The rudimentary trestle made of broken wooden planks creaks.

Mao Chenglu, the deputy commander of the Dongjiang River on the trestle and the guard general of Guanglujima, looked at the slowly approaching boat, confused and a little excited.

Early this morning, Mao Chenglu, who was drinking tea and nibbling on coarse dough cakes in the old wooden house, was suddenly told by the soldiers who broke into the door: A big ship is coming from the sea.

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

Mao Chenglu knew that "that job" was coming.

Before that, news reached Hirokashima: Kong Youdebu, who had planned to go to sea to participate in the war outside the Kansai, changed his itinerary for some reason.

Due to the chaotic period and the lack of attention from the imperial court, the transmission of news from Dongjiang Town has always been slow, one beat slower than other military towns.

The information that Mao Chenglu received at that time was relatively simple, he only knew that there were probably reinforcements coming from the south, so Dengzhou changed his plan.

Later, with the arrival of a certain fleet in Dengzhou, Mao Chenglu successively got accurate news - Kong Youde and others have always had close contact with Mao Chenglu.

Unlike Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the godsons whom Mao Wenlong recognized back then, Mao Chenglu is Mao Wenlong's nephew who is related by blood, and he has always been raised by Mao Wenlong as a parent.

So when Mao Wenlong was still alive, Mao Chenglu was a general at a young age - leading the family Ding army composed of adopted sons and grandsons under Mao Wenlong, ranking first among all sons.

Later, after Mao Wenlong was killed, in order to appease the generals of the Dongjiang River, the imperial court retained Mao Chenglu, Mao Wenlong's obviously appointed heir, and not only promoted to deputy general, but also led the Phi Dao Army Association.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan died, and Mao Chenglu immediately wrote a letter to avenge Mao Wenlong's grievances. However, the imperial court then sent Mao Chenglu to garrison Hiroshima, which was more remote and far from the political center.

As a result, Mao Chenglu, the former prince of Dongjiang Town, finally fell to the status of a janitor.

This is also the reason why Mao Chenglu in history led his troops to respond as soon as Kong Youde rebelled: he was resentful and spontaneously reckless.

And in the plane of the traverser, history was changed at a critical moment.

Mao Chenglu, who had already rebelled at this point in time, caused the butterfly effect to occur due to the change in the fate of Kong Youde. Mao Chenglu not only did not raise troops this time, but ushered in another turn for the worse in the darkest moment of his life.

Standing on the trestle, Vice Admiral Mao, wrapped in a dirty coarse cloth and thick cotton robe, saw a scene that he had never seen before: more than a dozen strange ships floating on the sea, some of which were still emitting faint black smoke.

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

Without reporting to the soldiers, Mao Chenglu, who had excellent eyesight, not only saw the boat, but also saw several vague familiar figures on the bow of the boat.

At this time, the coastline of Guanglu Island had been filled with the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town, who rushed to hear the news.

These people gradually gathered were men, women, old and young. In this cold Xiaoice winter, its people are all dressed in tattered clothes, and many of them are still wrapped in straw.

Most of them have vegetables on their faces. The only thing that can prove the identity of the warrior may be the iron knife hanging from the waist of the young man.

Soon after, the down-and-out brothers reunited, and they were very cordial. Without waiting for the boat to stop, the excited Kong Youde stepped onto the dock: "Brother, has always been good?" ”

"Good, good!" Mao Chenglu, who had lost a lot of weight, strode up to meet him, hugged the old brother and laughed: "It's not good, but when you see the brothers, it's all right!" ”

Among Mao Wenlong's sons, Mao Chenglu, who is related by blood, and Kong Youde, who is obviously favored by Mao Wenlong, have always had a close relationship and belong to the lineage of descendants. The two of them, together with Geng Zhongming and the current Lushun deputy general Chen Shishi, were the most powerful small group core in Dongjiang Town back then.

Although Dongjiang Town is now divided, the small group is more closely knit...... The external pressure is huge, and even survival has become a problem, so you can't stay 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 1510, unreservedly explained the intention of this visit.

As everyone expected, Mao Chenglu was dumbfounded after listening to everything, so he lowered his head and pondered to make a wood carving.

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

After a long time, Mao Chenglu seemed to have come back to his soul. I saw him raise his head, look at Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiucheng in front of him inquiringly, and then stretched out his finger and pointed out the door, and asked leisurely: "In this way, the people on the ship outside are a gang of thieves, looking for our masters to join the gang?" ”

Hearing such a straightforward question, Kong Youde originally opened his mouth to argue, but in front of his most familiar accomplices, he suddenly had no desire to quibble. So he first turned his face and glanced at Geng Zhongming and Li Jiucheng, and after confirming his eyes, Kong Youde turned his head and said slowly with a calm face: "Big brother, that's it." ”

The next moment, Mao Chenglu jumped up from the stool suddenly, his face was red and his eyes were happy, and he patted his thigh vigorously and shouted: "Then what are you waiting for, why don't you invite your guests into the house to roast the fire!" ”

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

At this moment, Deputy General Mao clenched his fists, his teeth were clenched, the muscles on his face couldn't help but move, and his gloomy eyes were full of ruthlessness: "No matter which way of master, I have no choice but to push this bastard Zhu Ming and avenge Lord Wenlong's revenge for my master, this field, my lord has helped!" ”

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In the afternoon, after a long and arduous period of guidance and boat towing, the flagship of the northbound fleet finally slowly docked at the humble pier of Hiroshima.

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

The number of soldiers and civilians under the jurisdiction of the entire Dongjiang Town is roughly more than 100,000. These 100,000 soldiers and civilians integrated the Liao armed group distributed in Lushun and the surrounding islands such as Phi Dao and Guanglu Dao.

Previously, because of the de facto dismemberment of the imperial court, the population of Dongjiang Town was dispersed and more widely distributed. Not only the troops who moved to Dengzhou with Kong Youde's troops, but also many scattered in the Bohai Bay area. In fact, as early as when the traverser first laid out Tianjin, it gathered a lot of people who were scattered from Dongjiang Town.

At this moment, there are more than 20,000 people gathered on Hiroka Island. Among these people, there are about two or 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 to take care of them, and in this cold winter, people were dying of cold and starvation every day. That is, there is a strange scene on the sea today, so everyone is willing to lose a little precious energy and drill out of the nest of Maodong to see what is going on.

Since it is a spectacle, it is naturally a scene that has never been seen before.

The battleship on the pier has smooth lines and a large aspect ratio, and hangs novel and beautiful white sails. And it was not only the strange ship that made the natives whisper, but also the metallic cannon that appeared on the side of the ship.

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

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

However, the soldiers who emerged from the ship subverted the indigenous perception of the term "southerners".

The soldiers who disembarked in a row with neat steps were tall and sturdy. They wore yellow woolen coats, cowhide straps and equipment on their chests and waists, thunder hats, shiny high-waisted leather boots on their feet, and standard rifles with bayonets on their backs.

At the loud command of the officers, the soldiers who rushed out of the boat quickly took control of the pier and the trestle, and then lined up face to face, leaving the middle aisle.

The next moment, the two guests, dressed in more elaborate gray general's coats, stepped off the board.

The master, who had been waiting on the pier for a long time, hurried forward.

Vice General Mao changed into a Ming Zheng lieutenant general's official robe, his face was full of smiles, his eyes were excited with three points of curiosity, and he hugged his fists and said auspicious words as soon as he met: "Hahaha, I don't want to see the big hero who killed the Tartars today, Mao Chenglu is lucky, and my brothers in Guangludao are lucky!" ”

Seeing that the master was so kind, and then looking at Kong Youde, who was standing behind, nodded again and again, they knew that the matter was done.

Those who are familiar with history, since they want to meddle in Dongjiang Town, will naturally consider it all, in fact, Mao Chenglu and Guangludao have already been included in the plan. Then Kong Youde got on the boat with the front foot, and the back foot naturally had to accept the plan and go backhand to win over Mao Chenglu.

found that the plan was smooth, and the master also put on a posture, at this time, the traverser would naturally come up with a tried and tested means: show strength, after all, there is still negotiation work below.

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

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

However, Mao Chenglu did not show any displeasure after hearing this: since they all want to be in the alliance, or "take refuge", then the strength of the alliance is naturally the stronger the better. People have killed so many Tartars, that's a real skill...... In other words, in the main business of killing Tartars, the generals of the Dongjiang River are all convinced to cross the forces, which is also the main reason why things can go all the way.

Vice General Mao was in high spirits today, full of fresh breath: "Come on, take some good noodles from the library and entertain the brothers at sea!" Then cut ginseng for Lao Tzu, stew chicken, kill deer, today we are drunk, we will learn a few tricks from the hero, and go back to kill the tartars! ”

"Hehe, there is General Lao who broke the bank."

Zhang Zhongqi walked arm in arm with General Mao while saying kind words in his mouth. At the same time, he glanced at the periphery without a trace—a large number of ragged natives, stopped by the armoured generals.

"I'm so hungry that I look like a dick, and I dare to invite Lao Tzu's soldiers to eat bread, don't it be stick noodles, right? What a fucking swollen face and fat man. ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongqi turned his head with a smile and said to General Mao: "Even if it is a meal, there is no reason for one to serve food." Don't hide it from General Mao, brother, when I went north this time, I also deliberately gave the old brothers in the north a little bit of new rice from Guangnan. ”

"Otherwise, take this opportunity to invite the brothers to taste something fresh, it's all robes, you have to eat it in one pot!"

When Mao Chenglu heard this, he laughed dryly: "This ...... I'm afraid it's not quite suitable, right? ”

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

"Don't be afraid of anything, I'm in charge of this matter!" After Zhang Zhongqi feigned anger, he saw that General Mao no longer objected, so he shouted: "Herald, notify the transport ship to unload some rice." ”

"Yes! Please instruct the number sir! ”

"Let's take 200,000 catties first."

"Yes! 200,000 catties! ”

At this moment, General Mao's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't hold it anymore.