Lu Xiangsheng of Shandong soon received Zhang Li's order, and now he is mainly concerned about protecting the territory and the people, and will not intervene in the chaotic war in the Central Plains for the time being.

At present, the strength of the Tuanshan Army in Shandong is mainly composed of new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Fudo Battalion, and even ordinary soldiers who went to fight in Korea are not as good as those who have only joined the army in the past six months. Lu Xiangsheng also knew this situation, if Zhang Zhang really ordered Lu Xiangsheng to fight in Shandong, it would be really difficult to say the outcome of the battle.

If the city is only defended, even if the regimental mountain army with many firearms is a new soldier, the enemy has no chance to conquer the city.

The defense of Shandong and the attack of North Korea are the strategic objectives of the Tuanshan Army at present.

It was freezing on the Korean side, and the Tuanshan Army also spent the first New Year after entering Korea on the front line of Seoul, and the time also entered the ninth year of Chongzhen.

At the beginning of the previous year, Wu Sangui learned that Li Zicheng's army was heading for Luoyang, and he couldn't sit still, who was not fully prepared, so he immediately rushed to Luoyang with an army of 30,000.

In any case, King Fu must not fall into the hands of Li Zicheng - even if this time Wu Sangui helps the imperial court to defend Luoyang first, and it is also feasible to find another opportunity to kill King Fu again.

Therefore, Wu Dudu's Guanning Iron Cavalry ran for three days and three nights, and finally entered Luoyang City in front of Li Zicheng. And Li Zicheng's army was originally not fast, and later Tanma reported that the official army had reinforced Luoyang, and it was Wu Sangui's Guanning army, Li Zicheng's desire to fight suddenly decreased a lot, and even the speed of the march with him also slowed down.

In the end, Wu Sangui and Li Zi became the God of Wealth of King Fu and confronted each other in Luoyang. Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded the city, but they did not dare to attack rashly.

Wu Sangui sits in the city of Luoyang, relying on the strong city cannon, but he is not afraid of the so-called "rabble" in his eyes outside the city!

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The war in North Korea is stalemate. Neither side had any plans to raise troops in winter, but Zhang Zhang unexpectedly returned to Jinzhou City with Li Dingguo. The battle is always endless, and I am afraid that there will be more big battles waiting for the Tuanshan Army in the coming year, and Zhang Zhang feels that he is a little tired and needs to return to the rear and return to Jinzhou City to reunite with his family.

It took two days to take a boat from Gunsan Port to Ningyuan Zhongyousuo, and then take a carriage to Jinzhou City. When the caravan of tension entered Jinzhou City. There was goose feather snow in the sky, and the whole city did not change in any way because of the arrival of tension.

Now Jinzhou is in a very safe position, and there are other city arches in the southeast, northwest, and northwest. Although the guards of the city were still closely checked, the common people really felt an unprecedented sense of security - since the Liao affairs of the Wanli Dynasty, it had not been as quiet and peaceful as it is now for many years.

Strange to say, as soon as the convoy of tension entered the city. The snow turned out to be smaller. It's just that the biting cold wind is still whistling and blowing. Zhang Li sat in the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate - the weather was freezing on the way, the road was slippery, the speed of the convoy was not fast, and it was a sea boat and a horse-drawn carriage, which made Zhang Li feel quite tired.

It was a two-horse carriage, which was not particularly conspicuous, but it was quite comfortable inside. Li Dingguo, who was with the car, added a little charcoal to the charcoal stove in the carriage at this moment, and the previously warm stove fire immediately became vigorous. The carriage was suddenly filled with warmth.

Zhang Li also seemed to sense the change in temperature and opened his eyes. Li Dingguo knew that Zhang Zhang did not fall asleep. At this moment, seeing that Zhang Li no longer closed his eyes to recuperate, he smiled and said, "My lord, we just entered Jinzhou City!" ”

Zhang Zhang nodded slightly, lifted the curtain and hurriedly glanced outside, then closed the curtain again, turned to Li Dingguo and said: "It's been half a year since I went to North Korea, and I really can't get used to that ghost place, it's better to stay in Jinzhou." ”

Li Dingguo has been studying by Zhang Li's side, and the relationship between the two is already very familiar, he laughed and said: "Who said it wasn't!" I couldn't get used to the food there, and if it weren't for the Joseon king sending a thousand fat pigs to the army, I wouldn't have eaten meat for a long time! ”

When Zhang Zhang heard Li Dingguo talk about the Korean king Li Ju's army, he couldn't help but be happy, and almost didn't laugh out loud.

After the Battle of Gwangluwon, the minister of the Joseon State who fled to Busan asked Zhang Zhang several times to see Zhang Li, but Zhang Zhang refused on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs. After doing this a few times, Li Liang also panicked, not knowing what Zhang Li's intention was.

The more Zhang Zhang didn't see the North Korean minister, the more bottomless Li Liang's heart became. Later, when Wang Qifeng, the diplomatic ambassador sent by Zhang Li, appeared in Busan, he was immediately treated as a guest, not to mention the delicious food and drink, and the Korean beauties served him.

Needless to say, after Wang Qifeng saw Li Liang, he put forward three conditions for the Tuanshan Army to "resist the Qing Dynasty and aid Korea":

First, the garrison. This is also normal, just like what the later Emperor Mi did in Korea, in order to have the greatest influence in a country, it is necessary to have a military presence;

Second, reimbursement of military expenses. Tuanshan Jun pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers and came to the rescue of the Korean state, preventing them from being exterminated by the Manchu Tartars, which was really too "internationalist". But that thing can't be eaten as a meal, so you have to have something dry. Originally, Li Liang thought that at most one hundred thousand taels of silver, it would be enough for the expenses of the army. It's a pity that Wang Qifeng calculated a number that made Li Liang faint directly after hearing it and fell to the ground - adding two more zeros.

Of course, it is impossible to ask the "small country" to come up with so much money, they smash the pot and sell iron, even if they sell their pants, there is not so much. But Tuanshan Jun was not in a hurry, nor did he force them, but only demanded that a part be repaid every year, and the interest was calculated separately. When the accounts are paid off, the Tuanshan army will withdraw from the Korean state.

Although this condition is harsh, after Li Liang discussed it with the ministers, he felt that he would talk about it later, and it was the king to save his life first, so he agreed. Just like the treaties signed by the old witch and the foreign powers to pay hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and slowly pay it back, don't I still have Chang Kaishen to take the blame in the Qing Dynasty? As long as you don't delay repairing your garden......

Third, all the commodities needed by the Korean state must be purchased from Tuansan Fort, and everything from the stitches and threads used by the common people to the firearms used by the Korean army can only be imported from Tuansan Fort. Correspondingly, Korean specialties, such as grain and minerals, could only be sold to Tuansan Fort.

This point was originally what Li Liang was most opposed, because if Zhang Li sold a firearm for 1,000 taels of silver, and bought a stone of grain for only one copper plate, then the Koreans would only have to wipe their necks......

However, the conditions given by Zhang Li are very favorable, the selling price is about the same as the market, and the purchase price is also fair, and in the end, Li Liang can only agree to this condition.

This can be regarded as the "three chapters of the law" with the Korean country, and I have a good impression of this country, I can help you fight, but the price must be spent! (To be continued.) )