Chapter 151: The History of Memory

Mu Yunyao was originally quite panicked, but when she saw Li Meng's cautious expression, she felt a little over and couldn't help but persuade her:

"There are many soldiers and horses in the capital, the capital, and Jizhen. The defense should be unhindered. Maybe we can still win a battle, so that those Tartar bandits will go but not return."

This was a bit relieved. Li Meng smiled bitterly in his heart. If he could win the battle, the other party would not have rushed in so loudly. While he ordered, "You should keep an eye on some news and announcements from all over the place", he hurried out of the yard to arrange related matters.

Jiaozhou Camp immediately raised its state to the forefront of war, and the soldiers and officers of all teams were on guard. At the same time, Jiaozhou Camp also sent a quick horse to think about Ma Gang and Zhao Neng's letters to inform each other of the news.

The orders of the governor and general were also sent by Kuaima the next day. Li Meng still had the same old arrangement, allowing him to ensure the peace of the garrison and no combat mission. The army stationed in Dengzhou Prefecture began to allocate defenses, and some went to important border areas between Shandong and Northern Zhili to arrange defense and reinforcements.

The ground in Shandong was originally panicked because of the announcements in April. Although everyone pretended not to take it seriously by the Eastern Reigns and Tatars proclaiming themselves as emperor and founding the country, in fact, everyone felt worried. Calling themselves as emperor and founding the country was equivalent to ignoring the dignity and authority of the Ming court.

Now the other party's army has entered the capital again, with natural disasters everywhere and the riots in Shaanxi are so powerful. Could it be that this naivety is about to change? Anyone with insight has more or less similar thoughts in his heart, but he doesn't dare to say it or he has some luck. The Ming Dynasty has many disasters and difficulties, and it can survive in hundreds of years. Maybe these years are temporary, just just get through it.

It was obviously a delusion to survive this. The news kept spreading here through various channels. The troops were led by Ajige, the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. Some people said 40,000, some people said 100,000, and some people said 200,000. Changping fell and Shunyi fell. The cities near the capital were defeated by the Tartar soldiers. The Shandong soldiers on the border between Shandong and Northern Zhili were shocked in a day.

The generals could not even restrain the troops they had taken over. It is said that there was also an explosion of the camp. The Tartar soldiers were in the so-called important places in the capital and the most elite troops in the world, traveling across the country, as if they were grasslands outside the pass.

Li Meng was also very nervous. He didn't know whether the Jurchen Tartar soldiers had entered Shandong in history. Not to mention the Jurchen Tartars, the Jurchen Tartars, not to mention 100,000 or 200,000, even if they had 40,000 soldiers, they would be unable to resist. Should they fight to the death, they should find another way out.

He considered it here, and there were two things he had never thought of. One was that there were at least 80,000 soldiers in Shandong Province, and the other was that if the Jurchens came, they would surrender voluntarily like Kong Youde. Li Meng had seen what the officers and soldiers looked like in the past few years, and it was not worth relying on. Similarly, from the modern PLA, he didn't even think about the identity of a traitor, and it was embarrassing to his ancestors (maybe they were not born)!

The soldiers and horses on the Hebei border were panicked, but Ma Gang and Zhao Neng's team were gradually recovering, moving closer to the direction of Jiaozhou, preparing to join forces when necessary.

At this time, Li Meng really discovered that Jiaozhou's location was indeed a dead place. There were not enough ships, and the sea was the dead end. But here was the edge of the peninsula. There were three directions, both of which were facing the sea without strategic depth, and the direction of the land was mountainous. The opponent's superior troops came over, and there was not even a roundabout place, so he could only fight to the death.

Moreover, Denglai is a barren land and often encounters military disasters. Whether it is the source of troops, food and grass are limited. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Dengzhou, and the resources of the people are even scarce. Li Meng has already made up his mind that if he has the chance in the future, he must change his place.

But what to do now? After coming, we can only fight to the death!

However, the worst case did not happen. After August, the Eastern Jurchen Tatars, with their plundered property and more than 100,000 people, left the pass at the cold mouth north of Xifengkou, and returned to the outside of the pass. The danger in the capital was lifted.

Everyone in the world breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that God was really blessed with the Ming Dynasty. The troops stationed on the border also withdrew from the garrison. This time, the Ministry of War of the Capital never dispatched troops to help the king. It only dispatched the troops from the capital and nearby border towns to fight and resist, although there was no victory.

But the Shandong soldiers were really scared. When the Donglu Juzhen soldiers were closest, they fought to the big city area. It only took one day to get there from Shandong.

It was almost early September that Li Meng returned to his original deployment, but the production of salt farms in Jimo and Lingshanwei never stopped. He killed his swords and swords on the land, but the Zheng family's fleet seemed to have nothing to do and came to bring salt to traffic as usual.

This made Li Meng quite envious. The life of the overlord at sea was calm, but the Qingyan business in western Henan stopped. It has not been a ship of salt for more than two months. Fortunately, after the business with Fujian, the impact was not great.

It is simple to say that changing your own garrison is involved, but in fact there are too many aspects involved. Not to mention the various procedures to move the defense, the soldiers under him are all locals from Laizhou Prefecture, with more than 6,000 soldiers, and they are involved in almost tens of thousands of families behind him. This is not something that can be moved just by stating, but only a long-term plan, what can be done in front of you or training.

In mid-September, the messenger who went to the capital to deliver the letter finally returned to Jiaozhou City, and it took about half a year to go back and forth.

This messenger was Li Meng's personal soldier. Since he had been to the capital with Wang Hai to transport silver, he was familiar with the journey, so Li Meng was unwilling to use Wu Tongzhi's messenger again.

As a result, the experience of this personal messenger was quite interesting. After going to the capital, he found that Eunuch Liu's house was empty. The messenger was not familiar with the capital, and it was impossible for him to go to the yamen to find out where the eunuch Liu Fu came to move.

The place where Eunuch Liu's house is located is a place where the rich people in the capital live. There are few officials. The messenger inquired nearby and the only news he got was that Eunuch Liu left the capital, but he was vague wherever he went.

Since I couldn't ask any news, the messenger was about to go back. Who would have thought that the Tartars entered the capital at this time, and the whole capital was martial law, and the idle people could not wait to leave the city, so they were trapped inside. In the following days, the situation was naturally getting worse and worse, so don't even think about leaving the city.

Later, the whole city recruited the civilians to repair the fortifications in the city. Although the messenger who lived in the inn was complete, he could not escape this transfer. He worked so hard that he worked hard in the capital for several months until the Tartars left the capital with the plundered spoils, and that was the only way back.

Now there is an interesting rule in the Li Meng system, that is, any external news comes to report to Li Meng’s main hall where he is located. This is a normal rule.

However, a little different from before was that Li Meng placed a screen behind him. Mu Yunyao sat behind him and listened to the reports and news from outside together. For the girl, these news were either analyzed by her or a channel for her to understand the outside.

Things about Li Meng are also spreading outside, and some of them are called "ruling the government behind the curtain"...

The same is true for the messenger this time. After staying in the capital for so long, there are always many questions to ask. After hearing the news that Liu Fulai didn't know where to go, Mu Yunyao asked Li Meng privately:

"Can it be that I ran away with the money and the money is being taken away!"

This question made Li Meng laugh. Although Mu Yunyao is influenced by family and education, she is naturally much more sensitive and profound in politics than others, but she is a young girl after all, and she still can't understand some things. He smiled and said:

"If Eunuch Liu asked me for 50,000 taels of silver, would you say I should deal with it?"

Mu Yunyao thought about it and replied:

"It is the top priority to have such aid in the capital, so we must naturally raise it for him."

"That's true. I have to give it to him anyway. How could Eunuch Liu run away? Otherwise, why would you mention the word "borrow" in the letter?"

When the girl heard Li Meng say this, she thought something...

The administrative system of the Ming Dynasty was still extremely complete. The East Lie Jurchens had a cold talk and interrupted the mansion report for a period of time. The Tang newspapers and statements, as well as various procedures and documents were sent out to various places. However, even when the Duro Prince Ajige led his troops to rush around in Northern Zhili, he still had orders, decrees and memorials, and some minor things were abandoned.

The Jurchen Tartars entered the pass, and the world was shocked. However, the aftermath of this incident had not subsided, another major incident happened. The camp of the King of Breaking Gao Yingxiang was intercepted by the troops of the governor of Shaanxi Sun Chuanting near Xi'an Prefecture. After four days and four nights of battle, the officers and soldiers attacked with fire, defeated the King of Breaking Gao Yingxiang and captured Gao Yingxiang alive.

What a man Gao Yingxiang is, he is the common ruler of the rioters in the world, and is regarded as a representative figure of the Shaanxi rioters. In his memorial, Lu Xiangsheng said, "Who can be the one who breaks the king?" Li Meng has many relationships with those in the world. In the eyes of these people, Gao Yingxiang might be the emperor in the future.
Chapter completed!