Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 204 Difficult Choice

Lu Mou slowly bent down, picked up the chin and baton that fell on the ground, and said harshly: "This is definitely not something Hao Yaoqi could have come up with. This must be Yuan Zongdi's idea. Yuan Zongdi is indeed a handsome man, you gave me a tough job, which really caught me off guard."

Then he faced the equally shocked generals and said, "Today's meeting ends here. Everyone leaves first and allows me to think about it carefully."

All the generals stood up silently, bowed their hands and dispersed. However, everyone did not go far. They just walked out of the courtyard and stopped outside the courtyard, waiting for the prince's decision.

Lu Mou poured himself a cup of tea. The hand he poured the tea was trembling slightly unnoticed.

He took a sip from the teacup to soothe his disturbed mood and began to pace slowly in the room. He really needs to think, because there are so many things involved here.

At this time, Wu Sangui and Zhang Huangyan did not leave, but followed Lu Mou.

At this time, the two of them really discovered that the regent, who was only fifteen years old, was pacing there with his hands behind his back, but what emanated from him was definitely not what a child should have, but a real middle-aged man. Talent has calmness and foresight.

This surprised both of them, but also relieved them.

Because from the prince's calm back, the two of them knew in their hearts that this troubled Ming Dynasty, which was in turmoil, would truly move toward resurgence under the regent's calm command.

It is an honor for both of us to follow such a person, and our name will go down in history.

With his hands behind his back and his head lowered, Lu Mou felt conflicted and complicated in his heart.

Yuan Zongdi caught himself by surprise, but he was taking a risk.

Once they return to Shaanxi through the grassland while the grassland people are grazing in the north and the troops in the south are empty, they can join forces with Gao Yigong in Shaanxi and strengthen the defense strength of the entire Shaanxi. There will be huge resistance to regaining Shaanxi in the future.

But once the grassland people launched an all-out attack and suppression against them, all of Yuan Zongdi's 50 troops might be buried in the grassland under the butcher's knife of the aliens.

Will Yuan Zongdi surrender to Mongolia?

Yuan Zongdi would never surrender to Mongolia.

The words Yuan Zongdi said to him at the beginning are still in his ears. If the Ming Dynasty had still ignored the Manchus' sixth invasion as before, then he, Yuan Zongdi, would have led his troops to directly face the Manchu and Qing troops and protect this large part of the Han world.

Others may think that this is Yuan Zongdi's empty favor, but Lu Mou, who knows history, can deeply understand his heart.

Just after the first year of Hongguang, the Han nationality was on the verge of collapse. It was Yuan Zongdi who presided over, put aside his inherent hostility and hatred with the Ming Dynasty, and resolutely united with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty until he was captured in the 18th year of Yongli. He did not beg for mercy from the Manchus, but died for the country.

Faced with his current decision, what decision should I make now?

Now that the civil war has become international, your own choices are very important.

The Manchu and Qing Dynasties were still eyeing the Ming Dynasty, but they had been defeated twice by themselves, and they were already a little wary, so they temporarily stood still and stopped intruding on their rear. This gave him the opportunity to free up his hands and regain the northwest.

If he marched into the grassland this time to stop Yuan Zongdi's bandits, it would give the Manchus the feeling that they were being bullied, and they would start a war against themselves again. In that case, he will once again be attacked from both sides. When he is tired of dealing with the powerful Manchu Qing Dynasty, he will have no choice but to give up and continue to regain the northwest. He can only let Li Chuang continue to grow in Jiangnan, and he can only let Shaanxi , and continuously sent troops to Li Zicheng, who was stretched thin.

Although letting Li Zicheng go to Jiangnan was a manipulation of his own dark psychology, letting him do a task that he could not complete. But now Li Zicheng is the Li Zicheng he wants, instead of letting him send a steady stream of tough northwest men from Shaanxi to the south.

The southerners were weak and definitely no match for the men from the northwest. As long as Li Zicheng wiped out the four towns in Jiangbei, there would be no more soldiers in the south to hold the army, and Li Zicheng finally occupied half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. In that case, he would be self-defeating.

However, it seems impossible not to go to the grassland to stimulate the Manchus too much. Not only would it allow Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yigong to join forces, it would also increase the resistance to regaining Shaanxi. How can we bear to watch half a million Han compatriots suffer martyrdom at the hands of Manchu minions?

Being entangled at this point, I couldn't help but murmured: "How should I choose between strategy and national justice?"

Wu Sangui responded: "Our top priority now is to quickly pacify the northwest without being harassed by the Manchus. For this reason, I thought that before Yuan Zongdi returned to Shaanxi, while Gao Yigong went north to meet him, Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty reacts, we should urgently send troops out of Shaanxi to dig out his lair. This can get twice the result with half the effort."

Wu Sangui made this suggestion from a military perspective.

But Zhang Huangyan pondered and replied: "Although there are huge risks when troops leave the grassland. But Wei Chen believes that it will be beneficial to the future if Jiang Yuan Zongdi's main force is intercepted. Especially those 50 people are all us Compatriots of the Han nation."

This is considered from the perspective of righteousness.

"But who is our enemy?" Wu Sangui asked.

Lu Mou smiled bitterly: "Our enemies will be two, one is the Mongolian lackeys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the other is Yuan Zongdi."

Zhang Huangyan responded: "But who is the enemy Yuan Zongdi faces? One is us, and the other is also a lackey of the Manchu Qing."

Lu Mou nodded: "And who will the Manchu lackeys face? One is us, and the other is Yuan Zongdi."

This is a closed loop kick. Two of the three parties are enemies. Even the Three Kingdoms have never experienced such a situation.

Wu Sangui responded: "Since Yuan Zongdi dares to leave Mongolia, does he intend to surrender to the enemy? In that case, we will face the Mongols and Yuan Zongdi's bandits. With our current military strength, facing these two If we start a battle with an enemy, we have absolutely no chance of winning. At the same time, it will also stimulate the Qing Dynasty. We will be attacked from both sides, and our plan to regain the northwest will be in vain. Please think twice about this, Your Majesty."

Lu Mou smiled and told Wu Sangui about the conversation he had with Yuan Zongdi in Datong: "From this conversation, I firmly believe that Yuan Zongdi will not surrender to the Qing Dynasty."

Wu Sangui responded: "Wouldn't it be better? We would just sit by and watch Yuan Zongdi's bandits and the Manchu lackeys fight. Let them both suffer losses and we reap the benefits." Then after thinking for a moment: "We want to show The current peaceful coexistence with the Manchus will prevent them from attacking us in the future, so why don't we simply unite with the Mongols and annihilate this bandit?"

In fact, this method is the most beneficial and realistic for Ming Dynasty for the time being.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Now that the biggest enemy I face is the bandits, then the Manchus are my friends.

Zhang Huangyan immediately objected: "We must not unite with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because this is not only a matter of justice. It is also an issue that seriously affects the image of our court. Once we unite with the Manchu Qing Dynasty this time, then the Han people in the world will What do you think of our court? That will immediately lose the trust of the Han people in our court. Even if the two sides do not help each other, we will never unite with the Manchus. This is a matter of principle."

Only then did Zhang Huangyan really get to the point. In terms of the overall situation and politics, Wu Sangui was not as far-sighted as Zhang Huangyan.

(End of this chapter)