Lu Ming

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In Liao general's mind, it seems that the fleet should go directly to Bohai Bay and try to land at the mouth of Liaohe River.No matter how bad it is, you should go to Lushun and contact Huang Long, the current commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, to discuss the landing from the Lushun Jinzhou line.

What the hell is going to Hirokashima?

The Liao generals naturally didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourds, and they couldn't open their mouths to ask directly. So after they found out that the fleet had arrived at Guanglu Island, they found Sha Zhengming and the two who were watching the scenery and talking and laughing on the ship tower. , Pick up a routine and start.

Since the secret agreement, Li Jiuzheng has obviously become more confident. When we met, he smiled first and said, "My lords, I'm so excited! Speaking of which, Guanglu Island is also considered beautiful. After we landed, Lao Li and I It's the landlord, and I'm sure to lure distinguished guests to hang around for a while!"

"The veterans are here!" Since the signing of the secret agreement, the two forces have become more and more familiar with each other, and their names have also been changed to family-style.

After saying hello, Zhang Zhongqi pointed to another island about a dozen miles southeast of here, and asked with great interest, "Lao Li, do you know where that is?"

Li Jiucheng thought to himself that you are making fun of me, how many years have I been staying in a bigger place, how many islands, don't you know?

So he said with a smile: "That is Zhangzi Island, there is not much to do. The brothers usually just catch some seafood to make a living."

Li Jiuzheng answered so casually, but Zhang Zhongqi said something that made him puzzled when he went back: "Old Li, although we have never been here, I know that it is not easy to have seafood here."

"Oh? Not easy?"

Zhang Zhongqi approached her face, and whispered in her ear mysteriously: "The scallops here have feet. At the end of the year, I will take my family and travel far away to the country of Japan, and I will not return until the next year!"

"Oh... that's it... Your honor!"

Li Jiuzheng responded with a bewildered expression.

Chapter 592 Mao Chenglu

The rough trestle bridge made of broken planks made creaking noises.

Mao Chenglu, deputy general of Dongjiang on the trestle bridge and guard of Guanglu Island, looked at the slowly approaching boat, feeling confused mixed with a little excitement.

Early this morning, Mao Chenglu, who was warming up in the old wooden house, drinking tea and eating rough bread, was suddenly informed by the soldiers who broke into the door: a big ship was coming from the sea.

He picked up a robe and hurried out, and found that there were some huge ships on the sea that he had never seen before.

Mao Chenglu knew that "the job" was coming.

Before that, news spread to Guanglu Island: Kong Youde's department, which originally planned to go to sea to participate in the war outside the customs, changed its itinerary for some reason.

Because it is in a period of chaos, and the imperial court does not pay attention to it, the news transmission of Dongjiang Town has always been slow, a beat slower than other military towns.

The information Mao Chenglu received at that time was relatively simple. He only knew that some reinforcements were coming from the south, so Dengzhou changed its plan.

Later, when a certain fleet arrived in Dengzhou, Mao Chenglu got accurate information one after another——Kong Youde and others have always been in close contact with Mao Chenglu.

Unlike Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, Mao Wenlong's godsons, Mao Chenglu was Mao Wenlong's blood-related nephew, and Mao Wenlong had always raised him as his own son.

So when Mao Wenlong was still alive, Mao Chenglu was a member of the Neiding General at a young age-commanding Mao Wenlong's family members composed of adopted sons and grandchildren, ranking first among all the sons.

Later, after Mao Wenlong was killed, in order to appease the Dongjiang generals, the imperial court retained Mao Wenlong's obvious default successor, Mao Chenglu, who was not only promoted to deputy general, but also led the First Association of Pidao Army.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan died, and Mao Chenglu immediately wrote a letter to complain for Mao Wenlong.However, the imperial court then dispatched Mao Chenglu to Guanglu Island, which was more remote and farther away from the political center.

Therefore, Mao Chenglu, the former prince of Dongjiang Town, finally fell to the position of the old man of the gatekeeper.

This is also the reason why Mao Chenglu in history led his troops to respond immediately after Kong Youde's rebellion: with resentment in his heart, he started to see a gap.

But in the plane of the traveler, history was changed at a critical moment.

Mao Chenglu, who had already rebelled at this time, had a butterfly effect due to the change in the fate of Kong Youde's department.Not only did Mao Chenglu not raise an army this time, but at the darkest moment of his life, he ushered in another turning point.

Standing on the trestle, Lieutenant General Mao, who was wrapped in a thick thick padded robe of dirty coarse cloth, saw a scene he had never seen before: there were more than a dozen strange large ships floating on the sea, some of which were emitting faint black smoke.

Soon, the soldiers came to report: a small boat was approaching.

Mao Chenglu, who had excellent eyesight, didn't need to report from his own soldiers, not only saw the boat, but also saw a few vaguely familiar figures at the bow.

At this time, the coastline of Guanglu Island has been filled by soldiers and civilians from Dongjiang Town who heard the news.

These gradually gathered people include men, women, old and young.In this cold little glacier winter, all of them wore tattered clothes, and many of them were wrapped in straw.

Most of them have disheveled faces.Perhaps the only thing that can prove the identity of a soldier is the iron knife hanging on the waist of the young and strong.

Not long after, the down and out brothers meet again, and they are very kind.Before the boat stopped, the excited Kong Youde stepped onto the pier one step at a time: "Old brother, how have you been?"

"Okay, okay!" Mao Chenglu, who had lost a lot of weight, strode up to meet him, hugged his old brother and laughed loudly: "It's not good, but seeing the brothers, everything will be fine!"

Among Mao Wenlong's sons, Mao Chenglu, who was related by blood, and Kong Youde, who was obviously favored by Mao Wenlong, had always been closely related and belonged to the direct line of the direct line.The two of them, together with Geng Zhongming, and the current Lushun deputy general Chen Youyou, were the most powerful core of the small group in Dongjiang Town back then.

Although Dongjiang Town is now torn apart, the small group is getting closer... The external pressure is huge, and even survival has become a problem, why don't they stick together for the winter.

So as soon as Pu met, Kong Youde hurriedly pulled Mao Chenglu back to the wooden house dedicated to the island owner, and then explained the purpose of his visit without reservation.

As everyone expected, after hearing everything, Mao Chenglu was dumbfounded, and he bowed his head in thought and made a wood carving.

But any individual, after being exposed to such a huge amount of information suddenly, will definitely be stunned, because the brain has no time to manage expressions, and all the computing power is used to deconstruct the information.

After a long time, Mao Chenglu seemed to come back to his senses.He raised his head, looked inquiringly at Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiuzheng before him, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the door, and asked leisurely: "So, the people on the outer boat are rebels who want to find our men." Join?"

Hearing such a straightforward question, Kong Youde originally opened his mouth to argue, but in front of his most familiar accomplices, he suddenly lost the desire to argue.So he first turned his face and looked at Geng Zhongming and Li Jiuzheng. After confirming the eyes, Kong Youde turned his head and said calmly, "Brother, that's it."

The next moment, Mao Chenglu suddenly jumped up from the stool, his face flushed red and his eyes filled with joy, he slapped his thigh vigorously and shouted: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and invite the distinguished guests into the house to enjoy the fire!"

But after saying this sentence, Mao Chenglu seemed to think of something again, and his expression changed instantly.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Mao clenched his fists tightly, his teeth were clenched, the muscles on his face were twitching uncontrollably, and his gloomy eyes were filled with cruelty: "No matter what kind of expert it is, I can only push this bastard Zhu Ming, and replace the master." I have avenged Lord Wenlong, and I will help you in this situation!"

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In the afternoon, after long and difficult guidance and towing by small boats, the flagship of the Beishang Fleet finally docked slowly at the simple wharf of Guanglu Island.

At this time, the area around Guanglu Island Wharf was already crowded with people.

The number of soldiers and civilians under the jurisdiction of the entire Dongjiang Town is roughly more than [-].The [-]-military armed group of the Liao people is distributed on a series of islands such as Lushun and the surrounding Phi Island and Guanglu Island.

Due to the de facto dismemberment behavior of the imperial court before, the population of Dongjiang Town was dispersed in large numbers and spread more widely.Not only the people who moved to Dengzhou with Kong Youde's troops, but also many people scattered in the Bohai Bay area.In fact, as early as when the traversers first set up Tianjin, they gathered a lot of people from Dongjiang Town.

At the moment, there are more than 3000 people gathered on Guanglu Island.Among these people, there are about two to three thousand people who can barely be counted as soldiers, and the rest are all family members.

These people who were half-abandoned by the imperial court had scarce supplies and no one took care of them. Originally, in this cold winter, some people died of freezing and starvation every day.That is to say, there is a wonderful scene at sea today, so everyone is willing to waste a little precious energy and get out of Maodong's nest to see what's going on.

Since it was a spectacle, it was naturally a scene that had never been seen before.

The battleship on the pier has smooth lines and a large aspect ratio, with novelty and beautiful white sails hanging.And what made the natives whisper was not only the strange ship, but also the cannon that gleamed with metallic luster on the side of the ship.

Then, the wide springboard was lowered from the hull, and groups of soldiers disembarked first.

There had already been lightning-like news spreading among the crowd: the big ships on the sea were all driven by southerners.

However, the soldiers who emerged from the boat subverted the indigenous people's understanding of the term "Southern".

The soldiers who disembarked in neat steps were tall and strong.These people wore yellow woolen overcoats with cowhide belts and gear on the chest, waist and back, Leifeng caps on their heads, shiny high-waisted leather boots on their feet, and standard rifles with bayonets on their backs.

In the sound of the officer's loud password, the soldiers who rushed out of the ship quickly took control of the pier and trestle, and then lined up face to face, leaving the middle aisle.

The next moment, the two guests walked off the board wearing finer gray general officer coats.

The owner who had been waiting on the trestle bridge hurried forward to meet him.

Deputy General Mao changed into a genuine lieutenant general's robe of the Ming Dynasty, with a smile on his face, curiosity in his excited eyes, as soon as they met, he cupped his fists and said auspicious words: "Hahaha, I don't expect to see the great hero who beheaded the Tartars today. , Mao Chenglu is lucky, my brothers in Guangludao are lucky!"

When Sha and Zhang saw the host's friendly attitude, and saw Kong Youde nodding repeatedly at the back, they knew that the matter was over.

Travelers who are familiar with history, since they want to intervene in Dongjiang Town, they will naturally consider everything. In fact, Mao Chenglu and Guanglu Island have already been included in the plan.Then Kong Youde got on the boat with his front foot, and naturally he had to accept the plan with his back foot, and turned his backhand to win over Mao Chenglu.

Finding that the plan was going well, the master also made a gesture. At this time, the time-traversing crowd will naturally come up with a tried-and-tested method: show their strength, after all, there is still negotiation work below.

"Haha, General Mao is being polite, but he just slaughtered a few tartars, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning."

Although the guest's tone was polite, the content was not polite, and he pretended to be a big B lightly.

However, Mao Chenglu did not show any displeasure after hearing this: since they all want to form an alliance, or "take refuge", the stronger the strength of the allies, the better.He had killed so many Tartars in the first place, that was a real skill... In other words, in terms of killing Tartars, the generals of the Dongjiang River were all convinced by the crossing forces, and this was the main reason why things went smoothly.

Deputy General Mao was full of vigor and vitality today: "Come here, get some pancakes with good noodles from the warehouse, and entertain the brothers at sea! Cut ginseng for me, stew chicken, and kill deer. Let's get drunk today." , I will definitely learn a few tricks from the hero, and I will use them to kill the Tartars!"

"Hehe, thank you General for paying the fee."

Zhang Zhongqi walked with General Mao arm in arm, while speaking polite words.At the same time, he glanced at the periphery without a trace - a large number of ragged natives were stopped by the general's guards in armor.

"I'm so hungry that I'm so hungry, how dare I invite my soldiers to eat noodles, not stick noodles? It's so fucking swollen to pretend to be fat."

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongqi turned her head with a smile, and said to General Mao: "Even if it is a dinner party, there is no reason for a family to serve food. To tell you the truth, brother, I went north this time, and I also specially gave some food to the old brothers in the north. New rice from Guangnan."

"Or, take this opportunity to invite the brothers to try something new. It's all robes, so you have to eat it in one pot!"

When Mao Chenglu heard the words, he laughed dryly: "This... I'm afraid it's not very suitable?"

Although General Mao rejected the proposal, anyone could tell that the general's tone was so weak that he couldn't even drive away a single mosquito.

"What are you afraid of, I'm in charge of this matter!" After Zhang Zhongqi feigned anger, seeing that General Mao no longer objected, he shouted: "Order, notify the transport ship to unload some rice."

"Yes! Sir, please indicate the quantity!"

"First come 20 catties."

"Yes! 20 catties!"

At this moment, General Mao opened his mouth wide, unable to pretend anymore.

Chapter 593

In the past, there was no one on the deserted beach, but now it was full of hustle and bustle.

Dense crowds of natives crowded the pier, completely enclosing the dilapidated man-made building.

The only channel left is the road for transporting grain.

A man in rags, carrying a heavy bag of rice, baring his rotten teeth, walked through the wall with a grin.People dressed in the same clothes on both sides clasped their hands together, making all kinds of joyful and weird noises, and their wrinkled faces were full of smiles.

The camera pans across the pier and comes to the foot of the mountain behind the beach.A stove made of many stones has been temporarily erected here.At this moment, people are no longer afraid of wasting calories, and moved all the stones and wood from the mountain frame behind to the foot of the mountain.

Guanglu Island is the largest island in the Changshan Archipelago, with abundant fresh water resources and lush vegetation.So when the stove is set up, the corresponding spring water is also ready.

Next, the aborigines were ready to use, and the luxurious big iron pot received from the big ship was put on the stove.Then boil the water, wash the rice, and the next moment, Bai Huahua's machine-made hulled rice from Guangnan is poured into the large iron pot.

Use a pot of water to water a stack of paper. If you want to save water, then the paper in the middle will not be watered.It looks as if the paper is wet, but the core has not changed.

The essence of this experiment is: Since you want to spend money, you should do it all at once, and it will cause bad things at critical moments.

Travelers naturally understand this truth, so high-end daily necessities, including the big iron pot, were sent off the ship this trip.

In the [-]th century, a double-eared iron pot with a diameter of one meter was a strategic material that any force needed to pay attention to, because the metal craftsmanship contained in it was very high.Usually, the price of pots with a diameter of more than half a meter will skyrocket.

Not to mention that the big iron pot of the traveler is an industrial product, refined cast iron without impurities, high quality, and the bottom of the pot is thick and durable.

Such a high-end cauldron that can be passed down from family to family can easily be sold for more than 15 taels of silver in Luoma Dashi, Tianjin.Once transported to places such as Guanwai, Saibei, and Mobei, such a pot can be exchanged for several good horses.

So, this time, a certain force paid a lot of money in order to deploy Dongjiang Town.

Of course, since you have made the capital, you must consider the return.Then, along with the iron pot, there is also Zhao Tieguo.

Zhao Tieguo is from Jinzhou.After the whole family was killed by the old slave, this gentleman has been fighting against Jiannu all year round under the command of Marshal Wenlong.Later, when the commander-in-chief passed away, Zhao Tieguo, as a member of the commander-in-chief's personal guard, blamed himself endlessly afterwards.In addition, Dongjiang Town was in a mess at the time, so he chose to leave Dongjiang Town and take a boat across the sea to Tianjin Wei to have a meal.

As a result, time turned by accident, and a few years later, Zhao Tieguo, an old bachelor, appeared in front of the young and old in Dongjiang Town again.

Today's Zhao Tieguo, taller and stronger than before, looks a lot fiercer.Fortunately, apart from his clean-shaven black beard, Zhao Tieguo's character is still as forthright and talkative as before.At this moment, he was unbuttoning his military coat, sitting on a big log with a big horse and a golden knife, and while roasting the fire in the stove beside him, he was talking about stand-up comics vividly.

"The Shuotuo team charged all night, all night! I just shot all night on the top of the camp in Santun. Here, look, my face is blackened!"

Patting his black face, seeing the old brothers around him looking at him without blinking, Zhao Tieguo became more and more enthusiastic: "I am forced to wait until the morning light, I have a sharp eye, seeing that Lord Baylor is going to mount the whole army After fleeing for his life, he hastily went to report to my battalion commander... the general."

"I thought that our men were going to go out of the city to stop us, but who knew what to do with the master, so he said, let him go, and the boys will follow."

"And guess what?"

Although the listeners have seen the head of Shuotuo who was circulated to the Nine Sides before, they know that Shuotuo died in the end; but today they are lucky enough to hear the live recording of Zhao Tieguo who witnessed the incident, and there is a great lack of information about the [-]th century For indigenous peoples of communication and audio-visual entertainment, it is equally tense.

Seeing Zhao Tieguo's trickery, no less than ten people immediately asked anxiously, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

"Haha, when I pulled the ponytail and chased after him, it was Lord Belle who was blocked by the family soldiers led by Marshal Cao himself on the mountain road!"

"...I just heard my commander-in-chief shout: Hey, the slave chief Shuotuo is coming on the other side? All the servants obey the order and take this beast with me!" Speaking of the climax, Zhao Tieguo gesticulated: "The commander-in-chief! Servant, is that an ordinary servant? Haha, haha... When I lead people up to block, Baylor finally made dumplings for us and lost his head!"

When Zhao Tieguo said this, he was out of breath from laughing, slapped his thigh, and staggered.

The audience has long been fascinated by the infection, and they are also laughing.However, what followed were many thumbs outstretched and fists clenched tightly: "Marshal Cao is mighty!"

"Brother Iron Pot is a man! Brothers admire!"

"As expected of a hero who went out from our Dongjiang Town! He insisted on it!"

"Iieguo, you have personally avenged your parents!"

Amidst the chaotic applause and even admiration, Zhao Tieguo completed the first task assigned by the "organization" before disembarking: disseminate Mr. Cao's martial arts to the old brothers in Guanglu Island.