Mao Wenlong, the word Zhennan, the sixth in Liaodong Wuju in the 33rd year of Wanli, the first 100 households in Anshan, and then the general manager of 1,000 years, the 36th year of Wanli, the garrison of Sanyang.

He is a typical military general, and it stands to reason that it is difficult for him to be promoted in the environment of the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force.

is like the anti-Japanese heroes Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, both of whom fought for decades, and finally rose to the left and right governors, especially Yu Dayou, who can be said to have fought from the age of seventeen to the age of seventy, and finally mentioned the right governor, but before his ass was hot, he was deposed!

However, his path to promotion is completely different from Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, in the words of later generations, it is like riding a rocket.

All this is because of the great victory in the first year of the Apocalypse.

At that time, Mao Wenlong, who was still just a garrison, detected the emptiness of the Houjin garrison in Zhenjiang, and immediately led 200 people to a sneak attack, took Zhenjiang in one fell swoop, and captured the Houjin guerrilla general Tong Yangzhen and his nephews Tong Fengnian and Tong Songnian.

This Tong Yang is really amazing, he is the brother-in-law of the Qing Emperor Nurhachi, and he is also the grandfather of the Qing Emperor Kangxi, that is, he killed the three important clan members of the Houjin Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Subsequently, he sent his general Chen Zhong to attack Shuangshan, captured Houjin guerrilla Miao Yizhen and others, and achieved the famous "Zhenjiang Victory".

Zhenjiang is also the Dandong of later generations, which can be said to be the most important military town in the hinterland of Houjin, and he fought this battle to make the entire Houjin panic, and Daming won the first big victory since the war with Houjin.

Why do you say that, just look at the battle between Daming and Houjin.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, in the battle of Salhu, the Ming army was defeated and lost the border towns of Fushun and Tieling.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, in the Battle of Shenyang, the Ming army was defeated again, losing Shenyang, Liaoyang, Qinghe, Xiping, Guangning, and eighty percent of the land in eastern Liaoning, and lost all of it in less than half a year.

At that time, the situation in Liaodong was extremely unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, and this victory in Zhenjiang came at the right time.

In order to boost morale, in order to set a model, and at the same time to reverse the situation in Liaodong, Mao Wenlong was quickly promoted, and it took him less than a year to go from garrison to general to deputy general and then to general soldier.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong was awarded the Pingliao General Commander, hung the seal of the former general of the conquest, and opened the Dongjiang River.

Thus, the legend of the Dongjiang Army began,

In August of the second year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong led the army to conquer the cherry vortex and vortex station.

In September of the second year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong led his army to conquer Manpu and Changcheng.

In October of the second year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong led his army to conquer Yongning and other places.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong continued to send troops deep into the hinterland of Houjin, leading a large number of civilians in eastern Liaodong to "rebel", and the hinterland of Houjin was rumored.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong sent troops over Changbai Mountain, attacked Houjin Lao's nest by surprise, defeated Houjin in Gaoling and Shasongpai, captured 16 Houjin generals, and at the same time he personally led the army in Guzhai, Gupihong, Watershed and Houjin fought three battles, three battles and three victories, forced the main force of Houjin to come to reinforcements, and he retreated to North Korea.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong sent troops to attack Haizhou, setting off another wave of civilian "rebellion" on the Liaodong Peninsula.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong took advantage of Nurhachi to lead the army to attack Ningyuan, attacked Yongning again, and forced Nurhachi to return to the division to defend Shenyang.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Huang Taiji led the army to attack the Guanningjin defense line, and Mao Wenlong led the army to attack Liaoyang again, and Huang Taiji was forced to withdraw.

It was also the seventh year of the Apocalypse, when the Houjin army invaded North Korea and took the old nest of the Dongjiang Army, Tieshan, and more than 370 of Mao Wenlong's relatives were all arrested by the Houjin general Jierharang and cut down.

Houjin is tantamount to punishing his nine clans!

However, the Ming Dynasty had different opinions about him, the chief military officer of Pingliao, and Mo Yi was sincere.

What kind of person is Mao Wenlong?

Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, who was provoked by the eunuch party to oppose him, Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong Jinglu Xiong Tingbi, who was framed by the eunuch party and finally passed the head of the nine sides, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, who was framed by the eunuch party and forced to resign and return to his hometown, all spoke highly of him, thinking that he was a lonely hero behind the enemy, and he made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty's containment of Houjin.

However, in the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan, the newly appointed Jiliao Governor, suddenly cut him with a knife!

Why?

If you want to talk about the reason, then it can only be said that in the first year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong played too well and played too much.

This is the first year of Chongzhen, what is Mao Wenlong doing?

Because Huang Taiji temporarily gave up attacking the Ming Dynasty and turned to conquer the Mengyuan tribes, and at the same time hoarded heavy troops in the left guard of Dingliao to defend him, he felt that there was no leak to drill, so he started a full-time business.

Of course, his business is illegal.

Because he is the chief military officer of Pingliao, not a big merchant in Pingliao.

However, he went to do business, and it was booming.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantages of Phi Dao, he constantly sent people back and forth between Korea and the eastern coast of Daming Mountain, selling cloth, ginseng, grain, and even horses.

That's it, he didn't think he was happy enough, and he actually played the trick of deception.

Of course, he did not lead the army to Dingliao Zhongzuowei or Shenyang, and play face-to-face real surrender.

Instead, through letters, he induced Huang Taiji to send important people to appease him, and then he caught the envoy, and the small role directly slaughtered the first gong, and the big role sent someone to escort him to the capital to receive the gong!

It's a bit boring to do this, but he really caught a big guy, this guy is Huang Taiji's cronies, and the commander Gu Shan E, who is second only to the banner owner Duoduo, is really cocoa.

Later, he sent someone to escort Coco to the capital and handed it over to the emperor for disposal, and he easily made a great contribution.

If no one pulls his pigtails, it can be regarded as meritorious service in this way, but once someone wants to pull his pigtails, it will be over, because the letters he exchanged with Huang Taiji are ironclad evidence of treason!

Of course, at this time, he didn't realize that Yuan Chonghuan would come to pull his pigtails later, and he was constantly writing letters to Huang Taiji, explaining the matter of Coco, hoping that Huang Taiji could send an authentic banner master over and let him make another miraculous achievement.

Huang Taiji naturally couldn't be stupid enough to be wrong with him anymore, so he waited for a month and didn't wait for a reply from Huang Taiji, the lord of Houjin, but waited for the holy decree of His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

This holy decree is very strange, it turned out to be that he went to Dengzhou Wei in person to meet Zhang Bin, the governor of Fujian!

The governor of Fujian has no direct relationship with him, besides, why did the governor of Fujian go to Dengzhouwei, Shandong, and it is not his territory, what does this mean?

If it weren't for the fact that the messenger was a serious eunuch, and he also knew the military officials who accompanied the decree, he would have thought that someone had pretended to pass the decree and wanted to send him to Dengzhou to do it!

Since it was a true holy decree, he naturally did not dare to disobey, and the day after receiving the decree, he took hundreds of guards and drove the five Cangshan boats with the most magnanimous in his hand, starting from Phi Island and heading straight to Dengzhouwei.

This sea route is very familiar to his naval army, because Phi Dao and even the entire Liaodong belong to the Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, and his top boss is the governor of Denglai, at this time most of Liaodong was occupied by Houjin, his food and salary are transported by sea through Shandong, he often sends people back and forth between Denglai and Phi Dao, transporting goods and doing business, they are not familiar with this route.

It was about 500 miles from Phi Island to Dengzhouwei, and because they were familiar with the road and drove the cangshan boat of the sailing boat, he arrived at Dengzhouwei in a hurry for a day and a half.

Anyway, why did Zhang Bin meet with Mao Wenlong in Dengzhouwei?

The reason is actually very simple, he wants to pull Qi Jiguang's descendants into the gang by the way.

Although Qi Jiguang has been in the limelight for decades, his later years are not beautiful, and it can even be said to be a bit bleak, in the tenth year of Wanli, his backstage Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and in the thirteenth year of Wanli, he was dismissed and returned to his hometown, and died of poverty.

Although he has many heirs, but there are not many who can survive the catastrophe, and when he arrived in the Chongzhen Dynasty, only the third son of his five sons, Qi Changguo, is still alive, and the other four have not even left a descendant.

However, this Qi Changguo gave birth to three sons, the eldest son Qi Panzong Mengyin hereditary Jinyi Wei commander, and the other two sons Qi Xianzong and Qi Zhenzong could only find their own way out.

When Zhang Bin learned of this situation, he had long intended to recruit the Qi Panzong brothers, but he had always had a duty and could not run to Dengzhou Wei to pull people, this time Chongzhen opened the door and asked him to choose a place in Shandong to meet with Mao Wenlong to discuss the relocation of civilians in Liaodong, and he naturally chose Dengzhou Wei without hesitation.

The so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Qi Changguo can mix it after escaping the catastrophe, not only promoted to the governor of the five armies, but also received the gift of hussar generals, and the Qi family is still the biggest wealthy family in Dengzhouwei.

After Mao Wenlong was picked up by the Qi family at Dengzhou Wei Port, he was directly taken into a side hall of the Qi family's compound, and Zhang Bin, the governor of Fujian, actually held a banquet here to entertain him!

At this time, Mao Wenlong was really confused, and at the port, he was confused by Zhang Bin's accompanying fleet.

That's what people call the real fleet, there are fifty Daifuku ships alone, and the Cangshan ships that he is proud of also have ten in the fleet, but they are only auxiliary ships, and they almost have to be lined up to the end.

As soon as he entered the Qi family's compound and came to this side hall, he was taken aback by the identity of the seven young men who were respectfully sitting on the side.

What kind of people are these, the grandson of the crown prince Shaobao Qi Wuyigong, the grandson of the barbarian general Yu Wuxianggong, and the son of the Duke of Qi Wulie, these are all the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but in front of this governor he is respectful like a junior, he looks like he is only in his twenties!

Mao Wenlong felt that his brain was a little insufficient, and until the wine and food were ready, he was still sitting there in a daze.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin couldn't help but be concerned: "General Mao, what's wrong, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

Mao Wenlong hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, the last general's most admired ones are Qi Wuyi, Yu Wuxiang and Qi Wulie, and when I suddenly saw their descendants, I was a little stunned for a while, and I asked Lord Zhang for forgiveness." ”

He was not the chief soldier under Zhang Bin, but he was shocked by Zhang Bin's lineup, and he couldn't help but use honorifics.

When Zhang Bin heard this, he hurriedly said modestly: "General Mao is polite, what forgiveness or not, I took the liberty to invite the general to come, and I haven't made amends to the general, come and I will give the general a drink, thank the general for coming with a face." ”

As soon as he stood up, the others hurriedly stood up, Mao Wenlong naturally didn't dare to slack off, he hurriedly stood up, toasted with everyone, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and then asked with the strength of the wine: "Lord Zhang Zhao will come and don't know what the so-called thing is." ”

Zhang Bin raised his hand to beckon everyone to sit down and eat, and said with a smile: "I heard that General Mao is a good hand at doing business, so I specially invited General Mao to come and discuss how to do North Korea's business." ”

"Poof", Mao Wenlong was so thundered that he squirted out all the dishes he had just eaten in his mouth, just kidding, the emperor ordered me to discuss business with the governor of Fujian, how could it be!

He couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "Do business!" ”

Zhang Bin was quite satisfied with the effect of this joke, and he couldn't help but continue to joke: "What's the matter, General Mao, aren't you quite good at business?" ”

I am the general soldier of Pingliao, I can do business, this reputation is not bad, Mao Wenlong hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't believe those rumors, my lord, the general doesn't know anything about doing business at all." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha, General Mao, I'm not all joking, I really want to discuss business with you." ”

Mao Wenlong is scorched by Lei at this time, a governor is doing business, it's not a joke, who believes this, he sat there in a daze, and he didn't know how to answer.

This joke is almost here, Zhang Bin's face is straight, and he said seriously: "Let's talk about business later, this time I am discussing with the general about the relocation of civilians in Liaodong at the behest of the emperor." ”

That's right, but the words of relocating civilians from Liaodong are too general to understand.

Mao Wenlong couldn't help but ask: "My lord, I don't know where the civilians who moved to Liaodong are moving where they are going?" ”

Zhang Bin explained: "Mainly the common people in the area occupied by Jiannu, you just need to send them to Dengzhou Weilai, I will send a boat to wait here, I will take away as much as the general sends, as for the place, Dongfan I don't know if the general has heard of it." ”

Dongfan Mao Wenlong had heard of it, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Didn't you say that pirates and pirates are rampant there, and red hairs are everywhere, can you move the common people there?" ”

Zhang Bin said proudly: "The pirates, the pirates, and the red-haired fan have all been exterminated by me, and now it is very safe there, and the general just pulls people over, but I don't know if the general is sure to steal people out of the hands of Jiannu." ”

It turned out to be stealing, this is not difficult, Mao Wenlong nodded confidently and said: "If you want to say that you are really not sure about robbing the last general, if you steal it, there is no problem, as long as the time is enough, the last general will be able to steal all the people in Liaodong to him." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "Okay, steal all the people from him, and see what Jiannu eats." ”

Immediately afterwards, the two discussed the details of stealing people, and after everything was discussed, Zhang Bin really Mao Wenlong discussed the matter of doing business!

After Mao Wenlong repeatedly confirmed that Zhang Bin was not joking, he immediately became energetic, when it came to doing business, he was even better than fighting, the more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, and they hated each other.

In the end, Zhang Bin directly invited Mao Wenlong to join the shareholder hall, and Mao Wenlong did not hesitate and immediately agreed.