Almost at the same time that Li Tingzhi's army arrived at Dongliu County, the honor guard of the Governor's Mansion of Jin Ming drove into the boundary of Quanzhou along the official road, and the flow of people behind him was rolling, and the momentum alone was not inferior to that of the Li Department, of course, it could only frighten the layman.

"Commander, come so quickly, the last general is here to greet you on the order of Jiang Zhaofu."

After going around the city and crossing the Luoyang River to the territory of Hui'an County, Shi Zhong's spies met the Jin forward, and Jin Ming himself led the governor's army to follow behind.

"Old ginger has arrived? How are you fighting, trolls? ”

Seeing Shi Zhong solemnly salute himself, Jin Ming gave him a gentle blow with the horsewhip in his hand, and then asked the doubts in his heart.

"Alas, don't mention it, I feel frustrated when I mention Lao Shi."

Shi Zhong shook his head as he got on his horse, rode with Jin Ming, and replied with his head that both of them were very uncomfortable, and his spies led the way in front.

"It's too hard to bite on the dog's day, but hundreds of people, the front and back are dead and wounded, and they refuse to surrender, how can such a good become a traitor?"

Jin Ming listened patiently to his complaints, the situation of the battle is impermanent, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, it is not an overnight thing, so no matter what the result is, he is mentally prepared.

A small defeat is not a big deal, at least the goal is still achieved, the enemy retreats into the city, abandons the harbor and the docks, and when he comes, he can calmly encircle. And like that kind of miraculous one-hit hit, with Jin Ming's calm temperament, he would not do that kind of extravagance.

As for Shi Zhong's sigh, he also has relatives, at the beginning of the year, the palace marshal Han Zhen died, and the royal camp was in an uproar, he was just a small general of Ma Si, he was lucky not to be involved, and he had to be transferred to quell the rebellion. How many colleagues and friends who were still drinking and talking happily yesterday immediately became the great enemy of life and death, and he also wanted to ask: Why?

"You haven't said anything about the water army, are they still doing well?"

Jin Ming patted his arm armor and diverted the topic, the success or failure of the water army is what that kid is concerned about, but he doesn't know where he is now.

"The water army, it's really hard to say, you'll be able to see it later."

Although he didn't know what he meant, Jin Ming didn't ask too much, but when the army crossed Hui'an County and stepped onto the Luoyang Bridge, what Shi Zhong said really made him see it.

The Luoyang River flows into Quanzhou Bay, which is very close to the harbor, that is only the distance on the map, but what makes Jin Ming surprised is that the sky in the distance is black, the huge smoke screen covers the sun, and the rising smoke column is mixed with firelight, which is the direction of Quanzhou Port Wharf.

"This fire?"

"The thieves themselves set fire to the moored ships, and when they burned, they were out of control, and the fire was so great that even the houses on land were affected. We can only knock down a few rows of houses to do isolation, the person who set the fire has been caught, it is said that it was instructed by Pu, this dog ~ mother, it is really not a thing. ”

This change was unexpected, although Shi Zhong said that the fire had been isolated, he was still a little unsure, he didn't ask any more questions along the way, and the rest of the matter should be seen with his own eyes.

"Fathers, elders, folks: this official is at the behest of the official's family, and he came to clean up the traitors, who these people are and everyone knows in their hearts, whether there is collusion or not, the official does not believe in empty mouths and white teeth, and reports and denounces to find out the henchmen of those traitors, so that they can clean up the source and exchange for peace on the other side, otherwise."

With a wave of Jiang Cai's hand, he pointed to the harbor not far away, the fire crackled, and from time to time a house fell, and black smoke billowed into the sky.

"See, the thieves have no humanity, and they will do everything to rebel, some of your homes have been destroyed, and others don't want their homes anymore?"

Standing on a demolished house, Jiang Cai was holding a loudspeaker and giving a lecture, and there were thousands of people standing below, all of whom seemed to live in the vicinity, some ordinary people, some dressed as boatmen, and his infantry formed a circle outside, and the foot soldiers were fully armed and vigilant to prevent a riot.

"Still annoyed? The thief is just a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, and he is not injured, but there are only a few boats missing, don't pay the decay like a dead old man, so you don't get discouraged. ”

After a call, he threw the horn in his hand to his subordinates, asked them to continue, jumped down from a high place, and patted Yang Fei who was squatting on the side, and didn't know whether to comfort or reprimand, Yang Fei rolled his eyelids when he heard it.

"My appeasement, that's not a few, it's thousands! Grandma's, I already knew it was like this, just"

It's been a long time, Yang Fei doesn't know what to do, he actually didn't do anything wrong, even if he rushed up at the beginning, he wouldn't get more than now, but it was likely to cause more chaos, but that breath was stuffy in his chest, and he couldn't get it out, which made him very uncomfortable.

Those boats have long been regarded as things in the bag, and they were suddenly destroyed by someone, who is not depressed, Jiang Cai shook his head and didn't persuade anymore, he was still depressed.

"When are Haiji's men leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning, after replenishing food and drinking water, they will start to allocate, and they will go back before the August 18th National Congress, and it will be too late if they don't leave."

This was set before, Jiang Cai just asked casually, but Yang Fei was right, there are not many days left until August 18, and if you really miss the reading date, things can be big or small, so it's better not to make extraneous branches.

"Okay, don't cry and mourn, our own ships must be taken care of, this gang of thieves can burn once and keep it all right, they can do it again, if they get their hands on it again, there is nowhere to cry."

Jiang Cai's worries are not unreasonable, this is still in the enemy area, there are more people than the official army, who knows which one will be sent by the Pu family, so he will gather them up and give lectures, it is conceivable that most of them are peaceful people, and they will never abandon their families and businesses to become thieves, and if they want to find out those invisible black hands, they have to count on the consciousness of these people.

He didn't understand these things before, he only knew marching and fighting, but now he has slowly developed the style of a party commander, and unconsciously, he has the shadow of that kid in his actions and thinking, and he may not even feel it.

"How much do you say?"

Hearing the number in Jiang Cai's mouth, Jin Ming's eyes puffed out, as if he couldn't believe it, this number was the first time he had heard it, and Jiang Cai himself had almost the same expression when he first heard it.

"Originally, there were more than 5,000 of them, but a fire burned down half of them, Yang Fei and they rushed into it desperately, and after counting it, they grabbed a total of more than 3,000 large and small ships, of which 1,000 belonged to Haisi, and the rest will be sent to Qiongzhou according to what Ziqing said, which will be used to form the Qiongzhou Navy and the needs of the city."

Just saw the two of them shrugging their heads there with a look of frustration, Jin Ming thought that the loss was so big, but he didn't expect that there would be so much! You must know that this is a sea ship, the largest kind of cost is expensive, enough to buy a big mansion in Lin'an City, three thousand, my God, Jin Ming's head repeatedly sounded these words.

No wonder Liu Yu will be scheming, not hesitating to set up such a big game, no wonder the Pu family will jump over the wall in a hurry, do such a big thing of stealing the family and exterminating the family, and pour the country's capital, no one can be calm in the face of such wealth, and it is worth paying any price.

"Governor, where did you get so many people?"

Immediately afterwards, it was Jiang Cai's turn and the others to be surprised, without him, Jin Ming's military appearance was too prosperous, the flags were bad, the swords and guns were like a forest, except that the formation was not very neat, the number was absolutely amazing, Jiang Cai probably made a visual inspection, I was afraid that there were not tens of thousands of people, but as far as he knew, there were not so many soldiers and horses in Liangguang and Fujian.

"Well, thanks to that champion."

Jin Ming didn't sell Guanzi, and his army looked quite numerous, and most of them were not soldiers, or even Han Chinese. There were very few real forbidden army sergeants, and the more than 2,000 people he brought from Beijing and less than 2,000 people were recruited in Fuzhou, and that's all.

"She's a person?"

"Well, there are more than 40,000 people, led by more than a dozen lords, and in the center are Chen Zhuangyuan's relatives, his uncle and son-in-law."

Jin Ming briefly introduced Chen Wenlong's situation, he is not very familiar with this person, he took the initiative to find the door, he is not only the imperial court's envoy, but also the new local road marshal, Jin Ming of course does not doubt him, but the whole clan is a guarantee.

"It won't be a problem, will it?"

Jiang Cai said with some uncertainty, there are also many aliens among his pawns, but only a few hundred are in the public ranks, and there is nothing big about it, this is tens of thousands of people, far beyond the number of the Song army, if something happens, it will be a big trouble.

"So-and-so is not a god, how can I expect it, the most important thing at the moment is to quell the rebellion, and the rest will be talked about later."

Jin Ming waved his hand and said, if there is a choice of how he will do this, if the imperial court does not send troops, he will not be able to change it, first use these people to stabilize the situation, and then set up a flag to recruit troops, this is already the safest way.

"Ziqing, is there something going on?"

The two looked at Quanzhou City not far from their sight, and they all thought of a person, Jiang Cai had not heard from him for a long time, and they couldn't help but be a little worried. And Jin Ming left Beijing much earlier than Liu Yu, and all the news was known from the Di newspaper, why this was the case, he also wanted to know.

"According to the schedule, now I'm afraid that I have crossed the river, and it is useless for you and me to worry here, it is better to think more about how to take this Quanzhou City, according to a certain view, since that kid dares to go, I believe there will be no problem, let's go, find a place to sum up."

Entering the enemy realm alone, no one would believe it if there was no danger, but now, what can they do, for Jiang Cai, this news is worse than not knowing, he shook his head with a wry smile, got up and kept up with Jin Ming's pace.