Geng'e left Xi'an the next day and headed east. After receiving the sage order, he knew the importance of the present, and understood the importance of Shanxi and Guanzhong. He did not dare to delay the slightest along the way. He only brought a hundred riders to lightly wear and arrived at the camp in Longkodo four days later.

When he learned that Geng'er had come, Longkodo led the deputy generals and dozens of participating generals to welcome him in person. After the two met, Geng'er first read out the imperial edict of Emperor Jianxing in public. After the decree was announced, he handed over the imperial edict to Longkodo who had kowtowed and got up, and then entered the main account together.

"Master, the emperor's meaning is very clear in the imperial edict, so... I'd like to ask, please be more careful." After entering the tent, the two sat down. There were no outsiders here. Geng'er showed a heart-wrenching attitude towards Longkodo.

Longkodo nodded and said bluntly: "Don't worry, Lord Geng, I will do my best to do this. In fact, if Lord Geng doesn't come, I will be prepared. Now the Ming army attacks Shanxi fiercely, obviously it is necessary to implement the closing tactic. Once Shaanxi and Shanxi are cut off by the Ming army, it will be extremely difficult for Guanzhong to defend again."

"Before I came, the emperor specifically told me that the Duke was the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, and was a famous general of the world. It was indeed worthy of its reputation. I felt much more at ease when I saw Duke move the camp here this time, but..." Speaking of this, Geng'er hesitated and lowered his voice: "How sure is it in the opinion of Duke?"

"This... is hard to say." Longkodo did not hide it and said bluntly: "Now that Ming is strong and I am weak, and the general trend is like this. We can only do our best as slaves. But please return to Emperor Bing, and the slave will devote himself to his entire life until he dies!"

"Master!" Geng'er smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No need to say that this is not dead, it is really unlucky. Now we still need to stop the Ming army as the best. The emperor said that if the prince asks, just say it bluntly, and the emperor will definitely find a way to support the prince."

Longkodo sighed and shook his head and said, "Military reinforcements and food and grass are natural. In fact, the key to this matter depends on Ortai. In my opinion, as long as the Ming army does not break Shanxi, even if Guanzhong is temporarily curbed, there will not be too many abnormal movements. As long as Shanxi is in the hands of our Qing Dynasty, Ortai's strength is particularly strong, there will not be too many problems in Guanzhong."

"What is your words mean..." Geng'er asked hesitantly.

Longkodo immediately explained that his judgment was actually the same as Zhang Tingyu at the time, and he was more certain. After all, as a general on the front line, he was more clear about the actions of the Ming army.

Longkodo believes that this time the Ming Dynasty planned to attack Shanxi first, and then turn around and go south to attack Guanzhong after the Qing army in Shanxi is completely solved. Therefore, as long as Shanxi can withstand the Ming army, even if there are some problems in Guanzhong, it will not be big, and at least support it for some days. But once Shanxi is lost and the Ortai tribe is defeated, Guanzhong will become the next target of the Ming army and will be unable to turn the situation back then.

"Although the words of the prince make sense, wouldn't the Ming army come to attack the west?" Geng E, as the Minister of War, naturally, might not understand military affairs, so he asked immediately.

Longkodo frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be possible. Lord Geng, come and see." As he said, he stood up and walked to the map beside him, and then pointed to several places and said, "If the Ming army wants to attack from the east and west, he will definitely send troops to occupy these places first, thinking that the Ming army will prepare for attacking south. But now the Ming army has not done this, but instead acts like entering Shanxi directly. It seems that the Ming army is clearly planning to go to Shanxi first and then attack Guanzhong."

Speaking of this, Longkodo paused and said, "Of course, this situation is not absolute. Perhaps the Ming army may also fight unexpectedly and turn south, but the possibility is extremely small. After all, my army is here. If there are too many Ming soldiers, I can't hide it. I'm not afraid of few people. Besides, the Ming army in Guanzhong has significantly strengthened its offensive these days, which shows signs of restraining our troops' operations and reducing pressure for Shanxi. From this point of view, it should not be a sudden move south."

Geng looked at the map intently, thinking about Longkodo's analysis, and nodded after a moment, "Mr. Master said this, it is true. But Master still has to be careful. After all, I, the Qing Dynasty, can't afford to lose now..."

"Don't worry, Lord Geng, I have mobilized a group of troops to head north ten days ago to curb several important roads. Once there is any change, I can resist for a while and not be unable to move troops."

"That's good, that's good..." Geng E breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

But when he looked back at Longkodo, he looked like he was eager to speak but stopped, and Geng couldn't help but wonder and continued to ask him what else he had to say.

Longkodo thought for a while before speaking: "I just want Lord Geng to find a way to persuade the emperor after returning to Beijing and make preparations for the westward movement as soon as possible. If possible, it would be better for the court to move westward. I am really worried about the safety of the emperor and everyone in the court. If the emperor can go westward first, we can rest assured to be on the front line."

Longkodo's words were not as straightforward as Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi said, but the meaning was the same. Hearing this, Geng'er hesitated for a moment and didn't know how to answer, because he knew that once he told Emperor Jianxing, it would be difficult for Emperor Jianxing to convince him to move westward with his current temper and personality, and he might even be scolded.

However, Geng'er is not a person who does not know the interests. The current situation is indeed dangerous. Once Shanxi collapses, the Ming army can go south to Guanzhong at any time. If the Shanxi barrier is lost, there will be almost no dangerous place to stop the Guanzhong Plain. At that time, the Ming army will enter the hinterland of Guanzhong with one horse and a horse will probably be able to directly attack the city of Xi'an in a few days.

If that happens, the demise of the Qing Dynasty is right in front of you, and even if you want to run under the pursuit of the Ming army, it may be difficult to escape. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, for Emperor Jianxing, and for himself, Geng E thought for a long time and finally nodded, promising to find a way to persuade Emperor Jianxing to move westward first after returning to Xi'an.

Seeing Geng'er agreeing, Longkodo finally breathed a sigh of relief and a little relieved expression on his face. On that day, Longkodo warmly treated Geng'er and his party. He originally wanted to keep Geng'er to stay for a few days, but the situation is not good now, and Geng'er still needs to go to Shanxi immediately. Now some roads in Shaanxi and Shanxi are still under the hands of the Qing army. If the Ming army's offensive changes in a few days, it will be hard to say whether the road will be open.
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