Chongzhen Chat Group

"Your Majesty, Mang Gurtai has arrived in Liaoyang, and there are orders to set out tomorrow." Gao Yingyuan reported, "The strength of the troops this time is said to be 20,000, with Zhenglan Banner, Xiangbai Banner, and Zhengbai Banner troops. However, Han Wu and I My brother has calculated that only the Zhenglan Banner is serious, and the leaders of the other two flags don’t know it. There seems to be another general who was originally supposed to be the Zhenglan Banner, but I don’t know why he went to the Zhengbai Banner.”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought, and then immediately demanded: "You said this situation is very suspicious. It is best to confirm again to see if it is someone from the Zhenglan Banner who is impersonating the other two flags."

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Gao Yingyuan immediately agreed, and then added after a slight hesitation, "Brother Han and I have estimated that the number of real Jurchen Tatars in the Zhenglan Banner is less than a thousand. , the others are Han, Mongolian and other ethnic groups. It is possible that the actual strength of the Jianlu troops this time is not 20,000 at all. I was in a hurry today and did not read everything. Tomorrow, when we have an opportunity, Brother Han and I will pay attention to the other two flags. .”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was somewhat certain of one of his conjectures, and immediately chatted with Qian Fugui privately: "Shenyang will form an alliance with the Mongols, and which banners will the Jianlu troops be sent out tomorrow?"

"Think about it, little man!" Qian Fugui replied first, and then began to count, "Signal yellow flag... straight white flag, bordered with white flag..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for Qian Fugui to finish speaking, and immediately sent another private message: "Tomorrow the army will go out, please pay attention to the Zhengbai Banner and the Xiangbai Banner to see who their leader is and how many troops they have? "

Qian Fugui was confused. Is there anything wrong with these two flags? However, he had no choice but to agree to the group leader's request. Then he remembered something and quickly reported back: "I heard news from my master...Hauge today, saying that the slave chief Taiji is planning to form the Eight Banners of Mongolia, which is to imitate the Eight Banners of the Jurchens and build another Eight Banners of Mongolia. It seems to be I will start this matter after I return from the war in North Korea."

In the original history, it would take several years for the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army to exist. But in this plane, history has already gone astray due to the flapping of butterfly wings. Not only did Huang Taiji's favorite woman run away, but the Eight Banners of Mongolia also started to be implemented in advance.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the news, he was a little surprised that Huang Taiji seemed to have more control over the Mongolian tribes. Otherwise, we would definitely not have thought of building the Eight Mongolian Banners. If we were to count this, could it be that Wu Sangui went to massacre two tribes outside the Great Wall, causing panic among the tribes who entered the border, and finally surrendered to Jianlu completely?

This thought just crossed my mind and was immediately put aside. After all, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it. Emperor Chongzhen felt that the information he received was still a little lacking. If Liaodong had more people in the chat group and could develop into spies, and there would be more channels to collect information, it would be more accurate and timely. Now if we want to get more accurate news, we can only wait for Qian Fugui and Gao Yingyuan's return tomorrow.

He thought this, frowned, and immediately chatted with Liu Xingzuo privately: "Liu Qing is paying attention in the chat group. If there is anyone who is suitable to develop into a Jinyiwei spy, please report it to me for review."

When Liu Xingzuo heard this, it was naturally impossible not to agree. In fact, he had already paid attention to this. It's just that the chat group is the territory of Emperor Chongzhen, and he doesn't dare to do it without permission.

Emperor Chongzhen finished explaining Liu Xingzuo, and when he was about to explain Cao Huachun, he remembered that he was no longer the admiral of the East Factory, but the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, who had gone to help him handle government affairs. The current admiral of Dongchang is the young eunuch Wang Chengen.

The chat group system does provide the function of adding people in a targeted manner, but the achievement value is 10,000. If it is used to add people at once, how many people will be added! More importantly, the current achievement value is only 3243, which is not enough for targeted recruitment.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little hesitant. Should he leave the palace, go among the people, and collect more achievement points to add people?

After thinking for a while, he decided to wait for a few days. Anyway, there is no need to rush to add Wang Chengen to the chat group in these three or two days. It's getting dark soon, so let's go to the Imperial Garden for a walk to earn some achievement points. By the way, let's go and see Concubine Tian. She is quirky and has all kinds of talents. It's fun to be with her.

Soon the next day came, and Emperor Chongzhen received replies from Qian Fugui and Gao Yingyuan, confirming one of his guesses: the white flag and the white flag led by Mang Gurtai were completely fake and belonged to the Zhenglan flag. People pretending to be. This means that Jianlu used most of his troops and the Mongolian servant army to conquer North Korea. In order to guard against Ning Jinming's army, Mang Gurtai was allowed to bluff.

After receiving this information, Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent an order to Min Hongxue, the assistant minister of the cabinet, Shen Yongmao, the Minister of War, and Mangui, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp. At the same time, he contacted Liu Wang and Wei Mulan and asked them to call Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng to prepare for a remote meeting. As for himself, he took the imperial eunuch Gao Shiyue to drive in Wuying Palace.

As soon as everyone arrived, Emperor Chongzhen gave an overview of the situation, and then asked seriously: "My dear friends, how should I, the Ming Dynasty, deal with this?"

The troublesome thing about this remote meeting is that the two people in the chat group cannot see the images in Wuying Palace and cannot participate directly. Synchronization could only be conveyed by Emperor Chongzhen himself. After he said it, when he was about to describe it to Liu Wang and Wei Mulan again, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind. Then he spoke again: "My dear friends, please think about it first and don't be in a hurry to answer."

Then, he immediately sent an order to have Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyiwei, come to see him. I almost forgot about these two people, so I called them over. Liu Xingzuo relayed the content of the scene to Wei Mulan and notified Lu Xiangsheng; while Cao Huachun was responsible for relaying the content of the scene to Liu Wang and notifying Sun Chengzong. This way, he doesn't have to do it himself.

So, after Cao Huachun and Liu Xingzuo arrived, they stood on both sides of the emperor. Speaking of which, this was in line with their status, and then they remained motionless, acting like puppets.

After everyone was in their places, Emperor Chongzhen asked seriously: "Dear ministers, you must have thought about it, right? Which minister should talk about it first?"

These people are all people who know the military, and they are considered to be the highest-ranking people in the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of meeting gave Emperor Chongzhen a vague feeling of the Ming Dynasty's Joint Chiefs of Staff Military Meeting.

Regarding the staff system, he had already made plans to establish a division-level staff headquarters in the new army. However, it has not been implemented yet. All preparations will be started after the new army has trained for a period of time and officers at all levels have been selected.