Of course, it's not that no one can't see Zhao Yingyuan's temperament.

On January 15, 1645, Qin Shangxing, Wang Jiazhong, Zhai Wu and others suddenly led their troops out of Qingzhou, and then braved the heavy snow all the way eastward to the left side of Dengzhou Mansion, and got in touch with Yang Wei, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, who was still in charge of Dengzhou City. These people had a deep friendship with Yang Wei before, after all, they had rebelled together, how could this friendship not be iron! Therefore, after a little discussion, this group of lawless guys decided to simply support Yang Wei as emperor together.

In today's troubled times, if you have a knife handle, you will have a qiē, your old Zhu family will be the emperor, and my brother Yang will not be able to do it? The more they discussed, the more excited they became, except for Monk Zhai Wu, who had other thoughts, the rest of them began to contact Yang Wei and poured into Dengzhou City one after another. More than 10,000 soldiers and horses of their families entered Dengzhou City at once, and the city was overcrowded for a while. Moreover, they did not have much grain and straw they carried, so they inevitably had to lead the army to collect grain and grass in the countryside of Dengzhou, and the nearby landlords and gentry were miserable, and secretly sent people to Jinan to cry and complain in three days, asking Fang Dayou, Heyu, Li Shutai and others to quickly send troops to rescue them.

However, now He Zhen and others are still waiting for the arrival of the red-clothed cannons, and they are also more afraid of the yellow-clothed thief army on the east coast who are "sharp guns", so they just blindly appease the sons and nephews of the gentry of Dengzhou Mansion who came to ask for help, but there is no rescue.

Let's not mention the matter of the Dengzhou gentry, just talk about the anti-Qing forces that poured into Dengzhou City. He has dealt with the East Coast people many times before and after, and even his nephew Zhai Xiaoshan is now a junior colonel in the East Coast Advance Team, and after two days of fighting with Yang Wei and others, he felt that Yang Wei and others could not succeed and resigned. Then he took his own soldiers and horses all the way to the east to the vicinity of Yantai Fortress, and then sent people to contact the people on the east bank of the fort, saying that they wanted to join the gang and join King Mo.

Mo Ming, who was presiding over the construction of the ice cellar in Yantai Fort, also felt a little amused by the behavior of this inexplicable Zhai Wu monk, but it was not a bad thing for someone to take refuge, he still met him in Yantai Fort, and at the same time, Zhai Xiaoshan, the nephew of Zhai Wu Monk, was also specially ordered to rush to the venue immediately.

Monk Zhai Wu has a fat head and big ears, and he was originally the leader of the monks and soldiers of Shouguang Temple, and his martial arts are not bad. It's just that later, the world became more and more chaotic, and there were more and more bandits who came to disturb them. Monk Zhai Wu was furious, and simply pulled up the pole and became a bandit. The original backbone subordinates were all monks and soldiers in the original temple. After a long time, they have also made some fame in Qingzhou, Laizhou and other places by virtue of their superb martial arts. This time, he took more than 3,000 people from Qingzhou all the way to Dengzhou, obviously not optimistic about the shape of Zhao Yingyuan's rabble in Qingzhou, nor was he optimistic about the farce of Yang Wei and others to claim the emperor. Therefore, he relied on his instinct to find the East Coast Yellow Clothes Army, who was the most capable of fighting, and took refuge in him. Of course. There is also an element of his nephew Zhai Xiaoshan in this. After all, there is an acquaintance who is easy to talk to. And he had informed the East Coasters many times before. It can be regarded as a lot of good karma, and these friendships can come in handy at this time.

Zhai Xiaoshan is now a squad leader in the East Coast Advance Team, and he also participated in the Battle of Anqiu this time. It's just that nothing has been accomplished in the battle, and no one has been killed. However, after more than half a year of training and military and political studies, this former bandit leader has been reborn, and even Mo Ming was surprised by the speed of his progress. Originally, I thought that this young bandit leader would be difficult to adapt to the system and management of the East Coast people, but I didn't expect that the people were quite adaptable, their attitude was also very diligent, and they studied very hard, and now they are one of the military cadres that the East Coast people focus on cultivating.

Monk Zhai Wu looked at his nephew, who he hadn't seen for almost a year, and felt a little strange in his heart. He wore a crisp yellow uniform, a tightly tied belt, trousers with red trim, high riding boots characteristic of officers, and his nephew had a neat short haircut, and a military cap called a large cap by the East Coast people under his right armpit. This coat, tsk, although Monk Zhai Wu can't look down on it, he also feels that it is indeed quite spiritual.

And the cynical temperament unique to bandits in the past on Zhai Xiaoshan's body now seems to have dissipated a lot, in short, he is like a different person. Seeing this, Monk Zhai Wu was also a little frustrated, how he educated this nephew back then didn't work, what kind of magic did this East Coast man have, he actually trained his bastard nephew like this, if you have the opportunity, you must ask.

And Zhai Xiaoshan looked at his uncle, who still has a bald head and considers himself a monk, he was also in a trance, once upon a time he was like them all day long, scolding dog officials, scolding the court, scolding Tartars, he had not only robbed the rich and unkind gentleman Zhuangzi, but also bullied the poor tenant farmers who had no ability to resist, maybe he was once complacent about this, but now it seems how ridiculous it is. It was only after experiencing the political lessons of the people of the East Coast that he understood why this world became like this, why everyone was poor, and why the imperial court was weakening day by day; It was also in these courses that he learned about the bloody and bloody and bloody and white bones of King Li Chuang, whom he admired, and the disastrous defeats of the Ming court against the small Manchu court outside the Guan.

These things almost made him tremble from the soul level, he recognized for the first time all the great things that happened in the outside world, and for the first time he realized the cannibalistic nature of this society, and for the first time he urgently realized that the way of the world needed to change. Under these circumstances, he had a faith-like devotion to the people of the East who had taught him this knowledge, and accepted their rules and regulations and ideas unconditionally. He even regretted that among the so many people who attended the class with him, some of them felt less than 20 percent, and even less than 10 percent could think and have their own understanding, and there were still too few "comrades", and he often sighed secretly.

The talks between Mo Ming and the others and Monk Zhai Wu were generally quite cordial, mainly because Monk Zhai Wu blindly wanted to take refuge, and Mo Ming also faintly had some intention of soliciting, so the progress of the negotiations between the two sides was very fast. Regarding Monk Zhai Wu's request to join the gang directly, Mo Ming still politely refused after thinking about it, the people on the east coast have their own set of management systems, and the group of bandit troops under Monk Zhai Wu who are used to being scattered are afraid that they can't stand such heavy rules. Instead of making everyone very unhappy due to some trivial things, it is better to draw a line now, keep a certain distance, and clarify the cooperative relationship between the two parties.

Mo Ming and the others originally had a set of plans for how to deal with the anti-Qing forces in Shandong that might have taken refuge in them, and they should handle it according to the rules at this time. And at this time, Mo Ming suddenly felt a little sorry for the Qishan Guarding Thousand Households City that had been demolished by the army he led. That city was only a three-hour march away from Yantai Fort, and it could also station thousands of soldiers and horses, which was just right for placing local armed forces like Monk Zhai Wu. It's a pity that even the foundation has been dug up now, and there is not even a single hair left, so how to place Monk Zhai Wu and others is a little scratching.

Weihaiwei? That's a nice place. There was a well-equipped castle, which was a little dilapidated but could still be used if it was renovated, and it was next to the port, which was also conducive to transporting supplies and soldiers from the east coast. The only problem was that if it was besieged by the Qing army, especially if it was besieged by the Qing army with the help of the siege of the city with the help of red-coated artillery, they would most likely not be able to hold it. Do you want to send artillery to help them knock out the red artillery of the Qing army? In that way, his precious troops were contained, and it was better to directly place Monk Zhai Wu's troops in Yantai Fort on the spot.

In the same way as Weihai, Lushun, Qingdao and other places are the same, which will greatly contain the artillery power of the people on the east coast. Therefore, it is more reliable to arrange them on the outlying islands. And this island should not be too close to the coast, because in winter when it freezes, people will take advantage of it; It is better to have a larger area that can support a certain number of people. Mo Ming searched for such an island on the map, and finally found that only Jeju Island, which is a North Korean stick, meets the requirements. The Li Dynasty was weak, and the thousands of soldiers of Monk Zhai Wu were basically able to control the situation very lightly after the island, and then control the extremely rich livestock resources on the island and up to tens of thousands of Korean manpower, which was obviously beneficial to the people on the east coast.

The only question now is whether Monk Zhai Wu's men will follow the orders of the people on the east coast to attack the Qing army once they take control of Jeju Island, which is worth intriguing. However, I believe that they will still obey the words of the people on the east coast in a short time, after all, a small broken island, many things, including food, need to be imported from the outside world, and their life is still in the hands of the people on the east coast. If the backbone personnel of their units take advantage of the opportunity of training to educate, co-opt, and infiltrate, it is believed that the people on the east coast will have a new level of control over them.

Therefore, in such a situation, Mo Ming tentatively mentioned that the fifth monk of Yì Zhai should simply lead his troops to occupy Jeju Island. Once Monk Zhai's troops had a foothold there, the people on the east coast would send personnel to help them train their troops, fortify the city, and give them some assistance in terms of weapons and food if necessary. And what Monk Zhai Wu needs to pay is to send troops to respond when the people on the east coast need it.

This condition is still quite generous, not only can get a certain amount of protection, but also can continue to maintain a semi-independent status, Monk Zhai Wu is quite satisfied with this. He had already planned to completely defect to the people of the East Coast for the sake of the future of himself and his thousands of brothers. For this reason, even if he is marginalized and loses the control of the troops, he does not hesitate, as long as everyone does not surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and can survive in the troubled times, he really doesn't care too much about his own gains and losses. Unexpectedly, people were not ready to annex his troops at all—or that they didn't fancy his rabble, so he quickly agreed to Mo Ming's suggestion. As for where Jeju Island is, he really doesn't know. But it doesn't matter, the left is just an island in the Liaohai Sea, I heard that there are tens of thousands of Koreans and a lot of livestock on it, just right for their own people and horses to station.

After the matter was settled, Mo Ming asked Monk Zhai Wu's troops to be stationed in the wooden camp south of Yantai Fort, while training his troops, while waiting for the harbor to thaw and then take a boat to capture Jeju Island. (To be continued......)