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Chen Xinjia went to Hejian Mansion to command the battle, and most of the things in the imperial court were pressed on Zhou Yanru's body, in the past, Zhou Yanru was very happy to get such an opportunity, but now he has no trace of excitement, and the situation he faces is so complicated that any decision must be made to consider the future results.

The news that Henan was attacked by the Jiangning battalion had already been folded to the imperial court, until Luoyang and Kaifeng were occupied, Zhou Yanru couldn't help it, the first few reports, the emperor did not have any attitude, but now the emperor still has no attitude, he, the head of the cabinet, does not know how to deal with such a thing.

The reason why the emperor ignored it, and asked for such news, not to let Chen Xinjia know for the time being, there is a reason for this, the Ming army and the Manchu Eight Banners jointly fought a decisive battle with the Jiangning battalion in the area of Hejian Mansion in Beizhili, and could not be interfered with by other news, so it was not conducive to Chen Xinjia to make a lot of campaign deployments, if he could defeat Su Tiancheng in Hejian Mansion, or even kill Su Tiancheng, all the problems would be solved.

But the cabinet does not think so, the whole battle is a game of chess, and the stone that presses on the hearts of the cabinet scholars is, in case the battle of Hejian Mansion also loses, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places in the north are also lost, isn't it all lost, at that time, I'm afraid everything is irreparable, who will bear this responsibility, after all, no one wants to bear the responsibility of letting the imperial court fall, this is to be written into the history books, and all generations have been scolded by readers.

Zhou Yanru even thought about whether to mobilize part of the Liaodong border army to resist the attack of the Jiangning battalion if he couldn't involve Chen Xinjia's side. After all, in places like Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, there are no decent armies.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhou Yanru bluntly expressed his worries, and had almost no reservations.

Zhu Youzhen also didn't expect that the whole province of Henan would be taken down by the Jiangning battalion led by Lu Xiangsheng so quickly, if he continued to ignore it. Maybe Lu Xiangsheng may lead the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion to directly attack the capital, and the army of the imperial court, united with the Manchu Eight Banners, is fighting in the area of Hejian Province, and it is impossible to send back to help, and the one who can rescue the capital is the Liaodong border army.

In terms of his attitude towards the Liaodong Border Army, Zhu Youzhen's thinking was somewhat different. With the development of the situation, the army that the imperial court can rely on, that is, the Liaodong border army and the Datong border army, the armies of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe cannot be moved, although the imperial court has a holy decree and an edict, but the leaders of the two tribes are directly shirked, the reason is very simple, the grassland must be stable. If the two tribes draw a large army, the steppe will surely fall into chaos. At that time, the army of the grassland tribe can directly enter the pass and plunder.

The south was occupied by Su Tiancheng and established the Great Jin Dynasty, which indicated that the taxes of the imperial court had been greatly reduced. The Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army could no longer be maintained, and without military salaries, it was normal for the army to mutiny.

Zhu Youzhen thought of these situations, and he hoped that Chen Xinjia could lead the coalition army. defeated Jiang Ningying and Su Tiancheng in one fell swoop, completely changing the current situation, so he gritted his teeth and didn't trouble Chen Xinjia no matter what happened.

But Chen Xinjia's twists and turns, so that Zhu Youzhen couldn't sit still, entered the Jiangning battalion sergeant in Beizhili, the same soldiers are divided into two ways, all the way to prepare to attack Tianjin, according to the current situation, there is not much problem to take Tianjin, this will be a huge danger, if the Jiangning battalion sergeant who attacked Henan and Tianjin unites to directly attack the capital, Chen Xinjia, who is fighting in Hejian Mansion, will not be affected, not to mention Zhou Yanru said very clearly, if you don't make a specific response strategy, in case of Hejian Mansion's operation, If you are forced to be affected, the overall situation will not be stable.

Zhou Yanru said very tactfully, in fact, the meaning is very clear, that is, when the Ming Dynasty court is left, there may be part of the capital left, as well as the Guanning Jin defense line in Liaodong, at that time, Su Tiancheng will not directly attack the capital, and the imperial court will collapse, and it will not be able to maintain it at all.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a whole day, and finally made a decision to convey the situation in Henan to Chen Xinjia, at least so that Chen Xinjia could be mentally prepared, after all, Chen Xinjia led a coalition army of 300,000.

In the past few days, he has had a lot of exchanges with Wang Daozhi and Dolgon, but this kind of exchange does not necessarily require the two sides to meet, scout the news of the investigation, the Jiangning battalion has already reached half of the store, less than a hundred miles away from Cangzhou, and the war is about to begin.

At this time, Chen Xinjia received an edict from the imperial court, which made his back start to sweat.

The sergeant of the Jiangning battalion led by Sun Chuanting has occupied the mouth of Dagu and began to attack the Tianjin Sanwei, and there are several letters for help from Tianjin, Chen Xinjia knows very well that according to the strength of the Tianjin Sanwei, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the Jiangning battalion, and Tianjin may not be able to keep it, according to his thinking, he is ready to quickly mobilize the 100,000 troops stationed in Gaoyang to reinforce Tianjin, but this decision is also very difficult to make, the 100,000 troops stationed in Gaoyang used to be the army of the guard, and the combat effectiveness is indeed not good, It can be described as a rabble, there are 100,000 people, which seems quite scary, but this army, the combat effectiveness is not good, the destructive power is not bad, and the time it has been stationed in Gaoyang is not long, and the local government is already full of complaints.

Tianjin must not be lost, otherwise the battle in Cangzhou will become very dangerous, and the coalition forces are likely to encounter a flank attack from the front and rear, and the beginning and the end will not be able to take into account, resulting in a major change in the battle.

Unexpectedly, the Jiangning battalion sergeants led by Lu Xiangsheng easily occupied Luoyang and Kaifeng, which marked that Henan Province could not be saved.

The most dangerous situation is that after Lu Xiangsheng occupied Henan Province, he led a large army to directly enter Beizhili to fight, or even directly attack the capital.

After thinking about it again, Chen Xinjia finally made a decision.

The 30 armies under his command, including 100,000 Datong border troops and 50,000 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, faced the Jiangning battalion in Cangzhou, and the remaining 150,000 troops rushed to Tianjin for reinforcements, the purpose was to resist the attack of the Jiangning battalion, and to keep Tianjin no matter what.

Chen Xinjia had no ability to deal with the Jiangning battalion sergeant who had captured Henan Province, so he directly wrote a memo to the imperial court, suggesting that the imperial court mobilize part of the Liaodong border army and arm the Beijing camp at the same time, after all, there are more than 50,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, which is enough to protect the capital and the surrounding places.

Deployments are finally starting to loosen.

Chen Xinjia's deployment has not been affected too much, but what he can directly command, that is, the sergeants who participated in the battle of Cangzhou, the number is only 150,000, it should be said that this is not too different from the previous one, it is nothing more than a reserve of 100,000, which has become 50,000, as for the 100,000 army stationed in Gaoyang, Chen Xinjia has not done much hope at all, the icing on the cake of these 100,000 people is almost the same, and it is impossible to send charcoal in the snow.

It's a pity that Chen Xinjia still ignores one factor, that is, the advantage in numbers, he predicted that the Jiangning battalion sergeants led by Su Tiancheng must be less than 100,000 people, if there are 300,000 troops in his hands, then the comparison of the number of people, at least three to one ratio, this is a huge advantage, to a certain extent, it can almost determine the victory or defeat of the war, but now it has been reduced by half, and with 150,000 people against the Jiangning battalion sergeants led by Su Tiancheng, it is at most a two-to-one advantage. This cannot be a decisive advantage.

In addition, Chen Xinjia also had a major mistake, that is, how to deal with the battle in Tianjin, Chen Xinjia did not believe in the 100,000 troops stationed in Gaoyang, so when he asked the 150,000 troops to reinforce Tianjin, the focus was on holding the city of Tianjin, rather than considering a direct attack, which was also Chen Xinjia's helplessness.

It is impossible for Chen Xinjia to command two large-scale battles at the same time, if a major battle is launched in Cangzhou and Tianjin at the same time, it will be too late to deal with it both in terms of the army's disposition and in terms of command, and Chen Xinjia's main energy can only be placed in Cangzhou, commanding the coalition army to fight to the death with the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion.

These specific situations appeared, and Chen Xinjia had no way to avoid them.

Before issuing the order, Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi discussed secretly, and the opinions of the two were unified, the 300,000 army was mainly responsible for dealing with the Jiangning battalion sergeants led by Su Tiancheng, as for the Jiangning battalion sergeants led by Lu Xiangsheng, ignore them for the time being, and let the imperial court deal with them, they felt that this might be the arrangement made by Su Tiancheng, the purpose was to be able to disperse the strength of this side, so as to take various breakthrough methods, from the current situation, the Liaodong border army can be mobilized in small quantities, Because the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars were fighting together, there would be no danger in Liaodong for the time being.

Regarding the adjustment of the combat deployment, after Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi discussed, he did not report to the imperial court for the time being, this is top-secret information, who knows if the news will be leaked after Lu Daozhi reported to the imperial court, and will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, no matter what the imperial court is, or what arrangements there are, Chen Xinjia will not easily comply, whether the battle can be victorious, the responsibility is very clear, in case there is a mistake in the battle, he Chen Xinjia still bears the main responsibility.

From this aspect, Chen Xinjia felt that his responsibility was even greater, and if the battle was really lost, he had no other way out. (To be continued......)