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Chapter 683
However, when they saw a servant push out a table-like object and remove a piece of red cloth covering it, they suddenly realized that the emperor wanted to discuss military affairs.

Most of the courtiers know this thing.Especially Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi, because they have a bigger one, this one, which is called the sand table.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen started with a joke was to attract everyone's attention and reduce their consideration of civil and military relations present.At this time, after seeing the sand table cloth being lifted, he restrained himself a little and joked: "This is the terrain around Jinzhou in Liaodong, and I specially asked people to make it out."

Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but feel his heart tense, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, could it be that Jinzhou Jianlu found out that Lushun was taken over by me, Daming?"

"Where is the new army, where is the new army?" Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, also immediately followed up and asked.At the same time, I thought in my heart that from the perspective of the Korean War, there is no doubt that the new army is strong, at least it will not be afraid of Jianlu.With the new army here, Lushun has no worries!

Seeing that there were still courtiers who wanted to speak, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "My dearest ministers, please listen to me first."

"Your minister is reckless!" Wen Tiren apologized first.

The Emperor Chongzhen saw that Shen Yongmao seemed to want to speak, so he hurried to speak first, otherwise the meeting would be a little watery: "Lu Zhongcheng reported that Jinzhou Jianlu seemed to have noticed the situation in Lushun, and he was going to attack Jinzhou To cover the landing of the new army in Lushun to rest..."

He briefly recounted Lu Xiangsheng's report and his own reply, and then said: "I didn't expect the Jinzhou Jian captives to withdraw overnight last night, leaving only..."

"...According to the latest news about night investigations, Jianlu has already retreated past Xiaoheishan, and is waiting there in full force, as if he wants to defend here."

Next to the sand table, there was a servant pointing at certain places in the sand table with a stick, cooperating with the emperor to speak.

"...Jianlu's actions are abnormal!" Emperor Chongzhen said his purpose later, "So I hope that all my lovers can analyze and deduce Jianlu's intention. What exactly is he trying to do?"

Inside the Wenhua Palace, it immediately became quiet.Jianlu's actions were beyond everyone's expectations.He is cunning by nature, so he needs to think about this matter carefully!

Emperor Chongzhen saw that no one spoke for a while, so he introduced Shenyang's reaction, and then waited for the analysis of these highly intelligent talents.

Hearing that there was no movement from Shenyang, the assistant minister Xue Guoguan immediately said: "Your Majesty, since Jianlu is about to give up, that's not right. I sent troops from the Ming Dynasty to occupy Jinzhou. The transportation of division materials and soldiers will be more convenient.”

After Shen Yongmao heard this, he also nodded and agreed: "I also agree, as long as Jinzhou is occupied, my Ming Dynasty will regain a large piece of Liao territory!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Then is this what Jianlu wants us to do?"

Hearing this question, everyone was stunned.When Jianlu retreats, Daming will naturally take over. This is a matter of course. Could it be that this is really the purpose of Jianlu, a trap?

At this time, Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "Mr. Sun Ge thought that this might be because Jianlu was afraid that our navy would land on the coast, just like the Korean War, and they transported their troops to a certain place without anyone noticing. Therefore, Jianlu The captives simply gave up all the places south of Xiaoheishan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengen, the admiral of Dongchang, also said: "Uncle Zhongyong thinks that this city will not be occupied for nothing. Whatever he does, it is better to occupy it first than we send troops to fight it down! If there is any conspiracy, don't worry. As for him, we have strengthened the city defense and made it the same as Ning Jin, just defend it well!"

Uncle Zhongyong is Man Gui. He has been fighting Jianlu before, but he has the weight to speak.However, his opinion obviously has his own style, so let him do it first.

No one responded to Sun Chengzong's words before, but Man Gui's words immediately attracted Lu Xiangsheng's rebuttal, and he heard Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, say: "Lu Zhongcheng thinks that it is unrealistic to manage Jinzhou like Ningjin. Rather The Shanhai Pass is the reliance on the Shanhai Pass, and it is easy to get support inside the pass. But Jinzhou faces each other across the sea, and it is very difficult to transport manpower and material resources. What's more, if it comes to the typhoon season, and the sea is frozen in winter..."

When he said this, Cao Huachun suddenly stopped talking, and after a while, his tone seemed to be a little bit sharper: "Lu Zhongcheng thought that maybe this was the conspiracy of Jianlu, and waited until the typhoon season or winter when the sea was frozen. At that time, it was the time when they sent a large army to attack Jinzhou. At that time, the defenders in Jinzhou, Lushun and other places had no support, and it was unknown whether they could survive the siege of Jianlu!"

Hearing this, many people suddenly realized that this problem does exist if they occupy the Golden State side.However, some people agreed, and naturally some people opposed it, so Mao Yuanyi said loudly: "Your Majesty, the new army can be stationed in Jinzhou, and it is guaranteed that Jianlu will not be able to conquer Jinzhou throughout the winter."

Hearing his confident answer, remembering his status as the chief instructor of the new army, and the previously agreed combat plan for the new army to go to Gaizhou for a winter, many people immediately believed that this method is feasible, so let the new army Stationed in Jinzhou, let Jianlu steal chickens without losing a lot of rice, and let Daming get a large piece of Liao territory in vain.

All of a sudden, many ministers agreed with this approach.Even the commander-in-chief of the new army, Cao Bianjiao himself, expressed his determination and confidence that he will be able to defend Jinzhou through Cao Huachun's mouth!

However, Emperor Chongzhen pondered.If this were to be done, the scheduled Gaizhou battle would obviously be impossible to fight again!Wouldn't it be impossible to achieve the goal of the Gaizhou campaign that I had tried my best to promote before?

Thinking of the purpose of the Gaizhou campaign, he immediately compared it with Jinzhou, and immediately came to a conclusion: Jinzhou's strategic position cannot be compared with Gaizhou at all!If Daming occupies Jinzhou, the threat to Jianlu is actually not that great, which can be seen from their defensive line of Xiaoheishan.But Gaizhou is different. It can effectively threaten Liaoyang, which is equivalent to a nail driven into Jianlu's stomach.

By the way, since Jinzhou is already in Jianlu's calculations, and Gaizhou is something they didn't expect, why should they take the initiative as Jianlu wishes?
Thinking about it this way, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts were suddenly opened, and he even ignored the discussions of his courtiers for a while. When he finally came back to his senses, he found that none of his courtiers said anything, but just looked at him.

(End of this chapter)