Shanhaiguan.

Li Zhaoji stood at his desk, and there was a loud sound of rain outside the window, and as soon as he had collected the secret letters, he saw Wu Sangui's personal soldiers come to invite him, saying that Wu Sangui invited him to dinner.

Since Wu Xiang went south, Wu Sangui has always been unable to hold his breath, and he has to come to inquire every day, Li Zhaoji feels more and more that this guy, except for his thick skin and great ambition, has no characteristics to achieve great things, but it is not easy to embarrass him at this time.

There was a table of eight immortals in the flower hall, and four hot dishes were placed on it, especially the sheep's head, which was Li Zhaoji's favorite.

"Come on, Mr. Li, sit down quickly, this blazing sheep's head, your favorite, eat it while it's hot." Wu Sangui entertained Li Zhaoji with a smile, pushed the hot dish in front of Li Zhaoji, and asked: "I am still used to living now, it is the residence of a gentry, and that guy went out of the customs without authorization to vote for Li Chuang, and I have taken it down."

Although the place is smaller, it is very elegant, if you like it, the house will be yours. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Ping Xibo teased me again, what is the use of me asking for a hundred houses in Liaoxi?" In the future, if you give me a few good houses in Nanjing and find me a few beautiful concubines, I will really thank you. ”

"Well said, well said." Wu Sangui laughed, what he liked to hear the most was this kind of words, as if he was now in charge of the court.

"Mr. Li, have you heard about the matter over there in Zunhua?" Wu Sangui asked.

The news that Li Zhaoji got last night was a secret letter from Tianjin Weilai, but it was obvious that the content would not be too detailed, so he said: "I only heard the retired businessman mention it, but I don't know it in detail, can Ping Xibo tell me?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "Li Zicheng sent the righteous marquis Zhang Nai, with 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry to fight Zunhua, and more than 30,000 Dongyu came in Zunhua, which is said to be led by Duoduo, except for the two white flags, which are the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian Eight Banners, almost all of them are cavalry.

But that Zhang Nai does have some means, he led the main force, along the official road unhurriedly towards Zunhua, the scouts on both sides in the wheat field to fight inseparable, it took two days of hard work, to figure out Zhang Nai's strength, Duoduo heard that Zhang Nai's only 20,000 cavalry, immediately led the team to meet the battle, Zhang Nai's contact with it, immediately retreated, restrained Duoduo, but never thought about two or three thousand Li Chuang's fine cavalry, spared Yongping, from the east to Zunhua, it is said that three or four thousand heads of Dongyu were beheaded, let go of their looted cattle and people, and then each fled. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "It must be an exaggeration, if you cut down three or four thousand people, maybe the Dongyu will directly withdraw from the army." ”

Wu Sangui smiled: "It's an exaggeration, but it's not, these three or four thousand people, most of them are the clothes of the army, and the real captives may only be one-tenth, but they are enough to hurt the flesh."

But Li Chuang's strength is really good, casually take out twenty or thirty thousand cavalry, I also heard that Zhang Nai fought a victory in the Miyun area, and the cavalry of the two yellow banners in the east of the hedge, although a lot of losses, but a lot of gains.

Now it seems that our estimate of Li Chuang's department is still lower, Li Chuang can fight and dare to fight, no wonder he can occupy the capital. ”

Li Zhaoji also nodded and said, "But Li Chuang has already begun to clear the wilderness and send reinforcements, and he is obviously not sure to defeat Dongyu." ”

Wu Sangui smiled: "If Dongyu was so easy to defeat, our Ming Dynasty would not have fought for decades." But Dolgon is also not bad, hearing that Duoduo's side was frustrated, instead of retreating, he led troops from Miyun to the south, directly threatening the capital, if not, Zhang Nai's aid would not be immediately returned.

According to the information I have got, some of the battles between Li Chuang and Dongyu have been fought. It's okay that they don't finish fighting, so we have time to do our own thing. ”

Li Zhaoji knew that Wu Sangui had something to say, but he just nodded yes and didn't answer, hoping that Wu Sangui would say what he wanted to say in his heart, he was deeply involved with this guy, and he had more contact, knowing Wu Sangui, he looked smart, but he was actually a person who couldn't hold his breath.

"Mr. Li, now that the Guannai is facing off, what should we do?" Wu Sangui asked.

Li Zhaoji said: "The first thing to do is that you immediately send a letter to Dolgon, first to tell him that you have not surrendered to Li Chuang, and second, to ask him if he is willing to join forces with you and suppress the Liukou." Let's just say that this is the meaning of the Ming court, those conditions that will not be realized anyway, whatever you say, anyway, it is just one purpose, so that he thinks that it is possible for him to pull you to his side.

Of course, it would be better if he could get some money out of Dolgon. ”

Wu Sangui nodded: "I naturally know this, this battle is like a scale, we are a scale, if it is high, jump in which way." If Li Chuang has some support, my Liao Town will go out of Ningyuan, go to Jinzhou, and attract the Donglu to come back to help, if the Dongyu side is in decline, then I will go out of Shanhaiguan and attack the Guannei. ”

Li Zhaoji clapped his hands and smiled, and said, "Ping Xibo is a talent, this is the truth for me. ”

Wu Sangui said with a smile: "To deal with Li Chuang and Dongyu, the trick, I already know the trick, I'm talking about going south, now my father has gone to Huaibei, Zhao Wenji went to Fujian, although we have to wait for the south to come to the conclusive news before acting, but we have to prepare, after all, there are many forces in the south, if it is not timely, I am afraid I will not be able to seize the opportunity." ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "What Ping Xibo said is very reasonable, there is one thing I was about to say to you." It is a matter of transporting troops to the south of the Yangtze River, and now there are ships coming from the south to send food and military salaries, but because of the wind direction, the ships of the Ming Kingdom are mostly anchored on Juehua Island, waiting for the north wind season.

And Shen Tingyang listened to Shen Youlong's order, his ship, before mastering the court, can not be used, so the first wave, and the key batch of Liao Zhen soldiers escorting King Fu to the rank, must be transported by my ship, I have prepared four schooners and six three-masted gunboats, each time can transport about 2,500 people.

If we wait another month, a few more ships will come, and then there will be more transports, but I think it will be unstable whether it is two thousand five or three thousand three thousand five.

Even if there is the help of the Jiangnan gentry at that time, the more soldiers and horses the better. ”

Wu Sangui said: "Yes, and the other thing is that my soldiers are all Liao soldiers, and they are seasick on the boat." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "In this case, we should prepare first." ”

"Please sir elaborate." Wu Sangui hugged his fists and asked for advice.

Li Zhaoji hurriedly ate two mouthfuls of food, and after feeling that his stomach was full, he took Wu Sangui to the study, unfolded the map and said: "It's May now, the south wind season, the south wind is southeast wind on the Bohai Sea, and the Bohai Strait from Juehua Island is sailing against the wind, even if it is a ship of our trading company, only four schooners can do it."

Therefore, I plan to transport Liaozhen to the Miaodao Islands in the Bohai Strait first, so that several dhows can also participate in the transportation.

In this paragraph, you can also try it, whether the Liao soldiers can take a boat or not, if they can't bear it, they will be placed on Temple Island and will not participate in the next round. ”

Wu Sangui nodded slightly and pointed to Miaodao: "You mean, let my soldiers arrive at Miaodao first, so that they can go to Jiangnan in the future, and it will be closer, right?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "I do have this plan, but it seems to be only a little closer, right?" ”

Wu Sangui smiled: "That's true, it's just a little closer, it's not worth it, I'm afraid that our plan will be exposed in advance." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "There are also closer, more confidential routes, I'm afraid you don't want to." ”

"Please sir." Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji pointed his finger directly at the place outside the map, and said: "There is an island here, located in the southwest of Chao and Xianguo, called Jeju Island, there are not many soldiers and horses on the island, and a few hundred people can be sent to occupy it." We can send troops from Juehua Island, first pass through Miaodao, and those who are really not tolerant of sea will stay there, and then rest on Miaodao Island, get on the three-masted ship, and enter the Yellow Sea.

Unlike the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea is mostly southeasterly, so the route is slightly northeast, and then turn southwest to sail to the direction of Yundae Mountain, so that you can sail by the southeast wind, although it is not a tailwind, but you can also, after arriving at the Yundae Mountain area, do not land, turn to the northeast, borrow the northeast wind, and go straight to Jeju Island.

The brigade transported a few more round-trips, hid the main force on Jeju Island, rested and waited for the battle, and then waited for the opportunity, once everything was in order on the Jiangnan side, it could send troops from Jeju Island, and the course was southwest, so that it was a tailwind, and it could reach Songjiang in three or four days, and go ashore there.

Songjiang is Shen Youlong's hometown, and he can provide some help to Liaozhen. ”

Li Zhaoji looked at Wu Sangui and said: "The only problem is to occupy Jeju, it is nothing to fight down, the key island belongs to Chao, Xian." ”

Li Zhaoji is still more concerned about this, who knows Wu Sangui laughed: "What kind of difficulty should I be, it turns out that it is just such a trivial matter, for our great cause, what is it to conquer Jeju Island?" ”

"Ping Xibo has to think about it again, in the end, the current dynasty is rarely a vassal of the Manchu Dynasty." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

Wu Sangui shook his head: "Don't care about him, it was originally dancing on three eggs, and now the great cause of Jiangnan is in sight." No matter what Dong Yu does, Jeju Island, if you take it, you will take it. ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "It's worthy of Ping Xibo, it's the atmosphere, then we can prepare now." ”

Wu Sangui held down Li Zhaoji's hand and said, "Mr. Li, the two highnesses of King Fu and King Lu, shouldn't you also let me see them?" In the end, one of these two will sit on the throne in the future, and it will also be my future son of heaven. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, and said: "When Jeju is occupied and the plan is on the right track, I will arrange for Ping Xibo to meet, rest assured, I will stay in my hands, just to keep myself safe, and I have no covetousness, Ping Xibo will not think that I want to be Cao Mengde." ”

"Haha, that's not going to happen, sir, joke, joke." Wu Sangui said with a smile.

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