Phoenix Castle is more than 400 miles away from Shengjing, but it is only more than 100 miles away from Zhenjiang Fort on the Yalu River. Huang Taiji's plan was to let Geng Zhongming pretend to be an internal response and lure Lu Xiangsheng and his Dongjiang army here. When the time comes, Huang Taiji will make another arrangement, and Lu Xiangsheng must not be able to come back.

Another advantage of choosing this location is that even if Lu Xiangsheng wanted to escape, he didn't run away so quickly; Moreover, this place is far from the coast, and even farther from the Guanning area; Once a war breaks out here, even if Lu Xiangsheng resists stubbornly, it is impossible to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

After deliberating for a while, Huang Taiji began to act again. passed on the other leaders of the Phoenix Castle, and scolded him with a slap in the face, anyway, it was a thorn, this is not too easy. After scolding, he also took away Geng Zhongming's title of King Huaishun, and then left in a huff.

For this situation, everyone was a little indignant for Geng Zhongming, especially his henchmen, who even shouted at Geng Zhongming, saying that Huang Taiji was because they were all Han surrendered, so they were suspicious and suspicious of them. I took the title of prince today, and if I can't do it well tomorrow, I will send someone to get someone.

On the contrary, Geng Zhongming's son, Geng Jimao, said to Geng Zhongming in a complaining tone: "Father, the children have all said, what are you doing with those fugitives?" And they were fed. Looking around, we have the best side of Phoenix Castle for those dog minions. Father......

Geng Zhongming frowned when he heard this, and immediately reprimanded: "This king does things, and you don't need to teach him!" ”

He is a Han native of Liaodong, but he also did not accept the oppression of those officials in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, and at a very early age, he defected to Nurhachi against the Ming Dynasty and became the head of Qian. But then he discovered that Nurhachi did not treat the Han people as human beings and slaughtered them at every turn. This made him see through what kind of goods Jianyu was, and finally led the people of Liaodong to defect to Mao Wenlong. Fighting under Mao Wenlong, he was also brave and good at fighting, accumulating merit and being promoted to a general, and even being in charge of the property of the Dongjiang Army, which shows that his ability can win Mao Wenlong's great trust.

For him, he was sympathetic to the Han people in Liaodong, so even after he surrendered to Jianyu, he would give some care to the Han slaves within his ability.

In the original history, Geng Zhongming was a fugitive in private possession, was reported by others, and was to be killed according to the law. Therefore, he finally chose to commit suicide.

However, it is clear that his son does not have his experience, so naturally his attitude towards Hannu is different.

What's more, now in Geng Jimao's opinion, his father's crown has been taken away, so that the possibility of him taking over the throne is no longer at all, of course, he is also angry.

At this time, Geng Jimao was reprimanded, not only did he not admit his mistake and shut up, but straightened his neck and said: "The emperor is as kind to us as a mountain, when we were desperate, he didn't care about the fact that we had fought against the Qing Dynasty, and he also treated him as a king." Such a generous kindness, father, you can't do a good enough job in dealing with those minions, I'm sorry for the emperor, if you want the child to say, just use it to death, if you die, you will die, and you will go back and catch it. Father, why don't you hurry up and write a piece to the emperor, saying that your father is wrong......"

His words made Geng Zhongming so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to slap him.

But at this moment, he stared at his son, and saw that his son was still straightening his neck, and he looked reasonable, and I was right, and suddenly, he suddenly realized.

Why did Huang Taiji choose to do this by himself, and why did Huang Taiji feel that he would not betray the Great Qing Kingdom?

It is because his son is truly loyal to the Qing Dynasty, which reassures Huang Taiji.

In the original history, it has indeed proved that this Geng Jimao, unlike his father, is the same as Shang Kexi, and is truly loyal to the Manchus.

He and Shang Kexi captured Guangzhou, and then launched a massacre that lasted for 12 days, killing men, women, and children, regardless of gender, and the death toll reached 700,000 according to the statistics of the monks who collected the corpses.

Subsequently, he made great contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's southern and northern wars and helped the Manchus eliminate the Southern Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Geng Zhongming figured this out, and he couldn't stop slapping it, so he immediately blackened his face and let the others leave, and then took out the secret decree given by Huang Taiji and said, "See for yourself!" ”

Geng Jimao didn't know what he meant, and immediately took the secret decree and looked at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, not only was the prince not actually taken away, but even promised that after the matter was completed, this throne would be hereditary. That doesn't mean that he, Geng Jimao, will be 100% able to be a prince after his father dies!

Thinking like this, he was so excited that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Shengjing.

Geng Zhongming looked at his son's behavior, and felt a little mixed feelings, and finally looked at his son in a daze and didn't speak.

After Geng Jimao finished kowtowing reverently, he stood up and said to Geng Zhongming with a smile: "It's the child who blames the father, the father wants to beat or scold, and the child admits it!" ”

When Geng Zhongming heard this, he sighed in his heart, but he didn't scold, but sat down to drink tea and rest, he was a little tired.

When Geng Jimao saw it, he immediately stepped forward and beat his father's back again, and poured tea for his father, and he was very diligent. At the same time, he also said to Geng Zhongming: "Father, how to complete this matter explained by the emperor, you must think about it......"

I don't know why, Geng Zhongming couldn't listen to it anymore, stood up a little irritably, and said impatiently to his son: "This matter must be kept secret, as for the things explained in the will, the emperor has already taken care of it, so you should not know." ”

"Ah, it turns out that the emperor has already explained, so it must be the best." When Geng Jimao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and after immediately admiring it, he really stopped talking.

Geng Zhongming put away the secret decree, walked out of the door, looked up at the sky, and thought in his heart: At this time, it's a pity that Kong Youde is not around, otherwise, he is the only brother he can say without words!

Soon, on the side of Phoenix Castle, because Huang Taiji came like this, the atmosphere became delicate.

Those Jianzhou Jurchen people have openly expressed their dissatisfaction with the surrender of the Han people, dare to accuse, and are no longer afraid of Geng Zhongming, after all, even the prince has been taken away, and he must have lost his sacred heart, what are you afraid of!

And Geng Zhongming, on his side, also felt injustice about the injustice he encountered. Finally, one of Geng Zhongming's personal guards took Geng Zhongming's military order and secretly went to find the Ming army.

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Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away from Jingshi, although he had an eavesdropping system in hand, but the eavesdropping seeds were not installed for Huang Taiji after all, so he naturally didn't know anything about what Huang Taiji was secretly doing.

He just deduced from the eavesdropping seeds on several people that Huang Taiji was inspecting the places in Liaodong, supervising the armaments, and changing the garrisons in various places.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not pay special attention to it, anyway, it was good if the emperor Taiji loved it, as long as he was not conspiring against the Ming Dynasty.

As for Huang Taiji's killing of all the Korean monarchs and ministers, Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew about it as soon as possible. He is not sad about the death of the Korean monarch and minister, and now North Korea is equivalent to having no master.

However, Dongjiang Town is here after all, judging from the news of Lu Xiangshengna's eavesdropping seed feedback, most of the North Koreans have defected to the Dongjiang Army, and now Phi Dao has completely become a training base for the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army of North Koreans.

Of course, not all Koreans want to defect to the Ming Dynasty, and some people set up their own regimes on the Korean side and attack each other; Because of the experience of the Korean monarchs and ministers, most of these people did not defect to the Ming Dynasty, nor did they go to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the plan in their hearts is to expand their own power first, and the battle of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is a bystander situation.

In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng didn't care about them. His energy is mainly on dealing with Liaodong Jianyu. It's not too late to clean up these small fish and shrimp in North Korea. Of course, there is another reason, that is, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how to deal with the current situation in North Korea, so he wrote a piece of music, and now he is on his way to Beijing.

The Korean monarchs and ministers, including the Li family, were all taken away by Jian. If this is not the case, then it is likely that the Ming Dynasty will support someone from the Li clan to serve as the new Korean lord, but now there is none. For the terra nullius of North Korea, Lu Xiangsheng suggested in the recital that it can be said that the Ming Dynasty is the province of Korea and the people of Shandong should be relocated to enrich North Korea.

However, this approach is still somewhat scruples for Lu Xiangsheng. After all, this is the land of the Ming Sect, and it was occupied by the Ming Sect's master country, which seems to be a bit unreasonable. But in terms of practical benefits, it is the best way to do it.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have those scruples of Lu Xiangsheng about this, and the Korean monarchs and ministers were all killed, even if someone in North Korea continued to pretend to be someone from the Li family to make trouble, how many people would recognize the Li family? If you want to save face, you should make a book of the people of the DPRK. I don't believe it, between the Ming Dynasty and the original Li clan in North Korea, who will the Korean people choose! The noisy Korean courtiers are gone anyway.

Thinking about these things, time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the eighth month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. Whether it's Daming or Liaodong, the weather is a little hot.

On Guanglu Island, in Lu Xiangsheng's newly established governor's yamen, he was looking at the map of Liaodong, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously there was something not very pleasant.

On the table next to it, stacks of paper were stacked.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the map, then flipped through the stacks of paper, and then marked the map with a brush.

After a long while, he sat back in his seat, rubbed his head, and said to himself: "Now it has been more than a year since the Battle of Pyongyang, although the emperor has not urged, but the Dongjiang Army can't be idle all the time, and won't do it at any time!" ”

The reason for this is the lack of news about Liaodong. The Han people fled everywhere, and he got some news. However, these pieces of information are not reliable, and today the one who says that there are only 5,000 troops in Gaizhou, and tomorrow the one who says that the army in Gaizhou has withdrawn to Haizhou, and as a result, someone immediately says that there is a Jianguo army stationed in Gaizhou. With such news, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't confirm how many people and horses there were in Gaizhou, and how many troops were built around it.

A few months ago, he tried to contact Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to see if these two former Ming generals could change their minds, the military information they got from them would definitely be much more reliable.

It's just that I didn't expect that the talents here had just been sent out, whether it was Kong Youde or Geng Zhongming, all of them were transferred, and they were not contacted at all.

"The Jinyi Guard's secret agent over there, I don't know if there is any latest military intelligence news coming back?" Lu Xiangsheng thought in his heart, so he stood up, strode out of the lobby, and went to a wing room in the front yard.

It's quiet, but when you get closer, you can hear the pigeons cooing. That's right, this is the place where the imperial court sent to train carrier pigeons.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng coming, the person who was training carrier pigeons, named Chen Er, immediately stood up and saluted.

Lu Xiangsheng had been here more than once, and Chen Er naturally knew what he came here for, so without waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to speak, he immediately said: "Lord Governor, it should be almost over, the villain's two carrier pigeons, or they can be used." As long as you send someone to Tianjin and release it, there is a great possibility that you can fly back here. ”

As soon as he heard this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, just like looking at a baby, and went over to look at the two carrier pigeons that Chen Er said. Although his eyes widened, he still couldn't see anything special in the end, but he was happy, and after admiring it for a while, he said: "Well done, then these two carrier pigeons will be sent to Tianjin as soon as possible." ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately returned, and taking advantage of this opportunity, he wrote another chapter, just to ask Emperor Chongzhen if he had the latest military information of Liaodong Jianyu.

This time, he even watched the two carrier pigeons being taken to the dock and sent home by clipper.

Chen Er's attendant saw that Lu Xiangsheng attached so much importance to it, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Governor, as long as you give the villain more time, there will only be more and more carrier pigeons that can be used when you turn around." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard it, he turned around with a burst of praise. If there is really communication with carrier pigeons, then the communication will be very convenient, and the unfavorable situation of the Dongjiang Army across the sea can be improved a lot.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng has not been idle, and he has been sent to the Liaodong Peninsula if he doesn't collect it at night, at this time, he is looking at the direction of Liaodong, and he is already thinking in his heart, whether to send the cavalry out to see, as long as he does not attack the city, I believe that Jianyu will not be able to keep the cavalry, and it can also exacerbate Jianyu's tension, and by the way, it is better to see Jianyu's reaction than not doing things all the time!

Thinking so, he immediately summoned Li Dingguo to discuss the military situation.

However, he didn't expect that before he could talk to Li Dingguo, he sent a sudden report from Ye Buhui: "Your Excellency Governor, Geng Zhongming of Liaodong has sent a messenger and wants to ask to see your lordship." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the person?" Bring it to see the official! ”

Geng Zhongming took the initiative to send someone over, what is the purpose, it must not be said!