Chapter 682
Even though there are only more than 200 new believers from Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, Xu Ruhong still feels that the possibility of his success in the uprising can be increased by at least 50%. Although there were millions of believers in the past, the Sinxiang Sect also stocked up a large number of weapons, armor, food, weapons, and military uniforms, but there was no real core combat backbone.
Now that this thousand famous believers of the old Ming army officers and soldiers were added, Xu Ruhong felt that he could build a 100,000 field army that swept the world in a very short time: "Wait for a few more months, and then Shandong will be our world!"
The focus of Longkou is now on Liaodong, and the court also attaches great importance to Liu Peng's military achievements and killing level in Liaodong. In this case, how could Liu Peng stay in Denglai for a long time? He must have returned to Liaonan to fight to the death with Jiannu. It is also because of this that Nurhaci was so generous and provided a thousand Ming army prisoners to the Winter Sect in one breath.
They were counting on the Scent of the Incense Sect to help the Great Jin Kingdom to divert the pressure, and the Scent of the Incense Sect also looked forward to the Jurchen army's attack in Jinzhou to help the Scent of the Incense Sect transfer the pressure brought by Liu Peng. Anyway, the Scent of the Incense Sect should avoid the limelight. When Liu Peng and Changfeng Camp return to Liaodong, Shandong will still be the world of the Scent of the Incense Sect.
But what disappointed Xu Hongru and the Wenxiang Sect was that Liu Peng had returned to Longkou for more than a month. During this month, he could be said to be eating, drinking and having fun. Ma Fangnanshan met at least several hundred people and did not know how many things he had done, but he still showed no sign of returning to Lushunbao.
Although Tao Langxian, the governor of Denglai, cannot be said to have been completely undermined by Liu Peng, at least half of it was undermined by Liu Peng and Denglai officials. Moreover, it was not only Liu Peng who undermined Tao Langxian, but also the governor of Shandong, the Censor of Shandong, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works, directly skipped Tao Langxian and dealt with Liu Peng directly.
As for the reason, it is naturally very simple. Governor Denglai's responsibility is to mobilize troops to defend the enemy and be in charge of all military, horses, food and money affairs. However, now everyone finds that all these matters do not need to go through Tao Langxian at all, but can communicate directly with Longkou or even Liu Peng himself. Why bother to cause trouble and make more changes and then be peeled by Tao Langxian?
Therefore, although Tao Langxian has the right to mobilize troops, there are very few money, grain and resources available. Moreover, Shen Yourong directly occupied the marine island of Liaodong in the name of the fact that the general was unacceptable to the orders of the outside king, and established the first Liaodong territory for Dengzhou Town.
Ocean Island is a large island in Liaodong, so it is naturally a great thing to take it down. However, Tao Langxian only realized that this happened after the official documents sent by the Shandong Censor. Moreover, he still didn't know that Shen Yourong, the general of Dengzhou, sent 500 troops to support Lushun Fort.
As for other big and small matters, Liu Peng has done a lot of real work. Haiyou League, which swept Yelou, is now Denglai's second power center, and he can hear a few cheers at the door every day.
As for the military affairs in Liaodong, there were no twists and turns. Now Liu Aita from Haizhou has become the key target of Longkou Army's attack behind enemy lines. The Longkou Army even established a small-scale navy on the Liaohe River to dispatch troops.
Although Abatai in Gaizhou and Huang Taiji in Fuzhou dispatched troops several times to search and suppress the Longkou army and Yi soldiers, and even once severely defeated the Longkou army, the Longkou army was able to continuously absorb human resources in the four guards in southern Liaoning, and the situation will not undergo earth-shaking changes in the short term.
However, Xu Hongru felt that he was going crazy. He was waiting for Liu Peng and Changfengying to cross the Lushun Fort in the north. At that time, the Scent of Incense Sect could reopen the activities in the three east prefectures. However, Liu Peng stayed in Denglai for more than a month, and even asked the court to agree to him to open a Jinzhou town. It is said that the Longkou Army in southern Liaoning will be officially renamed the "Haibei Army", but Liu Peng showed no sign of moving his nest.
Everything that should be done is done, and Liu Peng should go back to Lushunbao!
But at this time, Xu Hongru and Puxiang Zhenren received earth-shaking news: "Liu Peng is going to return to Lushun Fort after the New Year?"
"That's right! Everyone says that, Liu Peng is the magistrate of Dengzhou Prefecture, how can he spend a good New Year in Longkou and then return to Lushunbao!"
Xu Hongru doesn’t know how to evaluate Liu Peng now, nor does he know how to evaluate this matter.
"The news from Dengzhou is that Liu Peng will not be able to return to Lushun Fort after the New Year, and you can't miss such an opportunity again!"
Zheng Guantao's tone changed: "If we miss such an opportunity again, we will regret it for the rest of our lives. Besides, every day we delay, the strength of Lushunbao will increase by one point, and we can't delay it any longer."
What he said is the fact that the core of combat power of Lushun Fort and Nanshan defense line is the two old camps of Changyi Camp and Xingchen Camp. Even the Jurchen Camp thinks that the combat power of these two camps is absolutely not weak, and they can even win and lose with the Jurchen soldiers in the field. As for the other newly recruited garrison brigades, they are not enough to attack and defend. They are all new recruits recruited by the Longkou Army after entering Jinzhou, and their combat power is at most slightly stronger than the new Han soldiers.
But the problem is that the Longkou Army's ability to train troops is not first-class, but there are some means. As time goes by, these garrison brigades are no longer combat units that cannot stand the battle, and gradually become confident. They even dare to fight and even join white soldiers when they meet Jurchen soldiers.
It is precisely because of this continuous progress that Zheng Guantao feels that he has missed the opportunity before, and now he cannot miss it again. He must break through the Nanshan defense line as soon as possible. If he drags on it, the defenders on the Nanshan defense line will become longer and longer.
But He Heli scolded Zheng Guantao without hesitation: "What's the hurry? Didn't you hear the news from Dengzhou? Let's talk about it after the Chinese New Year, that's right, Liu Peng is going to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Dengzhou!"
Speaking of this, He Heli's eyes lit up, and he said meaningfully: "I have seen too many young people like this."
Although He Heli has been excluded from the core leadership of the Jurchens and has even been thrown into Jinzhou City by Huang Taiji to take over the three Niulu, he is still Nurhaci's son-in-law, still the five founding ministers of the Great Jin Kingdom, and still the Gushan Ezhen of Zhengbai Banner. His decision is in Zhengbai Banner, except Huang Taiji, no one dares to question him.
But He Heli quickly laughed, and he repeated: "Celebrating the New Year, New Year, New Year... we will celebrate the New Year in Dengzhou."
Liu Peng is living a very fulfilling life every day now. In fact, he can’t live a fulfilling life even if he wants to live a fulfilling life. Not to mention countless government affairs, even a bunch of women in his family can give him a lot of happiness, not to mention that he already has two daughters in his name.
"Master, please step up the issue of Wuyunna's name, you must have a name!"
The person who spoke was the Korchin Concubine Zhezhe of the past, but now everyone calls her Zhe Wan'er: "This matter cannot be delayed for too long!"
Zhe Wan'er was indeed a little anxious about this matter, and the Ula Fujin behind her was even more anxious. She followed and said, "Please make a decision early!"
For these two women, they have no other choice than to rely on Liu Peng, but for Liu Peng, these two women are indeed quite amazing.
Since Zhe Wan'er came to Dengzhou, envoys from the Korqin tribe have often traveled to and from Dengzhou Road. They came not only the Nengkorqin tribe, but also the Arukorqin who had no actual blood relationship with Zhe Wan'er.
Although it is purely a matter of throwing a stone to ask for directions, except for asking about Zhe Wan'er's current life, she only comes with her eyes and dares not say anything or even asks any questions, but this means that the Mongolians have noticed the rise of Liu Peng and Longkou.
In the early Ming and Qing Dynasties, except for some of the Nengkorqin directly incorporated into the Eight Banners Mongolia, most of them belonged to the outer vassal Mongolia. There were about seven tribes and more than 20,000 Hudingkou, which was considered a super tribe among the Mongols.
The Qing rulers generally required Nenjiang Korqin to provide 5,000 armored soldiers to fight together during the war. If they fought on the local level, Nenjiang Korqin could mobilize more armored soldiers. Therefore, although the envoys of Nenjiang Korqin only brought their eyes, Liu Peng still attached great importance to them and hoped to borrow the power of these Mongolians at that time.
However, the Ula tribe did not send envoys here, but Liu Peng was not in a hurry. After all, the Ula tribe is a Jurchen tribe. If he took the huge risk to send envoys to Dengzhou just for a woman, how could the Jurchens have the chance to sweep the world? If this idle chess is now over, as long as he wins a few more battles in Liaonan, he will gain sooner or later.
Therefore, Liu Peng is good at flowing with Zhe Wan'er's request: "I think about it carefully, and I will definitely think of a name!"
Ula Fujin immediately knelt down to Liu Peng: "I'm asking the master for my Chinese name! But there is no hurry. Please think of the best one. At that time, I will do my best to repay the master."
This sentence contains her true words, but also the idea of her thinking about herself for the long term.
Since she came to Dengzhou, she has fallen in love with life here. Unlike the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, even though her power was far inferior to her when she was in the Great Jin Dynasty, she still felt that her quality of life had improved by more than one level, and her life was so exquisite that she could not imagine in the past.
Although she was the official concubine of Huang Taiji and was born into a Ula noble, she was not comfortable in reality except for being extravagant on the surface. Now she is so comfortable than that at that time. She felt that she could not adapt to the bitter and cold years when she returned to the Great Jin Kingdom.
Moreover, although she was Huang Taiji's concubine in the past, neither Nurhaci nor Huang Taiji valued her much. Her only hope was Haoge.
In the Jurchens, the mother is always a noble man, and the daughter of a woman is always a tool for political transactions. Nurhaci and Huang Taiji's daughters were arranged one after another, and even became trading items of political marriages. In her dream, she actually had the possibility of a noble man by a woman.
Chapter completed!