Chapter 42 Denglai

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Seeing that he entered July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Yu Xiaotian wore a very simple hemp-style jacket and sat in the study, shaking a big fu fan in his hand and fanning it to catch a cold. In front of him was a bowl of sour plum soup with ice. While dealing with his official business at hand, he suddenly opened his mouth. Lin Yiyang, sitting opposite, asked:

"Yes, Mr. Lin, do you have any feedback on what I arranged for you to do at the beginning of the year?"

Lin Yiyang was stunned for a moment and didn't remember what Yu Xiaotian was asking. Anyway, Yu Xiaotian arranged a lot of things for him. He couldn't remember what Yu Xiaotian asked today.

So he hesitated for a moment and carefully asked Xiaotian, "I don't know what the lord asked?"

Yu Xiaotian then put down the fan and said to Lin Yiyang, "It's about Denglai, Shandong! I don't know if there is any progress now!"

Lin Yiyang patted his forehead and quickly replied, "It turns out that the lord asked about this matter!" The students dare not forget each other, but there are too many things arranged by the master. Just now, the students didn't understand what the master was asking!

The students have been paying attention to the development of this matter. At the beginning of the year, the students had sent more than 30 elite personnel to Denglai and Shandong and other places according to the instructions of the master.

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

One of them has purchased a piece of land in Xishan Village by the seaside of Ninghai, about 400 mu, and bought the big house of the family in Xishan Village. Xishan Village is by the sea, across the water from Yangma Island. Now students have sent a platoon of people to enter in the name of domestic servants. Stationed in Xishan Village.

In addition, according to the lord's instructions, several of them bought a piece of land on the shore of Shidao Bay near Ningjin Institute along the coast of Jiaodong Peninsula.

According to the news from these people, the sea area around Yangma Island will be frozen in early December after winter. After the end of November, ships are basically impassable. Only large ships with unusually strong hulls can take risks.

But on the other side of Shidao Bay, although there is sea ice after winter, the sea will not be completely frozen. Be careful and you can still sail. After wintering on the north side of Beihaiwei, the sea will also be frozen and you can't sail.

As expected by the lord, in May this year, the court promoted Lord Sun Yuanhua, who had just been promoted to the governor of Shandong in January, as the governor of Denglai! The lord is really a god. Such things can also be guessed. Students are really ashamed of themselves!

I just don't know why the master has paid so much attention to the situation in the denley area recently. The students are really puzzled!"

Yu Xiaotian smiled brazenly and said to himself that you know nothing. I came back from the future. How could you not know that Sun Yuanhua was appointed as the governor of Denglai at this time? How could you not know that there would be a famous Wuqiao mutiny in history soon? Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others launched a mutiny due to events for almost two years. The whole Jiaodong Peninsula was a mess.

Of course, he knows about such a big event, so since last winter, he has arranged personnel to pay close attention to the situation in Denglai.

He can't tell others about this matter. He just mentioned it to Lin Yiyang. The court may arrange Sun Yuanhua to be the governor of Denglai. At that time, Lin Yiyang still didn't believe it. How could Yu Xiaotian guess this kind of thing, but the actual situation is that the court really transferred Sun Yuanhua to Shandong this year and became the governor of Denglai. It shocked Lin Yiyang a little.

Now, after several years of dormancy, Yu Xiaotian's strength has developed to an unprecedented level, and the north has shown a troubled scene, but at present, it seems that it is not yet time for him to immediately rebel.

But it doesn't mean that soldiers can't rebel now, but it doesn't mean that it can't be laid out in advance. For more than a year, Yu Xiaotian has been thinking about how to reach north first and find a foothold to make a wedge for the future.

After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that the time was not ripe to go to Shanshan, Henan and other places to lay out. The most important thing is that the situation there has been rotten. If you send people to lay out there, you must go there by land. This road can be said to be a long way, and it is difficult for the people sent to get the rear of the Sea Wolf Group. It is extremely risky to support and not be able to send too many people.

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 for him to send troops to Denglai and reach the Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong Province.

In addition, there is another very important reason why Yu Xiaotian considers this, that is, although his strength is already very strong, whether it is the navy or the army, he has a strong combat effectiveness, but the key to the problem is that he has soldiers at hand, mostly southerners. Once there is an expedition to the north one day It must be a protracted war, and it is difficult for southern soldiers to adapt to the climate of the north in today's small glacier era, especially in winter.

You should know that in most areas in the north, the temperature is very low in winter. For example, in Henan, the minimum temperature in winter can even reach the level of dripping water into ice. After a large number of southern soldiers go north, it is better in summer, but in winter, there will definitely be a large area of frostbite reduction.

Relatively speaking, people living in the north are more likely to adapt to the climate there. Relatively speaking, in the case of insufficient logistical supplies, the frostbite reduction is much better than that of southern soldiers, and they are more adapted to fighting in extremely cold conditions, but southern soldiers certainly can't do this.

This is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian has been deliberately recruiting northerners over the years. Over the years, Yu Xiaotian has also absorbed tens of thousands of people in the north through various channels, and selected more than 2,000 strong men to join the army. These people are not good at water warfare, but they are in the army. Good performance.

Moreover, some of the people with flexible and loyal brains were selected by Yu Xiaotian and sent back to all parts of the north to lay an intelligence network for him and ready to meet Yu Xiaotian's army to the north and participate in the battle against the Central Plains.

In the past two years, the intelligence network in the north has gradually taken shape with Xiaotian's spared investment. Many large cities in the north and even counties have planted sea wolf personnel and lurked in various identities with strong financial support. Most of these people are doing well everywhere. Although they can't enter the upper class, they can get information from the upper class by various means, which may even affect the decision of some local officials.

But this does not satisfy Yu Xiaotian. After all, there are too few northern soldiers available to him now. Two or three thousand people are thrown to the north, which is simply a drop in the ocean. Even if they are strong, it is difficult to achieve great things.

So Yu Xiaotian decided to reach out to the north first and build a bridgehead under his control. Using this bridgehead, he would absorb a large number of northerners to join him, reserve personnel in advance for the future northward, and build a fierce army.

This is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian was thinking about how to intervene in the affairs of the north under legal circumstances during this period, and the Wuqiao mutiny that will take place in the future will undoubtedly become an important opportunity for him to intervene in the north. If he miss this opportunity, then he doesn't know what else can be better than this. A good opportunity can be given to him.

As long as he can legally lead his army into the Jiaozhou Peninsula, he can legally leave a group of people there and occupy a large amount of land as a base for him to absorb the hungry people in the north. He can also transfer them back to the south or settle there and wait for the next opportunity.

After listening to Lin Yiyang's report, Yu Xiaotian nodded slightly and said, "Basically, it's okay!" But this is far from enough!

You haven't mentioned the overall situation on Denglai now, but I don't know what Lord Sun is doing now! In addition, I also care about the composition of his soldiers and horses and the relationship between them, which are all my concern!"

After listening to this, Lin Yiyang quickly continued to say, "The students have also paid attention to these things. According to the news sent back from the people over there, Lord Sun is vigorously rectifying the local military affairs after he arrived at Ren Denglai!

Especially since Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Shuai, Dongjiang Town has been unable to condense. The whole Dongjiang Town has been full of ups and downs. Even Mao Shuai's successor, Chen Jisheng and General Chen, was killed by a rebel general in April last year.

Nowadays, the whole Dongjiang army can be said to have collapsed in civil strife. At the beginning, Yuan Chonghuan pretended to kill Mao Shuai, but now it seems that it is indeed a big failure! It's really a stupid thing for relatives and enemies!

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

According to the report, after Lord Sun took office, he tried his best to collect the old army of Dongjiang, reorganize it into an army, and gave great courtesy to some of the old generals in Dongjiang Town and entrusted him with heavy responsibilities!

As far as the students know, Lord Sun has now collected more than 10,000 people from the old troops of the Dongjiang Army, and has also collected many generals such as Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan, Geng Zhongming, Chen Guangfu, etc., who previously served in the Dongjiang Army, each with heavy responsibilities and has also collected many refugees from Liaodong in the land of Denglai.

Unfortunately, the Liaodong soldiers had always been at peace with the local Shandong soldiers because of Mao Shuai. Although the Liao people fled to Denglai and received the lenient treatment of Lord Sun, the local Shandong people and Shandong soldiers did not like these Dongjiang soldiers and Liao people, and the two sides became one Body, friction all day long.

Those Shandong people regarded these refugees who fled from Liaodong as bandits and were strictly guarded. Therefore, the current situation in Denglai and other places is not peaceful, and there has been fighting outside the city all day long. Lord Sun is also said to have a headache for this!"