Regarding Chongzhen's pro-conquest proposal, although Sun Chengzong was not as busy as Huang Liji, he was also resolutely opposed. In fact, when the officials of the capital united in opposing the main force of the Gyeonggi New Army and pointed the finger at him, the chief of the General Staff, Sun Seungzong had already realized that the emperor might be provoked and put forward the idea of pro-conquest.

This is also his willingness to take a step back, maintain the original battle plan, leave half of the new army to defend the capital, and the rest follow him to send troops as soon as possible, so as not to involve the emperor and let the date of sending troops continue to delay.

But Chongzhen's reaction was even faster than him, and before he could persuade the emperor to accept his idea of sending troops, the other party had already put forward the idea of driving the expedition in person.

Sun Chengzong tried his best to dispel this idea. And Zhu Youzhen also found that the righteous words used to persuade Huang Liji could not convince Sun Chengzong, a rare doer among Ming officials.

Sun Chengzong insisted on his own opinion, no matter what Chongzhen said, the car of the Son of Heaven who left the capital would inevitably become the first target of the Jurchens' attack. If something happens to Chongzhen, the army and the people around Gyeonggi will be in chaos because they will lose their allegiance, and the Houjin army that is eyeing Zunhua will find the best opportunity to go south.

Neither of them could convince each other, and the room couldn't help but fall silent. Zhu Youzhen rearranged his thoughts and decided to change his way of thinking to convince the other party.

"Mr. Sun, the original battle plan of the General Staff Headquarters was based on the fact that the Zunhua and Santun camps would not be lost, and Houjin would not be distracted from the westward journey. According to this plan, the reinforcements from the three towns of Baoding, Shandong, and Liaoxi could arrive in Yutian, Fengrun, and Qian'an in mid-November, echoing the city of Jizhou, which was defended by the Gyeonggi New Army, and establishing a perimeter defense line.

But now, the Houjin army opened three passes on the Great Wall more than 100 miles long in one day, and the officers and soldiers of Jizhou Town took care of one and lost the other, rushed back and forth to help, and were defeated by the slave soldiers one by one. On the third day of the slave soldiers' entry into the customs, they laid down the stone gate and cut off the connection between Jizhou and Zunhua.

The speed of the slave soldiers' march has exceeded the expectations of the general staff, and the slave soldiers are even more cunning in using troops this time, sending a small team of cavalry to cover the entire Zunhua battlefield, and now no one knows whether Zunhua and the Santun camp are still in our hands.

It is already November 2, and even Liaoxi Town, which is relatively close to Zunhua, will need 3 or 5 days to send troops to Yongping, Qian'an, Fengrun, and other places, and Baoding and Shandong soldiers will not be able to count on it if they do not have 10 days and half a month.

Mr. Sun led less than 20,000 new troops and less than 1 or 2,000 soldiers from Jizhou Town near Jizhou City.

If Mr. Sun led his troops to Jizhou and did not move, then the people of the world thought that Mr. was cowardly and avoided the war, and sat back and watched the fall of Zunhua without helping. Needless to say, the attack on Mr. Yanguan Qingliu did not need to say, when the generals of the various armies who came to the aid from all sides heard this rumor, did they dare to speed up to the front line?

However, if Mr. led the army to the east to aid Zunhua, but Zunhua had already fallen, Mr. would have led a lone army to attack the fortified city defended by the slaves. Mr. thinks that when the troops are inferior to the slave soldiers, the combat strength is not as good as the slave soldiers, and the soldiers are discouraged because of the fall of Zunhua, can this army still retreat to Jizhou?

And if Mr. fails, then between Jizhou and the capital, it will be a smooth road for the Houjin army, and such a huge city in Beijing can be guarded by tens of thousands of horses? I want to lead the troops to the battle, not because I am happy about the achievements, but because I hope to be able to stop the slave soldiers in Jizhou.

If you let the slave chieftain Huang Taiji and others know that I am in Jizhou City, how can they abandon me and continue to go south? Didn't he come here to ask for justice?

What's more, the slave soldiers came from afar, and they were in the enemy country, and there were enemies on all sides. If there is no clear goal before sending troops, how can you order the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces?

Since Huang Taiji claimed that he was sending troops to seek justice from me, how could he lead his troops to continue to sweep Gyeonggi south in Jizhou City? If he did that, wouldn't he be a thief boss who broke his word?

It is to conquer Jizhou with my relatives, and Mr. is planning and dispatching in the capital, which is the best choice at the moment. If I live in Beijing for a day, then Huang Taiji can plunder in the name of seeking justice.

The land of Gyeonggi has suffered a military disaster, and if the imperial court does not react, the hearts of the people in the world will inevitably leave me. But on this Gyeonggi Plain, chasing the spirit of Houjin with my footmen, Mr. Sun thinks, what is the number of wins and losses?

I want to fight for myself, not because of the moment, but because of the current situation. Like an arrow on the string, you have to send your ears. ”

Sun Chengzong was not a pedantic person, he used to be the governor of Datong when he was young, and during that time, the staff and sword parade were plugged down, and he went straight to Baiden from the flying fox and the rejection of horses. And from the old road of Sugan and Qingbo to the south, visited the border of the entire Shanxi, by the way, he met the local heroes, visited the border fortress all over the way, and talked with the old soldier of the general, so he was familiar with the border situation, and was called a side talent.

He naturally knew that what Chongzhen said was the truth, but he didn't mind taking risks on his own, but he still couldn't accept the plan of using the emperor as a bait and placing it in Jizhou to attract the Houjin army in order to gain time to dispatch the rear army.

Since ancient times, there has never been a king who has been put in danger to fight while his courtiers have been in the rear to watch the battle. This is really not in line with the social values of the Ming Dynasty, and it also violates the truths he has learned since he was a child.

Sun Chengzong thought for a long time, but still replied stubbornly: "The ministers are still against His Majesty's personal conquest, so that His Majesty is in danger, even if he is lucky enough to hold Jizhou City, I will have no face to see the first emperor and these courtiers."

Moreover, if Your Majesty falls into the hands of slave soldiers, how should our courtiers deal with themselves? If the slave soldiers pretended to pass on His Majesty's order to order the capital to open the city, should I open it or not? If you refuse, you will be afraid that the slave soldiers will hurt Your Majesty's life, and if you don't refuse, the capital will fall and the world will be shaken.

If this situation really occurs, the minister thinks that it is better to keep the capital first, even if the slave soldiers really defeat the army led by the minister, and go west to the Bodu City, His Majesty can still defend the city according to the city, so as to wait for the division of the king of the world. The minister thought that Houjin was a small country, and Huangming was a big country, and although Houjin repeatedly took risks, as long as he failed once, he would be beaten back to his original shape.

And my Emperor Ming is a big country, the strength of the capital is not comparable to Houjin, even if I lose most of Liaodong, my Emperor Ming still has a land of tens of millions of miles, hundreds of millions of subjects. Even if Houjin wins again this time, it will not damage the foundation of my emperor. It is because Your Majesty does not need to take risks personally, as long as we win once, Houjin will lose this initial sharpness. Since ancient times, the Hu people have had a hundred years of luck, and slowly consume their ambition, which is more conducive to my emperor.

Qiang Ru was the first, and he also ran into a head under the city of Beijing and broke the blood flow, and finally returned home. Now the Houjin army is not as good as the tile spur of the year, and the weather is getting colder, which is not conducive to the siege of the city. Is it the best policy for His Majesty or should he sit in the capital, with the heart of the army and the people of Anjing City, and strive to defeat the slave soldiers under the capital.

Your Majesty is in his youth, why fight for a moment..."

Zhu Youzhen suddenly interrupted Sun Chengzong, who was trying to persuade him, "People's hearts, it's people's hearts, sir." Today's Ming is no longer the Ming of the past Yingzong, Yingzong was not long after the founding of our Emperor Ming, and the people still remember the tyranny of Mengyuan, so the hearts of the people in the world are to my Emperor.

It was also the first to invade, and the people of Beijing were willing to help the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers from all over the country also worked hard to move forward and protect Shenjing. However, when the world is bright, what can the human heart do?

Nowadays, the sergeants of the guards in various places are like the personal slaves of the generals, and they are driven by hunger and cold on weekdays to drive the generals to farm. Once you encounter a requisition order, you still need to pawn your wife and sell your children to make up the cost of the expedition. Patriots get such rewards, how can soldiers serve their country on the battlefield?

Our emperor has enjoyed the country for more than 260 years, and there are forty or fifty vassal kings in various places, hundreds of county kings, and countless clans below the general. Every year, the rice offered to these clans alone is 8 million stones. And I have a year of income in the Ming Dynasty, and the usual annual income is only about 30 million stones.

With a quarter of the world's annual income to support a family and a surname, and even if the people everywhere encounter a famine, they have to sell their wives and children to pay off the national tax, and they are not allowed to be beneficial, will the people of the world still have their hearts to my emperor?

A few days ago, I read the Chen Shi family written by Taishi Gong, and among them was: The world has suffered for a long time. This sentence can also be used for me now.

If I don't try to cheer up, save people's hearts, and solve the grievances of the world. With Chen Sheng and Wu Guang ascending and shouting, the situation is so bad that is there any possibility of recovery?

Whether it is the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty or the people, I only say that I must be loyal to the monarch and patriotic on weekdays. But whose country is it? Who is this king? How many people can say that?

The officers and soldiers of Jizhou have never even seen my face, but today they are asked to fight to the death to repay the king, does Mr. think it really works?

I want to let them know who they are defending. I'm not worth their lives to defend? And I want to know who is defending this country, defending me.

As for what the gentleman is worried about, I have decided. After I set out on the expedition, I ordered Uncle Fu Wang to supervise the country, if I have any accidents, Mr. can decide the future with Huang Shoufu and Xu Shangshu, and there is no need to think about me..."

Sun Chengzong was silent for a long time before he replied: "The human heart is important, but the human heart is something that cannot be fathomed or confirmed. How can Your Majesty assert that after the conquest, he will be able to win back the hearts and minds of the people? ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and then said: "I can't assert, but I think that where the people's hearts are, is the qi of a dynasty.

What is the number of qi is nothing more than how many people are willing to sacrifice for this dynasty. As a great tomorrow, if even I am not willing to sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty, how can I ask others to sacrifice for me? ”