After the first military meeting, Li Yu and Chen Wanchun's impression of Li Mao has changed somewhat, at first they thought that Li Mao was just a flexible mind, good at tying up with his boss, and daring to be an official and an official. However, through this military meeting, the views of the two have changed somewhat, Li Mao may not be very proficient in specific military deployments, but his grasp of the overall military operation is very precise and in place.

He attached more importance to the collection of pre-war intelligence than anyone else, not only sent a large number of scouts to reconnoitre, but also sent Wangbai to infiltrate the cottage market towns where the bandits were entrenched, and collected intelligence nearby.

At the same time, Li Mao's analysis of specific information also impressed the two, he could analyze from the rise and fall of Ye Shuodu's grain prices that Zhu Jiu was hoarding a large amount of grain and grass, making preparations for sticking, and he was able to buy bone-setting medicine from Guo Liang in Guojiazhuang, and analyzed that Guo Liang was afraid of the inside and was often beaten at home. At first, Li Yu and Chen Wanchun both thought that Li Mao's idea to come to these conclusions was the idea of the red-eyed old man with a strange temper next to him, and after some trials, they found out that the red-eyed and white-haired old man was actually better at running horses, although he had been in the army for many years, he was still ignorant of even the most basic troop arrangement.

As for Zheng Xiaozhang, who joined the army, it was rumored that he had the talent of a general, but the truth is that this person has never been in the army, let alone the army to go on an expedition, his so-called knowledge of the army is just talking about the army on paper, sitting and talking, boasting about it, if he really wants him to counsel the plan, he can't get anything.

In the final analysis, he is a "general" who is good at fighting with words like the red-eyed and white-haired old man, so Li Yu and Chen Wanchun deduced that Li Mao's current talent is undoubtedly possessed by him.

"General Yu's eyes are really vicious, how can I see at a glance that he is a general." This discovery made Li Yu excited, but also a little lost, in terms of qualifications he is far better than Li Mao, in the Qing Navy his road has come to an end, just when he is distressed by this, but it happens that the Qing Navy was absorbed by Yunzhou, with the big stage of Ziqing Twelve Prefectures, his life is rejuvenated with hope. He is confident that with his own ability, there will be a chance to go up nine times out of ten in the future. Li Mao served as the envoy of the town, he was not surprised, Li Mao was Zhao Hede's person, Zhao Hede had been confirmed to be Li Shigu's hidden stake in Gushan Town, there was such a chaos in Gushan Town, how could Li Shigu not appoint someone he trusted to make a transition?

After the three armies are stabilized, even if Li Mao's mission is completed, with his merits, he should have been promoted to a higher level, at least he should be transferred to a more suitable position, after all, it is not a long-term solution to let a person who does not know how to command the army.

If Li Mao goes, he is the oldest in Gushan Town, in the Hualong era, his position has always been very neutral, and he has always remained neutral when Shang He came to rebel, after Li Mao killed Shang He Lai, he stood up for the first time to make peace, and it was his support for Li Mao that stabilized the situation. Li Shigu must be able to see what he did, otherwise he would not have added the title of Marquis of Sandu Yu, and with his strength, qualifications and merits, it was almost a matter of course to take over Gushan Town after Li Mao left.

But now, Li Yu sadly found that Li Mao turned out to be a general, but his lack of experience and tempering in war were not discovered. Sure enough, whether Li Shigu will give him a chance to temper is very likely. This unexpected discovery was like a high wall suddenly obscuring Li Yu's eyes full of spring light, and his future suddenly became dark. Li Mao is still young, and he spends a lot of time in Gushan Town, and if he wants to get rid of him, he has to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

Is it to risk losing both sides to make small moves behind his back to get rid of him, or do his best to assist, let him make a great contribution, and the scenery will be high. Li Yu thought about it all night, and finally chose the latter. Two hundred injuries will only make Li Shigu look down, although he can squeeze Li Mao away, but it is not good for himself in the long run. With his current vigor, it is a matter of time before he climbs up, and the beauty of adults is more beneficial to himself.

After figuring out this section, he persuaded Chen Wanchun: "To deal with a group of rabble, if he is defeated repeatedly, he will certainly have no face, and there will be nowhere to put your old face." Brother, you ponder and ponder. Chen Wanchun said: "Even if you don't give him face, you have to give Wen Sima face." He is now in the limelight, even if he loses the battle, he may not lose his official position and resign, we are not afraid of him, and Wen Sima's life will be sad. ”

Chen Wanchun said again: "Let's help him get it well, if Yunzhou finds that there is such a genius hidden in Gushan Town, his position will not be stable, or your brother, or Wen Sima, there will always be someone who wants to come out." This was exactly what Li Yu wanted, and he smiled and said: "What you said is reasonable, there is a way to win-win, why fight to lose both." ”

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Li Mao's judgment is correct, Zhu Mazi of Youda Mountain is indeed brave and unscrupulous, he occupies the Tianwang Temple on the top of Youda Mountain as a cottage, and drives the monks in the temple to be servants and slaves, not only killing pigs and sheep in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, cooking wine and barbecue, but also forcing the monks to serve with wine, and the monks are incompatible.

Yin bought the monks, took advantage of a rainy night, took thirty healthy soldiers to quietly touch the mountain, the monk who was the inner response opened the back door, led the officers and soldiers straight into Zhu Mazi's bedroom, and caught Zhu Mazi who was sleeping soundly. Seeing that the boss was captured, half of his subordinates knelt on the ground and surrendered, and half of them dispersed, and Zhu Mazi, a bandit who had harmed the local area for half a year, was wiped out overnight.

On the same day, when Li Mao suggested that the surprise soldiers capture Zhu Mazi, Zhou Hong, the supervising army, had reservations, he thought that the situation on the mountain was unclear, and it was very likely that he would startle the grass and snakes if he rashly moved. The duty of the supervising army envoy is only to supervise the punishment and reward of the army and to prevent and curb the rebellion of the army, and he has no right to interfere in the marching formation, but in practice, it is not uncommon for the supervising army to interfere in the affairs of the main military on behalf of the supervising army.

Li Mao and Zhou Hong's personal relationship has gone beyond the relationship between the general superintendent and the commander, and he only regards Zhou Hong's words as the advice of friends, and he is not disgusted. He explained: "The terrain of Youda Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you don't outwit, the casualties will inevitably be heavy, the first battle is cold, and the subsequent battle will be difficult to fight." Zhou Hong didn't understand military affairs, and he couldn't explain Li Mao that he was ugly, so he only said: "I'm just giving you a wake-up call, if you think it's good, then let's try it." ”

In a sense, the interests of the main general and the supervising army are closely related, and the main general has made contributions on the battlefield, and the supervising army envoy also has benefits. On the contrary, the lord will be defeated, and the envoy will also be disgraced, and if he is defeated, it is a question of whether he can survive or not.

After easily taking down Youdashan Zhu Mazi, the generals were ready to take Ye Shuodu in one fell swoop.

Ye Shuodu is a ferry on the Ye River, a tributary of Pushui, which originates in the low mountains and hills in the northeast of Leize County and meanders south to flow into Pushui. Ye Shuo crossed the river and built, and there was a village in the north and south. The wife of the fisherman Zhu Jiu was seriously ill and needed medical treatment, and had no money, so he borrowed money from the rich gentry in the village, but he was unable to return it, and the rich gentry jokingly said that he wanted his wife to sleep with him for one night to offset the debt, Zhu Jiu beat the rich gentry, fearing that the government would pursue him, and he was out with his wife. His sister Zhu Xiang was robbed by the rich gentry's family as a slave, Zhu Jiu heard the news and sneaked back to his hometown to save his sister, when there was a disaster in Leize County, the hungry people ate in groups, Zhu Jiu saw the opportunity to climb high and shouted, and got hundreds of people to help, take advantage of the night to break the rich gentry's house, rescue his sister, and take the rich gentry's wealth to scatter the hungry people. Fearing that the official army would enter and suppress, they gathered people to occupy Ye Shuodu.

He protected the territory and the people, specialized in attacking large households, intercepted passers-by from other towns, and won the support of the villagers. Later, because the trade route was cut off and no one could intercept it, he led the people south to Chengwu and north to Fan County, where he concluded an alliance with the robbers on the shore of Daxiao Pu Mountain, Zhu Mazi and Caohu Lake, and agreed to protect each other. Zhu Jiu is a righteous person, won the support of the subordinates, and his subordinates quickly grew to six or seven hundred, he privately built weapons, bought bows and crossbows, and made a prosperous scene in Leize County.

When Li Mao swore in Gushan Town to fight the Northern Expedition to suppress bandits, Zhu Jiu was very concerned, he had ears and eyes in Gushan Town and Youdashan, and heard that Li Mao was in battle in Youdashan, so he speculated that Zhu Mazi was in a catastrophe, Zhu Mazi knew him, admired his bravery, and despised his resourcelessness. However, he speculated that it would take at least ten days for Li Mao to clean up Zhu Mazi, and he would rest for a few days after packing up Youdashan, and it would be half a month later when he headed for Ye Shuodu. Zhu Jiu decided to hoard grain and grass in this half month, increase the height and strengthen the village wall, and want to have a duel with Li Mao.

Zhu Jiu's wishful thinking snapped, he calculated that as long as he could withstand the Qing Navy, the Pei brothers of Daxiao Pushan would definitely rush to his aid, if he could defeat Li Mao in Ye Shuodu, he would exchange posts with the Pei brothers as brothers, and share life and death. In this regard, Zhu Jiu is convinced.