Now that Zhu Jie has returned to Beijing, the Taimiao group sacrifice ceremony that has been prepared for a long time has also kicked off, and the civil and military officials in Beijing under the leadership of Chongzhen went to the Taimiao to pay tribute to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Glory, glory never seen in generations! Chongzhen was satisfied at the moment, before the ceremony, Chongzhen did not have such a strong feeling, but when he stood in the temple, he realized that he had surrounded and suppressed Li Zicheng, what a glorious thing.

After all, Li Zicheng is not a disease of scabies since the founding of the country, insignificant, but has grown into a henchman who can change the dynasty, when the momentum is the greatest, the army has even reached hundreds of thousands, and even has a strong cavalry, which lasted nearly 20 years before it was leveled, you must know that in the past 20 years, in order to encircle and suppress these bandits, the court has spent more than tens of millions of taels of silver, not only aggravating the suffering of the people, but also bringing huge pressure to the court's taxes, internal and external troubles, Always squeezing the living space of the Ming Dynasty!

Now, at last, it has been destroyed in his own hands!

From now on, there is no need to worry about thieves harming the Central Plains, as for Zhang Xianzhong, without Li Zicheng to attract the energy of the imperial court in the center, Zhang Xianzhong, who lives in a remote corner, will not be able to make much waves!

At the end of the ancestor worship ceremony, Chongzhen led the ministers to return to the Qianqing Palace, full of spirit and spirit.

"Zhu Jie, now that the thieves have been exterminated, but Zhang Xianzhong is still entrenched in Sichuan, and even the Hanzhong region may be threatened by Zhang Xianzhong at any time, why not strike while the iron is hot and exterminate Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop, what does Aiqing want?"

Chongzhen asked.

Zhu Jie's heart jumped, encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong? What are you kidding, I want to clean up Zhang Xianzhong too, but Sichuan has the danger of mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, far away from the Central Plains, and I will stay in Sichuan with the main force of Tongzhou Town, so once the Qing army enters the Kou and Gyeonggi is empty, wouldn't it be unlucky?

Zhu Jie hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it is a matter of time before Zhang Xianzhong is encircled and suppressed, but the time is not very ripe now, at least the elite of Tongzhou Town cannot enter Sichuan, once they enter Sichuan, it means that within a few months, they will have to stay away from the Central Plains, once the Qing army is border, the army is four thousand miles away from the capital, even if it is full of strength to return to the division, it will take at least two or three months, and it is difficult to solve the fire in the far water, and the Beijing division will be dangerous!" ”

Chongzhen's heart was shocked, what Zhu Jie said was really good, once he suddenly sent troops to the Central Plains when he entered Sichuan in Tongzhou Town, there would be no troops available in the Gyeonggi area, and Beijing City would be in danger.

"Then how do you think the imperial court should deploy its strategy next?"

Chongzhen asked.

Zhu Jie replied: "Your Majesty, now that the thieves have been defeated, and there is no war in the Central Plains, it is precisely the opportunity for us to recuperate, as long as it takes two or three years, the imperial court can fully recover its vitality, and then there will be enough money and food, whether it is to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, or to resist Manchuria, there will be enough strength, and there is no need to take such a risk as this time." At the same time, Tongzhou Town received a large number of surrendered troops, which need to be reorganized and rectified, and in a short period of time, it is impossible to integrate them into a single unit, and the minister thinks that it will take at least half a year to be able to integrate, I don't know if the minister gave the emperor about the entire Tongzhou Town, which is divided into five, have you approved it? “

Forehead......

Chongzhen didn't expect Zhu Jie to pour out the matter of this piece so quickly, how could he answer?

"Aiqing, we can postpone the reorganization of Tongzhou Town, ...... for the time being."

Chongzhen glanced at Zhu Jie, Zhu Jie is bowing his head now, where can he see it?

When Zhu Jie heard this, he was anxious, and said secretly in his heart, wipe it, let you reward the whole army, you drag, let you compensate for the casualties, you drag, now you want to reorganize Tongzhou Town, you still have to drag, this is special, a good time, what are you doing with it? Sleep?

"Your Majesty, other things can be delayed, and the reorganization of Tongzhou Town must not be delayed, and we can't afford to delay it!"

Zhu Jie raised his voice and said to Chongzhen.

At this time, Chen Yan stood up, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, why haven't the ministers and other auxiliary ministers heard of the reorganization of Tongzhou Town?" ”

Chongzhen was embarrassed when he arrived, he didn't communicate with the auxiliary ministers about such a big thing, and even Chongzhen still deliberately concealed it, now it's okay, Zhu Jie's words were all shaken out, but what should I do?

"Chen Aiqing, the matter of the chapter, because I was too busy during this time, so I kept the chapter in the middle and pressed it, and I haven't had time to hand it over to the cabinet for discussion, now that Zhu Jie has returned, as the chief soldier of Tongzhou Town, it is the right time to discuss, let's discuss it today......

Chongzhen motioned to Cao Huachun to take the fold, and at this time Zhu Jie understood that Chongzhen was evading it, afraid that the cabinet would not agree to this reorganization, and in the end, he would not be able to get off the stage and break up unhappily, so he had been waiting for himself to come back and discuss it again.

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you don't need to show your lordship anymore, the fold is drawn up by the ministers themselves, so naturally you are familiar with it, and you will tell it in person." Since the capital sent troops, to the army in Huguang, Tongzhou Town encircled and suppressed the thieves, which lasted more than three months, of which Tongzhou Town suffered more than 7,000 casualties, more than 4,000 people were killed in battle, more than 3,000 people were seriously injured, more than 70,000 thieves were killed, more than 40,000 people died of disease in the plague, and the surrendered troops reached tens of thousands, of which more than 30,000 elite forces were temporarily incorporated into Tongzhou Town, and now the strength of Tongzhou Town has reached more than 70,000 people, which is too huge, and it needs to be divided into five and reorganized! ”

Chen Yan was taken aback, he didn't expect that Zhu Jie had already established such a huge and powerful team in less than a year, and this would become a strong opponent for the Qing army to enter the customs in the future! However, dividing Tongzhou Town into five, this Zhu Jie is definitely a bad move, cutting off his arm and dividing Tongzhou Town into five, then the strength of Tongzhou Town will be greatly weakened, and how to compete with the Qing army?

When Chen Yan was in doubt, Zhu Jie continued: Tongzhou Town is divided into five towns, the first town, the Chinese army infantry cavalry, 3,000 troops are transferred from the rear infantry battalion, and 2,000 cavalry are allocated from the forward battalion, a total of 10,000 people; the second town, the large battalion on the left flank of the forward, plus the infantry of the invasion army, with a strength of 10,000 troops; The third town, the right wing battalion of the forward, plus the infantry of Li Dingguo's department, has a strength of 10,000 troops; In the fourth town, the cavalry of Li Dingguo's department, plus the infantry battalion of the rear army was 3,000 people, and the Qin army was 2,000 people; The fifth town, the left wing infantry battalion, plus the cavalry of the battalion, the strength of 10,000 troops; The strength of the five towns, a total of 50,000 people, asked the emperor to appoint Xu Yifan, Gao Jie, Li Dingguo, Qin Mufeng, and Xiao Ting as the commanders of the five towns; Yang Chengzu, Shu Xinchen, Cha Xuan, Qiu Qingquan, He Yilong generals as deputy commanders-in-chief, commanding the strength of the five towns, the original Tongzhou Town was handed over to the right army infantry battalion as the basis, joined the cavalry and musket battalion, appointed the commander Deng Jiuru as the commander-in-chief of Tongzhou Town! ”

(End of chapter)

(Tianjin)