Three hundred and seventy seventh chapter sharpening the knife to the cattle and sheep (9)
On the twin islands outside Lushun, more than 10,000 Jinzhou troops have been stationed on the island for three days. Warships sailed by from time to time on the sea. Whenever they sailed past Gaotang Mountain, the highest point of the twin islands, the sailors on the ship would involuntarily shout to
Gaotang looked over. There was General Shi, who was leading their expedition across the sea.
On land, the sound of "bang bang" firecrackers was heard from time to time, but the left battalion of the infantry was conducting training on new matchlock guns. There were also groups of soldiers conducting so-called new queue training under the whips of officers' whips.
On the beach by the sea, groups of cavalry whizzed past, proudly showing off their equestrian skills, which made the infantry jealous. But when they saw dozens of cavalry who could not control their horses being kicked and beaten by the officers, they
Unexpectedly, a feeling of sympathy arose again.
The southern beach of the island has been cleared, and dozens of large ships parked on the sea are using small boats to continuously transport food to the island. The entire supply camp of 5,000 soldiers is busy carrying food there, and they are all sweating profusely from exhaustion.
.The sea breeze was blowing but it was a bit cold.
"one two three!"[
Accompanied by the sound of chants, more than two hundred shirtless men were laboriously moving several bronze cannons to Gaotang Mountain little by little. The man giving the whistle was already anxious. According to the orders of the Jinzhou Army, he was still happy if
If you don't transport the ten cannons to the mountain before dark, you will be subject to military law.
Looking up, he saw several generals of the Jinzhou Army drinking in the pavilion on the mountain. Shang Kexi couldn't help but get angry: Damn, I'm not from your Jinzhou Army. Why are you telling me to do things? I'll be sure when Huang Shuai comes.
I'm going to sue him! The powerful dragon can't overpower the local snakes. Why did the Jinzhou Army occupy my Dongjiang territory as soon as it came, and treat us Dongjiang soldiers as livestock! They say that the shop bullies customers, but now they are customers.
You've bullied the store, there's really nothing you can do about it.
Scolding for scolding, hate for hate, Shang Kexi did not dare to stop shouting for a moment. Although Shi Dayong bullied others, he was strict in military management. Yesterday, he beat up a Baihu who did not complete his errand.
He couldn't get out of bed. His own family members were like this. How could he be any better as an outsider?
Forget it, now Shi's soldiers are strong and I can't beat you, but when Huang Shuai comes, don't blame me for being evil. Shang Kexi spat, glanced at the pavilion fiercely, and continued to shout there
Call out, "One, two, three, pull!"
On the mountain, someone was giving "medicine" to Shang Kexi.
"General, Shang Kexi, like the last general, is a miner. When Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde started a rebellion, this guy also sent someone to contact him. If Huang Shuai hadn't blocked the sea channel, he might have rebelled.
My brother Shang Kejin is Huang Shuai's lieutenant. The two brothers are born in the same mold. They are both very evil and capable of stabbing people in the back, so we have to be on guard against them."
Geng Zhongming's role changed very quickly. In just one month, he had been voluntarily decentralized from a senior general of the rebels to a member of the Jinzhou Army. Shang Ke was also pleased with himself and Kong Youde, who was also known as the "Three Miners of Shandong"
There is no incense feeling, but I try my best to say whether it is good or not.
"What does Geng Baihu mean?" Dayong glanced at Geng Zhongming who was loyally admonishing him.
Geng Zhongming made a gesture of wiping the knife on his neck, "I chopped Shang Kexi into pieces before Huang Shuai and Monk Ke came in. It's easy to make up anything after death. I'm sorry that Huang Shuai will not fall out with us because of Shang Kexi. No Huang Shuai."
Support, Shang Kejin won't cause any trouble. Otherwise, if we go to Jinzhou, Shang Kexi will trick us."
Geng Zhongming's suggestion made Dayong a little tempted, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "This man did not make a big mistake. I'm afraid it would be bad to kill him rashly. Besides, he is not from our Jinzhou Army, and I have no right to kill him.
If I can kill other generals without permission, wouldn’t I really become a rebellious and traitorous minister who obeys the law and violates the law?"
When Geng Zhongming heard what Dayong said, his intuition felt a little awkward. When would Shi Dayong realize this? Geng Zhongming was still running around Denglai in the name of Kong Ni's remaining tribe. He didn't dare to expose Dayong's lies.
Because, out of understanding of Shang Kexi, I still insist on getting rid of it quickly.
"We are alone outside. We must not risk our retreat. Otherwise, if our retreat is cut off, we will be in danger. General, it is a good news to stay! If something happens to the twin islands, we will be unable to advance or retreat."
"You can't go on errands in the back, but you don't need to kill Shang Kexi." As he spoke, Dayong's eyes fell on Shang Kexi who was commanding his men to move the cannon in the distance. "Take him with you when we set off."
"That's fine." As long as Shang Kexi doesn't stay in Shuangdao, Geng Zhongming can feel at ease. As for whether to kill him, he still has to consider it.
Except for Li Dashan, who was ordered to lead the right battalion of the infantry to stay in Dengzhou, all the other battalion officers of the Jinzhou Army were present in the pavilion. In order for this expedition to be successful, Dayong also made a desperate effort, regardless of the fact that the new army had just been reorganized and had not received much training.
The combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the old army in Jinzhou. They brought four out of five battalions at once, plus nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in the personal camp. If you include the navy responsible for transportation and the food and grass consumed for this expedition, this expedition
It can be said that he has spent more than half of Dayong's fortune. If the attack fails, Dayong will face unimaginable crises and difficulties.
Putting Li Dashan in charge of Dengzhou, Dayong was worried. This guy could not be controlled by anyone but himself. Without his own orders, the imperial court would not pay attention to Li Dashan even if it sent ten supervisors. Song Guanglan, Wang Hui and others
The demoted officials are now tied to Dayong. If Dayong did not detain Zhao Quan and the others, these demoted officials might have other ideas. But now that Dayong has detained even the imperial envoys of the imperial court, how can they have anything else?
There is a way out, and we can only hope that Dayong can achieve another great victory in this expedition, while doing his job honestly under the supervision of Li Dashan.
After solving the gratifying problem, Dayong asked Jiang Wanli, who was drinking with Cao Bianjiao: "When will Huanglong arrive?"
Jiang Wanli put down his wine glass and said: "I guess there are still a few days left. After all, our notice was too sudden. Even if he is willing to come, he has to prepare. He won't be able to move for ten days and a half." [
It would be great if Huang Long could lead the Ming army from Pidao to help, but there was nothing he could do if he didn't come. After all, he was only a general, but Huang Long was the commander-in-chief. There was no reason in the world for the commander-in-chief to obey the orders of the general.
"Then we won't wait for him. As soon as Zhao Deqing and the others come back, we will set off. If he comes, leave Lushun to him to fight." Dayong was not prepared to wait in Shuangdao for Huang Long who didn't know whether he would come or not.
Hepi Island Mingjun.
"General, is Zheng Deqing reliable? If he betrays the enemy, Donglu will be prepared, and landing in Jinzhou may be dangerous." Jiang Wanli raised the question that has been bothering him these days.
Dayong is confident about this, "Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds. Zheng Deqing will not care about his son's life or death. If he really dares to rebel, I promise to send him a pot of meat."
"There is more than one son named Zheng. What if he risked his life?" Jiang Wanli reminded Zheng Deqing that Zheng Wen is not the only son. It is said that he has concubines in Liaoyang and Jinzhou, so there is no guarantee that he will not have other sons.
Having been a traitor to the Donglu for several years, he has done a lot of bad things, so I'm afraid it's not safe to threaten him with just one son's life.
"Why are you afraid of him if you go all out?" Dayong laughed, "We have come all the way to be a guest, so we can't just give up and leave without even meeting the host, right?"
"That's not what I mean. I'm just worried that our troops will suffer losses when the Donglu are prepared."
"It doesn't matter if you are prepared. Haha, if you can't outmaneuver him, just attack by force. I don't believe that hundreds of cannons can't blast through his Jinzhou city wall."
Listening to what Dayong said, his artillery battalion has so many cannons and enough gunpowder. Even if Zhao Deqing betrays the enemy and Jinzhou's Jin army is on guard, they will not be able to stop it. Jinzhou City is almost completely covered.
It's something that happened. It would be unfounded to keep worrying about this and that. Thinking of this, Jiang Wanli stopped talking.
After Dayong took two bites of the food and drank a glass of wine, he put down his chopsticks and let Cao Bianjiao and the others drink by themselves while he took Guo Yi to find Zhao Quan and the others who were detained in the army.
Seeing Shi Dayong bringing people over, Lu Yuan, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu who was responsible for protecting Zhao Quan and others, hurriedly came up to greet them. Dayong signaled that he didn't need to be polite and went straight into the military tent, where he found Zhao Quan, Jiang Yihe, and Xie Yiqing.
"Eunuch Zhao, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Xie." Dayong called them by name one by one, acting in a very friendly manner, without any sense of shame or guilt.
Seeing that it was Shi Dayong who was coming, Jiang Yihe snorted and turned his head away from the guy he had determined to be a traitor to the traitor.
Zhao Quan was a little scared, so he forced a smile and agreed, but he had nothing to say after that. Along the way, he asked for everything he needed to ask for, but Shi Dayong just wouldn't let them go. Now they are trapped in this broken house somewhere.
On the island, it is even more like a bird stuck in a prison and unable to fly. What else is there to think about? Besides, Zhao Quan has not recovered from being bumpy on the sea for so many days. He has to stand for a longer time and sit for a longer time.
He couldn't help but vomit, not to mention how uncomfortable his stomach was, and it was difficult to speak. He was better. Although he was an eunuch who had been castrated, he was still young after all. Jiang Yihe was shaking when he walked, as if he was stuck on the boat.
After a long time, I became unaccustomed to this land.
The only one among the three who could face it calmly was Xie Yiqing, a doctor from the Ministry of War. He stood up and nodded to Dayong in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. It was considered a courtesy and he didn't say anything after that. It seemed that he was grateful to Dayong for detaining them.
Lang Zhongzhong was also very angry.
"How are you three living on the island?" Dayong sat down familiarly.
Seeing his arrogant look, Jiang Yihe couldn't help but snorted again and said coldly: "Okay, very good. It's all thanks to you, General Shi, that I can live comfortably on this island."
Dayong knew that the old man was speaking sarcastically, so he was not annoyed. He smiled, and then told them seriously: "You three must recuperate your health as soon as possible. There is no chance that our army will go to sea again tomorrow."
"Going to sea again?" Zhao Quan exclaimed, "General Shi, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Of course I am working for the imperial court, otherwise what else does Eunuch Zhao think I want to do?" Dayong looked at Zhao Quan and the others with a sincere face.
Jiang Yihe said angrily: "Shi Dayong, a wise man doesn't tell secrets. I think you don't want to work for the imperial court, but you want to be independent in this sea. Otherwise, why would you bring so many soldiers and horses to the sea? What are you talking about?
Serve your life for the imperial court. I think you only have three hundred taels of silver here. If you really want to serve your life for the imperial court, you won’t detain us and should return to Beijing. Why bother escaping to this sea!"
"Dayong was sharpening his sword in Dengzhou just to go to sea today and work hard for the imperial court. How come the boss said that Dayong has the heart to be independent? You really want to accuse me, so why bother? You said that I, Shi Dayong, have eaten enough."
Are you brave enough to come to this sea and suffer!" Dayong was also angry, and his voice became louder unconsciously. Lu Yuan outside could only smile bitterly when he heard this. Now it was Shi Dayong who killed everyone inside,
What can he do.[
Xu Shi spoke too hard just now and was frightened by Dayong. Jiang Yihe couldn't hold it in anymore and was so angry that he couldn't speak. However, Xie Yiqing suddenly spoke sarcastically: "It's so hard to sharpen a knife. It's so hard to sharpen a knife."
, Shi Dayong, I think you have sharpened your sword quickly enough, and your soldiers and horses are so strong that the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty are no match for you."
Hearing this, Dayong laughed and said, "Master Xie, do you think this general is going to attack Pi Island?"
Xie Yiqing stared at Dayong and asked him: "Besides Pidao, where else can you gain a foothold?"
Dayong shook his head, feeling sad that he had been misunderstood. He sighed and said slowly: "The sharpening of the knife is naturally for slaughtering cows and sheep. There are not so many cows and sheep on the island for me to kill, Mr. Xie."
You have misunderstood."
"Misunderstanding?" Xie Yiqing seemed to have heard a big joke and couldn't help but laugh, "You made such a big fuss because you were planning to hide on the island!"
"Okay, since the three of you misunderstood Shi so much, then Shi will tell the truth. Shi's crossing the sea with Wen this time is definitely not the result of a quarrel with his roommates. There is only one enemy of Shi, and that is
The Jurchen Tatars who occupy my land and kill my compatriots!”
"Jurchen Tatars?!"
Dayong's words made Zhao Quan, Xie Yiqing, and Jiang Yihe stunned at the same time. This message was so unbelievable that it was beyond their understanding. Considering what Shi Dayong did in Dengzhou, Xie Yiqing did not think that Shi Dayong
Dayong was telling the truth. He opened his mouth to ridicule him again for not daring to tell his story, but he heard soldiers outside shouting: "General, ship, ship, ship is coming!"
After hearing the news, he bravely turned around and ran outside the tent, took three steps at a time and climbed onto a rock not far away. Looking around, sure enough, in the sunset, a fishing boat with sails was heading towards the two sides from the direction of Zhenjiang.
The island was approaching, and Zhao Deqing and three people stood on the bow.
Dayong just stood on the rocks, staring blankly at the fishing boats approaching the twin islands. After a long time, he took a long breath, and then walked up the mountain with his hands behind his hands.
"They are back, it's time for me to go."
"East River Storm" ends, and "Wolf Walks Thousand Miles" begins.