When I saw these so-called henchmen in front of me in unison, I let myself be autocratic.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether he should be happy or angry.

Even the backbone members did not have the confidence to win, and could only gamble with their own emperor with the determination to die, which shows how bad the situation faced by Da Ming is.

Zhu Youzhen knew that he couldn't show the slightest lack of confidence at this time, and now the ministers were all confused about the road ahead, and he couldn't be entangled as the supreme decision-maker, rather than asking others, it was better to gamble!

Zhu Youzhen, who has been indecisive all his life, decided to make an independent decision from now on, just as he resolutely decided to move south after crossing over.

"Listen to the order, He Xin, the chief officer of the Second Army of the Guards, led the Second Army of the Guards Army to stationed in Nanjing, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Jianyang, and Liyang to defend Jinggi!"

"Command!" He Xin, the imperial horse supervisor, stood up.

"Zhou Yuji, the chief officer of the First Army of the Guards, led the First Army of the Guards Army into Jinan, Dongchang, Denglai, and Yanzhou to defend Shandong!"

"Command!" Ning Nanbo and Zhou Yuji stood up.

"Liu Fangliang, the chief officer of the Third Army of the Guards, led the Third Army of the Guards Army into Fengyang, Sizhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, and Gongwei Zhongdu and Huaiyang!"

"Command!" Liu Fangliang took it up.

"The governors of each army march with the army, distribute the deployment of troops together with the general army, and must be strictly trained in the garrison, ready to fight at any time!"

Zhu Youzhen's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies of the Guards were still assigned to Shandong, Huaiyang, and Jiangnan as originally planned, so as to prepare for the future resistance to Jiannu's southward movement in the three defensive depths.

Then, Zhu Youzhen ordered again: "Order Huang Degong, Yuan Jixian's general system of Nanchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, Luzhou, and Shouzhou defense, if you can block Zuo Liangyu's department for six months, I will crown him Duke Huang Degong, Yuan Jixian will be awarded three orphans, if you can block it for one year, Huang Degong can be crowned a prince, and Yuan Jixian will be awarded three dukes!" The two of them must do their best to fight against the traitors, I allow them to expand their troops and horses at an extraordinary time, and the money and grain can be requisitioned from the Jiangxi and Huguang official mansions on the spot, but they must strictly abide by military discipline and not disturb the people! ”

The ministers couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and the kindness of Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian was not unimportant to inspire Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian as the king, and the military attaches of the Ming Dynasty were awarded the princes, and only the founding princes received after their deaths, and most of the civil officials awarded the three dukes were only sealed after their deaths, which shows how determined Zhu Youzhen was to inspire the two.

Of course, the ministers didn't know if these two people could stop Zuo Liangyu, and whether they had any hope of getting such a high-level reward.

"In order to prevent the Zheng Group from suddenly defecting, Gao Jie was ordered to transfer to Xianxiaguan, Quzhou, Hangzhou, and Zhoushan in Zhejiang! Strictly control South Zhili South Road! ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he waved his big hand: "Draft the purpose, at this time of national crisis, you should do your best to defend the country, now the general strategy has been decided, those who have different opinions before should be abandoned, and work together to complete this deployment, Ma Shiying, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, the hoarding and transportation of grain and grass must be properly prepared, Shi Kefa, as the person in charge of the General Armament Department, must note that the Ordnance Institute must hurry up to produce the urgently needed ordnance!" ”

"Commandment!"

The officials present all replied in unison, and Zhu Youjian handed over the specific details to Li Banghua, Ma Shiying, and Shi Kefa to jointly decide.

It was the middle of the first month, Zhu Youzhen and the officials of the Generalissimo's Mansion had even forgotten about the Lantern Festival, and military orders were issued from the Generalissimo's Mansion, and the 123rd Army of the Guards began to be stationed in various places one after another, building defensive positions and conducting special training, and there was a great trend of a big war coming.

Huang Degong also received Zhu Youzhen's will, he had already made up his mind to swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, and now His Majesty stimulated him with the king, he naturally worked harder, almost every day in Jiujiang, Nanchang around the area to inspect the defense, did not go home a day, in order to improve morale, not only with the officers and soldiers to eat and sleep, but also his own years of accumulation of hundreds of thousands of silver out of the preparation of rewarding the whole army.

Yuan Jixian can also be regarded as a righteous minister, of course, fame and fortune, whether it is for the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji or for his position as the third duke, he now has to spare no effort to resist Zuo Liangyu.

In order to raise money and food, he personally visited the homes of wealthy merchants and gentry in Jiangxi with the dignity of the governor, and personally mobilized the strength of the family and called on the righteous to join the army for the country. In addition, Zhu Youjian ordered Jinyiwei to deliberately walk around the northern Jiangxi area Zuo Liangyu's atrocities in Huguang, so the people in Jiangxi did not dare to let Zuo Liangyu cross the river and harm his hometown.

It also shows that even those with vested interests can be generous when their homes are threatened.

There is the public anger caused by Zuo Liangyu's brutal rule in Huguang, the determination to defend his homeland, the temptation of fame and fortune for the sake of the prince and the three princes, and the belief in loyalty and desire to rule the world.

Zhu Youzhen didn't believe that Zuo Liangyu could really easily hit Nanjing, not to mention, history has proved that even the weak Hongguang Dynasty can resist Zuo Liangyu, and the cohesion of the Southern Ming Dynasty that he is now ruling does not know how many times stronger, and it is impossible to resist Zuo Liangyu's department.

To guard against Zuo Liangyu with more than 100,000 troops under Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian, and to guard against Jiannu with three defensive zones composed of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies of the Guards, now Zhu Youzhen also needs to be prepared to deal with some restless Donglin Party officials within the imperial court to respond to Zuo Liangyu.

However, most of these restless Donglin Party officials were concentrated in Nanjing, so Zhu Youzhen summoned He Xin, the chief officer of the Second Army of the Guards Army, who was in charge of defending Nanjing, Ma Shiying, the secretary of the military department, and Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, on the 20th day of the first month of the first month, to discuss how to better defend Nanjing, and be ready for a sudden attack at any time.

"Now there are three main non-guards troops near Nanjing, one is the official national security department of the Sizhou General Army, the other is the Tian Xiong Department of the Hangzhou General Army, and the other is the Zhenjiang General Soldiers and Horses Meritorious Department!"

Ma Shiying briefed Zhu Youzhen on the basic situation of the non-Guards system near Nanjing.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and asked Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard: "Are these three chief military officers reliable?" ”

"Unreliable, after these three departments are now unified into the guard army, they all complain, and they are quite dissatisfied with Your Majesty's only the guards."

After Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, said, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sneer: "If you are dissatisfied, you are dissatisfied, what is the use of these people except for robbing the people's daughters, killing the people to get a reward for money, it is not unreasonable for the imperial historians to impeach them for not training and only harming the people!" Since it's unreliable, get rid of it in advance! lest it cause great trouble in the future! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Ma Shiying as he spoke: "If I didn't expect Fang Guoan to be your person, right?" ”

"Exactly, right now, Zuo Liangyu has signs of eastward expansion, Fang Guoan doesn't know whether Zuo Liangyu will win or the court will win, so he has been swaying from side to side, and several letters have been sent to test whether the court has the determination to win Zuo Liangyu!"

As soon as Ma Shiying finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen patted him on the shoulder: "It's time for you to submit a vote, otherwise I won't worry about giving you the position of first assistant!" ”