Zhu Daolin didn't know at this moment that the title he had been silently seeking would be beaten by Eunuch Zhang's words, and he didn't know that at this moment, in Ningyuan City, which was separated from him by a Bohai Bay, Zu Dashou, the commander of the powerful and self-contained Guanning Army, and Wu Xiang, the new commander of Ningyuan, were also discussing nervously.

Zu Dashou learned the news of the great victory in Liaodong much earlier than Emperor Chongzhen.

On the evening of the third day of the Dongjiang New Army's sudden offensive, the two Guanning soldiers hidden in Gushan Town and Jinzhou Weizhong in Liaodong passed the secret report to Zu Dashou almost simultaneously.

When Zu Dashou received the news, he was extremely shocked, he knew that Zhu Daolin had led his troops to station on Phi Island as early as the beginning of the year, and as soon as he arrived on Phi Island, he exiled thousands of people of the original Dongjiang Army and their families to Yingzhou Island, thousands of miles to the south.

However, Zu Dashou did not expect that the Dongjiang New Army, which had been stationed on Phi Island for less than half a year, would dare to suddenly attack Liaodong, and he did not expect that the Dongjiang New Army was not only equipped with a large number of firearms, but also had dozens of large and small warships to assist in the battle, and the strength of the troops was more than twice that of his original estimate.

If he had known that Zhu Daolin's strength was so strong, he would not have rashly agreed to the proposal of Zhang Fengyi, the only remaining leader of the Donglin Party and the secretary of the military department, and Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, to join forces with the Dengzhou Navy Division to intercept the fleet of the Four Seas Commercial Company, and jointly divide the 100,000 stone grain and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver worth of grain on board.

After three days of torment, after finding out the results of the war in Liaodong, Zu Dashou could no longer sit still, and pulled his younger brother Zu Dale early the next morning, left Jinzhou, and rushed to Ningyuan City to find his brother-in-law Wu Xiang to discuss countermeasures.

Wu Xiang, who was suspicious of the emperor, was finally transferred from Dengzhou in the shallows of Longzhu to Ningyuan. For this reason, he did not hesitate to bow his head and bribe Cao Huachun, the great eunuch who made him shameful, and Yang Sichang, the insatiable soldier of the military department, and spent a total of 150,000 taels of silver three times before returning to Ningyuan, the place of foundation, as he wished.

Ten days ago, the Dengzhou Navy Division escorted the fleet of the Four Seas Commercial Company to Juehua Island to unload its cargo. Only then did Wu Xiang know that his eldest brother had provoked someone who shouldn't be messed with, so Wu Xiang couldn't sleep peacefully these days.

Others may not know Zhu Daolin's bold and resolute character, but Wu Xiang is clear.

In the battle of Dengzhou, Zhu Daolin robbed the Dengzhou Naval Division, bought and sold weapons, food, horses in the army, and the means of breaking through the fortified city of Dengzhou in a blink of an eye, which still made Wu Xiang jealous, so he repeatedly told his son that even if such a ruthless person could not become a friend, he must not become an enemy.

Wu Xiangqian was careful. I just didn't expect my eldest brother to make such a stupid mistake, obviously calculated by the people of the East and East Forestry Party in the DPRK, and thought that he had gained great benefits, and it was estimated that it was the evil result of so many years of self-respect and hegemony outside the Guan.

Facing the birthday of his uncle and brother, who was still pretending to be heroic, Wu Xiang really didn't know how to speak except for sighing, and finally could only admonish calmly with a black face:

"If the eldest brother can listen to the younger brother's words, he will immediately send someone to send a letter to the fourth brother in the capital. Let him go to Liu Weiyi, the shopkeeper of Sihai Commercial Bank, to admit his mistake, and then compensate for the loss. Or ask the head of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce and the treasurer of Sihai Qianzhuang to ask for accommodation, otherwise it is likely to be redoubled by Zhu Daolin's revenge. ”

Zu Dashou's face suddenly changed greatly, but Zu Dale, who was strong in Kong Wu, stood up in annoyance: "Why? Could it be that Zhu Daolin, a wild Taoist priest who provoked the anger of the government and the opposition and made countless enemies, had three heads and six arms? Lao Tzu teamed up with the governor of Shandong and several members of the military department to rob his fleet and divided him with 100,000 stone of grain, can he bite Lao Tzu's eggs? Could it be that my 100,000 Guan Ning army is still afraid of his 20,000 Dongjiang new army? Joke! ”

Wu Xiang shook his head and sighed: "Second brother, it's useless to get angry. Since you know that Zhu Daolin is a Taoist priest out of the mountain, then you should know how high Zhu Daolin's status is in the world......"

"Jiangnan is too far away, let's not talk about it, just say the north, the world-famous Penglai Pavilion is rumored to be like a fairy on the two real people, down to the sweeping little Taoist and the Shandong ground You Fang Taoist. All respectfully called Zhu Daolin a jade son, because he couldn't meet Zhu Daolin and regretted it, and the Quanzhen Sect leader of the Baiyun Temple in the capital called Zhu Daolin his nephew ......"

"Also, the favored eunuchs Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen and others around the emperor today are called brothers and sisters with Zhu Daolin, Zhu Daolin, the largest Bofu money village in the future, is the major shareholder, and the British Duke, Wei Guogong and the capital are all minority shareholders, such a person, do you think you can afford it, second brother? Alas......"

At this time, not only Zu Dashou was stunned, but Zu Dale was also frightened, and sat down weakly for a long time: "What can I do, what can I do......

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If the Battle of Dengzhou half a year ago announced to the people of the world that Zhu Daolin and the Jiangnan New Army he founded were born, then the great victory in Liaodong, which shook the world, was enough for the world to see Zhu Daolin's strong rise.

Although few people really know how many troops Zhu Daolin has under his command and how strong the hidden strength is, the nearly 5,000 Tartar heads that have been cut down are enough to shock the major forces of the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and they have to re-evaluate Zhu Daolin's strength and readjust the interest relationship that has existed or will occur between him and Zhu Daolin.

It can be said that this victory in Liaodong not only established Zhu Daolin's prestige, but also established Zhu Daolin's prominent position in the Ming political and military circles in one fell swoop.

This new force seems to be far away from the court and has little entanglement with the old forces, but the powerful force shown in the turmoil of internal and external troubles in the Ming Dynasty is enough to attract the attention of the world, forcing the major forces of the government and the opposition to face up to Zhu Daolin's strong existence.

In contrast, the Guanning Army, which has been powerful for more than ten years, is another scene.

It has been 12 years since the establishment of the Guanning Army, which is based on clan forces and local armed forces, the warlord armed forces, through Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and other three Liaodong strategies, pinning on the ardent expectations of the Ming Emperor and hundreds of millions of people, has always been at the forefront of the fierce struggle between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin regime, occupying an extremely favorable strategic position.

Under the continuous support of the two emperors of the Ming Dynasty and hundreds of millions of people, the Guanning army, which consumes nearly half of the national strength every year, will be defeated in every battle, losing most of the territory of Liaodong, retreating again and again, shrinking in the Ningjin line without making any achievements, but miraculously standing and becoming increasingly arrogant, and gradually degenerating into a warlord group that does not obey edicts, ignores military discipline, and has a big tail and cannot be lost, and it has inevitably become an important weight in the cruel game between the major forces of the government and the opposition and the enemy and us.

Because of this, the Guanning Army commander Zu Dashou brothers dared to join forces with the Donglin Party forces of the government and the opposition, and suddenly attacked Zhu Daolin's Sihai Commercial Bank, in addition to his own proud and domineering style and did not understand Zhu Daolin's hidden strength, there was not a little warning to the new Dongjiang Town Chief Military Officer Zhu Daolin.

In the subconscious of Zu Dashou and the Guanning Army, the rapidly rising Zhu Daolin and the Dongjiang New Army have endangered their vested interests and threatened the prominent position of the Guanning Army for more than ten years, but they never expected that Zhu Daolin and his Dongjiang New Army would be so fierce that they could defeat the powerful Houjin Army and achieve a shocking record of beheading thousands, not to mention that the forces behind Zhu Daolin were so strong that Zu Dashou kicked the iron plate as soon as he made his first kick.

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