Chongzhen Undergraduates

"It's been 15 years since I returned to my godfather. After the fall of the capital, my son lost contact with his godfather, and my son was afraid. My son thought that he couldn't lose his godfather, so he went all the way to the south, and finally met his godfather again in the city of Nanjing. Father." Xiao Lizi replied.

"You kid suffered a lot along the way, didn't you?" Wang Chengen was thoughtful.

"It's nothing for a son to suffer a little bit, as long as he can serve his godfather, whatever he does is worth it." Xiao Lizi flattered with a smile.

"Really? Then I'm relieved. Someone, drag this kid down to Zhang Han, and ask him who his master is?" Wang Chengen sneered.

"Godfather, what are you doing? My son is so loyal..." Xiao Lizi screamed and struggled, but it was of no avail.

For such an important military event, Wang Chengen never said a word, this is the greatest strength he can do to regain the capital.He will kill all possible doubts in the cradle, and he will never allow accidents to happen.

For Wang Chengen, the capital is both nostalgia and pain.

Wang Chengen's carriage is very simple, and no one will attract attention if he sees it.The simple carriage is like a servant who buys vegetables in a mansion, and this carriage stopped after the residences of the most important generals in Nanjing City, and walked around the city for a long time before slowly returning to the palace.

"Master Zhang, has that kid recruited yet?" Wang Chengen didn't go back to the imperial study. He was very concerned about the affairs there, but he was never curious.Now he endured his curiosity and came to another curious place.

"Eunuch Wang, you are always scolding me. The boy was trained by you, how dare you call him an adult."

Zhang Han didn't dare to make a fool of himself in front of Wang Chengen. After all, they were all factory guards trained by Wang Chengen.

"You boys are all promising now. The emperor's kindness has allowed you to have formal official status. In the future, you should cooperate more with Mr. Chen Jinnan's errands. This is the best repayment for Lord Long Live. Don't think that Mr. Chen is a newcomer. Get stuck." Wang Chengen was a warning to old people like Zhang Han.

"Boys absolutely dare not. Father-in-law, please look, this is Xiao Lizi's confession." Zhang Han quickly handed over a stack of papers.

"Hey! This kid is good enough, but the master is actually a pseudo-empress dowager, and the second in command in Nanjing City. Now the Empress Jinta thinks highly of me, Wang Cheng'en!"

Of course, Xiao Lizi's second-in-command is not because of his own ability, but because his undercover target is Wang Chengen, which obviously regards Wang Chengen as a key source of information.

"You are always close to the emperor!" Zhang Han said with a smile.

"That's true. Old slave, I have passed all the private affairs of the emperor to the ears of the false queen mother. I don't know what that lady thinks after hearing the majesty of the Long Live Lord, and whether she will fall in love with our Long Live Lord from now on. There is no way to find out about military and state affairs from this old man. This old slave only has romantic affairs."

After Wang Chengen finished speaking, he burst into laughter, this old guy is really bad.

The imperial study room, the military meeting in front of the imperial court.

The main point of this discussion is the attack on Houjin. The meeting has been going on for two hours, and the discussion is still going on.

"It is most suitable to attack in March, so that our army can attack for a few more months. If it is a winter attack, our army needs to prepare winter clothes. The soldiers in the south are not used to the severe winter in the north." As The Minister of General Assembly, Li Guo, took over the command of Xing Hongyan and became the right servant of the Ministry of War, fully responsible for the research and development of weapons and the procurement of equipment.

Compared with Xing Hongyan, Li Guo, who was born in the army, understands the needs of the army better.After all, Daming now has a professional cashier team, and being able to manage logistics is no longer a top priority.

"If this is the case, then our offensive plan will be postponed for another half a year. However, according to intelligence, the new recruitment work in the north is about to start, and they will have 20 more recruits in half a year. This account is not worthwhile." Zhu Youjian explain.

"Sun Tzu said: Go up to the army to attack the plan. Is there any way to hinder their plan of conscription?" Zuo Maodi asked.

"That's difficult. We're not doing this. How can we stop it?" Dang Shousu retorted.

The entire combat strategy was formulated long ago. The Ming army will attack Houjin with two armies at the same time.All the way out of Linfen, go to Jinzhong to force the capital; all the way to land from Liaodong Bay, to block Shengjing's reinforcements to the capital.

The difficulty of this strategy is not in Shanxi, but in Liaodong. Whether it can repel the enemy reinforcements in the northeast and cooperate with the West Road army to encircle the capital is the key.

Now the generals are no longer arguing about how to fight. They are now worried about whether the southern troops can adapt to the northern battlefield environment.Especially in the field battle in the northeast, this is much more difficult than the previous Liaodong defenders fighting the city.

The entire battle plan is estimated to take seven months, because Zhu Youjian doesn't want to storm the capital, so with this calculation, a siege battle is inevitable.It takes at least seven months from dispatching troops to siege to surrender of the capital.

If the army is dispatched at the end of the year, the war can be ended before the arrival of next winter, but if the troops are dispatched in the early spring of next year, in case of any accidents, the Ming army that landed in Liaodong will have to fight the golden soldiers in the ice and snow.

"Li Dingguo, what do you think?" Seeing that Li Dingguo was not talkative as usual, Zhu Youjian asked by name.

"Can I say anything?" Li Dingguo asked seriously.

"Of course." Zhu Youjian was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't know what Li Dingguo was thinking.

"The minister disagrees with the battle strategy formulated by the emperor."

"Wow!" Everyone was in an uproar, and at the end of the day, the youngest guy actually wanted to overthrow the emperor's arrangement.

"Then what do you think?" Zhu Youjian lost face, but he was not annoyed.Because he knew that he was far inferior to the guy in front of him in terms of military quality.

"I thought that after defeating Jin, you don't need to consider how many wars you will fight, you only need to consider how many Tartar soldiers you have eliminated. The key to defeating Houjin lies in the number of Tartar soldiers. As long as enough Tartar soldiers are eliminated, the future Gold will collapse without a fight."

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, the whole imperial study was immediately silent.

Zhu Youjian looked at Li Yan, and Li Yan nodded at him. Obviously Li Yan appreciated Li Dingguo's argument.

"However, there are still a large number of Han officials supporting the Later Jin regime. These people, together with the Eight Banners of the Tartars, are the key to the Later Jin Dynasty." Zuo Maodi put forward another argument.

"Those are traitors, they can no longer be counted as Han Chinese." Zhu Youjian said.

"Then get rid of them." Li Dingguo said very firmly and sharply.

In the "anti-rape team", Zhu Youjian immediately thought of Dai Li and his military commander during the Anti-Japanese War.Thinking about the current north in turn, with the infiltration of Tiandihui into the entire north, to complete an operation similar to the scale of the military anti-rape team, the corresponding conditions are already met, but the only thing missing is the means of information transmission.

It's not that all officials in the north are traitors, and Zhu Youjian doesn't want him to die so quickly for a traitor like Hong Chengchou.

"That's the end of today's meeting, I'll think about it again." Zhu Youjian was obviously attracted by Li Dingguo's plan.

After everyone left, Wang Chengen casually mentioned the fact that a spy had been planted around him.Zhu Youjian frowned after hearing this.

"I didn't play a secret game with them, and they just turned their noses up. Go and call Chen Jinnan over, I want to see his real skills." Zhu Youjian said viciously.

Chapter 465: Fighting Tiandihui at the sticky pole

I don't know if it's because of the passing of the Little Ice Age, but the snow this year was particularly heavy this winter.In the past winters were always dry and cold and uncomfortable, but this winter it snowed continuously.

Since the beginning of this year, a large number of people from the North have wanted to flee south.Heavy taxes, plus labor that can never be done, and the endless conscription.

The common people who had hoped for Hou Jin completely lost their patience, and the bullshit of Governor Hong, who was so hyped, was also shattered under the blows of reality year after year.

This cannot be blamed on Hong Chengchou, even if he is really good, but in the face of a smashed north with empty warehouses and border defenses like Mount Tai, there is nothing he can do in the end.

It is the limit of what Hong Chengchou can do without starving people to death on a large scale.

The most important grain-producing areas in the Central Plains and the most important tax-paying areas are all in the hands of Daming, and what is actually left to Houjin is only an empty shell.

The big river on the border of Shandong had already formed a thick layer of ice, which allowed many people on the north bank to escape to the south without hindrance. The south side belonged to the border of Daming.

Unlike many black dots going south through the ice, a long line of black shadows is going north under the cover of the wind and snow.Leading the charge was a group of young men wearing white cloaks and holding steel crossbows. These people moved quickly and agilely, and they looked like they were experts from the battlefield.

"Boss, there seems to be someone in front." A young Jin Bing standing guard was shivering from the cold. He was standing alone in the snow with a spear in his arms, while his companion was hiding in the hut to enjoy the fire.

"Where is anyone, your eyes are dazzled." The prime minister ignored the young man's words.

"It's true, it's right in front, there are many figures." The boy was very young, obviously still a child who hadn't grown up.

"You read it wrong, come in and enjoy the fire." Mr. Ba stood up, kicked the boy into the shack, and then stuck the spear in the snow.Turning the boss around, he ignored the figure who was walking behind him and silently lit a pot of shredded tobacco.