Lu Ming

Early the next morning, the fleet entered Dengzhou Water Gate and returned to Hong Kong to anchor.

After bidding farewell to their masters, the Dongjiang generals rode on the mounts brought by the soldiers who had been waiting at the pier, thumped out of the city, and returned to the barracks outside the city in a short while.

When we got here, it was the territory of Kong Youde's generation.So after everyone got off their horses, they quickly entered the camp official's house. After reaching the innermost small house, Kong Youde waved away all the soldiers and subordinates, and then locked the door with his backhand.

Geng Zhongming, who had already been hinted by Kong Youde on the way, saw his brother's behavior as if he was facing a big enemy, and immediately realized that he was connecting with the southerners.So his brows and eyes were full of excitement, and he opened his mouth eagerly to ask: "My dear brother, do you have your eyebrows?"

"looks?"

Kong Youde was not excited at this time, but looked exhausted, leaning his shoulder against the back of the door, and said with a wry smile: "There are eyebrows, there are big eyebrows."

...After a long while, the few people who listened to Kong Youde's narration were as dumbfounded as last night, and no one said a word for a long time.

How to put it this way, it’s a bit like a tiger being pushed to hunt by the public, but a dinosaur was accidentally dragged back, or a dinosaur that roasted itself, sprinkled salt and sesame seeds, and lay at the door of the tiger’s den... The tiger’s nest is a little numb now Claw, I don't know how to deal with it.

The generals of the Dongjiang runaway clan were basically classified according to the "children and nephews" recognized by Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town.

Like Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, both were adopted sons of Mao Wenlong, while Li Jiuzheng was adopted grandson, so their seniority and status were fixed at that time.

Since Kong Youde was one of Mao Wenlong's adopted sons who were most valued by Mao Wenlong back then, he has been passed down along the way, and now he is also the nominal speaker of the Runaway Clan.

Now the speaker needs everyone's input.

In the end, Geng Zhongming, who was the most enthusiastic about contacting the southerners, stared at Kong Youde slowly after thinking for a long time and said, "This matter should be taken seriously! We finally settled down in Dengzhou, so why should we make trouble for that lord? "

Everyone was stunned when they heard this: No one expected that Geng Zhongming, who was originally the most enthusiastic, sang a cold tune instead.

I don't want to think about the next moment, but someone laughed dryly: "Brother Yuntai, don't put gold on your face. They have a boatload of cannons, guns, guns, food and silver, and we need to get millet out of the fire?"

"In my opinion." The voice sounded again coldly: "The person surnamed Cao is nothing more than an idler, no different from raising a dog."

Chapter 590

In recent years, as the threat of North Korean captives has become increasingly serious, the Shandong theater, which is located behind the battlefield and can support the front line by sea, has become more and more important.Then Dengzhou, as the commander of the theater and the residence of the governor of Denglai, naturally became an important military town.

As a result, there will be more military buildings around Dengzhou City.Leaving aside the dilapidated Weisuo City, there are several newly built camps/schools.Most of these camps were built in the past two years after Sun Yuanhua came to power, and their purpose was to accommodate new troops such as Dengzhou Left Guard, Dengzhou Right Guard, and Dengzhou Defender.

Speaking of the new army, in history, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to end, it seemed that they also practiced the new army—the Beiyang New Army.As a result, the new army did not keep the imperial court's Huahuajiangshan, and the masters were copied by President Yuan Da.

At this moment, Sun Yuanhua, who has entered Christianity and has Western military thinking, the new army drilled in Dengzhou, not only did not kill the enemy for Daming in the future, but also stabbed Daming backhand, and finally hatched King Sanshun.Like the Beiyang New Army, they all nailed coffin boards to their own courts.

So, the new army should not practice randomly if they have nothing to do, this thing will hinder the Lord.

Time: Three days after the night talk in Kong Youde's cabin.

Location: Outside Dengzhou City, Zuowei Yingpan.

The camp of Dengzhou Zuowei can already be regarded as a permanent building.The outer wall of the camp is made of rammed earth and covered with bricks, covering a large area, with a school field barracks and a special firearms shooting range inside.

In other words, since it is a brother unit, there is no one-sided communication.So three days after Kong Youde returned to the camp, the guest general who came to Dengzhou received an invitation from his master.So Zhang Zhongqi, Sha Zhengming and others brought a group of staff officers to Dengzhou Zuowei this morning.

Zhang Zhongqi sat on a black lacquered walnut wood official hat chair, covering a mug of hot tea in his hand.At this moment, he was talking to Li Jiuzheng who was sitting beside him, and from time to time, he glanced at the left guard battalion soldiers who were working hard under the stage.

After some observation, in the eyes of the guests, the left guard battalion with Kong Youde as the main general... can be regarded as well-groomed, and the basic skills of the army are still in place. OK.

As for whether or not this is a specially staged scene to cope with the "superior inspection", the time-travelers don't care, what the time-travelers want is attitude.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was mainly bad.The warlords and officers and soldiers on the left and right are all the same breed, not to mention the elder brother.Fighting in the nest was fierce, and his true colors were instantly revealed in front of Houjin Tieqi.

After a series of traditional military formation changes, cold weapon subjects and cavalry subjects, the highlight of today's observation came: bird gun shooting and artillery live ammunition shooting.

Sun Yuanhua was a disciple of the famous Western scholar Xu Guangqi.The Dengzhou Army formed this time is a new army that Sun Yuanhua intends to use Western-style weapons and Western-style training methods to conduct new military experiments.

After accepting Kong Youde and others before, Sun Yuanhua took advantage of the Christian relationship, not only hired 30 Portuguese soldiers from Macau as instructors, but also bought red cannons and bird guns, and formed China's first pure firearm in the [-]th century force.

With the support of the relatively advanced Sun Yuanhua Western School faction, Kong Youde's artillery and blunderbuss subjects today can be said to be the strongest artillery in Ming Dynasty other than the crossing forces.

However, this is of no use.

Dengzhou Zuowei's firearms display may have refreshed the other troops of Ming Dynasty, but in front of the traversers, it can only be said to belong to elementary school children's play.

Li Jiuzheng, who had already seen the exaggerated firearm system of the guest army, of course didn't dare to show off at this time.After his family's Franc machine gun team finished firing, he smiled and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Master Zhang, brother, this method must not be in the eye of the eye, haha, it made the Fang family laugh."

"Brother Gong, don't worry."

Zhang Zhongqi is now very interested in this square-faced, honest-looking native general who is actually extremely gambler: "Once today is over, everyone will be on their own. Like these artillery guns, including the corresponding training for soldiers, my side are available."

"Is this true?"

To be honest, Li Jiuzheng didn't believe Zhang Zhongqi's promise.

In Li Jiucheng's view, the cannons on the ship and the corresponding training for soldiers should all belong to the "dragon slaying skills".

"Brother Gong, the way of the world has changed." Zhang Zhongqi started the usual fooling mode: "In today's world, China and the West meet, exchange what is needed, and changes are changing with each passing day. It is no longer a play for the emperor behind closed doors."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhongqi's eyes became sincere: "Brother Gong is brave and resourceful, so let's find an opportunity to go to the south to see. After seeing the social development there, the old man will know who the general trend is... like the cannon... Wait for the weapons, Little Doyle."

Li Jiuzheng did not expect the other party to say such a sentence.Although he didn't understand a few uncommon words among them, he still felt the sincerity of the other party.

And Li Jiuzheng immediately realized: Is this the benefit of him getting closer?

Before this, in the internal meeting of the Liaodong generals who dealt with the traversers, the radical and conservative factions were at odds at first.

But guerrilla Li Jiuzheng, who had never made a big splash, went uncharacteristically this time and started a heated argument with Geng Zhongming, who was trying to stay on the sidelines.

Therefore, character determines destiny.Li Jiuzheng's character was born with a lot of gambling elements.

Li Jiucheng in history played an important role in the Wuqiao rebellion: he spent public funds but did not buy enough horses, so he took the opportunity to incite Kong Youde to rebel.

This time, even though there is no Wu Qiao, he still sees an opportunity: if he can communicate with foreign domains, he can make a career in the world, and he can take advantage of the external situation to protect himself. Why not do it?

In any case, the private dissatisfaction with the imperial court caused Li Jiuzheng to insist on forming an alliance with the time-traveling forces without doing any psychological construction.

In the end, Kong Youde accepted Li Jiuzheng's opinion after weighing the pros and cons.Because Kong Youde realized one thing: In fact, from the moment he met Zhang Zhongqi, he had already set foot on a thief ship.

Kong Youde's reason was simple: since people had already spoken about such a major "rebellion incident", they would be sure of everyone, and they probably couldn't be dismissed by saying "I won't get on the boat".

Kong Youde accurately understood the meaning of the traverser: Sir, since I have condescended to come and open my mouth, can I still allow you not to get in the car after listening?What are you thinking?

If you really don't get in the car, there is a high probability that the tyrannical power in the political and military aspects shown by the uncle before will be used on your heads, so I ask you can you bear it?

After the analysis, Dong Jiang and his group fully understood that this is the standard unreasonable disaster: I was fooled, I have no choice, I can't be a good person, the old man is very bad.

Things have come to this, and after finding out that there is no choice, the Dongjiang generals headed by Kong Youde can only compromise in the end.So there was a scene of inviting friendly troops to come to exchange and observe: in fact, they took the opportunity to form alliances.

So, when Zhang Zhongqi and his group came to Zuowei camp today, he quickly felt a new pattern: Li Jiuzheng was in charge of receiving the greetings.

In this way, it will be clear who to win first.This is also the reason why Zhang Zhongqi invited Li Jiuzheng: Anyone who goes to the south and meets the indigenous elites in the primary industrial society will be enlightened and closely united with Cao XX as the core... [-] words will be omitted below.

To be honest, after Li Jiuzheng received Zhang Zhongqi's invitation suddenly, he was very moved immediately.However, he soon came to his senses. After all, no matter how small a warlord is, he was still a warlord. With the current situation, Li Jiuzheng would definitely not be able to leave his followers and travel far away.

However, Li Jiuzheng bet on the traverser after all, so after a little thought, he quickly came up with a solution: his eldest son, Li Yingyuan, could travel instead of his father.

Zhang Zhongqi immediately nodded in agreement.

Zhang Zhongqi knew something about the Li family and his son.Li Yingyuan was also a general who accompanied Kong Youde during the rebellion in history. This king is fully qualified and able to travel to the south on behalf of his father.

So on the general platform, the Dongjiang general who is most keen to deal with the time-traveling forces reached an extremely important exchange project with the time-travelers in just a few words, which is enough to affect the future direction of his father and son. .

With the conclusion of the private agreement, the public observation activities on the stage have also come to an end.

The last procedure of today's open class is for the participating soldiers to meet with the generals and receive rewards.

After all the rewards that are customary in this era have been distributed, the exercise will officially end.In the next step, the already prepared banquet is waiting for the distinguished guests.The big guy had a cold morning in the winter of the Little Ice Age, so he needed a good rest.

The banquet atmosphere is naturally good.The host drank the exquisite Erguotou brought by the guests, and the guests also tasted the swallow-winged banquet made by the chef invited from Dengzhou City.During the dinner, everyone complimented each other happily, and the host and guest had a great time.

If you are full of wine and food, withdraw from the table to watch tea.After that, the general Kong Youde came forward and invited the distinguished guests to the Chinese army to discuss the matter of sending troops to rescue Dalinghe Fort.

Since it is the most important military strategy discussed by the generals of the two sides, the irrelevant people and others must be dispersed.Soon, following the general's command, only Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiuzheng remained as masters in the spacious central army hall.On the side of the transmigration forces, there are only Zhang Zhongqi and Sha Zhengming.

At this point, there is no need for any temptations, and the time has come for Tu Qiong to meet.The next moment, Zhang Zhongqi got straight to the point, and formally explained the details of the conditions of the "alliance" between the two parties about the crossing forces.

Regarding the conditions in this regard, Kong Youde had already heard about it when he was on the ship.

What Zhang Zhongqi said today is more detailed, more critical, and more "rebellious" clauses: In addition to emergency food, grass and military equipment, Zhang Zhongqi also promised: in the important city of Tianjin, the emergency fleet and combat supplies will be kept at all times. If there is "something" on the side, then no matter what situation Kong Youde is in, he can set sail on the sea to plan for the future.

In addition, Zhang Zhongqi once again promised what Kong Youde's generation lacks most at present: political protection.

The above benefits have no time limit, as long as the current situation in Ming Dynasty remains unchanged, they will be valid forever.

In short, whether it is tangible or intangible things, Zhang Zhongqi's generous donations are generous and generous, which embarrasses the negotiating opponents: everyone who thought of and did not expect has promised, so how can we negotiate?

Of course, if you just pay without asking for anything in return, it will easily make the partner suspicious and slack, which is not a healthy cooperative relationship.

So Zhang Zhongqi made a "small" partner request after the intermission: as far as he knows, there are still [-] soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town who are starving.Coincidentally, there is a shortage of labor in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. I hope that allies can take this opportunity to go to sea and cooperate with him to "recruit" a group of workers to work.

Chapter 591

Time: Three days after the "Secret Barracks Agreement".Location, Dengzhou Shuicheng Guan Wharf.

At this point in time, the governor's yamen in Denglai, located on the Shandong Peninsula, had already received the military intelligence battle report from the capital: The officers and troops in the Daling River battle suffered a crushing defeat, with tens of thousands of troops lost, and less than half of them fled back to Jinzhou.

Sun Yuanhua was taken aback when he received the military news, that's all.After all, they have lost too much in these years, and everyone is quite calm about Donglu now.

Of course, even if there is no disturbance in his heart, normal work must continue, so Sun Yuanhua urgently summoned Sha Zhengming, Kong Youde and other generals for a meeting.

From the overall situation, Dengzhou, a group of flanks + southern navy's partial division combination, actually doesn't care about the big defeat outside the customs in private, because the main battlefield does not deal with their side branch factions.

Even Sun Yuanhua, who had a close relationship with the Donglin Party, would end up feeling sorry for the country at most.After all, to play politics is to talk about factions. The Xu Guangqi-Sun Yuanhua faction belongs to the small Christian faction in the court, and has no intention and power to intervene in any major affairs in the court.

And the traverser, who had known for a long time that he was defeated outside the pass, could only pretend to be surprised and shouted: "Junmen, I will immediately go to sea to help outside the pass!"

This is what Sun Yuanhua wanted.

In this era, the transmission of information is slow and transportation is inconvenient. According to common sense, it usually takes several months for the Southern Army to reach the north. Therefore, it is impossible for the court to set a specific time for the Dengzhou partial division.

That is to say, today's so-called tension is actually faked by all parties involved... Always speak politically correctly.

However, from a personal point of view, it is necessary to go to sea now.

After all, Sun Yuanhua has already received the military information, and the fleet of the crossing people has been repaired in Dengzhou for a few days. If they don't go to sea at this time, it is easy to fall into the trap afterwards.

So Sha Zhengming yelled loudly, and it happened to be in Sun Yuanhua's heart: He was just afraid that these army leaders would make trouble.

Seeing that Sha Zhengming was doing his best, Lao Sun hurriedly twisted his beard and nodded: "Well, there has been a big defeat outside the pass, and now Zu Dashou is still struggling to support in Linghe, and the situation is critical. The generals are ready, and according to my instructions See, it should be sooner rather than later. Generals, please send troops quickly!"

"The commander of the last commander!"

Sha Zhengming got up to take the order, and the Dongjiang generals who had already been passed the job naturally also got up together, and they all responded to the order.

In this way, a tacit military discussion by all parties came to an end.

The next step is the standard procedure: the governor cordially bid farewell, with great fanfare, pouring wine at the pier, and swearing-in to the expedition.

This is a necessary procedure, and Sun Yuanhua will send out a memorial later, so that he can tell the court with great fanfare: I have started to take action here, and the officials of Dengzhou are working hard!

So, the fleet full of food and daily groceries set off like this... Oh yes, there are also soldiers: Kong Youde's 1500 elite troops have twice as many soldiers as in history, but 800 fewer horses.

Everything is in the plan of the time traveler.

……

If you go to sea from Dengzhou, you will be very close to hot spots such as Lushun, Liaohe Estuary (Panjin) and even Dongjiang Town on the opposite side of Bohai Bay.For example, Lushun, the nearest station of the general army of Dongjiang Town, is less than 150 kilometers away from Dengzhou in a straight line. For a fleet with an average speed of 4 knots, you can see the coastline in one day and one night.

However, after Kong Youde went out to sea in the fleet of traversers this time, he quickly lost his way.

This is not always the case.The small boats in Dongjiang Town often choose a calm day and go south with the wind, and they can float to the Shandong Peninsula by visual inspection.

This time, as soon as he went out to sea, the fleet first went straight east, then north, south, and east. After turning around, the aborigines who left the coastline reference point soon had no idea what the fleet was doing in the sea. orientation.

Not only lost their bearings, but the aborigines can't even predict the approximate speed: sometimes the fleet will emit black smoke, ignoring the current factors, and go fast and slow.

In addition, the weather at sea in the past two days was bad, with some winter rain from time to time, and the sky was covered with thick clouds, so Kong Youde was surprised to find that he even lost the general direction of the fleet... Is it in Shandong or Korea?

Having learned a lot from Kong Youde and his team, they could only lower their heads high and go to the combat room to learn advanced experience as before.

This is the only thing that is good about Transmigration: never hide your secrets.

After learning about the intentions of the natives, Sha Zhengming chuckled and assigned the navigator to act as a temporary guest instructor to explain the most advanced nautical positioning to the students.

And when the students finally understood the meaning of those lines and symbols on the chart, it was already the next morning.At this time, someone suddenly patted his thigh: "So, isn't this place Guanglu Island?"

"It seems that this general has graduated!"

The students ran out of the cabin in a flash.Look again, hey, isn't the island that you can see is the well-known Guanglu Island!

Guanglu Island is located off the coast of Dalian, and later generations are under the jurisdiction of Changhai County.

Changhai County is the only island county in Northeast China and the only island border county in China.This place faces the Korean peninsula, and is the closest area in the northeast to Japan and South Korea.

In the [-]th century, the five large islands under the jurisdiction of Changhai County, together with the surrounding Pidao (today's Lime Island in North Korea) and other places, became the famous "native" of Dongjiang Town.

At this moment, the crossing fleet located in the sea off Guanglu Island has already started to anchor and lower their sails one after another, preparing to enter the port one by one.