Chapter 278: The King of the First Swallow
Zhu Cihong laughed out loud after reading the three pieces: "Haha, the situation is very good, it is a big good, not a small good!" β
He waved his hand at Huang Xiaobao and motioned for him to circulate the recital to Zhu Chunjie, Cao Youyi and Wu Sanfu, and then said: "Before, the Tartars were very arrogant, they were enclosing land, occupying houses, and throwing charges, and they also dug the grave of Sage Kong!" I don't know how many people have been killed, and now they are finally unjust! β
"It's a little hard to see this," Wu Sanfu shook his head while looking at Lu Daqi's recital, "Now the defeated are only the two Han armies of Jin Yuhe and Zu Kefa, they don't have any strength, and there are only one or two Han army Niu Lu under their hands, and there are thousands of them that can be beaten together, even if they are defeated, they can't hurt the vitality of the Tartars."
Chitose Lord, the minister thinks that Governor Shi, Gao Futai and Lu Futai are too optimistic......"
Zhu Cihong set his eyes on Cao Youyi, "Cao Weishuai, what do you think?" β
Cao Youyi was watching the joint concert of Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu in his hand, and when he heard Zhu Cihong's words, he also shook his head and said, "Hanging, hanging...... Chitose Lord, the minister also thought that the Tartars were not so easy to deal with. Don't look at the Liukou fighting smoothly in Huaiqing, Weihui, Zhangde, and Daimyo, that is the main force that they have not encountered the Tartars, and if they do, I am afraid that they will be defeated. β
Zhu Cihong nodded, and moved his gaze to Zhu Chunjie again.
Although Zhu Chunjie hasn't seen the chapter yet, he knows a lot of secrets that Wu Sanfu and Cao Youyi don't know.
For example, the main force of the Qing army, which was closest to Zhangde Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion, was the position and specific strength of Wu Sangui and Azig's troops ten days ago, as well as their general battle plan, he knew it very clearly.
"Chitose Master," Zhu Chunjie said, "Liukou Xu has taken a loophole...... It may be possible to be proud for five to ten days, and when the Qing army's Azig division is transferred out of Shanxi, the situation may be reversed. β
"What if we get in?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile.
Wu Sanfu was stunned when he heard this, "But our elite soldiers are all in Jiangnan...... And these elite soldiers may not be able to compete with the Tartars' strong forces. β
In order to divide the fields and further expand the troops, Zhu Cihong transferred the six divisions of the New Army, including the one previously stationed in Dengzhou and the first division stationed in Huai'an, to the vicinity of Nanjing for retraining. To the north of the Huai River, there are now only more than 10,000 people from Denglai Qiwei, 2,000 people from Su Guansheng's Fubiao, Shen Tingyang's Beiyang Naval Division and part of the new army under the jurisdiction of the Zhongdu Garrison Division.
By the way, under the auspices of Zhu Chunchen, who stayed in the central capital, the military guards of Fengyang Mansion also carried out some rectification. All the land of the military guards other than the Eight Guards directly under the jurisdiction of the Left-behind Division (not the Eight Guards in Fengyang Prefecture) was recovered, and it was under the jurisdiction of the Tuntian Command and Envoy Division under the Left-behind Division of the Central Capital - the so-called Tuntian Commander was actually a yamen that managed the military tun and the official field, or it was under the jurisdiction of the Left-behind Division, the General Military Division, and the Governor's Division, or it was directly under the jurisdiction of the military Tunwei of the Generalissimo's Mansion.
However, Zhu Cihong's imperial court did not now put all the military fields, official fields, and hidden fields on the ground in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi under the command of Tuntian, but only confiscated the land obtained by the nobles and lords of Nanjing, and the remaining more than 20 million mu after deducting the land that was rewarded to the heroes of overcoming difficulties, plus the ungranted military tun, official land, and hidden fields of Fengyang Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and Runing Mansion, all of which were under the management of the Tuntian commander, and the total amount was more than 30 million mu.
The land of Bawei Yi, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Capital Left-behind Division, was granted 17,000 Zhuang men recruited from Fengyang Prefecture. With these 17,000 strong men who have been awarded fields, the left-behind division of the central capital also has a certain number of troops.
In addition, the Tang Wangfu of the Central Capital Left Behind Division and Runing also recruited a total of 30,000 Ding Zhuang for Zhu Cihong, and he will also drive to Nanjing one after another to join the new army of overcoming difficulties.
After these 30,000 people joined the land division of the new army, Zhu Cihong would be able to carry out a new round of expansion of the new army, and if Zheng Zhilong could still provide enough firearms, then the rule of Prince Zhu in the southeast would be basically stable.
However, even with more than 100,000 troops, Zhu Cihong did not have the strength to counterattack Yanyun in the short term. After all, these troops have only gathered enough heads, and it is difficult to say whether the equipment can be gathered, and the organization and training are still far behind! Even the Western instructor group that John Tang found for Zhu Cihong in Haoao didn't have it!
Zhu Cihong smiled: "Aren't there still Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Dingguo?" These five have no less than 130,000 elite soldiers in their hands! Spending 200,000 taels of silver in the palace every month, shouldn't you make some effort? β
"I'm afraid they won't, right?" Cao Youyi shook his head.
Zhu Cihong smiled: "This palace has its own way!" β
When he spoke, the voice of the announcement came from outside the door, it was Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian who came together.
Li Ruolian was previously the commander-in-chief of Denglai, and had just been transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the commander of the Generalissimo's Mansion Tuntianwei.
As soon as Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian knelt down and were about to salute Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, just take a look, sit down." β
Zhu Cihong's style is very approachable, not because he has the thinking of later generations, but because he has sixteen ancestors and ancestors above the crown prince, and if he ascends the throne, he will be the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. When the ancestral emperor is in this position, he no longer needs to rely on others to kneel to reflect his nobility.
After Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian sat down, Zhu Cihong let them see Lu Daqi, Shi Kefa, and Gao Hongtu's recitals.
After the two of them finished reading it, Zhu Cihong didn't ask their opinions, and said directly: "In view of the current situation in the north, this palace has decided to launch a northern expedition!" Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Xu Ding and other five general soldiers sent troops, and the goal was directly aimed at Yanyun! β
Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian were stunned when they heard this, what happened to Prince Zhu? Suddenly become naΓ―ve? I actually believed that the five feudal towns with self-respecting troops would send troops to the Northern Expedition...... No, how can the prince be naΓ―ve? There must be a fraud! You must be playing some bad idea again!
Seeing that Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian did not persuade each other, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "In order to motivate the five of them to send troops, this palace will also agree with them that the king of Yan will enter first!" β
"Master Chitose, are you trying to emulate King Chu Huai?" Wu Xiang finally couldn't help it, the prince was really whimsical!
Zhu Cihong smiled: "This palace is not King Huai, and Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Ding are not Liu Xiang." β
Li Ruolian shook her head: "Then how can they be willing to send troops?" That's a tartar! β
"They will!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "This palace has a way!" β
Wu Xiang looked at his good son-in-law: Do you know that you have a way? What's the solution, let's talk about it!
Zhu Cihong smiled at him: This method can't tell you and Wu Sanfu...... Hehehe!
"Old Taishan," Zhu Cihong smiled, "Zu Kefa will be escorted to Yangzhou soon, can you go to Yangzhou to pick him up with Jin Zhijun and Sun Zhiqi?" β
"Together?" Wu Xiangxin said: What kind of combination is this? A captive and two envoys got together......
"Yes, together!" Zhu Cihong said, "In addition, Lao Taishan will be a lobbyist and go to have a good talk with Zu Kefa." β
"Chitose Lord wants to persuade Zu Kefa to surrender?"
Zhu Cihong smiled: "Do you still need to be persuased? Did Zukaffa want to be martyred for the Tartars? β
"That can't be." Wu Xiang said.
"That's it," Zhu Cihong said, "This palace wants him to atone for his sins!" He paused, and added, "Old Tarzan must leave as soon as possible!" The Jinyi Guard will send someone to go with you, anyway, the Jinyi Guard's people will explain it to you. β
"Okay, then the old man will leave today." As he spoke, Wu Xiang got up to leave.
"Okay," Zhu Cihong raised his hand at Wu Sanfu, "Sanfu, you can also accompany Old Taishan on a trip." β
"Commandment."
The father and son of the Wu family didn't think much about it, and left the Dagong Hall together. Zhu Cihong watched the two of them walk away, and then said to a few people in the hall: "Now let's talk about the matter of the first Yan King...... You're all going to have to work hard. Chunjie, you go to Fengyang to find Chengguogong. Gongshun Hou, you go to Shandong and go to Shi Kefa and Liu Zeqing. Zhenhai Hou (Li Ruolian), you go to Xuzhou, first see the godsister of the palace, and then go to see the godbrother-in-law of the palace, and then go to Dengzhou to take office after the work, and serve as the chief military officer of the Admiral Shandong, and govern the soldiers and horses of Deng, Lai, and Qingfu!
Be sure to be fast! Let's go tomorrow! β