What is strange to Gao Jue now is that since Mo Maoqia allowed his army to enter the city, it meant that there was no malice, but why did he say that he was here to help Annan's reinforcements?
He doesn't really believe that his fleet is here to help him build the Red River defense line, right? His entire army has gone south to fight against the Qing Dynasty, so what if the Red River defense line is useless?
But this is not a problem. As long as the army can enter the city, other matters must be discussed.
Well, we also need to discuss the surrender of Mo's garrison in the city. This is also very important. After all, there may be tens of thousands of them, which is twice as many as the infantry he brought.
Gao Jue then raised this issue and said that he would enter the city peacefully only if the Mo army surrendered.
However, Mo Jingzhi, the Xiongli Gong, gave the conditions for Mo Maoqia to authorize him. Mo Jingzhi told Gao Jue in very complicated expressions. The general meaning was: Our army will accept your command instead of submitting to your command. The army surrendered.
And he also added that in order to avoid mutual suspicion between the two armies, they are willing to take a step back and "allow your army to reorganize our army and send officers to supervise our officers' execution of your army's military orders."
In other words, they are willing to accept any changes and orders other than "laying down their arms and surrendering."
Gao Jue was a little confused about what Mo Maoqia meant, but Boss Hu seemed to understand something. He called Gao Jue aside and whispered to him: "Gao Tuanzuo, I may understand what the Annan people mean."
"Really? Boss Hu, please tell me." Gao Jue said hurriedly.
Boss Hu said: "Actually, Mo Maoqia's current attitude is very simple, that is, he is willing to obey all instructions from our Jinghua, except for letting him publicly say the word 'surrender'."
"Oh...he wants to save some face!" Gao Jue's eyes widened and he laughed: "Face, it's easy to say, easy to say, what I, Jinghua, want is Lizi!"
Boss Hu also laughed: "The conditions given by Mo Maoqia seem to be good. He allowed Gao Tuanzu to reorganize his army in the city, which is equivalent to handing himself into the hands of Gao Tuanzu. After all, he is the so-called The 'Emperor', with Jinghua in his hands, he has the name to command Mo Chao everywhere... Congratulations to Gao Tuanzuo for accomplishing this unparalleled feat without bloodshed!"
Gao Jue himself found it incredible that with such a fleet and thousands of troops, he actually captured the "Emperor" of Mo Chao?
Especially... when the opponent can completely escape even if he can't beat him?
Why is it like a dream!
He continued to negotiate conditions with Xiongli Gong Mo Jingzhi with some excitement. Sure enough, the other party raised some details. For example, the Annan people said that the Ming army could enter the city, but not through the main entrance of Xiangfu Gate.
The reason is that Xiangfu Gate is the so-called "imperial gate". There are three doors on the left, middle and right of Xiangfu Gate. On weekdays, only the left and right doors can be opened. The middle door is only opened when Luan Jia comes in and out - that is, It is said that the middle gate of Xiangfu Gate is like the main entrance of the Forbidden City. Only the emperor can enter and exit.
Of course, this is except for the two major exceptions of the queen's canonization and the first-class Jinshi.
It doesn't matter to Gao Jue, where can I enter or not? It's just a door change, it's not like climbing into a dog hole, just let him go.
The second point is that Mo Maoqia's seal and ribbon cannot be handed over - of course he is talking about the silver seal of the Commander-in-Chief given to Mo Maoqia by the Ming Dynasty.
According to Mo Jingzhi, the silver seal of the Commander-in-Chief is a symbol of Annan's orthodoxy. Now that the Ming Emperor has not indicated that he wants to depose the Commander-in-Chief of Annan, how can he hand over the seal and ribbon? Even if "General Gao" came to "order" the Annan Commander-in-Chief on behalf of Guangxi's censor Gao Gong, he could not take away the seal and ribbon of the Annan Commander-in-Chief. This was "unreasonable."
Well, Gao Jue didn't think it was a big problem. Anyway, as long as Mo Maoqia was in his hands, there was no practical difference whether he would hold the big seal for him or if he would hold it himself.
However, Gao Jue still asked: "What about the 'Emperor's Treasure' of 'your country'?"
The muscles on Mo Jingzhi's face twitched slightly, but he still said calmly: "Since this thing is not recognized by the Ming Dynasty, it will naturally be handed over to General Gao for safekeeping for the time being, until Guangxi Patrol Censor Gao Gong makes his announcement."
Gao Jue was extremely satisfied - anyway, what Mo Maoqia used when he issued the order in Annan could not be the silver seal of the Commander-in-Chief given by the Ming Dynasty, but could only be the so-called emperor's treasure, so he accepted his "Jade Seal" is much more useful than the Silver Seal of the Commander-in-Chief who accepted him.
This is a de facto transfer of power.
Since the other party was so easy to talk to, Gao Jue put down his pride and said, "I respect others as much as they respect me."
He smiled and said: "Then, if our army does not enter the city through Xiangfu Gate, which gate should we enter through?"
Xiongli Gong Mo Jingzhi said: "The four gates of Shenglong, Dongxiangfu, Xiangfu, Nandaxing, and Beiyaode. Apart from Xiangfu, any of Guangfu, Daxing and Yaode will do, but with your army As you wish.”
Gao Jue had seen the layout of Shenglong City given to him by Boss Hu, and knew that Mo Jingzhi said it was casual, but in fact he could only go through the south gate, Daxing Gate, because the west gate, Guangfu Gate, and the north gate, Yaode Gate, had to go around in a big circle. Son. If you enter the city from Daxingmen, you have to walk a short way back and disembark from Dulut Wharf. There is certainly a distance between Daxing Gate and Xiangfu Gate, and there is also a distance between Dulu Pier and Daxing Gate, um... a little more than two kilometers.
It doesn’t matter if I walk a few more steps, I can still make it into the city in time today.
However, he still asked the two ship owners: "Can our ship be docked at Dulut Pier?"
"It should be fine during the flood season, but now is the dry season -" Boss Li frowned slightly and said to Boss Hu: "Old Hu, our ships are no better than big ships like Jinghua. Do you think these big ships can..."
Boss Hu shook his head and said: "For safety reasons, it is not suitable to berth large ships at Dulat Pier. If you land at Dulat Pier, you must use a small boat to connect."
This is not a problem. The total number of soldiers who landed is only 4,500. They put down the lifeboat hanging next to the big ship. It only takes two or three trips back and forth. If it doesn't work, you can still requisition the Annan people's ship. ——Aren’t they taking orders from us now?
But the question Gao Jue is considering is whether the Annan people will do anything dirty during this process. For example, will there be some "half-crossing and striking" trick?
Of course, this is not a big problem. Gao Jue thought: As long as a small group of soldiers are sent ashore to search and warn, establish a beachhead, and ensure the safety of the dock, there will be no problem at all for the subsequent large forces to land calmly.
Furthermore, with such a large fleet staring covetously on the river, providing artillery support at any time, if the Annan people dare to play any tricks, wouldn't they be asking for death and destruction?
However, the ugly things have to be said first. Gao Jue smiled and said: "Mr. Xiongli, since our army is here to help your army, I have to explain some details of cooperation in advance: when our army lands on the ground, If you make any unfriendly behavior during the visit to the dock, you will be punished by God - can Mr. Xiongli understand what I mean?"
Duke Xiong Li didn't look good, but he still nodded to express his understanding.
Due to the large size of the fleet, it took half an hour for the fleet to arrive at the designated location.
Compared with Xiangfumen Pier, Dulat Pier is not only simple, but also desolate. It is just a flat yellow mud land without any ancillary buildings. It is overgrown with weeds not far away, and there are trees even further away.
Gao Jue murmured in his heart, you really have to be careful in such a ghost place!
He sent fifty infantrymen in two small boats to land first. The fleet lined up in a row, and the sailors on the "watchtowers" of the nearby ships opened their eyes wide. If there was any sign of trouble, they would immediately send out a signal and fire directly at the damn ones.
The two small boats docked smoothly. After landing, a team of ten and fifty infantry were divided into five teams and spread out in a fan shape to search forward.
Not long after, five teams reported back one after another: the Dulat Pier was as crude as it was crude, and as desolate as it was desolate, but not a single person could be seen within a few hundred steps. The advance team sent messengers to report the safety, and said that a warning had been established. .
Gao Jue breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Land in!"
