Beiyang new warlord

Standing at the bow, he was also the first to complain, but after muttering a few words, the half-fat man lowered his words and bowed his head.

"Unfortunately, Jian Nu burned them all!"

"I will call back sooner or later!"

Even if he is not a person of this era, after such a long contact, Mao Jue also tasted the melancholy of being away from home to the fullest. He patted Pang Hai's shoulder from behind, and towards him, Mao Jue nodded heavily, as if he was waking up. Suddenly, Pang Fatty showed a little embarrassment, but quickly recovered the sophistication and rigor that a general should have. After bowing, he yelled loudly at the disappointed soldiers lying on the boat.

"Why are you all standing still? Assemble! Pack your bags and prepare to go ashore!"

Amid the hasty yelling and horns, not only Mao Jue's subordinates became nervous, but the ant-like North Korean soldiers in front were also busy preparing to disembark.

This is really a small dilapidated place. Looking at those rotten wooden houses, the Ming army didn't even have the desire to live there. They directly set up camp outside the city under the trembling eyes of the Koreans. As for Mao Jue and Jin Zidian was invited to the yamen by the city guard. No matter how poor the people are, even an official would not be able to go hungry, so a feast of wine and banquets to cleanse the dust is very good.

However, regardless of Mao Jue or Jin Zidian, they are not in the mood to eat and drink, especially Jin Zidian. This year is really an eventful year for the Li Dynasty. It is also very old, and it has aged a few years in the past two days. People in their fifties look like they are seventy.

As for Mao Jue, his eyes were still darkened when he saw the Japanese pirate battlefield. On the way here, Jin Zi didn't reveal too much information to him at all. Goryeo rice porridge was chewing pollack, and he asked impatiently.

"Qunshan Shou, what is the current battle situation? Where is the Japanese pirate army?"

"Returning to the general, the Japanese army should have approached Gwangju!"

"What? Where's the Jeolla Gyeongsang army on Li Shanhai's side?"

Before Mao Jue could respond, Jin Zidian had already slapped the table and jumped up, his face was full of shock and anger, so frightened that the six lower hall officials with a moustache, long and thin old face, and eyes narrowed like mice, Qun Shan Shou'er knelt down to the ground as soon as his legs gave way.

"After the disaster at Nairin Mountain, Master Li led the Jeonla Army to retreat to Jeonju, and Lord Shen Yiqian led the Gyeongsang Army to retreat to Namwon to prevent the Japanese pirates from entering Gyeongsang Province!"

"idiot!"

Unable to restrain his anger, Jin Zidian stretched out his hand and slammed the bowl on the ground, scattering Bai Shengsheng's rice all over the floor.

"What is the disaster in Neilin Mountain? Where did the Japanese pirates go? Now, Mr. Jin should talk to this general, right?"

Mao Jue's dissatisfied voice sounded from behind. The crazy old man just stopped throwing things and cursing, but immediately turned around with a guilty conscience.

It is said that South Korea and Japan are like a pair of enemies. From the map, the Korean Peninsula and Japan are like the fins and belly of a big fish, with the Sea of ​​Japan in the middle. In order to compete for fisheries and survival resources, there are generations of Japanese people who are ambitious to intervene in the peninsula. Things have caused long-term embarrassment between the two countries. The greatest hatred originated from the Wanli Korean War decades ago and the Wenlu Qingchang Battle on the Japanese side.

However, geographically, Gyeongsang-do in the north is closer to Kyushu, Japan, and Jeolla-do is in the south. This time the Japanese pirates invaded Jeolla-do, it was already far away.

At the beginning of the war, Li Chao didn’t pay much attention to Japanese pirates. After all, today’s Japanese pirates are very different from the Japanese pirates who had the support of the Warring States daimyo. Hit the target, which makes their strength plummet.

When Jin Zidian got information about Mao Jue, the Japanese pirates had already begun to harass Jeolla Province. The North Korean party struggled fiercely. The Southern Party Li Shanhai and the Western Party Huang Yunji used their respective influences to make the Jeolla and Gyeongsang Provinces take the lead in leaving Jinwang. The army went straight to Jeolla Province to suppress Japanese pirates.

But it was because the two adults were so confident that after painting for eleven days, [-] Taoist soldiers rushed to the south from near Haizhou in the north, defeated the Japanese pirates who harassed here near Jindi, and immediately chased them all the way south. As a result, Neilin Mountain, on the kang of Li Chao's own house, was ambushed by the Japanese.

The Gyeongsang former army, which entered the foothills first, was defeated by the ambushing Japanese, and 3000 troops were killed and wounded. Li Shanhai immediately ordered to withdraw from the mountainous area, and formed an array on the Hunan Plain north of the Dongjin River to face the Japanese pirates.

But on the way to retreat, another group of Japanese pirates appeared from the back of the army, and dispersed the two armies at once. There was a strong enemy in front and pursuers in the back. Li Shanhai was so arrogant that he didn't even After explaining the meaning of withdrawing troops to his subordinates, his heart flustered, and Li Chao's army was completely in disarray.

The Japanese pirates took the opportunity to cover up the killing, and I don’t know how many fierce Japanese devils rushed into the battlefield screaming like that. A battle that was close to a massacre lasted from noon to dusk and sunset.

This is also the reason why Jin Zidian rushed to ask Mao Wenlong for help. Even if the Western People's Party and the Southern People's Party lost, they patted their butts and left, and Jin Zidian and the head of the Great North sent to clean up the mess.In terms of real combat effectiveness, the Korean Dao soldiers are still far behind the Ming army. He needs a regiment like Liu Xing's tussah tiger cavalry during the Jiashan War as the backbone of the army. Follow along to fight the wind.

On the road, Jin didn't dare to tell the truth to Mao Jue, because he was afraid that the little general Mao would be timid and give him a way to return to his home. Li Chao's leader and discussing politics would not be able to deal with Dongjiang's deputy commander, so he could only stare blankly.

The old guy was a little frustrated and learned the battle situation, and Mao Jue shook his head when he heard it. After a while, he just shrugged helplessly.

"Master Jin, since the Gui Dynasty has fought against the Japanese pirates, how many people are there in the Japanese pirates?"

"do not know!"

Two old guys who look like Korean ginseng shook their heads and looked at Mao Jue. It really hurts. Sun Tzu has a saying in the art of war. If you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles! If you don’t know the enemy or yourself, you will be imperiled in every battle! Now the Li Chao coalition forces don’t know themselves. There are a few catties and a few taels, and I don't know what the other party's situation is. How to fight such a battle?

Afraid that Mao Jue would regret it, Jin Zidian spoke hastily again.

"General Xiao Mao, I have been stationing troops and food in Kunshan County for the past few days, and I will leave Gwangju in three days. As long as I can defend Gwangju, the old man promised you the military salary and corvee, and I will honor it immediately. Do you think so?"

At any rate, with such a battle goal, Mao Jue nodded reluctantly seeing Jin Zidian's sad face.

"Let's be in charge of the government!"

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first! Jin Zidian brought 3000 troops, and Mao Jue was about [-]. In the past few days in Kunshan County, about [-] Taoist soldiers were transferred from Qingzhou, which is on the Chungcheong Road in the north, and gathered two Wanshi military rations.Jin Zidian really did what he said. On the third day, a [-]-strong army set off from Gunshan County early in the morning and went south across the Dongjin River to rescue Gwangju, an important city in Jeolla.

Compared with the North Korean Dao soldiers who wore a ragged battle jacket and carried a fork on their backs, Mao Jue's pro-army regiment was obviously equipped with more gorgeous equipment. Even if the 800 people were cooks, they all had horses to carry heavy loads. The horses were all exchanged from the horse market in Houjin recently. The two cannons mounted on the adjustable gun mounts were pulled by eight strong oxen. Leaning directly on the gun mount, the army is really a place to train people. Now this guy is no longer the timid country boy when he first joined the army. Although he is not decorated, he is still very imposing with his arms folded. Surrounded by the gun post, holding the horse on the left and right to block the outermost edge, even if one hand is holding the rein of the horse and can't go forward, the long-term habit still makes the guards carry the flintlock on their shoulders straight, even the pace are almost the same.

The neat cotton armor, neat brushstrokes, and neat military appearance are in stark contrast to the sloppy North Korean soldiers next to them.

Coming out of the mountains, there are also poor places along the way, but North Korea is a small country with few people, and the local families are still powerful. The feudal system is obviously stricter than that of Ming Dynasty. The canopy is firmly controlled on the land, and hard work is done. Japanese pirates plundered, and both sides of the official road were farmland.

However, when we set off in the evening, we were almost approaching Jindi, and the traces of the flames of war were also revealed. On the side of the road, a manor had obviously been burned for a few days, and the air was still filled with the smell of charcoal. The corpses hacked to death with Japanese swords, especially on the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, hanged a dozen Korean women like bacon.

Not far from the Jindi, Mao Jue simply entered the village with a few cavalry. Last time Iron Mountain was swept away, most of the townspeople and households fled early, but not many were killed. Mao Jue still felt the tragedy here. Seen for the first time.

"It's a fucking beast, I won't let go of any girls of their age!"

Even Shen Rong, who was as fierce as Shen Rong, couldn't help cursing when he saw the old man sticking out his tongue, his eyes withered, and the little corpse hanging on the tree.

Mao Jue really doubted whether he was a psychopath, or he had played too many horror games. In such a miserable state, he didn't feel too much fear, and ignored the curses from his subordinates. on the banyan tree itself.

Three corpses fell in front of the tree. There were six big black holes in the tree. Mao Jue dug it in with his hands, and a heavy, round lead was dug out. Holding the lead in his palm, Mao Jue thought. In the middle of it, I even imagined what happened here.

A few villagers fled in panic, crying and shouting. Immediately, at the entrance of the village not far away, a row of fried beans sounded, and the blood sprayed out from the three of them trembling violently. It fell to the ground, and the tree was also shot with a row of bullet holes.

Mao Jue took a deep breath, the Japanese pirates were not badly equipped, at least they had very sharp iron cannons and muskets!

Throw away the lead, this village has become a dead village, there is no need to stay any longer, Mao Jue was about to open his mouth to greet Shen Rong and others to get on their horses and return to the team, when the North Korean Daoist Brigade, which was rolling forward, suddenly stopped, Watching a cavalryman waving a red flag wildly along the way, shouting some ancient Korean.

"what did he say?"

"General, he said that Gunshan County was attacked by Japanese pirates, Lord Jin has an order to return to the army immediately!"

The military interpreter hurriedly translated, and Mao Jue's eyes widened when he heard this immediately

Chapter 98. Nose hurts

Even in the middle of the night, the blazing fire still shines as brightly as day, and the rotten house has now turned into a big fire, especially the port, and the more than 30 boats ordered by Jin Zi and the three boats owned by Mao Jue have also turned into fires. Became a giant candle.

What is even worse is that the piles of warehouses near the port have been burned to the point of black smoke, and more than 2 shi of military rations, weapons and armor and other materials have been burned.

Really unable to bear the blow, Jin Zi felt his legs were weak, so he simply fell off the horse. A few guards nearby hurriedly supported him, so he didn't fall. Looking at the fire, the veins on Mao Jue's forehead Also kept beating.

Didn't wait for the war! A slap in the face was so hard.

When Mao Jue was in a daze, there was already a quarrel at the other end. He recovered from his sluggish state, and just happened to be guarded by the county guard of Qunshan County. The guy surnamed Pu came over. He fell to the ground, and immediately rolled over with his feet, yelling and cursing non-stop while holding his breath.

"Trash! Idiot! Why didn't you burn it with the army rations!"

"Your Majesty Leader! I can't do anything about it, there are tens of thousands of Japanese pirates. The soldiers in this mountain city are weak, and I have to fight to the death to keep this city!!"