Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 1 The military is shaking the sky and raising the prestige of the Han

Section 8 Aid from sea owls

Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao struggled to squeeze through the fanatical crowd under the escort of the ten entourages, and finally came to the side of the official road, and saw Liu Yunwei in a silver-gray fine steel armor, a black war horse with an abnormal divine horse in his crotch, and under the escort of a hundred elite guards, the mighty horse rode out of the city gate, and walked towards the majestic army formation of 130,000 troops in the distance.

"It's him! It's him! That's him! It's the eldest brother's sworn brother! ”

"That's right! It's General Liu! Second brother, what should we do? There are officers and soldiers in front of us, and now we can't get by! ”

Zheng Zhihu calmed down and thought for a while, and immediately said, "Let's go!" Let's go north along the official road first, and when my brother leads the army down the camp, let's find a way to go and meet him. We have worked hard to come to Tongzhou and meet my brother, we must get things done! ”

After speaking, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao and his party struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, led their respective horses and galloped north, rushing to the front to wait for Liu Yunwei's army.

It is said that Liu Yunwei rode his horse to the front of the army, accompanied by Lu Ying, Huang Fuming, and Li Tianhao, and reviewed the 130,000 soldiers of the army who were about to set off to the north, and then said goodbye to the prefect of Tongzhou and the official gentry in the city one by one, and after bidding farewell to the generals who stayed in Tongzhou Town, he led the army to the north.

As the saying goes, there are 10,000 people without boundaries! And the 130,000 army is even more boundless, as if the whole world is only left with bright red Han warriors, and only a solid army of 10,000 people remains. 130,000 soldiers formed a marching array according to the system, marching to the north, the marching array has spread for more than 30 miles, and the official road extending from Tongzhou City to the north has been completely blocked by the soldiers of the army; After most of the day, the soldiers at the front had already arrived at the Pinggu boundary in Jizhou Town, ready to camp and rest, while the soldiers at the back of the army had just walked out of the jurisdiction of Tongzhou City.

At nightfall that day, after the army had finished camping, Liu Yunwei summoned Yuan Mingxuan, Ma Shiming, Chen Zitong, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Wang Gandang, Wu Xing, and Gao Hongguang to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.

Before the departure of the army, Liu Yunwei had expanded the original Tongzhou Town Shogunate into various divisions under the Jiliao Governor's Office. In addition to the fact that the shosaku's workshop in Zhangjiawan could not be relocated for the time being, and the shogun needed to stay in Tongzhou City to continue to build troops for the soldiers of the whole army, the rest of the shogunate's exploration division, the pacification division, the tunshou division, the planning division, and the city shipping division all went north with the army, and expanded a lot of new forces.

After everyone arrived, Liu Yunwei said: "Now that we have entered the boundary of Jizhou Town, early tomorrow morning, Deputy General Wen will lead the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion, the Zhichong Battalion, and the Huben Battalion to Jizhou City to garrison, and the Governor will also lead the pacesetter battalion, the trapping camp, and the Yingyang Battalion to continue to the north to Shanhaiguan." Therefore, before dividing the troops tonight, we must carefully discuss the matter of reducing the original soldiers and horses of the two towns. ”

Wen Poyu first said: "Inspector Qi, the last general thinks that this reorganization should adhere to several principles, one is to eliminate the old and weak and improve the overall combat effectiveness of the soldiers; the second is to strictly investigate the empty salary and achieve the actual salary of the soldiers; Third, it is necessary to properly resettle the generals at all levels in the original garrison so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded when he heard this, expressed his agreement, and said, "Well, what Deputy General Wen said is very reasonable. In addition, this downsizing should also pay attention to removing all the soldiers and ruffians in the original garrison, even if they are converted into tuntian soldiers! Whether it is the Tuntian soldiers or the main army in my Hanwei army, they don't need these black sheep! As for the generals at all levels in the original garrison, the governor gave them two options: one was to transfer to the local guard station, transfer at the same level, and be responsible for the management of the future tuntian soldiers, but those miscellaneous who ate soldiers' salaries and drank soldiers' blood were not among them; The second is to take some settling-in money and go home to enjoy Qingfu! If someone dares to disobey the order and take the opportunity to cause chaos, whether it is Shanhai Town or Jizhou Town, where the Governor is personally stationed, there is only one response, and that is to resolutely suppress it! Anyone who resists will be punished with treason! ”

Wen Poyu immediately received the order and said: "Please rest assured, the last general will definitely handle it properly!" ”

Yuan Mingxuan, who was next to him, said with some worry: "Inspector, is this move a bit excessive?" We can also take it slowly, there is no need to rush it, it is too risky to do so. ”

Liu Yunwei shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Lord Yuan, I want time!" Since the rise of Jiannu, all the governors, managers, and governors who have been in charge of Liaodong have not been able to sit in positions for a long time, and they have all stepped down quickly for various reasons. Although this governor is different from others, with 200,000 troops in his hands as a guarantee, the court should not easily provoke me, but I can't take it lightly! Therefore, the governor must race against time to implement various military orders, and in the shortest possible time, send troops north to restore Liaodong! No one can stop the pace of our Hanwei army going north to Liaodong, otherwise it will only be a dead end! ”

Liu Yunwei's words were like a declaration, making everyone feel a sense of majesty. Yuan Mingxuan also secretly said in his heart: "The little general has grown up in the past few years, and has changed from a pure martial artist who only knows how to march and fight, to a general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops and plans the strategy of the country and the dynasty, and has become a member of the court who guards one side. If the old general and the young general have spirits in the sky, they should be able to dumb their eyes when they see the little general so powerful! ”

Subsequently, Liu Yunwei and everyone carefully agreed on the matter of reducing the original garrisons of Shanhai Town and Jizhou Town, and after all the problems were solved, everyone had to go back to the camp to rest.

At this time, a guard announced outside the tent: "Inspector Qiqi, there is a group of people outside the camp who want to see them, about ten people, led by two teenagers. They said that they were the younger brothers of the overseer's righteous brother, and that he had something important to tell the overseer, and that he was now being detained by the guards of the camp. ”

Liu Yunwei was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he didn't come up with a place for a while, but Yuan Mingxuan next to him said with a smile: "Has the inspector forgotten the young man we met on the island when we just left Liaodong?" ”

"Zheng Zhilong!"

Liu Yunwei suddenly remembered the sworn brother Zheng Zhilong who had helped a few years ago, and hurriedly said, "Bring them in!" ”

Everyone in the tent felt very curious when they saw this, the dignified Jiliao Governor and the commander of the Hanwei Army actually had a righteous brother, what was the origin of the young man who was married to Liu Yunwei?

After a while, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao were taken to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after the two of them saw Liu Yunwei in armor, they were very excited, their faces were full of admiration, and they hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Grass people Zheng Zhihu (Zheng Zhibao) to meet the eldest brother!" ”

Liu Yunwei and the others all smiled dumbly when they heard Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao's nondescript words, and the dignified Hanwei Army's Chinese army tent made the two of them look like the Hall of Loyalty, and the laughter of everyone made the two of them seem a little helpless.

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Hurry up, where is my brother Zheng Zhilong?" Why didn't he come with you to me? ”

Zheng Zhihu clenched his fists and said, "Brother Qiyu, my brother Zheng Zhilong is still running a business at sea." This time, our two brothers came here because they were sent by my brother to give gifts to my eldest brother. ”

Liu Yunwei was very relieved when he heard that Zheng Zhilong was still running around on the sea, and he had sent two brothers to give him gifts. And everyone in the tent heard that the elder brothers of these two teenagers were so daring to break through, and they were not afraid of the wind and waves to make their home, and they were all impressed by the two teenagers in front of them.

"How is my brother doing? I remember Shiron saying that he was going to Japan. ”

Zheng Zhihu said with a smile: "Big brother, this is a long story. ”

It turned out that after Zheng Zhilong arrived in Japan, he took refuge in Li Dan, a native of Quanzhou who made a living in Hirado, Japan, and did his best to help Li Dan do business, becoming the right-hand man of Li Dan, the most powerful maritime merchant in Japan at that time, and "doing things with his father". Li Dan had a strong capital and a strong fleet, specialized in overseas trade, and was the leader of the local Ming people in Hirado, Japan. After a long time, Li Dan felt that he was capable and reliable, so he "raised him as a righteous son", handed over some assets and ships to Zheng Zhilong, and let him do business in Vietnam, and it didn't take long to make a big profit.

Just last year, Zheng Zhilong, in the capacity of a Japanese leader of overseas Chinese, paid a visit to Tokugawa Hidetada, a retired former Japanese shogunate, to offer medicine to Sunfu (today's Shizuoka Prefecture). After that, because Zheng Zhilong was familiar with overseas affairs and good at diplomacy, he was valued by the Japanese government, and after being summoned by Tokugawa Hidetada, he "repeatedly visited the feudal family". Later, he moved to Hirado, where he was favored by the local princes of the Matsuura clan, who built a new residence on the land he had given to him in Kawachiura Senrihama (now Chirihama, Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki Prefecture) near Hirado, and introduced Tagawa Matsu, the daughter of Emperor Tagawa Yu, a minister of the Hirado clan, to marry. Now that Zheng Zhilong has returned with a beauty, and his subordinates have boats, people, and money, it is the time for the spring breeze to be proud.

Hearing Zheng Zhilong's series of adventures, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but be surging with excitement, and said secretly: "This virtuous brother of mine is really a young hero!" ”

So, Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Haha, I really didn't expect Zhilong to be so capable!" This time, what gift did Zhilong ask you to send me? ”

Zheng Zhihu said with a smile: "Brother Qiyu, our brother asked us to send one million taels of silver, one million stones of grain, and fifteen sea ships!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the entire Chinese army tent became silent, and everyone from Liu Yunwei and below was stunned, all of them were stunned by Zheng Zhilong's gift like a fat head falling from the sky.

Zhao Kaishan muttered even more: "Why are you kid making fun of us?" Your brother can't have robbed the emperor of Japan, right? ”