Beiyang new warlord

Tieshan participated in the Biao Battalion, nominally his own direct troops. Yesterday Mao Jue sent Pang Hai to inspect the army, but this time it made Mao Jue even more confused.

It seems that everyone is sensible, but I am kept in the dark. This kind of feeling is uncomfortable. Today, such a farce is staged again, which really annoys Mao Jue. The roster is still in hand. Throwing it to the ground, the cup owner swung his sleeve violently and cursed loudly.

"Tieshan is the Tieshan under the general's command, and you are also the soldiers under the general's command. All of you don't want to kill the enemy, serve the country and defend the township party. If you are here to make a big splash, let me go!"

"General"

"Get out! Don't get out of military law again!"

"Hey Yo, calm down your anger, General!"

Seeing that Mao Jue was really angry, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves, a big fat man rushed out from the side, hurriedly grabbed Mao Jue's sleeves, and waved his fat hands to the restless soldiers below. Press down.

"Everyone, stay safe and don't be impatient, I will, I will explain to Handsome Xiaomao!"

Participants will be warriors, and behind the yamen is the school field. Dozens of horses hoofs raise smoke and dust all over the sky, and heavily armored knights charge forward roaring and dragging knives. The heads of scarecrows standing along the way are like overripe watermelons. , fell one after another, and at the other end, holding bows and arrows, forty or so fierce soldiers shouted and pulled the strings. The bowstrings buzzed, and the grass target a hundred steps away was filled with feathered arrows, and none of them missed the target.

There are also Hebei big guns, shields lying on the ground, and two-handed swords. Every one of the drills is full of vigor, and these people are basically veterans who have been in the army for more than ten years or even decades, and basically do not exist on the battlefield. Trousers, the recruit's disease that affects performance, practiced martial arts all morning, and finally saw Liu Chong and others lined up neatly again. Although there was an element of punishment in the performance, this discipline still made Mao Jue slightly nodded in satisfaction.

Who said that Jurchen can't be full of ten thousand, and can't be defeated by ten thousand?The Han people are definitely no match for the Jurchens. Everything is just an excuse for laziness and corruption. As long as the military pay is in place, the Ming army can also compete with the Jurchens, and even be better!

"Okay, from now on you will be Lao Tzu's personal soldiers. As long as you are loyal to Lao Tzu, when it's time to work hard, Lao Tzu has enough food and salary and will never short you. If you make meritorious deeds and beheaded, Lao Tzu will not hesitate to reward you! "

"Thank you, General!"

Encouraged by Su Changmei, he came here this morning and knelt at the gate of the general's yamen, just for the identity of this personal soldier. Now that he has fulfilled his wish, Liu Chong and the other sixty or so former soldiers of the general's standard battalion were also overjoyed and knelt down one after another. He kowtowed his head to thank him, and made a ruthless oath.

"The little ones will be of the same heart and one mind with the general, the mountains of knives and the sea of ​​fire, you always give an order, the little ones will never frown! If you break your oath, you will be cut into pieces by thousands of knives, pierced by ten thousand arrows, and die a bad death!" "

"Get up!"

"As ordered!"

Mao Jue's corps has more than 60 more fierce soldiers, and they are veterans who have survived Ding Mao's chaos. For most of the corps composed of simple and honest recruits, the combat effectiveness is definitely a special improvement.

But after setting them up, Mao Jue didn't cheer up, instead his face darkened, making Su Changmei, Wen Meng, Pang Panghai, who had just made a contribution, be confused and anxiously wait behind.After returning to the general's yamen and staying for a while, he circled around the general's chair countless times, and suddenly made up his mind, Mao Jue pulled out a few command arrows heavily and threw them on the ground.

"Pass down the order of Lao Tzu's general to guard Zhao Cheng, the guerrilla general Tian Tao, Du Si He Momo, and Qian Zong Zhao Yong, who will come to the general's yamen to meet with Lao Tzu immediately to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy!"

"Xiao Maoshuai, are you sure?"

Her feet went limp, and the fat version of Su Changmei clasped her fists in shock, only to see Mao Jue tilting her head and humming.

"I don't want to become the second Liu Heita!"

This time Mao Jue was taught another lesson, which gave him a deeper understanding of the complexity of the Ming army in this era, that is, the enemy does not necessarily have to be a Jurchen who rides a tall Liao horse, bends a bow, shoots an arrow, chops and charges The barbarians may also be fellow robes who also wore Ming uniforms.

Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was not recruited by him one by one, but was formed during the fall of Liaodong by drawing one from the left and devouring the other from the right. This inevitably left various hills in the army. It's good, but there are still Shen Shikui, Mao Youde, Chen Jisheng and several other forces, especially in Tieshan Town across the sea.

More than 500 soldiers and horses were torn into six factions. Among them, Zhao Cheng, a thousand households, Zhao Yong was a big clan in the former Kaiyuan area, and his subordinates formed a battalion of more than [-] horses from clan members and village households. The largest force in Tieshan Town and the relationship with the same clan and party makes this troop very powerful. His guarding area is located in the south of Tieshan Peninsula, and most of the Tuntian Manors that Mao Jue passed by on the way are under his command.

There is also the guerrilla general Tian Tao. He was a guerrilla general before the Liaodong Incident. He also has an old army of more than 300 people under his command, with more than 300 personal soldiers. The combat effectiveness is not weak. His garrison is in the Tieshan Peninsula. To the northwest, he is the one who bears the brunt of Jiannu's attack now.

As for Dusi He Momo and the other two Qianzongs, their strength is undoubtedly much weaker than these two. The jurisdiction is also located in the north, and they are also suffering losses.

With so many forces, the most embarrassing thing is the former Tieshan General Liu Heita who has just returned from his old age and returned to his hometown. He has only 60 battalions under his command, and most of them are old and weak. According to the strength standard of the Ming army, he can only have More than [-] personal soldiers came to join Mao Jue, so you can see how weak he is. It would be okay if he had a strong leader. Nurhachi also relied on thirteen sets of armor to grow bigger by just a few dozen.But the old guy's energy, blood and courage during the Wanli Korean War have all been worn away by the years, and he is willing to stay in this Tieshan City, eating some leftovers from several families as an official hat.

The Mongols who unite as one can conquer the world, and the Ming people who are divided can also be turned into pieces of meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered. On weekdays, there is a particularly deep conflict between the guerrilla general Tian Tao and the defender Zhao Cheng, and the conflict of interests!

Taking advantage of the convenience of being close to the sea and Phi Island, the biggest source of income for the Zhao family is smuggling ginseng and antler, and selling mink fur medicinal materials into Daming. Naturally, Tian Tao didn't want to make a fortune in a muffled voice, so he secretly robbed the Zhao family or the slaves of the cross-border trade, and plundered the Zhao family's goods. For this reason, the two families fought more than a dozen times just for killing each other. In the end, the Zhao family had to pay dividends to Tian Tao, and he would take a small half of every transaction.

Fortunately, this fragile relationship can be maintained until the Jiannu invasion in late summer and early autumn.

I don’t know why this time, the stragglers who harassed from Yizhou in previous years were only three or four hundred, but this year they suddenly increased to more than 3000. The Jianzhou soldiers with Niulu as the unit invaded Tieshan Town and more The Korean Kingdom in the south smashed and burned the villages of the Ming army and the Koreans along the way, robbed the wheat to feed the horses, plundered the population and returned them as slaves, turning the northern part of the peninsula into a hell.

More than 300 people can still be dealt with, and Tian Tao has to pee his pants with more than 3000 people. In addition, there is this Zhao family who not only does not work or work hard, but also announces the good news to Jiannu. He does not dare to fight at all. The Tuntian Manor and even the people abandoned it and retreated south to Tieshan City.

As for He Momo and the other two thousand households, the same is true. No one dared to fight with Jiannu to lose their troops. In the end, they were annexed by the Zhao family. The territory is located in Tieshan City and is further south. Zhao Cheng is also happy to watch the excitement weaken Several bandits in the north are rival forces.

In such a complicated contradiction, the Tieshan Manor in the north of Tieshan became a victim. More than three-fifths of Tieshan Tuntian was either burned or in the countdown to being burned, more than 5000 Ming troops huddled in Tieshan City and watched less than 1000 people. , There may even be only more than [-] Jian slaves wreaking havoc on their own defense area, doing nothing.

As for Liu Heita, he didn't dare to intervene in it at all. It's no wonder that when Mao Jue came, this old bastard was like an old bastard with a rocket in his ass. .

These twists and turns Mao Jue's rise is too fast, there is no way to know, as for Wen Meng Dahai is also free, but I did not expect the fat Su Changmei to play a miraculous effect in it, it took a few days to figure out the twists and turns. Abandoned by Liu Heita, the remaining soldiers of the standard battalion were introduced to Mao Jue as a gift.

It can be regarded as fully understood why Mao Wenlong sent him here. Yuan Chonghuan praised himself for being good at management. Mao Wenlong wanted to clean up the mess left by the Jiannu looting by himself. He did not hope that Mao Jue could beat Jiannu into what .

But if you don’t know it, that’s all. If you know it, but you still look at it like a turtle, then he is not Mao Jue!

The soldiers rushed out of the yamen to deliver the order, and Mao Jue, who was wearing deerskin gloves, was still clenching his fists.

"A few bastards!"

Chapter 47. Improper Shyness

In the general's yamen, several thousand households guarded guerrillas all arrived. Looking at the map, except for the vulgar guy Tian Tao, the guerrilla general who was a little excited, and the governor Zhao Cheng like the white-faced scholar, probably starving to death. He Momo, who can bear the defense like an old radish, each has a gloomy face.

After all, it is Daming, and the mountains and rivers of Heze are under control. A map of Tieshan is hand-painted to describe in detail the major events and small situations of dozens of square kilometers under Mao Jue's command. The only shortcoming is that there are no contour lines, which makes Mao Jue feel a little awkward.

Standing in front of the map with his hands behind his back, Mao Jue asked gloomyly.

"Where did Jiannu's looting soldiers go?"

Looking at each other, Dusi Zhao Cheng, who looked more like a white-faced scholar than a general, took the lead in answering with a gloomy face and cupped his fists.

"General, this Jiannu is notoriously treacherous and cunning. At the beginning, Fushun, Kaiyuan, Tieling and other border gates were all built as slaves to cheat, using internal thieves to cause chaos, and the city wall was built from the inside out. This time, Yizhou Jiannu Come out in full force, who knows if they will take this opportunity to attack me, Tieshan, once Tieshan falls, there will be no barriers to the north of Dongjiang, please be careful!"

"Yes, yes! Please be careful, General!"

This man's words are not unreasonable. Thinking back to the time when Nurhachi's thirteen sets of armor raised troops, he couldn't do head-to-head with the Jurchen's various ministries, cities, and gates. He did a lot of sneaky things, and he was very familiar with them! He is also notoriously cunning, once the Ming army goes out to fight, it is not impossible for him to gather three thousand Jianzhou soldiers to attack Tieshan.

But the last thing Mao Jue can't do now is follow their wishes. How did the previous Liu Heita become a clay bodhisattva?Not only does he have few soldiers and no strength, but more importantly, this old man has no meritorious deeds. The army is a place where strength is emphasized. It is also compared with Nurhachi, the founder of the Qing Dynasty. After ascending to the top, if you don't retreat, you must break, and you have accumulated victories one after another, from thirteen sets of armor to the scale of the Eight Banners Army with more than [-] horses.

Mao Jue didn't want to follow in Liu Heita's footsteps. He had to do something when he was emptied by these bastards. If these guys spoke in unison, he would be soft, and he would have nothing to play in the future.

Eyes narrowed dangerously, arms folded, Mao Jue didn't speak, just leaned on the table and looked at the few people. Under such dangerous eyes, he was full of reason at first, and gradually the voices of Zhao Chenghe and the others began to speak Small down and quiet after doing it.

It never occurred to me that this young general, who was less than twenty years old and had no hair yet, had such sharp eyes and such a gloomy look, and the atmosphere became tense for a while.

"Don't say anything?"

After a while, seeing the six guys completely shut up, Mao Jue slowly snorted again while crossing his arms.

"When I first joined the army, the biggest problem was that I didn't know the rules. We can do it if we don't send troops. My father wrote the battle report to the court truthfully. In order to protect the overall situation, everyone just threw tens of thousands of people to the army. Jian slave!"

"General, you"