Chapter 11: Strategy

Zhu Youzhen burst into tears, although the unimaginable thing did not happen, but it was like it had happened, and now, although he did not lose the country, he felt like he had lost the country, and it hurt so much, how could he not cry with sadness.

He is very, he hates Zhu Chunchen, he hates Li Guozhen, he hates, he hates Wen Tiren, hates Zhou Yanru, hates Wei Zaode, hates Li Jiantai, these traitors have deceived him, if there is a loyal person, the Ming Dynasty will not be in decline, he hates himself even more, he thinks he is smart, but he is a traitor, he hates himself for having no eyes, thinking that the officials are all selfish desires, but he didn't expect that there are so many loyal ministers and good generals who will die generously.

Zhu Youzhen was in pain, and he also began to reflect, he felt that he was the most dim king, there was a crack in the ground, and he really wanted to get into it.

Wang Chengen is better, he has experienced countless ups and downs, a eunuch, alone, and does not have the feelings of normal people, but he also burst into tears and trembled.

Now, Wang Chengen is completely cheerful, as if he has figured out a lot of truths, and he doesn't care about Wang Jinlong robbing his East Factory, he thinks that maybe the East Factory is more useful in Wang Jinlong's hands, he is a eunuch, no one is a person, a ghost is not a ghost, what are you greedy for those powers? It is better than anything else to be able to live happily in the future.

Only those who have died once know the preciousness of life, although that incident did not happen, but Wang Chengen felt as if he had died once.

Wang Chengen has a question lingering, Tang Tong came, Liu Zeqing ran away, Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan was respected by the emperor, and he became the governor of Shanhaiguan at a young age, and he was a member of the first grade, and the emperor also named him an earl, he really obeyed Wu Xiang's words and did not come to rescue the capital?

Thinking about it carefully, it should be like this, otherwise Wang Jinlong said it so carefully, but he didn't mention Wu Sangui at all, Wang Jinlong only said that Wu Xiang wrote a letter, and Wu Sangui was delaying on the road.

"Wu Sangui, that bastard should be damned!" , Wang Chengen said hatefully.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly woke up, "Aiqing, is this Wu Sangui so disposed of?" Did you tell him to return to Ningyuan immediately? ”

There are two problems in this, Wu Sangui can't use it anymore, and Ning Yuan can't lose it.

Regarding this issue, Wang Jinlong had already thought about it, thought about it, and carefully considered it before he came, "No, tell him to withdraw all to Shanhaiguan." ”

"Which Ning Yuan just threw it away?"

"Your Majesty, you don't know anything about the situation in Liaodong! Ning Yuan is lonely and hangs outside the pass, and the current situation is that the forces of Jianyu have risen, and there is no problem in holding Ning Yuan for the time being, but it is of little significance. ”

"That's two hundred miles of land?"

Wang Jinlong wanted to say Zhu Youzhen, you made a mistake with Lao Jiang, and you knew that you were staring at the land and the city, "Your Majesty, you listen to the analysis of the ministers, the highest level of war is to destroy the enemy and save yourself, you remember a sentence, lose land and save people, people and land, save land and lose people, people and land, the biggest enemy of our dynasty is not Li Zicheng, but the Jianyu of Liaodong." Although it was very dangerous this time, it actually made Li Zicheng take advantage of the loophole, and it was just a mistake. ”

Wang Jinlong can only say this, in all fairness, Li Zicheng really didn't take advantage of the loophole, Li Zicheng has an army of one million, the strength is there, Jiang Hao and Wang Chengyin's surrender is inevitable, but Wang Jinlong's slight trick destroyed Li Zicheng's good deeds, because he knows the ins and outs of history.

Zhu Youzhen was stunned, "How can you say this?" ”

"Since that old boy in Narhachi established another dynasty, he has pressed the ambition of devouring our dynasty and occupying my Huahua world, but after all, they are a small clan, with a population of only more than one million, how many troops can they have? Isn't this a toad swallowing the sky? But people dare to think so, after many battles, the advantage of our dynasty has disappeared, but they can arbitrarily beat our dynasty, and Jianyu has waved his troops into the fortress several times, what is the situation? The emperor should have a deeper understanding than anyone else, right? I won't say what the specific reasons for the decadence of my dynasty are, and I can't explain it clearly in a sentence or two. If there was no Li Zicheng rebellion, maybe they would not dare to be so whimsical, but Li Zicheng galloped and fought with the imperial court, which made them see hope, for this reason, they formulated a basic strategy, which they themselves called cutting branches and weak cadres, which would be summed up as they weakened the power of our dynasty little by little, and when the opportunity came, swallow my Ming Dynasty in one bite. ”

Zhu Youzhen was completely stunned.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's stunned face, Wang Jinlong continued: "I know you don't believe it at all, but if you don't believe it, it's not good, the facts are the facts." They entered the fortress six times before, why not occupy the city and hold on, because they know that the cost of occupying a place and holding it is too great, not what they can afford, so, they enter the fortress is just to loot, rob people and rob people, rob people to make up for the lack of their population, rob things is to weaken the strength of our dynasty, by which it is later Huang Taiji, it can be said that he has a high strategic vision, very outstanding, he attaches great importance to winning over the elite of the Han people, all those who surrender to them are given very high treatment, Zu Dashou, Aren't Hong Chengchou all officials with them? Not to mention Fan Wencheng, Li Youfang, those scum, Huang Taiji's abolition of the slavery system is completely to win people's hearts, strengthen their strength, and let these plundered Han people contribute to them, they use the Eight Banners system, so they also compiled the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, so you should understand. ”

"They are very smart, they attach great importance to intelligence work, I don't know how many spies have been planted in your capital, whenever Li Zicheng is about to be extinguished, they will enter the jam, do you think it is a coincidence? Not at all! ”

When Wang Jinlong said this, Zhu Youzhen's eyes were about to burst out, and after carefully comparing what happened in the past, he found that it was really like this, "Aiqing, you are really superior!" ”

"Tall fart! The minister is studying history, can he still not know this? ”

Although Wang Jinlong spoke extremely rudely, too, too much, too disrespectful, Zhu Youzhen did not mean to blame Wang Jinlong at all.

It's another kind of surrender, a kind of intellectual surrender.

"Let me say this to you, Ning Yuan is lonely and hangs outside the pass, if Ning Yuan is besieged, do you still have soldiers to save you? The remaining governor of Shanhaiguan, Gao Di, is a coward with thousands of soldiers, whether he can hold Shanhaiguan is still a matter of talking! Therefore, it is the best policy to let Wu Sangui withdraw, don't stare at the two hundred miles of land, the entire Liaodong has been lost, do you still care about this? After Wu Sangui withdraws to Shanhaiguan, you will order Wu Sangui to prepare to recapture Ningyuan's lost territory, when to start and listen to the orders of the imperial court, the news from our side will soon reach Dunergon's ears, what do you say will happen to Dunergon? ”

"That must be to occupy Ning Yuan." , Zhu Youzhen replied.

"Not necessarily! Let me put it this way, Dun Ergon is not worse than his brother Huang Taiji, he has a very far-reaching strategic vision, he does not necessarily look at such a small place in his eyes, he is staring at the entire Ming Dynasty, so, you must keep the secret, do it very similarly, force Wu Sangui to prepare with great fanfare, no matter who is blind, you don't listen, you have to make Jianyu think that you really want to attack Ningyuan, in order to stabilize Jianyu and not enter the fortress again. This plan can only be known to the three of us, if it is known by Jianyu, what will be the consequences? I won't talk about it. ”

"If Jianyu enters the customs again, it won't be a robbery, he wants to overthrow your dynasty, the situation on our side is well known, this is not alarmist."

"Don't be afraid, isn't this me coming? Let me tell you, Jianyu is the little emperor on his side, and the major affairs of the court are controlled by Dun Ergon, but he is the fourteenth son of Narhachi, and there are several elder brothers above! These elder brothers are fighting for power and profit with him openly and secretly, those people don't have Dun Ergon's vision, they use the Eight Kings Discussion System, Don Erluo doesn't count if he says it alone, and the others will definitely keep an eye on Ning Yuan, which is powerful for us, at least it can temporarily stabilize the rat's tail. ”

"What do we do next?" , Zhu Youzhen had thoroughly understood his situation, so his nervous brain was sweating again.

"Don't be nervous, everything, let's arrange it calmly, Jiang Hao and Wang Chengyin in the west are time bombs, and they must be removed as soon as possible. There are ten days and a half months, Zhou Yuji's injury is almost healed, pick a thousand people to bring the brothers I brought over to Zhou Yuji, the emperor, you write a secret decree, so that Zhou Yuji raided and arrested Jiang Xuan, and then quickly arrested Wang Chengyin, Datong and Xuanfu have Zhou Yuji on the side, it will be fine, General Zhou Yuji will definitely go south, you secret letter told him to prepare first, wait for the order of the imperial court, the imperial court will make unified arrangements, if Li Zicheng Nasi heard that Zhou Yuji has mastered the soldiers and horses of Datong and Xuanfu, he must first think about how to avoid the war, so, The danger over there is lifted. ”

"Shi Kefa and Huang Degong are both loyal ministers, Huang Degong does not have many soldiers in his hands, and immediately went to find Shi Kefa after receiving the order of King Qin of the imperial court, Shi Kefa heard that there was danger in the capital and immediately prepared the army, and it is estimated that at this time the two people had already led the troops on the road. At present, it is necessary to select a general to lead the troops to clear the rogues occupying the canal and restore the water transportation, otherwise, it is estimated that the capital will be cut off, and once the capital has no food, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Of course, Zhu Youzhen understands this truth, "But I don't have such a person in my hands?" ”

Wang Jinlong looked at Zhu Youzhen, "Hehe! Don't be nervous, Your Majesty! The minister recommended one person. ”

"Who?"

"Baoding Chief Military Officer Ma Dai."

"Ma Dai?"

"That's right! Ma Dai! Promote Ma Dai as the governor of Jiliao, prepare to succeed Wang Yongguang in the future to preside over the defense of Zunhua to Juyong Pass, so that Ma Dai came to the capital alone, selected 2,000 soldiers from the Gyeonggi garrison and handed them to Ma Dai, Ma Dai is brave, will be able to sweep both sides of the canal, promote Liu Zhongsi of the Baoding Chinese Army as the general army of Baoding, and order Liu Zhongsi to lead troops to Bauhinia Pass and Reverse Maguan to make an attack posture and threaten Li Zicheng. ”

"The emperor can write a secret letter to Ma Dai, once Ma Dai and Shi Kefa meet, order Shi Kefa to arrest Liu Zeqing, and then bring the soldiers and horses from Shandong to Beijing to strengthen the defense of northern Beijing, in case of accidents, so that Huang Degong led troops to temporarily garrison eastern Henan, continue to eliminate the officials and troops sent by Li Zicheng to eastern Henan and Shandong, protect the smooth flow of the canal, and threaten Li Zicheng from the direction of eastern Henan."

Wang Chengen, who had not spoken all the time and was standing on the side and listening carefully, was overjoyed, "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang is thoughtful, his plan is too high, too complete, and it is completely feasible!" ”