In the somewhat surprised eyes of the generals, a red-faced general standing behind made a promise and stepped forward. It was Mao Dezu who was born in Xingyang, Central Plains, and went south to join the army as a wealthy family.
Beifu system, when Liu Yi conquered Chu in the west, he crossed from the Central Plains to the south and returned to Jin. He once served as Liu Jingxuan's military commander, and later he was promoted all the way and became General Jianwu under Liu Daogui. However, compared with Tan Shao and Zhu Chaoshi,
The level of these generals is still two levels lower. Ordinarily, letting him serve as the chief general of the right army would be a bit overstepped.
However, in the eyes of everyone who looked suspicious and even jealous, Liu Muzhi still smiled slightly and said: "General Mao, in the last battle of Ma Tau, all the generals have contributed, but you stayed in Jiangling and formed the naval force.
You joined the battlefield on time and cut off the retreat of the demon thieves. In the Battle of Wulindu, you sank and captured more than 400 warships of the enemy fleet. Most people in the world credit the generals and commanders in the land battle, but they ignored you.
The gains made in water battles are the best among the entire army."
Mao Dezu smiled and waved his hand: "If you let me change it, I would rather capture the heads of hundreds of thieves in a land battle than take advantage of these in a water battle. To be honest, those battles have already been defeated.
The remaining defeated generals had no fighting spirit and only wanted to escape for their lives, and the sailors on the pirate ships also went ashore in large numbers to participate in the battle, and less than 30% of them finally escaped back to the ship."
"This has caused many demon thief warships to be unable to move. As long as our warships catch up with these enemy warships that are short of men, they can easily sink them or jump on them, and as long as they board
Even the demon thieves who had been extremely ferocious in the past and fought to the end chose to surrender."
Liu Muzhi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, in this battle, more than 6,000 demon thieves were captured. These were Xu Daofu's elite and old subordinates, and they were actually willing to capture them without mercy. We also asked afterward
These thieves were desperate. They no longer wanted to fight. Even some old thieves who had followed Sun En for more than ten years and followed Lu Xun across the ocean to Guangzhou simply gave up resistance and surrendered, or even just wanted speed.
Dead. This shows that even the strongest old thieves have lost their confidence and fighting spirit. Those who know that their crimes are heinous just want to die."
Tan Daoji gritted his teeth: "This kind of old thieves have brought trouble to the Jin Dynasty for many years. Their hands are stained with the blood of the Jin army and civilians. They all committed heinous crimes. I don't know why Liu Pushe spared their lives. Could it be that
For these thieves, by not settling old debts, they want to tell the people of the world that they can be enemies of the Jin Dynasty and kill the military and civilian officials of the Jin Dynasty, but can they still be safe?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "I have my own use for these people. We will discuss this matter later. General Mao, I will give you five thousand troops and two hundred warships to serve as the right wing of the army. You must do a good job with Jiangzhou."
The contacts there, especially the fleet led by Luo Longsheng, must accompany you, because many of the military rations and equipment needed by the army must be provided by Jiangzhou until Leichikou joins the slave army from Jiankang.
, we are safe."
Mao Dezu said sternly: "When I set off, I will send more than ten signal boats to and from the ports of Chaisang and Lujiang to get in touch with the Jiangzhou fleet and also pick up their supply ships."
Liu Muzhi smiled and handed the command arrow to Mao Dezu. He watched him salute and take the command arrow. After he stepped back, Liu Muzhi's eyes fell on Tan Daoji: "Daoji, the mission of this Chinese military fleet is
It’s up to you to command 17,000 warriors and 500 Huanglong warships. This is the main force of our Jingzhou Legion and the elite of the entire army. Don’t let us down."
As he spoke, he picked up the largest command arrow with his fat hand and handed it to Tan Daoji. Tan Daoji put away his smile, stepped forward extremely seriously, took the command arrow, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Liu Pushe, I will definitely do it here."
I have fulfilled my mission. If the front army encounters the enemy, I will join the front army here, shrink the left and right armies, form a naval fleet, and depending on the situation, fight the enemy decisively, or retreat to the nearby water fort to hold a stalemate with them.
"
Liu Muzhi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Remember, don't force it. If the monster thief comes to fight with the main fleet, we can avoid their attack and retreat to big ports such as Yuzhang or Jiangxia. The enemy cannot easily
Those who attack us forcefully, but as long as we hold on to the stalemate, the navy of our Jiankang army can attack the demon thieves from both front and rear. When the time comes that they will be unable to advance and retreat, and will be attacked on both sides, our army will win a complete victory."
Speaking of this, Liu Muzhi paused: "It's just that if the demon thief changes direction and goes out of the thunder pool with all the main force first, left to meet our Jiankang Navy, General Tan, you must also come here
Speed up the advance, defeat the demon thief's interception fleet, and flank its main naval force. Of course, this requires sufficient and accurate information. At this point, you should rely more on the reconnaissance situation of the former army. I will also use various intelligence here.
Way given to you.”
Tan Daoji smiled and glanced at Zhu Chaoshi: "Little Shitou, don't give me false information, or I'll take you for questioning."
Zhu Chaoshi made a face: "I have Fat Changshi's information for you to compare. You don't have to worry about anything. Moreover, I have spies among the demon thieves here, and I have control over their every move. Otherwise, why would I
Why does Fat Changshi want me to be the striker?"
Tan Daoji smiled and waved his hand, retreated to his position, looked at Liu Muzhi and said: "Okay, the army has been arranged like this, then Liu Pushe, you are in Jiangling City to mobilize follow-up supplies for us, and you will be the commander-in-chief.
The big picture?”
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "Don't think that since I am not in the central army, I will not go this time. I will accompany the rear army fleet, supervise the food, grass and ordnance, and provide guarantee for the army. However, now that the army is about to leave, there is one thing
, it must be done!”
As he spoke, a murderous look appeared in his narrowed eyes on his fat face. With a wave of his hand, he saw the gates on both sides of the city opened. Six to seven hundred unkempt men in death row uniforms were strung together by ropes.
, everyone was tied up, and a few strong sergeants dragged these people to the river. They also resisted and struggled desperately, but as long as they resisted a little, they would be picked up by the sergeants behind them.
Iron rods and copper mallets were used to hit the guy hard several times. When a guy went down, his bones and tendons were suddenly broken. Amidst the screams, many of the guys whose hands and feet were broken had no strength to resist. They were just beaten like this.
Dragging them to the riverside, Tan Daoji looked at these people and murmured: "Aren't these the old thieves who were captured in the Battle of Horse Head? Are they going to be killed to sacrifice the flag and leave the army?" (End of this chapter)
