The courtiers also understood this, and couldn't help but shake their heads slightly, not optimistic that Lu Xiangsheng would be able to do another miracle.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "The biggest reason for Jianyu's failure in the first few times was that he didn't understand the strength of our army. Therefore, their food protection team was intercepted twice in a row by Lu Zhongcheng. After going to Liaodong, because he didn't understand the strength of the hussar battalion, he had arrogant soldiers to fight, and as a result, Lu Zhongcheng took Anshan Post Fort! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and saw that all the courtiers below were looking at him, and then continued: "Therefore, this time, it is still necessary to underestimate the strength of our army!" ”

After he finished speaking, the Wenhua Hall was quiet for a while, and Shen Yongmao broke the silence with a puzzled look and said, "Your Majesty is saying...... Do you mean to let the new army go to loot food? ”

From the words before and after what the emperor said, he was the first to think of this possibility!

"Yes!" Emperor Chongzhen approved, nodded and said, "That's what I plan, on the bright side, Lu Zhongcheng came forward, and the new army ambushed him, not afraid that he would not be able to win the North Korean prisoners, and he would not be able to intercept the prisoners' grain!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were first surprised, and then they all showed a look of approval and nodded one after another. Wang Chengen also said at the right time: "Lu Zhongcheng said that this plan is very good, as long as the new army is strong enough, maybe it can completely annihilate the Korean Jianju." ”

Receiving the affirmation of the governor of Denglai, everyone's confidence could not help but be greatly increased. In other words, the key to how big a victory can be is how strong the new army is!

However, just when everyone was happy, Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department, asked: "Your Majesty, the new army has more than 5,000 people, plus logistics, etc., how many fleets do you need to transport this?" As far as the minister knows, the Denglai Sailor doesn't have so many warships! ”

As soon as he heard this, the Wenhua Hall was immediately quiet. It's so early to be happy, people can't get by, everything is a flower in the moon mirror in the water!

However, Emperor Chongzhen had already thought about it, and immediately said: "The Fujian sailor is transporting grain. They have more ships than the Denlai Sailors. And on the Phi Island side, I have obtained some Korean warships before, and I can use them as well. I asked the ships on the Guanning side to also be mobilized, so that there would be quite a few ships. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at the courtiers below and added: "In addition, there is no need for the new army to go to Korea to participate in the war. Only let the troops suitable for ambush pass, and the rest of the new army will go to Ningyuan by land, and wait there! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The eunuch Cao Huachun of the celebrant palm seal screamed.

When Wen Tiren heard this, he glanced at him, and he didn't speak, and he echoed the emperor when he spoke, and he really deserved to be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking so, he immediately played: "Your Majesty's method has solved the difficulty just now in one fell swoop, and the minister thinks it is wonderful!" ”

When the other courtiers heard this, they also expressed their positions and echoed Emperor Chongzhen's opinion. Only Hubu Shangshu frowned and asked a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, what are the rest of the new army going to Ningyuan for, is it ...... Could it be that His Majesty still wants the new army to attack Gaizhou? ”

"Why not?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked rhetorically, and then said: "I said that I must not let Jianyu divide his troops to attack the Hetao!" ”

After saying a word, he analyzed to his subordinates: "If you can annihilate the Korean Jianyu, it will definitely shake the Korean traitors, and they will definitely ask for help." And Jianyu has just founded the country, first, he wants prestige, and secondly, he will not give up North Korea, and he will definitely send troops again, and in order to prevent the situation of being annihilated by our Ming Dynasty again, he will inevitably send more troops over, so that the strength of Liaodong will be thinned. ”

"Third, the new army has shown its strength in Gaizhou, and the Jianyu must not dare to underestimate it, and they will definitely send heavy troops to besiege it, if it can be annihilated, it will be the most suitable for them! According to my estimates, if they were to do these things, they would have to ask the Mongol tribes to send troops as well. In this way, how can there be any military strength to go to the Hetao again? With only a handful of troops, I believe that Governor Hong will be able to repel the invading enemy! ”

After saying these words, Emperor Chongzhen paused, glanced at the courtiers below, and saw that some of them were pondering, and some were nodding, so he said again: "There is one last point, which is also the same old tune. When Jianyu sends out a large army, they also have to consume food, do they have so much food? Even if there is, the consumption is so large, how will Jianyu live in the coming year? ”

During the Xiaoice River period, there would be no distinction between Daming and Jianyu, Daming was affected, Liaodong was also affected, and the weather was colder. After consuming their food, and nailing the Jianyu, they can no longer come to the Ming Dynasty to rob, and now there is no Jin Shang's capital enemy, just playing these economic means, you can play Jianyu's national strength has dropped greatly!

Hearing the emperor analyze it so concretely, who else can object!

Wen Tiren can be regarded as knowing what the emperor said before, it seems that the Fujian Navy Division will not be able to go back for the time being, and the control of the sea over there is also equivalent to giving up temporarily, which will affect the matter of opening the sea to some extent.

Bi Ziyan secretly complained bitterly, and began to think about it in his heart, in addition to the grain that may be seized by North Korea, how to prepare in order to meet the emperor's requirements.

He was thinking about this, but he heard Emperor Chongzhen say by his name: "Bi Qing, the grain and grass materials of the new army must be completed first, and winter clothes must also be distributed before departure." To put it seriously, this is a battle related to the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and if it is fought well, the Hetao will be more stable and have many benefits; Jianyu will be dragged into the bottomless abyss by my Ming Dynasty, which will be of great help to recover Liaodong in the future! Can Bi Qing understand? ”

Everything in the new army is personally inquired about by the emperor, and there are also supervisors at all levels in the new army who can directly play secret to the emperor. Therefore, the materials of the new army are directly distributed in the Beijing division, and there is no such thing as drifting, and it is not allowed to be short of catties. In this way, the materials of this new army are down-to-earth, so that Bi Ziyan can't even care about agreeing immediately, thinking about everything in his heart.

Emperor Chongzhen understood that fighting a war was actually a matter of logistics. This is true for hot weapon warfare, and the same is true for cold weapon warfare. Bi Ziyan is the housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty, he did not reply immediately, but was thinking about it, this is conscientious, therefore, he didn't plan to urge him, just wait for the answer after he calculated.

The focus was on the Hubu Shangshu, and the other people in the Wenhua Hall were also watching him, waiting for his reply.

After a long while, Bi Ziyan raised his head, folded his hands and pointed at Emperor Chongzhen and said: "This piece of grain, the grain in the Jiangnan area supervised by Zhou Ge has been shipped, and the grain from Annan has arrived in the Dongjiang River...... As long as the grain intercepted by the North Korean side can supply the new army for about a month and a half, it should be about the same. And gunpowder, the Armament Bureau, the War Bureau......"

In the end, I saw that he said a little worriedly: "The winter clothes of the new army, the minister can't think of a good way for a while, and he doesn't have enough money to purchase them, unless His Majesty orders to embezzle some silver from the Daming Construction Bank!" ”