Wan Qian refers to whether the peak can bear the dilemma of the forty-fifth section

Huang Taiji pulled Mang Gurtai to the corner of the tent and shouted in a low voice: "Fifth brother, what are you thinking? There is no turning back for us!"

Although Mang Gurtai did not argue, there was still a look of injustice on his face, and his head slowly turned away, avoiding the gaze of Huang Taiji, as if he was still considering surrender.

Huang Taiji dragged him anxiously again, drawing Mang Gurtai's attention back to his side, and he said in an accentuated tone: "Fifth brother, we have killed so many Han people for so many years, and we have sold millions of Han women to the Mongols, we have no way out. Mao Wenlong and our enmity is as deep as the sea, really let him lead the Dongjiang army back to Liaodong, and when he gains a foothold, he will never give us a good life, and the Ming court will definitely pretend to be invisible to the border conflict, let's wait for death!"

Once the Houjin surrendered, at most they could only keep the Jianzhou settlement that the Ming Dynasty had assigned to them a hundred years ago. Dongjiang Town currently has the most military achievements, and there are many Liaodong people in the army, and the generals of Dongjiang will definitely take over most of the territory of Liaodong, and they are close to Jianzhou, so they will definitely become the new neighbors of the Later Jin regime.

Mao Wenlong had more than 300 clansmen killed by Nurhachi, and now in addition to one son, there is still a nephew Mao Chengzuo by his side. Chen Jisheng and other relatives of other high-ranking Dongjiang officers who stayed in Liaodong were almost all found and killed by Nurhachi. Now that the Dongjiang Army is in Korea and the Houjin Army occupies Liaozhong, Mao Wenlong and others are naturally helpless against them. However, if the Dongjiang Army is allowed to return to the Liaozhong Plain, and then Jin retreats to the deep mountains and old forests of Jianzhou, then after the Dongjiang Army is full-fledged. Not to mention trading daily necessities with Houjin, it's strange that they don't come to the door to fight.

Mang Gurtai sniffed and lowered his head silently. Huang Taiji shook his arm twice, forcing Mang Gurtai to raise his head and look at him: "If we surrender, then what will happen to our people? What will they eat? If we return to Jianzhou, who will be willing to trade with us? The Han people in Liaodong will never forget this hatred." As long as we take the first step to quit, there will be no head. Surrender is a dead end, and we must build an independent state. ”

Mang Gurtai nodded dejectedly: "Yes." But I think it's a dead end if I continue to fight, and Huangshi will have to come back sooner or later. ”

"Otherwise!" Huang Taiji retorted loudly disapplauded: "Huangshi has been transferred to the south, I have thought about it carefully, he will not think about coming back within ten years, maybe he will not come back in this life." First of all, Huang Shi was not familiar with the place in the southwest of the Ming Kingdom, and he couldn't calm down the chaos there in a few years; Secondly. Even if he is very lucky, he will only be more feared, and he will definitely not be transferred back. ”

Looking at Mang Gurtai's blank eyes, Huang Taiji knew that he had to muster up his courage, because now the strategic situation of Houjin was too sinister, and everyone within him had to go all out. Huang Taiji took a deep breath:

"Fifth brother, think about it carefully, why did the Ming Dynasty transfer Huangshi away? Isn't it because the civil officials began to be jealous of him? That's why they want to make some trouble for him and beat him up. I guess that nine times out of ten, the civil officials of the Ming Kingdom will stumble on him. That's why he said that he probably couldn't quell the rebellion in the southwest of the Ming Kingdom, so he would definitely not be able to come back. ”

Mang Gurtai quickly asked: "You clearly said just now that he may have been able to settle the chaos all of a sudden because of good luck, well, I think this is very likely, because Huang Shi can't deal with it with common sense." ”

"Yes. I said the ground. But then he won't be able to come back, the civil officials of the Ming Kingdom ...... For example, Yuan Chonghuan and other rat generations, now they are already interested in Huangshi and Mao Wenlong's exploits, if Huangshi really pacifies the southwest, won't they be crazy with jealousy? If Huangshi is transferred back at that time, where will the civil officials and rats in the Ming Kingdom put their faces on? When Huangshi arrives in one place, that place becomes too peaceful, and when he leaves from one place, that place will be in chaos, the more capable he is, the more incompetently those rats will be revealed?

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji laughed self-deprecatingly, because he had just found that he had unconsciously divided the Later Jin regime into the ranks of Huangshi's ability to pacify. However, Huang Taiji immediately showed a confident expression again:

"Fifth brother. It is better to seek others than to seek ourselves, only we can work hard ourselves. If the Ming Kingdom can't gnaw us, we will have a way to live; No matter how powerful Huangshi is, it is 10,000 soldiers, and the Ming Kingdom will not allow a military general to have too strong military power. As long as we can pull those Mongols in and put together 100,000 or even 200,000 armor, then Huangshi is really back, and we are not afraid of him. ”

Mang Gurtai muttered with some dissatisfaction: "This is too dangerous, you pin all your hopes on the civil officials of the Ming Kingdom, as if they are all a bunch of small-eyed villains." ”

"Aren't they?"

Huang Taiji's eyes stared brightly into Mang Gultai's eyes, and he raised his voice and asked again: "Aren't they?"

"Alas—" Mang Gurtai let out a long sigh, and the muscles in his body that had been tense suddenly relaxed, as if he had lost the motivation to argue any further.

"If the Ming Kingdom can be in the same boat, even if the father Khan is unable to return to the sky; If the Ming Kingdom could work together, we would have been starved to death in the mountains by Xiong Tingbi a long time ago; If the Ming Kingdom does not tear each other down, we will not be able to capture Quang Ninh; If the Ming Kingdom could be civilly and militarily harmonious, they would not only give Mao Wenlong 200,000 military salaries, nor would they transfer Huangshi away!"

Huang Taiji took a step back, opened his arms as if to embrace everything in the tent, his palms were tilted upward, and the smile on his face was full of endless mockery: "What is the result? The Liaodong Town of the Ming Kingdom was destroyed, Xiong Tingbi passed on the first nine sides, Mao Wenlong could only nest in North Korea, Huangshi was transferred to Fujian, and we--are still the masters of this Liaoyang!"

After chuckling a few times, Huang Taiji withdrew his arms and took another step forward: "Fifth brother, I assure you that those civil officials of the Ming Kingdom, they would rather negotiate peace with us in the end than let Huangshi come back to make military merits! ”

Mang Gurtai let out another long sigh, he touched his head and said helplessly: "Every time you say the truth. It's okay for other locals, but it's not always like that when I touch Yellowstone, I'm scared. ”

"Fifth brother, believe me again, we must persevere, we will definitely be able to get out of the predicament. ”

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On November 16, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Changsheng Island

The last time Liu Qingyang wrote to say that everything was going well. Bao Bowen knew that he wouldn't spend too much time on Immortal Island. A few days ago, the Fujian Clipper arrived on Changsheng Island in advance, and the fleet responsible for the relocation has returned. Huang Shi's order to Bao Bowen did not surprise him, and all the workers and machines on Changsheng Island were to be moved to Fujian.

For some time now, the strict system of Changsheng Island has once again worked well, and every day the families of military families are sent on the road to the south, and all military families and soldiers are divided into ranks, and the authorities of Changsheng Island will decide their behavior according to the importance of these people.

A large number of combat units would go south along the Grand Canal under the leadership of officers, who were not of much importance to the production work anyway. So it doesn't matter if they delay for a while on the road, and it makes sense to make a long march to train the troops.

In addition to 70 percent of the combat troops who travel by land, the most common military men and their families do not use sea transportation. Before the ship returns, Bao Bowen will complete most of the dispatch, and only the last batch of skilled workers will be left on the island, who will stand on the last shift and board the ship with the dismantled machines from Nakajima and go to Fujian.

In Yellowstone's plan. The entire relocation will be completed in three months, which means that the last group of people from Changsheng Island will leave for the island no later than the end of November, and they will arrive in Fujian before next year and resume production quickly. Needless to say, there is a question of capacity. The four-month period set by Huangshi alone is enough to be proud of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty.

If other military towns want to complete such a large-scale transfer, it will take more than four months for 10,000 combat troops, and it will take a year for tens of thousands of military households, not to mention that there are still a large number of machines that need to be relocated on Changsheng Island. So far, Bao Bowen is still very satisfied with the progress of the work, and has also designed the dismantling of various machine tools and the loading site plan.

After the flotilla returned from Fujian yesterday, Bao Bowen immediately began loading the ship as planned. Everything was carried out according to the plan, and the brand-new sapper equipment, the pulley block, also played a big role. The combination of rigorous planning and clever tools can save you days. Judging by the current schedule. Bowen believes that five days later, that is, on November 21, the sixth year of the Apocalypse. The last group of people on Immortal Island will be able to set off, nearly ten days earlier than the deadline set by Huangshi.

This month, Nakajima produced another 800 cuirasses, which Bao Bowen loaded on ships and sent to Japan. In these days, in addition to these cuirasses, he also produced fifteen six-pounder guns, because there was no need to produce field artillery vehicles, so the production rate of these artillery was also faster than normal, and according to the order of Huangshidi, it would be left to Dongjiang Town Zuoxie, so that it could be used in the defense of castles such as Fuzhou.

In order to stabilize the Left Alliance, Mao Wenlong still recommended Zhang Pan, an old Dongjiang general, as Huangshi's successor. Now Zhang Pan is already the temporary deputy commander-in-chief, and only needs to wait for the military department to approve this appointment, and Zhang Pan can officially take office. Before leaving, Huang Shi instructed Bao Bowen that if Liu Qingyang could borrow enough silver, then the balance of the treasury reserves would be handed over to Zhang Pan.

So not long ago, after receiving the news that the situation was very good from Liu Qingyang, Bao Bowen ordered to open the treasury and send someone to send the remaining 60,000 taels of silver to Lushun, which was almost equivalent to Zuo Xie's military salary for one and a half years, and it could surprise Zhang Pan.

After so many years, Huangshi still has a lot of feelings for Dongjiang Town. Although Changsheng Island is also very difficult, after all, he is a traverser, Huangshi can do maritime trade, develop science and technology, and know history, so he can maneuver between partisan battles. And his old boss Mao Wenlong does not have these skills, but he wants to help more refugees from Liaodong, Huang Shi admires it, and is willing to try his best to make Mao Shuai live a more comfortable life.

Mao Wenlong didn't have any idea about Huangshi taking away the military households, although the loss of tens of thousands of military households was less manpower for him, but on the other hand, it was also tens of thousands of mouths to eat. Moreover, Mao Wenlong is also from the south of the Yangtze River, Fujian has abundant rainfall and is close to the sea. It's better than Liaodong with two droughts in three years, so some of his subordinates go to the south to enjoy happiness, and he Mao Wenlong can only be happy for them.

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On November 17, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Jingshi

Yesterday, the celebrant sent a report from Liaodong, which made Tianqi frown, and today he specially summoned the cabinet to inquire about this matter.

At the beginning of the court, Tianqi asked a little angrily, "Ladies and gentlemen." Who allowed the governor of Liaodong to send someone to mourn the slave chief? I don't remember giving the governor of Liaodong such permission. ”

Wei Zhongxian had already given the three cabinet members a pass in private, so Gu Bingqian's anger at the emperor was already clear in his chest. He said calmly: "Go back to the emperor." It is true that the governor of Liaodong did not play in advance, but the old minister thought that perhaps as the governor of Liaodong said, this was an extraordinary time, and the matter was in a hurry, and the opportunity could not be lost. The governor of Liaodong made a decision first, which may also be understandable. The old minister also thought that the rights and wrongs of this matter could be discussed again. But the governor of Liaodong was indeed out of a public heart. ”

Gu Bingqian Luo Li said a lot of words, and he didn't take any substantive responsibility at all, and Tianqi already knew Gu Bingqian's character very thoroughly, and he had long been accustomed to it. The young emperor knew that his first assistant was a person who had always slipped his shoulders, and when he was able to say these words just now, the meaning in it was basically to exonerate Yuan Chonghuan.

Seeing that the other two cabinet ministers were silent and silent, Tianqi knew that they were agreeing with Gu Bingqian's opinion, since the cabinet's opinion was so unified. Tianqi suddenly felt weak, and felt that his anger might be unreasonable, so his tone suddenly relaxed: "The major affairs of the country are in Rong." For such a big matter, the governor of Liaodong should always ask me what I mean first, alas. However, you have a point, perhaps the situation was urgent, and the governor of Liaodong could not be allowed to ask for instructions in advance. ”

Since he finished speaking just now, Gu Bingqian has maintained a posture of watching his nose and nose care, he has already made a contribution to today's court meeting, although the status of the cabinet chief assistant is high, but he is not the first to fire, it is the turn of others to play, everyone is in the same palace, and the risk should be shared equally.

Feng Quan coughed when he saw this. He cleared his throat and said, "Holy Lord." Lord Yuan did something a little more this time, but Lord Yuan has always been like this. The temperament is a little rough, but people still have the courage to do things. The art of war is cloudy: the general is outside, the monarch's order is not subject to it, didn't Huang Shuai make his own decisions last time?"

Tianqi frowned again, remembered for a while, shook his head and said: "No, the last time Huang Shuai went to Liaoyang without authorization, didn't you all have to condemn him?

"Shengshang, Huang Shuai was brave last time, but after all, he is still a martial artist. This time it was Ding Shaoshi's turn to make a move, he raised his thumb and said sonorously: "And the governor of Liaodong has read more than 10,000 volumes, and he has the courage and strategy in his chest! ”

"Yes, Holy One. Seeing that the roulette wheel turned in front of his eyes again, Gu Shoufu raised his head suddenly, and two fine lights shot out of his eyes: "The envoy sent by the governor of Liaodong this time is also a person of courage and insight, according to the governor of Liaodong's recital: he concluded that 'eight dogs are in the same prison, and the bones will be devoured', and the governor of Liaodong has made careful arrangements, and has successfully made the old slaves suspect each other, and they will start killing each other in the near future." ”

"Holy Lord!" Feng Quan's shout attracted the eyes of the apocalypse again, and he said with a straight face: "The governor of Liaodong said in the chapter: He also righteously ordered Jiannu to immediately lay down his arms and surrender, and to be punished by the imperial court, which made the sons of Jiannu very frightened!"

"Yes, Holy One. Without giving the apocalypse time to think, Ding Shaoshi followed closely behind Feng Quan and shouted: "The governor of Liaodong also said: He has decided to accept Zhao'an, and he is even willing to offer his two younger brothers to show his sincerity.

Ding Shaoshi's passage was originally not in history. In this time and space, under the deterrence of Huangshi's force, Yuan Chonghuan was able to come up with something real in addition to boasting that he Yuan Chonghuan was effective in detecting the enemy's situation, using counter-tactics to cause civil strife in the Eight Banners, and ordering Huang Taiji to surrender immediately and be disposed of, but ......

However, Ding Shaoshi continued: "The governor of Liaodong has written a letter to politely reject Hong Tai's suggestion to take his brother as a hostage, showing trust and appeasement. According to the governor of Liaodong. After hearing the news, Mrs. Hong was even more grateful and cried, and praised the kindness of my great tomorrow dynasty. ”

"Saintly, the governor of Liaodong can serve people from afar, be virtuous and solve doubts, be able to form vassals, be able to penetrate the heart, and really have both virtue and ability. If it weren't for my emperor and sage, Heaven would have decided-" Gu Bingqian shook his head fiercely to accentuate his tone, shaking the muscles on his face to the ground, and at the same time shouted: "You can't lower such a good minister." The old minister would like to congratulate my emperor!"

After speaking, Gu Bingqian stood up tremblingly, intending to kneel down and salute, but Feng Quan on the side also quickly stood up when he saw this. knelt down with Gu Shoufu, and praised in his mouth: "Holy Lord, since the establishment of the rebellion, the country has spent tens of millions of dollars, tens of thousands of armor movers, and it has not been peaceful for six years. Cao Jianyu is like controlling a child, it is really a miracle through the ages! ”

Ding Shaoshi couldn't think of any good words for a while, so he only knelt down with him, pulled his neck and shouted: "Weichen congratulates the saint." ”

"Alright, alright, all up. Apocalypse smiled and waved his hand to make the cabinet even. The three of them shouted one after another, and immediately made the emperor throw all the slightest unhappiness out of the clouds. The more the young emperor thought about it, the more he felt that it was indeed unreasonable for him to be angry just now, so he smiled and said to the cabinet: "Then draw up a vote." Everything is done according to the will of the governor of Liaodong, as long as Jiannu sincerely surrenders and honestly withdraws from the side wall, I can spare them from dying. ”

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Wei Zhongxian didn't say a word at the court meeting, and he didn't interject when the cabinet was preparing the vote, but walked back to his house alone. called out the confidant little eunuch who wrote a letter to him: "Draft, send a letter to the governor of Liaodong immediately." ”

"Yes, godfather. ”

The little eunuch quickly laid out the letter paper, sharpened the ink neatly with his hands and feet, then lifted the pen and dipped it in thick ink, looked up and asked, "Godfather, what do you want your son to write?"

Wei Zhongxian thought for a while, and said lightly to the little eunuch: "Tell the governor of Liaodong that this time he did the main thing without authorization, and our family took it for him." Our family can still trust him. But be careful. Barbarians can't be fully trusted, and don't make any mistakes...... Well. Tell the governor of Liaodong to get the Liao affairs done quickly, so as not to have many dreams at night, and then our family will definitely ask for credit from the Lord Long Live for him in person. ”

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On November 28, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Dengzhou

Liu Qingyang saw off the first batch of maritime trade fleets at the dock today. As a large amount of money began to be available, merchants began to pay off the balance of charters and purchases. At present, in the account books of the Dark Council, they will also open dozens of new businesses and countless shops, these merchants have already obtained a unified price list in their hands, according to the agreement, they must eat the goods at a unified price, and in the future, when the special products from the south are shipped back, the Dark Council will naturally send them a unified price list.

Because these businesses have unified supply and marketing channels, their natural operating costs will be lower than those of ordinary merchants. However, Liu Qingyang does not intend to maliciously reduce the price, firstly, he does not want to arouse the hostility of other time-honored brands now, and secondly, with the Dark Council, the big backstage of unified supply, since its supporters have an unparalleled advantage in business information, with the means of communication of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for other individual companies to surpass the Dark Council in terms of reaction speed.

At this time, Huangshi also received a report from Liu Qingyang in Fujian, and the figure of 2.7 million taels of silver was far more than Huangshi's estimate, although most of the funds would be used to lease ships and set up shops, but the profits of sea trade were too high, and it would not seem to be too difficult to recover the cost.

Liu Qingyang planned to invest 800,000 taels of silver for the first time to buy local products, and he suggested that he should first go to the old Japanese trading place, after all, they were more familiar with it. Sugar from Fujian and silk from Zhejiang can more than double the profit after being shipped to Japan, and at the same time, Japan is also in urgent need of iron and cloth, which will be produced by Funing Town itself in the future.

And the red copper, gold and silver that are abundant in Japan can also bring huge profits after being shipped back to the Ming Dynasty. Kazuo Kuroshima can help solve some of the problems of sailors and shipping routes, and Fujian can also recruit some more sailors, which will not be a big problem, and after shipping to Japan, you can also use the warehouses and sales channels of the Choshu Domain, so it should not be too much trouble.

If there is no loss of goods at sea, the 800,000 goods will be converted into more than 1,500,000 taels of silver after a few months of transportation to Japan, and then purchased into Japanese red copper, gold and silver and shipped back. Worth more than three million taels doesn't have to be too surprising. Coupled with the sales network in Shandong and other places, Huangshi will definitely be able to turn over funds within half a year, so apart from pirates and typhoons, Liu Qingyang can't see anything else that can prevent Huangshi from getting rich.

Of course, Japan is still too small, and if the volume of goods is too large, Huangshi is worried that the Japanese land market will soon be saturated. So what really caught Yellowstone's eye was the silver of the Spaniards. Of course, Yellowstone was by no means prepared to go to war with the Spaniards recklessly.

on this issue. Huang Shi's thinking is similar to that of Wanli Tianzi, and he knows more than Wanli. Most of Luzon's silver comes from South America and Africa, and as long as China doesn't get its hands on these places, it won't necessarily be of much benefit to attack Manila. It was only a little late in developing good-neighbourly relations with Spain, because the powerful Dutch East India Company was also intervening in the seas, and the Dutch were trying to monopolize the trade between China and the Spaniards.

In addition to the Dutch, the pirates of the Fujian Sea also coveted this maritime Silk Road. They looted passing merchants or forced them to pay tolls. Of course, these acts were greatly harmful to the financial revenue of the Ming court, but although the Fujian sailors tried their best to exterminate the pirates, the pirates still rose up repeatedly. This is also because the profits of the sea trade are so attractive that as long as they can successfully rob a few times, the pirates can build a team of thousands of people from the proceeds of the plunder.

"With the scale of the Lu merchants at the beginning, I'm afraid they won't attract the attention of the Min merchants, but it's also a matter of time before they do. Soon they will become opponents of the Min merchants. Hmph, many sea merchants are Japanese pirates when they go to sea, and at least they are inextricably linked to pirates, providing them with information, providing them with information and helping them recruit sailors. ”

Huang Shi spoke to Jin Qiude in a very unkind tone, and his chief of staff listened with a serious expression.

"Compared with the wind and high waves and the dangerous Minhai, our Liaohai is just a bathtub. I don't know if Kazuo Kuroshima's sailors will be up to the task. But their numbers certainly can't stand the drain, so we have to vigorously develop the sailors and recruit Fujian sailors from the local area, who have long been accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves in their lives. ”

"Yes, sir. Jin Qiude agreed with Huangshi's judgment, but it all needed money: "My lord, when are you going to start recruiting sailors?"

"There doesn't seem to be an absolute necessity lately. ”

This year, Yu Zhigao has just driven the Dutch away from Penghu, and the Daming Sailor still has some power in the surrounding waters for the time being. Huang Shi has already been to Xiamen once, and a world-famous military general like him came to visit, which can be regarded as giving Yu Zhigao a lot of ground. Huang Shi and Yu Zhigao also had a good conversation. At least on the surface, it is still harmonious.

"However, General Yu's Fujian naval division is constantly being weakened. After repelling the Dutch. The imperial court has ordered the reduction of about 10,000 sailors in Penghu, and these 10,000 sailors seem to be the most elite group of soldiers under General Yu. As far as I know. Seventy or eighty percent of them have gone to pirates, so the strength of the Fujian pirates is probably very impressive. ”

Huang Shi's voice became lower and lower, and the gloom between his eyebrows became heavier and heavier.

"My lord, my subordinates are brave. From the beginning to the end, Jin Qiude opposed Huangshi's plan to advance rapidly into the southwest, and he always advocated sending a symbolic small force to Yunnan to fight first, and then focusing on Fujian, first consolidating the base areas in Xindi, and then considering the issue of entering Yunnan in a big way: "Since ancient times, the way of the military family is to first take deep roots and consolidate the roots, and then to plan far. Now that the adults have not yet gained a stable foothold and have not yet decided to breathe, they are eager to enter Yunnan to quell the rebellion, and their subordinates are afraid that they will not be able to reach it quickly. ”

"Hmm. Huang Shi replied dullly. The training funds will certainly not be abundant, and if they are inclined to the army, then the naval division will definitely be seriously insufficient.

Jin Qiude repeated his previous suggestion: "My lord, let's first form our own sailors, and get rid of our dependence on Yu Zhigao first. Then we will eliminate the pirates and expand our forces until the sailors can ensure the safety of our sea trade, and then train our soldiers and send troops to the southwest to quell the rebellion, which is the complete strategy. ”

"I understand your suggestion. But even if we build a naval division, how can we send thousands of soldiers to the southwest within a year to make an appearance. And the cost of these thousands of soldiers outside will be very large, and it will also pull us back. Although Jin Qiude's suggestion was relatively sound, Yellowstone would have to fight on two fronts, and while he could only spare some of his energy to deal with the pirate land, he would have to maintain an army thousands of miles away.

In this way, the war against bandits in Fujian is likely to drag on for a long time. The war in the southwest will also be even more indefinite. And until the war here is ended, the southwest army will continue to make Funing Town bleed, holding back Huangshi's financial resources.

"Even if the Fujian sailors are unable to suppress the pirates in the Fujian Sea, we will take an extra land route in Zhejiang, that is, the profit will be a little less. Judging from Liu Qingyang's calculations, it is enough to maintain an army expeditionary force of tens of thousands of people. Sailor ......"

Yellowstone shook his head and sighed, the pirate way was to take the time to rob. The purpose of the official army is to ensure the security of a sea area, and the two have different purposes. The cost gap between the two sides is too large: "The water division is really expensive, and it is time-consuming and laborious, let's put it aside for the time being, for the time being, we can only count on General Yu Zhigao." ”

Most of the Fujian pirates are local to Fujian, and they are also very dependent on the maritime trade of Fujian and Haiti, whether they are the leaders or coercion, these pirates are not very determined to fight to the death with the imperial court. In addition, the pirate soldiers mainly came from the mainland of Fujian. Huang Shi thought that if there were no worries, as long as he made every effort to block the coastline and cut off the supply of pirates and the replenishment of soldiers, the pirates of the Fujian Sea would still have no roots after all.

"After all, this Minhai is still easy to deal with, and if I can successfully quell the rebellion of Hao'an, then the Wenchen of the central region of the court will no longer find a reason to prevent me from returning to Liaodong, right?"

"Your Excellency is still worried about Liaodong?"

"How can I not be worried? Well, now the elders of the court can send me to the southwest. It's nothing more than good steel to be used on the blade, and it is effortless to destroy Jiannu, so you have to send me to deal with Yu Chongming and An Bangyan, who have many thieves. If the chaos in the southwest is calmed down and the Liao affairs change again, the emperor will naturally think of me again. ”

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December 15, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Liaoyang

"The governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom in order to show his mind. We don't want to send hostages anymore. Last month, I sent an envoy to Ningyuan, begging the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom to raise his noble hand and let our people live, so as to show the benevolence of the Celestial Empire and prove that the Kingdom of Heaven is indeed willing to appease us...... The governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom agreed, and he no longer sent a bounty to Mongolia to buy the heads of our people!"

This month, Yuan Chonghuan sent two more groups of envoys to Liaoyang in a row. Beginning in October of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, there was an endless stream of envoys between Liaoyang and Ningyuan. Since there were always envoys galloping on horses on the official road between Liaoyang and Ningyuan, the private trade between the Mongolian tribes and the Later Jin Dynasty had also resumed a lot, and many Mongolian tribal leaders pretended to be blind to this.

Huang Taiji triumphantly swept around the brothers in the house, and loudly introduced the diplomatic achievements with the Ming Dynasty in the past month or so: "After the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom agreed to our request. He also sent someone to read out the letter of the Ming Kingdom. Ask us to turn back as soon as possible, so as not to anger the thunder of the Ming Kingdom again. Then he moved out of the same way. Tell us to turn back to the shore, Ming Guo will definitely release the past suspicions, and never settle accounts after the autumn, let us let go of all our worries, and don't have to worry about the slightest trouble. ”

"Hahahaha," Huang Taiji said with a burst of ecstatic laughter. When this letter of state was delivered, Huang Taiji personally went out of Liaoyang for ten miles to greet him, and arranged the ceremony of Yuan Chonghuan's envoy entering the city extremely large: "Fifth brother, it's a pity that you weren't there at that time, you should really look at the expression of the Bayan Mongolian herdsman, haha, they just received the announcement that the governor of Liaodong would no longer pay the first level of silver, and then they heard the Ming Kingdom announce that they are not guilty of our past, haha." ”

Mang Gurtai also sneered. The day before yesterday, when Yuan Chonghuan's letter arrived, he happened to go hunting. Recently, Liaoyang has gradually become lively again. At the end of November, after Yuan Chonghuan mourned Nurhachi, the head of Horqin Mongolia suddenly recovered from his illness, and he personally came to Liaoyang to mourn the old in-law's family, and deeply regretted that he came to mourn Nurhachi after falling behind the Ming Kingdom.

At the same time, the poor herdsmen of Mongolia also began to defect to Liaozhong Pingyuan, and Huang Taiji had already ordered the rebuilding of the Mongolian left wing: "At the end of last month, we had just obtained the oath of the twelve Mongolian tribes of Karaqin, and they agreed not to oppose my Dajin again, as long as we were willing to sell them salt at a low price; At the beginning of the month, we received the non-aggression pledge from the Mongolian ministries of the Kharkhars; The day before yesterday, after receiving the letter of the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom, I had already sent someone to see Lin Dan Khan, hoping that he would make a temporary truce with us. ”

Dai Shan gently touched the rat whiskers under his chin with his hand, squinted his eyes and said: "North Korea and Mongolia have no grudges against my Dajin, and the reason why they are suffering from our Dajin is just to respond to the call of the Ming Kingdom." It's like a friend who was invited to help with the fist was bleeding and sweating, but the main owner shrank back vigorously...... What does this Liaodong governor of the Ming Kingdom think?"

Huang Taiji restrained his smile and said with a serious face: "The governor of Liaodong of the Ming Kingdom wants to make meritorious contributions too much, you see that he has sent envoys again and again, and the urgency of his mood can be seen, he wants to do this thing too much, so he has been in chaos." ”

"Alas, it's also a poor man, and I feel sad to hear it. Amin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke up, with a compassionate expression: "This Yuan Chonghuan doesn't know how to fight, and he wants to make meritorious contributions, so he has to gamble if he wants to go crazy, but he also met our four Baylors, alas, I really sympathize with him." ”

"If my expectations are not bad, even if Lin Dan Khan is not cold after hearing these news, he will be worried, after all, fighting will kill people, if there is not even a reward for silver, then why should Lin Dan Khan be desperate?"

"Not bad. ”

"So ......"

"So Mao Wenlong is already isolated. ”

"Exactly, we have to mobilize every soldier we can mobilize to attack Dongjiang Town. ”

Huang Taiji did not hesitate and directly stated his plan: "Now our Manchurian Eight Banners, plus the left and right wings of Mongolia, have a total of nearly 30,000 armor, and we want to send all 30,000 of them to attack Korea." At the same time, I also plan to order that all Han people who can make military merits can immediately be awarded fields and officials, and those who have made outstanding achievements can also directly enter the flag. ”

Mao Wenlong's fully armored soldiers are probably less than 10,000, even his cavalry is only three adults with armor at most, the food stock is even more pitiful, and the weapons are very rough, everyone does not believe that he can resist 30,000 gold armor for a long time, but ......

The other three Baylors all looked at Huang Taiji quietly, and it was still Mang Gurtai who couldn't hold his breath the most, and the first one jumped out and said: "There are no soldiers left, so what if someone else comes to copy our hometown?"

"Lin Dan Khan will definitely hesitate again and again, and will not send troops until the situation is clear. After he thinks clearly, he plans to send troops, and there is still Korqin Mongolia on that road to withstand for a while; There were not a few soldiers in Gaizhou, and as soon as Huangshi left, the Zuo Association in Dongjiang Town was in chaos, and I estimated that they might not have enough food and grass to attack Liaoyang. ”

"What about Liaoxi? The Guanning Army of the Ming State had 35 field battalions and 70,000 soldiers, and the grain and grass were piled up like a mountain. ”

Huang Taiji couldn't stop laughing: "Haha, Yuan Chonghuan is just a rat's ear, not to mention 70,000 soldiers, it's 700,000, 7 million, how can he do it in the hands of such a rat?"

After laughing, Huang Taiji stood up proudly, and proudly nodded on his chest with his hand: "If I am alone in Liaoyang, I will win 100,000 soldiers, and I will make Yuan Chonghuan dare not look at Liaohe!"

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