Beiyang new warlord

"Dongjiang still has some scenery, these few days let Jiaojiao take you to have a good tour!"

Bringing a cup to see off guests is a common etiquette in official circles. Although Mao Jue served wine instead of tea, Chen Zanzhong, who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, could not understand it. However, just when Mao Jue seemed to have won a complete victory in this confrontation, Covering his head, Chen Yushi suddenly covered his forehead, laughed nervously, and sat down opposite Mao Jue again when he turned around. With Mao Jue's astonished expression, Chen Zanzhong directly took Mao Jue's wine bottle Come here, raise your head, and take a big mouthful.

His face was flushed by the alcohol, but with that old fox's smile, he put down the wine bottle, and Chen Zanzhong asked cunningly, half drunk.

"Mao Jue, what you said is that you have no ambition, you just want to protect one side's safety, right?"

His heart twitched violently, Mao Jue frowned, and asked gloomyly.

"Why does Chen Yushi understand?"

"Your Majesty conferred the title of Governor of the Dongjiang River, General Mao Wenlong Mao, who broke the captives, as the Marquis of Ning Xi, rewarded 20 taels of silver, a house of the Marquis of Ning Xi, conferred the honor of my granddaughter as Yipin Haoming, Madam Shu, entered the palace to pay homage, and went to Beijing today Sealed."

His face was gloomy, and he changed more than a dozen expressions. After a few minutes, Mao Jue raised his wine glass fiercely, and after paying respects to Chen Zanzhong, he poured down the full glass.

Martial men and literati playing tricks are really self-defeating. After all, Chen Zanzhong tricked him. His scolding, his great principles, and his complaints were all for the purpose of eliciting his own later words, and Mao Jue himself fell into the trap. in his own pocket.

Aren't you here to protect the environment and the people?So this small price, you should pay it, right?

To say that this time, Emperor Chongzhen was very generous. The reward was a full 20 taels, and he was granted the title of Marquis, which was much better than the previous one. You must know that the title of Ming Dynasty is quite valuable, except for the two eras of Taizu and Chengzu. , the conferred titles are numerous, but they are still hostages in essence, to restrain Mao Jue.

Let your own father and wife be hostages?How could Mao Jue accept it?

It was a place for fun, but as time passed and the sun went down, the long corridors became darker.Just like in many horror movies, the sound of dull leather boots echoed hollowly and silently, and two pale faces flickered in the darkness.

"master!"

"You call a joint meeting of officers immediately! Also, that old man, send him back to Iron Mountain now, and throw him on the fastest boat to leave Iron Mountain! I don't want to see him again!"

"But my lord, if you want to move Liaozhen or Guannei, maybe this time you will really push the emperor into a hurry. It's not like you don't know the character of the man in the capital. Once that man recklessly uses the power of the Ming Dynasty to fight against Dongjiang, Dongjiang is passive!"

"Then let him bring the old man and Gillian back to the capital?"

The cup roared, but then Mao Jue stopped abruptly, looked upstairs fearfully, and lowered his voice again, Mao Jue said hastily.

"Absolutely! Absolutely! Don't let the old man know!"

"Master, I know, I know!"

In the same hurry as when he came, the four-wheeled carriage hurried out of the peaceful valley again, with a gloomy face, and Mao Jue also pulled out a black horse from the stable, and galloped towards the nearby white horse mountain city. Following closely behind him, Adelaine's fiery red ponytail fluttered violently, but watching the cavalry leave, a pale face also appeared under the largest brocade tree in the peaceful manor, Two leaves hung on the back of the head of Wu Sha, an official of the Li Dynasty.

Baima Mountain City, the government office of the military government.

According to Mao Jue's order, all officers' vacations were cancelled. Except for Luo Zhige who returned to Bitter Leaf Town to prepare to enter the Heilongjiang River Basin, and Li Jiuzheng who returned to Jeju Island Town to stabilize the situation, almost all the remaining Tieyi officers gathered in Baima Mountain City. In terms of strategic points, following the call of Mao Jue's personal soldiers, more than a dozen important officers arrived in less than half an hour.

"General!"

With a clatter, around the round table, the officers stood up collectively, and the leather boots made of whale skin or cowhide slammed together and made a neat thumping sound. The command system is becoming more and more like the modern troops in TV dramas in Mao Jue's impression.

"sit!"

Today, he is not in the mood to be proud of his troops. He takes the lead and sits under his big sketch portrait, waiting for his subordinates to also sit down neatly. Mao Jue said with an extremely gloomy face.

"Big Sea! Order the fleet to stop transporting to Bitter Leaf Town, recall Pi Island, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and your infantry also march towards Iron Mountain! Send people to Jeju Island to recall Liu Xingzuo's cavalry regiment! Shan saw fifty warships, three regiments of cavalry, and ten regiments of infantry!"

"General! There are only a few months left before advancing to Heilongjiang, and the troops are still in the final preparations and repairs. At this time, the troops are called. Could it be that there has been a change in the Wa Kingdom or somewhere?"

The abrupt order directly interrupted all the previous plans. Fan Wenju, the butler of Dongjiang and chief of staff of Zanhua, suddenly stood up and asked in astonishment.

But Mao Jue, who heard this question, had a more stern expression, and hummed sinisterly.

"It's not the Japanese country! But the plan has indeed changed a bit. This time, I spend the New Year's Eve every year outside. It's really a hard work, brothers. This time I will take everyone to make some windfall! The target is Tianjin Wei!"

"God, Tianjin Wei!"

"have a question?"

Almost biting off his tongue, Shen Rong and the others yelled in disbelief, but immediately, Mao Jue glanced over with gloomy and cold eyes, and they couldn't help shivering.

A series of victories made Mao Jue's prestige even higher, especially after the end of Dongjiang World War I. In terms of military strength, Dongjiang was already comparable to the overlord of Northeast Asia, the Qing Dynasty, and even forced the Qing people to cede Having conquered such a large territory, even if Liaodong was not recovered, these Liao people who were driven out of their homes and displaced would be in awe.

Like a conditioned reflex, he hammered his fist hard on his chest, and Shen Rong quickly bowed his head.

"No problem! General!"

"That's good, all the ministries will set off immediately! Su Changmei has a huge sea, and the supplies and logistics of the reserve guard troops will follow immediately! There must be no mistakes!"

Mao Jue slammed his fists hard on the oak table, and following his sullen order, the order was finalized. However, this time, his Dongjiang officer responded a little more hesitantly than before.

Before Mao Jue was ordered without explanation, but this time, the target was the Ming Empire, and pointed directly at the capital, the heart of the empire. Even after Huanglong replaced him last time, all the generals expressed their allegiance. , but this still makes even a reckless guy like Kong Youde feel a little bit lingering in his heart.

What's more, this time Mao Jue didn't even have an explanation.

To be honest, watching his subordinates go out and sitting on the big chair, Mao Jue couldn't help breathing a little too fast. He has committed a military taboo now, just like Napoleon's conquest of Russia. Before the war broke out, there was no thorough Mobilized troops, and even some French infantry divisions set off from Paris for more than a week without knowing where their targets were. Such troops have weak combat effectiveness and are prone to confusion.

Fortunately, Mao Jue's prestige in Dongjiang was similar to that of Napoleon the Great in France. Otherwise, chaos would have erupted before the troops set off.

It’s just that Mao Jue couldn’t be mobilized for this mobilization. To be honest, if Mao Jue became the governor of Liaodong, the generals under his command would definitely raise their hands in agreement. As for Mao Wenlong and Chen Jiao Taking the capital as a hostage, Mao Wenlong's era has passed anyway, Mao Jue is the backbone of Dongjiang, they are not unacceptable.

The only one who could not accept it was Mao Jue himself.

Instead of spending a lot of words to persuade the generals to send troops reluctantly, it is better to act vigorously and make them have to accept the reality on the way to the expedition. After being a warlord of Dongjiang for so many years, Mao Jue is already black-bellied.

But just as he was looking at the table with gloomy eyes, there was another knock in the conference room suddenly, and Ying Ji, who was left in the hot spring valley of Baima Mountain, came in hastily.

"General, the old man invites you to go back quickly!"

Mao Jue's heart twitched violently

Chapter 386. The Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots, Repeatedly

Emperor Chongzhen has always called himself the little Taizong, and he has been imitating Tang Taizong as his goal, but what he should learn most, but what he has not learned is the mind of Emperor Taizong.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, there were remnants of Jiancheng Party inside, like Wei Zheng and his ilk, and Turkic Jieli Khan 10,000+ Hu Qi went straight to the banks of the Weihe River outside. Then he used illusions to confuse Jieli Khan, and finally he was able to endure the humiliation of signing the Weishui Alliance, which won a breathing space for the empire.

To be honest, it is said that the Han and Tang Dynasties are strong, but in fact the Tang Dynasty was more humiliated than the Ming Dynasty. The marriage was reconciled, the land was also cut off, and it was lost to Tubo, and the Hexi land was cut for a hundred years. The soldiers put down the chaos, and they did not hesitate to rob Chang'an and Luoyang as the price, but several crises of destroying the country were all tactfully returned in this detour of enduring temporary humiliation.

If Emperor Taizong of Tang was still alive, and encountered Mao Jue’s mutiny in Ningyuan City this time, he would not hesitate to use his official title to win over Mao Jue, and he would even marry the princess of the clan. Anyway, as long as the situation in Liaodong is stabilized, it is enough for him Time to pacify the Central Plains and gain respite, Li Shimin will spare no expense.

Such a monarch can also arouse the loyalty of his subordinates.

To be honest, Mao Jue was quite surprised that Chongzhen was willing to give him the title of Governor of Liaodong this time. If there was no follow-up, although Mao Jue would not be like an idiot, he would swear allegiance to him to the death, but if he can contain the situation in Liaodong, at least Mao Jue could still make the Ming Dynasty's northeast defense line safe, but now, such a move not only made Mao Jue despise him as Emperor Chongzhen, but also forced Mao Jue to take risks.

To be honest, maintaining a peaceful vassal relationship with the Ming Empire is of great benefit to Dongjiang. It can continuously immigrate from the mainland, introduce talents, and communicate with business. The customs can continuously provide nutrients for Dongjiang like a big tree to develop Heilongjiang, once it really broke up with Emperor Chongzhen, not to mention the possible northward march of the Ming army, the Ming's economic blockade war and the shock it brought to Li's Korea, which was already a Japanese country, would be enough for Mao Jue to drink a pot.

But from another perspective, Dongjiang is not unable to survive after breaking up with Daming. First of all, with half of the grain income of the West and the land reclaimed by Dongjiang, it is impossible to starve to death. Dongjiang, which is initially industrialized, relies on inland supplies Not too high, Mao Jue can be self-sufficient.