Lu Ming

Chapter 592 Mao Chenglu

The rough trestle bridge made of broken planks made creaking noises.

Mao Chenglu, deputy general of Dongjiang on the trestle bridge and guard of Guanglu Island, looked at the slowly approaching boat, feeling confused mixed with a little excitement.

Early this morning, Mao Chenglu, who was warming up in the old wooden house, drinking tea and nibbling on rough bread, was suddenly informed by the soldiers who broke into the door: a big ship was coming from the sea.

He picked up a robe and hurried out, and found that there were some huge ships on the sea that he had never seen before.

Mao Chenglu knew that "the job" was coming.

Before that, news spread to Guanglu Island: Kong Youde's department, which originally planned to go to sea to participate in the war outside the customs, changed its itinerary for some reason.

Due to the fact that it is in a period of chaos and the imperial court does not pay much attention to it, the news transmission of Dongjiang Town has always been slow, a beat slower than other military towns.

The information Mao Chenglu received at that time was relatively simple. He only knew that some reinforcements were coming from the south, so Dengzhou changed its plan.

Later, when a certain fleet arrived in Dengzhou, Mao Chenglu got accurate information one after another——Kong Youde and others have always been in close contact with Mao Chenglu.

Unlike Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, Mao Wenlong's godsons, Mao Chenglu was Mao Wenlong's blood-related nephew, and Mao Wenlong had always raised him as his own son.

So when Mao Wenlong was still alive, Mao Chenglu was a member of the Neiding General at a young age-commanding Mao Wenlong's family members composed of adopted sons and grandchildren, ranking first among all the sons.

Later, after Mao Wenlong was killed, in order to appease the Dongjiang generals, the imperial court retained Mao Wenlong's obvious default successor, Mao Chenglu, who was not only promoted to deputy general, but also led the First Association of Pidao Army.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan died, and Mao Chenglu immediately wrote a letter to complain for Mao Wenlong.However, the imperial court then dispatched Mao Chenglu to Guanglu Island, which was more remote and farther away from the political center.

As a result, Mao Chenglu, the former prince of Dongjiang Town, finally fell to the position of the old man of the gatekeeper.

This is also the reason why Mao Chenglu in history led his troops to respond immediately after Kong Youde's rebellion: with resentment in his heart, he started to see a gap.

But in the plane of the traveler, history was changed at a critical moment.

Mao Chenglu, who had already rebelled at this time, had a butterfly effect due to the change in the fate of Kong Youde's department.Not only did Mao Chenglu not raise an army this time, but at the darkest moment of his life, he ushered in another turning point.

Standing on the trestle, Lieutenant General Mao, who was wrapped in a thick thick padded robe of dirty coarse cloth, saw a scene he had never seen before: there were more than a dozen strange large ships floating on the sea, some of which were emitting faint black smoke.

Soon, the soldiers came to report: a small boat was approaching.

Mao Chenglu, who had excellent eyesight, didn't need to report from his own soldiers, not only saw the boat, but also saw a few vaguely familiar figures at the bow.

At this time, the coastline of Guanglu Island has been filled by soldiers and civilians from Dongjiang Town who heard the news.

These gradually gathered people include men, women, old and young.In this cold little glacier winter, all of them wore tattered clothes, and many of them were wrapped in straw.

Most of them have disheveled faces.Perhaps the only thing that can prove the identity of a soldier is the iron knife hanging on the waist of the young and strong.

Not long after, the down-and-out brothers meet again, and they are very kind.Before the boat stopped, the excited Kong Youde stepped onto the pier one step at a time: "Old brother, how have you been?"

"Okay, okay!" Mao Chenglu, who had lost a lot of weight, strode up to meet him, hugged his old brother and laughed loudly: "It's not good, but seeing the brothers, everything will be fine!"

Among Mao Wenlong's sons, Mao Chenglu, who was related by blood, and Kong Youde, who was obviously favored by Mao Wenlong, had always been closely related and belonged to the direct line of the direct line.The two of them, together with Geng Zhongming, and the current Lushun deputy general Chen Youyou, were the most powerful core of the small group in Dongjiang Town back then.

Although Dongjiang Town is now torn apart, the small group is getting closer. The external pressure is huge, and even survival has become a problem. Why don't we stick together for the winter.

So as soon as Pu met, Kong Youde hurriedly pulled Mao Chenglu back to the wooden house dedicated to the island owner, and then explained the purpose of his visit without reservation.

As everyone expected, after hearing everything, Mao Chenglu was dumbfounded, and he bowed his head in thought and made a wood carving.

But any individual, after being exposed to such a huge amount of information suddenly, will definitely be stunned, because the brain has no time to manage expressions, and all the computing power is used to deconstruct the information.

After a long time, Mao Chenglu seemed to come back to his senses.He raised his head, looked inquiringly at Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiuzheng before him, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the door, and asked leisurely: "So, the people on the outer boat are rebels who want to find our men." Join?"

Hearing such a straightforward question, Kong Youde originally opened his mouth to argue, but in front of his most familiar accomplices, he suddenly lost the desire to argue.So he first turned his face and looked at Geng Zhongming and Li Jiuzheng. After confirming the eyes, Kong Youde turned his head and said calmly, "Brother, that's it."

The next moment, Mao Chenglu suddenly jumped up from the stool, his face flushed red and his eyes filled with joy, he slapped his thigh vigorously and shouted: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and invite the distinguished guests into the house to enjoy the fire!"

But after saying this sentence, Mao Chenglu seemed to think of something again, and his expression changed instantly.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Mao clenched his fists tightly, his teeth were clenched, the muscles on his face were twitching uncontrollably, and his gloomy eyes were filled with cruelty: "No matter what kind of expert it is, I can only push this bastard Zhu Ming, and replace the master." I have avenged Lord Wenlong, and I will help you in this situation!"

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In the afternoon, after long and difficult guidance and towing by small boats, the flagship of the Beishang Fleet finally docked slowly at the simple wharf of Guanglu Island.

At this time, the area around Guanglu Island Wharf was already crowded with people.

The number of soldiers and civilians under the jurisdiction of the entire Dongjiang Town is roughly more than [-].The [-]-military armed group of the Liao people is distributed on a series of islands such as Lushun and the surrounding Phi Island and Guanglu Island.

Due to the de facto dismemberment behavior of the imperial court before, the population of Dongjiang Town was dispersed in large numbers and spread more widely.Not only the people who moved to Dengzhou with Kong Youde's troops, but also many people scattered in the Bohai Bay area.In fact, as early as when the traversers first set up Tianjin, they gathered a lot of people from Dongjiang Town.

At the moment, there are more than 3000 people gathered on Guanglu Island.Among these people, there are about two to three thousand people who can barely be counted as soldiers, and the rest are all family members.

These people who were half-abandoned by the imperial court had scarce supplies and no one took care of them. Originally, in this cold winter, some people died of freezing and starvation every day.That is to say, there is a wonderful scene at sea today, so everyone is willing to waste a little precious energy and get out of Maodong's nest to see what's going on.

Since it was a spectacle, it was naturally a scene that had never been seen before.

The battleship on the pier has smooth lines and a large aspect ratio, with novelty and beautiful white sails hanging.And what made the natives whisper was not only the strange ship, but also the cannon that gleamed with metallic luster on the side of the ship.

Then, the wide springboard was lowered from the hull, and groups of soldiers disembarked first.

There had already been lightning-like news spreading among the crowd: the big ships on the sea were all driven by southerners.

However, the soldiers who emerged from the boat subverted the indigenous people's understanding of the term "Southern".

The soldiers who disembarked in neat steps were tall and strong.These people wore yellow woolen overcoats with cowhide belts and gear on the chest, waist and back, Leifeng caps on their heads, shiny high-waisted leather boots on their feet, and standard rifles with bayonets on their backs.

In the sound of the officer's loud password, the soldiers who rushed out of the ship quickly took control of the pier and trestle, and then lined up face to face, leaving the middle aisle.

The next moment, the two guests walked off the board wearing finer gray general officer coats.

The owner who had been waiting on the trestle bridge hurried forward to meet him.

Deputy General Mao changed into a genuine lieutenant general's robe of the Ming Dynasty, with a smile on his face, curiosity in his excited eyes, as soon as they met, he cupped his fists and said auspicious words: "Hahaha, I don't expect to see the great hero who beheaded the Tartars today. , Mao Chenglu is lucky, my brothers in Guangludao are lucky!"

When Sha and Zhang saw the host's friendly attitude, and saw Kong Youde nodding repeatedly at the back, they knew that the matter was over.

Travelers who are familiar with history, since they want to intervene in Dongjiang Town, they will naturally consider everything. In fact, Mao Chenglu and Guanglu Island have already been included in the plan.Then Kong Youde got on the boat with his front foot, and naturally he had to accept the plan with his back foot, and turned his backhand to win over Mao Chenglu.

Finding that the plan was going well, the master also made a gesture. At this time, the time-traversing crowd will naturally come up with a tried-and-tested method: show their strength, after all, there is still negotiation work below.

"Haha, General Mao is being polite, but he just slaughtered a few tartars, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning."

Although the guest's tone was polite, the content was not polite, and he pretended to be a big B lightly.

However, Mao Chenglu didn't show any displeasure after hearing this: since they all want to form an alliance, or "take refuge", the stronger the allies, the better.They had killed so many Tartars in the first place, and it was true. In terms of killing Tartars, all the generals of the Dongjiang River were convinced by the crossing forces, and this was the main reason why things went smoothly.

Deputy General Mao was full of vigor and vitality today: "Come here, get some pancakes with good noodles from the warehouse, and entertain the brothers at sea! Cut ginseng for me, stew chicken, and kill deer. Let's get drunk today." , I will definitely learn a few tricks from the hero, and I will use them to kill the Tartars!"

"Hehe, thank you General for paying the fee."

Zhang Zhongqi walked with General Mao arm in arm, while speaking polite words.At the same time, he glanced at the periphery without a trace - a large number of ragged natives were stopped by the general's guards in armor.

"I'm so hungry that I'm so hungry, how dare I invite my soldiers to eat noodles, not stick noodles? It's so fucking swollen to pretend to be fat."

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongqi turned her head with a smile, and said to General Mao: "Even if it is a dinner party, there is no reason for a family to serve food. To tell you the truth, brother, I went north this time, and I also specially gave some food to the old brothers in the north. New rice from Guangnan."

"Or, take this opportunity to invite the brothers to try something new. It's all robes, so you have to eat it in one pot!"

When Mao Chenglu heard the words, he laughed dryly: "I'm afraid this is not suitable?"

Although General Mao rejected the proposal, anyone could tell that the general's tone was so weak that he couldn't even drive away a single mosquito.

"What are you afraid of, I'm in charge of this matter!" After Zhang Zhongqi feigned anger, seeing that General Mao no longer objected, he shouted: "Order, notify the transport ship to unload some rice."

"Yes! Sir, please indicate the quantity!"

"First come 20 catties."

"Yes! 20 catties!"

At this moment, General Mao opened his mouth wide, unable to pretend anymore.

(End of this chapter)