Seeing Wu Sangui accepting the order, Lu Xiangsheng turned to Ma Ke and Tang Channel again: "General Ma, General Tang, you two call on all the troops in the headquarters. I will provide you with another 5,000 soldiers as the first wave of the attack. The artillery in the army will provide you with all your strength as much as possible. You can enter the military warehouse and get any armor and weapons, and you can also get enough feather arrows and bows. I only have one requirement. I will remove all the small forts outside Gaoqiao City within five days so that the army can directly enter the main city of Gaoqiao."

In order to prevent the Ming army from sending troops from Ningyuan to rescue Songjin's trapped army, the Qing army built countless forts on the way to Ningyuan to go to Songjin. These forts are large and small, built along the ridges and mountains. If they want to break through Gaoqiao, they must first remove them. The next one is the most typical battle, and once it is started, the losses will be heavy. Since Lu Xiangsheng has ordered, Ma Ke and Tang Tong have no choice. But they are secretly grateful while receiving the order. After all, their task is to remove the points on the periphery, rather than fighting with the Qing army or capturing the main city of Gaoqiao.

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and asked the three of them to rise up, turned to Yang Fuming and Bai Guangen and said, "General Yang, you lead your troops and be on guard all the time. If the Qing army's elite cavalry is dispatched, block them for me. We must not let them affect the two generals of the horse and Tang. General Bai, your troops will serve as a reserve team. After clearing the fortress on the outside, we will attack Gaoqiao City with me. Be sure to take it down as soon as possible and force the Qing army to retreat."

Both of them bowed and said, "I will receive the order."

Lu Xiangsheng finally turned to Qiu Minyang, Yang Shengwu and Fan Zhiwan, and bowed slightly, "I'll ask Governor Qiu to take responsibility for the transfer of food and grass from the army. As for Governor Yang and Mr. Fan, I would like to ask you to lead the remaining troops to guard Ningyuan City. I will ask Wan Ji to help you with all your strength. The stability in the rear is the foundation of this battle. Lu asks three of you here."

Wan Ji left the line and bowed: "Don't worry, two adults, the students will do their best to help you."

Yang Shengwu was the governor of Shuntian and Fan Zhiwan was the Minister of War. After the defeat in the Battle of Songjin, the two of them came to Liaodong from the guards around Shuntian Prefecture and Tianjin Guards. More than 80% of the new soldiers in Ningyuan City were provided by them. Since Lu Xiangsheng became the governor, he has strengthened the training of soldiers and controlled all the guards who had completed the training, and the remaining soldiers were still commanded by the two. Although the two were a little dissatisfied with this, under Lu Xiangsheng's rare strength, they had to obey the order. After all, they also knew that this battle was very important and could not tolerate them with the slightest personal emotions.

Qiu Min held his fists up and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, the supervisor. His subordinates will do their best to ensure the logistics supply of the army, and will never let the frontline soldiers starve at all."

Although Yang Shengwu and Fan Zhiwan both belong to the Ministry of War, they were actually not in military affairs. At that time, when they came to Liaodong, they were also Emperor Chongzhen who drove the ducks on the shelves. Staying in Ningyuan only needed to ensure stability in the rear was a merit or a failure. Compared with fighting hard on the front line, such a task was simply from heaven and from underground. When the two saw Lu Xiangsheng looking at him, they bowed and said at the same time: "Please rest assured, we two must ensure that there is nothing wrong in the rear."

A very rare smile flashed on Lu Xiangsheng's serious face, and he clasped his fists and bowed to the surroundings and said, "The state is in danger, Lu is here to ask you all."

Gao Qiqian held the letter from Du Xun from Denglai in his hand, and the double crystals flowed, with a trace of his eyes. There was some inexplicable satisfaction, and some inadvertently exposed viciousness. In the past, he tried hard to rescue Du Xun from prison and recommended him to serve as the supervisor of Denglai, and thought that it would be useful in the future. Zhou Xian's actions caused his godson to die and caused him to go to prison. With his vindictive personality, how could he not try his best to find Zhou Xian's trouble? With him as the supervisor, he always gets along with Zhou Xian, and is afraid that he will not be able to find his problems.

Emperor Chongzhen trusted Zhou Xian very much. If he wanted to deal with him, he should not be in a hurry and had to take his time. He had to win over Liu Zeqing before and asked him to report Zhou Xian to act recklessly and join the army. This was his first plan. Without any suspense, Emperor Chongzhen suppressed the memorial. Now Du Xun reported the memorial to Emperor Chongzhen, bluntly saying that Zhou Xian did not follow the court rules. This was the second step. According to his understanding of Emperor Chongzhen, the latter would not have much reaction.

But if Zhou Xian sent troops to Jinzhou, Liaodong, he would have many ways to design him. Even if he won, it would be no big deal. People who hold troops and respect themselves have never had a good end with Emperor Chongzhen. This third step can only be implemented after the war on Zhou Xian's side ends. Gao Qiqian will definitely make Emperor Chongzhen completely suspicious of him even if he cannot get rid of Zhou Xian. As for the future, he will deprive Emperor Chongzhen of his trust in him bit by bit, and he will eventually achieve his goal.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiqian chuckled twice. He supported his chin with his right hand and asked downwards: "Does Eunuch Du have anything else to tell us?"

Kneeling beside him was a young eunuch who was about twenty years old and had a fair face. It was Du Xun's new godson, Xiao Lizi. He smiled and said in a compliment: "Godfather said that with Eunuch Gao's intelligence, there is no need for villains to say more. Once you look at the contents of the letter, you will know what to do."

Gao Qiqian laughed and said, "Good boy, Du Xun is such a blessing. I have accepted a well-behaved son like you. Go! Go outside to get fifty taels of silver reward. In addition, immediately go into the palace and send the letter Du has given to the emperor."

Little Lizi quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Gao, I'll do it now."

Gao Qiqian watched Little Lizi leave, slowly stood up, and the candlelight behind him shone his shadow. He walked out of the hall, looked up at the stars in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Xian! Zhou Xian. One day, our family will let you know that your biggest mistake is to mess with our family."

Zhou Xian suddenly sneezes for no reason. He touched the tip of his nose and murmured in a low voice: "Which bastard is cursing me again!" As he said that, he raised the book in his hand again. Gu Yanwu is not a loss for the three masters of the late Ming Dynasty. He can write a novel from a philosophical perspective.
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