At the end of lunch, Zhu Daolin left Wu Jicheng, commander of the Dongjiang Army, Jiang Yulong, commander of the Second Marine Division, and Guo Zhongjun, the new deputy commander of the army and minister of military justice, and other confidants to discuss together.

As soon as Xiao Zhe, the captain of the personal guard, and others served fragrant tea, Wu Jicheng, who had a straightforward personality, raised questions: "The Liaodong Campaign has just ended less than five days, and the emperor and the imperial court can only receive the good news from our army last night or this morning at the earliest, Lao Zhang escorted thousands of heads and two Tartar army flags that burned nearly half of them before leaving Phi Dao for three days, it is estimated that he has just arrived at Tianjin Port at this time, and it will be sent to the capital at least tomorrow, how can the minister of the Qin Mission come so quickly?" ”

Guo Zhongjun said with a smile: "The Liaodong Campaign was launched suddenly, in order to keep it secret, we did not report to the emperor and the military department, and the minister of the Qincha estimated that he left Beijing before the campaign was launched, otherwise it would not have come so quickly." ”

"So what will happen to the sudden arrival of the Chincha?" Jiang Yulong, who was becoming more and more calm, keenly grasped the key issue, and the generals hurriedly looked at Zhu Daolin when they heard it.

Zhu Daolin realized that his attitude would bring subtle changes to his generals, so he leisurely held the teacup and took a sip before smiling disdainfully:

"Yulong That's a good question! Two months ago, the emperor suddenly sent our old acquaintance, Zhao Huaizhong, the deputy director of the ceremonial supervisor, to arrive in Baoshanwei with a holy decree, asking me to pay tribute to the imperial court copper and artillery, I was busy in Yingzhou, and then took the Tianshu Pavilion to transport steel and cement to Liugong Island, Zhao Huaizhong had no choice but to go to Jinling to wait, and finally I could only return to the capital empty-handed, this matter Wen Tao and Zhongjun both know, Deyi you were in Jinling, you should have heard of it, right? ”

Zhang Deyi, who began to grow a mustache, smiled: "At that time, the younger brother had just returned to Jinling with his father a few days ago, and after the news spread, my father shook his head and complained that the emperor and the court were not doing properly. Even Wei Guogong laughed at Wu Gonggong for eating inside and out, so that Wu Gonggong did not dare to drink with Wei Guogong and his father for a while. ”

Everyone was so happy when they heard it, Zhu Daolin laughed and continued: "But it didn't take long for me to stand Gonggong Wu's bitter pleading, after all, he was my uncle and had to give him the old man's face, so I finally asked Mr. Zhao to allocate 200 tons of copper to his old man." It was lent to his old man's house, but his old man's house was less than half a month, so he sent this batch of copper materials to the capital and handed it over to the emperor, and the emperor did not continue to send ministers to look for me everywhere. ”

The generals smiled again, and Zhang Deyi said with a smile: "As long as Gonggong Wu is still in the position of the eunuch in Nanjing, you have to continue to be the unjust leader." ”

Zhu Daolin didn't care, smiled, and got back to business: "Wen Tao sent someone to send an urgent report from Liugong Island to say that the messenger who came to announce the decree this time is still our old acquaintance Zhao Huaizhong. I estimate that he didn't know about the Dongjiang Campaign launched by our army before he left Beijing, otherwise he wouldn't have come back so quickly. ”

"If my expectations are correct, Gonggong Zhao's visit this time is likely to urge our army to attack Liaodong as soon as possible to relieve the huge pressure on the front line of Xuanda...... Two months ago, Huang Taiji led 50,000 iron cavalry to crusade against the hostile Mongolian tribes in the Duolun area, Duolun is only more than 450 miles away from Zhangjiakou, and the cavalry can kill at the foot of the Great Wall in two days, which brings great pressure to the Xuanda line, the emperor and the imperial court. ”

That's why the emperor hurriedly sent the ministers. Urge our army to launch an attack on Liaodong as soon as possible in order to contain the Tartar forces. prompted Huang Taiji to lead 50,000 iron cavalry back to the division to rescue. ”

"That's right! It must be so. ”

Wu Jicheng suddenly realized, and Zhang Deyi also echoed it, believing that the newly concluded Liaodong Campaign had severely damaged the Tartars, and he would definitely be able to force Huang Taiji, who was far away in Mongolia, to lead 50,000 main forces back to the old nest.

Jiang Yulong saw that his senior brothers Zhu Daolin and Guo Zhongjun just smiled slightly and did not speak, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately understood: "It is very likely that the 50,000 iron cavalry of the Tartars who are far away in Mongolia will not withdraw to Liaodong, and it is more likely that they will turn around and go south directly from Duolun." Launch a retaliatory action against the front line of my Xuanda! ”

Zhang Deyi was taken aback: "Don't Huang Taiji want his own nest?" ”

Wu Jicheng gradually came to his senses, and picked up the teacup again with a smile.

Jiang Yulong understood more and more Zhu Daolin's good intentions in his heart, and knew that his senior brother was not only very subtle, but also had more far-reaching intentions, so Jiang Yulong just smiled and closed his mouth.

Zhu Daolin glanced around. Frankly told the confused Zhang Deyi: "Deyi, don't think that the Dongjiang New Army is strong enough to attack the hinterland of Liaodong without any scruples, and we don't have that much ability." ”

"Speaking of which, it has only been more than half a year since the establishment of the Dongjiang New Army led by Lao Wu, although it has experienced the Battle of Dengzhou, but the soldiers of the whole army are still very tender, and it is a month later than the Jiangnan New Army under the command of your old man and your eldest brother......"

"If I hadn't dragged the Second Marine Division under the command of Yulong for four months, and the Fushan New Army, which had just completed basic training, to the battlefield, and took advantage of the emptiness of the main force of the Tatars to conquer Mongolia and Liaodong by surprise, it would have been impossible to win the Liaodong Campaign, which is why the Liaodong Campaign was hastily withdrawn after only four days."

Zhang Deyi nodded helplessly: "That's true, although the Dongjiang New Army is well-trained and well-equipped, the number is still too small. ”

"With the current strength, it is indeed impossible to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong to continue fighting, at least until the nearly 10,000 recruits who are being recruited are trained for half a year before they have the strength to fight a face-to-face battle."

Wu Jicheng very well understood Zhu Daolin's good intentions, and after listening to Zhang Deyi's words, he immediately said happily: "Dai Shan, who stayed in Shenyang, and Azig, who was defeated in Gushan, should not be underestimated, although they were defeated by surprise, but they could easily recruit tens of thousands of Tartars to meet our Dongjiang New Army, after all, ordinary Tartars can fight on horseback with weapons and horses, this is their biggest advantage, so my Dongjiang New Army must continue to grow, after this battle, at least within half a year, our army can only take a defensive position. ”

Zhang Deyi nodded honestly: "In this way, the 50,000 main forces led by Huang Taiji don't have to rush back to aid the old nest in Liaodong, even if they rush back, they can't cross the Yalu River to retaliate against the new army of Dongjiang, but it's easier to spread their anger on the front line of Xuanda, little brother understands!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Deyi learned to think, Zhu Daolin was still very happy in his heart, for this righteous sworn brother, Zhu Daolin did not need to be too vigilant at all, the reason why he did not tell him the far-reaching intention of all his henchmen was because Zhang Deyi had not yet experienced the cruelty of political struggle.

Half a year ago, Zhang Deyi was still a carefree and domineering gentleman, after this period of military tempering, it is not easy to reach this level today, Zhu Daolin is not willing to cause him huge confusion at once, so he can only slowly exert influence on him step by step.

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