570 laid out the Wa State in advance, and did not do Yuan Chonghuan second

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After Chongzhen summoned Lu Xiangsheng to the palace, he mainly inquired about the battle on the front line of Songjin at this time.

By this time, Chongzhen's anger towards Lu Xiangsheng had almost disappeared, and he planned to use Lu Xiangsheng again this time.

In fact, at this time, Chongzhen found that among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there were few who could really make him trust and capable.

Originally, Chongzhen was very optimistic about Hong Chengchou this time, and in the past, Hong Chengchou showed outstanding military talent when he surrounded and suppressed Li Zicheng and thieves.

However, this time Hong Chengchou disappointed Chongzhen.

For more than half a month, all the bad news has come from the front line, and the situation of the war is developing in their favor.

In fact, what Chongzhen didn't know was that at this time, the battle situation on the Songjin front had already eroded to the point of not being what it was, and Hong Chengchou's fiasco was only a matter of time.

At this time, Hong Chengchou's 130,000 army had already been broken up by the Tartars, and Hong Chengchou himself led the remnants of less than 10,000 people, and retreated in Songshan City, unable to even break through.

If Chongzhen knew at this time that the battle on the Songjin front line at this time, they would have been defeated, and it is estimated that they would have vomited blood a long time ago.

At this time, Chongzhen hoped to send Lu Xiangsheng to Jinzhou to assist Hong Chengchou in facing the Tartars.

However, before Chongzhen asked Lu Xiangsheng to go to Jinzhou, he had to go to Dengzhou first, on the one hand, to convey Chongzhen's dissatisfaction, and at the same time to find out what Li Zixiao wanted to do.

At this time, Chongzhen was really afraid that Li Zixiao would rebel, in that case, the Ming Dynasty would really die soon.

"Lu Aiqing, please leave it to you this time."

"Rest assured, Weichen will go all out."

Lu Xiangsheng finally accepted Chongzhen's appointment, and he still had the last hope for Daming and Chongzhen after all.

Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng immediately and often went straight to Dengzhou, he wanted to go to Dengzhou first to stabilize Li Zixiao, and he must not let Li Zixiao rebel.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also had to sigh in his heart that in just three or four years, Li Zixiao's power had swelled to this point.

In fact, as early as back then, Lu Xiangsheng saw that Li Zixiao was an ambitious person.

It's just that, on the one hand, Li Zixiao has a life-saving grace for Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want to take revenge, and on the other hand, Lu Xiangsheng also appreciates Li Zixiao's talent and doesn't want to destroy it.

Moreover, at that time, Lu Xiangsheng only saw that Li Zixiao was ambitious, and this alone was not enough for Lu Xiangsheng to attack a Ming general who held military power.

Besides, Lu Xiangsheng also thought that as long as they exterminated Li Zicheng and other thieves as soon as possible, after the Ming Dynasty pacified the thieves, it would be enough to deter Li Zixiao and let him serve the country in peace.

However, the subsequent series of developments completely exceeded Lu Xiangsheng's expectations, and the officers and troops kept losing in the battle with Li Zicheng.

The thief army led by Li Zicheng, who re-emerged from the mountain gate, is no longer the thief army that was chased and beaten by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting a few years ago, and their strength has expanded very quickly.

Lu Xiangsheng was also defeated, but it was Li Zixiao's men and horses who avoided confrontation with Li Zicheng's chaotic army and were responsible for responding to guerrillas, winning repeatedly, and also growing their strength step by step.

Up to now, Chongzhen has been unable to attack Li Zixiao, not even to weaken his power, and he will move his whole body.

"Li Zixiao, I hope you don't learn to be An Lushan, otherwise we will be enemies."

Lu Xiangsheng was on the way to Dengzhou, muttering in his heart.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng left the Beijing Division, the intelligence officers of the White Dragon Army in the Beijing Division City learned the news from Zhang Guangqian, and immediately flew a pigeon to inform the Dengzhou side.

After Li Zixiao got the news that Lu Xiangsheng was coming, he decided to avoid Lu Xiangsheng, and it was best not to see him at this time.

Therefore, Li Zixiao had to leave Dengzhou in advance, leaving Lu Yuan in Dengzhou Port to take charge of Dengzhou's affairs, and Li Zixiao returned to Tamna Island.

At the beginning of August, on Tamna Island, Pier No. 1, it was raining lightly, but a group of people was boarding.

"Yoshino, Fujino, after the two of you go back, you will follow what I told you before, act on the opportunity, keep a low profile, and focus on developing your strength, understand?"

At this time, Li Zixiao, who came to Tamna Island, was standing in front of Shuiichiro Yoshino and Yokokawa Fujino, and admonished him.

Li Zixiao decided to put Yoshino and Fujino back to the Wa Kingdom, he wanted to lay out the Wa Kingdom in advance, and it would not be long before he was ready to attack the Wa Kingdom.

At this time, Li Zixiao was still blind to the situation of the Wa Kingdom, and he needed a vanguard to return to the Wa Kingdom in advance to gain a foothold.

While accumulating strength, he collected intelligence and acted as a pioneer for Li Zixiao's attack on the Japanese Kingdom in the future.

In terms of this candidate, in the entire White Dragon Army, there is no one who is more suitable than Yoshino and Fujino.

They are originally from the Wa Kingdom, one is a down-and-out nobleman, and the other is a bandit at sea, and it is normal to return to the Wa Kingdom.

If Li Zixiao suddenly sent a white dragon soldier, once he arrived in the Wa Kingdom, he would be attacked by several major forces of the Wa Kingdom immediately.

Those Japanese daimyo will not let a foreign force gain a foothold in the Japanese country, even if they will have a civil war on weekdays, but at this time, they will expel foreign enemies together.

With Li Zixiao's current strength, he can't spare the energy to attack the Wa Kingdom, but it doesn't prevent him from laying out in advance.

At least Li Zixiao believes that at this time, he has set up the two shadows of Yoshino and Fujino, and after a few years, once the time is right, when he is ready to move the Wa Kingdom, it will be his greatest help.

"Yes, the subordinates must live up to the high expectations of the general."

At the same time, Yoshino and Fujino both looked very excited at this time, and Yoshino tried his best to suppress the excitement on his face, but it was still difficult to hide.

And Fujino is the same, although the two are excited for different reasons.

Yoshino was excited because he could finally return to the Wa Kingdom, and with the support of Li Zixiao's secret money and weapons, he believed that in time, he would be able to revive his family.

And Fujino is excited that he finally doesn't have to continue to follow Li Zixiao, this kind of feeling of being a slave, how can he be the king of the rogue himself, do whatever he wants, and be at ease!

Although Li Zixiao would not send troops to support them, he promised them to give them financial and weapon support.

Similarly, for Yoshino and Fujino, they were not short of manpower, and Japan at this time was as chaotic as the Ming Dynasty, as long as they could have silver, they could recruit soldiers.

What's more, they were able to get the support of the White Dragons Army's improved firearms, artillery, iron-clad mines and other weapons.

These sharp firearms have long made Yoshino and Fujino fall in love.

They believed that as long as they had an army equipped with such firearms, they would definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the Japanese country.

Of course, Li Zixiao will not equip them with the best firearms, such as flintlock pistols, so they don't have to think about it.

But even then, for them, it was enough.

During this period, although firearms also appeared, their development in firearms was still influenced by the Ming Dynasty.

Even, the firearms in their hands are not as good as the firearms of Daming at this time, how can they be compared with the firearms of the White Dragon Army.

Li Zixiao is absolutely confident that the firearms in the hands of the White Dragon Army at this time are absolutely not inferior to the firearms of Western European countries at this time.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also gave the two of them permission to sell their firearms to some local forces in the Japanese country, which was more conducive to them to quickly open up the situation.

This time, Li Zixiao asked Yoshino and Fujino, in addition to taking away their two battalions and more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, they also gave them 200,000 taels of silver, 2,000 improved firearms, more than 20 artillery pieces, etc.

For the ability of these two people, Li Zixiao has almost tested it during this time, and it goes without saying that Yoshino is brave and resourceful.

Li Zixiao gave him such good conditions, which were enough for him to gain a firm foothold in the Wa Kingdom.

As for Fujino, he looks manic, but he is actually a sinister and cunning person, and a fierce and treacherous person like him has his own ability to settle down.

"General, let the two of them go back like this, I'm afraid that they will be strong in their hands and will not be controlled by us in the future."

Looking at the ships leaving the port, Luo Chao, who was standing on the dock with Li Zixiao, said with some concern.

"Don't worry, since I dare to let them go back, I will be sure enough to control them. If these two people want to gain a place in the Japanese country, they cannot do without our support.

Without our support, they are not even a fart, if they are obedient, it is fine, if they are disobedient, it is the same if we change someone to support them.

I chose them because they have been with us for so long, and they know them and they know what we are capable of.

As long as these two people don't have water in their brains, they won't dare betray us until they are strong enough to fight me.

However, if you want to make your strength strong to that extent, do you think those daimyo of the Wa Kingdom will give them a chance? Will I give them a chance? ”

After speaking, Li Zixiao smiled, patted Luo Chao's shoulder, and turned to leave.

"The general is right, it seems that I am overthinking." Luo Chao smiled and shook his head.

"Let's go, it's time for us to return to Jiangbei, it's been almost half a year, and I'm homesick. I've got to go back and see my son and daughter. ”

Li Zixiao turned his back to Luo Chao, had already walked a distance, and was still talking.

"yes, I'm homesick too." Luo Chao chuckled lightly, caught up with Li Zixiao and returned to the barracks together.

On the other hand, after Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Dengzhou, he was told by Lu Yuan that Li Zixiao had left Dengzhou and returned to Tamna Island.

Lu Xiangsheng knew that after Li Zixiao left, he was also very disappointed, and sighed, he had actually thought of this result.

Dodging has always been Li Zixiao's method of dealing with the imperial court and Chongzhen in the past two years.

But whoever the court gave him an order and sent out to give him an order would disappear halfway without a reason.

Regarding Chongzhen's will to summon Li Zixiao to Beijing, he dragged it over on the grounds of serious illness.

Now that Lu Xiangsheng is here in person, Li Zixiao directly dodges it, which also makes Lu Xiangsheng have nothing to do.

"The general of my family asked me to tell Lord Lu that his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and the Holy Lord has not changed from beginning to end, otherwise he would have become the second Li Zicheng at this time.

That said, it may be a bit of a contradiction, but it is true. ”

In Dengzhou City, Lu Yuan said to Lu Xiangsheng after seeing him.

Lu Xiangsheng kept his face, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he said coldly: "Since Li Zixiao keeps saying that he has always been loyal to the court and to the saint.

The official wanted to ask, why did he repeatedly resist the decree and disrespect, and the Holy God summoned him to Beijing, why didn't he go? Now, why are you occupying Dengzhou again?

What do you say! ”

Faced with Lu Xiangsheng's strong attitude, Lu Yuan knew that he couldn't weaken his momentum, so he sneered and said, "Lord Lu, we don't talk darkly.

The reason why my general refused to enter Beijing was because he didn't want to be Yuan Chonghuan's second, and he didn't want to die.

There are too many traitors and villains in the court, they confuse the saint and slander my general, didn't Lord Yuan Chonghuan die in these slanderous rumors back then?

I am satisfied with this explanation, Master Lu. ”

Lu Yuan deliberately said that Yuan Chonghuan's death was caused by the slander of traitors and villains in the DPRK, but in fact, the real reason was not that Chongzhen was jealous of Yuan Chonghuan, and the slander was only a secondary reason.

Lu Xiangsheng is a smart person, so he can naturally understand the true meaning of Lu Yuan's words.

After Lu Yuan's words were finished, even Lu Xiangsheng was powerless to refute it, because of Lu Yuan's reason, how could he refute it.

"He doesn't want to be Yuan Chonghuan's second, okay, what a reason!" Lu Xiangsheng sneered and said.

But in his heart, Lu Xiangsheng admitted that Li Zixiao's move was indeed understandable.

If Li Zixiao really entered Beijing before, he would really become Yuan Chonghuan's second and be killed by Chongzhen.

"Then the official asks you again, why did Li Zixiao occupy Dengzhou, don't tell the official anything about receiving a request for help from the prefect of Dengzhou, this kind of.

There is no one else here, I want to listen to Li Zixiao's truth, if you don't know, let Li Zixiao himself come to see me in person.

Is he avoiding me like this because he is afraid of his own officials? Or is it that he has a weak heart. ”

Lu Xiangsheng let go of the topic of Li Zixiao's resistance to Beijing and did not enter Beijing, it was really Li Zixiao's reason, and he couldn't refute it.

If other ministers were here at this time, and hearing Lu Yuan say this, he would definitely scold Li Zixiao for being disloyal and unjust, and he was a chaotic minister and thief.

Now, those so-called 'pillars of the country', the old ministers and important ministers who are still in the hall of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called 'pillars of the country' and the pillars of the emperor, are not rotten and stubborn.

In addition to charging other people, slandering, being admired, making money, and occupying the pit without, there are really not many Ming ministers who are really talented, flexible, and loyal.

And Lu Xiangsheng is not Chongzhen, nor is he another minister of the imperial court, he knows how to be flexible, and now the reason Lu Yuan said is enough for him to continue to pursue Li Zixiao's crime.

And he also understands that it is precisely because of him that Li Zixiao will let Lu Yuan say these words to him, if he is someone else, it is estimated that Li Zixiao will be delayed again.

"Lord Lu wants to know, why did my general occupy Dengzhou? Then please come with me. ”

Lu Yuan looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and his tone remained polite, after all, Lu Xiangsheng himself was also a Ming official that Lu Yuan admired very much.

"Go, follow him."

Lu Xiangsheng saw Lu Yuan leading the way in front, so he took his attendants to follow, he didn't believe that Li Zixiao would kill him, because it was completely unnecessary.

(End of chapter)