Chapter 28 Collusion (Part 1)

The sky has indeed changed. Last night, it was covered with clouds, but now it is clear.

Zhu Chongjiu sat in the back garden of Daluhuachi Yamen in Jiaozhou City, enjoying the cool breeze blowing from the east, while quickly turning the battle report in his hand.

So far, this cross-sea landing battle has been perfect, and it is a bit unbelievable. The quality of the navy of the Yuan Dynasty was too bad, and the performance of the generals was extremely amateur. Last night, after I found someone rushing to land, he actually divided the troops with a total of 70% of the empty salary into several waves, and rushed up one after another. This tactic of adding fuel is a taboo for military strategists. The Huaian Army defeated one wave with its dual advantages of numbers and weapons. In a blink of an eye, it was defeated.

The subsequent attack and defense battle in Jiaozhou City was extremely relaxed. Before the Fifth Army could reach the outside of the city, the Mongol Yuan Jiaozhou Daluhua Chieryou and the magistrate Han Qing had already fled to Yidu with the last force in the city. The remaining group of vendors who came to "assist in defense" saw that the situation was not good, so they simply surrendered directly.

The next task of restoring urban order was familiar to the Huai'an army. With the experience of attacking Huai'an, Baoying, Gaoyou and Yangzhou last year, Wu Liangmou and others arranged everything in an orderly manner and did not leave anything to Zhu Chongjiu, the chief executive, to worry, so that he could almost appreciate the whole process as an observer, and then he was taken to the specially vacated Daluhuachi Mansion to accumulate strength.

"The fruit of the Great Yuan Dynasty is really ripe." With interest, Zhu Chongjiu picked up a cup of tea.

In this battle, a total of seven people were killed in the Huai'an army, three of whom were accidentally knocked down by the waves when they landed. They did not receive timely rescue from their companions in the dark and drowned. The four people died in the melee when they first had contact with the enemy.

All five seriously injured were stabbed at the armor connection by the enemy's cold weapons during the melee, and were injured without defense. The number of minor injuries was twenty-six, all of which were shot in the face or forearm. After cleaning the wound with alcohol, most of them could go back to the battlefield within half a month.

Compared with the Huai'an army's slight casualties, the Mongolian Yuan side was killed more than 300 times and captured more than 1,000 alive. The soldiers with almost the same number escaped into the nearby villages and barren mountains, and no longer posed any threat to the Huai'an army.

The battle loss ratio between the enemy and us was one hundred and one, almost aroused ambition to fight in Zhu Chongjiu's heart. He simply left behind the two old thieves Tuotuo and Mainu and led the Fifth Army to board the ship again and rushed to Dadu from the sea. Perhaps with the more than 3,000 elite troops in his hands, he could capture the Mongolian emperor in the Dadu alive.

However, this magnificent idea flashed in his heart and was forced to suppress it by him. He used three thousand iron armor to hit Huanglong. It was only possible to realize it in the mouth of the storyteller. From Zhigu to Dadu, there were at least 300 miles, which was enough to make appropriate responses from Huaintemuer's monarch and ministers. Once the attack of the expeditionary force was blocked, the logistics supply would inevitably have problems. After all, Zhigu is not Jiaozhou. From Huaian to Jiaozhou, the supply can be transported day and night. When the boat from Huaian to Dadu, no matter how smooth it is, it has to float on the sea for seven days.

In addition, Zhu Chongjiu was also very clear about his ability. He knew that his greatest strength was that he had accumulated more than 600 years of knowledge than others, and he knew better than others about the basic trend of human society and the rough changes in the means of war. However, he was not his strength in planning and changing situations at the forefront. Not only was he far inferior to Xu Da, but he even had no advantage compared with Wu Liangmou, Hu Dahai and others.

This is also one of the specific reasons why he dared to lead an elite force to attack Jiaozhou by sea and hand over all the remaining main forces of the Huai'an army to Xu Da. Zhu Chongjiu firmly believed that without him holding an elbow next to him, Xu Da could perform better. After losing his own winning goal, Tuotuo continued to waste his life with the Huai'an army, which would have no meaning. If this person changed his deployment in a hurry, Xu Da would just catch the fighter plane.

"Lord, my subordinate, I have a ruthless request." Yu Tonghai hurriedly ran in from outside, with a little embarrassed look on his face.

"Did I let you let go of your friend?" Zhu Chongjiu smiled and nodded slightly, "Chen Chanjun has sent someone to investigate. He is just a playboy. He has never committed any unforgivable crimes in the past. He made the merit of opening the city last night. If you can make sure that he will no longer take the initiative to do the right thing with us, you can let him go at any time."

He has already learned the past of Yu Tonghai and his son in great detail, so he doesn't mind that these two people have some old love for Duotu, who are both Mongolians. On the contrary, in Zhu Chongjiu's subconscious, Yu Tonghai, who risked being suspicious of himself and pleaded for Duotu, is more worthy of his appreciation. If the other party refuses to care about the life and death of his good friend, he will look down on him very much.

"He, he, he wants to use his credit and exchange his favor with his lord." Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu is so easy to talk to, Yu Tonghai's face turned slightly red. He raised his hand and scratched his helmet for a while before stammering, "He, he said, he had asked us yesterday that after the army entered the city, he would not be in trouble."

"We were like this." Zhu Chongjiu frowned slightly when he heard this and responded with a smile.

"He, he, no, he is, alas." Yu Tonghai was so anxious that he scratched his head. He struggled for a while before continuing to add, "He, what he meant is that the maritime merchants we blocked in the city were unknown, but they were part of the conditions. If the chief executive was willing to let him go, please give up his hands and let the maritime merchants and the goods of these people together."

"Oh, he is quite greedy." Zhu Chongjiu was stunned when he heard this, and sneered slightly, "How did he know that we would definitely cause trouble for those maritime merchants. Didn't you tell him that our Huaian Army never robbed the people?"

"Subordinate, my subordinate told him, but he was still worried." Yu Tonghai was sweating heavily when asked, and explained with a blushing face. "He said, he said, "He said, "Hey, let me tell you the truth. He was the doll in other people's hands at that time. In fact, it didn't count at all. The people who made the terms with our Huai'an army were those maritime merchants, those who opened the city gate, and those who were under the maritime merchants. Those people had promised him that if he was willing to follow the order, he would help pay for his father to take care of his father, so that his father would be chopped off by the bastard emperor in the capital because of losing Jiaozhou."

"Oh, it turns out that there is such a deal in it. No wonder he has such a big appetite." Zhu Chongjiu immediately realized it and shook his head with a smile.

He understood most of the things that Yu Tonghai said through Chen Ji's detailed works, but it was the first time that the transaction between the maritime merchants and Duotu heard it. After a few words, he decided that a fourth-grade Dalu Wachi's life or death would be there. Tutuo was present in person and dared not make the same guarantee. What did these people come from? How dare they promise so fearlessly?

"He, he also said that if he and his grandfather could survive this time, they would find a way to go to Liaodong to become officials. From then on, they would never dare to stand in front of the general manager again." For fear that Zhu Chongjiu would not agree, Yu Tonghai continued to whisper, "Subordinate, subordinates probably, this is also what the group of sea merchants promised him. Those bastards are very capable. In order to smoothly smuggle, they dared to push a thousand households of navy into the sea and drowned alive. The Dadu court and the Dadu court actually asked afterwards without asking much."

"Yeah." Hearing this, Zhu Chongjiu frowned slightly again, and then replied with a smile, "Okay, I understand, you promise him, the maritime merchant side, I will pay attention to it myself. No matter who is in the backstage, as long as they do not directly match our Huaian Army, they can leave with confidence with the ships and cargo."

"Thank you, thank you lord." Yu Tonghai immediately became excited and raised his hands, bowed to Zhu Chongjiu several times, and then ran out. "I will inform him now and let him understand how generous you are. This time he refused to take the opportunity to stay and assist his lord. Sooner or later, he will regret it in the future."

As he spoke, he had already run out of Zhu Chongjiu's sight, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

"This little bastard." Zhu Chongjiu cursed with a smile, then stood up and prepared to go to the front hall to handle some government affairs. Then, after everyone has rested, discuss the details of the next action.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, Yu Tonghai hurriedly ran in again, gave him a deep gift, and then reported breathlessly, "Lord, lord, forgive me, this time it is not a private matter. That group of sea merchants, the guy named Zhang who promised to protect the safety of his father and son, came to the door in person. He asked, ask his subordinates to report to him, saying that there is a good deal and I want to interview you with your lord."

"Oh." After some preparation just now, Zhu Chongjiu's interest was completely aroused. He nodded and ordered with a laugh, "Then please ask him to come to the main hall, and then send a few more people to call Chen, Zhang, and Feng, and I want to see if he has any amazing business, and his tone can be so big."

"Yes." Yu Tonghai agreed and ran out again.

Looking at his back, Zhu Chongjiu shook his head gently. Things were getting more and more interesting. Before he could deal with these "white gloves", the other party actually came to the door on his own initiative, but he didn't know which noble family it was and was about to discuss a big business with him. Even the Yuan Dynasty court did not take it seriously. This person's goal was too long-term, (Note 1)

Note 1: White gloves refer to family business agents who did not dare to use their power to seek personal gain and secretly support them. They colluded with officials and businessmen to plunder the wealth of the people for their families. In many countries in the 21st century, this is a very common situation, so it is nicknamed white gloves, that is, they will not dirty their owner's hands after taking money.
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