This guy was good. He was crafty, but he didn't lose his courage. No matter what his behavior was, at least he did what everyone thought was right.
Moreover, the Qin Army didn't come in vain. At least for now, the Qin Army had done a good job of helping restore order in North Korea.
After the war, the North Korean army basically collapsed. In a situation where there was no one to manage it, bandits and robbers were easy to breed in such a situation, and the army needed to suppress them with violence.
There were only 20,000 troops around the King of North Korea. Including the more than 3,000 brought by Ryu Sung-Ryong and the more than 2,000 brought by Quan Li, there were less than 30,000 troops.
At this time, the existence of the Qin Army solved the urgent problem of North Korea. They helped Ri Gak restore order, guided the people to their hometown, and so on.
However, the Qin army did not provide any help to the reconstruction of local areas, such as the badly ravaged Hamyeong to the reconstruction of Hwanghaeido, especially the reconstruction of Pyongyang. The Qin army let the North Korean emperor and his ministers argue among themselves. They were only responsible for waiting for the emperor's orders.
During this period, Mao Wenlong became the object of their boredom.
The first to "relieve boredom" was Ma Chong. He caught hold of Mao Wenlong and lectured him, saying that he had gone crazy thinking about merits. Didn't he know the principle of having nearly thirty thousand people serve as a foil to him?
Do you think there are only 2,000 people in the army?
You let tens of thousands of people come all the way to North Korea for a vacation? As coolies? "
Then came Liao Zhong. As the boss of the Liaodong Army, Liao Zhong also severely criticized Mao Wenlong. He said that Mao Wenlong didn't know how to take the overall situation into consideration. Although he had eliminated Nurhachi, he failed to keep in touch with the army in time, which put the army in an awkward situation.
If it weren't for your talent, I would have thrown you to the other generals to deal with!
After being reprimanded by the two of them, Mao Wenlong broke out in cold sweat. He finally realized what he had done.
Although he had eliminated Nurhachi and killed the Jianzhou soldiers by himself and got the credit, he forgot the nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Liaodong Army and the Marine Corps who had followed him.
If it wasn't for them, it wouldn't have mattered. But because of them, they had come all the way to North Korea. Now that the war was over, there was nothing left for them to do. They were just here to maintain order. How could they accept this?
To put it mildly, it was a small regret caused by the delay in sending the message. To put it more seriously, it was because the young general was too greedy for achievements that he forgot about everyone and fooled the entire army.
The division of factions in the Daqin army was far less severe than in the former Ming army, but it would be a lie to say that there was none.
It was not that he had never seen the seven battalions competing with all their might, but this time it was just the Liaodong Army's matter, which meant that they would just circulate a notice of criticism to resolve it.
But since it involves Jiang Dahai's Marine Corps and the emperor's military provisions, it also has something to do with the emperor.
If it was handled well, Mao Wenlong would only be scolded by everyone for being greedy for achievements, and they wouldn't take it to heart. But if someone with ulterior motives caused trouble, Mao Wenlong would be regarded by the entire army as a little expert in stealing achievements. Everyone would be afraid and looked down upon. If one guy offended a large number of people, how could the army survive?
Mao Wenlong wiped his cold sweat and asked Liao Zhong for a solution, but Liao Zhong didn't give him a good look. He ignored him for a whole day before giving him advice and asking him to find someone to drink with.
In fact, if it wasn't because Mao Wenlong belonged to the Liaodong Army and represented the face of the Liaodong Army, Liao Zhong really didn't want to do this.
But at the moment, the main theme of the Daqin army was the harmony of the army to work together to win the war. The most taboo thing was to have conflicts between the armies, so Liao Zhong had to do this.
And at the moment, only the Liaodong Army was fighting battles and getting merits. The other battalions were training tirelessly. Liao Zhong didn't want the Liaodong Army to stand out and be envied by the whole army. It was better to keep a low profile at the moment, so he was quite happy that Jiang Dahai's Dragon Battalion was involved.
Jiang Dahai was a loyal follower of Xiao Ruxun. He was promoted by him, and his relationship with Xiao Ruxun was the best among the Fei Yuan Army's faction. Letting Jiang Dahai help share some of the burden was naturally good for the Liaodong Army.
In the end, the navy made a trip for nothing. Look at this mess. Not only did it make the navy unhappy, but it also made the other armies unhappy.
But everyone really had nothing to say. Although they were unhappy, Mao Wenlong didn't do anything wrong.
He had indeed killed Jian Nu thoroughly, meeting the Emperor's requirements. Furthermore, he did not request for reinforcements. An army of two thousand people had settled this battle, avoiding a greater number of troops and losses. This was, of course, a good thing.
Settling the battle as soon as possible also met the emperor's requirements. Although Mao Wenlong made his colleagues unhappy, he didn't do anything wrong. They couldn't blame him for this. At most, they would make things difficult for him in future cooperation, or if there was a chance, they would make things difficult for him.
Mao Wenlong did want military merits, but he also wanted a future. If he offended someone he shouldn't offend, how could a small shrimp like him be worth such a big general?
A few days later, at the beginning of November, the battle report was sent to the capital by water and delivered to Xiao Ruxun. When Xiao Ruxun saw that the person who made the first contribution was a young general named Mao Wenlong, he was stunned, and then immediately sent someone to find Mao Wenlong's information.
When he learned that Mao Wenlong had joined the army in Hangzhou, Xiao Ruxun finally confirmed that this Mao Wenlong was the same Mao Wenlong, just that he was younger and had just started to make a name for himself.
Unlike most of the Ming I Generals, Mao Wenlong had received an orthodox Confucian education when he was young and entered the school according to the traditional methods of scholars. His family wanted him to take the imperial examinations like a traditional scholar.
Moreover, he had grown up in Hangzhou, a place with beautiful scenery and abundant food and clothing.
This kind of life could be said to be one where there were great scholars and no commoners. He had been in contact with scholars since he was young, learned to read and write, wore incense, and lived a comfortable life of scholars. He should have grown up to become a scholar, or at least a landlord.
Instead, he failed the imperial examinations until he was in his thirties. Then, he turned into an adventurous martial arts team behind the enemy lines and shone brilliantly.
Not only did he give up learning to learn martial arts, but he also went to the most dangerous place, which was only 80 nautical miles away from Houjin's territory. He worked hard to poke Nurhachi and Huang Taiji's buttholes, and he did it for seven years.
His subordinates were all capable people, including Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, the three brave generals of that time, who would become famous traitors in the future.
How could a place like Suzhou and Hangzhou, a land of fish and rice, raise such a person?
It could only be said that he was a restless person. He had studied the Four Books and Five Classics since he was young, but he couldn't get into them no matter how hard he tried. He just liked his grandson, Wu Zi, and the older he grew, the more he liked him. In the end, he decided to participate in the military examination and became an officer. He went to Liaodong, a place that had been turbulent for decades, and stirred up a pool of muddy water.
Even though the direction of history had changed dramatically, this person was still the same person. This guy still went through a series of personnel changes that Xiao Ruxun didn't pay attention to and became Ma Chong's trusted general. He participated in the war to pacify Jianzhou and led the direction of the war.
He and Jian Nu really had an inexplicable and inexplicable fate, but this time, it could be considered to have come to an end.
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