Beiyang new warlord

Until the third day, when the surname Liu was like ants on a hot pot, he finally came back.

However, there was also a team of Ming troops with live ammunition.

But they no longer looked like green forest heroes. The remaining 200 bandits were all bruised and swollen, and their faces were covered with wounds.

On the walls of the two-meter-high mound of earth, the willow defense envoys tremblingly hoped that five large guillotines were thrown in front of the city gate by the Ming army. Immediately, the five three thieves were directly pushed to the ground while the Koryo defenders on the city screamed. When the guillotine fell, it clicked like a carrot, and the head flew out.

The defensive envoy Liu trembled all over.

This is not over yet, more than fifty mountain thieves were driven to dig a pit, and five guillotines were connected to five. The pit was dug, and the remaining fifty were not spared. It was sticky and flowed all over the ground, and his body was buried, but his head was picked up by the Ming army like a bunch of grapes.

Carrying this gift to the door, let alone guarding the door, the legs of the Korean soldiers at the door were frightened, and they opened the door for the masters of the Ming army in a hurry. The main point is occupied, although there is nothing important about this place.

In front of a latrine, Su Gui could be considered to have found Defense Envoy Liu who was wearing a woman's attire and wanted to flee, and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Hey, Mr. Liu, where are you going? You look so trendy, aren't you?"

The third child was behind him, his face was beaten like a steamed stuffed bun, his mouth was planted like a sausage, and his eyes were like peaches. He couldn't even give him the eyes. He was extremely guilty. His surname was Liu. The one who almost knelt down, with a mournful face, followed Su Gui's words sadly.

"Yes, Master Su is right, a little hobby."

Fortunately, this Su Gui didn't come to settle accounts with him, he looked around, sucking his teeth, Su Shusheng shook his head with emotion.

"Master Liu, didn't my brother say you, your land is not peaceful? A few days ago, no, five hundred bandits dared to attack our military camp, isn't that the opposite? I killed more than 300 people on the spot in a fit of anger. , the remaining two hundred, my family's general was also angry, and ordered to cut them all, and send them here, and give you a credit for Mr. Liu!"

"A lot, a lot, thank you Master Su for your kindness!"

More than 200 heads are worn in a string like grapes, and the top is still the one-eyed Sheshanying who is dying. The defense envoy Liu wants to cry, and he still accepts it as a reward?But Su Gui didn't seem to notice his embarrassment at all, and smiled and hugged his shoulders again.

"However, my general is worried about you, Mr. Liu! Even the defenders of Shuozhou have been kidnapped by bandits. The city wall of Shuozhou has been in disrepair for a long time, which is not a good thing. My general told me, brothers, that we must Help Lord Liu repair the city wall!"

Glancing at the third child who had been beaten into a pig's head, Su Guiyin patted Liu Fangshi's chest flatly, and cast his eyes over him.

Repair the city wall?I'm afraid it will become the city wall of your house after it is repaired, right?But the third child is in the hands of the other party, Su Gui is clearly telling him that you have something in the hands of the old man, so be careful when you speak! This defense envoy Liu is not a loyal person, so he can only knock down his front teeth at this time Pharynx, nodding with a smiling face uglier than crying.

"Much, thank you Master Su for your kindness!"

Chapter 161. Too slow

The five years of Chongzhen was really a rare and quiet year, except that Gao Yingxiang and other 72 battalion entered Shanxi, and went down to Xiuwu, Daning, Zezhou, Shouyang and other lines. Basically no big deal.

Later Jin was digesting Mongolia, and more and more Mongolians came to the outskirts of Yizhou City to trade. I heard that Huang Taiji set up two Mongolian banners in Shenyang, and took the annexed Neikarka Wubu and Zhalut , The Bahrain Department was compiled into two banners, left and right, and it seemed that under the Daling River, Houjin was still hurt by the beating and was busy replenishing the population.

However, the continued conquest of Mongolia to expand the population, and the next time they face Houjin will be even more terrifying.

However, Mao Jue's expansion did not proceed much.

Hu Tian is snowing in August, it’s already October, and it’s approaching November, the first snowfall has already fallen, and in the weird weather of the Little Ice Age, the sky and the earth are frozen into a pale, cold even dog I couldn't even hear the cry, but in the middle of the stretching mountains of Taibai Mountain, the whole road was full of heat.

Cold weather is also beneficial. When the river water is poured into the ground, an ice road emerges. There are raised patterns under the horse's hooves, and it is not too slippery to step on. The sledge, the most typical means of transportation in the Northeast, drags coal, cement, and iron down the hillside at high speed. It takes less than half an hour for a [-]-kilometer mountain road. The human and financial resources of Tieyi Town are fully utilized here.

It's really bullying people bullying home!Not to mention that the entire Shuozhou city was pulled out, the more than 500 guards and the prisoners who were exiled here were all requisitioned by Mao Jue to move stones for him to Xiaofangqiangling. It's called Donglei Rolling, anyway, it's close to the country of Wa, and there's a lot of sulfur in the Li Dynasty, and the saltpeter here is even more local. It has never stopped against the steep cliffs of the Taibai Mountains, and countless stones have been thrown down.

The rammed earth under the city wall has also been cleaned up. With more than 1 Japanese miners, Tieyi's steel production has also increased greatly. At this moment, Mao Jue finally used the steel bars extravagantly. The steel bars several meters high are like After more than 20 days, the stones moved from Xiaofangqiang Ridge, like the reed marsh, were cemented here and embedded in the wall. After more than [-] days, the new city wall of Shuozhou, which is [-] meters wide, [-] meters thick and [-] meters thick, has been completed. It is more than six meters, and the construction can be completed after two meters. When the time comes, the mountain will be on the left and the river will be on the right. The Sanqi River south of Shuozhou will be a natural fortress.

All the dilapidated houses in the inner city were pulled out as timber and building materials. Sitting in the lonely courtyard city guard's mansion, Defense Envoy Liu stared straight at him, but Mao Jue was still disgusted there.

"too slow!"

"General, this is not too late!"

Behind him, Su Changmei, a fat man whose face was flushed from the cold and was about to cry, clasped his fists behind his back sadly.

"There are 5000 strong men here, more than 2 people are transported, and there are more than [-] loggers in the cement plant and iron workshop. Our Tieyi household registration has a total of only [-] households. The big guys will be tossed by you, the general. I'm doing it day and night!"

This is not counting the Japanese captives who have no human rights. In addition, people from wineries, cigarette factories, and starch mills are not counted. It can be said that this year, Tieyi people don’t want to think about Maodong. Su Changmei herself is about to be called Meiren. However, my own general is still not satisfied.

Hearing Su Changmei's complaint, Mao Jue muttered speechlessly.

"It's not that I don't give money! Doing more work will make you exhausted!"

"General, you can do it!"

Seeing this guy's nod of approval, Mao Jue was completely speechless, he could only raise his head and look north, anxiously watching the heavy snow.

Don't look at him quietly swallowing up a county, from here to the north, along the Yalu River, there are five counties of Changcheng, Bitong Zhishan, Weiyuan, and Jiangjie, and then he reaches the edge of Xianjing Road. When he took a step, Hou Jin was running forward like a meteor in strides. There were four to five million people in Monan Mongolia, and there was a vast grassland, not to mention that Huang Taiji's conquest was not over yet. For Mongolian cavalrymen like locusts, Mao Jue's scalp tingled.

He was really in a hurry, even if he swallowed all of Changcheng Bitong in one winter, the villagers in Tieyi were no longer enough to cultivate new farms, so what's the point of an empty city?

But where can I get some people?

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Dalinghe City, which was built by more than 3 people in Zu Dashou for six months, was not completed, and Shuozhou City, which was built by 2 people in Mao Jue for two months, was completed, densely packed with battlements Like sawtooth, in addition, inward crenels were built in the north gate and the west gate near the river, and every few meters there was a rectangular protruding edge wall protruding outward, under the fire of the left and right musketeers, There will be no corners for the besiegers to hide in.

The [-] households in Baimachuan that moved out were all blessed, and all the houses in the city were assigned to them. Although Mao Jue only provided bricks and cement, they had to build them themselves according to the plan, but these days living in the city and It feels different outside the city, and the flat impacting small plain of Sanqi River near Shuozhou City was also divided into them.

As for the original Korean soldiers?Go mining! Later generations have tested that the entire peninsula is extremely rich in minerals, and 70.00% of them are concentrated in the north. It’s true. Just send people around to find a coal mine, dig out an iron mine, and fight a war These Koryo soldiers who were farming a hundred times more than they were training were really unreliable, so it's better to let them do something useful.

Of course, it’s not for nothing. A miner pays [-] yuan a month and provides food for the whole family. Those who are more efficient get a bonus. This is much better than Li Chao’s salary as a soldier. Even more than a dozen of his personal soldiers left to become the leader of the mine.

The defense is focused on the momentum of the corner. While building the main city of Shuozhou, Mao Jue built a wooden bridge similar to the one in the west that can be pulled up on the Xiaochuan River, and built a much smaller one at the three forks of the river. Satellite city, on December 28, the new fortress was also officially completed. Seeing the heavy cannon hanging up, Mao Jue was finally relieved. This time the dust has settled, even if the old man Jin Zidian came to lick his face in person If you want him, you won't bring it.

"Old Shen, this general of Shuozhou will be handed over to you first. You will work harder this year. When the recruits arrive next year, I will set up an urban management brigade and send them to replace you, okay?"

"Thanks to the general's promotion! I didn't say anything, even if the general gave the order, the general would not blink an eye, let alone the merciful general, and even brought the family of the general here to reunite. Don't worry! A stone was missing in Shuozhou, and Shen took his head off to make it up."

Shen Rong's oath is poisonous enough, but he is sincere, without Mao Jue, he is still wandering around in a small sea patrol in Xidaying!How can there be a family of more than a thousand taels today, and a defensive position?Now Shen Rong really wanted to give Mao Jue his life.

Listening to this guy's heart and lungs, Mao Jue also showed a smile, but before he could speak, Su Yi yelled anxiously in the carriage behind him, and told him to stick to his post. Looking back, he had to run back to celebrate the new year. Now, Mao Jue also showed embarrassment on his face.

As a subordinate, Shen Rong immediately showed an ambiguous expression of understanding, and then quickly tapped his chest with his right fist.

"General, go back with peace of mind! Shen Rong must guard the city for the general, don't keep Madam waiting! It's the most difficult thing to bear the grace of a beauty!"

Su Yi and Adelaine were one on the inside and the other on the outside. General Tieyi seemed to regard them as the wife of the general. It was so confusing. One man and two women were in the same car, so it was normal for something to happen.

But God is sorry, Adelaine doesn't know, but Su Yi is completely a child, and the two women, Mao Jue, have never met until now. It's not that he is a gentleman, but that he is too busy! I don't want to eat it, let alone have fun with it!

Maybe this is an opportunity?He has long been a veteran soldier, and Mao Jue patted Shen Rong on the shoulder with a smile, waved to the soldiers of the fourth regiment, and immediately walked to the place where he had been waiting for a long time with his eyes shining. Adelaine's western carriage.

The suspension bridge creaked and lowered. Among the more than a hundred cavalry followers, the wheels of the carriage firmly rolled over the snow-covered bridge surface. However, when watching his family's master cross the bridge, Shen Rong seemed to have heard Mao Jue's surprise. yelled.

"what!!!"

This is Mao Jue's third year in Daming. The first year was insignificant, the second year was quite estranged, and in the third year, he simply didn't spend time at the General Military Mansion in Dongjiang Town. He came back from Shuozhou in time for the first month. On 29, Mao Jue rushed back to Baimachuan.

It took Mao Jue only two months to build a city, but it took more than half a year for the officer's club, which is much smaller in the Foggy Night Valley of Baima River, and it was only completed last month. Mao Jue came here first to use it for the New Year.

It seems that Mao Wenlong has arrived first. Even if Mao Jue has his own soldiers at the entrance of the valley, he has to get out of the car and notify him first. There, Mao Jue led his two girls out of the car rather resentfully, and walked to the depths of the valley.