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Chapter 804 Gao Mingheng's Suggestion
Gao Mingheng's words made Zhu Cihong suddenly enlightened. To sum it up, it can be summed up in three words - playful.

The defeat of the Ming army this time was caused by Gao Yihuan. It was Geng Zhongming, who was supposed to be restrained by the Western Wei Dynasty, who suddenly appeared on the battlefield, which led to the defeat of the Ming army.

After Zhu Cihong came back, he often wondered whether Geng Zhongming let Gao Yihuan go on purpose. Whenever he thought of this, he hated him so much, but he couldn't do anything about Gao Yihuan.

Continuing to confront the Manchus on the surface shows Ming’s determination to recover the north, occupying a high position politically and morally, allowing the Western Wei to find no faults, and secretly funding the Manchus to contain the Western Wei and contain the rise of the Western Wei. It is indeed a good idea. scheme.

Zhu Cihong nodded heavily, "Master Ge, I understand!"

Gao Mingheng coughed a few more times, "Your Majesty, the strength of our Ming Dynasty has been greatly damaged at the moment, but we have also regained the state capital south of the Huai River, and with our Daming's manpower and financial resources, this loss is not enough to shake the foundation of Your Majesty Now that the Pengri, Fengjie, Zhongguan, and Zhongwu armies have all withdrawn, His Majesty can restore their morale and restore their strength as long as they have enough time."

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "I will continue to recruit recruits and retrain them!"

"Training alone is not enough!" Gao Mingheng shook his head, "If the Western Wei Dynasty occupies Hedong, I think that Jiannu is just a last resort, and will be defeated by the Western Wei sooner or later. The first thing your Majesty has to do is to support Jiannu secretly and let Jiannu support A longer time. Of course, if Jiannu defeats the Western Wei Dynasty, His Majesty will have to reduce his support for Jiannu, lest Jiannu threaten Daming. This scale needs to be mastered by Your Majesty, the purpose is to let Jiannu and Western Wei check each other, and Your Majesty During this time, there are three things to do!"

Zhu Cihong leaned forward, "Which three things?"

Gao Mingheng said: "The first thing is to restore the strength of the Forbidden Army and integrate the localities. If Jiannu and the Western Wei Dynasty restrain each other, Your Majesty will not have to worry about external threats in a short time. It is an excellent time to solve internal problems. Now Zuozhen has Rebellion, only the Zheng family ruled Fujian. His majesty can appoint officials and nobles, give both favors and powers, and disintegrate. However, the Zheng family is criss-crossing the East China Sea. Your Majesty must grasp the scale and nibble at every step, so that the Zheng family cannot be forced to rebel. There is a general in the Jiangshui division. His name is Zheng Sen, and he is the son of Zheng Zhilong. I think that this person has a heart of loyalty. His Majesty can raise and lower Zheng Zhilong. It would be best if he could trick Zheng Sen into Fujian and send Zheng Sen to Fujian to appoint important positions to divide the strength of the Zheng family. The second thing is that the Western Wei Dynasty occupies Bashu, Jing, and Xiang, and occupies the upper reaches. Once the war starts, it will be extremely unfavorable to our dynasty. Your Majesty needs to strengthen the defense of Wuchang, deploy defenses in the west and southwest, and prepare for a counterattack. The third thing is, The army must go through wars before it can become a real elite. Although our army has a large number of people in the Northern Expedition, it is not an opponent of Jiannu. One is because of the lack of horse troops, and the other is because the soldiers have not fought for several years. division."

Zhu Cihong nodded as he listened, Jiannu and the Western Wei Dynasty were fighting each other, and both sides had no time to look south, it was indeed his time to regroup.

Although the army suffered heavy losses this time, the elite still survived. He could mention less about Xuzhou and more about the recovery of Huainan, so as to maintain his authority and dignity.With the strength of the Ming court, it is very difficult to deal with the Western Wei and Qing, but with the status of the emperor, it still has the ability to suppress the internal.

Now the warlords of the Ming Dynasty, only the Zheng family is left. Even if the Zheng family cannot be solved, it should be no problem to force the Zheng family to give up some benefits to subsidize the court.

The Western Wei Dynasty occupied Bashu and Jingxiang, and occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Gao Yihuan urinated in the river and washed his feet. Zhu Cihong was downstream, so he had to drink Gao Yihuan's footwashing water, which made Zhu Cihong very unhappy.

In the struggle between the north and the south, the most important areas are Bashu, Jingxiang, and Lianghuai. The Western Wei Dynasty has occupied the second place. If it really fights, it will be very unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, so the second thing must also be done.

It's just that the third thing is a bit difficult to handle.The Ming army can't provoke the Western Wei and Qing armies now, let's start another war.

Zhu Cilang frowned and said, "Mr. Ge, both the first and second things can be done, but what about the third thing?"

Gao Mingheng said: "Fight the western thieves! The western thieves are entrenched in Yunnan and Guizhou. Pacifying the western thieves can not only temper the imperial army, but also capture Yunnan and Guizhou, threatening Sichuan, as a pawn in the southwest defense and counterattack. I heard that there is a connection between Gao Jingzhong and Sun Kewang. They are very close, and the western thief is probably Gao Jingzhong's pawn to contain my Daming. The old minister thought that we should get rid of it as soon as possible to eliminate this hidden danger."

Zhu Cihong nodded and exclaimed, "I understand!"

Gao Mingheng also instructed: "Your Majesty, this Northern Expedition is just like the Yuanjia Northern Expedition and the Kaixi Northern Expedition. The court misjudged the situation, and the subject was guilty of failing to observe the defeated army. Please punish the subject. Now that the subject is unwell and cannot handle political affairs, Your Majesty will punish you." Minister, one is to give the world an explanation, and the other is to reassure Jiannu and concentrate on dealing with the Western Wei Dynasty."

The failure of the Northern Expedition, the loss of most of the soldiers and horses, and the cost of countless materials, money and food, always need someone to take the blame.

Gao Mingheng is the leader of the main battle, and he couldn't be more suitable. He can bear the blame, first of all, he can keep the vast majority of people, so as not to turmoil the court, secondly, he can maintain Zhu Cihong's majesty and maintain the authority of the court, and finally he can properly suppress The main combat faction can maintain a tacit understanding with the Manchu Qing without signing a contract.

After all, if the Nanjing court was full of a group of main fighters and young men who shouted to kill the Manchus, the Manchus would naturally be wary of Nanjing, worrying that Nanjing would turn against each other at any time, and they would not be able to maintain a tacit understanding. If it is too strong, it will also affect Zhu Cihongming's strategy of fighting against the dark masters, making it impossible to realize the plan of secretly funding the Qing Dynasty.

Since it is the dark master, it cannot be known by too many people, so the matter must be secretly manipulated by the ministers of the master. It would be the same as what happened to Chen Xinjia, and the matter would be over.

Therefore, after this failure, in order to achieve a change in national policy, Zhu Cihong must suppress the main combat faction to a certain extent and make room for the main peace faction.

Zhu Cihong's eyes turned red when he heard this, "Elder Ge is at ease to recuperate from his illness, I still need to rely on Elder Ge~"

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In Hedong, after Dorgon returned to his division, all the troops released by the Wei army to Beizhili and Weihui had been taken back.

Now the Qing army is attacking Huguan, Guguan and other places, but the territory of Hedong is quite peaceful.

South of Taiyuan, Fenzhou Prefecture.

In a large new army camp, King Wei set up a flag to recruit soldiers, and gave money to Tian when they came, which immediately attracted many people.

This time the Wei army recruited troops, which meant that the Northern Song Dynasty incorporated socially unstable factors into the forbidden army. The main targets of the recruitment were the local bandits and rebels in southern and central Jin.

Most of these people raised troops under the banner of anti-Qing, but if they were not managed, it would not take long before they would become local chronic diseases.

At this time, outside the camp, a group of cavalry came over with horseshoes, and Gao Yihuan rode on the horse and said: "I heard from Xuan Yiwei that Zhu Cihong has already run to Yangzhou, and the Qing army has not chased the Huaihe River!"

"What do you think, Your Majesty?" Seeing Gao Yihuan's expression, Chen Mingxia knew what Gao Yihuan was planning.

Gao Yihuan was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "It's nothing. The lonely king is just worried that Zhu Cihong will make peace with Dorgon."

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