The war is about national strength and mobilization, especially when the two armies are in a stalemate. Whoever can grit their teeth and persevere to the end will win the final victory.

Although the Ming Dynasty at this stage is considered a bad existence in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, compared with the Jianlu who fought in other places and were far away from the base area, the Ming Dynasty still occupies a relative advantage.

There were the military aircraft department who stayed in Shenjing, the auxiliary ministers such as Zhang Weixian and Zhou Yanru, the eunuchs of the inner court such as Cao Huachun, and Luo Yangxing who was in charge of the royal guards. Their lives were all controlled by Emperor Chongzhen.

Each one checks and balances each other, joins forces with each other, confronts the pragmatic courtiers in the court, ensures to the maximum extent that the military aircraft can stay forward, and the edicts are issued clearly.

The essence of fighting for power and profit, and for what?

Isn't it just that you want to gain power so that your family's heritage can become stronger?

If all of them are really old and homeless, even if they become the supreme emperor, what use is that?

Even if you want to have fun, you are afraid that the people under your control will think of ways to rebel against you.

"Lu Qing, how did the group of distinguished disciples in the vanguard of the imperial army perform under your command?" Emperor Chongzhen said, extending his hand to signal Lu Xiangsheng to sit down and talk, "How many of them do you think can be of great use?

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Lu Xiangsheng bowed his hands to express his gratitude, then lifted his armor and sat down. He only sat down for a while, but he could stand up at any time to reply.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Xiangsheng bowed slightly and said: "Returning to your majesty, I think their performance is quite good. Among them, the British grandson Zhang Shize is very capable. If he can practice military martial arts, in time, he will be able to relieve your majesty's worries."

"Um."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "I think so too. These capable people, our descendants, must not just wait to die.

After experiencing this Jianlu invasion, I want to understand a lot. The Beijing camp that defends Shenjing must have the strength of the Tianxiong Army and the Zhongyong Army.

I knew before that the capital camp was no longer able to be reused, and that it was being emptied of pay and drinking soldiers' blood. Li Qing had been ordered by me to rectify it, but the effect was minimal.

This time when the rebels invaded the Ming Dynasty, although Zhang Weixian was the governor of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, except for the elites of Tianxiong and Zhongyong armies, I still do not think highly of the other soldiers of the Beijing camp."

Lu Xiangsheng fell silent and did not speak. It was not something that he could intervene in as it was such an important matter in the capital.

Although the Tianxiong and Zhongyong armies he commanded had impressive records before this, he was not granted the corresponding official position officially.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Sun and the others are here."

Wang Chengen walked into the commander's tent and handed over his hand to Emperor Chongzhen to report.

"Quick announcement."

Emperor Chongzhen extended his hand and then stood up. Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly stood up, but doubts arose in his heart.

The emperor summoned Sun Chengzong and Sun Zushou late at night to command the left and right armies. Could it be that they had some urgent military matters to talk about?

"Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong, pays homage to your Majesty!"

"The last general, Sun Zushou, pays homage to Your Majesty!"

When Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled, Sun Chengzong and Sun Zushou walked into the commander's tent. When they saw Emperor Chongzhen standing up to greet him, they hurriedly raised their hands and bowed.

"My dear friends, there is no need to be polite."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said: "Tonight I summon all the ministers to come over because I have something I want to discuss with you."

Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen walked towards the hanging map. Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng and others saw this and hurriedly followed him.

"Affected by today's battle, most of the main force of the imperialists who invaded our Ming Dynasty retreated to Santunying City." Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the map and said with a serious expression.

"And the Yongwei battalion led by Zhou Yuji has arrived at the left rear formation and joined the Zhongyong Army who stayed behind. Now the connection between Hongshan Pass and Santun Camp has been severed by our main force of the Ming Dynasty.

So according to my idea, tomorrow, our Ming Dynasty will fight Jianlu again, Zhou Yuji's troops will attack Hongshankou, and the main force of our army will attack Santun camp.

In this way, even if Santun camp cannot be captured, Hongshan Pass must be captured and removed from the hands of Jianlu. In this way, the only two channels left for them to enter and exit the pass are Longjing Pass and Xifeng Pass.

I have summoned your ministers here just to ask you whether the troops and horses under your command can carry out a high-intensity siege tomorrow and severely weaken the morale of Jianlu again?"

Once the war has reached this point, from a strategic perspective, if he can try not to give Jianlu a chance to breathe, then Emperor Chongzhen will not waste a day.

But at the specific tactical level, Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to listen to the opinions of Sun Chengzong and others to ensure that there would be no surprises in the subsequent war.

"Your Majesty, I think you can fight."

Sun Chengzong stepped forward and said with a serious expression: "In today's battle, my Ming Dynasty went out to fight with all the soldiers and horses, and fought bloody battles, which made the Jianlu know how powerful my Ming Dynasty is.

However, after tomorrow's battle, if the Santun camp cannot be successfully breached, then if you want to launch a large-scale siege, you must wait for the rear to replenish enough thunder, as well as bags of granular gunpowder and bags of lead bullets.

Otherwise, if we only rely on the lives of our soldiers, the casualties will be too great, which goes against the advantages our Ming Dynasty has achieved now."

Sun Chengzong is not afraid of tomorrow's battle, but he is afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will be blinded by today's victory and feel that Jianlu's strength is no more than this.

"I second the proposal!"

"The general seconded the proposal!"

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Zushou followed closely.

Seeing Sun Chengzong and others like this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "You don't think that I have been carried away by my victory in today's battle, do you?

If that were the case, I would not take the risk to summon you, Master Sun. Don’t worry, I understand your concerns and the price that Ming Dynasty has paid to gain its current advantage.

I still say what I said, the battles that should be fought must be fought, but the battles that should not be fought must never be fought. Some civil servants in the court will not take the lives of our Ming Dynasty soldiers as a matter of fate.

But I’m not like that!

Since you all agree to fight tomorrow, return to your respective fronts as soon as possible and summon your generals to discuss a three-sided attack.

Remember, you can't sacrifice the lives of your soldiers to me. The purpose of tomorrow's battle is to distract the Jianlu's attention, and Hongshan Pass must be recaptured.

If there is a chance to capture Santun Camp, take it; if the time is not ripe, then wait!"

"I obey the order!"

Looking at Sun Chengzong and others who took the order, Emperor Chongzhen sighed. Fortunately, he had such a group of pragmatic talents under his command. Otherwise, it would be more difficult to defeat the invading Jianlu.
Chapter completed!