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But the sacrifice is worth it. The biggest weakness of Dongjiang is that the territory is narrow and narrow, lacking in strategic depth. Now the soldiers of Dongjiang fought for Mao Jue's most precious thing with their blood.

time!

Indeed, Liaodong's reinforcements are already a little hopeless. Up to now, the war between the Ministry of War and Liaodong has not yet finished. It is estimated that it will be less than half a year before the imperial court's reinforcements. It's cold.

Fortunately, Mao Jue still has three forces to count on!

The fastest one is Shandong Denglaidao. His cheap father-in-law Yu Dacheng can mobilize almost 1 to 5000 people. Now that Shandong's troops have gone to sea, it will be enough to arrive in a day or two. Quantity and quality are just better than nothing, and they are also a force anyway.

The second branch is the Wa Kingdom.

In the battle of the three in Osaka, the Dongjiang Army fought brilliantly. It almost defeated the Tokugawa Shogunate by itself, but it does not mean that the army of various daimyos will be useless. If there are no 10,000+ samurai of the Western Daimyo to support a huge On the front of the battlefield, even if Mao Jue's troops were covered in iron, they could only fall into the encirclement of the Tokugawa family all over the mountains and plains, and be slowly consumed to death.

Facing the Qing army is similar. Even if Dongjiang’s pro-army is full of vigor, they are still more than [-] short of the Qing army in number, especially the Qing army is also a battle-tested army. opponent.

If you add 10,000+ troops of Toyotomi’s family, it will be different. Using the Japanese warriors with long spears to stabilize the back road, and then using the Dongjiang Army’s personal soldiers as the tip of the knife, even if you face the Qing army with great military exploits and rampant in Liaodong for more than 20 years , is not without chance.

Mao Jue didn't waste a single day from the time he found out that the Qing army was preparing to move eastward. He had ordered the Western Army to assemble, cross westward, and join the battle at the Dongjiang River. According to Mao Jue's current authority in the Western Kingdom, this order was fully honored. Execution, but no matter what, I am determined to fight again and I will not be able to break through the transportation limit of this era. At the beginning of the Wanli Korean War, from preparation to invasion, Toyotomi Hideyoshi spent three years trying to transport 10,000+ people from Kyushu Island to the mouth of the Yalu River. Even if Dongjiang's fleet is outstanding, it will take at least four months to transport many warriors to Tieshan.

This army was Mao Jue's greatest hope, but also the slowest.

Among them, the third is the army of Lee's North Korea. To be honest, in terms of combat effectiveness, the troops of the Lee Dynasty are more tofu than the Japanese, but they are at least 8 or [-] when assembled, and the fighting spirit of the Li Dynasty officials is actually Not low, during the Wanli Korean War, Ming had the grace to rebuild Lee's Korea, not to mention that Lee's Korea followed Daming in terms of official position, system, and culture. In Lee's Korea, Daming's official name was the father country.

This series made Lee Dynasty's North Korea extremely disgusted with the barbarian Qing Dynasty, so as long as there is someone to support Lee Dynasty Korea, Li Dynasty's will to fight against the Qing army is very strong.

However, Li Chao's reinforcements were also the most unstable, and he blamed Mao Jue himself. At this juncture, Li Chaochang's army was instigated. Now the two armies are tied in Quanzhou. Reconciliation, but who knows when the two sides will be able to compromise and be satisfied with each other, so the reinforcements from Lee's North Korea may be the second to come after the reinforcements from Shandong, or they may never reach the battlefield.

Such an international situation cannot be changed by Mao Jue, so what he can do is to delay the time as much as possible. The longer the decisive battle is delayed, the more sure he will win.

Even with bloodshot eyes, Mao Jue couldn't sleep for a moment. This is different from other previous wars. This fight is all about his wealth and future. Even if there is no information sent, he is still guarding at his desk like a neurotic. After leaving, a few teacups were filled with thick tea leaves, and the smell of pus tea filled the room.

bang~

The desk vibrated violently, waking up the dazed Mao Jue. When he raised his head, Mao Jue habitually stretched out his hand.

"Where is the military castle broken again? Where is the Qing army, Chen Jiao?"

"What are you here for?"

Her hair is coiled up dignifiedly, and her body is also in a regular Baifu skirt and long dress, tightly wrapped. Since she married into the Mao family, Chen Jiao has been as dignified and courteous as ever, not as lively as Yu Le'er, and without plain clothes Her tenderness is like water, and she is not as scheming as Adelaine. She is such a typical family housewife of a scholar-bureaucrat.

At this time, she also had such an expressionless look, standing dully in front of Mao Jue's table, holding up her skirt and pouring out a blessing, facing Mao Jue's astonishment, she spoke slowly.

"My concubine invites the master to go back to the mansion to rest!"

After almost ten days without closing his eyes, Mao Jue's brain was a little numb. After a second of delay, he finally realized that he waved his hand tiredly.

"Wait a little longer, after reading today's battle report, I will return home!"

"Master, please go home immediately!"

"I said, after reading the battle report, I will go back!"

Mao Jue's voice became irritable, and he waved his hands impatiently, but at this moment, there was a bang on the table, and seeing a bundle of white silk being thrown there, Mao Jue couldn't help but jumped up .

"You, what are you doing?"

"Didn't the master want me to be this Mrs. Mao? I can't watch the master abuse my body like this. This is my incompetence. I ask the master to quit my concubine!"

"A loyal minister does not serve two masters, and a good woman does not marry a second husband. I have already lost my integrity once, and there will never be a second time! To keep the chastity for the master, I will hang myself here to show my innocence!"

Good guy, other women would cry, make trouble and hang themselves. This Chen Jiao neither cried nor made trouble, but looking at her expression, who would believe that she couldn't do it?After being dumbfounded for a full two or three seconds, Mao Jue called out sadly at the door.

"Come in! Don't think I can't see it!"

Disappointed, Adelaine slipped in through the door weakly, also wearing high heels.

"My lord, you have been without sleep for ten days! If this continues, you will collapse before the battle is fought. What will we women do?"

"Okay! I'm afraid of you! Is there any new information?"

After interrupting Adelaine's persuasion, Mao Jue waved his hands helplessly, finally making the two women smile.

"The main force of the Qing army is fighting on Baima Mountain! Front Yalu Fort at the mouth of the Yalu River is still missing, and there is no new news."

"Then go home!"

My head was a little cramped. When I stood up, Mao Jue couldn't help but staggered. The two women hurried to support him, but they were pushed away by Mao Jue. They looked at him as a straight man. With a stubborn temper, she walked downstairs. Adelaine made a gesture of thanks behind her, while Chen Jiao returned a smile indifferently.

It's strange to say that Mao Jue's favorite woman is definitely not Chen Jiao, but among all the women who can control Mao Jue, Chen Jiao is none other than Chen Jiao.

Su Yi and Su Yi also waited on the carriage early. The feudal patriarchs in this era are really happy. As soon as Mao Jue got on the carriage, the two of them took over. One massaged Mao Jue's temple, and the other pressed his leg. After a certain time, the string relaxed, and Mao Jue, who was already full of anxiety, fell asleep slowly without knowing it, and let out a deep snoring sound.

It didn't seem like he had slept for a long time, someone beside him pushed his shoulder violently, his face seemed to be slightly cold, it seemed that when he returned to work in the shipyard, he couldn't wake up, such great perseverance, Mao Jue It was only then that he opened his eyes and sat up with difficulty, his mind was blank for a while, and he regained consciousness little by little.

I should have come back at three or four o'clock in the afternoon yesterday, but now the sky is already dark, only the east is lit up, it should be early in the morning, and in front of the bed, Fan Wenju, Kong Youde, Wen Meng and others are waiting anxiously over there.

"I'm not dead yet! Why are you all crying?"

Picking up a coat and putting it on his body, Mao Jue made a vulgar joke with just one mouthful, and the three of them choked for a while, but the nervousness relaxed a little bit, but immediately, Fan Wenju clasped his fists hurriedly down the waist.

"General! The Qing army abandoned Baima Mountain City, and the Duoduo tribe besieged Zhao Cheng's tribe, and the brigade turned to attack our Iron Mountain!"

"Half an hour ago, Baima Mountain City sent a warning warning!"

Suddenly, Mao Jue turned over and jumped up!

"what!"

Chapter 364. The Arrival of Life and Death

As expected of Huang Taiji, he finally reacted!

The strategic goal of the Qing army was to conquer North Korea. In history, the Qing army didn’t even care about the broken Dongjiang River in Bingzi’s chaos. The siege of Namhan Mountain City finally forced Lee's North Korea to surrender completely. Looking back, they joined forces and wiped out Dongjiang, which lacked foundation support.

Although today's Dongjiang is many times stronger than the Dongjiang in history, the reason is still the same. Huang Taiji doesn't have to follow these rock-like fortresses to death in the deep mountains. He only needs to rush all the way to the east and take down the Iron Mountain This Dongjiang town command post, the formation of the entire Dongjiang must be in chaos. Even if these small forts don't go to it, the leaderless Dongjiang army will have no room to counterattack.

At that time, Huang Taiji will continue to advance eastward and take away Li's North Korea, and Mao Jue, whose back road has been broken, will not be able to make much progress!

"General, the fortresses along the way are still resisting, what should we do?"

For decades, the Jianzhou Jurchen was like a huge cloud, weighing on the entire Liaodong. Even Fan Wenju, even Kong Youde stuttered a bit, and asked with a stern expression.

Mao Jue was in a daze for a while, and then asked.

"How long will it take for the Qing Tartars to reach Mount Garao?"

"Going back to the general, it should take half a day. He won't tear down the walls of our military fort anymore. If we want to avoid the artillery fire, we can only take the trail or climb the mountain. The fastest time is to arrive at Jialuo Mountain at noon!"