The chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Qianshu, quickly picked up the urgent report that was thrown in front of Emperor Chongzhen and began to browse.·

I don’t know if I don’t look at it, I’m shocked when I see it.

After reading the content of the emergency report, Zhang Qianshu's first reaction was incredible. Then, a trace of unprecedented anger and unwillingness appeared on Zhang Qianshu's face.

While staring at the hall several times, he knelt directly in front of Chongzhen and said with regret on his face.

"Your Majesty, it was Lao Chen who knew people unknown. He believed the words of Fan Wencheng and made this stupid decision... Now, the Later Jin Tartars broke their promise and launched an attack on the important town of our Xuanfu. The old minister is willing to bear all the blame. Please give up the crime..."

At this time, several cabinet ministers finally understood the specific reason why Emperor Chongzhen summoned everyone. Seeing that the cabinet chief Zhang Qianshu had knelt in front of Chongzhen to apologize, the remaining cabinet ministers looked at each other and seemed to have agreed. At the same time, they fell to the ground and apologized to Chongzhen.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Qianshu, took the initiative to bear the blame for the wrong decision-making. Faced with this result, the anger that Emperor Chongzhen had accumulated in his heart dissipated a lot at noon.

After sighing, he said to everyone.

"Forget it, I'm also at fault for this matter... Since the matter has happened, it doesn't make much sense to hold the responsibility accountable. Besides, the important town of Xuanfu is in danger, and the entire Beizhili is in danger. I still need you cabinet ministers to help me defeat these Later Jin troops who wanted to attack our Ming Dynasty."

At the request of Emperor Chongzhen, several cabinet ministers headed by Zhang Qianshu quickly stood up from the ground.

Then, facing Chongzhen's eyes, he spoke: "Your Majesty, I'm not a memorial to everyone. Judging from the urgent reports and the situation of the Xuanfu defenders, the Xuanfu important town will definitely not stop the attack of the Later Jin army."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked subconsciously: "Zhang Aiqing, what do you mean is that this Later Jin army will definitely enter the pass, but in this way, the northern Zhili area will not be robbed by the Later Jin Tartars again and become a miserable life. Not only that, Beijing City, where the Ming Dynasty court is located, will also be attacked by the Later Jin cavalry again."

Although Zhang Qianshu wanted to shake his head and negate it, he could only nod and express his affirmation in the face of facts.

So Chongzhen's face turned pale like the ever-changing sky.

As a minister, Zhang Qianshu certainly did not want to see Emperor Chongzhen lose hope for the future. Therefore, as soon as Chongzhen's face changed, Zhang Qianshu rushed to comfort him.

"But your Majesty, don't be too anxious. Although the Xuanfu defenders could not stop the army of the Later Jin army, the current imperial army was not vegetarian. As long as we were not worthy of being, we had the ability to destroy this Later Jin army that dared to penetrate our northern Zhili in the pass, so that the Later Jin Huang Taiji would pay an unprecedented heavy price for his breaking promise..."

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's pale face finally returned to a trace of blood.

As soon as Zhang Qianshu finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw in despair, and subconsciously asked: "Zhang Aiqing, do you already have any good ideas?"

Zhang Qianshu nodded without any hesitation and affirmed: "Yes, Your Majesty..."

"The old minister thinks that the current Beizhili is no longer the Beizhili two years ago."

"After the looting of the Jin army two years ago, the entire northern Zhili area, except for the county towns and other important towns, had almost no recovery in other places. In this case, if this Later Jin army wants to plunder from our northern Zhili to the various materials and gold and silver that they urgently need, the old minister can be sure that this Later Jin army has only one way, that is, to attack these towns. This is also the reason why this Later Jin army carried so many red-clothed cannons with the army."

"And it takes time to attack the city. On the other hand, the uninterrupted attack also limits the mobility of the Later Jin cavalry. In this case, we have enough time and space to mobilize troops and eliminate this Later Jin army in the territory of Northern Zhili. We stand in the pass and exit the pass horizontally."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qianshu, who was asked about his background, actually emitted a very strong murderous aura.

Just as the expression on Chongzhen's face slowly returned to normal from a trace of blood and began to become more and more hot, a very unexpected voice suddenly rang in the hall.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhang, I think that there is still a very big problem that needs to be solved in your thoughts. Otherwise, Lord Zhang's ideas and goals will not be able to achieve them at all."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked quickly: "What's the question?"

This cabinet minister who also serves as the Minister of War quickly replied: "The army... According to the urgent report, the total strength of the Later Jin army attacking Xuanfu exceeded 20,000, and even if they paid some price when attacking Xuanfu and other county towns, the Later Jin army that the court needed to fight was almost 15,000."

"According to the previous battle examples of the court and the Later Jin army, if the court wants to eat this Later Jin army, it must draw at least 60,000 elite troops. Looking at the entire Northern Zhili, except for the 20,000 Beijing camps left by the capital, we have no other troops to draw to fight against this Later Jin army."

Chongzhen's face showed a deep expression and quickly focused his eyes on Zhang Qianshu, hoping that Zhang Qianshu could give him a satisfactory answer.

Without disappointing Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Qianshu's face did not show any worry, but instead showed a confident smile from the bottom of his heart while staring at several eyes.

Then, facing the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, he replied: "Your Majesty, as long as you are willing, you can definitely get all your troops for 50,000 or 60,000 troops. However, this involves a question of priorities and a priority, a priority?"

Faced with this answer, Chongzhen's ever-changing expression was directly covered by doubts. He asked Zhang Qianshu in confusion.

"Zhang Aiqing, please make it clearer, why do I lose my understanding of you more and more?"

Zhang Qianshu quickly explained: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that we have about 30,000 elite soldiers outside the pass? You must know that these 30,000 elite soldiers are all elite soldiers drawn from each border, and they are equipped with the best muskets. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, they are no match for the 40,000 ordinary frontier soldiers."

"But, this elite force is besieging the Tiger and Leopard Army in Chaoyang City. What the old minister just mentioned is that in your eyes, is it important to the thousands of Tiger and Leopard Army remaining in Chaoyang City, or is it important to go deep into northern Zhili to burn, kill and loot the Later Jin army."

"If your Majesty, you think that the Later Jin army is even more hateful. We can draw these 30,000 elite troops into the pass and participate in the battle to eliminate this Later Jin army."

"Not only that, after we lifted the siege of Chaoyang City, the Tiger and Leopard Army that we besieged in Chaoyang City will not only not pursue us, but will also help us a big favor to a certain extent."

"That is to send troops to reinforce the Tiger and Leopard Army besieged by the Later Jin Tartars in Liaoyang. In this way, the main force of the Later Jin army will be entrusted by the Tiger and Leopard Army in Liaodong and cannot pose a threat to our other borders. In this way, we can draw at least 10,000 elite border troops from these borders and siege the Later Jin army that went deep into northern Zhili."

"The 30,000 elite troops who besieged Liaoyang, plus the 10,000 elite troops drawn from borders in various places, are a total of 40,000 troops. If we add the 20,000 Beijing camps left by the capital, we will have almost 60,000 troops to mobilize each."

"Here, the old minister can say with great confidence that as long as the 60,000 army is arranged reasonably, it can completely eliminate the 20,000 Later Jin army that went deep into the Northern Zhili..."

"Okay, very good... Zhang Aiqing, you are worthy of being my loyal minister. No matter what the problem is, you can solve it in front of you... OK, very good..." Zhang Qianshu's analysis just after he finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly.

After that, he said directly: "As for the priorities you just said, I am not stupid yet... The Later Jin army played with the court and me in such a way, and burned, killed, looted, and made the people live in poverty. If I still don't know who the court is and the real death of the Han people, then I will not have the face to see my ancestors."

"So, I decided to deal with the Later Jin army first..."

Emperor Chongzhen's decision had just been said, and several cabinet ministers headed by Zhang Qianshu, as if they had agreed, knelt neatly in front of Chongzhen again and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty is wise..."

Although Emperor Chongzhen made the decision to hold a ceasefire and repair with the Tiger and Leopard Army, the imperial edict was passed from the court to the front line, and even if it was whipped up, it would take almost two days.

As for the time being, it would take longer to reach the imperial navy that was besieging the Tiger and Leopard Navy and cutting off the Tiger and Leopard Army to reinforce the Liaodong waterway. However, Wei Zheng, who had arrived on the Shandong Peninsula, could not wait that long.

In order to reinforce Liaodong as soon as possible, tens of thousands of elite troops were sent to the battlefield of Liaodong. The bold Wei Zheng directly made the decision to fight all the navy and fight the decisive battle with the imperial navy on the sea.

Because, in Wei Zheng's eyes, if he wants to reinforce the Liaodong battlefield through water routes, he can only choose the way to eliminate or severely damage the imperial naval army.

Therefore, a naval battle with huge differences in troops and huge differences in the number of warships will soon be launched under Wei Zheng's decision.
Chapter completed!