Zhu Youzhen nodded, and walked into the pavilion: "As early as June last year, I ordered Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian to recruit millions of troops to build forts in northern Jiangxi and western Anhui, plus more than 400,000 troops in Nanjing, Jinggi and Jianghuai, Zuo Liangyu will definitely lose this time!" Therefore, from now on, no matter what the war is ahead, I hope that you Aiqing do not have to panic, you can do what you have to do, the Generalissimo of the Imperial Court and the Ministry of War will deal with it, you just need to appease the people, understand? ”

"Wait for you to understand!"

A group of civil and military officials replied in unison.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, and ordered Ma Shiying, Lu Zhenfei, Shi Kefa, Wang Chengen, Jin Xuan, Han Shoujing, He Xin, Liu Kongzhao and other personnel of the Generalissimo's Office, as well as Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Li Ruolian, the commander of the commander, to take a shortcut down the mountain and return to the palace with him to discuss the matter of dealing with the enemy.

Fan Jingwen and Gao Hongtu stayed behind to take the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the hundred officials to complete the next unfinished sacrificial ceremony.

Zhu Youzhen's statement that Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian had already ordered Chen Bing to be millions is naturally a lie, but it is just to appease the hearts of hundreds of officials.

The so-called true and false military intelligence is true, false and true, and this is the case, and most civil and military officials do not know the specific military deployment of the Generalissimo's Office and the military strength of various localities.

In addition, Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Gao Hongtu, the second assistant, also understood Zhu Youzhen's intentions, and after the sacrifice was over, they began to discuss with their colleagues in the court.

Gao Hongtu was the first to speak, with a calm smile on his face: "It turns out that Your Majesty has already deployed a million heroes, so the capital of Nanjing can be safe!" ”

"There are the millions of male soldiers of General Huang and Governor Yuan, and the more than 400,000 troops of the Guards Chen Bing Huaiyang Jiangnan, plus Zuo Liangyu is perverse and betrayal, victory will be on the side of the imperial court!"

Fan Jingwen also echoed.

"Yes, Chen Youliang came from Wuchang and was defeated by Taizu; Later, Zhu Chenhao rebelled, and raised troops from Nanchang to attack Nanjing, but was also defeated by the hands of Xinjian Bo Wanggong; Now that Zuo Liangyu is an unrighteous teacher, it seems that Huang Gong will be granted the throne of the county just around the corner! I'm afraid that the elder of the pavilion didn't get the three dukes, and the Yuan duke got the three dukes first! Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said with a smile.

"If Huang and Yuan can capture Zuo Liangyu alive, I, Fan Jingwen, can resign and give up this position to Mr. Linhou (Yuan Jixian)", Fan Jingwen also replied with a smile.

"I, Gao, is naturally the same, we live in the court, we can't lead a soldier to kill a thief on the front line, we can only do our best in the rear, share worries and solve problems for Your Majesty, transfer food and accumulate wealth, please don't be greedy for pleasure in Nanjing, we should do our best!"

As soon as Gao Hongtu said this, the other courtiers replied: "What the second assistant said is extremely true, the Lu of the king of food, and the matter of loyalty to the king!" ”

Fan Jingwen smiled slightly: "This year is destined to be impermanent, except for the traitor Zuo Liangyu, it is the matter of Jiannu going south, right now from Shandong, Henan to Zhongdu, Huaiyang are training and preparing for war, I don't know when the willow is golden and tender, the pear blossoms are white and snowy, what will be the world, we can only unite under the wise decision of His Majesty to forge ahead, maybe two or three years, Haiyan River can be clear, and then Nanyang will be cultivated, and it will be a life to live!" ”

"The high wind and bright festival of the first assistant makes us admire, and we are encouraged by it!"

The ministers replied in unison under the leadership of Gao Hongtu.

The court without party strife is so happy, although it is just a sign of harmony, but at least it is much better than the chaos from the end of Wanli to the beginning of Chongzhen.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong is also in a good mood, looking at a cadre of civil and military officials without suspicion, either singing praises to His Majesty or imagining the future of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the idea of retreat, he seems to feel as if he has become the prince of a peaceful and prosperous world, without sorrow and trouble, with the wisdom of his father and the wisdom of the ministers, and he only needs to knock on the chess pieces and read quietly.

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Outside the Generalissimo's Mansion is calm.

In the Generalissimo's Mansion, Zhu Youzhen and the officials of the military system looked at a map of Central and South China in front of them with solemn faces.

Ma Shiying bent his thin back and pointed to Jiujiang Road in northern Jiangxi to Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen and others: "Zuo Liangyu should have arrived at Jiujiang City by now, and Huang Zongbing has 50,000 troops in Jiujiang, all of whom are the elite of his Huang Degong, and at the same time, the 20,000 sailors under Huang Degong have also blocked the waterway from Kaikou Town to Hukou, and the first battle should be under Jiujiang City!" ”

"Zuo Liangyu poured all his troops, the fundamental purpose is not to occupy Jiujiang City, but to occupy Jiangnan, if Jiujiang can be conquered, if Jiujiang can't be conquered, will he turn around from Huangmei to Anqing to attack Tongcheng, and then go north to Sizhou, and then attack Jiangnan?"

Lu Zhenfei expressed his opinion at this time, and Shi Kefa couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Fang Guoan is dead, otherwise, once it is as Lu Gong said, Zuo Liangyu's troops will march from Anqing, and once Sizhou's Fang Guoan Department responds, my northern defense line will be in a disadvantageous situation." ”

"It's okay, Governor Yuan Jixian personally led 100,000 to sit in Anqing, once Zuo Liangyu goes north, he will be blocked in Anqing, and then Huang Degong will also transfer troops to the north and fight Zuo Liangyu in Luzhou, so no matter whether he Zuo Liangyu goes south or north, he can't get around Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian's people!"

As soon as Ma Shiying said this, Jin Xuan also smiled and said: "When Luzhou is over, it is the Third Army of the Guards under the command of his old opponent Liu Fangliang, Weichen thinks that blocking Zuo Liangyu's troops is not a problem, but how to eat Zuo Liangyu's troops, and how to eat them can be the most beneficial to resist Jiannu in the future!" ”

"What Jin Aiqing said is very true, your vision cannot be limited only to the south of the Yangtze River, but also throughout the entire Kyushu, Zuo Liangyu's 600,000 army, most of them are still ordinary people who are coerced, and they are an important force to resist the Tartars in the future, and they cannot become the backbone of Jiannu's attack on us!"

After Zhu Youzhen said, he couldn't help but glance at Wu Mengming: "It's just that right now, Huang Degong and they haven't delivered the news for a long time, and we are now black-eyed, Wu Mengming, Li Zicheng north of Jingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan How are they now?" ”

"Because Zuo Liangyu is still in Wuchang, and it has been a cold season in recent months, Li Zicheng took the opportunity to recover some territory from Jiannu, and is preparing to go south, but recently tens of thousands of officers and troops who were originally appeased by Li Yan and surrendered to Li Zicheng suddenly put into the command of Lu Daqi, the governor of Henan and the chief military officer, Li Zicheng was furious because of this, saying that the surrender of the Ming Dynasty is not credible!"

Wu Mengming said later: "Zhang Xianzhong is now busy holding the examination and recruiting talents, and has no intention of leaving Sichuan for the time being, but Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo have been transferred to the Jiazhou area in southern Sichuan, and it seems that they have the intention of marching into our Yunnan." ”

"The surrender of Li Zicheng's officials and troops will inevitably intensify Li Zicheng's hatred of my Ming court, and Li Yan and others, who supported Lianming's resistance to the Qing Dynasty, are only afraid of their lives soon!"

After Zhu Youzhen said this, he suddenly smashed his fist on the map of Sichuan: "What's even more infuriating is that Zhang Xianzhong, a narrow-eyed dead rogue, what is he doing with his elite Chen Bing in southern Sichuan!" Everyone, once Jiannu goes to Guanzhong and goes south from Hanzhong to attack Sichuan, he Zhang Xianzhong will not concentrate his heavy troops on Kuizhou Pass, Jianmen Pass and Hechuan and other important places to resist the Qing Dynasty, how to resist Jiannu Iron Cavalry at that time! ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, when Meng Gong of the Southern Song Dynasty arrived in the north of Sichuan for decades, and now Zhang Xianzhong is illiterate, and he does not guard the land, but he is plotting against my Yunnan, I really don't know that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, but we are also beyond the reach of the whip, and we can't control him Zhang Xianzhong, and maybe he can share part of our pressure by leading the Qing army into Sichuan!"

Wang Chengen said.

"It's a pity that the people of Sichuan have to suffer miserably again, what a good rear area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it has lost its value! The Southern Song Dynasty can hold on for a hundred years, how could it not be because of the danger of Sichuan, and now I have no fertile field of CD, and the precipitous northern Sichuan, so I can only rely on the Yangtze River to resist the enemy", Zhu Youzhen sighed.