Beiyang new warlord

"You still have to think about how to deal with the impeachment of Yushi in a few days!"

"How to deal with it?"

Mentioning this, Mao Jue actually showed a relaxed smile and said with a nonchalant smile.

"Winning a battle won't be enough? Merit can block all openings. If I defeat the rebels and the court picks me up again, who in the world will give their lives to the court?"

As soon as he spoke, Wen Meng stepped up the earthen wall in a high-pitched way, and kneeled behind Mao Jue in a military salute.

"General! The army and horses are ready, and the soldiers are also recharging their energy according to your order, waiting for orders at any time!"

The sound of training is still going on, but a group of reserve soldiers has been replaced, and the cooks and the like are screaming at the top of their lungs, thundering but not raining, anyway, they are separated by the earthen wall, and the outside does not know, looking down with gloomy eyes , Mao Jue's mouth curved upwards slightly again.

"Before you go, line up your eyes first!"

"The order of the last general!"

In later generations of Qingdao, today’s Fushan Institute is about 230 kilometers away from Dengzhou in a straight line, which is 460 miles away. Laiyang and Qixia are separated in between. Although the rebels occupy Laiyang County, the main defense is still in Qixia, which should be the distance from Laiyang. The headquarters is too far away, and the terrain is gentle slopes and hills. The terrain is incoherent and not conducive to defense. Qixia is just the opposite, with dense hills stretching endlessly. There are also a series of dangerous places in the territory, such as Jiedong Mountain, Cuiping Mountain, Jinshan Mountain, and Beiqu Mountain. place.

Although Mao Jue is a "dandy boy", Wang Hua'an, who had suffered a loss once, did not dare to be careless about the soldiers outside the pass. He stationed more than 1 troops in Qixia for defense. , the well-known bandit Man Sandao, equipped with more than 2000 thieves, and more than 30 western cannons seized in Dengzhou City.

This Zhao Haotou was also attentive, Wang Huaan asked him to stare at Mao Jue, and he stared at Mao Jue to death, staring at himself like a gay.

However, this year is not like the later generations after all. A telephone call came out. On the seventh day of July, Zhao Haotou just received the information on the [-]th. He heard that several camps in Fushan were sending support in the direction of Laizhou Prefecture, but the soldiers outside the pass were still motionless. After the news, the boy who was also a miner smiled disdainfully, and dismissed the fearful scholar who had been arrested.

After all, he was poor in the past. Although he occupied the original sentry camp of the Ming army on the mountain, for enjoyment, this Zhao Haotou ordered to strip the original Qian Zong's courtyard and a large circle of military camps, and set up a three-entry camp for him. In the big yard, he was not as fast as Mao Jue in repairing the house. He laid the foundation first, and then piled it with wood. Now only the backyard is built. The front yard and the middle yard are still beating, and some Liao rebels The supervisors, and the workers are all local rebels, and some people continue to pull high-quality wood from the mountains, making the Qixia Mountain Road very busy.

After finishing his "official business", this Zhao Hao went out of the house stretching his waist again, instead of going to manage the army, he first inspected the progress of the construction of his own house.

But today is destined to be unsatisfactory. The mahogany bed that was supposed to be delivered has disappeared until now. After waiting for half an hour, the sun has risen, and the bed has not yet arrived. The face of the Tieling miner suddenly turned ugly , Withdrew a small leader at the door, and got two big slaps in the face.

"Where's Lao Tzu's bed? That bed is an important medium for Lao Tzu to communicate with Immortal Bailian! Can you bear the burden of delaying the important events of the Immortal Kingdom?"

"Master, please forgive me!"

Kneeling on the ground in a panic, the little boss begged for his father and mother.

"It's not that the little one is incapable of doing things! It's that Mr. Ghost General Man came back from the grass valley, and his troops blocked the mountain road!"

"This bandit leader who received a thousand knives is a good thing for his mother's bad old man!"

It's really small-minded, a mahogany bed made Zhao Haotou annoyed like this, swearing, took dozens of ghost soldiers, and left the cottage door in a rage.

There are really quite a few thieves and cavalry on the mountain road, leading the horses and walking lazily upwards. The bearded man in the front is shirtless and carrying a machete. Good things are not given to himself, new and old grievances are added together, pointing at his nose, Zhao Haotou just yells.

"Straight mother thief thief, fuck your mother's donkey ball balls, who the **** let you go down the mountain without permission? Did you fucking forget the Buddha's order? How many heads do you have if the officers and soldiers kill you? Enough to chop?"

This swearing is not polite. In front of thousands of subordinates, he scolded him terribly. If it was usual, the two of them would have scolded each other. But today, this barbarian has changed his nature, laughing He jumped off the horse and bowed heavily when he stepped forward.

"Master, calm down, little one, this is not to find some new gadgets, do you still have a Buddha to honor your master? No, look, I just got it!"

The miner doesn't have that much thoughtfulness, his expression is not nose, face is not face, driven by curiosity, this Zhao Haotou really swears and leans his face towards him, but he saw the man with three knives pulled out of his waist for a long time, and suddenly slashed Directly stabbing him in the stomach, Zhao Hao staggered a step under the pain.

"You son of a bitch, a bunch of fools are praising you, do you really think of yourself as a god?"

He yelled and cursed, but before Zhao Haotou could react, Man Sansao had already slashed over with a big knife, and was slashing at his chest, blood and internal organs spurted out, causing Zhao Haotou to turn around in a circle, limp Kneeling on the ground.

The murder was only three times, and the third time, the head wearing the cat-eye green melon skin hat flew up with a click, and in the astonished expression of the Xingjun, Man Sandao, who was sprayed with blood, picked up the head with a grinning grin.

"Official dog!"

The rebels guarding the fort above suddenly yelled in horror, and ran quickly to fire the cannon, but before the cannonball was inserted, a few shiny knives came from behind, and immediately a red knife came in and a white knife came out. On the mountain road, the rebels and the thieves were chopped into a ball first, and the corpses kept rolling down, and the luxurious mahogany fell on the road.Many local refugees followed the rebels to make a living. Seeing this bloody scene, they simply threw the guy and ran away.

Ten minutes later, a large flag with Mao characters slowly marched down the mountain, holding the head, Man Sandao knelt down in front of the horse and kowtowed excitedly.

"Criminal Liu Man pays homage to the General!"

Looking at the wind and smoke all over the mountain, Mao Jue nodded lightly.

"Get up!"

Chapter 2 and Six

Sun Tzu's art of war has a saying, it is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as invading as fire, and immovable as a mountain! Dongjiang Tieyi Army fought its invading as fire. On June 27, the army approached the city of Dengzhou.

For more than a month, Mao Jue didn't do nothing for nothing. "Sun Tzu's Thirteen Art of War", he wrote a separate chapter on "The Art of War", which was written by Mao Wenlong. Mao Jue played very well for a while, Wang Hua'an had 10,000+ followers and an army of [-]. It looked scary, but after careful analysis, I don't know how many speculators like Man Sandao among them.

After all, in this era, the orthodox name of the Ming Empire is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Mao Jue has a lot of cards to play in his hand. Relying on spies who are also refugees from Liaodong, 1000 taels of silver, and an official hat of a thousand generals, Qixia, an important rebel town It was easy to open the door to Mao Jue.

The killing of the officers and soldiers was like a bolt from the blue to the Dengzhou rebels. It was unbelievable. The day before yesterday, I learned that the old men from Liaodong were still eating and drinking in Qingdao Bay. Man, I have killed before my eyes. There are even many rebels and family members outside Dengzhou City who did not have time to enter the city, and were directly captured by Mao Jue's cavalry. Just ignore it and close the city gate, even Dengzhou City will be stolen.

To be honest, I am very emotional. A few months ago, in this Dengzhou Port, everyone was still in the same camp, enjoying themselves happily. Mao Jue felt the unprecedented respect, but now, everyone turned against each other and wanted to fight against each other. Fighting to the death, the crude out-of-city village built on the port is still there, Mao Jue also sighed helplessly when he saw the Liaomin Lumin kneeling on the ground trembling, and ordered no abuse before he took him down.

Arrived in the afternoon, it was already evening after settling down and camping, and Mao Jue was not cruel, so he did not siege the city on all sides, but only camped at the port in the north of the city.Standing on the city wall of Dengzhou and looking down, with his arms crossed, Fan Wenju heaved a sigh of relief. Although the officers and soldiers came suddenly, they were soldiers from outside the pass with extremely strong combat effectiveness. They were even richer. They seemed to be all cavalry. In the border market opened in Houjin, there are many Mao Jue horses, and horse boats specially built to transport war horses, otherwise they would not be able to travel more than 200 kilometers in three days, however!

This army has no infantry, and no large-scale firearms and cannons for siege. On the other hand, Dengzhou has two Hongyi cannons and twenty Fran cannons. The fairy mountain is a natural barrier, facing the sea in front, and there is a water pavilion inside. There are warships left by the Ming army. There are more than 1 defenders in the city, which seems to be more than the army outside the city.

Just when Fan Wenju was fascinated by his thoughts, there was a sudden commotion in the ranks of the officers and soldiers. Immediately afterwards, a group of well-dressed cavalry came out energetically. The black-armored general at the front shrank Fan Wenju's pupils.

"Fan Scholar, long time no see, are you all right?"

With a wry smile on his face, the chief general of the Dengzhou rebel army had no choice but to bow suddenly and respectfully return.

"The students have met General Mao! Thank you General for your concern, the students are safe."

"Fan Shusheng, I won't talk to you about the righteousness of the country. Your Majesty's kindness, just tell me! You are not my opponent. The previous promise of this general still counts. As long as you open the city and surrender, the gate of Dongjiang will still be open to you." , everyone can forget the past!"

Fan Wenju is not a general, but Mao Jue has no shortage of generals. He lacks civil servants to help him coordinate the rear. Although Fatty Su is still dealing with it now, with the expansion of Tie Yi, he is becoming more and more powerless. During his trip to the south of the Yangtze River, Mao Jue ruined his reputation among the scholars, and his plan to recruit Shaoxing masters in Shaoxing was also shelved. The windfall was his uncle Shen Guangzuo. Jue was actually a little worried, so Mao Jue was still very concerned about Fan Wenju, a talent with the ability to coordinate the rear.

It's a pity that Fan Wenju has talent and integrity, and he bowed at the head of the city full of apologies.

"General Mao forgives the crime. The student received the general's great kindness. He should have dedicated his heart to the matter entrusted to him. However, the world does not distinguish between black and white. The student not only failed, but was imprisoned and lost the money given by the general. In the future, the student will go there in person. Liaodong, apologize at the door, but, it can't be today!"

"The student received Wang Shuai's life-saving grace and appreciation, and entrusted his family's small foundation to the student. A gentleman promises a thousand gold. Even if the student dies in battle today, he must not hand over the city of Dengzhou to the general!"

Mao Jue was not angry, but pulled the rein of the horse solemnly and raised his body backwards.

"Fan Shusheng, you have to think about it. If you refuse, the general will attack with all his strength. On the battlefield, swords have no eyes, and life and death are up to you. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the innocent brothers of the Liao people. Bar?"

"The general is benevolent, but the students are bold. Since the general is ambitious, the students also want to dance. Please let the general come over."

Now that everything has been said, there is no need to talk about it. Looking at Fan Wenju on the top of the city bowing at the curtain call, Mao Jue nodded calmly, pulled the reins of the horse and turned back, leading his subordinates The cavalry team returned to the camp again.

Originally, even if Mao Jue was his benefactor, Fan Wenju still looked down upon the behavior of the Dongjiang Army's shrunken head, but Mao Jue's sudden return of the carbine killed him by surprise. He was already extremely vigilant, and he stayed vigilant in the gatehouse without going down the city wall throughout the night.

However, this night, Mao Jue didn't even move at all, and he still guarded the camp as motionless as a mountain. The cavalry patrolled back and forth without revealing any flaws. After being a young soldier for a month, the iron and blood wind of Tieyi Town was also exposed. Come out, roast on the fire, the hard dried fish, jerky and pancakes are still delicious.

Every three months, Mao Jue would order field training. A regiment would disperse into the field with only weapons, without a grain of food. Regardless of whether it was ice and snow or scorching heat waves, they would have to live on their own for three days. When they were hungry, What kind of raw meat, rats, insects and wild vegetables have to be eaten, compared to these field rations, they are still good.