The 150,000 Dongjiang army was assembled in Kaifeng, with Chengzuo and Chen Jisheng as the commanders, each leading half of the army, and would cross the Yellow River from Kaifeng and Dengzhou into Shanxi. This matter has been prepared for nearly a month, and now everything is ready, only Mao Wenlong's order to attack is missing.

And during this month, Mao Wenlong has also kept his promise, stayed in Xi'an and never went anywhere, accompanied his second daughter every day, and enjoyed a rare leisurely time.

Today, the army has been assembled, and the food and grass have already been prepared, and it is time to put it into action. Mao Wenlong has also fulfilled his promise to his second daughter, and after saying goodbye to the two, he rushed to Kaifeng, preparing where to supervise the war in Shanxi.

In the government office of Kaifeng Fucheng, all the generals gathered together, more than a dozen people, and the entire hall was full. The war is about to start, but there is no nervousness on the part of the people present, all of them are hippie smiles, and they don't take the upcoming war seriously at all.

Mao Wenlong had been observing them for some time while he was present, and after discovering such a situation, he felt that it was inappropriate, and then opened his mouth to warn: "The combat strength of our Dongjiang Army is beyond doubt, and the war in Shanxi is indeed not difficult. But I want you to remember that arrogance will be defeated, and it is good to have self-confidence, but not to become arrogant. ”

Hearing this, all the generals got up and saluted Mao Wenlong and made a review, and then they all put away their hippie smiling faces, and faced the upcoming battle in front of them one by one.

Mao Wenlong was very satisfied with this, knowing that they were all vigilant, so he didn't say anything about it, and said: "Today's army will rest for another day, and tomorrow morning will go to battle, and you all go back to prepare." ”

"Yes, Commander!" The generals immediately got up and went back to their lives.

Everyone dispersed one after another, and Mao Wenlong also got up and prepared to go back to rest, but unexpectedly, the vast man outside the house hurriedly walked in, handed over a letter and said: "General soldier, a letter sent by the imperial court." ”

Mao Wenlong was slightly stunned, at this time, the imperial court sent a letter, obviously the imperial court already knew his intentions. In fact, this is also normal, after all, Mao Wenlong did not deliberately hide his imminent army in Shanxi from beginning to end, and there is nothing surprising that the imperial court will know.

After taking the letter casually, Mao Wenlong asked Haoda to retreat before he turned around and sat down, opened the envelope and took out a letter of paper. Mao Wenlong glanced at the person who made the payment first, it was actually Chongzhen, and he looked at the letter from the beginning.

After a while, Mao Wenlong had a smile on his face, it turned out that Chongzhen in the letter actually proposed to give away the whole of Shanxi. And Chongzhen has only one request, that is, to ask Mao Wenlong to send troops to help and repel the Huang Taiji army that is still lingering in Jiayuguan and has never refused to retreat.

"Sure enough, they're all old foxes!" Mao Wenlong scolded with a smile, and then put the letter away.

"Huge, invite the military over to narrate." Mao Wenlong commanded the vast outside the door.

Haoda gave his hand outside the gate, and then left quickly, and soon after, he hurried with Hong Chengchou.

As soon as Hong Chengchou entered the hall, he immediately asked, "What's the urgency?" ”

After Mao Wenlong motioned for him to sit down, he handed the letter to him for a look, and then said, "Do you think we should accept Chongzhen's request?" ”

Hong Chengchou did not respond immediately, but read the entire letter carefully, and then said in surprise: "Why is this happening?" Shanxi is the last line of defense of the Beijing Division, once the imperial court gives it up, the Beijing Division will be exposed to the nose of our Dongjiang Army, and will be threatened by us at any time, what does the emperor mean by this? ”

Mao Wenlong didn't care at all, he chuckled: "What good or bad intentions can the imperial court have now, Chongzhen made such a decision, I think it is a wise move." Don't you think it's so? ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "The truth is that this is true, the imperial court is indeed not capable of resisting the advance of our Dongjiang Army, and there is no way to hold Shanxi in the case of the Dongjiang Army's attack. But it is precisely because of this that Shanxi is very important to Jingshi, so I think it should not be taken lightly. ”

As a military advisor, you have to perform the duties of a military advisor, in fact, Hong Chengchou also agrees with Mao Wenlong's speculation in his heart, but he is in his position, and he must be responsible to the end. Hong Chengchou, the military advisor, actually had to bring up all the bad side when Mao Wenlong was about to make a major decision, even if it was almost impossible to happen, he had to put it forward for discussion.

To put it bluntly, Hong Chengchou, the military advisor, has to fight against Mao Wenlong, and this is to serve as a warning in case Mao Wenlong makes a mistake before making a decision.

After Mao Wenlong heard this, he did not rush to defend himself, but calmed down and carefully brushed his thoughts, until there was really no omission, and then said: "At present, our Dongjiang Army is completely on the strong side, while the imperial court is on the extremely weak side. Chongzhen made such a decision to avoid a two-sided battle in the imperial court, and he could tie me to the chariot of the imperial court to resist the invasion of Houjin together. ”

Once the Jingshi is endangered, it is broken through by Houjin, and Mao Wenlong occupies Shanxi at this time, so he needs to face Houjin at any time, which is already an obvious fact.

Hong Chengchou's other purpose is a little untenable, and Shanxi's surrender to Mao Wenlong is also a helpless move by the imperial court. After all, if you really want to resist, you can only bring some trouble to the Dongjiang Army, but in fact, it will not help.

Therefore, Chongzhen simply sent Shanxi to Mao Wenlong and asked him to garrison the army. In the future, once Houjin breaks through and endangers the Jingshi, if Mao Wenlong, a neighbor, wants to stand by and watch, it will be impossible.

Hong Chengchou pondered for a long time before he spoke: "Maybe what the general soldier said is reasonable, and the imperial court will not let Shanxi be threatened by us. Now take the initiative to let it out, although it will expose Jingshi directly under our eyelids. But compared with Houjin, we are naturally more trusted by the imperial court. ”

Mao Wenlong smiled and said: "This is the truth, but now I am thinking about whether to send troops to help the imperial court resist Houjin?" ”

Hong Chengchou's face suddenly sank, and he said in an accentuated tone: "Chief soldier, no matter how civil strife the Ming Dynasty is, it can be regarded as a family matter, but the external enemy is different, and we can all see the brutality of Houjin." Once Houjin arrives in my Ming Dynasty, it will really change the sky at that time, and the people will be miserable. Please take it as an important task for the general army to defend against foreign enemies together with the imperial court, and don't let outsiders take advantage of it. ”

Mao Wenlong could see that Hong Chengchou was serious and resolute, and he could see that he still had feelings and a sense of identity with Daming.

"Okay, I promise you, first solve the foreign enemy, and then we will think about the affairs at home." Mao Wenlong readily agreed.