Emperor Chongzhen no longer asked about money and food, but began to get into the topic. At this time, everyone was summoned to discuss the overall strategic matters of the Battle of Jinzhou.

At this time, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, were there, and Liu Yan and other chief military officers were unable to interject, so they all kept silent, watching Chen Xinjia and Hong Chengchou go-for-tat.

Chen Xinjia advocated a four-way offensive strategy in front of Emperor Chongzhen, believing that the Ming army had 250,000 people, and should divide the troops to attack together, so that the slaves and thieves could not take care of each other, so that the war in Liaodong may be decided by a war.

Hong Chengchou resolutely denied it, believing that this battle was a gamble on the fortunes of the country for the Ming Dynasty, and the same was true for the slaves, so the slaves and thieves would definitely come to the country this time, and their troops would probably not be less than the Ming army.

"The strength of the two sides is equal, our army will not have much advantage in terms of strength, so if we divide our forces to attack, will we repeat the fiasco of the Battle of Sarhu?"

Hong Chengchou is older in military affairs, in contrast, Emperor Chongzhen still trusts Hong Chengchou more, and Hong Chengchou is close to Ningjin, so he knows more about the war ahead, and his views are more practical.

Although from the heart, Emperor Chongzhen supported Chen Xinjia's plan, and also desperately hoped that the Ming Dynasty could have a big victory to boost the fear of the Qing army since Wanli. However, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and one carelessness is to repeat the mistakes of the Daling River, and the result of the destruction of the elite of the nine sides is unacceptable to Emperor Chongzhen no matter what.

So at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was a little wavering, desperately hoping that everyone could give him a pertinent opinion.

Although today is the first time to meet Liu Yan, Liu Yan has two victories against the Qing army, as well as the killing of Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Wenxiu.

Chen Xinjia, Zhang Ruoqi and others have said enough, and Hong Chengchou has also talked for a long time, so Emperor Chongzhen asked the chief military officers present to also express their opinions and express their opinions.

However, with Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia present, everyone did not dare to go over, but they just expressed their attitude one after another, and they should do their best to fight for the country diligently.

After everyone finished speaking, only Liu Yan still didn't say a word, and everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Yan at this time.

Emperor Chongzhen also said: "Why doesn't Liu Zongbing talk about it? ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said: "Dare to fight, can Your Majesty take the map of Liaodong?" ”

Previously, everyone said some empty words, or directly expressed their determination, only Liu Yan was so pragmatic, Emperor Chongzhen was happy in his heart, and immediately ordered someone to take the map of Liaodong.

Hong Chengchou, Chen Xinjia and the chief military officers all changed color slightly, but they didn't expect Liu Yan to dare to talk in detail in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

Wu Sangui frowned slightly, unable to figure out whether Liu Yan was proud of his talent or did not know how to advance or retreat. Tang Tong and Ma Ke were waiting to see the jokes, in the eyes of the two of them, the last person to talk about in front of the emperor was Yuan Chonghuan, who was cut by a thousand knives, presumably after this Liu Yan finished speaking, the end would not be too good.

Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao were very worried, and the two kept signaling with their eyes, wanting to suggest that Liu Yan should be cautious and not talk nonsense.

Wang Pu and the rest of the chief officers also had different expressions, and everyone was muttering to themselves in their hearts.

Soon, a map of Liaodong was taken.

This map is naturally the most detailed map of the Ming Dynasty, although it is much worse than the military maps of later generations, but it has been extremely standard, and it is very different from the impressionist map that Liu Yan saw before. The maps that circulated outside the Ming Dynasty were often extremely exaggerated due to the need for secrecy. The picture in front of you is much more real.

Liu Yan first clenched his fists and confessed to Emperor Chongzhen, then stood up, pointed to the cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan on the map, and said: "Your Majesty, please see, the current situation is obvious, and the strategy of the Eastern Captives is to use Jinzhou as a bait to implement the strategy of encircling and sending reinforcements. Therefore, the nearly 200 miles from Jinzhou to Ningyuan is the most critical place. This distance is a long grain road, and the army of slaves and thieves will definitely find ways to cut off the grain and grass of our army. Even if our army has 250,000 elites, it will not escape the end of the entire army! ”

Zhang Ruoqi and others all nodded, Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and other general soldiers also looked solemn, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, if the grain road was cut off, no matter how strong the soldiers and horses were, it would be an empty shelf.

Emperor Chongzhen also frowned and pondered, and Liu Yan continued: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Jiliaohong has said that this battle should be fought and defended, and the troops should not be divided, so as not to be broken by the army of slaves and thieves. In this way, my 250,000 troops will be gathered in one place, and where will they be gathered? It's Matsuyama! ”

Of course, everyone understands that Songshan and Xingshan, Tashan, and Ningyuan rely on each other and support each other, and if they are Hong Chengchou, they will definitely be arranged like this.

Liu Yan said: "My nine-sided army is gathered, and there are only 40,000 slaves in Jinzhou at this time, will they meet our army with 40,000 people?" The slave chieftains' plans are not small, nor are they idle people, and they will definitely come to the country at that time, where will they attack our army? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan's right hand turned into an arrow, and went west from Jinzhou to the Xiaoling River and the Daughter River, and then bypassed the Xingshan Mountain Range, and suddenly turned eastward, focusing on Xingshan Fort, and said: "This is it!" ”

Everyone was shocked, Emperor Chongzhen was also pale, his whole body was cold, Liu Yan asserted that the slaves and thieves would come to the country, which was very likely.

When the slave army stormed Xingshan Fort, there were not many troops on the back road, how to resist? Moreover, the Xingshan Mountains are not far from the sea, and Dongnu is the best at digging trenches, and even digging several long trenches in front of Xingshan Fort, as in Jinzhou, and the Songshan army immediately cut off the connection with the rear.

If the army has no food and grass, there is a chance that it will be defeated, and countless efforts will also disappear. Once these 250,000 troops are defeated, they will be in danger!

Emperor Chongzhen snorted heavily, and said secretly in his heart: "There is the right to the front, there is no defense, Hong Chengchou said that he is old in military affairs, and he can't see such an obvious mistake?" ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had the idea of replacing Hong Chengchou, but now that there is no one available in the court, he pressed this thought again.

On the side, Hong Chengchou was also shocked when he heard this, and then glared at Liu Yan, he attached so much importance to Liu Yan, but this person demolished my platform in front of His Majesty, what is his intention!

Liu Yan naturally noticed Hong Chengchou's gaze, but he was not afraid: "Jokes! Lao Tzu will not let himself and 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers take risks in order to give you face! ”

At this time, Chen Xinjia was overjoyed, and secretly said that Liu Yan was indeed a genius in governing the army and fighting wars, and he was also outstanding in terms of strategy.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately said: "As the saying goes: before the victory, the first defeat, into the reinforcement army to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, at least to ensure that it is undefeated, right?" If the army is in a desperate situation, where will I find reinforcements? ”

Hong Chengchou immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, this is the negligence of the minister, fortunately, General Liu reminded that the minister must defend the back road with heavy troops to prevent the slaves and thieves from cutting off our army's food route!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Xingshan and said, "So it's the best!" The back road of the army must be guarded, what is the strategy of the rest, General Liu carefully came for me. ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw that Hong Chengchou was compared to Liu Yan, and he was convinced of Liu Yan, and couldn't wait for Liu Yan to continue to speak.

Liu Yan knew that he had enough to say this, after all, the commander of the army was Hong Chengchou, and if he continued to talk about it, he would be acting on behalf of him, completely offending Hong Chengchou to death, and he would be deliberately targeted on the battlefield.

Now Liu Yan reminded Hong Chengchou that it would be good to accept it when he saw it, so Liu Yan said: "The next thing is to fight with the slaves in Songshan and Xingshan. Step by step, see who can consume whom. If there is an opportunity, you can implement the four-way offensive strategy that Chen Xinjia said. ”

"My army is outside, and the thieves don't dare to attack Jinzhou to the death. There are few soldiers in the east, it is not easy to form an army, one less to die, they can't consume my Ming, as long as they feel that the gains outweigh the losses, they will automatically withdraw the army, and the siege of Jinzhou will be lifted. They retreated, and their spirit was lost. If my division is vigorous, he can attack the Daling River and the Yizhou lands, and regain the lost land for my Ming Dynasty. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded again and again, Liu Yan's plan is still very safe, and this is what Hong Chengchou has always planned, and Emperor Chongzhen also knows it, so Liu Yan said this at this time, which can be regarded as giving Hong Chengchou a face.

Emperor Chongzhen groaned, although he really wanted a brilliant victory, he also felt that this was unrealistic. If you recapture Uiju and other places, you will have an explanation for the government and the opposition. The recovery of the lost land is also a great victory, and the benefits of boosting the morale of the army are self-evident.

This summons ended when Shen Shi was summoned, and everyone was excited, and they were still intoxicated by the dialogue between Fang Cai and the emperor.

The next day, outside the Desheng Gate.

At the beginning of the day, the perimeter of the school field outside the Desheng Gate was already crowded with people, and today was the moment of the emperor's military parade, and almost all the people in Beijing were able to move. The taller buildings near the school field are all covered by people, and the houses at the entrance of each alley on the side of the school field are also densely packed with people.

From Deshengmen Avenue to the entrance of the school field, there was a tidal flow of people, which was busy with the soldiers and soldiers of Shuntianfu, who, together with the soldiers of the Beijing camp, formed a cordon, leaving the surging flow of people outside, and they were tired and sweating profusely.

In the school field, the soldiers and horses of the new army, Xuanzhen army, Datong army, Shanxi army and other towns in Qinglai Town lined up in their own formations, and they were already standing neatly and solemnly on the school field. They were lined up one after another, with almost no end in sight.

Only some of the more than 250,000 soldiers who went out to fight were located in the school grounds, and most of them were still assembled outside the school grounds, after all, the school field could not accommodate so many soldiers and horses.

There are also countless celebrities and nobles in Beijing who have been allowed to enter the school field, and a huge school field is crowded, and the field is densely packed with people except for heads.

At the right time, there was a sound of long live in the capital, and the sound came along the way, and the huge sound wave seemed to blow away the clouds in the sky. In the sound of music, Emperor Chongzhen was opened by 3,000 cavalry of the Shenshu battalion, and his big driving book continued to enter the school field.

Pulled by twelve horses, before his big wheel, dense yellow lu, missionary, sue yi, green dragon building, white tiger building, Xuanwu building, as well as all kinds of single dragon fan, double dragon fan, embroidery fan and so on emerge in endlessly, showing the majesty of the emperor, broad and solemn.

After the book, there were civil and military officials who followed intensively.

The teaching workshop played the song of good luck, and the grand movement sounded the emperor and the emperor, and the far away Yu Tang. Heqinghai Yanxi, Wufu Minkang. Wei Jia Yi fangxi, virtue was Rong Qiang ......"

In the loud music, Emperor Chongzhen rode a horse to parade, he was dressed in military uniform, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet, wearing long armor, and wearing arms and hands, hanging a sword at his waist, and the armor was painted bright yellow.

Hong Chengchou, Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao and others were also dressed in military uniforms, riding horses and ranking side by side.

Everyone gathered around Emperor Chongzhen and marched on horseback, passing in front of one army formation after another.

In the military formation, a majestic voice suddenly shouted My Emperor, long live! ”

All the soldiers shouted in unison, hooray, hooray! ”

The sound is imposing, and it seems to reach thousands of miles. Countless people raised their weapons to win! Wansheng! Wansheng!

Emperor Chongzhen was on the horse, looking at the jubilant army, and his mood was excited. Especially when passing through several phalanxes of the new army in Qinglai Town, Emperor Chongzhen was even more shocked by the appearance and equipment of the new army, and his excitement was beyond words.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen silently prayed in his heart for the protection of his ancestors and ancestors, blessed the victory of Liaodong in this battle, and also blessed future generations to be able to prosper the Ming Dynasty.

Some people died, but not completely......