In the second year of Chongzhen, the prestige of the imperial court was still there, and the Ming army had not yet formed a precedent for the establishment to take the initiative to surrender to Jiannu.

In the eyes of all Ming officers and soldiers, Jiannu is still a barbarian, Huayi is different, as long as there is a way to live, not many people are willing to shave their hair and join the barbarians.

The soldiers in Dongjiang Town are all Liao people, and they all have a common enmity with Jiannu, so how can they take the initiative to defect to Jiannu?

As for Mao Wenlong, he is very arrogant, but in Daming, he is the general of the Dongjiang River who is the governor of the left capital, Pingliao, and has already achieved the peak of military attachés, even if he surrenders to Jiannu, what can he get? There were many rumors among civil officials that Mao Wenlong colluded with Jiannu and was suspected of surrendering Jiannu, but Sun Chuanting did not believe it.

Of course, unwilling to lose his powerful territory, Mao Wenlong may really make trouble. Therefore, when going to Dongjiang, you must plan carefully.

After some deliberation, Sun Chuanting made up his mind.

The herald was ordered by Cao Wenzhao to sit in Ningyuan, and Sun Chuanting himself took the deputy general He Kegang and 3,000 soldiers, took fifty sea ships, and set off from Juehua Island half a month later, heading towards southern Liaoning.

When the Dongjiang Army was the strongest, it occupied Lushun, Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning, but in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Jiannu launched a counteroffensive against southern Liaoning, and with the death of Zhang Pan and other generals in the main battle, Lushun was lost, and the Dongjiang Army lost its territory on land, and since then it can only survive on the sea.

The fleet follows the shore all the way south, and from the bow of the boats, you can see the lush land mountains in the distance.

Although Jiannu occupied the entire southern Liaoning, because the population was too small, it did not operate well, and the vast majority of its population was still in the Liaoshen Plain, and there were only a small number of garrisons in the mountainous areas of southern Liaoning. However, even so, in the past three or four years, Mao Wenlong has not launched a counteroffensive against southern Liaoning, but is content to stay on the island of Phi Dao, which is far from the mainland. The Dongjiang Army only had a few thousand troops stationed on the islands of Guanglu Island and other islands in southern Liaoning.

From Ningyuan to Phi Dao, along the coast of more than 2,000 miles, Sun Chuanting naturally could not spend a lot of time to go to Phi Dao, but chose to meet Mao Wenlong on the island south of Jinzhou.

Shuangdao is located in the southwest sea of Jinzhou Bay, and the two islands face each other in the north and south.

Sun Chuanting went ashore on the island on the south side, and the soldiers set up simple tents on the island.

A day later, Mao Wenlong hurried by boat and went to the island to meet Sun Chuanting.

Mao Wenlong was in his fifties, wearing armor, with gray hair and wrinkled face, but his body was straight.

"Mao Wenlong visited the Inspector, he came late, and he was really guilty." Mao Wenlong clasped his fists and saluted, and his voice was like a bell.

Lu Wenchuan, a staff member standing on the side, frowned. Although it was just a sentence, I felt Mao Wenlong's domineering.

Since Sun Chuanting supervised Liaodong, whether it was a general soldier or a deputy general, the first time a military general saw Sun Chuanting, he knelt and bowed. Although Mao Wenlong is the chief soldier of Zuodu Town, he is too far from Sun Chuanting in terms of status, so he naturally has to bow down when they meet for the first time. But Mao Wenlong just hugged his fists and saluted.

Sun Chuanting didn't do anything, but smiled and let Mao Wenlong be polite.

After the greetings, Mao Wenlong presented the account of the soldier book and asked Sun Chuanting to inspect and verify.

Sun Chuanting took it, put it aside, and said to Mao Wenlong with a smile: "General Mao is fifty, right?" ”

Mao Wenlong sighed: "Three out of fifty." ”

Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "At the age of the old general, it is the time when Sun Yi is being teased to raise his life, but the old general is still leading the troops to endure the wind and waves at sea, which is really hard. Do you have the idea of returning to Tian Rong and returning to his hometown? ”

Mao Wenlong sighed: "I did think about disarming and returning to the field before, after all, at such an old age, I am about to lose my sword." But there are more than 100,000 Liao people and tens of thousands of troops in Dongjiang Town, what should I do if I leave? I can't put it down. Don't hide it from the superintendent, you said, these eight lambs in Dongjiang Town, except for the old man, no one can control them. If I'm gone, these people won't be able to turn the world upside down. ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head and smiled: "No, no." ”

A simple conversation, seemingly casual chat, Mao Wenlong's domineering was once again shown in front of Sun Chuanting, and he clearly told Sun Chuanting that no one in Dongjiang Town could come except for him Mao Wenlong. made Sun Chuanting's heart can't help but rise on fire.

After the greetings, Sun Chuanting ordered a banquet to be held on the island to entertain Mao Wenlong and his entourage.

At the banquet, Sun Chuanting diligently persuaded him to drink, and took the initiative to talk about Mao Wenlong's deeds of opening the Zhenjiang Dongjiang River with great victory.

"Master Inspector, although my Dongjiang Town is lonely overseas, it is stuck in Jiannu's belly, when I am unhappy, I can send troops to land and stab Jiannu's ass hard. To the east of Phi Dao, there is the Korean country, the Korean lord is dim, the Korean soldiers are weak, and after the pacification of Jiannu, you can send troops from Phi Dao, pacify the Korean Peninsula in one fell swoop, and completely incorporate the Korean country into the rule of our Ming Dynasty. Mao Wenlong said boastfully.

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "North Korea is obedient to my Ming Dynasty, and it is a country that is not conquered by Taizu himself. ”

Mao Wenlong said: "What is the country that is not conquered, North Korea is a bastard of grass on the wall, don't you know, the king of North Korea has surrendered to Jiannu, and it is no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "The affairs of North Korea are handled by the imperial court, General Mao, let's talk about how to deal with Jiannu." The Dongjiang Army has been staying on Phi Dao for several years, and this is not okay. At present, Jiannu's troops in southern Liaoning are empty, and General Mao should lead his subordinates to attack southern Liaoning and occupy Lushun Jinzhou and other cities. ”

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said: "Supervisor, you don't understand at all, Lushun Jinzhou is mostly mountainous, the land is barren, even if you occupy it, you can't farm, and the city of Lushun Jinzhou is dilapidated, and if you occupy it, you can't stop the Jiannu counterattack, and you can't hold it at all." ”

Sun Chuanting was a little angry: "The Dongjiang army is tens of thousands, as long as you are determined to defend it, how can you not hold it?" ”

Mao Wenlong just shook his head: "The Inspector doesn't know, although the Dongjiang Army has tens of thousands of troops, but the big guy has not received a full salary for several years, and the food issued by the imperial court is not enough to eat for half a year. Not only is there a shortage of food, but there is a shortage of all kinds of materials in the army, and the brothers don't even have a piece of leather armor on average, they all have tattered knives and guns, not to mention cannons, and they don't even have a few guns, how can they fight with Jiannu?

Master Governor, the last general heard that the imperial court allocates four or five million taels of silver and grain to Liaodong every year, why is it only two or three hundred thousand taels when it arrives in my Dongjiang River? I have more than 100,000 people and 30,000 or 40,000 troops in Dongjiang, what can I do with this money and food? The imperial court can't let the brothers go hungry to fight with Jiannu.

Master Inspector, can you please tell the imperial court to allocate more money and food to the Dongjiang Army, and stop being corrupt and ruining the brothers' subsistence money? ”