Chongzhen Chat Group

Upon hearing this, Eqirtu couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked quickly: "Uncle Khan, will you be able to pacify Qinghai and Tibet soon?"

Gushi Khan's ability is obvious to all. Although he cannot be said to be invincible, his ability to lead troops in battle is indeed very powerful. Therefore, he firmly occupies the position of leader of the Oirat Mongolia, and is even awarded the title of Lama. The "great national master" and the northern Mongolia dare not invade again.

But what Eqirtu didn't expect was that Gushi Khan shook his head and said: "I can't take away all the elites of the tribe when I go to Qinghai-Tibet. The situation in Qinghai-Tibet is complicated, and the terrain is even more complicated. How will the war end and how long will it last? After the fight, I didn’t have any confidence.”

"Then..." Eqirtu couldn't understand after hearing this. If that's the case, why did you say that just now?

Gushi Khan seemed to know his inner thoughts and said with a smile: "What I am referring to is the Ming Empire! The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty can let you learn the methods of the new army and supply you with important military equipment. If anything happens, you can go If you ask the Ming Emperor, he will definitely make the decision for you, do you understand?"

Hearing this, Oqiltu couldn't help but suddenly realized. I remembered that after I arrived in the capital, I was warmly received by the Ming Emperor. He also allowed me to train with the new army. He taught me all the military training methods one by one. Even the newly built military and national weapons were the first. Sell ​​one to yourself...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to pat his thigh, thinking to himself: That's right! I was so confused that I forgot about the Ming Emperor! He is younger than himself. If he has the Ming Emperor as his backer in this life, even if Uncle Han really cannot come back, there will be no problem!

Seeing his happy expression, Gushi Khan sighed slightly in his heart. Although Ming Guo can be used as a back-up, if Ming Guo makes any request, Heshuo Special Department cannot tolerate it.

But if the Ming Dynasty is not used as the background, there will be difficulties, and many problems will not be solved. The Oirat Mongols only have so much strength. The Ming Kingdom is so powerful that they naturally have to surrender. Otherwise, if they become enemies of the Ming Kingdom, the Oirat Mongols may be under the eyes of Tsarist Russia, northern Mongolia and the Ming Kingdom, and annihilation is possible.

Although he was thinking this, Gushi Khan would not tell Eqirtu. Then he began to make arrangements for the expedition. The rest of the Oirat Mongolian tribes were ordered to hold a general meeting, and each of them had to send troops, especially the Jungar tribe, which was allocated more troop quotas. After all this was arranged, he took over the throne and then led the army away.

One thing he didn't expect was that the northern Mongolia, that is, the Khalkha tribe, soon learned the news about Gushi Khan's troops. These two tribes were originally feuding, but later they fought to the death because of religious issues. Before Gushi Khan, northern Mongolia had always been dominant. It was only later that Gushi Khan was suppressed after his birth, and peace was maintained for many years.

Now, Gushi Khan, who they feared, had left, and they also guessed what Gushi Khan was probably going to do when he sent troops to Qinghai, and they suddenly had various ideas.

Unknowingly, a storm was brewing on the grassland.

As for what happened on the grassland, although Emperor Chongzhen had a chat group, because he did not include people from these two tribes, the news was delayed and he did not know about it at this time. But even if he knew, he wouldn't care much at this time. Because his attention has been diverted by other things.

Since the last time Zheng Zhilong reported the war in Japan, Emperor Chongzhen asked the Jin Yiwei commander Liu Xingzuo to arrange for a Jin Yiwei to go to Japan. His name was Liang Zhen, and he was also in the chat group. No, a message was just sent back.

"Your Majesty, in the war between Japan and Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate sent a crusade army and was unexpectedly defeated. Now most of Kyushu Island has been occupied by Toyotomi Kunimatsu. The Tokugawa shogunate issued a strict order and is gathering troops to prepare to send them again. Kyushu Suppression.”

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised, so he replied and asked: "Didn't the Tokugawa shogunate already know that a thousand Manchus were fighting for Toyotomi Kunimatsu? Could it be that the troops sent this time were not prepared and were defeated by the Manchus?"

"Your Majesty, according to the information I heard from my subordinates, the Tokugawa shogunate was already prepared. When the war started, it was indeed because of the preparedness that when the Manchu and Qing troops raided, they were beaten three times by the Tokugawa shogunate's army. Surrounded by troops, the Tokugawa shogunate’s military formation was not overwhelmed!”

Liang Zhen did not dare to leave half of the story, and immediately continued: "But when the armies of the two sides were in a stalemate, another army suddenly came out from behind the Tokugawa shogunate army. Because of the large number of people and the huge momentum, the Tokugawa shogunate The army collapsed instantly!"

"This army is actually the Japanese people on Kyushu Island. They believe in the Western sect and were suppressed by the Tokugawa shogunate army. I don't know when they colluded with Toyotomi Kunimatsu and suddenly killed the Tokugawa shogunate army by surprise. And lead to a great defeat!"

In the original history, as the Portuguese and Spanish arrived in Japan, Catholicism began to spread in Japan. By the 1680s, there were more than 200 churches and about 150,000 believers in Mino in the east and Satsuma in the west. This made the Tokugawa shogunate feel the pressure.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was very dissatisfied with the Catholic Church's promotion of God's omnipotence, which diluted the authority of secular lords. Later, he saw that many Kyushu princes had obtained a large amount of materials and weapons through trade with Spain, Portugal and other countries, coupled with the lobbying of the Protestants, namely the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, He believed that if it was allowed to develop without restriction, it would shake the foundation of the shogunate's rule. It happened that at this time, the famous "Okamoto Daihachi Incident" occurred, so Tokugawa Ieyasu issued a ban or suppressed it Catholicism.

As a result, in 1637, the large-scale Shimabara Rebellion broke out in Kyushu. The Catholic army numbered about 30,000. The Tokugawa shogunate failed to suppress it twice in a row. Later, more than 100,000 troops were dispatched to suppress the Shimabara Rebellion.

Due to the butterfly effect, the Manchu Qing invaded Japan, and Toyotomi Kunimatsu began the war to restore the country. The Catholic army of the Shimabara Rebellion was able to appear in advance and formed an alliance with Toyotomi Kunimatsu. In history, the Tokugawa shogunate was about to form a policy of seclusion, but it was also delayed because of the war on Kyushu Island. Today's Japanese country has once again entered an era of war.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned after seeing the news. One thing he didn't want to see was that the Manchus and the Western Yi colluded. But now in the Japanese country, the Manchus and the Western Yi were already in the same trench. If those Western barbarians in the Catholic army saw the strength of the Manchus and strongly supported the Manchus in exchange for their belief in Catholicism, that would probably bring great resistance to their elimination of the Manchus.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen understood that the strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves was not that easy. If one is not good, although the wolf is gone, the tiger is strengthened, and the next tiger hunt will be much more troublesome.

With this in mind, he asked Liang Zhendao: "How strong is the Tokugawa shogunate? Is there any news about the war on Kyushu Island?"

Liang Zhen was stunned for a moment when he saw this question, but then he understood what the emperor wanted to know, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate cannot be underestimated. Although the Kyushu war was defeated, it did not damage the foundation. Now, in the New daimyo were mobilized to prepare for another expedition to Kyushu Island. At least in Edo, most people did not think that Toyotomi Kunimatsu could make a comeback. There was just a worry that the Manchus would increase their troops to help Toyotomi Kunimatsu. Therefore, The Tokugawa shogunate has decided to send a navy to patrol the Korean Strait to cut off the possibility of the Manchus reinforcing Toyotomi Kunimatsu."

Seeing this news, Emperor Chongzhen agreed in his heart that if the Manchus continued to increase their troops to the Japanese country, the Tokugawa shogunate would be in big trouble. However, the Korean Strait is very large, and the Tokugawa Shogunate's navy has no foothold in Kyushu. It is impossible to completely cut off the connection between Korea and Kyushu Island. Not to mention the Manchu and Qing reinforcements, just the Manchu Qing's desire to obtain food and other supplies from Kyushu will inevitably make the Manchu and Qing generals in Kyushu Island request the opening of the Korean Strait.

At present, my own intelligence on Japan will be far behind, and I will not be able to master the core secrets. After all, Liang Zhen was only staying in Edo to inquire about information. Although he had the channels left by Zheng Zhilong, the information he could possibly obtain was limited. It seems that the situation on the Japanese side still needs to be taken seriously and predicted.

With this in mind, when he was about to contact Liaodong to discuss matters related to the Japanese country, Wu Daji, who had not spoken to him for a long time, suddenly sent a private message: "Your Majesty, the minister has returned to Seoul. Along the way, he discovered that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were making great efforts. Farming. Especially near Seoul, water conservancy facilities are much better than before. The slave chief Dorgon ordered officials to be responsible for a specific piece of farmland, and would even personally inspect it every once in a while, and severely punish those officials who did not try their best. Officials who work hard will be rewarded immediately. According to Wei Chen's estimation, after this year's grain harvest, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at least the Manchu Qing Dynasties in North Korea, will not have to worry about food."

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked. He had always lacked control over Dorgon in North Korea. His focus was on the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in Liaodong. Although he had already estimated, he still did not expect that Dorgon would pay so much attention to agriculture. But now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem surprising. After all, whether it was Liaodong or North Korea, all the places occupied by the Manchu Qing were affected by food, which seriously restricted the strength of the Manchu Qing. A slave chief with a little knowledge will definitely solve the food problem seriously.

Emperor Chongzhen knew everything about the situation not only in North Korea but also in Liaodong. To the north of Shenyang, the grain fields reclaimed by the Qing Dynasty last year are being planted again this year. Without the Horqin tribe as internal agents to carry out sabotage, it is no longer realistic for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to bypass Liaoyang, Shenyang and other places to carry out sabotage.

Thinking about the few messages he had just received, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the time to resolve the Manchu and Qing dynasties in Liaodong must be advanced, otherwise once the North Korean grain is harvested, it will bring some trouble to the Ming Dynasty.

With this in mind, he immediately convened a joint meeting of the Ming Dynasty, and brought Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Bianjiao, Cao Huachun, Wen Tiren, Liu Xingzuo, Hong Chengchou and other agents or individuals into the temporary group, announced the latest information, and finally said: " What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, General Cao is willing to lead the new army to conquer Liaoyang, capture Shenyang, and destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Gao Yingyuan was the first to respond on behalf of Cao Bianjiao.

Wei Mulan said almost at the same time: "Lu Zhongcheng believed that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in Liaodong were already weak, and it was time to recover Liaodong. Over in North Korea, Pi Island must be reused, and the navy kept attacking to harass the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in North Korea. , destroying those grain fields."

They were the only two people who responded immediately, and the others did not speak. When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he asked Wang Liu: "How is the material reserve on Sun Qing's side?"

In the Liaodong battlefield, the military was mainly led by Lu Xiangsheng, while the logistics was under the unified control of Sun Chengzong. There are two of them, one is on the front line and the other is on the Ningjin line in the rear. Of course, at this time, Liaodong's supplies were too far away from the Ningjin line. They had been shipped directly to Gaizhou for storage by sea, and some of them had even been shipped to Haizhou.

When Sun Chengzong was named, he immediately reported the details of the material hoarding. After nearly a year of preparation, a batch of food was recently robbed from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so the supplies were abundant.

After Emperor Chongzhen learned the details, he announced in the temporary group: "I have decided that at the beginning of next month, the imperial commander will personally conquer Liaodong and regain Liaodong in one fell swoop!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren quickly said: "Now that Sun Ge Lao and Lu Zhongcheng are on the battlefield in Liaodong, it is not difficult to regain Liaodong. If your Majesty drives the expedition in person, if it does not go well, it will be a disaster for our Ming Dynasty and for your Majesty's. prestige……"

You don't even have to listen to the whole story to know that the chief assistant still wants to give advice. Emperor Chongzhen immediately interrupted: "Does Wen Qing want me to be an emperor who breaks his word?"

"I don't dare!" When Wen Tiren saw it, he quickly replied, "I'm just worried. After all, Your Majesty is the emperor of heaven. A single move can affect the whole body..."

"That's enough!" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and interrupted directly, "I have made up my mind. What Wen Qing has to do is to check and fill in the gaps for me, and do his best for me to regain Liaodong without making any mistakes. Do you understand? "

When Wen Tiren saw this, he sighed in his heart, knowing that even nine oxen could not pull the emperor back, so he had no choice but to reply: "I obey the order!"

He was the last person to want to see an accident happen to Emperor Chongzhen, because his position as chief assistant was specially promoted by Emperor Chongzhen. Without the emperor's support, the many innovations he made would inevitably lead to counterattacks from those who lost their interests. If nothing else, just being ordered by the emperor to return to Jiangnan Zhou Yanru would probably make an effort to take his place. Previous news said that Zhou Yanru was very close to Fushe in the south of the Yangtze River and the big salt merchants there. He had both financial resources and connections and should not be underestimated.

Seeing that Wen Tiren no longer objected, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "This battle cannot give the Liaodong Manchu and Qing Dynasties any chance. Therefore, I have decided to destroy the Liaodong Manchu and Qing Dynasties with a thunderous strike!"

Thanks anniexie for the tip!