After a long conversation in the study, Sun Chengzong finally backed down. Half of the reason was swayed by the reason Chongzhen said, and most of the reason was due to the firm determination shown by Chongzhen.

In Sun Chengzong's heart, in fact, he vaguely felt that at this critical moment, if the emperor could come to the front line in person, it would be very necessary to boost the morale of the former Qian soldiers.

The passes of the Great Wall guarded by Jizhou Town are all steep passes, but the longest of these passes has not even lasted half a day, which really surprised him.

Sun Chengzong supervised the division outside the pass, and naturally knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army. These Jiannu field battles did defeat the Ming army more than one step, but the ability to siege the city was not very good. Otherwise, he would not have proposed to rely on the fortress tactics of Jiancheng to use cannons to attack the opponent's rear Jin soldiers.

The forts built on the Liaodong Plain cost Houjin a lot of effort to attack, and they were often not directly battled, but mainly besieged and forced to land. However, the Great Wall pass that was built on the basis of Yanshan was easily captured by the long-distance Jiannu. This obviously illustrates one thing, either Jiannu's siege skills have suddenly improved; Either the officers and soldiers of Jizhou Town have lived too long and have lost the will to fight.

If it is the former, Jiannu does not have to take a detour to break through. Wouldn't it be safer to directly take down the Ningyuan defense line, rely on Liaoshen to advance, and attack step by step to Shanhaiguan. Now it seems that it has the advantage of being caught off guard by surprise with a detour of a partial division, but this army has become a real lone army.

As long as the Ming army's combat effectiveness is slightly stronger, this army can only exhaust its blood in the Yanshan Mountains. The Jurchens have fought for so long, how can they not see this.

Therefore, Houjin can quickly break through in three ways, one is unexpected; The second is that the soldiers guarding the pass have no will to fight. Jizhou Town belongs to one of the nine sides, this is the strongest border army in the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers in the border towns are like this, not to mention the guards in other regions.

The reason why Sun Chengzong wanted to accept Mao Yuanyi's suggestion and take the main force of the Gyeonggi New Army to the expedition was because he knew that after two years of training, the new army was above the average level in terms of combat effectiveness and morale. With such an army to Jizhou, he should not be frightened by the momentum of the Houjin army.

As long as the new army can rely on the city to block the first or second attacks of the Houjin army, those frightened Jizhou army and Weisuo army will be able to slowly recover a little morale and entangle with the Houjin army in Jizhou City.

However, in order to achieve this idea, it was necessary to let the Houjin take the initiative to attack the heavily defended city of Jizhou, rather than making a detour south to attack other undefended cities in Gyeonggi.

In this regard, Chongzhen's suggestion is the most correct. If the Ming Emperor's banner had been erected in the city of Jizhou, it would have been unlikely that the Later Jin army would have passed around the city, and the Ming Emperor's value would obviously be higher than that of those in the nearby prefectures and counties of Gyeonggi.

Although it seems that it is very dangerous for the emperor to conquer in person now, if Chongzhen just goes to Jizhou to defend the city, then there is no problem. Although Jizhou City is not as good as the Jingshi, the emperor's presence in person will inevitably inspire the courage of the Jizhou military and civilians to fight, and with the new army guarding the border, the risk taken by the emperor is not great.

However, the emperor's personal expedition has many advantages, one can delay the reinforcements to go north; Second, the emperor personally took away the main force of the new army, and the officials in the capital had nothing to impeach; Since the emperor personally conquered Jizhou, the reinforcements from all over the country can only speed up the march, and will no longer find excuses to delay and grind, otherwise it will be a political event.

Although Sun Chengzong made a concession and agreed to the emperor's personal conquest, he also let Chongzhen make a guarantee that Chongzhen could only stay in Jizhou City and not go any further. After the reinforcements from all over the country arrived at the Jizhou defense line, Chongzhen had to return to the capital, and he would go to Jizhou to take over the duties of the wartime base camp.

As for Chongzhen's suggestion to let King Fu supervise the country, Sun Chengzong also blocked it without hesitation. Sun Chengzong believed that as long as the emperor stayed in Jizhou City, he would not encounter any security problems, so there was no need to set up any princes to supervise the country, so as not to make some people think that there was an opportunity to make trouble in the capital.

Sun Chengzong's attitude was very resolute, and Zhu Youzhen could only touch his nose and agree. Although Chongzhen wanted to swear to go on the expedition the next day, he was rejected by Sun Chengzong. The Son of Heaven has his own etiquette, and he can't do it rashly. Therefore, tomorrow, after Chongzhen went to the northern suburbs to swear and sacrifice the flag, he first let a part of the army go to Jizhou, and Chongzhen set off with the rear guard troops on the third day.

The Gyeonggi Governor's Office has under the jurisdiction of the 6th Division of the New Army, and in addition to the 4th Division of Zuo Yangyu, which has gone to Jizhou, there are also 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th Divisions left. Sun Chengzong felt that the emperor should bring all these troops with him, leaving only two recruit divisions without numbers to defend the capital.

However, Chongzhen did not agree with this view, the first and fifth divisions were cavalry divisions, and he naturally wanted to take them away, the second and sixth divisions were infantry divisions, and the third division was a chariot and cavalry division, and he felt that it was still necessary to leave an infantry division to assist Sun Chengzong in controlling the capital.

"After I set out on the expedition, Mr. Sun will be the sole responsibility of guarding the capital, how can I do it without a reliable army in my hands? I am in the capital, and the brocade guards and the imperial guards naturally dare not disobey my orders. However, after I set out on the expedition, Mr. Sun's orders may not be able to completely convince them.

In normal times, this gap is not a big deal, but at this critical moment, I don't want to risk any hidden dangers. Most of the officers of the Gyeonggi New Army came from the Army Military Academy, and Mr. was not only the chief of the General Staff, but also the director of the Military Academy.

My wife, my ministers, and my people are all in this capital, and if I don't have a reliable army in my hands, how can I dare to go out on the expedition with confidence?

In addition, although I have left a new army behind, I will draw men from the Imperial Guard, as well as the night and artillery units that are being trained under the name of the General Staff, and I will also take them with me. Combined, these forces are worth an infantry division..."

After sending Sun Chengzong out of the upper study, Zhu Youzhen felt tired and wanted to lie down immediately. Whether it is Huang Liji or Sun Chengzong, they are the real elites of this era, if it weren't for his identity as the emperor, there would be no way to move these two people to obey their own proposition.

Huang Liji is okay, he was too involved in the party struggle during the Apocalypse, and after Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu went to power, they became the leaders of the eunuch party in the DPRK and China, and they were the most wanted targets of the Donglin party.

Although he has the merit of making up his mind to support the establishment, as long as he gives up his current power and abdicates to make way for Xian, he can still go back to be an idle scholar. But in order to get to the top, he would rather join forces with Wei Zhongxian to deal with the Donglin party, how could he give up the position of first assistant who was not easy to get under the unclear situation.

Huang Liji, who had little friendship with Chongzhen, finally chose to support the new policy to stabilize the connection with the new emperor. But today, Huang Liji realized that he now wanted to go down safely and was unattainable, and the dual identity of the leader of the eunuch party and the presiding officer of the new deal had made him hated by those conservative officials and Donglin party members who opposed the new policy.

If he takes a step back now, he may have to follow in the footsteps of Zhang Jiangling, so keeping the position of first assistant, implementing the new policy more forcefully, and cracking down on the old officials and Donglin Party members has become the only way for him to protect himself and his family. Although the danger of Chongzhen's expedition was great, the great prestige brought by the emperor's personal expedition would also push the influence of the New Deal to a new height.

From a purely political point of view, Huang Liji also felt that this risk was worth taking, so he was quickly persuaded by Chongzhen. And Sun Chengzong, as the teacher of the Apocalypse, and the fact that he once served as the commander of the defense against the Houjin, his assertion is difficult to be shaken by others.

However, Sun Chengzong has a very deep relationship with the Apocalypse, so he is more tolerant of the heir personally designated by the Apocalypse. In addition, he served as the governor of Jiliao, and he has always been obsessed with Fuliao, and he knows more about the actual situation of the Ming army than others. Hou Jin sent a partial division to attack from afar, which was really a great opportunity to thwart Hou Jin.

If the Houjin division can be severely damaged in Jizhou and Zunhua, the Houjin may not dare to make a detour again, and the victory of the Ming army this time will inevitably surpass the victory of Ningyuan, which is too much water, and truly establish the confidence of the Ming army in the victory of the Houjin.

The reason why the Jianzhou Jurchens, a small ethnic group with a population of less than one million, were able to dominate the three neighboring countries of Mongolia, Daming, and Korea and possess Liaodong was entirely because of its miraculous military victories again and again, which inspired the rising mentality of their own nation.

Once the Houjin lost this inspiring military victory, the small nation would fall from heaven to mortal earth and revert to its own small border tribes.

It was precisely when he saw this possibility that Sun Chengzong hesitantly followed Chongzhen's persuasion. However, even so, Zhu Youzhen felt that these two conversations were too tiring. He has almost exhausted all his energy and all his ability to negotiate with government officials and Party A in his previous life.

Seeing Chongzhen lying on the chair, Wang Chengen, who had finally regained some composure standing on the side, finally couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon this blessed king?" ”

Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and sat up straight, thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't be summoned this time." It is rumored that Sun Zhiqi and the chief and deputy director of the ordnance superintendent have come to see me..."

Chongzhen asked Sun Zhiji to come over, mainly to deal with the open letter sent by Huang Taiji. Since he was going to go out in person, he would naturally not tolerate Huang Taiji using this means to attack his reputation.

“… When you go back, you organize people to refute this open letter, what is the main purpose? As for refuting the slave chieftain's statement with the theory of the unity of the monarch and the people, there are those who are the sons of heaven and are the sons, and there are also those who are the sons of heaven.

My great son of heaven is the representative of all surnames in the world, not a barbarian, and the strong man is the lord of the Khan. He uses a barbarian heart to live the outline of my Han family, which is really ridiculous...

Tomorrow, I will publish Huang Taiji's open letter in the Daming Times, and make a reply in my name and publish it next to it. My answer is only one sentence, if you want to fight, you will fight. ”