Chapter 487 [Visit the prison, the fourth sister's tone] one
After seeing Wu Xing's steam engine, Mu Linfeng was filled with hope. If it could be developed by Wu Xing, then the power in his hands would go beyond advanced firearms.
Mu Linfeng was still looking at Wu Xing's semi-finished steam engine with a smile on his face, but at this moment, a personal soldier ran in from outside the Wu Mansion and said: "Mu Shuai, General Zhang Jian from the Southwest Front has returned and is now in the mansion.
Waiting for Mu Shuai!"
After hearing this, Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "Could it be that something special happened when we entered Yunnan?" He said to Wu Xing: "Brother Wu, you can continue to develop here. You don't have to worry about the relocation of the iron factory. You
Just tell me what you need..." Then he pointed to a group of soldiers outside the door and said: "There are more than a hundred soldiers here, and they are all at your disposal from now on..."
After settling down Wu Xing, Mu Linfeng immediately prepared his horse and returned to Mu Mansion in Jinling City. By this time, Zhang Jian had been waiting in the study for a long time. Mu Linfeng was concerned about the war in Yunnan, so after returning home, he immediately went straight to the study to see Zhang Jian.
Zhang Jian was wearing a suit of armor and his face was covered with dust. He had obviously rushed back non-stop and had not rested so far. When Zhang Jian saw Mu Linfeng, he immediately held up his hands and said: "Mu Shuai!"
Mu Linfeng quickly asked his servants to serve snacks and tea to comfort Zhang Jian. After he helped Zhang Jian sit down, he said: "General Zhang, why are you back from the front line? Did the battle after entering Yunnan not go well?"
Zhang Jian quickly shook his head and said: "No, everything went smoothly. The whole of Yunnan has been recovered. The two generals Chen were slightly injured. They were afraid that Mu Shuai would be concerned about the war ahead, so they asked the last general to come back and give Mu Shuai a good report.
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Mu Linfeng was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Okay, these three generals are really my divine generals to Mu Linfeng. In the battle to pacify Jiangnan, these three generals should be credited with the first contribution!"
Zhang Jian quickly said humbly: "Mu Shuai was so complimentary. In fact, it is the two General Chen's contributions. The last general is also thanks to the guidance of the two General Chen..."
Mu Linfeng took out the map and looked at it. Now the entire Jiangnan, namely Guizhou and the south of Sichuan, and Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang, where Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence is located, are no longer within his sphere of influence. It can be said that it is still a bit difficult to unify Jiangnan, but
It has also taken a big step forward.
Zhang Jian also stood up, looked at the map on the desk in front of Mu Linfeng, then pointed to a corner of the map and said: "Mu Shuai, look, the main force of our army has been divided into three parts. General Chen Dahan's
The team is in Qujing Prefecture, General Chen Hui's team is in Sicheng, and the last general's team is in Jingzhou. Now there is a trend of three-party encirclement of Guizhou. They are currently recuperating and reorganizing the army. They just need to replenish the food and grass supplies, and immediately
We can capture the entire Guizhou within half a month and attack the cities in the Jiangnan region of Sichuan."
Mu Linfeng nodded while listening to Zhang Jian talking about the situation of the war ahead. After Zhang Jian finished speaking, Mu Linfeng said: "Oh, by the way, Zhang Jianjun came back this time not just to announce the good news to Mu.
Is the army’s pay and food supply at the front lines tight?”
Zhang Jian touched his head when he heard this, and then smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from Mu Shuai. I am still hesitating about how to tell Mu Shuai. Both I and the two generals Chen know that Mu Shuai has many people in the east recently."
Big moves require a lot of funds for everything, and I'm afraid Mu Shuai won't be able to come up with the money. If the general says so, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?"
When Mu Linfeng heard what Zhang Jian said, it was true that some of the new measures he was deploying in Jiangnan were in urgent need of money. Zhang Jian and others were really anxious about their own needs. In the face of the shortage of military pay, they still wanted to save themselves.
After thinking about it for a long time, he said: "How much money is still missing?"
Zhang Jian immediately said: "Two million taels of silver!" Reprinted first in this book αрκсΝ
Mu Linfeng heard that he wanted two million taels, which was indeed not a small amount. However, judging from the current situation, it could still be temporarily allocated from other sources. He immediately said: "Isn't it just two million taels? I will give you three million taels. You
After going back, tell Chen Dahan and Chen Hui that after reorganizing the army, within a month, I want there to be no more war in the southwest... Can you do it?"
Zhang Jian immediately cheered up after hearing this: "There is absolutely no problem. Don't worry, Mu Shuai. Although the Shu Road into Sichuan is very difficult, now that we have artillery in hand, even if it is a bombardment, we must blast a smooth road!"
Mu Linfeng closed the map, stood up, walked to Zhang Jian, patted Zhang Jian on the shoulder, and then said: "General Zhang, Mu has one more thing he wants to ask you to do!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian immediately lowered his head and cupped his hands and said, "If Commander Mu has anything to do, just ask him, Zhang will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Mu Linfeng patted Zhang Jian's shoulder again, then walked to the study door and closed the door. Then he walked to Zhang Jian and whispered to Zhang Jian: "You can't let Chen Dahan and Chen Hui know about this.
This is the secret operation that Mu told you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian immediately said seriously: "Yes, I will never mention what Mu Shuai said today to the second person..."
Mu Linfeng nodded, and then whispered to Zhang Jian: "As soon as the war in the southwest is over, you will immediately transfer your team back. In name, you will transfer your team back, but you will secretly go to Guangxi, and then transfer your team back.
Stationed there, waiting for Mu's order..."
After all, Zhang Jian is a general who is fighting. When he heard what Mu Linfeng said, he understood what Mu Linfeng meant. Mu Linfeng was peeking at Guangdong and hesitated in his heart: "Could it be that Mu Shuai has fallen out with the Zheng family in Fujian?" he thought in his mind.
, but he did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately clasped his fists and said: "The final general has the order!"
Mu Linfeng nodded, and then said to Zhang Jian: "Okay, General Zhang, go and rest for a day, and rush to the front line immediately tomorrow. Do you know that Mu has been looking forward to your good news in Jinling!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian immediately kowtowed and said: "The last general will definitely not obey Mu Shuai's trust!"
After Zhang Jian left, Mu Linfeng immediately asked his servants to go to the Jinling Mansion Office to find Wang Zhizhen, and asked Wang Zhizhen to prepare three million taels of military pay for Zhang Jian and let him take it away tomorrow.
Before Zhang Jian left, he said to Mu Linfeng: "Oh, by the way, Mu Shuai, I heard that the Long brothers and Zhang Xianzhong from Sichuan have gone north, and they seem to want to form an alliance with Li Zicheng. Mu Shuai, you must be careful.
yes!"
Mu Linfeng's heart moved when he heard this, but he nodded calmly and said nothing to Zhang Jian. After Zhang Jian left, he thought about it. Li Zicheng was sending a letter to him, saying that he wanted to form an alliance with him.
He also secretly colluded with Long Qingfeng, Zhang Xianzhong and others.
While Mu Linfeng was thinking about how to deal with Li Xin's visit this time, he also thought of the Zheng family in the southeast, and cursed secretly: "There is no damn good bird in this world. It seems that if I don't do something, I will be treated as a sick cat."
Got it!"
Mu Linfeng thought of this and immediately wrote a letter to Shi Kefa in Yangzhou, asking him to send a capable general to Fengyang to replace Wu Sangui. He also wrote a letter to Wu Sangui in Fengyang, asking him to wait for the successor to arrive and immediately
He rushed to Jinling and said that he needed to handle important military affairs.
After the two letters were written, Mu Linfeng immediately sent people to Yangzhou and Fengyang respectively. Mu Linfeng knew that Wu Sangui had always been resentful of Wu Sangui for not giving him a chance to make military exploits, and had suppressed him for so long. Now that he was sent here, he would definitely
He would work hard for himself. Thinking about the mentality of a general like Wu Sangui, Mu Linfeng understood very well that the so-called civil servants were not first and military officers were second. He was trying to compete for credit with Chen Dahan and others, but he was working hard for himself.