After less than five days of sailing, the fleet finally arrived in Dengzhou on the morning of the seventh day of June. Liu Yushan, the commander of the Dengzhou battalion, is now in charge of the overall situation in Dengzhou City.

When they arrived at Dengzhou Wharf, Zhu Houwei and Wu Yiheng went directly to Dengzhou City with 100 people from the two general flags, and as for the Fu boat, they let them dock at the wharf.

The wharf is only more than 3 miles away from the city, and soon Zhu Houwei arrived at the city gate. The banner of the water and land battalion was discovered by the soldiers on the city wall from afar, so the city gate was opened, and Liu Yushan had already come out to greet him.

Zhu Houwei is wearing a prince's armor on the outside, and he is wearing a trolling on the inside, which is different from the new military uniform of the land and water battalion, but he is only 15 years old, and he knows at a glance that he is a half-old child, and he is estimated to be the one in the land and water battalion. Liu Yushan stepped forward and knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Sinner, Liu Yushan, see His Royal Highness King Fu." Zhu Houwei looked at this Liu Yushan, about 40 years old, about 1.65 meters tall, not fat, but looks very strong, round face, fair complexion, thick and long eyebrows, a somewhat collapsed nose, and a big mouth. The long beard on the chin is well groomed and looks a little reflective. He wears a five-beam crown, a golden flower belt, a crimson robe, and a patch on his chest, on which are embroidered with tigers and leopards. Dressed in a standard court dress, the clothes are atmospheric and grand, but Liu Yushan's expression is a little confused, frightened, and uneasy.

Zhu Houwei said lightly, "Okay, get up quickly, let's go to the city." Liu Yushan hurriedly got up and led the way. Liu Yushan had an estate and a house in Dengzhou City, but when King Fu came, he had to take him to the prefect's yamen. As for the prefect, he was still a guest at the pirates.

When he arrived at the back hall of the Yamen, there was only Wu Yiheng inside, Guo Chengzhi and the general flag called Li Dayong, Liu Yushan knelt down again, kowtowed to Zhu Houwei miserably, and said, "Lord Wang, help, Lord Wang, save your life." ”

Zhu Houwei knew that this time the matter was not small, Liu Yushan, as the commander of the Dengzhou battalion, took over and was in charge of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and the Japanese invaded ashore, and Liu Yushan could not escape his responsibility. However, Liu Yushan also helped a lot for the construction of the Tianjin water and land battalion, and the seafarer instructors at the beginning were all excellent instructors from the Dengzhou Naval Division. Every time the sailing training of the water and land battalion was to Changshan Island, where the Dengzhou Naval Division was stationed, to replenish and rest. In addition, in the past, Shandong recruited workers, and the villagers of Longjiang were all transported by Liu Yushan, and Zhu Houwei was not able to see death and not save him after tying up the water and land camps. But what the hell is going on has to be told by Liu Yushan.

Liu Yushan got up and said slowly under Zhu Houwei's order. First talked about the situation of the attack that day, and then began to talk about what happened later, Liu Yushan said with a depressed face, "The criminal minister fled into Dengzhou City that day, and the commander of the Jimo battalion came later, commanding Tongzhi and more than 30 Ding, and some people also fled back to Dengzhou City. The criminal ordered the city gates to be closed for the Kou to come, but the Haikou sent a messenger and shot a letter to the castle tower. The letters were all signed by the prefect and the prefect, and they also said that if they returned safely, they would hand over 300,000 taels of silver. The treasury was short of money, so the criminal had to go to the house of the official who was held hostage to discuss the money together, and a total of 230,000 taels of silver were collected, which had been sent over yesterday, and there must have been movement early this morning. As he spoke, Liu Yushan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhu Houwei.

Zhu Houwei looked at it and asked, "What else did these pirates do?" Liu Yushan said very bitterly: "In the afternoon of the same day, the pirates sent a group of men to attack the nearby villages. The people of the village could not escape and suffered heavy losses. Since the prefect and others were still in the hands of the pirates, the criminal ministers did not dare to send troops to exterminate them, so as not to anger the pirates and hurt the prefect and others. Zhu Houwei was angry and roared, "How did you become an official, can't you tell which is more important, there are only a few people in the prefect's mansion, and how many people are in those villages that have been attacked, you don't know?" Liu Yushan was stunned for a moment, and said intermittently, "This criminal minister is thinking that the prefect and others are the pillars of the imperial court, and this military household and the people are not as good as what if, Lord Wang." ”

Zhu Houwei was choked by his words, and then remembered that in these years, all the people who can be officials are excellent scholars, all of them are from Jinshi, and in the eyes of everyone, they are noble. When Liu Yushan calculated, he came according to his identity, not according to the number of people.

Zhu Houwei continued to ask irritably, "How many villages and stockades have been attacked?" Liu Yushan's facial muscles trembled slightly, "May 28, 3 Zhuangzi, May 29, 5 villages, May 33 villages, 31st, 1 village, on the first day of June, because the people of the nearby villages have entered the military fort and the acropolis, these Haikou have returned to the vicinity of the Shahe estuary and waited until now. ”

Zhu Houwei sighed and asked, "What have you discovered in the past few days?" Liu Yushan immediately replied, "Back to the prince, the spies sent back to report that there were more than 700 Haikou people, 500 people on the shore, and there were 3 No. 2 Fu boats, 4 Anzhai ships, 3 Haicang ships and 5 Cangshan ships parked in the waters of Shahekou. Every two days, a No. 2 fortune boat and an otaku ship will be sent away to send the stolen women, middle-aged men, money, food, etc., and I don't know where they will be delivered, but they will come back on the third day. ”

Zhu Houwei said to Wu Yiheng: "Take the chart." Wu Yiheng ran out and quickly returned to the back hall with a nautical chart. As soon as the chart was unfolded, most of the coastal areas of Shandong, especially near Dengzhou, were clearly marked. The map is drawn according to scale, which is much more accurate than the Ming chart.

Wu Yiheng and the others walked to the side of the chart again, Zhu Houwei frowned and looked at the chart, and asked lightly, "Yiheng, what do you think?" Wu Yiheng and Guo Chengzhi Li Dayong glanced at each other, talked a few words in a low voice, and then said, "Lord Wang, there are not many islands near Shandong that can be used as transit places. The largest island is Changshan Island, but this is the residence of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and the Haikou will not go, and the other islands are too close to Changshan Island, and the Haikou will not go there, and only Xiaoqin Island and Daqin Island can meet the requirements. Zhu Houwei also nodded lightly when he heard this, there are not many islands close to Dengzhou, and the surrounding islands can be seen across the sea at the height of Changshan Island.

Zhu Houwei hadn't made a decision yet, so he only heard a report from someone that Liu Yushan's housekeeper, who went to deliver the silver yesterday, had returned, and he had also brought back the three magistrates and some other officials such as the chief bookkeeper.

Zhu Houwei didn't want to meet these "dignitaries" at all, and was ready to let Liu Yushan go to greet him, so he didn't come forward. Suddenly, I saw Zhu Yuan walking in. Zhu Houwei, Wu Yiheng and others were very surprised, but they didn't expect that at this time, Zhu Yuan would come back.

Zhu Yuan first bowed to Zhu Houwei, and then said, "Lord Wang, Weichen has found out the place where the Japanese are transferring materials, which is on Daqin Island. There are more than 30 people guarding the island, and there are still more than 1,000 captive women, strong men, money, grain and grass hoarded here. Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "Yes, have you been found?" Zhu Yuan said affirmatively, "No, Wei Chen held a telescope in the distance to observe the Haikou who removed the supplies from the ship and drove the crowd off the ship, these Haikou did not have a telescope and could not observe the Longjiang." ”

Zhu Houwei turned his head and asked Liu Yushan, "When will Haikou's supplies be shipped?" Liu Yushan thought for a while, "If nothing happens, another batch will be sent tomorrow morning." ”

Zhu Houwei said to Liu Yushan, "Those people who were put back, you go and ask what the situation is, and after asking, come here and report to me, go quickly." Liu Yushan hurriedly handed over, "Yes." He turned around and walked out quickly to greet the officials who had returned from a visit.

Zhu Houwei asked Zhu Yuan to continue to talk about what he had seen and heard in the past few days. On the morning of June 2, Zhu Yuan arrived at Changshan Island on the Longjiang River, and at this time, the Dengzhou Navy Division had already received the news of the attack by the Haikou. And Liu Yushan, the commander of the Dengzhou battalion, did not let them go to sea to exterminate the pirates, but only asked them to pay attention to vigilance and prevent the pirates from attacking Changshan Island. The Longjiang has been to the Dengzhou Naval Division several times, and they usually rest here to replenish supplies, and the people of the Naval Division also know each other. So he let the Longjiang into the water village, and then told Zhu Yuan what he knew. After listening to this, Zhu Yuan was also very entangled, not knowing whether he should fight pirates or do something else. However, the recent training intensity is very high, and the sailors of the land and water battalions are basically learning to operate the boat on the boat, and they are a little tired, and it is not suitable to fight immediately, so Zhu Yuan and the others will rest on Changshan Island for a day, and they will talk about it tomorrow.

The next day, Zhu Yuan decided to go to Dengzhou City first to have a look, meet with Liu Yushan, and see if there was anything he could help with, and Liu Yushan was also the party involved in the bamboo forest attack that day, so he might get some information if he went to ask.

After meeting with Liu Yushan, they also talked for a while, and it was almost noon, and the spies sent by the land came back to report and basically found out the strength of Haikou. Knowing the number of pirates and the size of the ships, Zhu Yuan gave up the idea of exterminating the pirates with less than 100 water and land battalions. According to the spies' message, two seagoing ships left the mouth of the Shahe River and headed north at dawn today.

Zhu Yuan said hello to Liu Yushan, and then led the team to prepare to track the two pirate ships that went to sea. But after all, the pirates set off for nearly 7 or 8 hours, so they didn't track it, but they saw the first batch of pirate ships coming back, so they followed the returning pirate ships from a distance to observe the situation at the mouth of the Shahe River.

With a telescope, you are not afraid of being discovered when tracking at sea, after all, a 20-fold telescope is definitely a weapon. Zhu Yuan waited for 2 days at the mouth of the Shahe River and finally waited for the pirate ship to transport again, and on June 6, he followed the pirate ship and discovered the place where the pirates' transit materials were located. On June 7, Zhu Yuan returned to Dengzhou City, just knowing that Zhu Houwei had just led the team into the city.

Liu Yushan went out to ask about the situation and came back, and bowed to Zhu Houwei, "Lord Wang, the Haikou has released all the living officials, and now there is the Dengzhou prefect in their hands, and the pirates said that they can't get together 100,000 taels within 2 days, and the prefect's life is not guaranteed." ”

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