However, when they saw an eunuch pushing out something like a table and lifting a piece of red cloth covered, they suddenly realized that the emperor was going to discuss military affairs.

Most of the ministers knew about this thing, especially Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi, because there was a larger one in them, which was called a sand table.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen started with a joke was to attract everyone's attention and reduce their consideration of the civil and military relationships present. After seeing the sand table cloth being lifted up, he jokingly restrained his joke: "This is the terrain around Jinzhou, Liaodong, and I specially made it."

When Wen Tiren heard this, he couldn't help but feel nervous and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, was it because the Jianlu of Jinzhou discovered that Lushun was occupied by my Ming Dynasty?"

"Where is the new army, where is the new army?" Minister of War Shen Yongmao also immediately chased and asked. At the same time, he thought to himself that judging from the Korean war, the strength of the new army is undoubtedly, at least he will not be afraid of Jianlu. With the new army here, Lushun has no worries!

Seeing that there were still ministers who wanted to speak, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "My dear friends, please listen to me first."

"I'm reckless!" Wen Tiren apologized first when he heard this.

Emperor Chongzhen above saw that Shen Yongmao seemed to want to speak, so he quickly spoke first, otherwise the meeting would be a little bit miserable: "Lu Zhongcheng reported that the Jinzhou Jianlu seemed to have noticed the situation in Lushun, so he was ready to attack Jinzhou to cover the new army landing in Lushun for rest..."

He roughly told Lu Xiangsheng's previous report and his reply, and then said: "I didn't expect that the Jianlu of Jinzhou actually retreated overnight last night, leaving only the only one behind..."

"...According to the latest news that the night did not accept investigation, Jianlu had retreated to Xiaoheishan and was waiting for it, as if he wanted to defend it."

On the edge of the sand table, an eunuch pointed a stick at some places in the sand table, cooperating with the emperor to speak.

"...Jianlu's actions were very abnormal!" Emperor Chongzhen said his purpose later. "So I hope that all my dear friends can analyze and deduce what Jianlu's intention is to do?"

The Wenhua Palace immediately became quiet. Jianlu's actions were really beyond their expectations. The Hu was cunning and needed to think about this matter!

Seeing that no one spoke for a while, Emperor Chongzhen introduced Shenyang's reaction and then waited for these Ming Dynasty high-quality talents to analyze.

Hearing that there was no movement in Shenyang, the assistant minister Xue Guoguan immediately replied: "Your Majesty, since Jianlu is preparing to give up, that's not right. My Ming Dynasty sent troops to occupy Jinzhou. As Lu Zhongcheng said, it can protect Lushun. In the future, the transportation of navy supplies and soldiers will be more convenient."

After hearing this, Shen Yongmao nodded and said, "I agree. As long as I take over Jinzhou, my Ming Dynasty will restore a large piece of Liao territory!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Will this be what Jianlu wants us to do?"

When everyone heard this question, they were stunned. When Jianlu retreated, the Ming Dynasty naturally wanted to take it. This was a natural thing. Is this really the purpose of Jianlu and a trap?

At this time, Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyiwei, said, "Sun Ge Lao thought that this might be because Jianlu was afraid that our navy would land on the coast. Just like the Korean war, he would transport troops to a certain place without knowing it. Therefore, Jianlu simply gave up all the places south of Xiaoheishan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, also spoke: "Brother Zhongyong thought that if he didn't take up this city, he would not take it for nothing. Whatever he did, he would take it first. It would be better than sending troops to fight it down! If there is any conspiracy, please pay attention to it. We will strengthen the city defense and defend it like Ning Jin!"

Zhongyong Bo is Man Gui. He has been fighting with Jianlu before, and he has the weight of speaking. However, his opinion obviously has his own personal style. No matter how much he does, he will do it first.

No one answered Sun Chengzong's words before, but Man Gui's words immediately attracted Lu Xiangsheng's rebuttal, and he heard Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, say: "Lu Zhongcheng thought it was not realistic to operate Jinzhou into Ningjin. Ningjin's front line was supported by Shanhaiguan, which could easily obtain support within the pass. However, Jinzhou was across the sea, whether it was manpower and material resources, it was difficult to transport it. What's more, if it was the typhoon season, there was still a frozen sea in winter..."

When he said this, Cao Huachun suddenly stopped talking. After a while, his tone seemed to be sharper: "Lu Zhongcheng thought that maybe this was the conspiracy of Jianlu. When the typhoon season or the sea was frozen in winter, it was when they sent a large army to attack Jinzhou. At that time, the defenders in Jinzhou, Lushun and other places had no support. It is unknown whether they could be defeated by Jianlu's siege!"

Hearing this, many people suddenly realized that if they occupied Jinzhou, this problem did exist. However, some people agreed, and naturally some people opposed it. Mao Yuanyi said loudly: "Your Majesty, the new army can be stationed in Jinzhou to ensure that Jianlu cannot conquer Jinzhou throughout the winter."

Hearing his confident answer, thinking of his identity as the chief instructor of the new army and the combat plan that had agreed to let the new army go to Gaizhou to guard for a winter, many people immediately believed that this method was feasible, so that the new army would station in Jinzhou, so that the Jianlu would steal chickens without losing rice, and for free the Ming Dynasty to obtain a large area of ​​Liao territory.

For a moment, many ministers agreed with this response method. It was Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the new army, who also expressed his determination and confidence to be able to keep Jinzhou through Cao Huachun's mouth!

However, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it. If he wanted to do this, the scheduled Gaizhou Battle would obviously not be able to fight again! Then wouldn’t the purpose of Gaizhou Battle that he had made all his efforts before be realized?

When he thought of the purpose of the Gaizhou Battle, he immediately compared it with Jinzhou and immediately came to a conclusion: Jinzhou's strategic position could not be compared with Gaizhou at all! If the Ming Dynasty occupied Jinzhou, the threat to Jianlu was actually not great. This could be seen from their use of Xiaoheishan as the defensive line. However, Gaizhou was different. It could strongly threaten Liaoyang, which was equivalent to a nail nailing it into Jianlu's belly.

By the way, since Jinzhou is already under Jianlu’s plan, and Gaizhou is what they did not expect, why should they take the initiative as Jianlu wishes?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts were suddenly opened, and he even ignored the discussions of his ministers below. When he finally came to his senses, he found that his ministers below were not speaking, just looking at him.
Chapter completed!