"Because it's an agreement, and when an agreement is reached, it has to be executed." Deng Ming did not have the slightest intention of compromising on this issue, and he said to Wu Yue'er: "Because I have promised them, their lives are now under my protection. ”

The background introduction of a painting he once heard made Deng Ming admire a Kurdish man, and everyone knew that as long as Salahardin gave him water, he was considered safe, even if he was a captive, because the trustworthy Salahardin would do his best to protect the safety of his guests. Later, it seems that there is a novel that borrows from this story, changing the water to bread and salt, Deng Ming just gave tea to the officer of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors, so he pointed to the teacups and said: "I have invited them to tea, they are all my guests, I can't let the guests who have drunk my tea be harmed in my tent." ”

Although it is a pirated copy, Deng Ming is still very satisfied, because a righteous gentleman is rare like a drop of water in the desert, so it makes people yearn for worship; And it seems that this sentence is also very useful for the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors, and after hearing Deng Ming's speech clearly, they immediately grabbed the teacups in their hands to show that they were genuine guests. Just now Fu Shancha felt that the tea was too hot, and he was not very thirsty, so he didn't taste a few sips like others, after hearing Deng Ming's words, Fu Shancha raised the teacup that was still steaming, and poured it all into his throat without saying a word, and swallowed it all in one gulp.

"But so many of our righteous men have died at their hands." Wu Yue'er couldn't understand Deng Ming's insistence.

"This Mr. Wu-" Fu Shancha, who had just drunk the tea, was holding his throat and couldn't speak, and Yao Changzun, another leader of this batch of Sichuan and Shaanxi governors, hurriedly stepped forward to distinguish between everyone: "When Admiral Deng was in Sichuan, he taught us that there is no selfish grudge on the battlefield, and life and death depend on the destiny of heaven when life fights, as long as we can enter the prisoner of war camp alive, then we will not be held accountable because of whether we have killed people on the battlefield; Admiral Deng also taught us that the most unforgivable behavior of a warrior is to bully the weak, so he will be forgiven for burning, killing and looting the people. ”

Yao Changzun said a sentence of Admiral Deng on the left, and a sentence of Admiral Deng on the right, which frightened Wu Yue'er: "Mr. Wu must know that we are taking the military salary given by the Tartars, and there is a saying in the rivers and lakes that it is good to collect money from people and eliminate disasters with others. I've admired the name of a good man in Shandong for a long time, so I guess I wouldn't do such an unrighteous thing, right? ”

Wu Yue'er was speechless for a while, and Yao Changzun was unforgiving: "And we fought with the heroes of Shandong, just to get the right salaries for the military we held, and outside the battlefield, we never harmed the people, and did not kill the prisoners who had surrendered, because of the teachings of the commander, but also because of our admiration for the heroes of Shandong - although we took the silver of the Tartars, we had to fight to the death with all the heroes on the battlefield." Dare to ask Mr. Wu, have we ever harmed the people and killed the prisoners of the rebels who surrendered? ”

Deng Ming smiled at Yao Changzun: "Team Yao's eloquence is getting better and better." ”

"It's all Admiral cultivation." Yao Changzun's answer was not all compliments, after being neighbors with Deng Ming for a few years, the Ganshan Green Camp, who had a straightforward and rough personality, became more and more proficient when it came to crooked reasoning.

Wu Yue'er failed to complete the task given to her by Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng, and after leaving Deng Ming's camp, she hung her head and told the two senior brothers that the mission had failed: "You can tell me better, you go and talk to Guogong." ”

Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng glanced at each other and shook their heads in unison: "Senior Sister Wu said that it doesn't work, then there is no way." ”

Just now, a few of them asked Wu Yue'er to find Deng Ming's dignitaries, and even the rhetoric of reputation or something was Gao Yunxuan's idea, seeing that Wu Yue'er's face was still a little puzzled, Xing Zhisheng also added: "The first time we met Guogong, I agreed to the senior sister to eat at the table, obviously...... Well...... Speaking of Senior Brother Gao, what these Shaanxi Yankees said also makes sense, the heroes can't help but destroy the enemy when they take the silver, but in turn destroy the employer, that is too moral. ”

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore." Gao Yunxuan said stupidly, he turned to Wu Yue'er and said, "Senior Brother Xing and I are all fine now, Senior Sister Wu and let's talk about the next strategy." ”

Wu Yue'er was surprised at first, and then shouted happily: "Okay! ”

Although she is protected by her senior brother, the affairs of the rivers and lakes will never let her interject, let alone involve strategic issues. In the past, if she asked to audit because of curiosity, her father and the pleasant-looking uncle would reprimand her for being ignorant, and since she went out, the senior brother would never discuss the future plan with a girl, but I didn't expect Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng to bring it up today.

"Tall man."

Bao Guogong's voice came from behind, Deng Ming knew that the Shandong knights had a deep hatred for the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and just now he 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 army.

When Deng Ming explained his reasons, Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng listened carefully without saying a word, and when Deng Ming was behind for a while, the two of them nodded together: "We all understand what Guogong means, don't worry, we won't make trouble for Guogong in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Yunxuan pulled Xing Zhisheng: "Guogong forgives the sin, there is still a bit of an urgent matter in the camp, and Senior Brother Xing and I have to deal with it quickly." Then he pointed at Wu Yue'er: "Let Senior Sister Wu and Guogong talk about the situation of our Shandong army." ”

Seeing that Wu Yue'er seemed to be about to speak, Gao Yunxuan explained before she could speak: "What I suddenly remembered is very urgent!" ”

Although the post road was blocked, for the time being, Deng Ming did not have the ability to attack the county seat, and he did not plan to use his elite guards to fight in the streets, and now although the Shandong army numbered thousands, it had no combat effectiveness, Deng Ming was busy helping Gao Yunxuan and others to establish their prestige and help them organize the rebel army from dozens of cottages. In addition to the bandits, there are also some young heroes who were originally in the city, and after the rebels were defeated, they fled to the nearby cottage, although they also came out of the cottage, but they are not a faction with the heroes in the mountains, which makes Deng Ming's ally composition more complicated.

"When I wipe out all the mobile forces in Laizhou Mansion, especially the horsemen in the Green Battalion, Laizhou Mansion will become a plate of scattered sand, just like the cottages of the heroes before." Deng Ming explained his strategy to Wu Yue'er, originally he planned to talk to Gao Yunxuan and the others well, so that they could understand the usefulness of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Governor's Standard, but Gao Yunxuan and the others had something urgent to leave - Deng Ming suspected that he might have a grudge against himself, no matter which one it was, he only had to tell it through Wu Yue'er: "At that time, there will only be our envoys on the post station, and soon the rebels in the whole Laizhou Mansion will be able to work together, and when the time comes, not to mention the county seat, even the capital city will be easily defeated." ”

Although Deng Ming did not hand over the people who supervised the Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, Wu Yue'er's admiration for Deng Ming still rose to a higher height, and when he saw Deng Ming standing in front of the army with his whole body covered just now, although he was majestic, he still couldn't help but worry that such an obvious goal should not be missed. But in front of the Shandong rebel army, the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors, who were as ferocious as tigers, were as well-behaved as kittens in front of Deng Ming, and they didn't need to fight at all to come over with a white dun cloth to surrender - although Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun insisted that it was peace, Wu Yue'er thought that this was surrender.

"Guogong is really heroic, and the eagle minions of Ganshan don't even dare to take a breath in front of Guogong."

Deng Ming smiled again when he heard this: "Has Wu Nuxia heard the words 'hawk' and 'dove'?" ”

After briefly explaining the meaning of these two words, Deng Ming continued: "The vast majority of people, including me, will not be simply hawks or doves, but when they meet eagles, they are doves, and when they meet pigeons, they are hawks, in short, they are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. So we have to try to be an eagle, so that all we encounter are pigeons, and if we are a pigeon, then all eyes are eagles - just like I keep my promise and treat the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors of peace, but also because I can't be a complete eagle, because I don't have that kind of strength, I don't care what other people think. ”

Deng Ming asked Wu Yue'er to tell Gao Yunxuan and others that he still thought it was too early to open up a base in Shandong, so Yu Qi Group needed a more flexible strategy. After the 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 me to sweep the post station easily, the key to the war is to have a strong army, to be able to defeat the opponent in a dignified manner, and the makeup and robbery of the camp are just icing on the cake." ”

Soon the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi completed the agreement with Deng Ming, and hurried to Laizhou with 2,000 troops to crash into Deng Ming's ambush circle, and was completely annihilated by the Shanxi army - 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 ambushes and prisoners were the responsibility of Shandong friendly forces.

After destroying all the mobile forces in Laizhou, Deng Ming released the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors as promised, and asked them to return to Jinan to report to Zu Zepu, and Deng Ming was willing to cooperate with them, handed them some flags, and asked them to cut off the heads of the killed Green Battalion soldiers, saying that they were Sichuan troops dressed as Qing troops.

The Sichuan-Shaanxi Governor told Zu Zepu that they were desperately rushing out of a bloody way to break through, and Deng Ming had indeed landed in Shandong and was training the rebel army in Laizhou Prefecture, which had the potential to make the entire Jiaodong Peninsula fall back into erosion.

However, Deng Ming finally changed his attention, and did not let the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors exaggerate his strength, but told Zu Ze that the Puchuan army was limited in number, and they also relied on makeup to sneak attack, and the frontal combat effectiveness was quite average, so the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors easily broke out, not only did they not suffer casualties, but also cut dozens of heads.

After learning about the crisis in Laizhou, Zu Zepu was shocked, and he quickly made up his mind, and on the one hand, he played the imperial court, and on the other hand, he ordered to assemble in Jinan and Shandong to supervise and raise the standard, and go east with all his might.