Mao Da wants to reduce gold?! The generals in the tent opened their mouths wide, and they were so frightened that no one dared to speak, you look at me, I look at you, they were all frightened by Mao Chenglu.

Half a sound, it was Kong Youde who coughed lightly, breaking the silence, he shook his head and said: "There are many generals in the army and Dongyu who have a common enmity against the sky, even if we are willing to surrender, I am afraid that the soldiers will not want to follow." ”

"Back then, we followed Mao Shuai, fought a lot of battles with the Jurchen soldiers, killed a lot of them, and there was a feud on both sides, this Jurchen Tartar wished we all died, how could they accept us? Besides, although we have rebelled against the imperial court, we are always good men, and this thing must not be done, if we do, it will be stinking for thousands of years in the future. Geng Zhongming also didn't want to reduce the gold, he still had a bit of blood as a son of the Han family.

Mao Chenglu asked rhetorically: "What we are doing now will not be left smelly for 10,000 years?" ”

Geng Zhongming was speechless.

Geng Zhongyi sneered, got up and shouted at Mao Chenglu unceremoniously: "Mao Da, you have always been close to Dongyu, when the marshal was there, the Tatars sent an envoy to North Korea, and the marshal told him to intercept him, but you disobeyed the order and let them go, which made the marshal dissatisfied with you and said that you were a slave." Now you want us to vote for Dongyu, do you dare to say that you didn't have a private relationship with Dongyu back then? The tent is full of his own brothers, Mao Da, you might as well tell the story thoroughly, do you have a connection with Dongyu, just waiting for us to cross the sea to invest in the brothers when we have no way out? ”

"Whether or not I have an affair with Dongyu is my business, but at the moment it is everyone's business. Throwing in the East is also for everyone's good, is it not possible to wait for death here? You tell me, where can we find a way to live if we don't go to the East? was called "Mao Da" by Geng Zhongyi in person, and he also picked up the old things for many years, Mao Chenglu was so angry that his face turned red.

"There's no way to live, it's a big deal to fight with the officers and soldiers!" Geng Zhongyi is a man who is not afraid of death, the real knife frame is on his neck, he will not frown, Xiaoguanzhuang and the Jinzhou army fought that day, but he was not afraid to hold on to the position, otherwise he was afraid that there would be fewer people in the tent.

"It's better to die than to live, you Geng Zhongyi want to die, no one stops you, but you can't let all of us go with you to die!" Mao Chenglu didn't want to entangle with Geng Zhongyi, so he turned to look at Li Jiucheng, "Dashuai, so far, it is not a way to retreat to the east, we have a few roads at the moment, as long as there is a way to go, most of the brothers will go." I can't guarantee others, but my soldiers are absolutely willing to invest with the commander! ”

"This"

Li Jiucheng hesitated, pulling the flag to rebel and selling himself as a traitor are two different things, even if he gambles all his life, he does not dare to gamble on this matter at will. Geng Zhongming said it is not unreasonable, Dongjiang Town fought to the death with the Jurchens in the year of the Apocalypse, after so many years, both sides hated each other to the core, how could they be together. Besides, most of the brothers in the army are a family that has been harmed by the Jurchen Tartars, and this will take them to vote for the Tartars who have a deep blood feud, can they be willing? With Mao Chenglu's army, he really doesn't have much confidence. Besides, this bold and sudden vote for other Jurchens, can Mrs. Hong be trusted? If you fail to surrender and are slaughtered by the Eight Banners, where can you tell about this grievance?

"Dashuai, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it!"

Mao Chenglu saw Li Jiucheng's hesitation in his eyes, and he further said, "The army's spirit has long been unstable, and if you don't take advantage of the Ming army's courage to attack, you can't leave if you want to!" After a pause, he said again with deep meaning, "If you say something against your will, I can surrender, with the soldiers under my command, the court will always give me a way to live, but the marshal and deputy marshal are afraid that there will be no way to live." Gao Qiqian said it clearly, the court now hates the two of them! ”

"Even if we want to go to the east, we have to be able to go to sea!" Li Jiucheng was moved, if he was not afraid of death, he would not have instigated Kong Youde to cause trouble in Wuqiao that day. If those half-hearted generals really believed in Gao Qiqian's words and regarded themselves and Kong Youde as stepping stones for their surrender, it would be a great injustice.

I'd rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me!

Whether it's Dongyu, Beiyu, or Daming, as long as you give you a way to live, you are a mother with milk!

But tens of thousands of people are not a few people, hundreds of people, just find a boat to go to sea anywhere, there must be a port, there must be a sailor to respond, otherwise tens of thousands of people will commit suicide to feed fish and shrimp.

"Ritu, what do you say?" Li Jiucheng wanted to hear Kong Youde's opinion.

Kong Youde lowered his head and thought about it, raised his head and said: "Whether to surrender or not has to be discussed, but whether we vote or not, we must take Dengzhou, with Dengzhou in hand, you can be appeased if you enter, and you can protect yourself by retreating." ”

"Ritu means to take Dengzhou, don't be in a hurry to leave, let's see?" Kong Youde's words gave Li Jiucheng a backbone.

Kong Youde was noncommittal, "Now that the Ming army is strong, we have lost our ground, and our advance and retreat are already controlled by others." ”

"Qian Dagang's sailor is still here, not necessarily he will surrender Shi Dayong, if you want me to say, let's send someone to contact him immediately, and when the army arrives in Dengzhou, he will fire cannons into the city from the sea to see if he Shi Dayong can block us with three heads and six arms!" Li Yingyuan is a ruthless person.

Hearing this, Li Zhongfu immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, the Jinzhou army has come from outside the pass for thousands of miles, and there will not be many soldiers, and there will be only a few thousand people under him Shi Dayong, what about us?" But there are tens of thousands! The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, I don't believe that his Jinzhou army is really iron, let's all work hard in one place, fight for more casualties, and consume him to death! As long as we occupy Dengzhou again, we still have the capital to negotiate with the imperial court, if we can't keep it, it's a big deal to invest in gold! After speaking, he glanced at Mao Chenglu, and Mao Chenglu nodded at him with some gratitude.

Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng glanced at each other, did not speak, and the others in the tent shouted for a while, and after the last moment, Li Jiucheng stood up and shouted: "Don't quarrel, it's so decided, let's go to Dengzhou!" ”

"If you want to go, you have to be fast, and it's better to leave tonight." Kong Youde added.

"Alright, let's get out of this place tonight, but someone has to stay behind."

Li Jiucheng was about to discuss with Kong Youde who to leave behind, but outside the tent, a fast horse came straight up, and the rider rolled off the horse, and the mane on the horse's body had been glued into locks of sweat. With a hoarse "report——! The horseman staggered into the big tent and fell in the door, "Dashuai, five thousand soldiers and horses from Shandong are coming from Pingdu!" "Whew!"

Li Jiucheng shook his head disdainfully and sneered: "Isn't it Shandong Bing?" 5,000 people count as a ball! Sensei said that now we are also tens of thousands of people, when there were 800 people, how many Shandong soldiers did we kill? Killing Shandong soldiers is like cutting vegetables, and Sensei says 5,000, which is 50,000, what can we do? I think he Zhu Dadian saw that we lost Dengzhou and wanted to pick up persimmons! "Not bad!" Kong Youde also said, "The soldiers of all towns are not our opponents, and the Shandong soldiers are not worth mentioning, the only thing to worry about is this" Speaking of this, he stiffened his face and pointed in the direction of Xiaoguanzhuang: "We can't take Laizhou, and we have lost Dengzhou, but we are ready to move, but I am afraid that this withdrawal will not be so easy." "Deputy marshal," Geng Zhongming reminded, "Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui under Gao Qiqian have Liaodong cavalry in their hands, and they are left to be able to do so, otherwise these Liaodong cavalry will catch up, and we will not retreat, but collapse." "Zu Dabi is the younger brother of Zu Dashou, he doesn't want to die in a war, and he is nicknamed "Zu Er Crazy". Wu Sangui is Zu Dashou's nephew, and the Guan Ning Army in their hands has been trained back and forth by Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, and Yuan Chonghuan, and these old troops of Mao Wenlong are still very afraid.

"The main force of the Guanning cavalry is no longer in the Daling River, and the cavalry under Zu Dabi is just a piece of family put together by his ancestors, not the Guanning cavalry of the year, what is there to be afraid of? If it's really powerful, why don't you nest there like a turtle, don't be afraid of them, the only thing to worry about is Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army. After the break, there is no need to leave our old brothers, choose 10,000 new annexes to stay, and the main force will all return to Dengzhou. When Kong Youde said this, he smiled very confidently, "I assert that Gao Qiqian doesn't dare to take a step lightly, does a gelding with no bird in his crotch have such guts!" ”

Hearing Kong Youde say so confidently, everyone suddenly had confidence again, and they were ready to go back to Dengzhou.

After discussing with Li Jiucheng for a while, Kong Youde found Mao Chenglu, pulled him to a no-man's land, and asked him in a low voice: "On the Jin side, does Jinwu have contact?" ”

Mao Chenglu glanced around, did not hide it, nodded and said: "When I was in Dengzhou, I came to write to me after Ning, but at that time, our army was in a big situation, so I ignored it, and now I can only lean over there." ”

"I know that I am the first trusted Hanchen under Mrs. Hong, well, if he presides over the middle, if he can't do anything, he can only go to the sea to make a mess." Kong Youde sighed, feeling a little helpless about being a hero.

Mao Chenglu said disapprovingly: "At present, the soldiers of the Jin State are strong and strong, and the country is full of talents, on the other hand, the Ming Dynasty, internal and external troubles, the court is trapped in party disputes, the people are not happy, the soldiers and horses in each town are even more unbearable, and the strength is too different. ”

"I don't know any of this yet, let's take Dengzhou for now." Kong Youde didn't want to reveal his hole cards to Mao Chenglu on the matter of investing money, he still wanted to win Dengzhou and bargain with the imperial court, otherwise he would find one or two small islands on the sea and sit on the ground as the king. After all, the impact of this incident of being a traitor in the East is too great, and the backlash in the army is also great, and if one is not careful, it will provoke a mutiny.

Taking a step and looking at a step is Kong Youde's helpless plan, and saying this to Mao Chenglu is just to give himself a peace of mind. At least, he can know that in the future, the Dajin Kingdom on the east side of the sea can give him a place.