Wanyan Bird died, and the general who was accustomed to war, with his own soldiers, fell under the rain of bullets.

Perhaps before he died, he realized that the enemy was not a wandering Red Jacket Army, but a Red Turban Army that was about to surrender. After all, in the conflict with the Red Turban Army, he had seen the Pine Cannon.

But now, doubts or awakenings are of little use to a dead man.

With severed limbs and blurred flesh and blood, Meng Jiucheng looked at the battlefield and was slightly distracted.

The threat was lifted, and the terrified cavalry was dealt with. Although it is not an upright field battle, what means should be paid attention to in order to achieve victory?

"Clean up the battlefield and march into Michigan." Meng Jiucheng smiled and gave an order.

The enemy's major general Wei in Mizhou, under the advance of the army led by Zheng Si'an, either abandoned the city and fled, or the infant city defended itself, and the result had already been decided; Wanyan Bode was defeated and retreated, no matter whether the Jin soldiers he led were trapped in the mountains or completely annihilated, Wang Zhongfeng's troops and Han Shouzhong's men and horses were enough to solve it.

At this point, it can be said that the war has basically ended. All that remains is to occupy the entire territory of Michigan, rearrange the troops, stabilize the social order, restore and rebuild, and organize production.

Perhaps-Meng Jiucheng suddenly had an idea. He felt that it might be better to continue to play the banner of Yang Miaozhen of the Red Jacket Army in Michigan.

Whether you wear a red jacket or tie a red scarf doesn't really matter, it's internal. But externally, if Jin Jun believes this news, he may be contemptuous. And Meng Jiucheng felt that it was still very beneficial not to be exposed, maybe he would be able to pit the gold man again in the future!

Time, Meng Jiucheng still needs time. Until now, the Red Turban Army can be regarded as occupying Juzhou, Mizhou, and Haizhou. And Michigan only occupies a small piece of territory, and it is impossible to complete it without time to occupy it all and effectively control it.

You must know that Mizhou was very large at that time, and Anqiu, Gaomi, Jiaozhou City, Qingdao, and Jimo in later generations all belonged to Mizhou.

Of course, in such a large place, there are not many Jin troops, and there are even fewer places to garrison and guard. After the defeat of Yan Bode, it was not too difficult for the Red Turban Army to sweep away those local armed forces that protected themselves, and even to break a small number of Jin troops.

However, after capturing the entire territory of Mizhou, geographically, it already borders Qingzhou, Weizhou, and Laizhou. No matter how low-key it is, I am afraid it will attract the attention of Jin Jun.

Therefore, the inconspicuous and quiet growth of the Red Turban Army has inevitably come to an end; After that, it will be the stage of fighting and developing.

Since it was inevitable, Meng Jiucheng also let go and made every effort to plan. This time, the army dispatched and attacked Yan Bode, and it had already shown its determination.

By the time Meng Jiucheng led his army to Mizhou Prefecture (now Zhucheng), Zheng Si'an had already surrounded the city. The defenders did not dare to abandon the city without Yan Bode's order. At the same time, he also had a sense of luck, and sent a messenger to inform Yan Bode to return to the army to attack.

Defend it, keep it! Meng Jiucheng was quite welcoming to the enemy's self-defense of the infant city, and immediately organized a siege after leading the army to arrive. This time, instead of using a tunnel blast, the city gate was blasted open with a thunderbolt cannon against the few weaknesses of the defenders.

The defenders of the state city were already united, and as soon as the city gate was broken, those soldiers who surrendered immediately either fled or rebelled, and only the 100 cavalry left by Wanyan Bode resisted stubbornly. However, in the face of the surging Red Turban Army into the city, the 100 cavalry had neither a place to use nor the ability to turn the situation around.

Meng Jiucheng and Zheng Si'an led the army into the city, Zhang Bang calmed the people, stabilized the order, and had their own subordinates to do it. After such a long period of study, practice, and adjustment, these tasks have formed a set of fixed processes and methods, and there is no need for Meng Jiucheng and other generals to worry about it.

As soon as the state city was captured, the messenger sent by Tie Yong Mountain arrived. Wang Zhongfeng and Han Shouzhong joined forces and annihilated the Jin soldiers trapped in the mountains one after another, forced to land more than 200 people, and collected nearly 400 horses. Only a few dozen Jin soldiers abandoned their horses and fled over the mountains, and they are now being searched and killed.

At this point, the battle plan was a complete success, and a great victory almost wiped out the entire army led by Wanyan Bode.

And the new round of deployment will be put into practice immediately, the principle of striking while the iron is hot, how can Meng Jiucheng and others not understand the truth?

Zheng Si'an returned to Juzhou, Wang Zhongfeng and Zheng Ruxin sat in Mizhou, Han Shouzhong led the army to capture Gaomi, Jiaozhou, and Jimo, and Meng Jiucheng led the army to Jiaozhou to station. In this way, a new line of defense will take shape.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed quietly.

The Red Turban Army's offensive in Mizhou was smooth sailing, and there were no surprises in the counties and towns to be captured in the plan. Not only Gaomi, Jiaozhou, and Jimo all controlled, but also occupied some places in other states.

A significant increase in territory meant a corresponding expansion of the army. Although the conditions for recruitment are still so strict, it is one of the few options for the common people whose first priority is to eat and eat as their first priority when famine is rising.

The regular army that eats food and receives salaries has reached more than 24,000 people, and if it weren't for the militia groups that only enjoy preferential policies, Meng Jiucheng would be a pants loss now, and he would not be able to support these many troops.

Win with soldiers, food first. Soldiers use their lives and pay for them. For the feudal army, food and salary were the key to ensuring combat effectiveness. The so-called "emperor is not a hungry soldier", not to mention Meng Jiucheng!

However, although Meng Jiucheng was worried about money and food, he also knew that he could not expropriate arbitrarily, so as not to lose the people's support and lose the basis for long-term resistance.

Therefore, as soon as Meng Jiucheng, who was in Jiaozhou, received the news that the grain merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty had come to Lanshan Port to trade again, he sent a messenger to Lanshan Port, warmly invited the grain merchants to meet in Banqiao Town, and told the grain merchants that there would be surprises and good rewards.

The value needs to be determined, and if you want to tide over the difficulties, at least within half a year, Meng Jiucheng needs to buy food from outside.

And the profit-seeking of businessmen makes them usually forward-looking and have the nature of investment and gambling.

Therefore, if the ten-fold price of buying grain can be insisted on, Meng Jiucheng feels that it will be able to attract businessmen. But here's the problem, Meng Jiucheng is not only short of food, but also not very rich in money.

If it were someone else, it would definitely be sad and white-headed. But Meng Jiucheng had a plan for this, and the things that the Academy of Science was researching and manufacturing were the commodities he wanted to exchange for money and grain.

Only by buying and selling, and by earning and spending, can a balance be formed and the attractiveness of purchasing grain at high prices can be maintained for a long time.

In order to carry out commerce and trade, Banqiao Town in Jiaozhou used to be the city's shipping department, and its external influence should be greater and more well-known, and the geographical and marine conditions of Jiaozhou Bay should also be better.