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Transferred Yue Gaofeng to Dengzhou, to Weihaiwei Wharf to do things, this is Su Tiancheng's direct decision, Yue Gaofeng's ability is good, very flexible, in Weihaiwei Wharf, will be able to play a greater role, Weihaiwei Wharf benefits, in a short period of time, it exceeds the mutual market of Anningbao and Jingbian, this is also an inevitable situation, Weihaiwei Wharf is the only place where the Ming Dynasty allows trade transactions, facing many overseas merchant ships, including a part of the inland merchant ships, the mutual market is aimed at, It is mainly the Mongolian tribe, but the mutual market has an important stabilizing role, which cannot be ignored, if it is not for the importance of the mutual market, Su Tiancheng will even transfer Song Sijun back.

Su Tiancheng paid little attention to the affairs of Anningbao and Jingbian, which was also because Sun Yuankun, Song Sijun and others had very good abilities and maintained the mutual market very well, as for the problems that occurred in the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, there were inevitable factors, which Sun Yuankun and others could not prevent and stop.

In the officialdom, Su Tiancheng has a lot of alliances and dependence, for example, Zhu Xianxuan, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou, Xu Eryi, Dong Chang, Zheng Zhilong and others in the capital, Qin Liangyu in Datong, Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong, Zhu Youxiang in Shaanxi and others, as for Zhang Pu, Wu Weiye, Yan Zizhang and others who have a close relationship with Su Tiancheng and have an unusual relationship, the future is even better, Zhang Pu is already the political envoy of Henan, Wu Weiye and Yan Zizhang are still prefects, but according to the current development, they will eventually be promoted. these relationships. It basically forms a network of relationships.

As for Su Tiancheng's henchmen, there are even more people, including Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze, Bi Maokang and others, these people are all under Su Tiancheng's arrangement, and these people are not all by Su Tiancheng's side. For example, Sun Sizong, Sun Siming and others held positions in various places, of course, the people around Su Tiancheng who gathered were the most.

With such a huge relationship, Su Tiancheng can do things a lot more smoothly, and he can get more echoes, if he uses the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman, I am afraid that some people will think that Su Tiancheng is thinking about rebellion. The conditions are also very mature.

Su Tiancheng is not without his own plans, and has spent a lot of energy to build an unusual Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, which is the place he ordered for himself to settle down, but this is a little close to the capital, if one day, he has a huge conflict with the imperial power, and it is very likely that a battle will break out here. and then affected the entire Ming Dynasty, as early as when preparing for the back road. The place that Su Tiancheng considered was Taiwan, which was the most suitable place, far away from the capital, separated by the sea, and Taiwan was the territory of the Ming Dynasty. But if you go to Taiwan, you can avoid the conflict with the capital to the greatest extent, according to today's information conditions, you are doing something out of the ordinary in Taiwan, and it is impossible for the capital to know the way.

Such thoughts. Su Tiancheng has always been stuffy in his heart, and he will not reveal it to anyone, but he feels that according to the development path of the feudal dynasty, it is impossible for him to completely avoid the conflict with the imperial power.

Of course, the recovery of Taiwan is not only to build a base, not only to have a place to stay, but also to maintain and consolidate the sea power of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty used to have a lot of subject countries, and now, except for North Korea, which has just come to worship, the rest of the subject countries are basically out of the scope of the Ming Dynasty's power, some are forced to be helpless, and some are strong themselves, and they begin to think about independence. This situation cannot be tolerated.

After Yue Gaofeng came to Dengzhou, he brought a handwritten letter from Song Sijun, about the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, and Yue Gaofeng also reported in detail.

Listening to Yue Gaofeng's report together, there were also Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze.

The two of them have been a little upset recently, the negotiation between the Ming court and the Houjin Tatars has been determined, at this time, it is impossible for the Jiangning battalion to directly attack Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, Liaodong has also become calm, the two are 100% sure that the negotiations are impossible to succeed, it is just a delay in time, the matter of Taiwan and Mongolia, there is some imminent taste, it seems that Su Tiancheng is preparing to launch a battle in these two places, I don't know how long such a battle will last, I don't know if the Jiangning camp will be able to prepare for a large-scale, life-and-death battle with the Houjin Tartars in the coming days, and whether it will be involved in most of the energy by the affairs of Taiwan and Mongolia.

After Yue Gaofeng reported the situation in detail, he was taken down to rest, a day later, he was going to Weihaiwei's city to take office, from the time he entered Qingzhou, Yue Gaofeng couldn't believe his eyes, Qingzhou City, including Dengzhou's situation, made him feel surprised, the prosperity here, far more than Anning Fort and Jingbian area, all the way, including the North Zhili area, are not as good as here.

Yue Gaofeng has been in Anning Fort and Jingbian for a long time, and he is very familiar with the business and trade matters, he came to Qingzhou and Dengzhou, with professional sensitivity, he realized that the commerce and trade here are not ordinary prosperity, I am afraid that the entire Daming territory, there is no merchant here and rich.

"Lord Hong, Lord Qu, tell me your opinion."

It was still Hong Chengchou who spoke first.

"My lord, Xia Guan thinks that Taiwan and Mongolia are far away, if the Jiangning battalion wants to participate in these two battles, it will inevitably face a two-front battle situation, especially the battle in the Mongolian steppe, I am afraid it can not be completed in a short time, Xia Guan's meaning, the Jiangning battalion can first exterminate the Dutch occupying Taiwan, and then according to the war situation in the Mongolian steppe, decide whether to participate in the battle, as for the mutual market between Anning Fort and Jingbian, you can strengthen protection, Xia Guan believes that with the spread of the war situation, The role of the mutual market is becoming more and more huge, and the grassland tribes will not destroy the mutual market of Anningbao and Jingbian. ”

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Qu Qingze continued to speak.

"My lord, Xia Guan agrees with Lord Hong's opinion, grassland warfare has great particularity, if the Jiangning battalion goes deep into the grassland, if it is not familiar with the terrain, it may encounter some unnecessary losses, the strength of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe is very strong, you can let them start fighting first, if they can dominate the grassland, it is an undesirable thing, if they encounter difficulties, the Jiangning battalion will send troops to help, this is also a matter of course."

Su Tiancheng's face was serious, and he shook his head and spoke.

"The battle in Taiwan, I won't talk about it for the time being, you have ignored the two most important matters about the battle of the steppe tribes, the first is whether the Houjin Tartars will send troops to participate in the war at this time, and the Houjin and my Ming Dynasty will negotiate, Huang Taiji knows that we will not attack at this moment, so that he can rest assured that he can boldly transfer soldiers to participate in the battle of the Mongolian tribes, in this case, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe are likely to be disadvantaged."

"The second question, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe are getting stronger and stronger, don't they have ambitions, I'm afraid that when they conquer the steppe alone, it will be when they break away from my Ming Dynasty, so the conquest of the grassland, my Ming court must intervene, and we must take the initiative, so that the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe obey the arrangements of my Ming court, only in this way, the court can continue to control the two tribes, and finally be able to control the entire grassland."

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze nodded, but they were also worried that it would be difficult to fight on two fronts in terms of supply, and it would be even more difficult for the two fronts to coordinate well. If Su Tiancheng made preparations for a two-front battle, it would take a long time to prepare.

"The conquest of Taiwan and the participation in the operation on the grasslands are two things that we must start preparing for, and both of them are major matters that cannot be delayed, and the relevant grain and grass preparations and intelligence work must be stepped up."

"We also have to have a kind of mental preparation, that is, the Jiangning battalion intervenes in the struggle between the Mongolian tribes, I am afraid that the emperor Taiji of the Houjin will not give up, and it is very likely that he will participate in the fight, so that my Jiangning battalion may fight with the Houjin Tartars on the grassland, and the attack on the surface has stopped for the time being, but the battle in the secret will never stop."

As long as he can fight with the Houjin Tartars, Hong Chengchou is full of confidence, the last battle to exterminate the Zhenghongqi Tartars, greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and now the recruitment of sergeants in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou of the Jiangning battalion is going very smoothly, and there is an endless stream of people signing up, but the requirements of the Jiangning battalion are very strict, according to Su Tiancheng's idea, the soldiers stationed in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou are kept at the scale of 20,000 people, and the soldiers who can go out to conquer are kept at the scale of 100,000 people. Because of the Battle of Xuanzhou, the Jiangning battalion lost nearly 10,000 people, and the number of sergeants that need to be recruited is close to 20,000.

The Jiangning battalion has become the most courageous army in the Ming Dynasty, which will inevitably attract attention from many aspects, and in terms of recruiting sergeants, special caution is required, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble.

The current recruitment work is nearing the end, the newly recruited sergeants, the training is ongoing, and after many years of conquest, the Jiangning battalion has summed up a lot of experience in improving the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and the most effective experience is to participate in the real fighting, and the soldiers who have been trained under that kind of environment can be regarded as truly qualified soldiers. (To be continued......)