Chapter 446: Deploying 100,000 troops to deploy in Liaodong
Two days later, Xu Baisheng's 200,000 troops were displayed at the border between Jiangdu and Gaoyou.
Li Shanchang was relieved and took the envoys to Gaoyou Mansion. As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Shixin led someone to greet him personally.
"Foreign Ambassador Li, come with me quickly. My brother is waiting for you at the palace."
Li Shanchang and Zhang Shixin were riding side by side. Seeing his strange expression, he asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Is it that your brother doesn't want to listen to you?"
Zhang Shixin said: "Oh, it's hard to guess what my brother is thinking. I don't know what his plans are now! However, Kuaoku also sent an envoy, which arrived one step ahead of you, and now it has arrived at the palace!"
Li Shanchang was taken aback, knowing that he was too cautious, so he let the other party take the lead. His eyes flickered, and he was secretly thinking about his words in the confrontation later.
Not long after, the two came to Prince Cheng's Mansion.
Seeing the scene outside the palace, Li Shanchang felt a chill go down his spine and his face changed drastically.
Outside the vermilion gate, I saw corpses lying on the ground. There were blood stains everywhere, and the smell of blood was tangy. A group of soldiers were disposing of the corpses.
Li Shanchang carefully looked at the corpses. Judging from their clothing, these corpses were all Mongolian envoys.
He suddenly turned from surprise to joy and said secretly: "Since Zhang Shicheng killed the Mongolian envoy, he must have made up his mind to surrender to our army, otherwise he would not be able to cut off his retreat."
Just as he was thinking this, a group of soldiers suddenly ran over and surrounded him and Zhang Shixin.
Zhang Shixin said sharply: "What do you want to do?"
The leading general said: "Commander, please forgive me. Your Majesty has an order. After the Jiangdu Army envoy arrives, except for the envoys, all the others will be executed!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and a group of soldiers stopped and stabbed him with their spears.
A series of screams were heard, and all the followers brought by Li Shanchang were killed.
Li Shanchang was frightened and horrified, lying on his horse, trembling slightly.
The general said coldly: "Jiangdu Army Envoy, please come with me to meet the king!"
Li Shanchang turned to look at Zhang Shixin. Zhang Shixin smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying that he didn't know what was going on.
Li Shanchang took a deep breath, slowly regained his composure, turned over and dismounted, and followed the general into Prince Cheng's Mansion.
When I came to the hall, I saw a dozen civil and military officials standing in the hall, all of whom were the most determined militants of the Gaoyou Army.
Zhang Shicheng sat up high with no expression on his face.
A man in a felt robe stood in the hall with his hands behind his hands. Facing the murderous Gaoyou officials, he was calm and unafraid. It was the Mongolian envoys who were locked up in vain.
Li Shanchang straightened his chest, entered the hall with his hands behind his back, closed his eyes and said nothing, treating everyone in the hall as if they were nothing.
Zhang Shicheng looked from Li Shanchang to Bai Suozhuo, then from Bai Suozhuo to Li Shanchang, and sneered.
"Humph! You are indeed arrogant. You think you have defeated me, so I don't dare to kill you?"
Li Shanchang opened his eyes and said leisurely: "Your Highness King Cheng has already killed so many of my followers. Killing another head of me won't make much difference. Please do it quickly!"
Zhang Shicheng snorted and said: "You and your two families are suppressing the border with troops, and then sending envoys to persuade me. Do you think that I will definitely surrender?"
Bai Suozhu said calmly: "Our army attacked Gaoyou Mansion to deal with the Jiangdu rebels. We came here to persuade His Highness to surrender because we have long admired His Highness' reputation and could not bear to fight with each other."
Zhang Shide strode out of the queue and shouted: "You are so clever, your two families want to fight, why not fight in Anfeng or Xiangyang?"
Bai Suozhu glanced at Li Shanchang: "Your army should also understand that for us, Jiangdu Mansion is the seven inches of the rebels. As long as Jiangdu Mansion is defeated, the rebels will not have anything to worry about."
Li Shanchang suddenly said: "So, you are actually not willing to go to war against Gaoyou Mansion?"
Bai Suo said: "Not bad."
Li Shanchang raised his hands to Zhang Shicheng and said: "It turns out that His Royal Highness King Cheng has surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty long ago!"
Li Boxheng said coldly: "Foreign Ambassador Li, don't talk nonsense. Our king has stood side by side with the heroes of the world since the uprising. How has he ever joined any force?"
Li Shanchang spread his hands and said: "That's strange. Your army is a rebel army, but the Yuan army can't bear to attack you. Is there such a strange thing in the world?"
After hearing this, all the generals of Gaoyou Mansion could not help but laugh.
Bai Suozhu was secretly frightened: "This old guy has such a sensitive reaction. He grabbed a few words from me and dominated the atmosphere in the field."
His face remained calm, and he said calmly: "To us, His Royal Highness King Cheng is a rare hero among the rebels. My coach has always hoped to be able to summon you, so why is it strange?"
Zhang Shicheng snorted and said: "If this king is willing to accept the imperial edict, why did he revolt in the first place?"
Li Shanchang said loudly: "Yes, when the Yuan army of 400,000 people attacked, our two families united as one to repel the Yuan army. Why not unite now to drive the Mongolian Tatars out of the Central Plains?"
Zhang Shicheng said coldly: "That sounds nice, but why don't you let me join you and just listen to Zhang Yangquan's orders?"
Li Shanchang wanted to say more, but Zhang Shicheng stretched out his hand to interrupt.
"Needless to say, I'm leaving you two here to send a message to Zhang Yangquan and Tuo Huan. Since the day of the uprising, I, Zhang Shicheng, have never planned to succumb to anyone. If you want to fight, come and fight!"
Li Shanchang was shocked, and then he realized that he had underestimated this hero who revolted at the same time as Zhang Yangquan.
When we returned to Jiangdu Prefecture, it was already noon the next day.
Li Shanchang came to Zhengyang Hall, met with Zhang Yangquan, and told him about his mission.
When Zhang Yangquan heard that Zhang Shicheng had killed all the envoys' entourage, his face darkened and he said: "It seems that Zhang Shicheng has made up his mind and it is impossible for him to surrender."
Li Shanchang said: "Your Majesty, why not secretly support Zhang Shixin, let him make a coup in Gaoyou Mansion, kill Zhang Shicheng and replace him!"
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said: "There is no way someone like Zhang Shixin can replace Zhang Shicheng. Li Shangshu has worked hard this time, so go down and rest first."
Li Shanchang secretly sighed, knowing that this matter was not handled well, his status in Zhang Yangquan's heart dropped a bit, and he resigned in frustration.
Zhang Yangquan leaned back on the dragon chair, pondered for a long time, and then ordered: "Sanqiang, go and call Fu Youde over."
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Yang Sanqiang agreed and exited the palace.
Not long after, only crisp footsteps were heard, and Fu Youde strode in.
"Your Majesty, Fu Youde, pays homage to His Majesty."
Zhang Yangquan picked up a memorial and said: "In the past two days, many generals have submitted plans for the Northern Expedition to me. After thinking about it, I think your method is the best."
Fu Youde said happily: "Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. I only came up with this method after discussing it with Duke Lu."
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Actually, Duke Qin and Duke Ying have similar ideas to you. They both hope to eliminate the main Mongolian force in the Central Plains."
Fu Youde said: "I believe that most generals have this idea. Our army has strong ships and powerful cannons, and more and more muskets. We are not afraid of the Mongolian cavalry in frontal battles!"
Zhang Yangquan said slowly: "Now that the enlarging army is moving south, in your opinion, should we repel the enlarging army first, or should we directly start implementing the Liaoyang plan?"
Fu Youde hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, once my plan is implemented, it can immediately contain most of the capital and harass the Yuan army's logistics, killing two birds with one stone."
"Well, what you said makes sense. But now there is another question. If we attack the Liaoyang Peninsula, will the Koreans attack us?"
Fu Youde's strategy is to use Jeju Island as a stronghold to attack Jinzhou on the Liaoyang Peninsula.
Jinzhou can take the sea route and turn from Haijin Town into the Grand Canal, which directly threatens most of the capital. It is equivalent to strangling the throat of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty will have trouble sleeping and eating.
If the Yuan army only sent tens of thousands of people to attack, Jiangdu army might not be able to defeat them with their artillery.
If the Yuan Dynasty mobilizes hundreds of thousands of troops to attack, they can go to sea and return to Jeju Island at any time, allowing the Yuan Dynasty to defeat them and waste their manpower and material resources.
This tactic maximizes Jiangdu Army's naval advantage. As long as the Yuan Army dares not engage in a water war with Jiangdu Army, it will be greatly constrained.
After Yuan Ting found that he could not deal with this harassing navy, he finally had no choice but to acquiesce in allowing them to stay in Jinzhou.
After Jinzhou is well managed, we can cooperate with the Northern Expedition in the future, block the Mongols' northward escape route from behind, and annihilate them all in the Central Plains.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. As far as I know, the King of Goryeo will execute all the Qi family members. Queen Qi will never give up. The rift between Goryeo and Yuan Ting will be difficult to bridge, and she will not help Yuan Ting deal with us."
Zhang Yangquan said: "Nothing is absolute. If they intervene, do you have a response strategy?"
Fu Youde thought for a while and said: "Jinzhou has an excellent geographical location. Even if the Korean army comes, it will have to detour from Liaoyang. We have time to deal with it calmly."
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "How many people are needed for your strategy?"
"It would be best to have 70,000 navy troops."
Zhang Yangquan said: "Well, I will give you 100,000 naval troops, and I will send you a few helpers. You can lead the troops to Jeju Island and station them first."
"In the next month, I will transport a large amount of food and supplies to Jeju Island. When the food, grass and supplies are sufficient, you will use Jeju Island as a logistics point to seize the Golden State!"
Fu Youde said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go down and make preparations!"