Zhu Cihong decided to discuss defense issues with important ministers.
Only two people, Lu Zhenfei, Minister of War, and Wen Anzhi, Minister of Rites, participated in this secret meeting.
After the two entered the palace, they took the carriage specially given by Zhu Cixiang and traveled all the way to Qianqing Palace.
There are more than a dozen charcoal stoves burning in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, which is very warm.
After the two men bowed in front of the emperor, Zhu Cixang gave him a golden pier and ordered them to sit down and talk.
This is also a habit of Zhu Cixiang.
He is used to sitting down when communicating with his cronies.
Wen Anzhi and Lu Zhenfei were already used to it and didn't say much.
It's just that both of their buttocks only touched the smaller half of Jin Dun, and their waists were quite straight.
The feeling of sitting on pins and needles is really making people laugh or cry.
Zhu Cixiang said in a deep voice: "Xuzhou Commander-in-Chief Gao Jie defeated the Eastern captives and captured the puppet Commander-in-Chief Zu Kefa.
He has made great contributions.
I have approved the list of meritorious soldiers reported by him."
"Your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will die for your Majesty.
The restoration of the Ming Dynasty is imminent."
As Minister of the Ministry of War, the Northern Expedition involved Lu Zhenfei's business work, so he had to accept Zhu Cihong's words just now.
Zhu Cixiang didn't care much about such nonsense.
He summoned the two men to discuss the overall defense of the Manchus.
The war is about to break out, and everything imaginable must be arranged as much as possible.
He smiled slightly and said: "Where do I think Donglu will attack first?"
Lu Zhenfei's expression paused for a moment, then he stood up and walked towards the Huangming map hanging on the wall.
This map plotted all the jurisdictions of the thirteen provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.
Lu Zhenfei walked to Dezhou, Shandong and clicked on it.
"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, the Eastern captives will take Dezhou first."
Zhu Cixi asked with great interest: "Why did I say this?"
"Your Majesty, please see, Shandong is adjacent to Henan and Beizhili.
No matter from which angle you look at it, it poses a great threat to Donglu.
How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?
It is impossible for Donglu not to understand this truth."
Zhu Cixiang nodded lightly.
"Why do I think the Donglu must take Dezhou first?"
"Your Majesty, if there had not been the Battle of Dezhou half a year ago, there is really no need for the Donglu to take Texas first.
But in that battle in Texas, the Donglu were defeated so miserably.
If the Nine Chiefs did not take Dezhou first to regain their face, I am afraid that the Donglu There will be verbal and written criticism against him."
Lu Zhenfei's analysis is not unreasonable.
Although it seemed that Dorgon had all the power, there were still many conflicts within the Qing Dynasty.
Hauge is dormant and will definitely jump out and bombard Dorgon whenever he finds an opportunity.
The best entry point is naturally the Texas defeat.
For Dorgon, the best way to silence everyone is to capture Dezhou.
"I, soldier, continue."
Lu Zhenfei was naturally very excited to receive Zhu Cixiang's recognition.
He rowed down Dezhou and then said: "Another purpose of the Donglu's capture of Shandong is to control the canal.
The Grand Canal connects the north and the south, and the Shandong section is particularly important.
Controlling the Grand Canal The canal controls the north-south transportation, so the Eastern invaders are bound to win."
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After a pause, Lu Zhenfei took a deep breath and said, "So I believe that your Majesty should deploy heavy troops in Shandong.
This battle is related to the fate of the country, and there is no room for error."
Zhu Cixi also stood up and walked towards the map.
"What I said makes sense.
In my opinion, how many soldiers should be stationed in Shandong?"
Lu Zhenfei said without hesitation: "At least 150,000 people."
Zhu Cixiang frowned when he heard this.
Fifteen thousand people, this is not a small number.
Even if you add all the Ming troops in Shandong now, there won't be that many.
Among them, there are about 50,000 Gaojie tribe and about 20,000 Qin Gongming tribe.
In addition, there are 50,000 Shence troops.
But 20,000 Shence troops have been transferred to Denglai.
In other words, the number of troops available for deployment in the entire east, west and north of Shandong is only about 100,000.
According to Lu Zhenfei's wishes, 50,000 people would have to be transferred to Shandong.
"Wen Qing, what do you think?"
Wen An breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the emperor finally remembered him.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Donglu will not necessarily invest all their troops in Shandong, but will probably divide their troops into two groups.
One will take Shandong, and the other will take Huguang."
Wen Anzhi's analysis is consistent with Zhu Cixiang's views.
Huguang is the food bag of the world.
No matter from which angle you look at it, there is no reason for the Qing Dynasty not to attack Huguang.
Especially when the Manchu Qing Dynasty already occupied Shaanxi.
They can send troops from Shaanxi and Henan into Huguang respectively.
If successful, after controlling the Yangtze River waterway, they can go down the river and approach Nanjing.
Splitting troops to attack from a pincer was a common tactic used by the Manchus.
When attacking Shaanxi, didn't Dorgon order Azig and Duduo to march from Tongguan and Yulin in northern Shaanxi respectively?
"In Qing Wen's opinion, where in Huguang will the Donglu attack first?"
"It must be Jingxiang" Wen Anzhi said categorically: "With Jingxiang under control, we can march to all parts of Huguang.
We can threaten Yuezhou in the south, and attack Chengtian and Wuchang in the east.
I think that if we defend Huguang, we should not stick to the Yangtze River, but push the defense line forward."
To Xiangyang Mansion."
One of the two important ministers proposed a possibility.
Wen Anzhi believed that it was very possible for the Manchus to attack Huguang, and Lu Zhenfei believed that Shandong was the place they must attack.
Next it was Zhu Cihong's turn to weigh in.
In terms of the absolute number of soldiers, there are much more soldiers in Huguang than in Shandong.
Because during the Zuo Army rebellion, except for Zuo Liangyu's direct line battalions, the remaining battalions were disbanded and reorganized and handed over to the command of Ma Jinzhong, Jin Shenghuan, Du Yinxi and others.
As for Yuan Jixian, he also served as the admiral Cao Jiang, responsible for the defense along the Yangtze River.
It can be said that Huguang has no shortage of civil and military officials leading troops.
Huguang lacks elite troops.
There are Gao Jie and Qin Gongming in Shandong.
Even the Shence Army has experienced the baptism of actual combat in suppressing the rebellion of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo.
But among the troops in Huguang, except for the direct line soldiers of Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong, the rest of the reorganized troops were of inferior quality.
It may be okay to let them bully ordinary people, but it is unrealistic to expect them to withstand the Qing army's onslaught.
However, Zhu Cihong once gave Du Yinxi a secret order, ordering him to seize the opportunity to recruit the remaining troops of the obedient army.
This is a very combat-effective army.
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If it can successfully recruit and surrender, it will definitely be useful.
Historically, the Loyalty Battalion headed by Li Guo was the main force against the Qing Dynasty.
He Tengjiao was able to rely on the rest of the Shun Army and the Manchu Qing to fight.
Zhu Cihong certainly did not think that he would do any worse than He Tengjiao.
The only problem is that there are too many factions in Huguang today.
If the surrender of the remaining troops is successful, the situation will be more complicated.
Zhu Cixiang now has two choices.
One is to transfer Huang Degong's troops to Huguang, and the other is to station the 50,000 Shence troops who stayed in Nanjing to Jingxiang.
Only when the imperial court has an absolute military advantage in Huguang can it subdue the military leaders.
Otherwise, the situation cannot be suppressed by just blocking the two civil servants Yinxi and Yuan Jixian
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