The fifth year of Chongzhen, November, the fourth day of the first month.

The sky is gloomy, the north wind is howling, the snowflakes are flying with the wind, the high mountains and low hills within a radius of dozens of miles are covered under the white ice and snow, the brown earth is withered and grassy, mottled and scattered, and the vast sea in the south is particularly deep and misty under the gloomy sky and the fluttering snowflakes.

Located on the right bank of Jiaozhou Bay, Fushan Thousand Households is named after the nearby Fushan Mountain.

Fushan is the highest peak in the right bank of Jiaozhou Bay, as the branch vein of Laoshan to the southwest, it is southeast and northwest trending, about five kilometers long, about two kilometers wide, an area of about eight square kilometers, located at the junction of Laoshan District, Shibei District and Shinan District of Qingdao City in the later generations, facing the Yellow Sea in the south, climbing to the top of the mountain can have a bird's-eye view of Qingdao panorama.

Located on the right bank of Jiaozhou Bay, the Fushan Thousand Households and the Lingshan Wei on the left bank are like two pincers, guarding the safety of Jiaozhou Bay.

Yan'er Dun is five miles south of Fushan Thousand Households, located in the middle section of the coastline of dozens of miles, it is a coastal defense pier fort with a circumference of 100 meters and a height of more than 10 meters, because it is built on the Yan'er Mountain of the small hill near the sea, so it is named "Yan'er Dun", it is the largest of the three coastal defense forts of Fushan Thousand Households.

Just after noon, Jiang Yongli, who was over thirty years old and tall and thin, threw down a deck of stinky cards in his hand, stood up scolding and scolding amid the laughter of the surrounding schadenfreude, got out of the smoke-filled room, hurried to the lookout in front of him, unbuttoned his trousers, trembled to the edge of the battlement, and took out the black second child and released water into the sea under the bunker.

At this time, a sail shadow appeared on the hazy sea in the southwest, Jiang Yongli almost couldn't believe his eyes, rubbed his eyelids with his left hand and found that it was not an illusion, and immediately shook the urine stains on the second child with his right hand, and quickly tied his pants. Lying on the snow-covered battlements, his eyes wide open, his bloodshot eyes gradually revealing an incredible look.

Jiang Yongli raised his rough hand full of cracks again, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and clenched the clattering gums to look closely, feeling that he was coming in his direction. Frightened, he turned around suddenly, rushed to the narrow passage under the steps, lifted the heavy curtains, crashed headlong into the smoky miasma, and shouted loudly:

"Oh no, no, there were a large number of warships in the southwest, several miles long in front and back, all of them were large ships of more than 4,000 materials, with red and black flags hanging on the top of the mast. We're coming here! ”

"What?"

"It can't be a wolf, right!?"

"What year is the Wako? Tartars for sure! ”

"Where are there so many big ships in the Tartars? Maybe it's the Dengzhou rebels in the north! ”

A group of officers and soldiers who gathered to gamble were so frightened that they shouted and shouted, and the officials of the hundred households wearing old blankets did not bother to change their battle armor, and shouted "all for Lao Tzu to copy" and ran out first.

More than a dozen disheveled soldiers were in a mess, stood up and looked for their weapons and equipment everywhere, rushed out of the narrow passage like a swarm, and rushed to the edge of the platform to watch in panic.

"Look, it's the red and black battle flag!"

"Definitely not a Tartar!"

"It doesn't look like a rebel!"

"Where the hell did the sailor come from?"

When the soldiers saw the size of the fleet, they all expressed their opinions as if they had encountered living ghosts!

"Oops. I remembered that the battle flag of Jiangnan Navy Master Baoshanwei was red at the top and black at the bottom. There is a white dragon embroidered in the middle! A pawn shouted.

"Yes, it's Jiangnan Water Division!"

Everyone suddenly realized, and their hearts were settled, and they all looked at the warships hunting and fluttering above the huge fleet two miles away, and soon let out an exclamation of surprise.

Qin Baihu, who was wrapped in a dirty blanket, shouted at Jiang Yongli and ordered him to run back to the walled fort west of Fushan to report to Lu Xiangrong, the deputy Qianhu. The rest of the people immediately went back to the house, put on military robes, put on leather armor and prepared to greet them, and before the words fell, they ran to the entrance of the passage first, and more than ten soldiers immediately followed.

A few minutes later. Several soldiers who were draped up returned to the lookout platform to continue watching, and Qin Baihu personally led more than a dozen brothers who were shivering with cold through the back door of the fort and ran to the empty dock to the west.

At this time, two 300-ton warships had lowered their mainsails and slowly arrived.

On the sea 100 meters away, more than a dozen huge ships formed a formation to open the distance, lowered the dense sails, and threw down heavy iron anchors.

Qin Baihu stood on the dock with more than ten brothers, staring blankly at the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Navy Division wearing green woolen cotton hats and green cotton jackets on the warship, until the ship threw down the cable and shouted, Qin Baihu and the others came back to their senses and hurriedly picked up the cables and fixed them on the big wooden stakes.

Xu Wentao, who was also wearing a green cotton hat and cotton coat, took the lead in stepping off the springboard, came to Qin Baihu, who was full of panic, and saluted with his fists:

"Trouble brother! I am Xu Wentao, the acting commander of the Jiangnan New Army, and I was ordered to lead more than 7,000 officers and soldiers to the north to quell the rebellion, and temporarily stationed in Fushan Qianhusuo, waiting for the dispatch of Lord Zhu, the governor of Shandong! ”

"The commander of Baoshanwei has sent General Zhu on the 'Shangyuan' transport ship behind, please inform the senior brother of your department to come and meet you as soon as possible."

"I have already sent someone back to report to Lu Qianhu, I will be there soon, I will be there soon!"

Qin Baihu hurriedly returned the salute, and saw a steady stream of officers and soldiers of the Navy Division with loaded guns coming down from the two warships, and hurriedly asked Xu Wentao: "May I ask General Xu, how long will your troops be stationed here with us?" ”

Xu Wentao laughed secretly in his heart, limited to Zhu Daolin's order, no one could reveal the establishment of Qingdao Wei before the emperor's edict was issued, so he had to explain with a smile: "It will be more than a month, and the long will be half a year, depending on when the tens of thousands of rebels in Dengzhou in the north will be pacified." ”

Qin Baihu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and warmly invited Xu Wentao to rest in the shed above the wharf.

Xu Wentao pointed to dozens of small boats rowing over on the sea, and told him that General Zhu and more than a dozen Jiangnan Navy generals would arrive soon.

Qin Baihu saw two rowing boats about three zhang long and one zhang wide approaching quickly, and immediately cheered up and stood solemnly and waited.

Zhu Daolin's name has already spread all over the world, like thunder, and Zhu Daolin generously gave a lot of gifts when he passed by the Fushan Thousand Households two months ago, which left a deep impression on him and all the brothers, but he didn't expect to meet again so soon.

The transport ship passed the moored battleship and docked.

Zhu Daolin, Chief of Staff of the Navy Simeno, Li Yiliang, the new chief of military orders, Jiang Yulong, the new deputy general of Jinzhouwei, and Zhang Deyi, who followed the study, disembarked one after another.

The six Franc machine instructors on the other ship also boarded the dock one after another, their tall and burly bodies, blonde hair, blue eyes and beards, which made Qin Baihu and the more than ten brothers under his command stunned.

Zhu Daolin called Xu Wentao and his junior brother Jiang Yulong to give a few words, and led more than 100 guards and a group of generals and instructors to the west to conduct field investigations on the desolate coastal line. (To be continued.) )