The expected meeting was not as unexpected as the collision. Both of them were surprised by the other's age and appearance.
This year, Lu Xiangsheng was thirty years old and Jiang Wan was twenty-five years old.
There was almost no greeting. The two people retreated, looked at each other, and got into the topic directly.
"Mr. Sun once told me when I left Beijing that you were one of the few people he liked!"
Lu Xiangsheng said softly: "I believe Mr. Sun's vision, but I don't know if Liaoyang is besieged by the Tartars. Can I, Lu Xiangsheng, of Dongjiang Town, be able to count on me?"
"Is this why the governor is here?" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment: "Liaoyang is hundreds of miles away from Zhenjiang Fort, and the governor only came here with more than a hundred people on horseback. It's too risky!"
"But if you don't go to Liaoyang, then I have to come in person!" Lu Xiangsheng looked at Jiang Wan, as if he wanted to get a positive answer from Jiang Wan.
"Your Majesty once promised me the right to do things expediently in Dongjiang Town!" Jiang Wan did not answer his question: "And since the governor can take up the post of Liaodong, your Majesty must have given the same instructions before leaving!"
"If Liaoyang and Dongjiang Town fight independently, they will be easily defeated by the Tartars!" Lu Xiangsheng said: "I understand this truth, and General Jiang must also understand it!"
"I understand!" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment: "Will you cooperate with Liaoyang?"
"It's not about cooperating with Liaoyang, it's about cooperating with each other!" Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "There are more than 30,000 combatable soldiers in Liaoyang, and there are almost 20,000 in Dongjiang Town. If we support each other, we can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat!"
"After all, the governor still wants to control Dongjiang Town, but he just changed the way of saying it!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "It's not that Jiang doesn't understand the overall situation, it's just that Dongjiang Town has always been the same since General Pi founded the town.
We formed an independent army to support the main force in Liaodong. The reason why we are still standing today is because we can seize the opportunity and move freely. The governor said that he was cooperating, but in fact he still restrained Dongjiang Town. Moreover, in this matter, I
The commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town is at a disadvantage. According to the regulations of the imperial court, Dongjiang Town is subject to the control of the Governor of Liaodong, but Dongjiang Town has always acted on its own, and the Governor of Liaodong has always maintained this tacit understanding!"
"Could it be that the governor wants to break this tacit agreement!?"
Lu Xiangsheng was a little disappointed. Jiang Wan's reaction was no different from that of the generals he had seen. He still held the military power in his hands firmly and refused to let go. He would even give up because of a few righteous words or words related to the overall situation.
Shaken his determination to preserve his strength.
"It seems that my trip was in vain!" He said with some self-deprecation: "I thought General Jiang who captured Zhenjiang Fort would be different from others!"
"It's not in vain!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Although we can't cooperate with the governor in the battle situation, and we can't let the governor cooperate with me in Dongjiang Town, friendly forces should communicate with each other, and Dongjiang Town naturally
I won’t hide anything!”
He said with a smile: "Thirty imitation Folang three-pound cannons and one hundred new fire blunderbuss are my small touches to congratulate the governor on his assumption of office in Liaodong. In addition, I heard that the Tianxiong Army under the governor is good at using them."
Hard crossbow, so I also prepared 20,000 fine steel crossbow arrows for the governor!"
"Congratulations?" A look of surprise appeared on Lu Xiangsheng's disappointed face, which made his expression a little strange: "Gift to me? No money!"
"Yes, it will be given to the governor for free!" Jiang Wan said with a smile: "I heard that the governor was visiting in person, so I have already sent people to prepare it. When the governor returns, I will send someone to escort this batch of ordnance.
Go back with the governor!"
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't understand Jiang Wan more and more. He knew full well that Dongjiang Town caused such a big disturbance in the court because of the food and salary issue, and even caused a number of officials to lose their heads.
It can be seen from this that life in Dongjiang Town is not easy. These firearms and weapons are not a small sum. Jiang Wan just gave them away with a wave of his hand? This is not like the stingy behavior of those military leaders who want to preserve their strength.
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"Although we have not promised to cooperate with the governor in the war situation, Dongjiang Town will not sit back and watch Liaoyang being invaded by the Tartars and remain indifferent. This is what Dongjiang did, and it may not be as the governor wishes!" Jiang Wan gave a rare explanation.
: "This is also the visit of the governor, so I say something like this from the bottom of my heart. If Dongjiang Town cannot do things cheaply, what is the difference between it and an ordinary military town? How many ordinary military towns outside the Ming Dynasty can be as good as Dongjiang Town?
Did you persist for so long?"
"You mean...?" The hope in Lu Xiangsheng's heart suddenly emerged again.
"During the Battle of Daling River, our Dongjiang Town was not idle either. Although I don't know how much it played a role in the outcome of the battle, we at least did some things in Dongjiang Town. The same was true for Liaoyang.
If there is a war, Dongjiang Town will not just sit idly by!"
"You could have just said no!" Lu Xiangsheng laughed heartily. He was already very clear-minded enough to think that he had avoided the temptation to test each other, but he didn't expect that the other party actually thought the same way.
"This is what I want, that's enough!" Lu Xiangsheng said calmly: "Your subordinates don't allow my personal guards to bring weapons into Zhenjiang Fort. I know what you are guarding against. I am not the willful Yuan Chonghuan, let alone
Just after the war ended, you ordered me to kill the heroes and generals of the Ming Dynasty!"
"You are thinking too much!" Seeing his happy look, Jiang Wan couldn't help but hit him: "I thought you wanted to kill me, but you couldn't. It's just that His Majesty sent you to be the governor of Liaodong. I am sure of you.
I have high hopes. If I kill you, I will definitely be punished by His Majesty, which would be boring!"
"Okay, okay, you are indeed young and vigorous!" Lu Xiangsheng got the artillery, guns and crossbows, and did not care about the verbal dispute with Jiang Wan: "If you don't have any spirit, I'm afraid you really can't command this group of arrogant soldiers under you.
, you know clearly that I am the governor of Liaodong, but you still dare to be rude to me, look at your subordinates, you will know what kind of character you are!"
"How about you, Liaoyang, come to cooperate with me in Dongjiang Town?" Jiang Wan felt a little awkward: "Let's unite and beat the Tartars?"
"Okay!" Lu Xiangsheng said almost without thinking: "Tell me about your plan. If I think it will work, there is no harm in Liaoyang everyone cooperating with you in Dongjiang Town and asking the Tartars to collect some debts!"
"You are the governor of Liaoyang, do you want to cooperate with me, a little general?" Jiang Wan was a little stunned. He just stabbed the other party casually, but he didn't expect the other party to agree immediately.
"As long as we can win the battle, as long as we can recover the lost territory of the Ming Dynasty, let alone cooperate with you as a general, as a general and guerrilla, I, Lu Xiangsheng, am also willing to be his deputy general!"