Duoduo wants to negotiate peace, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally can't agree directly, otherwise he will definitely be drowned by the spitting stars of the Manchu Dynasty, and he can't afford to lose this face.

These ministers at the end of the Ming Dynasty couldn't do practical things, but they pretended to be moral gentlemen and attacked their colleagues, but they were more energetic than one another.

However, Emperor Chongzhen himself can't make this decision, which doesn't mean that Zhou Shixian, the master of the horse, can't do it. In other words, it is not appropriate for Zhou Shixian, the master of the horse, to do it, but it is precisely because of this that Chongzhen can kill two birds with one stone.

Well, that's right, Emperor Chongzhen thought about throwing the pot again, and the object of this dumping became his son-in-law. Of course, what has never changed is that Zhou Shixian is also a person who does practical things.

In the eighteen years since Chongzhen ascended the throne, many capable ministers and generals who have died because of this, and there are countless capable ministers and generals who have carried the black pot for him.

And the implementation of this task, is now become the supervision of the army of the military department Shangshu Shi Kefa, he with Chongzhen's holy decree, set off from Nanjing, soon arrived in Fengyang, Zhou Shixian in order to welcome, but also personally out of the city to greet the prestige of the gentleman model in the south of the Yangtze River.

In terms of appearance, Zhou Shixian thinks that he will not lose to anyone.

In the holy decree to Zhou Shixian, Chongzhen did not explain whether it was "to negotiate peace" or "not to negotiate peace", but gave the decision to Zhou Shixian, and in another private letter, he strongly hinted that Zhou Shixian could pretend to negotiate peace, and suddenly struck a blow when the Qing army pulled out the camp.

Shi Kefa agrees with this strategy very much, and feels that such a clever plan will definitely succeed. As everyone knows, this is what Duoduo wants, if such a thing is unpredictable, then he has fought for so many years in vain.

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't realize this at all, and only felt that he was a natural general, a military wizard unparalleled in the world.

And Zhou Shixian didn't even need Wang Chaodong's news, as soon as he saw the holy decree, he had already roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter, as well as the little Jiujiu in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.

You must know that this victory on the south bank of the Huai River is of great significance to the Ming army and the Ming Dynasty, which has been declining for a long time.

But what Duoduo thinks, Zhou Shixian is not so sure. After all, under the instigation of his butterfly wings, the wheel of history has reversed its direction, and he can only judge cautiously where it will go next.

However, what is certain is that there is not much time left for the Qing army, but how bold the Qing army is, how Li Zicheng is on the Huguang side, whether he will die in Jiugong Mountain this time, and even what the situation in the whole country is, whether the southern Mongolia in the north and the outer Mongolia will take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Qing army is dragged on the Huanghuai-Huguang line and take advantage of the weakness will affect the actions of the Qing army.

"Don't negotiate peace with the Qing army, this is very likely to be a strategy for the Qing army to delay time and retreat calmly, or it is to repair the plank road in the open and secretly Chen Cang, wanting to use the peace negotiation to cover up their military actions. If you believe the chief's words, I am afraid that you will be caught off guard. Zhang Huangyan is unequivocally opposed to the negotiation of peace.

"The last general also feels that peace is unnegotiable, otherwise it will be a heavy blow to the millions of people in the north who are still concerned about the Ming Dynasty, and it will also have an extremely adverse impact on the morale of our soldiers and soldiers." Xue Lao Er also agreed on the side, he and Zhang Huangyan are very compatible now, and they don't dislike each other's verbosity.

"However, if the Tartars really want to negotiate peace, the last general feels that it is not impossible, and now the strength of the Tartars is still very strong, and if they fight hard, the result will inevitably be a defeat for both sides."

Zheng Chenggong sank his voice, and then continued: "But if we can delay it for another year and a half, and the horses will train another 350,000 strong army, and stabilize the two fulcrums of Huguang, Yungui and Guizhou, when the Qing army comes back in the next year, we will be able to annihilate it calmly."

Zheng Chenggong's strategic vision is indeed good, and the strategy he said is indeed safe, and it belongs to steady and steady fighting. But the problem is that the Qing army has to be really instigated and dare not fight.

However, compared to Zheng Chenggong, who has already made great contributions, the other generals in the house are not so recognized by this matter, and they are all gossiping and expressing their opinions, for them, now is a good time to make contributions, and after that big victory, Tartar is already synonymous with military merit in their eyes.

These generals of the new army did not have the fear of the original Ming army for the Tartars to penetrate into the bone marrow, they had only heard that the Tartars were strong and invulnerable. But after this period of competition with the other party, they have completely scoffed at those statements, don't believe them at all, and even have a kind of self-confidence after discovering the truth.

Zhou Shixian listened to the discussion of the generals in the army, and did not rush to close the coffin, but turned his head to look at Shi Kefa and Wang Chaodong, who had just arrived in Fengyang City, and said: "Shi Gebu, what do you think of this matter, the emperor did not make it clear in the holy decree, and I have never had such a precedent in the Ming Dynasty, and what the generals in the army said is also very reasonable!" ”

Of course, Zhou Shixian had to pretend to be confused at this time, since Emperor Chongzhen threw this pot over, then Zhou Shixian would take it well, but he didn't plan to carry it on his back, isn't this Shi Kefa's Shi Pavilion Department coming, then throw it to him, as the so-called "Zhu Zhou relay, Kefa takes the blame." ”

Shi Kefa seemed to have been prepared, he did not hesitate at all, and arched his hand towards Zhou Shixian and the generals at all levels in the house, and then raised his head and said: "Master Ma is right, I have never had a tradition of negotiating peace with the Tartars, not now, and not in the future. His Majesty's meaning is actually to pretend to negotiate peace, and then take the Tartars by surprise.

Now that the Tartars have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, their vitality is greatly damaged, and they will inevitably not be able to fight again, if they can take the opportunity of peace to relax and defeat them in one fell swoop, and restore Henan and Shandong, and even Beizhili, it will be possible. ”

When Zhou Shixian heard this, he nodded approvingly, Wang Chaodong and Lu Jiude are both talents, and they really made Emperor Chongzhen and those ministers in the court believe the rumor that he killed 50,000 Qing troops.

And the other Ming army generals in the house, all of them beat drums in their hearts, where did these tens of thousands of statements come from?

"Shi Gebu, as soon as you say this, this horse will understand what is going on, can you elaborate on how this plan should be implemented?" Zhou Shixian dug the tunnel with sincerity.

"That's right, Shi Gebu, you can be more detailed, we haven't read a book, we really can't turn a corner!" How could Xue Lao Er, a human spirit, not know what Zhou Shixian was thinking in his heart, and as soon as he saw the sincere eyes of the master of the horse, he hurriedly cooperated.

"This is all the Holy Lord's strategy and foresight, we just need to do what we are told."

Shi Kefa listened to the flattery of Zhou Shixian and Xue Laoer, and was overjoyed, this feeling that everyone in the world was drunk and only he was awake made this famous Shi Gebu very useful. It's just that the first sentence he spoke, he put the pot back on Emperor Chongzhen's body, and I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

"Your Majesty's meaning, since the Qing army has taken the initiative to show weakness, it is a precursor that is difficult to support, in this case, why don't we take advantage of the Qing army's contempt for our army's psychology and pretend to negotiate peace with the Qing army, which of course needs to withstand some pressure, but as long as the Qing army pulls out the camp, it will suddenly attack and win in one fell swoop. At that time, the people of the world, civil and military officials, will naturally understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts. ”

"The Shi Pavilion Department is right, the emperor has taken great pains, and he would rather bear the infamy of the ages than lure the Qing army to relax, so why should we not obey the order?" Zhou Shixian directly filled in the pit, and stepped on it casually, which was compacted.

And since Zhou Shixian, the main general of the first army, has already spoken, the other generals naturally have nothing to say, and they have agreed to this strategy. Anyway, it was just a fake peace, and it did not prevent them from making contributions.

After Shi Kefa, Wang Chaodong and others left, Zhou Shixian's military meeting was reconvened, and Xue Laoer, Zhang Huangyan, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye, Sun Hu, Li Daxi and others gathered together again.

They are now not only the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but also the people of the Horse Group, and the latter is obviously more important than the former, and many people actually know that the so-called military discussion just now is for Shi Kefa to see, and it can't be taken seriously.

"Horse, do you really want to negotiate peace?" Xue Lao Er always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"It should just be a façade."

Zhou Shixian squinted his eyes, and then said: "Although we say to the outside world that the Tartars have suffered tens of thousands of casualties, in fact, the core Eight Banners soldiers have only lost more than 1,000, and the feudal soldiers are only 2,000. ”

"What do you mean by the horse, the Qing army wants to lure us over to attack, and then ambush us?"

Zheng Chenggong immediately reacted, "If that's the case, everything makes sense." However, now that it is getting hot day by day, the Tartars have been fighting for more than half a year, perhaps not because of the loss of troops, but because the army is already tired. ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Shixian nodded, what Zheng Chenggong said is indeed possible: "There are both possibilities, but we can't just guess like this, if we guess wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable." Therefore, we have to take the lead and turn the passive into the active. ”

"Turning reactive into proactive?" The generals in the house, you look at me, I look at you, but they don't understand the meaning of Zhou Shixian's words.

"Since we can't guess, let's not guess."

Zhou Shi smiled meaningfully, and then said solemnly: "First pretend not to agree to the peace negotiation, pull with the Qing army, and put forward some conditions to drag them, so that they think that we want to continue to negotiate peace, just to save face." We didn't wait for them to pull out the camp, and at that time, we gave him an unexpected night attack. ”