From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1092

Shenjing, Ziwei Palace.

Empress Zhaojing looked at the letter in her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, lay back on the chair, and murmured: "Finally it's done."

Xiaozhuang handed her the tea and whispered: "Your Majesty, have you received the frontline report? Where has the battle been won?"

Empress Zhaojing said: "Shenzhou has been taken, and the recovery of Liaodong has been decided. I don't know the news about the next battle, and it is estimated that there is no time to send news."

"Junior brother has his own strategy for fighting. He makes some small mistakes, but he never makes big mistakes. I am not worried about him."

At this point, she smiled bitterly and said: "There is no point in worrying. It's too far away. Just do your own thing first."

She looked at Xiaozhuang and said: "Is Shenjing ready to face the storm?"

Xiaozhuang smiled and said: "The most important thing is to The things we need are ready, mainly the most basic survival supplies such as food. "

Empress Zhao Jing smiled and said, "I don't care about the rest, as long as we have the survival supplies."

"You will issue the order tonight and tell the Wucheng Bingmasi to close the city gates. The city shall not be opened before the imperial edict is issued."

"Except for those who hold the imperial edict, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"The Nei Tingsi and Jinyiwei must strictly control the secret passages out of the city. They must send confidants with clean backgrounds, and they must be our confidants."

"Starting tomorrow, Shenjing City will be self-imposed until my imperial edict is issued, and it will not be allowed to be unsealed."

Xiao Zhuang nodded and said, "I understand. I will arrange it later."

Empress Zhao Jing sighed. In a low voice, he said, "Since the founding of the country, more than 400 years have passed, and the capital city has only been sealed three times, all of which involved the struggle for the throne."

"This is the fourth time, and this time it will take longer than the previous three times combined. I estimate it will take two months."

Xiao Zhuang was a little surprised and asked in confusion, "Is the royal family so difficult to deal with?"

Empress Zhao Jing smiled bitterly and said, "The royal family is not difficult to deal with, but the northwest is too difficult. Once something happens, it will be a catastrophe."

"Junior brother is fighting outside, I must ensure that nothing happens in his rear, and that the situation in other places cannot affect his strategic decision-making."

"Those royal family members have powerful hands and eyes, so I can only use this extreme method to block the news from the northwest."

" Otherwise, people's hearts will collapse, the government will collapse, and all aspects will be affected. "

"We must block it, put all the things in these two months, and then do it!"

Xiao Zhuang whispered: "Will this be the worst option?"

Empress Zhao Jing nodded and said: "Of course it is the worst option, but there is nothing we can do about it."

"Xiao Zhuang, why do we have to put everything in? Because the junior brother thinks that it is better to suffer a short pain than a long pain, he wants to solve all the problems at once, so he will spread it out so much and play so big."

"This is taking a shortcut, so the risk is naturally great."

"But if it succeeds... Dajin can rest assured and develop with confidence."

Xiao Zhuang nodded as if he understood.

...

Andrei did not bring the 120,000 troops to the east side of the Songhua River, because he received Gumanyev's letter in advance and learned that the Beijing Camp and the Northwest Army had fled to the northeast.

Therefore, he crossed the Songhua River with only a few dozen guards and came to Gumanyev's general tent.

Gumanyev was very happy and laughed: "Colonel Andrei, you are worthy of being a pillar of the empire and a famous general in the army. This raid mission is so difficult and complicated, but you have completed it so well. It's amazing."

"Traveling thousands of miles, commanding calmly, and defending Meishan at a critical moment, leaving the Jin army helpless, it's really a good plan!"

Colonel Andrei said: "Commander-in-Chief, you are too kind. Strictly speaking, our plan is not successful."

Gumanyev said: "Oh? How can you say that? We destroyed their rear, we successfully broke through Huang Taiji's defense line, occupied the Songhua River Basin, Liaodong area, and are within reach."

Colonel Andrei said in a deep voice: "Our original plan was like this, and we did complete it. If There is only one Huang Taiji in this land, so we have indeed achieved great success. "

"But Commander Gumanyev, the emergence of the Jin Dynasty has made our success unimportant."

"What was destroyed was the rear of the Jurchens. The Jin Dynasty replenished its supplies and took over the city."

"We occupied the Songhua River basin, but did not gain any substantial gains. Instead, we lost 50,000 people. Strictly speaking, our first stage of the fight can only be regarded as mediocre."

"Zhou Yuan is a good opponent. So far, I have not found any clear weaknesses in him."

Gumanyev was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded and said: "Colonel, I recognize your caution and rationality, so please analyze the current situation."

This made Andre hesitate..

He lowered his head and thought for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "I can't guess it at all. I don't know why Zhou Yuan would transfer as many as 100,000 core elite troops to the northeast under such a complicated situation."

"Logically speaking, he could have made a desperate attack to the southwest, pressed your 70,000 troops downward, and then used Huang Taiji's 30,000 troops upward to get out of this situation without any danger."

Gumanyev was stunned.

Ah? Can it still be operated that way?

It seems so.

Andre continued: "The key is that there is no point in going northeast. There are no resources and no strategic points there, which will not affect the war situation..."

"I don't understand. This is what I fear most about Zhou Yuan. I don't understand him."

Gumanyev said: "In any case, they have indeed gone northeast. Next, as long as our 240,000 troops attack Guhewei with all their strength, we can directly break through them in one go, and it will not be a problem to fight to Shanhaiguan."

"After all, Guhewei only has Leiden Army and Huguang Army totaling 120,000. The 60,000 new recruits left in Shenzhou have very average combat effectiveness."

"Even if they join together, they can't stop us."

Andre's face changed slightly, and he asked in confusion: "Captain Gumanyev, should we...should we fight like this? Is the price too high?"

"I think we should wait first. The battle in the northwest of Jin can't be sustained. Their internal crisis will become more serious. Zhou Yuan will withdraw his troops soon."

"It's meaningless for us to attack with our lives."

Gumanyev said: "Murijiwei has been captured, Tashanwei is also in danger, our food and grass supply line has been cut off, we can only attack forward to obtain supplies."

Hearing this, Andrei stood up and said in surprise: "Sir...you...what did you say? Didn't I send a letter asking you to pay attention to the Xuanfu Army?"

Gumanyev said: "It's no use paying attention...I thought the Xuanfu Army was going to attack Sayihewei, who knew they would go so deep."

"Besides, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. We have only 30,000 to 40,000 troops escorting and protecting food and grass, and we can't defend against the enemy's surprise attack."

"But don't worry, Zhou Yuan's Northwest Army and Beijing Camp have also been cut off from food and grass, right? We can attack their lair directly and let them starve outside."

Andrei is anxious He stamped his feet: "How can that be the same? It's completely different!"

"There is a huge difference between 240,000 people without food and 100,000 people without food! It's completely different!"

"If we can't take Guhewei and get the resources, it will be completely over."

Gumanyev laughed and said, "Is Colonel Andrei too unconfident? How could we not take it?"

Andrei said loudly, "But we are under pressure. We have to live on time all the time. We..."

Gumanyev interrupted directly, "No matter what! It's 240,000 against 120,000. The advantage is mine!"