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"Your Majesty, I believe that the Jianlu army is too strong, and North Korea is no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in name. It is not appropriate to send troops for rescue." Shen Yongmao, the minister of the Ministry of War, first opened his mouth to make his attitude clear.

After saying this, he glanced at the emperor's expression, but didn't see anything, so he added: "But I, the Ming Dynasty, can encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. I can send out a line of Ming troops from Ningjin and force Jianlu to retreat. At least I can Reduce the pressure on North Korea and give you an explanation afterwards!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened and looked at the others.

Min Hongxue nodded and said, "I agree with the idea of ​​surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao."

Gao Shiyue was a little undecided. The safest way was to agree, but that would not be outstanding and would be difficult to attract the emperor's attention. He suddenly had an idea and said: "I think this may be a good opportunity to regain Liaodong. I, the Ming Dynasty, will order North Korea to resist and hold back the captives. At the same time, I will also give confidence to the monarchs and ministers of North Korea and tell them that I, the Ming Dynasty, will come out." The army went to rescue. Then I, the Ming Dynasty, gathered the border troops and took advantage of the situation when the Jianlu army was trapped in the Korean war, and attacked Shenyang with thunderous force. After that, if you can defend, then retreat, at least destroy the foundation of the Jianlu, right?"

This is the most promising, but is it realistic? Emperor Chongzhen shook his head in denial.

Seeing that several ministers had spoken, he slowly expressed his opinion and said: "I think that Jianlu's continuous reinforcement of troops this time, and finally assembled a large army to go to North Korea, probably has two purposes."

The ministers below heard that the emperor himself had come to analyze the problem, and they couldn't help but look up at him. There was a little doubt in their eyes. At least in Shen Yongmao's view, the emperor was a young man who was unwilling to give up and wanted to show off his military capabilities. But how old are you, Your Majesty?

I haven’t even been out of the capital once! In the last battle to defend the capital, it was because Mangui was there, and because you, the emperor, delegated power at that time, you allowed Mangui to arrange his troops. This was wise. But just because of this, you can’t think that you can analyze military and national affairs, right?

"First, North Korea has always been interested in the Ming Dynasty. It despises barbarians like Jianlu from the bottom of its heart. It has always violated Jianlu's demands. This will definitely make the slave chief angry. It's just that he was busy with the war with the Ming Dynasty, so he had no time to spare his hands."

"Now because there are no Shanxi merchants to provide food to Jianlu, the climate in Liaodong, and more importantly, there are no farmers who can farm with peace of mind, so Jianlu must find another way to provide food. In this way, North Korea is in slavery. The chief is considering it. The purpose of sending troops this time is to completely conquer North Korea and obtain food from North Korea to supply the captives in Liaodong."

After Emperor Chongzhen finished stating his first purpose, he found that the eyes of the courtiers below seemed a little different when looking at him.

"Secondly, as a soldier, Governor Lu led the Dongjiang sergeants to eat Jianlu's grain transport army twice..."

Hearing this, Shen Yongmao and others were surprised and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, when did this happen?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he remembered that he had not told them, so he smiled and replied: "It hasn't been long, but the victory memorial should be arriving in the capital soon. I can tell you the specific situation first. Lu The governor came to Pidao in person and brought two thousand selected Dongjiang troops..."

After hearing the emperor briefly describe the course and results of the two wars, Min Hongxue, the assistant minister, could not help but sigh: "Governor Lu concentrated his superior forces and formed an overwhelming advantage over Jianlu in a local area. Such wars can be called military use. What a great example, wonderful, wonderful!”

"Haha, Governor Lu must have killed with great pleasure!" Man Gui, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but said a little bit out of control when he heard this, as if he admired Lu Xiangsheng for fighting in and out of the Jianlu army formation. .

"Your Majesty, this is a great victory!" Shen Yongmao said to Emperor Chongzhen with joy on his face: "Seven to eight hundred Jurchen Tatars alone were annihilated. Haha, the slave chief must be very distressed!"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded when he heard this: "Yes, that's what I want to say. Governor Lu had already left a deep impression on Jianlu during the Battle of Changli, and now he is on the other side of the Dongjiang River, fighting and winning in succession. How many troops can Jianlu have to fight against Governor Lu? I can say that if Governor Lu leads the army in Dongjiang, Jianlu will have trouble sleeping and eating, and he will definitely not be able to concentrate on fighting a large-scale battle with the Ming Dynasty! "

At this point, he paused and concluded in a very positive tone: "Therefore, I believe that the second purpose of Jianlu's army to go to North Korea is to pull out the nail in the Dongjiang River!"

The well-founded remarks made the ministers in Wuying Palace nod their heads. Shen Yongmao even forgot that he had previously thought that Emperor Chongzhen was young and had little experience, so he would certainly not be able to express any insights. He responded with a smile: "I think what your majesty said is absolutely true!"

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen was not a young man who had never seen the world at all. His knowledge, to be honest, is far beyond that of anyone in this era. Now that he is the emperor, he has the most comprehensive information and knows a lot about Jianlu, so it is natural to analyze these two purposes.

At this time, when he saw that several ministers agreed with his analysis, he turned around and said: "Therefore, I, the Ming Dynasty, have to participate in the Korean War, but how to participate must be planned by all the ministers. As mentioned before, besiege Wei and save Zhao This is a method, and I agree with it. As for gathering the border troops to march directly to Shenyang, what does Sun Qing think?"

As soon as he said these words, all the ministers below him were stunned. Sun Qing? Which Sun Qing? Is there Sun Qing here? According to the emperor, it should be Sun Chengzong, but he is far away in Shanhaiguan!

There was silence in the Wuying Hall for a moment, and Cao Huachun saluted Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Supervisor Sun thought that although Mang Gurtai was bluffing, he actually had the Zhenglan Banner in hand, and there were other complementary forces. If it were just the Guan Ning Army, With so many troops, it may be unrealistic to defeat him!"

Shen Yongmao and others were speechless. What's going on? Is Sun Chengzong possessing Cao Huachun? What the hell! However, they were also wealthy people and did not immediately express their surprise. And after calming down for a while, they also heard that it seemed that they were not possessed, but Cao Huachun was just relaying Sun Chengzong's words.

They were just thinking when they heard Cao Huachun speak again: "Superintendent Sun thought that if the Guan Ning army wanted to move out, it would first take time to raise food and grass, but the Ningjin front line did not have enough food and grass to support a large army to fight to Shenyang. If from If we allocate within the pass, even if there is enough food and grass to be allocated in place, we will probably lose the opportunity to fight. In addition, if our army is dispatched, Mang Gurtai will use the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, and then wait for our army's logistics line to be long, and then send the cavalry to cut it off. The road, our army is afraid of danger, and..."