Chapter 309 Nanjing is not a place to stay for a long time
In February of the third year of Chongzhen and the first year of Chongde, Chen Cao, the king of Songjiang County, resigned from the military post of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commandery and returned to Songjiang with an army of hundreds of thousands. Before leaving, he gave another hundred to the Nanjing court. Menshen cannons, 10,000 flintlock muskets and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
He also promised to donate 20,000 kilograms of grain to the Nanjing court every month, thus gaining Zhu Yousong's favor, and also gave Chen Cao the honorary title of Prince Taibao.
"Wait for them to fight. The worse the fight, the better. The more lively the fight, the better. Only when the fight is broken, can I come out to clean up the old mountains and rivers. Only when the fight is broken can I not be destroyed or established."
After Chen Cao finished speaking, he mounted his war horse, rode away with his men.
Starting from Zhenjiang Prefecture, a spacious cement avenue extended all the way to Suzhou Prefecture. When Chen Cao arrived in Suzhou, the railway lines opened along the way were in full swing.
The ones who stayed in Suzhou were Huang Degong and Lou Xingye. Now these two people have an extraordinary identity. Although they only led a guard regiment, both of them have now become division commanders. One is the commander of the Fourth Division of Dingwu Army, and the other is the commander of Dingwu Army. Commander of the Fifth Division of the Wuhan Army.
After careful consideration, Chen Cao decided to keep the newly formed Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Dingwu Army in Suzhou, and the current troops will return to Shanghai for rotation training.
In the Suzhou camp, Chen Cao had just finished discussing things in Suzhou with a group of local officials. Tang Yannian walked into the camp in a hurry: "Your Majesty, we finally entered Nanjing City, how can we give up this opportunity?" Are you out?"
Huang Chunyao stood aside and smiled when he saw this: "Commander Tang, don't be anxious. It makes sense for the prince to take us out of Nanjing."
Chen Cao signed an official document, then handed it to Zhao Xin beside him, and then said slowly: "The water in Nanjing is deep in Longtan. If you stay in Nanjing now, you will be stuck in the shallows and will die. Someone is willing to be this bait, why bother?" Are our people going to take a trip into this muddy water?
Everyone knows that I, Chen Cao, have the ambition to become emperor. Everything now is just an illusion. I’m afraid you don’t know. Although the Beijing court suffered a loss in Shandong, this time Emperor Chongzhen has sent people to communicate with Jian privately. The slaves negotiated peace, and both sides had their own intentions. Jiannu wanted to digest North Korea and Mongolia, while Chongzhen now wanted to make peace. "
Huang Chunyao took over the conversation: "Commander of the Tang Dynasty, you must first pacify the internal situation when fighting outsiders. Yang He's achievements on the three sides are getting bigger and bigger now. The refugee Wang Jiayin has been killed, and now Wang Ziyong, nicknamed Zijinliang, has been killed by Yang He. He is trapped in Xi'an Prefecture and cannot move. In order to completely eliminate the prestige of this Jingnan, the north has ordered Yang He to go to Luoyang with troops recruited from Shanxi and other places."
"After negotiating peace with Jiannu, the north mobilized a total of 500,000 troops from all walks of life to go south. They were led by Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen, Baoguo Gong Zhu Yanrong, and Dingguo Gong Xu Yunzhen. In addition, there were many distinguished officials in Beijing. The generals set out together." Chen Cao placed a secret message from Beijing on the table: "Look, this time the north is determined to eradicate Zhu Yousong and the others. Why do you want to stay in Nanjing? "
"Those guys are working hard. With my army here, none of them are a match."
Tang Kainian kicked his younger brother angrily: "You bastard, fortunately you are only the deputy commander. If you become the commander and have no control, wouldn't it cause a big disaster?"
Everyone in the tent laughed, but Chen Cao knocked on the table gently: "Nanjing is now a place of four wars. It is reported that King Qin's troops from Jiangxi, Huguang and other places have set off, and Tang Fan even recruited 50,000 people. , self-sufficient military expenses were sent to the north. Although ordered by the north, it also made us see one thing carefully. The descendants of Emperor Shenzong were not all on the same front;
Let them fight, we have other things to do. "
"Previously, Xu Shiji's troops were trapped in Dantu. After the Nanjing war started, Zhao Tianlin sent people to transport him from the river to Nanjing. After Nanjing was defeated, a large group of them all went to Yangzhou Prefecture. After the chaos in Yangzhou, they went to Gaoyou to seek refuge. Zhu Chunchen is gone."
"Your Majesty, should we let the naval forces go directly north?"
Chen Cao listened to the suggestions made by his subordinates and always felt that something was wrong, but he shook his head and said: "All the naval fleets have been recalled to the port. Let Nanjing have a good fight with the Northern Army first. Let's go to Songjiang." Sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers, there are still vacancies for twenty-seven divisions out of fifty divisions, so the first priority now is to expand the army."
Expanding the army also means military expenditures and various consumption. Although Songjiang Domain already has a strong army, if it suddenly expands to hundreds of thousands, the pressure will also come with it.
Xu Fuyuan said: "Your Majesty, are you going to reorganize all the surrendered troops and punish them for three years?"
"No," Chen Cao immediately interrupted Xu Fuyuan's seemingly simple but hidden trouble: "I said that there can be no old veterans in the new army, especially the Weisuo army. All the hundreds of thousands of people who surrendered are They were recruited to build roads for a period of three years. As long as they perform well, they can be released early. You see, in just a few months, the railway has been laid to Suzhou and the cement road has also reached Zhenjiang. When the railway line is laid to Zhenjiang, our army will You can reach the Nanjing front line within one day and catch those people by surprise;
Now, our main goal is to recuperate and develop ourselves, and to completely eliminate this powerful military force in the north north of the Yangtze River within two years. "
Chen Cao didn't stay long in Suzhou. He took the train directly back to Shanghai the next day and went to the governor's office before entering the house.
"Liu Xingzuo requested that anyway..."
"Now?"
Chen Cao frowned. Historically, Liu Xingzuo did correct him, but it was also in the Year of Apocalypse, and his own arrival disrupted the process: "What did he say?"
Xin Zhao shook his head: "I don't know why, but it seems that Jiannu's side started to doubt him."
"What did Wan Qing say?"
Xin Zhao frowned: "This news was reported back by Wan Qing."
"Did Liu Xingzuo have other ideas?"
Chen Cao kept tapping his hands on the table, which was what he often did when he was thinking about something.
"The new governor of Denglai, Wang Tingshi, got help from his predecessor Sun Guozhen. He didn't know how he got in touch with Liu Xingzuo. According to the news from Liu Xingzuo himself, Jiannu has been arresting spies of our Ming Dynasty in Liaodong since the end of last year. , whether it is our people or people from the imperial court, this is the case;"
Zhao Xin said matter-of-factly: "The news was once interrupted. According to Liu Xingzuo's guess, there should be someone in the court who had a secret relationship with Jiannu, or perhaps someone in the court was acting as their eyes and ears;
In addition, according to reports from spies in Hejian, they had contact with the messenger sent by Wang Tingzhen to Beijing, and he was probably related to Liu Xingzuo. "
If Liu Xingzuo is lost, Chen Cao feels that he will lose money. Whether it is Liu Xingzuo or Wan Qing, they are Chen Cao's best choices to find out the news about establishing slaves. Moreover, Liu Xingzuo's identity is not simple, he is Nurhaci's consort.
"Someone should be forcing Liu Xingzuo." Chen Cao combined with the historical incident of Liu Xingzuo's surrender to the Ming Dynasty and guessed that it was the internal reason for establishing slaves: "No matter what, you immediately send people to Liaodong to contact Liu Xingzuo. If that doesn't work, let the navy send ships northward. To support Liu Xingzuo, he must not be allowed to surrender to Wang Tingshi;
Also, when I write to Wanqing, I want to know what Chongzhen said to Jiannu and what the content of the peace talks was. "
"My subordinates will do it now."
The family didn't know that Chen Cao was back, not even Shen Zhuangling. After fighting for nearly a year, Chen Cao somehow restrained the impulse he had back then and wanted to have sex with every woman he saw. impulse.
Today, the Duke of Liang's Mansion has changed its gates and become the Songjiang County Prince's Mansion. However, the regulations of his palace have long exceeded the prince level, but there is no palace name that can be used by princes in the palace.
When the guard posts in the front yard saw Chen Cao entering the house, they all stood at attention and saluted. After Chen Cao simply returned the salute, he stepped through the arch of the Chengyun Hall and headed towards the Yin'an Hall in the inner courtyard under the watchful eyes of all the male and female housekeepers.
The door to the room was not closed, because the hem of the skirt covered the woman's head, and it was not clear who was responsible. The woman screamed.
Suddenly, a familiar woman yelled: "Which thief dares to come to my county prince's palace to commit violence and take his life."
After Li Waner rushed into the side room with her sword, she saw Chen Cao who was doing business with his back to him. The figure and the python robe were very familiar. Seeing this inappropriate scene for children, Li Waner immediately blushed and threw the sword to the ground. , he screamed and ran out.
Then Chen Cao heard the voices of Li Xiang and others. Weng Meixin had already arrived with a musket, threatening to kill the flower picker. He was stopped by Li Waner, but he found that Weng Meixin, who could not stop him, had also arrived in the wing. , yelled and ran out.
