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Chapter 434: Change of Wind Direction

Liu Bu also understood one thing, that is, he had been back for so long and prepared for so long, and it was time to strike the Jiannu on the opposite side. They had a unique advantage in dealing with Jiannu. If it were other places in the Ming Dynasty to deal with Jiannu, they would not escape the revenge of the other party.

Jiannu's iron cavalry is still quite awesome and powerful. In the decades when he rose to the northeast, he can be regarded as invincible. With the small Jianzhou as his land, he has captured the entire Liao Town, and the huge Ming Empire has been suppressed.

What's even more awesome is that they actually attacked the cavalry with their footsteps and defeated the Mongolian cavalry, which defeated the Mongolian Empire and surrendered one after another, which gave them the ability to rise and fight for the world.

When the Ming Empire faced the attack of the Manchu Iron Cavalry, it could only choose to avoid it. In the past, the city was very afraid of the other party's revenge. However, the three Eastern Palaces and others had an advantage that no one else had in dealing with Jiannu.

That is, they are separated by the Bohai Sea. They have powerful naval power and can order the naval troops to cross the sea to attack the enemy. The poor naval troops of Jiannu have long been destroyed by them and suffered heavy losses. They have the power to control the entire Bohai Sea coast.

There is no saying that the sea power is controlled in this era, but it can only be said that the sea borders of thousands of miles are allowed to gallop across the country. Although Jiannu is very awesome, they dare not go directly against the Ming army's navy, and they can only retreat.

Facing the army of the Denglai Navy Division of the Ming Dynasty, Jiannu and the others had no choice but to choose to evacuate all the far-sea outposts and garrisons and not fight with the Ming army at sea. No matter how awesome the Ming navy is, they cannot drive the warships to the shore, right? As a result, they have no advantage.

But this is just a way to shrink a head turtle. Is it impossible for you to deal with the turtle when it hides in the turtle shell?

Long before Liu Bu went north, they had already formulated a plan to crack down on Jiannu. This plan has now been put on the agenda and the troops have also begun to prepare.

Liu Bu has announced to the public that after his father got married, he would go north to attack Jiannu.

Moreover, at this time he formally resigned from Zhu Dadian, asking to resign from the position of General Fengyang. He would lead his troops back to Denglai and continue to serve as his former guerrilla general in Dengzhou.

It was an excuse for him to pull back a large number of troops from the Jianghuai area. Even the court knew that this was an excuse, but there was no way. Nowadays, the court controlled the generals and controlled him in terms of personnel. If you want to be promoted and made a fortune, you have to listen to me. Now, Liu Bu doesn’t want to be promoted or made a fortune. There is no way to get such a thorn.

If Liu Bu goes to another place, it will definitely not work, and the court will not allow it. However, when they resigned, they demanded the return of the Dengzhou Army, mainly to launch a strike against Jiannu on the opposite side of the Bohai Sea in September and take the initiative to attack Liaonan.

Their plan won great praise from the court. You must know that since the Battle of Guangning, the court has been afraid of Jiannu. When they heard the other party's fame, they were frightened and basically did not dare to provoke the other party on their own initiative. They could only passively defend and let the other party fight.

Now there is a Ming army that took the initiative to ask for going out to build a building, which made the lords in the court very happy and very happy. Therefore, they did not resist Liu Bu's request to resign from the General of Fengyang and become the guerrilla general of Dengzhou.

They have already had a clear definition of the Liu family army. This is a force that threatens the court. They must consume it against the Jiannu or the bandits. Since they took the initiative to choose to deal with the most powerful Jiannu, this is also in line with the imperial court's vision, which makes the court's public feel like they can guard the clouds and see the moon bright.

The Liu family army was so informed and tactful that they took the initiative to fight Jiannu, which saved them from talking. This was the best method. Everyone fell into a decent position and everyone was very happy about it.

The court did so many things, suspicion, suppression, isolation and other means of urging the Liu family, was nothing more than forcing the Liu family army to deal with Jiannu and dealing with bandits. If Liu Bu was willing to do it, they would definitely not use so many means to target him, and would also praise him greatly and send him there with gongs and gongs.

Because the entire court needed enough troops to deal with Jiannu, Jiannu had become his confidant enemy. For the court, Jiannu must be eliminated, and bandits also needed to be eliminated. Even a semi-warlord and family-made army like the Liu family army also needed to be eliminated.

The best way is to let them kill each other, and the court takes advantage of it. The court has always done this. They have always mobilized more soldiers and generals from the hands of major generals of the border army to let them all wipe out the bandits and eliminate Jiannu.

The ideal result was that the Jiannu was wiped out and the bandits were wiped out. These imperial officials were also consumed, and the court was very happy.

But it is a bit inappropriate to use this trick now, because these officers and soldiers are a little bit unyielding and are reluctant to work hard to eliminate bandits, because they also know that the court is using knives to kill people and using them.

If you don’t want to go, how can this be done? If you don’t want to go, can you raise a tiger to cause trouble? You can only try to drive a tiger to fight a wolf. It’s impossible for you to raise a tiger here to cause trouble, so he used all kinds of methods to force you to let you go.

Regarding Liu Bu's application to the court for returning to the Jiandenglai Army and fighting against Jiannu, the court basically agreed immediately without even thinking about it. They had done so many things just to force Liu Bu to go. Now that Liu Bu has gone, that's the best.

Seeing Liu Bu's request, the officials of the court were very happy and thought that this was the best news I heard recently. I believe that they were also influenced by the Kong family's righteousness because of their marriage with the Kong family, so they would serve the country so well-informed. If he had an alliance with the Kong family and was so willing to serve the country, continue to fight against Jiannu, and give him a generation of wealth, there would be no problem.

Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, who was originally worried because of the bandits' rebellion and ravaging the northwest, now he also looked full of spring breeze and walked with wind. He suggested to the emperor: "Since ancient times, the emperor has not been forced to starve soldiers. Since Liu Bu wants to fight Jiannu, it is naturally allowed. However, if he is directly exempted from his position as General Fengyang and let him go back to the Denglai Army to serve as a guerrilla general, this is a heart of a hero." Therefore, Wen Tiren suggested directly transferring Liu Bu from General Fengyang to General Liaonan to General Liaonan, so that he could be responsible for the strategic campaign operations in southern Liaonan.

This suggestion was immediately unanimously agreed by the civil and military ministers. You must know that they were also very taboo about the strength of the Liu family. Now that the Liu family can take the initiative to eliminate bandits, it is equivalent to self-destruction. This is a very good practice. As for Liu Bu as the General of Fengyang or the General of Liaonan, this does not affect it. Moreover, Liu Bu changed from General of Fengyang to General of Liaonan, which is more in line with the intention of the court, because Liu Bu is entrenched in Fengyang area and will definitely erode the interests of the court. If he is asked to go to Southern Liao, then let him do it.

Anyway, the entire Liaonan has fallen into the hands of Jiannu, and the court has no way to control this area. Isn’t Liu Bu very capable? He is so capable, so let him serve as the general of Liaonan. Whether you, the general of Liaonan, has territory depends on whether you have the ability to steal from Jiannu. How much territory can you grab from Jiannu, this belongs to you.

There was no position as the general of Liaonan in the Ming Dynasty. The southern Liaoning area was under the control of the general of Liaodong in the past. Li Chengliang, who was famous in the world, was the general of Liao Town. In his name, he basically managed all the territory outside the pass. He became the overlord outside the pass by relying on the position of Liao Town. However, with the suppression of him by the court and the rise of the Manchu forces, he caused him to retreat step by step. Of course, it was also related to his aging. After all, he was already an old man in his seventies or eighties. If Li Chengliang was not old, he would still be the hero who could ride a fierce war horse and crisscross the white mountains and black waters back then, he could suppress the Jiannu who he supported and suppress the other party to death.

But as people say: "Since ancient times, beauties and famous generals are not allowed to see white hair on earth. When they grow old, they are inevitably weak.

Liu Bu asked the court for an order, and the court agreed very happily. If he wanted to be the general of Liaonan in the past, it might be a bit difficult, but now it is not difficult. For the court, it is simply a matter of not spending a penny, because the entire outside the pass had been lost long ago and the entire southern Liaoning was also lost. If Liu Bu wanted to be his general of Liaonan, he had to fight back by himself.

If Liu Bu can rob the southern part of Liao, regain this territory, and return to the Ming Dynasty, this would be a very cost-effective thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Even if Liu Bu sent his elite troops to cross the sea to attack southern Liaoning and seize this territory, this should be very happy for the court, because it means that the powerful and rapidly rising Liu family will have a big collision with the rising Jiannu in Liaodong. The two tigers fought in this area, and the Ming Dynasty would make a profit.

So when Liu Bu wrote to the court and asked to go out to fight Jiannu, the court's attitude towards him and towards the Liu family changed 180 degrees.

That is to say bad things about the Liu family a few days ago and suppress the Liu family is politically correct. It seems that if you don’t say bad things about the Liu family, you can’t be called a good person.

But now it’s different. The Liu family is the best official in the Ming Dynasty court, and he is the savior of everyone’s court. If everyone doesn’t say a few good words to him, they probably won’t be called a loyal minister. Everyone’s accusations and abuses against the Liu family a few days ago and puts harm in the wrong way, and today’s popular pursuit of the whole people.

They all knew that this was a promiscuous fight. The higher the Liu family, the better. As long as they could promote him to southern Liaoning, they could probably talk about it even if the court called him "Dad".

Liu Bu's move completely stabilized the court's open and secret arrows at them, which gave them some chance to breathe.
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