The breakfast brought back to Zhao Yutu quickly entered the stomachs of Liu Heng and Zhao Wu.
After eating and drinking, Liu Heng made himself a cup of tea, while Zhao Wu took the teapot and chopsticks that contained the food and went outside to clean them.
"My lord, Director Yang is here."
The guard outside the door came in to report.
"Let him come in!" Liu Heng blew on the hot air in the tea vat.
Yang Yuan walked in from outside the house, stepped forward and saluted, and said: "I see you, my lord."
"Have you had breakfast? If not, I'll ask Zhao Wu to get some for you." Liu Heng picked up the teapot and took a sip of the tea inside.
Yang Yuandao: "My subordinates have already eaten."
"Stop standing, sit down!" Liu Hengxu pressed his hand, motioning for him to sit down, and asked at the same time, "Did the Foreign Intelligence Agency send you any news?"
Yang Yuan, who had just sat down, stood up again and said: "I just received news from Liaodong that Huang Taiji, the slave traitor and puppet Khan, is mobilizing troops, horses and food. It seems that he intends to use troops against the Ming army in Liaodong."
"This is to avenge his father!" Liu Heng smiled.
Although he said this, he knew in his heart that Huang Taiji did this most likely to reunite the slave thieves who were engaged in internal fighting, and then use the hands of the Ming army to eliminate those slave thieves who were unwilling to obey him. People from the Huangtai Jihan position.
Yang Yuan said with hesitation: "The old slave was defeated and his life was at stake. The morale of the Ming army was at its peak. I felt that if Huang Taiji attacked Ningyuan at this time, it would be difficult to win. .”
The news came back through the Foreign Intelligence Agency's spy in Liaodong, but he was not optimistic about Huang Taiji's military operation this time.
"Maybe Huang Taiji has no intention of winning this battle." Liu Heng said.
Yang Yuan frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then said: "Master, do you mean that Huang Taiji just wants to lose the battle?"
"It's not necessarily that I have the idea of losing the battle, but I definitely want to weaken the strength of the slave thieves. Don't forget that after the death of the old slave, the slave thieves were in chaos for a long time. Although Huang Taiji succeeded the old slave, Although he holds the position of slave, there is no shortage of people who dissatisfy him." Liu Heng said.
After hearing this, Yang Yuan nodded and said in agreement: "The slaves are indeed unstable internally. Daishan, who was most likely to inherit the throne, lost the opportunity to inherit the throne because of the palace affairs. He must be unwilling to accept it. If Lao If the slave lives a few more years and allows the old slave's three most favored sons to grow up, the competition among the slave thieves for the throne will probably become more intense."
Huang Taiji, who succeeded the Khan, was not Lao Nu's favorite son. What Lao Nu really liked were the three children born to Concubine Abahai.
Before the death of the old slave, Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner, the most powerful, transferred a lot of Niulu to Abahai's sons Azig and Duduo. Among them, Dorgon got the most Niulu.
Within the slave bandits, anyone with a discerning eye can see that one of the three brothers is most likely to take the throne in the city in the future.
It is a pity that when the old slave died, his three favorite sons were all too young. The oldest of them, Azig, was only in his twenties, and his qualifications were far from comparable to that of Huang Taiji in his prime.
Even so, in order to prevent the three brothers from uniting against him, Huang Taiji, together with several other big Baylors, forced Abahai to bury the old slave.
"Regarding Huang Taiji, the Foreign Intelligence Agency needs to collect more information about him. This person can seize the throne from several big beile. He is definitely not an easy person to get along with." Liu Heng said to Yang Yuan.
Yang Yuan nodded seriously and said: "This person is indeed difficult to deal with. According to the news from Liaodong's secret spies, this person has been easing the conflicts with the Han people and reused many Han officials who were previously unsuccessful. Even the number of Han people fleeing to the Kuandian area has decreased."
"The old slave is always worried that the Han people under his rule will harm him and overthrow everything he owns in Liaodong, so he has been suppressing the Han people. But this Huang Taiji is very different. This man is very ambitious, and he is not like the old slave. He crushed the Han people, but instead used the strength of the Han people for his own use to help him stabilize his position. Once his position is stabilized, he will either attack North Korea or Chahar and Khalkha." Liu Heng said .
Yang Yuan frowned and said: "It's okay if he attacks North Korea, but if he attacks the Chahar tribe, once Hutuktu Khan cannot resist it, he will most likely flee westward. At that time, our tiger-character flag We must directly confront the Chahar Ministry.”
"That's why Huang Taiji is said to have great ambitions." Liu Heng blew the hot air from the tea vat and continued, "It is basically impossible for slave thieves to enter through Shanhaiguan. They can only think of other ways. On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia There are so many borders to liberate, and as long as the slave thieves take Mongolia, they will have the opportunity to enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty at any place they pick."
After hearing this, Yang Yuan said: "If Huang Taiji really plans to take a detour from the grassland into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, he may directly confront our Tiger Flag. After all, our Tiger Flag is stuck in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty and borders the grassland."
"Well, you are right. Once the slave thieves take action against the Chahar tribe, it will be the tiger character flag's turn to encounter the slave thieves." Liu Heng said in agreement.
Although the slave thieves can enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty through Jizhou Town, the Tiger Character Banner cannot give up the grassland to the slave thieves. Although the area around Baicheng is poor, the Horqin tribe is rich, especially the fertile area leading to Liaodong. How could Liu Heng not miss this oily black land?
Yang Yuan said: "I really look forward to the day when I can meet the slave thieves. I also want to see whether our tiger-character flag army is more powerful or the slave thieves' army."
"Don't worry, that day won't be too far away." Liu Heng said with a smile.
As long as Huang Taiji's ambitions remain unabated, it will be a matter of time before the Tiger Flag and the slave thieves confront each other. Before that, he had already begun to make arrangements to suppress the slave thieves in Liaodong.
"How long until we get there?"
On the sea, several large ships that were obviously easy for Ming ships were sailing on the sea.
On the side of the ship, Zheng Tie held a monocular in his hand and looked at the horizon in the distance.
"We will arrive at Pi Island tomorrow at the latest." Duan Ping said, standing aside.
He has taken the route to Phi Island a lot in the past and is very familiar with the sea area where the fleet is located.
"In the past, the big wood for our shipbuilding was sent out through Pi Island. This time we came to visit the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town." Zheng Tie said while looking at the sea in the distance.
Duan Ping on the side smiled and said: "I'm afraid that General Mao won't like our sudden visit this time."
"Haha, it doesn't matter whether he likes it or not. What's important is that I like it." Zheng Tie laughed and put away the monocular telescope in his hand.
