The decisive battle within is imminent, the Ming army of more than 200,000 troops has been in Feng, Taihe, Wuhe, Hongxian nearly hundreds of miles of several towns set up a position, waiting for the Qing army to go south, and the Qing army's left and right wings and four armies have also arrived in Lingbi, Suzhou, Haozhou, Xiaoxian area, the big war is coming, the two armies are quiet.

In Fengyang City, Zhu Jun sat in the palace of Zhongdu, and the governors of several large armies stood with bated breath.

Zhu Jun looked at the concert, these are sent by Nanjing, the cabinet has already acted once, and sent it here, to Zhu Jun for approval, now Jiangnan has gradually entered the right track, Jiangsu's machinery, Zhejiang's textile industry, Fujian's shipbuilding, Jiangxi's ceramics have begun to have a large number of manufacturers settled in, in terms of politics, the court is calm, Zhu Jun flipped through at will, then put down the song, raised his eyes and scanned the six or seven generals in the hall.

"The decisive battle is approaching, tomorrow you will go to the various lines, I let you come, first, naturally to encourage you, and second, naturally Li Aiqing will talk to you about the plan of each front, I don't know much about the military, let Li Aiqing say, you don't have to be restrained, how to discuss how to discuss."

Zhu Jun spoke, Li Dingguo, who was sitting at the bottom, immediately stood up, on the side of the hall, a huge map hung on the wall, Li Dingguo saluted the emperor, and then said to the governors: "The opinion of the General Staff is very simple, the Qing army is divided into four routes, of which Lingbi and Xiaoxian are stationed in the green battalions of the two provinces, Suzhou and Haozhou are Manchurian cavalry, Li Xiao's Wuhan Legion is stationed in Mengcheng, General Mu's Sunan Legion is stationed in Taihe, General Sun Tangfu's Degree Legion is stationed in Guzhen, and General Zhang Youde's Haidu Legion is stationed in Wuhe, And General Xu Dachang's colonial army was stationed in Hongxian County, and they were connected to each other. Li Dingguo first briefly talked about the deployment of the two sides, and then pointed to the two cities of Lingbi and Xiao County: "The Qing army in these two places is dominated by the green battalion, therefore, the opinion of the General Staff is that the whole army will attack, Li Xiao's Wuhan Army will attack Lingbi, and General Mu's General Sunan will attack Xiao County, and strive to annihilate it within ten days, and then quickly cooperate with the Chengdu Army and the Colonial Army to encircle the Manchurian cavalry in the middle of the road......" Li Dingguo finally pointed to the position of Qimei Mountain: "Conduct a decisive battle here." ”

Qimei Mountain is located in the southwest of Huilingbi County thirty miles, the mountain opens eight characters, such as the column Meiran, when the Yan King Zhu Di went south to Jingdifficult, Xu Huizu was defeated in Qimei Mountain. Li Dingguo chose this place for a decisive battle, precisely because this is the center of the Qing army's defense line, once there is something in Lingbi and Xiao County, Suzhou and Maozhou's Manmeng Eight Banners want to rescue, this Qimei Mountain has become a must-pass place, and the combat power of the green battalion has always been not high, and the Ming army is still confident that it can be defeated as soon as possible, and the Chengdu Legion, Haidu Legion and Colonial Legion can preemptively set up a pocket here, encircle and chase and intercept, and block the main force of Manmeng in the area of Qimei Mountain, where there are many hills and trees, which is not suitable for cavalry combat. After the Wuhan Legion and the Southern Jiangsu Legion defeated the Green Battalion, they immediately rushed here, and it was not difficult for the five major legions to work together to trap the giant beast of the Manchurian cavalry.

The governor of the five major legions followed the head, the weakness of the Qing army was in the two green battalions, and launched an attack on the two green battalions, attracting reinforcements from the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, and then encircling and blocking was obviously a good strategy, naturally no one raised objections.

"Chief of Staff Li, don't you have our share of the Kuidong Army?" Li Laiheng has been silent on the side, and raised objections at this time, he is the new governor of the + Eastern Legion, although the + Eastern Legion has not been reorganized and reorganized, and the training force is not even as good as those colonial legions equipped with old-style firearms, but he is very depressed that there is no part of the Kuidong Legion in a big war of this scale.

Li Ding smiled slightly: "The Kuidong Army has just conducted a battle to defend Hankou, and the soldiers are tired, so the opinion of the General Staff is to let your army be stationed in Yingchuan to prepare for the cavalry attack from the northwest." ”

"The cavalry of the West? Isn't Wang Fuchen already reversed? Where are there cavalry in the northwest? ”

Li Dingguo stroked his beard: "Even if Wang Fuchen is reversed, there is a Longyou cavalry." The battlefield is changing rapidly, so it is better to garrison an army. ”

Li Dingguo did not say the real cause. Although Wang Fuchen is the opposite, he has to guard against it. After all, this horse harrier is famous, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry on his hands. How can you not take a little precautions.

Li Laiheng thought silently. Finally nodded: "In that case." Then the Kuidong Army will rush to Yingchuan. ”

Li Dingguo set his eyes on Zhu Jun: "Your Majesty." What do you think? ”

Zhu Jun listened to the clouds at first. Originally in Haidu. In several small battles, Zhu Jun participated in the command. But for such a large-scale operation. Zhu Jun is really not a strong point. He will see that there will be no objection from the multitude. Then he nodded: "I will make you the chief of staff." The command of this military situation and the formulation of the battle site were naturally all entrusted to Li Aiqing. Since there is no objection. Then do it. ”

"Yes."

Zhu Jun smiled slightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, great."

, I watched from the wall, today I set up a banquet, I can't go into battle to kill and reward you. ”

"Okay." Mu Jianming and Li Xiao agreed with a bang.

The other generals were a little shy, and thanked them together: "The emperor loves the last general, and the last general will not dare to resign." ”

Zhu Jun was about to give the order to pass the meal, but Xiao Guizi, who came with the army, hurriedly entered the palace: "Your Majesty, there is a Chahar Mongolian envoy here."

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Although the Chahar tribe rebelled, the envoys who contacted the Ming Dynasty needed to sneak into the pass quietly, trekking through mountains and rivers, and did not arrive until Ezhe led the army into the northeast and went through a great battle.

"Chahar?" When Zhu Jun got to these four words, he immediately thought of the information provided by Hu Yan, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, this Chahar Department is not an ordinary Mongolian tribe, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it once rose as the co-owner of the Mongolian tribes, and it is said that it is still a golden family, and the former Lin Dan Khan also resisted the Manchus together with the Ming army in Liaodong, and then the Chahar Department was defeated, and the Ming army was also defeated like a mountain, and finally let the Manchus take the opportunity to subdue the Mongolian tribes in one fell swoop.

"Quick, invite them in." Zhu Jun felt a good omen, and immediately showed a smile on his face, and then said to Li Dingguo and the others with a regretful face: "It seems that I can't accompany you to drink, the banquet has been held in the Wuying Palace, you should go first." ”

Li Dingguo and the others immediately said: "How dare the last general let the emperor accompany him, capital crime, capital crime." That's when it came out.

When Li Guo had just stepped out of the temple threshold, he happened to bump into a man dressed in a full costume and glanced at each other before the messenger stepped into the temple.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, I am the envoy of Ezhe Khan, Arislan, and I have come from Eastern Mongolia, thousands of miles away, and I have come to negotiate with Your Majesty on the orders of the Great Khan."

"No need to be polite." Zhu Jun covered up his heart, the Chahar Department is very prestigious in the eyes of the Mongols, they are now coming to see themselves, naturally something big happened outside the Guan, this is for the Ming Dynasty, it is simply a send-off in the snow, as long as there is a mess outside the Guan, these Manchurians are afraid to vomit blood.

"The great Ezhe Khan decided to form a brotherly state with the Great Alliance, and this is the letter of Ezhe Khan." With a respectful face, Arislan took out a sheepskin fold and was about to hand it over.

"Wait." Zhu Jun stretched out his hand to block Arislan's movements: "What? A country of brothers? ”

Although Zhu Jun is not a Celestial Empire, but as long as the alliance and the strong Ming Dynasty have always only recognized the identity of the vassal state, and will never be willing to come out with a brotherly state, the name issue is the face of the imperial court, and it is also the national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

Arislan looked puzzled: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, what's the matter?" What questions do you have? ”

Zhu Jun's face was solemn, since the Chahar Ministry sent a messenger, it must have been reversed outside the Guan, and the current situation is probably that the Chahar Department has a request from the Ming Dynasty, not that the Ming Dynasty has to rely on the Chahar Department, since this is the case, Zhu Jun naturally put on the majesty of the 'Son of Heaven': "The Ming Dynasty is the country of the Heavenly Empire, and the small tribes of the Er Kingdom should be called ministers, go back and tell your master, this brotherly state is not rare." ”

Arislan was still puzzled: "The land in the Guannai is under the jurisdiction of His Majesty the Emperor, you are the emperor in the Guannei, and the Guanwai is the ranch of Ezhe Khan, what reason is there for the Khan outside the Guanwai to be a vassal to the Emperor in the Guannei?" ”

Zhu Jun rolled his eyes, today he met a wooden fish head, but the position problem must not be put away, but unfortunately there are no officials from the Ministry of Etiquette around, if the group of nerds are there, they should also be asked to deal with this idiot, teach them how to understand the etiquette of the Celestial Empire, at this time in the capital, you can't let those Qiu Bajun Han go to talk to the envoy, Zhu Jun can only appear in person: "I am the king of ten thousand times, the only son of heaven in the whole world, the Erbu is just a country of a thousand times, a barbarian chieftain, the Ming Dynasty has a million, Dare to ask if you have a soldier geometry? ”

Somewhat confused, he replied honestly: "We have 100,000 of the bravest warriors. ”

When Arislan talked about the number of 100,000, he was inevitably a little weak-hearted, I am afraid that all the young men in the entire Chahar Department together are only 50,000, and it is a bit of a brag to say that 100,000, but he doesn't know that the other party's one million is actually more than him.

"Your tribe has 100,000 warriors, but I have an army of millions and trillions of people, can you tell me about it, will it be rare for me to form a brotherhood with your tribe?" Zhu Jun is a bragging person who doesn't blush, and then his eyes rolled, and he almost floated to the beams and pillars of the hall, his mouth glanced lightly, and he looked disdainful: "Okay, I have said so much, I don't have the heart to spend time with you, if you are willing to pay tribute and be a minister, the Heavenly Empire is inclusive, naturally it is welcome, if you want to engage in a brotherly state, go back quickly, I don't have this effort." ”