It has been two years since Sun Chengzong went out of Liaoxi as the emperor, and at this time, the imperial court had recovered from the shock of the Guangning fiasco, and was no longer satisfied with sticking to Shanhaiguan. For example, Yuan Chonghuan once sent cavalry to patrol the ruined city of Guangning, and strongly advocated the construction of the three cities of Tashan, Jinzhou, and Xingshan to control the entire corridor of western Liao.

However, Sun Chengzong believed that the Ming army in western Liaoning did not have the ability to fight in the field with the Later Jin, so although the Later Jin abandoned the Hexi region after the Battle of Guangning, Sun Chengzong still strictly ordered the Ming army in western Liaoxi not to enter Hexi. He insisted on taking Shanhaiguan as the bottom line of defense, Ningyuan as the stop line of the defense area, and only a few outposts were set up around Jinzhou for reconnaissance.

After Huangshi's Gaizhou Express was sent to Beijing, Sun Chengzong, who was forced by both domestic and foreign forces, came under even greater pressure, and he uncharacteristically did not want to report to Dongjiang Town, but personally inspected the combat readiness of various departments in Dongjiang Town. Sun Chengzong's route was to first go to Dengzhou, Shandong Province to inspect the grain depot in Dongjiang Town, and then take a boat directly to Dongjiang Island to listen to Mao Wenlong's overall report, and finally on the way back to Shanhaiguan in the west, he had to stop at Guanglu, Lushun and other places in southern Liaoning to land on the way, and Changsheng Island in Huangshi would be Sun Chengzong's last stop before returning to the governor's mansion in Liaodong.

The third day of the ninth month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse

"Mao Shuai's order has arrived," Huang Shi found Zhao Slowxiong before the meeting, Mao Wenlong's order was a little vague, he decided to confirm with his Xi strategist first: "Mao Shuai wants us to make sure to leave a deep impression on Sun Gebu." ”

"Deep impression?" Zhao Wanxiong said suspiciously, "Isn't it a good impression?"

Zhao was originally illiterate, but now although he has studied cultural knowledge diligently, his reading ability is still very limited. And Huang Shi didn't want outsiders to know these secrets, so he personally read the letter to Zhao Wanxiong. Mao Wenlong's letter was vague, and it seemed that the Dongjiang ministries were planning on their own, but it was necessary to make Sun Chengzong feel that aiding Dongjiang Town was an urgent priority.

Huang Shi read through the entire secret letter, and then picked out some of the key points he thought were important points for Zhao Wanxiong to read.

After listening to this, Zhao Wanxiong pondered for a while, and summed up what he understood from the letter: "What Mao Shuai means is that the imperial court plans to owe us military salaries again this year, so he wants the various departments of Dongjiang Town to take advantage of the opportunity of the inspection of the Sun Pavilion to let the imperial court feel our difficulties and give us some supplies." The subordinates thought: Mao Shuai's meaning seems to be that the more bitter the better, the poorer the better, it is best to let Sun Gebu think that if you don't give something, our Dongjiang Town will be on the verge of collapse. ”

Huang Shi nodded approvingly: "Yes, so I say a deep impression, not a good one." You and I are on the same page, and it looks like we're going to have to get ready. ”

Zhao Wanxiong pondered for a long time, and almost scratched his head before he spoke: "This means that there will be no mistakes, but how to arrange it, the pros and cons of it have not been figured out yet...... You have to think slowly. ”

"Then you just go back and think slowly, as long as Sun Gebu thinks clearly before he arrives on Immortal Island, go to the army to discuss first, and don't let others wait too long. ”

......

The issue discussed at the military meeting was not this, but the new trend of the military deployment of the Later Jin Army, and Li Yunrui pointed out that the Later Jin Army has already made heavy adjustments. According to reliable information, the strength of Zhenghongqi has shrunk to Gaizhou, the camp next to Jinzhou has been burned down, and the red flag has also shrunk to Fuzhou.

"The pressure on General Zhang has suddenly decreased, and the door for the Liao people to flee south to Lushun has been opened again, but the pressure on my Changsheng Island has continued unabated, and Fuzhou Jiannu is building beacon towers on the coast like crazy, and Gaizhou Jiannu has also driven the people to do so, which will undoubtedly cause great difficulties for our troops' operations. In the past, the water battalion could easily transport personnel into the inner 6, but now it is very difficult during the day, and they must cross the twenty-mile no-man's land at night, collect intelligence and then rush back to board the ship in the dark. It is not easy to pick them up at night, and it is easy to get lost or make mistakes, and the inflow of intelligence into our army in August has dropped by 50 percent compared with that in July, and the loss of personnel is also very large. ”

......

The anxiety of the intelligence department also made Huangshi very troubled, but since Li Yunrui mentioned that the pressure in the direction of Jinzhou had been reduced, Huangshi had an idea: "Can you take the direction of Lushun, can Li Shoubei let your subordinates enter from the vicinity of Jinzhou?"

Li Yunrui smiled bitterly: "I will take a lot of unjust roads, but I will try it." My lord handed over the heavy responsibility of military intelligence to the lowly post, how dare the lowly post not be careful, but Lushun, Guanglu and my Changsheng Island are not subordinate to each other, and the Dongjiang Army in southern Liaoning has no coordination at all. ”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yunrui complained again, Changsheng Island's intelligence work is mainly based on infiltration, Huangshi encouraged the spies to actively cooperate with the local government in Houjin, and encouraged them to join the Houjin Han Army Self-Defense Force, and the guerrilla detachment on Changsheng Island will also communicate with the intelligence department before they go to sweep up, so that the intelligence personnel hidden in the enemy front can avoid in advance.

However, the intelligence agency of the Lushun Army is a team, and the Lushun guerrillas have been killed many times by the intelligence personnel of Changsheng Island as traitors, and Lushun has also protested that Changsheng Island has killed their meticulous work. Both have their own operating rules and service objects, so it is impossible to share information about Changsheng Island and Lushun, and neither side fully trusts the other.

At the end of September of the fourth year of the Apocalypse

Before the military meeting, the reward for the battle of Gaizhou was announced, and Huangshi relieved more than 320 corpses to go to Ningyuan, although the women, children and old people of Jiannu participated in the battle, he would never send them to Wenchen, and it was not a joke to be deducted from the hat of killing good and risking merit. This batch of grades was exchanged for more than 1,600 taels of silver, and in addition...... Not anymore.

Now the entire Dongjiang Town has reported as many as 180,000 soldiers, but the military salary is ...... Of course, it is impossible for the household department to give so much, and the number of soldiers recorded by the military department is still 20,000 last year. Huangshi will naturally obey the orders of the Dongjiang headquarters, so Changsheng Island has counted all the men, and now there are 12,000 soldiers, and the strength of Huangshi's general's name is about the same as the sum of the two total troops of other military towns...... But that's not the problem. The problem is that even with 12,000 soldiers, more than 300 ranks have two levels of merit, and everyone is dissatisfied because of this, and everyone is looking forward to Huangshi's promotion.

Today, however, it is not Huangshi but Wu Mu who is the first to talk about, and there is also a more important issue to be discussed -- the face-saving project.

"Sun Ge's subordinates will arrive on my Changsheng Island on the second day of the second lunar month next month...... Wu Mu roared loudly with a sharp voice, the muscles on his face trembled nervously, Huang Shi listened to him silently, and now Wu Mu always said how "I" Changsheng Island was, this is a very good phenomenon, indicating that his self-positioning is transforming from a central supervisor to a member of this army.

"I've already found out clearly, whether it's in Dongjiang Island, Hiroka Island, or Lushunkou, Sun Gebu wears armor for military parades, so I have to wear armor instead of black yarn crowns on Changsheng Island. ”

Wu Mu's words hit the nail on the head, and Huang Shi deeply agreed.

"All units of the Dongjiang Army have hidden their weapons! Zhang Panzhang of Guangludao guerrillas, as well as Zhang Panzhang of Lushunkou, are all like this. ”

I heard that Zhang Pan also adopted the strategy of the eunuch Wang Gonggong of the supervising army, and asked the old and weak to pick up wooden sticks and stand at the back of the team, and at a glance, there were less than 10% of the armor in the army.

"Although they don't tell us, hum, hum, these ghost tricks are still clear to me on Immortal Island. ”

In any case, Huang Shi always felt that Wu Mu had transferred Li Yunrui's intelligence system to spy on friendly forces, and the intelligence system of Changsheng Island had been caught up and down by Wu Mu for more than half a month, and he finally figured out the dynamics of various friendly forces in southern Liaoning. These little tricks in the face project, the Guanglu Army and the Lushun Army did not inform Changsheng Island, everyone is now engaged in a "who is poorer" competition, the prize is the support of the imperial court, and all the departments of Dongjiang Town are participating in this competition with red eyes.

"Since we are the last, we must do better than them!" Wu Musheng completed the mobilization hoarsely: "Now listen to General Huang's deployment of military affairs." He relinquished his central position to Yellowstone and gasped back to his prison bench.

Huangshi's draft was made overnight by Wu Mu and the two brothers Chen Ruike and Zhang Gaosheng of Jinyiwei.

Chen Ruike advocated burying all iron weapons and armor in the ground, but Zhang Gaosheng thought that it was not true that there was nothing left. In the end, Wu Mu made a decision and left only one percent, and the rest had to be hidden; of course, not a single cannon or firearm could be left, and it must be buried deep in the mountains, so that Sun Chengzong could not find it when he dug three feet into the ground; all the decent boats in the water camp had to sail to Dengzhou, under the pretext that they were transporting grain, and they would come back when Sun Chengzong was gone; the ceilings of the buildings had to be pierced holes, and the walls had to be watermarked to create the illusion of long-term rain leakage...... There are many other tricks......

After the deployment, Huangshi went back to rest, if Sun Chengzong saw an army of "called Huazi" in the various departments of the Dongjiang River, then Huangshi was sure that compared with the Changsheng Island designed by Wu Mu, those garrisons could definitely be regarded as a paradise on earth.

Before Huangshi's ass could sit firmly, Zhao Slowxiong sneakily came to ask for a meeting: "My lord, my subordinates have slowly thought about it......"

As soon as he heard the beginning, Huang Shi waved his hand to interrupt him, and walked over with a smile and patted Zhao Slow Bear's shoulder: "Slow Bear, Slow Bear, you have a bad idea again." ”

"Please listen to your subordinates," Zhao Slowxiong accentuated: "My lord!"

Huang Shi was a little surprised to see the sharp edge in Zhao Wanxiong's eyes, and he restrained his smile and listened attentively......

(End of Section 15)

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