Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Li Yan let him take the credit, and he had no choice but to explain:

"Your Majesty, General Li and I have the same idea. We believe that Emperor Ming's purpose is to escape.

And the power of his conspiracy is that the grain stored in Texas is the only bulk grain we can currently obtain!

At the same time, the closest ones to Dezhou were Bohou's thousands of cavalry and Zhou Fengwu's [-]-strong army.

If we don't send people to pursue Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming will definitely burn the food and grass. In this way, the morale of our army will collapse!

If we save Cao Liang, but can only mobilize the troops of Bohou and Zhou Fengwu, then the Ming army in Baoding will inevitably evacuate.

And Emperor Ming is all cavalry. Even if we chase Caoliang after rescuing Caoliang, we can't catch up with him!

Therefore, our greatest military achievement is just to preserve food and grass.

The power of this conspiracy is that as long as we ask for food, the Emperor Ming and the Ming Army of Baoding can evacuate the battlefield intact. "

Liu Zongmin slapped the table:

“Wouldn’t that mean letting the tiger return to the mountain?”

Song Xiance smiled bitterly:

"This conspiracy of Emperor Ming is so vicious!"

No matter what they choose, they can no longer catch Emperor Ming who jumps out!

Unless they can withstand the collapse of the army due to lack of food, they can eat the Baoding Ming Army...

Do not!

Even if they could eat the Baoding Ming Army, whose morale was already high, they probably wouldn't be able to eat it without losing hundreds of thousands of lives!

Li Zicheng saw that the two most powerful counselors had the same view and looked at Niu Jinxing hopefully.

However, Niu Jinxing smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, conspiracy is an upright conspiracy.

There is no solution to the conspiracy, and the best result is to choose the ending with the least loss. "

Li Zicheng rubbed his temples vigorously and felt a severe headache.

Got it!

Niu Jinxing didn't say this.

Li Zicheng looked ugly: "Once the tiger returns to the mountain, it will cause endless disasters!"

Niu Jinxing stood up again:

"Your Majesty, the only place Emperor Ming can go is Jiangnan.

Since ancient times, there have only been two channels for the battle between the north and the south, Jianghan and Jianghuai, and the important cities among them are Xiangyang and Xuzhou.

Unless they follow the example of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, which took more than ten years of hard work, to send out surprise troops, detour through Sichuan, and go down through Guangdong and Guangxi...

In ancient times, military operations had to consider transportation issues. Therefore, there were usually only two conventional routes in the war between the north and the south, both of which could use water transportation.

But in Sichuan, King Daxi is there, and he is also worry-free.

Therefore, the focus of our competition with Emperor Ming is Jianghan and Jianghuai, or Xiangyang and Xuzhou!

I think that we have General Bai in Jianghan and Xiangyang is already in the hands of our army. This direction is already secure.

Liu Zeqing, the Ming Shandong general who was guarding the Xuzhou Wings, had fled to Huai'an and gave up the strategic location of Xuzhou. "

Niu Jinxing is a smart man. The reason why he won Li Zicheng's trust is because he explained the matter clearly but did not tell the final solution.

Li Zicheng understood.

"If Emperor Ming wants to leave, then let him go! If you can surround him once, you can surround him a second time!"

He chuckled:

"Then send an order to Li Guo and Zhou Fengwu to rush to Dezhou immediately to protect the grain.

After expelling Emperor Ming, Zhou Fengwu was asked to lead [-] troops and horses to transport grain back to the capital.

Let Li Guo lead the army to capture Xuzhou for me and prepare to attack Jiangnan! "

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, everyone bid farewell to Li Zicheng.

Li Yan frowned and bowed:

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has something to say!"

"Ugh!"

Li Zicheng sighed inaudibly, looked at Li Yan, and then said:

"You and I have been brothers for so many years, what else can't we say honestly?"

Hearing this, Li Yan suddenly thought of the Red Lady.

He had an idea and said:

"Your Majesty, General Bai was in a stalemate with Ming General Zuo Liangyu in Jianghan. The minister thought that we could send Lady Zhuojing Hong to Runing Mansion. Zhuojing raised troops in Xinyang Prefecture. She once opened a warehouse to distribute grain and was trusted by the local people. .

Send her there, and you will have no worries!

There are many passes here. As long as you cross the Suizhou mountainous area, you can take Zuo Liangyu's back route.

If we cross Huoshan Mountain, we can reach the heart of Jianghan and threaten the fat land south of the Yangtze River. In this way, we can advance, retreat, and defend, and we will be in an invincible position! "

Li Zichen thought that Li Yan was going to persuade him to stop extorting money again, and he was still a little gloomy in his heart.

At this time, when I heard that Li Yan was actually loyal to state affairs, I suddenly felt a secret hatred in my heart:

The eldest brother is loyal to the country, but he actually doubts this old brother.

He felt guilty and agreed to it.

"The Red Lady is brave and resourceful, and she has always been trustworthy. Oh, yes, by the way, let Li Nian go too."

Li Zicheng stepped down from the throne and patted Li Yan on the shoulder.

"Since you followed me to join the army, you haven't returned home for many years.

Now that the state affairs still require you to be in charge, let your brother return home in glory for you! "

Li Zicheng laughed and joked.

"As the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law will meet her parents-in-law sooner or later. Since the red lady got married to you, she has never seen her father in high court!

We specifically allowed her half a month to pass the test of her parents-in-law, and then guard Runing Mansion for us! "

Hearing that Li Zicheng agreed and even asked his brother to go back, Li Yan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then I will thank Your Majesty on behalf of my brother, Zhuo Jing!"

Li Zicheng laughed loudly: "We old brothers, why are you so polite?"

He asked Wang Dehua to serve tea, and asked people to prepare wine and food. He took Li Yan to sit down:

"Brothers and you, we haven't had a heart-to-heart talk together for who knows how long. It just so happens that we can get drunk and rest."

Li Yan had solved his worries and was about to remonstrate directly. After hearing that Li Zicheng left him to drink, he had an idea and thought to himself:

'If I say it directly like I did in the morning, I'm afraid I will make His Majesty unhappy again. Since Your Majesty allows me to drink, why not mention it while I'm drunk? ’

Thinking of this, Li Yan thanked Li Zicheng again.

Not long after, the food and wine were served, and Li Zicheng and Li Yan sat opposite each other.

Wang Dehua personally carried the wine pot and poured wine for the two of them.

After drinking to his heart's content, Li Zicheng complained that the wine glass was not enough, so he asked someone to replace it with a big bowl.

Northerners are good at wine, Li Zicheng is a prodigy, and Li Yan is not bad either.

The two of them drank several jars of ten kilograms of wine before they both became a little tipsy.

Li Yan took advantage of his drunkenness and said:

"Your Majesty, General Liu has produced tens of millions of taels of silver, which is enough for a year's military supply. Do you think we should hold off for a while?"

"Li Yan!"

Li Zicheng changed his seat and sat down next to Li Yan.

He patted Li Yan on the shoulder: "Do you still remember the reason why we rebelled?"

Although he acted cordially, he spoke in Ming Dynasty Mandarin, intending to deliberately use unfamiliarity to enlighten this "misguided" old man!

Li Zicheng sighed: "We were originally the Yinchuan postmen of the Ming Dynasty..."

(The official dialect of the Ming Dynasty is Fengyang dialect.)

Li Zicheng did not shy away from his early experiences:

"We were born to do great things. Our uncle, King Gao Chuang, is a horse dealer!"