Mao Wenlong accepted the glory of Chongzhen's name for the child, and the emperor's grace was vast, so he naturally had to express it. Early the next morning, Mao Wenlong found Wu Chengen and asked him to convey his gratitude.

Wu Chengen was overjoyed and promised to bring Mao Wenlong's kindness to Chongzhen, and then, Wu Chengen said goodbye and went back to Nanjing to resume his life. And Princess Taiping is still staying in Mao's Mansion, Mao Wenlong is also casual at this point, and now he is no longer afraid of Princess Taiping harming his home.

Since Mao Wenlong recovered Jingshi, Daming has calmed down, and the birth of the child has also been celebrated. Now it's time to settle accounts with Wu Sangui, and Mao Wenlong has never forgotten this.

All the generals gathered in the council hall today, and Mao Wenlong took the opportunity of everyone gathering together, and by the way, he wanted to discuss with everyone how to capture Liaodong.

Hong Chengchou, as a military advisor, took the lead in speaking: "Liaodong is Wu Sangui's old nest, and it has been in business for many years and is deeply rooted. If you want to take it directly, there will inevitably be a big war. ”

Cheng Zuo also spoke later: "Liaodong is indeed not as good as other places, it has always been the forefront of facing Houjin, and Wu Sangui has been able to entrench in Liaodong for so many years, which shows that he is indeed outstanding." If the commander-in-chief wants to attack head-on, as the military advisor said, a big battle is inevitable. ”

Mao Wenlong raised his eyes and saw that the nods present were like pounding garlic, obviously, everyone agreed with what Chengzuo and Hong Chengchou said just now.

After some contemplation, Mao Wenlong spoke: "Since there must be a fierce battle in a frontal attack, then everyone will express their opinions and talk about what other ways can be outwitted." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone below immediately fell silent, obviously, there was no way to outwit them at present.

Mao Wenlong waited for a while, but no one replied, and immediately sneered: "It's impossible to attack head-on, and there is no way to outwit it now." Everyone did not express their opinions, did they all agree with the decision to send troops to Liaodong this time? ”

Seeing that Mao Wenlong had begun to show signs of fire, Hong Chengchou naturally couldn't be silent any longer, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Don't be in a hurry, the general soldier just doesn't want the casualties of his subordinates to be too large." And at this time, it is necessary to send troops to conquer Liaodong, which is indeed not the best time, if you can, please ask the general army to slow down a little longer. ”

"Slowly? Why do we need to take a break, and why not pursue while we are victorious? Mao Wenlong said in a deep voice.

Hong Chengchou glanced back at the generals present, and saw that there was an anxious look in his eyes, and he smiled bitterly: "It is naturally right to pursue by victory, but don't forget the general soldiers, we have a lot more cities now, and the current troops are quite insufficient even if they are stationed in various cities, not to mention that if we want to go to Liaodong, we will inevitably need to give up some cities and become empty spaces where no one is stationed." ”

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that from Beijing, Shanxi, and Datong currently need a large number of soldiers to garrison. Only 100,000 soldiers and horses have to garrison so many cities, which is indeed a serious shortage.

Thinking about the key, Mao Wenlong was also single, he nodded and admitted: "Okay, it was the negligence of the general army, and the matter of the conquest of Liaodong was slowed down." But you must not slack off, and within a month, we must stabilize all the cities we have just conquered. ”

"Yes, Commander!" When the generals heard Mao Wenlong's relief, everyone was relieved.

Chengzuo gave Hong Chengchou a grateful look, and then took the lead in saying goodbye to Mao Wenlong. The others also gave up their hands one after another, and the council hall was empty again in an instant, and it was quiet.

Mao Wenlong retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Hong Chengchou who was sitting beside him, and chuckled: "Do you think they can stabilize the city they just fought in a month?" ”

Hong Chengchou took a sip of tea, and then said leisurely: "There is pressure to be motivated, didn't the general soldiers see everyone's tense nerves just now, why do you need to ask more now." ”

Mao Wenlong laughed twice and said: "The military advisor is scheming, Mao admires it." ”

The two apparently conspired to act in front of everyone early on, in order to speed up the progress of the army expansion. Now Mao Wenlong's headache is not that the territory is not big enough, but that the territory is big, but there is no one to govern.

In particular, the population problem is even more serious, and the whole north has been in turmoil in recent years, and natural and man-made disasters have been continuous. The population has already plummeted, and it is no exaggeration to say that the population of the entire North is now five tenths less than it was a decade ago and a decade later.

The population has plummeted by more than half, and there has not been a break in two or three decades to recover. Fortunately, the population in the north is small, but there are still some people in the south, and it is completely possible to bring in displaced people from the south to fill the emptiness of the north.

"Then the next thing is the labor division." Mao Wenlong got up, bent down and saluted Hong Chengchou with his fists, and then left leisurely.

Hong Chengchou looked at Mao Wenlong's departing back, suddenly sighed lightly, shook his head and said to himself: "It seems that you really have no ambitions, but now that you have a son, then you must not let him follow you." ”

Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, but the city is very prosperous, Wu Sangui has been shrinking back since he escaped by luck, and he didn't dare to provoke Mao Wenlong again.

I was nervous for half a month, and I took sufficient precautions, but I never saw Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army come to crusade. Wu Sangui was relieved, but he was also quite puzzled, he felt that Mao Wenlong had no reason not to come to Liaodong, after all, he knew that Mao Wenlong hated him to the core.

"Lord Wang, why don't we try to contact Huang Taiji, if we have his help, we can not be afraid of Mao Wenlong's revenge." Li Ao had been worried about seeing Wu Sangui for many days, and finally couldn't help but speak to him.

"What are you doing with Huang Taiji?" Wu Sangui's face suddenly gloomy, and his expression was quite displeased.

Li Ao didn't expect Wu Sangui to behave like this, he hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Is there a gap between the prince and the emperor Taiji?" ”

Wu Sangui snorted coldly: "This king was almost killed by him when he was in Jingshi, do you think there is a gap between us?" ”

Li Ao was suddenly shocked: "Have the prince and Huang Taiji already torn their faces?" ”

Wu Sangui didn't hide it, and even informed Li Ao of what happened that night. Then he said angrily: "Put this king on the cusp of the storm, and he Huang Taiji only cares about his own escape, do you think this king can still be in the mood to conspire with that Huang Taiji?" ”

Li Ao shook his head without hesitation and said, "In this way, there is no need for the prince to have any contact with that emperor Taiji anymore." ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Not only do I not associate with him, but this king now wants to cut off his head with a knife." If it is not my race, its heart will be different, and the ancients will not deceive me! ”