Chapter 349: The three governors have a trump card, and even the Tartars have to be calculated
"Wei Jinfan, these large wooden boxes contain three hundred acquired middle-grade large spiritual peaches."
"There are also three mid-grade magic jade boxes, containing a total of three Phoenix Blood Fruits."
After Wei Jinfan finished speaking, Li Dingguo's mind moved, and several large wooden boxes appeared silently on the ground. He said to her, "Explain to Wan'er that these three acquired-grade spiritual fruits are prepared for her and the two level 5 peak goshawks."
"Once Wan'er's own cultivation reaches the peak of level five and there is no further improvement, let her immediately retreat in the large spirit gathering formation on Lingshan Island, and with the help of the magical effect of the acquired top-grade spirit fruit, she will break through to level six in one fell swoop."
This time, Wan'er, Da Meng, and two level five peak goshawks will take at least a year to travel to Lingshan Island, so Li Dingguo has to prepare the resources for Wan'er and the two goshawks to break through the bottleneck of the realm in advance, so as not to waste time and affect the progress of their cultivation.
Wan'er is not in Yumen Ferry now, but has gone to the Fuxing Army camp on the east bank of Luoshui River to take charge of the attack that Hong Chengchou may launch at any time.
"In the face of the long-distance raid launched by the Tartars in the near future, I have already made a preliminary plan. I will perfect the plan in the next few days and then start to deploy troops."
Li Dingguo's face was calm. He was not panicked at all and was confident that Huang Taiji was personally leading 800,000 soldiers to attack.
"Go tell Hongmei that keeping the enemy out of the country is the core of this plan. Ask her to order the logistics department to transport all kinds of war supplies to Fugu City and Baodezhou City for storage first."
"This time, we will block Huang Taiji in these two places and implement the plan of closing the door and beating the dog."
"Today, along the Yellow River Basin between the northern part of Qin and the two provinces of Qin and Jin, various agricultural production has just entered large-scale production, and the people's hearts have begun to settle down. We must not allow Huang Taiji's army to march straight in, lest it cause huge damage and bring disaster to the people."
"Humph!"
He snorted coldly, "If Huang Taiji doesn't use that special luck artifact, the Imperial Seal, to fight this time, he's lucky. If he wants to use this luck artifact to deal with me, I'll make him regret it."
He has the innate artifact of destiny, the Human Emperor Cauldron, on him. No matter how powerful the legendary imperial seal is, it is only an acquired artifact of destiny and will naturally be restrained by the Human Emperor Cauldron.
When Huang Taiji uses the Imperial Seal to fight his enemies, it will have a very powerful effect on other practitioners, but it will fail once he faces the Human Emperor Cauldron.
There is a huge gap between the innate and acquired artifacts of the same type.
If we can take advantage of this opportunity to confront Emperor Taiji and take back the imperial seal of the Chinese nation, it will undoubtedly be a great thing.
It is rumored that this imperial seal can only exert its due power in the hands of the emperor of the Chinese nation.
What it suppresses is not the fortune of an individual or the fortune of a dynasty, but the fortune of a clan.
This is also the most special feature of the imperial seal, which can mobilize the clan's luck to launch cross-level attacks on the enemy.
This is something that even the Human Emperor Cauldron cannot do.
It’s not that the Human Emperor Cauldron is not strong enough, but that it is of a different type.
The Human Emperor Cauldron suppresses the luck of the cultivator himself and his force, not the luck of an entire clan.
"Yes! Commander-in-chief."
Wei Jinfan agreed, and quickly took the large wooden boxes on the ground and stacked them on the special saddle on the back of the big black eagle. Then he said goodbye to Li Dingguo and left.
Unlike her anxious look when she came, she was very relaxed on the return trip.
What the commander-in-chief said about keeping the enemy out of the country is the best.
Otherwise, once the 800,000 warriors led by Huang Taiji were allowed to enter the country and burn, kill and loot on their own territory, even if their side won in the end, both sides would suffer losses and the loss would outweigh the gain.
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"Grand Governor!"
In the huge East City Camp in Chang'an City, Hong Yuanfeng flashed to Hong Chengchou's side and reported, "I just received a report from Cao Wenzhao's troops. They have set out from Pucheng in accordance with your instructions and boarded the Great Treasure Ship to test the enemy forces at Yumen Ferry."
"That Cao Bianjiao even had a head-on battle with Li Dingguo who was stationed at Yumen Ferry."
"I didn't expect that this little thief Li Dingguo was so powerful that he could fight Cao Bianjiao to a draw."
"The spirit pigeon message they sent said that the spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts equipped by the Renaissance Army are indeed numerous, and they all look like high-quality products, much more sophisticated than the similar spiritual weapons we use."
"Cao Wenzhao and Li Bei both agreed that Li Dingguo's restoration army seemed to have really stopped its activities and started to recuperate and busy itself with various internal affairs."
"As long as we don't take the initiative to attack them, we will be able to live in peace at least this winter."
"Grand Commander, this is a great thing for us."
"In the remaining three months of this year, we have plenty of money, food, supplies, and training resources, which are enough for us to train this personal guard army."
"Those aristocratic families were really generous this time. They even prepared and sent us the 300,000 sets of low-grade spiritual weapon sets that we requested."
"If they had been so united and sensible earlier, the grass on the graves of those rebels in the three northwestern provinces would have grown taller, and they wouldn't have been jumping around and causing trouble all the time!"
He is very proud of himself now.
His master was promoted to the governor of the three borders, so Hong Yuanfeng's status naturally rose as well.
Now he has 230,000 personal guards under his command, which is probably the only one among all the forces in the Ming Dynasty.
These 230,000 soldiers are elite warriors who have been carefully selected and trained, and do not include the 100,000 logistics soldiers attached to the Royal Guard.
From now on, anyone who dares to come and provoke us will be punished.
"Sir, there is another very tricky piece of information that requires you to make a decision."
Hong Yuanfeng then reported another important piece of information to Hong Chengchou, "According to the reports from the spies that our Hong family has planted in Liaodong, Huang Taiji has made a big move recently!"
"He has ordered the entire clan to mobilize and begin various preparations before the war."
"His actions were so big that they couldn't be hidden at all. Our spies easily found out some of his secrets."
"Huang Taiji is about to lead his troops into the pass for the second time!"
"Unlike last time, he divided his troops into three groups this time, and two of the large groups are actually targeting Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army!"
"Only the 600,000 Tatar warriors led by the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo were heading for the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"Grand Commander, I think Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army are in trouble this time."
"Not only the Fuxing Army in the northern part of Qin will have to face the attack of the 800,000-man army led by Huang Taiji himself, but even the naval-based Fuxing Army he founded on the southeast coast will have to face the attack of the 600,000-man army led by Yuetuo and Manggurtai!"
"Faced with such a large army of the Later Jin Tartars, no matter how capable Li Dingguo is, he will be helpless!"
Hong Yuanfeng's words were full of excitement.
"Yuanfeng, don't be too happy here too soon!"
Hong Chengchou's reaction was different from Hong Yuanfeng's. He frowned and rebuked him, "Don't underestimate Li Dingguo. Even facing Huang Taiji's powerful military force and offensive, he and his Fuxing Army may not lose."
"Since Li Dingguo's rapid rise, I have carefully studied the relevant intelligence about him over the past three years and found that he is not as simple as he appears to be."
"This Li Dingguo walks on the edge of danger every step of the way, but he is always able to defeat any enemy he encounters!"
"Even at the beginning of last year, when he first arrived at Lingshan Island in Jiaozhou Bay, he had firmly established his foothold and built a large navy. Its combat effectiveness was the best in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty."
"Even the two large fleets sent out by the arrogant white people in the trenches were defeated by Li Dingguo, and all the treasure ships were swallowed up in one gulp!"
"And the Fuqing Ye family, who colluded with the Tartars, also suffered a great loss. Li Dingguo swallowed up half of the family's treasure ships and killed half of the family's soldiers!"
"Even the Denglai navy that defected to the Later Jin Tartars lost half of its troops and half of its treasure ships."
"This is an amazing achievement that Li Dingguo achieved by going to the southeast coast alone in just half a year."
"This Fuxing Army that occupies the central and northern parts of Qin has been painstakingly managed by him for three years. You can imagine how terrifying its strength is."
"That is to say, Li Dingguo is now full and needs to digest the huge territory he now occupies. Otherwise, if he leads the main forces of his five major battle corps to continue to move south, we will most likely not be their opponent."
"Even with our current strength, it would be quite good if we can hold on for half a year."
The more Hong Chengchou spoke, the more solemn his expression became.
"It would be a great thing for us to sit back and watch the battle between the Later Jin Tartars and the Fuxing Army, and then both sides would suffer losses. However, I am worried that the 600,000 troops led by the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo will enter the pass and head straight for the capital, which will put us in a very bad situation." "I know the character of each of those ministers better than anyone else."
"Once the Later Jin Tartars enter the pass and burn, kill and loot in northern Zhili, those ministers in the court who are extremely afraid of death will certainly unanimously write to His Majesty to dispatch our army to the north to support the capital."
"A series of battles with the Tartars were inevitable at that time."
"If it was in the past, it would be fine. We would lead these scattered troops to guard the several checkpoints where the Tartar invaded the capital and play hide-and-seek with them."
"But now that I have so many elite troops under my command, how can I sit back and watch the Tartar army burn, kill and loot as they please?"
"I will try to kill hundreds of thousands of Tartar soldiers and bring their heads to the court to report my achievement."
"Once the victory is achieved, my position as the governor of the three borders will be promoted."
Hong Chengchou represented the interests of the southern gentry. Once he had made great contributions, it was impossible for him to be embezzled, and promotion and wealth were inevitable.
Isn’t this the fame and fortune he pursued throughout his life?
What outsiders don’t know is that Hong Chengchou has been very lucky recently. During a trip to Mount Li a year ago, he actually had an amazing adventure.
Not only did he obtain a life-originated divine weapon, but with the help of what he gained through a fortuitous encounter, he also raised his cultivation to the fifth late stage of martial arts!
Don't be fooled by his gentle and refined appearance now, his fighting ability is quite good. Although he cannot beat Wan'er, he should be able to beat Cao Yongxiang.
This is also the reason why he has the confidence to lead the army to fight the Tatars head-on.
Given Hong Chengchou's personality, it would be impossible for him to expose his natal magic weapon to others, so he would hide it well.
Even if he encounters a life-and-death crisis and has to summon his natal magic weapon to save his life, he will announce to the outside world that this is a natal magic weapon he was lucky enough to obtain, in order to confuse people.
Hong Chengchou could not have imagined that the opportunity would come soon after he had just trained an elite army.
As for the brothers Dorgon and Dodo, they must have great luck. Could it be that they also have their own natal magical weapon?
Hong Chengchou was not worried at all. Instead, he was very much looking forward to it.
He could already conclude that Li Dingguo and Huang Taiji were likely to have their own divine weapons.
This is also the main reason why both of them were able to rise so quickly.
Ever since he obtained an innate divine weapon, Hong Chengchou finally understood why some geniuses rose so quickly.
Any innate divine weapon possesses various divine powers, and it is not difficult to help the owner rise quickly.
Even in legends, some top-level acquired magical tools can produce this effect.
With Hong Chengchou's own strength and the troops he controlled, he would not dream of killing Li Dingguo or Huang Taiji. However, with careful planning, he had some chance of killing one of Dorgon and Dodo.
If he could get another divine weapon from the enemy, Hong Chengchou would undoubtedly wake up laughing in his dreams.
Although Hong Chengchou was obsessed with fame and fortune, he was not stupid.
When it comes to the true value of a divine weapon, no genius or strong person would agree to exchange it for the Ming Dynasty.
Every cultivator in the world today wants to break through to the Spirit Refining Realm in order to gain a sudden increase in lifespan and watch the world prosper and its ebb and flow. That is the life of a god.
After careful research, Hong Chengchou discovered that since Li Dingguo's rise outside the Great Wall, the secrets of this world have been changing more and more dramatically.
For a genius like him who has a star destiny, his cultivation progress every month is now incomparable to that of the previous three years!
This means that the practitioners in this great world are blessed, and are about to usher in a glorious era.
As for whether one will be eliminated by the glorious world, it depends on one's luck and efforts.
No matter what, the increasingly obvious changes in the destiny of this world are good news for any practitioner.
Once you get lucky, rapid rise is not a dream but a reality.
Hong Chengchou was basically certain that Li Dingguo, the leader of the Fuxing Army, was the source of this round of great changes. One can imagine how great his luck was!
At least Hong Chengchou would not think of killing a genius like Li Dingguo.
A man like Li Dingguo who stirs up the world's affairs cannot be killed easily, and turning misfortune into fortune is commonplace for him.
For the sake of his own future, it was enough for Hong Chengchou to be able to block Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army from expanding to other places within the Great Wall.
If he could kill tens of thousands of Tartars in this Tartar invasion, Hong Chengchou would be confident that he could move up to a higher position.
Although he was still unable to escape the mess in Qin at that time, he had a large number of troops at his disposal and no one could move him.
The Ming Dynasty has already seen a giant bandit like Li Dingguo. If another one appears, the Ming Dynasty will probably be destroyed soon.
As long as the imperial court is wary of their own strength and dares not push too hard, they can just let themselves develop steadily.
As for the future of the Ming Dynasty, who cares!
Countless dynasties have collapsed throughout history. The Ming Dynasty is not the first, nor will it be the last.
"Yuanfeng, Huang Taiji's move was so big, those aristocratic families have spies all over the world, it's impossible for them not to know."
After listening to the report from his trusted general Hong Yuanfeng, Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and instructed him, "Send some more envoys to those aristocratic families to lobby them."
"If the Later Jin Tartars enter the pass and burn, kill and plunder, if they can provide us with more and better military equipment, supplies and training resources, I, Hong Chengchou, promise to ensure that they can get through this disaster safely!"
"Especially in Northern Zhili, the aristocratic families and wealthy merchants who are about to face the threat of the Tartars will most likely agree to it as long as they don't want to die or their clans be wiped out."
"Especially, we need them to gather a large number of treasure ships of all levels. We need to strive to deploy a large fleet on all the major rivers in the three northwestern provinces, except for the territory of the Fuxing Army!"
"It's the same in Northern Zhili. This aspect is of utmost importance."
"Only in this way can our army quickly move forward and launch rapid raids against the Later Jin Tartar army!"
"I studied the tactics used by the Restoration Army. The reason why they have been so successful since their formation is that they have adopted surprise attacks in almost all the wars, and they have gained a lot."
"Such a good tactic is also suitable for our disciplined guards."
"I have no intention to do this, but I will teach the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo a lesson they will never forget!"
"Humph! Even though our Ming Dynasty is in decline, they can't just come and go as they please!"
"If I don't get 100,000 heads of the Tartars who entered the pass this time, I, Hong Chengchou, will be considered incompetent!"
He is not bragging, but speaking the truth.
Hong Chengchou's military and literary skills were no worse than Huang Taiji's, and his calculations were even more sinister.
Once he is given control of an elite army that obeys his orders, the combat effectiveness that can be exerted will be weighed against even the Later Jin army of the same size.
This time, the Later Jin Tartars invaded the pass in large numbers to plunder the valleys. No matter which army it was, it was impossible for them to always be able to gather together and act after entering the pass.
In order to maximize their benefits, those arrogant Tatars will definitely divide themselves into several legions and sweep in all directions.
This gave Hong Chengchou a good opportunity to concentrate his superior forces and eliminate them one by one.
With Hong Chengchou's strategic strategy and cunning, it was not difficult for him to find such an opportunity and it was normal to destroy several Tatar armies that were scattered around to raid the valleys.
"Yes! Grand Governor!"
"I will select personnel right now and send them to various places in northern Ming as soon as possible to complete this mission of intimidating those aristocratic families!"
Hong Yuanfeng's face lit up with joy, and he immediately said goodbye and left.
He is already a mid-level fifth-level expert, so he is certainly not stupid.
Hong Chengchou's arrangement was undoubtedly just right. By using a combination of soft and hard tactics, he would most likely be able to obtain more money, grain and other supplies.
With sufficient money, food, supplies, training resources, treasure ships of all levels, and the command of the shrewd Hong Chengchou, no matter which force faces them, it will be a headache.
It included Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army and Huang Taiji's Later Jin Tatar army.
(End of this chapter)
