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Damn it, the Japanese are going to do a big sweep!

Jianlu will definitely slowly notice the changes in Dongjiang. Jianlu will definitely attach great importance to such a Dongjiang army that can eat thousands of people. The counterattack triggered will be no different from the Japanese raids in later generations.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen immediately privately chatted with Wei Mulan and said: "Send a message to Governor Lu, shoot a gun and change the place, oh, after fighting a battle, move immediately, move farther away. If necessary, return to Pi." Go to the island. Jianlu will definitely not give up after suffering a loss!"

"Okay." Wei Mulan agreed, and immediately said to Lu Xiangsheng beside him: "Your Majesty has a decree..."

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Then he looked at the bags of grain carried by soldiers not far behind him and remained silent for a while.

The situation in the Dongjiang River is actually not good. Fortunately, we are on an island. Every time the tide goes out, we can always pick up some food, but we can't handle the crowds. 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, he wanted to ask for food and supplies from the imperial court, while doing business with Jiangnan merchants, while coercing North Korea to provide food, and at the same time he went to fight against the autumn wind in the areas controlled by Jianlu. With so many methods, he was able to make Dongjiang soldiers and civilians Can survive.

In this battle, the soldiers must be well fed. Lu Xiangsheng mobilized the war supplies on Pi Island before he sent out troops. The reason why he only brought two thousand soldiers was because he didn't want to, or because of food problems, he could only bring two thousand soldiers.

Now that a large amount of food was captured in an ambush, it can be said that this troop dispatch has made a lot of money. Therefore, his plan was to transport this batch of grain back to Pi Island, and then find an opportunity to fight him a few times and seize some grain.

"Master Zhongcheng, how do you reply to Your Majesty?" Wei Mulan asked when seeing Lu Xiangsheng's silence.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at her and remained silent for a while before saying: "You have also seen the predicament of Dongjiang. What I mean is to proceed with caution. I will remember your majesty's sixteen-character mantra. If there is anything wrong, I will report it immediately. Withdraw to Phi Island."

Wei Mulan listened and knew that Lu Xiangsheng was forced to do this. In her opinion, today's war was easy and there shouldn't be much of a problem, so she didn't say anything more and just replied to Emperor Chongzhen as Lu Xiangsheng said.

After reading the reply, Emperor Chongzhen felt helpless. The capital is also without food, and needs food transported from the south of the Yangtze River, so there is no way to relieve the Dongjiang River. Lu Xiang was promoted to governor of Denglai. He had greater authority than Mao Wenlong before and could mobilize more resources. He is also an expert in fighting. Even if Jianlu does take action, the Korean volunteers will definitely tip off the news. As long as he is careful, nothing will happen.

With this in mind, he contacted Mr. Liu Wang and briefly explained the situation on the Korean Peninsula and asked him to convey it to Mr. Sun Ge.

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong also sighed. Although Guan Ning is not as short of food as the Dongjiang side, Guan Ning must coordinate the Korean War on a large scale. Not to mention whether the army can fight, food, ordnance, gunpowder, chariots, etc. are also prepared. insufficient.

When the capital met with the Holy Spirit, the construction of the city was not approved. Therefore, no more supplies were allocated, and only small-scale battlefield reconnaissance could be done.

This task was naturally assigned to Wu Sangui who was stationed in Jinzhou. However, he was too young. Although there were family elders who could give him some advice, Sun Chengzong was not very reassured by his success as a young man and his sudden rise to a high position. Even when the 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 knighted for this, at such a young age, with this kind of income that is not actual merit, it will definitely arouse the jealousy of the generals. Once the war breaks out, with Sun Chengzong's experience, he is afraid that someone will stumble Wu Sangui. Before we faced the enemy, there was chaos inside.

Sun Chengzong thought about it and remembered that Zu Dashou seemed to be returning to the capital in the past few days. He decided to send someone to wake him up and ask him to remind Wu Sangui. In addition, Wu Sangui was asked to send out elite troops who stayed at night to carry out activities in the occupied areas of Jianlu.

As for the grassland, it seems that Wu Sangui destroyed two tribes last time. The other tribes that were enemies of the Ming Dynasty have all moved eastward, or several tribes combined are not so easy to fight. Sun Chengzong didn't think about it. Troops were sent to the grassland.

While he was worrying about these things, in the lobby of Guanning Cao Mansion, Deputy General Cao Wenzhao was not sitting on the main seat, but standing, holding a bowl of wine, scanning the forty-six soldiers in the hall, and looking at They also looked at themselves with bowls in their hands, and said with serious faces: "This time you go to the capital, if you can be selected, I hope you can help me become a dragon for the sake of the past."

If you are selected into the new army, the imperial decree states that not only will your military status be transferred to the capital, but the immediate family members of the sergeant can also go to the capital with you, without any concealment or restrictions. In this way, once a sergeant is selected into the new army, theoretically speaking, it does not matter where he was in the army before or whether he was a servant or not, and there will no longer be any restrictions. It is precisely because of this that Cao Wenzhao no longer spoke in a commanding tone when speaking to these people selected from his own servants to go to the capital.

"Don't worry, Master, Master is our God!" Someone answered first, and others followed suit. No one in their right mind would refuse at this time.

Cao Wenzhao nodded when he heard this and reminded him again: "Bianjiao is very ambitious and must rely on his own ability to stand out in the new army. He must know that he will definitely not let me entrust you to me. Therefore, today's matter is Don’t let the transformation dragon know about it!”

"Don't worry, sir, I'm awake!" All the servants responded in unison this time.

Cao Wenzhao said no more, just raised the bowl in his hand and said: "With that, I wish you all a bright future! Go ahead!"

After he finished speaking, he drank it all in one gulp and then touched the bottom of the bowl.

This time the selection of the new army is indeed a reality for these ordinary soldiers. The edict stated that as long as he could join the new army, his family's life would be guaranteed, and he would be able to get rid of his status as a domestic slave and become an army member directly under the emperor. If you work harder and have better luck, you might be able to achieve 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, they mostly answered Cao Wenzhao's requests sincerely.

Two days later, the uninformed Cao Bianjiao, full of fighting spirit, said goodbye to his uncle, and marched towards the capital together with more than 800 people selected from Guan Ning's army, led by Tongzhizu Dashou, the governor who returned to the capital.

On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, the day before the one-month-long selection of new troops in the capital began, at the Trilateral Governor's Mansion in Guyuan, Shaanxi, the angels who came from the court read out the imperial edict and went down to rest.

Thanks Sui Lian for the tip!