Dongjiang Sixie, Mao Wenlong's son Mao Chengzuo and adopted son Mao Chenglu are each in charge of one, Chen Jisheng is also Mao Wenlong's confidant, and Mao Wenlong's generals naturally have no objection to Sun Chuanting's disposal.

Sun Chuanting also announced that the position of the Dongjiang General Soldier would be selected from among the four associations, and whoever made the greatest contribution would be the future Dongjiang General Soldier.

This is equivalent to using the Dongjiang General Army as bait to divide Mao Wenlong's subordinates. For the position of the general army, whether it is Mao Chenglu, Mao Chengzuo, or Chen Jisheng, they will all fight with red eyes, and it is impossible to unite against the imperial court.

Next, Sun Chuanting only needs to slowly rectify, and he can completely control the Dongjiang Army in his own hands.

And Mao Wenlong's resignation, the battle of the generals of Phi Dao, and the lack of a leader of the dragons, will also make Jiannu relax his vigilance against Phi Dao, and he will naturally rest assured to invade.

And as long as the position of the general army is used as bait at a critical time, the generals of the Dongjiang River can be coerced and lured to attack the flank of Jiannu to attract the attention of Jiannu.

Then, Sun Chuanting ordered Mao Chenglu to return with Dongjiang soldiers and horses. And Sun Chuanting himself also left Shuangdao with his soldiers and horses and returned to Liaoxi. Mao Wenlong naturally left with him.

"The marshal is leaving, he can't even let Phi Dao back, Governor Sun is clearly the marshal of the embankment." Mao Yongshi said to Mao Chenglu, by the way, Mao Yongshi had another name before changing his surname, called Kong Youde.

"My father-in-law is old, so it's good to leave Phi Island and go to Zhejiang to enjoy happiness." Mao Chenglu's eyes lit up and he had no opinion on Mao Wenlong's forced resignation.

Mao Yongshi guessed Mao Chenglu's thoughts at once, and blinked: "Now that the commander is gone, the Dongjiang Army is now leaderless, uncle, you are the best candidate for the general army." ”

Mao Chenglu waved his hand and said: "Chengzuo is a handsome parent, Chen Jisheng's position is above me, with the two of them, how can it be my turn to be the chief soldier." ”

Mao Yongshi said: "Didn't Governor Sun say, whoever has made great contributions, the general soldier is whoever, uncle, you have the most powerful military camp in your hands, who else is the position of the general soldier?" ”

Mao Chenglu didn't speak again, but his eyes revealed his inner thoughts. The position of the Dongjiang General Army, how does he not want to?

But according to the meaning of Sun Chuanting's words, if you want to be the chief soldier, you must make war achievements, which means that you have to fight with Jiannu with real swords and guns, which makes Mao Chenglu a little afraid. The strength of the Jiannu Eight Banners, how he didn't know, he didn't want to take the initiative to provoke Jiannu at all.

"Uncle, we are stationed in Guanglu Island, which is the closest to southern Liaoning, and Governor Sun will definitely let us attack Lushun in the next step, we should prepare early." Mao Yongshi's eyes lit up. He is also an ambitious person, if Mao Chenglu can become the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River, he will naturally rise and his official position will be promoted.

Mao Chenglu led his troops back to Guanglu Island, while Mao Wenlong's other subordinates returned to Phi Island, bringing back Sun Chuanting's orders by the way. From now on, Chen Jisheng became an assistant general and took charge of the entire Phi Island. Of course, Mao Chengzuo's official position, like Chen Jisheng, is also in charge of half of the Phi Dao army.

There is also Liu Xingzuo, although he also has thousands of troops in his hands, most of his subordinates are veterans of the Dongjiang Army.

Of course, Liu Xingzuo is not alone in Phi Dao, his brothers Liu Xingzhi, Liu Xingxian, Liu Xingji and others all followed him to Ming, and there are still a group of brothers in their hands. Because he was familiar with the details of Jiannu and proficient in the language of Jiannu, Mao Wenlong also assigned hundreds of Jurchen soldiers to Liu Xingzuo to take charge.

Yes, there are still many Jurchens on Phi Dao, some of them are from the hostile tribes of the Jurchens of Jianzhou, and some of them are the Eight Banners of the Army, which were collected by Mao Wenlong, and in the Dongjiang Army, these Jurchen barbarians have the strongest combat effectiveness.

"Big brother, Mao Shuai is leaving, big brother, your opportunity to control the Dongjiang River has arrived." Liu Xingzhi said to Liu Xingzuo.

Liu Xingzuo shook his head: "Vice General Chen is Mao Shuai's henchman, Mao Chengzuo Mao Chenglu is Mao Shuai's son, our brother is an outsider after all, how can he have the opportunity to be in charge of the Dongjiang River?" ”

Liu Xingzhi said with a smile: "Big brother, you are wrong, because of this, you have the opportunity to take charge of the Dongjiang River." Why did Governor Sun transfer Mao Shuai away, it was because the Dongjiang Army had become Mao Shuai's private soldiers, how could he let Chen Jisheng or Mao Chenglu be the new Dongjiang Commander-in-Chief, what was the difference between that and before? Our brothers abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the foundation in Phi Dao is shallow, so that Lord Sun can use it with confidence. ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "Fifth brother, what you said is also reasonable, but this alone is not enough to be the chief soldier, we must also show our value." ”

Liu Xingzhi said coldly: "Big brother, it's actually very easy to do, as long as we try to kill Chen Jisheng and Mao Chengzuo, we can master Phi Dao, Governor Sun already has opinions on the Mao family, so he will naturally take advantage of the situation to promote you to the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River." ”

Liu Xingzuo was taken aback and reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense! It was a mutiny, and even if it could occupy Phi Dao, it would inevitably anger the imperial court, and Governor Sun would inevitably send troops to ask for it. ”

Liu Xingzhi said disapprovingly: "As long as we occupy Phi Island and have heavy troops, what are we afraid of at that time, if the imperial court sends troops to ask for it, we will not be able to raise Phi Island and surrender to Dajin State." ”

Liu Xingzuo's face turned red angrily, and he slapped Liu Xingzhi in the face, "Bastard, let's abandon our family and escape from Jiannu easily, how can we surrender Jiannu and become traitors again?" Old Five, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you! ”

Liu Xingzhi covered his face and didn't dare to speak again.

After a fire, Liu Xingzuo calmed down: "The eldest husband should be meritorious in the world, I naturally want to be this chief soldier, but the fame is taken from the horse, and I don't want to do it by killing my colleagues." From the day we fled back from Jiannu, we and Jiannu were enemies of life and death. Therefore, killing slaves and making meritorious contributions is the best way to make meritorious contributions. ”

"Big brother is right, it should be like this, you can't fight in the nest." Liu Xingji also said.

"Big brother, I was wrong, don't be angry." Liu Xingzhi hurriedly said.

"It's good to know your mistakes," Liu Xingzuo said lightly, "Our brothers have been in Jiannu for more than ten years, and we are most familiar with them. It's been more than half a year since our brothers returned to Ming, so we can't just eat idle meals, we should also move. ”

"Yes, big brother!" Liu Xingzhi and Liu Xingji hugged their fists and led the way.

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"Liu Xingzuo sent someone to leave Phi Island by boat overnight?" Chen Jisheng was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, Vice President, my brothers have seen it with their own eyes." Guerrilla Zhang Taoyu said.

Chen Jisheng touched his beard: "What do the Liu brothers want to do?" ”

Zhang Tao said: "Most of them want to collude with Jiannu and surrender to Jiannu." ”

Chen Jisheng shook his head: "Don't talk nonsense. Liu Xingzuo just turned his back on Jiannu and returned to Ming, how could he surrender Jiannu again? ”

Zhang Tao said: "Vice President, maybe the Liu Xingzuo brothers are not really returning to the Ming, but the fine work sent by Jiannu, in order to seize our Phi Island?" ”

Chen Jisheng was stunned for a moment: "This is also possible." ”

Zhang Tao suggested: "Vice President, we should arrest the Liu brothers immediately, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Chen Jisheng shook his head: "You can't do anything without evidence, Liu Xingzuo is also the deputy general in charge of the First Association now, and his status is the same as mine, if you mess with him, I'm afraid it will cause chaos on Phi Island, and the court will not tolerate us." In this way, Zhang Tao, you send someone to secretly keep an eye on Liu Xingzuo, collect evidence, and after you have the real evidence, it is not too late to do it. ”