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Chapter 343 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao
"Your Majesty, I think that Jianlu's army is too powerful, and North Korea is no longer our vassal state in name, so it is inappropriate to send troops to rescue." Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, spoke first to express his attitude.

After saying this, he glanced at the emperor's expression and didn't see anything, so he added: "However, my Ming Dynasty can encircle Wei and save Zhao, and order the Ming army to dispatch Ningjin and force Jianlu to retreat. To reduce the pressure on North Korea, there will be an excuse afterwards!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the others.

Min Hongxue nodded and said, "I agree with the act of besieging Wei and saving Zhao."

Gao Shiyue was a little undecided, the safest way was to go along with it, but that was not brilliant, and it was difficult to attract the emperor's attention.He suddenly had an idea, and played: "I think this may be a good opportunity to recover Liaodong. My Daming can make North Korea resist and hold back Jianlu, and at the same time give North Korean monarchs and ministers confidence and tell them that my Daming will go out." The big army went to rescue. Then I gathered the frontier army in the Ming Dynasty, and when the Jianlu army was caught in the Korean War, I attacked Shenyang with a thunderbolt. After that, if I can keep the rules, I will return if I can’t. At least I will destroy the foundation of Jianlu, right?"

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

Seeing that several of his courtiers had spoken, he slowly expressed his opinion: "I think that Jianlu has increased his troops one after another this time, and finally assembled a large army to go to North Korea. It is likely that there are two purposes."

When the courtiers heard that the emperor himself had come to analyze the problem, they couldn't help but look up at him.There was a bit of doubt in their eyes, at least in Shen Yongmao's view, the emperor was a young man who was unwilling to show his military ability.But how old are you, Your Majesty?

Jingshi never went out once!The last battle to defend the capital was because Mangui was there, and the emperor also delegated power at that time, so it was wise to let Mangui line up troops.But you can't think that you can analyze military affairs just because of this, right?

"First, North Korea has always had a heart for Daming. From the bottom of its heart, it despises barbarians like Jianlu. It always obeys Jianlu's demands. This must make the slave chief angry. It's just that he was busy with the war with Daming before, so he didn't have time to take action."

"Nowadays, because there are no Shanxi merchants to provide food for Jianlu, depending on the climate in Liaodong, and more importantly, there are no farmers who can farm with peace of mind, so Jianlu's food must find another way. The chieftain is considering it. This time the troops are dispatched, they must want to completely conquer North Korea, and get food from North Korea to supply the Jianlu in Liaodong."

After Emperor Chongzhen finished talking about the first purpose, he found that the eyes of the few courtiers looking at him seemed a little different.

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

Hearing this, Shen Yongmao and the others were taken aback, and quickly asked, "Your Majesty, when did this happen?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he remembered that he didn't seem to have told them, so he smiled and replied: "It hasn't been long, but the victory memorial should be coming to the capital soon. I can tell you the specific situation first. Lu The governor came to Phi Island in person, bringing with him [-] selected troops from Dongjiang..."

After hearing the emperor's brief account of the process and results of the two battles, the assistant minister Min Hongxue couldn't help sighing: "Governor Lu concentrated his own superior forces and formed an overwhelming advantage over Jianlu in some parts. Such battles can be called using troops. A model, wonderful, wonderful!"

"Haha, Governor Lu must have had a great time killing, and it was fun!" Man Gui, who had not opened his mouth all this time, couldn't help saying loudly when he heard this, as if admiring Lu Xiangsheng for fighting in and out of the Jianlu army. .

"Your Majesty, this is a great victory!" Shen Yongmao said to Emperor Chongzhen with a happy face, "Seven to eight hundred people were wiped out from the Jurchen Tartars alone. Hehe, the slave chief must feel very distressed!"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded when he heard this: "Yes, that's what I want to say. Governor Lu has already left a deep impression on Jianlu in the Battle of Changli, and now he is on the Dongjiang side, winning consecutive battles. How many troops can Jianlu have to fight against Governor Lu? I can say for sure 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 me, Daming!"

Having said this, he paused, and concluded in a very positive tone: "Therefore, I think that the second purpose of Jianlu leading the army to go to North Korea is to pull out the nail of Dongjiang!"

The reasoned and well-founded remarks made these courtiers in the Hall of Martial Arts nod repeatedly.Shen Yongmao even forgot that before he thought that Emperor Chongzhen was young and had no experience, so he must not have any insights, so he responded with a smile: "I think what your Majesty said is very true!"

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

At this time, seeing that several of his courtiers agreed with his analysis, he turned his head and said, "Therefore, I, Ming Dynasty, had to participate in the Korean War, but how to participate has to be worked out together. As I said before, encircling Wei and saving Zhao It's a way, and I agree with it. As for gathering frontier troops to attack Shenyang, what does Sun Qing think?"

As soon as he said these words, the few courtiers below were dumbfounded.Sun Qing?Which Sun Qing, is there Sun Qing here?According to the meaning of the emperor, it should refer to Sun Chengzong, but he is far away in Shanhaiguan!
There was silence in the Hall of Martial Arts for a moment, only to hear Cao Huachun bow to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Master Sun thought that although Mang Gurtai was bluffing, he also had the real Zhenglan Banner in his hand and other troops to complement him. I'm afraid it's unrealistic to defeat him!"

Shen Yongmao and others were speechless, what's going on?Has Sun Chengzong possessed Cao Huachun?What the hell!However, they are also people of the city, and they were not surprised immediately.And after calming down for a while, they also heard that it was not possession, but Cao Huachun was just repeating Sun Chengzong's words.

They were thinking about it, only to hear Cao Huachun speak again: "Master Sun thought that if the Guan Ning army were to be dispatched, first of all it would take time to raise food and grass, but the front line of Ning Jin did not have enough food and grass to support enough troops to reach Shenyang. If from Even if there is enough food and grass to be allocated in the customs, it is likely to lose the opportunity to fight. In addition, if our army is dispatched, Mang Gurtai will use the strategy of fortifying the wall to clear the field, and then after our army's logistics line grows, send cavalry to cut it off. Lu, our army may be in danger, and..."

(End of this chapter)