Mu Ying's fleet went farther and farther until it disappeared on the vast river, and Ma Du turned to Mu Chun and Sanbao and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

As soon as the three of them left the trestle bridge, they saw a few brocade guards coming with a eunuch on a fast horse, and when they saw Ma Du, the eunuch hurriedly dismounted, and hurriedly said without waiting for his breath to even: "Uncle Guo, the emperor will decree that you will enter the palace immediately." ”

"Okay, let's go!" Ma Du responded with a smile and asked, "Dare to ask the little father-in-law, what is the emperor's edict on me?" ”

The little eunuch smiled wryly and said: "Uncle Guo asked the wrong person, the slave maid is just a little eunuch, where do you know the government affairs of the imperial court, but it looks like there is something big, and after the emperor's death, the emperor left all the ministers." ”

"Thank you." Ma Du also instructed Lao Liu to take Mu Chun and Sanbao back to Fangshan, and he rode a horse and followed the eunuch to the palace.

The little eunuch led him all the way to the outside of the Fengtian Palace, went in to make a report, and then came out to announce that Ma Du had entered the palace.

Ma Du stepped over the tall threshold, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his hands into the hall, a pair of eyes kept glancing left and right, there were few civil officials, but the military generals and nobles were all standing full, probably knowing where the war was going on.

Walked to the center of the position and lifted the hem, knelt down and saluted Lao Zhu, knocked his head Lao Zhu but didn't tell him to get up, secretly wondering what mistake he had made again, no, he has been very honest since he came back from Suzhou.

A small and gentle footsteps walked up to him, and Yuan Sheng's voice sounded in his ears, "Jiang Ninghou look at this." ”

Yuan Sheng handed him two folds, and Ma Du raised his head and flipped through the folds to look at the ten lines, and a pair of eyes secretly looked at Lao Zhu on the Dan Pier.

Today's Lao Zhu is wearing a bright red Tuanlong mending suit, and he looks very energetic like the groom's official, but his old face is as black as the black veil on his head, and he saw Ma Du patting the armrest at him, "Look what I do!" Look at the good girl you raised! ”

Ma Du was confused when he heard it, Naha didn't give you Lao Zhu's face, and suddenly went crazy and sent troops to capture Shenyang and directly attack the Guangning defense line, what is the matter with my daughter, she should now follow Urina outside Juyong Pass to ride a horse and shepherd sheep.

Lao Zhu said angrily: "Look at another book." ”

Ma Du opened another book suspiciously, this is the secret fold handed over by Jinyiwei, and after reading it, he was even more angry, obviously your son was in trouble, why rely on my daughter, she just told the truth.

It seemed that Ma Du's face was not angry, and Lao Zhu said angrily: "What's the matter, are you still not convinced?" ”

"Serve, the woman is not the godfather's fault, Weichen is willing to accept the punishment for the little girl!"

Ma Du put down the fold and paused again, he had never seen Lao Zhu protect the calf like this, his seventeen-year-old son stabbed the basket and asked the ten-year-old daughter of the Ma family to take the blame, it was simply unreasonable.

"It's good to know your mistakes, you will be fined for one year, and you can enter the class as soon as possible." Lao Zhu also seemed to know that this was not very kind, and he was lightly punished, but he was pitiful that Ma Du hadn't received Lu rice for a long time, and he couldn't touch the yamen of the household department.

Ma Du glanced at the military attache and stood behind Guo Ying.

At present, there is no war to fight, except for a small number of nobles stationed, most of them stay in Yingtian, and the ranks of military attachés in each court are obviously much more than those of civilian officials.

This is not all dispersed and there are more than a dozen left, there are only Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, the military department and the household servant on the civilian side, why is there no household department, because the household department is too difficult, only half of this year has been replaced by three.

Lao Zhu asked: "You are all my ministers of the Ming humerus, what do you think of this war?" ”

Tang He couldn't wait to say: "Weichen is willing to lead 200,000 troops to conquer Naha!" ”

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately jumped out to mock him, and Tang Zongsheng said: "Old Tang, have you eaten too much in this defeat?" If you want to take 200,000 men to fight Nahachu, don't you know that now as soon as the artillery goes off, the enemy will immediately be so frightened that they can't catch up with him. The emperor, as long as Weichen has 100,000 horses, he can defeat Naha and recover Liaodong. ”

"100,000?" Gu Shi jumped out and said: "Tang Zongsheng, you are too proud of Naha's old boy, your Majesty, Weichen is willing to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it will only take three months to bring Naha's head." ”

Eventually, the generals jumped out one after another, really regarded themselves as heavenly soldiers and generals, one was less than the other, and Chang Yuchun was the most shameless, saying that as long as there were 800 people, he could level Liaodong, and Chang 100,000 was enough for him to be proud? and eight hundred.

Lao Zhu swept his gaze to Ma Du, "Navy Governor, why don't you ask Ying to fight!" ”

I? Navy? Lao Zhu, is this a joke?

Ma Du came out of the class and said: "The emperor's subordinates are the navy, although there are marines, but the number is too small, I am afraid that I will not be able to help much." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many generals laughed, and Li Wenzhong said: "Xuanzhong, I really don't know much about military affairs, now Naha has concentrated his troops on the Guangning line, if the navy can land north from Jinzhou and take Shenyang, it can cut off his back road, or it can go north along the Yalu River, and after landing, it will directly take Kaiyuan, where the troops are empty, and then Naha's troops will inevitably be in chaos."

"Oh, that's fine." Ma Du muttered, he really didn't have the talent to fight.

Lao Zhu nodded and said: "If there is no navy, it's just a pity, now there is a navy that can win by surprise!" He said this, and it seemed that the navy would not be able to escape.

The generals looked at Ma Du with envious eyes one by one, and then looked at Lao Zhu with blank eyes, hoping that their names could be called.

Hu Weiyong suddenly came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has just finished conquering Wusizang, and the empty treasury is really not suitable for making a big move. ”

Ma Gui, the head of the household department, also said: "There is a lot of grain in the treasury, but there is really not much money, and it can maintain the expenses of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will not be able to support a big war." ”

It is no longer the year when you wrapped a red cloth around your head and went to the battlefield with a sickle and hoe, and the soldiers used artillery and muskets, and no matter how poor they were, they also had a hundred steel knives in their hands.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the gold was ten thousand taels, and the silver was spent like flowing water, and the imperial court couldn't hold on to the repeated wars, and the current Liaodong belonged to a place where birds don't, and there was not much benefit to be gained if they won the war.

Chang Yuchun shouted: "What nonsense, His Royal Highness King Yan killed Naha's son, and now the family has sent troops to the doorstep, now it would be strange if he was willing to surrender." ”

Lao Zhu nodded and said: "Treat others with yourself, if anyone kills my son, I will not give up." But Naha is not me, this person is at both ends of Qin Duchu and Shou Mouse, and he reads Mengyuan Imperial Court in his mouth, but he thinks of my glory and wealth in his heart, which is worse than Zhang Shicheng. At the moment he was only momentarily angry, and when my army arrived, he might surrender without firing a single shot. ”

Li Wenzhong said: "Then what if Naha doesn't surrender? ”

"If you don't surrender, then fight, and if you don't have any money, I'll issue treasury bonds to borrow from the people!" Lao Zhu looked at Ma Du and said, "Xuanzhong, do you say it's okay?" ”

"Your Majesty is rich all over the world, and I believe that the people of the Ming Dynasty are willing to lend money to the emperor, and I am not afraid that you will not be able to pay it back!"

It is still a little early to think of the timing of the issuance of treasure money, but if the treasury bonds are issued, as long as the appropriate interest rate is set, there is no problem at all, and once the treasury bonds are successful, the credibility of the bank will greatly increase, and the issuance of fast banknotes will be accelerated.

Lao Zhu looked at the military department again, "Liu Weiqian, how many soldiers and horses are there in Guangning and Beiping?" ”

"There are more than 30,000 elite people in Quang Ninh, of which there are 2,000 cavalry in the Shenji Battalion, and the rest are foot soldiers; There are 50,000 elite soldiers in Beiping, 5,000 in the Shenji Battalion, 15,000 cavalry, and the rest are foot soldiers. ”

Lao Zhu nodded, "It's enough, and then transfer 100,000 troops and horses from Yingtian and add 5,000 navy, a full 200,000 people, I don't believe that Naha dares to fight me to the end!" ”

A Ming army may not be able to beat a Mongolian warrior, but a hundred Ming troops can catch thousands of Mongolian warriors running around, and dispatching 200,000 troops at once is definitely to cut down Naha and eradicate the roots. This is to push Naha to a corner, he can only flee, die in battle or surrender, it is estimated that he will make the most unwise choice to surrender to Lao Zhu as in history.

Lao Zhu set the tone of fighting to promote surrender, and all the generals asked for their lives, Li Wenzhong and Chang Yuchun were the most active, and the 200,000 army could only be brought by the Guogong.

But Lao Zhu still left the position of coach to the new in-laws Feng Sheng, who was far away in Liaodong, and just some time ago, the daughter of the Feng family was engaged to Zhu Xiaowu.

Li Wenzhong and Chang Yuchun did not grab the commander, so naturally they would not be willing to give Feng Sheng a hand, but several marquis had the opportunity to lead the troops to the battle, including Ma Du, who also led the navy as a partial division. In fact, Ma Du didn't want to go, it was enough to have Qi Xiang and Mao Xiang, but if the girl poked the basket and became a father, he had to clean up the mess.

With Lao Zhu's order, the Ming Dynasty's war machine immediately began to operate, striving to prompt Naha to surrender before the winter moon, if it reached the wax moon, it would not be good for the Ming army in the cold Liaodong.

When Ma Du returned home, he immediately began to prepare for the expedition, he would not go with the large army, but needed to take a boat to Songjiang to meet the navy before setting off for Liaodong.

Song Shuang kept nagging while packing up for Ma Du, complaining about why the court let Ma Du go to war again, especially very dissatisfied with Lao Zhu's letting his daughter carry the black pot.

The old loach kept telling him to be careful in the battle array, and when he heard that Liaodong was very cold, he also brought his fur to Ma Du. Ma Du had no choice but to comfort him that this time he was going to form a group to scare people and not be able to fight, in fact, it is hard to say whether Feng Sheng will fight, but the navy will definitely fight, and the more beautiful the navy fights, the greater the pressure on Naha.

Xiao Yu'er didn't forget to remind Ma Du that she wanted to bring back Urina and Bi Lin, who were no longer at home and had no one to play with her, and took a letter to Ma Du for Ma Du to pass on to Ping'an.

This girl was raised in vain, she didn't worry about her brother but she was worried about her lover, she was still her wife, and she fought with Song Shuang until midnight, and the next morning she embarked on the journey with her sore legs.

Take a small boat and go straight down the Qinhuai River, and get on the official ship at the ferry of the Yangtze River, five small fortune boats are loaded with the navy's ammunition supply, and the other three thousand elite of the Shenji battalion, after all, the number of marines in the navy is indeed too small.

After waiting for another hour, Chang Mao hurried over, and Ma Du scolded with a slashed face: "After receiving the military order, it is in a state of preparation, why is it too late, I want to be beaten by the military stick!" ”

Chang Mao smiled: "It's not that your little nephew pestered me and didn't let me go, holding me crying and screaming so tightly that I finally put him to sleep." ”

Da Yu'er gave birth to a son to the Chang family, who was dark and strong, and Zhu Xiongying, who gave the prince's family, looked like two brothers, but the old Chang family was very happy.

Chang Yuchun doesn't know how many times he has turned over the words to name his grandson Changtong, but fortunately he is not called Chang Terrier, otherwise it is his fault that he can't pull it out. The most annoying thing is that Lao Chang also gave the child the name of a little shrimp, which is a clear advantage of taking advantage of the horse.

"For the sake of my nephew's face, let's write it down for the time being, if you dare to delay and slack off, you won't be spared!"

"Yes!" Chang Mao saluted solemnly, and then said with a smile: "The governor's subordinates brought hundreds of jars of good wine from home this time, and when they arrive in Liaodong, they can keep the soldiers warm, and ask the governor to identify whether it is suitable for use." ”

"That's not good."

"This is a matter within the governor's responsibility, what's not good, by the way, there are a few small dishes here that are clumsy and roasted, please taste them together, and hurry to the warehouse to set the table in five or six."

The two ate and drank and went to the east of the river, and arrived at Songjiang Mansion after two days and two nights, and after waiting for another day, Qi Xiang and Mao Xiang arrived in Songjiang with five thousand navies.

Now the navy has expanded to 8,000 people, in addition to more than 1,000 people guarding the silver mines of the Japanese state, the remaining 2,000 people are stationed in Penghu, which is enough to maintain security at sea and collect protection money.

After reviewing the navy on the dock, Ma Du suddenly had no confidence in this expedition, and his belly was bigger than he had seen for a few years, Ma Du pointed at Mao Xiang and Qi Xiang and scolded: "It's only been a few years that you've become a pig, and so are you two, and your life in Penghu is very comfortable!" ”

Qi Xiang said with a wry smile: "The subordinates are old, and the food is better, it is difficult not to get fat, but you can rest assured that the training of our navy has never been slack, and the combat power is stronger than before, I don't know how much." ”

"I hope so, thanks to the emperor's gift of the elite of the three thousand divine machine battalions, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to go."

Mao Xiao said: "What do the governors do with those landlubbers, the sea is different from the river, don't say you can't help, if you get sick, you have to assign people to take care of them." ”

"You two don't know yet, this time we are not fighting at sea but on land!"

After that, the navy has been resting in Songjiang Mansion, mainly to let those soldiers of the Shenji Battalion adapt to the sea, and they will be eliminated directly if they can't adapt to it, otherwise they can only die in vain if they are forcibly taken out to sea, and in the end only 2,500 people remain.

It wasn't until late August that Yingtian's army had already set off, and the navy finally went to sea to ride the wind and waves and go straight to Liaodong.