Section 21 Eastward (Part 2)
"Because this is an agreement, and the agreement will be implemented once it is reached." Deng Ming did not mean to compromise on this issue at all. He said to Wu Yueer: "Because I have promised them, their lives are now under my protection."
The background introduction of a painting I once heard made Deng Ming admire a Kurd. At that time, everyone knew that as long as the water given by Sarahardin would be safe, even if it was a prisoner, because the trustworthy Sarahardin would do his best to protect the safety of his guests. Later, it seemed that a novel borrowed this story and changed the water to bread and salt. Deng Ming had just given the officer tea to the Sichuan-Shaanxi Commander's Officer, so he pointed to the tea cups and said, "I have invited them to drink tea. They are all my guests. I cannot let the guests who have drunk my tea be harmed in my camp."
Although it was a pirated copy, Deng Ming was still very satisfied, because gentlemen rarely looked like water droplets in the desert, so they were desirable and admirable. It seemed that this sentence was also very effective for the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor. After hearing Deng Ming's speech, they immediately grabbed the teacup in their hands to show that they were real guests. Just now, Fu Shancha felt that the tea was too hot, and he was not very thirsty, so he didn't taste it like others. After hearing Deng Ming's words, Fu Shancha raised the still-heating teacup, and poured it all into his throat without saying a word, and swallowed it all.
"But so many of our righteous men died at their hands." Wu Yueer was a little confused about Deng Ming's insistence.
"Mr. Wu——" Fu Shancha, who had just drunk tea, was covering his throat and unable to speak. Another leader of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor, Yao Changzun, hurriedly stepped forward to distinguish everyone: "When Admiral Deng was in Sichuan, he taught us that there was no selfless resentment on the battlefield, and that life and death were determined by heaven. As long as he could enter the prisoner-of-war camp alive, he would not be held accountable for whether he had killed anyone on the battlefield. Admiral Deng also taught us that the most unforgivable behavior of warriors is bullying the weak, so he could not be forgiven for burning, killing, looting the people."
Yao Changzun said the teachings of Admiral Deng on the left and the instructions of Admiral Deng on the right, which scared Wu Yue'er: "Mr. Wu must know that we are receiving military pay from the Tartars. There is a saying in the world that is good, called collecting money and eliminating disasters with others. Your Shandong heroes took the money from their employers. Wouldn't you destroy the whole family of employers' enemies? I have long been famous for Shandong heroes, and I believe I wouldn't have done such unfaithful things, right?"
Wu Yue'er was speechless for a moment, and Yao Changzun was unreasonable: "We fought with Shandong heroes just to get the military pay we had. Outside the battlefield, we never harmed the people and killed the captives who had already surrendered. This was due to the admiral's teachings and our admiration for the heroes of Shandong - although we took the Tartars' money, we had to fight to the death with all the heroes on the battlefield. How dare Mr. Wu, have we harmed the people and killed the captives of the surrendered rebels?"
Deng Ming smiled at Yao Changzun: "Councilor Yao's eloquence is getting better and better."
"It's all cultivated by the admiral." Yao Changzun's answer was not entirely a compliment. After being a neighbor with Deng Ming for several years, the Ganzhou Green Camp, which was originally straightforward and rough, became more and more proficient in his reluctance when talking about fallacies.
Wu Yue'er failed to achieve Gao Yunxuan, and Xing Zhisheng gave her the task. After leaving Deng Ming's camp, she told the two senior brothers dejectedly that the mission failed: "You are better than me, go and talk to the Duke."
Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time: "Junior Sister Wu said it doesn't work, then there's nothing I can do."
Just now, they instigated Wu Yue'er to find Deng Ming to ask for someone. Even the words of fame and reputation were Gao Yunxuan's ideas. Seeing that Wu Yue'er's face was a little puzzled, Xing Zhisheng also added: "I agreed to my junior sister for dinner when I first met the Duke. Obviously... well... Speaking of Senior Brother Gao, what these Shaanxi guys said makes sense. The heroes had to destroy their enemies even if they took the money, but instead destroyed their employer. That was too unconventional."
"Forget it, there is no need to think about this anymore." Gao Yunxuan said angrily. He turned around and said to Wu Yue'er: "Junior Brother Xing and I are fine now. Junior Sister Wu will talk to us about the next strategy."
Wu Yue'er was first surprised, then happily shouted: "Okay!"
Although she was protected by her senior brother, the affairs of the world never let her, as a girl, interrupt, let alone involve strategic issues. In the past, if she asked to listen because of curiosity, her father, a gentle and gentle master, would even raise her face and scold her for being ignorant. Since she went out, her senior brother would never discuss future plans with a girl. Unexpectedly, Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng actually proposed it today.
"Gao Hero."
The voice of the Duke Baoguo came from behind. Deng Ming knew that the Shandong knights were deeply in favour of the governors of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He just rejected Wu Yue'er's request in order to implement his consistent policy, but this also sounded the alarm for Deng Ming, making him realize that he also needed to appease the Shandong League.
When Deng Ming explained his reasons, Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng listened carefully without saying a word. After Deng Ming came to an end, they both nodded together: "We all understand the Duke's meaning, don't worry, I won't cause trouble for the Duke in the future."
After saying that, Gao Yunxuan pulled Xing Zhisheng: "Duke forgive me, there is still some urgent matter in the camp. Junior Brother Xing and I have to deal with it quickly." Then he pointed to Wu Yue'er: "Let Junior Sister Wu tell the Duke about the situation of our Shandong Army."
Seeing that Wu Yue'er seemed to be talking, Gao Yunxuan explained before she spoke: "What I suddenly remembered is very urgent!"
Although the post road was blocked, Deng Ming did not have the ability to attack the county town for the time being, so he did not intend to use his elite guards to fight in the streets. Although the Shandong League Army has a thousand people, it has no combat power. Deng Ming is busy helping Gao Yunxuan and others establish prestige and helping them organize the uprising troops from dozens of parished villages. In addition to the bandits, there are also some young heroes who were originally cities. After being defeated, the rebels fled to nearby parished villages. Although they were also from parished, they were not the same faction as the heroes in the mountains, making Deng Ming's allied army more complicated.
"When I eliminate all the mobile troops in Laizhou Prefecture, especially the horse soldiers in the Green Camp, Laizhou Prefecture will become a piece of loose sand, just like the pastoral hamlets of heroes." Deng Ming explained his strategy to Wu Yue'er. He originally planned to explain to Gao Yunxuan and others so that they could understand the use of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor, but Gao Yunxuan and others left in an urgent matter - Deng Ming suspected that he might have resentment towards him. No matter which one it was, he would just tell Wu Yue'er: "At that time, there would only be our envoys on the post station, and soon all the rebels in Laizhou Prefecture could work together. Then, let alone the county town, even the prefecture city could easily be defeated."
Although Deng Ming did not hand over the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor, Wu Yue'er's admiration for Deng Ming still rose to a higher level. When he saw Deng Ming standing in front of the army, he was majestic, but he couldn't help but worry that such an obvious target would not make any mistakes. However, in front of the Shandong Uprising Army, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor, who was as cruel as a tiger in front of Deng Ming, was as obedient as a kitten, and he held a white mop and surrendered without having to beat him. Although Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun insisted that it was a peace talk, Wu Yue'er believed that this was surrender.
"The Duke of the Kingdom is indeed a hero. The eagle minions of Ganzhou and Shaanxi dare not even breathe in front of the Duke."
Deng Ming smiled again when he heard this: "Have you heard of the words "hawkish" and "dove"?"
After briefly explaining the meaning of these two words, Deng Ming continued: "Most people, including me, will not be simple hawks or doves, but when they meet an eagle, they are doves, and when they meet a dove, they are hawks, in short, they are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. So we must work hard to become an eagle, so that we will all meet pigeons. If we are a pigeon, then we will be all eagles--just like I keep my promise and treat the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor who is kind to the peace, it is also because I can't be a thorough eagle, because I don't have that strength yet, so I don't have to care what others think."
Deng Ming asked Wu Yueer to tell Gao Yunxuan and others that he still thought it was too early to open a base in Shandong, so Yuqi Group needed more flexible strategies. After Shandong heroes received systematic military training in Sichuan and obtained more and better equipment, it was a more suitable time for frontal armed struggle: "Don't look at it's easy for me to sweep the post station. The key to the war is to have a strong army, to be able to defeat the opponent with dignity, and to put on makeup and robbery camps and other things are just icing on the cake."
Soon the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor completed the agreement with Deng Ming, and hurried to Laizhou General led two thousand troops to crash into Deng Ming's ambush circle, and was defeated by the Shandong League. This battle was not completed by Deng Ming alone. He was only responsible for attacking the command center of the Qing army's marching column, and most of the ambush and capture of prisoners were responsible for Shandong friendly forces.
After all the mobile troops in Laizhou were eliminated, Deng Ming released the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor as promised, asking them to return to Jinan to ask Zu Zepu for emergency. Deng Ming was willing to cooperate with them and hand them some flags. He also asked them to cut off the heads of the Green Camp soldiers who were shot and said that they were Sichuan troops who were dressed up as the Qing army.
The Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor Association told Zu Zepu that they fought to the death to break through a bloody road, and Deng Ming did land in Shandong and was training the rebel army in Laizhou Prefecture, which was very likely to cause the entire Jiaodong Peninsula to fall into corruption again.
However, Deng Ming finally changed his attention and did not let the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor Mark exaggerate his strength. Instead, he told Zu Ze that the number of soldiers in Chuan was limited, and he also used makeup to attack. The frontal combat power was quite average, so the Sichuan-Shaanxi Supervisor Mark easily broke out, not only did not get any casualties, but also cut dozens of heads.
Chapter completed!