"Father, the latest news from the court is here!"

Xiangyang, Zuofu.

Zuo Menggeng rushed into Zuo Liangyu's inner study with the information.

"What a moral character?"

Zuo Liangyu was discussing matters with several of her confidant aides at this time. When she saw Zuo Menggeng rushing in recklessly, her face suddenly became cold.

"Uh, it's..."

Zuo Menggeng also came back to his senses and respectfully salutes to several aides, then said again: "Father, the commander-in-chief, the latest order of the court has been delivered. The emperor and the cabinet have agreed to increase the salary, but the increase is not much, only 100,000 taels. I heard that it was after Xu Changqing expressed his opinion on this matter that the emperor and the court made a decision..."

As he said that, Zuo Menggeng respectfully handed Zuo Liangyu the official documents from the cabinet.

After reading it, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but sneer, and then threw it to his staff for circulating.

After reading the staff, the staff looked different. One of the fat and fair-skinned man in Jinyi who was obviously respectful and smiled: "Dongweng, Haicheng Hou is still a sensible person. Even if he can't get along with us, he will not get along with himself. Although the salary increase is small this time, it is a good omen."

Another thin goatee sneered: "Xu Changqing is a man with a deep mind. He is willing to express his opinion and must have received better benefits than us. Dongweng, the current situation is that the Tartars are only taking action against the thieves! According to the students' wishes, we should not let go, but we need to continue to increase the amount of money to the court. One hundred thousand taels of silver is what we treat as beggars!"

Several other people also expressed their opinions, but most of them were conservative and did not agree to continue to be the first to be the first.

Zuo Liangyu nodded slowly, but looked at Zuo Menggeng, "Menggeng, what are your thoughts?"

"Forehead……"

Zuo Menggeng had a cold sweat for a moment. Unexpectedly, his father actually asked him about his opinion in public, but he also understood what Zuo Liangyu meant.

In recent years, Zuo Liangyu's health has not been very good and she already wants to make a sound on such an important occasion.

Taking a deep breath, Zuo Menggeng gradually calmed down and quickly adjusted his thoughts.

He has already established himself, and he has rich experiences along the way, but what he understands more is that he does not mean that the most correct situation is right, but that his father must be at ease.

Soon, Zuo Menggeng had made a decision and said respectfully: "Father, in the opinion of a child, our army should be on the principle of being safe at this time. If the thief is forced to retreat by the Tartars, he will definitely enter Huguang, and the war may break out within one or two months. Instead of worrying with the court and not getting anything for a while, it is better to take what he can get first..."

After Zuo Menggeng finished speaking, his eyes lit up for several staff members. This young marshal has grown up.

Zuo Liangyu also looked at Zuo Menggeng with great praise, as if very satisfied with Zuo Menggeng's answer.

He took a lifetime of danger before he could break out of this foundation. If Zuo Menggeng takes risks, he might not have the luck of him.

"It's good if you have this kind of idea. Let's sit down. Today's discussion, please listen carefully!"

After a while, Zuo Menggeng came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes." He sat carefully on the small chair on the outermost side.

...

After the imperial court issued the official letter, Zuo Liangyu did not take the lead in causing trouble, but he raised a new problem for the court, demanding that the food and salary be allocated in advance this year.

Fortunately, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and others also caught some wind directions at this time and did not continue to make trouble, so that the court could barely deal with it.

When the news reached Haicheng, even Xu Changqing had to admire Zuo Liangyu's etiquette.

No wonder he is a big-headed soldier, and he has reached this scale in just a few years!

Hou Xun's support for him back then was actually just a icing on the cake. Even if he didn't, according to Zuo Liangyu's shrewdness, it would be a matter of time before he could make a comeback.

Even though this guy has a bad reputation, he is a powerful man and must be treated with caution.

...

six

In the middle of the month, the Qing army finally took action in the northwest.

They were supplemented by Haoge, Ajige, and Abatai tribes, Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, including Kong Youde's Wu Zhenchaoha, Shang Kexi and other tribes, and directly inserted into the heart of Guanzhong from six directions.

Although the Dashun Army blocked many rivers in advance, it could not withstand the Qing army's early preparations and was successively broken through. In addition, the autumn harvest was still early, and the Dashun Country's supplies were already extremely scarce. In less than two days, the army approached along the Xijing.

However, after arriving along the Xijing line, the Qing army's movements slowed down!

On June 19th, the two sides started a war outside Xijing. The Dashun Army once gained a considerable advantage, but was eventually forced to retreat.

The next morning, Li Zicheng decisively gave up Xijing and retreated to Huguang in the southeast.

The news came out and the world was in an uproar!

Although many knowledgeable people in the world had long expected that the Dashun Army would be difficult to be the opponent of the Qing army, which was like a wolf and a tiger, no one expected that they would be defeated so quickly!

For a time, landlords and wealthy businessmen from all over Huguang ran away, fleeing their hometowns, and thinking of taking refuge in a safer place.

At this time, Xu Changqing and more than 30,000 elite troops of the model army had already been forced to the southern Liaoning line and temporarily rested in the southern section of Changsheng Island.

At this time, the model army had already established large or small strongholds and pigeon stations on more than a dozen large and small islands such as Changsheng Island, Guanglu Island, Pi Island, and Zhanzidao, which can ensure that the news of Haicheng can be transmitted to Xu Changqing as soon as possible.

As early as the third day after the Qing army attacked Dashun Kingdom, Xu Changqing took the men of the model army to fight, but he did not rashly and kept waiting for news from the northwest.

The main reason is that Xu Changqing could not determine the strength of the Qing army, including the detailed status of the Dashun army.

As the Godfather famously said: "The best threat is not to do anything!"

At this time, he finally received the latest battle report. Xu Changqing also knew it and couldn't help but sneer.

If Li Zicheng and the Qing army had no tacit understanding, how could this be possible?

This is no longer a "tactic ball", but a pure "fighting ball"!

According to Xu Changqing's understanding of Li Zicheng, it is not that Li Zicheng does not want to resist, but that he can't resist at all!

The 800-mile Qinchuan is indeed the most precious jewel given to China by God, but in these ten or twenty years, Guanzhong is not much better than the Central Plains and has long collapsed.

Not to mention Li Zicheng, even if Xu Changqing goes there, he will not be able to recover after five or six years, or even seven or eight years!

This is the greatest sorrow of inland cities!

Without the broad sea mother protection...

The reason why he did not choose to go to Huguang to participate in the war was that Xu Changqing also made things clear.

When going to Huguang at this time, even if Zuo Liangyu was destroyed or even Li Zicheng was destroyed, it would not be possible to solve the problem at all.

After destroying them, they lost the buffer zone and allowed the Ming Dynasty's "tender meat" to directly border the Qing army!

In fact, Xu Changqing had figured out that if he wanted to truly destroy the momentum of the Qing army, he could only cause real damage to them!

If you want to cause damage to them, this "persimmon" must be picked and pinched!

Who else among the Eight Banners of Manchuria at this time is more suitable than the Red Banner?

The reason why the Qing army launched an offensive against Dashun Kingdom in this midsummer season was that it was not without the intention of using this season to restrict Xu Changqing!

After all, half of the Qing army's military rations were mainly livestock, and Xia was not too afraid, but the military supplies on the Model Army were a little embarrassed, after all, they were mainly pasta.

More importantly, once Xu Changqing gave up the advantage of the sea and turned to inland combat, he might be caught by the Qing army and besieged by the Qing army when there is no sufficient support for cavalry!

In the current situation in the world, Xu Changqing would not have reinforcements. Both Wang Tingchen and Liu Zhaoji are too young. Their power is powerful enough to fight is a thousand people, and they are far from being able to give back to Xu Changqing.

Wait.

Once that situation occurs, the food and grass are cut off and the infantry is not easy to break through, it will not be fun.

How could Xu Changqing make such a foolish choice?

Even if the collision between Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu is destined to cause trouble to the creatures in Huguang, Xu Changqing has no time to take it into consideration and must cause real heavy damage to the Qing army!

Half an hour later, Wang Xi quickly reported: "Master, everything is ready and you can go to war at any time!"

Xu Changqing smiled coldly and sternly: "Let Wang Anshan's troops go to Jinzhou. Before tomorrow, they must take down Jinzhou Guards, and the main force will set sail immediately!"

"yes!"

Soon, an unparalleled and huge fleet of thousands of ships, like a giant dragon in the dark, quickly disappeared into the vast and deep night.

...

Southern Liao has unique geographical advantages.

Dalian in later generations was the brightest pearl in China.

At this time, although there were four guards in southern Liaoning, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou and Haizhou, except for the more inland Haizhou, the other three guards were really thin, almost like the "raceland" of the Qing Dynasty.

Mainly, Lushun, the southernmost end of Jinzhou, was once the forefront of the Dongjiang Army. After Mao Wenlong took advantage of the tricks to capture Jinzhou in the first year of Tianqi, he used Lushun as the core to build it.

During the old slave period, Liaonan, which had a strong folk custom, resisted fiercely against the Later Jin army, resulting in many people being killed.

Later, in order to prevent the Han people from getting involved with the Dongjiang tribe and causing trouble, the old slave directly ordered that no one could live within ten miles of the coast.

This allowed many fishermen in southern Liao to move in and live in the land.

In addition, the natural disasters in recent years have been around. Even the largest coastal city at this time, the population of Gaizhou City is no more than 20,000, and there are even fewer Manchus.

At noon the next day, Xu Changqing received the news that Wang Anshan not only successfully won Jinzhou, but also Lushun.

The information collected before was very accurate. There were only three or four hundred people in Jinzhou, and there were only sixty or seventy people in Lushun.

They had blocked the Jinzhou route at this time and would not let any news be revealed. They had begun to migrate Han slaves from both places.

Xu Changqing's mind was also very calm.

Although this is a bit like beating a child at this time, it is just about to begin!

Back then, how did these dogs and Tartars treat countless poor Liao people? Now, it is time for them to return them!
To be continued...