Feng Jian, Zhuang Yingchang, and Zhang Wentai took a boat to investigate the coastline of Jiaozhou Bay, and finally selected a coast near Fushan in the south of Aoshan Weinan, and determined this place as the address of the Zhouxunying Military Port.

The coastal area here is sparsely populated, and the seaside area is ownerless, so Ao Shanwei commanded Li Kuiwei to immediately sign a document and affix the official seal, and all the coastal areas within a radius of 20 miles were assigned to the state flood camp to build a wharf.

After more than three months of construction, the wharf has begun to take shape, and Feng Jian decided that the ships brought out from the Dengzhou Sailor will be directly berthed to the newly built wharf.

When the fleet reached the surface, the wind and waves began to be strong, so dizziness and vomiting followed, and the birds and soldiers vomited dizzily.

After a day and a night at sea, most of the soldiers of the Earthquake Camp seemed to be suffering from a serious illness.

No one has a good solution to this situation, but they can only make it self-applicable. Zhuang Yingchang ordered the officers and men on the ship to prepare more boiling water for the bird soldiers to drink to relieve the dry mouth caused by vomiting.

In the early morning of the next day, ten boats of the size of the state flood camp arrived in the sea area of Dengzhou Shuicheng.

Feng Jian's state flood camp ship is to detour the North Sea into Laizhou Bay, on the sea surface far away can see the sea fairy mountain Penglai, the highest place on the top of the mountain to build Penglai Pavilion. At the foot of Danya Mountain, there is a water wall more than three zhang high, and there is a thousand-pound Buddha machine cannon on the wall, which is said to be set up by Qi Jiguang in order to prevent the invasion of the Japanese invaders.

So far, this iron cannon is still placed on the water wall of Penglai Scenic Area.

Dengzhou Water City is located two miles south of Penglai, and the Zhou Xunying ships have to pass through a gradually narrowing sea channel on the sea surface to reach the water city.

The circumference of Dengzhou Water City is three miles. The north and south are long and the east and west are narrow, and the fleet of Feng Jian and the others will enter through the north gate of the water city at this moment.

The north gate of the water city is actually completely accessible by water supply division's boats. The north gate city wall is three feet high and spans both sides of the Mishui River. The entire dense river is the gateway for sailors to enter and exit.

Ships enter and exit by means of a winch to raise the iron gate, and under normal circumstances, the iron gate of the north gate is closed.

If the state flood camp wants to pass through the water gate, it must be handed over to the state flood camp for defense, and the commander of the garrison guarding the north gate will report to the coastal defense soldiers stationed in the water city, and the coastal defense soldiers will use India to open the iron gate on the passing ships, so that the ships can enter the water city, and the same boat travel must be equally cumbersome.

Nowadays, when the ships entering and leaving the water city are handed over to the customs defense, they must also hand over benefits to the defending city, commonly known as "running errands", otherwise they will deliberately delay and drag. It wasn't until the ship got in and out of the ship to hand in the "errands" that I was willing to go to report!

Feng Jian's state flood camp naturally does not lack a little "errand" fee, and the "errands" given when submitting the customs defense are very sufficient, so that the city defenders always have a good impression of Feng Jian's state flood camp.

Because the New Year's Pass has arrived, Dengzhou Haiphong Road has been sealed and stopped working, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate can directly refuse to enter the state flood camp, but now they see Feng Jian offering a hundred taels of "errands", and know that these ships were originally the ships of the Dengzhou Navy Division, so they made an exception to open the iron gate to put the state flood camp into the water city, and their customs defense waited until the Haiphong Dao Lord opened the seal office before handing over the seal.

Not much time was wasted. Ten boats from the state flood camp sailed along the waterway into the Dengzhou Navy Division's camp.

At this moment, nearly 100 naval division warships were docked at their respective berths, because three days later would be the Chinese New Year's Eve, and most of the officers and men of the naval division had already gone home to prepare for the New Year. Except for the necessary soldiers on duty, it was difficult to find any soldiers on the ships of the Navy.

Ten warships of the state flood camp entered the naval division camp at this time. Just let the officers and men on duty on the various warships pay a little attention. Of course they knew that these ten boats were handed over to the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp by the Lord of Haiphong Dao, and it was close to the end of the year, and they suddenly ran to the Sailor Camp, I don't know what it means?

There were doubts in their hearts, and some people who had been friends with Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai in the past had the intention of coming to inquire and inquire.

Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai commanded ten warships in the Zhou Xunying to dock at the berth where the ships docked in the old days.

Before getting off the boat, Feng Jian called Shen Xiaoshan to a place alone. Feng Jian said with a serious face: "Xiaoshan, if this commander's estimate is not wrong. Kong Youde's rebels will capture Dengzhou City before the 10th day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and your task is to try to rescue the governor Sun from Dengzhou City after the thieves have captured the city. Lord Sun is kind to this commander, and rescuing him is considered to be a reward for him, and another task is to rescue the twenty-six Westerners who made firearms in Lord Sun's house, and remember that rescuing these twenty-six Westerners is the focus of this mission. ”

Shen Xiaoshan bowed and said, "My subordinates understand. ”

Feng Jian knew that people like Sun Yuanhua generally regarded the name and festival as very important, and Kong Youde's rebellious troops captured Dengzhou City, and he might not be willing to flee with Shen Xiaoshan.

He frowned and thought for a while, and then instructed Shen Xiaoshan: "If Governor Sun refuses to follow you and others to evacuate, don't force it, as long as you get Governor Sun's consent to rescue those Westerners." You must return to Watertown before the rebels arrive, and the Commander will send someone to lure you into Watertown. ”

Shen Xiaoshan's face was solemn, he nodded solemnly and did not make a sound, Feng Jian patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and said: "You must pay attention to your own safety, when you return from saving people, you must not be the enemy if you find the traces of the rebels, and return to Shuicheng is the first priority!" ”

The commander regarded the safety of himself and the brothers of the Enemy Hunting Division as more important than the task, Shen Xiaoshan was moved in his heart, looked at Feng Jian with resolute eyes, and nodded heavily.

The lucky boat put down the springboard, Shen Xiaoshan and the soldiers of the Hunting Enemy Division led the horses to take the lead in getting off the boat, and after a little rest, a group of more than 80 people passed through the south gate of Shuicheng City, and galloped straight to Zhenhaimen, the north gate of Dengzhou City.

Generally, the cavalry in full costume of such a brigade are the family members or personal guards of the lord in Dengzhou City, and the guards who enter and exit the two city gates have no intention of stopping and checking at all, and Shen Xiaoshan and his party rode horses from Zhenhai Gate and galloped into Dengzhou City.

When the boat of the Zhou Xun Battalion docked, Zhuang Yingchang asked Feng Jian and said, "Commander, what arrangements should the officers and soldiers on board make?" He and Zhang Wentai heard that the officers of the Zhenshan Battalion all called Feng Jian the commander, so they changed their words to call Feng Jian the commander.

Feng Jian said: "First arrange the Zhenshan Battalion Bird Gun soldiers to the original station of your naval division, so that they can return to normal, and our naval division officers and soldiers still eat and live on the boat, and be ready at any time if there is anything." ”

"My subordinates will arrange it!" After speaking, he turned around and disembarked through the gangplank, and suddenly saw several sailors and battalion commanders who had known each other before, standing nearby.

Zhuang Yingchang took the initiative to walk in front of a few people and said, "Lao Niu, Lao Zhan, Lao Lan is about to celebrate the New Year, why don't you go back to reunite with your families?" ”

Which stout man said: "Don't mention it, those of us who don't have the money to honor our bosses have to do more coolies, and a few of us are on duty in the water camp during the Chinese New Year." How did you come to the Sailor Camp for the Chinese New Year, I remember that you and Lao Zhang's family have been sent to Pingdu! ”

Zhuang Yingchang said: "Hey, Lao Zhang and I are working hard, and this is to come to the sailor to receive equipment supplements." ”

The strong man known as Lao Niu said: "Who are you fooling, reward your garrison for almost all the equipment and supplies of the sailor last time, and now you have to come to receive equipment and supplies, I think you must have found the trick to make a fortune, we have been in a relationship for so many years, hurry up and talk about it, let the brothers also make a small fortune." ”

Zhuang Yingchang smiled bitterly, and hurriedly said: "Brother is indeed here to receive supplies and equipment, and our garrison master is also on the ship, how can we deceive a few!" ”

Feng Jian was not the direct boss of these sailors, so these people did not have many scruples when they heard that Feng Jian was on the boat, and they chatted a few more words, and agreed with each other to get together and drink together, and then dispersed.

Several people stood under the boat and chatted, Feng Jian saw it, and when Zhuang Yingchang arranged for the Zhenshan Camp to return to the Fu ship, Feng Jian ordered Cheng Yousheng to call Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai to his cabin on the ship.

Feng Jian said with a smile: "Yingchang, this official saw that you were chatting very hotly with several generals of the Sailor Battalion before!" ”

Zhuang Yingchang was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Don't get me wrong, commander, these people used to have a good relationship with their subordinates, and they were sent to the sailor battalion to guard during the Chinese New Year. ”

Feng Jian smiled: "This commander didn't misunderstand, but you misunderstood." ”

Seeing Zhuang Yingchang's puzzled face, Feng Jian continued: "Have you thought about it, let's win over these people in advance, and when the rebellion really happens, it will be easier for us to control the sailor's ship!" ”

Zhuang Yingchang patted his head and said, "That's right, look at how my elm head can't think of this aspect, my subordinates think you can try it." ”

Zhang Wentai also catered to the side: "It's still the commander's thoughtfulness, with you in us, we just need to obediently obey orders!" ”

Feng Jian shook his head and said with a smile: "When the two of you are in the position of this commander, you must be more thoughtful than me. Okay, let's talk about how to win over these ......."

At noon, in a single room in a restaurant in Dengzhou Shuicheng, Zhuang Yingchang, Zhang Wentai, Niu Liang, Zhan Yuan, and Lan Zhengji sat around drinking and gathering.

At this time, the three Dengzhou sailors stared at the silver tickets in front of them in a daze! Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai looked at the three of them playfully.

At the end, Zhuang Yingchang broke the silence and said: "The silver tickets in front of the three are all one thousand taels of silver tickets that can be taken at any time in the county capital of Denglai, and there will be one thousand taels to give away after the matter is completed." In the future, even if they are not in Dengzhou Sailor, these silver are enough for the three of them to live a prosperous life. ”

Niu Liang, Zhan Yuan, and Lan Zhengji finally came back to their senses, and the three of them looked at each other for a while, and Niu Liang said: "That is, we have known each other for so many years, otherwise the three of us would not believe it." How can you two be sure that Kong Youde's rebels will attack Dengzhou and occupy Dengzhou! ”

Zhuang Yingchang's face sank and said: "Niu Liang, why are you talking so much nonsense, I only ask if you are willing to drive the naval division warship away after the rebels capture Dengzhou City, so as to avoid the warship falling into the hands of the rebels!" ”

"Willing, willing, how can you be unwilling to have such a good thing!" Niu Liang hurriedly said.!! (To be continued......)