After hearing Li Jiantai's proposal, Emperor Chongzhen fell into deep thought. The capital and the land occupied by Jiannu were only a hundred miles away. At this time, there were no soldiers guarding Shanhaiguan, so Jiannu could enter at any time!
At this time, Xi'an has been recaptured, and Li Zicheng has been sent back to Sichuan. He will not attack Xi'an in a short time. So, transferring Lin Fan back to Shanhaiguan seems to be a strategy!
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed. When Li Zicheng led his army to attack Xi'an, the city of Xi'an was captured because Wu Sangui did not lead his troops back for reinforcements!"
"At this time, Xi'an City has been stabilized. According to the information I received, Lin Fan has formed another trap camp, which is fully capable of fulfilling the important task of protecting Xi'an City!"
Li Jiantai said in a deep voice.
The strategy he mentioned is actually completely feasible. Let Lin Fan go to Shanhaiguan first and have a head-on confrontation with Jiannu. If he wins, Jiannu will not dare to attack again in a short time.
Then, Lin Fan can divide part of his troops back to Xi'an City. In this way, both ends will be stable. At this time, they can quickly form an army and fight back.
"Your Majesty! What Li Shangshu said is absolutely correct. This is the most reasonable strategy at the moment!"
"Your Majesty, please hurry up and issue an imperial edict. If Shanhaiguan is breached, Jiannu will be able to directly attack the capital. At that time, if we want to resist Jiannu, we will not be able to do it!"
The ministers said one after another.
Chongzhen's face was as gloomy as water. It seemed that Lin Fan had to be transferred back to Shanhaiguan.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly wrote an imperial edict. The content was very simple: Shanhaiguan was in an emergency and he was asked to quickly lead his troops to Shanhaiguan.
"Damn! Am I the only one left in the entire Ming Dynasty who can fight?
There are transfers here and there, if I go back to Shanhaiguan now, won't the city of Xi'an be lost again?"
Lin Fan couldn't help but cursed when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict.
He is now preparing to start a business. The soaps have been produced, but the trap camp has not yet been formed. If he goes to Shanhaiguan, everything will have to be planned again.
Not to mention, in this gambling house in Xi'an city, the businessmen have just been subdued by themselves and left. They will inevitably cause trouble again, and the trouble will be even greater.
"Sir, now His Majesty wants you to return to Shanhaiguan. What are you going to do?"
Zhang Liang asked.
"Only a fool returns to Shanhaiguan. If Jian Nu breaks in, let him go to Nanjing!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
However, I still have to reply to this imperial edict. After all, it is my father. Now that the prince is missing, the Ming Dynasty will be my own in the future.
"Zhang Liang, please write a memorial for me, saying that the situation in the Ming Dynasty is critical, and thieves are waiting for an opportunity. I can't leave, and neither can I, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!"
"However, Your Majesty can give Shanhaiguan to Zhang Xianzhong, and let him guard Shanhaiguan, which can keep the capital safe."
Lin Fan said.
"Zhang Xianzhong?
Sir, Zhang Xianzhong is also the leader of the rebel army. Although he is not with Li Zicheng, both of them are in Sichuan at this time!"
"If you ask him to guard Shanhaiguan, can he do it?"
Zhang Liang asked.
Lin Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes at Zhang Liang. It was precisely because they were not in the same group and they were both in Sichuan that he would go after Zhang Xianzhong was asked to go.
After all, Zhang Xianzhong later established Daxi in Chengdu, Sichuan, and later led the Daxi army to fight against the Qing army. He was ambushed by the Qing army at Fenghuang Mountain. After his death, he sat down with four generals, led by Li Dingguo, and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
The Southern Ming Dynasty contended with the Qing army for many years.
In general, Zhang Xianzhong absolutely did not allow the Qing army to enter the pass. Moreover, he had not yet established Daxi, and Li Zicheng went to Sichuan again.
He was always worried about being annexed by Li Zicheng. At this time, if Chongzhen gave him the title of general, he would definitely go to Shanhaiguan.
"Haha! Just write like this, I can't leave now anyway."
Lin Fan said.
Zhang Liang had no choice but to write a memorial according to Lin Fan's wishes. Lin Fan read the memorial carefully and then ordered it to be sent to Beijing quickly.
After Emperor Chongzhen saw this memorial, he was instantly shocked. Lin Fan actually asked him to find rebels to guard Shanhaiguan. Isn't this just looking for trouble?
"Alas! I hope that fool Chongzhen will understand my good intentions after seeing this memorial. As the saying goes, it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. In the final analysis, the rebel army was forced out by your sentence of temporarily burdening our people for a year!
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"You just want to make Zhang Xianzhong a brave general, General of Shanhaiguan or something like that, and give him a million taels of silver as military pay. What reason does he have for not submitting?"
"Even the rebel army is composed of the common people of the Ming Dynasty. No matter what, we will not allow those slaves to enter the pass. Now with enough money, Zhang Xianzhong can guard Shanhaiguan!"
"When I stabilize the city of Xi'an and grow in power, it will take up to three years to gather an army of 300,000. At that time, you will issue an imperial edict to grant Zhang Xianzhong thousands of hectares of fertile land and let him go home to retire. How dare he not go back to retire?
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"His generals are all from our Ming Dynasty. Together with my 300,000 troops, it will be more than enough to destroy the intruder. When the Ming Dynasty regains its territory, all the slaves will be killed!"
"Finish the work of eradicating evil and eradicate the roots!"
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Chongzhen is speechless now. If you look at a memorial, you can hear Lin Fan's thoughts when he wrote the memorial. However, his son is unparalleled in resourcefulness!
Moreover, he knows the situation in the DPRK and the general trend of the world better than anyone else!
Although Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers were also rebels, they were not completely obedient to Li Zicheng. They could even be said to be independent of Li Zicheng.
Therefore, the feasibility of this method is very high!
"Your Majesty, what did Lord Lin say in his letter?
But have you already set off for Shanhaiguan?"
Li Jiantai, Minister of War, asked.
Chongzhen coughed twice, put away the memorial, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Fan said that the situation in Xi'an City is unstable at this time, and he cannot lead his troops to leave!"
"However, he suggested that I give Zhang Xianzhong a reward and let him lead the rebel army to guard Shanhaiguan."
"What! Is this Lin Fan crazy?"
"Your Majesty, this Lin Fan's wild ambition is probably on the same level as Li Zicheng! He actually asked your Majesty to confer Zhang Xianzhong as a general in Shanhaiguan. This is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Your Majesty, how can those thieves become soldiers of our Ming Dynasty!"
When the officials heard this, they all cursed angrily.
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, as long as I issue an imperial edict to reward Zhang Xianzhong and make him the general of Shanhaiguan, and also canonize all his subordinates as Shanhaijun, as long as he accepts it, wouldn't it be my Ming Dynasty?