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Chapter 289 Cao Wenzhao's painstaking efforts
Nima, the devils will have a big sweep!

Jianlu will definitely notice the changes in Dongjiang slowly, and will definitely attach great importance to such a Dongjiang army that can eat up a thousand people.The counterattack triggered will not be different from the mopping up of devils in later generations.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately chatted with Wei Mulan privately and said: "Pass the decree to Governor Lu, shoot a shot to change a place, oh, after a battle, move immediately, move farther away. If necessary, return the skin Go to the island. Jianlu has suffered a loss, and he will definitely not let it go!"

"Okay." Wei Mulan agreed, and immediately said to Lu Xiangsheng beside him, "Your Majesty has an order..."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the bags of grain carried by soldiers not far behind him, and remained silent for a while.

The situation in Dongjiang is actually not good. Fortunately, it is on an island, and every time the tide goes out, you can always pick up something to eat, but it can't stand the crowd.Poor people starve to death on Phi Island every day. Even if he brought some supplies from Denglai when he came to Dongjiang this time, it would not help.

When Mao Wenlong was in power in the past, he thought of ways to ask the court for food and supplies, while doing business with Jiangnan merchants, while coercing North Korea to provide food, and at the same time going to Jianlu to fight the autumn wind. It took so many ways to make Dongjiang soldiers and civilians can survive.

For this battle, the soldiers must be full.Lu Xiangsheng only mobilized the war preparations on Phi Island before he counted his troops.The reason why he only brought two thousand soldiers was either because he didn't want to, or because of the food problem, so he could only bring two thousand soldiers out.

Now an ambush has captured a large amount of food. It can be said that this time the troops are dispatched, which is a big profit.Therefore, his plan is to transport this batch of grain back to Phi Island, and then find a chance to fight him a few times and seize some grain.

"Lord Zhong Cheng, how do you reply to His Majesty?" Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was silent, Wei Mulan asked.

Lu Xiangsheng listened, looked at her, and remained silent for a while before saying: "You have also seen the plight of the Dongjiang River. What I mean is to be careful. I will remember your majesty's sixteen-character mantra. If there is something wrong, immediately Withdraw to Phi Island."

After hearing this, Wei Mulan knew that Lu Xiangsheng was also forced to do so.In her opinion, like today's battle, it was fought very easily, and there should be no major problems, so she didn't say any more, and replied to Emperor Chongzhen as Lu Xiangsheng said.

After reading the reply, Emperor Chongzhen felt helpless.The capital also has no food, and it still needs to transport grain from Jiangnan, so there is no way to rescue Dongjiang.Lu Xiang's promotion to governor of Denglai has much more authority than that of Mao Wenlong before, and he can mobilize more resources.He is also an expert at fighting. Even if Jianlu really took action, the North Korean volunteers would definitely tip off the news. As long as he is careful, nothing will happen.

Thinking of this, he contacted Mrs. Liu again, briefed him on the situation on the Korean peninsula, and asked him to pass it on to Elder Sun Ge.

After Sun Chengzong heard this, he also sighed.Although Guan Ning’s side is not as short of food as Dongjiang’s side, it is necessary for Guan Ning’s side to respond to the Korean War on a large scale, not to mention whether the army can fight, even food, ordnance, gunpowder, chariots, etc., are also prepared. insufficient.

When the capital faced the saint, the building of the city was not approved.Therefore, the materials were not allocated much, and only small-scale battlefield investigations could be carried out.

This task was naturally given to Wu Sangui who was stationed in Jinzhou.However, he is too young. Although there are elders in the family who can give some advice, Sun Chengzong is not at ease when he is young and can be appointed to a high position.Even when the selected soldiers went to the capital to participate in the selection of the new army this time, Sun Chengzong was a little worried whether Wu Sangui would covet the title.

If Wu Sangui is really ennobled because of this, at such a young age, he will definitely attract the envy of all the generals based on this kind of unreal merit. Once the war starts, with Sun Chengzong's experience, he is afraid that someone will trip Wu Sangui. It's not time to face the enemy, and the inside is in chaos.

Sun Chengzong thought about it, and remembered that Zu Dashou seemed to be going back to the capital in the next few days.So they decided to send someone to wake him up and ask him to remind Wu Sangui.In addition, Wu Sangui was also asked to send elites to go to the Jianlu-occupied area for activities.

As for the grassland, it seems that it was the reason Wu Sangui exterminated two tribes last time. The other tribes that were enemies of Ming Dynasty all moved eastward, or the combination of several tribes is not so easy to fight. Sun Chengzong didn't think about it. Send troops to the grassland.

While he was worrying about these things, in the lobby of Cao Mansion in Guanning, Deputy General Cao Wenzhao did not sit on the main seat, but stood, holding a bowl of wine, and glanced at the 46 soldiers in the hall. Looking at himself with a bowl in his hand, he said with a serious face: "If you go to the capital this time, if you can be selected, I hope you will help me to become better for the sake of the past."

If one is selected into the new army, the court's decree states that not only the military status will belong to the Beijing camp, but also the immediate family members of the sergeants can go to the capital with them, and there must be no concealment or restrictions.In this way, once a sergeant is selected into the new army, theoretically speaking, it doesn't matter where he served in the army before, whether he was a servant or not, and there are no restrictions.It is precisely because of this that Cao Wenzhao did not speak in an orderly tone to those who were selected from his family members to go to the capital.

"Master, don't worry, the young master is our heaven!" Someone answered first, and others followed suit.No one has a problem with their heads, and they will refuse at this time.

Cao Wenzhao nodded when he heard this, and reminded again: "Bianjiao has a high ambition, and he must rely on his own ability to stand out in the new army. He must know that he will definitely not let the general entrust you. Therefore, today's matter is just Don't let Bian Jiao know!"

"Master, don't worry, the villain is awake!" All the servants responded in unison this time.

Cao Wenzhao didn't say any more, just raised the bowl in his hand and said: "So, I wish you all a bright future! Do it!"

After finishing speaking, he drank it first, and then lit the bottom of the bowl.

The selection of the new army this time, for these ordinary soldiers, is indeed a fact of jumping over the dragon's gate.The decree said that as long as he can join the new army, the life of the whole family will be guaranteed, and he can get rid of his status as a domestic slave, and become the emperor's direct military.If you work harder and have better luck, you may be able to make military exploits and be promoted to an officer.

They were also very grateful to Cao Wenzhao for letting them go to the capital to participate in the selection. At least at this time, most of them answered Cao Wenzhao's request sincerely.

Two days later, Cao Bianjiao, who didn't know it, was full of fighting spirit, bid farewell to his uncle, and together with more than [-] people selected from the Guanning Army, headed towards the capital under the leadership of the returned governor Tong Zhizu Dashou.

On the 27th day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, the day before the capital began to select new troops for a period of one month, in the Governor's Mansion on the Three Sides of Guyuan, Shaanxi, the angels who came from the imperial court finished reading the imperial edict and went down to rest.

　Thanks Suilian for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)