The breakfast I brought back to Zhao Yutu quickly entered the stomachs of Liu Heng and Zhao Wu.

After eating and drinking, Liu Heng made a cup of tea for himself, while Zhao Wu took the tea jar and chopsticks that had served the meal to clean outside.

"Report to the lord, Director Yang is here."

The guards outside the door came in and reported.

"Let him come in!" Liu Heng blew the heat in the tea tank.

Yang Yuan walked in from outside the house, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Sir, please see the lord."

"Have you eaten breakfast? If you don't have it, I'll ask Zhao Wu to make some for you." Liu Heng picked up the teapot and sucked the tea water inside.

Yang Yuandao: "I have eaten it."

"Stop standing, sit!" Liu Hengxu pressed his hand and signaled him to sit down, and asked, "Does there any news from the Foreign Intelligence Agency send here?"

Yang Yuan, who had just settled down, stood up again and said, "Just received news from Liaodong that the slave thief pseudo-khan Huang Taiji is dispatching troops, horses, food and grass, and seems to be intending to use troops against the Ming army in Liaodong."

"This is to avenge his father!" Liu Heng smiled.

Although he said this, he knew in his heart that Huang Taiji did this very likely to make several slave thieves trapped in internal strife and reorganize them again, and then use the Ming army's hands to clear out the slave thieves who were unwilling to obey his position as Khan.

Yang Yuan said hesitantly: "The old servant was defeated and even his life was paid. The Ming army was in full swing. My subordinates felt that it would be difficult for Huang Taiji to attack Ningyuan at this time."

The news was sent back through the secret spies from the Foreign Intelligence Agency in Liaodong, but he was not optimistic about Huang Taiji's military operation this time.

"Maybe Huang Taiji didn't have the idea of ​​winning this battle at all." Liu Heng said.

Yang Yuan frowned slightly, then thought for a moment, and said, "What is the lord who means that Huang Taiji is just going to be defeated?"

"It may not be that I am defeated, but I must have wanted to weaken the strength of several mountains inside the slave thief. Don't forget that after the old slave died, the slave thief was in chaos for a long time. Although Huang Taiji took over the old slave's position as Khan, there is no shortage of people who disobey him." Liu Heng said.

Hearing this, Yang Yuan nodded and said in agreement: "It is indeed unstable within the slave thief. Daishan, who was the most likely to inherit the Khan throne, lost the opportunity to inherit the Khan throne because of the palace affairs. He would definitely be unwilling to accept it. If the old slave lived a few more years and let the three most favored sons of the old slave grow up, the competition among the slave thief for the Khan throne would probably be more intense."

Huang Taiji, who succeeded Khan, was not Lao Nu's favorite son. The three children born by the concubine Abahai were really loved by Lao Nu.

Before Lao Nu died, the strongest Zhenghuang Banner and the Inlaid Yellow Banner drew a lot of Niulu to Abahai's sons Ajige and Dodo, among which Dorgon got the most Niulu.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that one of the three brothers is most likely to enter the position of the city khan in the future.

Unfortunately, when the old slave died, his three favorite sons were too young. The oldest Ajige was only in his twenties, and his qualifications were far from comparable to Huang Taiji, who was in his prime.

Even so, in order not to make these three brothers fight against him, Huang Taiji and several other big belles forced Abahai to bury the old slave.

"About Huang Taiji, the Foreign Intelligence Agency should collect more information about him. This person can seize the Khan throne from several big Baylors, and is definitely not a good person to meet." Liu Heng said to Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan nodded seriously and said, "This person is indeed difficult to deal with. According to the news sent back by the secret spies from Liaodong, this person has been eased the conflict with the Han people, and has reused many formerly unsuccessful Han officials. Even the fewer Han people fled to the Kuandian area."

"The old slave is always worried that the Han people under his command will harm him and overthrow everything he has in Liaodong, so he has been suppressing the Han people. But Huangtai is very different. This person is extremely ambitious and does not defeat the Han people like the old slave. Instead, he takes the power of the Han people for himself and helps him stabilize the Khan position. When his Khan position stabilizes, he will either attack North Korea or attack Chahar and Khalkha." Liu Heng said.

Yang Yuan frowned and said, "If he attacked North Korea, it would be fine, but if he attacked the Chahar tribe, if Hutuktu Khan could not resist it, he would likely flee westward. At that time, our tiger flag would definitely face the Chahar tribe directly."

"That's why Huang Taiji is very ambitious." Liu Heng blew the heat in the tea tank and continued, "It is basically impossible for slave thieves to enter the pass through Shanhaiguan, so they can only think of other ways. On the other hand, there are many borders with Mongolia on the Ming Dynasty. As long as slave thieves take Mongolia, they will pick any place and have the opportunity to enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Yuan heard this and said, "If Huang Taiji really plans to detour from the grassland and enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, he will probably directly face our tiger flag. After all, our tiger flag is stuck in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty and the grassland."

"Well, you're right. Once the slave thief takes action against the Chahar tribe, it's the turn of the tiger flag to meet the slave thief." Liu Heng said in agreement.

Although slave thieves can enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty through Jizhou Town, the tiger flag cannot give up the grassland to the slave thieves. Although the nearby Baicheng is poor, the Korqin tribe is rich, especially the fertile black soil that can produce oil on the Liaodong, so how could Liu Heng not think about it?

Yang Yuan said: "I really look forward to the day when I meet the slave thief. I also want to see if our tiger flag army is powerful or the slave thief army is powerful."

"Don't worry, that day won't be too far away." Liu Heng said with a smile.

As long as Huang Taiji's ambition remains undiminished, it will be a matter of time before the tiger flag meets the slave thieves. Before that, he had already begun to make arrangements for the slave thieves in Liaodong in advance.

“How long will it take to get there?”

On the sea, several large ships that were obviously easier to ships on the Ming side were sailing on the sea.

On one side of the ship, Zheng Tie held a monocular lens in his hand and looked at the sea level in the distance.

"You can arrive at Pi Island tomorrow at the latest." Duan Ping, who was standing beside him, said.

He has been walking on Pi Island for a long time before, and is very familiar with the sea area where the fleet is located.

"In the past, the big trees we built ships were sent out through Pi Island. This time we can come to visit the general of Dongjiang Town." Zheng Tie said to the sea in the distance.

Duan Ping next to him smiled and said, "I'm afraid that General Mao wouldn't like our sudden visit this time."
Chapter completed!