Zhu Daolin, who has a deep understanding of Guan Ningjun, has never taken Guan Ningjun in his eyes.

The Guan Ning Army, which has 100,000 troops, is a giant existence in the eyes of the Chinese military and the people of Daming, but in Zhu Daolin's eyes, the Guan Ning Army is just an extremely selfish warlord group, just a group of rabble who have never had a national or national concept in their hearts.

Just half a year ago, Zhu Daolin was still doing his best to separate the Guanning army for the young Chongzhen Emperor, cutting off this tumor that was not enough to succeed, more than defeated, and caused great harm to the Ming Dynasty, so he specially admonished the young Chongzhen Emperor, and took the opportunity of Dengzhou to quell the rebellion, and pressed Wu Xiang, another general of the Guanning Army, who seemed to be loyal and cunning, to the ground in Shandong, and no longer let him return to Ningjin to mix with the Guanning Army, so as to gradually weaken the strength of the Guanning Army. Finally solve the purpose of this warlord group that costs nearly half of the Ming Dynasty's national strength every year but does nothing at both ends.

But Zhu Daolin's efforts soon failed, and he was defeated by Emperor Chongzhen, who was high-eyed and suspicious, and lost to the Ming bureaucrats and eunuchs who were rotten to the bones.

After Emperor Chongzhen broke his promise without scruples, and was extremely disappointed, Zhu Daolin, who had been suffering from gains and losses for two years and feeling guilty, finally completely abandoned all his worries and took firm steps to embark on another road of redemption.

Just when Zu Dashou was still hesitant and couldn't put down the shelf, Zhu Daolin, who was freeing his hand, was ready for fierce revenge.

On the morning of 22 May, Zhu Daolin led more than a dozen generals of the Dongjiang New Army to see off Zhao Huaizhong, the angel of the Qincha, who had returned with a full load, and immediately joined forces with Xu Wentao, commander of the North Sea Fleet, and Murexia, director of the Military Command Department, who had rushed to Phi Island with five main warships and six transport ships. Hu An, Minister of Military Justice Guo Zhongjun, and Jiang Yulong, commander of the Second Marine Division, held an operational meeting.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, all 6,000 officers and men of the 2nd Marine Division stationed at Hiroshima, Haiyang Island, and Iokcheng Island boarded the ship, and the fleet of 15 large and small warships and 32 transport ships left Phi Dao and sailed west.

In the early morning of the next day, the fleet made a short stop at Shicheng Island, which was 10 kilometers away from the mouth of the Zhuang River, a strategic point along the coast of Liaodong. Subsequently, the three battalions of the 2nd Marine Division, 1,700 officers and men, and 15 ships of military supplies, which were left to garrison Shicheng Island, set sail again and arrived at the North Port of Guangludao, which was less than 100 miles away from Jinzhou Bay, in the evening.

Zhu Daolin and the generals gladly landed ashore, cordially met with the officers and men of the 300 Marine Divisions who had come to take over the defense in advance, and inspected the two natural deep-water ports north and south of Guanglu Island, the old and low military camps on the island, and the more than 100 houses that were about to be demolished and rebuilt. More than 000 soldiers and 17 large and small warship transports officially took over Hirokashima.

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In the middle of the night, the bonfire was heavily guarded in the only courtyard built of blue bricks and gray tiles above Beigang, and Zhu Daolin, his admirals and 13 captains gathered in the brightly lit lobby to make final arrangements for the retaliation launched tomorrow.

After a burst of laughter, the head of the North Sea Fleet's military command, Muresia . Juan's Daming official dialect with Jiangnan characteristics sounded again:

"You must be upright and not proud, even though there are no warships that can threaten us at our destination, Kyaw Hoa Island, which has less than 1,000 permanent troops. However, there is still a 330-kilometer voyage from Hirokashima to Kakuhwa Island, and although the wind direction and sea conditions are very favorable, we are not familiar with the sea area that continues north after bypassing the peninsula, and our nine main warships, five and two 700-ton transport ships carrying 1,000 marines, have a deep draft, so we must be guided by four 300-ton fast warships, and this is my greatest requirement for this operation. ”

Xu Wentao, who was becoming more and more of a general, immediately glanced at the captain under his command: "Did you hear Colonel Juan's words clearly?" ”

"Clear!"

The captains immediately put away their smiles. Respond loudly.

Xu Wentao nodded with satisfaction, and announced the adjournment of the meeting after consulting Zhu Daolin's opinion. The 13 captains quickly returned to their respective ships after saluting, and Juan, who looked calm, put away the large nautical charts and mapping tools on the table, politely refused Zhu Daolin's retention, and insisted on returning to the flagship to rest.

Jiang Yulong, who was unable to participate in this retaliation operation, finally couldn't bear it anymore and pleaded: "Senior brother, let the junior brother lead two fast warships and a battalion of brothers to help in the battle, Juehua Island is the material transit warehouse of the Guanning Army, and it has always been an important place for storing food supplies and armor, knives and guns. How about not grabbing some more? ”

Guo Zhongjun said with a smile: "There are less than 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people on Juehua Island, and the two newly formed marine battalions on the two transport ships are enough to deal with it. It is necessary to establish contact with General Huang Long of Jinzhouwei as soon as possible, and then quickly launch surveillance of the coastal areas of Liaodong and Jinzhouwei, so as to firmly control the strategic points that have a bearing on the overall situation of Liaodong. ”

"You have a lot to do, and there will be opportunities for war in the future, just keep attacking and harassing the Liaodong Tartars two hundred miles along the northern coast is enough for you."

"I always feel that this revenge seems to be too much, the rabble of less than a thousand people on Juehua Island is not a problem, and it is not a big deal to kill him one hundred and eighty, but the inspector sent by the imperial court has lived on the island for a long time, if it is reported to the imperial court and the emperor, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath!" Zhang Deyi reminded nervously.

The generals laughed, and Xu Wentao quipped: "Otherwise, when you arrive at Juehua Island, the virtuous brother will stay in the cabin and don't show up." ”

The generals smiled again, and Zhang Deyi immediately rolled his eyes at Xu Wentao: "I don't have a backache when I speak, I am thinking about my eldest brother, do you know?" You're happy after the fight, but in the end, it's not for the big brother to clean up the mess. ”

Xu Wentao smiled and stopped competing with Zhang Deyi, and the others looked at Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin was not affected at all, grabbed the boiled peanuts on the table and threw them into his mouth: "Deyi, you don't have to worry about causing trouble for me, let alone worrying about what the emperor will do to me, if I don't retaliate hard, it will bring trouble, making people mistakenly think that I am a piece of Tang monk meat, anyone can take a bite." ”

"In the eyes of the world, Guan Ningjun's fame is shocking to the world, and the cow is very good, but in my eyes it's not a fart, I didn't find Guan Ningjun trouble before It's enough to give face, I didn't expect them to be so short-sighted, since this is the case, then I have to beat it hard, so that the invincible Guan Ning Army Commander has a memory!"

"As for the straw-bait Shangshu Zhang Fengyi and the Shandong governor Zhu Dadian who had a vegetarian meal in the court, I have no enmity with them in the past and no hatred in the near future, I didn't expect them to join forces to plot against me, it seems that those family lords are already impatient."

Seeing that the faces of Guo Zhongjun and other henchmen and generals once again showed anger, Zhang Deyi could only sigh helplessly: "The younger brother is definitely in favor of beating back fiercely, but he is a little worried about the eldest brother, for fear that the Chinese ministers and Guan Ningjun will take the opportunity to make things bigger." ”

Zhu Daolin patted Zhang Deyi on the shoulder: "I don't want to make a big fuss, but there are always some people who don't let me live a good life, even if I compromise with them now, I won't let them be satisfied." ”

"So, this time, I not only want to rob the materials and food on Guangjuehua Island, but also rob all the warships of Guangjuehua Island and Dengzhou Naval Division, and burn all those who can't be taken away, so that the Guanning Army will go to the sea unarmed from now on, and the entire Dengzhou Naval Division will be completely crippled, and then I will cut off the sea trade between the entire Beizhili and the family lords in Shanxi and Shaanxi!"

"Only in this way can we have a deterrent effect, and only in this way can we protect our interests and our army!"

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