Wu Sangui doesn't care about this at all. If he does big things, he will do big things, and the credit will be greater!
The reason for such an attitude is because he has confidence!
One of the reasons is that Japanese pirates have enmity with Koreans. Most of the old people still alive in North Korea have experienced the ravages of Japanese pirates when they were young.
When the Japanese occupied North Korea this time, they did not just burn, kill, loot and then send them away, but they wanted to occupy it for a long time. Not only the army, but also civilians also moved here.
They occupied the former Korean villages, occupied their houses, grain fields, etc., and demoted the Koreans into slaves, working as cattle and horses for the Japanese.
In this way, we must beware of Korean rebellions and suppress them. Those Koreans who have fled into the mountains and forests may also attack the Japanese. Therefore, at least in the first few years of occupation, troops must be deployed everywhere.
And North Korea is quite big for the Japanese country! The Japanese country sent troops into North Korea. Even if 200,000 troops came, they were distributed to various places in North Korea. In fact, there were not many. Not to mention, in big towns like Seoul
Need more troops.
The second reason why Wu Sangui is confident is that he has no logistical worries.
The imperial court used Shandong as a province to support Dongjiang Town, so it didn't have to worry about food and drink, and could even distribute food to the Koreans who came to seek refuge.
In the context of the current situation in Korea, for Koreans, Jianlu is a wolf and Japanese pirates are tigers, and they all eat them. Even if Jianlu was pretending to be kind at the beginning, it seemed that he wanted to make decisions for the untouchables of Korea.
, but after a long time, they naturally saw it clearly.
On the contrary, the Ming army, which had always been under the control of the Celestial Empire, now has something to eat and can rely on the Ming army to avenge themselves.
No matter from which aspect, taking refuge in Dongjiang Town of the Ming Dynasty is the way out for all Koreans.
The same is true. Anyone who can defect to Dongjiang Town will want to defect to Dongjiang Town. Just like when Mao Wenlong first established Dongjiang Town, the Han people in Liaodong had been risking their lives to flee to Dongjiang Town.
Therefore, in Wu Sangui's hands, in addition to the three thousand Guan Ning cavalry as his trump card, there were actually countless Korean infantry.
These Korean infantry were poorly equipped and had not even received systematic training. However, they were familiar with the mountains and rivers of Korea and usually hid in the mountains. From time to time, they would go out to attack the Japanese under the banner of the Ming army, or provide information to Wu Sangui's main force and provide information to the Japanese pirates.
with a bigger blow.
It is for this reason that although Wu Sangui only had 3,000 Guan Ning cavalry, they were able to live smoothly in northern Korea, while the Japanese pirates could only stare in disbelief.
Relatively speaking, there are more Japanese troops in southern Korea, and because it is too far away from Phi Island, logistics is inconvenient. Therefore, he did not go there before, but this does not mean that he cannot go there.
Southern Korea.
Now that he had received the order from the imperial court and knew that he was going to launch a large-scale war to attract more Japanese troops to Korea, he immediately geared up and prepared enough food and supplies, gunpowder and lead bullets, and also selected many familiar soldiers from among the Koreans.
While his subordinates on the terrain in southern Korea let others continue to cause trouble in northern Korea, he led the main force, bypassing the place where the Japanese troops were stationed, and quietly moved towards southern Korea.
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Zheng Zhilong also received the imperial decree. Of course, it was later than Wu Sangui. He only received it after Wu Sangui was ready to set off.
Looking at the secret decree in his hand, Zheng Zhilong was a little disappointed, but also a little surprised.
What surprised him was that he did not expect that his fifth brother Zheng Zhibao would actually be knighted! In his generation, someone in the Zheng family was actually knighted!
What's a little disappointing is that the first person to be knighted was not him, the eldest brother!
The emperor had promised before that his fifth brother would be rewarded with a title when he returned from America. Now that he was named uncle of America, others may not know what it meant, but Zheng Zhilong knew that the emperor had fulfilled his promise.
Thinking this way, he was also happy, because the emperor also promised him that as long as he did the current things well, he would also be knighted after the war was over.
Ah, the war here has been dragging on for too long, even delaying the knighthood, and Lao Wu has taken the lead!
Zheng Zhilong thought so in his heart, and he was actually happy.
In this secret order, the imperial court will then send poisonous grain and grass supplies to Jianlu. After completing this transaction, when the relationship breaks out, there is no need to regard this Lao Shizi as an internal agent, which means that the decisive battle will come.
He is about to get over it, which is a good thing!
Thinking about this, Zheng Zhilong felt that time passed too slowly!
Waiting and waiting, he finally waited until the imperial court sent several large ships of grain and grass supplies. He checked privately, but found nothing wrong with the grain?
So, he hurried to Zhenjiang Fort to seize it and collect the remaining half of the money.
Jianlu was actually quite dissatisfied with his delay in paying the goods, but there was nothing he could do.
At this time, when he saw the delivery coming to his door, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort said happily: "His Royal Highness Prince Heshuoli passed by Zhenjiang Fort not long ago. He was thinking about you and said that you are not a person who breaks your promise. Now that I see you, it turns out that you are not a trustworthy person."
Wrong!"
After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to explain again: "I have to send so much food without telling the court. I need a suitable opportunity to do it. I believe His Royal Highness Prince Li and His Highness the Regent should understand this truth!"
The guard general of Zhenjiang Fort didn't care about his reason. He just nodded and then ordered his men: "Quickly, send a thousand people to carry the food!"
"Wait a minute!" When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately stopped him, "When doing business, you must pay attention to fairness. Pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. The Qing Dynasty still owes me half of the payment, and it can only be delivered if you pay it!"
When the guard of Zhenjiang Fort heard this, he was a little stunned. He had no money here!
If he asked for money from anyone else, he would probably get angry, but facing Zheng Zhilong, he had to explain, but Zheng Zhilong didn't listen, which made the Zhenjiang Fort guard very unhappy. He didn't look like an ally of the Qing Dynasty at all.
, had no choice but to send a horse to Shengjing to report. Naturally, the words in the report also contained dissatisfaction with Zheng Zhilong.
While waiting for Sheng Jing's reply, he deliberately ignored Zheng Zhilong and left him alone.
The journey from Zhenjiang Fort to Shengjing is about less than 500 miles. There is no need to rush at 800 miles, and the 600-mile rush only takes one day.
On the afternoon of the third day, the Zhenjiang Fort guard received Dorgon's order, saying that Zheng Zhilong was a businessman and should not care too much. At least Zheng Zhilong was considered good and had given him the cement formula before.
Unlike those Dutch people who said nice things before, even after receiving the deposit, there was no trace of them, and they defrauded the Qing Dynasty of a huge sum of money!
After hearing this, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort quickly invited Zheng Zhilong out and waited with a smile. He said that he had been busy these days and had been a bit neglectful. The remaining money was on the way and would arrive soon. Then he was treated to delicious food and drinks.
By the afternoon of the fourth day, Zheng Zhilong received the money as he wished. It was all gold. Several knights came there on their backs, a day later than the messenger.
This made Zheng Zhilong laugh and accept it, but what he never expected was that one of the Jianlu who came from Shengjing secretly slipped him a letter, which made him dumbfounded!
This letter was given to him by Bumubutai, the Empress Dowager of Jianlu. She first talked about the pain of missing Zheng Zhilong and complained about why Zheng Zhilong did not go to Shengjing for so long.
Finally, Bumbutai told Zheng Zhilong that they had a common child, a son, who was now secretly raising him in the palace.
Zheng Zhilong was speechless for a long time, why?
No, the emperor said, this can't be true. The Queen Mother conceives in ten months, not ten days!
This damn woman actually dares to blackmail herself, is she trying to cheat on her?
But the emperor is right, it is impossible to create something out of nothing, but it is possible to let the palace maid steal your seed.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Zhilong decided not to care and hurriedly fled Zhenjiang Fort.
If that child really exists and is really his child, once his identity is exposed, he will probably be in danger!
However, Zheng Zhilong felt that he had no choice but to resign himself to fate!
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Wu Sangui was still sneaking in the mountains of North Korea, but the grasslands were bustling with activity.
As soon as spring arrived, when the grasslands were green, the Ming cavalry went out.
Li Zicheng's original subordinates, such as Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Li Laiheng and others, were all integrated into the original Qin army and were all in the team that left the fortress.
Before, they followed the main force of the imperial court back north. What they saw and heard along the way was almost unrecognizable. There was no sign of troubled times, but peaceful and prosperous times. They felt the people's welcome to the imperial officers and soldiers and watched the bustle.
The lively children are all filled with emotions.
Especially seeing the steam train and the bustling capital shocked them even more.
After the Qin soldiers returned to Shaanxi, they were even more envious when they saw the soldiers of the imperial court returning to their hometowns in fine clothes.
From this, they all held their breath in their hearts and thought about competing for a share of military glory!
After leaving the fortress, the performance of Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Li Laiheng and others shocked He Renlong, who was known as "Mad Man He", and felt that his nickname of "Mad Man" could no longer be maintained.
On the Hetao Plain, the Tumut tribe was divided into two banners, the left and right banners, by Jianlu, and two banners were placed under their jurisdiction, which weakened the already weak strength of the Tumut.
The attack of the North Korean army was also unexpected, and because of Gao Yigong's crazy attack, the people of the Tumote tribe could not even escape.
The imperial officers and soldiers pursued him for three days and three nights, and were all captured.
It can be said that the battle in the Hetao Plain went more smoothly than expected, but in less than half a month, apart from the prisoners, the Tumut tribe only had their heads!
Later, Gao Yigong went west and Li Gu went north to contact several other Mongolian tribes.
Because Emperor Chongzhen told us that instead of waiting for the Mongols to attack, we should go there!