Mao Wenlong, whose name is Zhennan, is a Mao Bolong, a native of Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home is Taiping County, Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi.

Mao Wenlong was born in Zhejiang, at that time, the general atmosphere in society was to emphasize literature over martial arts, and his parents were no exception, always encouraging him to study hard and gain fame.

However, Mao Wenlong was not interested in the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism since he was a child, and he longed for a life of fighting with swords and swords.

In the spring of the thirty-third year of Wanli, Mao Wenlong succeeded to his uncle Mao Dechun in Anshan, Liaodong, as his heir, so he went north alone, first went to Beijing to visit his maternal uncle Shen Guangzuo, and was recommended by him to be under the tent of Li Chengliang, the uncle of Ningyuan, and began his military career in Liaodong.

Mao Wenlong spent more than 20 years in Liaodong.

At that time, the national power of the Ming Dynasty was declining, and the Jurchen tribes were ready to move away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Mao Wenlong, who was martial by nature, had been observing the situation between the two sides in Liaodong and had a very comprehensive understanding of the Jurchens.

In September of the same year, Mao Wenlong participated in the martial arts examination in Liaodong, "ranked sixth", was appointed as one hundred households in Anshan, and soon promoted to the general manager of Qian, and in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, he was promoted to the garrison of Sanyang.

After gaining real power in his hands, he developed the North Korean area into a base area, and while ensuring the transportation of grain and grass, he also constantly harassed Houjin.

Houjin has always wanted to expand its territory, but every time it acts, it will be hindered by Mao Wenlong.

Unable to bear the disturbance, Houjin had no choice but to send troops to the North Korean region where Mao Wenlong was located, wanting to completely eradicate this hidden danger.

And after years of observation, Mao Wenlong has already understood Houjin's mind thoroughly.

Before the Houjin army attacked, he led his troops to retreat to Phi Dao early.

Phi Dao, Zhangzi Island, and Kashima form a three-legged momentum, forming a stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Houjin army saw that the cost of eliminating Mao Wenlong was too great, and he could not pose a big threat to themselves, so they had no choice but to stop attacking him.

Later, as the capital secretary led the troops to aid Korea, stayed in the Liaodong area, after the fall of Liaodong, fled back by sea, took advantage of the emptiness of the garrison to kill the defenders of Houjin Zhenjiang, and made a report to the governor Wang Huazhen, without telling the Jinglu Xiong Tingbi, so the two began to have resentment.

At that time, the people in power in the imperial court were appreciating Huazhen, so they appointed Mao Wenlong as the chief military officer, and gradually promoted to the governor of Zuodu, hung up the general's seal, gave Shang Fang the sword, and set up a military town on Phi Island like the mainland.

In the eyes of the Ming court, although Mao Wenlong did not have the ability to exterminate the Houjin, it was already a great achievement to be able to contain the Houjin army.

Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, did not think so, he was the only one who effectively supported Mao Wenlong for a long time from the overall situation.

Mao Wenlong was constantly promoted to the rank with the support of Yuan Keli, and began to be proud of his achievements, and at that time, the court officials questioned Mao Wenlong day by day.

Later, Yuan Keli was ordered to check Mao Wenlong's battle report and military salary, which made Mao Wenlong jealous.

Yuan Keli checked Mao Wenlong's battle report of "Manpu and Changcheng" under great pressure, which caused the two to have a conflict and was used to ferment, which eventually led to Yuan Keli's resignation.

Yuan Keli went, and Mao Wenlong was uncontrollable, which made Mao Wenlong more and more domineering.

Under the slogan of defending the country against the enemy, Mao Wenlong has made Phi Dao his private territory.

With the support of the imperial court, he was greedy for merit and money, and even openly disobeyed the orders of the imperial court.

The court saw that he was far away, so they didn't care about him, which made him even more arrogant.

Chongzhen knew these things, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had been reluctant to move Mao Wenlong, he didn't expect Yuan Chonghuan to do it before him.

After Yuan Chonghuan served as the governor of Jiliao, he had already mastered the supreme military power of the Ming Empire.

What's more, he holds the sword of Shang Fang given by Chongzhen himself, and he also has the right to arbitrariness granted by Chongzhen.

It can be said that there is no difference between his going to Liaodong and Emperor Chongzhen's going to Liaodong.

Yuan Chonghuan thought that although Mao Wenlong of the Dongjiang River could contain the Houjin army, but Mao Wenlong's money and food consumption was too great, Yuan Chonghuan wrote to ask the imperial court to send someone to manage Mao Wenlong's military salary, Mao Wenlong did not like to have a civilian official to supervise himself, so he wrote a book to argue.

In fact, Yuan Chonghuan didn't have to kill him in the first place.

He took the initiative to request: "Set up a court to supervise the army on Phi Island, and the food and salary will be carefully distributed." ”

In order to make Mao Wenlong take into account the overall situation and understand his good intentions, Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong talked for three days and three nights.

However, Mao Wenlong had been in power for a long time, and he directly rejected Yuan Chonghuan, saying that he did not want to be controlled by the imperial court.

Although he was opposed, Yuan Chonghuan still had a glimmer of hope.

He persuaded Mao Wenlong to let him retreat bravely and take the initiative to give up the military power of Phi Dao.

However, Mao Wenlong, who had accumulated a lot of money, was still not satisfied, and he once again refused.

In June of the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan came to Phi Island, where Mao Wenlong was located, in the name of a military parade.

Yuan Chonghuan held a banquet with him, drank and had fun, and every time in the middle of the night, Mao Wenlong did not realize Yuan Chonghuan's meaning at all.

Yuan Chonghuan discussed with him to change the camp system and set up a supervision department, but Mao Wenlong was very unhappy.

Yuan Chonghuan persuaded him by leaving his post and returning to his hometown, and Mao Wenlong replied: "I used to have this meaning, but now only I know about the war in the east, and when the war in the east is over, North Korea will be weakened and can be taken possession in one fell swoop." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was even more unhappy, so on June 5, he invited Mao Wenlong to watch the soldiers shoot arrows, first set up a tent on the mountain, and ordered the general Xie Shangzheng and others to arrange for soldiers wearing armor to lie in ambush outside the tent.

After Mao Wenlong came, his soldiers could not enter the tent.

Yuan Chonghuan said: "I will leave tomorrow, and all the overseas affairs are pinned on you, please accept my worship." ”

After greeting each other, they climbed the mountain together.

Yuan Chonghuan asked about the names of the officers in his entourage, most of whom were surnamed Mao.

Mao Wenlong said: "These people are my grandsons. ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said: "You have worked hard overseas for many days, and there is only one piece of rice per month, which is sad to say, please accept my worship, everyone will do their best for the country." ”

They all bowed their heads and thanked them.

Yuan Chonghuan used the excuse of his departure to interrogate Mao Wenlong about several violations of the order, and Mao Wenlong made a confrontational defense.

Yuan Chonghuan shouted at him, asked people to take off his hat and robe, and tied him up, but Mao Wenlong was still very stubborn.

Yuan Chonghuan said: "You have twelve major sins that should be beheaded, do you know?

According to the system laid down by our ancestors, the generals must be under the supervision of civilian officials when they lead their troops outside.

You are a dictator here, and the army, horses, money, and food are not subject to verification, and you should be killed.

There is no greater sin of the minister than deceiving the monarch, you have been deceived by all the pieces you have sent, you have killed the soldiers and refugees who surrendered, and you should have been killed for the sake of pretending to be a war merit.

The minister does not have his own generals, and if he does, he will be killed.

You said in the book that it was easy to garrison troops in Dengzhou to take Nanjing, and it was a big rebellion, and the three should be killed.

Hundreds of thousands of silver are paid every year, and they are not distributed to soldiers, but only three and a half buckets of rice are distributed every month, and military rations are embezzled, and four should be killed.

Opened a horse market on Phi Dao without authorization, and interacted with foreigners without permission, and five should be killed.

Thousands of generals pretended to be your surname, and the deputy generals and below were all randomly distributed thousands of cloth horses, and the pawns and sedan chairmen were all wearing official uniforms and robes, and six should be killed.

On the way back from Ningyuan, he plundered merchant ships and became a thief himself, and he should be killed.

Forcibly marrying a folk woman, ignorant of the law and discipline, and his subordinates followed suit, making the people uneasy at home, and they should be killed.

Drive the refugees to help you steal ginseng, and those who don't obey will starve to death, and the island is full of bones, and nine should be killed.

He sent the gold to the capital by car, worshiped Wei Zhongxian as his father, and carved a portrait of his coronation crown on the island, ten of which should be killed.

Tieshan was defeated in a battle, and countless teachers were lost, but he covered up the defeat and made it a success, and he should be killed.

After eight years of setting up a town, he could not recover an inch of land, sat on the ground and watched, appeased and raised the enemy, and twelve should be killed. ”