"30,000 vs. 100,000. I think the army is less. Once the Ming army breaks through the pass, Guanzhong will be flat." Prince Chun said with some concern. His concern was the same as Emperor Jianxing thought. If Hangu Pass could not be defended, could Xi'an City be defended? Once the Ming army came over, could they rely on these troops in their hands to protect Xi'an City?

If he had to run again at that time, would he have to run north besides running to Sichuan. Emperor Jianxing would never go there. Although Sichuan is known as the country of Tianfu, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Emperor Jianxing, who is familiar with history books, has never heard of taking Sichuan as the foundation and then winning the world.

Although the Qing Dynasty is now setting, Emperor Jianxing still has the idea of ​​reviving the Qing Dynasty. If he retreats to Sichuan, he will be able to defend himself in the Sichuan. At that time, not only will he not be able to regain the world, but he will only wait for them to completely destroy the country.

As for the north, it is a road. To the north is Shanxi, and to the north is Mongolia. These territories are now under the control of the Qing army, and there are also elite troops controlled by Ortai. If you go there, you will at least be able to gain a foothold, but once you go north, it will be equivalent to throwing away all the entire Shaanxi, Sichuan, and the three provinces in the southwest, which is something that Emperor Jianxing doesn't want to see.

By the way, he had another way, that is, to run to Gansu, or even to the Western Regions. But Emperor Jianxing would never do that. What is the difference between this running and the former? Besides, compared with Shanxi and other places, the Qing army in the Western Regions did not completely control the place, not to mention that there are many ethnic groups there and fierce conflicts. In addition, the Qing army just burned, killed, looted, and it was really unsafe.

So after thinking about it, Emperor Jianxing felt that Shaanxi must be defended, and it must be defended. Because only by firmly defending Shaanxi, the Qing Dynasty will still be the original Qing Dynasty. Once it is lost to Shaanxi, there will be no hope for the Qing Dynasty.

Guanzhong lacked troops, so Emperor Jianxing's first idea was to mobilize troops to reinforce. As for where to mobilize troops, it was nothing more than Sichuan, Shanxi and the Western Regions.

It is winter now, and the Western Regions are not only too far away, but also the roads are not easy to walk on in the snow, so the idea of ​​transferring troops from the Western Regions is impossible. Then there is only the only way to transfer troops from Sichuan and Shanxi.

"Do you discuss whether to transfer troops from Shanxi or from Sichuan? How many troops are appropriate to transfer." Emperor Jianxing thought for a while and said.

Geng E was in charge of the Ministry of War, of course, he said first: "Emperor, I thought it was possible to transfer troops from Shanxi. First, I came to Shanxi to enter Guanzhong. However, the troops from the Lord Hubei Province plowed the north of the Mo and moved faster. Third, Shanxi and Mongolia had more troops, so I thought it was more appropriate to transfer troops from Shanxi to serve the king."

"Mr. Geng, how many troops do you think do you need to transfer?" Ma Qi asked from the side.

Geng E thought for a while and said, "I thought I should transfer 50,000 people..."

"No!" Before Geng's words were finished, Prince Chun opposed: "Shanxi had not had many troops, and the Mongolian troops were at most tens of thousands at most. Moreover, some troops had been transferred to the Western Regions before. Now Ortai could use troops in his hands, right? If 50,000 troops were transferred, how could Shanxi defend? Don't forget that the Ming court had heavy troops stationed in the north. Once the Ming court took advantage of the opportunity, what would Ortai resist? Besides, the emperor, there are still people from Mobei. The people of Rakshasa have been unclear since the Battle of Mobei. We must be careful!"

"This..." Emperor Jianxing pondered for a moment. Prince Chun was right. Ortai's troops were stationed in Shanxi. On the one hand, they suppressed Mongolian troops and on the other hand, they were to prevent the Ming army in Zhili. Since the Qing Dynasty lost Beijing, Zhili has long been the territory of the Ming Dynasty. As an important channel from Zhili to the northwest, its strategic position is self-evident.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty is gradually moving westward, and the Mongolian tribes have long had different intentions. It was because of the Battle of Mobei that the Mongolian tribes were suppressed, which made these Mongolians dare not have the idea of ​​betraying the Qing Dynasty. However, these are based on force suppression. Once the Qing Dynasty's troops in Shanxi and Mongolia cannot be suppressed, then God knows whether these Mongolians will have any abnormal movements?

Furthermore, once Ortai's main force is transferred to Xi'an, the Ming Dynasty will never miss this opportunity. If Zhili sends troops to attack Shanxi at this time, would it be impossible for Ortai to lead troops back to help?

As for the Rakshasa Kingdom mentioned by Prince Chun, Emperor Jianxing was angry when he mentioned it. These Rakshasa people went back on their word and turned against others when they took advantage of it. They had a good talk at the beginning, and exchanged the support of the Rakshasa Kingdom for the Qing Dynasty in the north of the desert. But what about now? These Rakshasa people pushed for the three obstacles and refused to send troops. Even the support of firearms was only cooperated through buying and selling, which was simply a fool to play the Qing Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Ortai was guarding against the Ming army while also guarding against the Rakshasa people. If his troops were drawn at this time, God knew that the Rakshasa people would have any bad ideas, and Emperor Jianxing would never dare to take this risk.

Emperor Jianxing had the only choice if he did not transfer the troops of Ortai, which was to transfer the troops of Sichuan. At present, the troops of Sichuan were composed of three parts, one of which was originally the Qing army of Sichuan. Most of the Qing army was left behind by Yue Zhongqi after the recovery of Sichuan. The second part was the Qing army that retreated into Sichuan after the Central Plains War. This part was mainly composed of two departments, Longkodo and Prince Cheng. As for the third part, the new army that was trained this year.

These three units are now basically under the command of Prince Cheng and Prince Cheng, but don’t forget that Prince Cheng just submitted a memorial not long ago. He was bringing 15,000 elite troops from Sichuan to Guizhou to help quell the war in Guizhou. So now only Longkodo’s troops can be used.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jianxing frowned deeply and considered how to arrange it properly.

There have been two people who have not spoken, one is Zhang Tingyu and the other is Prince Zhi.

Zhang Tingyu didn't speak because he was not familiar with military affairs. If it were in the past, as the chief minister of the study room, he could naturally give the emperor some advice, but that kind of advice was based on the political stability of the Qing Dynasty, not the current situation. You should know that Zhang Tingyu had never led troops, nor had he fought a war. He was cautious in his personality and knew that he should hide his weakness at this time.

As for Prince Zhi, he actually had the most say in the audience. You should know that when he was the eldest prince, he followed Kangxi many times. When the south was in chaos, Prince Zhi even commanded the Qing army to fight south to suppress bandits, which was enough to show his military ability.
Chapter completed!