The place where the army was stationed was located in Luliang County, bordering Shanxi and Shanxi. The temporary camp was surrounded by mountains and rivers. Although it was not a good place to camp, it was quite good to choose in a hurry.

The procedure for camping has been carried out in Yongwei Camp for countless times. Everything has long been a routine, each performs its own duties and is in order.

In the central army commander's tent, the map of the Ming Dynasty was still hanging high, and it had already completely occupied Li Xiu's entire vision.

There are a large number of rebels plundering in Yan'an Prefecture, which is only a few feet away from Shaanxi, but Li Xiu's attention has not been too much on the so-called thief army from beginning to end.

As usual, his eyes were once again fixed on Jizhou Town north of the capital.

Although he had never been to Jizhen or to the border, now he can simulate every city pass and every important place in Jizhen in his mind!

Li Xiu was even more familiar with the route of breaking through the Later Jin Dynasty in history.

Li Xiu no longer knew how many times he deduced this upcoming war in his mind.

It is also true that Li Xiu's expectations are getting lower and lower.

At the beginning, he wanted to rewrite history and even cut off the possibility of a detour in the Later Jin Dynasty.

If you want to do this, you must meet one condition, that is, the Ming Dynasty will have a great impact on the Mongolian tribes.

Mongolia is uncertain. Even if Nurhaci has the courage to take the risk of being cut off and break the pass.

But obviously, during these months, with Huang Taiji's conquest of Mongolia, the tribes that were originally swaying between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty were pacified by the Later Jin Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty's court died and the new emperor ascended the throne, and the party struggled endlessly and did nothing. The possibility of this has become impossible!

It can be said that at present, the early strategic preparations for the Later Jin detour to Mongolia and conquer the Ming Dynasty have been basically completed.

Li Xiu's expectations were naturally shattered.

If the possibility of enemy invasion cannot be cut off, under normal circumstances, what to do is naturally to defend the enemy from outside the country.

The Nine Borders of the Ming Dynasty were originally established to defend against the disasters of the frontier. Now, even if the disasters of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty were naturally led by the Later Jin Dynasty.

In this way, Liao Town has a special status.

Of course, if it is purely for the capital, in addition to Liao Town, there are Jizhou Town and Xuanfu Town, which are the throats of the capital, protecting the capital and protecting the peace of the northern part.

And if these two are alone for the Later Jin Dynasty, Jizhou Town is undoubtedly the top priority.

The so-called "guarding Liao must guard Ji" is the constitution that Qi Jiguang made when he was appointed as the general of Jizhen.

The biggest reason for this statement is that once a bandit enters from Jizhen, it can directly cut off the connection between North China and Liaodong, causing the Liaodong army to become an isolated army in an instant.

Of course, this possibility is very small. After all, the army in other parts of the Ming Dynasty was not blind.

However, it can also be seen from this that for the Later Jin Dynasty, a trapped in the bitter and cold land of Liaodong, Ji Town is the best choice when Liao Town is difficult to break.

Li Xiu naturally would not think that all officials in the court would not be able to see this.

Moreover, it was when his memorial made almost all the arguments clear.

But what makes people helpless is that even if the facts are in front of you, many people selectively ignore them or have a great attitude of scepticism and scrutiny.

Not to mention, the current court has been surging undercurrents since the death of Emperor Tianqi, and Zhu Youjian, who had just ascended the throne, had no foundation to suppress this situation.

The only thing he can do is to accumulate foundation and cultivate strength through the art of balance in this kind of party struggle.

Even if there are a small number of knowledgeable people, they will not be able to do anything under the general trend of the party's common and the different parties!

The country is the first, the country is the last!

National affairs are not worth mentioning in the face of the interests of individuals and cliques!

This is a common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty today.

Just like the memorial book submitted by Li Xiu, the most direct way to deal with the detour of the Later Jin Dynasty is to strengthen and improve the military equipment in Jizhou Town.

Even now, although the court has discussed this matter, once the position changes are involved, the issues of food, grass, and military pay are involved, the discussion has become endless disputes.

Until now, there is still a lot of thunder. Now that Donglin and the eunuch party have resurgent, after their own interests are infringed, the only thunder is gone...

To this day, the possibility of defending enemies outside the country has become less and less likely!

After all, Li Xiu is still very clear about the situation in Jizhen now.

The food and salary were abolished for a long time, the quality of soldiers and generals was low, the morale and morale of the army were almost gone, and the fortress city defenses were disrepaired for many years.

In addition, the reason for staying in the border for a long time is that you must not find any sideways, which is closely related to the Mongolian grassland...

How can such a garrison center take on the heavy responsibility of defending the enemy outside the country?

Until now, Li Xiu has no unrealistic ideas.

What he wanted to do was to make the Later Jin Dynasty lose troops and generals in this war, rather than leaving in a free and easy way that could be called a great victory in history!

And to achieve all this, all he can rely on is the Yongwei camp.

Of course, Zhu Youjian’s support is indispensable.

However, for this war, the support Zhu Youjian could provide was minimal.

After all, Zhu Youjian ascended the throne too short, and he only had the name of the emperor, and he had no say in the court at all. At present, Zhu Youjian is more concerned about politics than in administration!

In fact, every successor emperor ascended the throne at the beginning, and at this stage, of course, if it were the kind of prince who had been the crown prince for more than ten years, or even decades, and had his direct powers spread throughout the court and the public, it would be naturally different...

Of course, to a certain extent, Zhu Youjian's full support is the most important thing for Li Xiu.

You should know that even now, even if there is a warning from Li Xiu's memorial, the court and the public are mostly skeptical about the matter.

However, Li Xiu's greatest confidence was that Zhu Youjian had a self-reported report to him, and he believed it without reservation and did his best to support him without reservation.

It's ridiculous to say that in the past, Li Xiu never thought he was a good person. Everything he did was just for himself to gain a better foothold in this era, and even to change in the future and get involved in the artifact.

But fortune always makes people so good that he met Zhu Youjian. What makes people even more good is that because of his arrival, Zhu Youjian ascended the throne of the emperor in advance.

Step by step, we have reached this level.

Especially since Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, his almost unreserved trust and reliance have really changed many of Li Xiu's ideas bit by bit.

The king will not let down his ministers, nor will the ministers let down his kings.
Chapter completed!