readx; The sea conditions were so bad that Zhu Youzhen naturally couldn't go, so he had to wait for the storm to be a little smaller before boarding the ship. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But he really didn't expect that this wait would be seven days!

At this time, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, thinking that it would be good if there was a weather forecast in this era. Now that he is trapped on Phi Island, the border army in the Daling River is becoming more and more dangerous, and he is really desperate to die. If it is only thousands of miles away on land, Zhu Youzhen can also use carrier pigeons; Kophi Island is close to the eastern shore of the Yellow Sea, and carrier pigeons cannot travel far to the sea, so he has no way to get any news from the Liaodong front at all!

But even if you know in advance that there will be a storm at sea, why don't you come to Phi Koh? If that's the case, Yuan Chonghuan will definitely kill Mao Wenlong, and Dongjiang Town will cease to exist, which is also an unbearable disaster. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, they all know that the lesser of two evils is chosen, but the authorities are confused, who can tell which is more important?

But being idle is also idle, since he can't go back to Ningyuan, Zhu Youzhen has to use the past few days to put Dongjiang Town in order.

First of all, it is natural to count the number of soldiers and civilians on the island. It turned out that Mao Wenlong stopped him from checking, and the imperial court never knew how many people there were on Phi Island and how much food and salary they needed. Now that Mao Wenlong has become a prisoner, this work is naturally easy to do.

After counting, not counting the rebels who have died, there are more than 8,000 registered border troops in the entire Dongjiang Town. Among them, there are more than 3,000 people stationed on the main island of Phi Dao, and there are also 2,000 or 3,000 people stationed on dozens of surrounding islands. The remaining 2,000 people are stationed in Cheolsan County, North Pyongan Province, on the Korean Peninsula, across the sea.

It's a bit more complicated to say. The reason why the area under the jurisdiction of Mao Wenlong is called "Dongjiang Town" actually refers to the east of the Yalu River, which is already the territory of North Korea. North Korea was originally a subject state of the Ming Dynasty, and Mao Wenlong stationed troops here, which was tantamount to helping the Koreans resist the attack of the Jurchens, so at least at the beginning, North Korea welcomed the existence of Dongjiang Town.

But now that Korea has surrendered, Jin, especially when Amin led the Four Banners Army to invade Korea, he incidentally broke through Tieshan and slaughtered the Han soldiers and civilians here. Although the Houjin army has retreated now, Tieshan City is already in ruins, and it is difficult to resist the enemy. The reason why Mao Wenlong was reluctant to this place was that on the one hand, he occupied a lot of land in Tieshan, and on the other hand, maybe he really had the idea of invading North Korea, because North Korea at this time was really a soft persimmon, and anyone could pinch it.

But after careful consideration, Zhu Youzhen still decided to give up Tieshan immediately. The reason is also very simple, and now it has been found out that the strength of Phi Dao is not as strong as Mao Wenlong boasted, even if you add the 10,000 people who are not registered, half soldiers and half bandits, it is less than 20,000 troops. The reason why Mao Wenlong can become a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of Houjin is not because he occupies the Iron Mountain, but because he owns Phi Island, and the Jurchens have no sea ships, so they can only look at the ocean and sigh.

But now the situation is different, first of all, North Korea has surrendered to Houjin, and it has temporarily become an enemy country of the Ming Dynasty. The more than 2,000 soldiers stranded in Tieshan will undoubtedly become a good target for North Korea. Even if the combat effectiveness of the North Korean army is low, there is no need to needlessly consume valuable troops in this place.

In addition, Korea has a naval division, and a few decades ago there was a Yi Sunsin, who joined forces with the Ming army to defeat the Japanese navy in the Roliang Sea. Although it is also declining now, after all, it has the ability to fight naval battles. In addition, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, who defected, if they were all organized by Houjin to launch an attack on Dongjiang Town, Tieshan and Phi Dao would inevitably not be able to take care of each other, and it would be better to shrink their defenses and consolidate the defense of the most important Phi Dao. As for Iron Mountain, it has temporarily lost its original strategic position, so don't do it.

As a result, Zhu Youzhen immediately issued a holy decree to withdraw his troops from Tieshan. But it was impossible for him to run to Iron Mountain to command the retreat by himself, and he still had to rely on the generals below. This brings us to another issue, which is the rebuilding of the military leadership in Dongjiang Town.

Mao Wenlong has been arrested, Kong Youde and others have defected, and now the original general on Phi Island has a bit of weight that is Mao Wenlong's adopted son Mao Chenglu. However, the military discipline of the Phi Island garrison is too poor, Zhu Youzhen has a deep understanding, how can he rest assured that he can rest assured that Mao Chenglu, who is similar to Mao Wenlong's style?

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan recommended to him the two generals under his account, that is, the two masters who pretended to be close to the Chinese army, one was called Huang Long, and the other was Cao Wenzhao.

"Cao Wenzhao?" Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, isn't this Li Chongyao's general, he used to ride with him back then!

He hurriedly summoned the second general Huang Cao. When Cao Wenzhao saw Zhu Youzhen, he naturally thought of the late master Li Chongyao, and the two couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly wiped away his tears and asked, "General Cao, isn't the Guanning Iron Cavalry under your command?" Why are you following Lord Yuan alone now? ”

Cao Wenzhao sighed when he heard this and said: "Don't dare to deceive the saint, since the eldest lady is gone, the Li family has been extinct, and the ancestor general soldier is the oldest in qualification and the highest military position to succeed the head of the family." But after he became the head of the family, he did not choose talents based on their talents, but arbitrarily appointed his cronies, especially those from his ancestral clan. People like Zu Dabi and Zu Dale didn't talk about it, and even his servant Zu Kuan got in. General Zu first set aside half of the Guanning Iron Cavalry for Zu Kuan to command, and then simply assigned the remaining half directly to his own account and became his pro-army. The last general has the post of general, but there is not a single soldier under his command, and he cannot be reused by the ancestral general soldiers. Fortunately, the governor appreciated the last general, and included the last general in the adult's Chinese army. ”

Yuan Chonghuan also frowned and interjected: "Holy Lord, although Zu Dashou is brave and good at fighting, his weapons are small and cannot accommodate people. Not only Cao Wenzhao, the general of Huanglong, was originally sent by the minister to garrison Jinzhou. But Zu Dashou always felt that he was not a descendant of the Li family, and he was quite excluded, so he had no choice but to withdraw General Huang to Ningyuan. ”

Huang Long also said angrily: "This ancestor Dashou is also really hateful, not only to squeeze out the last general, but also to Zhu Mei and He Kegang, who were born in the Li family, because of their loyal and upright temperament, they can't get used to his cronyism, which also makes him squeeze a lot." Zhu Mei and the last general returned to Ningyuan together, although He Kegang stayed in Daling River, it is said that he was also reprimanded by Zu Dashou all day long. ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment after hearing this, and asked Huang Long, "If I let you command the more than 10,000 soldiers on Phi Dao, can you take them under control?" ”

Huang Long immediately said in a loud voice: "Holy Lord, the last general dares to make a military order here, if you can't completely rectify the military discipline of Phi Dao within three months, or if there is any mistake in Dongjiang Town, you will be willing to accept military law!" ”