Zhu Cixuan originally envisioned the first month of the offensive as a blitzkrieg aimed at regaining Taiyuan. The tactical difficulty lies in attacking both sides and attacking the enemy unprepared. The reason why he wanted to take charge was because the enemy's situation was complicated, including the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Datong Surrender Army - the newly formed Green Camp, the rebel army led by Yuan Zongdi, and the bandits formed by the Ming army's defeated troops.

The situation of our army is not simple. Zuo Guangxian and Niu Chenghu Mountain are blocked by the water, and it is too difficult to cooperate in combat. At the same time, the opening of two battlefields in the north and south is also too demanding for military force. Moreover, after the fall of Shanxi, loyal and righteous people from Jin Province formed large and small king-supporting troops, relying on the support of local gentry to deal with the Qing soldiers. The largest of them was the "Jiaoshan Army". In the original historical script, they had counterattacked Taiyuan City in the sixth year of Shunzhi, but unfortunately they were defeated.

Whether it is Zuo Guangxian or Niu Chenghu, they are indeed experienced brave generals in war, but they are unable to meet ideological issues such as politics, economy, and people's hearts. In this case, someone needs to make the decision. Looking at the East Palace system, there are only Zhu Cixuan, Wu Di and Sun Chuanting. Once a major event happens, they need to make a decision without hesitation to avoid delays.

Yuan Zongdi led his troops to revolt is an example.

Now Zhu Cilang accepts it without hesitation, which is equivalent to achieving half of the combat goal ahead of schedule.

Moreover, Zhu Cilang also knew a secret that had not happened, that is, Jiang Yan, the defender of Datong, was not a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. This person who came to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty without any ethics, according to the original historical script, would raise an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the year of Wuzi five years later, which is known in history as the "Wuzi Incident".

The end of the Wuzi Incident was that the rebel general Yang Zhenwei killed Jiang Guan and surrendered to Ajige. Ajige was angry that Datong defended and massacred after entering the city. Except for Yang Zhenwei's family, they were able to preserve them. Almost all the people of Datong were slaughtered, and the surrounding prefectures and counties were also implicated, known in history as the "Datong Massacre".

There are more green camp soldiers in Shanxi than Manchurian soldiers. If Jiang Guan can make good use of his capriciousness, Shanxi may also be able to go down in one go. If he occupied Shanxi before the Qing army reinforced Shaanxi, it would be just enough to separate Shaanxi from Beizhi, which would shake its morale.

When it comes to Jiang Guan's level, neither Wu Guan nor Sun Chuanting can make a decisive decision, nor can they make any promises. In terms of Jiang Guan's position, if the Ming army was just a supervisor, he would not easily rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Just like Yuan Zongdi could not surrender to Niu Chenghu.

"I don't know that Your Highness is coming to Shanxi, and I originally wanted to go to Huaiqing Mansion." Guo Jingzhong knew that it would be worrying when he met halfway, especially the prince was wearing casual clothes, and the route leaked was a big deal. He explained: "As for learning that Your Highness is in Huaiqing, it was because I read the "Huiming News" a few days ago and saw Your Highness be in Luoyang and presided over the affairs of Henan's governance. I think that when the spring plowing comes, Henan is the granary of the Central Plains, and Your Highness will probably go."

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Actually, I was going to have a wedding in Jinan. Later, the courtesans said that they could not perform this great gift, so they had to give up. Since that's the case, I will restore Shanxi first when the Qinghuang was not in the process."

Guo Jingzhong smiled and said, "Your Highness is as heavy as light as he can. It is indeed the sway of the hero."

Zhu Cilang shook his head and said, "The heroic lord is not worthy of being considered a promising person."

"Your Highness. I have something unknown, so I dare to ask for advice."

"I dare not say it, sir."

"In my opinion, the importance of the world is nothing more than the capital and Jiangnan. Your Highness is based in Shandong, backing Jiangnan, and taking the capital from the north. It is the situation of hegemony and determination in one battle. Why should we take Shanxi first?" Guo Jingzhong asked.

Zhu Cilang was devoted to strategic decision-making, and the General Staff had given various feasible and unfeasible plans. Guo Jingzhong's question was not beyond the scope after all. He said: "If you concentrate large troops and conquer Jifu in one fell swoop, it would not be difficult in terms of military terms." Now, there are nearly 40,000 main combat soldiers under the two divisions and battalions under the Eastern Palace. If all of these 40,000 people were placed in Northern Zhili, even if the Qing Dynasty defended the entire army, it might not be able to defend Beijing.

"Just this happens, the two armies are in a decisive battle." Zhu Cixuan said: "Even if we win, our army will suffer a lot of losses, which is not worth it in my opinion."

Guo Jingzhong nodded slightly. The exchange of troops is a matter of opinion. Some people think that one exchange or two is profitable, but in Zhu Cixuan's opinion, if you cannot annihilate the enemy several times, it will be a loss.

"And," Zhu Cilang smiled, "the governments and military towns in various places should be purged. Instead of letting those people disobey the situation in the future, it is better to go all the way now, completely eliminate the root of disaster and create a peaceful world for future generations."

Guo Jingzhong looked at Zhu Cilang and said, "This is exactly what the founding king was thinking about."

To say that Zhu Cilang was the founding king, it was in Guo Jingzhong's opinion that the Ming Dynasty had already destroyed the country. However, the Ming people did not have the habit of exaggerating the online literary inquisition, and they were not the Qing Dynasty in later generations, so no one paid attention to the grammatical errors in Guo Jingzhong's words.

However, Zhu Ciyang knew that his name was defending the country and reviving the country was not much different from the founding of the country and the foundation. Many people were blindly optimistic that the Ming Dynasty still had half of the country, but in fact, Jiangnan was completely in the hands of the powerful, not the court.

However, it cannot be blamed for Guo Jingzhong. Not every monk is Yao Guangxiao, and not every Taoist priest is Zhuge Liang. Guo Jingzhong is proficient in medical skills and swordsmanship, and naturally puts less effort into the dragon-slaying technique. Since Zhu Cixuan was born in this life, he has always thought about how to pacify the world every day. The deeper his thoughts, the more he gains.

Along the way, Guo Jingzhong taught Zhu Ciyang some Taoist health skills, which were all simple and easy-to-use breathing and guidance techniques. Through chatting with Guo Jingzhong, Zhu Ciyang realized that the knowledge on paper was always shallow. He found that he had found a Taoist priest who had the right to promote "ideology" work, which was a result of half the effort with twice the effort. No wonder the Zhang family failed to give a satisfactory answer.

In fact, the people who really make the people regarded as gods are all Taoist priests of Quanzhen.

These Taoists do not use expensive medicinal materials to refine alchemy, nor do they devote their time and energy to cumbersome scientific instruments. They generally master the two skills of medical skills and sword skills, use superb medical skills to warm the body and mind of the people, and then use sword skills to shock evil people with bad intentions.

When outsiders accept them, they will teach the "Take of Silence" to influence sentient beings. They will never have to worry about heavy metal poisoning caused by taking pills. Everything is concentrated on spiritual liberation.

There are only eight words of spiritual liberation: like a person who drinks water, knows the temperature and heat.

It is not because you don’t have enough understanding, not because you don’t have true truth.

Guo Jingzhong is obviously also the best among the Taoist priests in Longmen. Zhu Cilang soon saw his "true" side, which made people feel gentle and close. In addition, the dialectics handed down by Lao Tzu, Master Guo's skills in philosophical thinking also made Zhu Cilang amazed. It can be said that if Master Guo's level is rampant in the later generations where "masters" are rampant, he can definitely be rated as a "master".

Especially in some issues in the worldview, the original concept of Quanzhen Buddhism is consistent with Zhu Cilang, and he feels that he wishes he had met too late.

Guo Jingzhong was still in his spare time to guide Min Ziruo to practice martial arts and exert his strength, which soon reduced Min Ziruo's hostility. When the group arrived in Zezhou, Guo Jingzhong had completely integrated into this small team and was attracted by Zhu Cilang.

"Sir, go and go back quickly," Zhu Cixuan said to Guo Jingzhong, "When the war in Shanxi is over, we will discuss how to implement the Quanzhen religion in the Ming Dynasty."

Guo Jingzhong was in the demeanor of a master, but he just bowed his body and left gracefully.

With the comparison of Taoist Huanyang, Zhang from Longhushan is obviously a bit too incompetent.

Zhu Cilang originally hoped that there would be a tutor to spread the idea of ​​"loyalty and righteousness" and follow the Taoist priests to spread the "supernatural power" to completely consolidate the soldiers' ideological positions from two aspects and build an army with "faith". Now it seems that the tutoring system is very successful, and "loyalty and righteousness" is originally imprinted in the blood of the world, so there is no need to say much. However, the belief in the priest has not been established for a long time. Even if there is a little bit, it is just "supercredity" rather than belief.

This is not because a Taoist priest is lazy, but because many Taoist priests don’t know what faith is.

Now that Guo Jingzhong is present, Zhu Cilang's heart is alive again. It seems that there is God's will in the dark. The title of "Quanzhen Dazhen" appears in his mind for no reason. It can remedy the scattered situation of Quanzhen Sect. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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