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However, when they saw a chamberlain pushing out something like a table and lifting a piece of red cloth covering it, they suddenly realized that the emperor wanted to discuss military affairs.

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

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

Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but feel nervous, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Jinzhou Jianlu discovered that Lushun was occupied by the Ming Dynasty?"

"Where is the new army? Where are the new troops?" Shen Yongmao, Minister of War, immediately chased after him and asked. At the same time, I was thinking that judging from the Korean War, there is no doubt that the new army is strong, and at least it will not be afraid of building captives. With the new army here, Lushun will have no worries!

Seeing that there were still ministers who wanted to speak, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "My dear friends, please listen to what I have to say first."

"I'm being reckless!" Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren apologized first.

Emperor Chongzhen above saw that Shen Yongmao seemed to want to speak, so he quickly spoke first, otherwise the meeting would be a bit watered down: "Lu Zhongcheng reported that Jinzhou Jianlu seemed to be aware of the situation in Lushun, and was preparing to attack Jinzhou. To cover the landing of the new army in Lushun for rest..."

He briefly recounted Lu Xiangsheng's previous report and his approval, and then said: "I didn't expect that Jinzhou Jianlu evacuated overnight last night, leaving only..."

"...According to the latest information from the night-time investigation, Jianlu has retreated through Xiaoheishan and is waiting there. It seems that he wants to defend this place."

Next to the sand table, there was a chamberlain who pointed at certain places in the sand table with a stick and coordinated with the emperor's words.

"...Jianlu's actions are very abnormal!" Emperor Chongzhen said his purpose later. "Therefore, I hope that all of you, dear friends, can analyze it and deduce what Jianlu's intention is."

The Wenhua Hall immediately became quiet. Jianlu's move was beyond everyone's expectation. You are cunning by nature, so you need to think carefully about this matter!

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 people from the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing that there was no movement from Shenyang, the assistant minister Xue Guoguan immediately said: "Your Majesty, since Jianlu is ready to give up, it's not a good idea. We, the Ming Dynasty, have sent troops to occupy Jinzhou. As Lu Zhongcheng said, we can defend Lushun, and the water will flow in the future. The transportation of division supplies and soldiers will be more convenient."

After hearing this, Shen Yongmao nodded and agreed: "I also agree. As long as we capture Jinzhou, our Ming Dynasty will regain a huge piece of land!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Is this what Jianlu wants us to do?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this question. When Jianlu retreats, Ming Dynasty will naturally take over. This is a logical thing. Is this really the purpose of Jianlu and is it a trap?

At this time, Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "Sun Ge always thought that maybe Jianlu was afraid that our navy would land on the coast, just like the Korean War, so he transported his troops to a certain place without anyone noticing. Therefore, Jianlu The prisoners simply gave up all the places south of Xiaoheishan."

After saying this, Wang Chengen, the admiral of Dongchang, also said: "Uncle Zhongyong thinks that if he doesn't occupy this city, it doesn't matter what he does. It's better to occupy it first than to send troops to defeat it! If there is any conspiracy, no matter what. As for him, we will strengthen the city defense, just like Ning Jin, just keep it!"

Uncle Zhongyong was Mangui. He had been fighting against Jianlu before, so he had some say. However, his opinion clearly has his own personal style. Don't worry about it, just go ahead and do it.

No one responded to Sun Chengzong's words before, but Mangui's words immediately attracted Lu Xiangsheng's retort, and Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the Li Supervisor, said: "Lu Zhongcheng thinks that it is unrealistic to manage Jinzhou like Ningjin. The Jinzhou line relies on Shanhaiguan and can easily get support from the customs. But Jinzhou is across the sea, so it is very difficult to transport both manpower and material resources. What's more, if it is typhoon season and the sea is frozen in winter..."

When he said this, Cao Huachun suddenly stopped talking. After a while, he seemed to have a sharper tone and said: "Lu Zhongcheng thought that maybe this was Jianlu's conspiracy. He would wait until the typhoon season or winter when the sea is frozen. That's 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 withstand Jianlu's siege!"

After hearing this, many people suddenly realized that if they occupied Jinzhou, this problem would indeed exist. However, some people agreed, and naturally some people opposed it. Mao Yuanyi loudly expressed his position: "Your Majesty, the new army can be stationed in Jinzhou to ensure that Jianlu will not be able to capture Jinzhou throughout the winter."

After hearing his confident answer, and remembering his identity as the chief instructor of the New Army, and his previous agreement to have the New Army go to Gaizhou to guard the battle plan for a winter, many people immediately believed that this method was feasible, and let the New Army Stationing in Jinzhou allowed Jianlu to steal chickens without losing rice, and allowed Ming Dynasty to gain a large area of ​​land in vain.

Suddenly, many ministers agreed with this response method. Even the commander-in-chief of the New Army, Cao Bianjiao himself, expressed his determination and confidence that he would be able to defend Jinzhou through Cao Huachun!

However, Emperor Chongzhen began to think deeply. If we do this, the planned battle of Gaizhou will obviously not be fought again! Then wouldn’t it be impossible to achieve the goal of the Gaizhou Campaign that I had worked hard to achieve?

When he thought of the purpose of the Gaizhou Battle, he immediately compared it with Jinzhou, and then immediately came to the conclusion: Jinzhou's strategic position cannot be compared with Gaizhou at all! If the Ming Dynasty occupied Jinzhou, the threat to Jianlu would not be great. This can be seen from the fact that they used Xiaoheishan as their defensive line. But Gaizhou is different. It can effectively threaten Liaoyang, which is equivalent to driving a nail into Jianlu's belly.

By the way, since Jinzhou was already in Jianlu's calculations, and Gaizhou was something they didn't expect, why should they let them take the initiative as Jianlu wanted?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts were suddenly opened up. For a moment, he even ignored the comments of his courtiers. When he finally came to his senses, he found that none of his courtiers spoke, but just looked at him.