe it is really difficult for Weichen to have the talent to help the world, Your Majesty can remove Weichen and choose another talent! ”

Lu Daqi wept bitterly and said that the continuous resistance of the Qing army's Duoduo Department had destroyed his self-confidence, and now that Zhu Youzhen did not let him commit suicide, he had to hope that Zhu Youzhen would reappoint and dismiss others on the grounds of his incompetence.

Changing generals in battle has always been a taboo for soldiers, and Zhu Youzhen knows this truth since he came.

Now there are few court officials who really understand military affairs, Yuan Jixian still has to assist Huang Degong to defend Jiangxi, and Ma Shiying has to be in the middle of the dispatch, after all, many of the general soldiers and generals of the guard are appointed by him when he was the governor of Fengyang, Luzhou and other places, and he is more clear about the defense of Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to transfer him to guard Henan.

Officials such as Li Banghua, Lu Zhenfei, and Li Mingrui could only show their political skills by following veterans such as Zhou Yuji, Liu Fangliang, and He Xin, the chief officers of the Guards, and had no experience in leading the army alone.

Therefore, now only Lu Daqi, a Sichuan guy who has led soldiers, can be said to be the most suitable person to resist the Qing army to the death in Henan.

It is not for nothing that Zhu Youzhen originally thought that although Lu Daqi was a member of the Donglin Party, he still reused him as the governor of Henan and the chief military officer.

As early as Chongzhen ten years back to the hometown to leave, there was an assistant county order to hold the city of Suining, and later served in the border town for four years, and even pacified the rebellion in the western Xinjiang, so that Ji poisoned and killed Huangtai Jibu countless soldiers, Chongzhen fifteen years, ordered the king of Qin, many armies were defeated by Li Zicheng, but Lu Daqi had nothing to lose.

It can be seen from this that Lu Daqi is not without military talent, maybe if he is more confident and serious, his achievements should not be under Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and others.

But Lu Daqi's character is like this, every time he encounters a major event, he must shirk it, Chongzhen fifteen years because he saw the chaos in the world, he shirked the position of the right attendant of the military department in every way, and he was afraid of responsibility.

Now seeing that Henan is not safe, he only thinks about suicide or picking on his son, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't know what to say for a while.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen had to admit that he was also to blame, he, the emperor, killed many ministers back then, and even many of them were killed in vain, such as Chen Xinjia, which made the ministers not afraid of the Qing soldiers and Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but take a long breath, dispelled the idea of killing Lu Daqi out of anger, and had no intention of changing generals, just patted Lu Daqi on the shoulder.

Then, Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen beckoned to Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, He Xin and others:

"From now on, you can't do it, don't say it anymore if you have the ability to hold the territory, now the war has arrived, and it is a taboo for soldiers to change generals in battle, since you need to seek politics in their positions, no matter how you can and how wise you are, you need to have a lonely courage, swear to defend to the end, you Lu Daqi now only have two results, either die on the battlefield, or return to Beijing to be sealed!

Other ways to die are sorry for me, I'm sorry for the death of Da Ming! It's the same with you, no matter in the future, whether Daming will die or not, we only have two results, either die in battle or be reborn! It's the same with me, I'm either dead or reborn! ”

After Zhu Youzhen said that, he personally took the map from the hand of Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard: "You Lu Daqi is not so useless, at least now the Duoduo Department has not entered Kaifeng City, and the Tiger Prison Pass has not been lost, we still have something to defend, so we don't have to complain anymore, let's think of a way together, how to better defend it!" ”

Saying that, Zhu Youzhen asked Lu Daqi to introduce the current specific situation, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, He Xin, etc. also listened carefully, it seemed that because of the calmness and stability of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, the officials present were a lot calmer.

"It's all because Your Majesty you have the foresight, anticipating that Duoduo will attack the Tiger Prison Pass, the Tiger Prison Pass has been re-strengthened since last year's Great Sima Ma Shiying by His Majesty's will, there are three lines of defense inside and outside, and the trenches are vertical and horizontal, and there are countless grains, so even if Duoduo has Geng Zhongming's artillery assistance, it is difficult to overcome for a while, but at present, two lines of defense have been broken, and the loss of the Tiger Prison Pass is only a matter of time, and although Kaifeng City has also undergone repairs, but since the thief Li Zicheng opened the seal, Kaifeng City has been seriously damaged, and the fort has not been fully built, when the time comes, you can only rely on military and civilian lives to fill it! ”

Lu Daqi said and said: "In addition, the Qing army on the south road has entered and occupied Wuyang, and the Qing army on the middle road has entered and occupied Yuzhou. ”

"Then what if Duoduo is not fooled, attack Runing first, march from Luzhou to Quzhou, and then enter Jiangnan?" Shi Kefa couldn't help asking.

"There is the Third Army of the Guards Army in Luzhou, and if Duoduo turns to attack Runing, it will make the journey to Jiangnan longer, so there is no need to defend Henan, and now I am most worried that he will march from Guide to Fengyang, and then go directly to Jiangnan!"

Zhu Youzhen said to Lu Daqi: "It is wise for you to focus on Guide City, now you have to start immediately evacuating all manpower and material resources to concentrate on Guide, Guide is the Henan Prefecture that has suffered less from the disaster of military disasters, and there is a foundation to defend, now you need to estimate how much time it will take to mobilize resources to Guide, and plan how much time it will take to defend Kaifeng, and then how many days will the Tiger Prison Pass be guarded, don't really want to fight the book under the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

"Weichen is indeed arranging according to what His Majesty said, and now most of the money and grain have arrived in Kaifeng one after another, and most of the troops are also concentrated here, and they have begun to transfer to Guide Mansion three days ago! The person guarding the Tiger Prison Pass is the guerrilla Zhang Keliang, Wechen is kind to this person, and he has always been very obedient to Wechen, I have ordered him to defend the Tiger Prison Pass, even if all the battles are killed, he will never retreat! ”

As soon as Lu Daqi said this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but say: "It's broken!" ”