Chapter 147: The Mist
Zhang Tianlu was worried about one hundred: "King Yu, if the Jinhua thieves flee north, three or five Niulu would dream in the daytime if they wanted to save the situation!"
In the early stage of entering the pass, three or five Niulu are very powerful. After all, each Niulu has almost two hundred armored soldiers. In addition, there are also coated and slaves of the same size. The people under the leadership can participate in the battle at any time. The five Niulu are at least two thousand combat soldiers.
However, after a series of failures, even the Eight Banners Army is constantly pouring in water. Even many Eight Banners Niulu have been supplemented countless times and are still seriously short of personnel. For example, many Niulu under Duoduo's command have less than 100 soldiers.
In this situation, not to mention five Niulu, even ten Niulus may not be useful when encountering Jinhua thieves, but Duoduo is already confident about this problem: "I can't solve this problem, the Regent can't solve it, but King Ajige of the British has a way!"
When Zhang Tianlu heard the name of King Ajige, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although King Ajige's troops have suffered a lot in the past year, their strength has been preserved among several field groups in the Qing Dynasty. Although he suffered a small loss recently in the battle with the thieves in Caozhou, as long as King Ajige continues to support the Qing Dynasty, the Jinhua thieves will not cause any trouble no matter how hard they make.
"This is great. What I worry most now is that after the Jinhua thieves merged with the thieves, Liu Yongxi, the little thief, transferred several old subordinates from Huguang. If the King of England is willing to work together, even ten Liu Yongxi will not be a problem!"
Duoduo even cheered Zhang Tianlu: "Since Jinhua thieves are not a problem, then Caozhou thieves are not a problem!"
However, Duoduo still calls the Ming Yue army the "Jinhua thief". Deep down, he still feels that the Ming Yue army is just a powerful local thief who separatists one side, but he doesn't know that the Ming Yue army is already a great power that truly occupies the south.
Although he was not used to the customs and customs of Guangzhou, especially the unexpected return to the south, Lu Zhenfei said confidently at this moment: "We can notify the court that the Eastern Province has decided. If the court prepares for the Northern Expedition, there is no need to worry about our Guangdong!"
Lu Zhenfei's words were a bit exaggerated. After all, the statement that "the East Province has been decided" is actually very reluctant. There are still many force and strong men in Guangdong Province who have separatist parties. They just changed the banner of the inheritance of the Heavenly Dynasty in name but actually did their own thing, not to mention that there are still many local bandits in the province, and the bandits continued to take the banner of the Longwu Dynasty.
But Lu Zhenfei felt that this was not a problem. In addition to his hard work, the whole province of Guangdong has now changed the banner of Chengtian. Those local bandits under the banner of Longwu are not at all trouble. And more importantly, Lu Zhenfei has thousands of elite soldiers who are following him in his hands. With these thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, Lu Zhenfei feels that it is only a matter of time before he truly pacified the entire province of Guangdong.
But his aide advised Lu Zhenfei not to speak too much: "Although the East Province is settled, there are still many chaos in the West Province. After all, the adults are the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, so we have to consider this matter for the long term!"
Lu Zhenfei immediately laughed: "The eastern province has been established, how can the western province survive alone? Besides, there is General Sun Kewang to cooperate with our army on the western front. The King of Tang is no longer a problem. The real enemy of the country is to build a barbarian!"
After all, Lu Zhenfei was one of the few capable ministers in the late Ming Dynasty. Although the government and the public now have calls for a Northern Expedition after unifying the south, Lu Zhenfei knew very well that the court's confidant Qing Dynasty was still the Qing Dynasty. Although he defeated the Qing army twice in the southern expedition, Lu Zhenfei believed that as long as the Qing army was given a chance to slow down, the Qing army would soon plan the third southern expedition.
Moreover, Lu Zhenfei also saw an extremely dangerous signal. The main force of Duoduo and Haoge's first southern expedition was the Eight Banners Army. Even the foreign vassals Mongolians, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming's troops could only serve as supporting roles, but the second time was Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu, Zuo Menggeng, and Dong Yuan's Han army was extremely active and even became the main force on the Huai'an battlefield for a time.
If this situation continues to develop and Jianlu let the Han army and the Green Camp stand alone, the court will face a huge crisis. However, many of his staff members do not understand Lu Zhenfei's painstaking efforts: "But the chaos in Guangdong can be pacified soon, and the Western Province may not be able to be taken down in a few months. If there is a chaos at this time, the lord will be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi!"
Lu Zhenfei laughed: "No matter how big the chaos occurs in the western province, it is not a big problem. As long as there is no chaos in the eastern province, the court can calmly advance the northern expedition. Only by expedition as soon as possible can it become the real Emperor Chengtian. If you miss the current God-given opportunity, you may regret it for three lifetimes in the future!"
Although Liu Yongxi's position as Emperor Chengtian can be described as injustice, after he recovered Jiangnan and defeated the Qing army two southern expeditions, everyone admitted that he was the real lord of the world. Now his promotion of the Northern Expedition has added an extremely strong mythical color to himself. Everyone thinks that Liu Yongxi is the real lord of destiny.
After all, since the late years of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty encountered a vicious cycle of war against the Qing Dynasty. Even if it beheaded for dozens of levels, it would be possible to win the victory of Taimiao. The continuous setbacks in the war outside the pass triggered a further vicious cycle. The civil unrest and mutiny were the root cause of the war in Liaodong.
Now if Liu Yongxi can seize the opportunity of this Northern Expedition to recover the capital and even wipe out the Qing army in the pass, no matter how prejudice he has against Liu Yongxi, everyone must admit that he is the real Emperor Chengtian. Lu Zhenfei said with confidence: "My greatest contribution to my governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is that His Majesty does not have to worry about the Northern Expedition!"
After receiving Lu Zhenfei's good news, Liu Yongxi was relieved: "It seems that the court will have another country of truth!"
Although Lu Zhenfei was already a Grand Secretary when he entered Beijing, according to the practice of inheriting the Tian Dynasty, he had to go to the cabinet and practice in the local area. Therefore, Lu Zhenfei first served as the governor of Fujian, and then served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi as the Grand Secretary. Now Lu Zhenfei has completed his training and naturally has to enter the cabinet to uphold power.
However, Empress Zhang raised a key question: "The Prime Minister Lu made great contributions to pacifying Fujian, and Guangdong made great contributions to the country, but now is the critical moment for the Northern Expedition to use troops. Guangdong and Guangxi may be inseparable from the Prime Minister Lu!"
Now, in name, Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, controls several entire Guangdong and half Guangxi, but such a well-off situation was completely defeated by Lu Zhenfei. The problem that Empress Zhang is most worried about is that once Lu Zhenfei leaves office, there will be a big trouble.
Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "That's why I asked Tian Jianxiu to take over the Guangdong Admiral. He is a generous person and will not cause any big trouble!"
For the remaining troops of the Dashun Army of the Zhongzhen Camp system, Tian Jianxiu's takeover as the Guangdong Admiral was completely an unexpected arrangement.
Although everyone knows that Hubei is willing to settle the remaining troops of the Dashun Army alone but not enough, and there are more and more powerful troops in the Xiying tribes, so there are no objections to the division and use of the Zhongzhen Camp system, but no one expected that Tian Jianxiu would become the highest military officer in a province.
Although Liu Yongxiu's arrangements seemed a bit harsh compared to Tian Jianxiu's transcendent position in the Dashun Dynasty, everyone knew very well that under the current situation, Tian Jianxiu was already taking special care of the admiral of Guangdong. Empress Gao and Empress Xing also sent Liu Yongxi's oral message: "Let Hou Ze do his best, and he can compete for the position of the governor of Guangdong!"
In the Ming Dynasty, warriors like Tian Jianxiu were not qualified to fight for a Taoist platform, let alone a governor of a province. Therefore, both the remaining troops of the Dashun Army and the remaining troops of the Daxiu Army were very excited when they heard this news, and they all felt that they could become the second Tian Jianxiu in the Chengtian Dynasty.
But Empress Zhang was a little worried: "I'm afraid that Prime Minister Lu and Houze will have a quarrel. Prime Minister Lu hates thieves the most, and Tian Jianxiu is a thief!"
Although Cheng Tian Dynasty claimed that it was only useful to embrace all rivers and rivers, as long as it was willing to comply with Cheng Tian Dynasty without judging its origin, it actually formed several relatively independent systems. Lu Zhenfei had no prejudice against Cheng Tian Dynasty, but he had a lot of objections to Houze Hou, who was a thief, and thought that it was too much for the court to confer title Houze Houze to him. Even if Tian Jianxiu was to reward him, he could only be an earl at most. If both sides worked together, they would definitely be unhappy.
But Liu Yongxi laughed: "This is the reason why I chose Hou Zehou. Others can't get along with Prime Minister Lu, but Tian Jianxiu is fine!"
The reason why Liu Yongxiu named Tian Jianxiu "Houze Marquis" was naturally because Tian Jianxiu was particularly generous in the Dashun Army, and he had missed major events several times because of his generousness. However, on the other hand, this is Tian Jianxiu's biggest advantage, so Liu Yongxi arranged him to work with Lu Zhenfei in Guangdong: "This time Tian Jianxiu led 3,000 troops south, which is also the reinforcements that Lu Prime Minister was urgently needed!"
When it comes to this, Queen Zhang is a little confused: "Since Your Majesty is determined to fight the north, why do you keep sending troops to fight the south? Although Tian Jianxiu's three thousand soldiers are not elite, if you use the right place, it is the key to victory or defeat!"
Although the Ming Dynasty of Yue and Ming Dynasty had the tradition of empresses personally, Empress Zhang only liked to fight with Liu Yongxi in person. Moreover, the court now has enough troops and horses, so she, the queen of the state, did not need to make a desperate bet. However, Liu Yongxi had his own opinion on this issue: "The reason why we can launch the Northern Expedition calmly is because I sent troops south continuously!"
After Liu Yongxi said this, Empress Zhang understood that although Liu Yongxi continued to send troops to fight south, most of them were Sun Kewang, Tian Jianxiu, Hao Yaoqi, etc., which were born in the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army, rather than the elite troops of the Yue Ming Army who crossed south with her and Liu Yongxi and continued to develop, the true combat power of the Yue Ming Army was not affected.
Chapter completed!