Chapter 1081 Undercurrents under the shock

Thousands of cavalry were ambushed in Pyongyang and almost wiped out the entire army. This news could not be concealed. It quickly spread to Liaoning and the capital, and then quickly spread to various places with the capital as the center.

Liaoning was shaken, the capital was shaken, and the world was shaken. Five thousand cavalry was still the most powerful Liaoning cavalry, but they were all lost. It is said that only the main general returned to the territory of the Ming Dynasty with less than 300 cavalry. After three days of confiscation, they were only five hundred cavalry.

After the cavalry and cavalry were defeated, they often gathered many defeated soldiers afterwards, but this time it was actually the result, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were annihilated.

The civil and military officials who originally despised the Japanese pirates became cautious. Such troops came to North Korea and were so close to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they could not be treated casually.

Emperor Wanli, who had appeared in the side hall of Fengtianmen every few days, began to attend court every day, and all institutions in the court and Beijing began to operate at high speed.

After so long, the information collected by Tianjin Wei port has been rich enough. At first, the news that the Japanese pirates had been transmitted to the capital through the sea merchant ship owners said that the Japanese pirates had nearly 100,000 troops. The capital thought it was absurd, but slowly, the number of people coming from the number was between 100,000 and 200,000, which was only more than this number, but not less. With the news from Liaodong, it is possible to make a judgment now that the Japanese pirates are at least 100,000 troops.

With such a scale, such a strong army appeared in North Korea, which is really a big concern. It can destroy more than 5,000 cavalry in western Liaoning during the ambush. Such combat effectiveness is not high.

Li Rubai, the general of Liaoxi who had actively asked for battle, was really in a state of wax at this time and could not advance or retreat. If such a failure occurs, it will inevitably exhaust the family's fortune. If you don't fight or show your attitude, you may be responsible for the crime.

After all, Li Chengliang was behind the scenes and was still appropriate to deal with it. When Zu Chengxun's battle report went to the capital, Li Rubai's memorial for apologizing for guilt was also delivered to the capital.

The Li family expressed their attitude and was willing to use all available troops in western Liaoning to go to Korea to fight to the death with the Japanese pirates, and asked the court to approve it.

Even Li Rusong, who was in Xuanfu, had to follow the above letter to ask for battle. Now he wanted to expand the scale of the war as much as possible and use his military achievements to cleanse his sins.

However, such a thing had happened, but the court did not dare to make a rude judgment, and the memorial of the Liaoning Governor Xu Guangguo was very clear.

Except for one place in Yunnan, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, the governors of other provinces had the title of admiral soldiers in their official titles, which means that the governor was also responsible for the military affairs of the territory under his jurisdiction.

Xu Guangguo naturally had to bear the responsibility for Zu Chengxun's defeat, but Xu Guangguo did not hide it. He really apologized for himself in the memorial. The court would not do anything to him in this matter. Xu Guangguo knew very well. In a sense, he, the governor of Liaoning, was not introduced by the court, but by the inner court. With this background, there was no need to worry too much.

In addition to requesting a war, Xu Guangguo's memorial was more important to explain the situation in North Korea. He asked the court to be cautious and to make good defense first and then seek the way to conquer.

The strategy proposed in this memorial is also in line with the rules, so the court naturally allowed Xu Guangguo to take charge of defense first, and then the court prepared for the follow-up.

The so-called traces of Japanese pirates in the Changbai Mountain area were quickly proved to be false. Sun Shoulian, the general of Liaoning, returned to the Yizhou area and arranged troops.

The Liaoning Governor Xu Guangguo began to mobilize troops, which was actually simple. He drew troops from Liaodong and western Liaoning to supplement them to various fortresses on the Yalu River and the Daming border in southern Liaoning to make good defense.

Xu Guangguo was actually not very nervous, because after Zu Chengxun's cavalry was defeated, the small territory on the Korean side of the Yalu River was still in the hands of North Korea, and there was no change or any emergency. This shows that the Japanese pirates' troops did not mean to advance westward for the time being, and the situation was not so urgent.

Malin drew a total of 8,000 cavalry and infantry, and a deputy general led the troops. However, more than 16,000 came in western Liaoning. In addition, General Li Rubai personally led the team. The elite backbones of the Li family almost came out in full swing. This also shows an attitude and is ready. If there is a chance to enter North Korea to fight, then the Li family must use the strongest strength to obtain merits and wash away the previous mischiefs.

In Shenyang, the Liaoning Governor Xu Guangguo was also preparing to go to the Phoenix City, Dingliao Right Guard, and commanded nearby. The governors elsewhere had a model of governors of 2,000 to 3,000, and were led by a guerrilla. However, Xu Guangguo only had a guard of more than 500 people, and the tuning was just an empty arsenal.

But Xu Guangguo really wants to mobilize, and he can summon thousands or even tens of thousands of elite forces, because the merchant gangs around Liaoning, the guards and civil gangs of the reclamation farms can be used.

Because it was wartime, from Liaoning to the capital, from Yizhou to Shenyang, there were fast-moving postal routes for express delivery of letters, so that the message could be delivered smoothly and in a timely manner.

After Xu Guangguo added comments, he sent the reason for Zu Chengxun's defeat to the capital, he sent it to the capital. However, the comments were not sent to the palace with the memorial, but were handed over to Lu Wancai, the head of Shuntian Prefecture.

There is a war coming soon and a great enemy is in Korea. The capital is already filled with a tense atmosphere, but as the Chief of Shuntian Prefecture, Lu Wancai is not very busy.

To outsiders, Lu Fucheng seemed to be a little more leisurely than usual. He was very comfortable to meet and have a banquet every day. This made people quite confused. Wang Tong's roles, not to mention anything else, are not people who like to have fun and relaxed. This is the consensus of everyone. Lu Wancai is a bit abnormal now.

Since the 17th year of Wanli, there have been more than ten Jinshis from Tianjin Wei, not to mention Juren, the local area is rich, and willing to spend money on studying, which is always effective.

Some of these people went to local governments to become officials, while others stayed in Beijing as censors and clear streams. Most of the juren also had real positions in Beijing and Tianjin. Wherever they came from, they tended to be inclined to their positions. Su Songchang, a scholar and civil servant in Hangzhou and Jiahu, waving flags and exemptions for their own families all day long. On the one hand, they should reduce and exempt commercial taxes and encourage land mergers. However, those born in Tianjin Wei naturally tended to be the interests of emerging commercial groups such as Tianjin Wei. They insisted on levying commercial taxes, because if commercial taxes were reduced and exempted, Tianjin Wei and Songjiang Prefecture would not be reduced and exempted. Instead, industrial and commercial workers in other places would compete with commercial groups at the port at a lower cost. However, they supported land mergers because the more land mergers were, the more farmers were unemployed and landless, and the port commercial groups could have more labor, and the pioneering and reclamation everywhere could recruit more people.

The argument held by this scholar is now a scene in the court. Moreover, scholars from Songjiang Prefecture in the south and scholars from Shanxi gradually merged with Tianjin Wei.

Their arguments and similarities and differences in the remarks of the scholars in Jiangnan made many bystanders understand some things. It turned out that the political struggle in the court was for one kind of benefit.

In general, this group of civil servants who tend to be a group of ports and colonial business groups, Lu Wancai used it. In a sense, Lu Wancai is also one of the highest official positions in this group, and is closely related to the brain of Wang Tong, the business group, so he naturally has this qualification.

If the people who Lu Wancai met during this period were carefully examined, they would show that they had more or less related to the port merchant group. Even if some people were not from there, they had already had generous benefits in those places, so their relationship would naturally be close.

It is normal for officials to form cliques in the capital. However, Lu Wan is considered the direct descendant of the emperor. Doing so can be said to be a soliciting people's hearts for the emperor, and no one can pick them up.

Seeing the Mid-Autumn Festival, although the atmosphere in the capital was tense, the festive atmosphere became strong. Cai Nan, the military supervisor in charge of Tianjin's Macao and the Imperial Guards, had to go to Beijing as usual. To put it bluntly, hello to all places, and sometimes he had to contact the nobles' homes to inform them of their situation in Tianjin's Macao industry.

This year, North Korea has a large army of Japanese pirates, and Tianjin Wei is also a major coastal defense area. Cai Nan has another task to enter Beijing, and he wants to inform the capital of how Tianjin Wei’s defense is prepared.

The tolerances are naturally done during the day, and the time at night is relatively free. As before, it is usually served by Li Wenyuan or Lu Wancai. This time it is Lu Wancai.

In the house of Shuntian Mansion, the servants got the order early, saying that their master and Eunuch Cai had some kind of talk, and all the idle people were avoided. Such things were not uncommon. After the food and food were purchased, the housekeeper went over and took a look, then dismissed all the irrelevant people, and moved a chair to guard the yard door.

"Eunuch Cai, Lord Xu has sent several letters to Lv. Lv thinks what he said is reasonable. Please read it."

There were candles lit in the house, and there were lanterns in each place, which looked quite bright. Cai Nan took the letter and unfolded it there. It was already finished reading it soon. Cai Nan picked up the wine cup but did not drink, playing and pondering.

"Eunuch Cai, what Lord Xu said makes sense. Everyone's glory and wealth lies with the Duke. But now the Duke lives in a corner of Songjiang. Some things are indeed like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Although the emperor trusts him, he is always so far away from him. No matter how strong his affection is, he must be weak. If the Duke wants to be prosperous, he cannot relax his achievements!"

Cai Nan put down the letter, looked at Lu Wancai carefully for a few glances, nodded slowly, and Lu Wancai leaned closer and said:

"Eunuch Cai is in the army and is familiar with military affairs. I want to say that the words are more targeted. Do you think?"—

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