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Pi Island is also called Dongjiang Island.

This is mainly due to the difference in pronunciation between Chinese and Korean.

At this time, the "Pingliao Town" proposed by Mao Wenlong had not yet been approved, and the Guangning Army had been destroyed. Mao Wenlong's various units called themselves the "Dongjiang Army".

To a certain extent, Dongjiang Group's system has begun to take shape, which is more than a year earlier than in history.

Arrangements were made for Shang Laoliu to go to Dagukou to trade grain with the Qu family, and Li Yuanqing took a boat directly to Pi Island.

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong came back one day earlier than Li Yuanqing. They had already reported to Pi Island and received additional manpower.

Li Yuanqing was delayed for another day because he went to Changsheng Island, so he happened to miss the two of them.

This time, the imperial court's reward was only a small one for Li Yuanqing and the others, while Mao Wenlong was the real big one.

He was officially conferred the title of Chief Military Officer, and joined the Prince's Young Division to guard Pidao (Dongjiang Island). Although his designation has not yet been clarified, Mao Wenlong is already a well-known officer and has become the leader of millions of people across thousands of miles of sea and land.

The spiritual leader of the Liao people.

When Li Yuanqing saw Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong had already put on a brand new red official robe, his beard was trimmed neatly, and his power came from the inside out, making people instinctively fearful.

Li Yuanqing hurriedly kowtowed to Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong laughed loudly, "Yuan Qing, I knew you would be back in the next few days. Please get up quickly."

As he spoke, he helped Li Yuanqing up with his own hands.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. Even though he was promoted, Mao Wenlong didn't seem to be interested in him.

After some pleasantries, Li Yuanqing did not hide much and directly reported to Mao Wenlong the story of his trip to Beijing, including his differences with Zhang Pan.

Mao Wenlong frowned when he heard this. In fact, he had already obtained some information about this from Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan, but it was far less detailed than what Li Yuanqing himself said and analyzed.

Li Yuanqing looked at Mao Wenlong quietly. According to Mao Wenlong's wisdom, it must not be difficult for him to see the flaw in Zhang Pan's words when he rushed to the top.

After a long while, Mao Wenlong exhaled a long breath and patted Li Yuanqing's shoulder softly, "Yuan Qing, it's really hard for you to have this matter come to this."

When Li Yuanqing heard this, tears welled up in his eyes, "Commander, humble position, humble position..."

Mao Wenlong looked at Li Yuanqing with a smile, "Yuanqing, you are a good boy. Zhang Pan's temper is like this, and you don't have to be angry with him. Your Majesty..."

Mao Wenlong said, paused, and exhaled a long breath, "The emperor also wants to settle the Liao affair as soon as possible."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Commander, during this period, the old slaves are marching westward to Mongolia. This is an opportunity for us."

Mao Wenlong nodded, "Yuan Qing, what do you think?"

During this period in history, Mao Wenlong almost tried every means to harass the Houjin hinterland, trying to cause trouble for the old slaves.

But at that time, the Dongjiang Headquarters (Mao Wenlong Headquarters, later called the Dongjiang Headquarters) was very weak due to many fatal attacks by the Hou Jin Army. Until the end of the second year and the beginning of the third year of Tianqi, the famous Third Mine disciples, and a large number of Liao soldiers

After the young and strong people joined in, they calmed down a little.

The scale and momentum seemed to be large, but in fact, it was like scratching an itch and did not put too much pressure on Lao Nu. On the contrary, after Lao Nu's main force defeated Lin Danhan, the two teams of Zhenglan Banner and Xianghongqi

They jointly attacked Lushun. Fortunately, Zhang Pan fled and defended desperately. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

At this time, although the Dongjiang headquarters was short of food and clothing, it had sufficient manpower, and Li Yuanqing was a little unsure of Mao Wenlong's thoughts.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yuanqing said: "Commander, our army is not weak now. The meaning of humble duty is to either not do it or to do it, and it is best to see some results. It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them."

Mao Wenlong frowned, "Yuan Qing, do you want to attack Zhenjiang?"

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Commander, it may not be wise to attack Zhenjiang by force, but we can surround the area and provide reinforcements, just like the old slave did to us before."

Mao Wenlong's eyes couldn't help but light up, as if he had caught something, "Yuan Qing, please tell me carefully..."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Commander, we have many soldiers, but the armor is not good. It would be unwise to attack by force and waste our lives. It is already April, and the wheat will be ripe soon. Just wait."

When the wheat is ripe, our army threatens Zhenjiang City..."

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Li Yuanqing went to Mao Wenlong's room at noon, and it was almost midnight before Mao Wenlong was willing to let Li Yuanqing out.

Mao Chenglu, Chen Jisheng, and Zhang Pan, who were originally waiting for Li Yuanqing to drink, had been waiting for most of the night.

However, this saved Li Yuanqing a lot of trouble. If he was caught by these ruthless people, he would inevitably have another hangover tonight.

Returning to the temporary station and lying on the bed, Li Yuanqing was also carefully recalling today's exchange with Mao Wenlong.

In fact, Li Yuanqing had no choice but to come up with the idea of ​​encirclement and reinforcements.

If it is divided into three strategies: upper, middle and lower, the strategy of encircling the point and attacking with reinforcements can only be regarded as the middle strategy.

After all, although Dongjiang Headquarters currently has a lot of manpower, the equipment is too poor. Although there is no intermittent training, many people still have to farm, so the intensity of training is very limited.

The best way at this time is guerrilla warfare. Instead of targeting the city, disperse the troops as much as possible, use actual combat to train the troops, rob the population and property, and allow the troops to continue to grow and accumulate experience in small-scale, low-intensity battles.

But Mao Wenlong has been promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief. Even though this method can capture many heads, he may not accept it due to the pressure from the court.

On Zhang Pan's side, although Mao Wenlong supported Li Yuanqing, Zhang Pan was Mao Wenlong's confidant after all, and Li Yuanqing did not dare to take risks on this matter.

Encirclement and reinforcements will inevitably collide with the main force left behind by Hou Jin, but the intensity should not be too strong. Li Yuanqing believes that as long as Mao Wenlong is not greedy for credit and rushes forward, he can also gain something.

But~~~, compared with the previous strategy, the casualties of this strategy will inevitably be much greater.

Li Yuanqing let out a long breath. This was already the maximum he could do within his capabilities.

Now, we can only pray that Mao Wenlong will gain something and make the Dongjiang headquarters stronger, so that Li Yuanqing will have stronger support.

As for the Western Front and Li Yuanqing's Southern Liaoning Division, Li Yuanqing also expressed his views to Mao Wenlong.

Zhang Pan wants to play in Jinzhou, it's not impossible.

It's just that the Hou Jin Army is not a fool. For the defense of Jinzhou's front line, it is naturally well-equipped with troops. Even if the three troops have the strength to defeat them, they will definitely pay huge casualties. Although the three of them have been promoted, this

Obviously unwise.

Jinzhou is not only a small city, but the local population has already been swallowed up by Zhang Pan. Now it is almost a military city, a complete military fortress. Even if it is captured, what good will it do?

It's just that when you report your merits to the court, you have the merit of restoring the land, which makes it look better.

But in the grand scheme of things, does this serve any purpose?

Li Yuanqing's intention was to take the enemy by surprise and try to attack Fuzhou and Gaizhou by sea.

Fuzhou and Gaizhou are both large cities in southern Liaoning. Although they are surrounded by the Liaohai Sea, they are not front-line battlefields, and their defense level is much weaker than that of Jinzhou.

No matter which one, once it is captured, not only the wealth, but the population alone, there will definitely be a big harvest.

However, Li Yuanqing's goal was too scattered, and the key was to see where the troops were empty. Therefore, Mao Wenlong agreed in principle with Li Yuanqing's idea, and the specific implementation would be discussed in the future.

The best time is when the wheat is ripe, when the Dongjiang Headquarters is besieging Zhenjiang City, and both the western and eastern fronts attack simultaneously.

Li Yuanqing also understood that this was Mao Wenlong's greatest support for him.

At this time, there were still two months until the wheat was ready. Li Yuanqing should also take advantage of this period to grasp the layout and train his troops so that he could accumulate a lot of experience during the war and establish his top position among the three divisions in southern Liaoning.

After so much hard work, it was time to reap the rewards in the second year of Tianqi.

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At noon the next day, after completing the process from Mao Wenlong's side, Li Yuanqing successfully received the Dongjiang headquarters to replenish his manpower shortage.

However, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan took the lead. In addition, Mao Wenlong will continue to 'enfranchise' the Liaohai Islands in the next step, and the population of the headquarters is also somewhat tight. Li Yuanqing only received more than 1,100 young men. This is far from Li Yuanqing's

The guerrilla title is still short of about a thousand men.

But under such circumstances, how could Li Yuanqing still be dissatisfied?

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Pan personally led the fleet to send Li Yuanqing and the young men to Guanglu Island.

There was a strong wind on the bow of the ship, but it was no longer so cold. Li Yuanqing and Zhang Pan stood side by side, facing the sea breeze and looking at the vast sea.

Zhang Pan smiled and said: "Yuan Qing, I really envy you. Look, my brother is still on the defensive."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile, "The reward from the imperial court should be coming soon. Brother Zhang, it's just a matter of time. This year, we brothers will have to work hard. We will also build more foundations for our children and grandchildren."

Zhang Pan laughed loudly, "That's right. Yuan Qing. A man should be his wife's shadow. My mother-in-law is also happy. I'm really looking forward to it."

Li Yuanqing was stunned, right? These two brothers are so fierce, why hasn't there been any movement on his side?

Zhang Pan also saw what Li Yuanqing was thinking and said with a smile: "Yuan Qing, you have to work harder in this regard."

Li Yuanqing was speechless, but nodded heavily.

In this era, blood is the strongest bond. Having more children and grandchildren will make the family stronger and allow the soldiers under your command to work with greater peace of mind.

With Zhang Pan's company, the journey is not boring.

At noon the next day, the fleet arrived at Guanglu Island. Li Yuanqing prepared a delicious meal and invited Chen Zhong to accompany him. The three old brothers got drunk.

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At noon the next day, Zhang Pan left. There were not many manpower at the old camp on Guanglu Island. The infrastructure on Changsheng Island was also arranged. Li Yuanqing also began to think about fully moving the old camp and the blacksmith shop to the old camp.

Changsheng Island.

By chance, news came from Changsheng Island that Liu Dadou had arrived, bringing with him more than 600 young men.

As a result, the total number of young men under Li Yuanqing's command was close to 0,000, which could basically satisfy the orthodox establishment of his guerrilla general.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuanqing was already qualified to name his headquarters at this time, just like Mao Wenlong's headquarters was called Dongjiang Army.

However, just when the situation was looking good, a very bad news came from the blacksmith shop. Xu Liang was trying to fire a blunderbuss at noon, and unfortunately the barrel exploded. Fortunately, Xu Liang's reaction

Very quickly, the moment he lit the fire door, he felt something was wrong and threw the blunderbuss away without being seriously injured.

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Chapter completed!