At this time, Cai Fuyi, the governor of Guangdong, reported that the Dutch pirates had hired the Japanese to provide them with warships, firearms, and money.

He once again stated the situation of the battle of Macao, and at the same time presented the Portuguese governor of Macau with a thank you gift to the Ming Dynasty for his support in the war.

Everyone suddenly felt that they had more friends.

Xu Guangqi just stood up at this time: "Your Majesty, the Netherlands has long been in contact with the Japanese state, and its trade share is second only to that of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a huge influence in the port of Nagasaki.

The Portuguese and the Netherlands are both Western countries, but they are willing to trade with our Ming Dynasty, and are now relatively peaceful and willing to cooperate.

Franc was repeatedly attacked by the Netherlands, and the two sides were fighting. I can strengthen the relationship with the Franc machine and attack the Japanese and the Netherlands behind him. ”

Many people think that this is to teach the Dutch people a lesson, but to help Portugal?

Shoufu Ye Xianggao's mind turned quickly, and he faintly realized that this was the plan of Tianqi, Wang Hongyu and others.

It is said that he has also been in contact with Portugal and Aceban Duck people, and has exchanged some knowledge and technology, but he is also willing to enhance mutual understanding.

However, the status and interests of the Confucian civil and landlord made him instinctively want to restrain him.

When he was in conflict, Sun Chengzong came to see him alone.

"Shousuke, how come you are often sad when you look as wise as you these days?"

Ye Xianggao and Sun Chengzong are both people on the periphery of Donglin, and they are both relatively smart and stable people who don't like impeachment and attack, and they both have some respect for each other.

"The emperor came to me all the way, so he must have been anxious, right?"

"Hahaha, the one who knows me is also the first assistant."

Sun Chengzong also had two voices arguing in his heart.

One is to stand in the position of Donglin and the civil officials, tell Ye Xianggao about the plan of Tianqi and Wang Hongyu, and discuss whether to support or stop it.

The other is to implement the plan after the Xinuan Pavilion talks, first the south and then the north, to deal with the Dutch, and first focus the world's attention on Fujian and Zhejiang, which are on the front line of resistance against the Japanese, and wait for the Dutch to participate in it, take the Strait of Malacca, close the door and fight the dogs.

Ye Xianggao spoke first: "My students worked very hard in Liaodong to block the attack of Jiannu, and also united with Chahar Lindan Khan, ready to show their skills to attack Jiannu. It's a pity that the court is now focusing on the Wa Kingdom and is reluctant to risk attacking for the time being. ”

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong shook his head: "It's right not to attack, and the Guangning front line should continue to defend the enemy."

"You want fortress tactics?"

"Fortress tactics plus defensive counterattacks, so that our army can wait for work, is better than entering the enemy's controlled area, at least forced to engage in unfavorable terrain, or at worst in an ambush and suffering heavy losses."

The two had different ideas on Liaodong countermeasures.

Ye Xianggao was influenced by Wang Huazhen and thought about launching an attack.

Sun Chengzong was familiar with Xuanfu Datong and knew that the border army was poor and it was more difficult to get out of the pass, so he opposed the general offensive and chose a more stable defensive counterattack tactic.

As soon as the two talked about this, Sun Chengzong didn't want to talk about Tianqi and Wang Hongyu's plans frankly and in detail with Ye Xianggao.

"Shoufu, it's not that Liaodong shouldn't attack, but with the current situation, the cost of assembling the Ming army that has defeated Jiannu is too high."

Ye Xianggao wanted to continue to argue a few words and support the suggestion of the student Wang Huazhen to attack, but he also knew that Wang Huazhen was still too far behind Sun Chengzong.

"Indeed, the imperial court was very short of money and grain, and silver depreciated when it arrived in Liaodong, and grain was very dependent on Shandong shipping and the Grand Canal to Tongzhou and then transferred to land transportation. Now that the Japanese have taken the southern part of Goryeo, Shandong's shipping is also threatened. ”

He admits that the situation is not good, especially since the Japanese state clearly threatens shipping from south to north, and even the Grand Canal, a major artery, must be strengthened.

"So, the position of Governor of Zhilu is set up at the right time." In terms of strategic vision, Sun Chengzong really admired the Marquis of Dingyuan.

Ye Xianggao also sighed lightly: "Han Jun, although it is a Qi Party background, it is indeed suitable for this position."

"Therefore, it is more important to defeat the Japanese state than to destroy the Jiannu first, they are eyeing the tiger, and they can't quickly concentrate their forces to recover Liaodong."

In the end, Sun Chengzong still implemented the conversation of Xinuan Pavilion and Wang Hongyu's strategic plan.

After walking out of the cabinet room, he looked up at the sky and confessed with a little apology: "Donglin Qunxian are all my friends, but Your Majesty and the Marquis of Dingyuan are really right, and even I can't deceive myself into going against their strategic ......."

He is actually very yearning for the direction of Liaodong, and he is different from many civilian officials, not only can he look up to the generals, but also know how to let the border army guard with peace of mind.

If the main battlefield is to be in Fujian and Zhejiang, then the elite of the Ming Dynasty should not gather in Liaodong and spend countless grains and silver.

"Should I contact Dingyuanhou? Or talk to Your Majesty about me going to Liaodong to defend, so that they can go all out to fight in the southeast, close the door and fight the dogs? ”

Suddenly, he shook his handsome beard and cheered up and looked towards the palace.

……

Although the fighting on the Liaodong front has been temporarily reduced, it does not mean that the front line should be relaxed.

On the contrary, Wang Hongyu summoned Lao Tan and other intelligence personnel who had been collecting intelligence on the enemy for many years, and carefully analyzed the situation of Nurhachi and his gang.

The enemy has co-opted the savages Jurchens and Saurons, and their fighting style is even wilder. There is also Fan Wencheng, who is reused by Huang Taiji, who always has all kinds of bad ideas, and now Jiannu is very good at winning people's hearts.

If it weren't for Zhang Shenwu and Mao Wenlong, one going up the mountain and the other down to the sea, constantly attacking and harassing behind Jiannu, I am afraid that the Nurhachi period would have been no less than the ruling state of the later Emperor Taiji period.

At present, rational analysis is the stage of strategic stalemate.

There are also ways of playing with strategic stalemate.

"Good news! The people from the Kyoshi Ordnance Bureau have arrived, and they have brought many new weapons! Liu Ruoyu is here in person! ”

The bald old Tan Xing rushed to Wang Hongyu to inform him of this, Wang Hongyu was also very happy, this time he only stayed in the capital for ten days in a hurry, and only met with his uncle a few times before leading the army to Liaodong.

This time, the brother-in-law went to Liaodong, and brought himself a new weapon, Wang Hongyu personally went out of Guangning City ten miles to meet Liu Ruoyu.

I saw that my uncle was more energetic than before, and it seemed that leaving such an anxious place as the palace and court, specializing in the Ordnance Bureau, made him have a lot less headaches.

As soon as Liu Ruoyu saw Wang Hongyu, he laughed: "I didn't expect it~ I came in person and brought good things!"

He pointed his hand back and saw the convoy in a row, either full of things or some big guys pulling behind it.

"The Hongyi cannon you want! There are 36 doors!

There are also 3,000 Lumi guns, 800 turtledove foot guns, and 2,000 barrels of gunpowder! ”

"Good guys!"

Wang Hongyu was really happy, if it weren't for the absence of the new army under his command, he really wanted to directly smash Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in one go.

But happiness is happiness, but you can't be arrogant. Lest these new weapons were all given to Jiannu in the end, and the enemy became the captain of the transport brigade.