Liu Bu used this form to analyze the current situation, which was recognized by his father. Liu Yuanqiao was a person of this era and was the head of the Linqing tax customs. However, he knew the importance of this Grand Canal to the Ming Dynasty, and he also knew that the entire Ming Dynasty was short of food. Only by continuously transporting the food and silver from the south to the north through the Grand Canal can the operation of the north be supported. If the supply is cut off, it can be said that it will cause great harm to the north.

Especially in the current Ming Dynasty, if the north was in the past, the weather was good, it could barely produce some food to maintain their operations. Now the north is losing harvest every year, and the bandits and the Jiannu are in chaos, but the entire north is turned into a white land, and many places are left without grains and are supported by the south. Once something happens in the south of the Ming Dynasty, the Grand Canal is cut off, and it can be said that the north of the Ming Dynasty will become rootless water, and a river without source will dry up at any time.

So this is the opportunity for their Liu family to rebel. Liu Yuanqiao also saw here that the Ming Dynasty was almost over. The structure of the Ming Dynasty was very unreasonable. His capital was located in the north, and this place did not produce grain. It relied on the grain transported from the south for long-term support. Once there was no support and supply of these grains, it would cause huge damage and blows to the place.

So after the Jiangnan silver incubation incident, the crisis was suppressed by Wu Zongda at the beginning, but the paper could not keep the fire, and eventually broke out. Its outbreak was so fast and so violent, and it was related to the Liu family's push and expose this relationship.

Regarding the incubation of silver, the loss was heavy at the beginning. In fact, the group of rich people and powerful people in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty were still limited in the losses of ordinary people. Moreover, this matter was mainly circulated in the circle of rich people and the upper class. If these people were united, such secrets could be maintained, but some people still spread it, adding fuel to the fire and exaggerating it, causing huge panic.

You should know that after the public panic and social panic, it will cause greater unrest. It is already inappropriate to cause unrest here. In addition, the persuasion of those who are interested, the storm of the cold wind and the ghost fires will make this place even more disturbing. It is precisely because of the chaos in Jiangnan that Liu Bu’s subordinates believe that Liu Bu should be in Jiangnan at this time and take the opportunity to seize more territory instead of coming to the north to fight against Jiannu, which is thankless.

Liu Bu and his men sent troops to recover Liaonan. In the eyes of many of his subordinates, it was actually thankless. After they did so many things, the court always doubted them and was suspicious of them.

All of them think the best thing is to stay in Jiangnan and seize more territory while the chaos here is here.

Liu Bu cannot explain his layout to these people from a strategic height and level, but he must also explain to his subordinates so that his subordinates will work hard.

Liu Bu had no choice but to say: "If my Liu family army was in Jiangnan, can it be in chaos? Only when we come here to fight Jiannu and make Jiangnan power vacuum appear, the local area will be in chaos and even more lively. When the situation is out of control, when the mobs push everything down and the situation becomes out of control, it is time for us to take action and for more territory."

His subordinates reluctantly agreed with Liu Bu's statement, so they had to follow him to fight Jiannu and work hard together.

But their eyes were always on Jiangnan. They believed that fighting Jiannu was just a temporary accumulation of credit, and their real purpose was to return to Jiangnan and occupy more places.

It is July and the weather is still good. If it comes to October, it will be so cold here in Liao Town. It is full of ice and snow everywhere. Outside the Great Wall, there are white areas. Such cold weather makes it extremely difficult to survive in these worlds, especially those who live in the Flower World in Jiangnan, who are even more disgusted with the bitter and cold life here.

Liu Bu knew that Liao Town was a land of kings and dominance. If he occupied it, he could have the capital to become kings and dominance. However, others did not have the vision of him. They all believed that Liao Town was actually a land that was beyond the reach. Even if the Ming Dynasty lost it, it would not have much impact. It would not be beneficial if it occupied it. This was because the Ming Dynasty had occupied this place for more than 200 years, and it had never set up a prefecture and county here, and it was directly under the jurisdiction.

Liu Bu was in charge of the Luda University, and every day he ordered his soldiers to strengthen the city defense here, build more fortifications and positions, and wait for Jiannu to come south.

At this time, the Battle of Gaizhou broke out. General Xiao Ning was responsible for commanding the army in Gaizhou to fight against the Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid Blue Banner of Jiannu. The battle was very vivid and very good.

However, their attack on the four guards in southern Liaoning did hit the key points of Jiannu. They were very angry and formed a large army in a short time and moved south quickly. In order to eliminate the Liu family army, the leader of Jiannu, Huang Taiji, mobilized the war and ordered all Jiannu to mobilize them. All males under the age of 60 and over thirteen, would join the army. After Dorgon led the Enangu White Banner and the Enangu Blue Banner to attack Gaizhou, Ajige led the Enangu Yellow Banner and the Zhenghong Banner to attack Fuzhou, while Huang Taiji led the other four banners, tens of thousands of troops, and rushed south to attack Jinzhou.

The situation in the entire Liaonan Peninsula became suddenly tense.

According to Huang Taiji's original plan, he insisted that the Ming army would be able to besiege Haizhou with all its might, because after occupying Haizhou, it could truly occupy the four guards in southern Liaoning, which would be of great benefit to defending the entire southern Liaoning Peninsula. With the urination of the Ming Dynasty's court, even if the commanders on the front line did not want to attack Haizhou, the court would force them to fight. Therefore, all of Huang Taiji's plans were based on Haizhou at the beginning.

In his plan, he was preparing to let the defenders of Haizhou engage in offensive and defensive battles with the Ming army. He personally led a large army to aid, defeating the main force of the Ming army at the city, and then took advantage of the opportunity to recover southern Liao and restore his rule over this place.

Who knew that the commander of the Ming army was beyond his expectations. After occupying the three major cities, the other party did not continue to move forward, but instead defended on the spot. The other party's attitude was very obvious. This was on-site defense. Waiting for them to attack, Huang Taiji had no choice but to order the troops to sweep over and prepare to capture the three major cities. The Ming army could wait, but they couldn't wait.

Jiannu has many different places from the Northeast ethnic groups, that is, they are fishing and herdsmen, and they have also started farming themselves.

The ordinary nomadic peoples rely on the weather and robbery to make a living, and they have no savings at all. Even if your tribe is huge and has hundreds of thousands of people, if a winter passes and there is no food, these herdsmen will leave you one after another, without cohesion at all.

But Jiannu, they are different. They start to accumulate food by farming themselves. With food, they can unite more people and attract more people to invest, and will not leave easily.

However, Jiannu's life was not easy for a while, because it was the Little Ice Age, and the north of the Ming Dynasty was drought. They were in the Liaodong area and were deeply affected. Although they had made up for the shortcomings through farming, they still could not meet the use of his huge group. If they wanted to maintain their current momentum, they would inevitably need to maintain it through imported food.

In the past, they could smuggle through Shanxi merchants and these border generals to obtain some food to supplement their shortcomings. The coldness and bitterness outside the pass are more important than silver. They don’t care about silver, and many people don’t even understand why the Ming people didn’t want so much food and cloth, but they foolishly exchanged them for these silver that they could not eat or drink.

But now it is different. Since the emergence of the Liaodong Revenge Army, it has destroyed Fan Yongdou's whole family in one fell swoop, which has shocked several other merchants. In the past, even though they knew that there was a ban from the court, they, the Shanxi merchants, dared to openly do business with Jiannu, but now it is different. Any large-scale grain that comes out of seclusion cannot escape the eyes of the Liaodong Revenge Army.

The court also dispatched troops to wipe them out. Even the Mongolian and Jiannu parties sent elite horses to search for the whereabouts of the Liaodong Revenge Army and to destroy them. Who knew that they could not find any useful clues. When a large amount of food came out of seclusion, they were robbed by the Liaodong Revenge Army. The grain and cloth were robbed. Even the escorted goods were killed, and the heads were put on the flagpole.

This made all the major merchants in Shanxi very scared and no longer dared to organize caravans to go out of seclusion easily. They were afraid that they would lose all their money, and at the same time they could not recruit enough men and men, because these men and men now understand that going out of seclusion is equivalent to putting their heads on the belt. They were originally very dangerous. When they encountered the Mongols and Jiannu people, they would often suffer a loss. Now there is a Liaodong Revenge Army that regards them as their enemies. If they encounter the Liaodong Revenge Army, they will only end up beheading, so this path becomes extremely dangerous. Although many people are greedy for money, they will not even want their lives.

Regarding the Liaodong Revenge Army, this made Huang Taiji completely angry. He sent his masters to investigate the origin of the Liaodong Revenge Army, but it was unreasonable. The masters he sent to investigate and tell him that the Liaodong Revenge Army might be nothing, and it is very likely that it was the Ming Dynasty or Mongolian official army sent people to rob their property.

The Ming Dynasty's profiteers and official troops also investigated the matter. After investigation for a long time, they still couldn't find any idea. On the contrary, a lot of evidence shows that the so-called Liaodong Revenge Army was simply false. It is very likely that it was the one sent by Jiannu. They sent people to pretend to be Liaodong Revenge Army, rob and kill their property, and kill all their people, so there was no need to pay money. Jiannu did not do much in such activities, so the relationship between the two sides became cold.
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