Next to the Sunrise Wharf, Chu Fan was standing on the horse and watching.

In the harbor south of the docks, there were masts, as if a forest had grown out of the sea overnight—a task force preparing for the expedition was assembling.

The task force has the Jinfeng as the flagship, and the main force is the six battleships of the First Fleet, including the Chaoyang, plus the six battleships in the other two fleets, all of which have been modified.

To the southeast, two warships were heading towards Sunrise Wharf, and it was Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi of the Third Fleet—Lin Sanwa and his Yue Fei were left to watch their homes, while Guo Ziyi was the last battleship of the task force that had not yet been listed; After the Guo Ziyi docked and loaded with ammunition and supplies, the task force would depart.

Chu Fan was watching, Liu Zhongwen and Chen Shangren came together, and the two of them came to see him off and report.

"Yixian, Zhuang Zeshi has finally opened his mind!" Chen Shangren had just ordered the war horse, and said with a smile.

"If he doesn't open his mind again, he won't take them to the Zheng family to play this expedition!" Chu Fan sneered.

"This kid is still too young, it took me a lot of tongue," Chen Shangren shook his head with a smile and said, "I finally understand, if you want our Liao army to come out and help him Zheng family fight the Dutch, you have to express it...... He has already written to Zheng Zhilong, I have read the letter, and the meaning of the expression has been expressed. ”

Chu Fan nodded, "That's it, I don't expect Zheng Zhilong to give much benefit, just have an attitude." After speaking, he turned his head and instructed Doudou, "You send someone to inform Zhuang Zeshi and let his ship follow behind our fleet...... This battle also let the Zheng family see how strong our water division of the Liao Army is! ”

After arranging the affairs of the Zheng family, Chu Fan asked about the combat readiness.

It has been more than 20 days since the end of the last military meeting, and all aspects of combat preparations are proceeding in an orderly manner:

The restoration of the Wonhang Palace was carried out faster than expected, mainly thanks to the more than 1,500 people requisitioned from Jingyi County and the more than 1,200 mountain people from Halla Mountain. Coupled with the herdsmen and villagers who came to hear the news around them, in the end, there were nearly 6,000 people working under Chen Shangren; In order to meet the deadline, Chen Shangren offered all those who came three meals a day plus 5 yuan, which was very generous on Jeju Island, and naturally attracted a large number of poor people who had nothing to do in the winter - except for the captives, of course.

The reorganization in Halla Mountain was also unexpected by Chu Fan. Song Xiance brought it into the mountain. In addition to dozens of squad leaders for training, there was also Liu Zhongwen's cavalry battalion; As soon as he entered the mountain, this dwarf showed his ruthless side, cutting off the heads of seven bandit leaders in one day, and tying up more than 30 horse bandits who dared to resist and throwing them on the construction site of the Yuanxing Palace; With Xu Zhiyuan's full cooperation, Song Xiance quickly shocked the scene, broke up all the dozens of horse bandits, and selected their elite to form a cavalry battalion of about 400 people - the Tamluo Battalion was formally established, and then began training according to the training code of the Fuliao Army; After the training is on the right track. Liu Zhongwen withdrew with the cavalry battalion, and came back just in time to send Chu Fan on the expedition.

The operation to free Hannu also begins with a killing.

Zhu Liangchen chose a small village called Hannanli in the east of Jingyi County to open the knife - this village has more than 200 people all surnamed Jiang, and its patriarch is extremely hostile to the Ming people, and after Liu Shenghai's death, he has been in tandem everywhere, trying to unite with other major clans to expel the Liao army; His act of death is really like a good "chicken" that can be killed for monkeys.

The specific operation was commanded by Jun Zhitai - more than 500 regiments of training battalions rushed straight to Hannam-ri, surrounding a small mountain village; First, he shouted and asked the patriarch to release the five Han slaves in the village, and the other party immediately launched an attack from behind. The battle ended in just half an hour, and 72 people, including the patriarch, were killed on the spot. The rest of the Jiang clan, a total of 137 people, both old and young, were all thrown into the prisoner camp of the Yuanxing Palace; And the 5 Han slaves became the first batch of people rescued in this operation and were sent to the Shuishan mansion.

The slaughter of the village in Hannam-ri severely shocked the surrounding clans, and the next day, several clans contacted Kim Yong-tae through various channels, expressing their willingness to release Hannu; Jin Yongtai naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, and personally led people to negotiate with each family, and asked the other party to send his nephews to join the group training camp to ensure that he would not make trouble again.

Of course, there are still obsessed clans. Zhu Liangchen has already drawn up a list, and if the other party still has no movement after the scheduled deadline, the regimental training camp will be ready to kill.

“…… The cavalry battalion is ready to come to the rescue at any time," Liu Zhongwen said lightly, "But I don't think we need to make a move." Those who say that they are big clans, and the most Dingkou is only one or two hundred, if the regimental training camp can't even pick it up, just disband! ”

Chu Fan had already dismounted, and stood on the beach with his hands in his hands and said, "The regimental training camp still has combat effectiveness, after all, Li Minho and Jun Jitai are all veterans of the battlefield...... Anyway, this time we must clean it up, and we must not have a situation where we are fighting in front and these guys are stabbing in the back! ”

"I'll take care of it! I'll make a move at the critical moment! Liu Zhongwen nodded heavily, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's already the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days, and the eighth day of the new year is a good day for you and Miss Yan, you must rush back!" ”

When Chu Fan heard him say so vaguely, his heart couldn't help but be full of emotion, and he comforted him with a smile, "Hei Niu, you just have to rest assured...... It's said that it's a war, but in fact, I'm just pressing the formation behind...... For this matter, Uncle Ge and Brother Hualong also made an appointment with me for three chapters, and the Golden Phoenix can only watch the battle from behind, otherwise they won't let me follow! ”

Liu Zhongwen looked at the huge figure of the Jinfeng in the harbor, and his face finally looked better, "I'm just worrying about it, just with the combat strength of our sailors, it's not easy to beat a few Dutch ships?" …… We're at home, waiting for your good news! ”

Chu Fan laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes! It's just three Galen ships, and you're afraid you won't be able to take him down? ”

After speaking, he put away his smile and arched his hand at everyone, "I'm about to get on the boat, and I have to ask you to worry about family affairs!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a low conch sound was heard in the harbor, announcing that the task force had completed its assembly and was officially ready to set out for battle.

Chu Fan didn't delay any longer, got on a small sampan, and rowed towards the Golden Phoenix; Climbing up the net rope onto the deck of the Golden Phoenix, he had barely had time to straighten out his crumpled clothes when he heard an uproar from the thirteen ships of the entire task force.

What's going on here? (To be continued.) )