Emperor Yonglong's face was also dark, he didn't expect Feng Ziying to make a big move as soon as he came up, which directly poked at the sore spot of the imperial court, which was also his sore spot.

This matter is also secret in the DPRK, and only the military department and the cabinet ministers and he know about it.

The governor of Jiliao was also shocked and deeply worried in his speech to the imperial court, believing that if the current situation continued, I am afraid that the Jianzhou Jurchens would conquer the entire Haixi Jurchen much faster than the original imperial court thought.

In particular, the extermination and annexation of the Haixi Jurchen Huifa Department completely shocked the other two remnants of the Haixi Jurchen.

If the conquest of the Hada tribe by the earliest Jianzhou women has not attracted enough attention from the Great Zhou, then the collapse of the Huifa Department made the Great Zhou, especially the Liaodong Town, which directly faced the Jianzhou Jurchens, feel murderous and chilling, and at the same time silenced the only two remaining tribes of the Haixi Jurchens, the Ula Department and the Yehe Department.

The Huifa Ministry, which has always been regarded as having a close relationship with the Great Zhou, did not receive any support from the Great Zhou, so what should the Jianzhou Jurchens do next when they take action against the remnants of the Ula and Yehe Ministries?

From the whispering at the beginning to the slow attention to Emperor Yonglong's grim expression and the embarrassed looks of several pavilion elders in the entire hall, everyone already understood that this was probably true.

Emperor Yonglong took a deep breath and nodded: "This is indeed the case. ”

He is not an emperor without care, after receiving a distress letter from the Huifa Ministry, Liaodong Town also urgently reported to the imperial court, but in the end, after the military department and Liaodong Town discussed, it was painful and difficult to remain silent.

Without him, logistics were seriously insufficient, and it was difficult to support a decent war, and Liaodong was not ready to start a war with the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Although the current situation of Liaodong Town is the best in Jiubian, the problem of logistics and supply has always been the biggest problem that plagues it, especially the difficulty of self-sufficiency in food, and the military and civilians need to be transported from the Guannei, and everyone has to shout that the transportation cost is unbearable.

If there is one stone left in the three stones of grain transported to Liaodong, it will be considered quite good, and the consumption on the road can be imagined.

It can be said that fighting a war in Liaodong is to fight attrition and logistics, but logistics is precisely the biggest weakness of Liaodong.

"The minister doesn't know how much the princes here know about the situation in Liaodong and Liaoxi, but the minister still has to say that now the news from the Pedestrian Division and the Ministry of War in Liaodong shows that after the annexation of the Huifa Ministry, the real strength of the Jianzhou Nuzhen has increased greatly, and they have sharpened their knives and are ready to make a move against the Ula Ministry, and the Ula Department is far north of the Huifa Ministry, and the Great Zhou has now lost the possibility even if he wants to help the Ula Ministry, well, he doesn't have that strength, so he can only watch the Jianzhou Jurchen annex the Ula Ministry."

Feng Ziying didn't care about the embarrassed faces of Zhang Jingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the cabinet members, including Qi Yongtai, and said to herself: "I don't know if the statement of the lower official is true?" ”

Of course, this topic is not aimed at the emperor, but at the military department.

Emperor Yonglong lowered his eyelids and was silent, but Zhang Jingqiu's face was uncertain, and finally he sighed and said: "The Ula Department is located in a special location, further north than the Hada Department, and it is surrounded by the Jianzhou Jurchens on three sides, and on the other side, it is facing the Horqin Department of the left-wing Mongolia that has always been friendly with the Jianzhou Jurchens, we have no way to rescue, and the current situation in Liaodong can only maintain a defensive position, without offensive power." ”

Although the ministers and workers of the court and the central government knew that the situation of the imperial court in Liaodong was very difficult and dangerous, after all, it was too far away from them, and they also lacked a clear understanding of that place.

Therefore, to put it mildly, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, who are the first and second assistants, are also vague about the situation in Liaodong.

Losing a small tribe of Jurchens doesn't seem to be a big deal.

Just like the Jianzhou Jurchen in the 39th year of Yuanxi Dynasty destroyed the Haixi Jurchen Hada Division, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, and last year it annexed the Huifa Department of the Haixi Jurchen, although it made Da Zhou a little embarrassed, but it didn't seem to really pose much of a threat to Da Zhou.

But for Zhang Jingqiu, who is proficient in military affairs, it is not the same thing at all.

The collapse of the Huifa Department was a rather dangerous beginning, making the Great Zhou no longer able to intervene and stop the crazy growth of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and once the Ula Department was annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, one eliminated the other, which allowed the Jianzhou Jurchens to continue to expand, and when the Yehe Department was swallowed again, Zhang Jingqiu knew very well that Liaodong could not be defended.

Shou will only make Liaodong a scar on Da Zhou's body that is constantly bleeding and festering, and may even drag Da Zhou to death.

"Thank you Lord Zhang for your outspokenness, then the next official asks again, if the Ula Department is swallowed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, the position of the Yehe Department should be much better than that of the Ula Department, close to our Great Zhou, can our Liaodong Town join forces with the Yehe Department to fight against the Jianzhou Jurchens?"

Zhang Jingqiu smiled bitterly, this guy simply regarded himself as a background wall, stepping on his back to get on the top.

But Zhang Jingqiu didn't care, because since even the emperor didn't mind such an opportunity, and was even happy, then why was he reluctant to save face?

If you want to say that it is also this messy thing made by Xiao Daheng and Li Chengliang, I just came to wipe my ass.

As long as the goal can be achieved, then what can't be put down?

However, Zhang Jingqiu also knows very well that as the secretary of the military department, he must be responsible for every sentence of the imperial court, responsible for everyone in the palace, and every sentence must be justified and impeccable.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Jingqiu exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, and then stroked his short beard under his chin and said in a deep voice: "Theoretically, this can be done, but the key is that there is a huge difference between the strength of Ye Hebu and Jianzhou Jurchen, if I am a Jianzhou Jurchen, I only need to contain Liaodong Town from the flank, and the rest of the forces can eat Ye Hebu, and in turn, I can also take advantage of the situation to attack and harass Liaodong, and at that time, Liaodong Town will be in a dilemma." ”

Zhang Jingqiu still didn't dare to say that Liaodong would not be able to defend at that time, this was too exciting for everyone present, and even the emperor could not accept it.

"Then Lord Zhang, can the lower officials understand it in this way, as far as the current situation in Liaodong is concerned, if there are no special changes and improvements, it will be a matter of time before Yehebu is annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens?"

Feng Ziying buckled step by step, pressing step by step.

"It should be." Zhang Jingqiu replied calmly that he had already sensed Feng Ziying's intentions, but he would not break or stand, so that jumping away could also allow more people to truly understand the situation in Liaodong.

"Then the Yehe Department was annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Mongolian left wing was connected with the Jianzhou Jurchens, what should Liaodong do? Can it still be held? ”

Zhang Jingqiu shook his head, "If I get to that point, I am still the secretary of the military department, I will suggest that Liaodong Town be completely abandoned and retreat to the front line of Shanhaiguan." ”

"Abandoning Liaodong, doesn't that mean that the Jianzhou Jurchens can freely enter and leave Liaoxi through the Mongolian left-wing tribes and have no worries, and they can also go deep into Jizhou and Xuanda at will? Aren't we wolves and tigers before they go? ”

The question was straightforward and harsh, but it was the truth.

"We spent decades and tens of millions of taels of silver to lay down Liaodong to defend it, and the result is that in the end we will withdraw in a hurry, and tens of millions of taels of silver will be wasted and made wedding clothes for others? The reason for this is that we are unable to fight against the Jurchens in Liaodong? If you can't deal with the Jurchens in Liaodong, can you deal with them in Guannei? ”

Feng Ziying's cold questioning made everyone feel the sharpness of this son's speech.

Zhang Jingqiu seemed to be forced to be speechless by Feng Ziying, but in his heart he was praising Feng Ziying.

The sentence "You can't deal with the Jurchens in Liaodong, but you can deal with it in Guannei?" He even asked a lot of depression in Zhang Jingqiu's heart.

Many people here feel that since Liaodong can't hold it, then guard the pass, but you haven't thought about it, Liaodong can't hold it, how can you hold the pass?

The Jurchens can choose any time and any place to attack from the defense line of thousands of miles from the east to the sea and the west to Xuanda, so that you are tired of coping, they control the initiative, and they also give up the Mongol tribes to them, and this battle has already lost three points before it is fought.

Seeing that Zhang Jingqiu was silent, Feng Ziying turned to the topic to the cabinet officials, "I don't know if anyone here thinks it's really not okay, let's just give up Liaodong, anyway, we still have something to do, but I want to say a word, but anyone who dares to abandon Liaodong will be punished!" The land left by the ancestors is not too much, and they do not think about expanding the territory, but they spend their days pondering and abandoning the land. ”

Just when the ministers in the palace changed color, Feng Ziying immediately picked up and said: "But what Lord Zhang just said is that if the Jurchens really annex the Ula and Yehe tribes, and we only have the supply line of the Liaoxi Corridor, then giving up Liaodong is the wisest choice, I agree with this point of view!" ”

"Therefore, we must not fall to this point in Da Zhou! Not to mention how to control trade with Korea and Japan in the future, not to mention the fact that the silver from Japan's Iwami Silver Mountain is being continuously imported into our Great Zhou, and not to mention the impact that the Jianzhou Jurchen may have on the entire Haixi Jurchen and even the East China Sea Jurchen once the unification of the Jurchens in the East China Sea is completed, which may lead to Korea, the only foreign vassal that still maintains respect for our Great Zhou, to fall to the Jurchens. Just to let the unified Jurchens completely bring the Mongolian left wing under their command and form an overwhelming threat to the entire line of Jiliao Xuanda, our Great Zhou must not give up Liaodong, this is the lifeblood of our Great Zhou's life and death! ”

Feng Ziying suddenly raised her tone a few tones: "If anyone still has that kind of pickled thoughts, then I can only say that he seems to have forgotten the story of the warm wind in the pre-Song Dynasty when tourists were drunk and only regarded Hangzhou as Bianzhou and was trampled by the iron hooves of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to break through the south of the Yangtze River!" Or, is our Great Zhou really ready to make Nanjing the capital for the second time? ”