Zhu Zhenqing sat back on the chair and began to ponder. He had to admit that the most strategic and military talents in the late Ming Dynasty was Hong Chengchou. In the middle and late Chongzhen period, it was Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting's hard support that the Ming Dynasty lived for a few more years. If it weren't for these people, it would have collapsed long ago.

But Chongzhen was an impatient person in history. He also saw that the thieves were the biggest disaster that harmed the Ming Dynasty. However, he was eager to achieve success and repeatedly issued an order to force Hong Chengchou to defeat the thieves within a period of time. Within a few months, he would completely eliminate hundreds of thousands of thieves in the country who had already formed strong combat power. This made Hong Chengchou, who was struggling with troops, exhausted and lost his troops one after another. In the end, Yu Songshan was defeated, ruined the main force of the Ming army and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why bandits are difficult to eliminate is that they are flowing. Avoid the real and go to the weak. If the officers and soldiers are strong, they will run away; if the garrison is weak, they will break through the city and rob.

Among them, Gao Yingxiang, the strongest of the trespasser. Gao Yingxiang's subordinates were mostly Han and Han cavalry, with sharp armor, brave and desperate, and good at assault. He also had rich experience after long-term battles with officers and soldiers. He was strict in combat, and he could not only maintain the formation during the battle, but also ambushed with infantry and charge with cavalry.

The troops under Hong Chengchou are generally three steps and seven horses. Although they will not be easily defeated during the battle, the bandits will retreat quickly when they see things. The officers and soldiers can only watch the bandits leave without any help. The only way to deal with cavalry is to use cavalry against cavalry. Hong Chengchou's memorial also vaguely reveals this meaning, but he is afraid of losing his reputation as fearing the enemy and timidating the battle, so he dare not put it forward.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhenqing's heart moved, and thought of a cavalry that was very famous in later generations - Guanning Iron Cavalry. The combat effectiveness of this brave army, mainly cavalry, is unspeakable, but the military discipline is corrupt, and the Liaodong generals are now in a state of great power. This can be seen from the performance of Jiannu breaking through the pass in the second year of Chongzhen when the army surrounded the capital. Zu Dashou dared to lead the troops to abandon the enemy after Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, regardless of the Jiannu army that was still threatening the capital and the emperor's safety. It can be seen that he no longer takes the imperial court seriously.

But now the Ming Dynasty court did not show its destruction. The soldiers everywhere did not dare to openly disobey the orders on the surface, but just used some tricks to lie to disobey. It seems that the most urgent task is to have a soldier who can only subdue all directions. If there is an invincible strong soldier in hand, then the arrogant soldiers and generals below will obey. Who dares to disobey the court will be at risk of being wiped out, and the glory and wealth in front of them will disappear. After all, who dares to use thousands of soldiers and horses to fight against a country? The bandits are just some mud legs that cannot be eaten. These aristocratic generals look down on them at all and do not want to be with them.

"Wang Cheng'en sent an order to the Ministry of War to transfer Zu Kuan, Zu Dale, Li Chongzhen, and Wu Sangui's troops to the south. Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen's troops were under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, the Prime Minister of the Five Provinces. Zu Dale, Wu Sangui's troops were under the command of Hong Chengchou, the Governor of the Five Provinces."

"In addition, 200,000 taels of money were allocated from the treasury to Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng. The emperor did not need hungry soldiers. He told them that I had only this little family fortune and let them save some money! But they cannot owe the money to deduct the money to the officers and soldiers! I will send someone to check and let them take care of themselves!" Wang Chengen left.

Zhu Zhenqing wondered whether to write a secret order for Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng. The content was to change the strategies and tactics of the past that were eager to seek to destroy thieves and slowly plan. Of course, this slow map was not delayed indefinitely, because another confidant was still eyeing it. Although Huang Taiji now had a vague ambition for the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of most slave chiefs, the Ming Dynasty was just a piece of fat, and taking the opportunity to come up and bite it was their fundamental purpose.

Therefore, the slow map only gives Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng more time to arrange it calmly. Once you seize the opportunity, you still have to completely eliminate the bandits. Because Zhu Zhenqing knew that the bandits who finally destroyed the Ming Dynasty were the bandits who were not now in a great climate.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhenqing ordered: "Come here, please serve me!"

Hearing the sound outside the hall, I trot into a teenage yellow door, came to the imperial desk, and spread the pen, ink, paper and inkstone quickly, then grind the ink, bent down and presented the imperial pen to Zhu Zhenqing. Zhu Zhenqing looked at him with approval, took the pen and dipped it ink, and asked, "What's your name?"

The little Huangmen knelt down quickly and replied, "Your Majesty, my servant is Li Erxi, who is 15 years old."

"Where is the family? Why did you enter the palace?" Zhu Zhenqing did not write immediately, but asked with interest.

"It's a good idea that the emperor learned that my family was from Changping, Beizhili. In the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke out, and Changping suffered a military disaster. My parents and brothers died, leaving only one younger sister. I took my sister and fled to the capital with my fellow villagers and stayed. Later, Jiannu left, and the fellow villagers had returned home. Because my family had no remaining property, I used to rent others' fields to make a living. Now I and my sister, who were only 5 years old and could not farm, so I stayed. I was still young and had no energy to work to support my sister. Fortunately, I met someone who was interested in giving advice and entered the palace and had a monthly salary to support my sister!"

Zhu Zhenqing felt miserable: "What about your sister? You are in the palace and cannot leave the palace on weekdays. How can she survive at a young age?"

"When I replied to the emperor, the kind-hearted person who guided me to enter the palace took her in as an adopted daughter. After the monthly expenses, I would leave the palace once and send the money to her."

Zhu Zhenqing was silent for a while and said, "Get up, do your best in the future, just follow Wang Chengen."

"Thank you the grace of the Emperor, thank you the grace of the Emperor!" Li Erxi stood up and replied happily. Following the emperor's personal eunuch, the future would be bright. At least someone would be protected and would not be bullied by other eunuchs again.

Zhu Zhenqing began to write the order. The secret order is different from other imperial edicts, so of course he had to write it himself. Especially this secret order that basically denied his early strategic thoughts, and tried not to let others know it in order to maintain the dignity of the emperor. Although the soul comes from later generations, it inherited all the functions of this body in the early stage. Emperor Chongzhen was still very literary, and his calligraphy was particularly praised.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Zhenqing began to write a quick letter. It was not so much an imperial edict, but a secret letter. It was only a quarter of an hour later that I wrote one, and then another one, with roughly the same content.

About half an hour later, two seals were written, and Li Erxi took it. After the ink was dry, he picked up the jade seal placed on the imperial desk and covered it. Finally, he put it in a vermilion box and sealed it with beeswax.

"You hand over the secret decree to the Shangguan of the Jinyiwei Hall, and ask him to arrange for the eunuchs who were escorting the orders, and together with the money, to the governor and the lichen!"

"I obey the order!" Li Erxi picked up the box and turned around and trotted.

"Why haven't Wang Cheng'en come back yet?" Zhu Zhenqing muttered. Then he thought, the Ministry of War was outside the palace, and it took only one hour to reply after going back and forth, but he was a little anxious. No wonder, although it was a soul's time travel, his temperament was deeply rooted and it was difficult to change at once.

More than an hour later, Wang Chengen came back, and Zhu Zhenqing asked, "Is the matter done?"

"Report to the emperor, I've done it. I've been arguing with my soldier for a few minutes, so I missed some time!"

"Oh? What did Zhang Fengyi say?" Zhu Zhenqing asked.

"When I returned to the emperor, my soldier was in trouble after receiving the imperial edict, and then I urged him to use the seal to give an order. He said that I would ask the old slave to report to the emperor, saying that if so many troops were transferred to the south, I might be afraid that Jiannu would take advantage of the situation when he heard the news. If an accident happened, he would be a serious crime. Although the old slave did not understand military affairs, the old slave was the emperor's person, so he told him that this was the holy intention and must not be violated! After the old slave insisted, he gave the order and then used the seal. The old slave watched him take the order and rushed back after he saw him and the people left."

"You've done a good job, go and pass on the meal!"

Wang Chengen agreed and turned around to go, and suddenly turned back to Zhu Zhenqing and said, "Emperor, I think what I said makes sense. There will be no problem in Liaodong, right?"

‘’Get out and go and pass the meal quickly. This is not your business!” Zhu Zhenqing cursed with a smile.
Chapter completed!