Li Jinglong was not surprised at all that there was a letter from the local military attache.
They came out with great fanfare, and people came to visit the pier.
But it was actually not given to him, but to Deng Duo.
"Who is it?" Deng Duo asked.
"My name is Zhou Tai!" Li Xiaowai said, put the letter on the table and left silently.
Deng Duo didn't shy away from anyone, so he opened it in front of Li Jinglong and Zhao Shi, frowned and glanced at it a few times, "Oh, I have a good nose. I knew that you and I were on an errand, so I posted it!" As he said that, he casually handed the letter over.
Put it in front of Li Jinglong, "In the early years when the family was in decline, he was nowhere to be seen!"
Li Jinglong didn't even read the letter and asked, "Who is it?"
"Earlier, our old man's subordinate Ma Bian when he attacked Nanyang!" Deng Duo snorted again, "He was promoted as a deputy general because of his merits. Later, when my eldest brother was in charge, he used my family's route to guard Xiangyang before committing any crimes.
"
Li Jinglong thought about it, "Now he is guarding Qingzhou? Has he committed a crime?"
"I must have found a place to retire here when I got older!" Deng Duo shook his head, "Anyway, we haven't contacted each other for a few years. My family is now small, haha!"
They both asked and answered, including Zhao Shi's previous actions.
Deng Duo did not shy away from Li Jinglong, and Li Jinglong did not read what was written in the letter. This was a sign of respect between the two parties, but the whole story was clearly stated in his words.
Suddenly, Zhao Shi remembered what Li Jinglong said just now, about his connections with Deng Duo!
Connections!
The Deng family was already in dire straits, but they were still able to establish relationships with figures like the local commander-in-chief!
"It's just like what dad said, the Zhao family is nothing compared to the Huaixi nobles! No matter how skinny they are, a camel is still bigger than a horse!"
Zhao Shi was thinking in his mind when Li Jinglong looked over.
"Does Uncle Guo know that we are taking this road to the north now? Do you have anything to say?" Li Jinglong asked with a smile.
Zhao Shi was confused for a moment, but then he realized, "But the route of the Northern Expedition of the Supreme Emperor at that time?"
"Exactly!" Li Jinglong laughed and said, "It was the old king of Zhongshan, King Kaiping, who led 250,000 troops along Huai'an to attack Qingzhou and Jinan!" After saying that, he looked at Deng Duo and said with a smile, "This is just one road, the other road is
It is my late father-in-law, King Ninghe, who led an elite army out of Xiangyang to attack Nanyang!"
Zhao Shi suddenly noticed that Deng Duo's face was filled with glory and excitement.
Li Jinglong took a sip of tea and smiled again, "Uncle Guo, do you know why you chose this line?"
"Junior would like to hear the details!" Zhao Shi asked seriously.
"At that time! The Yuan Dynasty still had millions of people who could control strings, but their strength was still higher than that of our Ming Dynasty, and there were also famous generals like Wang Baobao!" Li Jinglong said, wagging his finger, "But don't think that Wang Baobao is a defeated army.
General, you have demoted him! He is the best man in the world who was highly praised by the Emperor!"
Zhao Shi knew this part of history. At the beginning, everyone said that Chang Yuchun was the best man in the world. But the Supreme Emperor said, although Yuchun is an outstanding man, I will submit him. I cannot win Wang Baobao, because he is an extraordinary man!
But when he was studying in his childhood, the teacher's explanation of this content was that the Emperor actually praised Wang Baobao so much in order to alienate the emperors and ministers of Meng Yuan.
At this time, Li Jinglong changed the topic again.
"Twenty-five thousand elite troops, attack Shandong directly, most of them are within easy reach. Many people have suggested that we directly attack the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. But the Supreme Emperor is sure that the capital has been run by the Yuan Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the Hu Feng is too strong in the land of Yanyun, and it is too close to Liaodong beyond the Great Wall.
, if the lone army goes deep into battle and is unfavorable, the whole army may be annihilated!"
"So our Northern Expeditionary Army turned around in Shandong and went straight to Henan!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "King Kaiping swept the entire territory of Shandong and threatened the North. Later, he and the soldiers of the Zhongshan King sent Le'an Changru to implant, first
After descending to Bianliang, descend to Luoyang, and then merge with my father-in-law!"
Speaking of this, Li Jinglong looked at Zhao Shi, "Uncle Guo, do you understand what I mean?"
Zhao Shizheng was fascinated by what he heard and shook his head, "Is there any other reason for this?"
"First of all, this is the strategy of the Northern Expedition set by the Supreme Emperor. Take Shandong first, remove its shield, and then move to Henan to cut off its wings! Shandong and Henan, one is the barrier of Yuan Dadu and the other is his wings. We occupy these two places
, it’s like cutting off his hands and feet first!”
"And what happens next!" Li Jinglong said vividly, "Raise Tongguan and guard it, according to the threshold of the house! The Northern Expedition used both good and strange methods to complement each other." As he said, he sighed, "Everyone in the world praises the achievements of King Kaiping of Zhongshan, but they don't know that when Tongguan was raised,
In this matter, my father-in-law, King Ninghe, is the one who takes the lead!"
As he spoke, he smiled and said, "Of course, the Supreme Emperor knows about it, otherwise he wouldn't be able to repay his merits!"
Deng Duo stood aside, his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and his temples bulging, as if he was imagining the scene of his father leading the army to fight that day.
Zhao Shi, on the other hand, pondered for a while, "Then...junior, please tell me, will the troops be sent out of Xiangyang and Batongguan...?"
"This kid is not made to be a military commander!"
Li Jinglong thought to himself and said with a smile, "King Ninghe went out to Xiangyang to attack Nanyang, which directly blocked the possibility of the Yuan army attacking our Shandong army from the flanks. The reason why King Zhongshan and others wiped out Henan without any effort was because of my father-in-law.
That’s why King Ninghe attacked from the front!”
"Henan is pacified, and the next step is Shaanzhou. At that time, the elite soldiers of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties can only retreat to Shaanxi, leaving me, the Ming Dynasty, to turn around and go straight to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty!"
"Hey!" At this point, Li Jinglong sighed, "In terms of meritorious officials in the country, my father-in-law, King Ninghe, is firmly in the top five!"
When he said this, Zhao Shi already understood.
He quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "This junior has little talent and little knowledge. I didn't know that your family's achievements were so high before. There were many neglects along the way. I hope you can forgive me!"
Li Jinglong's words seemed to be talking about the Northern Expedition, but they were actually telling Zhao Shi how deep the foundation of the Deng family was.
That was a figure only after Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, but Tang and them all had to stand aside in terms of combat skills. Moreover, even when Li Jinglong's father, Li Wenzhong, first debuted, he was just a soldier under the Deng family.
Of course, if the Deng family had not strong roots, it would not be possible for him to be Li Jinglong's in-laws.
Deng Duo's face lit up, "It's a pity that the descendants are unfilial and have lost the reputation of their fathers in vain!"
"Hey, you are just unlucky! Don't underestimate yourself!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
The Deng family is about to rise. It only took a few years for a judge in the governor's palace and the commander of the emperor's bodyguard and army to turn over.
Li Jinglong was also reminding Zhao Shi that this was a stock with great potential. Just look at it, as soon as it showed signs of turning around, the local generals would come over. If it could gain a firm foothold in a few years, it would be fine.
Deng Yu also had a group of people under him that day, and the relationship between the army and the army was still there. As long as he managed it well, he would not have to worry about being without help.
At this moment, Li Xiaowai, a private soldier, came in from the outside again and whispered, "I have faith, it belongs to the young master!"
Li Jinglong's face paused, he reached for it, opened it in front of Zhao Shi and Deng Duo, and frowned deeply after taking a few glances.
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With a lone lamp, Li Jinglong wrote quickly.
"I received the letter, and I am very relieved that my son is calm. Keep the letter of the mortgage loan from the Prince Consort's Mansion. You must keep it personally and give a silence order so that no outsider can know about it."
"My son's wife is the princess of the princess, and she is a close relative of the aunt and nephew of the Princess of Nankang. She should keep in touch with her as a human being."
As he wrote this, Li Jinglong's face became solemn.
"I am not in the capital, everything is fine, but I can't let go of the dragon body of the Supreme Emperor. My son, please write to me in the future. Please inform me about the physical condition of the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible. Remember this!"
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Happy Lantern Festival everyone.
I may have to delay tomorrow because I am taking my mother back to Guangzhou tomorrow. Hehe.