The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 278
In Liaoyang City, Liu Ji was sitting in the signing room of the second hall of the Liaoyang County Government, holding a letter in his hand, which was the one sent by Jiang Chuan.

He first carefully inspected the paint and imprint on the seal, and after confirming that there was no problem, he put the envelope on the candle next to it to melt it and opened it.

I took out the letter paper from inside, and after unfolding it, I saw Jiang Chuan's familiar, ugly handwriting in the eyes of many people, and even some words were missing strokes. Liu Ji smiled knowingly, and then began to read carefully. go down.

The letter is not long, it's just a piece of letter paper, and it's just a few hundred words, so I read it quickly.

Liu Ji put the writing on the letterhead aside again, picked up the blank letterhead with the seal of the Liaonan Commander-in-Chief and looked at it for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid my lord will be disappointed this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from the door: "Military Master, what will disappoint the Marquis?"

Liu Ji looked up, but saw a man in white clothes like snow standing at the door and looking at him with a smile on his face, he stood up and said, "Miss Bai, why are you here suddenly, please come in quickly."

The person who came was Bai Jinxiu, she looked haggard, with a dusty look on her face.

Bai Jinxiu was not polite either, and sat down opposite Liu Ji graciously.

A small official brought tea, then bowed and retreated.

Liu Ji also sat down again and looked at Bai Jinxiu: "I just received a letter from my lord and was about to write to you, but I didn't expect you to be standing in front of me."

Bai Jinxiu: "Then it's the right time for me to come. If my guess is correct, then our Grand Marquis must be short of manpower, and the military adviser urged me to find someone for him."

Liu Ji laughed: "It's not bad at all, you still know the lord. The letter of the lord is here, you can read it too."

After speaking, he reached out to pick up the letter and handed it to Bai Jinxiu who was opposite.

However, Bai Jinxiu was a little hesitant and didn't go to answer it: "Military Master, this is a letter from Master Hou. I don't think it's appropriate."

"There's nothing wrong with it. You still have to do these things." Liu Ji smiled and handed the letter over again.

Only then did Bai Jinxiu take the letter with both hands, read it quickly, with a weird smile on her face.

Returning the letter to Liu Ji, Bai Jinxiu said with a smile: "Although the handwriting written by our great lord is still ugly, it is much better than before. I just really don't understand why he always writes with few strokes. , and it seems to be so natural, as if the character should be written like this."

Liu Ji: "My lord is not an extraordinary person, extraordinary things happen to extraordinary people. Miss Bai, you came to Liaoyang this time, but what happened in the rear?"

Liu Ji obviously changed the topic. It is not wise to talk about the lord behind his back, especially the person in front of him who may be the lord's concubine in the future. A minister should be more cautious in his words. Liu Ji is well aware of this.

Bai Jinxiu didn't continue this topic, but said seriously: "There is indeed a major event. I received news from the capital that Li Zicheng's two armies are marching towards the capital. The west has captured Taiyuan, and the south is about to reach Jinan. gone."

Liu Ji's complexion suddenly became solemn, this is indeed a big event.

He thought for a while, then found the map of Ming Dynasty drawn by himself from the desk, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, and said while reading: "Once Taiyuan is lost, you will arrive at Gyeonggi after passing Zhending Mansion. After passing Jinan , and then take Hejian Mansion, the capital. I didn't expect Li Zicheng to advance so fast, obviously he wanted to encircle the capital with two people."

Bai Jinxiu nodded: "The matter is urgent, so I came here as soon as I received the news. I hope the military division and Master Hou can make preparations early so that we will not fall into a passive position in the future."

Liu Ji also frowned.The situation is developing so fast, but no one has expected it.

Originally, according to Jiang Chuan and Liu Ji's judgment, it would take at least half a year for Li Zicheng to reach Beijing.This half a year is enough for him to free up his hands to deal with the Tartars and tidy up Liaodong.

But I didn't expect that Jiang's army had just entered two cities in Liaodong, and Li Zicheng was about to hit the capital. This would undoubtedly have a great impact on Jiang's army's future strategic layout.

The most straightforward thing is that once Li Zicheng wins Beijing, he will be the leader. At that time, officials and people all over the world will join him, and Li Zicheng's strength will expand rapidly.If Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, who were guarding Shanhaiguan, surrendered to Li Zicheng at that time, it would undoubtedly affect Li Yongnian's mind in Datong.

Although Li Yongnian is now in an alliance with Jiang Chuan, he has not clearly expressed his allegiance to Jiang Chuan.Once Li Zicheng captures the capital, then think about Li Yongnian, Wu Sangui and other border guards who will issue a letter of surrender, these people will inevitably not be tempted.

After all, most of the Ming Dynasty was occupied by Li Zicheng, and it was impossible for their small force to fight against the Dashun Army.

Once Li Yongnian changed his mind, it would be really troublesome for the Jiang family's army to win Datong.

Datong City is not comparable to Liaoyang and Guangning, which are outside the customs. It is a majestic city that has been continuously strengthened in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Jiang family's army is confident in defeating it, the loss will definitely not be small.

Moreover, half of the current Jiang family army is the original Ming army.And some of these people want to be locals of Datong.

If Datong falls into the hands of Li Zicheng, it will definitely have a big impact on the morale of the army.If they want to fight Datong again in the future, I'm afraid these people may not be able to fight to the death.

Liu Ji thought about the impact of this all at once, so that his brows were furrowed and he didn't speak for a long time.

Bai Jinxiu also fell silent, apparently she also realized the seriousness of the situation, and was waiting for Liu Ji to make up her mind.

After a long while, Liu Ji finally spoke: "Miss Bai, you should go back to Datong right away and try to inform the people in the capital to work on that eunuch Li Jinzhong who is in charge of ceremonies and Bingbi, so that the emperor must let the emperor know before Li Zicheng surrounds the capital." Give Lord Hou an order to serve the king."

Bai Jinxiu's eyes widened, and he asked in confusion, "Military Master, are we really going to the capital to serve the King? But Liaodong has not yet settled down, the Tartars have not lost their vitality, and we only have more than 7 troops. How can we fight on two fronts?"

Liu Ji: "Miss Bai, don't worry. The strength of our army is indeed not enough to support us in the two-front battle. Qin Wang is impossible, but this Qin Wang Ling must have. With this thing, the lord can justifiably do some things." It's over."

Bai Jinxiu was already very smart, but after hosting the Black Ice Terrace, she became more sensitive to these conspiracies and plots. Her heart moved, and she whispered: "The military division means Great Harmony?"

Liu Ji smiled slightly: "If possible, we can do more." He said and clicked on the location of Shanhaiguan on the map.

　The second one arrives.There are also updates.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)