After listening to Huang Taiji's briefing, everyone immediately realized the hidden crisis.

Amin was the second son of Nurhachi's brother Shulhaqi, and it was his work that forced North Korea to sign the "Gangdu Alliance". This person has always been old-fashioned, and after thinking about it, he asked worriedly: "Will the sudden change in Phi Island affect our plan to go west to Mongolia next month?" ”

The fifth son of Nurhachi on the side, Mang Gurtai, the owner of the Blue Banner, hurriedly echoed, and all eyes fell on Huang Taiji's sallow face again.

Huang Taiji smiled calmly and motioned to Dai Shan, who was sitting at the bottom of the seat, to answer.

Dai Shan, who has a thick skeleton and a thin face, is the second son of Nurhachi, who leads the two red flags of Manchuria and holds a high position, he coughed lightly, touched the two well-maintained mustaches on his lips, and said loudly:

"Thousands of Ming troops occupy a small land far from the land, and it is not worth our westward expedition that we have been preparing for him for more than half a year."

"Judging from the experience of many years, no matter how good the equipment of the army transferred from the south of the Ming Dynasty to the north is, it has little combat effectiveness, and it will take at least a year to adapt to the weather in the north!"

"What's more, the way of fighting in the north is very different from the south where the rivers are all over the place, the infantry without cavalry can't pose a threat to us at all, and it's barely possible to defend the city, if you want to talk about field battles, hehe!"

"So far, the army that dares to fight a field battle with us has never seen it, and even Mao Wenlong, who constantly caused us trouble at the beginning, didn't he also use the unsightly small group sneak attack tactics?"

"When this group of Jiangnan new troops who have just arrived in Phi Island figure out the southeast, northwest and northwest, I'm afraid a year will pass like this, so there is no need to worry!"

Laughter rang out, and the flintlock pistols and cannons of the Franco, which had worried everyone just now, were immediately despised by everyone.

Huang Taiji did not laugh, not only did not laugh, but also announced a surprising decision: "Although the Jiangnan New Army on Phi Island cannot form a threat in a short time. But we have to be on guard, if after our army has conquered Mongolia in the west, they suddenly rush in and loot on a large scale, it will make the whole of Liaodong frightened and unsettled. ”

"So, after discussing with my second brother, I decided to send two thousand cavalry to garrison Gushan Town, which is facing the sea to the south."

"Gushan Mountain is 100 miles away from Weihua Island at the mouth of the Yalu River. It is 120 miles away from the mouth of the Zhuang River in the north of Guanglu Island in the west, with a wide field of vision and a smooth road, no matter which side the Ming army attacks from, it can rush over to exterminate it within an hour, and this important task is handed over to the twelve brothers. ”

"The twelfth brother has won in the two battles of the Eastern Expedition to Korea, and is very familiar with Korea and the coastal terrain, and will definitely be able to keep the Ming army out!"

The crowd immediately looked at Azig, whose faces were full of anger. Some gloat, some sympathize, and some secretly feel unfair for Azig, who has been repeatedly ostracized by Huang Taiji.

For a long time, Huang Taiji's policy towards the two white flags and the three brothers Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo has been to win over and suppress at the same time. Because the two white flags are strong but the flag owners are young, once they are pulled over, they can be like an arm. In the early days of Huang Taiji's establishment, in the two white flags, Azig was mainly beaten.

Azig was the eldest of the three brothers, and he had been in battle early, and he was a man of strength and ruggedness. Less constrained. Therefore, Huang Taiji took Azig to operate.

Knowing that the upcoming western expedition to Mongolia was the best opportunity for the banners to develop and grow. Even if he didn't have great military exploits, he could get a large number of livestock and people to enrich his family, but no one dared to say a word in front of the majestic Huang Taiji for Azig, who had to shoulder heavy responsibilities after losing a good opportunity.

At this time, how did Huang Taiji know that Zhu Daolin, who was not taken into his eyes, knew very well the battle plan of the Manchu army to invade Mongolia in the west, and he didn't know that Zhu Daolin was methodically consolidating Phi Dao, which was regarded as a small land by Huang Taiji's second brother Daishan. While patiently waiting for the Manchu army to leave the old nest of Liaodong and go to the Mongolian steppe, thousands of miles away.

Even Zhu Daolin's confidants and favorite generals couldn't figure out why their generals didn't mention the matter of attacking Liaodong at all, but kept asking for more training, and were keen to build a large number of buildings on the bare Phi Island.

With the shipload of grain, bricks, timber, coal, furs, medicinal herbs, pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks transported to Phi Island. The silver of the white flowers and the exquisitely minted Chongzhen Tongbao continued to flow into the hands of the government of the three counties along the Korean coast and a large number of merchants.

The islands are like gluttony with a big mouth open, and they can eat any goods, which has made more than ten counties in Anzhou appear unprecedented prosperity.

The Dongjiang Army's trade was fair, not delaying or owing, and its good reputation and strict military discipline gradually won the trust of the Korean military and businessmen, and under word of mouth, Zhu Daolin's army was soon called the "Dongjiang New Army" by the Korean military and civilians, and was highly praised by all walks of life, and even Manchu merchants quietly passed by local merchants to sell war horses and various high-quality furs to Phi Dao.

The DPRK finally believed that the "mutual trust, mutual assistance, strengthened cooperation, and solidarity" put forward by the Dongjiang New Army was not a false slogan, but was pursued in a down-to-earth manner.

In particular, the Donggang New Army on Phi Dao made it clear that they were "willing to sell flintlock pistols and artillery to Korean friendly forces, but only with the consent of the Joseon king and the military department," reminding the fearful King Yi Liang that he finally smiled with relief, and the ministers of the Eastern Class, who were full of malicious speculation about the Ming army, fell into deep thought.

The "Westerners" and the merchant family, who had always been close to the Ming Dynasty, immediately took action, asking King Li Liang to send a special envoy to reward the king's division, and secretly sent representatives to Phi Dao to make contact and seek commercial and political cooperation.

With such an elite army by your side, no one can sleep soundly if they can't establish friendly relations.

Zhu Daolin stayed on Phi Dao for 21 days, and together with the three commanders, he established the style and direction of the army, established various organs of the military department of the Dongjiang Army, imparted all kinds of military knowledge to the young recruits of the Military Command Department, the Military Affairs Department, the Quartermaster Department, and the Military Judge Advocate General's Office, and worked out a military building strategy and a series of training plans for the next two years.

During this period, Zhu Daolin also participated in the construction of fortifications in three directions, introduced wealthy and wealthy commercial houses from all over the world, formally launched lucrative trade with the DPRK, popularized the coal stoves and coal-saving ondols that had been popularized in the Jiangnan area among the military and civilians on the island, formulated strict laws and regulations on water source protection and afforestation, and completely isolated the military area from the residential and commercial areas.

Zhu Daolin also made the most crucial and secret decision, setting up the first military intelligence department in the Dongjiang Army.

Li Yuming, chief of the Judge Advocate General of the Dongjiang Army, concurrently served as the director of the Intelligence Division, and 20 veteran soldiers and 40 elite scouts who had been carefully selected from among the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army were promoted to the next level and entered the Intelligence Division, quietly carrying out counter-espionage and various military investigations in the capacity of military judges, organizing study and training in accordance with the outline drawn up by Zhu Daolin, and constantly summing up, enriching, and improving in practice. (To be continued.) )