Damn, the Japanese will have a big sweep!

Jianlu will definitely slowly notice the changes in Dongjiang. Jianlu will definitely pay great attention to such a Dongjiang army that can consume a scale of thousands of people. The counterattack triggered will not be different from the Japanese raids in later generations.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately chatted with Wei Mulan in private and said, "Transfer the order to Governor Lu, and change the place with one shot. Oh, after the battle, transfer immediately and move farther away. If necessary, go back to Pi Island. Jianlu suffered a loss and would definitely not give up!"

"Okay." Wei Mulan agreed and immediately said to Lu Xiangsheng beside her: "Your Majesty has an order..."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was a little stunned, then looked at the bags of food carried by soldiers not far behind him, and remained silent for a moment.

The situation in Dongjiang is actually not good. It’s a shame that it’s on the island. Every time the tide is low, I can always pick up some food, but it can’t stand the crowds. The poor people starve to death every day on Pi Island. Even if he brought some supplies from Denglai this time when he came to Dongjiang this time, it would be useless.

When Mao Wenlong was in power, he thought about the law to ask for food and supplies from the court. He did business with merchants in Jiangnan, and coerced North Korea to provide food. At the same time, he also went to Jianlu to fight Qiufeng. With so many methods, the military and civilians in Dongjiang could survive.

This time, the soldiers must be full. Lu Xiangsheng mobilized the war preparations on Pi Island to be considered as soldiers. The reason why he only brought two thousand war soldiers was not to take them or because of the food problem, he could only bring two thousand war soldiers out.

Now an ambush has captured a large amount of food. It can be said that this time the troops were making a lot of money. Therefore, his plan was to transport the food back to Pi Island, and then find an opportunity to fight him for a few battles and seize some food.

"Master Zhongcheng, how can you reply to Your Majesty?" Wei Mulan asked after seeing Lu Xiangsheng silent.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at her, and was still silent for a while before saying, "You have also seen the predicament of Dongjiang. What I mean is to act carefully. I will remember His Majesty's sixteen-character mantra. If there is anything wrong, I will withdraw back to Pidao immediately."

After hearing this, Wei Mulan knew in her heart that Lu Xiangsheng was forced. In her opinion, the battle today was very easy and there should be no big problem. So she didn't say much and replied to Emperor Chongzhen as Lu Xiangsheng said.

After reading the reply, Emperor Chongzhen felt helpless. The capital also had no food, so he still needed to transport grain from Jiangnan, so he could not save Dongjiang. As the governor of Denglai, Lu Xiangsheng had much more authority than Mao Wenlong before, and could mobilize more resources. He was also an expert in war. Even if Jianlu really took action, the Korean Yi soldiers would definitely inform him. As long as you are careful, nothing should be done.

Thinking of this, he contacted Liu Wang again and briefly explained the situation on the Korean Peninsula, asking him to convey it to Sun Ge Lao.

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong sighed. Although Guanning is not short of food like Dongjiang, Guanning is required to support the Korean War on a large scale, not to mention whether the army can fight, even food, weapons, gunpowder, chariots, etc. are not prepared enough.

When I was in the capital, the construction of the city was not approved. Therefore, the materials were not allocated, so it could only be carried out on small-scale battlefield reconnaissance.

This task was naturally assigned to Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Jinzhou. However, he was too young. Although there were family elders who could give him some advice, the young man was successful and he was awarded a high position at once, which made Sun Chengzong not very relieved. Even this time when he selected military soldiers to the capital to participate in the new army selection, Sun Chengzong was a little worried about whether Wu Sangui would covet the title.

If Wu Sangui was truly awarded the title because of this, at such a young age, if he was not a real achievement of credit, he would definitely attract the jealousy of the generals. Once the war starts, with Sun Chengzong's experience, he is afraid that someone will stumbling over Wu Sangui, and before he can face the enemy, he will be in chaos.

After thinking about it, Sun Chengzong remembered that Zu Dashou seemed to be going back to the capital in the past few days. He decided to send someone to wake him up and ask him to remind Wu Sangui. In addition, Wu Sangui also sent elite troops to the Jianlu occupied area to do activities.

As for the grassland, it seems that it was the reason why Wu Sangui destroyed two tribes last time. The other tribes that were enemies with the Ming Dynasty moved eastward, or several tribes were combined, which was not so easy to fight. Sun Chengzong did not think about sending troops to the grassland.

While he was worried about these things, the deputy general Cao Wenzhao did not sit in the main seat in the lobby of Guanning Cao Mansion, but stood, holding a bowl of wine, scanning the forty-six soldiers in the hall, watching them holding bowls and looking at him, and said with a serious look: "This time you go to the capital, you must be selected. I hope you can help transform the dragon for the sake of the past."

If a new army is selected, the imperial court's decree will explain that not only the military origins belong to the Beijing camp, but the immediate relatives of the soldiers can also go to the capital with them, and there must be no concealment or constraints. In this way, once a soldier is selected into the new army, theoretically speaking, no matter where he was an army or whether he was a servant, there was no more restriction. It is precisely because of this that Cao Wenzhao was not in a tone of order to speak to those who were selected from his servants to the capital.

"Don't worry, Master, the young master is our God!" Someone answered first, and others answered. No one had any problems with his head and would refuse at this time.

Cao Wenzhao nodded when he heard this and reminded again: "Bian Jiao is very ambitious and must make a name for himself in the new army with his own abilities. He must know that he will definitely not let this general entrust you to you. Therefore, don't let Bian Jiao know about what happened today!"

"Don't worry, Master, the villain is awake!" The servants responded in unison this time.

Cao Wenzhao didn't say anything more, but just raised the bowl in his hand and said, "In this way, I wish you all a bright future! Do it!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to drink it all, and then lit the bottom of the bowl.

For these ordinary soldiers, this new army selection does have the fact that fish leaps over the dragon gate. The decree says that as long as you can enter the new army, the lives of the family will be guaranteed, and you can get rid of your status as a slave, and you will become a direct relative of the emperor from then on. If you work harder and have better luck, you may be able to make military achievements and be promoted to an officer.

They were also very grateful for Cao Wenzhao's request to the capital for the selection. At least at this time, they mostly answered Cao Wenzhao's requests sincerely.

Two days later, Cao Bianjiao, who was unaware of the situation, said goodbye to his uncle with fighting spirit, and headed towards the capital with more than 800 people selected from the Guanning army, led by the governor Tongzhi Zu Dashou who returned to Beijing.

On January 27, the third year of Chongzhen, the day before the capital began to select the new army for a month, the angels who came from the court read out the imperial edict and went down to rest in the three-sided Governor's Office in Guyuan, Shaanxi.
Chapter completed!