Chapter 076: The plan is big

Chen Cao's chess game is very big, on the surface everything is in Guangning City, but in fact, his real intention is in Jinzhouwei, Jinzhouwei is located at the throat of the entire Dalian Bay, as long as he takes it for himself, it is a good thing to advance and retreat, and the removal of Zhang Pan is because Chen Cao doesn't like this kind of veteran oil, and he is not Chen Cao's person.

Song Che nodded, and now he also understood Chen Cao's specific plan: "Let me guard Guangning City." ”

Chen Cao glared and shook his head: "You can't do it, you have to go back and train a new army for me, and Guangning City will be handed over to Wang Xiaojie to guard." ”

"The New Army?" Song Che frowned.

Chen Cao said with a mysterious face: "The imperial court has lost more than 100,000 soldiers in Guangning this time, and it can't get decent soldiers to come, besides, the civil unrest in Shaanxi is getting more and more serious, and the imperial court not only has no soldiers, but also no money, so the battle can't be fought, so it can only be defended." ”

Although Chen Cao was all guessing, Song Che was a hundred convinced of Chen Cao's words, and nodded immediately: "I know, the imperial court will let the soldiers from all over the country prepare for their own training and garrison the new army, and half of the military expenses will be paid by the imperial court, and half will let the new army be self-sufficient." ”

"Yes..."Chen Cao nodded with a smile: "We can take the opportunity to develop our strength and train our soldiers well, and there is an opportunity." ”

"And now?" Song Che pointed to Quang Ninh City.

Chen Cao exhaled lightly: "Nurhachi went to conquer Duoyan Sanwei, and then he had to subdue the Mongolian tribes, these things are done, even if he has searched countless in Guangning, he must recuperate, it is already July, at least after the spring of February next year, we still have time to prepare;

These tens of thousands of people mobilized to rebuild the city of Guangning, the old and weak, women and children did light things, and the heavy ones were let the defeated soldiers and exiled people who fled to do it. It will take three months to repair Quang Ninh City. ”

Chen Cao and Song Che talked for a long time, and then asked Zhao Xin to arrange people to do work for those people, thinking that these people were still interested, and after knowing the cruelty of the Tartars, they expressed their willingness to build Guangning City, and Chen Cao provided food, for which these people were grateful to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao's plan was very big, naturally he could not simply build Guangning City, in addition to letting some soldiers take the lead in returning to Nanjing, and let all the warships and transport ships go to the workshop to transport the finished cement, he wanted to build a modern cement city in Liaodong.

At the end of July, the imperial court sent a letter, ordering Chen Cao to return to Beijing to report on his work, and after receiving the news, Chen Cao immediately took a sea ship to Jinzhouwei and made the first contact with Liu Aita who had been waiting there for a long time.

Naturally, the two sides must pretend to fight, Liu Aita surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, which does not mean that all the soldiers under him have surrendered, so many people died in this battle, and Liu Aita had no choice but not to give up Jinzhouwei.

"Sinner General Liu Xingzuo, I have seen Uncle Dingwu..."

Liu Aita's Han name is Liu Xingzuo, and when he saw Chen Cao at this moment, he naturally wanted to call him by his Han name.

Chen Cao hurriedly helped Liu Xingzuo up: "General Liu is polite, let's make a long story short, so as not to cause trouble to you, what valuable news is there?" ”

"At the beginning of spring next year, the Tartars will conquer North Korea." Liu Xingzuo immediately spoke.

"North Korea?" Chen Cao frowned, and then nodded to show that he knew: "What action can you take against our Daming?" ”

Liu Xingzuo shook his head: "Guangning is a big victory, all the soldiers left in Guangning must be withdrawn, and all the departments of the Eight Banners must rest and recuperate. ”

"And they conquer North Korea?" Chen Cao frowned and asked.

Liu Xingzuo said: "Ordered Amin to do it, and the sin will follow, the order has been issued, and the east will be conquered after the beginning of spring in February next year." ”

"Huh..."Chen Cao let out a sigh of relief, with North Korea as a substitute for the dead ghost, the time he prepared in Liaodong was free for a year, and there was no problem at all: "General Liu, you have more information inside the Tartars than Wanqing, and you have more secrets, you must ensure your safety, and don't leak your identity." ”

"Sin will be remembered..."

...

August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival

Chen Cao went to the capital as soon as he landed in Tianjin, entered the Zhengyang Gate on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, first went to the military department to report, and then went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and finally was invited to the mansion by Zhang Wenda.

"This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is not good..."Zhang Wenda and Chen Cao sat in the pavilion in the garden to admire the moon.

Chen Cao took a bite of the moon cake: "Is Uncle Zhang worried about the affairs of Guangning?" ”

"The old man has already given his respects, and he doesn't have much opinion on the court situation, but the matter of Guangning extends to the safety of my Ming Dynasty, so I have to be cautious, this time your deeds in Guangning The old man also knows, yes, Kecang didn't misunderstand you kid back then."

Chen Cao smiled and poured a glass of wine for Zhang Wenda: "It's just in vain, this time it's just a matter of death, it's just luck..."

"Sent to death?" Zhang Wenda frowned, then figured out what Chen Cao meant, and then shook his head: "Party struggle, party struggle... Could it be that you really say that? ”

Chen Cao hurriedly put down the moon cakes and took a sip of tea: "Uncle, who made your moon cakes, do this." ”

When Zhang Wenda heard this, he knocked him on the head with the folding fan in his hand: "You bastard, this is what my daughter made today, be content." ”

"Yo..."Chen Cao looked embarrassed: "Catch Ming'er to tell my sister for me, I didn't mean to." ”

Zhang Wenda looked Chen Cao up and down, and then shook his head: "It's a pity that you are already married... The old man can't rob Kecang's people, hey..."

Chen Cao didn't know what to do, and Zhang Wenda said again: "Tomorrow after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Holy Lord will summon you to report on your work, you have to behave well, and I can't say what benefits will be given to you." ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao shook his hand: "Don't mind, I had a lot of blood last time I was a bong..."

"You?" Zhang Wenda frowned and looked at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao knew that he had said the wrong thing right away, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Uncle Zhang, can the court deal with Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen?" ”

Seeing that Chen Cao avoided talking about it, Zhang Wenda was also very old and didn't ask questions, so he took over the conversation and said: "The two of them returned to Shanhaiguan and were arrested and returned to Jingshi, and they were imprisoned and died..." ”

"I know this," Chen Cao interrupted Zhang Wenda's words: "Xing Shenyan told me." ”

"Xing Shenyan?" Zhang Wenda asked, "Is he in your camp?" ”

Chen Cao nodded, he was a little confused: "What's wrong?" ”

"This person has real talent and real learning," Zhang Wenda said: "You have to make good use of him, and his loyalty is also okay, just because he is young and unsociable." ”

Chen Cao knew that Zhang Wenda was unsociable, and Xing Shenyan didn't like the Donglin Party and thought they were all fake students. And it happened that he had real information, so he directly refused after the Donglin Party threw an olive branch to him, so that he was sent to Liaodong to participate in politics.

"Uncle, what if the little nephew recommends himself to be the chief soldier in Liaodong?"

Chen Cao suddenly got up and said, Zhang Wenda didn't think about it and said: "Don't think about it, although the general army of Liaodong is a second grade, but according to the situation of the Wanli period, it is the most valuable general soldier of the entire Ming Dynasty, and you are a noble, the court will definitely not agree to let you lead the army." ”

"Hey... Why are you doing so tightly, you can't send any generals with real talent and learning. Chen Cao sighed.

Zhang Wenda understood what Chen Cao meant, so he said leisurely: "Although you can't be a member, if you recommend some people to serve, it's no problem to think about it, otherwise you, a member of the eunuch party, are fake." ”

Chen Cao's eyes lit up, Zhang Wenda liked to play the machine the most, but this time he said it very bluntly, Chen Cao immediately understood the meaning, and hurriedly toasted Zhang Wenda: "Little nephew has solved my doubts, thank you uncle." ”

...

The Taihe Hall was destroyed, and it was also in full swing of repair, and the Great Dynasty was still held in the square of the Taihe Palace, and the royal gate listened to the government.

Since Wei Zhongxian learned that Chen Cao led his troops to land to save tens of thousands of people, plus reoccupied Guangning City, he was in high spirits, and when he saw people, he boasted that he had a great talent in the eunuch party.

"Your Majesty has a decree, I won't do anything today, just say Liaodong, Xuan, Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi Commander, Dingwu Bo Chen Cao to see..."

Chen Cao wore the earl's python robe, walked quickly to the center of the imperial road, and saluted Zhu Youxiao on the imperial platform under the smiling faces of several old acquaintances of Tian Ergeng: "Minister, Chen Cao, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live..."

Wei Zhongxian spoke instead of Zhu Youxiao: "Flat..."

"Your Majesty..."

"Ahem..."Zhu Youxiao cleared his throat: "Chen Aiqing, you have worked hard..."

Chen Cao hurriedly bowed down: "Your Majesty's words are serious, everything the minister did in Liaodong was for Your Majesty's worries." ”

"Well," Zhu Youxiao responded: "It's a pity that I still lost Guangning, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, two bastards, I will definitely not spare them, let's not talk about this first, I intend to promote you to marquis." ”

"Your Majesty must not..."Before Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Zhao Nanxing, the new secretary of the ministry, stepped out to stop him: "Guangning was defeated, although Dingwubo was subordinate to Sun Ge Lao, but he was also responsible. ”

Wei Zhongxian immediately gave Gu Bingqian a look, and Gu Bingqian, who knew about it, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the soldiers who fled in the Xiping War said that Dingwu Bo arrived at Xiping Fort on time at that time, and resisted the cavalry of Jiannu outside the fort, if it wasn't for Sun Degong's anti-thief and anti-water, so that the reinforcements would collapse without a fight, I think Uncle Dingwu would not be defeated, but even so, Uncle Dingwu did not retreat directly, but after collecting the rout on Juehua Island, he went to rescue the people and recaptured Guangning City, The imperial court must not sit idly by and ignore such merits. ”

"Master Gu," Zuo Guangdou said in a strange manner: "Those are just one-sided words, the court only looks at the results, and defeat is defeat..."

At that moment, the eunuch party and the Donglin party began to quarrel again, Zhu Youxiao felt very unhappy, Chen Cao saw this, felt that the opportunity had come, so he arched his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Zhao is reasonable." ”

"This guy is crazy, isn't he?" Xu Xianchun looked towards Tian Ergeng.

Tian Ergeng admired Chen Cao from the bottom of his heart, and said, "I don't know, my eldest brother must have his thoughts." ”

Just when the people arguing in the square stopped and looked at Chen Cao in surprise, Chen Cao then said loudly: "We did lose the battle of Guangning, when the minister was in Liaodong, carefully sent spies to investigate, after the victory of Jiannu this time, if you want to use troops in Liaodong again, you have to use troops in June and July next year at the earliest, the minister occupies Guangning, in order to have a bridgehead to fight Jiannu, if you look at the entire battle of Guangning, the things that the minister did are all casual things, and he should not be a marquis." ”

Zhu Youxiao frowned: "Really? ”

Chen Cao nodded: "The minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian as he spoke, and then whispered, "Big companion, Chen Cao is unwilling." ”

Wei Zhongxian was a little annoyed in his heart, it was clear that he was the one who gave Chen Cao the title of marquis, and the party in front of him was unwilling, which made him very embarrassed, he wanted to listen to it, otherwise with his urine, he would inevitably punish Chen Cao, a disobedient 'child'.

I only heard Chen Cao say: "Although these merits of the minister are not enough to make the marquis, the minister wants to ask His Majesty to see the minister's efforts and let the minister recommend three people." ”

Zhao Nanxing and the others all glanced at each other at the moment, wanting to see what Chen Cao wanted to say.

Zhu Youxiao was curious: "Who are they?" What's the matter? ”

"The former commander of Songjiangwei is Wang Xiaojie, this person is in the battle of Gaizhou to Xiping, and he must be the vanguard every time he fights, and the commander of Tongwei is nowhere to be found in the battle of Niangniang Palace, so the minister asked him to temporarily take the position of commander of Songjiangwei," Chen Cao said and raised his head and winked at Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian approached, and when he saw Chen Cao like this, he also had a plan in his heart, so he nodded inconspicuously.

Seeing this, Chen Cao continued: "Guangning City is newly built, and the minister thinks that Wang Xiaojie is so meritorious and brave, and he is a brave general, so he wants to promote Wang Xiaojie as the chief military officer of Liaoxi, responsible for garrisoning Guangning City. ”

"I see..."Zhu Youxiao said silently, and then thought for a while: "The Ministry of War has also reported Wang Xiaojie's exploits many times, since you have your guarantee, I can also be trusted, the Ministry of War, immediately issued a document, appointing Wang Xiaojie as the commander-in-chief of Liaoxi, and also, Songjiangwei has not been rebuilt, and a new Songjiangwei commander will be selected, as for the new Songjiangwei, it will be formed on the spot." ”

"Your Majesty..."Chen Cao saluted to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the second person, the minister wants to promote the deputy general soldier of Shanhaiguan Mangui as the general soldier of Jinzhou, the minister has occupied Jinzhou before leaving Liaodong, where there is Lushunkou, when our army attacks Jiannu in a big way, he can land from Jinzhou, this place is to rush, and it must not be lost." ”

Sun Chengzong was in the middle of the court, and when he heard that Chen Cao was actually going to promote the people around him, he was a little surprised at the moment, and many insiders looked at him, so that he didn't know what to do for a while, because he was the boss of the Donglin Party, and Chen Cao was an important member of the Eunuch Party.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "I'm approved, the Ministry of War, write down this matter, and handle it after the court discussion, who is the third person?" ”

"Your Majesty," Chen Cao arched his hand again: "The third person is Li Shaokuan, a general of Liaodong, and the minister asks him to be transferred to the general of Lushun; Please transfer the original Lushun guerrilla Zhang Pan to Changsheng Island guerrilla. ”

"Quasi-play..."

After the three of them finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian was about to speak, but Chen Cao immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing for Your Majesty to answer..."