Chapter 425: Wooing from the Meng Family
From the time when the general surnamed Su and others gave up the army to clear and suppress the army, to the sudden arrival of the grain and grass army to the barracks and no longer be a problem in the future, this total was less than half an hour.
Because of this, the shock and reflection that this brought to the generals were particularly profound and clear.
Mo said that it was General Sun, and even Qin Yue, the two generals who were already convinced by Mo Li, had more sincere admiration, and that sense of glory from the bottom of their hearts made them all subconsciously regard Mo Li as a real object of allegiance, rather than just simple appreciation and recognition.
This time, Mo Li did not take care of it again, but handed over all the additional personnel that had been selected in advance to General Sun, so that General Sun could complete the personnel arrangements after the accident and delegate the power in a timely manner.
And the plan to attack Muzhou has not been suspended or changed these days because of the army's grain and grass, and it will continue to be carried out smoothly, and all the order is in good order and there is no chaos.
After a turmoil, the entire army of purging not only did not have any turmoil and losses, but on the contrary, it also cleared a number of hidden unstable factors, and the so-called runaway generals who were outside the barracks were all quietly driven out by Mo Li by taking advantage of this matter, and another group of people among the generals who were really capable and loyal enough were promoted, making the army that was not perfect enough to become more and more powerful.
All the soldiers also learned the ins and outs of the whole incident afterwards, and they became more and more trusting and respectful of their boss. Such a mood has made the morale of the entire army more and more cohesive and the morale of the army more stable.
Mo Li did not treat anyone who followed him badly, and the entire army was from top to bottom. All the soldiers and soldiers added some not to mention on the original basis, and also announced in public that they had privately taken out a generous amount of silver taels from their private accounts for He Erhu to manage, as a separate reward for his personal soldiers who had made outstanding military achievements in the past and in the future.
Compared with the various practices of the imperial court, Mo Li's actions have won too many people's hearts, although no one needs to say anything, but many people have subconsciously regarded themselves as a member of the Mo family's army, which is a natural sense of belonging and security. There is no need to impose anything.
And the battle in Muzhou has also become more clear, General Sun and the others do not know the full set of plans at the moment, but according to the current pattern of deployment, they have already understood. What Mo Li said at the beginning was not false.
Half a month later, Mr. Yuan left the barracks, and only Mo Li and Han Jiangxue knew where he went, and Mr. Yuan was originally from the Mo Palace. Therefore, there is no need to tell any other generals about their whereabouts. And now the generals led by General Sun and General Qin have no one to question anything.
For any arrangement of Mo Li, they have subconsciously no longer have any doubts, and that kind of belief invisibly urges them to do their part and assist Mo Li well.
Two months later, the army had already taken back most of the territory from the rebel army, and Jiang Haozi and other main rebel troops were forced by the rebel army all the way to Shuncheng County, and this would work, and the army was no longer in a hurry to attack. Instead, the siege strategy was adopted to strictly prevent death gambling, and at the same time, the branches of the army carried out regional sweeps in the territory of Muzhou in turn. One by one, the remnants of the rebels scattered elsewhere began to be cleared.
Everything is under Mo Li's control, and this unhurried style really played a great role, not only pushing the other party into a dead end step by step, but also the casualties on his side are extremely low, basically the overall situation has been decided, if Mo Li didn't deliberately set aside some effort to dig gold for Zhang Haocheng's people, in fact, it would not have taken so much time at all.
Four months later, the gold mining has entered the final stage, Han Jiangxue can be regarded as really seeing the strength of the Zhang family, a small and medium-sized gold mine is almost untouched in these days, such an efficiency is really surprising.
It is estimated that in addition to the Zhang family, it is really difficult for them to find a collaborator with this ability like the Zhang family. At least, Han Jiangxue knew in her heart that even with the foundation of their Han family's original prosperity, it would be difficult to do it so quickly and so well.
It won't be long before the gold mine will be completely concluded, and when the Zhang family withdraws from Beiyang, it will naturally be the time when the Muzhou rebellion will be completely cleared, and the army will leave Muzhou and go to the second rebellion.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were still some small days, Zhang Haocheng took the time to come over and specially invite Mo Li and Han Jiangxue to drink, and the banquet was set up in a restaurant in Qingyang City, which was also the property of the Zhang family.
When Moli and Han Jiangxue arrived at the restaurant, Zhang Haocheng was already waiting early, and several people entered the best private room in the restaurant together, but it was rare to drink and chat.
The things they talked about were nothing more than the things that were around them, including the gold mine and where Mo was going to go for the next battle.
Mo Li didn't hide anything from Zhang Haocheng, anyway, the goal of the next battle is not a secret, the chaotic army on the Guangqing side and the Muzhou side are almost the same virtue, except for the fast, there is no problem, the only difference is that all the rebel armies, including Guangqing, now know the strength of the army led by Mo Li, so of course the preparation is more sufficient, and then think about it as easy as Muzhou's side and almost no risk of blocking, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.
However, these were all expected, so Mo Li also had countermeasures and arrangements early. Anyway, in the early stage of the so-called overall clean-up campaign, it was impossible for him to disperse the few troops and deal with several rebellious armies at the same time.
Although as the war progressed, more and more recruits came to join the Qing Army, but the reception and training of recruits and even the final ownership of the questions involved all aspects, so Mo Li would not rush to put the recruited recruits into it, and even the real information related to it was very little.
Naturally, there is no need to deliberately hide it from Zhang Haocheng, as for what is inconvenient to disclose to anyone, Mo Li just said a simple sentence, and Zhang Haocheng is also a smart person, of course he will not do too much exploration.
When the wine was almost drunk, there was naturally a lot of gossip, and seeing that Moli and Han Jiangxue were already almost drunk, Zhang Haocheng no longer was the kind of person who did not control and persuade him to drink.
waved his hand to signal the other idlers to retreat, and then for the first time, he jumped out of the circle of topics he had talked about before, and his expression became much more serious, and he said to Mo Li and Han Jiangxue: "In the past few days, have people from the Meng family secretly gone to look for you?" ”
Hearing Zhang Haocheng's seemingly abrupt question, Mo Li and Han Jiangxue looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Brother Zhang, do you mean that someone in the Meng family has secretly looked for you in the past few days?" Han Jiangxue reacted quickly, and directly picked up this matter instead of Mo Li.
Seeing this, Zhang Haocheng did not deny it, nodded and said: "That's right, just last night, the Meng family sent six young Menggu to find me privately. Meng Gu's meaning is very clear, he directly wants to win over my Zhang family to support them, not to mention the conditions offered are very generous, and even the way back for the safety of my Zhang family has been imagined. ”
"In my opinion, it is impossible for the Meng family to only find the Zhang family to find me, if they want to confront the imperial court, or even annex the entire Dongming, of course, the more help, the better. Even our Zhang family, who is still loyal to the Dongming royal family on the surface, dares to send people to lobby, so those like your Han family and Mo Wangfu, who have such a big conflict with the royal family, should be the target of their wooing. ”
Zhang Haocheng quickly made things clear, the Meng family now not only officially supports the army and stands on its own, but also steals the world with real swords and guns in the war, and at the same time privately accelerates the planning of differentiation and alliance.
All this is not too unexpected, from the small individual, to the country, the interests of all aspects, reciprocal checks and balances are normal things, and the Meng family only feels that it is too late for Mo Li and Han Jiangxue to do this.
The Meng family has long been antipathetic, and it is not the kind that was suddenly forced to take this road, but in fact, the Meng family doesn't know if they believed in their own strength too much before, or they were worried that it was too risky to pull others in, or that the ability was too small, and the ability was too big and they were afraid that they would not be able to control it in the future and made a wedding dress for others?
In short, the thoughts of the Meng family are nothing more than these.
And now, because Nanliang and Dongming are about to marry, this makes Li Qing have a more powerful backup, and on the battlefield of the Western Desert, the Meng family is becoming more and more difficult, so it is estimated that they have to put down other long-term measurements, and instead seek enough strength to support them.
"You're right, since Meng Gu has already found you, I think it won't be long before he will come to us." Mo Li took over Zhang Haocheng's words: "After all, the military camp is not as easy to enter and exit as Qingyang City, and it is easy to attract attention if there is a slight disturbance, I think Menggu will wait until he finds the safest way to appear in front of us." ”
Han Jiangxue didn't care much about when the Meng family went to find them, and was silent for a moment, but asked Zhang Haocheng, "I don't know how Brother Zhang replied to the Meng family?" ”
It doesn't matter how Zhang Haocheng replied to the Meng family, what matters is Zhang Haocheng's true attitude towards this matter. Although it is inconvenient for Han Jiangxue to ask what people really think in their hearts, it is not too much to ask Zhang Haocheng's answer to the Meng family.
"How can I reply, I tell Meng Gu that the Zhang family is now in charge of the house, but my father, I can't be the master at all in this matter, and I can't be the master."
Zhang Haocheng smiled at Han Jiangxue, and a hint of meaning flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)