The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 549
Pyongan Road, North Korea, Yongbyon.

This is already the northwestern frontier of North Korea, an important gateway to defend against the invasion of the Jianlu army.

At night, Liu Ze looked up and down at the fellow in front of him, desperately searching for information on this person in his mind, but he still couldn't match up.

Although he was a soldier Cao Zuolang, since he was "assigned" to guard this bitter frontier fortress, no one has visited him for a long time.He rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "I've been away from home for so long, I really forgot who you are."

The "old man" bowed his head and said nothing, but a follower wearing a hat came out from behind him, and said in a loud voice: "Master Deputy Marshal, how have you been?"

When Liu Zewan heard his voice, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he hurriedly waved all the servants out of the house, and called his confidants to order: "Keep the door of the hospital, no one can come in or out!"

Then he returned to the house, took off the man's bamboo hat, and said with a bitter face: "General Cui, the whole North Korea is looking for you now! Why did you come here so carelessly?"

"What are you afraid of?" Cui Minhou signaled his subordinates to go out first, then turned around and sat down in the guest seat, "Li Zhen can only be proud of this for a while."

"General Cui, what do you mean?"

Cui Minhou said in a deep voice: "The lord has decided to take action in the near future, let me inform Master Liu to prepare troops and horses, waiting for orders."

"Liu..." Liu Zewan uttered one word, and hastily lowered his voice, "Take action?! General Cui's previous assassination failed, but now that Li Zhen's foundation is solid, now is definitely not a good time to do something!"

"The foundation is solid?" Cui Minhou laughed loudly, "Haha, Li Zhen will soon betray his relatives!"

"I look at the situation in the court, and there is no such sign..."

Cui Minhou immediately answered, "What if Daming is dissatisfied with Li Jing?"

"This, how come?"

Cui Minhou took out a piece of paper and handed it out, "The Ming court already knew that Li Ji was going to hand over the navy and warships to the Hulu. This is the letter of amnesty brought by the Ming envoy. Take a look."

Liu Zewan looked at the paper once, shook his head and said, "There is no seal of Ming Dynasty and emperor on it..."

"Of course it was copied, the original is in the master's hands. If Master Liu is interested, you can go and see it yourself."

Liu Zewan's eyelids twitched, the letter of amnesty severely accused Li Zhen of betraying the suzerain of the Ming Dynasty, surrendering to the North Korean Yujian captives, and providing money and food to the captives many times, and this time sending the navy to directly fight against the Ming Dynasty, his crimes are very serious.Of course, as an amnesty letter to the vassals, two sentences were added symbolically at the end, hoping that Li Zhen would reflect on his past and turn around.

As the suzerain of North Korea for hundreds of years, Ming Dynasty had great influence on the latter. Even the canonization of the king for a few months at night would cause an earthquake in North Korea's political arena, not to mention this severely worded pardon.

Liu Zewan knew very well that if the thing in his hand was made public, it would deal a heavy blow to Li Zhen's power!
But he has always been timid and cautious: "It's just that I have only been in Ningbian for a short time, and the troops I am sure to mobilize are only three thousand, and I have no foreign aid..."

Cui Minhou waved impatiently: "Da Ming will definitely support the Lord!"

"Really?! Is the news reliable?"

"Lord Liu, you know that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty personally asked Li Zhen to let General Zheng Wancheng be promoted to the command of the navy, and he has already taken up the post at this time. This shows that Daming is on the side of the lord."

Although Li Zhen was very surprised that the Ming envoy suddenly "understood" his difficulties, but Daming let go of this matter, and his son finally came back, which also solved his biggest concern.Therefore, when Dai Xiuyuan asked Zheng Wancheng to lead the navy to the south, he agreed without hesitation, but he was curious about how much money Zheng took to buy the Tongming Envoy.

Although Dai Xiuyuan had his own arrangements, but when he came to Ren Xingjun's side, it was immediately interpreted as support for his side.

Liu Zewan still has some understanding of the situation in China. Now the Jianzhou soldiers have been driven to the north of the Yangtze River, and the Ming Dynasty is advancing steadily.It can be seen from the fact that Dorgon sent people to ask for the North Korean Navy that they have begun to lose confidence in their own strength.

Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for the Ming army to enter the court to support Ren Xingjun once the war against Ming Dynasty is over.

Taking a step back, even if Daming doesn't intervene directly, as long as Lord Renxing announces the crusade against the Hunjun who surrendered under the banner of the Celestial Dynasty, there will definitely be crowds of people responding!
He finally looked at Cui Minhou, gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, I'm going to gather troops and horses, just waiting for the Lord's order!"

"Okay!" Cui Minhou stood up, "Master Liu must make the first great contribution!

"Actually, before I came to Ningbian, the governors of Shichuan and Shunchuan prefectures had already agreed to join the Lord in the fight. Master Liu's army will go all the way south, and they can go straight to Nankaido. At that time, the capital will be in chaos, and it will be easy to take Seoul!"

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Zheng Wancheng never dreamed that he would become the naval commander overnight, and replace Li Chong in commanding more than [-]% of the navy's warships. This is simply the pinnacle of his life!
But when he thought of the task entrusted to him by Lord Renxing, he couldn't help but become sad again.

"General Zheng, we will arrive in Laizhou in three hours." A guard beside him cupped his hands and said, "Lord Dai ordered me to bring some gifts on board, worth about 3000 taels."

Zheng Wancheng's eyes lit up, and there is a gift, 3000 taels?so much!He hurriedly turned around to return the salute respectfully, "Master Dai is too polite..."

The guard's name was Han Tong, and he was sent by Dai Xiuyuan. Lord Ren Xing personally ordered Zheng Wancheng to be with him at all times and not to stray a step away.

"The little one is just a guard, the general doesn't need to be too polite." Han Tong said again, "After landing, the general can give these gifts to Zheng Zhilong, and he will definitely gain his trust."

It turned out that it was used as a bribe... Zheng Wancheng was a little disappointed at once, but then he thought that as long as he could return to North Korea alive, with his current high position, it would not be easy to get some money.

He immediately bowed and said: "The end will definitely be done..."

Han Tong had no choice but to hold his arm again, "The general doesn't have to be so polite to the guards."

"Ah, yes, yes!"

Zheng Zhilong also attached great importance to the North Korean navy going south.Although these more than 60 warships are all small boats of 4000 to [-] materials, Zheng Zhilong knows very well that the upcoming battle is likely to be decided by a gang fight.So the more than [-] North Korean sailors on board are very important.

Zheng Wancheng socialized with Zheng Du and others who came to greet him, and ordered his men to anchor the warship, and let Zheng Du take him to Zheng Zhilong for "discussion" without saying anything.

Zheng Zhilong was extremely "dedicated", and was still supervising the construction of warships at the Laizhou Shipyard. Hearing that the North Korean navy envoy had come to visit, he hurriedly changed his clothes and entertained guests in his study in the shipyard.

After he met with Zheng Wancheng and saw the heavy box that Zheng Wancheng carried up, he immediately had a good impression of this North Korean military officer who "knows how to be a man".

(End of this chapter)