In the past, it was almost dark at this time, but today due to the reflection of the snow, the outside of the cabin of the Fubune can still be seen.

Feng Jian looked through the cabin at the snow-capped outside the warship, needless to say that the water surface had frozen under the snow.

In the past two days, Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai commanded the officers and men of the Zhou Xun Battalion to continuously clean up the area around all the warships to prevent them from being frozen.

Nominally, the Denglai Naval Division is under the control of Zhang Keda, the chief soldier of Denglai, but the daily supply of military salaries, equipment, and materials of the Naval Division is the responsibility of Dengzhou Haiphong Dao, but in fact, the Denglai Naval Division is controlled by civilian officials such as Dengzhou Haiphong Dao.

Originally, in such a snowy weather, General Soldier Denglai, who was the direct boss of the naval division's warship, had to come to inspect it, and all the officers and men on duty of the naval division had to go to their posts to break the ice and make every effort to deal with emergencies.

However, at this time, Zhang Keda, the chief soldier of Denglai, was outside the city, so he naturally could not come to Shuicheng to check, so he could only order the commanders of the various warships of the Denglai Navy Division to strengthen inspections.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and who does not want to reunite with their families at home, the sailors and warships have always coped with the matter, and they randomly sent a few people to the position of the warship to go around a few times, chatted with the officers and men on duty, and then disappeared.

In addition, Haiphong Dao, which is stationed in Shuicheng, should also appear to check whether the warship is damaged and whether various materials need to be replenished, but Lord Wang Hui, who is Haiphong Dao, has never appeared, I am afraid that he is singing and dancing with his family to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve.

If no official pays attention to the sailors, it is undesirable for Feng Jian and the officers and soldiers of the Zhou Xun Battalion, so that they can let go of their hands and feet to manipulate the warships in Shuicheng.

Feng Jian has always been worried about whether Shen Xiaoshan and Liu Rongsheng can get rid of the pursuit of the Dengzhou battalion cavalry! For such a long time, even if there is a fight between the two sides, there should be a result!

He has confidence in the Zhenshan camp and the hunting enemy Si Feng Jianji. He believed that as long as the Bird Gun soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion arrived in time, the Enemy Hunting Division would be able to calmly deal with the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Battalion who came to pursue.

Cheng Yousheng even has an almost blind confidence in the Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Soldiers. In his mind, the Earthquake Mountain Camp was almost invincible. The Zhenshan Battalion has been able to defeat the enemy side neatly and neatly in several sorties, and this time as long as the Earthquake Mountain Battalion is dispatched, it is no exception. The soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion were also defeated.

Cheng Yousheng was secretly impressed by the commander's advance layout and neat way of doing things.

After the commander sent the bird soldiers in time, the people who inquired about the news from several sides reported one after another, and the news was conclusive! Governor Sun Yuanhua ordered the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city to assist in the pursuit of the enemy hunting division, and the commander directly issued an order to support with his keen perception, which was really impressive!

Now it seems that with the commander's timely and effective decision-making, and the support of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, the enemy hunting division will definitely be safe and sound.

At the same time, Zhang Keda's general army tent in the Dengzhou military camp. Zhang Keda sat in front of the table with a book in his hand, but his thoughts were not on the book, Kong Youde led the troops to suddenly make a rebellion, which made his future bleak, if he couldn't quickly calm it, waiting for him would not only be dismissed, but also imprisoned.

Of course, this is only the most serious result, I believe that as long as I firmly grasp the 4,000 soldiers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I rely on my repeated contributions to the imperial court. Afterwards, the court will not be too embarrassed by itself!

Zhang Keda was holding the book in his hand, but his mind was not on the book, and he suddenly felt a light in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw the guards lighting the yarn lamp on the table. Look up outside the tent because the snow is shining. But it didn't look too dark.

casually asked the guards who lit the lights: "The cavalry who went to chase and intercept has any news back!" ”

Zhang Keda also didn't think that he would be able to deal with more than 20 cavalry if he sent more than 200 cavalry, and he had already set out to pursue for most of the day, not knowing if he had found the whereabouts of the thief who kidnapped the foreign craftsman.

The guards beside him bowed and replied, "Return to the military gate." There has been no news for the past half a day, presumably chasing it too far. It's too late to reply. ”

Zhang Keda nodded and sighed: "Regardless of whether Zhang Shan and the others can recover the foreign craftsmen, they finally have an explanation to Governor Sun." Our Dengzhou battalion is now mainly on guard against Kong Youde's rebels, so we can't bother with this matter! ”

The guard said: "You don't need to send someone to contact Zhang Shan, let them stop in moderation!" ”

Zhang Keda thought for a while and nodded: "You go and arrange it!" ”

The guard bowed down and agreed to turn around and walk out of the tent, Zhang Ke muttered in his mouth: "It seems that someone in the court can't wait to attack Lord Sun!" But what is the use of these thieves grabbing foreign craftsmen, it is not to privately build Hongyi cannons and deal with the imperial court in turn! ”

was puzzled, and suddenly the guards who had just walked out of the big tent came back in.

"Yujunmen, the camp is not closed at night, I just caught a few Kong Youde rebel army sentries from the south, and after torture, I learned that Kong Youde's rebel army will arrive at Dengzhou City in two days at most."

"So fast!" Zhang Keda put down the book in his hand, "Quickly go and inform Zhang Tao, the deputy commander-in-chief, the generals of each battalion, and the guerrillas to come to the official tent to discuss the matter." ”

A mile away in Zhang Tao's military camp, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army was furious at the moment, and instead of bringing back the foreigner craftsmen requested by the governor, he sent a hundred cavalry to defeat him.

Standing in the big tent, the leader licked the blood that flowed from his forehead to the corners of his mouth with his tongue, and hated it in his heart, Lao Tzu desperately went out to chase the enemy, and after coming back, this Zhang Tao did not ask about the situation clearly, and even the tea bowl smashed on his forehead, causing his head to break and bleed now, hum, sooner or later, Lao Tzu led the troops to oppose Zhang Tao of this dog day!

Zhang Tao had a seizure, felt that the anger in his chest dissipated a little, and when he saw the cavalry commander who was injured by himself, he felt a little sorry in his heart, and he wanted to comfort him.

The big tent was suddenly opened, and I saw a Chinese army guard walking into the big tent quickly, "Lord General Soldier, Lord Zhang, the chief military officer of Denglai, the right capital governor, sent someone to give an order, please ask Lord General to go to his big tent to discuss matters." ”

Zhang Tao waved his hand and said, "Got it!" ”

Turning his head to look at the cavalry general, he said: "You go down first, and wait for the officer to come back and explain what happened in detail!" ”

The cavalry general bowed to Zhang Tao, turned his body, and his face was immediately covered with resentment, and with the blood on his face, he looked very hideous.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the snowflakes fluttered and the cold wind was cold. Heavy snow began to fall in the morning. In the past few days, the snowflakes in Dengzhou have been intermittent and have not stopped.

When it snows a lot, it's no longer a sight to behold. It's a daunting disaster.

Outside the south gate of Dengzhou City, the sound of artillery firing suddenly sounded, and it sounded one after another. Dengzhou Water City, which is more than ten miles away, can be heard clearly.

Zhuang Yingchang looked respectful and said: "It's still the commander's eyes like a torch, Kong Youde's chaotic soldiers really came to Dengzhou, and his subordinates really can't understand how they can be defeated in the hands of the rebels with the strength of General Zhang's soldiers and horses." ”

Cheng Yousheng pouted and said: "Strong fart, 200 cavalry were wiped out by 100 bird soldiers and more than 20 enemy hunters in my Zhenshan battalion, which one is strong!" ”

Zhuang Yingchang argued: "I didn't say that our soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion can't compare to them, in fact, most of the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Battalion are veterans who have followed Zhang Keda and General Zhang's army for many years, and they have never experienced a defeat. And the Liao soldiers under the deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Tao also fight against the Tartar soldiers all the year round, and they are also elite divisions......"

Feng Jian waved his hand to stop the two arguing, and said: "Kong Youde's subordinates are Liao soldiers, and Zhang Tao's deputy chief soldier is also a Liao soldier, Zhang Tao treats his officers and soldiers either beating or scolding, and often deducts the food and salary of officers and soldiers, and Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers rebelled in Wuqiao, and they have tasted the sweetness after this robbery, if Kong Youde quietly sends people to mix into Zhang Tao's military camp to agitate." Zhang Tao's Liao soldiers could not guarantee that they would not defect...... When the two Liao soldiers converged together, they suddenly launched a surprise attack on Zhang Keda's Jiangsu and Zhejiang soldiers, and no matter how strong the soldiers were, they would be defeated and retreat! ”

The people in the cabin did not know the process and outcome of what was about to happen as clearly as Feng Jian, Zhuang Yingchang, Zhang Wentai, Jiang Yu and others looked at the commander in front of them in surprise. I feel incredible about its divine judgment, and what seems impossible to happen is always said by the commander!

Only Cheng Yousheng had a natural expression. It seems that no matter how strange things happen to the commander, it is normal.

Feng Jian shook his head and sighed: "Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers are like a plague, after they occupy Dengzhou City. It is inevitable that the surrounding county governments will be burned, killed and looted. The whole camp of Zhenshan should be patient for the time being, and wait until Kong Youde's chaotic soldiers provoke us. Our Zhenshan Camp will fight back, and when the time comes, the division will be famous, and the emperor and the ministers of the court will rely on our Zhenshan Camp! ”

Zhuang Yingchang bowed down and said: "What the commander said, the subordinates are indeed convinced!" ”

At this time, Feng Jian was indeed very complacent, because he knew the future well and could grasp it in advance, and he could get huge benefits from it, and at the same time, it was a good feeling to be greatly shocked.

With a smile on his lips, he said with a smile on his lips: "For the time being, no matter how the battle is fought outside Dengzhou City, let's talk about what shortcomings our plan still has." ”

Zhang Wentai said: "Today's battle outside the city, Lord Wang Hui of Haiphong Dao ordered all the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division to immediately return to the warship to guard, if the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division have been staying on the warship, our original plan to send the officers and soldiers of the Zhou Flood Battalion to lurk will have to be modified." ”

Zhuang Yingchang saw that Feng Jian seemed to be confident, touched the beard of his chin and said in a deep voice: "Our plan is that on the day of the city break, the officers and soldiers of the Zhou Xun Battalion will sneak into the warships and sail away from the water city, and the return of the officers and soldiers to the warships in recent days is not a big problem for our plan, Lord Wang Hui of Haiphong Dao is obviously a cautious person, there are few officers and soldiers guarding the city on the wall of Shuicheng, and when he heard that Dengzhou City was occupied by rebellious soldiers, he will definitely send officers and soldiers of the water division to defend the wall, and it is not too late for the officers and soldiers of our Zhou Xun Battalion to quickly control the warships. ”

"Lao Zhuang's analysis is reasonable, I guess if the water city is not frozen when the city is broken, Lord Haiphong Dao King will definitely be the first to jump on the warship, and urge the warship to leave the water city quickly, and now the mission of driving the boat away will fall to our state flood camp!"

Several people in the cabin listened to Feng Jian's words, and their faces showed knowing smiles.

Zhuang Yingchang said with a smile: "The two thousand catties of gunpowder are all made into gunpowder bags, and now they are all hoarded in the temporary station of the bird guns, and there is a special guard for the soldiers of the sentry; The ice surface of the ships of the Navy Division within a radius of three zhang was cleared by the officers and soldiers of the state flood battalion at any time; Niu Liang and the other three generals repeatedly confirmed that once the rebels broke through Dengzhou City, they would definitely drive their warships to follow us out of Dengzhou Water City. ”

Feng Jian instructed: "Lao Zhuang, you have to make a decision with Niu Liang and the three of you, if Lord Wang Hui orders the dispatch of officers and soldiers of the Navy Division to defend the city, ask them to delay as much as possible until we leave by boat!" ”

"The subordinates," Zhuang Yingchang nodded in agreement!! (To be continued......)