Inside Ningyuan City.
There were soldiers guarding the city coming and going on the city wall. Red cannons were set up on the city wall, and the black muzzles were pointed in the direction outside the city.
"Is Futai inside?" Zu Dashou, the forward commander in chief, came outside the yard and asked the guard in front of the door.
One of the guards said: "Futai is handling official business inside."
After hearing this, Zu Dashou stepped inside.
"The general will see you at Futai." After entering the room, he bowed to the officials behind the desk.
The official behind the desk is Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao who took office last year.
He heard the sound at the door, raised his head and saw Zu Dashou coming, and asked with a smile: "Have you finished patrolling the camp?"
"The general came to see you Futai after inspecting the city wall." Zu Dashou replied with a smile on his face.
"It's right to patrol a few more times. Although the slave thieves are currently using troops against North Korea, no one can guarantee that they will not attack Ningyuan City." Yuan Chonghuan said.
Zu Dashou nodded and said, "The general will note it down."
"How did you handle the matter you were told? Is there anything you have heard from over there?" Yuan Chonghuan straightened up and picked up the tureen on the table.
Zu Dashou shook his head slightly and said: "Since the last time the other party sent a message, there has been no news. However, for such a big matter, the other party must have considered it several times before making a decision. I think it will take some time."
"If the other party sends news, please notify me as soon as possible. If peace talks can be made, you and I will be heroes of the Ming Dynasty." Yuan Chonghuan said to Zu Dashou.
He left the matter of private peace talks with the fake gold to Zu Dashou.
Zu Dashou nodded and immediately asked: "What should the imperial court do? We have been urged several times to use troops against the slaves and traitors to relieve the Korean state."
The imperial court could fish between the tiger-character flag and fake gold, but Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. As soon as the imperial court received news of Korea's request for help, it immediately gave an order to Yuan Chonghuan, ordering him to attack the slaves' lair and save Korea from the crisis. .
"Now is the critical moment for peace talks with Huang Taiji. If we send troops to him rashly, the peace talks will naturally fall through." Yuan Chonghuan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Keep stalling, as long as it lasts, it will be a day. North Korea Sooner or later, the country’s army of slaves and thieves will withdraw from Korea.”
Zu Dashou grinned and said: "How long will this drag on! If there is no movement here, there will definitely be many memorials to impeach you in the capital."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Yuan Chonghuan asked.
Zu Dashou hesitated for a moment and said: "The general feels that we should send troops. It doesn't need too many. A few thousand troops and horses are enough. This way, Huang Taiji will not be misunderstood and he will be able to explain to the court."
Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan fell into deep thought.
Zu Dashou did not rush, but stood aside and waited honestly.
After a while, I heard Yuan Chonghuan say: "We will discuss this matter later, let me think about it, but you need to urge Huang Taiji more, and send someone to tell him by the way, if he does not show an attitude of peace talks, I will The official will personally lead an army to attack his Shengjing."
"Don't worry Futai, I will arrange for someone to go to the slave thieves again when I return." Zu Dashou said.
Yuan Chonghuan nodded.
"There is one more thing." Zu Dashou said, "Huang Taiji requested peace talks and let our navy attack Pi Island."
Yuan Chonghuan frowned when he heard this and asked: "The one the Tiger Character Banner killed was Baylor, a slave thief. What does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty? Huang Taiji wants revenge, so he can go to the people of the Tiger Character Banner to take revenge."
There was an unhappy look on his face.
When Azig was attacking Pi Island, the news that he fell into the sea and died had already spread throughout the country. Even the capital knew about it. Ningyuan City was in Liaodong, so naturally he knew the news first.
It is no secret that the slave thieves do not have a navy, otherwise Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town would not have been able to exist behind the counterfeit gold for so many years.
Now that Pi Island has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Flag, and Dongjiang Town has completely disappeared as the slaves conquered Korea, how could he, as the governor of Jiliao, deal with the Tiger Flag for the sake of the slaves.
Both are enemies of Ming Dynasty, and he will not help either one.
"The general feels that letting the navy retake Pi Island will have no harm at all." Zu Dashou said tentatively, while looking cautiously at Yuan Chonghuan.
As long as Yuan Chonghuan's expression changes, he can change his attitude in time.
Yuan Chonghuan glanced at him and said, "Tell me how it can be beneficial without any harm."
"Pi Dao and Dongjiang Town have always been the Ming Dynasty's means of containing slave thieves. Now that Mao Wenlong's life and death are unknown, and Pi Dao has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Flag, Dongjiang Town is no longer useful and can no longer contain the slaves behind the counterfeit gold. The thief's energy, but it will be different if Pi Island is recaptured. By then, Pi Island will still be the place of the Ming Dynasty, and Dongjiang Town can continue to play its due role." Mao Wenlong said.
Yuan Chonghuan looked thoughtful.
At this time Zu Dashou continued: "And Huang Taiji has agreed that as long as we deal with the people on Pi Island or drive the people off the island, they don't want Pi Island and will still give it to Daming."
"Huang Taiji doesn't even have a navy, so why should he occupy Pi Island? Do you really think that what happened on Juehua Island can be done again by the Ming Dynasty?" Yuan Chonghuan snorted coldly.
Only the Ming Dynasty could capture Pi Island, because only the Ming Dynasty had the navy to deal with the defenders on Pi Island.
Zu Dashou said with a smile: "What Futai said is true. If we want to capture Pi Island, only our navy can do it. Moreover, the navy's capture of Pi Island is also a lesson to the tiger-character flag. Let the tiger Liu Heng of Ziqi understands that Liaodong is not Shanxi and it is not his turn to intervene."
"By speaking for Huang Taiji like this, is it possible that you have accepted his benefits?" Yuan Chonghuan asked, his face darkening.
After hearing this, Zu Dashou quickly shouted: "The general is dedicated to working for Futai and is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. How can he dare to accept the benefits of slave thieves? All these things the general said are for you to Futai and recapture Pi Island. Not only We can once again contain counterfeit gold, and we can make great contributions, killing two birds with one stone."
As he said this, cold sweat broke out on his back.
The slave thief did send him a lot of benefits, and promised him that as long as the Ming Dynasty navy recaptures Pi Island from the Tiger Flag, it will send him more benefits.
In his opinion, recapturing Pidao would be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty's situation in Liaodong, so he wanted to move Yuan Chonghuan to mobilize the Denglai Navy to deal with Pidao.
"Don't interfere with Pi Dao's affairs in the future. The imperial court has decided to leave Pi Dao to the tiger-character flag, and let the tiger-character flag and slave thieves bite dogs. The court will reap the benefits." Yuan Chonghuan said to Zu Dashou.
