Beiyang new warlord

"Let the Wu family go first! People from Liao, the Tieyi Army is our foundation! There is no one Fan Wenju in a hundred Wu families, hurry up and go north, let's save Dengzhou!"

"Then let the East China Sea bandits return to Zhoushan?"

"Let them retreat?"

Mentioning this, Mao Jue couldn't help showing a little weirdness on his face, and shook his head with a very weird expression.

"It is estimated that even if I open my mouth and fight so smoothly, these bandits will not retreat."

"But that's fine!"

After making up his mind, he slammed his fist into the palm of his hand, and Mao Jue nodded to Mao Yang.

"Send someone to contact Li Deyong, I want to meet those bandits, hurry up!"

"As ordered!"

Li Deyong, an old man, was quite agile in his work. The day after Mao Jue issued the order, a gang of bandits gathered in Huating County. Mao Jue also returned to Huating County after landing from Jinshanwei.

It really felt like a mafia party. In a shop, everyone was covered with black cloaks, covering their faces low. As soon as they entered the door, they heard Saito Kojiro's ugly wah wah wah wah again, Barking like a dog.

"I'm busy with military affairs, this old man Li Deyong, what did you call my uncle to do? Why don't you give him enough taps?"

"Saito, please shut up. Since Mr. Li invited everyone over, there must be something important! Mr. Li, do you have any orders from the leader?"

Compared with some ignorant ones, most Chinese pirates were convinced by Mao Jue's dispatch in the last Qiantang battle.The person who made the noise was Mao Tingtao, Mao Tingtao, the owner of Yangshan Island in the Zhoushan Archipelago, who belonged to Mao Jue's family 500 years ago. Speaking of which, his origins are not small. He is a descendant of Mao Haifeng, the son of Wang Zhiyi, the owner of Wufeng, and a serious pirate. His grandfather fought against Qi Jiguang in Cengang.

"There are indeed some things. I called you here to tell you one thing. I am going to retreat!"

Walking around behind Li Deyong and taking off his cloak, Mao Jue casually pressed his hands on the table, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

"retreat?"

But this sentence exploded among the pirate leaders, Saito Kojiro, a descendant of the Daimyo of the Mino Domain in Japan, immediately jumped up screaming, and yelled angrily.

"The Songjiang mansion will be in hand soon, and the sheep-like rotten soldier of the Ming Dynasty will soon howl under the sword of the samurai, and then sacrifice his head. At this time, retreat? Is there something wrong with you?"

"Yes! Lord Leader, why do you want to retreat at this time!"

The most profitable business is the business without capital, and it is the time when the robbing is enjoyable. Even Mao Tingtao, the owner of Yangshan Island, showed dissatisfaction, but Mao Jue, who was listening to the discussions, became more and more indifferent. Knocking on the table, he said impatiently.

"Listen well, I'm not telling you to retreat, it's me who is going to retreat!"

"Hangzhou Jiaxing's money has been enough for me to enjoy for a while, and I'm not afraid to tell you that in Shanghai County, my scouts have encountered Ningyuan soldiers outside the pass. These frontier soldiers outside the pass are different from the sheep soldiers in Jiangnan. , I can't afford to take this risk again."

"As for everyone, if you are willing to continue to fight Songjiang, Mao has no objection, but I will not accompany you!"

"The old man should follow suit and retreat to Zhoushan!"

Li Deyong also added a sentence.

After Mao Jue finished speaking, the whole scene suddenly fell silent. A group of pirate leaders looked at each other in blank dismay. For a moment, Mao Tingtao couldn't help but cautiously clenched his fists.

"Leader, are the soldiers outside this pass really so powerful?"

"I don't know! You can try it yourself. Anyway, if you listen to my advice, you will retreat together. If you don't listen to my advice, I have no objection. You can figure it out!"

Looking impatient again, Mao Jue hugged his arms, hummed wearily, and immediately waved his hands again.

"Think about it! Go first!"

Unbelievably, Mao Jue and Li Deyong really left the lobby, and a group of pirate leaders suddenly exchanged colors with each other in surprise. After a while, Saito Kojiro opened his foul mouth again.

"A real warrior is fearless. Ming's army is all sheep. I heard that Songjiang's wealth is comparable to that of Hangzhou. It's just right if he is missing. If he loses a penny, he just got rid of his stinky rules! My uncle is Let’s fight some time, whether you like it or not!”

Hearing his booing and yelling, seven or eight pirates immediately stood up with their knives in their hands, yelling and walking out.

"Captain, what shall we do?"

After all, Wang Zhi still has some prestige. The gangs of pirates near Yangshan Island, no matter the Japanese or the Han people, are all following the advice of Mao and others. Seeing Saito and others leave, the few leaders who are quite excited have made do. Mao listened to Tao's side and asked tentatively.

After thinking about it for quite a while, this descendant of Wufeng just shook his head solemnly.

"Let's withdraw!"

"Captain, are you really withdrawing?"

Snatching a trip to Hangzhou is really exciting, Jinshan Yinhai!Moreover, the Battle of Qiantang really gave the pirates confidence. A man in his 40s who looked as strong as a shark couldn't help hesitating, but these words strengthened Mao Tingtao's determination.

"This lord came from the North Sea. He should have had a lot of collusion with the Ming army. That's why he was so clear about the Ming army's mobilization. Since he has all retreated, then the soldiers outside the pass should be no small matter. Be careful! The money is good. , the flower of life is the real money! So, let's withdraw too!"

Mao Tingtao's words were not only told to him from several islands of alliances, but also to other pirate leaders in the room. Seeing Mao Tingtao go out, Takeda Chuanyong, a branch warrior of Kai Takeda's family, followed him with a Japanese sword.

"Captain Mao's words are very reasonable, let's follow suit!"

During the yelling of the two of them, most of the robbers finally made up their minds to accept them as soon as they were good, and only a few were still reluctant to get rich. After careful consideration, they ran after Saito Kojiro.

In the afternoon, Jinshanwei, the Japanese pirate army that made the entire Ming Dynasty feel like a formidable enemy, actually split up in Mao Jue's few words. More than 6000 forces, more than [-] pirates boarded the ship again, full of treasures, Returning to his hometown and obtaining the position of leader of this circle, Saito Kojiro took the remaining [-] Japanese pirates with him, rushed to Matsue Mansion aggressively and killed them directly.

Despite lowering the center of gravity, Mao Jue's sailing battleship is still a head taller than the pirates' Guangchuan, Fuchuan, and Guanchuan. Standing on the poop, watching the battle of hundreds of ships below, and then watching the ronalds leaving in a mess on the shore , Li Deyong couldn't help showing a dark smile on his old face.

"It's so hard to persuade the damned ghost! Without the master to dispatch them, they are just a bunch of loose sand and stupid thieves, and they don't know it when they die!"

"That's just right!"

With arms folded, Mao Jue couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and raised his head to the sky.

"After all, I know all about the enmity between the Wu family and the Wu family. It is inevitable that some people will suspect that several families have been exterminated this time. Now I am ordered to go north, and Saito and the others are going to die, which just clears up the suspicion for me. Already!"

"After this general goes north, Mr. Li, on behalf of this general, you will continue to contact and control Zhoushan, and cooperate with Zheng Duo and Mr. Zheng to sell our northern goods. I will always remember Mr. Li's achievements!"

"Thank you, General!"

Clenching his fists violently, Li Deyong replied respectfully, now that he has lost his home in Nagasaki, he doesn't regret it anymore, what more could he ask for if he could make the pirate boss who yelled at him all the time lower his eyebrows?

After the East China Sea bandits were placed, Mao Jue couldn't help turning his eyes to the north again, and a burst of sharpness burst out from his squinted eyes.

Chapter 2. Joining forces

Huaxia is indeed a vast country with abundant resources. When I came back from Jiangnan, I immediately felt a chill on the sea. After I went around Jiangnan for a long time, I was spared again.

Fortunately, it was completely offshore. You must know that the accident occurred in the aorta of the Ming Empire, the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hangzhou and the ending point in Dezhou. I am full, and I really admire these great masters of the imperial court. For the same batch of grain, I have to go to the capital's household department for a trip to the north, and then go back. During the period, countless rotten and consumed.

But this can't be changed, a canal, the court does not know how many black hands are making money in it, knowing that it is a bad government, but no censor dares to provoke troubles on the canal, the offended interest groups are too big.

This is also the sorrow of a late dynasty. As time accumulates, these dark unspoken rules settle down more and more tightly. Top-down reforms often face huge resistance and are extremely easy to repeat, just like Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal. Once a person dies, the policy is immediately revoked, and the accumulated disadvantages are more and more.

This seems to be the curse of Chinese history, always falling into this vicious circle, and Mao Jue and Dong Jiang are also struggling in this difficult end times.