Chongzhen and Wang Youqing were playing chess. The situation in the first half of the game was very good. He just became angry with the killing. Wang Youqing's big dragon was finished. He was already ahead of him after killing this big dragon. Today's second-zi chess game seems to be a sure win. It seems that his chess power has improved a lot.

Unexpectedly, the situation in the second half of the game suddenly changed. Wang Youqing forced a robbery on the corner. Unexpectedly, Wang Youqing had created a chess where he thought there was no chess. Chongzhen calculated that if he lost this robbery, the advantage on the board would be gone. In the end, the official would definitely win or lose. But who is Wang Youqing? The official calculated 1 in a row.

All the four pieces were calculated accurately. If you want to play the official, you will not be able to get it. If you play the official with the chess, you will basically lose. Looking at the game, no matter how you calculate, you will be less than a robbery. After weighing the trade-offs for a while, you will be reluctant to make a move. Wang Youqing is already sure to win. Seeing Chongzhen rack his brains to calculate left and right there, he is still helpless in the end. Chongzhen was really unwilling to lose like this, and such a chess game obviously has to be reviewed next. Afterwards, Zhuge Liang was all over, and Chongzhen said while reviewing the game:

"Just to eat this big dragon, I spent one more move and knocked the black chess around you like a wall. Instead, the black chess abandoned the pieces and took the momentum, and the outside power was overwhelming. After that, the pile of waste pieces of black chess were used repeatedly as robbery materials. Alas! Eating this big dragon is really not worth the loss."

Then Wang Youqing used the white chess to make another change. The change in Wang Youqing's plan, the white chess seemed to want to kill the black chess, but in the end it still made the black chess alive. However, the white chess built a powerful and thick momentum outside, and the white chess shape was vivid and the advantages were clear at a glance.

Chongzhen remembered Nie Weiping's statement about the overall situation of Go. It seemed that masters were indeed very relaxed and particular. Unlike Gu Li, the power was strong enough, but they often used too much force. When the passion burst out, they just tried to kill the chess, which caused the great chess game to collapse due to bloodthirsty killing, and they were always defeated. Of course, the story about Nie Weiping and Gu Li was impossible to tell Wang Youqing in front of him.

However, it does not prevent Chongzhen from summing up:

"It seems that although it is easy to kill chess, if the price of killing chess is to lose chess, then it's better if this big dragon doesn't kill it!"

When I talked about losing chess, I suddenly remembered the actor "Shu Qi" in later generations, and thought to myself, why did this person call this name? Could it be that the reason why Shu Qi was still single over the age of 30 is related to this? Hey! As I thought about it, I went off topic. Unexpectedly, I could not avoid being an emperor, and I lacked immunity to gossip and scandals.

Wang Youqing didn't expect that the emperor would think of a messy person because of the victory or defeat of a game of Go, and he thought that the emperor was worried about losing. Wang Youqing was stunned, not knowing what to do.

At this time, the eunuch Cheng Mangui hurried in:

"Slaves meet the emperor and have important information."

Chongzhen took the information and saw the content. He smiled first, then frowned. After sending it to Wang Youqing, he handed it to him without any intention of playing chess again. He said:

"This Wu Sangui actually fought a tough battle and played a big game in Lushun. Well, that's fine! Since he was competing with the Qing army, he would fight to destroy the Qing army on the Liaodong Peninsula and capture Yizhou in the east at the same time. The Qing army was attacked from three sides, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to reach a few times."

Wang Youqing smiled and said:

"On the 21st, the main warships of the Qing army were burned. Then, the sea became the world of our Ming Navy. Congratulations to the emperor!"

Wang Youqing changed his tone and said:

"Emperor, the plan to destroy the Qing army on the Liaodong Peninsula in one fell swoop seems to be too hasty. I think this plan seems to be a little bit more forceful than the original plan. After all, the Qing army is a division of battles, and the troops we sent to Liaodong are still not enough. Maybe our army can eliminate some of the Qing army, but the risk is not small. Just like on this chessboard, the emperor ate my dragon at any cost, but it also left flaws, which is not worth the loss. The conditions for our battle with the Qing army are a bit immature enough. Zhang Xianzhong's remaining troops will leave Sichuan in early March. According to me, it is more appropriate to wait until late March to fight the Qing army on the Liaodong Peninsula. I am worried that there is insufficient military strength and insufficient preparation. If I can't eat the Qing army and be controlled by the Qing army, our army will be passive."

Chongzhen also knew that Wu Sangui's offensive plan was quite bold. The first step was to drag 20,000 Qing troops on the Liaodong Peninsula with 5,000 troops on Houshi Mountain. After capturing Yizhou on the eastern front, he then landed at the northern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, cut off the return route of 20,000 Qing troops, and then attacked the north and south to wipe out the 20,000 Qing troops. Wu Sangui's appetite was a little bigger, but as Wu Sangui's chief of staff, wouldn't Du Jun be more cautious! Chongzhen smiled bitterly:

"I see this plan. It is probably Du Jun's style of chess. Du Jun's style of chess is a style of chess that is stubborn. Well, Du Jun plays violent Go. He is unreasonable. He wants to break if he cannot be cut off. He wants to kill if he cannot be killed. His chess either lose or win if he cannot be reminded. Wang Aiqing, you should be right. Today is February 26th. On the 24th, Wu Sangui began to attack Yizhou. Maybe he has already taken Yizhou. Wu Sangui has only 27,000 troops in total, and at least 10,000 troops must be left to guard Yizhou. There are only about 15,000 people who can be transferred to the Liaodong Peninsula. With 5,000 people, the total is 20,000. With 20,000 to 20,000, the Qing army can also rush to support from all directions, and the Qing army also has firearms. I think Du Jun is simply overestimating the combat power of the new army."

Chongzhen kept putting the blame on Du Jun. Wang Youqing knew that in fact, this plan was definitely led by Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was eager to make contributions. Even a commander like Wang Fuzhi, a scholar-borne commander, could lead troops to serve ten. There is no reason why Wu Sangui was through many battles, and even a scholar was not as good as a scholar! Moreover, Wu Sangui witnessed the new army easily captured Danshui and Jilong stationed by the Dutch. Wu Sangui thought that the new army equipped with new firearms could be invincible. It must be like this. Many generals of the Ming army also had this idea. Since ancient times, underestimating the enemy to kill people!

Wang Youqing reminded:

"Your Majesty, I think that our army attacked Laizhou and easily captured the rebel army, and then easily recovered Taiwan, which led to the generals of our army having the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. However, the fierce Qing army was not worthy of being a false reputation. I think that we must never fall into a dangerous army in order to pursue great victory."

Chongzhen asked:

"In your opinion, how should we adjust the combat plan."

Wang Youqing picked up a chess piece and said:

"Emperor, the way to go is to kill chess, you must first make arrangements, plan and then act. First, you can gain a strong momentum and follow the trend to kill chess. You can only be invincible. If you kill chess too hard, don't consider killing chess, and just keep your head on one stone and establish a leading advantage bit by bit. This is to accumulate small victories and a big victory. I believe that in fighting on the Liaodong Peninsula, you should not use the goal of eliminating tens of thousands or tens of thousands of Qing troops in one fell swoop. For the sake of stability, you might as well consume the Qing army little by little and fight a war of attrition with the Qing army. If our army builds a defensive position, the Qing army is not the main force, and our army builds formations to defend in Lushun. How can the Qing army snore on the side of the bed of the Qing army? We must take advantage of it. Our army consumes the Qing army in defense. After almost the same consumption, we can get a miraculous effect."

Chongzhen smiled and said:

"Yes, the Qing army is full of cavalry. It is not easy to catch up with the Qing army and destroy the Qing army. Wu Sangui wanted to cut off the Qing army's retreat and then encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop. This is a bit wishful thinking. The Qing army had the right time, place, people, and at least it was believed that they could run away. We wanted to attack the Qing army, but we couldn't catch up with him. The Qing army was a rabbit. But if we forced the Qing army to attack and we defended, and he could not defeat our tightly defended positions, then he would have no choice. Is this the reason?"

"That's right, the emperor clearly understands!"

*******

In the study room of Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat with Wang Chengen and the princess again. Chongzhen also wanted to hear the opinions of the two of them regarding the war in Liaodong.

Wang Chengen said immediately:

"Wu Sangui is so proud that he has a few rifles. When he was fighting against Japan in later generations, the Japanese army equipped machine guns and cannons, but he still had to face hand-to-hand combat. The Qing army was able to sweep the Ming army in the past. According to my opinion, the Qing army was not afraid of death first, and of course the combat power was also strong. With a few guns, he wanted to destroy 20,000 Qing troops in one go. It was so beautiful! He didn't think about it. It would be so easy for infantry to catch up with cavalry and eliminate cavalry! Of course, if there were tanks and armored vehicles, it would be a different matter. During World War II, the Polish cavalry encountered the German armored army and lost miserably! Well, Wu Sangui also wanted to make Qing army dumplings. Maybe he would be dumplings by the Qing army, and he wouldn't know how to die."

The princess is not interested in fighting, but it does not prevent her from expressing her own opinions:

"I also oppose the risky style. We are not in a hurry anyway. If we fight the Qing army for a longer time, we can sell more arms to Li Zicheng. North Korea also has to buy our arms. The most important point is that we took the 1.5 million taels of silver deposit from Li Zicheng to order weapons and copied the bottom of Pingliao's public debt. Liaodong only needs to keep getting some good news. Wang Youqing's other strategies may not be very good. This strategy of "accumulating small victories into big victories" is really great! You must not take risks at this time. If you lose a battle and affect the rise of Pingliao's public debt, Wu Sangui and I will not finish it."

The princess imagined that news would come out in Liaodong for a while, such as saying that the army occupied a certain town, and the Qing army reimbursed several cavalry, and then forced the Qing army to withdraw troops from the front line against the tide of the tide, so the tide regained the lost territory bit by bit until it approached Shanhaiguan. At the same time, the public debt of Ping Liao rebounded little by bit, singing triumphantly. It was difficult to buy the bottom once, but it would have to double or two! What the princess was embarrassed to say was that if the 20,000 Qing troops could be eliminated in one go, it would not only be the Qing army panicked, but even Li Zicheng would be like a frightened bird. Maybe Beijing's public debt would fall, and it would be a big loss.

Wang Chengen immediately reacted:

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is simply outrageous. Don't he understand the principle of "hazardlessness but not understanding"! His plan, regardless of winning or losing, is not in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty. This plan must be modified no matter what. In my opinion, the "zero-knocking candy" tactic on the Korean battlefield can be used as a reference."

Chongzhen was so happy that this kind of tactic of shooting black guns on the position, which was scientifically called sniper, also killed many unlucky American soldiers, so he smiled and said:
Chapter completed!