Only half a month has passed since the oil incident, and Beijing City has ushered in another major event, which is also a happy event - Li Dingguo led his army to conquer Siam and other border vassal countries, victoriously returned to the capital.

This time Li Dingguo went on the expedition, although he led not the Tianwei Army or the Tianxiong Army, but the opponent was not a strong opponent, and even compared with Dongying, there was a certain gap, the imperial court mobilized three military towns in one go, 60,000 troops went out, and allocated a large number of firearms, plus Siam, Malay and other countries in the Nanyang War, the main force hired by the Dutch was all annihilated, and the national strength was empty, and there was still Li Dingguo's opponent.

Li Dingguo led tens of thousands of troops all the way to the south and directly reached the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula, where he joined forces with Tan Guilin in the Strait of Malacca.

"Ning Yu, this expedition to the southwest, you have worked hard, Hahe, you have worked hard all the way!"

Zhu Jie personally welcomed Li Dingguo into the Qianqing Palace and laughed at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo hurriedly bowed down and said: "The small countries on the border are all diseases of ringworm and scabies, and they don't deserve anything, if it weren't for the emperor who annihilated the main force of 100,000 small Nanyang countries in the Nanyang War, the minister would not have ended the war so quickly." ”

Zhu Jie nodded and asked: "The war in the southwest has come to an end, and the small countries of Nanyang are all subdued, what is Ning Yuke's plan next?" ”

Li Dingguo hurriedly replied: "What can the minister plan, everything is arranged by the emperor!" ”

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "In this case, then you will rest in the capital for a period of time, Mu Feng's war in the Western Regions has basically ended, but I am afraid that they have begun to return now, but the road is far away, this battle report will be transmitted from the Rakshasa country to the capital, and the fastest speed will take two months, and the land outside the gate is now on the right track, without you, the dignified supervisor, personally suppressing the formation, next, we have to adjust the defense of the entire military empire!" ”

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Your Majesty, compared with Mu Feng, the minister's expedition to the southwest is simply like playing a family, the expedition to the Rakshasa country for more than 10,000 miles, and it is also a big country in the West, this battle, Mu Feng and Jiaxing are brilliant, and the minister is ashamed of himself as ......."

Zhu Jie waved his hand and replied: "Ning Yu doesn't have to be modest, Mu Feng is just the vanguard of the charge, the sharp blade in my hand, it's okay to attack the city, let him shepherd the side, he doesn't have that ability, the territory he fought down still needs a capable minister like Ning Yu to be able to shepherd and guard......"

Xu Yifan said with a smile on the side: "This is not easy to compare, the ruler is short, the inch is long, it can only be said that they are leading the way, Brother Ning Yu, during this time, stay in the capital, and then, when Mufeng and them come back, the emperor will reward the ministers and reward them for their merits......"

Li Dingguo's heart was shocked and he looked at Zhu Jie.

Zhu Jie smiled and said, "What? Ning Yu, when you followed me to fight in the south and the north, do you dare to say that you didn't have the idea of sealing the marquis and the wife and the shadow of the son immediately? We've been working hard for more than ten years, shouldn't I give you a knighthood? ”

Li Dingguo's heart was moved, he didn't have to Xu Yifan, Qin Mufeng, he was the same as Li Yan, he was a subordinate, although he was valued by the emperor, but after all, he couldn't compare to the same brotherhood, this is not something that can be made up for by the power of the day after tomorrow, no matter which generation of the emperor of that dynasty, he is naturally more trustworthy and the life and death brothers who fought together with him, but the emperor obviously did not exclude himself from this circle, and the matter of the knighthood, I am afraid that no one else has yet gotten the news, and the emperor and Xu Yifan have already revealed it to themselves.

"Your Majesty, the minister has such a small credit, and the emperor still remembers it like this......"

Li Dingguo smiled bitterly.

Zhu Jie smiled: "What, do you think your credit is small?" That's easy to do, go back and continue to earn military merits, there is a chance, and I will give you this opportunity! ”

Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Your Majesty, now that these four Yi guests are in service, the world is peaceful, where is there any military merit to earn?" ”

Zhu Jie beckoned to Liu Sili on the side, and Liu Sili hurriedly took a map of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

"Ning Yu, you see, now that all the northeastern lands outside the Guanwai have entered our territory, and there is no threat to it; The desert south and the north of the desert and the land of the North Sea in the north have all fallen into our hands, and as long as the Mongols do not make trouble, this due north direction will be as stable as Mount Tai; Look at the south again, the whole Nanyang has also been subdued by us, the Western devils have been driven back to their hometown, even if the Western devils come back, where there is also our fleet guarding, one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, due west and southwest, where is the towering plateau, across the plateau, it is too difficult, that is a natural barrier, it is difficult for us to pass, and it is difficult for people on the other side of the plateau to come; Now there is only the northwest direction left, which is here - from Yumen Pass to the west, the whole area, this is the territory of Moxi, occupied by the Mongol tribes of Moxi, the Dzungar Khanate, separating our Central Plains from the territory of the Rakshasa State that Mufeng and they have just conquered, so if you want to strengthen your control in that direction, you must follow the example of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, re-operate the Western Regions, and connect the land ceded by the Central Plains and the Rakshasa Kingdom, how about it, are you interested? ”

Zhu Jie's fingers were on the map while explaining to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo understood when he arrived, his heart was even more shocked, he didn't have such a concept in his heart, but now with the emperor on the map, he finally understood, the current Ming Empire is no longer the Ming Empire ten years ago, ten years ago, the Ming Empire only the Central Plains and Jiangnan two territories were firmly controlled in their hands, Guanwai, the desert, Nanyang and even Dongying are outside the territory of the Ming Empire, now it is different, all into the emperor's pocket, the Ming territory has expanded more than two or three times! The distance in a straight line from south to north is close to 20,000 li, and from east to west, I am afraid that it will be more than 10,000 miles.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Dingguo stood up straight, and said in a loud voice: "Where your horsewhip is pointing, the minister's troops will hit wherever it goes, the Dzungar Khanate is just that, the south and the north of the desert have been pacified, one Moxi, no problem, the minister only needs one brigade of elites, two years, it is enough to pocket the entire Moxi!" ”

"Haha!"

Zhu Jie laughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry!" During this time, you will concentrate on collecting information about Moxi, what do you need, let Yingwu's intelligence department do it, and the matter of going on the expedition will be talked about in half a year! ”

(End of chapter)