"Your Majesty, the general has just received the news that Dorgon has ordered to summon an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people, preparing to march by land and water to North Korea and North Korea to attack Lord Jin!"
After Wu Mengming came in and hurriedly saluted, he hurriedly reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Seven or eighty thousand people?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Jin Xuan only has more than 10,000 people. How can the Jurchens make such a big movement?"
Wu Mengming explained: "Jurchen originally only sent Kong Youde to rescue the siege. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Zhang Huangyan, and even lost his troops and generals..."
It turned out that Dorgon didn't pay much attention after receiving Li Zhu's letter for help.
Just let the obedient King Kong Youde handle it, while he continued to appease Hauge and prepare to go south.
After receiving Dorgon's instructions, Kong Youde immediately organized his army to prepare for war.
This was not because he valued the navy of the Ming Dynasty, but to demonstrate his status among the Jurchens.
It turns out that Kong Youde was originally a miner in Tieling. He was an illiterate rough man who was good at bow and horse.
However, he was appreciated by Mao Wenlong for his bravery and good fighting skills, and he was adopted as his adopted grandson.
Later, after Mao Wenlong was executed by Yuan Chonghuan, he was dissatisfied and defected to Sun Yuanhua together with Geng Zhongming, who was also Mao Wenlong's adopted grandson.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji attacked Dalinghe City. Zu Dashou was trapped in the city and asked Sun Yuanhua for help. Sun Yuanhua sent him to support Dalinghe from the sea.
After he led his army to set off, a hurricane suddenly broke out at sea and he had to march by land instead.
Unexpectedly, due to the discord between the Liaodong soldiers in Dengzhou and the Shandong people, they had closed doors and markets along the way, resulting in insufficient supplies for the troops.
Kong Youde was unable to restrain his subordinates and even mutinied.
In the end, he had no choice but to launch the Wuqiao Mutiny under Li Jiucheng's persuasion.
Then he returned to Dengzhou and contacted his good fellow countryman Geng Zhongming who first rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Jurchens, and then rebelled against the Jurchens and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. He took advantage of the chaos and captured Dengzhou and called himself marshal.
Later, they were defeated by Wu Xiang, Huang Long and others, and fled to Jurchen in panic.
At that time, Jurchen was worried about the naval affairs of the Ming Dynasty. When she heard that Kong Youde and others were coming to surrender, she was overjoyed.
Huang Taiji personally led Zhu Beile out of Shengjing to greet him, and treated him with the most solemn "embracing ceremony" of the Jurchens.
He was also named Marshal of the Capital, settled in Tokyo (Liaoyang), formed his own army, called "God Blessed Soldiers", and was given special treatment.
Since then, the Ming Dynasty's plan to contain the Jurchens from the sea failed completely.
It is precisely for this reason that both the former Huang Taiji and the current regent Dorgon attach great importance to him.
It is a pity that since the tenth year of Chongzhen, when they joined forces with North Korea to capture Pi Island, there have been no major naval battles.
Kong Youde was once a little disappointed and afraid of losing the power he had finally obtained.
So after he received Dorgon's instructions this time, he knew that the Jiangnan Navy had been in a state of civility and martial arts over the years, and its warships were old and had no combat power at all.
But in order to prove his worth, he still asked his brother Kong Youxing to lead 10,000 naval troops to the expedition.
He just hopes to annihilate the Ming Navy in one fell swoop and make Dorgon and others take him seriously.
He knew that the Ming Dynasty navy's expedition to North Korea and Korea was mainly due to the trouble caused by Li Zhuo's detention of Li Guozhen and others.
It is guessed that Chongzhen felt that he had lost face and was so angry that he sent troops to attack North Korea and North Korea, so North Korea and North Korea were not in danger for the time being.
Therefore, Kong Youxing was asked to check Pidao first, and then to relieve the siege of North Korea and North Korea.
Unexpectedly, only two hours after Kong Youxing set out, he was attacked by Zhang Huangyan. Almost the entire army was wiped out and he fled back in a hurry.
Zhang Huangyan and others took advantage of the situation and went north to attack Kong Youde's navy.
Due to Kong Youxing's defeat and the fact that Kong Youde did not expect Zhang Huangyan to be so bold, he was beaten to the point where the warship could not even leave the port.
In desperation, he had to ask Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi for help.
However, when Geng and Shang arrived, Zhang Huangyan and others had already left.
Just as they were discussing how to take revenge, Geng and Shang received news that their port had been attacked.
The two were shocked when they heard this and hurriedly led their troops back.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen had already left, and they missed again.
However, they did not dare to leave easily at this time, so they had to prepare for war while gathering information to avoid being taken advantage of by Zhang Huangyan.
Little did they know that Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen did not have enough troops. After harassing them and attacking three Jurchen strongholds offshore, they had already gone to North Korea and North Korea to join Jin Xuan.
Later, Kong Youde and others also got the news, but they were afraid of falling into Zhang Huangyan's scheme again, so they did not pursue them.
Unexpectedly, this incident angered Dorgon. While he ordered Kong Youde and the others to pursue him, he also sent soldiers preparing for the southern invasion to North Korea and North Korea. He was very determined to destroy Zhang Huangyan and others and would not give up... .
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Wu Mengming's story, he asked: "When did this news happen? Where is Zheng Hongkui?"
Wu Mengming bowed and said: "This is what happened from the night before yesterday to yesterday. I think Kong Youde and others will arrive in North Korea and North Korea at the latest tomorrow."
"Zheng Hongkui once spent some time searching for pirates in Zhejiang due to the robbery of Nanliang."
"Although I don't know his specific location now, I think he will arrive in North Korea in the next two days."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he shook his head and said: "You should pass this news to An Guogong as soon as possible, and contact Zhao Erhu at the same time, asking them to rescue Weibei Hou and others before the Jurchen arrives."
"Then, immediately send a message to Ping Xihou, asking him to immediately prepare for war, and at the same time, order Wu Sangui to return to Shanhaiguan immediately."
Although Wu Mengming was a little confused when he heard it, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's solemn expression and hurriedly responded, and then hurried out.
"Your Majesty, do you suspect that Dorgon is attacking in the east and in the west?"
Li Ruolian saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning and tried to find out.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "It's not suspicion, but if there are no accidents, we may have to fight the Jurchens soon."
"You must know that Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen only have four to five thousand people. Although they have some small victories, they will not have a big impact on the Jurchens."
"Even if Dorgon feels that he has lost face, or is worried that North Korea and North Korea will despise him, he only needs to send the navy there."
"Because this is a naval battle, and the main battlefield is on the sea. Even if he has more cavalry, it will not be helpful to the war."
"Furthermore, by marching in with such a big fanfare, North Korea and North Korea will be worried about being annexed by him. However, with the Jurchens' current strength, they are simply unable to annex North Korea. This is extremely unreasonable."
"Furthermore, Dorgon can stand out among the many Jurchen princes and Baylor and become the regent with sole power. You should know that he is deeply scheming and will never go to war over this."
"So it's very possible that what he did was to build the plank road openly, secretly visit the warehouse, and prepare to take the opportunity to attack us, so..."
Li Ruolian heard this and said with some worry: "Your Majesty, since the Jurchens are about to invade the south, will the general go south again?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, and it must be fast!"
"Because although Zuo Liangyu has been temporarily suppressed by us, once the Jurchens invade, he will definitely have different intentions again. Moreover, if we want to bring peace to the people and bring peace to the world, we must not allow him to act recklessly again."
"So we must contain his throat and prevent him from making rash moves, so that we can temporarily maintain internal stability."
"As for the issue of troops and horses, we have already thought about it for you. You can immediately lead your troops to Yu County and exchange troops and horses with Ping Xihou. However, you only need to replace those who may betray you, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness. "
"At the same time, we will also ask Ping Xihou to send some soldiers to make up for Huang Degong's losses. As long as you plan properly, it will not be difficult to conquer Huang Degong."
"Besides, before you go to Henan, you'd better send someone to recruit Ren Qi and other people. They are all refugees without far-sightedness. You might as well promise them fields, official titles..."
"You must remember that if you can't appease them all, you have to divide them. At the worst, you have to make them trust you and not attack you from behind..."
After Li Ruolian carefully took note of Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, he hurriedly walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion.
