"Congratulations to the Grandmaster!"

"Congratulations to the Grandmaster..."

Chenyang City, the garrison of the Liaodong Legion, every general who saw Dong Dashan came forward to congratulate him, because the news just came that the emperor gave the marriage and betrothed the eldest princess Zhu Qingyan to Dong Hua, the second son of Duke Wei.

Dong Dashan was named Duke of Wei, and was the supreme commander of the Liaodong Legion. He was the minister of military affairs before, but now he has been granted a marriage to the emperor. It can be said that Duke of Wei has now become the most prominent noble class of the Ming Dynasty. Even Liao Huanzhi, who was the first to be a minister, was inferior to Liao Huanzhi.

In the eyes of others, it is really good that Duke Wei has such honor. Dong Dashan has a high prestige in the army. All of these subordinates are sincerely happy about this matter. As for Dong Dashan, he is also full of joy and smiles.

But in fact, Dong Dashan felt bitter in his heart behind his smile. Being the emperor's in-laws was not a good thing in his opinion. Although the marriage granting brought his Dong family to a higher level, it was also a bad thing in Dong Dashan's heart.

The title of Duke of Wei and the current heavy army are already the highest position in the court. Now Dong Hua is about to marry Zhu Qingyan, and Duke of Wei and the royal family have become relatives, which is a bit prosperous.

This is what Dong Dashan is worried about when he is prosperous and declined. As a minister, it is not a good thing. In fact, when the wife of the Duke of Wei privately asked the queen for marriage, Dong Dashan disagreed in his heart, but because he was far away in Liaodong, he could not stop the matter for a while, and then he learned that the emperor did not agree immediately, Dong Dashan was a little happy at that time.

Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, the royal family actually officially gave marriage, which made Dong Dashan feel inexplicable crisis. In his opinion, the Duke of Wei’s mansion is now on the verge of the storm. If you are not careful, the Dong family will face unimaginable consequences.

"When the Mongolian war ends, it will be the day before the above statement will resign from all positions." Dong Dashan said to himself in his heart.

At this moment, Dong Dashan had made this decision and was preparing to retire completely after the war ended, so as to avoid the excessive power of the Duke of Wei's Mansion attracting suspicion.

According to age, Dong Dashan is only in his forties now, which is a period when a man is most energetic and is far from fully retired. Moreover, after Dong Dashan retreated from the Military Affairs Office, his interest in leading troops abroad was much more comfortable than in the center before. In his opinion, fighting for the country was exactly what he wanted. If possible, he even wanted to continue to lead troops as a general and commander, and then disembark and return to the field after knowing that he was in his sixties.

Unfortunately, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Now that this is the case, Dong Dashan's original plan has been broken. Although Dong Dashan knows that Zhu Yicheng is not an ordinary king, Zhu Yicheng cannot suspect him for no reason, but who can fully guarantee some things? Dong Dashan cannot pin his hopes on the possibility, so he has to make such a decision no matter what.

Soon, the generals who came to the meeting had gathered. When they saw that everyone had arrived, Dong Dashan officially announced the beginning of the meeting.

Today's meeting was mainly aimed at the battle arrangements of Liaodong and Mongolia. Now, as Prince Yi of the Qing Dynasty voluntarily withdrew from Liaodong, the entire Liaodong had been nominally recovered by the Ming army. However, because of the abandoned remnants of the Qing Dynasty and their people in northern Liaodong, there were hundreds of thousands of people, and Prince Yi took away almost all the food and supplies, their survival after surrendering to the Ming army was extremely difficult.

In addition, it was the battle against Mongolia. After Prince Yi led his troops to escape into Mongolia, he had joined forces with the Korqin tribe. The two troops were now the next target of the Ming army's military strike. The Ming court had made a clear decision to completely eliminate Prince Yi and the Korqin tribe, and after the two troops were resolved, taking advantage of the situation to occupy the southern desert, so as to directly penetrate the Ming Dynasty's tentacles into Mongolia.

Now Mongolia has nominally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and Ortai was also named King Shunyi. However, in fact, the current Mongolia is only nominally belonging, and the Ming Dynasty did not form a real rule in Mongolia. This is extremely unfavorable for the Ming Dynasty to control Mongolia in the future.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian problem was always a major border problem that plagued the Ming Dynasty. The Tumubao Incident almost ruined the Ming Dynasty's court, and within hundreds of years, the Mongolian crisis was not cut off until the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong later.

Nominal surrender was just the first step. What Zhu Yicheng needed was to completely control Mongolia, or to make Mongolia a real territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, through the current relationship with Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty has gradually used commercial and cultural means to find ways to influence Mongolia, and at the same time win over Taiji, princes, etc. from various Mongolian tribes, in order to strengthen the connection between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty from this aspect, and then the Ming government officially enters Mongolia within the appropriate time to complete the control of Mongolia.

Now, the actions of Korqin and Prince Yi gave the Ming Dynasty a good opportunity. Korqin's territory is in the south of the desert and in eastern Mongolia, and is connected to Liaodong.

Using this battle to completely resolve Korqin and Prince Yi's tribes, and then directly annex this area, is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's direct control of Mongolia, which is part of the Ming Dynasty's strategy against Mongolia.

In order to ensure this battle, Dong Dashan specially transferred the Ace Seventh Army on the original front line back, intending to use this force to launch a battle against Mongolia.

The commander of the Seventh Army was Lieutenant General Zhang Zhao. This general from the New Army was a powerful general. He had almost experienced all the battles of the Ming Dynasty in the north, and even directly defeated the main force of the Qing army with fewer attacks and more, making great achievements for the Ming Dynasty.

The entire Seventh Army was composed of the Second Army Division, the Fifth Division, and the First Cavalry Division. Among them, the Second Division and the Fifth Division were all organized in the new army. The First Cavalry Division was the first unit after the establishment of the Ming cavalry. It was well-equipped and capable of conquering and fighting, and played a great role in Liaodong.

Dong Dashan first told everyone about the current situation, and then gradually shifted the topic to Mongolia. When he said that the Korqin tribe and Prince Yi tribe had merged and the two divisions were entrenched in the south of the desert, his eyes looked at Zhang Zhao.

"Master! I have something to say!" At this time, a general suddenly spoke.

Dong Dashan looked closely and recognized that this person was He Dayuan, the commander of the Fifth Army. He Dayuan was an old qualification in the army. He was once a subordinate of Yang Xu and had been fighting in the south before. After the Battle of Guizhou, He Dayuan was promoted to lieutenant general and was then transferred to the Beijing Military Academy for further studies. After graduation, he was appointed as the commander of the Fifth Army by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Army and went to Liaodong to take office.

Compared with the Seventh Army, the Fifth Army is much worse than the organization. The Fifth Army has two divisions under its jurisdiction, but only the Eighth Division is a brand new army, while the other two divisions, the 21st and 22nd Divisions, are the newly formed troops, are far inferior to the Eighth Division in terms of equipment and training.
Chapter completed!