For a moment, Chen's heart is sometimes full of chagrin and loss, just like a person who has fallen into the water and suddenly finds a rescue creature, but is suddenly snatched away by someone else.

Seeing this situation, Dengzhou can't go, without Dengzhou Sailor as a back road, Dengzhou City is like a lamb to be slaughtered, as long as the imperial court gathers a large army, Dengzhou City is broken only in the evening, and then Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others are afraid that there will be no way back.

What should I do with myself and my subordinate officers and soldiers, do you want to return to Lushun again and continue to be exploited by the chief military officer Huang Long!

At this time, Cheng Yousheng's words sounded in time: "Our garrison lord once said that it is indeed not easy for Vice General Chen to lead his troops to garrison the place where the rabbit in Lushun does not, and to be exploited by Huang Long and others!" However, Lushun is the gateway connecting Denglai and southern Liaoning, and must not fall into the hands of Jiannu, if Vice General Chen is willing to continue to garrison in Lushun, my garrison is willing to make up for Vice General Chen's monthly food and salary supply for officers and soldiers......"

Chen was sometimes a little stunned at first, but when he heard Cheng Yousheng's last few words, his mouth opened wide in surprise, and he couldn't help but speak: "Who are you guards, what a big breath!" He said with a look of disbelief on his face.

Cheng Yousheng said with a smile: "Who is our garrison lord, you will know when you arrive at the Water Division City, you are not in the same league with Kong Youde's rebels now, and we still belong to the same Ming official army." I can guarantee that when you arrive at the Marine's station, you will be treated as a guest, and you will never be harassed for no reason, and we will not lose your word about the conditions that our garrison has promised you. ”

Hearing Cheng Yousheng's words, Chen was sometimes skeptical, but he was sure of one thing. The other party does belong to the official army of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not have prevented himself from defecting to Kong Youde. and tried his best to dissuade himself from returning to the strategic place of Lushun.

Looking at the current situation, if you don't follow the other party, your side is bound to suffer a big loss. Since this is the case, let's follow the Dengzhou Navy Commander Warship to see who the garrison lord who is much smaller than his official position and has a very big tone is sacred!

So he no longer hesitated, and said to Cheng Yousheng: "This officer agrees to go with you to meet your naval division garrison, but most of the soldiers under this officer go to sea with this officer to cruise, and the Lushun garrison lacks defense, and this officer plans to send half of the warships back to Lushun to strengthen the defense, what do you think?" ”

Cheng Yousheng smiled knowingly. He groaned and said, "Yes, but my naval fleet will send half of the warships to escort it." ”

Chen sometimes knew that the other party was not at ease with him, and at this time he had already broken off the idea of defecting to Kong Youde, and Lushun was a place where rabbits did not, and there was nothing wrong with the other party's warship following him, so he nodded directly and agreed.

The two negotiated the terms across the side of the boat, and then went back to make arrangements.

In terms of the fleet of the Fushan Water Division, Cheng Yousheng arranged for the commander of the naval fleet, Yan Gui, to lead three No. 1 Dafu ships and 12 sentinel ships, together with more than 700 officers and men on the warships, to follow him to Lushun.

Chen: Sometimes most of the sailors are bird boats and sea boats. He ordered his henchmen to return to Lushun with more than half of the sailors' warships, together with more than 600 officers and men.

The fleets of both sides corroborated each other with their flags, and the ships returning to Arthur set sail first. After that, Cheng Yousheng led the remaining warships of Lushun to return to Fushan Water City.

In half a day, the fleet returned to the Fushan Military Port, and the warships were berthed, and Chen Shi and the officers and men on the warships were arranged by special personnel in the military port.

Cheng Yousheng returned to the Floating Water Division Fleet Headquarters. Immediately ordered someone to send a message to the commander of Pingdu with a carrier pigeon, and reported the incident in detail. Wait for the commander's final ruling.

……

Feng Jian inspected the combat readiness here today at Xiaohuakou, which is located on the southwest side of the Daze Mountains. Three miles to the east is the official road in and out of Pingdu and Laizhou, and the rebels of Kong Youde invaded Pingdu from the direction of Laizhou, and must pass near Xiaohuakou.

If Kong Youde wants to attack Pingdu City, he will not lose sight of Xiaohuakou's important strategic position, and he must find ways to take Xiaohuakou.

Therefore, Feng Jian invested military forces in Xiaohuakou early, arranged the 3,000th headquarters of Zhou Wei of the Zhenshan Battalion here, built defense facilities in the original passes of Xiaohuakou, assigned soldiers to defend, and operated this place into an iron wall.

The artillery team of the Zhenshan Battalion had just taken over four Hongyi cannons from the Fushan Water Division, and Feng Jian ordered the foreign craftsmen to select a few experts from the foreign craftsmen to teach the officers and men of the artillery team the Hongyi cannon firing techniques.

Because each Hongyi cannon weighs 3,000 catties, it can only be fixed to be fired somewhere, and today is the day when the installation of the four Hongyi cannons is over and the first test firing is over.

Standing next to Feng Jian were Zhou Wei, Xi Lao, the artillery team general Jiangliang, and Chen Huan, the president of the Xiaohuakou Mutual Aid Association, and four Hongyi cannons with muzzles aimed at the direction of the official road were fixed on the cliff not far away.

At this time, there are five artillerymen standing in front of each cannon, one of whom is responsible for measuring the ruler, one is responsible for adjusting the angle of the telescope, one is responsible for loading ammunition, one is responsible for firing, and the last one is responsible for cleaning up the remains of the gun chamber and cooling the gun chamber.

All preparations have been completed, and just waiting for Feng Jian to issue an order, the Hongyi cannon will be test-fired.

Feng Jian held a telescope in his hand to observe the direction of the Pingdu official road, standing here with a telescope can clearly observe the situation on the official road, at this time this section of the official road and the surrounding area have been blocked by the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion, and there is no figure on the official road.

Feng Jian put down the binoculars and said to Jiang Liang: "Start the test launch!" ”

Jiang Liang said: "Please retreat to the distance and block your ears to avoid accidents." ”

After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand in the direction of the gunner, followed by Feng Jian and the others to retreat into the distance.

"Boom Boom Boom"

Four earth-shattering loud noises in succession, the dead leaves on the surrounding trees were scattered and scattered, and the entire mountain cliff was shaken, although the ears were blocked, but the violent vibration made Feng Jian and several others dizzy and unstable on their feet.

When the smoke of gunpowder had cleared and the surroundings had returned to calm, Feng Jian raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the official road, only to see that the originally smooth section of the official road had become potholes, covered with gravel of different sizes, and the scattered ammunition even knocked down the trees on both sides of the official road.

Feng Jian looked at it secretly, the lethality of this Hongyi cannon was so huge, Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers would not come. As long as he comes, he will definitely let Kong Youde's rebels get an unforgettable lesson!

Feng Jian put down the binoculars. Seeing that Zhou Wei and Jiao Keli were each holding a telescope and watching the scene, only Chen Huan did not have a telescope. Stand aside and look at everyone enviously.

Directly handed the telescope in his hand to Chen Huan and said, "Look at it, this is the power of the Hongyi cannon." ”

When Chen Huan put down the binoculars with a shocked face, Feng Jian said to Chen Huan: "The power of the Hongyi cannon is very huge, but the damage to this section of the official road is also huge, your mutual aid association must immediately organize people to level the ground of the official road and restore it to its original state." ”

Chen Huan hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and then Feng Jian inspected all the passes in Xiaohuakou under the guidance of Zhou Wei, and gathered the officers above the 3,000 headquarters bureau of the Zhenshan Battalion together to encourage them. He prepared to return to Pingdu City.

Feng Jian has always been concerned about how the court will deal with the issue of Dengzhou sailors, although he has prepared a lot of money to bribe the imperial court's relatives and ministers, but the matter has no result for a day, and it is always difficult to be stable in his heart.

From Xiaohuakou to Pingdu City to ride a horse for more than half a day, Feng Jian had just returned to the garrison mansion and was about to visit Xiao Hairpin because Xiao Hairpin had just given birth to a daughter the day before yesterday.

Among Feng Jian's three wives, only Su Su was still waiting to give birth, and the doctor said that Su Su would also give birth in these days, so he was busy with business. Feng Jian always found time to spend a while with his three wives.

Among the three, Chen Lilan is naturally Feng Jian's main wife, and Su Su is ranked before Xiao Hairpin and is counted as the second lady. The hairpin seems to be willing to be small.

Feng Jian was with them, teasing his son and chatting about family life, but he was also happy.

I was just going to change out of my official uniform. went to the backyard to meet the three ladies, and suddenly Huang Jinjiang came to the hall where he worked. He said to Feng Jian: "Commander, Jiao Qian is here at night." It is said that there is information about the floating landscape division battalion. ”

Feng Jian turned pale and said, "Let him come in!" ”

Jiao Keli stood at the door, and when he heard Feng Jian's words, he stepped into the hall and said with a relieved expression on his face: "It's too opportune for the commander to come back, this is the carrier pigeon transmission that I just received, Commander Cheng of the Fushan Water Division Fleet has invited Lushun Vice Admiral Chen Shi to Fushan Water City, and asked the commander to go and preside over the overall situation." ”

Feng Jian felt a "chuckle" in his heart, he thought that something had happened to the floating landscape fleet, so he hurriedly opened it and took a closer look at the information handed over by Jiao Keli, and gradually showed a smile on his face.

"Cheng Yousheng, this kid is quite good at doing things, he directly sent a ship to Lushun, and also detained Chen Shi in his hands, not bad, not bad!" Feng Jian smiled and admired.

After a little hesitation, Feng Jian instructed Huang Jinjiang: "You quickly go to the state flood camp to inform Zhao Shougang, and ask him to send Liu Zongxi to lead a reorganized division of men and horses, fully armed and immediately rush to the Jiaolai River wharf to standby, and then send someone to inform Zhang Wentai that except for the patrol law enforcement boats that are more important, the rest of the warships are assembled at the wharf and stand by." ”

"Yes!" Huang Jinjiang agreed and walked out quickly.

Feng Jian turned his head to Jiao Keli and said: "I'll rush to the fleet of the Floating Mountain Water Division, Lao Jiao, you stay in Pingdu City, if there is anything that needs to be solved urgently, or if there is urgent information from the capital, you can ask Lord Chen of Zhizhou to help him come up with an idea." ”

Jiao Keli knew that Feng Jian had always been worried about how the imperial court would manipulate the problem of the floating landscape division, and he was in charge of Huluyan's most important intelligence agency, so he should do his best to send the information to him as soon as possible.

Therefore, Jiao Keli said: "There is major information, of course, the commander needs to make decisions, and his subordinates will never be negligent in the slightest. ”

Feng Jian said with a smile: "You also know about the affairs of the capital, there will be news back in the next few days, this matter is related to Lord Zhizhou, once Pan Zhaoying sends back the news from the capital, no matter whether the news is good or bad, immediately report to Lord Chen, Zhizhou, and ask him to decide." ”

Jiao Ke immediately saw that his sycophant had an effect, and hurriedly said with a sudden expression: "My subordinates understand, and they will definitely act according to the commander's orders." ”

In the Pingdu Prefecture Xunying Garrison Mansion, Feng Jian bid farewell to his mother and three wives, and led Huang Jinjiang and several other guards to hurry to the Shuishi Wharf in Jiaolai Hezhou, outside Pingdu City.

Mother Feng looked at her son's figure leaving in a hurry, sighed and said to Chen Lilan: "Why is Jian'er so busy, daughter-in-law, you have time to persuade him, don't get tired of your body!" ”

Chen Lilan has just come out of confinement, and after giving birth, she is permeated with the charm of a mature young woman.

Hearing Feng's mother's words, she hurriedly saluted Feng's mother and said, "What my mother said is very true, my daughter-in-law must persuade my husband." ”

Feng Mu nodded and said happily: "That's fine." ”

…… (To be continued......)