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Chapter 91: Besieging the city to help

As the world often says, Lu Xiangsheng, who led the troops stationed in Shimen Town, issued an order in front of the military aircraft office and led his troops to recapture Da'ankou. It is of strategic significance to the Ming Dynasty at this stage.

In order to protect the situation before the Liao Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan implemented the policy of phasing out troops and reducing pay in the Ji Miyong Sanxie area, resulting in a serious reduction in the number of troops and horses stationed in the above-mentioned places.

However, under the emergency dispatch of Emperor Chongzhen, the Military Aircraft Department took charge of the Jianlu invasion, resulting in a large-scale army stationed within the scope of Ji Miyong Sanxie.

First the great victory at Shimen Town, and then the victory at Da'ankou, this was undoubtedly a great morale booster for the Ming army stationed in Jizhou, Sanhe, Yutian, Fengrun and other places!

"Two beloved ministers, you should immediately send another edict to Shenjing in the name of military aircraft." Emperor Chongzhen, who was full of energy, looked at Wang Qia and Li Banghua said.

"The Military Aircraft Office in Beijing, as well as the auxiliary ministers, must make every effort to ensure the food supply to the front line. This is a requirement, not a suggestion!

I don't care what difficulties they have, and I don't listen to their so-called explanations. I only want food. At present, I, the hero of the Ming Dynasty, are following the invaders on the front line to fight with the captives, and have achieved a good situation for my Ming Dynasty.

If anyone dares to hold me back at this critical moment, it won’t be as simple as dismissal and investigation, just write these words in!!”

Wang Qia and Li Banghua looked at each other with emotion in their hearts, but on the surface they raised their hands and responded: "I will accept the order."

The current situation has gradually become beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of Jianlu did not threaten Qian'an, the Ming Dynasty made an effort to surround Zunhua City.

Hundreds of thousands of troops formed an encirclement, guarded various key towns and cities, and advanced step by step. No matter how powerful the Jianlu were, they were no match for the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the consequence of this means that the national treasury will be under tremendous pressure, and countless amounts of money and food will be consumed in this regard.

'Cao Huachun, Luo Yangxing, at this time, it's up to you to guard the factory.' Looking at Wang Qia who went to draft the edict, Emperor Chongzhen said secretly in his heart while standing with his hands behind his hands.

He knew that the Ming Dynasty's financial system had collapsed, but there were also many fat sheep in Shenjing, and there would always be some blind people who would take advantage of the chaos and try to make a fortune from the country's calamity.

Therefore, before Emperor Chongzhen went on a personal expedition and left Shenjing, he gave Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing a secret order to take advantage of the situation and deal with these fat sheep.

Now the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has jumped out of the quagmire of Shenjing, and has added layers of protection to Shenjing. If the dog-eat-dog show can't be staged, then he doesn't mind and will Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing

They killed them and mobilized some of the elites who had seen the blood to fight back to Shenjing!

"Your Majesty, I still have some military affairs to report."

Li Banghua stepped forward, cupped his hands to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "According to Denglai Commander-in-Chief Zhang Keda, he sent someone to report that our reinforcements will arrive at Jizhou by tomorrow at the latest."

"This one is pretty good."

Emperor Chongzhen raised his brows slightly and said with a smile: "We will arrive at Jizhou two days earlier than expected. In this way, I, the Ming Dynasty, can do more."

With that said, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and walked quickly towards the hanging map. Seeing this, Li Banghua hurriedly followed, while Chen Yansheng and other military counselors followed.

With this period of adaptation and adjustment, military aircraft ministers such as Wang Qia and Li Banghua, as well as military aircraft counselors like Chen Yansheng, all knew the importance of the military aircraft department and the responsibilities they shouldered.

"The important pass of Da'ankou, which was stolen by the Jianlu, has been recovered by our army of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen held the baton and gestured on the map: "To guard the way to Shenjing, the three temporary defense lines of the front, middle and rear have basically been stabilized.

The only variable is the defense on the eastern front led by Yuan Chonghuan.

Now we don't know whether the main force of the Jianlu troops has arrived at Qian'an or has launched an offensive against it. We don't even know whether Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to retreat into place.

However, now Zhang Ke's troops will arrive in Jizhou tomorrow to ensure that this hard-won battlefield advantage can be firmly in the hands of our Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, I feel that we should continue to focus on the combat thinking of ‘you fight yours and I will fight mine’ to achieve a three-sided encirclement of Zunhua!”

Li Banghua, Chen Yansheng and others had different expressions on their faces. They fell into deep thought about what Emperor Chongzhen said. At this time, Wang Qia, who had finished drafting the edict, also came over.

Looking at everyone's reaction, Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry, and blindly acted arbitrarily, which would only be counterproductive and was not what he wanted.

"Your Majesty, your idea is very good."

Li Banghua frowned slightly and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, if this strategy is adopted, will it further stimulate the Jianlu, and then all the main forces will withdraw from Qian'an?

Although the Tianxiong and Zhongyong armies led by Lu Xiangsheng, as well as the Yongwei camp led by Zhou Yuji, are all our Ming Dynasty’s great armies, what if..."

"This is the effect I want!"

Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "In the past, when the captives were in Liaodong, they often used the method of siege and reinforcements, in order to continuously consume our Ming Dynasty elites.

The current situation has obviously reversed.

With the cavalry led by Man Gui and the army led by Lu Qing and others, if the plan is right, our Ming Dynasty may not be able to use this strategy to attack and harass and consume the main force of the returning captives!"

"..."

Wang Qia, Li Banghua and the others felt surprised in their hearts. Apparently they had never thought that their emperor would come up with such a plan to use up Jianlu's troops.

"It is undeniable that the Eight Banners of Jianlu led by my minion are indeed very powerful." Looking at everyone's reaction, Emperor Chongzhen put down the baton in his hand and stood with his hands on his hips.

"As for the Ming Dynasty, we only have a few soldiers and horses that can be called a strong army. If we want to win this battle, we must dare to plan boldly, so as to minimize losses.

Zhou Qing, Lu Qing and others have successively used their abilities to prove that under our Ming Dynasty, there are not without handsome generals who are good at fighting.

Therefore, besieging Zunhua City is the only strategy that can maintain the battlefield advantage. After everything is planned, I will move to Shimen Town to better coordinate the overall situation!"

The reason why the current Emperor Chongzhen did not go to the front line to lead the troops was simply because he did not arrive at the right time, not because of so-called cowardice.

The only way is to first stabilize the collapsed Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, under his planning, step by step compress the Jianlu invaders who invaded the Ming Dynasty, and make the Jianlu captives fighting in different places feel a deep threat in the strategic space within the pass.
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