When Chen Cheng tore off his mask of kindness and started to cause chaos in the Korean Peninsula, Shang Yangwu went through many hardships and obstacles and finally met Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army. Mao Wenlong's hair had turned gray, but his waist was still straight.
, looks very warrior-like.
He was originally a small officer in Liaodong Town. When the Liaodong Army was defeated, he took two hundred people to venture out to sea and went deep into the rear of the Jurchens in Jianzhou. He gathered hundreds of thousands of Liaodong people and established Dongjiang Town from scratch.
.Such a figure, if placed in the Han Dynasty, would be a figure like Ban Chao.
But in the Ming Dynasty, he was just a hateful guy who was regarded as a thorn in the side of the ministers and the Liaoxi warlords. This guy didn't understand the unspoken rules of the court at all. Every time he received food and salary, he had to carefully count it.
If the amount is wrong, they will not sign or deposit it.
This is so unpolitical! What’s wrong with the gentlemen who have lost 30 to 40% of the supplies? The gentlemen haven’t eaten yet!
Because of the issue of food and salary, Mao Wenlong was in trouble with everyone. Only Yuan Keli defended him in every aspect because of the important strategic location of Dongjiang Town. But Yuan Keli's behavior was simply asking for death. If he did this, everyone would still
Do you want to get rich?
Liaodong's military salary of six million taels a year, plus countless supplies, fattened up many corrupt officials. Mao Wenlong told the truth from time to time, and everyone hated him. Yuan Keli and Mao Wenlong
If they are mixed together, it is not a good thing.
Soon, someone began to sow discord between the two. Mao Wenlong was a junior officer, and he took a position on the Kaizhen side, relying on repeated bloody battles with Jiannu. He already had some contempt for the ministers of the DPRK and China.
He didn't catch his eye, and after being flirted with a few times, he got into a conflict with Yuan Keli.
Yuan Keli also had a temper. He always spoke for Mao Wenlong, but in the end he ended up being a loser. When he got angry, he just gave up his job. In fact, he also saw clearly that if he continued to work, his head would be almost gone, so he might as well quit as soon as possible.
For example, Xiong Tingbi defeated Jiannu twice in field battles and made such great contributions that he almost turned the situation in Liaodong over. What was the result? Was he still beheaded?
He, Yuan Keli, could be loyal to the country, but he did not want to risk his own life.
When Shang Yangwu met Mao Wenlong, the latter was in dire straits. Liao Town’s annual military salary of six million taels was less than 200,000 taels given to Dongjiang Town, so he was regarded as a thorn in the side of many people. He used to talk to
When Wei Zhongxian refused to deal with him, Yuan Chonghuan hugged Wei Zhongxian's thigh and came to make things difficult for him.
Now that Wei Zhongxian has fallen, Yuan Chonghuan changed his mind and began to accuse Mao Wenlong of being an eunuch. This kind of confusing right and wrong, calling a deer a horse, made Mao Wenlong dumbfounded. The existence of Dongjiang Town is to constantly slap Liao Town in the face.
Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and others were slapped repeatedly on the face.
This summer, Hong Tai led troops to attack western Liaoning and cut all the summer grain in the fields outside the city. Liao Town boasted an army of 100,000 people and received so much military pay every year, but they did not dare to do anything.
Dare to hide inside the city and let Jiannu capture all the people outside the city.
Dongjiang Town only received 120,000 taels of military pay this year. At the beginning of the year, it fought several battles with the Jiannu on the Korean border, beheading thousands of people. If the Jurchens had not snatched back the soldiers who died in battle, they would have received less.
There are even more heads that can be reached. One person with 120,000 taels can achieve so many results, while the other with 6 million taels dare not go out except to defend the city. What does the emperor think of this?
So the ministers in the court acted preemptively and criticized Mao Wenlong even more.
Shang Yangwu didn't know that Mao Wenlong was almost drowned with saliva. He took out the letter from his arms and said, "The Black Dragon King has a letter here."
Mao Wenlong took the letter and read it, and saw that it read, "Since ancient times, the ministers of the country have become the masters of the country. The king of Korea has surrendered to the slaves and has become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. The general was ordered by the emperor to guard Dongjiang. Now that the subordinate country has rebelled, it is time to send troops to attack
"North Korea has three thousand miles of land and a population of four million households. If you advance, you can seek peace and establish slaves. If you retreat, you can defend one side, or you can threaten the rear of the slaves. Does the general have any intention?"
"This... Who is the Black Dragon King? How dare he attack a vassal country of the imperial court without permission?"
Shang Yangwu said disapprovingly: "Korea is now a vassal state of Jiannu!"
Of course Mao Wenlong knew that North Korean soldiers were vulnerable, but he never thought of seizing North Korea. It was absolutely impossible to be allowed by the court! But at the same time, he was eager to try. He never thought he could do this before, but now someone
I told him loudly, and my mind immediately became alive.
Yes, the Koreans can send troops to attack Dongjiang Town, why can't the Dongjiang Army launch a counterattack? Now hundreds of thousands of people in Dongjiang were saved by him from the butcher's knife of Jiannu. He has something to do with the imperial court and Liao Town.
Relationship? If it weren't for the military salary of hundreds of thousands taels every year, why would you have to quarrel with the rats in the court?
However, the imperial court's righteousness is still there. If he leads troops to attack North Korea, he will be criticized by the DPRK. I am afraid that many of his generals will side with the imperial court. Didn't Yuan Chonghuan just seduce the Lushun garrison to turn to the side?
Have you arrived in Liao Town?
He hesitated for a few days, and Chen Cheng had already entered Pyongyang City. Then the letter from the North Koreans asking for help arrived. In the memorial to the court, the North Korean King Li Jie clearly mentioned himself and the North Korean court, saying:
The second incident was caused by North Korean rebels.
In addition to petitioning the Ming court for reinforcements, Li Zhu also wrote a letter to Mao Wenlong, asking him to send troops to attack the Japanese pirates.
Seeing such shameless faces, Mao Wenlong was filled with old and new hatreds. He now does not dare to lead troops to attack North Korea, but he is also absolutely unwilling to help the North Koreans fight. These shameless North Koreans,
What the hell!
He settled Shang Yangwu, sent someone to send North Korea's memorial to Denglai, and then continued to focus on Jian Nu. By the time the memorial was sent to Beijing and the imperial court ordered Mao Wenlong to send troops to rescue North Korea, it was already
Two or three months later, Chen Cheng had already penetrated the Korean peninsula and used the main gun on the battleship "Yushi Tonghui" to smash the city wall of Qingyang Mansion.
After receiving the imperial edict, Mao Wenlong had no intention of helping the Koreans fight the war. Instead, he began to argue with the court. He listed the various difficulties in Dongjiang Town, saying that they ate less and worked more. This year they only received 120,000 yuan.
The two armies had to pay thousands of slaves, but now they had no food and military pay. They asked the court to release all the food and military pay they had owed over the years so that the soldiers could have the strength to rescue the Koreans.
After the big guys in the court heard about it, they all said "poof". Mao Wenlong was just thinking about it. He wanted to get money without giving a kickback? In fact, Mao Wenlong didn't refuse to give it, but the appetite of the big guys was getting bigger and bigger.
The bigger it gets, the faster it goes from a quarter to a 50-50 split, and now it's actually thinking of splitting the 30-70 split with Mao Wenlong.
The big bosses divided it 70%, and Mao Wenlong took 30%. Of course Mao Wenlong refused to do it. He claimed to have an army of 100,000 men, but of course there were not that many. Now he only has 30,000 combatable soldiers. But apart from the soldiers, his men
There are still hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled from Liaodong to support.
If the account is split between 30 and 70, he can only get 50,000 to 60,000 military pay every year, and he has to spend money to buy weapons and armor himself. How is this enough? The two sides are arguing with each other again, and no one cares about North Korea's affairs.
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After Li Zhu fled to Qingyang Mansion, he saw that Ming Chao had not responded, so he simply asked Jiannu's father for help. Oh, no, he was not Hong Tai's son, but Hong Tai's slave. You should also watch the dog beating.
Master, now that the slave is beaten, will the master come out to help?
Hong Tai received Li Zhu's letter asking for help in Shenyang in November. Mang Gurtai, Amin and others were reluctant to send troops to rescue the Koreans at this time. Last year, they sent troops at this time and were almost blocked by the Dongjiang Army.
In the mountains. Although the refugees from the Dongjiang Army were poorly equipped, they all had a bloody feud with the Jurchens and they really dared to fight against the Jiannu.
But Hong Tai was worried about this. He tried his best to persuade several brothers, and then regardless of the fatigue of his troops, he led more than 30,000 people to North Korea to kill. This time, it was not like last year. Mao Wenlong reoccupied
After Iron Mountain, I sleep with one eye open.
As soon as he heard that Jiannu was coming again, he immediately alerted the court. When sending troops to fight, he hoped that the court would send troops from western Liaoning to attack the hinterland of Jiannu. However, Liao Town reported that there were 100,000 troops of Jiannu blocking their way.
In front of them, they are outnumbered and cannot defeat them.
Anyway, we just eat and don’t work. When the enemy comes, we will hide in the city. If you want us to go out to fight against the slaves, that is absolutely impossible. Emperor Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne a few months ago, was furious.
Furious, he ordered the soldiers and horses of Liao Town to go into battle.
Sun Chengzong and other big bosses also secretly communicated with the generals of Liao Town, saying that if you take so much money and food a year, you still have to go out to fight a war! Forced to have no choice, Liao Town sent an unlucky man to march eastward with an army of 20,000 people.
Fa, just after crossing the river, they encountered two Niu Lu's Houjin cavalry. More than 10,000 Liao troops who had crossed the ice fled in the wind, abandoned their artillery and baggage, and ran madly towards the road they came from.
Later, the Jin army killed them from behind, beheading more than 2,000 people, and captured countless people. Therefore, Liao Zhen wrote to the court, saying that Mao Wenlong was really nothing, and that Liaodong was empty, it was all lies. When the Liao army was defeated, Mao Wenlong was in the Yalu River.
Bian fought hard with Jiannu.
When Shang Yangwu heard about the Jiannu attack, he volunteered to go back and ask for reinforcements. Mao Wenlong also claimed to be a general of the imperial court at that time, so how could he accept the pirates' assistance? But within a few days, news of the Liao army's defeat came.
While Mao Wenlong scolded the people in Liao Town as trash, he could only agree with Shang Yangwu's opinion.
At this time, Chen Cheng had already pacified Jeolla Province, and sent people to recruit more than 600 ronin from Japan to form an army. After receiving Mao Wenlong's letter asking for help, he was unambiguous and immediately captured more than 3,000 ronin.
The nobles escorted weapons, armor and food to the north to support the Dongjiang Army.
