Xia Nan sighed: "Yes, from beginning to end, the Ministry of War didn't want us to win this battle, and we actually went to the Ministry of War to move reinforcements, I feel that we have all become fools." He said hatefully, "I said how could I rather burn tens of thousands of catties of grain than let me get it, and Wang Hong, the chief soldier of Tianjin, refused to send troops, it turned out that the future military department was the obstruction." ”

Yang Youji said: "Since Wang Hong is also one of the accomplices, let's arrest him too, right?" ”

"You also know that Wang Hong is just an accomplice, although I won't let him go, but I'm not in a hurry for this moment." Xia Nan frowned and said, "The culprit is Yang Sichang, he laid out this game and put me together, I have to think about how to deal with him first, these little minions will be cleaned up slowly." ”

Sima De muttered: "I have heard of Yang Wenqiao, the son of Yang He, the former governor of the three sides, who is very appreciated by the emperor. It's just that he, a secretary of the military department who has not yet taken office, is doing everything possible to prevent us from fighting Tartars, what is he trying to do? As long as he continues to do it step by step, let alone Shangshu, it is logical for him to enter the cabinet in the future, and even sit in the position of first assistant, will such a promising person be captured? ”

"It's not like a captive, the literati still have this bit of discipline. Yang Sichang Jian is in the heart of the emperor, his career is bright, there is no need to bother to speculate on Huang Taiji, after all, the Ming Dynasty is orthodox, and the Tartars are barbarians after all! Xia Nan stretched out his index finger and tapped on the armrest of the chair, and said slowly, "You haven't thought about it, even if Yang Sichang, the squire of the military department, is straightened, what qualifications does he have to send Jinyi Wei to pass the word?" No matter how much Jinyiwei declines, it is still the emperor's army, and it is impossible for a civil servant to command. ”

Sima De's eyes widened and asked tentatively, "Could it be an order from the emperor himself?" Yang Sichang got the emperor's support for doing this? But this makes even more inexplicability, doesn't the emperor want the more Tartars to be killed, the better? ”

"Chongzhen is not a simple-minded general like Liu Guozhu, he only has killing Tartars in his eyes, he must consider the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty." Xia Nan said leisurely, "If you boldly assume that Chongzhen and Yang Sichang both want to negotiate peace with the Tartars, so as to free up their hands to clean up the Liukou and stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, then what they have done makes sense?" ”

"Peace?" Everyone was taken aback.

"Abatai is also the Tartar's Belle, the old slave's own son, killing him will not make the Tartar hurt his muscles and bones, but it will anger the Tartar and affect the overall situation of the peace, and the gains outweigh the losses. But it was impossible for Chongzhen and Yang Sichang to publicly order me to let Abatai go and become the finger of Wanfu, so they secretly stumbled and dragged me back, so that they not only saved face, but also achieved their goal......"

When everyone thinks about it, they can speculate like this, and everything that doesn't make sense makes sense.

Sima De sighed: "The general is really born to know, everything can't jump your eyes, and his subordinates are so impressed that they throw themselves to the ground." ”

Summer Nan smiled. I was born to know, but in the original history, Yang Sichang was the initiator of Yihe Celler, as long as he knew that he was involved, it was easy to think of this aspect, and the advantage of the traverser was here.

Lin Weiye said depressedly: "But what if you know, will Chongzhen and Yang Sichang admit it?" We worked hard to chase and kill the Tartars from Shandong all the way to Tianjin, but in the end we were pitted by our own people, and there was nowhere to redress our grievances, so we felt aggrieved when we thought about it. ”

Sima De's eyes showed a hint of fierceness, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of cutting off his head, and said: "General, since the emperor has a minister by his side, why don't you come to Beijing to have a Qingjun side at this opportunity?" ”

"Qingjun's side?" Wei Lianheng and the others looked at each other.

"It is impossible for the emperor to admit the matter of peace, otherwise he will lose the support of the people, and only Yang Sichang can bear this black cauldron." Sima De explained, "We might as well inform the world of Yang Sichang's conspiracy to make peace, and then enter Beijing under the banner of the Qing monarch, and then follow Chengzu's example and replace him!" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent. Fools can also hear that Sima De is persuading Xia Nan to learn from Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Dynasty, and find an excuse to "punish traitors" to make a copy of the battle of appeasement. Theoretically speaking, this is not impossible: Zhu Di can fight against the central government with a feudal land, and he can also do it with a town in the south in the summer, not to mention that the strength of Qionghai Town is no less than that of King Yan back then, or even stronger, and the situation of Chongzhen, who is in internal and external difficulties, is much worse than that of Emperor Jianwen, and there is not much strength to resist head-on.

At the thought that he might become a lord of the dragon, everyone's hearts beat faster, and they all set their eyes on Xia Nan with anticipation.

Xia Nan didn't have much excitement, he asked calmly: "How many years has the Battle of Jingjing been fought?" ”

Sima De was stunned for a moment and replied: "From the first year of Jianwen, King Yan raised his army, to the fourth year of Jianwen's capture of Yingtian, a total of four years ......"

"Four years of military disaster, is there much damage?"

Sima De hesitated: "...... It is said that at that time, 'the north of the Yellow River, there was no smoke for thousands of miles, and between the Yangtze River and Huai, it was lush grass', Hebei and Shandong were ten rooms and nine empty, and the weeds in Huainan were blocked ......"

"Were there internal and external troubles at that time?"

“…… In the first year of Jianwen, Haiqing Heyan, King Yan and others guarded the northern frontier, the Tartars did not dare to go south to knock on the pass, and the people of the Central Plains lived and worked in peace and contentment......"

Xia Nan knocked on the handrail and said: "A vassal king with a righteous reputation is just a competition for the throne between uncles and nephews, not a change of dynasty with a different surname, and there is less resistance between the government and the opposition at that time, and at that time, the soldiers and horses were strong in the north and weak in the south. Now you let me hurriedly raise troops, where does the righteous name come from, can just one Qing monarch make everyone in the world look forward to it? Even if I defeat the capital and kill all the officials who disobey me, who will I rely on to govern the world? What good will it do me to turn the north and south into a blank field? Besides, you can't treat the rogues and Tartars as fools, and Chongzhen and I are competing for the world, won't they take advantage of the situation to enter? When the time comes, the Tartars will enter the Kou, the Liukou will go north, and the world will be in chaos, so what's the use of me guarding a Beijing city? ”

Sima De Khan was terrified, knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "My subordinates have not thought it through, and they almost made a big mistake, please punish the general." ”

Xia Nan raised his hand: "Get up." Your intentions are good, but the timing is not right. Rather than letting the Huang Taiji fisherman benefit, it is better to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, sit and watch the world change, and then make a move at a critical time. ”

Sima De couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the general, when is the best time?" ”

Xia Nan showed a meaningful smile: "It is the best time for thieves to enter the capital and force the emperor to go to the coal mountain." ”