"Your Majesty, we finally surrounded the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou, in the area of Lijiazhuang, and Your Majesty, you also said that as long as this Qing army is completely annihilated, it can ensure the peace of Jiangnan for fifty years, and now it is finally besieged and its grain route is cut off, we can't just let them go, after all, we have also killed many brothers in order to trap these hundreds of thousands of Qing troops!"

Liu Fangliang did not want to give up the opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou.

After all, his Third Army paid the greatest price in besieging the main forces of the Qing army.

Not to mention that the First Corps used 70,000 men to block the Qing army's more than 300,000 troops, even if the Second Corps entered Xiangfu and annihilated the 50,000 elite Qing troops of Li Guohan's army after several days of continuous marching, the price paid was not small.

The belief upheld by the Third Army of the Guards was that it could sacrifice a small part of its own people to completely annihilate the Qing army, realize the peace south of the Yellow River for decades, and lay the foundation for his Northern Expedition.

But now, if he gives up the whole annihilation of Hong Chengchou and returns to Jiangnan, Liu Fangliang doesn't know how to explain to the officers and soldiers of the Third Army of the Guards.

At this time, Qin Liangyu pressed his hand:

"Don't worry, everyone, we may be able to transfer a part of the army back to Jiangnan immediately, but in this case, it will cause a reduction in the strength of our total attack, although the Qing army has no combat power, but in order to survive and break through and flee, only part of the army is afraid that it will be difficult to guarantee total annihilation;

Maybe it's better to return to Jiangnan entirely, after all, we don't know how many people responded to King Lu and King Fu, in order to ensure that Jiangnan is safe, it is naturally more appropriate for all the troops to come back to help; As for whether to fight or not, it is up to His Majesty to decide at this time. ”

"Your Majesty, please!"

Qin Liangyu knelt down on one knee first.

"Your Majesty, please!"

He Xin also knelt down on one knee.

"Your Majesty, please!"

Seeing this, Liu Fangliang had to kneel down on one knee.

The same was true of the other officials present.

Zhu Youzhen raised his eyes to look at everyone, suddenly slapped the table, and roared:

"Hit, why don't you fight, to the meat in your mouth, how can there be any reason to spit it out!"

Although Zhu Youzhen did not know why King Lu and King Fu rebelled at this time, he could guess without asking that it must be because these vassal kings and gentry groups thought that the Qing army would be the best time to overthrow their own regime when they went south.

Even these people didn't want to let themselves compete with the Manchu sandpiper mussels, and they came to the fisherman to make a profit.

What's more, there is also a Zhang Xianzhong who is making trouble in the southwest, and these reactionary groups that are unwilling to lose their political and economic interests will naturally become even bolder.

To put it bluntly, the current strategic offensive posture of the Manchu Qing army is the source of these reactionaries' unscrupulous intentions and daring to take risks.

If the main force of the Qing army of Hong Chengchou's department is not destroyed at this time, he will not defeat the Manchu Qing and will no longer have the power to fight back.

Who can guarantee that next time there will not be a rebellion of King Gui or King Tang or something?

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen felt that he could not give up this opportunity to completely annihilate the Qing army no matter what.

Not only can the Qing army of Hong Chengchou's department not be let go, but He Luohui's department and Tan Tai's department can't even let go, he wants to make the Manchu Qing no longer have the strength to go south or even the strength to resist his own northern expedition!

As for Nanjing, Songjiang, and Shanghai's reform and modernization, it is indeed the result of Zhu Youzhen's painstaking efforts.

He didn't want to let these places be ruined, but now he had to take one of them.

As long as the Qing army has no strength to go south, even if Nanjing is gone and Songjiang is gone, Zhu Youzhen feels that he can still lead the Guards to rise in Henan and Jiangbei.

And with the current strength of the Guards, it is only easy to fight back to Jiangnan.

"The plan to completely annihilate the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou's department, is proceeding as usual, Liu Fangliang, He Xin, Li Banghua, Wu Mengming, you continue to fully cooperate with Qin Liangyu's deployment, you must completely annihilate the main force of the Qing army within the scheduled plan, and you must not let go of a Qing officer and soldier who should not be let go! In addition, as far as possible in advance, it is possible to advance as much as possible. ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Qin Liangyu and other generals naturally understood that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen still chose to continue to annihilate the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou.

Qin Liangyu and other generals didn't say anything anymore, and only took orders and said yes.

"Ma Jixiang, as well as the official of the Ministry of War, and Lu Jiude, you come with me!"

After handing over the task of annihilating Hong Chengchou, the main force of the Qing army, to Qin Liangyu, Zhu Youzhen called Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Dongchang Central Command, to his residence and asked in detail about the rebellion of Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, and Zhu Youxiang, the king of Fu.

After Ma Jixiang and the officials of the Ministry of War informed Zhu Youzhen of how Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, and Zhu Youxiang, the king of Fu, planned to rebel against the war, and how the Ministry of War, the cabinet, and Dongchang dealt with it, Zhu Youzhen asked Lu Jiude again: "How many troops are left behind in Nanjing now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is an infantry battalion of Zhang Tongchang of the Guards guarding the Forbidden City, an infantry battalion of Xia Yunyi guarding the Daming Ordnance Institute, and a training battalion stationed in the Daming Army Military Academy, the commander of the battalion is Chen Zilong, and then Li Ruolian's Jinyi Wei and Dongchang's people, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division of the Ministry of War."

Lu Jiude, who was the General Armament Department of the Generalissimo's Office, was also responsible for docking with the military department, so he was also very clear about the defense of Nanjing.

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak at first after asking Lu Jiude, and after pondering for a while, he ordered:

"Send the decree to Ruan Dayue, he is fully responsible for the command of Nanjing's city defense, and the cabinet and the six ministries must fully cooperate, but if you want to tell Ruan Dayue, just say that it is me, no matter what, I must also defend the Ming Ordnance Station, he would rather lose the palace to me, but also give the Ming Ordnance to me to guard, otherwise I want his head! The infantry battalion of the Guards guarding the armory cannot be moved, and the training battalion must also be transferred to support! ”

For Nanjing's altars and jars, Zhu Youzhen's most important thing now is the Daming Ordnance Institute, because this is his military base, his painstaking efforts, and the world-leading wealth of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire China, and the people and experimental materials in it are the most precious in the world today.

Because of this, Zhu Youzhen would rather lose the palace than let the Ming ordnance be damaged.

"The victory of the Guards to completely annihilate the main force of the Qing army will come soon, no later than the 10th, tell Ruan Dayue that you must hold on until February 1, as long as you hold on until February 1, I will personally lead the army back to Jiangnan, plough the court and sweep the caves, and eradicate all these ghosts and ghosts!"

Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and said.

At this time, he was in a very unhappy mood, unhappy that these vassal kings, as the descendants of the Zhu family, had no idea of the overall situation, and they were so dedicated to worrying about the ruling power of the Zhu family's dynasty, but these descendants of the Zhu family only thought about fighting for power and taking advantage of the fire!

Ma Jixiang and the military officer left the Xinghua camp overnight with Zhu Youzhen's instructions.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youzhen will continue to move north with the main force of the Second Corps of the Guards Army to participate in the general decisive battle against Hong Chengchou, the main force of the Qing Army.

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