Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 197 Rebellion
Although Mao Wenlong was imprisoned in the imperial edict, he was given preferential treatment for food and accommodation. Zhu Tianqi deliberately did not make it difficult for the Jinyi guards to make things difficult for him, but instead took great care of him.

But even so, Mao Wenlong was still restless in this prison, and he knew that he would inevitably die. The only thing he was worried about now was his family and son.

Before, Zhu Tianqi gave him a mansion, asked him to teach his son, and promised his son a great future. Now he has stumbled. The cake he drew before was so big, and now he feels so sad. Lost.

And just when Mao Wenlong was getting more and more desperate, the emperor suddenly came to see him in the imperial prison. This made him extremely surprised and a little unbelievable. He began to suspect that he was dreaming. After all, how could the emperor come back to a place like the imperial prison? Woolen cloth?
However, Zhu Tianqi really came. After he saw Mao Wenlong, he asked straight to the point: "Mao Wenlong, do you want to live or die?"

Mao Wenlong looked through the fence at Zhu Tianqi, who was sitting opposite the prison where he was, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The guilty minister wants to live, please be kind to the emperor, and spare the guilty minister a way to live. The guilty minister is willing to smear the emperor's brains and blood, and make meritorious service for his crime!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded and continued: "Since you want to live, then I will give you a way to survive, but you must also keep your promise and go on errands for me in the future, otherwise, next time, I will definitely make your life worse than death!"

After hearing this, Mao Wenlong suddenly felt happy. The emperor's words did not mean that he was willing to let him go. Mao Wenlong did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly kowtowed like garlic: "The guilty minister thanks the emperor for not killing him. In the future, the guilty minister will I will definitely serve the Emperor loyally, and I will never dare to fail to do my best!"

Zhu Tianqi waved his hand and interrupted him. No matter how much empty words he said, it was useless. Whether Mao Wenlong was loyal or not would depend on his future performance.

"Okay, you don't have to be in a hurry to thank me. Although I will spare your life this time, you will be exempted from the death penalty. If you are convicted, you will not be able to escape. Dismissal from office and exile are inevitable."

Upon hearing this, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but feel a trace of disappointment on his excited face, but it was fleeting. After all, the various crimes he had committed before were enough to kill him more than a dozen times, and he was punished for all crimes. , at least he would have to be executed in Lingchi, and his nine clans would have to be punished. Now if he was just dismissed from office and exiled, the emperor would have shown mercy outside the law and allowed him to get a big advantage.

Zhu Tianqi did not care about Mao Wenlong's reaction, but continued: "You don't have to worry, although you will be dismissed from office and exiled, your family will continue to treat them well.

Now that you have been arrested and imprisoned, I have not told anyone, and no one else knows about the memorial to impeach you except me and Qian Longxi. Therefore, your family does not know about you. Your sin will not harm your family. "

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong was immediately moved and cried bitterly. He kowtowed deeply and saluted: "The emperor's kindness to me is hard to repay even if I am broken into pieces. I thank you for your kindness!"

Zhu Tianqi raised his hand and said, "You don't have to thank me. From now on, you can repay me by completing the errands I arranged for you."

Mao Wenlong immediately raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, raised his hands and clasped his fists and said: "I know, the emperor has something you need me to do, but please tell me, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, I will never frown!"

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Zhu Tianqi stopped talking nonsense and told Mao Wenlong in detail about his plan. He released Mao Wenlong that night and asked his eldest son Mao Chenglu to pick him up.

When Mao Wenlong came out of the imperial prison, Mao Chenglu was waiting at the door of Jinyiwei. Although Mao Wenlong didn't seem to suffer any physical pain, he still looked very embarrassed after staying in there for a month.

Mao Chenglu quickly stepped forward to support Mao Wenlong, frowning: "Father! What's going on?"

Mao Wenlong waved his hand and didn't explain much. He just said: "Don't ask any more questions. Let's go back to Pidao tonight!"

That night, Mao Wenlong took Mao Chenglu's boat back to Pi Island. Although he stayed on the boat that night, it was the most solid sleep Mao Wenlong had in this month.

Early the next morning, Mao Wenlong returned to Pidao. When he came out of the cabin, he was surprised to find that many of his men were waiting on the dock.

Seeing Mao Wenlong's doubtful expression, Mao Chenglu hurriedly explained: "Father, all the brothers have returned. It was the imperial court that asked us to withdraw to Pi Island!"

After hearing what Mao Chenglu said, a trace of surprise flashed across Mao Wenlong's face. It disappeared briefly, and then turned into a fierce look on his face. He got off the boat and boarded the dock. He looked around with his hands on his hips and stood under the dock. The members of the group immediately said in a resentful voice: "Brothers, for so many years, we have worked so hard to stay on this isolated island for the sake of the imperial court, and we have suffered so much!
But the imperial court gave us three melons and two dates when it needed us, and kicked us aside when it didn't need us. Now that the Liaodong general is flat, it is for us, young and old, to make contributions and earn money. When we were proud of our fame and honor our ancestors, the imperial court withdrew us all to Pi Island. This cut off our future and made us die of old age here! "

Mao Wenlong's words immediately aroused the anger in the hearts of his subordinates. Shen Shikui, who was standing in the front row, immediately roared: "Since the imperial court wants to push us to a dead end, why not just rebel against him!"

Mao Chenglu also widened his eyes angrily and said through gritted teeth: "Mr. Shen is right! I'm afraid brothers don't know that when we were fighting for the imperial court in Liaodong, the imperial court actually arrested my foster father and put him in prison. Only now is he willing to release him. !”

Upon hearing this, the people below suddenly burst into exclamations, and then everyone became even more angry.

Mao Wenlong took a deep breath and then shouted: "Today is the day. I want to set up my own business. I can't wait for this shabby place like Dongjiang Town. Whoever wants to guard it will guard it. Let's leave today!"

The people were incited to rebel, and it was true that they were willing to rebel against him, but everyone did not expect that Mao Wenlong would abandon the old den that had been in business for many years and leave Phi Island. What is the reason for this?
Mao Wenlong indeed said immediately: "Since you don't plan to work for the imperial court anymore, you naturally have to leave Dongjiang Town first so that you can not be restrained by the imperial court. Although we have some warships, you have seen the imperial warships. They are not the same as those of the Taixi people." It's the same size, it's not something we can handle!

So we can’t stay in Dongjiang Town. I have already thought of a good place, which is hundreds of times better than this little leather island! "

After listening to Mao Wenlong's words, everyone came back to their senses. Indeed, although everyone shouted to rebel, they could not resist the imperial army. Staying on Pi Island was equivalent to waiting for death, so everyone wanted to hear it. Where is this "good place" that Mao Wenlong mentioned.

Mao Wenlong immediately pointed to the south: "That's the Jeju Island in the south!"

"Jeju Island?!" Upon hearing this, Mao Wenlong's subordinates suddenly became happy and couldn't help but discuss among themselves.

"That place is really a treasure land. It is much warmer than ours. Whatever you plant grows, you will grow!" "Yes, I heard that it is also suitable for raising horses. It is the breeding ground for the war horses that North Korea pays tribute to us. We You can grab a lot of war horses if you go!"

"What a grab. When we get there, let alone the war horses, the money, food and women on the island are all ours!"

Mao Wenlong saw that all his men were eager to give it a try and geared up, so he shouted loudly and ordered: "Okay, don't talk too much. Go back and pack your things. Let's set out today to capture Jeju Island!"

Although Mao Wenlong said in a hurry, everyone knew that it would be impossible to pack up and move everything on the island today, and Dongjiang Town did not only have such an island; There are many islands that belong to Mao Wenlong, and Mao Wenlong's tribe lives on them, storing Mao Wenlong's money, food and armaments.

So everyone went back and packed the important things into the packing ship, then put on their helmets and armor, polished their swords and spears, packed up their artillery and muskets, and got ready for battle.

They all know that the imperial court's response will not be too fast, and now the imperial army is busy fighting against the slaves in Liaodong, and they don't care about the affairs of Dongjiang Town. Even if they take down Jeju Island, they will go back and move. Not too late.

Mao Wenlong returned to his house, first took a hot bath to get rid of the filthy smell accumulated in prison for many days, and then dressed neatly, boarded his handsome ship with Mao Chenglu, and with the sound of several cannons , thousands of large and small warships set off from Phi Island and went south to Jeju Island.

Although Jeju Island is a treasure land, North Korea does not deploy many troops on Jeju Island. After all, it is an overseas place for North Korea and is far away from the capital Seoul, so it is naturally difficult to take it seriously.

North Korea has suffered a lot of internal and external troubles in recent years, and there have been almost endless wars. Therefore, the troops are mainly concentrated in the Seoul area, and there are not many troops stationed in other places, let alone Jeju Island.

When Mao Wenlong's army arrived near Jeju Island, the North Korean defenders also saw them on the tower defense of Jeju Island. However, when the defenders saw that the "Mao" flag was hanging on their ship, they They all relaxed their vigilance. After all, Mao Wenlong was a "military aid" sent by the Ming Dynasty. He was stationed in Dongjiang Town to assist North Korea in fighting against the slaves.

The garrison general hurriedly waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers: "Put away your bows, arrows and muskets, we are friendly forces!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were bursts of gunfire behind him, and white smoke billowed out from the thousands of warships on the sea, and then he saw a dense mass of black dots flying towards him.

However, Mao Wenlong's warships were equipped with small artillery, and the largest ones were not even at the level of anti-Japanese artillery. They could only hit one or two miles away at most. Therefore, this wave of bombardment mainly had a greater deterrent effect. The shells Before they could reach the island, they all fell into the sea with a splash.

But even if Mao Wenlong's bombardment did not hit the island, the hostility was already very obvious. No matter how stupid the North Korean defenders on the island were, they could see that the fleet in front of them had bad intentions!
Then, the North Korean defenders reacted instantly. They dropped their weapons, turned around and ran for their lives...

When Mao Chenglu saw the escaping North Korean defenders, he burst into laughter: "Father, look, these cowards were scared away by us!"

Mao Wenlong snorted coldly, "I have long expected that the defenders on the island are vulnerable. After we land on the island soon, we will go straight to Jeju City!"

A quarter of an hour later, all the ships docked at Jeju Port. Although Mao Wenlong's troops came by boat without horses, they were not far from Jeju City, only a few miles away.

Mao Wenlong asked his men to unload all the cannons on the ship, pull them on carts, and march directly towards Jeju City on foot.

Mao Wenlong served as the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town for a long time. He has been dealing with North Korea for so many years and has a good understanding of all aspects of North Korea. Therefore, he is very confident that he can easily capture Jeju City later.

The reason why Mao Wenlong was so confident was that for the Ming army, North Korea's city defense was almost the same as being undefended.

North Korea has always liked to imitate the Ming Dynasty, and it is the same in terms of city building. It especially likes to imitate the city style of the Ming Dynasty, and likes to build the city very large. When the buildings in the city are only a few square kilometers, they must spread out for a mile or two. Make a big circle.

Therefore, North Korean cities often appear to be quite large from the outside. In fact, after entering the city gate, you have to walk several miles before you can see the buildings.

In addition, North Korea's city walls and city gates are even more superficial. They only imitate the appearance of the Ming Dynasty city walls and city gates. However, due to the lack of materials and construction capabilities, they have no defensive capabilities and instead resemble a Q version model.

Why do you say that?
Because the city walls in North Korea are often only two or three meters high, although parapets are built in imitation of the Ming Dynasty city walls, the height of the parapets can only reach a person’s waist and cannot play a defensive role at all. From the back, all the vital points of the upper body were still exposed to the enemy.

Not only that, but what’s even more funny is that the city wall in North Korea is still a single-layer wall, unlike the Ming Dynasty’s city wall which is double-layered, and soldiers can guard the city wall.

Although North Korean soldiers can also stand on the city wall to guard, in fact only the front is a layer of city wall. The soldiers do not stand on the city wall, but on the soil slope behind the city wall.

This earth slope is not a high slope made of rammed earth like the Ming Dynasty Tuwei, but a gentle slope that extends all the way to the ground level. It is very suitable for the enemy troops to climb the city wall, follow the trend, and attack into the city. It can also provide Enemy troops gain a "run-up" status.

It is precisely because of this that Mao Wenlong did not take Jeju City seriously at all. With these arrogant and powerful generals under his command, as long as he let them know and let them enter the city and plunder at will, Jeju City would probably not even take half an hour. Can't hold on.

At the same time, Mao Wenlong also asked Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming to lead 3000 troops to the southwest and occupy the horse farm on Jeju Island. War horse breeding on Jeju Island is mainly concentrated in this plain area in the southwest.

(End of this chapter)