Chapter 021 The Foothold
After getting Li Yue's joining, Wang Xuejun was extremely happy, and then grabbed Zhao Laoshi's hands and said, "You two are my left and right generals.
But the names of you two are really a bit rustic. Now I will change your name to you. Zhao Zhenwu is named Zhao Zhenwu, and Zhang Zhenjing is called Zhang Xingbang?"
They were divided into the left and right generals and had their own name. The two of them were so grateful that they imitated themselves. They knelt on the ground and called themselves the lord.
Now, Wang Xuejun's subordinates include Yu Minzhong's five hundred navy, five hundred sailors, five hundred surrendered Dashun Army, and five hundred black slave pirates.
There is Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, who is equivalent to the chief minister of the cabinet. There is Yu Minzhong, the general of the fleet, Li Yue, the general of the left and right.
In this blink of an eye, Wang Xuejun's grass-roots team began to take shape.
"Okay, now I will order that I, Wang Xuejun, officially become the governor of Tianji Office, and Tianji Army is officially established."
Everyone on the warship jumped and cheered. No matter what their identity was, they had a dignified and formal name and a goal.
"Now, the governor ordered that the sailing should be set, and the fleet would go straight to Tianjin Guards, enter Beijing City, and rob the prince."
The fleet is about to set sail, but there is also a problem. We must first find a dock to find a place to settle down. The damaged warship needs to be repaired, and the fresh water on the ship needs to be replenished.
The most important thing is that soldiers, both old and new, must be armed.
When the boat arrives in Beijing, it needs to go ashore and fight in the field.
Now everyone only has cannons on the warships, and almost all the rest are bare-handed.
You can't carry a cannon alone to hedge against the Dashun army of hundreds of thousands of Li Zicheng. Wait until Macau Jack brings the muskets over?
Time doesn't wait for anyone, wait for him, the hot dogs are cold.
Yu Minzhong immediately proposed: "Grandmaster, we will take advantage of the victory to directly attack the Denglai Naval Terminal Pier occupied by the Dashun Army. On the one hand, we can repair warships, and on the other hand, we can also occupy a foothold."
Li Yue shook his head and objected: "As far as I know, Li Chuang had a large army of 50,000 bandits on the Shandong Peninsula. Denglai is an important territory for bandits, with nearly 15,000 soldiers. What about us?"
Spread your hands and look around.
Xu Jie smiled and said, "The Heavenly Magic Mansion is here."
Li Yue said solemnly: "What the General Manager said is that only about 1,000 people can land on the shore and occupy territory. Even if we occupy the port of Denglai, we will be submerged by more than 15,000 bandits stationed there in a blink of an eye."
Wang Xuejun sighed: "Where should I buy an army? I'm really anxious."
Xu Jie and Yu Minzhong covered their faces at that time: "I was fascinated by money. Although I must not have money, can I do anything if I have money? A joke."
"But our fleet can't always float on the sea, it's a must." Wang Xuejun decided: "No matter what method or how much money we use, we must find a piece of land."
At this time, Li Yue proposed again: "Let's go to Weiguo Town, Wuding Prefecture."
Wang Xuejun asked in confusion: "The entire Shandong was occupied by bandits. Is this a pure land?"
Li Yue smiled and shook his head: "Although this is not a pure land, this may be our foothold."
"Why?"
Li Yue said: "After the young patriarch of Weiguo Town surrendered to Dashun, he became my good friend. Although he surrendered first when the thieves occupied Shandong, I think he was not sincere."
"How can I see it?"
So Li Yue said that he had his own opinions on the patriarch of the Weiguo Town.
In ancient China, the real jurisdiction of the imperial court could only reach the county level.
The townships under the county are nominally under the government's jurisdiction, but in fact the government is lazy and has subcontracted them to local gentry and powerful people.
In addition to county towns, in the countryside, the power of the family is greater than that of the country.
This Weiguo Town is actually the dominant leader of the Sun family. He came here to do business and the population migrated here outside. He only knew that there was the head of the Sun family, but not the imperial court.
The eldest son of the Sun family, Sun Jian, was a Jinshi during the Tianqi period and became the position of the prefect of Wuding, so here he was even more capable of covering the sky.
Seeing the thieves coming overwhelmed by the overwhelming army, the Ming army had long been corrupt and could not act.
Sun Jian immediately opened the city and surrendered to Dashun, protecting the people of Wuding Prefecture from the disaster.
Then, he spent countless money to donate a general title to his son in the Dashun Army.
But when he got the title of general, he abandoned the title of Wuding Prefect, and followed his son, who was named general, and directly returned to his hometown Weiguo Town.
Not to mention this, with his great prestige, in his hometown, Wei Bang, with his own prestige for many years, he called on the gentry to donate money, and in the name of his son, he called on five thousand townsmen to call on the banner of Dashun. At the same time, he used the convenience of being the Mansion of Wuding to move almost all the artillery and defensive equipment in Wuding City back to his hometown to guard Weiguo Town.
"The five thousand township heroes he summoned were essentially different from those bandits."
“Where is different?”
Such a birth experience made Wang Xuejun interested.
Because according to history, when Li Zicheng swept across Henan, Hebei and Shandong, Ming officials from all over the country turned against each other and sought temporary peace.
As a result, after Li Zicheng was defeated and transferred his main team to Beijing, the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered to the Dashun army instantly turned against each other, drove away the Dashun army and announced their return to the embrace of the court.
This is why the entire Henan has returned to power. Li Yue's brother Li Yan is far-sighted and asks Li Zicheng that as long as he gives him 20,000 elite soldiers, he will sit in Henan, and let all the rebellion disappear immediately.
As a result, he was devoted to Li Zicheng's country and country, but it aroused the jealousy of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance. Under the slander, Li Zhicheng also became suspicious of Li Yan.
Finally, Li Yan was killed.
From this point of view, because of the outsider relationship, Li Yue was much more sober than his brother Li Yan.
"Reporting to the Grand Commander, after Sun Jian and his son retreated to Weiguo Town, although under the banner of the Dashun Army, all other teams of the Dashun Army wanted to enter his town, he used all kinds of excuses to refuse. For those Dashun Army who wanted to enter Weiguo Town, they would first treat each other with courtesy and refuse politely. If they failed, they would move out artillery and send out village warriors to fight directly."
Xu Jie smiled: "This father and son may be in Cao's camp and in his heart."
Li Yue clapped: "The General Manager is right. The father and son may have used this identity to save their family business first, and more likely to accumulate strength. Once the Ming Dynasty counterattacks, they will turn against Dashun again."
Wang Xuejun's eyes lit up: "Then what you two mean is that as long as we take the banner of Ming Dynasty, their father and son may support us. This will give us a foothold."
Xu Jie nodded.
Li Yue shook his head: "Now we are taking the banner of Ming Dynasty. The situation of their father and son is unknown, so they may reject us. At the same time, we don't understand their inner thoughts. We may fall into their trap and sell us for a good price."
Wang Xuejun agreed deeply: "Then what do you mean?"
"We first take the banner of the Dashun Army and ask for a rest. If they refuse, we will take advantage of it and take a break. If I secretly explain my relationship with them, even if they do not surrender to us, they will never suddenly turn against each other."
Wang Xuejun clapped his hands: "I am worthy of being my military advisor, and I think about things very comprehensively. At this point, I'm afraid you are much better than your brother Li Yan."
Li Yue smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The governor has said that in fact, my wisdom is like a swan and a sparrow. It's just that my brother is in the game with a silence and loyalty."
Wang Xuejun suddenly looked at him with a smile. "You are a rebellious boy."
Until Li Yue felt a creepy feeling when he saw it, he quickly knelt down: "Governor, I am not a capricious villain. As long as the adults are dedicated to the world of this Han people, I will die."
Wang Xuejun laughed: "I like to joke, don't be too careful."
After standing up, Li Yue quietly wiped his cold sweat: "Superiors should be joking with their subordinates? That would scare their subordinates to death."
"Can the superiors joke with their subordinates?"
Chapter completed!