At the General Office of Shanhaiguan, Yan Yingyuan stood in front of the Liaodong map and was talking: "The outer Mongolian Tatars invaded the Great Wall in an all-round way. It is basically certain that this is the Liaodong Jianlu testing the truth and reality. Once the Mongolian Tatars report the situation back to Liaodong, I believe that it will not take long, and the Liaodong Jianlu will definitely have abnormal movements. It has been a while since you came to Shanhaiguan, and you have been resting, right?"

Hearing this, a short man in front of him immediately clasped his fists and said, "The general is right. I have been holding it all these days. Liaodong Jianlu is the ball, and I, Gu Sanmazi, have the final say on the sea!"

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan reminded him with a serious look on his face: "Don't underestimate Jianlu. The warships of the Denglai Navy were all taken by those rebel generals. Remember not to be careless."

After saying that, he saw that Gu Sanmazi seemed to be a little dissatisfied, so he said with a serious expression: "It is important to restrain the Liaodong Jianlu from the sea. The national public service must be successful. Therefore, when passing by the sea, it is necessary to deal with a major blow to the Liaodong Jianlu so that they can be scruples and dare not assemble heavy troops to detour the Mongolian grassland to invade the pass."

Speaking of this, Yan Yingyuan paused and said, "I will allocate the remaining warships to you, with only one purpose, to ensure safety, and to deliver all troops at one time."

After hearing this, Gu Sanmazi finally became serious and quickly replied: "If the general is valued, I can only have this official position, and it can be considered a glorious ancestor. No matter what, as long as I Gu Sanmazi is here, there will never be any accident."

After saying that, he scratched his head and said, "I'll ask someone to ask about the situation at sea."

Yan Yingyuan was actually a little disappointed. Gu Sanmazi did not have the experience of regular naval combat. Fortunately, there was no naval in Jianlu.

However, his disappointment was not shown, because he believed in only Gu Sanmazi. After the entire army boarded the warship and went to the sea, it would be equivalent to handing over all his wealth and life to the navy.

Yan Yingyuan picked up a file and handed it to Gu Sanmazi and said, "I have asked someone to ask about the situation in the Bohai Sea and the situation in the coastal areas of Liaodong in advance. You can take it back and take a look first, so that you can know what you want."

Gu Sanmazi was overjoyed when he heard this. He was familiar with the situation outside the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he was really unfamiliar with the situation in the north. He looked dark and heard Yan Yingyuan say so solemnly. To be honest, he was actually a little panicked in his heart.

However, Yan Yingyuan had prepared these situations for him, which made him feel much more relieved and quickly took the file.

Then, he saw his eyes wide open and his expression was like a ghost. Then he raised his head with a sad face, looked at Yan Yingyuan and said, "Master, I can't read!"

There were actually many generals who could not read in the late Ming Dynasty, and Gu Sanmazi was not inferior to one. Therefore, Yan Yingyuan didn't care about it, but just said to him: "Then I'll find someone who can read it for you!"

"Oh!" Gu Sanmazi heard this and nodded in relief and replied.

Yan Yingyuan looked at Gu Sanmazi's back as he turned around and suddenly called him: "If you want to truly be glorious and return home in glory, you must make some achievements to prove yourself!"

Gu Sanmazi's body paused after hearing this.

"Including myself!" Yan Yingyuan said there, "I have received the recommendation of the Duke of the People. I have not made any contributions, but I am already the general of Shanhaiguan. This time I go to Liaodong, I will lead the team myself. I want to prove that the Duke of the People has not misunderstood the person."

Hearing this, Gu Sanmazi turned around, looked serious, and clasped his fists to Yan Yingyuan and said, "I understand, don't worry, the handsome man. I, Gu Sanmazi, knows that it is at least not, and I will definitely not disappoint the handsome man!"

Suddenly, he got the official position and went from a pirate to a guerrilla guerrilla in the court. To be honest, Gu Sanmazi was really happy and thought about what would happen if he became an official, and he didn't think about anything else.

But at this moment, after listening to Yan Yingyuan's words, he finally woke up.

Seeing his attitude, Yan Yingyuan finally smiled with relief, waved his hand and let him go.

Then, he walked back to the Liaodong map by himself and stared at the Liaodong map. At the same time, he said in his heart: "This is the best opportunity to attack Liaodong from the sea. I must satisfy the Duke and let him have an explanation from the emperor."

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At this time, the Duke Xingguo whom he was concerned about was reading the news sent from the capital. There were those given to him by Emperor Chongzhen, and some of those sent by Chen Yuanyuan.

Among them, what Emperor Chongzhen gave him was mainly the matters discussed in the court, and asked Zhang Mingwei for his opinions.

The messages sent by Chen Yuanyuan were quite complicated. The main reason was that the information collected by the Jinyiwei every day was sorted out and all of them were brought over.

These news gave Zhang Mingwei a detailed understanding of what happened in the capital. He was most satisfied with Du Yinxi's performance.

Regarding the situation in the capital, he spoke, and Zhu Mai wrote a long memorial and sent it to the capital.

He recognized Sun Chuanting going north to assist in the defense of Datong. If possible, he suggested that Emperor Chongzhen issue an order to Sun Chuanting that he would definitely take revenge for the invasion of the Mongolian Tartars.

In addition, Zhang Mingwei also emphasized the significance of what he is doing. He not only needs to use Kaifeng as a demonstration point, but also needs to stabilize in the Central Plains and gradually advance southward so that there will be no overly and chaotic situations.

Because it was a secret report, Zhang Mingwei also analyzed the situation for Emperor Chongzhen.

But in the war-torn Central Plains, the land was measured, the fertile land was re-registered, and the hidden households were investigated, so they had encountered various obstructions in the court. What if it were Jiangnan in the future?

This situation is definitely very serious in Jiangnan. Under normal circumstances, if these measures are to be implemented, I don’t know what will happen?

Therefore, Zhang Mingwei is not in a hurry to advance and pursue the thief, so he means to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger.

In addition, the thieves in the south, with several forces combined, are actually very powerful. If they pursue them rashly, they may be forced to unite, and the difficulty of eliminating the thieves will be greatly increased.

Therefore, you cannot feel too much pressure on the thieves in the south. The method of boiling frogs in warm water is easy to use at any time.

For this reason, although Zhang Mingwei did not lead the troops south, he had sent a large number of people to stop him. He was not supposed to collect various news about the bandits in the south and also to promote news that was not conducive to the bandits' unity. For example, Li Zicheng wanted to annex Luo Rucai's troops, and for this reason he killed Luo Rucai himself.

In addition, after tasting the sweetness of public opinion war, Zhang Mingwei's men were still in Kaifeng, but he had already begun to extend his tentacles to the south.

Zhang Mingwei selected some people from Luo Rucai's troops in batches, and asked them to "escape" back to the south to surrender to the bandits in the south, lurking, waiting for him to lead the troops to fight before starting.

Also, he wrote to Chen Yuanyuan and used her influence in the south to promote the Ming Pao, so that he would influence the public opinion in Jiangnan first before he went to Jiangnan.

Of course, this matter is not just Chen Yuanyuan, but Zhang Mingwei also wrote to the prince, asking the prince to do it too, and accelerate the influence of Ming Pao.

For this matter, Zhang Mingwei also took time to make an update and dictated many chapters of the novel that he liked in one breath, which eventually exhausted several of the people who wrote the writers.

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While Zhang Mingwei was busy with these things, Li Guo led the five thousand bandit cavalry back to Xiangyang. Because Li Zicheng led his troops back to retreat here.

When Li Zicheng heard that Li Guo led his troops back, he was very surprised and quickly summoned Li Guo to inquire: "How is the Duke Xingguo? Has he gone south, or is the entire army also infected with the plague? It is time for us to kill back?"

The people around were also looking at Li Guo, and many people showed expectation on their faces. It was obvious that they all hoped that the imperial army would be humiliated.

However, Li Guo had a serious face and shook his head and said, "Duke Xingguo isolates those who have colds. The treatment is almost the same at present, and it has not caused much panic. However, the Duke Xingguo's troops did not go south and are still in Kaifeng."

Hearing this, Niu Jinxing smiled and said, "That's because the food and grass are delayed. Haha, there are so many people, how can he deal with it?"

Li Zicheng was also very interested when he heard this, so he asked Li Jiao: "How did Xingguo Company deal with so many people? Could it be that he had been dismissed again, right?"

"Haha, Duke Xingguo won people's hearts before and paid them travel expenses. Forty or five hundred thousand people, the travel expenses alone were a lot of money." Song Xiance also smiled and said, "Will Duke Xingguo save this money as soon as we leave?"

"That's for sure!" Niu Jinxing immediately said to Song Xiance, "When the two armies fight, he wants to win people's hearts. Now everything is in his grasp. He will definitely not spend that money in vain. If you don't believe me, ask Li Guo, right? He didn't spend that money either?"

Li Guo shook his head when he heard this. Seeing that Niu Jinxing wanted to speak, he no longer wanted to listen, so he said loudly to Li Zicheng: "General, those people have not been dismissed at all, and they are all placed in the Kaifeng Prefecture area."

"What? All are placed in Kaifeng Prefecture?" Li Zicheng was very surprised when he heard this. "How did he resettle? How could he have settled so many people?"

The others were also very curious, staring at Li Guo, listening with their ears on their backs.

So Li Guo told him everything there. He said it in detail, including the matter of Duke Xingguo dealing with the local gentry. He said it very clearly.

Everyone who heard this, including Li Zicheng, was a little stupid. They never expected this way of placement.

The court not only attacked the foreign kings for this, but also cracked down on the local gentry. This was simply not the court they knew.
Chapter completed!