Xiong Chu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Just got a big victory, and it is supposed that Xiong Chu should be happy.

But Prince Xiong, who was originally very happy and enthusiastic, was also in a very good mood when he talked about many affairs with the military advisor Wan Lian.

In particular, Wan Lian emphasized: "There are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in the world, only unchanging interests." Since the time of Lin Dan Khan, the whole of Mongolia has become a wolf without fangs, which has lost its former sharpness. ”

Xiong Chu was very interested in these contents, so he was not in a bad mood.

However, in order to determine the next course, it is necessary to understand the changes in the forces of each side.

In order to understand these changes, Wan Lian summoned the thirty-six ghost knives that had just returned from the Jingshi side, and then made a detailed report.

After talking about the situation of the Chahar tribe, Bahrain, Khalkha five tribes, Naiman, Ao Han, Fried Flower, Karaqin and other tribes of Lin Dan Khan in Eastern Mongolia, he also said some dynamics of Nurhachi, the Jurchen Tatar of Jianzhou, which made Xiong Chu understand a lot in his heart.

However, according to the plan determined by himself and Wan Lian before, if it is necessary to create a "Uncle Liu Huang" of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", then the most core force must be involved.

This core strength is the military strength of the Liaodong side of the Ming Dynasty.

If Xiong Chu hadn't listened to these things, naturally nothing would have happened.

But he just listened, and listened very carefully, and repeatedly asked about some things that he didn't hear clearly.

If you don't hear it clearly, it's okay to say, the key is that he understands everything, so Xiong Chu rolls his eyes angrily.

The thing that made Xiong Chu so angry that he almost vomited blood was actually very simple, but it was just three words: Yuan Chonghuan!

Yuan Chonghuan, a native of Liangguang, was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of 36 in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), and was appointed to Shaowuzhi County, Fujian, and had no common sense about the northern border pass.

Adhering to the consistent style of the Daming civil official group, Yuan Chonghuan knew that only by seizing military power could he soar. When he was in Shaowuzhi County, Fujian, his favorite thing to do was to talk to people about it.

However, as a local parent official, Yuan Chonghuan never talked about people's livelihood issues, but held a book on what kind of war, and specially pulled others to talk about the art of war.

Whenever he met veterans who had been discharged, Yuan Chonghuan would take money out to entertain them and discuss things with them, so he thought that he had a better understanding of the situation of the border plug and had the talent to guard the border pass.

Last year, that is, in the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Yuan Chonghuan, who had been the county magistrate for three years, went to Beijing to report on his work, and was promoted to serve in the military department by the "Disui Xingtong Gibbon" in the "Donglin Point General Record".

Soon after, the Quang Ninh army was defeated by Nurhachi, so the imperial court discussed sending another person to guard the Shanhaiguan. After Yuan Chonghuan learned the news, he thought that he didn't have anything big anyway, so he immediately went out of the gate to check the terrain alone.

After returning to the court, Yuan Chonghuan asked to meet the emperor, and proclaimed: "As long as I can give me enough money and food for soldiers and horses, I can guard Shanhaiguan alone." ”

Because of the mediation of the Donglin Party's imperial historian, the ministers of the DPRK and China naturally praised Yuan Chonghuan's talent.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse was busy with his work as a genius carpenter, and with a stroke of his pen, he made an exception and promoted Yuan Chonghuan to be the commander of Liaodong and the governor of the army outside the Guan. and allocated 200,000 yuan in money, and let him recruit troops.

Yuan Chonghuan, who had been the magistrate of Shaowu County in Fujian for three years, flew to the high position of the Governor Shanhaiguan overnight, and the number of soldiers and horses under his command and the logistics supply front was more than the total population of a county under his jurisdiction!

"Strategist, I really can't figure it out. Xiong Chu kept patting his forehead and said: "After serving as a county magistrate in a remote southern town for three years, he became a general in charge overnight, and it is related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty in Shanhaiguan." Can't you lead troops without scholars, is there really no one in my Ming Dynasty?"

"Lord, you still don't understand. Wan Lian shook his head: "Now it is the civil officials who have the final say, Yuan Chonghuan likes to talk about it the most, and after entering Beijing, he will directly worship under the Donglin Party Hou Suimen, of course, this is what it is now." ”

"That's not all!" Qiu Boming, the leader of the Thirty-sixth Ghost Knife, said: "This Yuan Chonghuan is very powerful, and he has come together with Wei Zhongxian in less than half a year after entering Beijing. He is between the civil official group and the eunuch group, and now he wants the wind to be windy, to rain and rain, like a fish in water. ”

Not to mention, not long after Yuan Chonghuan arrived, he fell out with his immediate boss Wang Zaijin and didn't listen to the command at all. Moreover, he reported to the head of the imperial court, Ye Xiang, and Gao Daxiao at every turn, so that Wang Zaijin, Zhang Yingwu, Xing Shenyan and others had no way to handle military affairs normally, and they all fell into a defense with the court. ”

Wan Lian filmed the handsome case: "In the long run, it is unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty not to die." Lord, do you think that Yuan Chonghuan's premise is to give him enough money and food for soldiers and horses, so how much money, how much food, and how many soldiers and horses does the imperial court need to give him?"

"A country's population, taxes, and products all have a fixed number, and if Yuan Chonghuan continues to do nonsense, the treasury will definitely be empty, and the people will be fed. At that time, there is no need for foreign enemies to come in, and the Ming Dynasty will collapse on its own!"

Prince Xiong was a little disheartened: "Strategist, what is the point of what we do if you say that it goes on like this?"

"Of course it makes sense!" Huang Yanying suddenly came in from outside: "If Senior Brother pulls the flag and rebels now, we can put in 150,000 troops along the Yellow River within three months through the guò Zhongzhou beggar gang." Then kill into the Beijing Division, clean out all the eunuch groups and civil official groups, and everything will be fine!"

Xiong Chu was already on fire, but now when he heard Huang Yanying being so rebellious, he suddenly burst out: "Nonsense! This is not to save the country, but to make trouble." ”

Yan Erniang also came in later, and saw that Xiong Chu was so angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Xianggong doesn't need to be angry, in fact, we have all discussed it, Ying'er's statement is not a solution." ”

"I also agree with Ying'er's opinion!" Lan'er, who never took the initiative to express her opinion, also came: "But I have one thing to add, that is, we have to move outside the Great Wall to the north of Xuanfu as much as possible. Then the north and south struck, and the Jingshi went down with a drum, and the emperor is your brother. ”

All the people who came added fuel to the fire, but in the face of Yan Erniang and Lan'er, even if Xiong Chu had great anger, he could only hold it in his stomach now.

Xiong Chu and Wan Lian usually discuss issues, but these people don't take the initiative to participate, why did they arrive at the same time today?

It turned out that when he was transferred from Chongfu Temple in Shuozhou City to Jingde Villa in Shentou Town, after seeing 600 elite soldiers, Huang Yanying first found the military master Wan Lian in private.

Both of them are readers, so they can naturally find a lot of topics together, and they talk very speculatively.

Especially on the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, both of them have similar opinions and opinions, and Huang Yanying explained the tasks she shouldered.

Huang Yanying's meaning is very clear: the current situation is already very critical, I hope that the military advisor Wan Lian will work together with him, and he must do his best to transform his senior brother into a hegemonic figure, and don't always think about being a good little killer.

Scholars are good at this, and they can listen to the strings and know the elegance.

It was really a drum without a hammer, and Wan Lian quickly understood: these people around Xiong Chu had their own ideas, and they were very ambitious, not ordinary mediocre people.

As time passed, the military advisor Wan Lian had contact with Yan Erniang and Lan'er successively, and found that everyone had already reached a tacit understanding, but a problem had not been solved, so I didn't know what to do.

This problem is: as the leader, the bear prince has always held the concept of being alone.

Prince Xiong is the blood of the emperor, and he still has the legacy inherited from his ancestors, has the appeal that everyone lacks, and has a fair and honest reason to come forward to do great things.

However, these people around Prince Xiong were either his junior sisters, his women, or his righteous sons and apprentices, and they couldn't say too much in front of him.

Even Miao Sanguan, who is only eight buckets tall, can't do it, because Xiong Chu is Miao Sanguan's life-saving benefactor.

To put it mildly, Miao Sanguan, Zhang Rulian, and Miao Ruolan, a family of three, all regard themselves as Xiong Chu's house slaves in their hearts, and the only thing they can do is to die, and it is certainly not appropriate to talk too seriously.

Wan Lian is different, there is no obvious master-servant status between him and Prince Xiong, and they have completely equal status.

At least before Xiong Chu took the initiative to take the lead, Wan Lian and him were equal, and they naturally spoke a lot more casually, of course, they could talk seriously.

Because of this, Wan Lian talked about the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" a few days ago, and emphasized "Liu Bei Liu Huangshu".

The reason why Liu Bei is mentioned is that Huang Yanying and Wan Lian have already calculated: if Xiong Chuhui's original surname is fù, his identity is the character "You", and the current emperor Zhu Youxiao is an uncle and brother. Zhu Changxun, the Fuwang of Luoyang, is the uncle of Prince Xiong.

The Ghost Knife Thirty-six all returned this time because Yuan Chonghuan soared from a small scholar who had just been admitted to the Jinshi Examination and mastered the lifeblood of the imperial court - the army on the front line of Shanhaiguan, and directly faced Nurhachi, the most outstanding representative of the Jurchen Tartars.

As long as anyone with a trace of military common sense knows that Yuan Chonghuan is inferior to Zhao Kuo back then. Although Zhao Kuo is boastful, he is from a military family.

But Yuan Chonghuan came out of the Jinshi in the Bagu Literary Examination, and his ancestors have lived in the remote and remote coastal area of Liangguang for generations, so he is an idiot for the environment and character habits in the north, how can he resist the treacherous and cunning Nurhachi?

There is no doubt that the complete collapse of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if you don't seize the favorable opportunity at this time, you won't be able to buy regret medicine all over the world at that time.

There are three key factors for Wan Lian, Huang Yanying, Yan Erniang, and Lan'er to unify their opinions:

First of all, Yuan Chonghuan is bullshit, and he has just presided over the border military for half a year, so there is no need to worry at all.

Secondly, in the past twenty years on the side of the Jurchen Tartars in Jianzhou, all the young and strong men have followed Nurhachi out to fight, and the vast fields are cultivated by slaves who have come from looting.

The most important thing is that there is a famine in Jianzhou, and the people can't survive at all, and more than 100,000 people have fled and hid in Mao Wenlong's territory.

Thirdly, and a very crucial factor, Lin Dan Khan was unpopular on the Mongol side, and although Nurhachi wanted to annex the whole of Mongolia, he had no food supply inside and could not meet the long-distance expeditions of the army.

The Mongolian side could not be integrated for the time being, and it was impossible for Lin Dan Khan to directly threaten the Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui lines.

Now is the safest moment on the northern front of the Ming Dynasty, so Yan Erniang proposed a plan, which was unanimously approved by everyone:

First, immediately organize an elite team to infiltrate Shanhaiguan, this team is composed of Xiong Chu, Yan Erniang, Lan'er, Huang Yanying, Fang Qianxun, Xia Yun, and Mandaili's White Phoenix Guards. The main task is to kill Yuan Chonghuan, arrest Sun Chengzong, a scholar of the military department, and then take down all the leading generals of Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop.

Second, Wan Lian immediately led a large army to infiltrate Shuozhou City to plot against Zhang Ying, suddenly attacked Datong Fortress from the inside, captured the chief soldier Jiang Zhiyong, and killed the acting king Zhu Naijun. Then he waved his army east to enter Xuanfu and directly took down the Beijing Division.

Third, at the same time, Huang Yanying Feige passed a book, ordering the Zhongzhou Beggars Gang and the Yellow River Pai Gang to first control Luoyang, Tongguan and Hujiao Pass, and then ordered Miao Sanguan to urgently move north, then the major event was decided. I734