Beiyang new warlord

After finishing off the bandits in the East China Sea, Mao Jue rushed north immediately. He didn't stop supplying at all along the coast of Xuzhou, and rushed directly to Shandong. This was already the sixth day of going north.

"This should reach the surface of Shandong Sea!"

There was heavy fog on the sea early in the morning. It was really difficult to sail in ancient times. Without GPS, I didn’t know where I was drifting with the ocean currents. Holding the binoculars, Mao Jue held his small cannon with some anxiety. Unfortunately, even with this gadget, he didn't see it tens of meters away, but he could vaguely see the sailing battleship Hongtu in front of him.

Putting down the binoculars, Mao Jue said anxiously.

"Don't panic, general, our position should have already entered the Shandong sea area."

Fortunately, many old boatmen were borrowed from Phi Island. A chart is the GPS of this era. There is a compass on it, and the flag is still calculating the speed. The captain of other galleons records the itinerary every day. Only the black The Pearl is counted by the first mate.

Looking at the chart, the first officer in his 50s, who once participated in the Wanli Korean War under the command of Deng Zilong, the commander of the navy of the Ming army, spoke with confidence.

Looking at the picture, it was indeed not far from the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, but even so, Mao Jue was still anxious. Before he set off, he had clearly received the news that Dongjiang was going to fight. On the one hand, these Liao people are still his own source of reserve troops. Once there are too many casualties, he will feel uncomfortable. The one who feels the least distressed is Sun Yuanhua, but this old official is still a talented person. If he is gone, Dongjiang will suffer even more.

While thinking about it, the battleship in front suddenly came to a standstill, and the semaphore soldiers on the bird's nest frantically waved their flags. This was a signal of an unknown ship ahead, and immediately the entire crew of the Black Pearl became busy.

"Sail down! Hurry up! You idiot! Go ahead, untie third cable, jib turn right"

Steering the rudder with both hands, the first mate was yelling with the rudeness typical of sailors. Amidst his yelling, the second mate and third mate also successfully led the huge monster, and turned the bow of the ship amidst violent creaking sounds. The herringbone shape of the huge ship is laid out at the front, and the big blessing ships, Guangzhou ships, and the bought Guan ships and Cangshan ships are behind the back.

Three-tenths of the wealth in Hangzhou City is in this large fleet, Shen Yi Mao Jue feels distressed.

However, this one really didn’t go out like the Huang Li. During the alert, in the thick fog, the outlines of the same three behemoths were slowly revealed. I know that it is more than ten meters high.

Although this is the sea area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, it is also the area of ​​activities of Japanese pirates. Last time, the Nagasaki Castle of the Tokugawa Shogunate was pulled out, and there is no reaction from the Japanese pirates until now. They also have contact with Westerners. The Liaodong battleship The blueprints were also copied from the home of the descendant of the famous family who settled his family in Wangjing, North Korea. Mao Jue was not sure whether the Japanese could build this kind of western battleship.

The main ship was located in the second position on the left of the ship town. Watching the opposite battleship slowly turn around, Mao Jue ordered to do the same tactical moves while frowning.

"Put the semaphore and tell the other party that this general is the Daming Dongjiang Tieyi Army! Ask them if they dare to fight against me, Daming?"

"As ordered!"

After bowing, Mao Leng ran out with the flag himself, waving it at the bird's nest on the bow mast, and the observation post above hurriedly sent out the semaphore. It was a quick run back.

"General, they say they are also the Tieyi Army of Dongjiang Town of Ming Dynasty"

"Uh"

It really almost flooded the Dragon King Temple. These three are the latest first-class sailing battleships launched in the Dongjiang River, the White Horse, the Iron Mountain and the Yizhou. In addition to these three, there are seven smaller ones, about 50 meters The second-tier battleships, more than a dozen 30-meter-smaller first-tier supply ships.

In fact, a perfect fleet does not have to be all giants. The combination of large and small ships is the kingly way. When the number of first-class battleships reaches ten, Mao Jue plans to stop. One time, Mao Jue’s little wealth was really taken out. The fleet led by Shen Rong had a regiment with more than 200 sailors, and eliminated the Fuchuan and Guangzhou Ships, which did not have many gun positions before. The smallest had a row of side gun bays.

This is the fleet of dreams.

With Shen Rong leading the team, Mao Jue could be said to have rushed out of the fog, and saw the coastline, which was about the location of Qingdao in later generations, and docked in a temporary military port here.

Near the shore, there is a rather neat barracks near the port. In the battle of Hangzhou, the Ming army claimed to be 2000, but there were less than [-] tents. Mao Jue's Tieyi army here should only have five regiment flags. There are less than [-] regiments and almost [-] auxiliary soldiers behind, and the number of tents is more than [-].

People live in one tent, horses live in another tent, rich, just so willful!

It is estimated that Shen Rong sent a small boat back to report. On the pier, there are already several generals waiting there on the [-]th. Not to mention, they are all here. Wen Meng, Kong Youde, Zhao brothers, Tian Tao, general Tie Yizhong will be there.

And there is actually a newcomer here.

Zhao Tiehan!

The Liaodong man Mao Jue first met in Dengzhou.

"General!"

I haven't seen you for a few months, but these guys still have a conscience. When they came up, they all stepped forward and bowed with fists in their hands, especially Zhao Tiehan, who was obviously agitated. The eyes of the 1.8-meter-long man were actually red A little bit.

"Get up! It's been a long time! Don't say, the iron man has grown a lot, but you, uncle, have gained a lot of weight! It seems that you should be sent to Rongsu across the Yalu River!"

In the past few months of intrigue, the group of rough men in front of him was still the kindest. After saying something with emotion, he punched Wen Meng's shoulder again, and Mao Jue also made a joke.

"You too, General. You haven't even heard from me for a few months. Could it be that you were fascinated by the girls from Jiangnan, and you forgot about us bastards?"

Deliberately showing the closeness of the relationship, Wen Meng also laughed, but Pang Panghai quickly made a look when he heard it.

"Old Wen, don't talk nonsense!"

This trip to the south of the Yangtze River was indeed not going well. For His Holiness's sake, Pang Pang Hai was afraid of causing Mao Jue's displeasure, but he obviously underestimated Mao Jue's tolerance. He stretched out his hand and waved Pang Pang Hai. He nodded to Wen Meng who was a little dazed.

"Something happened this time, let's go back and talk about it!"

"The general is right, let's go back with the general! The wine is all set, let's talk on the wine table!"

Fearing that others would not know that he was a big wine bag, Kong Youde yelled high-spiritedly on the side, and then resumed his cheering, generals embraced Mao Jue and went straight into the central army.

But I didn't feel like drinking the wine. I just sat down and didn't take a sip of the food, but Mao Jue couldn't help but dropped his chopsticks on the ground and yelled inconceivably.

"Dengzhou was captured?"

Chapter 2. Shandong Battlefield

Things are getting a little tricky.

A strategic map of Ming Shandong was hung on the wall, and the red crosses dotted across it looked like Mao Jue had lost his appetite at all, with a long face.

Now it is no longer a question of whether he can calm things down, but a question of whether this rebellion can be solved. Since the Wuqiao rebellion began, Fan Wenju has gathered more than 3 people around him, successively in Linyi, Qingzhou, and Changzhou. Yi, Pingdu defeated the Shandong government army, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, was beaten to death, and he shrank in Jinan and did not dare to come out. When he hit Laizhou, the number of people had reached 30 million.

The severe drought in Shandong in the past few years has already caused starvation everywhere, and there are still a large number of deserters scattered everywhere. These accumulated together and gathered into today's huge gunpowder barrel. Now that it is lit, the sound of the explosion will shock the whole of Shandong.

It is also because Liaodong Town belongs to Shandong. After Yu Dacheng's defeat, the refugee army rushed into Laizhou. Sun Yuanhua, governor of Denglai, immediately asked to mobilize soldiers outside the pass, which was the one Mao Jue encountered. Defeating the refugee army for the first time forced them to retreat to the southwest of the peninsula, making the situation much better.

But at this juncture, the brains of the ministers of the DPRK and Central Committee were twitched again, and the Ningyuan soldiers were transferred to the south on the line of fire, leaving only Sun Yuanhua to applaud. As a result, just five days before Mao Jue arrived, Dengzhou City was captured , General Zhang Tao surrendered, and more than 8000 Liao soldiers under Sun Yuanhua also surrendered to the rebels.

To make matters worse, Sun Yuanhua was one of the few westernized factions among the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty. He accepted the baptism of Catholicism, and his army was equipped with a large number of firearms, including many Hongyi cannons. He also hired Portuguese mercenaries as instructors. The combat effectiveness of the army exceeded General Ming army.

This is tricky!

Originally, Mao Jue had a good idea, so he rushed to Shandong, took advantage of the dizziness of the refugee army after being beaten, sold them a good deal, and made an opening for them to escape to Liaodong like in history, except that they didn't bring Ming's firearms The legion turned to Jiannu, but threw himself into Dongjiang's arms, but now it's good, Wang Hua'an has 30 people and [-] soldiers, and Hongyi cannons. In the early [-]s, they were suppressed in Laizhou, and the nearby friendly forces were only Fushan Station, Aoshan Station, and Lingshanwei. There were only about [-] soldiers. Could Wang Huaan rely on himself?

"These are refugees, not the army. No matter how bad these local soldiers in Shandong are, they shouldn't be beaten like this, right?"

The corner of his mouth twitched, Mao Jue turned around sadly, and yelled at several hungry officers in astonishment.

"General, this is still related to you"

Although such a big incident happened, the [-] to [-] Liao people who gathered in Dengzhou in the early days had already been transported to Dongjiang. With the labor force, the fat man Su Changmei took advantage of the opportunity to encircle the two North Korean counties of the Li family on Ping'an Road, and from there The Ninth Pro Corps was formed among the refugees, and Zhao Tiehan became the head of this Corps.

Speaking of this, this tall and thin man also had a strange expression on his face, and he said his fist in a strange tone.

"Did you forget that you left more than 1000 bayonets and firecrackers for Fan Wenju for fear of the Liao people being bullied?"