"Does it hurt?" Seeing that her daughter was sleeping soundly, Yang Lianbing turned over and gently stroked her husband's chest with her hand.
"It doesn't hurt." Uncle Yang tried to show off his words and secretly gritted his teeth.
"You, you, you can't get away with lying... You know, boss, don't work so hard in future wars. You are still an official. Do you think you can do it in person?"
"You don't understand the war." Yang Boxian retorted.
"You know, why don't you come back injured? After a few days, the army has been injured like this. If you, the head of the family, encounter something bad, how will my daughter and I live in the future? Wuwu..." Yang Lian
Bing complained and swallowed hard. Although she supported her husband's family joining the army, she still felt uncomfortable when she saw him being hurt.
"Cry your ass off, oh, don't wake me up."
Yang Boxian also knew that his wife was kind-hearted. When he saw his wife starting to cry while talking, he had no choice but to use his daughter as a shield.
When Yang Lianbing's mood gradually calmed down, Yang Boxian said earnestly: "To be honest, I was afraid of going to the battlefield, but when I thought of you two behind me, I just rushed forward."
Yang Lianbing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and whispered softly: "If I weren't a real man who stood up to heaven, I would never marry a poor hunter like you."
"Haha." Uncle Yang chuckled stupidly, and his words brought back memories for the couple.
"What I said, you have to remember it carefully. It is one thing to serve the court, but it is another thing to seek for yourself. How many people can win your majesty's favor now? It is a fate that others cannot cultivate in several lifetimes.
Once it's in your hands, I won't die easily."
"I understand. Go to bed. You have to go to His Majesty to discuss matters early in the morning."
"Elm knot!"
"Hiss..." The wound was slapped harshly, and Uncle Yang gasped in pain.
.......
Today's morning meeting is of great significance. It is a real military and political discussion. In addition to detailing the recruitment of soldiers, the deployment of troops, and the logistics of food and grass, Chongzhen will disclose the overall strategy at this meeting, which is related to everyone's future.
Everyone with duties was present. Wen and Wu were lined up on the left and right. Considering that some people came with injuries, Chongzhen carefully ordered Wang Chengen to show everyone their seats. After a round of courtesy from the emperor and his ministers, the discussion officially began.
Different from any parliament of this era, a high board was erected next to Chongzhen. The people smeared paste on the back of the map and then pasted the map on the board.
Chongzhen wrote and Wang Chengen did the ink research.
As the pen tip was waved, little bits of ink splashed on Chongzhen's sleeves, and a black circle appeared on the map, followed by a second and a third.
"This is Datong."
"This is Beiping."
The various state capitals on the land of Yi, Yan, and Qing were marked one after another. Chongzhen cleared his throat and said to everyone: "Although the siege of Datong has been lifted, it does not mean that the Jianqi were defeated! Our army suffered casualties in this battle, and the total number of those whose whereabouts are unknown is
Twenty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine people, especially the civilians who were used as reserve troops, were almost completely lost. However, the heads of real prisoners counted by various ministries were less than four thousand in one place."
"It can be seen from this that when facing the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Mongolian armies, it took the lives of five of our soldiers to exchange for one from the enemy."
"This is better to stick to the fortified city! If we encounter it in a field battle, we will definitely lose."
Chongzhen spent the rest of the night calculating the submitted rosters, and the conclusions he came to were staggering. The numbers did not lie. The gap in strength between the Ming soldiers and the Jianlu soldiers was clear at a glance.
The military attachés sitting below were all filled with emotion, especially Tang Tong, who had been to Yiyishi.
In the past, no one dared to tell the truth in front of the emperor, but now that Chongzhen said it himself, it completely broke through this layer of paper, and it was equivalent to telling all the military attachés to take back the tricks of deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates.
"I have thought about it over and over again, but I feel that I have encountered this situation before. Tang Tong, can you see it?"
Tang Tong quickly stood up and apologized, "I can't understand what you said to your majesty."
Chongzhen seemed to have foreseen Tang Tong's answer, and was not angry. He motioned Tang Tong to sit down and then continued: "How are today's Ming army and Jianlu different from the earliest bandits and Ming army?"
A word awakened the dreamer, and following Chongzhen's words, everyone couldn't help but recall the earliest rogue bandits. They were nothing more than heavy thunder and small raindrops. When encountering the official army head-on, they could only escape to score points. Li Zicheng was beaten by Hong Chengchou and only had eighteen riders left.
This is the most typical evidence.
"But why can't we suppress all the rogue bandits until today?" Chongzhen asked again.
Faced with this question, Tang Tong blurted out without even thinking: "I know that the intruders and bandits are all horse soldiers. They never engage in direct battles with the officers and soldiers such as me. They run very fast and are really cunning and difficult to deal with."
Chongzhen nodded and said: "Yes, the key to the problem of rogue bandits lies in the word "liu"."
Wang Jinchao suddenly stood up and said: "I understand, your Majesty intends to imitate, imitate..." The word "imitate bandits" does not sound good, and I dare not say it in front of Your Majesty.
"Is there anything to avoid? I just want to imitate Li Zicheng, how about that?" Chongzhen's eyes were sharp and his eyebrows were sharp, and his tone was firm and resolute.
There were whispers in the audience, especially those in the literary department on the left. Monk Zhanger was even more puzzled. How to learn from rogue bandits? Chongzhen smiled slightly. There was no need to continue to talk about it. He immediately pointed to the map and said: "Jianlu learned that
The news that I am in Datong means that I will definitely attack Datong. They cannot sacrifice the near for the distant. They came from Peiping via the Xuan Da Channel, that's all."
"Wang Fuchen."
"The mark is on."
"I will still allocate all the war horses captured in this camp to you, and your mission is yours." Chongzhen said, pointing to the black circle on the map.
"We are setting up sentries along these points. We are not allowed to retreat immediately after engaging in battle. I just need to be aware of his movements. Do you understand?"
"Take your orders under the mark."
"Jiang Xuan, you passed through Hunyuan before, but do you still remember the way?" As soon as Wang Fuchen sat down, Jiang Xuan stood up in response. His face looked a little depressed. He must have been up all night like Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, yes, but there are not many of them, at most two thousand."
"Okay, Wang Jinchao and Jiang Xuan, I order you two to be the vanguard and lead your troops to attack Hunyuan! The difference from last time is that this time, I need to capture the city."
"After taking Hunyuan City, there is no need to stay behind. Immediately attack Lingqiu and Guangchang counties. According to the information I have, the intruders have not set up defenses here, so we must move quickly."
"promise."
"I have an order."
"Sun Xuanhuai." Chongzhen turned to the left and said.
"I'm here."
"Prepare all the grain and grass supplies and load them into trucks, and mobilize all Datong people to pack their bags." Under Sun Xuanhuai's doubtful eyes, Chongzhen's true intention finally emerged.
"Fucheng, no more, I want to move all the residents of the city to Guangchang County. Tangtong, you will come to the rear."
"promise."
Seeing the military attaches receiving their orders one by one, Sun Xuanhuai asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, if we arrive in Guangchang, what will be the next step?"
Chongzhen turned around slowly, poked the corner of the map with his index finger, and slowly slid right along the line.
"If the rebels attack Datong, I will attack Baoding!"
