When Shi Kefa heard this, he was unhappy again.

I'm the first assistant, I haven't even expressed my position, and you'll make a decision on this second assistant, okay?

Jiang Yue glanced at Shi Kefa and said: "Gao Ge Lao, at the moment Xuzhou and Huai'an Mansion are in the midst of a tense war, especially the safety of Huai'an Mansion is related to the safety of Yangzhou, and the safety of Yangzhou is more related to the safety of Nanjing. ”

Xie Xuelong also said: "Yes, if this causes the defeat of Huai'an, it will be a big loss because of a small loss." ”

Gao Hongtu thought about it and made sense, so he said: "Then let the Metropolitan Procuratorate only check the accounts, not seal the accounts." ”

"How can you check the accounts if you don't close the accounts?" Shi Kefa finally couldn't hold back, vetoed Gao Hongtu head-on, and said to the old servant who came in to report, "You go and tell Liu Duxian, and the accounts of Huai'an Mansion will be suspended." ”

"Yes." The old servant turned around and left, Gao Hongtu frowned and didn't stop after all.

was interrupted by Ma Mingluo, and the topic of cabinet duty returned to the battle situation in Huai'an Mansion.

Xie Xuelong asked: "Shou Yu, Gao Ge Lao and Jiang Ge Lao, do you think Huai'an Mansion can hold it?" ”

Shi Kefa just wanted to speak, but was preempted by Gao Hongtu: "If Lu Zhenfei is in Shanyang, the 20,000 troops of the Hecao Governor's Office are still in Shanyang City, and it is no problem to defend the city, as for the ...... now."

Speaking of this, Gao Hongtu didn't say anything further, but the implication was that Huai'an Mansion couldn't hold it.

Jiang Yueguang also agreed with Gao Hongtu's point of view: "What Gao Ge Lao said is extremely true, the Holy Lord handed over the mission of guarding Huai'an Mansion to more than a dozen Qinwang scholars, which is really not considered, it seems that Mao Xiang, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars just followed the Holy Shang into Dabie Mountain, suffered for a few months, and then suddenly became a soldier?" Can you lead 200,000 untrained and unequipped villagers to a tie with hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened Jiannu elites? ”

After a pause, Jiang Yueguang asked again: "Shou Yu, Gao Ge Lao, and Xie Ge Lao, do you believe this?" Anyway, the servant doesn't believe it, so the loss of Shanyang is a foregone conclusion! ”

Shi Kefa sighed lightly when he heard this, and his expression was bitter.

Obviously, Shi Kefa didn't think he could hold it either.

Therefore, it is time to consider the river defense of the Yangtze River.

……

Not only Shi Kefa and they thought so, but Lu Zhenfei, Jin Xuan, and even Du Yinxi and others thought so, and at this time, these three important ministers jointly climbed Yunlong Mountain.

Lu Zhenfei still came from Pizhou overnight.

And he broke through the Jiannu blockade and rushed in.

Jiannu was already digging a trench around Xuzhou at this time.

However, it was not completely closed, so Lu Zhenfei was able to enter.

"Three Aiqing, what are you doing in Yunlong Mountain?" Chongzhen asked knowingly.

The three of you, look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Lu Zhenfei, who was still the highest, said: "Shengshang, the minister is here to ask for his life, please ask the Shengshang to allow the minister to lead the army back to Shanyang." ”

Plug Yinxi also said: "Saint, Huai'an Mansion is the northern barrier of Yangzhou Mansion, and Yangzhou Mansion is the last barrier of Nanjing. ”

Jin Xuan also said: "Holy Lord, the minister is also willing to lead the headquarters of 3,000 elite horsemen to gallop to the aid of Huai'an Mansion in the starry night." ”

"What to do? What to do? What are you doing? Chongzhen said angrily, "You can't trust the semblance of the Shiziying so much, so you can't believe in my arrangement?" ”

"Do you think I'm too hasty?"

"A town as important as Shanyang City, but I have been handed over to two soldiers who have never led troops and have never fought against Jiannu, do you think I am too childish, me?"

Lu Zhenfei and the three were silent, and silence was acquiescence.

Chongzhen's eyes cooled down, and said: "There are endless talented people and different people in the world, my Ming Dynasty especially has no shortage of capable ministers and virtuous ministers, don't think that only you can defend the city, the students of the Shizi camp are just a group of fledgling scholars, before Zhuge Liang came out of Nanyang, he was just a fledgling scholar, and Han Xin was just a scholar before he took the stage to worship the generals." ”

"This ......" Jin Xuan, Du Yinxi, and Lu Zhenfei had a pensive look on their faces.

Chongzhen's anger did not subside: "You can doubt my ability to govern the country, but it is best not to doubt my vision, who is useful, who is unbearable, who should be placed in what position and what position, I can see it more clearly than you, see it accurately, and see it thoroughly, after the national disaster, I have used the wrong person?" I? ”

Jin Xuan, Du Yinxi, and Lu Zhenfei thought back carefully, since the Jiashen national disaster, the saint has indeed made the best use of his talents, and he has really not used a wrong person, such as them.

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Yan Yingyuan, Huaxia, Lu Xiangtong and Mao Xiang, the thirteen scholars, I have been observing them since the day I led the battalion of scholars to leave Nanjing. ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen glared at Lu Zhenfei and the three of them and said: "It's you, as important ministers and heavy responsibilities, but you leave your post without permission and abandon the news land, if Jiannu suddenly attacks the news land, or you are injured or even killed when breaking through the Jiannu blockade, causing Pizhou and even Xuzhou to fall, you are a Ming sinner!" ”

"Ministers, capital offense." Lu Zhenfei and the three of them were stunned.

"You're damned." Chongzhen snorted and said, "But now that it's the time to employ people, I won't pursue it anymore, so you should hurry back to Xundi, don't let Jiannu take advantage of the loophole." ”

"Minister's order." Lu Zhenfei and the three of them left in a hurry.

Chongzhen specially told Jin Xuan: "Jin Qing, Lu Qing needs to break through the blockade of the trench of Jiannu when he returns to Pizhou, and there will inevitably be danger on the way, so I bother you to give him a ride." ”

"Commandment." Kim Hyun replied.

Lu Zhenfei also hurriedly thanked him.

Seeing Jin Xuan and the three leave, Chongzhen turned his gaze in the direction of Huai'an Mansion again.

Facts have proved that he Chongzhen's employment is the right one, Huaxia and Lu Xiang are all worthy of their mission, as for Yan Yingyuan, it is even more impossible to live up to his trust, Yan Yingyuan can defend the lonely city of Jiangyin under such unfavorable conditions, not to mention Shanyang, which has strong city defense and sufficient military salaries!

……

In the middle of the night, Yan Yingyuan was awakened by the sound of footsteps.

When he looked at it, it was Wu Erdan, the captain of the township bravery.

"Your Excellency." Wu Erdan said respectfully, "According to your request, the villain selected twenty death row inmates from the prison, these twenty death row inmates are all refugees from Shandong and even Liaodong, and the things they committed are all to hurt people to death by grabbing stuttering, and they are all wives and children, and they are all wives and children, and they are all more than a dozen people. ”

"Okay, bring them up." Yan Yingyuan said, "I'll say a few words to them. ”

"Yes." Wu Erdan immediately turned around and went down the city tower, and after a while, he came up with twenty death row prisoners.

In the end, he is a death row prisoner, and he doesn't kneel when he sees Yan Yingyuan, he is going to die anyway, Lao Tzu cares so much about you?

Yan Yingyuan was not angry, and said, "You have committed a capital crime, and this life will definitely not be saved." ”

The faces of the twenty death row inmates fell, and one of them even darkened his face and said, "Death is death, why do you talk so much nonsense?" ”

"But death is not the same as death." Yan Yingyuan stared into the eyes of the death row prisoner and said, "As a prisoner, he was escorted to the execution ground and his head was cut off by the executioner, and if he died, he died, and your parents, wives and children would not get anything, and with the current situation in Shanyang City, it is really difficult to say whether they can survive." ”

The faces of the condemned prisoners immediately showed sadness.

To put it bluntly, these death row inmates are not the most vicious.

They are willing to grab food for their relatives, and even fight with their lives, which shows that they still care about their relatives in their hearts, as long as there are people who care.

Yan Yingyuan said again: "I have sent someone to check, your family is old and young, if you are not there, you will not be able to support yourself at all, and after you are executed, they will probably starve to death." ”

"God, open your eyes and look at this world, what kind of world is this?" The death row prisoner who had just spoken immediately collapsed, knelt on the ground and wailed, "Why is it so difficult for us poor people to support our parents, wives and children, why is it so difficult? ”

"It's useless to cry, God can't take care of you." Yan Yingyuan said solemnly, "But I can show you a clear way, as long as you do what I say, your parents, wives and children will not only be able to live, but also be able to share the fields, and live a peaceful life with fields and land in Xuzhou or Guide." ”

"Really?" The crying death row inmates immediately stopped crying.

The other nineteen death row inmates also turned their heads in unison.

"Seriously!" Yan Yingyuan said word by word, "I, Yan Yingyuan, are worthy of the sky, and I will not lie to you death row prisoners in the world!" If you cheat on death row, you will be punished! ”

"Okay, I trust you." The weeping death row inmate laughed.

The other nineteen death row inmates also exuded mixed expressions.

The weeping death row prisoner said, "Say, what shall we do?" ”

"What you're doing is actually quite simple." Yan Yingyuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the camp outside the city, and said, "Take advantage of the darkness to enter the camp of Jiannu and burn the grain and grass of Jiannu!" ”

"Huh?" More than a dozen death row inmates looked stunned.

"Afraid of what?" The crying death row prisoner said, "Anyway, we will be beheaded, this time I can use my own life to earn a chance to live for my parents, wives and children, it's worth it!" ”

After saying this, he turned back to Yan Yingyuan and said, "My lord, remember what you said, if you dare to break your word and get fat, we will definitely turn into a powerful ghost and come back to ask for your life!" ”

Yan Yingyuan said: "If I break my word, I will fall into the eighteenth layer of hell, and I will not be able to live forever!" ”

This is undoubtedly a very vicious oath, and the twenty death row prisoners heard this, and their faces showed relief, so there is really nothing to worry about, and they can die with confidence.