Li Yan lowered his head and thought for a while: "I think the emperor should not be wary of Jiannu, but should be on guard against Huang Degong."
"Why?" Li Zicheng became excited.
Before the siege of Beijing, he never took the Jiannu seriously.
He thought those people were just slaves digging ginseng and would not be his opponents in a real fight.
At the same time, he felt that the reason why the Ming court was repeatedly defeated in Liaodong was not because the soldiers were not strong enough, but because the emperor was incompetent, the court was dark, and the officials were corrupt.
But when he saw the fighting power of the Guanning Army, he no longer dared to underestimate the Jiannu who were fighting against the Guanning Army.
Li Yan explained: "Dorgon was defeated at Wenyu River a few days ago and his whereabouts are unknown. Given Dorgon's cautiousness, he must have agreed on a location with Duoduo before the battle with the Ming army. Duoduo entered the pass this time for Dorgon, not for us."
"So please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"What does Mr. Li mean when he says to be on guard against Huang Degong?" Li Zicheng asked.
"Duoduo's entry into the pass not only disrupted the deployment of the Ming army, but also put Huang Degong in a dilemma. If he continues to fight against our army, he can only watch Duoduo wreak havoc in the Central Plains."
"If we turn around and attack the Jiannu, we will not be able to lift the siege of Damingfu."
"Huang Degong had no choice!"
"If he doesn't want to be impeached to death by those civil officials, the only way is to take the initiative to seek war, so please be careful, Your Majesty."
Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Mr. Li is right! Fangliang, you must take good care of the new soldiers and make sure nothing goes wrong again."
Liu Fangliang stood up sadly and helplessly: "I obey your order."
"Your Majesty, Gao Jie besieged Zhengzhou ten days ago. According to the report sent by General Li Guo, Gao Jie withdrew his troops just as General Li Guo led reinforcements to the outside of the city, and his whereabouts are unknown."
Gao Jie!
Although Li Zicheng showed no emotion on his face, he hated this man in his heart.
"Is there any news about Liu Liangzuo?" In order to hide his inner embarrassment, Li Zicheng mentioned another person's name.
"No exact trace of Liu Liangzuo has been found yet." Liu Zongmin answered respectfully.
Li Zicheng thought for a while and then issued a military order: "Zongmin, from today on, order all units to be on martial law, and send scouts to closely monitor the enemy in Wei County to prevent a surprise attack by the Ming army."
"Everyone, if we hold on for a few more days, we can trap the Ming army in Daming Prefecture to death! Now is a critical moment, and we must not take it lightly."
"Your Highness, we will obey your command." The civil and military officials saluted one after another and then left the central military tent.
After walking out of the military tent, Liu Fangliang did not chat with others, but hurried back to the camp.
He had a bad feeling, but he couldn't tell what it was.
This was the first time he had this premonition since the food and grass were burned in the last Battle of Beijing.
After returning to the military camp, Liu Fangliang called a meeting of all the generals.
"Liu Rukui, Zhang Hong, Luo Dane, tell us what happened today."
Liu Rukui was in charge of recruiting new soldiers. He was the first to speak: "General, we recruited 800 new soldiers today, and there are hundreds of families. The newly purchased 10,000 shi of grain has been delivered to the camp. All the grain is not stored in a centralized place, but is dispersed among the camps. Even if the Ming army spies sneak into Yinghong, they cannot destroy all the grain."
"Well, well done!" Liu Fangliang was very satisfied with Liu Rukui's performance.
Managing an army is a science.
As the commander-in-chief, he should focus his main energy on strategic issues.
But the complicated military affairs would take up a lot of his energy.
With a helper like Liu Rukui, his pressure was much less.
Liu Rukui chuckled and said, "General, you are too kind. This is what I should do."
After briefly asking about the situation of Zhang Hong and Luo Dane, Liu Fangliang was still worried and followed Liu Rukui to the recruit camp to check the situation.
It was already noon when we walked into the recruit camp. Most of the soldiers were cooking, and the rest were either standing guard or resting in the shade.
Seeing Liu Fangliang coming, everyone subconsciously stood up to greet him.
"Haven't they been issued weapons yet?" Liu Fangliang asked Liu Rukui as he looked at the hundreds of unarmed recruits in front of him.
"They are new recruits who arrived this morning, and their weapons have not yet been made."
The weapons for the new recruits that Liu Rukui mentioned were not the standard weapons of the Ming army, but were made by sharpening one end of a wooden stick.
This weapon is perfectly effective against unarmored enemies, but it is ineffective against armored soldiers.
Liu Fangliang nodded and continued to walk in with hundreds of fully armed recruits.
As I was walking, I discovered the situation.
There was a pile of wet soil outside a dozen tents, and the sound of digging could be heard from inside the tents.
Liu Fangliang pointed at the tents and asked, "What are these people doing?"
Liu Rukui was not clear about the specific situation, so he ordered someone to bring the people in the tent out.
Yin Hongsheng had known that someone was coming from outside, but he pretended not to know and continued digging.
"Stop, stop, stop digging. General Liu has something to ask you!" Liu Rukui's personal soldiers walked into the military tent and shouted to Yin Hongsheng and others.
Yin Hongsheng stopped digging, wiped his sweat, and asked, "Who?"
"General Liu!"
"Which General Liu?"
"Are you looking for a beating? Come out here, all of you!" Liu Rukui's personal soldiers wanted to show an attitude of treating people equally in front of their leader, but they didn't expect Yin Hongsheng to not give him a chance.
I could only swear in anger.
Yin Hongsheng and others did not dare to object and could only follow him out of the tent.
After there was no one in the tent, Liu Fangliang walked into the tent and checked it carefully.
There was nothing in the tent except daily necessities and a large earth pit.
"What are you doing?" Liu Fangliang pointed at Yin Hongsheng and asked as he walked out of the tent.
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