The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 287 Rebellion
Captain Shen who surrendered did not play tricks. He answered Huang Yong's questions truthfully, and emphasized that he requested to inform the Shen family in Laizhou. At that time, the Shen family would definitely redeem the seized ship and cargo with silver.

Huang Yong didn't know who Geng Zhongyu was who was in collusion with Jiannu, and Huang Yong didn't dare to tell Shen's family to redeem him.

He dispatched the old lock boat with a displacement of [-] tons to sail back with full sail to try to hand over the captives to his brother as soon as possible, and he took the two old lock boats to tow the wounded No.

Two large ships with strange shapes dragged a straw boat with its main and auxiliary masts interrupted. It was too easy to be noticed when sailing in the Liao Sea where ships were constantly coming and going. It didn’t take long for the news to spread to Liaodong through merchant sailors. Got the news.

Hearing the news that Jiannu Xizuo had been captured, Huang Han immediately interrogated the captives himself. There were 13 traitors in total, only six or seven were killed or injured by artillery fire, and half of them were captured alive.

Huang Han impatiently grinds his teeth with the traitor captives. During the interrogation, he kills people to show his prestige. The two survivors are scared to death.

After only two hours of interrogation, Huang Han obtained the information that Geng Zhongyu was going to rebel against Ming Dynasty and surrendered to become a slave, and recorded his confession.

He hastily ordered Gao Youmou to take the eight servants of the Gao family to secretly escort two captives with money rat tails to the Ministry of War with their confessions, the heads of the third-level real slaves and the heads of the eleventh-level traitors, and wrote the documents Pray for Huang Yong.

The current minister of the Ministry of War, Xiong Mingyu, has no friendship with Huang Han, so Huang Han sent it to the Ministry of War to report to the Ministry of War for the promotion of Huang Yong to be the fourth-rank Funing Guard to sign the factual grant of the water battalion Qian Zong.

Gao Youmou was overjoyed to receive the mission to go to the capital, he knew that Huang Han intended to support him.

He changed horses and galloped all the way with his servants, and on the day he arrived in the capital, he found several doctors, Yuanwailang and the chief who worked in the Ministry of War.

There are acquaintances who are easy to handle. On the same day, the Minister of the Ministry of War received Gao Youmou, saw Huang Han's official documents, and personally interrogated the prisoners.

It is of course a major event for someone to rebel in Dongjiang Town. After Xiong Mingyu verified the situation, he did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately asked the emperor to report the emergency.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Baili urgently issued an order from the capital, ordering Sun Yuanhua to send troops to contact Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, to arrest the rebel generals Geng Zhongyu, Li Mei, Wang Yingyuan and other traitors quickly.

The unrest in Dongjiang town was already a consensus of the imperial court. The emperor thought of Jin Sheng, a scholar-bureaucrat who was willing to serve in the army, and immediately promoted him to the rank of sixth-rank attendant of the Imperial Academy.

The errands in Dongjiang Town of the Supervisory Army were feared to be avoided by others. Jin Sheng took the four servants and galloped all the way to Denglai after receiving the imperial edict. Go to Phi Island to take office with Deng Leiping's rebels.

Gao Youmou, who came to the capital for activities, really benefited. He was promoted to General Zanhua of the Yongping Reinforcement Battalion, who has a seventh-rank supervisory censor, and he still did not leave the "Red Banner Army".

This is the old Gao Di's plan. He believes that the days of the Ming Dynasty will continue to be chaotic, and the generals with strong soldiers will have a bright future. It will be easier for his son to get promoted by following Huang Han.

With the connections of the Gao family, Gao Youmou got into the top seven ranks, and he was completely able to work as a magistrate in a middle county. He became a parent official, scraped land, and got bribes without saying a word.

After all, Gao Di is a retired high-ranking official with a long-term vision. He doesn't care whether his son makes money at all, but cares about his son's future.

Of course, the imperial court is happy to see the results without giving actual awards, but only to vain ones. Within a few days, the imperial edict drafted by the cabinet was issued, and Gao Youmou's promotion and promotion were all said and done.

Due to Huang Yong's meritorious service in arresting spies, his appointment was finally issued together with Gao Youmou's reward. Huang Yongshi's award to the general manager of the water battalion remained unchanged. .

Huang Han was worried about the efficiency of the imperial court. After sending Gao Youmou to Beijing, he always felt uneasy, and finally decided to set up a fleet of ships and set off for a trip to Phi Island.

Because Huang Yong had to drag the grass boat that had lost its power back to its home port, it was two full days later than the old lock boat with a displacement of [-] tons, which was one step ahead, before returning to the home port.

On the third day, Huang Han, who was fully prepared, selected the infantry to go to sea. He took two old lock ships that had just been launched and three ships that had completed trial voyages. He also brought all the ships with a displacement of more than [-] tons.

The cold-armed infantry dispatched two hundred swordsmen, spearmen, and infantry archers each, and the warm-armed infantry dispatched one general gunner and two general juvenile soldiers. There are more than [-] sailors and gunners.

Huang Han wanted to hurry to Phi Island to assist Huang Long in arresting Geng Zhongyu, but it was useless to be anxious. There were too many uncertainties in navigation in this era, and the fleet had just approached the Liaohai Strait and the sea was windy.

Yu Quanyou, a veteran sailor of the Ming army who served for more than ten years, was promoted by Huang Han to be the captain of a [-]-ton old lock ship due to his rich experience and literacy.

Liaohai is the place where Yu Quanyou has been wandering for more than ten years. He has a good understanding of hydrology and meteorology. When he saw the wind blowing, he immediately raised a flag to ask to see the commander. It didn't take long for Huang Han to see the old captain who came to the temporary flagship in a small boat.

Yu Quanyou believes that the wind will gradually increase, and it will reach the hurricane level tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so he strongly urges the fleet to enter the bay of Scorpion Island immediately for shelter from the wind.

The months of six, seven, eight and nine in the lunar calendar are typhoon-prone solar terms. Huang Han, as a modern person, of course knows the pros and cons, and immediately agrees to enter the bay, and personally arranges a windbreak.

They are all wooden ships, and there is not much good way to do it. All the masts are lowered, all the anchors are dropped, and the ships are tightly fixed with cables.

Every ship is hung with anti-collision objects for cushioning. These things are worthless, stick-shaped objects with a diameter of one foot and five inches and a length of three steps, made of hemp rope and cattail grass.

With this thing between ships, it is easier to fasten, and now dozens of ships are firmly spliced ​​together to fight against the coming wind and waves.

An hour later, the fleet was ready, and the wind on the sea was getting stronger and stronger.

The number of sailors and gunners on the 21 ships plus the infantry brought by Huang Han has exceeded 2000. This time, the turbulent waves have once again tested whether the selected infantry are suitable for sailing. Two adults were quite uncomfortable and turned pale.

On the second day after Huang Han entered the bay to shelter from the wind, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, received a secret order from the court to arrest the rebels. He immediately sent Zhang Tao and his troops to Pidao, where Dongjiang Town is located, on a warship of the Denglai Navy.

However, the Denley navy was also unable to go to sea after the hurricane passed through. They could only sail after making sufficient preparations and waiting for the wind to subside.

(End of this chapter)