April of the fourth year of Jingtai, Qingzhou Mansion, Rizhao County.

On the official road in the south of the county, a team of 100 heavy-armored iron horsemen roared past, rolling up a puff of dust, and the pedestrians along the way dodged to the side when they saw this, looking at this team of iron horses and making a burst of admiration.

Liu Juntao and Liu Zi'an, escorted by this team of heavily armored iron cavalry, left Rizhao County and were heading towards Jiacang Town in the south.

"Zongzhen, let's rest overnight in Jiacang Town, and set off early tomorrow morning, it is estimated that we will be able to arrive at Andongwei before noon!"

Liu Zi'an rode his horse and said loudly to Liu Juntao beside him.

Liu Juntao nodded and said loudly: "Faster!" Strive to rush to the town of Jiacang at dusk! ”

"Order!"

More than a hundred horsemen and horses roared past and rushed towards the town of Jiacang.

In the evening, Liu Juntao and his entourage rushed to Jiacang Town.

There is only one inn in the town, and the scale is not very large, but it is barely enough to entertain Liu Juntao and his party.

After eating in the evening, Liu Zi'an came to Liu Juntao's room.

"Headquarters, the brothers have settled down."

"Good!"

Liu Juntao said: "How is the situation of Anton Wei? ”

Previously, Liu Juntao had ordered the Ministry of Intelligence to pay attention to the collection of Anton Wei's situation, and Liu Zi'an had also made sufficient preparations in this regard.

"The general town, this Anton Wei is a thousand households in the southeast of Qingzhou Mansion, there was originally a thousand households stationed here, and later after our Shandong Town reorganized the soldiers and horses of the Shandong Guard, it was reorganized here, and now it is a total of soldiers and horses in the Eagle Yang Army stationed here."

Liu Juntao nodded, when the Intelligence Department was collecting some information about Anton Wei, Liu Juntao also recalled some of the situations here, of course, some of the situations he noticed before the crossing, after all, Liu Juntao was very interested in history and geography.

Anton Wei is a coastal defense fortress set up at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, located in the Lanshan District of 40 kilometers south of Rizhao City, on the north bank of the mouth of the Xiuzhen River, bordering the Yellow Sea, and the terrain is dangerous.

The majestic and steep Lao Ye Ding, Guan Mountain, Bijia Mountain (also known as Yakou Mountain, not the Bijia Mountain of Liaodong, the same name only), Lanshan, Fort Mountain and other mountains stand facing the sea, and surround the Acropolis from the north, east and southeast sides. Climb high and look, the east of the Acropolis sleeps Lao Ye Mountain, the west is next to the embroidery needle river, the south is adjacent to the Canghai Sea, and the north locks the official mountain.

There are three islands (Cheniushan Island, Pingshan Island, and Dashan Island) lying in the sea off the coast of Andongwei, and the northwest mountains are like a picture, which is really a scenic spot and a military key point in the southeast of Shandong.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Juntao rushed to Andongwei, there are not only fortresses and garrisons, which can build large bases, but also three moderately sized islands that can be used to park fleets and train personnel!

Moreover, there is another person who Liu Juntao is very interested in, and Liu Juntao came here for this person.

Then, Liu Juntao asked, "Have you got in touch with Anton Wei?" ”

Liu Zi'an said: "Don't worry, the general of the Yingyang Army, Yan Hu, and Wu Hao, the guerrilla general of the right battalion stationed in Rizhao County, heard that the general town was coming, and they all wanted to rush over, and they were also in accordance with the meaning of the general town, so that they would rush to Andongwei five days later to listen to the order." ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "That's good!" Early tomorrow morning, let's rush directly to Anton Wei. ”

The next day, Liu Juntao and his entourage left Jiacang Town, Pegasus rushed to Andongwei, and arrived at the north gate of Andongwei before noon.

At this time, a general of the Eagle Yang Army stationed here had received the news, and the general of the army led a hundred bird-gunners to line up outside the north gate to greet Liu Juntao and his party.

Liu Juntao saw that these soldiers were full of spirit, and he was also very pleased in his heart, and encouraged the soldiers outside the gate, so he led his troops to stationed in Andongwei.

After a short rest, everyone came to the pier south of Andongwei under the guidance of the general.

Anton Wei is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side faces the sea, there is no city wall in the south of the fortress, but a wharf, and there are also three sea ships in Anton Wei, after all, there are three islands in the jurisdiction of Anton Wei, there are Cheniushan Island, Pingshan Island, and Dashan Island.

In the afternoon, the three seagoing ships of General Anton Wei were prepared and all anchored at the pier.

At the same time, the general manager also transferred two sentry bird gunners from Anton Wei and divided them into two sea ships, and each sea ship also carried seven Jingtai second-year thunder guns.

Liu Juntao left fifty heavily armored iron horsemen in Andongwei, and he took Liu Zi'an and the remaining fifty heavy armored iron horsemen on a sea ship, and the three sea ships and the sailors on board were organized into a small fleet and set sail together.

After sailing for less than an hour, the fleet came to the coast of Pingshan Island.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Liu Juntao could already see a simple pier built on the beach of Pingshan Island.

At this time, Liu Zi'an pointed to the dock next to him and said: "You see, this Pingshan Island was originally under the jurisdiction of Anton Wei, but as early as ten years ago, it was occupied by a sea lord named Feng Xiang. ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile after hearing this: "So, this Feng Xiang's strength is good!" ”

"That's not it, it can only be said that Anton Wei's guards were too weak at that time, although this Feng Xiang can run rampant on the sea, but he is also unable to go ashore."

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "This time, thanks to the Intelligence Department, this Feng Xiang was found in a short period of time, which can make it possible to realize the town's idea." ”

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "This is also God's favor for the general town, otherwise it would be impossible for the lowly to have such good luck." ”

As the two were talking, the fleet had already docked.

Anton Wei took the lead in leading two sentry 170 bird gunners to land, one of which quickly occupied this simple wharf with the general ashore guard, and the remaining sentry bird gunners stayed behind to guard three sea ships, and set up the fourteen Jingtai 2nd year mine guns carried by the ships.

Subsequently, Liu Juntao and Liu Zi'an also led fifty heavily armored soldiers to land, and when everyone walked down the dock, they saw a group of men in the distance.

I saw that this group of men were all strong and strong, full of fierce spirit, the first person was even more powerful, the muscles on his body were almost about to break apart, this person was not tall, and his skin was as dark as everyone behind him, but his eyes were shrewd.

There were about thirty of these men, most of them carrying harpoons, short knives, short spears and other weapons, and a dozen people stood behind with bows and crossbows.

Liu Juntao took a look, although these people have not gone through any rigorous training, they can be regarded as elite people, at least they have experienced a lot of bloody battles, and they all have a bloody breath on their bodies.

Liu Juntao looked at the surrounding terrain again, and saw that the wharf was surrounded by trees and grass, and the distance of a few hundred steps was already hills and low mountains.

So, Liu Juntao said to Liu Zi'an beside him: "I think there must be some people in ambush behind!" ”

Liu Zi'an also nodded heavily, and said: "Headquarters, let's let the lowly officials go over to connect, Headquarters, wait here for a while!" ”

Liu Juntao smiled and said, "What is this little battle? Let's go over and take a look, I think this Feng Xiang is also a man! ”

Saying that, Liu Juntao took Liu Zi'an and fifty heavily armored soldiers forward, and General Anton Wei led a sentry to guard the dock, and arranged for people to stand by, as long as the situation suddenly changed, they could immediately open fire and shoot to cover Liu Juntao and others.

"The one in front is Feng Xiang's house!"

When they were more than fifty steps away from the gang, Liu Juntao and the others stopped, and Liu Zi'an immediately asked loudly.

The man in front of him also took a few steps forward and said loudly: "Down there is Feng Xiang!" The person who came was Liu Zi'an and Minister Liu from Shandong Town! ”

"I'm Liu Zi'an!"

"Minister Liu is such a big battle!"

Feng Xiang looked at everyone and asked, "I don't know who this person is next to Minister Liu?" ”

Liu Juntao took two steps forward with a smile and said loudly: "This town, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, Liu Juntao!" ”

Feng Xiang and more than 30 people behind him looked at each other in shock, and were stunned on the spot.