Chapter 19: The Blood Sacrifice (Part 3)

"The last general, the last general swears not to disgrace his life." Yu Tonghai was excited and nervous again, stood up, clasped his hands into fists, and his voice trembled slightly.

Excited, knowing that he was a Mongolian, Manager Zhu still gave himself unreserved trust, nervous that although his family had lived in the Sailor Ten Thousand Households for several years, he had never taken a boat to the sea at all, and he was not familiar with the hydrology of Jiaozhou at all.

Not only himself, but also his father, Yu Tingyu, who once served as the commander of the Great Yuan Dynasty, is not familiar with the hydrology of Jiaozhou Bay at all, and the sailors of the Great Yuan Dynasty have basically been a joke in the past twenty years, otherwise, they would not even be able to beat Fang Guozhen.

"Ling Zun has already taken Ling Di Tongyuan to go there in advance in the merchant ship last night, and he will be responsible for showing everyone where to land." As if he could guess what Yu Tonghai was nervous about, Zhu Chongjiu looked into his eyes and added in a low voice, "That route is a smuggling channel specially opened up by officials and businessmen in Mengyuan Shandong, since the escape and blockade of the canal, more than sixty percent of the goods sold by our Huaiyang firm to the north have taken this route, and there are also many brothers in the intelligence department and the sailor who have followed our merchant ships several times, and they can assist you on the side." ”

Someone was responsible for leading the way on the sea, and the difficulty was immediately reduced by more than half, as for how to touch Jiaozhou City after landing, and the shortest road from Jiaozhou to Zhucheng, Yu Tonghai could give clear instructions even if he closed his eyes, and immediately, straightened his chest and swore and said, "Don't worry, the last general, the last general, you will definitely send everyone to Jiaozhou City safely." ”

Zhu Chongjiu nodded with satisfaction, took out a hand-drawn map from the table, and handed it to Yu Tonghai, "Okay, I have a map here, you compare it according to your memory, the existing mistakes, quickly mark it, after the marking, hand over the map to Feng Senjun, and then you yourself will find a room behind the council hall to sleep, recuperate your spirits, let's board the boat in the second half of the night today." ”

"Yes." Yu Tonghai took the map with both hands, threw himself on the table, and began to proofread it seriously.

Zhu Chongjiu took his eyes off him, then quickly swept around the crowd, and ordered loudly, "From now on, the chief manager will be blocked, and no one will be allowed to go out without a warrant signed by the commander and above generals." ”

"No." All the civil and military officers stood up straight in unison, agreeing in unison.

"The commander of the Fifth Army, Wu Liangmou, the deputy commander, Geng Zaicheng, and Lu Deshan, the commander of the army." Zhu Chongjiu nodded with satisfaction and continued to give orders.

"The end will be." When the Chinese New Year's Eve attacked Huai'an, the first foothold for the army was the general of their Fifth Army, and now it is the people of the Fifth Army who break the situation for the army and cross the sea to the north, and if this battle can be won, the Fifth Army of Huai'an will definitely be famous in all directions, and the generals of their three main affairs will also leave a heavy mark in history.

"Go back and select fifteen brothers who can see at night at the head of the battalion, don't break up the formation, take the battalion as a unit, eat and rest immediately, recuperate, and board the ship outside Manpu City tonight, one for each battalion, lift the anchor after getting aboard, go down the river overnight, go out to sea from Beishazhai, and assemble on the east side of Yuzhou Island at noon tomorrow." (Note 1, Note 2)

"No." Wu Liangmou, the commander of the Fifth Army, Geng Zaicheng, the deputy commander, and Lu Deshan, who joined the army, bowed down to receive the order, and left the council hall with several generals and colonels under his command.

Next to the oval table, a small half of the space was immediately vacated, Zhu Chongjiu took a deep breath, and continued to order loudly, "Xu Da, the commander of the Third Army, from today onwards, you will fully coordinate the defense of Huai'an and Gaoyou, and within half a month, the general manager does not want to see any Tartars set foot on the ground of these two provinces." ”

"In the end, will, obey." Xu Da was slightly taken aback, but did not question anything, but chose to accept the task.

"Liu Ziyun, the deputy commander of the First Army, Hu Dahai, the commander of the Second Army, when the commander-in-chief led the troops north, the two of you and the generals under his command were temporarily dispatched by Xu Da, and the same was true for the Second Fleet, Intelligence Department and Internal Security Office of the Navy Division."

"No."

"Slow down."

Only then did everyone understand that Zhu Chongjiu was going to personally lead a team to attack Jiaozhou, and they were shocked one by one, and blurted out the words of persuasion, "The sea is high and the waves are urgent, how can the lord personally wade into danger." ”

"The lord is a golden body, how can he do such a reckless thing, the fifth army is enough, the lord must take back his life."

"Lord, the last general is willing to go to Jiaozhou for you, and you are in Huai'an."

"Jokes." After a year and a half, Zhu Chongjiu finally revealed his stubborn side again, and unceremoniously interrupted everyone's words, "The sea is high and the waves are fast, and others are safer than the chief manager when they take the boat, as for the ten thousand gold, the chief manager also personally went into battle to kill it in March last year, why now, it has become a muddy ornament." ”

"The lord, the lord thinks twice, the ministers, the ministers, the ministers, the ministers, the ministers, Everyone was robbed and speechless, but they refused to give in at all, but only bitterly dissuaded, "You, if you have a mistake, let the Huai'an army 100,000 brothers, let Huaiyang Gaoyou three millions of Li Shu"

"Stop, stop." Zhu Chongjiu slapped the table a few times vigorously, and interrupted everyone's words again, "You reminded me well, we should indeed make preparations in advance on the issue of the order of succession of our Huai'an Army, lest I make a mistake one day and become a mess within myself." ”

"Why did the lord say this?" When everyone heard this, they immediately didn't care to dissuade Zhu Chongjiu from leading his troops north, and they explained it in a gossipy manner.

"The lord is only twenty years old in recent years, what are you doing with these frustrating words, with your martial arts, who can get close to you lightly."

"Lord, don't say such discouraged words, you are strong in martial arts, and you know how to fight, as long as you don't personally risk yourself, you will be able to lead us to reorganize the Han family."

"There are unforeseen circumstances, before yesterday, who would have thought that the chief manager would not succeed in his great cause, and he would leave the west with hatred, who would have thought that as soon as the chief manager left, Zhao Junyong and others would immediately become like this." Zhu Chongjiu sighed softly, and his voice slowly became lower.

In fact, after the death of Sesame Li, the reaction of Zhao Junyong and others brought him a very big blow, he couldn't imagine what his career would become after he encountered an accident, and in the fantasy novels he read in his previous life, the law of immortality of the traverser obviously does not apply in the world he is in, since Sesame Li can die due to blood poisoning, he dare not guarantee that the same ending will never be his turn.

"This, this" Everyone knew that Zhu Chongjiu was telling the truth, and they couldn't refute it, and they were filled with righteous indignation.

"So it was decided." Zhu Chongjiu slapped the table case again, and solemnly continued to announce, "Hei Ding, you just happened to be here, you come to be a witness, the order of our Huai'an Army is that in case I encounter an accident, everyone will push Xu Da to be the master."

"My lord." Xu Da knelt on the ground with a "poof" and kowtowed with tears, "Lord, don't make such a mess, the last general, if there is really that day, the last general is willing to follow you to the underworld and create another rebellion against the king of Yama." ”

"The chief manager is cautious, Ding, Ding, Ding can't take on such a heavy responsibility, please think twice." Ding Dexing didn't expect that on the first day he came, he would encounter such a major event of succession, so he was so frightened that he fell to his knees and shouted his resignation.

"Shut up." Zhu Chongjiu's eyes jumped, and he interrupted sharply, "Xu Da, you stand up for me, the soldiers of the Huai'an Army, only kneel to the parents of heaven and earth, have you forgotten." ”

"The last general, the last general" Xu Da didn't dare to disobey, stood up with red eyes, and tears flowed down his face.

"Heiding, you get up too." Zhu Chongjiu pulled Ding Dexing with both hands and continued, "It is precisely because you have just joined and have no deep friendship with anyone that I asked you to be a witness, I am not saying a discouraged word, just in case, after all, I don't have a son yet, even if I have, I can't let a little doll wearing open crotch pants take care of everyone." ”

The "lord" everyone dissuaded in unison, their eyes were red, and their voices were choked.

Seeing their sad and earnest appearance, Zhu Chongjiu smiled helplessly and comforted in a low voice, "Not only me, no one can guarantee that he will never die, if Xu Da encounters an accident one day, the next thing will be Wu Liangmou, and then Hu Dahai, Wu Twenty-two and Liu Ziyun, our brothers will follow one another, and we must always keep the fire of the Huai'an Army unextinguished until the Mongolian emperor is driven out of the Central Plains." ”

The "lord" of all the generals who were named and happened to be present burst into tears.

Death is not terrible, since you are a Red Turban Army, everyone has already pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers, but the terrible thing is that after everyone died, the cause that everyone had been sacrificing their lives to defend also disappeared, so, from this point of view, Zhu Chongjiu took precautions, in fact, there is nothing wrong at all, after all, there are no eyes on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee that he will never happen to be the target of a cannonball.

"Su Changshi, write down the words just now on paper." Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Mr. Su, the only one who did not cry and persuade him, and solemnly advised, "Then file and seal, you don't have to think about taking over, you are responsible for supervising the implementation of this order, so whenever you encounter an emergency, you can evacuate first, and you don't need to ask anyone for instructions." ”

"Minister, even if the minister is broken in the future, he will watch this order for the chief manager,." Su Mingzhe immediately felt a mountain pressed on his shoulders, held the edge of the table with both hands, and responded loudly, "But if anyone knows about this order and plots against him, the minister will definitely not let him do it." ”

He has been with Zhu Chongjiu for the longest time, and he also knows the temper of his lord best, and he will accept Jian Yì before making a decision, but after he really makes a decision, he can't pull back a hundred cows, so he doesn't spend that persuasion effort, just follow behind to check and fill in the gaps.

"The purpose of this battle is to pull the main force of Tofu and give everyone the opportunity to return to Yangzhou." Seeing that everyone finally stopped persuading hard, Zhu Chongjiu pondered for a moment, and added in a low voice, "He is here for the general manager, if the general manager does not go out in person, he will definitely not be fooled, and once my banner is planted in Yidu, he continues to confront everyone in estrangement, and it will be completely meaningless, and if he leads the main force of the Yuan army to Yidu, as long as the sea route is not cut off, the general manager can withdraw at any time and let him run empty again." ”

"Chief, please promise one thing." Knowing that it was a foregone conclusion that Zhu Chongjiu personally led the troops to the expedition, Xu Da did not continue to persuade more, but retreated.

"Say, as long as the manager can do it." Zhu Chongjiu raised his hand and agreed with a smile.

"Please don't go into battle with a knife as a last resort, you are the chief manager of our entire Huai'an Army, and you are no longer a mere governor of the left army."

"Please take charge of the situation until the last resort, and don't personally carry a knife into battle." The generals were immediately enlightened, and they all arched their hands and begged loudly.

"What's the difference," he said. Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand fearlessly, but under the pressure of everyone's honest gaze, he soon had to raise his hand and announce his concession, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, if the manager doesn't go into battle in person and fight with others, those guys are not pigs, and the manager is too tired to panic." ”

"A gentleman's word." Everyone immediately raised their hands and demanded a high-five as an oath.

"Whip it up." Zhu Chongjiu was helpless, so he had to high-five everyone one by one, and then after thinking about it, his face slowly began to turn cold again, "Before defeating King Yi, the news that I left Huai'an, I am not allowed to go out of the general manager, Zhang Song."

"The minister is here." Zhang Song, the former governor of Luzhou, who took refuge in Zhu Chongjiu in Yangzhou, straightened his chest and responded loudly.

"Keep an eye on those people for me, if anyone dares to drag everyone back, you will inform Hu Dahai, and then kill him directly for me, Zhu doesn't want to kill each other, but he will never let the great cause of resisting the Yuan be destroyed by the hands of a short-sighted horseman." Zhu Chongjiu glanced at him again, and his voice instantly became as cold and hard as a knife.

Note 1: The estuary of the Yellow River in the Yuan Dynasty was different from modern times, and the downstream was far more abundant than it is now, and many areas south of Lianyungang were still at sea at that time.

Note 2 Yuzhou, part of present-day Lianyungang City, was still an island at that time, and was not connected to the six places.

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