Daming pirates

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it is almost July in the fourth year of Chongzhen. Yu Xiaotian is wearing a very simply cut linen cardigan, sitting in the study, shaking a big cattail leaf fan to cool down.

, with a bowl of sour plum soup with ice cubes in front of him, while dealing with the official business at hand, he suddenly asked Lin Yiyang, who was sitting opposite:

"By the way, Mr. Lin, is there any feedback on what I arranged for you to do at the beginning of the year?"

Lin Yiyang was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't remember what Yu Xiaotian asked about. Anyway, Yu Xiaotian had arranged things for him, and he couldn't remember what Yu Xiaotian asked about in his vague words today.

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So he hesitated for a moment and asked Xiaotian cautiously: "I wonder what my lord is asking about?"

Yu Xiaotian then put down his cattail leaf fan with some displeasure and said to Lin Yiyang: "It's about Denglai, Shandong! I don't know if there is any progress now!"

Lin Yiyang slapped his forehead, and then quickly replied: "So this is what the lord asked about! The students dare not forget it, but the lord arranged too many things, and the student just didn't understand what the lord asked about!

The students have been paying attention to the development there. At the beginning of the year, the students had already followed the master's instructions and sent a total of more than 30 capable personnel to Denglai and Shandong to set up positions.

Now, more than half of these people have settled down, integrated into the local area, and established a firm foothold. Since April, they have often sent back some news.

One of them has purchased a piece of land, about 400 acres, in Xishan Village on the seaside of Ninghai Prefecture, and has also purchased the large house of the family in Xishan Village. Xishan Village is right on the seaside, across the water from Yangma Island.

Looking at each other, the students have now dispatched a platoon of manpower to station in Xishan Village in the name of domestic servants.

In addition, according to the instructions of the lord, several of them also purchased a piece of land on the shore of Shidao Bay near Cuishan Town near Ningjinsuo along the coast of Jiaodong Peninsula.

According to the news sent back by these people, the sea surface around Yangma Island will freeze up in early December after winter in recent years. After the end of November, it will be basically impassable for ships. Only large ships with extremely strong hulls can

Adventure pass.

However, on the Shidao Bay side, although there is sea ice after winter, the sea surface will not be completely frozen. If you are careful, you can still sail. On the Beiweihaiwei side, after winter, the sea surface will also freeze, making it impossible to sail.

Moreover, just as the lord expected, in May of this year, the imperial court promoted Mr. Sun Yuanhua, who had just been promoted to the inspector of Shandong in the previous month, to the governor of Denglai! The lord is really a god, and you can guess such things, student

I am really ashamed of myself!

I just don’t know why my lord has paid so much attention to the situation in Denglai recently, and the students are really puzzled!”

Yu Xiaotian smiled shamelessly and thought to himself, you know nothing. I came back from the future. How could I not know that Sun Yuanhua was appointed governor of Denglai at this time? How could he not know that the famous Wuqiao Mutiny in history would soon occur?

, Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others launched a mutiny because of the incident, and for almost two years, the entire Jiaodong Peninsula was in chaos.

Of course he knew about such a major event, so starting from last winter, he arranged manpower to pay close attention to the situation in Denglai.

He couldn't tell others about this. He only mentioned it to Lin Yiyang that the imperial court might arrange for Sun Yuanhua to be the governor of Denglai. At that time, Lin Yiyang didn't quite believe it and thought that Yu Xiaotian could not guess such a thing, but the actual situation

However, the imperial court really transferred Sun Yuanhua to Shandong this year and became the governor of Denglai, which shocked Lin Yiyang into a daze.

Now after several years of dormancy, Yu Xiaotian's strength development has reached an unprecedented level, and the north is already showing a chaotic scene. However, it seems that it is not yet time for him to immediately launch an army to rebel.

But now that we can't afford the troops to rebel, it doesn't mean that we can't make arrangements in advance. For more than a year, Yu Xiaotian has been thinking about how to reach the north first, find a foothold, and lay a wedge for the future march northward.

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After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that it was not the right time to set up bases in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places. The most important thing was that the situation there had deteriorated. If he sent people to set up bases there, he must

Taking the land route, this journey can be said to be a long one. It is difficult for the people sent to get support from the rear of the Sea Wolf Group, and it is also impossible to send too many people. This is really very risky.

So in the end he thought of the Denglai Rebellion provoked by Kong Youde. At present, it seems that if he wants to reach out to Denglai in the near future, only this Denglai Rebellion can provide him with an opportunity to be honest.

The brightest place to send troops is to reach the Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong Province first.

In addition, there is another very important reason why Yu Xiaotian thinks this way, that is, although he is already very strong, whether it is the navy or the army, he has a strong combat effectiveness, but the key to the problem lies in what he has at hand right now.

Most of the soldiers and generals are from the south. If there is a Northern Expedition one day, it will definitely be a protracted war. However, in the north of the Little Ice Age, it is difficult for the southern soldiers to adapt to the northern climate, especially in winter.

You must know that in most parts of the north, the temperature is very low in winter. For example, in Henan, the minimum temperature in winter can even reach the point where dripping water turns into ice. After a large number of southern soldiers go north, the summer will be better, but in winter, it will definitely be

There was widespread frostbite and attrition.

Relatively speaking, people living in the north have an easier time adapting to the climate there. Relatively speaking, when logistics supplies are not in place, the attrition rate due to frostbite is much better than that of soldiers in the south, and they are more adaptable to the extreme cold.

The southern soldiers would definitely not be able to do this.

This is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian has been deliberately recruiting people from the north over the years. Over the years, Yu Xiaotian has also attracted tens of thousands of people from the north through various channels, and selected more than two thousand people from them.

Strong men were incorporated into the army. These men were not good at water fighting, but they performed well in the army.

Moreover, some of the smart and loyal people were selected by Yu Xiaotian and sent back to various parts of the north to lay an intelligence network for him, ready to support Yu Xiaotian's army going north to participate in the battle of the Central Plains.

In the past two years, thanks to Xiaotian's unremitting efforts, the intelligence network in the north has gradually taken shape. Many of the larger prefectures and even county towns in the north have deployed Sea Wolf personnel, lurking in various capacities.

Going forward, with the support of strong financial resources, most of these people are doing well in various places. Although they cannot enter the upper class, they can use various means to get information from the upper class, and may even influence the local area.

decisions of some officials.

But this does not make Yu Xiaotian feel satisfied. After all, he currently has too few northern soldiers at his disposal. Two or three thousand soldiers thrown to the north are simply a drop in the ocean. Even if they have strong fighting power, it will be difficult to achieve great things.

That's why Yu Xiaotian decided to reach out to the north first and build a bridgehead under his control. He would use this bridgehead to attract a large number of northerners to join his command, prepare personnel reserves in advance for the future journey north, and create a team.

A fierce army.

This is why Yu Xiaotian spent this period of time thinking hard about how to intervene in northern affairs legally. The Wuqiao Mutiny that will happen in the future will undoubtedly be an important opportunity for him to intervene in the north. If he misses this opportunity

, then he doesn't know what better opportunity can be left for him than this.

As long as he can legally lead his army into the Jiaozhou Peninsula, he can legally retain a group of men there and occupy a large amount of land, which can be used as his base to absorb hungry people from the north, and can also transfer them back to the south.

You can also resettle on the spot and wait for the next opportunity.

After listening to Lin Yiyang's report, Yu Xiaotian nodded slightly and said: "Basically it's okay! But it's not enough!

You didn't mention the overall situation in Denglai now, but I don't know what Mr. Sun is doing over there now! In addition, I am also concerned about the composition of his soldiers and horses and the relationship between them. These things are

Things I care about!”

After hearing this, Lin Yiyang quickly continued: "Students have paid attention to these things. From the news sent back by people over there, Master Sun is vigorously rectifying local military affairs after he took office as governor of Denglai!

Especially since Yuan Chonghuan killed Shuai Mao, Dongjiang Town has been unable to unite, and the entire Dongjiang Town has been in turmoil. Even Mao Shuai's successor, Chen Jisheng and Chen Zongbing, was killed by a rebel general in April last year.

Nowadays, the entire Dongjiang Army can be said to have been disintegrated by civil strife. Yuan Chonghuan's false imperial edict to kill Marshal Mao now seems to be a big failure! It is actually a stupid thing that makes relatives happy and enemies happy!

In recent years, a large number of Dongjiang military generals or Liaodong people have fled Liaodong and crossed the sea to Denglai, Shandong and other places because of the instability of people's hearts in Dongjiang Town.

According to the detective report, after Master Sun took office, he tried his best to gather the old Dongjiang army during this period, reorganize and train them into an army, and treated some of the old Dongjiang Town generals with great courtesy and entrusted them with important tasks!

As far as the current students know, Mr. Sun has now recruited more than 10,000 people from the old Dongjiang Army, and also recruited generals such as Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan, Geng Zhongming, Chen Guangfu... who previously served in the Dongjiang Army, and each has been entrusted with important tasks.

, and also gathered many refugees from Liaodong in the Denglai area.

It's a pity that the Liaodong soldiers had always been at odds with the local Shandong soldiers because of Commander Mao. Although the Liao people who fled to Denglai were treated leniently by Lord Sun, the local Shandong people and Shandong soldiers did not welcome them.

These Dongjiang generals and the Liao people were all in one body, and friction continued all day long.

Those Shandong people even regarded these refugees who had fled back from Liaodong as bandits and were on strict guard against them. For this reason, the situation in Denglai and other places is not peaceful now. Fighting continues outside the city all day long. Mr. Sun is said to be very worried about this.

Because of the headache!”