"What's the plan?" Wei Yang asked, "Can you stop the union of the three places?" ”

"We feel that we have had some problems dealing with the Manchus over the years. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu Lang replied, "We have always been on the defensive, always waiting for the Tartars to attack us, but we have never taken the initiative to attack." Of course, this is also the shadow brought about by the Goryeo operation, and we have not launched a large-scale offensive after the Goryeo operation. ”

"But we don't have enough troops." Wei Yang said, "The independent division is only 10,000 people, and Vietnam and Singapore will continue to increase their troops, so we are not capable of launching a large-scale active offensive." ”

"Strength is not the main thing." Zhang Guodong asked Xu Lang, "Tell me your plan, if you take the initiative to attack, where will you attack?" ”

"Lushun." Han Wantao said, "We discussed it and felt that we should recover Lushun. ”

"Why Lushun?" Xia Yang was a little puzzled, "Tao Min has always valued Lushun, and the Manchu Qing must have deployed heavy troops in Lushun." ”

"We know that." Xu Lang explained, "But now that we have the battleship Pearl, there should be no problem in taking Lushun." Lushun and Shengjing are only more than 800 li away, and if we take Lushun and set up another defensive line, we can involve the main forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In this way, if Huang Taiji wants to break through the level in the future, he will also have to consider his Shengjing. ”

"But we only have one Pearl." Wei Yang said, "I still have to go to Taiwan and Singapore, I'm afraid I don't have time to attack Lushun." ”

"Is the Pearl going to Singapore?" Han Wantao and Xu Lang asked at the same time.

"It's a decision that has just been made." Lu Tianxiang explained, "The Pearl has now been successfully tested, Zeng Guangxian is about to go to Taiwan to redivide the sphere of influence in Southeast Asia, we must control Malacca, so the Pearl will go to Singapore." ”

"But you don't have to be in a hurry." Zhang Guodong said, "Qiu Peng has launched two new warships, with a displacement of 1,000 tons and about 50 cannons, and we can use these two warships to attack Lushun." ”

"Do we have any money?" Xu Lang asked, "Isn't the bank almost empty?" ”

"God will give us a timely rain." Xia Yang said with a smile, "The Westerners paid off the rest of the silver, and the crossing conference allocated 300,000 taels to build these two warships. ”

"And how much silver do we have left?" Xu Lang asked anxiously.

"What, do you have any other plans?"

"Old Lu, it's not anything else. The repatriation of refugees from the north is about to begin, and this time at least 180,000 refugees can come to our Yulin Bay, and if there is no money, they will not be able to resettle. ”

"By the way, the people you sent back from Shandong have arrived." Xu Lang talked about the refugees, and Xia Yang remembered it again, "There are more than 900 in total, and the rest are scattered on the road, and we have already done resettlement." The crossing conference has also allocated special funds for Di Chong to speed up the construction of houses, and the new residential area has also been planned, so there should be no problems. ”

"Elder Lu, everyone, we have one more thing." Han Wantao raised his glass to everyone, "This time, in order to save thousands of Ming people, we let go of Azig's 70,000 tartars. This matter is the final decision made by Beiming, and some people have already expressed their dissatisfaction with Beiming's release of Tao Min last time, and we are worried that this time someone will also use the topic to play. ”

"If you completely ignore these thousands of people, will your 20,000 troops be able to completely block the 70,000 banners of Azig?" Lu Tianxiang asked with a smile.

"Can't be stopped." Han Wantao replied, "It's good to be able to block 20,000, and we ourselves will suffer a lot of casualties." ”

"Then what are you worried about?" Wei Yang smiled, "To tell you the truth, if we want to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is not a battle, it must be consumed for a long time. ”

"I see." Han Wantao raised his neck and drank the wine, "Thank you Lu Lao and you in advance." ”

"Okay, everything that needs to be said is done, you can report how you want to report tomorrow, don't have any worries." Lu Tianxiang raised his glass, "I never drink with you young people, make an exception today, let's have a good drink." ”

Zhang Guodong raised his wine glass and touched it with Lu Tianxiang: "Lu Lao, I am not young anymore, they are young people." ”

"Great victory, great victory, great victory in Datong Town." A little eunuch ran into the Heart Cultivation Hall with a six-hundred-mile hurry, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang, the secretary of the military department, is urgent, Datong Town is a great victory, severely injured Azig, and beheaded eight thousand." ”

"Is it, Zhang Fengyi beheaded eight thousand?" Chongzhen took the fold from Gao Qiqian's hand, "Zhang Fengyi can make such a miraculous achievement, I don't have to worry about it." ”

Chongzhen stood up happily after reading the excerpt: "Proposed decree, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, will immediately return to the court, and all the escorted Beijing divisions will be seized and rewarded separately." ”

"Hey, the slave will do it immediately." Gao Qiqian took the excerpt from Chongzhen's hand and asked, "Slave and maid, did Lord Zhang's excerpt mention the Yulin Army?" ”

Chongzhen's mood was obviously disturbed by Gao Qiqian's question: "As I mentioned, the 10,000 people of the Yulin Army, together with the Shenji Battalion and the Quick Gun Team, ambushed the Tartars and saved 200,000 people, and I don't know how to reward them. ”

Gao Qiqian saw that Chongzhen's mood was a little low, and he felt that what he just said was not the right time, so he closed his mouth and didn't speak again.

"High dive." Chongzhen asked, "Wang Chengen has talked to me several times about collecting industrial and commercial taxes in Qiongzhou Mansion, but I have never replied to him, do you think this matter is feasible?" ”

Gao Qiqian carefully pondered what Chongzhen meant, and replied, "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that this matter is the right time now. ”

"Oh?" Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian, "Why?" ”

"Your Majesty." Gao Qiqian knelt on the ground, "Yulin Bay is getting more and more powerful now, this time they sent 10,000 people to Datong without an order from the imperial court, although they were to fight against the Tartars, but they did act without authorization and did not obey the will." The slave maid believes that for Yulin Bay, it is still necessary to focus on differentiation. The slave maid got the news that there were two senior generals in the Yulin Army this time who were not remnants of the Song Dynasty, one was called Ye Zhan, and the other was a Westerner, named Andreas. Your Majesty can greatly reward these two people and let them know the grace of the imperial court. ”

"What about Jiang Beiming and them?" Chongzhen asked again.

"Jiang Beiming, they don't have to have too much reward, just give a false title. The prince suggested to His Majesty that it must be Yulinwan's idea to collect the industrial and commercial tax burden, and His Majesty could agree to them. If you can really help the court collect the money, it will also be a beautiful thing. If there is any change because of this incident, or if it causes a civil uprising, then the imperial court will have the opportunity to weaken the power of Yulin Bay, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”