After reaching a preliminary agreement with the envoys of the Shimazu family, Fang Yuan handed over the military affairs of supporting Japan to the Eastern Military Region, with Shi Lang as the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements. The mining affairs of Iwami Silver Mine were handed over to the Ministry of Industry to handle.

With Iwami's silver as collateral, sending troops to rescue Japan was a sure-fire deal. However, mining Iwami Silver Mountain was just a cover for Fang Yuan's true strategic purpose.

Historically, the Mongol Yuan failed to conquer Japan simply because it did not occupy a landing base off the coast of Japan. Therefore, when they landed in Japan, they encountered stubborn resistance from Japan, and they encountered hurricanes at sea, and the whole army was annihilated.

Fang Yuan obviously would not make the mistake of Meng Yuan again, and first took advantage of the civil strife in Japan to establish an impregnable naval base on Japanese territory. The Ming army could land in Japan from this base in a steady stream and gradually encroach on Japan's territory.

Whether it was the Maori family or the Shimazu family, they all underestimated Fang Yuan's ambitions. thought that Fang Yuan just took a fancy to the silver of Japan and wanted to exchange the silver for Fang Yuan's support. Fang Yuan was interested in the entire country of Japan and wanted to include Japan in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God!

In private, Fang Yuan secretly instructed Shi Lang that because Iwami Silver Mountain is located in Izumo and Matsuyama is adjacent to the Sea of Japan, the base of the Ming Army's reinforcement water division will be stationed in the Izumo and Matsuyama areas. Moreover, this base should be built to be impregnable, at least to ensure that it can withstand the attack of the Japanese army for a month.

Fang Yuan's current target was not Japan, but Pai Shi Lang and the Japanese dealt with it first.

His goal was to conquer the Manchus in Liaodong!

In the past two years, Fang Yuan has complied with the peace agreement with the Manchus, neither sending troops to cross the Liao River, nor arranging for Zhao Quanzhong to invade the rear.

He has been waiting, waiting for the infighting of the Manchu Eight Banners. Unexpectedly, although the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were tossed and turned, one time the two Yellow Banners contacted the other four banners to overthrow Dolgon in a coup, and the other time they compromised with the two White Banners, and Zilharang and Duoduo were co-regents.

After making trouble for a long time, he only moved his mouth but did not do anything, which made Fang Yuan's hopes in vain.

Can these Jiannu learn from the Japanese Japanese people, a little bloody, less forced, and go straight to work?! Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not start internal strife, then Fang Yuan could only do it himself.

Fang Yuan secretly recalled Chigutai, commander of the Northern Military Region, and Zhao Quanzhong, the commander of Dongjiang Town, who was stationed in Guangning City, and came to the palace to secretly discuss the matter of going to Liaodong.

Chigutai first reported to Fang Yuan the results of the military training of the Northern Military Region over the past year. According to Fang Yuan's instructions, for a year, the Northern Military Region continued to infiltrate Liaodong.

It is mainly divided into political offensives and military preparations.

Political offensive.

The first is to infiltrate the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, which were forcibly suppressed by the Manchus. Whether these people surrender or not is secondary, at least they must be cut off from the Manchurian Eight Banners. In the future, when the crusade against Liaodong is carried out, these people will not continue to give the Manchu people a martyr.

Some of the cavalry under the command of Inchi Gutai were Mongols, and everyone was Mongols, so they could talk about it when they sat down. What's more, Meng Baqi was forced to surrender to the Manchus, as long as the conditions of the Ming Dynasty did not make them have to resist, they would not be stupid to bury the Manchus.

As for the Han Eight Banners, the problem is much more complicated. Because Fang Yuan had previously slaughtered the traitors and the Eight Banners, especially the traitors such as Shang Kexi, the clan was wiped out. The Han Eight Banners were still deeply wary of Fang Yuan, worried that Fang Yuan would liquidate their crimes of defecting to the Manchus again in the future, and the infiltration of the Han Eight Banners would not be as good as the progress of the Meng Eight Banners.

When infiltrating the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Dynasty, he also continued to spread a few lines of songs and ballads compiled by Song Xiance in Liaodong through merchants who did business with Liaodong and the detailed work of the landing on Phi Dao, inciting the ethnic hatred of the Mongolian, Han and Manchu ethnic groups in Liaodong.

This kind of incitement soon saw the effect, and the territory of the Han Eight Banners near the Liao River and Phi Island had long been in the mood of the people, and their hearts were towards the Ming Dynasty, and they even launched several collective rebellions and killed the traitor officials of the Han Eight Banners.

The reason why the Manchu Eight Banners compromised with each other and stopped fighting was because they needed to unite to guard against the Ming army's covetousness of Liaodong, and also because they wanted to suppress the resistance of the Han people in Liaodong.

Military preparations are to vigorously expand troops and horses in western Liaoning. The Northern Military Region selected 30,000 sergeants who could ride horses and shoot from among the fleeing Han and Mongols, and expanded the number of cavalry in the Northern Military Region to 90,000.

Fang Yuan also gave a certain policy preference to the procurement of war horses, and allocated 1.5 million taels of last year's surplus of 2.3 million taels of silver to the Northern Military Region for the purchase of war horses; The other 800,000 taels were handed over to the tank battalion of the Gyeonggi Military Region for the purchase of ten tanks.

The Northern Military Region purchased a total of 80,000 war horses, and the number of war horses in the entire theater also reached an astonishing 160,000. Together with the thirty tanks of the Gyeonggi Military District, it was enough to launch a general battle on the plains.

The war preparations of the Northern Military Region were carried out in an orderly manner, and Chigutai was full of confidence and asked Fang Yuan for battle, "Regent, you only need to wait for the autumn harvest to be delivered to Gyeonggi after the grain from the south of the Yangtze River, and then you can go to Liaodong!" I have full confidence to defeat the main force of the Eight Banners! ”

Fang Yuan listened to Chigutai's report and already knew it in his heart. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was originally a fishing and hunting tribe, and the culture was copied from the Ming Dynasty, which directly entered the highly mature feudal society from the primitive fishing and hunting tribes. From the construction of wicker side, wantonly enclosing land to the Manchus in Liaodong, and refusing to allow the Han people to enter, we can know that its essence is quite ignorant and backward, and there is no advanced nature at all.

The only thing that can be relied on to crisscross the north of the Great Wall is nothing more than the powerful military force of the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Ming Dynasty himself is pumping in his brain.

Now that Daming's brain pumping has been completely cured by the sudden rise of Fang Yuan, the military strength that the Manchurian Eight Banners rely on is proud of its advantages, and in front of Daming's strong economic ability and advanced military technology, its advantages are gone.

The time is ripe for crusade against Liaodong, and it has been thirty years since Jiannu stole Liaodong from my Ming Dynasty, and it is time to spit it out with profits!

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. The so-called east wind is an excuse to tear up the previous peace treaty and start a war!

Fang Yuan groaned, "Chigutai, you said that the Manchurians were suppressing and slaughtering the Han people who resisted in Liaodong, where did the news come from?!" ”

Chigutai said, "It was said by the people of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty who fled to Liaoxi, and the Manchus united with the banner owners of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to suppress three Han resistances and kill thousands of wounded!" ”

Fang Yuan confirmed to him again, "You said that those traitor banner owners of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were unwilling to accept the solicitation and insisted on tying up with the Manchurians?!" ”

Chigutai said truthfully, "Yes, they also captured the envoy we sent and escorted it to Shengjing to present it to the Manchu Qing to show their loyalty!" ”

Isn't this a ready-made excuse to send troops?

Fang Yuan slapped the big case and said sharply, "Last time, I only killed Shang Kexi's gang of traitors, and it was far from enough to kill!" These Han Eight Banner owners and officials are all damned! ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Send an edict to Shengjing immediately and hold the Manchus accountable!" All the Han Eight Banner owners, officials, as well as their families and clansmen, who participated in the suppression of the Han rebellion in Liaodong, must all be escorted to Guangning City! ”

His conditions this time were far more stringent than the surrender of Shang Kexi's gang of traitors in the Shanhaiguan peace talks last time. Those Han Eight Banner owners were all former ministers who surrendered to Nurhachi in the early days, and many of them were also married to the Manchu royal princesses and were the foreheads of the Manchu Dynasty.

What's more, they are also the cornerstone of stabilizing the Han people in Liaodong. If it is all handed over, the Han people in Liaodong will be in chaos, which is obviously a price that the Manchus cannot bear.

Chigutai asked hesitantly, "What if the Manchu Qing Dynasty doesn't hand over people?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Chigutai, the Manchus are unwilling to hand over these traitors, they just want to tear up the peace treaty, you lead the army to cross the Liao River to get people!" ”

Chigutai was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he knew that Fang Yuan was preparing to use troops in Liaodong, and said again and again, "Okay, okay, regent, I will go back to Guangning immediately to prepare for war." Once the Manchus don't hand over people, we will kill the Liao River! ”

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