Zhu Cijiong also Huo Ran looked back at Xu Yingwei with excitement in his eyes.

He didn't expect Xu Yingwei to plan to surprise attack Shengjing, but he liked Xu Yingwei's idea very much, and attacked Shengjing, the old capital of Jiannu, just thinking about it made him so excited.

After a long time, Lee? I finally came back to my senses from the shock.

Plum? subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to refuse, because he rejected Xu Yingwei's conditions, and it was impossible for the Ming army to send troops to help him seize the throne of the prince.

And once he can't be the son of the world, he will lose his value.

In this case, the Ming army would have imprisoned him for a long time, and at worst might even execute him.

Thinking of this, Lee? He immediately made a decision and said, "Please also ask Xu to make it clear to Lord Ji, what should the minister do to help the Great Ming soldiers capture Shengjing City?" ”

"It's simple." Xu Yingwei said, "Go back to Shengjing and go back to your people." ”

"Back to Shengjing?" Plum? I didn't understand it for a while, so I asked, "And then what should I do?" ”

Zhu Cijiong said: "The next thing is even simpler, just wait for my Ming Heavenly Soldiers to arrive, you will lead the Korean army to cooperate with us to annihilate the Jiannu in Shengjing City." ”

"Huh?" Plum? Hearing this, his face suddenly changed greatly.

"His Royal Highness King Ding, I'm afraid this matter is very difficult to do, there are many Jiannu henchmen in the Korean army, and the minister can't command the five thousand Korean troops in Shengjing City at all."

Xu Yingwei asked, "Then how many people can you control?" ”

Plum? After thinking for a moment, he said, "Five hundred at most." ”

"Five hundred people is enough." Xu Yingwei said, "When my soldiers arrive outside Shengjing City, you will find another opportunity to open the gate of Shengjing City, and the next thing will have nothing to do with you." ”

Plum? Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, which didn't seem to be difficult.

"Okay, you go back and get ready." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "I'll leave tonight." ”

"In this way, the minister will retire first." Plum? They took a long look at Zhu Cijiong and Xu Yingwei respectively, and then turned around and left Xu Yingwei's line.

Waiting for Lee? After leaving, Zhu Cijiong couldn't hold back anymore.

"Xu gave advice, is the surprise attack on Shengjing the will of my father?"

"No, the Holy One did not issue an order, but it was a temporary intention of the minister."

"What, improvised?" Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

This is a disobedience! However, Zhu Cijiong did not say this.

Because he was worried that after saying this, Xu Yingwei would change his mind and stop fighting Sheng Jing.

However, Xu Yingwei smiled and said: "King Ding, you don't have to worry, although the surprise attack on Shengjing is suspected of resisting the decree, the Holy Lord will definitely not blame you and me, because this is in line with the grand strategy set by the Holy One." ”

"Grand strategy?" Zhu Cijiong was stunned, "What kind of grand strategy does my father have?" ”

"The grand strategy of the Holy One is to consume the Jiannu as much as possible before the decisive battle."

After saying this, Xu Yingwei said again: "Since our army came to Gaizhou at the beginning of the year, it has not actually achieved the strategic intention of consuming Jiannu, because Jiannu did not invest a single soldier in Gaizhouwei, but this time, when we take Shengjing, Jiannu will definitely launch a crazy counterattack, and then we can ruthlessly consume Jiannu." ”

For Chongzhen's strategy, Xu Yingwei understands it most thoroughly.

Many people think of a good strategic decisive battle, but they often ignore the lengthy preparations that go into the strategic decisive battle.

This process of preparation is like building momentum.

The more water you accumulate at the heights, the more powerful the downward impact will be when the gate is opened, and conversely, the less water you have stored, the weaker the downward impact will be after the gate is opened.

At this point, a qualified commander will want to store as much water as possible.

In addition to accumulating as much water as possible, a good commander will also destroy the opponent's water as much as possible to increase his chances of victory.

……

"Long live the Lord, and the prince, look at it."

Gao Qiqian said and pulled gently, followed by a brush.

Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong looked up and saw a huge yellow silk scroll hanging on the north wall of Yilun Hall falling, but after unfolding, it was a huge map.

This map fills the entire huge wall.

It is conservatively estimated that it is at least six meters high and more than ten meters long.

"Long live Lord, this is embroidered by the old slave with a few slaves and maids in the palace, and it took half a month to embroider."

Gao Qiqian pointed to the huge map, and his face smiled into a daisy: "Every mountain, every river, and every road on the map is embroidered according to the whole map newly drawn by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." ”

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already drawn out the whole map of the Ming Dynasty.

It must be admitted that this version of the Ming Dynasty map is very close to the maps of later generations.

After several years of busyness, the basic disciplines of the Ming Dynasty have been established one after another, including geography.

"Gao Companion, you have a heart." Chongzhen couldn't help but praise it, the eunuch really knows how to serve people.

With this map of the Ming Dynasty, it will be much more intuitive to make decisions related to the dispute between the Ming and Qing dynasties in the future.

Zhu Cihong scanned the map, then turned his head and asked Chongzhen: "Father, the son has something unknown. ”

Chongzhen noticed that Zhu Cihong was looking at Sichuan Province just now, so he asked, "Do you want to ask, why did my father launch the Sichuan War at the beginning of the year?" ”

"That's it." Zhu Cihong asked puzzledly, "This year and next year are the most critical two years to accumulate national strength and fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, shouldn't we accumulate strength at this time?" ”

Chongzhen said: "It's right to accumulate strength, but you can't waste food because of choking. ”

"Choking?" Zhu Cihong asked puzzledly, "What does my father mean by this?" ”

Chongzhen said: "My father's meaning is very simple, the battle of Sichuan will not consume too much national strength, let alone affect the strategic decisive battle with Jiannu, but it can be trained through the battle of Sichuan." ”

"Training?" Hearing this, Zhu Cihong somewhat understood Chongzhen's intentions.

"That's right, it's military training." Chongzhen said, "The opportunity for the new army to participate in the actual battle is still a little less, only 20,000 new troops were used to quell the Yunnan rebellion, and only 15,000 new troops were dispatched to Gaizhou Weijiagukou, and a considerable part of them participated in the battle of Yunnan first, and then went to Gaizhou Wei or Dagukou." ”

"This makes the number of new troops with actual combat experience seriously insufficient."

"Up to now, less than one-tenth of the new army has actual combat experience."

Less than 30,000 of the 270,000 recruits have actual combat experience, which is indeed a low percentage.

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "If you fight a decisive battle with Jiannu at this time, the Ming army will have the most fatal weakness compared to Jiannu, and the actual combat experience is too expensive and lacking!" ”

Lack of real combat experience, the results were disastrous.

Especially at the beginning of the war, there will be huge casualties.

Because almost all of Jiannu's side are veterans of a hundred battles.

Because of this, Chongzhen launched the Battle of Sichuan and transferred nearly half of the new army to Sichuan, the purpose of which was to allow the soldiers of the new army to receive battlefield training.

Although the combat effectiveness of the rebels is far inferior to that of Jiannu, it can always allow the new army to accumulate a little experience.

Even if there is no war, it is beneficial to just let the new army go to Sichuan and take the Shu Road.

"I see." Zhu Cihong nodded suddenly, and said, "In this way, my father transferred 100,000 new troops from Wuchang to Nanjing and Xuzhou more than a month ago, and he also wanted to use Jiannu to train his troops?" ”

More than a month ago, Chongzhen adjusted his troop deployment again.

Yang Weizhi's 100,000 soldiers have returned to Yunnan, Qin Liangyu only has 150,000 Huguang soldiers left, in addition to Li Xiangjun's 20,000 Zunyi soldiers, the remaining 100,000 new troops have changed their guards and returned to Wuchang, and the 100,000 new troops originally stationed in Wuchang were transferred to Xuzhou and Nanjing by Chongzhen.

Among them, 80,000 new troops were transferred to Xuzhou.

The remaining 20,000 new troops were transferred to Nanjing.

Before, Zhu Cihong didn't understand Chongzhen's intentions.

But now he has figured it out, or for training.

Chongzhen nodded and said, "I have this plan, but it may not be possible." ”

"Because Jiannu must have planted a lot of spies in our Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to know that we are not ready for a decisive battle with Jiannu at all, so Jiannu may not pay attention to the offensive posture we put on on the battlefield in Xuzhou, so the 80,000 new troops transferred to Xuzhou will not have a chance to train."

After a pause, he said: "However, the 20,000 new troops in Nanjing should have a chance." ”

Zhu Cihong was also thorough: "Father, so there is a big move in Dagukou?" ”

"It's not just Dagukou." Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "The action over there in Liaodong may be even greater. ”

In fact, before deciding to send Zhu Cijiong to lead the troops to North Korea, Chongzhen had already brewed a plan in his mind, a plan that could be braked statically, a plan that could greatly consume the manpower, material and military strength of Jiannu, in a word, that is, to consume Jiannu's manpower, material and military strength by all means, and weaken Jiannu's war potential as much as possible.

Then a month ago, after receiving an urgent delivery from Xu Yingwei, this plan finally took shape.

Out of secrecy, Chongzhen didn't even reveal half a word about his two sons.

"Liaodong?" Zhu Cihong's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "Father, should Xu Yingwei and the third brother send troops to attack the old capital of Jiannu, Shengjing?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian next to him also showed surprised expressions.

Chongzhen said: "Xu Yingweitang didn't mention it in the newspaper, but I expected him to fight Sheng Jing." ”

"But, Father, didn't you make a holy decree to strictly prohibit Xu Yingwei from attacking without authorization?" Zhu Cihong said, "Could it be that Xu Yingwei still dares to resist the decree?" ”

"Don't you hear that the king's life will be affected by the outside."

smiled, Chongzhen continued: "What's more, Xu Yingwei was originally a character who dared to do things, if such a good opportunity was missed, then he would no longer be Xu Yingwei." ”

Chongzhen still knows a lot about Xu Yingwei.