Lu Ming

The person sitting on the sofa above, with parted hair, a short beard, and a fan handle in his hand, was the one Fu Youdi wanted to see with his own eyes, Grand Marshal Cao.

Because of the need to meet guests, Cao Dashuai specially made an image these days.At this moment, he was wearing an apricot-yellow Husi gown that was about the "Sima Zhao brand", second only to bright yellow in grade.

The next moment, looking at the young and tall contemporary Cao Mengde in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and walked forward slowly.

A young attendant beside the Marshal bent down and said something softly.

Hearing this, Cao Chuan let out a long laugh, and got up: "It turns out that Jiandou is here, please take a seat, sit down, sit down, we have something to talk about today."

"The student thanked the commander in chief for his kindness."

At the same moment, there was a suppressed exclamation all around: "Yixing Lu Jiandou? Didn't it mean that he was trapped in Li Ni's formation?"

Can't hear those small words.Fu Youdi, who was standing at the door, opened his eyes excitedly, seeing that Emperor Cao stretched out his hand and forcibly pulled the right hand of Master Lu, who was bowing his luggage, and shook it up and down for a long time.

Seeing Master Lu's unfamiliar handshake movements and awkward smile on his face, Fu Youdi, who had long been used to shaking hands with people, opened his mouth and let out a series of smirks.

The next moment, Guanjiao Fu was invited out and arranged to drink tea in the side hall.

……

Finally saw the "Holy Face" and fixed the specific image of his allegiance target.Coupled with Cao Dashuai's handsome appearance, tall stature, gentleness and closeness to the people, this perfectly fits all the fantasies that Fu Youdi, a man of five short stature, has about the profession of emperor.

Therefore, Fu Guanjiao is undoubtedly satisfied today.

As for Master Lu, who was expressionless after the "Mian Sheng" was finished, Disciplinary Fu didn't even bother to expose it... The acid is the acid, and they all came to pay homage to the mountain gate, so what's the hypocrisy.

Fortunately, Fu Youdi is about to get rid of Master Lu, a high-end prisoner.

On September [-], Fu Youdi received an order: handle the handover as soon as possible and go to the north to accept the task.

Excited, Fu Youdi seized the time to complete the handover, and then took a colleague with him, and the two boarded the transport ship at the port on the [-]th.

Spent a day on the boat.On the morning of the [-]th, the newly formed transport fleet set sail for a certain port in the north.

On this day, just one month had passed since Houjin's army entered the customs.

The transport fleet numbered K9 has a total of ten ships.Among them, there are seven ships loaded with military supplies, groceries, and food.The remaining three ships are simply empty.

The reason for this is that after a month of developments in the situation, the high-level leaders of the Great Yan State judged that the total military strength sent to the north was sufficient, and there was no need to send more troops.

In this way, the fleet only needs to transport supplies to the north.As for the empty cargo ship, there is no doubt that it was going to Tianjin to pull people.Nowadays, Tianjin is full of refugees overnight, and it is necessary to step up the transfer of people to the food-rich south.

When the K9 fleet sailed outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, Fu Youdi saw another large fleet heading south on the deck.

The fleet going south was escorted by gunboats, and there were more than [-] ships in number.

There is no doubt that the cabins of this fleet are filled with men from Hebei.Today's Tianjin Port is devouring all materials like a giant beast in the abyss.The only thing that can be "exported" is nothing but Hebei people.

Due to the advanced navigation technology, the K9 fleet did not go north along the coastline after leaving Shanghai, but pulled a straight line.

In this way, it took less than three days for the fleet to arrive at the transit anchorage: Dengzhou Port in a sea route of more than 600 kilometers.

To Fu Youdi's surprise, Dengzhou Port, including the sea off Dengzhou, was densely packed with a large number of warships and transport ships.

Didn't they agree to go to Tianjin? Why is the main force of the navy in Dengzhou?

Feeling puzzled, Fu Youdi took a colleague off the ship and received a confidential letter about himself at the port office.

After opening the secret letter to accept the task, Fu Youdi first asked for an attendant to lead the way from the director of the Harbor Office, and then he and his colleagues followed the attendant to the... government office in the city of Dengzhou Prefecture.

Along the way, seeing the continuous temporary barracks inside and outside the city, as well as the familiar sound of training, I am convinced that the main force of my navy and army is in Dengzhou at this moment.

Why the main force is in Dengzhou, Fu Youdi is not qualified to know.But Fu Youdi knew who he was going to meet next.

In the lobby of the government office, after waiting outside the door for a while, Fu Youdi was able to enter the door, stood at attention, and saluted: "Guangzhou Second Watch Special Commissioner Fu Youdi meets the general!"

At this moment, the person sitting behind the big case in the Dengzhou governor's main hall is none other than Wei Yuan, chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army and former special forces commander.

Hearing the sound of the report, Wei Yuan hastily signed on the case table, and then handed over the document to the confidential staff officer beside him.After that, he looked at Fu Youdi in front of the hall: "Well, I will work when I come here, hurry up, we don't have much time."

"Yes!"

Fu Youdi, who was sent out of the lobby with a single sentence, was still a little excited when he said it.This is the second time he has seen a living general, and he is still a lieutenant general with a higher rank.In the past, they were all movies and videos seen in internal albums.

Next, Fu Youdi led his colleagues, followed a communications staff officer sent by a general, and went straight to the back office.

Generally speaking, whether it is a county office or a government office, the back office is the residence of officials and family members.Fu Youdi entered the Hou Yamen and walked all the way to the end. In a study room, he saw the target prisoner of his trip: Governor Sun Yuanhua of Denglai.

Since there was no Kong Youde rebellion incident in history, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Dengzhou, has sat comfortably until today... no, until last month.

Governor Sun, who is over fifty years old, with a square face and a long three-strand beard, is sitting in a chair drinking tea silently.Opposite him, sat a young man in leather armor.

Seeing Fu Youdi and the others enter the door, the two people in the room seem to know what the visitor does.The next moment, the young man got up, bent down and cupped his fists and said: "My lord, I have the armor in my body, so I won't give it away soon... My lord will be able to make great achievements here, and I will be honored in the end!"

Sighing, Sun Yuanhua, who seemed to be much older than the previous two years, slowly got up.

With his back arched, Sun Yuanhua wanted to say something when he passed by the young man.In the end, he shook his head: "Kong Youde, you can do it yourself."

That's right, just like in history, Kong Youde rebelled in Dengzhou this time even though he had traveled through time and space.

But this time Kong Youde rebelled for the country.

Rewind time to last month.On the second day after the Northern Expedition set off from Shanghai, Kong Youde's department, which was originally stationed outside Dengzhou City, suddenly launched a mobilization. With the cooperation of Shandong Station's special agents, they took down Dengzhou City in one fell swoop and put the governor Sun Yuanhua under house arrest.

Soon after Kong Youde's troops succeeded, they opened the Dengzhou Water Gate and released the Northern Expedition Army's forward gunboats into Dengzhou City.

At the same time, the cavalry battalion led by Li Jiucheng and his son had spread out on all the main roads outside Dengzhou, completely blocking the news of the contact between Dengzhou Fucheng and the outside world.

Next, after the army landed one after another, Dengzhou was completely taken over and blocked.As for the official level... the highest person in charge under the temporary military control is Wei Yuan, and his future strategy is to mess around as long as he can, and delay as long as he can.If it was discovered by the imperial court, then Kong Youde would jump out and top the vat, and publicize the news of the rebellion.

The reason for this is simple: confidentiality.

After the war, Tianjin has become a hot pot.The huge population flow and the soldiers and horses coming from all over the country have caused Tianjin's defense loopholes.

At this time, if the main force is stationed in Tianjin, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be spies or traitors running to report to Houjin.In that case, the Jin army would run away every minute, which is not in line with the current strategic plan of the crossing crowd.

With this in mind, Dengzhou Prefecture, located at the top of the Shandong Peninsula, is a good place to hide soldiers.

Thanks to the layout of the crossing people in Dengzhou during the first Northern Expedition, today's Dengzhou has a complete dock system, as well as sufficient storage and military camps.And this place is not far from Tianjin, and the steam fleet can arrive there in two days, so it can be reached quickly.

So, under the command of the black hand behind the scenes, Kong Youde's troops, who had already organized their troops and were excitedly preparing to go to Tianjin to settle accounts with the Tartars, had to go back to their old jobs and became the Ming rebels again... Why did they say again?

The poor and kind man Sun Yuanhua was put under house arrest once again, which is really unlucky.

As for Sun Yuanhua, a pioneer of Western learning, to be honest, the benefits he brought to the country from being a university tutor are far greater than his being an official.So after Fu Youdi sent Lao Sun back to the rear this time, there was already a position in the Ministry of Education waiting for Lao Sun.

In this way, Fu Youdi and his colleagues first accompanied the old grandson to the back house to pack their luggage.Unlike Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Yuanhua himself is the governor of Dengzhou, so he has family members here.Including one of his sons, Sun He Ding, and his concubine, etc., are all in the back house now.

Sun Yuanhua, who was prepared, returned home, first dismissed the local servants, and then gathered a group of family members. Without further ado, he went to the pier with the amulet guard and boarded the transport ship going south.

In other words, this time, the task of Disciplinary Fu was easier: Sun Yuanhua was originally registered in Shanghai, and he was escorted back to Shanghai Port by Disciplinary Fu. He flung his sleeves and went home as soon as he disembarked.

……

The situation has evolved to this point. In fact, the cross-travelers have already completed all the preparatory work ahead of time.

As for what the army is waiting for in Dengzhou...it's very simple, it's waiting for Li Zicheng.

In the strategic planning of Chuanzhong, this time the Northern Expedition is to eliminate the four forces of Houjin, Li Zicheng, Chongzhen, and even the Guanning Army.

Let alone the backwaters of Guan Ningjun and Chongzhen.This time the priority needs to be resolved, mainly Hou Jin and Li Zicheng.

In this way, the strategy of the Northern Expeditionary Army is very clear: before Hou Jin shows signs of retreat, try his best to provide Li Zicheng with time to get close to the capital.

Otherwise, once the Northern Expeditionary Army settled Houjin ahead of schedule, Li Zicheng might get the real news and be scared back to Shaanxi after waiting for a long time.

In that case, the situation will be very bad.Afterwards, the three regions of Gansu, Shaanxi and Luozhou had to drag out their nets to pursue and suppress Li Zicheng, and the cost of unification increased greatly.

Therefore, in the general staff's plan, Li Zicheng must be lured to the capital this time.At the very least, Li Zicheng's troops had to enter the North China Plain... so as to block the latter's escape back to Shanxi and gather and wipe out Li Zicheng's troops on the spot.

To sum up, the Northern Expedition army gathered in Terengganu is actually very nervous.It is not easy to keep one eye on Li Zicheng's progress and the other eye on the movement of the main force of the late gold.

For this reason, Han Xiaobo, the governor of the North and the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, had already gone to Tianjin to sit in charge a few days ago.

Considering that this time is a big market for harvesting all retail investors, there is a lot of pressure on the trader, so the cross-travel crowd no longer pretends: there is a special information camp accompanying Han Xiaobo to Tianjin.

This battalion is equipped with four domestic pterosaur UAVs, which are loaded with electro-optical/infrared sensing systems and synthetic aperture radars.Today, the drones are taking turns to detect the Houjin army located in the area around Gyeonggi 24 hours a day.

As for Li Zicheng's department... there is no need to investigate, the Taoist priests of the Iron Umbrella Sect will send news in time every day.

Waiting before dawn is always so difficult.However, good news should be on the horizon.

Li Zicheng has dealt with the last field corps in the inland of the Ming Dynasty, the Hong Chengchou Department.Next, it was Sun Chuanting's turn.

And Tongguan is only two hundred miles away from Chang'an, and it is within walking distance.

In fact, there are intelligence reports that Comrade Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, has been terrified by the fate of the seven provincial prime ministers and the trilateral system, and is gathering troops to defend Chang'an...

That's a good thing.

Chapter 724 tasteless

The ring-shaped small kerosene stove is painted with uniform army green.The flames are burning steadily, and a spark will burst out from time to time.

On the hob is an enamel cylinder of the same style.As the flames licked, the pale yellow liquid inside gradually began to roll.

The young man sitting on a military canned box saw that the wine was hot, so he picked up the aluminum lunch box and scooped two spoonfuls of rock sugar, wolfberry osmanthus and other miscellaneous ingredients into it.

After a while, seeing that the fire was ready, the young man turned off the fire, put a cloth on it, and carefully placed the mug on the table: "My lord, the wine is ready."

"Well, let it go."

After twisting the kerosene lamp on the table to adjust the brightness, Li Jichun continued writing at his desk.After a while, he finally finished the report.

Putting down the fountain pen, the general officer closed the report with satisfaction, then picked up the jar, and took a big gulp: "Ha, huh... Shaoxing daughter red, good stuff."

Breathing out the alcohol comfortably, he continued to take another sip, raised his head, and the general handed the vat to his orderly, who was also his own nephew: "One whole sip."

The young man drank the wine in one gulp excitedly.In just one breath, alcohol dizziness appeared on his fair cheeks.

"Jin Sheng, you need to remember. When you are in battle, eat as much as you want and drink as much as you want. Even raw meat has to be swallowed!"

The young man named Jin Sheng nodded vigorously.

Looking at the young face in front of him who knew what happened but didn't know why, Mr. General Shen was full of melancholy.

Once upon a time, like a beggar, he gnawed dry and hard coarse grain pancakes, wore the tattered armor from the arsenal, and led the same beggar-like men, standing at the head of the city to fight the wolf-like Tartars.

In exchange for the ending, all sons and daughters died, and he himself surrendered in humiliation like a dog.

Shaking his head, he drove all the unhappiness of the past out of his mind, and then glanced at the unfinished canned braised pork on the table, Mr. General could not help but sigh with emotion: "Oh, the young man has caught up with the good lord!"

In fact, most of the general's bedroom, which is less than ten square meters in size, has been filled with various military supply boxes.

A week before Houjin entered the customs, a huge amount of supplies suddenly poured into Chunleibao from Tianjin.With such a large amount of supplies, even the master's bedroom cannot be left idle.All but a bit of living space was stuffed with boxes under the bed.

He got up and patted his stomach, then expanded his chest, and punched the master in the chest of his nephew: "If you drink my wine, you have to go to battle!"

Seeing the young people nodding their heads excitedly, Master General laughed: "Let's go, let's do some activities!"

While speaking, Li Jichun opened the wooden door covered with iron sheet.

As the wooden door opened, the lights in the narrow brick passageway suddenly flickered on and off.

However, the reason for the flashing lights in the hallway was not the door that Mr. Shen pulled open... but waves of dull low-frequency sounds that passed through countless walls and broke into the passage, vibrating the oil lamps on the wall .

After a while, Sir General passed through the passage, and then climbed up the steep brick and stone steps, and a ray of sunlight penetrated from the top of his head instantly.At the same time, the deafening sound of cannons and shouts of killing rushed straight into the ears.

Standing on the top of Jianglou, Li Jichun took over the binoculars and looked around.

Looking around, you can have a panoramic view of the vast North China Plain.Further ahead, there is the Luan River like a silver belt.However, just at the foot of the camera not far away, the originally meandering Luan River suddenly cut off, losing its overall beauty.

The section of the broken Luan River is located just north of Chunlei Fort.Dense black spots are pouring in through this gap, braving intensive artillery fire, charging crazily.

Li Jichun's current location is the commanding height of Chunlei Fort, the square-shaped rooftop of the building.At his feet is a two-story fortress group surrounded by four "concave" walls.

The next floor is the outer defense line of the bastion connected by four heart-shaped fort protrusions and the city wall.

At that time, the angled city wall between the two peach hearts in the north had already been padded out of the gentle slope by high mounds of earth.At this moment, a flood of people was pouring into the breach, attacking the second line of defense.

The shells fired by the defenders from the left and right recesses, as well as the dense bullets fired from the upper floors of the third floor, are constantly harvesting human lives, and it can be said that there are no missed shots.

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Today is September 24th.The brutal siege battle lasted exactly one month since the eunuch Yang Guli crowd besieged Chunlei Fort.

During this month, Yanguli gave full play to the advantage of having a large number of people.While using people to divert the Luanhe River, they used crowd tactics to attack Chunlei Fort day and night.

However, under the strong bastion and intensive gun fire, Yanguli's tactics undoubtedly paid a heavy price.

From the very beginning, the banner soldiers who didn't know much about the bastion were turned into human beings by the new concept of city defense.

The angled turrets set on the two peach-leaf-shaped protrusions, the bullets fired from the side and rear walls, and the guns thrown from the second-story fort made the tide of the attacking party often have not yet reached the angled turret. At the bottom of the corner, there are corpses lying all over the ground, completely defeated.

It only took two days to fully experience the evils of this strange castle.After that, Yang Guli, who was scared by the casualty rate, once again asked for instructions from Belle Azig, who had already gone to Gyeonggi on the western front.