When Chang Yu entered the palace, Emperor Chongzhen had just dispersed in the early dynasty, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really diligent and diligent, regardless of the wind and rain for sixteen years, the early dynasty has never been broken.

Seeing that Chang Yu knew something was going on as soon as he entered the palace in the morning, he summoned him to the Qianqing Palace for interrogation.

What about Gao Jie's three people?

How is it possible, Chang Yuti didn't mention this stubble.

Instead, the words were astonishing: "Ban the Church Division, and give amnesty to the wives and daughters of those guilty ministers and give them their freedom."

Emperor Chongzhen was very surprised, and vaguely remembered that as early as a few months ago, Chang Yu proposed to abolish the eunuch supervision and military system, and he also brought this topic, but at that time, the main culprit of the thieves and the court was too anxious to do this, and he mentioned it again at this time, it seems that he is really concerned.

"Why do you want to ban the Workshop Division several times?" Emperor Chongzhen asked curiously.

"It's against the heavens, the courtiers can't bear it, and the war in the north is calmed down, and the emperor is the emperor who will give amnesty to the world" Chang Yu bowed and said, Emperor Chongzhen looked at him expressionlessly for a long time: "You have made immortal achievements, and I have nothing to reward you, this time it will be as you wish."

"Minister, thank you" Chang Yu bowed his hand and bowed, which made Emperor Chongzhen a little surprised, you must know that Chang Yu rarely knelt, even when he rewarded his house for building a military memorial arch at the military parade yesterday, he did not kneel to thank him, at this time for those official prostitutes...... This kid still has a virgin heart.

"When are you going to leave for the south?" Emperor Chongzhen is most concerned about the war in the south, there is chaos over there, at this time, in addition to Zhang Xianzhong's troubles in Sichuan, there are also Li Zicheng's men and horses tossing in the Yangtze River Basin.

Don't think that Li Zicheng founded the country in Xi'an with only one acre and three points of land, but in fact, his revolutionary base was in the west of Huguang, Jingxi, and his henchman Bai Wang was stationed in De'an County, Jiujiang Prefecture, in addition to Jingzhou and Xiangyang were also under his control by his general Yuan Zongdi.

It can be said that the towns in Jiangxi and Hubei in this section of the Yangtze River basin are under the control of Li Zicheng except for Wuchang, while Wuchang and Jiujiang are controlled by Zuo Liangyu, another great warlord of the Ming Dynasty, which just divides Li Zicheng's power into one south and one north.

Zuo Liangyu will be defeated in every battle in recent years, from the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in Zhuxian Town was cut by Li Zicheng, retreated to Xiangyang, Kaifeng War he did not dare to fight, Li Zicheng directly attacked Xiangyang, he retreated to Wuchang and did not get the supply of the King of Chu after a big plunder to retreat to Jiujiang to support the army and wait and see, and then Wuchang fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, the court forced him to send troops to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, to recover Hanyang, but Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan to take the opportunity to recover Wuchang, hiding in the middle of the move.

He didn't move, the thief army was not idle, when Li Zicheng's gongs and drums were noisy and the east was crusading, Bai Wang of De'an responded and sent troops along the Yangtze River to Anqing, shouting to take Nanjing City.

This can frighten Nanjing.

Why?

As the old saying goes, water comes to cover the earth, and soldiers come to block it, but the problem is that there is no soil and generals now.

Originally, Anqing Mansion and Luzhou Mansion were the hardest hit areas of thieves, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the old thief Kou Gezuo Fifth Battalion were all in Qianshan, and Huoshan Mountain continued to live for several years.

At that time, how many soldiers and horses in the imperial court were in the surrounding area to suppress bandits, in recent years, Zuo Liangyu would sit in Luzhou Mansion and star, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and other troops were also busy killing and killing with the thief army in the surrounding area.

But now, as the power of the thief army is getting bigger and bigger, they have come out of the mountain nest and begun to surround the city in the countryside, and the officers and soldiers of the two governments have also been transferred to fight the fire everywhere, for example, Zuo Liangyu is in Wuchang at this time, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo are thousands of miles away, and there are almost no soldiers and horses around Nanjing.

So much so that Bai Wang sent troops along the Yangtze River north to approach Nanjing, but Zuo Liangyu, the only one who was nearby, did not move behind him, not waiting for the opportunity, but did not dare to fight at all, he was afraid of Bai Wang.

When Zhang Xianzhong was still in Wuchang the year before last, he had hundreds of thousands of troops and watched in Jiujiang, while Bai Wang had only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in De'an County under his jurisdiction. This is a historical record, Tongzhi "Jiangxia County Chronicles" did not shy away from saying that Zuo Liangyu "repeatedly fought with the handsome Bai Wang, and was invincible."

But even if he was afraid, he had to make an appearance, so he ordered Jin Shengheng, the general stationed in Jiujiang, to go to Bai Wang's old nest De'an in an attempt to contain Bai Wang's troops.

And then the egg!

Bai Wang sang all the way, along the Yangtze River and was about to hit Anqing Mansion when he suddenly heard bad news, the defeat of the king and fled back to Xi'an, this is simply a bolt from the blue, although he heard that Taiyuan lost a while ago, but on the other hand Liu Fangliang was like a bamboo and approached the capital, how could he lose in the blink of an eye, and he was chased by officers and soldiers for thousands of miles.

In addition to the horror, it also made Bai Wang calm down, it may not be a good thing to rush forward, but it is better to consolidate the existing territory, so he slowed down the speed of the attack, and also relieved Nanjing, but Anqing Mansion, which is a stone's throw away, is still uneasy.

Wangjiang County has entered the middle of the war, and is sharpening knives to cattle and sheep.

Anqing Mansion is in a hurry!

"The minister can move south at any time, but the matter of soldiers and horses still needs to be discussed" Chang Yu bowed and frowned, Bai Wang is an experienced and fierce general, it is very difficult to deal with, otherwise Zuo Liangyu would not be able to help him with hundreds of thousands of troops, Chang Yu was worried and gave a frontal fight, the Qing army's iron cavalry was awesome enough, it was still cut off with missing arms and legs, what he was afraid of was that Bai Wang saw that the situation was not good and plunged into the mountains, and you couldn't get out of the mountains for a few years.

And what's worse is that there are too many mountains over there! The Huoshan Mountains in Luzhou Prefecture and the Qianshan Mountains in Anqing Prefecture are all old revolutionary base areas of the thief army, and it is very difficult to do it!

And in addition, there is an even more fatal problem, there are no adjustable soldiers and horses around!

Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, who were originally in the area of Anqing Mansion, are now thousands of miles away in the capital, and it is a matter for Nanjing to lack troops and major generals to protect themselves, but Zuo Liangyu nearby has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops, but it is an old fox who is more scheming than Liu Zeqing and Wu Sangui, you want to parachute in and transfer troops to seize power, and let you have an accident every minute.

Without soldiers and generals, is it difficult for the little eunuch to fight with Bai Wang's tens of thousands of thieves single-handedly?

Unrealistic!

Therefore, the troops were transferred from the north, but it was already the Year of the Monkey when they arrived at the land, not to mention the supply of grain and grass along the way...... It's all a frustrating thing.

Successive years of drought grain harvest, coupled with this year's five northern provinces of war disaster, first Li Zicheng from the Yellow River all the way to the capital like locusts across the border scraped again, and then the Qing army entered the customs and came again, the grain in the north has reached the red line, you don't see that the outside of the city is already full of hunger, if it is not all the way to fight with thieves and Tartars for food and grass, I am afraid that the soldiers will have no food to eat.

It is necessary to provide disaster relief, maintain the most basic people's livelihood, and supply military horses for expeditions, which cannot be done at all!

Therefore, this depends on the little eunuch to beg along the road with tens of thousands of troops to fight in the south?

"Let's discuss the matter of grain and grass, first tell me your plan, who will be assigned to the south to suppress the thieves?" Emperor Chongzhen was also worried, pacing back and forth in the hall, looking at Chang Yu and couldn't help but sigh again and again.

"The distance is far away, and cavalry is better, but the battle in the mountains should be dominated by foot soldiers" Chang Yu took a long breath: "Li Yan's men and horses must go, Zhou Yuji still has to go back to guard Taiyuan, and the thieves have to be guarded."

Chongzhen nodded slightly: "As you said, the Tartar Halberd is unable to send troops to attack and disturb in a short period of time, so you can transfer Tang Tong and Ma Ke as well, plus Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo."

"Enough is enough, but the more the merrier, the minister still wants another soldier and horse" Chang Yu's face became solemn, and Emperor Chongzhen raised his eyebrows: "Pro-guards? You can go by the way".

Chang Yu shook his head and took a deep breath: "Guan Ning Iron Ride!" ”

Yes! Emperor Chongzhen was shocked: "This ...... You want to move Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses...... How can he do what you want? ”

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen corrected it, Guanning Tieqi is from the Ming Dynasty, from the imperial court, and from the emperor, but it is definitely not Wu Sangui's!"

Emperor Chongzhen took a long breath and nodded: "But at this time, the military power is in the hands of Wu Sangui, how do you take it, you must know that if you are not careful, you will ......"

"Minister, there is a plan to ask the emperor to decide" Chang Yu turned to look at the door, Wang Chengen retired and closed the door very interestingly.

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