Liu bu also knows that he has been back for such a long time and has prepared such a long time and effort. It's time to attack the JianNu opposite. They have unique advantages against JianNu here. If they deal with JianNu in other places of Daming, they can't escape the other party's revenge.
JianNu's iron cavalry is still quite powerful. In the decades since he rose in the northeast, he can be called invincible. Taking a small Jianzhou as the place, he laid down the whole Liao Town, and the huge Ming Empire can't lift its head.
What's more awesome is that they beat the Mongolian cavalry with steps, defeated the Mongolian Empire and surrendered one after another, which makes them have the ability to rise and dominate the world.
In the face of the Manchu cavalry, the Ming Empire could only choose to avoid it. In the past, the city was very afraid of each other's retaliation, while the three East houses had an advantage over others in dealing with JianNu.
That is, they are separated by a Bohai Sea. They have a strong naval force and can order the navy to cross the sea to attack the enemy. The poor navy of JianNu has long been destroyed by them and suffered heavy losses. They have the sea power along the whole Bohai Sea.
In this era, there is no saying of sea domination, but it can only be said that the thousands of miles of sea are allowed to gallop. Although JianNu is very powerful, they dare not directly face the navy of the Ming army and can only retreat.
Faced with the troops of the Ming Denglai Navy, JianNu had no choice but to evacuate all outposts and guard posts in the open sea and not fight with the Ming army at sea. Even if the Ming navy was forced, it could not drive the warship ashore, could it? As a result, they have no advantage.
But this is just a way to shrink the head of the tortoise. Can't you deal with the tortoise if it hides in its shell?
Long before Liu Bu went north, they had drawn up a plan to crack down on JianNu. This plan has now been put on the agenda, and the troops have been preparing since.
Liu Buhe has announced that when his father gets married, he will go north to attack and build slaves on a large scale.
Moreover, at this time, he formally resigned from Zhu Dadian and asked to resign from the position of Fengyang general army. He will lead his troops back to Denglai and continue to serve as his former Dengzhou guerrilla general.
It's an excuse for him to transfer a large number of troops back from the Jianghuai area. Even the imperial court knows that this is an excuse, but there is no way. The imperial court controls the general these days, that is, it controls him in personnel. If you want to get promoted and get rich, you have to listen to me. Now, Liu Bu doesn't want to get promoted and get rich. There's really no way to take such a thorn.
If Liu Bu went to other places, it would certainly not work. The imperial court would not allow it, but when they resigned, they asked to return to the Dengzhou army, mainly to attack JianNu across the Bohai Sea and take the initiative to attack southern Liaoning in the coming September.
Their plan has won great admiration from the imperial court. You know, since the war of Guangning, the imperial court has been as afraid of JianNu as a tiger. Hearing the other party's reputation, they are frightened. Basically, they dare not take the initiative to provoke the other party. They can only defend passively and let the other party fight.
Now there is actually a Ming army that actively requests to go out to fight and build, which makes the princes in the court very happy and very happy. Therefore, they have no resistance to Liu Bu's request to resign from Fengyang general and transfer to Dengzhou guerrilla general.
For the definition of Liu Jiajun, they have a clear definition. This is a force that threatens the imperial court. They must spend it against JianNu or against roving bandits. Since they take the initiative to deal with the most powerful JianNu, it is also in line with the imperial court's vision, which makes the imperial court's princes have a feeling of staying open and seeing the moon.
Liu Jiajun was so informed and knowledgeable that he took the initiative to fight JianNu, which saved them some tongue skills. This is the best way. Everyone was decent and happy about it.
The imperial court has done so many things to distrust, suppress and isolate the Liu family. It is nothing more than forcing the Liu family army to deal with JianNu and the exiled bandits. If Liu Bu is willing to do so, they will never use so many means to target him, and they will praise him and send him away with gongs and drums.
Because the whole court needs enough troops to deal with JianNu, JianNu has become his confidant and great enemy. For the court, JianNu needs to be eliminated, and the exile bandits also need to be eliminated. Even a semi warlord and home army like Liu Jiajun needs to be eliminated.
The best way is to let them kill each other and win the imperial court. The court has always been doing this. They have been mobilizing more soldiers from the generals of the side army, so that they can destroy all the bandits and destroy the slaves.
Their ideal result was that JianNu was wiped out, the exiled bandits were wiped out, and the imperial court's officers and soldiers were consumed. The imperial court was happy.
But now it's a little inappropriate to play this trick, because these officers and soldiers are a little out of work and unwilling to work hard to eliminate the exiled bandits, because they also know that the imperial court is killing people with a knife and using them.
I don't want to go. Where's this? If you don't want to go, can't you raise a tiger? We can only try to drive the tiger and fight the wolf. It's impossible for you to raise the tiger here, so he exhausted all means and forced you to let you go.
For Liu Bu, he now applied to the imperial court to return to jiandenglai army and fight JianNu. The imperial court basically didn't even want to think about it. They agreed immediately. They did so many things just to force Liu Bu to go. Now Liu Bu has gone, that's the best.
Seeing Liu Bu's memorial to the request, the officials of the imperial court were very happy. They thought it was the best news they had heard recently. I believe they were influenced by the great righteousness of the Confucius family because of their marriage with the Confucius family. Therefore, they would be so informed and knowledgeable to serve the country. If Liu family has such financial resources, if he is allied with the Confucius family, he is so willing to serve the country, There is no problem in continuing to fight JianNu and give him a generation of wealth.
Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, who had been worried because of the chaos caused by the roving bandits and the havoc in the northwest, now looked very happy and walked with wind. He suggested to the Emperor: "Since ancient times, it has been said that the emperor did not send hungry soldiers. Since Liu Bu wanted to fight and build slaves, it is naturally allowed, but if he was directly removed from the post of Fengyang commander and let him go back to Denglai army as a guerrilla general, it would chill the hearts of meritorious heroes." therefore, Wen Tiren suggested that Liu Bu be directly transferred from Fengyang commander to the commander of southern Liaoning, and let him be responsible for the strategic campaign operations in southern Liaoning.
This proposal was immediately unanimously agreed by the ministers of civil and military affairs. You know, they also taboo the strength of the Liu family. Now they can let the Liu family take the initiative to eliminate the exiled bandits, which is tantamount to abolishing their martial arts. This is a very good practice. It doesn't affect whether Liu Bu is the general army of Fengyang or the general army of southern Liaoning, and Liu Bu is changed from the general army of Fengyang to the general army of southern Liaoning , this is more in line with the meaning of the imperial court, because Liu Bu is entrenched in Fengyang area, which will certainly erode the interests of the imperial court. If you let him go to southern Liaoning, let him toss.
Anyway, now the whole southern Liaoning has fallen into the hands of JianNu. The imperial court can't control this place at all. Isn't Liu Bu very capable of tossing? He can toss so much, so let him serve as the commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning. Whether you have territory depends on whether you can bear it. Grab it from JianNu. How much territory you can grab from JianNu belongs to you.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was no post of commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning. The southern Liaoning area was under the control of the commander-in-chief of Eastern Liaoning in that year. Li Chengliang, who was famous all over the world in that year, was the commander-in-chief of Liaozhen town. Nominally, all the territory outside the pass was basically under his control. He became the overlord outside the pass with the post of commander-in-chief of Liaozhen town. However, with the suppression of the imperial court and the rise of Manchu forces, he became increasingly powerful Of course, his retreat is also related to his aging. After all, he is an old man in his 70s and 80s. If Li Chengliang is not old, he is still a hero who can ride a fierce war horse and cross the White Mountains and black waters in those years, he can suppress the JianNu supported by him, and he can press the other side to death.
But as someone said, "since ancient times, beauties and famous generals are not allowed to see white heads in the world. When he is old, he is inevitably weak.
Liu Bu asked for an order from the imperial court. The imperial court was very happy and agreed. If he wanted to be the commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning in the past, it might be difficult, but now it's not difficult at all. For the imperial court, it doesn't cost a penny at all, because the whole area outside the pass has long been lost, and the whole southern Liaoning has also been lost. Liu Bu has to go by himself if he wants to be his commander-in-chief of southern Liaoning Call back.
If Liu Bu can go to rob southern Liaoning, rob this territory and return to Daming, it is a very cost-effective thing for Daming.
Even if Liu Bu sent his elite troops to cross the sea to attack southern Liaoning and seize this territory, the imperial court should be very happy to see, because this means that the powerful and rapidly rising Liu family will have a big collision with the JianNu rising in Eastern Liaoning. The two fierce tigers will fight in this place, and the Ming court will profit.
So when Liu Bu wrote to the court and asked to go out to fight JianNu, the court's attitude towards his wind direction and the Liu family changed 180 degrees.
That is, it is politically correct to speak ill of the Liu family and suppress the Liu family a few days ago. It seems that if you don't speak ill of the Liu family, you can't be called a good man.
But now it's different. The Liu family is the best official in the Ming Dynasty. He is the Savior of our court. If we don't say a few good words about him, it's estimated that they can't be called loyal ministers. The Liu family has been pursued by the whole people from the accusations and abuse a few days ago.
They all know that this is a win-win. The higher the Liu family is, the better. As long as they can hold him to the south of Liaoning, they will let the imperial court call him Dad. It is estimated that they can talk about it.
Liu Bu's skill completely stabilized the open and hidden arrows of the imperial court against them, and won them some breathing opportunities.
In September of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Liu Bu officially stepped down from Fengyang to southern Liaoning.