On the first day of the sixth month of the fifty-first year of Kangxi
Over 20 days had passed, and Zhu Bomu had successfully taken down the two major cities of Hongji and Xin 'an. Not only did he obtain over a million taels of silver and a million dan of food, but he also obtained over 600,000 citizens.
Adding on the people of Haiyang, the Ming Dynasty now had 700,000 people. It could be said that it was a small overlord in the Indo-China Peninsula.
"Send this thing back to Mu Yong.”
In the treasury of Xin 'an Prefecture, Zhu Bomu looked at the brand new shogunate katana and immediately thought of Mu Yong who was still stationed at the rear. He could not help but smile and called for Shen Lian to bring the katana with him when the Jinyiwei returned.
Today was the second day after they had taken down Xin 'an Prefecture. The city was in a mess. Burned houses were everywhere, as well as bloodstains that had not been cleaned.
Attacking Hongji and Xin 'an had caused Zhu Bomu to lose many men.
More than 500 people from the 3,000 Battalion were injured, and the soldiers were basically all wiped out. Therefore, after taking down Xin 'an Prefecture, Zhu Bomu had already intended to bring these supplies back to Six Zhao Mountain, preparing to upgrade the base of Six Zhao Mountain.
"Is the messenger eagle still not back?" Zhu Bomu asked Shen Lian without even lifting his head when he was choosing the gift.
"No. I think the messenger eagle has just arrived at the Rising Dragon Mansion and Li Dao has just received the letter.”Shen Lian shook his head.
Because they had to return to Liu Zhao Mountain, Zhu Bomu was prepared to bring the 3,000 Battalion to transport the supplies back. This meant that Li Dao's side would be short of at least a cavalry that could be used for a month.
Right now, Li Dao only had the Divine Arms Battalion, the Southwest Heavy Cavalry, the 5,000 Battalion, and the 5,000 Barracks, which were 7,000 men. The rest of the soldiers could only fight evenly with the Zheng soldiers.
Losing Xin 'an, Hongji, Haiyang, and more than ten counties in succession had already cut off most of the Zheng's arms. With only Taiyuan, Guihua, Jiaxing, Shenglong, Jianping, and Fenghua, Zheng's hundreds of thousands of people were already struggling in logistics.
However, now was not the time to make a move.
They had to wait until the Zheng family levied taxes on the people again and ignited the anger of the people. Then, Zhu Bomu and Li Dao would take action. At that time, they could defeat their biggest opponent with the least casualties.
Moreover, after Zhu Bomu went north to upgrade Liu Zhao Mountain base, he might bring tens of thousands of elites south. At that time, he could take down Lord Ruan in the south and Nan Zhang, who was still in chaos in the west.
Moreover…
After Zhu Bomu returned this time, it was also time to give Yang Mubo some benefits, and then urge Yang Mubo to revolt.
The Jinyiwei could no longer hide the news of Jiaozhi.
Although the Brocade Guards were elites, their numbers were limited. After upgrading the prefecture, Zhu Bomu first had to recruit the Brocade Guards in addition to the army.
The incident of the Sticky Rod Department and the Jinyiwei in Chengdu was still fresh in his mind. Zhu Bomu was very worried that the Sticky Rod Department would stab someone in his side.
This was also the reason why he had chosen to use the system's products for both generals and civil officials.
Thinking about it, Zhu Bomu felt that there was nothing to pick, so he clapped his hands and stood up,""Take a look for yourself. If there's anything you like, pick a few.”
"I…don't have anything I like." Shen Lian's personality was a little dull, and he was a little rigid. This made Zhu Bomu lose some of his joy when he was with him.
When he heard that Shen Lian did not want anything, Zhu Bomu walked out of the treasury of Xin 'an Prefecture with him. However, as soon as they walked out of the door, they heard the cry of a messenger eagle from the sky.
"What happened?" The messenger eagle would not chirp for no reason, so Zhu Bomu immediately turned to look at Shen Lian.
However, when he turned around, he saw Shen Lian frowning. He looked at the messenger hawk in the air and immediately whistled.
The messenger eagle in the air heard it and immediately began to descend. It then landed on Shen Lian's arm.
Shen Lian unhurriedly took out a small piece of paper from the bamboo tube on the messenger eagle's leg and passed it to Zhu Bomu.
After receiving the note, Zhu Bomu finally knew what had happened.
Yesterday morning, Yang Mubo and Yang Tian had led twenty thousand elites to destroy the Qing army's encampment in the three prefectures of Kaihua, Guixi, and Guangnan. They had sent their troops to Huijiang Prefecture in the west, and if nothing went wrong, they had already reached Kun Prefecture!
"Long live, this…"
"Don't say anymore. This Yang Mubo didn't make a move earlier or later, but now.”Before Shen Lian could finish, Zhu Bomu patted his forehead as he felt a slight headache.
The reason why he said that was because three days ago, Nian Gengyao had mobilized ten thousand Mongolian cavaliers to station in Dongchuan Prefecture. Dongchuan Prefecture was only three hundred miles away from Kun Prefecture, and they would arrive in two days.
On the contrary, Zhu Bomu was now a full three hundred miles away from Liu Zhao Mountain.
When he arrived at Liu Zhao Mountain, he was still 600 miles away from Kunfu, which added up to 900 miles.
What was even worse was that according to the original plan, Yang Mubo should have taken down the Ensi and Pingan Si cities of Guixi before he raised his army. Now, he was directly attacking the Kunfu Prefecture.
This caused Zhu Bomu to very likely encounter the Qing army marching from the west of Guangxi on his way back to Liu Zhao Mountain!
"This Yang Mubo is really incapable of doing anything but is more than capable of ruining things!”After scolding Yang Mubo, Zhu Bomu patted his forehead. After waking up, he immediately instructed,"Tell the people of the Hundred Households Office in Guixi to immediately investigate the movement of the Qing army in Guixi!”
"I'll do it now!" Shen Lian knew the seriousness of the matter and did not waste any time. He immediately brought Xin Ying into the study not far away.
Looking at Shen Lian's back, Zhu Bomu felt that he had really gone overboard this time.
There was the Qing army in the north, and Zheng's 100,000-strong army in the south had yet to be wiped out. It could be said that there were wolves in front and tigers behind. He only had a pig teammate!
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