Hong Chengchou was full of spirit and confidence when he came, but when he returned to Datong, he was embarrassed.

He and his cavalry retinue were once again blindfolded and led out of the valley, and it was not until ten miles away that they were unblindfolded. And the other side did not return their weapons to them.

The Ming cavalry was furious, but under the cold eyes and cold blades of the other party, they could only swallow their anger.

The centurion of the Jiang family army who sent them out of the valley left a sentence that made Hong Chengchou want to vomit blood: "The person who leaves with weapons from the Jiang family army can only be an enemy, and he is also an enemy who can win." ”

The implication is clear, if you want to get your weapons back, then fight.

The unarmed cavalry of more than 100 Ming troops was no different from more than 100 peasants against a heavily armed and murderous enemy.

Hong Chengchou endured this breath with great difficulty and left with someone.

The centurion of the Jiang family army looked at their backs coldly, and said secretly in his heart: "If you don't know what to do, I'll let you go back." ”

After Hong Chengchou left, Liu Ji walked out of the next room.

"Did the advisors hear it?" Jiang Chuan looked at him and sighed.

"Hehe, when is the lord going to give me the lightning?" Liu Ji laughed and sat down.

The bet between the two, of course he won.

"Why don't you let me have a farewell ceremony with him?" Jiang Chuan said helplessly.

Liu Ji laughed again, and Jiang Chuan laughed too.

After laughing, the two began to get down to business.

"Military Master, I treat Yuan Chonghuan's people like this today, do you think this Yuan Inspector will go back and jump to scold his mother in anger, shouting that he wants to come to us to settle accounts?" Jiang Chuan chuckled.

"Scolding the mother is for sure, this Inspector Yuan is now in high spirits, even the rogue who is invincible in the Central Plains has been defeated by him, it is when he is ambitious, the lord swept his face so strongly, he must be angry in his heart. However, he should not have the energy to deal with us for the time being, as soon as he has just arrived, he needs to integrate the Datong border army. Second, he knew very well in his heart that his main opponent should be the Tartars, not us. ”

Liu Ji slowly analyzed.

"That's right, but he won't be able to swallow this breath when he frees his hands. The most important thing is that we have this attitude towards him now, he will definitely feel uneasy in his heart, and he should have another fight. If you don't fight, a lot of things won't be clear. Jiang Chuan nodded and thought for a while.

"Yes, no matter how much you say, you still have to speak on strength. The battle with the Ming army will definitely be fought, it's just a matter of when. Liu Ji agreed.

"Strategist, I'm thinking about a question, what kind of attitude should we have towards Daming?" Jiang Chuan said suddenly.

This brings us to the question of strategic layout. Originally, it was a pattern of competition between the two great powers of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but now there is an additional Jiang Jiajun who came out of nowhere, and this pattern has been broken, so there must be a clear attitude towards how to go on the road.

For the Manchus, it is completely certain that they must be mortal enemies until they are completely defeated and swept away.

For Da Ming, it can't be so simple and rude. Emotionally speaking, everyone is Han, and the people under Jiangchuan's rule are all from the Ming Dynasty, so they are naturally more emotionally inclined and closer.

From the perspective of the general trend of the world, the Ming Dynasty has actually been decayed, with internal and external difficulties and many drawbacks, and Jiang Chuan has no idea of wanting to be the savior of the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to change the world, you can only redecorate by breaking those old altars and jars, which is Jiangchuan's consistent proposition.

However, first, the strength of the Jiang army is not strong enough at present, and it is slightly insufficient to deal with a Manchu Qing Dynasty, let alone a two-front battle.

Second, if you want to take the world in the future, Daming still has use value.

Therefore, the reason why Jiang Chuan treats Hong Chengyi like this today is also to make an attitude clear: "It is impossible for this general to defect to the Ming Dynasty, don't expect me to work for your empire that has not lived for a few days." But if it is beneficial, General Ben will not mind accepting it. ”

He actually already has some ideas in his heart, but he still has to listen to Liu Ji's opinion.

Liu Ji pondered for a while and said: "The Ming Dynasty is about to decay, the internal and external difficulties are difficult, the people's livelihood is withering, and the party is constantly fighting, it can be said that even if the Ming Taizu is resurrected, he will not be able to return to the sky, of course we can't be tied to this broken ship." However, there are also three nails in the broken ship, and the banner of the Ming Dynasty is sometimes very useful. We are now in a corner of Liaodong, and there are almost no people in the world who know our name.

If we want to gain a foothold in Liaodong in the future, we need more talents. If you want to attract these talents to invest, you need to be famous. This fame, on the one hand, depends on our strength, and on the other hand, we also need an orthodox name, otherwise, just like today's Hong Zongbing's words, no matter how much we can fight, we are still a horse thief in their eyes. Lord, what do you think? ”

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. Liu Ji thought the same as him, and his words were very clear.

The so-called orthodox name, according to Egawa's understanding, is whitewashing.

Because no matter how strong the Jiang family's army is, because the origin is unknown, and it is in Liaodong, a vast and sparsely populated place, even if the reputation spreads to the Guannai in the future, people just think that it is just a powerful horse thief.

Of course, Jiang Chuan can be thick-skinned, and he can make himself a king, or even if he is thicker-skinned, he can directly become the emperor.

But then it's self-amusement, and it's a joke to get out.

Therefore, when his influence is not big enough, he must use Daming to get a name from Daming that can make the talents in the customs justifiable and feel at ease.

This point is basically not controversial, and now what we have to consider is how to make Da Ming willing to give him this name willingly.

Jiang Chuan was thinking, and Liu Ji was also thinking. After a while, the two suddenly looked at each other, looked at each other's expressions, and knew that they had all gained, and smiled tacitly at each other.

Jiang Chuan said: "It seems that the military advisor has thought of it, but don't say it yet, let's see if we think of it together." Bai Mu, come in. ”

Bai Mu, who was guarding outside the door, came in.

Jiang Chuan took out a token carved with a winged goshawk from his waist and handed it to Bai Mudao: "Go and find the white girl quickly, just say that I have something to arrange." ”

Bai Mu took the token and took the order.

This goshawk token is a rule set by Jiang Chuan and Bai Jinxiu: seeing this token is like Jiang Chuan coming in person. And there are only three such tokens: Jiang Chuan, Liu Ji, and Bai Jinxiu each have one, which is a proof of identity.

Without this token, no one will be able to enter the Black Ice Terrace's premises.

Hearing that Jiang Chuan was going to recruit Bai Jinxiu over, Liu Ji stroked his beard and smiled, knowing that Jiang Chuan wanted to go with him.