Chapter 830: Kyushu Victory
830 Kyushu victory
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"Do you think Benhou needs to lie to you?"
Yes, Li Zixiao didn't need to deceive him at all.
At this moment, Liu Zeqing felt disheartened, and felt even more like a clown.
He poured all his troops into attacking Xuzhou, but was only defeated by 4,000 people.
"Li Zixiao, if you want to kill, you have to have a good time with Lao Tzu!"
Liu Zeqing seemed to accept his fate and said.
Seeing Liu Zeqing's decadent appearance at this time, Li Zixiao shook his head lightly and said, "Although in this battle, you did cause some minor troubles with Benhou.
But Ben Hou still decided not to kill you, leaving you alive, maybe it would be more useful to Ben Hou. β
"You won't kill me? However, if you want this official to do things for you, you don't have to dream. β
Liu Zeqing seemed to have figured out a little bit at this time, why Li Zixiao didn't kill him.
"Liu Zeqing, don't talk too much, you can not be afraid of death, don't you think about your family, your descendants?
Or do you want Benhou to send them to hell with you? β
Li Zixiao said at the end, his voice became indifferent.
"Li Zixiao, it's not a disaster for your family, you just kill Lao Tzu, don't implicate my family."
Liu Zeqing was also a little anxious, for fear that Li Zixiao would really implicate his family, so he shouted eagerly.
"Do you think you are qualified to bargain with Benhou? Now, Benhou only gives you one choice, surrender Benhou.
Benhou will keep your whole family safe and sound, and let you spend the rest of your life in peace, otherwise......
The choice is yours. β
After a while, Liu Zeqing took the initiative to kneel, saluted Li Zixiao, and shouted: "Sinner Liu Zeqing, meet Hou Ye, thank Hou Ye for not killing."
In the future, but where there is a need, Hou Ye commanded, and Liu will do his best. β
Seeing that Liu Zeqing finally gave in, Li Zixiao had a smile on his face.
The reason why Li Zixiao didn't kill Liu Zeqing was because killing a Liu Zeqing would not do him any practical benefit.
On the contrary, keeping Liu Zeqing, he is still of great use.
You must know that Liu Zeqing has served as the commander-in-chief of Shandong for many years, and he has been operating in Shandong for a long time, and many officers and soldiers and generals in Shandong have been promoted by him.
Now, Liu Zeqing's dispatch of troops this time is tantamount to forcing Li Zixiao to attack Shandong in advance.
But at this moment, all the troops under his command were taken to the south by Wei Hong, and Li Zixiao couldn't transfer many troops to occupy Shandong.
Therefore, if Li Zixiao wants to get Shandong in his hands without bloodshed, Liu Zeqing and his men can still use it.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Zixiao to put Liu Zeqing back, let alone worry that Liu Zeqing's men will betray him.
As long as those officers and soldiers are not stupid, they all know how to choose at this moment.
Of course, Li Zixiao wants to eradicate it in advance, and those generals who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty are inevitable.
Although Li Zixiao also admires those generals who can still remain loyal to Daming at this moment.
However, admiration is admiration, since Li Zixiao wants to change the dynasty, these people have already blocked his way, and he can only choose to get rid of it.
As Liu Zeqing was subdued by Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao immediately put Liu Zeqing under house arrest in Xuzhou, and Liu Zeqing also ordered all the soldiers and horses under his command to lay down their arms and surrender.
Those men under Liu Zeqing's command, whether they were loyal to him or not, did not want to fight this battle for a long time.
After Liu Zeqing's order was issued, people from all walks of life surrendered to the White Dragon Army one after another, and then Li Zixiao scattered Liu Zeqing's 80,000 army outside Xuzhou City.
Of course, the 80,000 army brought by Liu Zeqing when he came, after a series of failed attacks, suffered heavy casualties, and fled a lot, and finally when Li Zixiao was reorganized, there were less than 50,000 people left.
Li Zixiao selected three generals from among the generals under Liu Zeqing and divided the remaining men and horses of Liu Zeqing equally.
Then, let these three people take Liu Zeqing's order and return to Shandong, maintain the existing order in Shandong, and not let Shandong become chaotic.
Li Zixiao wants to use their hands to temporarily maintain order in Shandong and set aside time so that Li Zixiao can slowly digest such a large piece of territory in Shandong.
Just when Li Zixiao was busy with all this in Xuzhou, Qi Wei had already escorted the unconscious Lu Xiangsheng and crossed the river from Wuhu to Luzhou Mansion.
Qi Wei temporarily placed Lu Xiangsheng, who was injured and fainted, and Hao Qiang, who was seriously injured, in Luzhou Mansion and did not send them to Kaifeng.
In fact, with injuries like Lu Xiangsheng and Hao Qiang, it is not appropriate to continue to travel at all, and it is the same to be placed in Luzhou Mansion.
Immediately, Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi rushed to Luzhou Mansion in person and told Qi Wei the news that the Li family was arrested by the Lu family in Jinling.
Moreover, Li Zixiao's latest order was conveyed to Qi Wei, that is, to let the three thousand elites led by Qi Wei cross the river to Jinling again.
cooperated with Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi, and placed the people in Jinling City to jointly rescue the Li family from Jinling City.
This task is extremely arduous, but Qi Wei and Zhang Fugui have no other choice.
If they couldn't rescue the Li family, then Li Zixiao would not have been able to let Wei Hong's army cross the river, let alone enter Jinling.
As a result, Qi Wei had to lead the elite of the 3,000 White Dragon Army to cross the Yangtze River again, return to the Jinling area to hide, and cooperate with Zhang Fugui's rescue plan.
It's just that it is by no means easy to rescue the Li family from Jinling City, they need to plan carefully and think in the long run.
As a result, Li Zixiao took the opportunity to march into Jinling and meddle in Jiangnan's plan, which was delayed.
Li Zixiao was also helpless, so he had to transfer Wei Hong's 50,000 troops from Jiangpu back to Kaifeng.
The actual situation is always a little different from what they planned, and this is something that cannot be helped.
At the same time, Li Zixiao also sent people to Jinling to talk to the Lu family about the conditions, confuse the Lu family, and facilitate Zhang Fugui and them to save people.
Li Zixiao never thought that he could let the Lu family easily return to the Li family.
After all, at this time, Lu Da'an knew very well that the people of the Li family were a life-saving card for him, as long as he held this card in his hand for a day, Li Zixiao would not dare to use troops against Jinling for a day.
At this time, Li Zixiao already regretted that he should have let the Li family move away from Jinling as soon as possible, and he should not be angry with his father.
Therefore, Li Zixiao still expects Zhang Fugui and them to be able to rescue the Li family from Jinling City, and then Li Zixiao and Lu Da'an will settle the account.
By the end of May, Li Zixiao finally received good news.
"Report, Hou Ye, good news, good news."
"Four days ago, Luo Chao and Zhao Zilong combined an army of 50,000 and a decisive battle with the Japanese army of 80,000 troops, and the battle lasted for two days, our army won a great victory, annihilating more than 25,000 Japanese soldiers, capturing more than 22,000 Japanese soldiers, and the rest were defeated.
In this battle, Tokugawa Masamitsu, the commander of the Japanese army, was killed, and most of the rest of the Japanese army fled to Kumamoto Castle of the Hosokawa family, Li Yan and Luo Chaozheng organized a new round of conquest.
At the same time, a detachment of more than 20 warships dispatched by Lu Yuan also arrived in Kagoshima Bay on 7 May, and together with the main force of the Northern Fleet in the bay, the Japanese fleet was flanked from the north and south, and won a complete victory, completely annihilating the Japanese fleet. β
In front of Li Zixiao and many military generals, Wei Hong read out the good news sent back from Li Yan from the Wa Kingdom.
"Good! The battle was fought beautifully. β
As soon as Wei Hong's words fell, the generals of the White Dragon Army exploded and shouted excitedly one by one.
"Master Hou."
At this time, Wei Hong folded the good news and personally handed it to Li Zixiao.
Immediately, Li Zixiao seemed that in the second half of the recital, Li Yan wrote out the more detailed process of the battle.
Due to time problems just now, Wei Hong didn't read it, but at this time, Li Zixiao looked at it more carefully.
After a while, Li Zixiao put down the concerto, looked at the Wenchen generals who had already been hotly discussed below, and patted the table.
In an instant, many Wenchen generals below immediately quieted down, stood up straight, and looked at Li Zixiao.
"You have all heard General Wei's words just now, Li Yan, Luo Chao and Hong Sheng fought a big victory in the Wa Kingdom.
After this battle, Li Yan and Luo Chao defeated the main force of the Japanese army on Kyushu Island, and at the same time, Hong Sheng and they also completely annihilated the Japanese fleet.
This also means that the Northern Fleet led by Hong Sheng cut off the retreat of the remaining tens of thousands of Japanese troops on Kyushu Island, and they were completely trapped on Kyushu Island.
Presumably at this time, Li Yan and Luo Chao were trying to find a way to wipe out the last remnants of the tens of thousands of Japanese troops on Kyushu Island.
After this battle, the Shogunate of the Wa Kingdom was greatly damaged, and it was impossible to send troops to conquer Kyushu Island in a short period of time.
Taking advantage of this time, we will have to gain a firm foothold on Kyushu Island, and in the future, Benhou will build Kyushu Island into a frontier fortress to conquer the entire Wa Kingdom.
Therefore, Ben Hou decided that all the horses sent to Kyushu Island would not retreat a single soldier.
They will become the vanguard of Benhou's conquest of the entire Wa Kingdom, defend Kyushu Island, and wait for Benhou to deal with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and then start against the Wa State again.
In this regard, Qian Lao, you select three hundred officials from your subordinates, and set off for Kyushu Island in a week, and then the affairs of running Kyushu Island will be handed over to them.
Tell them that in the future, the entire country will be our territory, and after they get there, in addition to maintaining the stability of the people's livelihood, they will also start the work of education.
By the way, some time ago, didn't there be a few great Confucians in Kaifeng who insulted Benhou as a chaotic minister and thief?
Now, give them a chance to prove their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, take them to Kyushu Island, and let them educate those Japanese people.
Their mouth can speak and scold, it is most suitable to educate those Japanese people, and it can also make the roots of Benhou Er pure and pure. β
After Li Zixiao heard this great news, he was in a very good mood, and he also instructed Qian Guangyuan to arrange the follow-up business plan for Kyushu Island.
"Yes, Master Hou, after the old minister goes back, he will start to make arrangements.
In addition, Master Hou, let's send three hundred officials to Kyushu Island, there must be someone who is fully responsible, I don't know if Master Hou has a suitable candidate in his heart? β
Qian Guangyuan was also very excited, and they were also happy to see such achievements in expanding their territory.
"Let Zhou Qing go, Benhou appointed him as the governor of Kyushu Island, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of Kyushu Island, and in the future, Benhou of Kyushu Island will be handed over to him.
You sent someone to Xuzhou overnight to inform Zhou Qing and ask him to come to Kaifeng to see Ben Hou, and Ben Hou wanted to talk to him in detail about his main work tasks on Kyushu Island in the future.
After a while, Ben Hou will transfer Li Yan, Luo Chao and Zhao Zilong back. β
Li Zixiao thought about it, and decided to send Zhou Qing to Kyushu Island, if he didn't send others, he wouldn't worry.
For example, the military and political chief sent to Kyushu Island has a lot of power, not only holding nearly 100,000 troops overseas, but also ruling one place.
This requires the dispatch of the past military and political chiefs to be absolutely loyal to Li Zixiao, otherwise it is easy to cause chaos.
Needless to say, Zhou Qing's loyalty to Li Zixiao is absolutely non-existent.
At the same time, Zhou Qing is calm, after several years of experience, he is enough to take charge of himself, Li Zixiao thinks that he can take on this big responsibility.
When Qian Guangyuan heard that Li Zixiao appointed Zhou Qing as the governor of Kyushu Island, he also nodded, which can be regarded as approving Li Zixiao's decision.
Immediately, Qian Guangyuan said: "Okay, the old minister will send someone to Xuzhou to take over Zhou Qing's position and let him come to Kaifeng." β
Three days later, Zhou Qing rushed to Kaifeng from Xuzhou, went straight to Li Zixiao's Hou Mansion, and met Li Zixiao.
"Haha, Zhou Qing is here, sit."
Li Zixiao was still eating, and after seeing Zhou Qing coming, he took the initiative to let people move his seat.
"Master Hou, just stand on your back."
Zhou Qing was a little excited in his heart, but said as calmly as possible on the surface.
He had already learned the specific situation from Qian Guangyuan, and knew that Li Zixiao was going to send him to Kyushu Island in the Japanese Kingdom to take charge of the military and political power there.
This can be described as a great weight and trust for him, otherwise Li Zixiao would not have handed over this position to him.
"Zhou Qing, don't be restrained, sit down, Ben Hou has just sorted out a plan for the future development of Kyushu Island, you can take a look at it first."
Li Zixiao ate and said.
Immediately, Quartz took a thick book and handed it to Zhou Qing.
"Yes, Master Hou."
Zhou Qing responded, then sat down and looked seriously.
It took more than half a day for Zhou Qing to finish reading the plan, and when he raised his head, he found that Li Zixiao had already finished eating, and was sitting there drinking tea, waiting for him to finish reading.
"How?" Li Zixiao asked.
"Back to Master Hou, the development plan of Kyushu Island that you formulated is extremely detailed, and Zhou Qing has benefited a lot."
"Alright, don't say that clichΓ©.
Benhou just wants to know, after you read this plan, you can understand the main task that Benhou sent you to Kyushu Island.
To summarize it briefly and clearly. β
Li Zixiao compared Zhou Qing and said.
Zhou Qing fell into deep thought, and after a while, he raised his head, looked at Li Zixiao and said, "Civil affairs maintain stability, and prepare for war." β
"Haha, okay."
Li Zixiao said with a smile, he knew that Zhou Qing had already understood what he meant.
"By the way, Benhou remembers that there is a large gold mine on the territory of the Mosa Domain in Kagoshima, and it is a treasure.
When you get to Kyushu, try to restore production in all the mines there as soon as possible, especially the gold and silver mines.
With the proceeds from those gold and silver mines, it will greatly ease our financial pressure. β
Li Zixiao remembered the key point and said to Zhou Qing.
The rich gold and silver of the Japanese Kingdom were extremely important to Li Zixiao at this time.
"Yes, Master Hou, Weichen remembered."
(End of chapter)