Beiyang new warlord

"Come here, tie up this unruly slut! Shut me up in a straw shed!"

"No! You can't do this to me! I'm your own sister!"

Crying in horror, Luo Ning hurriedly crawled over and grabbed Luo Zhen's robe, but following his orders, several strong and strong working women rushed out viciously, He grabbed Luo Ning's slender arms behind his back, pressed her to the ground while she was crying, and tied her up.

The delicate arms were reddened by the rough hemp rope. Luo Ning was still crying and kicking the pair of three-inch golden lotus, desperately pleading for mercy to his brother who was protecting her wholeheartedly, but even though her voice was hoarse from crying, Luo Zhen was not moved by it at all, but turned his head away and looked in the direction Zhang Pu was walking. After a while, a ferocious ghost-like expression suddenly appeared on his face.

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The few days when Wan Guo came to the DPRK passed away in such a happy and undercurrent, just like concealing the real intention of Zhongnan's envoy. Regarding Shi Kefa's urgent military situation, Zhang Pu still chose to conceal it.

On September [-]th, the Great Court Meeting held every three days was held as usual. At the other end, Huang Zhanwen, the Minister of Honglu Temple, was just busy with those Central South countries who were "guaranteed" by Ming Dynasty and were full of joy. The envoy sent the envoys out of the city gate. Zhang Pu was very preoccupied, and he went to court in a sedan chair with heavy steps. Along the way, thinking about the heavy burden on his heart, he stood in the court class in a daze, but he didn't wait for the eunuch who went up to court to embrace him. As Emperor Hongguang came out, he was suddenly hit lightly from behind.

A Jiling came to his senses, Zhang Pu looked sideways slightly, but his brother Zhang Cai looked at him with a serious face, and squinted to look around, Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Riguang , Lu Daqi and other cabinet ministers, and the six ministers all had serious faces. Although it was always like this in the previous court, but in the thatched cottage, Zhang Pu clearly felt an unusual aura and the urge to try.

Hidden murder!

All of a sudden, Zhang Pu's heavy difficulties were completely abandoned by him, and he cheered up and waited for the battle with great vigilance.

"The Emperor is here!"

The sharp voice of Tian Cheng, the eunuch of the upper court, suddenly sounded, and all the officials kowtowed down, following Zhang Pu's tense nerves to beat one by one. Shangshu Lu Daqi has already stood up hastily, and slammed his head on the ground hard.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the insider of the Ministry of War reported that on the third day of September, the main force of the Xuzhou army in the Northern Dynasty had already rushed to Jiujiangkou, standing against the intruders, and attacking Jiujiang. The imperial army is in danger. The situation is critical! Please send reinforcements quickly to save!!"

It was as if a nuclear warhead had slammed into the court hall. In an instant, before recovering from the hustle and bustle of all nations coming to court, the rosy faces of a group of noble ministers in the Southern Dynasty quickly turned pale, and the whole The court hall was as silent as a needle drop, for a few seconds.

The Northern Dynasties are going to mobilize troops?This news is equivalent to the end of the Southern Dynasty!The brains of these high-ranking officials are blank.

And Zhang Pu turned his head suddenly. In his pupils, Luo Zhen, who had not appeared in the court for a long time, stood behind Yue Qijie, the Minister of the Household Department, with a gloomy face and a treacherous look. Smiling, looking at himself eeriely.

Zhang Pu's heart was beating wildly, and Donglin's combined punch had already come out. Following Lu Daqi, Qian Qianyi came out more and more, but he asked in astonishment: "On the third day of September, the Northern Dynasty has already arrived at Jiujiang. It’s only three to five days away from the capital, and it’s been twenty days now, so why did you get the report? And it’s a report from the Ministry of War, why hasn’t the history scholar of the Jiujiang Governor’s Army reported it yet?”

Zhang Pu's heart was beating wildly. For a long time, Donglin had been worried about Fushe's division of military power. Taking this opportunity, they wanted to cut their knives at Shi Kefa!Full of anxiety, he also hurriedly stepped out of the courtroom, and knelt down heavily.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play!"

Chapter 844. The Southern Chaos

West of Poyang Lake.

Looking down at the sky, in the night, groups of ants densely stretched into long rows, climbing forward, and the fires flickering up and down in the night from time to time, it is really beautiful, but the time and space changes suddenly, following the bird's-eye view of the sky, the eagle rushing As they rushed down, the ants-like long columns became majestic again. They were heavily armed armies, armed with armor and carrying flintlock guns facing the sky. The burly and strong soldiers were shouting. With a chant, he rushed forward in full swing.

Amidst the neighing of the war horses, the heavy artillery carts pressed deep ruts on the soft Jiangnan soil.

There is no hesitation in Dongjiang's dictionary, just do what you say!On the fifth day of September, preparations were made at the mouth of Jiujiang. Immediately after, the Xuzhou Corps, led by regimental commander Liu Chong, crossed the Yangtze River on a navy gunboat. The county set up the first fort on the other side of the river, and then the army rolled southward again, successively taking Chongwu, Huayang, Dali, Yunan and other counties, basically blocking the way for the army to return west.

After several days of long-distance raids, there were only two corps left under Liu Chong, but he was still full of confidence and continued to move forward. With these two corps, he is now confident that he will be able to fight against the [-] invaders. Face off against each other in the field without losing the wind.

What's more, Nanchang Mansion on the other side of Poyang Lake is just around the corner. If this place is captured, relying on the strong city defense, even if 50 invading troops move together, there will be no way to take him for a while.

Especially now that the Chuangjun is unable to launch a war with a scale of 50 people. As early as the third day of September, the surrender edict drafted in the name of Dashun Empress Gao Guiying has been delivered to the Jiujiang Chuangjun camp. Now the entire Chuangjun camp is a mess One regiment, all the Xuzhou Corps needs to do is block them!

The only tricky thing now is Nanchang City. After all, this place is still in Nanming's hands, and it may take more trouble when negotiating.

But for Liu Chong, this is just a trouble. If the defenders of Nanchang City don't open their eyes, they can take them together. Perhaps the first shell fired at Nanming, the first shot to unify the north and the south, is still his own. It started, according to Dongjiang's practice, maybe I can build a monument for myself here, thinking, riding on the horse, Liu Chong, who was already slightly frosted, was excited like a young man, and his body trembled slightly.

But at the moment when he was thinking about it, a rush of yelling suddenly rang in his ears.

"Marshal, look quickly!"

In astonishment, he suddenly reined in the horse's reins, and Liu Chong suddenly raised the binoculars in amazement. In his eyes, a fire flashed in the binoculars, his beard was raised angrily, and Liu Chong screamed sadly. A pat on the thigh: "Hi! I'm a step late!"

"The Legion of Orders, give up the cannons, and let the commander advance at full speed!"

The heavy and precious artillery carriage was ruthlessly abandoned on the side of the road, holding rifles, a large group of Xuzhou infantry strode forward, but even so, Liu Chong was still behind in the end, and only had time to block it. It was also the first time for those stragglers who set fire to Nanchang City. Liu Chong, who was used to coordinated waterway operations, could only pat his thighs and sigh while looking at the burning Ganjiang Bridge.

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Today's Beiming, even the Qin Dynasty, which built the Qin Zhidao, can hardly hold a candle to it. The four-way well-developed trainway, riding the temporarily expropriated Xulei Railway train, is only a few days, and there are fifteen huge corps. The military force was put into the front line. On September [-]th, the Xuzhou army completed the interception task, and Mao Jue, who also led the army across the river, drove straight in and went straight to the Chuangjun camp not far from Jiujiangkou.

Looking from a distance, on the edge of Poyang Lake, it seems that a messy village has emerged on the horizon. With the wind blowing from the lake, an unpleasant sour smell blows over the face. Without fighting spirit, seeing the neat phalanx of the Northern Ming Army approaching, the first reaction of the outer sentinels was not to fight, but turned around and ran away. There were waves of noise and commotion in the camp, but as the Ming army They continued to advance, and the situation was quickly brought under control. No one dared to challenge the bayonet without opening their eyes. Under the scolding, a large number of intruders directly dropped their weapons and shrank in the shacks or tents where their battalions were located.

Just like the scene in the movie, Mao Jue walked forward in full armor and swayed mightily. The two rows of imperial guards in front of him also trotted like mahjong tiles and stood on both sides. Ruishi suddenly held the gun in his chest with both hands, held the knife up to the sky, and stood upright with his chest upright. The neat rhythm was as smooth as a machine.

Following the pace of Mao Jue's advance, the last two imperial guards opened the tents of the middle army of the Chuang army with a clatter. At this time, the leaders of the thirty or so battalions of the Chuang army, who had already been in a hurry, all turned their heads in a daze to look around. When they came over, these people fell to their knees on the ground one after another under the leadership of Hao Yaoqi, the second and fifth boy who had already "secretly promised".

"Kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor, Long Live, Long Live, Long Live!"

Every master who is not afraid of nothing, is now lying on the ground without daring to breathe. Xiangyang has been stagnant in Poyang Lake for several years, and it has made the unstoppable Dashun army energetic All children were lost, even Hao Yaoqi, who took the lead, crawled under Mao Jue's feet nervously, fearing that the prosperity and wealth promised by Lu Zhong before would be ruined.

His eyes patrolled these guys with crooked armor. After a few circles, Mao Jue raised his brows deeply and asked in astonishment.

"Where is General Quan Liu Zongmin?"

This sentence made all the Chuangjun leaders who were kneeling on the ground tremble violently. The dead silence lasted for a few seconds. Pretending to be courageous, Hao Yaoqi was urged by everyone's eyes to shudder heavily. Kowtow said.

"Back, back to Your Majesty, Liu, Liu Ni insisted on going his own way, led three battalions and five troops, and snatched out of the barracks on the eleventh day. He has already bypassed Poyang Lake and rushed to Yingtian!"

"what!"

All of a sudden, even Mao Jue couldn't help but let out a scream. He played the Jiangnan chess game for a long time. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Hou Jing's troops who surrendered from the Northern Dynasty ran away and killed the Southern Dynasty. The qualification of the Northern Dynasty to continue to resist was destroyed by the Sui army in one battle. Regardless of Liu Zongmin's only [-] to [-] people, if he is allowed to continue in chaos, the damage caused by Hou Jing may not be as small.

It's really called eighteen prayers, and the last trembling, full of suffocation, the Virgo Mao Jue flicked his sleeves in annoyance, turned around, looked at the emperor's furious back, a large group of intruders surrendered I was even more apprehensive.

Fortunately, Beiming did not have the habit of going back on his word. He had just left, and Song Xiance, a big-headed Beiming University scholar with a small body, had already followed in. Looking at the generals who were prostrate on the ground, something appeared in his pupils. With a satisfied look, he coughed lightly, and took out the imperial decree jointly drafted by the cabinet and the emperor from the scroll barrel on his back, but he didn't read it out immediately, but turned to those who were kneeling on the ground and looked at him The Chuangjun general asked loudly.

"You guys, do you want power? Or do you want money to be a rich man with peace of mind?"

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Meals have to be eaten bite by bite, and battles have to be big. Now that Liu Zongmin has escaped, it is useless to worry. The delay is how to deal with the four 10,000+ invading troops in front of us. First of all, this group of people It is impossible to put it back to Huguang directly. Although the vast majority of the population here are strong men recruited by Huguang, at this time most of the lake has been contracted by Shanxi chaebols from the north, and there are also a large number of people from Shanxi and Sichuan who come here to farm and work. However, if hundreds of thousands of middle-aged laborers rushed back at once, conflicts would easily erupt between the aborigines and the newcomers, and the originally stable situation in Huguang would be thrown into chaos.

Moreover, officers and soldiers of the Shun Army have to be treated differently. Unlike ordinary people, many veterans who have experienced wars for more than ten or twenty years have already lost their normal means of making a living as ordinary people. War has become their only way of survival. Skills, if they dismiss them hastily, it will only add to the security problem.

There are also those generals of the Shun Army who surrendered. Throughout the dynasties, it was often easy to recruit these warlord leaders, but it was very difficult to control them. Often these people would join forces to rebel, and finally ended in bloodshed, not really What kind of person is born with a rebellious bone, but they are used to being domineering and domineering. Once they crawl under the feet of others, they still accept all kinds of rules and constraints. It is really difficult to adapt. This is also the main reason for repeating after surrendering. The reason is that in the past dynasties, the only way to deal with such people is to kill them.

Fortunately, in today's Daming, even if they are not loyal, Mao Jue can find a place for them to use. This is the question Song Xiance asked first at the beginning, whether he wants money or power.

If you want money, it’s easy to handle. One person will be rewarded with tens of thousands of 10,000+ taels of silver. Chambers of commerce and companies around the world can find a place to provide a place to stay safely. As for those who love power, Daming is more welcome. Tianzhu, Southeast Asia, and the two new continents need it A large number of such desperadoes acted as local emperors and contributed to the conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

Daming; there is a real shortage of labor!On September 21, Mao Jue stabilized the Chuangjun camp. From 2324 onwards, there were big giants in Jiangbei who heard the news, and various large companies gathered like flies smelling blood, and sealed the labor contracts directly. Those ordinary soldiers who were full of apprehension in the army were signed away.

Those who were unwilling to be dismissed were also screened into a row, and the instructors of the Liaodong Military Academy started to gradually form a new colonial regiment, ready to be sent overseas.

Four 10,000+ breakthroughs are like ice cubes in summer, shrinking day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, in terms of military affairs, Mao Jue did not delay. A total of [-] cavalry regiments were mobilized from this regiment to form a quick-response force of the Huguang Front Army. Commanded by Liu Xingzuo's grandson, Liu Guomeng, the commander of the regiment, he crossed the Ganjiang River around Ji'an Mansion to pursue Liu Zongmin. On the other hand, he sent people to Jiujiangkou to negotiate with Shi Kefa, hoping to let Shi Kefa release Jiujiangkou through negotiations, allowing the Yangtze River Navy to enter Poyang Lake, and try to help Nanming intercept Liu Zongmin's troops.