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Chapter 1 The DPRK

Zhang Biwu had already gathered nine thousand troops and was heading towards Liaodong. His actions immediately made the court discuss it!

Because they believed that Zhang Biwu only led nine thousand troops, he went to rescue with great fanfare. In this case, wouldn’t Huang Taiji be able to intercept his troops? In terms of military tactics, this is an extremely stupid way to say that.

Especially the censors composed of the Censorate and the Six Sections of the Commissioner, they were called crows because they all regarded impeachment and attack as capable. No matter what the court did, they would jump out and blame them, and good things were often turned into bad things.

Although the censors were not afraid of power during the Jiajing Dynasty and spoke frankly for the country during the Wanli Dynasty, they were very good censors at that time and played their due role. However, since Wei Zhongxian disrupted the government, the censors who were honest and righteous and spoke for the country had become overwhelming. Most of the censors who are now left with fame, useless talk, and form cliques for personal gain.

The prevalence of the Donglin Party, Fushe and other parties has caused all the censors who are dedicated to the country to change. They are real crows. They only know how to fight for their own parties and for their private interests. It would be very difficult to consider them from the interests of the country.

It is not from the party, and even if what he does is beneficial to the country, they are still constantly attacking it out of the interests of the party. This makes the government increasingly unrest and there are very few people who dare to serve the country.

The censors in the court were all questioning Zhang Biwu's military strategy. They all believed that Zhang Biwu's return would still harm the interests of the country and cause the country to lose food and pay and soldiers in vain.

The military department head Guang Shihenghung stood up and said, "Emperor, Zhang Biwu has been walking and stopping along the way. With his marching speed, he may not be able to reach Liaodong for a year or two! There are rumors that he specifically wants reputation and has the reputation of daring to shoulder heavy responsibilities, so he can also expand his military strength! That's why he took the initiative to fight! In order to break the rumors, the emperor asked the emperor to immediately urge Zhang Biwu to lead his troops to march quickly, and rushed to Songshan as soon as possible to rescue Shangshu Hong!"

As soon as Guang Shiheng said, Zhou Zhong, who had a close relationship with Guang Shiheng, came out to agree with Guang Shiheng's opinion.

Chen Yan and Wei Zaode, the top scholar of the previous year, both expressed that if Zhang Biwu did not advance quickly, it would only make Hong Chengchou hope to save him without help, and Hong Chengchou and others would easily fall into the Qing army. The most important thing is that they cannot inspire the hearts of the people.

Chen Yanyi said sternly: "I heard that Zhang Biwu has been leaving for a day, stopping for a day, and the march is very slow. He could have walked for three days between stops and stops. Emperor, this is not intentional delay, what is this? Please issue an order quickly and urge Zhang Biwu to march quickly!"

Of course, these civil officials knew that it was difficult for him to win with Zhang Biwu's newly recruited nine thousand soldiers to face more than 100,000 Qing troops who were fighting against the hundreds of wars. Being polite was indeed the best way, but they ignored it at all, regardless of it. They only knew that their advice could win a reputation for themselves, so they were very happy to do such things that harmed others and the country and the self-interest.

Even if Zhang Biwu and his nine thousand men and Song Jin's Ming army killed, so what if he was killed? As people call it, they are full of some extremely hateful crows!

Chongzhen was silent and said nothing. If they had said anything before, Chongzhen would have been angry and kept urging Zhang Biwu to advance, but now Zhang Biwu has reported to Chongzhen secretly.

Chongzhen knew it in his mind. When he saw the censors constantly asking him to issue orders to urge Zhang Biwu, he knew that Zhang Biwu still had to urge him to march.

Chongzhen said, "Okay! I'll draw an order and urge Zhang Biwu to launch his army quickly! If necessary, Zhang Biwu can join Wu Sangui and the soldiers of Liaodong to rescue Song Jin!" Chongzhen turned to Chen Xinjia, Minister of War, and said, "As your soldier, you can also urge Zhang Biwu to rescue Song Jin as soon as possible!"

At this moment, the ministers were surprised, because as usual, if Zhang Biwu was so relaxed and did not advance as quickly as possible, Chongzhen would definitely be furious, but now Chongzhen is so calm, which is really strange! The emperor is really incomprehensible!

Chen Xinjia, who was also in doubt, had to press his doubts first and responded quickly: "Yes! Your Majesty, I must fulfill my duties!" "Yes!" All the officials nodded and said yes.

Chen Xinjia looked at Chongzhen's face and then said, "Emperor, the war in Huguang is beneficial! Zhang Xianzhong attacked Tongcheng, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo joined forces, defeated Zhang Xianzhong's general, captured and killed Zhang Xianzhong's general, Ma Wu, and the Three Harriers Wang Xingguo. Among them, Wang Xingguo was the most brave, and was Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son. Huang Degong was shot in the face, but he became more and more brave as he fought for more than ten days, killing and hurting a lot."

The ministers cheered when they heard this! And what they said was that Huang Degong was really a powerful general! He made a big fuss for the Beijing camp!

Chongzhen was very happy when he heard this, and he signaled Chen Xinjia to continue talking. Of course, Chen Xinjia wanted to continue talking.

"In the August of the autumn, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by Zuo Liangyu's tribe in Xinyang. He was injured and left the mall and walked to Yingshan. He was defeated by Wang Yuncheng again. 'There are all scattered and dozens of cavalry are stopped'. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong was seriously injured! He also said that he might be dead soon! He ran to Li Zicheng and was almost killed by Li Zicheng! There are rumors that Zhang Xianzhong died while fleeing! The two thieves Zhang Li were greatly reduced in strength! Once Zhang was destroyed, he could move to the Central Plains and wipe out Li Zicheng. Once the bandits were destroyed, they would be exclusive to the Eastern Captains!"

In fact, Chen Xinjia did not say a sad thing, that is, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai worked together to attack Ye County. The garrison of Ye County was Liu Guoneng. Liu Guoneng became brothers with Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, but later surrendered to the Ming army and determined to be loyal to Chongzhen. This made Li Zicheng very angry. As soon as the city was destroyed, he killed Liu Guoneng.

Chongzhen also lamented Liu Guoneng's loyalty and praised him greatly. It would be better not to mention the fact that Ye County was destroyed and Li Zicheng's powerful power was strong for the time being.

After hearing this, Chongzhen was very happy. He laughed to the sky. This was a great joy for him! As long as the bandits were put down and then the Eastern Captains were eliminated, the Ming Dynasty would be revived for a long time. He did not mind at all because of Zhang Biwu's slow marching, which made the ministers even more confused. It was just that they were happy to see the emperor, which was important.

At this moment, the entire court was immersed in a joyful atmosphere, and all the ministers were happy and happy! No one dared to take advantage of this time to say something disappointed to avoid angering Chongzhen, who was in a good mood.

Some ministers even mentioned Zhang Biwu directly. It would be great if Zhang Biwu could rescue Hong Chengchou if he could escape the siege of Song Jin. It would be even more a miracle and a great joy.

However, if you say that, no one can believe that Zhang Biwu can save Hong Chengchou, they just want to please Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was also unsure: "Guoxiong, you said you were not sure that you could get rid of the siege of Songjin. This time you went there might be a farewell forever! Alas! I really hope that you can save Hong Chengchou. Even if you can't, you will come back safely! I will follow your plan!"

What? Zhang Biwu also gave Chongzhen a clever plan? No wonder! What clever plan is it?

After resigning from the court, the ministers shook their heads and were talking: "Zhang Biwu either died at the hands of the Tartars, or because of his slow march, he angered the emperor and was beheaded in the Western Market!"

"Who made him greedy for merit and want to grab merit? Merit is not easy to grab me! Especially when fighting against the Tartars, it is a price to pay!" "That's it! It's too late for him to regret it now!"

When these ministers said this, they still looked gloating. Their inner thoughts were that Zhang Biwu would not join my party! My group! Forming a clique for personal gain is the current trend of the court. If you don’t do this, you, Zhang Biwu, will certainly be the target of public criticism.

Chen Xinjia was very proud, and he thought to himself: "Old Master Yang, you always have the kindness of knowing me. If it weren't for your recommendation, I wouldn't have been able to achieve the high position of Minister of War! You regard Zhang Biwu as your enemy, and you have always wanted to kill Zhang Biwu, but unfortunately you have never succeeded. Then today I will fulfill your wish and kill Zhang Biwu! Now the emperor asked me to urgently urge Zhang Biwu to march, so I should obey the order! Haha!"

When Xinjia was constantly sending documents urging war, these documents were like stones sinking to the sea, and he felt strange. Zhang Biwu dared to ignore the Ministry of War and the Emperor so bravely, isn't it too courageous? Even if Zhang Biwu refused to reply, someone would ask for it!

How come the Ministry of War's urging war documents did not reply at all? Could it be that Zhang Biwu really wanted to rebel? Will his subordinates and soldiers rebel with him? For this reason, he went to the palace to meet the saint to explain that if something happened like this, it would be easier to shirk his responsibility.

Who knows it? Chongzhen laughed when he heard it and said, "Okay! Chen Aiqing, you did a good job! Keep urging! You don't have to pay attention to anything! Just just urging the war! And let people know that your Ministry of War is urging the war!"

Chen Xinjia was confused by the monk. If Chongzhen had heard such a report, he would be furious and had to send a Tiqi to arrest him and ask him for guilt! But now he was so calm and happy. What's going on? Even if Chen Xinjia had many questions in his heart, he wouldn't dare to ask.

He could only retreat and continue to send a document to Zhang Biwu for urging war, but he did not dare to use the document to sink into the sea, and went to see that Chongzhen had expected this long ago.
Chapter completed!
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