Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 724 Invasion and Recovery

Beijing South Gate.

Li Jing took Gao Qi, Cao Wenzhao, Chen Guozhu, Li Dingguo, Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui out of the city to meet Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng.

Having not seen each other for several years, Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng obviously gained weight, but their way of speaking was still the same as before, not changing at all.

After meeting with Li Jing and others, the two laughed and joked with Gao Qi, Cao Wenzhao and others.

Shy, Chen Dahu punched Gao Qi heavily and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, congratulations on your promotion!"

Gao Qi smiled and said: "I am not promoted as fast as you and Er Leng. In just a few years, you two have been promoted to the governors of five provinces, and you are even more powerful than the big officials of the border."

Chen Dahu laughed and said, "I still know how much old Chen has. I have a trick, that is, what the commander-in-chief tells me and how I do it. If you want me to say, the commander-in-chief is no one available, so he arranged me and the old man For Liu to do this job, in fact, in my mind and Lao Liu's mind, it is better to go to the battlefield and fight happily."

Liu Er Leng also smiled and said: "Yeah, seeing that everyone of you guys is fighting, but Duhu and I are staring at each other, I won't hide it from you, my ass is so anxious that I get sores." .”

Everyone laughed.

After laughing for a while, Chen Dahu continued: "You don't know, when the commander-in-chief used troops against Hetao, I thought he would fight all the way to Mobei. At that time, I thought it was over, and there would be no battle between us brothers. But old man Cao is quite interesting, and he even reserved a place for us brothers."

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "This is what I promised you back then. When we use troops against Mobei in the future, we will definitely ask you two to lead the troops."

Chen Dahu laughed: "Hey, let me tell you, Lao Cao, Er Leng and I have discussed it over the years, if you want to leave the battle of Mobei to our brothers, we will find you eight little girls, You suck all the old bones dry."

Everyone laughed again when they heard the words.

Looking up at Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, Chen Dahu smiled and said: "Old Ancestor, Xiao Wu, I have heard about you two, and you are both good at war. I am very convinced. But this is the commander's order, you have to listen to it or not."

Zu Dashou couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, Chen Dahu had a rough appearance and vulgar words, he didn't expect to be so careful, he could see through his own thoughts at a glance.

To be honest, Zu Dashou never expected that Li Jing would let Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng be the commanders of the east and west routes of the Northern Expedition Army. In his mind, Sun Hutou was transferred to Moxi as the deputy commander of the Western Expedition Army, so the deputy commander of the Northern Expedition Army Naturally, it will be Li Dingguo and him.

Unexpectedly, Li Jing actually transferred Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng to serve as deputy commanders of the Beizheng Army, and arranged him and Wu Sangui to serve as Chen Dahu's deputy under the command of Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng.

From the bottom of his heart, Zu Dashou was dissatisfied with this appointment, not Li Jing, but Chen Dahu.

Zu Dashou only served Yuan Chonghuan in the first few decades of his life, and only served Li Jing in the second half of his life.

The reason why Zu Dashou was impressed by Li Jing was because after Li Jing came to power, the Ming army never lost a battle.

Moreover, what Li Jing advocated was offense, even when defending the city, he would use offense against attack.

Li Jing's combat method is undoubtedly very passionate, and the bloodiness of Ming soldiers is completely inspired by this combat method.

The weapons of the Ming army were already sharp, coupled with the bravery of the soldiers, they were invincible.

There is no soldier who is unwilling to fight against a victorious general, and Zu Dashou is no exception, and as the general in front, Zu Dashou knows Li Jing's status in the hearts of the soldiers, Li Jing's status in the hearts of the soldiers is close to a god .

Zu Dashou naturally did not dare to disobey Li Jing's order, but he still couldn't figure out why Li Jing appointed Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng as the commanders of the Northern Expedition Army.

Zu Dashou also knew that Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng had fought in the past, and they were Li Jing's confidantes, but they had served as magistrates for many years, could they adapt to the current fighting methods of the Ming army?

However, Zu Dashou's worries were quickly dispelled after seeing the troops brought into Beijing by Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng, because the troops led by these two men were clearly well-trained soldiers, and many of these soldiers You can see that he has been on the battlefield and killed people before.

Even though Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng had been the great officials of the frontier for many years, they knew at a glance that they were soldiers.

What surprised Zu Dashou most was the attitude of Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng towards Li Jing.

In front of Li Jing, even Gao Qi and Cao Wenzhao didn't dare to be presumptuous easily, but Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng were outspoken, but Li Jing didn't take it as a pestilence, and instead enjoyed their way of speaking very much.

Sighing softly, Zu Dashou finally understood why after Li Jing's order was issued, Cao Wenzhao repeatedly warned him and Wu Sangui not to neglect Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng.

Smiling, Zu Dashou clasped his fists at Chen Dahu and said: "Master Chen is joking, he has always admired Lord Chen and Lord Liu, and it is a great honor to be able to serve under Lord Chen this time."

Chen Dahu shook his head and smiled: "Old Ancestor, let's not say polite words, and I don't know how to say polite words. What I mean is, since the commander-in-chief arranged for us to be together, then we should cooperate well and fight in Mobei." A beautiful fight."

Li Jing couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, turned around and said to Zu Dashou with a smile: "Brother Fu Yu, Du Hu speaks vulgarly, don't take it for granted, he often calls himself Lao Tzu even in front of me."

Zu Dashou laughed and said: "Which one of us soldiers doesn't speak like this? Mr. Chen speaks like this, it can be seen that Mr. Chen is a man of temperament, just my true nature, how can the general take offense at the end."

Li Jing nodded with a smile, turned around and said to Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng: "Dahu, Erleng, you haven't been to Beijing for many years, so I should keep you in the capital for a few days, but now the rest of the troops are attacking the city. , but you people along the way have been standing still, fearing criticism if it spreads, so I will not keep you. I will arrange a banquet over there, not only to clean up the dust for you, but also to act bravely for you. "

Chen Dahu sighed lightly when he heard the words: "At first, I wanted to catch up with Uncle Shen and the others. Since the commander-in-chief said so, then forget it. By the way, Er Leng and I are going to Beijing this time, for the emperor and everyone else. The old brothers brought some special products from the south, and when the time comes, the commander-in-chief will send someone to give them to everyone for me and Er Leng."

Li Jingjing nodded: "It's hard for you to have a heart. Okay, I will definitely send someone to send them one by one when the time comes."

"Marshal, Dahu and I haven't seen my wife and nephew for some years, why don't we go to the mansion to visit my wife first, and send things to the mansion by the way?" Liu Er said in a daze.

Li Jing looked at the sky, pondered for a moment, and nodded lightly: "Okay, then go and come back quickly."

Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng were overjoyed when they heard the words, they turned around and ordered their soldiers to drive over a dozen carriages full of goods.

Li Jing couldn't help being startled when he saw it, and then smiled wryly: "I said, what are you two doing, just bring something with your own mind, why are you still carrying it like a car!"

Chen Dahu said with a smile: "It's not anything valuable, it's all special products from the south. I brought something like silk and satin embroidery, and Er Leng brought some tea leaves."

Li Jing nodded lightly upon hearing this.

Seeing that Li Jing didn't ask any more questions, Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng waved their hands at the soldiers. The soldiers understood and rushed the carriage into the city.

In fact, the reason why Li Jing agreed with Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng to visit his wife in the mansion was for one purpose, which was to remind Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui that the relationship between Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng was different from others. Follow the orders of Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng.

Of course Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui were not fools. Seeing this posture, how could they not understand what Li Jing meant?
Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng came back quickly, within half an hour.

Seeing Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng returning, Li Jing waved his hand to open the table.

During the meeting, Li Jing solemnly explained to Chen Dahu and Liu Erleng the goals to be achieved in this battle.

Li Jing's strategic goals for the Northern Expeditionary Army were the same as those of the other groups of troops, that is, where the Ming army passed, no political power was allowed to exist.

In fact, it is precisely because of this order that Daming has been in a state of war all these years. If other regimes are allowed to exist, they only need to surrender to Daming, and many battles do not need to be fought at all.

Because countries like Turpan, Siam, and Annan paid tribute to Ming Dynasty many years ago, and after Li Jingping settled the Mongolian tribes outside the mouth and Liaodong, Tumed, Yilibali, Wusizang and other countries also began Plead ministers to Daming.

It's a pity that Li Jing comes from later generations. He knows very well what the later generations of these small countries have done. Countries like Annan, Luzon, etc., countries with big shit dare to invade China's islands. There are still a group of people in Wusizang and Yiliba To be independent.

Why do these countries and regions or ethnic groups dare to do this?Because they have history as evidence, and the history books record that this was their territory many years ago, or many years ago, they used to be an independent regime.

Li Jing will never allow these things to happen again, so Li Jing wants to completely eradicate these regimes and erase their history.

Li Jing wants future generations to say when they mention the history of these places: "Yes, these places have been China's territory since ancient times. Since which dynasty, China has set up government offices in these places to govern these places. These places have never had independent regimes."

Obviously, these countries can pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but they will never agree to disband their own regimes. Therefore, Li Jing has only one way to go, and that is to fight each other and disband their regimes by force.

Of course, this matter cannot go so smoothly. The biggest resistance is not the resistance from these countries, but the opposition from domestic subjects, especially those literati and scholars.

These people advocate convincing people with virtue and governing the country with benevolence. They think that since these countries have already surrendered, they are the vassal states of Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to dismantle their power.

In order to convince these people, Li Jing mobilized a large number of people to search the classics to find or fabricate evidence that these places once belonged to China.Then he explained to everyone that what he did was not aggression, but regaining lost ground.

(End of this chapter)