At the same time, on Phi Island, where Dongjiang Town is located, there were no Koreans to tell them, so they went back to Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding, and said that tens of thousands of Jianguo cavalry troops had entered the territory of North Korea, and the target was unknown, but judging from their galloping, it seemed that there was a possibility of a long-distance attack.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he immediately guessed that it was not possible for Jianyu to send troops to North Korea on a large scale this time.

While he ordered another investigation, he immediately convened a meeting of generals and leaders at all levels.

Among them, Li Guo guarded Lushun and was not on Phi Island, but Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of the Naval Division, just happened to inspect the islands and returned to Phi Island.

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at the generals below and said solemnly: "The last time Jianyu was transferred back to Liaodong by the emperor's plan to save Zhao from Wei and Wei was surrounded, after more than half a year of rest, it is also expected to use troops against North Korea again. However, the number of troops, what the strategy is, everything is unknown. But the official estimated that this time they were likely heading for Seoul, North Korea. What do you think about this? ”

As soon as he heard this, Gao Yigong immediately came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "My lord, since the last battle of Pyongyang, our army has suffered a great loss of vitality, although many Koreans have joined our Dongjiang army, but they have only been training for more than half a year, and they cannot fight Jianqing. If Jianyu wants to attack Seoul this time, the number of troops will definitely not be small, and our army is afraid that it will be powerless. ”

"Yes, my lord, we have all killed and injured so many comrades, if it weren't for the emperor's rescue, the consequences would not even be unimaginable." Li Laiheng also followed, and said in a loud voice, "This time, it can't be our Ming Dynasty to fight for the lord of Korea, right?" Anyway, they have to be able to fight themselves! ”

Obviously, in his heart, he looks down on North Koreans.

Lu Xiangsheng listened, did not say anything, but turned his gaze to the silent Li Dingguo.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo stood up and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "The last general thinks that when it is clear that Jianguo sent troops to North Korea this time, the target is North Korea or our Dongjiang Army. As far as the last general is concerned, compared with our Dongjiang Army, the last general believes that our Dongjiang Army can make Jianyu more fearful. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded when he heard this, and there was no doubt about this, "Then what do you mean, that is, you will not send troops this time?" ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he replied seriously: "Whether to send troops or not, the general should act according to the orders of adults." However, if we send troops, the last general will think that our Dongjiang Army can no longer fight with Jianyu head-on, and this is not the strength of our Dongjiang Army! ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded again when he heard this, thinking that this son was really much more thoughtful than the other two, and he was a good seedling.

Thinking so, he turned his head to look at Zheng Zhilong again and asked him what he thought.

Zheng Zhilong had already thought about it when Lu Xiangsheng asked the others, so he immediately replied: "My lord, the last general thinks that if there is no water division in Jianyu, the last general can lead the water division to Seoul to rescue. If the Jianyu is strong, then take the Korean monarchs and ministers to the islands, block the sea routes, and be optimistic about the Korean monarchs and ministers, and the Jianyu will have no choice. ”

When he said this, the word "optimistic" bit a little hard. Li Laiheng and Gao Yigong couldn't hear it, but Lu Xiangsheng heard it at once, and couldn't help but praise it secretly in his heart, it was really Zheng Zhilong, who was far more experienced than ordinary people.

For Da Ming, he really doesn't care much about what the Jianyu has ruined North Korea, to put it mildly, to put it mildly. What the Ming Dynasty cares about is that the Korean monarchs and ministers do not fall to Jianyu, and they are not used by Jianyu. In this way, the most important thing in North Korea is the Korean monarch and minister.

Using Zheng Zhilong's strategy, you can ignore how many troops Jianyu has to attack North Korea, and go directly to Seoul to reinforce them, firstly, it is also the rescue responsibility of the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, and secondly, you can also watch the Korean monarchs and ministers, no matter what means Jianyu uses, as long as the Korean monarchs and ministers are isolated on the island, even if Jianyu uses any means of coercion and temptation, without the consent of the Ming army, even if the Korean monarchs and ministers want to surrender to Jianyu, they can't do it.

And when Jianyu retreated, their misdeeds in North Korea were Jianguo's crimes, and the harm they suffered was only North Koreans. The name of incompetence, of course, also has to be borne by the Korean monarchs and ministers. At that time, the Ming army released the Korean monarchs and ministers from the island back to the mainland, and continued to rule Korea, which was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

There are some things that you can't say explicitly, but that's exactly what happened.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong only deliberately emphasized the word "optimistic", which is generally not heard by people who do not understand politics, but Lu Xiangsheng can hear it, and he immediately agrees, because this is the most in line with the interests of the Dongjiang Army and the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

As far as Lu Xiangsheng is concerned, he is first and foremost an official of the Ming Dynasty, the highest official sent by Emperor Chongzhen to rebuild the Dongjiang Army and contain Jianyu from the side. Of course, he will not forget his duties.

The previous battle of Pyongyang had proved the incompetence of the North Korean army, and Jianguo was indeed strong, if he only relied on the troops in his hands, he would not be able to confront Jianguo head-on. And just as Li Laiheng said, in the battle of Pyongyang, the vitality of the Dongjiang Army was greatly damaged, because it was far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it was very difficult to replenish the troops. If it is fought like the Battle of Pyongyang, the soldiers will definitely resist.

In addition, the motives of this captivity, the size of the troops, etc., everything is unknown, whether it will be like the last time, the drunkard did not intend to drink, and lured the Dongjiang Army out again, intending to destroy the Dongjiang Army, it is not easy to say.

For all these reasons, Zheng Zhilong's suggestion is the best way.

As a result, Lu Xiangsheng finally decided to act according to Zheng Zhilong's suggestion, and the sailors rescued with a little more momentum, showing Jianyu and the North Koreans.

After seeing Zheng Zhilong's sailor warship set off in a majestic manner, Lu Xiangsheng was on the pier of Phi Dao, looking at the direction of Liaodong, and fell into deep thought.

Nowadays, from the coast of Liaodong, it is often possible to receive the Han people of Liaodong who have escaped. According to their descriptions, the days of Liaodong Jianyu were not easy. If he can send troops to continue to harass Jianguo, Jianguo will be crucified in Liaodong and will not be able to go anywhere.

However, if you want to send troops to the hinterland of Liaodong, you must know the deployment of Jianyu's troops in Liaodong, and it is best to know their troop movements, etc. These things, just relying on those Liaodong Han people who escaped, are completely foggy, and if the news is accidentally omitted, the consequences will be very serious.

"Alas, it would be nice if the emperor had the ability to do things like a god, or with the assistance of the secret agents of Jinyiwei, and knew the inside story of Jianyu." Lu Xiangsheng thought in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that the emperor had specially confessed and asked to let go of the Gushan Ezhen Turge who had built a white flag. By the way, he remembered his previous deployment and put the intention of Shang Kexi's subordinates to put the foreman Zhifu back.

In the previous time, the reason why Lu Xiangsheng put Ban Zhifu and others who witnessed Shang Kexi's death back was to spread the things about Shang Kexi's death through their mouths and listen to them who betrayed their lords and sought glory.

"Now, isn't it time to test it, what will be the attitude of those two?" Lu Xiangsheng secretly measured in his heart, "With their status on the Jianguo side, they will definitely be able to know the military deployment of the Jianguo, and even if there is a transfer or something, they can also know that it will be very helpful for their side to contain the Jianyu!" ”

As soon as this thought popped up, he couldn't suppress it, and Lu Xiangsheng finally decided that no matter what, it was always okay to give it a try.

The two people he thought of were naturally the pseudo-Qing Gongshun King Kong Youde and the Huaishun King Geng Zhongming.

However, there is one point, Lu Xiangsheng thought about it, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, although they were named kings with different surnames in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they actually did not have the corresponding status and identity, not to mention that the real Jianzhou Jurchens did not take them seriously, even the people of other tribes in Liaodong did not treat them too much as princes.

This is still before, since last year, their life has actually been even more sad.

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In Kong Youde's mansion in Jinzhou, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming got together again, and there were not even personal guards around, and the personal guards of the two were driven by the two of them to stay at the door.

I saw Kong Youde take out a small jar, "snap" and seal it, divide it by two, remove the sealing mud or something, and a rich aroma of wine floated out: "This is a small jar of wine that I have treasured for a long time, farewell today, I don't know when we will see you again, we will not return if we are not drunk!" ”

"Hehe, just this little wine, my old Geng can drink it all alone, and I can't get drunk at all." Geng Zhongming listened and said with a smile, "I haven't drunk wine for a long time, and I came up when I smelled the wine worms." ”

Kong Youde listened, and stopped pouring wine, and after drinking a few sips directly at the mouth of the altar, he reached out and handed the wine jar to Geng Zhongming and said, "Come, drink it in one go!" ”

When Geng Zhongming heard this, he didn't talk nonsense, he immediately took it, and then drank it "coo-dong", and in one breath, he drank all the wine.

After drinking, he still smacked his mouth, slapped the small altar on the table casually, and shouted: "Enjoyable, enjoyable!" ”

After sighing, Geng Zhongming's face suddenly changed, he no longer smiled, sighed and whispered: "You say, is there still time for us to meet again?" ”

Hearing this, Kong Youde was also silent.

Neither of them is stupid, Huang Taiji is secretly investigating the affairs of Jinyiwei's secret agents, especially focusing on these generals, even if it is not obvious, they are also detected by the two of them.

This time, Huang Taiji's will was to transfer both of them to the hinterland of Liaodong and to different places, which made the two of them feel a strong sense of distrust. This is for fear that the two of them will collude with the Ming Kingdom and sell the coastal city to the Ming Kingdom.

After a long while, Geng Zhongming suddenly broke the silence and whispered a little angrily: "Both of us are noble princes, and if you count a ball on the side of the Ming Kingdom, how could the emperor believe the rumors and think that the two of us will have problems!" ”

"Alas!" When Kong Youde heard this, he also sighed and said, "What's wrong with this, because we used to have an enmity with the Qing Dynasty, we are Han people, and they suspect the two of us, what's so strange!" ”

Speaking of this, he sighed again and said, "I really didn't expect that this kind of bullshit thing would be there!" I thought that the Qing Emperor was wise and martial, and he would be different from other emperors. Can't we just fight a good war, just be a pure general, can't we? ”

In the past, when they were in the Dongjiang Army, there were all kinds of intrigues, but after going to Sun Yuanhua's men, they were still intrigues, and in the end, they were eliminated from the Han people from Liaodong and had to surrender to the enemy.

When he was still an enemy, he felt that Huang Taiji was wise and powerful, eloquent and strategic, and he was a good lord, but I didn't expect that in the past few years, I have become more and more able to recognize that this Qing Emperor is actually just like that!

In the room, there was silence for a while, and Geng Zhongming broke the silence and said: "That Ban Zhifu, according to reliable information, was tortured to death by them. Do you think he will be a secret agent of Jinyiwei? ”

"Although we don't deal with him, at least I can guarantee that he certainly isn't!" When Kong Youde heard this, he immediately shook his head and said without hesitation.

When Geng Zhongming heard this, he also nodded and said, "Yes, I don't believe that he will be a secret agent of Jinyiwei." But they believe it, and if they don't admit it, they will be tortured to death! ”

Speaking of this, he sighed in a low voice and said, "I don't know if we will end up with Ban Zhifu in the future!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, how can that class of Zhifu compare with us!" When Kong Youde heard this, he immediately reprimanded him, "Anyway, both of us are the princes of the Qing Dynasty." The emperor is suspicious of us, but if there is no evidence, it will not be good for us, otherwise, what will the other Ming who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty think? ”

To some extent, the two of them are really a flag and a horse bone. Unless the evidence is conclusive, Huang Taiji will not beat himself in the mouth.

Geng Zhongming listened, but said a little unconvinced: "If you don't suspect the two of us, why do you want to separate the two of us and transfer them to the hinterland of Liaodong?" With the skills of the two of us, it should be the coast that is where we come in, right? went to the hinterland of Liaodong, do you really have to be an idle prince? ”

Kong Youde listened, was silent for a while and said: "Forget it, don't guess, as long as we have a clear conscience." In the future, let's take one step at a time. ”

"This prince is actually not interesting at all." Geng Zhongming didn't stop the topic, but said in a low voice, "In the past few days, I've dreamed about it again. You say, before this person dies, will he really be like Shang Kexi? ”

"Say no more!" When Kong Youde heard this, he said in a stern voice, but when he saw that Geng Zhongming continued to stare at him indifferently and didn't take his reprimand seriously, he was helpless, so he had no choice but to say, "You ask me about this, who do I ask?" Actually, during this time, I have also dreamed of them, dreaming of before. Do you know what I dreamed of what they said to me? ”

"Say what?" When Geng Zhongming heard this, he asked a little curiously.

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