Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1103 Agreement
Lu Zeyang found that he had also neglected the problem of food difficulties.The food in Laizhou City can supply the whole city's soldiers and civilians for about six or seven months.According to the speed at which the imperial court dispatched troops and generals, there would not be a large group of people coming to suppress them within three or four months.And it is still unknown whether they can win and clear the siege in one battle.

Both Sun Yuanhua and Xu Congzhi are well aware of the actual operational capabilities of the current imperial court and are ready for a protracted war.As for local officials such as Zhu Wannian and Hong County Magistrate, they had to keep enough food in order to keep the ground calm, so they would not be willing to allocate food to Lu Zeyang to support the refugees.

"Fortunately, only more than 500 people have been taken in, or there will be a joke!" Lu Zeyang thought, now that the rebels are attacking the city in a hurry, they really have to take in thousands of refugees in the four-sided gate, or they have to fight to the death to protect the refugees. Or just watch the refugees being poisoned by the rebels, and they did nothing to take them in.

Lu Zeyang painfully realized that if he wanted to use Laizhou as a local refugee shelter, the premise was that the rebels would clear the siege, otherwise the refugees would never come to the place where the two sides exchanged fire. Rice mountains and mountains are useless.

But he was not reconciled, and had already decided to abduct Fan Twelve's young men and their families.Fan Shier's excellent local Jiaodong dishes can satisfy his Laizhou stomach better than the food in the canteen of Lingao Senate.Lu Zeyang was already planning to get Fan Twelve back to be his personal cook - he had to sign an absolute contract...

While thinking wildly, Fan Twelve and the others thought he was planning a strategy, and they dared not speak up.

At this moment, a messenger came to report suddenly, and Zhang Tao asked to see him.

"Please!" Lu Zeyang said, stood up and greeted him.Although Zhang Tao is a retired deputy general, after all he is the guard of the south gate and Sun Yuanhua's direct descendant.Whether it's the small situation of the Laizhou defense battle or the general situation in the entire Jiaodong area, this person needs to be perfunctory.

Although Zhang Tao has been dismissed as a lieutenant general, the position of a military general is not worth much at first. Since he can stay in office, as long as he wins a battle, there is a possibility of recovery--there were frequent wars in the late Ming Dynasty, and military generals started quickly: Zuo Liangyu was in the early Chongzhen period. It was just a small military academy in [-], but in a decade or so, it has become a feudal town with more than [-] troops.So Zhang Tao is not worried about his future.

He knew from Sun Yuanhua's mouth that this time he received the full support of the deer owner of Qimu Island, including the fact that he and Sun Yuanhua were able to stay in Jiaodong and "retain their crimes".Therefore, he was very polite to the "President Lu Tuan" who was the owner of the deer manor.

When Fan Shieryi saw such a high-ranking official, he was so scared that he ran away.Zhang Tao and Lu Tuan said a few words of politeness, and then complimented him for "managing the army well", and Lu Zeyang also said a few words of humility.Seeing that Vice General Zhang spoke polite words, knowing that he was jealous of people around him, he immediately asked everyone else to withdraw.

Only then did Zhang Tao speak. First, on behalf of Sun Yuanhua, he expressed his gratitude to the "Deer Villa Master", and then expressed his own gratitude.

"...If Master Lu hadn't tried his best to deal with it this time, not to mention that the imperial court allowed me to perform crimes and meritorious deeds, I am afraid that even the head would not be preserved," Zhang Tao said in a low voice, "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. From now on, it will be useful to get what I have. I will do my best to repay it!”

Lu Zeyang hurriedly said: "Severe words! Serious words!" He thought that the beginning of a good word usually has no good things.Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Tao can stay in Jiaodong, which is of great benefit to future work, but on the other hand, they will be more and more involved in the official struggles in Shandong. Not all good things to say.

Sure enough, Zhang Tao's next step was to convey Sun Yuanhua's meaning. He hoped that Lu Zeyang could talk to the owner of the Lu Zhuang and try to get a batch of "Australian" guns.

Lu Zeyang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Sun Yuanhua was really a Westernization faction of the Ming Dynasty, and he was still guilty, the new army he trained had been wiped out, and he was thinking about making foreign guns and cannons again.

Although the export of weapons to all parties is the next step of the trade goal that has been decided, the export of equipment for the Fubo Army's own use is absolutely prohibited.No matter how much Sun Yuanhua was supported by the Senate, it was impossible to sell him Mini rifles and Napoleon guns.

Weapons that can be sold are already under development, so it's not a big problem if you think about it.In particular, the Nanyang-style rifle is definitely a subversive weapon compared to Daming's current cheating bird gun and three-eyed gun. It's just that Daming, the "transportation captain", is too powerful. The Planning Institute is very worried that selling weapons to Daming will eventually lead to Affected the export sales of weapons to Manchu Qing.

However, now that Sun Yuanhua is staying in his post on behalf of his guilt, there are still doubts about whether he can continue to be the governor of Denglai.If there is no army, there will be no military salary of 80 taels per year, and he has no local administrative power as a governor. Where can he raise this money?

In an instant, countless thoughts had turned in Lu Zeyang's mind. Zhang Tao had been in the officialdom for a long time, and he knew from Lu Zeyang's expression what he was probably thinking-this was expected.At the moment, he said softly: "Don't worry about Lu Tuan, just tell Master Lu that Sun Junmen has sent people to Beijing. There is still something to be done about Jiaodong in the future."

Lu Zeyang nodded, but didn't quite believe it.In his opinion, Sun Yuanhua has lost all his capital, and if it weren't for the operation of the Senate, he would have been decapitated long ago.Now I'm actually thinking about making a comeback right now.

But this matter is not for him to consider, let the executive committee consider it.Immediately nodded and said: "Definitely tell!"

The two chatted again, and Zhang Tao was quite worried when talking about the future battle situation, because the rebels had been besieging the city for more than ten days since they set up camp under the city on the third day of February. The defense is very tight. Yang Yufan is a veteran general, and he has his own soldiers as the backbone. He can still command the guard gates. Bravery, after all, lacks combat experience, and suffered a lot of casualties in the battle. It was only because of Wang Daochun and Xu Congzhi's personal arrogance that the ascending command was able to maintain morale.

As for the South Gate, if Lu Zeyang hadn't won the battle and wiped out the spirit of the rebels, the Laizhou defense forces under Zhang Tao alone would have been vulnerable to a single blow.

"If there is no reinforcements in Laizhou City, I'm afraid it will be a disaster." Zhang Tao said, "I don't know when the reinforcements from Governor Huang will arrive!"

"Left, but these days will definitely arrive." Lu Zeyang knew that according to history, Huanglong's reinforcements should have arrived in Laizhou by sea in these few days.His heart suddenly moved. Since the reinforcements came from the sea, it means that the freeze in Haimiao Port and other places has ended these days.Otherwise, it is impossible for reinforcements to land.

In this way, the time has come for Laizhou to set up a wharf at Hutou Cliff.Once a fortress is set up in Hutouya, it can attract refugees who dare not go to Laizhou for refuge.

But this will inevitably lead to another division of troops. It is impossible for the people in Lu Zeyang's hands to be divided into two places. We can only send people from Qimu Island——Lu Wenyuan and Zhu Mingxia are pulling teams there, and they have already made up a lot. For the Xiangyong team, it should not be difficult to use a small number of regular troops to cooperate with Xiangyong to set up a stockade in Hutouya as a refugee transfer point.

However, considering the current situation, it is impossible to build a refugee camp in Hutouya. The only way is to use boats and people to let refugees board the boat directly.

After the rebel army defeated Qimu Island and suffered a solid defeat at the south gate of Laizhou, the task of the northbound detachment became temporarily simple, turning the surrounding area of ​​Qimu Island into an impenetrable fortress, ensuring that Sun Yuanhua could defend Laizhou Enough.

Zhu Mingxia didn't want to give too much protection to the surrounding areas, so Qidao would no longer be the only choice for refugees.According to the intention of the Executive Committee, he made a map in the way of the Ming Dynasty. This is a map of the Jiaodong Peninsula that shows where to attack and where to go.

When releasing the [-] captive soldiers under Mao Chenglu, he called several leaders and ordered them to bring the message to Kong Youde.And gave them the map.

The content of the message is very simple: everyone has a family business, you do your rebellious cause, I will guard my Qidao Island, it is best not to fight each other, it is best for everyone to keep a distance.The letter also specifically reminded that Kong Youde was required to follow the requirements on the map and not to attack areas that were prohibited from attacking, otherwise he would immediately capture Huangxian County and cut off the communication line to Laizhou.

Zhu Mingxia was very sure that Kong Youde would honestly follow the request in the letter and bypass the forbidden areas.This has little effect on Kong Youde himself.Mao Chenglu's remnants must never forget the firepower of the Fubo Army.The artillery fire harvested batches of rebels in an instant, and they didn't even have a chance to fire the artillery.As long as Kong Youde's head is not caught by the door, he will consider accepting the contents of the letter.The letter also cryptically revealed another important message to Kong Youde—it is negotiable with the Australians, not incompatible.

Lu Wenyuan expressed doubts about whether Kong Youde would accept the suggestion, and asked what to do if he ignored the threat in the letter, Zhu Mingxia waved his hand and grabbed Kong Kong: "Then crush his balls."

After the captured Liao soldiers were released back to Dengzhou City, there was no news for a long time. It was not until after Lu Zeyang's great victory at Nanguan that they heard from Dengzhou. They brought a letter from Kong Youde. After reading the letter, Zhu Mingxia smiled and took Throwing the letter to Lu Wenyuan and asking him to read the contents of the letter, Lu Wenyuan was surprised after reading it.

"Kong Youde wants to form an alliance with us?"

"That's right. From Kong Youde's point of view, we have few people and excellent firearms. Their weapons are not good, but the advantage lies in the large number of people. If the two are combined, we can become the overlord of one side."

"Shall we agree to him or refuse?" Lu Wenyuan quickly assessed the potential advantages and disadvantages of this proposal.

"Of course I refused." Zhu Mingxia said.

(End of this chapter)