Han ride

Chapter 194 Dengzhou
"General, if the other side wants to kill us, I'm afraid they have already started a war with us by this time." Xiao Yu reminded from the side.

"Perhaps, he doesn't know that there is a man named Li Xin on this ship, so he wants to find out before killing him." Zhang Cai sneered disdainfully.Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and it was really a bit similar when they thought about it. For a while, everyone looked at Li Xin, waiting for Li Xin's decision.

"Look at what I'm doing? I'm the commander of Shandong Jinglue and Yunzhongdu appointed by the imperial court. This Sun Yinglong wants to kill me. Could it be that he wants to rebel?" Li Xin suddenly burst out laughing.He knew in his heart that what he did in the south of the Yangtze River might have been passed on to the imperial court long ago, and the imperial court still let him do Shandong economic strategy, which is enough to explain the problems inside.And since I spent most of my time in Haishan, Xiao Yu's information could be reported as quickly as the court mansion. Maybe Sun Yinglong in front of me knew about his situation long ago and was waiting for him in front of him!If I don't go at this time, I am too timid.

"General." Gu Sanmazi was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, if he wanted to attack, he would have attacked a long time ago, and he won't wait until now." Li Xin waved his hand, making people move slowly towards the opponent's three-masted gunboat in addition to the offensive formation.

"General, if you kill Li Xin at this time, Mr. Zhou Ge will probably thank you very much." Seeing that the opponent changed his formation, Sun Er said again.

"Then you have to live to enjoy it." Sun Yinglong said without thinking.In fact, he is Huang Long's confidant. When Zhou Yanru's letter reached Huang Long, Huang Long thought about it for a long time and called all the generals to discuss whether to kill or not. Soon the imperial edict came again, and Huang Long finally felt that Chongzhen wanted to Appease Li Xin, after all Li Xin's [-] troops are not vegetarians.Li Xin was able to enter the Central Plains from outside the pass, relying on the [-] troops behind him.Only Zhou Yanru who had a grudge against Li Xin would think of killing Li Xin, and no one else would dare to kill him.Especially those who lead the army are even more afraid.What's more important is the millions of stones of food and grass behind Li Xin, and he, Huang Long, also wants to get a share.

"Sun Yinglong, the last commander of the Pidao Navy, Huang Long, pays his respects to Mr. Jinglue." After a while, Li Xin's boat approached slowly, and Sun Yinglong didn't dare to neglect, so he clasped his hands and said loudly.

"General Sun doesn't need to be too polite." Li Xin was relieved when he saw this.Although he was very sure, seeing Sun Yinglong's appearance now made him even more certain of the court's situation.

As the two large ships approached slowly, the anchor was released from the other side, and the Fuchuan on this side was grabbed with huge iron claws, so that Li Xin could board the opposing three-masted gunboat.

"General Sun, how do you determine that I will pass by here at this time." After Li Xin led Gu Sanmazi onto the gunboat, he said with a smile: "Just now I was afraid that you would send me to the sea to feed the fish. .”

"The general is an official ordered by the imperial court, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops behind him. How could he be afraid of such trivial matters?" Sun Yinglong cupped his hands and said, "What's more, the general swept across the grassland and defeated Jiannu. Who would I not admire? If it wasn't for the imperial decree, the Huanglong commander I’m ready to come and meet Jing Lue in person.”

"How is General Huanglong?" Li Xin also asked along the way.

"It has recovered quite a bit." Sun Yinglong briefly said, "The last general has been cruising around here for a long time, and finally waited for Lord Jinglue. I don't know how Lord Jinglue plans to attack the Shandong rebels."

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general brought?" Li Xin nodded.Although I don't know why Huanglong asked people to support him, but as long as he comes to support him, it is a good thing.

"There are 1000 sailors and 500 elite soldiers from Phi Island." Sun Yinglong said nervously.

"But all of them are firearms?" Li Xin glanced at the surrounding soldiers, and saw that most of the opponents were holding bird guns, three-eyed guns, shotguns, etc., and rarely saw infantry weapons such as spears, so he couldn't help asking.

"That's true." Sun Yinglong nodded, then said hesitantly: "Master Jinglue, it's just that the sailors on the shore may not be able to compare with regular infantry or cavalry."

"I heard that Liaodong sent cavalry over this time?" Li Xin said with a smile.

"Exactly, the five thousand cavalry commanded by the guerrilla generals Zu Dabi and Zhang Tao." Sun Yinglong showed a trace of worry on his face.None of the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Li Xin had a bad relationship with Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and that Zu Dabi was also Zu Dashou's younger brother. It would be very unlikely for Li Xin, a manager, to command such an army.

"Since I have such a strong army in hand, why should I worry?" Li Xin shook his head and said, "My economic planner is actually here to help the victims. Generals like you are enough to fight the war."

"But?" Sun Yinglong was about to say something, but was stopped by Li Xin.

"I want to land in Dengzhou, what can the general do?" Li Xin said looking at Sun Yinglong.In fact, Li Xin knew that not only Zu Dabi's Guanning cavalry would not listen to him, but other armies would not listen to him either.

"Dengzhou?" Sun Yinglong's complexion changed when he heard the words, and soon his eyes lit up. He is also a person who has experienced many battles. After Li Xin said this, he understood Li Xin's plan.

"That's right, it's Dengzhou." Li Xin nodded and said, "At this moment, Kong Youde has assembled a large army to attack Laizhou, hoping to completely occupy Shandong, or completely destroy Shandong before Zu Dabi and other troops arrive. But no matter what , His base camp is in Dengzhou, as long as we occupy Dengzhou, we can deal a fatal blow to the opponent."

"The general's words are very true." Sun Yinglong looked at Li Xin with admiration.This Li Xin's reputation is not just a matter of boasting. The situation in Shandong is rotten. Although Li Xin is involved in the war, he can see the most important places in Shandong at a glance, which is unbearable.

"If we want to establish Shandong, if we want to destroy Confucianism and virtue, we must constantly shorten his space for activities. Dengzhou is his base camp. Occupying Dengzhou and seizing its food and grass can effectively curb its offensive strength." Li Xin squeezed his fist and said: "At this moment, his focus is on Laizhou, hoping to wipe out all the officials in Shandong, but he is not very prepared for his own Dengzhou. It happened to give us a chance, and he would never have thought that we would come here." Give them a blow at sea. So we still have a chance of occupying Dengzhou."

"Even so, General, Dengzhou is not an easy place to fight." Although Sun Yinglong admitted that Li Xin was very insightful, but he was from Phi Island, and the navy under the control of the Huanglong Army actually included the Dengzhou Navy, and Sun Yinglong often From traveling between Phi Island and Dengzhou, I naturally know the secrets here.

"How do you say that?" Li Xin asked curiously seeing that Sun Yinglong was in a state of embarrassment.

"General, please take a look." Sun Yinglong quickly glanced at Sun Er, only to see that Sun Er turned around and took out a map from a few cases behind, and threw it on a table. Li Xin looked, but saw that it was around Dengzhou topographic map.

"General, this is Dengzhou. It governs Penglai. It governs Ninghai Prefecture, Penglai County, Huang County, Fushan County, Qixia County, Zhaoyuan County, Laiyang County and Wendeng County. To attack Penglai, you must first attack the surrounding islands "Sun Yinglong swept with his right hand, and Li Xin followed his fingers, and saw countless islands around Penglai, dotted on the sea like one after another.It is densely packed, such as Changshan Island, which is divided into South Changshan Island and North Changshan Island. The rest are Daheishan Island, Yangtuozi Island, and Xiaoheishan Island. Dazhushan Island and so on.

"It's not easy to fight!" Gu Sanmazi on the side shook his head again and again: "It doesn't matter if it's on land, but it's a pity that it's very difficult to wipe out these in seamounts. Enough to make my mother give up all her efforts."

Li Xin nodded, and said to Sun Yinglong: "General Sun, you are a naval commander, what can you do about this?" Li Xin is not good at water warfare, so it is hard to say in this situation .

"No." Sun Yinglong also shook his head very rarely and said: "General, Kong Youde is very treacherous. More importantly, the deputy generals beside him are Chen Shishi, the deputy general of Dongjiang Town, and Mao Chenglu, the deputy general of Guanglu Island. A naval warrior. Mao Chenglu is now sitting in Dengzhou, he is proficient in water warfare, and the last general does not dare to deceive himself, and the last general is no match for this person."

"Hey! Aren't Dongjiang Town and Guanglu Island under your Pidao's command?" Gu Sanmazi asked curiously.But he saw that Sun Yinglong's face was reddish, showing a hint of embarrassment.

Li Xin waved his hand. Seeing Sun Yinglong's appearance like this, why didn't he know that it might involve the filth in Dongjiang Town again.In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the rivalry between the court and China, even the army was the same.Kong Youde was only a few thousand soldiers and horses at the beginning, and his scale is enough to explain the problem.At this time, he was only thinking of his own interests, as for the court, it had nothing to do with Li Xin.

"Since this Mao Chenglu is proficient in water warfare, he would not have thought of defending on these islands." Li Xin nodded, thought about many islands, shook his head and said: "Anyway, Mao Chenglu is certainly very powerful, but there is one thing That’s for sure, that’s the number of soldiers.”

"That's right. Although Mao Chenglu's subordinates claim to be 5000, they are actually only three or four thousand. It is not ruled out that this person will recruit soldiers and horses, but they will definitely not exceed [-]." Sun Yinglong said hastily.

"If you add the vacancies, I'm afraid there are only a few thousand people." Li Xin said disdainfully.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the generals would eat nothing, just like the Xuanfu, which claims to have 10,000+ troops, but in fact there are not that many, and the same is true for Mao Chenglu.

"It is almost impossible to guard so many islands with three to four thousand people." Li Xin said with a smile: "Maybe they will get some troops on Changshan Island, and in Dengzhou City, there will be infantry cavalry and the like." .The rest of the islands will have very few soldiers. If so, it will be easy to handle."

(End of this chapter)