Jin Yiwei commanded Wu Mengming's report to make Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's brows tighten.

At this time, he didn't have the heart to laugh with Chen Yuanyuan, so he immediately put on his shoes and got up and walked out:

"Take your recital, go to the outer hall with me, and talk to that group of civil and military ministers!"

The commander of the Jinyi guard made Wu Mengming hurriedly follow.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen appeared in the outer hall, Huang Degong and other officials hurriedly saluted together: "I've seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Let's be flat", Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne and leaned back calmly: "In addition to the cabinet and the military department, all of you are the ministers of the country who lead the troops in the army, and they are responsible for the Ming Dynasty, but many of you, I have not met yet, and now it is almost the first time we have met, and I let you come all the way to Huai'an, naturally it is not as simple as letting you meet me, but to make a preliminary strategic decision on the military system of the Ming Dynasty and the current military situation." ”

"Maybe you don't know what a strategic decision is, but it doesn't matter, the general meaning is who we will fight with in the future, how to fight in general, and what our goals are."

As Zhu Youzhen spoke, he called Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, in, and asked him to explain the current situation in the world.

Wu Mengming is now in charge of foreign intelligence, especially the progress of the war, so he is naturally familiar with the current military situation, and under the guidance of Zhu Youzhen's eyes, he picked up a long pole and pointed at the hanging map:

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, since Li Zicheng retreated from Beijing, he has lost Datong, Taiyuan and other places, and retreated to Wugu, Shaanxi, it is reported that in addition to Liu Zhong's transfer to Henan, most of the thieves have entered the territory of Huguang!"

As soon as Wu Mengming said this, the civil and military officials in the hall couldn't help but exclaim.

In their consciousness, Li Zicheng was still just making trouble in the area of Beizhili Shanxi, and the officials naturally did not expect that Li Zicheng's main force had already entered Huguang, so they were all a little nervous.

Wu Mengming couldn't help coughing: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, wait for the lower officials to finish speaking." ”

The officials fell silent.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile slightly, secretly thinking that fortunately there was an intelligence agency, otherwise these officials would have been drunk and dreaming of death, fighting in the nest, and didn't know the situation outside.

"In addition, the thief Zhang Xianzhong's department has captured Yizhou (CD) City, and the capital is here, separating Sichuan, and establishing the name of Daxi since the country!"

As soon as Wu Mengming said this, Gao Hongtu stood up first: "How can this be true! This Zhang Xianzhong dared to establish his own national name, this is simply the indignation of people and gods, and Weichen implores His Majesty to issue a decree and send heavy troops to encircle and suppress this thief! ”

"In troubled times, it is not a common thing to be self-reliant, Commander Wu continued."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to let Gao Hongtu retreat, but he was also a little disappointed in his heart, Gao Hongtu, as a second-in-command, is still a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, although he does not directly copy the affairs of the Ministry of War, but he does not have to be pedantic to the point that he does not know that the current Ming Dynasty is simply powerless and there is no need to crusade against a Sichuan Zhang Xianzhong.

"Obey the order, except for the thieves Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, since Wu Sangui surrendered to Jiannu and made Jiannu enter the customs, now Jiannu has occupied the capital, and its Shunzhi Emperor Fulin has now moved the capital to Beijing, and its Manchu regent Dolgon has sent Azig and Duoduo two armies to pursue Li Zicheng's troops to Shanxi, according to the lower officials, the current signs are that Duoduo will be transferred to Henan to pursue the thief Liu Zhong's department, and Azig will directly enter Huguang to pursue Li Zicheng's main force."

After Wu Mengming finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen also stood up: "Let's talk about it, what should we do now?" ”

Jingnan Hou Huang Degong stood up first: "Your Majesty, in this way, at the moment, Li Zicheng retreated into Huguang, and the first to bear the brunt was Zuo Liangyu's department, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of Jiannu who followed Li Zicheng's back, my Ming Dynasty is not facing one enemy, it should be three, and the most important one to guard against is Zuo Liangyu's department." ”

"What do you understand by the Marquis of Jingnan, why has Zuo Liangyu's department become the most guarded enemy, Ning Nanbo guards Huguang, is strict with himself, does not commit any offense against the people, guards Huguang like an iron bucket, and relies on Huguang Governor He Tengjiao and Governor Yuan Jixian as a barrier, in the eyes of this official, the most important thing to worry about is the Huguang area, Li Zicheng's troops will collapse in Huguang!"

Zhang Shenyan, a scholar of Dongge University, blatantly protected Zuo Liangyu.

Zhu Youzhen just wanted to laugh when he heard it, and it wasn't that Zhu Youzhen wanted to laugh, even Ma Shiying, the secretary of the military department, and Huang Degong, the marquis of Jingnan, felt that he wanted to laugh.

"How much money did Zhang Ge Lao collect from Zuo Liangyu, there is no need to be so shameless if you want to help him speak, who doesn't know that Zuo Liangyu's army is a well-known soldier and bandit, and the lord who will never give up without scraping the ground, if it weren't for this tax reform, the imperial court would not know that the always rich Huguang Wuchang and other cities had closed three or four out of ten shops, and the barren fields were even more serious than when Zhang Xianzhong wantonly plundered Huguang in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and the population plummeted to six or seven tenths three years ago, and a large number of women who were mutilated to death appeared in the places where the left army was stationed. In recent years, there has been no war in the Huguang region, and I dare to ask who caused this. ”

Lu Zhenfei, a scholar from Dongge University, stood up and directly replied to Zhang Shenyan.

Zhu Youzhen knocked on the table: "There is no need to fight, this time Zuo Liangyu said that he was sick and could not come, and his disobedience was already obvious, and I was also worried that once Li Zichengnan retreated into Huguang, would Zuo Liangyu's urine sex abandon Huguang and take his locust-like army of millions straight down to Jiangnan." ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, Zhang Shenyan had to shut up, but he couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, how could His Majesty think of this.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen just forgot to report a piece of news, that is, there have been signs of gathering in Wuchang Mansion recently, and even the grain operation is more brutal than before, saying that he can't leave a little food for the thieves, and he wants to go to Jiangnan to enjoy happiness."

As soon as Wu Mengmeng's words came out, the officials present couldn't help but be shocked.

"What, this Zuo Liangyu is really anti-hearted!"

Ning Wubo Zhou Yuji couldn't help but exclaim at this time, and looked at the map in the map: "My God, Wuchang is very close to Jiujiang and Nanchang, and once you break through Nanchang Jiujiang, you can go straight to Anqing, followed by Nanjing City, once Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army turns against the water, the consequences are indeed unimaginable." ”

"Impossible!"

Zhang Shenyan stood up at this time: "Commander Wu may have made a mistake, Zuo Liangyu's army may have gathered just to prepare for the thieves to go south." ”

"Zhang Ge Lao, let's take a look at this map of Huguang, Wuchang is in the south, Xiangyang is in the north, once Li Zicheng goes south, the first thing to bear the brunt is Xiangyang, since Zuo Liangyu wants to block the thieves, why don't you gather troops in the Xiangyang area but transfer Wuchang to the south, isn't this the lice on the monk's head, obvious?"

Ma Shiying spoke first, and said: "However, Your Majesty, please rest assured, Weichen has been paying attention to this Zuo Liangyu for a long time, and he also let Huguang and Jiangxi Governor Yuan Jixian personally garrison Nanchang City in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, even if Zuo Liangyu has a million troops, he will not easily go east to Jiangnan, not to mention that once he sends troops, he will abandon the king and abandon the world, how can the people of the whole world spare him!" ”