Chongzhen Chat Group

So, when Lu Xiangsheng left the next morning, he also took away more than ten selected Haixi Jurchens.

Logically speaking, it is normal for Governor Denglai not to be stationed on Phi Island. Therefore, the soldiers and civilians on the road were not surprised that Master Zhongcheng left Pi Island with Biaoying. They will continue to do whatever they originally wanted to do, and they will not be nervous because the island has strengthened its defenses. After all, such things are commonplace for them. The most important thing is that they don't believe that Jianlu can really attack the island.

Seeing that Pi Dao was getting further and further away, Wei Mulan chatted privately with Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group and reported everything Lu Xiangsheng had ordered. She was a little worried, were the Jurchens really reliable?

Regarding this matter, Emperor Chongzhen believed in Lu Xiangsheng's judgment. To use an incorrect analogy, just as there are traitors among the Han people, there are also traitors among the Jurchens. The only difference from traitors is that traitors can betray their compatriots for their own benefit; these Jurchens went to war with their compatriots for revenge. This kind of thing is also common for Daming. Take Mangui for example, he is Mongolian, but he has been working for the Ming Dynasty and still fights against the Mongols. Even in later generations, during the Anti-Japanese War, there were still Japanese who fought against the Japanese.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen told Wei Mulan not to worry. On the contrary, he was a little worried about Wei Mulan: "Lu Xiangsheng is preparing to make a surprise attack on the hinterland of Liaodong. You, a girl who has never experienced it before, can you withstand such a difficult thing? Moreover, you have not experienced it before." , this matter is very dangerous! If it doesn’t work, you’d better not go!”

Thinking about it, Wei Mulan used to be the number one in Yihongyuan, and she was only over ten years old. It's nothing to be with Lu Xiangsheng at ordinary times. But the coming surprise attack is not something ordinary people can withstand. Emperor Chongzhen is a little worried, which is a matter of course!

When Wei Mulan heard this, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. She didn't expect that the emperor would consider her so much, so she quickly replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I can do it!"

After answering, she thought for a moment and then immediately added: "Lu Zhongcheng cannot go to the hinterland of Liaodong without his subordinates."

Emperor Chongzhen was relieved when he saw her answer. If Wei Mulan can do it, that would be great. News can be sent to Lu Xiangsheng at any time, which is of great benefit to the mobility of his team.

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, another private message came over, from Lu Ruipeng in Shaanxi: "Your Majesty, Hong Zhongcheng led the army into Baodezhou, Shanxi. The bandits were on guard and fled after hearing the news. Now Hong Zhongcheng has already Recover Baodezhou City, but...but Baodezhou City has become a ghost town, there are not many people left."

It seemed that Wang Jiayin was still cautious and sent a scout to keep a vigilant eye. This is the bad thing about these thieves. As soon as there is any disturbance, they will not care about anything and run away immediately. The worst thing is that wherever these thieves go, they destroy it.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment and then ordered Lu Ruipeng: "Let Hong Chengchou lead the pursuit and don't give the bandits time to attack the city. In addition, I will also ask Governor Xuanda to send troops to intercept."

After finishing speaking, he immediately contacted Zhang Fengyi and said, "You and Ma Xianglin will lead your troops to Governor Xuanda and ask him to send troops nearby to intercept and suppress the bandits who have entered Shanxi!"

"I will obey your orders!" Zhang Fengyi responded immediately, and then went to find Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister. After Xue Guoguan issued a certificate, he and Ma Xianglin set off.

Originally, the Baigan Army was preparing to return to Sichuan after raiding the homes of Shanxi merchants. But the bandits started again, and most of the Jin border troops were defeated, so they had to continue to stay in Xuanfu. Only Qin Liangyu returned to Sichuan first.

Emperor Chongzhen withdrew from the chat group and sent an order to the cabinet, asking them to reissue the imperial edict to various places. Although the chat group is fast, it is empty talk after all, and the imperial decree still needs to be reissued. Things like giving orders through chat groups, especially things like mobilizing the army, should be done less and reissue the imperial edict as soon as possible. Otherwise, if someone has ulterior motives and pretends to be the imperial edict in the future, there will be trouble.

After finishing these things, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Gao Shiyue, who was on duty next to him, to call the dozen or so eunuchs and maids he had selected. Seeing that they were all listening attentively, he said, "Have you all read the manuscripts I got?"

He was referring to the first dozen or so chapters of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". After these chapters were written, some of the eunuchs and maids with some literary talents read them first. After getting a positive answer, he said: "Then I will dictate the following chapters, and you will take shorthand, then compile them into a book and send them to the Ministry of War to Liu Mao in the event!"

If you use a brush to take shorthand, it's okay if you only take shorthand of one or two sentences, but if you talk continuously, the speed of shorthand cannot keep up. But now that there are many people, they can divide the work automatically, so there is no need to deliberately slow down the speaking speed. It was much easier for Emperor Chongzhen to write using this method.

Besides, Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of Dongjiang, traveled day and night by boat, and finally arrived before Jianlu arrived in Seoul.

In Seoul at this time, traces of the previous Japanese invasions can still be seen everywhere. During the original war, Seoul was repeatedly destroyed by North Koreans and Japanese pirates. Not to mention the palace, it was basically burned down. During Gwanghaegun's reign, only the ancestral temple and the main palace were restored. During Injo's time, not all of them had been restored.

When he heard that Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, was coming with military orders from the governor of Denglai, Renzu did not dare to neglect and quickly led all the civil and military officials out of the city to welcome him. People in Seoul also came out to watch, and it became a grand event for a while.

If it had been before, there might not have been such a grand occasion. But when the Jianlu were ravaging northern Korea, Governor Denglai personally led the army and launched two consecutive ambushes, wiping out almost all of Jianlu's two thousand grain-protecting troops, forcing the Jianlu to stop looting and stay in the north without any movement. The news finally spread back to Seoul, which greatly excited the North Korean monarchs, ministers and people, and kept shouting for joy.

Therefore, the North Korean monarchs and ministers admired the current governor Denglai even more, and even had a hint of fear. You must know that the Denglai Governor of the Ming Dynasty has always been responsible for governing the vassal states of Korea. Now that the governor of Denglai actually has such abilities, seeing that North Korea relies on him even more, he naturally does not dare to neglect him. Even though they had nominally broken away from the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty at this time and became a brotherly state with the Jianlu, they still welcomed him grandly.

When the two parties arrived at the palace to discuss business, Chen Jisheng took out Lu Xiangsheng's letter and forwarded it to Injo.

Renzu did not dare to neglect, and even took the letter after washing his hands, unfolded it and read it carefully. Wu Daji and the other three scholars who were in power were staring at Injo, guessing what Governor Dengrai meant.

I forgot to write down the chapter title of the previous chapter, and I couldn’t change it after I posted it. I was sweating.

The next chapter will be posted around noon.