Ji Gang left, and Chen Kan didn't intend to stay on the grassland any longer.
Now that Ben Shiyari is brought back to the capital, Arutai will definitely go crazy. Next, the entire grassland will become a battlefield. Half of Chen Kan's purpose of going to Liaodong is to see the progress of Xu Su and Meng Ge Suhan. Half of it was to avoid the war.
With the more than a thousand people in his hands, he really couldn't withstand any major changes.
Azashili did not stay. As a veteran on the battlefield, he had already smelled the smell of war.
Chen Kan's departure was exactly what he wanted. Otherwise, if the war broke out, he would have to devote himself to protecting Chen Kan, which would not necessarily be a good thing for both parties.
This time, he planned to take the opportunity to expand his territory to the west of Saihan Mountain.
The grassland is very big, but for Duoyan Sanwei, the area of Daning is still too small.
The soldiers of the Ming army, who had replenished their energy vigorously, came back to life in the shortest time. They were the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty.
After the experience in the grassland, the remaining one thousand people will not be afraid even if they face an army of tens of thousands of people.
Looking at Cheng Feng who was wrapped up into a mummy, Chen Kan asked calmly: "Can you still leave?"
"The Marquis looks down on people too much. What's the difference between the injury the Tartars inflicted on the general and scratching his itch?"
Cheng Feng did not disappoint Chen Kan either. Although the wounds on his body were still bleeding, his voice was still full of energy.
After reading Cheng Feng, Chen Kan asked Zhou Shi, Fang Xu, Qiu Han, Cen Gu, and Qian Xinghu.
Traveling across the grassland for three thousand miles without losing any senior generals, Chen Kan's hurt heart finally felt a little comforted.
As for the brothers who died on the grassland, Chen Kan had no good solution.
I originally wanted to take their ashes back to the Central Plains, but... I can only say that God does not follow people's wishes.
Of the four thousand war horses when they entered the grassland, only a little over a thousand were left. Looking at the injured soldiers, Chen Kan said nothing more.
Zhu Di, who was under pressure from Ben Shiya, would definitely make up for what was lost on the grassland, and there would even be some leftover. He had always been very confident about his position in Zhu Di's heart.
"Brother, follow me to Liaodong again!"
Chen Kan's order was issued by several high-level generals to the ears of every soldier.
Although they didn't quite understand why they didn't go directly south back to the capital, but took a detour from Liaodong, Chen Kan's performance on the grassland had successfully gained everyone's approval, so no one questioned his opinion.
Chen Kan smiled, took a look at the map, and after confirming the route, he left the Tainingwei camp with a thousand remnant troops and a thousand prairie horses presented by a thousand Azashili.
Jianzhou is the destination of Chen Kan's trip.
It was at least three or four days' journey from Saihan Mountain to Jianzhou, so Chen Kan was not idle along the way.
Several groups of scouts were sent to the capital, Beijing, Jianzhou, and Saihan Mountain.
The purpose of sending people back to the capital was to inquire about the news. Chen Kan did not believe Ji Gang's words, but he did not believe them completely. He had to find out what happened in the capital and whether Chen Ying was really as powerful as he said in the court.
He also had to find out exactly what Fang Xiaoru was planning, so that he could choose to help or stay out of the matter at the critical moment.
Don’t just dive in and find out it’s just a farce, that would be a lot of fun.
The purpose of going to Beijing was much simpler. It was purely to see if the North Korean prince was still staying in Beijing, or if he had gone to the capital, or if he had managed to return to North Korea.
But now more than half a year has passed, North Korea should have fallen entirely, right?
Today's North Korea is not the Goguryeo of ancient times. Most of the people on the peninsula were killed by the Mongols thirty years ago. After the Ming Dynasty drove away the Tatars, although the Mongols withdrew from North Korea, the population on the peninsula remained the same. Wither.
The Jurchens have always had a strong fighting capacity, and there is no reason why North Korea cannot defend its borders against the Haixi Jurchen offensive.
Chen Kan did not believe that North Korea had made no other preparations except asking for help from the Ming Dynasty. The relationship between North Korea and the Japanese country was so good, it should not be difficult to find a few ships to escape to the Japanese country.
I don’t know if Zheng He can completely cut off all ships sailing from Japan to Ming Dynasty?
There are also Sumatra and Manchuria in the south. They should be fighting to the death for control of the Strait of Malacca right now, right?
After all, the taxes paid by the Ming Dynasty's fleets were a huge fortune for these two South Asian powers.
After reviewing his plan repeatedly, Chen Kan felt relieved.
As long as everything goes according to plan, the possibility of accidents is almost negligible.
In the past three days, Chen Kan had been meditating on his plan.
No one bothered him.
After confirming that everything was in chaos, Chen Kan came back to his senses.
When he came back to his senses, Chen Kan found that they had walked out of the territory of Wuliang Hawei and were about to approach the territory of Jianzhou.
Cheng Feng saw that Chen Kan had woken up from his thinking state and took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the command of the team.
He is very familiar with Jianzhou. He spent the whole winter in Jianzhou last year. He led fifty people to turn Jianzhou upside down, so coming to Jianzhou was barely considered a visit to him. 's home field.
After repeatedly telling Cheng Feng not to do things like killing first and reporting later on the grassland, Chen Kan handed over the command to him.
Anyway, Chen Kan felt that it was good to have someone to share some things for him, and he was happy to be free.
All the way into Jianzhou, Chen Kan didn't care about any trivial matters in the team.
Cheng Feng chose a small road this time, which could perfectly avoid Jianzhou City. Being able to avoid Jianzhou City meant that everyone would not appear in Meng Brother Timur's sight.
After spending several days wandering around the Jianzhou area like a headless fly, Chen Kan got nothing.
Except for the city, the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou are very depressed. Occasionally, one or two Jurchens with money rat tails can be seen, and they also look like they are in a hurry, as if they are afraid of something.
The purpose of Chen Kan's coming to Jianzhou was to understand the situation in Liaodong.
Just when Chen Kan was confused, Fang Xu gave Chen Kan an idea, which was to break up the team into parts, disperse the team throughout Liaodong, and find a way to get in touch with Meng Ge Suhan and Xu Su.
Chen Kan took Fang Xu's suggestion and transformed into a caravan with two hundred people, walking slowly towards the Liao River.
The scouts sent by Chen Kan previously have made contact with Xu Su, and tonight he will come to the edge of the Liao River to meet Chen Kan.
Night came soon, and the Liao River still belonged to Jianzhou, so when Chen Kan saw Xu Su with the money rat tail, he almost didn't recognize him.
Xu Su's identity today is that of a caravan manager traveling between North Korea and Jianzhou. Liaodong is very chaotic these days, but no matter how chaotic it is, no one attacks the caravan, because everyone knows very well that all the supplies they need are Need to be provided by merchants.
After all, Liaodong is not the Ming Dynasty that is rich in products.
Ming Dynasty discriminated against merchants because Ming Dynasty was basically able to achieve self-sufficiency, so merchants were reduced to the status of untouchables.
But Liaodong is different. Businessmen in Liaodong have a high status.
This is why Chen Kan dressed up as a caravan.
There were only a dozen people in Xu Su's caravan, but Chen Kan could see the fierceness in them at a glance, which was the unique aura of the elite in the battle formation.
Xu Su approached Chen Kan and whispered: "Master Hou, Mongolian Suhan is worried about the safety of Xianguan. These people are sent to protect Xianguan and can be trusted."
Chen Kan nodded and got into the carriage first. Fang Xu was naturally there to entertain the people Xu Su brought.
Xu Su took a look at Liao Shui, which looked sparkling in the moonlight, and quickly got into the carriage.
"Your Majesty, Xu Su, pays homage to the Marquis!"
After getting on the carriage, Xu Su was no longer the most important counselor around Mongolian Suhan, but an official of the Ming Dynasty's official seal.
Chen Kan frowned and looked at the braid on the back of Xu Su's head. He didn't like it.
However, considering Xu Su's current state, Chen Kan couldn't care too much about it, so he could only say in a low voice: "Forgive me, time is running out. I am here to understand the situation in Liaodong this time. Please come quickly."
Xu Su stood up and walked to a corner of the carriage to sit down. Then he sighed and said: "Master Marquis, the plan has changed. The Haixi Jurchens were stopped by the Koreans. The East China Sea Jurchens are going to confront the Jianzhou Jurchens, and there is no spare power to attack the peninsula. So The situation on the peninsula is very complicated now."
Chen Kan pursed his lips and asked, "But didn't the Haixi Jurchens occupy most of North Korea half a year ago?"
"The Koreans didn't know where to find a Japanese pirate force. This Japanese pirate force is very powerful and has a large number of people, about ten thousand people. The Haixi Jurchens can only stick to the captured Korean territory and want to continue to move south. , then there is no way to support it.”
After Xu Su finished speaking, Chen Kan understood.
"Japanese pirates?"
Chen Kan did not expect that North Korea would ask for help from Japan when it could not find reinforcements in the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Su nodded and continued: "The official suspects that the Japanese shogunate is likely to be behind the Japanese pirate army. Otherwise, there would be no such strong combat effectiveness."
Chen Kan nodded slightly, agreeing with his words.
But this is not what he has to worry about now. What he urgently wants to know now is when the remaining Jurchens will be able to invade the Korean Peninsula.
If the Jurchens could not even conquer the Korean Peninsula, it would be even more impossible to attack Japan.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan asked: "Isn't Meng Ge Suhan's current strength enough to unify Liaodong?"
Hearing this, Xu Su shook his head and frowned: "The strength is enough, but the official guessed that Meng Ge Suhan might have the intention of establishing a country in Liaodong. So the official has been hesitating whether to persuade him to send troops to conquer the country. Statehood.”
"Jianguo?"
Chen Kan was a little shocked, what happened?
It has only been more than a year, but has Meng Ge Suhan's ambition grown to this extent?
