There were three rapid knocks on the door, and Su He, who was already asleep, immediately opened his eyes.
He looked at Wang Wenjun who woke up at the same time and comforted him: "You are pregnant now and need enough sleep. Keep sleeping.
If you come to me in the middle of the night, something big must have happened, I'll go check on the situation."
Su He covered Wang Wenjun with a quilt. He got up, put on his clothes and came to the door.
The head of the female guard group bowed and said: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, Chief of Staff Li Fengming and Prime Minister Wang Zhongce are waiting for you at Lingyun Palace.
They jointly signed an order asking me to wake you up."
"If you did this right, you should wake me up according to the procedure and go to Li Hui tomorrow to receive the reward."
Su He praised the guard and walked to the pavilion, where a bicycle was placed.
He was riding a bicycle and walking on the cement road.
Riding a bicycle without tires is a bit laborious, but it is much faster than walking.
The journey is too short and a carriage is not needed.
Li Fengming and Wang Zhongce, if they could wake him up in the middle of the night, something really big had happened.
Where did the accident happen? Guangdong and Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, or the Hetao.
Guangdong and Guangxi have just been occupied, but the people's hearts have not yet fully surrendered. The Ming Dynasty's previous attempts were blocked by the Southeast Governor's Mansion.
But the Ming Dynasty may not be willing to do so. Guangdong and Guangxi are the important financial and tax areas of the Ming Dynasty.
In Yunnan and Guizhou, only the chieftains are not stable, and the reform of the local chieftains has been ongoing. Many chieftains are not satisfied with the reform and often cause trouble.
If the local reclamation corps cannot suppress it and the chieftains join forces with each other, big trouble may really occur.
In the Hetao area, they have been expanding towards the Monan Mongolia area.
Later Jin intervened or the Mongolian tribes united, which may have led to the Mongolian tribes uniting.
But with the presence of machine guns and artillery, the probability of this happening is low.
Su He came to Lingyun Hall, where all the kerosene lamps were lit, making the room as bright as day.
He saw that Li Fengming and Wang Zhongce were not the only ones in the room.
There are also the secret guard leader Su Changsheng and the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau Yang Qianhe.
Su He saw their expressions were serious.
"What happened?"
Yang Qianhe was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, we received intelligence some time ago.
The Ming Dynasty attacked Guangdong and Guangxi and suffered successive defeats in Chengxiang County and Nanxiong Mansion.
There were more than 200,000 Ming troops, but they were defeated by the First Army and the Eighth Army.
It directly woke up the Ming army in the south, and they did not dare to confront our army head-on.
Seeing that our army had no intention of going north, some Ming troops were left behind to guard important passes.
These southern Ming troops turned around and went to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.
Zhang Xianzhong dug up the tomb of the Ming Emperor's mausoleum. Emperor Chongzhen had great hatred for Zhang Xianzhong. Seeing that the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi was a foregone conclusion, he mobilized troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.
The Ming army in Nanzhili surrounded and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong with heavy troops, and Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Huguang, stared at Zhang Xianzhong and chased and beat him fiercely.
There was news some time ago that Zhang Xianzhong was surrounded by Ming troops in Huaining County.
Now the news has been confirmed that Zhang Xianzhong himself has been captured and is about to be taken to the capital for trial.
We predict that Zhang Xianzhong will end up the same as Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang.
Even his fate was more tragic than Gao Yingxiang's.
Most of Zhang Xianzhong's men were surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, and a small number of them fled."
After Yang Qianhe finished speaking, Su Changsheng also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I received a letter from the intelligence officer.
Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liaodong, led the Guanning Army and prepared to march from northeastern Liaoning to Henan.
He and the Tianxiong Army of Henan Governor Lu Xiangsheng were preparing to encircle and suppress the Chuang King Li Zicheng in Luoyang.
According to our war games, Li Zicheng’s chance of winning is less than 10%.”
Su He heard the news of Zhang Xianzhong's defeat.
He was prepared and was not surprised at all.
The camels in the Ming Dynasty were so skinny that they were bigger than horses. It was not the end of the Ming Dynasty yet, and the Ming Dynasty still had some vitality and some loyal ministers and good generals.
Suhe captured Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places. These were areas where the Ming Dynasty needed to spend a lot of money for disaster relief.
Without the Shaanxi area in urgent need of money, Xu Guang used his life to help the Ming Dynasty get a sum of money.
It made Emperor Chongzhen realize how much money could still be collected from mineral tax and salt tax.
The Ming court was beaten violently by them many times and realized the power of muskets and artillery.
Now the Ming Dynasty's elite Ming army is a purely firearms force.
Zhang Xianzhong was not as good as Li Zicheng. He only received a small amount of firearms from the Qin army and had no way to replace the damaged firearms.
After the firearm was damaged, they were unable to repair it.
The Ming Dynasty had many troops and advanced weapons, so its morale was guaranteed when dealing with Zhang Xianzhong.
The Ming court should have also noticed that Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others were causing trouble from within.
They were unable to concentrate all their strength to deal with the Qin army's attack.
Then, while the Qin army was focusing on Guangdong, Guangxi and the Mongolian grasslands, they concentrated all their efforts to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.
Zhang Xianzhong has been wiped out by the Ming army, if the secret guards did not detect the movements of Sun Chuanting's tribe.
Sun Chuanting was really asked to lead Guan Ning's army to participate in the battle to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.
Two troops with the strongest firearms in the Ming Dynasty cooperated to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.
With Li Zicheng's current strength, it is impossible to stop the Ming army.
Su He looked as usual and ordered: "Sooner or later, this will happen. The Ming Dynasty's strength will increase, and Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others will not increase the strength of their troops.
Their defeat is only a matter of time.
But the Ming Dynasty could not win so easily, so the secret guards strengthened their support for Li Zicheng.
Through Li Zicheng's army, the strength of the Ming army continued to be consumed."
After Su He said this, he added:
"Be prepared for a large-scale war, Zhang Xianzhong has been defeated.
When Li Zicheng is also defeated, there will be no buffer zone between us and the Ming army.
Let the Ming court concentrate all its efforts to fight a decisive battle with us.
The outcome of this war will determine the ownership of the world.
In order to gain an advantage, when Li Zicheng was defeated, it was likely that the war broke out.
We must now enter a state of war preparation and make all preparations to deal with the coming of a large-scale war."
Su He has realized that in the near future, they will have a decisive battle with Ming Dynasty.
Now is not the perfect time for a decisive battle, but they are ready.
All armies have completed the replacement of weapons. The military academy has trained four cohorts of students, and the fifth cohort will graduate this year.
The Qin army now has sufficient reserves of officers.
The garrison in each city is the reserve force.
The garrison army can be removed at any time, and the soldiers from the new barracks can be added to create five to eight new armies.
After occupying the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, he received news that the fleet had gone to sea.
They trade with other countries around the world through sea trade, and their industry has been revitalized.
After several years of preparation, a large number of new officials have been reserved.
Even if a unification war is carried out in the near future, the Qin Palace can still bear it now.
"Your Majesty, something is not right." Li Fengming said with a frown.
"Feng Ming, what problem did you find?" Su He asked.
"Your Majesty, don't you think Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liaodong, is planning to bring a large number of Guan Ning troops into Henan.
This matter is extremely strange. Under normal circumstances, the Ming army would never do this.
The meaning of the existence of Guan Ning Army is to resist Jiannu.
Now Guan Ningjun ignores the threat of Jiannu at hand, which is surprising.
Not long after the Daling River War, the conflict between the Ming army and the Jiannu slaves continued.
In Henan, it was pointed out that with Lu Xiangsheng, the local situation could be stabilized, and it was not necessary to transfer Sun Chuanting southward.
I guess one possibility is that something happened to Jiannu.
But this is unlikely. Another possibility is..."
When Li Fengming said this, he pointed his fingers at Shenyang and Beijing on the map in front of him.
Su He immediately reacted and said: "What Feng Ming means is that you think Daming has already joined forces with Jiannu, and they are ready to join forces."
Li Fengming nodded and analyzed: "I think Ming Dynasty and Jiannu have secretly negotiated peace.
At least they already have a tacit understanding.
In this way, the Ming court was relieved and transferred Sun Chuanting and most of Guan Ning's army to the Henan area.
We put great pressure on the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, and it is likely that these two forces will give up their hatred and unite to resist us."
Su He had previously worried that the Ming court would join forces with the Jiannu, causing firearms technology to spread to the grasslands.
He did not want to push the Ming Dynasty into a dead end, so he did not prioritize attacking the northern region.
Unexpectedly, Su He left some strategic space for the Ming court, but they still chose this path that Su He hated so much.
Most civil servant groups are extremely short-sighted and make choices that make people laugh or cry.
Among them, the civil servants of the two Song Dynasties were the most prominent.
Uniting with the Jin people to destroy the Liao Kingdom, and uniting with the Mongols to destroy the Jin Kingdom. This is an extremely stupid operation that no one with a normal IQ can think of.
Su He made up his mind and said in a solemn tone: "The secret guards and the Military Intelligence Bureau will investigate this matter separately.
Let's see if Ming Dynasty negotiates peace with Jiannu.
Mingzhen and Jiannu negotiated peace, so we sent troops immediately without giving the two parties a chance to unite.
It can also prevent them from cooperating in the early stages of peace negotiations.
Once they cooperate deeply, it will be too late to stop them."
Su Changsheng and Yang Tianhe immediately stood up and saluted.
They promised to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible.
Chief of Staff Li Fengming, on behalf of the Governor's Office, assured: "Your Majesty, during this period, I will go to various places to inspect armaments.
The main force has been re-equipped, and the police forces in wealthy cities have also completed the re-equipment of weapons.
People in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are very enthusiastic about joining the army, and this year they will recruit 150,000 new soldiers.
The staff will formulate relevant strategies based on the strength and position of each army."
Wang Zhongce also spoke on behalf of the cabinet: "Your Majesty, our war funds are enough to support several major wars.
The cabinet will speed up the selection of officials, and students from the Imperial College will be trained for a longer period of time and will not be released to serve as officials."
Li Fengming and Wang Zhongce had already heard Su He's firm attitude.
It is highly likely that Ming Dynasty and Jiannu will make peace.
Without peace talks, the Ming court would not dare to move the Ming army in Liaodong.
They immediately expressed the attitude of the Governor's Office and the Cabinet.
After listening to their statements, Su He said with a smile: "I just thought that Ming Dynasty and Jiannu might negotiate a peace, and I was a little embarrassed.
We cannot let the enemy lead us by the nose.
We cannot launch a large-scale war on impulse and when we are not prepared.
We are now beginning to prepare for war, and the Ming court and Jiannu are really negotiating peace.
We can't be too anxious. We must prepare everything and have a great chance of winning before we start.
If you act impulsively and end up losing the war, then the gain outweighs the loss."
Li Fengming and Wang Zhongce were even more relieved when they saw Prince Su He's attitude.
In this emergency meeting, they decided only one thing, and the entire Qin Palace began to prepare for war.
The Qin army continued to increase its troops, and the arsenal began to increase the production of weapons and ammunition.
Peace talks are just speculation, but a large-scale war will definitely happen in the near future.
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Everyone else in Lingyun Palace had dispersed. Su He stood in front of the map for half the night. He couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it.
How could Daming negotiate peace with Jiannu?
Just like he has never been able to understand the children of Emperor Zhao Gou and Shi Jingtang.
Chongzhen also wanted to be an emperor, but his performance in history was not that of a person.
Some civil servant groups in the Ming Dynasty will definitely oppose the peace negotiation.
Could it be that a certain civil servant group in the Ming Dynasty bypassed Chongzhen?
This is unlikely, as the Ming Emperor had extremely high power.
If it weren't for Chongzhen's superiority and inferiority, he wouldn't have made the Ming Dynasty a mess.
I hope Su Changsheng and Yang Qianhe can investigate this matter clearly.
Just after eight o'clock in the morning, the Hanzhong Bell Tower rang the bell for the first time, which meant that people started to work.
Su He ordered his secretary to call cabinet minister Li Zhisheng to Lingyun Palace.
In a large-scale war, the first factor to consider is the strength of the army.
If an army cannot win a war, then how stupid a person would be to start a war.
Su He has confidence in the Qin army. Their morale and weapons are the best in all regions of the world.
In this era, Navy Su He dare not say that he is the best in the world, but the Army is definitely the best in the world.
The second factor is the grain reserves of the Grain Reserve Bureau.
This year's summer grain has just been collected, so we can estimate the grain output.
The statistics of last year's autumn grain, reported by the Taxation Bureau and the Grain Reserve Bureau, have now been completed.
The amount of grain stored was Su He's confidence to launch a war.
Now northern China, Henan, Beizhili, and Shandong are full of hungry people.
Without enough food reserves, we cannot watch these people starve to death.
Li Zhisheng, the cabinet minister in charge of industry and agriculture, came to Lingyun Hall under the guidance of his secretary.
"Don't be anxious, sit down and talk."
When Su He saw Li Zhisheng, he opened the documents and prepared a report as soon as he walked into Lingyun Hall.
Li Zhisheng sat across from Suhe and reported: "Your Majesty, this year's summer grain harvest has been bumper again.
The use of fertilizers and pesticides allows for bumper harvests of summer crops year after year.
Corn was planted as autumn grain last year. The yield of corn was extremely high and it was easy to plant.
The people who planted it all made money. After harvesting the summer grain this year, many people began to plant corn.
I checked the information reported by the Grain Reserve Bureau and included this summer grain harvest.
There are about five million tons of grain in the grain storage silos of the Grain Storage Bureau.
Most of it is corn and sweet potatoes, and a small part is wheat and rice."
When Su He heard this number, he was quite satisfied.
After working hard for so many years, I finally saved a lot of money.
"With so much grain reserves, even if there are hungry people everywhere in Henan and Beizhili.
A bowl of porridge for them a day will keep them alive until the time of harvest.
But we must be prepared for the worst. For example, if natural disasters continue, our food production here will be reduced, and the newly occupied areas will not be able to grow food."
Li Zhisheng suggested: "Your Majesty, I heard from former farmers in Guangdong that large fishing boats can catch tens of thousands of catties of fish every time they go out to sea.
These fish are pickled into salted fish and are also excellent food.
Even if Shaanxi or Sichuan suffers from natural disasters, food production will be reduced.
With the sea providing a steady supply of fish and meat, the people can persevere.
I heard from Danhus that for a while they ate fish and shellfish every day to survive.
We use grain and fish, so that everything is safe."
"Li Aiqing, your idea is great."
Su He thought that there was a lot of food in the ocean. As long as there were boats, there would be no shortage of food. There were several large fishing grounds around Guangdong.
One whale has more meat than hundreds of pigs.
Suhe wants to develop the marine fishing industry and reserve more food.
