Hearing Wang Dehua's words, Zhu Youzhen froze there.

For a long time, he didn't say a word.

Wang Dehua and Zhang Guanghang waited for a long time, and couldn't help but raise their heads to look at the Son of Heaven.

However, the Son of Heaven they saw had completely lost his former composure. In this warm and cold spring, the Son of Heaven sitting on the throne suddenly sweated profusely. It was not fine sweat, it was a dense patch of cold sweat, even if Zhang Guanghang and Wang Dehua knelt in front of them three meters apart, they could see it clearly.

In the minds of Wang Dehua and Zhang Guanghang, even if Zhu Youzhen is not wise and martial, he has always been calm and commanding. They really had never seen the Son of Heaven like this, and they were all stunned.

Zhu Youzhen also discovered his abnormality in front of his courtiers, and raised his hand to cover it up. However, when he raised his hand, he found that his right hand was trembling slightly, but he didn't know how to hide his panic, so he had no choice but to put it down.

Wang Dehua and Zhang Guanghang looked at each other for a while, and their eyes were a little panicked.

The Son of Heaven is not determined to be like this, how can he do great things?

Wang Dehua gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Holy Lord! Tianjin has only 50,000 soldiers, and we have 200,000. As long as we work hard, we will definitely be able to break through Li Zhi's lair! ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent again.

After a long time, he looked at Wang Dehua on the ground and said repeatedly: "Fifty thousand..."

"Fifty thousand..."

Zhu Youzhen suddenly looked at Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side.

"Wang Chengen, why don't you speak."

When Wang Chengen heard the Son of Heaven's inquiry, he suddenly burst into tears, as if a catastrophe was coming.

He staggered to his knees, leaned over and said, "Emperor! Such a big thing, where do slaves and maids dare to put their beaks? As long as the emperor makes up his mind, there will be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, and the slaves and maids will also charge for the emperor. ”

Hearing Wang Chengen's words, Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "Wang Chengen! ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "The slave is here!" ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said, "You go to Beijing to give an order, and ask Yang Guozhu to prepare horses, equipment, ammunition, grain and grass, and prepare to send troops." ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and looked up at Zhu Youzhen.

Preparing for a troop? Attacking Tianjin is definitely to attack it by surprise and not being prepared, how can it be prepared with great fanfare? If Li Zhi knew that the new army in Jingying was ready to fight, could Li Zhi not be guarded?

Wang Dehua said loudly: "Holy Lord! Either you will be thundered and killed in Tianjin, or you will not make a noise! If we prepare for war on a large scale and don't attack quickly, I'm afraid it will only strengthen Li Zhi's vigilance! ”

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes again.

Wang Dehua pounced on the ground and kowtowed, shouting loudly: "Holy Lord! This is never the time to hesitate! ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"I'm tired, so let's do it today."

Wang Dehua and Zhang Guanghang raised their heads in surprise and looked at Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne for a few seconds, no longer said anything to his subordinates, and turned around and walked into the dormitory.

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On the 17th day of March in the Ming calendar, the cold wind in Siberia was still cold.

The headquarters of Tsarist Russia on the east bank of Siberia is located on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, and is the bridgehead of Tsarist Russia's expansion in the Far East. Count of Tsarist Russia, the commander of the East Bank, Kokorin, sat in his office, carefully watching the intelligence on the table.

"There are only 40,000 to 60,000 people left in Tianjin?"

Kokorin was not a coarse Cossack, on the contrary, he was a noble-born nobleman of the Tsarist Pulton family. He wore a tight-fitting velvet coat, and his sturdy and tall figure under the coat looked extremely burly. The beard on his lips makes him look elegant and has a gentle temperament.

The adjutant standing next to him was called Khumbarov, bowed down and said: "That's right, commander, after the defeat in the northeast of the Ming Kingdom last time, we have doubled our detective forces to investigate Li Zhi's intelligence in Tianjin. There is no impermeable wall in this world, and we have spent so much money to naturally grasp the reality of Tianjin. ”

"Li Zhi has been transferring troops overseas this year, and now Tianjin is extremely empty."

After a pause, Kumbarov said: "And! “

Kokorin asked, "And what?" “

Kumborov said excitedly: "And the count! The emperor of the Ming Kingdom mobilized 200,000 new troops in Beijing last month, seemingly to attack Tianjin. “

Kocolin was stunned.

After being stunned for a while, he asked, "What is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty going to do?" “

Kombarov smiled: "Earl, there is no doubt that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can no longer stand Li Zhi. Li Zhi has been flying in the Ming Dynasty over the years, and even used a knife to massacre the ministers of the Ming Emperor, killing more than 1,000 people at one time. There is a saying in the Ming State that it is tolerable and unbearable, and the emperor of the Ming State also discovered the emptiness of Tianjin and wanted to take action. “

Kokorin looked at Kombarov and pondered for a moment.

He stood up abruptly and walked over to the map of the Far East on the wall next to his office.

He dotted on the map.

"Li Zhi faced Persian, Ottoman, and Indian resistance in India, and invested 200,000 men for victory, and now there are only 40,000 to 60,000 left in the north."

"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty mobilized the royal army, and now the 200,000 Ming Imperial Forest Army has also become Li Zhi's enemy, and they will pounce on Li Zhi's base camp at any time."

Kumbarov excitedly said: "Yes! Earl. “

Kokorin groaned and asked, "Konbarov, do you think Li Zhi is still capable of guarding his three northeastern provinces?" “

Kumbarov exclaimed: "Impossible! Earl. If our soldiers and horses invade the northeast and plunder, Li Zhi will have no power to resist at all, so he can only watch us return with a full load. “

Kombarov raised his head and looked out the window at the Siberian taiga, where there was still some snow.

Siberia was so cold that the Russian Empire, though the hardest people in the world, desperately longed for the lands of the South. The seaports on the eastern coast of Siberia are covered in sea ice as soon as winter arrives, making it impossible to sail at all. In the three northeastern provinces of Li Zhi, there are excellent seaports that do not freeze in winter.

For Tsarist Russia, southward expansion was the natural blood flowing in their veins.

Siberia and Moscow are thousands of miles away, and it is impossible to communicate back and forth. As the commander-in-chief of the eastern coast of Siberia, Kokorin had all the power to act cheaply, and he could mobilize the 23,000 Russian soldiers under his command.

Kombarov bowed down and said, "Commander, Li Zhi's three northeastern provinces are extremely rich, and we will not lose money if we rush in and plunder." If we go in and rob Li Zhi several times and completely destroy Li Zhi's Northeast economy, Li Zhi will have to give up the Northeast in the end, and then our opportunity will come. “

Kokorin nodded and said loudly, "You're right, Kombarov. Mobilize all our troops to plunder in the three northeastern provinces! If Li Zhi can't draw troops to resist us, we will rush all the way to Liaodong! “..