The Minister of War said it well. When the court is focusing on the Yangtze River defense line, they do not have much factual basis to report, which will not only not attract the attention of the court, but will also be said by the court to disrupt the morale of the army.

Therefore, after the Minister of War finished speaking, his subordinates became silent again.

However, this silence did not last long and was interrupted by the Minister of War.

"In order to obtain evidence to convince the court, I decided to continue to send troops and must figure out the true identity and military strength of the enemy outside the city... Of course, it would be best if I could figure out the specific purpose of this enemy..."

Seeing the silent face of his subordinates slowly revealing a hot expression, the Minister of War was very clear about what everyone was thinking.

In everyone's opinion, if you are active outside Nanjing, you will definitely get guerrillas in various provinces in Jiangnan... Even if these guerrillas have destroyed the new army of the court many times, and today they have eliminated 1,000 elite new army soldiers out of the city in one fell swoop. However, in the eyes of these veterans, no matter how strong the guerrillas are, they are not as good as the new army he commands the new army.

Those new troops who were destroyed by the guerrillas must have been defeated by some conspiracy of the guerrillas, and ended up with a complete defeat.

As long as you bring enough troops and be cautious enough after leaving the city, you will not only be unable to do anything to yourself, but will also suffer great losses in your own hands and even be eliminated by yourself...

Now that he has obtained a new army in the court, he will be promoted by the court as long as he has military merits.

When everyone guards Nanjing City, it is impossible to get the generals on the Yangtze River defense line. There are wars to fight at any time and military merits can be obtained.

So, when they heard the decision of the Minister of War to send troops out of the city, they had been holding on to the generals in Nanjing and wanted to take this task. It seemed very easy to obtain military merits.

Seeing that the Minister of War stopped talking, a general with a hot face asked for a fight and said, "Sir, this task will be given to the general... The general guaranteed that as long as three thousand soldiers leave the city, they can understand the true identity and strength of the enemy outside the city..."

"The last general only needs two thousand people... If you are lucky, you can cut down some enemies and get the head back to the city, and ask for credit from the court for the adults..." Another general asked for battle unwilling to fall behind...

Seeing that the remaining subordinates were about to speak, the Minister of War interrupted directly: "Okay... You must think that I will know everything... However, if I see it, I will be cautious this time and we should be as cautious as possible... After all, this enemy outside the city has the strength to eat up a thousand of our elite forces in a short time..."

"So, I decided... East Gate, South Gate, West Gate... to send 5,000 elite troops out of the city, regardless of whether they can meet the enemy. After searching twenty miles along the official road, they must retreat... If there is a situation, I will immediately send troops to return to the city to report to me..."

"You must remember that your mission is not to destroy this enemy, but to investigate the enemy's situation... No one can show off because of fighting achievements..."

All three city gates sent troops out of the city, with five thousand elite new troops in each direction, all of which were 15,000 elite...

This is obvious to all the subordinates, and the Minister of War must decide that it can definitely be called a big deal.

However, none of these subordinates objected. After all, with more troops leaving the city, they would be safer and would have more troops to do what they wanted.

As for the Minister of War in front of him, these veterans did not care at all.

In their opinion, just from the perspective of war, the Minister of War in front of them is definitely not his opponent.

If you really encounter a fighter outside the city, a general who is outside the king can help you get rid of all the troubles.

In this way, before the sky was completely bright, the new imperial army began to be mobilized with nervousness before defending the three walls of Nanjing.

In less than an hour, five thousand well-equipped new troops were opened at the three city gates.

However, the three new army generals did not expect that they had just left the city and the scouts of the Tiger and Leopard Army who were monitoring these city gates delivered the news of their departure to Wang Feng as soon as possible.

Although there were more than a dozen subordinates standing in front of me, Wang Feng, who was excited to hear the news, still laughed loudly and ignored his identity: "Haha... The court in Nanjing really respects me Wang Feng too much... I just sent 1,000 elite generals yesterday, and today I sent 15,000 elite generals to me. Okay, good, this time, we will use this 15,000 new army of the imperial court to destroy the entire army and tell the court that I, Wang Feng, are here, and are behind them..."

At this time, the Chief of Staff suddenly spoke: "Chief, according to the information from the inner guards, the imperial court has stationed a total of 50,000 new troops in Nanjing... If we really eat up these 5,000 new troops in the imperial army, then, even if we don't attack Nanjing, Emperor Chongzhen, who was hiding in Nanjing, would not be able to sleep because of fear..."

"So, no matter from any aspect, we must cleanly eat the new imperial army of this 15,000 people..."

"This is for sure..." Wang Feng gave a very sure answer without thinking.

Then, facing more than ten pairs of hot gazes that looked at him at the same time, he ordered with a serious face.

"I order: First Division, eliminate the 5,000 new imperial troops from the South Gate, choose the battlefield yourself... Second Division, eliminate the 5,000 new troops from the East Gate,... Third Division, eliminate the 5,000 new troops from the West Gate,... Cavalry Division, divided into three units in regiments, after the battle begins, is responsible for eliminating all enemies who escape from the battlefield and want to return to Nanjing City..."

"This time, our First Army still sticks to the original plan and makes a fortune in silence... See if there is still a chance to eat some new imperial troops that may leave the city after eating these 5,000 new imperial troops, so as to weaken the strength of the defenders in Nanjing as much as possible, and reduce the pressure for us to launch a siege battle..."

Because all the soldiers of the First Army were equipped with war horses... So, in less than half an hour, the three musketeers stayed in the court's new army and chose the battlefield and prepared for combat...

As for the three generals who left the city, they forgot that the Minister of War had to explain to them repeatedly last night.

After all, they held five thousand elite new troops in their hands. If the First Army had not been brought, with their strength, even if they walked across the entire Jiangnan, the scattered Tiger and Leopard Army guerrillas would not do anything to them.

What's more, the Tiger and Leopard Army guerrillas are still trapped in the Jiangnan area by 60,000 new troops, and it is impossible to move the main force here.
Chapter completed!