Chapter 388: Chaotic Liaodong
Ji Gang is gone, and Chen Kan doesn't plan to stay on the grassland longer.
Now that Ben Shiyali has been brought back to Beijing by him, Arutai will definitely go crazy, and next, the entire grassland will be reduced to a battlefield, and Chen Kan's purpose of going to Liaodong is half to see the progress of Xu Su and Mengge Suhan, and half to avoid the war.
With more than 1,000 people in his hands, he really can't withstand any big changes.
Azashri did not hold back, as a veteran of the battlefield, he already smelled the smell of war.
Chen Kan's departure is in his arms, otherwise the war will be together, and he will be distracted to protect Chen Kan, which is not necessarily a good thing for both sides.
This time, he intends to take the opportunity to expand his territory to the west of Mount Saihan.
The grassland is very large, but for Duoyan Sanwei, the scope of just one Daning is still too small.
The soldiers of the Ming army, who had relentlessly replenished their energy, came back to life in the shortest possible time, and they were the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty.
After the experience of the grassland, the remaining 1,000 people will not be frightened even by the army of tens of thousands of people.
Looking at Cheng Feng, who was wrapped in a mummy, Chen Kan asked lightly, "Can you still go?" ”
"Hou Ye is too underestimated, what is the difference between this injury caused by the Tartar to the last general and tickling?"
Cheng Feng did not disappoint Chen Kan, although the wounds on his body were still bleeding, his voice was still full of energy.
After reading Cheng Feng, Chen Kan asked again one after another, Zhou Shi, Fang Xu, Qiu Han, Cen Gu, and Qian Xinghu.
Crisscrossing the grassland for three thousand miles, without losing any senior generals, finally comforted Chen Kan's wounded heart.
As for those brothers who died on the grassland, Chen Kan didn't have a good way.
I wanted to bring their ashes back to the Central Plains, but... It can only be said that the sky does not follow people's wishes.
Of the 4,000 war horses that entered the grassland, there are now only a little more than 1,000 left, and looking at the soldiers who were all wounded, Chen Kan didn't say anything more.
What was lost on the grassland, Zhu Di, who got the pressure of Ben Shiya, will definitely make up for them, and there will even be surplus, he has always been very confident in his status in Zhu Di's heart.
"Brother, go with Ben Hou again to Liaodong!"
Chen Kan's orders were issued to the ears of every soldier by several high-ranking generals.
Although they didn't quite understand why they didn't go south directly to return to Jingshi, but had to make a circle from Liaodong, Chen Kan's performance on the grassland had already been recognized by everyone, so no one questioned his opinion.
Chen Kan smiled, took out the map and glanced at it, and after determining the route, he left the Tainingwei camp with a thousand remnants of the army and a thousand steppe horses given by a thousand Azashri.
Jianzhou is the destination of Chen Kan's trip.
From Saihan Mountain to Jianzhou, there are at least three or four days to go, so Chen Kan was not idle on this way.
Several groups of scouts were sent to Beijing, Beijing, Jianzhou, and Saihanshan in succession.
Sending people back to Jingshi is to find out the news, Chen Kan didn't disbelieve Ji Gang's words, but he didn't believe it all, he had to find out what happened to Jingshi, whether Chen Ying was really covering the sky in the court as he said.
There is also what Fang Xiaoru's plan is, he must find out clearly, so that he can choose to help or stay out of the matter at a critical time.
Don't rush into it when the time comes, only to find out that it's just a farce, then the fun will be great.
The purpose of going to Beijing is much simpler, purely to see if the prince of Joseon is still staying in Beijing, or if he has gone to Jingshi, or if he has tried his best to return to North Korea.
But now that more than half a year has passed, North Korea should have fallen in its entirety, right?
The current North Korea is not the Goguryeo of ancient times, the people on the peninsula have been almost killed by the Mongols as early as 30 years ago, after the Ming Dynasty drove out the Tartars, although the Mongols withdrew from Korea, but the population of the peninsula is still withering.
The Jurchens' combat effectiveness has always been very strong, and there is no reason for North Korea to be able to hold the border under the offensive of the Haixi Jurchens.
Chen Kan did not believe that North Korea did not make any other preparations except for asking for help from the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship between North Korea and the Japanese State was so good, it should not be difficult to find a few boats to flow to the Japanese State.
I don't know if Zheng He's side can completely cut off all the ships sailing from the Wa Kingdom to the Ming Dynasty?
There are also Sumatra and Manraka in the south, and they should be fighting to the death for control of the Strait of Malacca, right?
After all, the taxes paid by the fleets of the Ming Dynasty were a lot of wealth for these two large South Asian countries.
After reviewing his plan repeatedly, Chen Kan was relieved.
As long as everything goes according to plan, the chances of an unexpected being are almost negligible.
In the past three days, Chen Kan has been pondering his layout immediately.
And no one bothered him.
After making sure that all the places were in chaos, Chen Kan came back to his senses.
When he came back to his senses, Chen Kan found that they had stepped out of the territory of Wuliang Hawei and were about to approach the scope of Jianzhou.
Cheng Feng saw that Chen Kan had sobered up from his state of thinking, and took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the command of the team.
For Jianzhou, he is too familiar, he spent the whole winter in Jianzhou last year, and Jianzhou was turned upside down by him with fifty people, so when he came to Jianzhou, he barely came to his home field.
After repeatedly telling Cheng Feng not to engage in the kind of thing on the grassland that cuts first and then plays, Chen Kan handed over the command to him.
Anyway, Chen Kan felt that it was good that someone could share some things for him, and he was happy to be idle.
All the way into the scope of Jianzhou, Chen Kan was not in charge of any trivial matters in the team.
Cheng Feng picked a small path this time, which can perfectly avoid Jianzhou City, and can avoid Jianzhou City, which means that everyone will not appear in the sight of Meng's brother Timur.
After a few days of spinning around like a headless fly under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou, Chen Kan gained nothing.
In addition to the city, the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou are very depressed, and occasionally one or two Jurchens with money rat tails can be seen, and they are also in a hurry, as if they are afraid of something.
Chen Kan's purpose in establishing the state was to understand the situation in Liaodong.
Just when Chen Kan was puzzled, Fang Xu gave Chen Kan an idea, that is, to break it into pieces, scatter the team all over Liaodong, and think of getting in touch with Brother Meng, Suhan and Xu Su.
Chen Kan took Fang Xu's suggestion, took two hundred people to turn into a caravan, and walked slowly towards the Liaoshui River.
The scouts sent by Chen Kan earlier had already made contact with Xu Su, and he would come to meet Chen Kan on the edge of Liaoshui tonight.
The night came soon, and the Liaoshui was still the territory of Jianzhou, so when Chen Kan saw Xu Su with a money rat tail, he almost didn't recognize it.
Xu Su's identity today is the caravan steward between Korea and Jianzhou, these days Liaodong is very chaotic, but no one will attack the caravan no matter how chaotic it is, because everyone knows very well that all the materials they need need to be provided by merchants.
After all, Liaodong is not a rich Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty discriminated against merchants because the Ming Dynasty was basically able to achieve self-sufficiency, so the merchants would be reduced to the point of untouchables.
But Liaodong is different, and the merchants of Liaodong have a high status.
This is also the reason why Chen Kan pretends to be a caravan.
Xu Su's caravan only had a dozen people, but Chen Kan could see at a glance the fierce aura on them, which was the unique momentum of the elite on the battle array.
Xu Su approached Chen Kan and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, Mongolian Suhan is worried about the safety of the lower officials, these people are all sent to protect the lower officials, and they can be trusted." ”
Chen Kan nodded, and took the lead in getting into the carriage, and those people brought by Xu Su naturally had Fang Xu to entertain.
Xu Su looked at the Liaoshui, which looked sparkling in the moonlight, and quickly got into the carriage.
"Xiaguan Xu Su, meet Master Hou!"
After getting into the carriage, Xu Su was not the most important adviser around Mongol Suhan, but an official of the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Kan frowned and looked at the braid on the back of Xu Su's head, how unpleasant it was.
However, considering Xu Su's current state, Chen Kan didn't want to worry too much, so he had to whisper: "Excuse me, time is pressing, Ben Hou came to Liaodong this time to understand the situation in Liaodong, you come quickly." ”
Xu Su got up and walked to the corner of the carriage and sat down, then sighed and said: "Master Hou, the plan has changed, the Haixi Jurchens were stopped by the Koreans, and the East China Sea Jurchens want to confront the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they have no strength to attack the peninsula, so the situation on the peninsula is very complicated now." ”
Chen Kan pursed his lips and asked, "But didn't the Haixi Jurchens already occupy most of the border of North Korea half a year ago?" ”
"The Koreans don't know where to find a Japanese army, this Japanese army is very strong in combat, and there are a lot of people, about 10,000 people, the Haixi Jurchens can only stick to the Korean territory that they have captured, and if they want to continue to go south, they are unable to support it."
After Xu Su finished speaking, Chen Kan understood.
"Wako?"
Chen Kan didn't expect that North Korea would not be able to ask for reinforcements in Daming, so he would ask for help from the Japanese state.
Xu Su nodded and continued: "Xiaguan suspects that there is a high probability that there is a shogun of the Wa Kingdom standing behind that Japanese army, otherwise it would not have been possible to have such a strong combat effectiveness. ”
Chen Kan bowed slightly, agreeing with his words.
But this is not something he has to worry about now, what he desperately wants to know now is when the remaining Jurchens will be able to invade the Korean Peninsula.
If the Jurchens could not even attack the Korean Peninsula, it would be even more impossible to attack the Japanese state.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan asked, "Isn't Brother Meng's current strength enough to unify Liaodong?" ”
Hearing this, Xu Su shook his head and frowned: "The strength is enough, but the lower officials guess that Brother Meng's Suhan is likely to have the intention of building a country in Liaodong." Therefore, Xia Guan has been hesitating whether to move him to send troops to Pingjianzhou. ”
"Nationhood?"
Chen Kan was a little stunned, what was the situation?
It's only been more than a year, has Brother Meng's ambition grown to such an extent?