Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Yanru, Qian Qianyi, and Chen Shang drank tea in the exquisite living room.

For their first move, all three were satisfied.

The main reason is that Chongzhen looked for Zhou Yanru in the morning and asked him why the governors of various places had disputes with Wulin. Zhou Yanru told Chongzhen that it was not the governors of various places who had disputes with the martial arts, but the various factions of the martial arts took advantage of the fact that the martial arts alliance was now guarding one side and played a pivotal role, so they deliberately came to trouble the government.

Zhou Yanru put the pot on the head of Wulin, and hinted to Chongzhen that all factions in Wulin did this to probe the bottom line of the imperial court and prepare for greater turmoil in the future. Although he did not explicitly say that Qin Shuhuai would lead the martial arts factions to rebel, he believed that Chongzhen had already heard his voiceover.

Chongzhen's reaction was to be silent for a long time, and then let Zhou Yanru take strict precautions, uphold the principle of "no provocation, no connivance", and be neither humble nor arrogant to all factions in the martial arts, try not to make things bigger, and not to make excessive concessions, so as to damage the dignity of the court.

Zhou Yanru swore that he agreed, and then shouted that the emperor was wise.

And in the past few days, news has come from the Dark Cloud Sect that the factory guards in various places are no longer sheltering those actors and storytellers who are bewitching and confusing the public. However, those people may also be scared, and they rarely come out recently.

This convinced Zhou Yanru that Donglin's strategy had initially worked.

The emperor is really afraid of martial arts, just like all the emperors in history.

If it goes on like this, as long as it takes a while, the common people will naturally forget what "The Biography of the Literary Traitor" is, and after this incident, the emperor can realize the energy of our Donglin, and the second can realize the harm of Qin Shuhuai, which is really the best of both worlds.

So in the past few days, Zhou Yanru's face has improved a lot, and he is no longer as gloomy as he was a few days ago.

Qian Qianyi has been living in Zhou Yanru's mansion for the past few days, and this time his plan was immediate, so he received all kinds of praise from Donglin civil officials, and he was in a very good mood.

"Zhou Xiang, the big red robe in the house is comparable to the dragon well of Hangzhou, the fragrance is extended, the aftertaste is sweet and bitter, it is really a masterpiece in the world, and I am fortunate to drink it for three lives!" Qian Qianyi said with a smile, "I thank Zhou Xiang for tea." ”

Zhou Yanru chuckled, "If Mr. Qian likes it, the old man will let you bring a can back." ”

Qian Qianyi said unbelievingly, "Haha, then thank you Zhou Xiangqian for her love." ”

Zhou Yanru took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Qian, I heard that your senior apprentice Li Fu is in the post of governor of Zhejiang, is it okay?"

Li Fu is naturally the former prefect of Ningbo. After Qin Shuhuai recommended him to Chongzhen, Chongzhen personally sent someone to investigate, and felt that this person was indeed available, so he directly promoted him to be the governor of Zhejiang when Wang Huazhen was taken down.

Li Fu spent time in Donglin Academy in his early years, and Qian Qianyi lectured at Donglin Academy, so speaking of which, Li Fu was Qian Qianyi's student.

Zhou Yanru suddenly mentioned Li Fu, which naturally had a useful intention.

As soon as Li Fu was mentioned, Zhou Yanru was angry, "Zhou Xiang, don't mention this person, I have already broken off the master-apprentice status with him!"

"Oh, why?"

"This Li Fu, although he is quite talented and learned, is proud of himself and does his own thing. Since I became the governor of Zhejiang, I have been even more empty-eyed, and I don't care about what I say as a teacher. In addition, in Zhejiang, he also strictly ordered the guards not to search for those who were misleading the people, let alone to have any conflicts with the martial arts factions. Hehe, such an ungrateful person, how can I be worthy of him as a master and apprentice?"

Zhou Yanru nodded slightly, "Sir, righteousness." This Li Fu, when we solve the current matter, it's time to have a good fight. ”

"So Zhou Xiang, what should we do now?" Chen Shang asked.

Zhou Yanru smiled, "What should I do?" Doesn't Qin Shuhuai want to be a loyal minister? That is, let him be. If he wants to quell the conflict between the imperial court and the martial arts, he must first defeat the Tartars. Look, he will soon be unable to sit still, and he will soon attack the Santun camp. When the time comes, the Tartars will inevitably be able to inflict heavy losses on his martial arts coalition army, of course, the Tartars will not be much better, and they will have to withdraw from the Central Plains after this battle. ”

Chen Shang wasted no time in saying, "Zhou Xiang is really a clever calculation! They bite the dog's hair, no matter who wins, they will be half dead, and then the world will still be our Donglin's world!"

Zhou Yanru glared at Chen Shang and said seriously, "Nonsense! The world, that's the emperor's world!"

Chen Shang smiled, "Yes, yes, what Zhou Xiang said." ”

In a flash, five days passed.

The Tartar army in the Santun camp did not wait for the 30,000 Ming troops.

The 30,000 Ming troops did get out of the pass, but halfway through the march, they withdrew again.

It seems that I have received some order again.

And the Ming armies in Qian'an and Zunhua also did not move.

It looks a little weird.

Huang Taiji couldn't sit still.

The Tartar generals could not sit still.

If there is a decisive battle, of course, they want to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, because there is not enough food and grass to drag it out. But after five days of nervous tension, they found that the Ming army still did not come to the door to fight.

Why did you suddenly stop fighting again?

Dai Shan and other conservatives put forward a sensational argument: In order to encircle and annihilate them, the Ming army has increased its troops! Because the soldiers and horses have not yet arrived, they are now waiting.

This can also explain why the 30,000 people were withdrawn even though they were out of the country.

Qin Shuhuai must have gotten a promise from the Ming court to give him additional troops, so he didn't want to fight a decisive battle in advance, so he withdrew the 30,000 people back.

It's a very imaginative, but one that seems very plausible.

Some of the most established generals in the Tartar army were inclined to believe this view. The reason? Because the Ming Dynasty was too big, they had boundless territory and countless sources of soldiers! Now that the Demon Sect has not moved its troops, the Liukou have basically been wiped out, and the Ming army can naturally increase its troops.

This time, Huang Taiji also realized that something was wrong.

He found that Qin Shuhuai didn't want to fight him before winter at all.

He was waiting for reinforcements, but he was afraid that he would withdraw again, so he deliberately sent the 30,000 people to go around Malanyu, trying to make a false appearance of a full-scale attack, so that he could wait for him to attack.

He is taking advantage of his eagerness for revenge to drag our army in the Central Plains.

And once it is winter, there is no food in the army, and there is no way to retreat, and the Ming army will have more advantages after receiving reinforcements.

The most important reason why Huang Taiji did not retreat before was that he thought that Qin Shuhuai would take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Santun camp. In this way, the Eight Banners Army is fully capable of relying on the Santun camp to defeat the Ming army.

However, now he found that Qin Shuhuai had no such intention at all.

So there was no reason for him to continue to stay in Santun Camp - if he couldn't defeat Qin Shuhuai and chose to spend the winter in Guannei, it would be a suicide at all.

Although he was unwilling, although he would go back like this, and his position would be impacted again, he couldn't risk Dajin's national fortunes.

At this time, Fan Wencheng also gave him the same advice.

If you can't fight a decisive battle in September, then withdraw!