Although the Lantern Festival has passed, there is still snow outside Ningyuan City. In normal years, except for a few sergeants who delivered local news, there were basically no people or animals in the wild.

However, today outside the north gate of Ningyuan, there was a team of carriages and horses ready to go to Jinzhou, 200 miles away.

Wang Zhichen, Man Gui, and Zhu Mei were seeing off Yang Hao, Wu Anguo and others with the civil and military officials in Ningyuan City.

After sitting in Ningyuan, suppressing the generals of Liaodong, and completing the preliminary army reorganization plan, Yang Hao couldn't wait to go to Shenyang to complete the most important task of his trip.

After Yang Hao exchanged a few words with the people who saw him off, he walked to the side with Wang Zhichen and had a final private conversation.

Yang Hao estimated that he was far enough away from everyone before he turned around and whispered to Wang Zhichen: "This time, I came to rectify the army by the holy order, although I have roughly completed the task assigned by His Majesty, but, except for a few generals such as Man Gui, most of the generals in Liaoxi are just forced by His Majesty's majesty and have to accept it.

From a certain point of view, the affairs of Liaodong will inevitably repeat in the future. The Liao people and Liao soldiers have lived in the border areas for a long time, and their habits have been very different from the people in the Guannei, but they have a harmonious relationship with the Hulu. Now that His Majesty wants to establish rules in Liaodi, there will always be rebellious people who are unwilling to be restrained by the imperial court.

A certain wish to cherish the ministers is good, and they should also be a little wary of the army of Liaodong. ”

For Wang Zhichen, Yang Hao is indeed highly qualified, but as the person most responsible for the deterioration of the situation in Liaodong today, he still has a lot of opinions about Yang Hao.

In particular, Wang Zhichen did not support the peace negotiation between the imperial court and the Houjin. It's just that now the negotiation of peace has become the mainstream of support from the leaders of the DPRK and China, and has received the strong support of the emperor, and the slogan of reining in the remains of the Liaodong soldiers has won the support of the Liaodong soldiers, so he has to obey the emperor's orders.

And as soon as Yang Hao arrived in Ningyuan, he relied on his past prestige to make the Liaodong army obey orders, which made him, the Liao Governor, quite dissatisfied.

But fortunately, he was finally able to send Yang Hao away from Ningyuan, and he was also relieved in his heart, and he was only submissive to Yang Hao's persuasion, and he didn't go to his heart.

Yang Hao saw Wang Zhichen like this, and finally stopped saying anything, and after the two chatted a few words, Yang Hao got into the carriage and left.

Although at this time, the ground is still covered with snow, but the snow has begun to melt, and although the road from Ningyuan to Jinzhou is difficult to walk, it is barely able to get around.

After Wang Zhichen stopped and watched the convoy go away, he called his entourage to lead the horse over and prepare to return to the city.

Man Gui couldn't help but take a step forward, walked up to him and said, "Master Inspector, the last general wants to discuss with your lord how to settle down after the retreat of the Jinzhou people. ”

Wang Zhichen was silent for a while, and then said: "This matter is not urgent, and we will talk about it after Yang Taichang returns, what if the peace negotiation is not successful?" ”

Man Gui didn't pay attention to Wang Zhichen's expression, and said to himself: "But when a certain general was in the capital, His Majesty's request to the last general was that no matter whether the peace talks were successful or not, the large army north of Ningyuan must retreat to reduce the loss of military transportation."

What's more, the beginning of spring is imminent, if we are uneasy to withdraw to the place where the armies are tuntian, won't we delay the spring ploughing? ”

Wang Zhichen's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said to Man Gui dissatisfied: "The Liaoxi Corridor is already narrow and densely populated, between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, there is that piece of land that is ownerless?"

After the Liao Incident was corrupted, most of the fleeing Liao people entered the customs, but they often clashed with the people in the customs when they bought land and property in the Guan, and the local officials in the customs protected the local people, so they went out of the customs again in anger.

Now there are nearly 300,000 hedgehogs gathered between Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, and the land that can be cultivated has basically been exhausted. Wasn't it precisely because of this that everyone unanimously agreed to rebuild the Jinzhou defense line from the Shangshu Imperial Court and borrow the land between Ningyuan and Jinzhou to support the people?

Now, if the military and civilians of Jinzhou are forced to move back and give up the land between Jinzhou and Ningyuan, won't the achievements of several years be ruined? What's more, after the army moved back, those gentry and generals were forced to take out the land and distribute it to the army and the people, will they continue to be loyal to my Ming Dynasty in the future?

Without the support of these gentry and generals, 'Liao people defend Liaotu' is an empty word, Your Majesty doesn't know about Liaodong, and the Manchu army doesn't know either? ”

Man Gui has worked with Wang Zhichen for so long, and it is the first time he has encountered it, and when Wang Zhichen treats him like this in public, he suddenly became a little annoyed in his heart.

However, he also knew in his heart that even if he was appreciated by His Majesty, he would not be able to straighten his back in front of civil officials like Wang Zhichen.

He could only swallow his anger and said, "Since the Inspector has other ideas, then Man Gui just waits for the Lord's order." ”

Wang Zhichen looked at Man Gui and didn't say anything more. With the support of his entourage, he mounted his horse and left. It took a long time for Man Gui to look up at Wang Zhichen's back, and then ordered his guards to lead his horses and run towards the military camp outside the city.

On Ganghwa Island, in a mansion opposite Liuhou Mansion in Jiangdu City, this was originally the private residence of an official, and now it is the temporary official residence of Shen Yue.

When the angel of the kingdom brought back Gwanghae-kun, Mao Wenlong, the commander of the Dongjiang River who escorted the angel, ordered the 1,500 sergeants accompanying the ship to take over the ferry and Jiangdu City in the name of defending Gwanghae-kun.

There was no bloodshed during the whole process, and the defenders of Ganghwa Island Ferry obediently laid down their weapons after seeing Gwanghae-kun.

Lin Qingye, the defense envoy of Jiangdu, refused the order issued by Shen Yue to defend Jiangdu after Jianghua Mansion stayed, he opened the gate of Jiangdu and went out of the city alone to see the commander of the Ming army.

Jiangdu is a mountain city, although the city wall is not high, but the terrain is dangerous. Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River, originally wanted to carry out a surprise attack before the defenders of Jiangdu did not react.

However, when he led his army to the city of Gangdu, he found that the defenders of Gangdu were far more alert than other Korean troops, and the Ming army was discovered before they reached the gate of Gangdu.

Mao Wenlong was naturally reluctant to attack this mountain city with his own army, but he couldn't just withdraw like that.

So Mao Wenlong asked the Jiangdu defenders to open the door and surrender in the name of Guanghaijun, he was already ready to retreat at this time, anyway, Guanghaijun had already arrived, and it didn't matter whether the Jiangdu City could be taken or not.

But he didn't expect that Lin Qingye, the commander of the Jiangdu Army, would go out of the city to ask to see him, Mao Wenlong just thought about it a little, and asked Lin Qingye to come over to see him.

Mao Wenlong had no intention of besieging Jiangdu for a long time, so the Ming army did not camp. The Chinese army commanded by Mao Wenlong was just a semicircular curtain on the edge of the pine forest.

There were two braziers in the curtain for heating, and Mao Wenlong sat in front of the brazier in armor to bake the fire, and talked with the two young lieutenants around him from time to time.

When Lin Qingye was brought in, he happened to see this scene. He was slightly surprised by the casual nature of this Ming general in the army, but his body did not hesitate to salute Mao Wenlong formally.

Mao Wenlong waved his hand indifferently and said, "You don't have to be so polite, you came out of the city, but does it mean that Jiang Du is willing to obey Guanghaijun's orders?" ”

Lin Qingye got up and said to Mao Wenlong: "This should be the Mao Marshal of Dongjiang Town, and the last will be Lin Qingye, the defense envoy of Jianghua Mansion." The last general did not come here to surrender, but wanted to ask the commander, why did he not attack the Hulu who was rude to the Celestial Empire, but instead attacked the Korean who was obedient to the Ming Dynasty?

The light in the mouth of the marshal Haijun does not know who it is, and the last general is the general of North Korea, and he only obeys the orders of the king of Joseon and the son of the great tomorrow. The Ming Dynasty and Korea are the unity of the clan and the domain, and Dongjiang Town and the Korean State are even more interdependent.

The marshal waved his army to attack Jiangdu, although he pretended to be in the name of Guanghaijun, but he still couldn't change the fact that the Ming Dynasty attacked Korea. Our DPRK has maintained friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and today it is in the minds of the great commanders. ”

Mao Wenlong was silent for a moment, and he didn't agree with all of the holy will brought by Wang Huazhen.

He was completely in favor of forcing North Korea to come up with more grain to feed the soldiers and civilians in Donggang Town. The lease of Tieshan County was used to house the fugitives from Liaodong, which was also a good thing for Dongjiang Town.

But to support Gwanghae-jun and seize Jeju Island in North Korea, he was a little hesitant. Dongjiang Town's ability to survive is mainly related to Phi Dao's role as a triangular trade center of Korea, Houjin and Daming.

The cloth and salt of the Ming Dynasty, the grain and ginseng of North Korea, the ginseng and fur of Houjin, for Donggang Town, the most important thing is the grain from North Korea.

Therefore, although the North Koreans led the way to attack Dongjiang Town for the Houjin last year, when the North Korea was facing destruction, Mao Wenlong still obeyed the order of the Apocalypse and sent troops to attack the Houjin army that invaded Korea.

The most important reason for this is that Mao Wenlong could not tolerate Houjin's complete control of North Korea and cut off the food source of Dongjiang Town. After all, transporting grain from Shandong to Dongjiang Town is not only too risky, but also the drifting of those civil officials is too powerful.

North Korea's grain-producing areas are all located on the southwestern plains near the sea, so it is safe to transport grain along the coastline.

If the Ming Dynasty supported Gwanghaejun and caused the Ming Dynasty to fight against each other, it would not only make Dongjiang Town lose a source of material replenishment, but also make Dongjiang Town suffer from the enemy.

As a person who bears the future of hundreds of thousands of Dongjiang soldiers and civilians, he can't gamble with the future of Dongjiang Town like Zhu Youzhen, who is far away in Beijing.

Lin Qingye's words really made him speechless, and seeing that the North Korean general still wanted to continue to convince himself, Mao Wenlong said with a tired smile.

"General Lin doesn't need to say it, this is what the great tomorrow meant, and the commander is just doing what he is ordered."

Lin Qingye, who originally thought that this was Mao Wenlong's private actions, suddenly couldn't say it anymore. He was born in Chungju, Chungcheong-do, during the Imjin War, and grew up listening to stories about the Great Tomorrow Son sending troops to rescue Korea.

In his heart, North Korea is an inseparable part of the Ming Dynasty, because he hates the Japanese and wants to defend his country, as a two-class background, he did not study literature but chose to practice martial arts.

He fought bravely and managed the army quite strictly, so he was soon promoted to the position of defense envoy of Ganghwa Island. He didn't want to have a confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, so he left the city alone, hoping to persuade the Dongjiang marshal.