Liaodong, Shengjing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we've found the culprit who robbed Lushunkou!”
In the main hall of the Qing Imperial Palace, Huang Jitai could not sit still when he heard the news. He hurriedly asked,"Who did this? I want him to die without a complete corpse!"
"It was Weihai Wei from Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province!”
The minister in charge of intelligence quickly said,""Not long ago, Weihaiwei held an unprecedented auction. The people of Weihaiwei actually auctioned off the wives and daughters of the nobles of the Qing Dynasty.”
"What is it? Public auction of our women?" When Huang Jitai heard this, his expression immediately changed and he flew into a rage."How dare they! A mere Weihai Guard dares to slaughter my clansmen and sell my women? They are courting death!”
"Immediately gather the troops for me, I want to personally lead the army and slaughter the Weihai Wei!”
When the minister in charge of intelligence heard this, his expression turned bitter and he hurriedly advised,"Emperor, you can't, you can't!”
"The situation in Weihai Wei is extremely complicated. It's located on the eastern coast of Shandong Peninsula and is extremely far away. Although the Eight Banners Warriors of the Qing Dynasty can cross the Great Wall and enter the pass to herd horses south, it's impossible to reach Weihai Wei.”
"Other than that, we can only use the navy for an expedition, but we don't have a navy!”
"Whether it's the army entering the pass or the navy expedition, the losses outweigh the gains. We can't reach Weihai Wei at all!”
"Besides, the situation in Weihaiwei is extremely complicated. It's not like before. Weihaiwei has already been occupied by some rebels of the Ming Dynasty. They killed rich businessmen and built farms there. They have been developing for more than a few months and have occupied half of the Shandong Peninsula. Not long ago, he had a huge battle with the Dengzhou Prefecture.”
" The Dengzhou Prefecture Army sent out 50,000 soldiers to suppress them, but they never expected the Weihai Guards to be so powerful. They had more than 15,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of farmers. The Dengzhou Prefecture Army was defeated and almost wiped out. Only 3,000 to 4,000 of the 50,000 soldiers managed to escape!”
"Your Majesty, the situation in Weihai Wei is extremely unusual. The spies we sent out will never return once they enter Weihai Wei's territory. The only reason he could get information about Weihai Wei was because he had paid a huge price to buy it from those merchants!”
When Huang Jitai heard this, his expression changed again.
Weihai Wei's situation was beyond his expectations.
A force with a powerful navy and 15,000 elite soldiers had appeared without him receiving any news. What made him even angrier was that this news was actually suppressed and concealed by the Dengzhou Prefecture. Da Ming did not send any military forces to suppress it at all.
As a result, he had no way to pose a threat to the Weihai Guards.
He had never hated the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty so much.
These corrupt officials were too hateful and deserved to be killed!
He listened to the minister's advice.
He said that he wanted to kill the culprit who massacred the Lushunkou tribesmen, but it was just a joke.
There was something wrong with his brain. That was why he had come all the way to the Northern Desert of Mongolia, took a long detour, and entered the pass again to go south. It was an extremely long distance from Shengjing to the entrance.
Not to mention, they had killed their way to Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province!
This was a distance that was destined to make people despair!
Before they could reach Dengzhou Prefecture, they would be surrounded by the main forces of Great Ming who were chasing after Li Zicheng's refugee army in Henan!
At this moment, within the Henan region of Great Ming, Sun Chuanting, who was chasing after Li Zicheng's refugee army, led 40,000 to 50,000 Great Ming elite soldiers. They were truly capable of fighting. Even the Great Qing did not dare to easily touch them.
Entering the pass to fight was different from fighting outside the pass. There were too many Ming troops there.
Moreover, the elite soldiers led by Sun Chuanting were elite soldiers who dared to fight and could fight.
He could not bear to clash head-on with such elite troops.
If they sent an army to take revenge, the distance would be too far, and there was even the risk of being surrounded and wiped out. However, the navy did not have the power to attack by water.
After thinking about it, Huang Jitai realized that he, the great Qing Dynasty, had no way to deal with the Weihai Guards!
For a moment, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
How could the Qing Empire, which he was so proud of, be helpless against a force that could not be brought to the table?!
This result was hard for him to accept!
He was not the only one who found it hard to accept. Even the Banner Lords of the Princes, Beiluo, and Manhan and Meng armies found it hard to accept.
The great Qing Dynasty had a vast territory, yet they were helpless against a force that didn't even have a prefecture. Was this not a joke?!
"Damn it, this is even more despicable than that bastard Mao Wenlong!”
For a moment, Huang Jitai once again recalled the days when he was harassed by Mao Wenlong.
During that period of time, once the Qing army entered the pass or moved against the Songjin defense line, the commander of Dongjiang Town, Mao Wenlong, would lead his defeated soldiers to the rear, giving him a splitting headache and endless trouble.
But fortunately, in the end, Da Ming cut off his own arm and Yuan Chonghuan personally took action to cut off that bastard Mao Wenlong.
But now, who should kill those bastards from Weihai Wei?
Weihai Wei was a bunch of rebels, and Da Ming didn't have any restrictions on them.
If he wanted to get rid of them, he would have to use a real army.
"What a headache!"
Huang Jitai clutched his head, which had not used his brain for a long time, and frowned as he cried out in pain.
No matter how much he thought about it, he could not think of a way to take revenge. He was the Great Qing Dynasty, but he could not do anything to a small force!
Who would believe it?
In the end, he could only think of a way to be on guard against the coastal defense.
This was how helpless a strategic situation was.
Others could attack, but I couldn't. I could only defend passively.
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