Mao Xiang's face was dark, and he felt that Wu Zheng's strategy was too cruel.

But he knew in his heart that this plan was indeed feasible.

There are 200,000 Northern Expedition Army, which sounds like a lot, but if you really want to scatter the northern prefectures, in fact, on average, one prefecture is only 2 or 3,000 people.

Under the advance of the Northern Expedition Army, the Qing army continued to gather towards the capital. Now to the north of the Yellow River, the Qing army's troops have reached an unprecedented density. Almost every prefecture has garrisoned 10,000 or 20,000, and even some large county towns, with garrisons of up to 30,000 or 5,000.

The Qing court has been continuously eroded by the Northern Expedition Army in recent years. One is because of the extreme passiveness caused by the weapons being separated by generations. The other is that as the Northern Expedition Army continues to advance northward, the Han people attached to the Qing Dynasty began to waver, which makes them no longer take the initiative, or try their best. As for people, they have to leave a way out for themselves.

It can be said that the Qing court has indeed been forced into a corner. If the Northern Expedition Army goes north, it is inevitable that the two sides will have a decisive battle.

But the Northern Expedition Army stayed away from Jiangnan to attack those strong cities. Not to mention whether they could attack or not, the casualties must be huge. If they are not careful, it would be a huge disaster.

Then, the only way to deal with it is to lead the snake out of the hole, lead the enemy out, lead it to the south, then divide and annihilate it, consume the enemy's living power to the greatest extent, and then counterattack. At that time, the Northern Expedition would be easy, and this is the truth that the land of the land is lost, and both people and land are lost.

Wu Zheng's method seems to be a conspiracy, but in fact it is an open conspiracy.

The Qing court has always been passive and it is common sense to subconsciously vent its grievances.

However, the Northern Expedition and the strength of the navy made the Qing court extremely afraid. In addition, after Dorgon's death, the Qing court had been in a power struggle. This was the main reason why the Qing court had been in a "passive" beating for more than two years.

Fulin forced his mother to return to the inner palace and take power by herself. She needed to do some major things to consolidate his imperial power, so she once wanted to fight in person.

The desperate desire to fight back has been revealed.

Then, at this time, just light a fire can detonate Fulin and the entire court's resentment towards the Ming army step by step.

The "unregulated" ceasefire conditions mentioned by Wu Zheng and Suksaha and Sony are undoubtedly the best way to detonate resentment.

Sure enough, Fulin was furious when he heard this. In a hurry, he declared war on Jianxing Dynasty, regardless of the fact that the war was not yet fully prepared and the court had not yet joined forces.

The Qing army almost had all out, and even the 100,000 new troops formed for the second time were dispatched by Boluo's commander.

Everything was expected by Wu Zheng, but there were also unexpected things, such as everything that happened in the Yongli Dynasty in the Battle of Runing, and the Qing court's siege of Lin Wei, the chief of Shuntian Prefecture, and the purge of important officials represented by Chen Mingxia and Shen Wenkui, who had secretly returned to Wu Zheng.

In the direction of Andongwei and Yanzhou, the Northern Expedition Army was defeated and retreated one after another, which was actually inseparable from Wu Zheng's deployment.

As the head coach, Wu Zheng had already clearly realized the importance of Andongwei and Yanzhou, but he had never ordered the main force of the First Army to go north and strengthen the defense of the second place. Then, the defeat was not accidental.

Mao Xiang was indeed smart. He only looked at a point on the map from Wu Zheng's eyes, and then revealed Wu Zheng's strategic deployment.

Mao Xiang was resistant inside, and he felt that this was a conspiracy.

He believed that Wu Zheng, as a future wise ruler of the Chinese people whom he was loyal to, should not use such means to win.

The spirit of the Han people should be reshaped by the way the upright king's army advances north.

But after talking with Wu Zheng, Mao Xiang's mind began to change, and he even felt an inexplicable secret joy.

It’s not that Mao Xiang was convinced by Wu Zheng, but that Mao Xiang suddenly realized that he was actually thinking that Wu Zheng could become such a person?

The king has no selfless grudges!

Wu Zheng was right. Whoever lives in the world is not fate? Whether it is ordinary people, officials, gentry, or soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, after the world is unified, they are all subjects.

Since there must be sacrifices, what the king has to do is to die less, the better, rather than hesitate to who should die and who should not die.

Mao Xiang wanted Wu Zheng to become such a person.

But when Wu Zheng really became such a person, Mao Xiang felt a little relieved.

This made Mao Xiang subconsciously vent his disappointment by constantly squeezing.

But Mao Xiang knew that Wu Zheng was right.

Of course, he understood even more that it would be of no use to hand over the memorial that Wu Zheng asked for from him. What is useful is... a memorial.

Only by submitting a memorial to the court can this crime of "slander" be truly implemented on one's own head.

"If the prince agrees, please recommend Xiang as the alternate cabinet minister of the cabinet... and, quickly." Mao Xiang was solemn and serious, his sharp and thin face looked extremely strange.

Wu Zheng looked at Mao Xiang for a long time and finally nodded, "Accurate."

Mao Xiang looked at Wu Zheng, "...If there is any accident in Xiang, I beg the prince to protect my little one..."

Wu Zheng sighed softly: "Mao Pijiang...you are thinking too much."

Mao Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's not that Xiang is thinking too much, but... this is a fatal matter."

Wu Zheng frowned slightly, "What do you want to do?"

"The prince should know."

"You...!" Wu Zheng could indeed guess what Mao Xiang meant, "But... I don't think it's necessary!"

"It's totally necessary." Mao Xiang looked at Wu Zheng's eyes, "After all, he is not as good as others writing about his own history. He is more convincing and can be more convinced... If the prince defends himself, how can he block the world's long mouth?"

Wu Zheng was silent.

Mao Xiang suddenly bent his knees, worshiped with great gifts, and leaned on the ground and said, "Originally, Xiang wanted to assist the prince ascend to the extreme, but now it seems that Xiang is not lucky... But it's good that he can do his best to the prince ascend to the extreme... Xiang has no regrets!"

Wu Zhengwen was stunned when he heard this. After a while, he pointed at Mao Xiang and cursed: "Go to you... Gu just wants you to take the blame... It's still temporary. After winning this battle, Gu will think of you to make you innocent... At least, he won't let you take the blame for your whole life... But looking at the set of words you said, it seems like Gu sincerely let you die... Are you helping me, or are you hurting me?"

"The prince thinks that once Xuzhou and Haizhou are retreating, thousands of miles of land in Jiangbei will be lost, and millions of people will become slaves under the hoof of the Tartars... Is it just a shady blame?" Mao Xiang replied with a hint of sarcasm, "Even if the prince then strikes back, annihilates the enemy, and regains the lost land, can the lost people still be able to take it back based on the prince's self-dispute? Besides, can the prince explain to the people in the world one by one?"

Wu Zheng looked at Mao Xiang and said leisurely, "You can refuse, but Gu will not force you... Gu can choose someone else."
Chapter completed!