Shen Youlong looked at Li Zhaoji, who was speaking: "Zhaoji, you are crazy, heading north against the wind, even if you set off now, you may not arrive on time."

Let the soldiers stay on the ship for three months, I don't know how many people will die, how many resources and efforts you and I have invested in this army, we must not let them die at sea and throw them into the sea to feed the fish. ”

Li Zhaoji's face was solemn, and he said with an unquestioning attitude: "No, it's April, and I arrived on April 15." ”

"Shopkeeper Li, now is not the time to joke." Lu Jiude reminded.

Li Zhaoji pointed to his head: "This head can be bet on this matter." ”

"Okay, although you are not a Ming official gentry, you are industrious and unmatched. When you arrive in the capital, our family wants to ask for merit for you, please knight. Protect your wealth for a hundred generations, and rest with the country. Lu Jiude was inexplicably excited when he saw Li Zhaoji's attitude so resolute.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Then thank you." ”

Li Zhaoji used his head to ensure that he arrived on April 15, naturally not to save the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen, but to save the land of Kyushu and the Chinese people from blood.

He is not interested in Chongzhen, although he thinks that Chongzhen is a diligent emperor and his private morality is good, but his ability is too poor and his personality is capricious, and for Li Zhaoji, the biggest shortcoming of this emperor is that he is orthodox, the undoubted Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he lives, the Ming Dynasty will always be the Ming Dynasty, and there will never be a chance to turn over.

It's better to change to an emperor who is easy to control.

As a 'Ming fan', Li Zhaoji is too familiar with the history of Chongzhen's seventeen years, and he has also observed carefully, although his arrival has produced a butterfly effect, but it has not yet changed the strategic pattern of the north.

The Great Shun extinguishing the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entering the customs will all happen, and with his strength, he can't stop it at all. Li Zhaoji will not bet all his efforts in the past two years on this matter, and his only purpose in going north is to stop the Manchu Qing from entering the customs.

But obviously, Da Ming no longer has this ability, and in the strategic balance, there is only one weight that can pry the Manchu Qing - Li Zicheng.

Therefore, Lee chose April 15 as a node. If he had come to the north according to Lu Jiude and Shen Youlong's vision, he should have arrived a month in advance, because on March 17, the Shun army began to attack Jiumen, and on March 19, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain.

And what about the other side of the scales, the Manchus?

In mid-March, when Li Zicheng marched into the capital, the Manchus had already decided to "repair their weapons, store grain and feed their horses, wait for early April, and make a big conquest."

Therefore, the key to preventing the Manchu Qing from entering the customs is actually to give up Chongzhen and sit back and watch him die in the capital.

If the Northern Aid Army arrives in March, it will be with the Liaodong Army, King Qin will enter Beijing, and when the Shun Army fights to the death, he will be picked from behind by the Qing army.

As long as it arrives in April, the capital is lost, Dashun is in charge, the Manchus have also begun to bypass the grassland to enter the customs, and the northern reinforcements arrive, one can assist Wu Sangui to guard the Shanhai Pass, and the other can unite Wu Sangui to make the weight that changes the balance.

Although the butterfly effect has already appeared, Lee believes that what has changed is the specific time, and there has been no change as a whole.

"Zhaoji, arrived on April 15, and it is too late to send troops now, at most, let the six battalions of the army that has arrived in Tamsui set off immediately." Shen Youlong said.

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "The military situation is like fire, and the national crisis is at hand, so we can't be constrained by the original plan." We must change the line of the army. ”

Zhao Wenji had already understood what Li Zhaoji meant, and said, "You mean, marching by land? ”

"The Central Plains has fallen, Henan is full of thieves, and thieves are recruiting ........rebels in Shandong." Lu Jiude hurriedly said.

Li Zhaoji picked up a pen, drew two lines on the map, and said: "In the various departments of Guangdong, assemble and set out from Guangzhou, go north into Jiangxi, take a boat along the Gan River to the south of the Yangtze River, enter the canal from Yangzhou, and go north to Huai'an.

The men and horses of the 6th Battalion, who had arrived in Tamsui and were stranded in Chaozhou, landed in Wenzhou by boat and went north to Huai'an to join the main force.

The whole army only retained its personal equipment, including armor, artillery, baggage, ammunition and other items, all of which were loaded from Hong Kong and transported north.

By marching in this way, the whole army could reach Huai'an by mid-March and April. Then lean east towards Yuntai Mountain, where you will get on a boat to come to the north. This reduces sea voyages by two-thirds. It also avoids the southeast sea, which is prone to typhoons.

The Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea are in March when the monsoon is at handover, and if the south wind comes early, it can be directly aided by the wind. If the south wind has not arrived, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea generally prevail northerly winds, and from Yuntai Mountain, the course is to sail to the northeast first, and then sail northwest into the Bohai Sea.

In this way, before April 15, it can reach Tianjin Wei. ”

Shen Youlong, Lu Jiude and the others listened to Li Zhaoji's swear, and nodded again and again, after all, their knowledge in this area was not as rich as Li Zhaoji's, and they were eager to help the north, so they naturally tended to be inclined to Li Zhaoji to tell the truth.

But in fact, Li Zhaoji just gave a seemingly reasonable plan, he didn't care whether the Guangdong army would arrive as scheduled, he just needed to be sure that his strong team could arrive.

"Shopkeeper Li is thoughtful, and we think it's feasible." Lu Jiude said.

Shen Youlong nodded slightly, and Li Zhaoji said to Lu Jiude: "Gonggong Lu, as the saying goes, the teacher is famous, what is the name of our northern aid?"

Moreover, this time it is not only the thieves who invade Beijing in the east, but also the eastern invaders who plundered the border wall, the Guangdong army and the newly trained soldiers of our department, and the southerners are guest troops. ”

If Li Zhaoji had said these difficulties at the beginning, Lu Jiude might have thought that he was deliberately looking for a reason not to go north, but he had already decided to go north and made a plan, so what he said was only worry.

Lu Jiude thought for a while before asking, "In your opinion, how is it good?" ”

"The way of using soldiers, cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both sides. In my opinion, the two armies going north do not necessarily go straight to Gyeonggi, but they can join forces with Liaozhen and join forces, and they can advance and retreat freely. However, when the host and guest armies are together, it is inevitable that the powers and responsibilities are not clear, so it is good to have authority in one.

In addition, the division is famous, and I feel that these two major events are all on Lord Shen, and if he can take charge of Liaozhen and aid the northern military affairs, it is the most appropriate. Li Zhaoji said.

Lu Jiude nodded slightly, Shen Youlong is the governor of Liangguang, and he can't leave easily, Chongzhen's holy decree to Lu Jiude is to let him supervise the Yue army and the Ryukyu Domain army to go north, to put it bluntly, it is to let Lu Jiude seize the military power of the northern reinforcements, but now it seems that Chongzhen wants to be simple.

Lu Jiude found that Li Zhaoji was a very bold person, and a young man under him dared to execute a king at will in the Ryukyus, what about himself? If he can't follow his heart and sabotage the plan of northern aid, he must have the guts.

And the current situation is much more critical when he first set off from Jiangnan, without Shen Youlong's presence, Li Zhaoji will break away from the northern reinforcements, then there will be one-third less strength, if he doesn't even provide the fleet, then the goal of arriving in Gyeonggi as soon as possible will not be achieved.

"It's not that hard.

The army set off immediately, and the road in Guangdong was led by our governor to the north, and the road in Wenzhou was handed over to Lord Shen. And our family will now go to the capital, and the Oriental Trading Company will go to the capital first, while marching, while waiting for the emperor's holy decree.

Whether it is King Qin or Liao, he must always ask for a name for Lord Shen, and when the holy decree is delivered, Lord Shen can act according to the decree. Lu Jiude was also very sincere, and said immediately.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "In this way, there will be no omission." ”

Fresh water.

Li Zhaoji pushed open the door of the study, and the fire was burning in the charcoal stove inside, and the silver charcoal emitted a faint heat in the brazier, making the room warm and bright.

There were fruits and a large number of books and bills on the desk, Gu Jinniang frowned slightly, her right hand holding a feather pen lightly supported her forehead, and her left hand was crackling on the keyboard, and one of her feet was still hooking the cradle, sending a comfortable feeling to the sleeping children inside.

In the past few months, Li Zhaoji has been in Guangdong, and Bai Mo has attended many occasions as his wife, on the contrary, Gu Jinniang had to spend a lonely New Year in Tamsui because of labor, but she has a healthy son, which makes her status unmatched, even if Bai Mo also successfully got pregnant, but the glory of the eldest son was still won by her.

Gu Jinniang has endless work, she is in charge of the nursing home, and those women who may be sent at any time will also be assigned by him, and even Zheng Tingqiu's two sons to be hostages were also arranged by her on the day of delivery.

But since she had a child, Gu Jinniang has become more motivated, she likes child-related work, raising the heirs of the dead, placing unadopted children, and accommodating the protons of Zheng Tingqiu, Cai Jin, Matsushita Fuming and others.

These children will grow up with her children, fighting for more glory and authority for her and her children.

Lee knows all this, but he is happy to see it.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a father, and Lee Siu Kee thought there was nothing, but when he held this fleshy little guy in his arms, he wanted to give him everything he had.

The child was picked up by Li Zhaoji and made a humming sound, Gu Jinniang, as a mother, immediately reacted, when she saw Li Zhaoji, her eyes were full of tears, the feather pen in her hand was thrown down, and she hugged him desperately.

"I'm going to cook...... Gu Jinniang, who cried for a while, said.

Li Zhaoji pulled the cradle and followed her, Gu Jinniang had a kitchen of her own, cooking was a habitual leisure way for her, and she liked it more than working as a female worker.

"I've heard that you're going to fight in the North. Almost every household in Tamsui City has people going to war, and it seems that going north to fight has become the most important thing for a trading company. Gu Jinniang said while choosing vegetables.

Li Zhaoji cut the green onion and ginger and responded: "Yes, that is the most important thing."

The golden scales are the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds. This trip north was an opportunity for me and the trading company to leap into the dragon gate.

Since I had Chunguan, I have been more motivated than ever, I was a little slack, and I was also a little afraid. I don't like to go far away, I don't like to stay on the boat for too long, I don't like to be with too many people, I'm always afraid of dying inexplicably, so that everything I have now will be in smoke, but now it won't, I have a spring official, and everything I have is his. ”

Gu Jinniang wiped her tears, not wanting to cry, she said, "I will take care of this family for you." ”

Li Zhaoji put down the knife, hooked Gu Jinniang's neck, and kissed her face, but Gu Jinniang grabbed him and kissed her.

The kiss, like a torch igniting gunpowder, detonated the room in the blink of an eye.

Relatively speaking, Bai Mo gave Li Zhaoji more passion, but the passion always retreated, and when everything was dull, Li Zhaoji found that he cared more about the woman he embraced.

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