After so many years, Niu Jinxing was finally promoted to the Ministry of War, but it is a pity that he served as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War is the poorest yamen, and its main responsibility is to formulate battle plans, put forward operational suggestions and other duties, this matter is not welcomed, if the battle is won, there is no dime relationship with the Ministry of Staff, if the battle fails, then the Department of the Ministry bears the brunt of the responsibility, and must bear the responsibility for dereliction of duty.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance have nothing to do with the DPRK, and Niu Jinxing is just a lifter, and the title of Jinshi has not been obtained, Song Xiance is only the identity of a student, not the identity of a lifter, if it were not for Zhang Pu's recommendation and the promotion of Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, it would be impossible to serve as Lang Zhong and Wailang of the Sixth Ministry.

However, the Ministry of War is a very good place to train people, especially in the Chongzhen years, there were countless battles of all sizes, and the Department of the Ministry of War was also an extremely busy department, fortunately, the Ministry of War is generally between cabinet ministers, and it is very clear about the situation of many functional departments within the Ministry of War, and the successive terms of the Ministry of War are familiar with the matters of war.

Yang Sichang led the army to Shanxi to fight, and simply took Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, the staff officer, with him, after all, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance had both been in the Liukou team, and they still knew a lot of information.

After Yang Sichang led the army to leave the capital, he did not immediately enter Shanxi to fight, but stayed in the area of Zhending Mansion and Lingshou, he is not stupid, the power of the Liukou is extremely strong, if he launches an attack at this moment, there is no possibility of victory, once the battle fails, the consequence may be that Li Zicheng waved the capital.

Yang Sichang is indeed capable, and it is difficult to see a good woman cooking without rice.

Yang Sichang, who was in distress, finally thought of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others.

Originally, Yang Sichang had the intention of asking. Unexpectedly, he unexpectedly obtained a perfect solution.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance entered the room, and Yang Sichang was not verbose, he led the army as the second assistant of the cabinet, and when facing Niu Jinxing and others, there was no need to be polite.

"Lord Niu, Lord Song. The situation of the Liukou is large, if it is forced to attack, the commander is worried that there will be no effect, if he does not send troops, it is not a way to hold the Zhending Mansion for a long time, you see what to do. ”

Niu Jinxing looked at Song Xiance and spoke calmly.

"What my lord said is that the lower official is the official Shirozhong. It should be suggested that these days Xiaguan and Lord Song have carefully considered and analyzed the situation of the Liukou, Li Zicheng is stationed in Shanxi and Henan, Datong and grassland to the north, Huguang to the south, Beizhili, Shandong and Nanzhili to the east, and Shaanxi to the west. Xia Guan thinks that Li Zicheng's life may not be easy. ”

When Niu Jinxing said this, Yang Sichang's brows furrowed slightly. He had a vague sense of something, but he hadn't grasped the point yet.

"Xia Guan believes that if Li Zicheng can launch an attack on Shaanxi, Shandong, Huguang and other places, or even directly launch an attack on Nanzhili and other places, the pressure on the imperial court will be greatly reduced......

When Niu Jinxing said this, Yang Sichang had already stood up. Walked over to the table and looked at the map on the table, clearly in deep thought.

Niu Jinxing is right, once Li Zicheng expands to Shaanxi or Huguang and other places, he will definitely have a large-scale fight with Zheng Jiajun. This is something that the emperor can't ask for, but the Zheng family army is extremely strong, Li Zicheng will never take the initiative to attack, so many years have passed, Li Zicheng, who was originally a native of Shaanxi Mizhi, has never set foot in Shaanxi after being occupied by the Zheng family's army.

Without the role of external forces, it would be impossible for Li Zicheng to attack places such as Shaanxi and Huguang, let alone Nanzhili.

A ray of light crossed Yang Sichang's mind, and he suddenly thought of Li Zicheng's letter to the emperor, Li Zicheng was willing to submit to the imperial court, and its purpose was to let the emperor canonize him as the king of Dashun, and at the same time independently govern Henan and Shanxi.

If other conditions are put forward on the premise of agreeing to Li Zicheng's request, I don't know if Li Zicheng will agree.

At present, the best requirement is for Li Zicheng to attack and occupy Shaanxi, as long as Li Zicheng can do this, then the emperor can crown him as the king of Dashun, and govern Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

This condition seems very tempting, and it allows Li Zicheng to expand his control, and it is said that Li Zicheng cannot refuse.

However, Yang Sichang understands very well that once Li Zicheng attacks Shaanxi, don't think about having a stable life, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun will never let go of Li Zicheng, there is really such a situation, let Zheng Jiajun and Liukou fight desperately, which is absolutely beneficial to the imperial court, and the emperor can't wait for this situation to appear.

Yang Sichang's face was slightly red, such an approach is not in line with the way of a gentleman, but it has come to this point, and what kind of gentleman's way is it important.

Almost in a short period of time, Yang Sichang made up his mind.

As long as the end can be achieved, where does it matter the process and the means.

Chen Xinjia's lesson is vivid, Yang Sichang is very clear, so the operation of the whole thing, for the time being, can not alarm the emperor, let alone let the cabinet chief assistant Qian Shisheng know, otherwise it will be a huge trouble, what needs to be done at present is to let Li Zicheng agree to attack Shaanxi, once this goal is achieved, he Yang Sichang can also report to the emperor.

Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun's behavior in the south, the attitude has been very clear, there is no emperor and the court in their eyes, those governors who have been adjusted one after another, when they go to the capital, they are all depressed, when the emperor sees these governors, his heart must be extremely desolate, but there is no way.

Seeing that Zheng Xunrui is in control of the south, the next step may be to rebel, but the emperor and the court can't think of any way to deal with Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, and they can't completely offend Zheng Xunrui, otherwise the luck will stop, and there will really be no way to maintain it in the north.

Beizhili is already lonely all over the wilderness, and Beizhili, which was ravaged by the Houjin Tartars, needs a long time to recover, and in the process of recovering vitality, it must be supported by Cao Yun and Cao Liang, and even Yang Sichang, who led the army to attack Li Zicheng, is supported by the Cao grain that arrived in Bei Zhili.

The emperor and the court can't watch Zheng Xunrui sit big, and they must think of a way to deal with Zheng Xunrui.

Now is the best opportunity for Zheng Xunrui and Li Zicheng to kill each other, even if Zheng Jiajun finally exterminates Li Zicheng, he will suffer heavy losses, and at that time, the imperial court may be able to think of a way to deal with Zheng Xunrui.

There is a more critical point, if Zheng Xunrui can exterminate Li Zicheng, the court can also find a way to let the Zheng family army and the Houjin Tartars fight in the next step, in short, it is to continue to wear down the strength of the Zheng family army and let the Zheng family army gradually decline.

After Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance left, Yang Sichang was alone in the house for a whole day.

At that time, Yang Sichang was able to put forward the strategic arrangement of ambushing on all sides and encircling and suppressing the Liukou, and now he can also induce Li Zicheng to attack Shaanxi, you must know that Li Zicheng is a Mizhi person in Shaanxi, with today's climate, he must be thinking of returning to his hometown, at least he can show off his achievements in his hometown, and he can be canonized by the emperor as the king of Dashun, then Li Zicheng completely got rid of the identity of the rogue and appeared in his hometown as the prince of the emperor's edict. Li Zicheng has no reason to refuse.

As for saying that the emperor made Li Zicheng the king of Dashun, there is nothing great to say, it is nothing more than a holy decree, and he will not give Li Zicheng money and food, let alone Li Zicheng's substantive official position, and even if Li Zicheng is crowned the king of Dashun by the emperor, he will soon encounter the crazy revenge and attack of the Zheng family's army.

The more Yang Sichang thought about it, the more excited he became.

However, in two days, Yang Sichang decided on the overall idea.

Just do it, Yang Sichang did not waste time, and decided to quickly send personnel into Shanxi to Taiyuan Fucheng, and asked Li Zicheng to send representatives to Zhending Fucheng to discuss.

The whole thing needs to be kept secret, and the news cannot be leaked for the time being, otherwise it is very likely that the previous efforts will be lost.

Yang Sichang thought about it again and again, and decided to send his own soldiers to send a letter to Li Zicheng, he originally planned to let Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance participate in this matter, but thinking that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance betrayed Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng must be very disgusted with the two, if it is because of personal factors that the whole thing cannot be implemented, it would be a pity.

After everything was planned, the soldiers set off with Yang Sichang's secret letter and headed for Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi.

In order to ensure that the soldiers could safely send the letter to the Taiyuan Mansion City, Yang Sichang took great pains to formulate a strict route to the Taiyuan Mansion City, and thought of how to deal with the soldiers after being caught by the Liukou under Li Zicheng's command.

After the soldiers set off from Zhending Mansion City, Yang Sichang's heart was hanging, and he didn't know if this strategy would be successful.

In Yang Sichang's view, once this plan is successful, Li Zicheng and Zheng Xunrui will be in a state of direct confrontation, although Zheng Xunrui's business in the south is booming, but Shaanxi is far away from the south, close to Sichuan, Huguang and other places in Shaanxi, Zheng Xunrui's foundation is not particularly solid.

Shaanxi is the place where Zheng Xunrui started, and the significance for Zheng Xunrui is different from the ordinary, as long as Li Zicheng decides to attack Shaanxi, Zheng Xunrui will definitely try his best to keep Shaanxi.

Yang Sichang seemed to have seen the large-scale battle between the Zheng Jiajun and the Liukou, and he couldn't help but feel proud and relieved for the arrangement he had made.

(The results of this book can be described as miserable, but I have always insisted, did not give up, no matter what kind of results, I will finish the book according to the original plan, in order to thank the readers who supported me, the next book has begun to conceive, writing the story of the grassroots in the late Ming Dynasty, looking forward to the great support of readers.) (To be continued.) )