Phi Dao is an irregular island of five rocky mountains arranged roughly in an east-west direction, with a total area of about 20 square kilometers, and as far as the eye can see, it is full of undulating hills and rocky beaches, and less than 10% of the arable area can be cultivated.

Most of the 10 percent of the land is concentrated in the horseshoe-shaped valley in the north of the island, where rows of haphazard wooden houses line the hills, which have long been cut down and gray and lifeless in the morning sun.

The pier north of the valley floor and the improvised pier at the northwest corner had been occupied by the North Sea Fleet, and the officers and men of the two artillery battalions of the Dongjiang Army were unloading 36 field guns and 24 mortar guns from the ships, and 3,800 men, including two cavalry battalions, were engaged in disarming and suppressing operations.

Stragglers living all over the island were escorted to the open space behind the docks, where two wooden houses that had accidentally caught fire in the southeast were still burning, and black smoke was rising in the northeast wind.

Jiang Yulong reluctantly glanced at the artillery unloaded from the ship, quickened his pace under the respectful gaze of the artillery brothers, and caught up with Zhu Daolin, who was dressed in a big hat and marching forward with his head held high, and guarded Zhu Daolin with his senior brother Guo Zhongjun, who was promoted to deputy commander of the North Sea Fleet and minister of military justice.

Due to the lack of access to the most critical strategic location of Jinzhou Wei, the most elite 6,500 officers and men of the New Army under Zhu Daolin could not obtain the establishment of the Jinzhou Army.

As the deputy general of the new army, Jiang Yulong was transferred back to his side by Zhu Daolin, serving as the training director of the general headquarters who had not yet been left behind, and his new army continued to be led by the fierce general Wu Jicheng and the deputy general Zhang Yizhen, and was renamed the Dongjiang Army and stationed in Phi Dao, and his fellow disciple Li Yuming was transferred to the Dongjiang Army to replace his position, which made Jiang Yulong, who was unable to lead his brothers and the Manchu army to fight a few battles, deeply regretted.

Zhu Daolin came to a stop in front of the thousands of people who were disheveled and looked frightened, looked at the bare mountains to the south and east and west, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Wu Jicheng, who was draped all over his body, seemed to know what Zhu Daolin was lamenting. tightened the belt around his waist and laughed in a low voice: "Halfway up the mountain is full of countless tree stumps, at a glance, you can see that most of the houses on the island are built with cut wood, think about it carefully, it was not easy for Mao Dashuai back then!" ”

"Most of the tree stumps at the foot of the mountain have been dug up to keep warm for fire, and there are potholes everywhere. I don't know if I can keep the water source. ”

Zhu Daolin's exclamation immediately aroused the worries of the generals.

A few days ago, Zhu Daolin issued an order on Liugong Island to close mountains for afforestation and prohibit logging, and he also gave a good lesson to the generals and colonels of the whole army, forcing Xu Wentao, commander of the North Sea Fleet, to send people out to buy coal and timber, with the aim of protecting the extremely limited water source on Liugong Island.

At present, the Phi Island is full of bareness, how can it not worry the generals who know the important relationship between forests and water? This is a garrison for the next few years or even more than ten years, and it is an important base for attacking the hinterland of Liaodong!

A burst of scolding and scolding Liaodong words came from afar, causing a commotion in the crowd in front of them, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army around them immediately raised their bayonets. shouted repeatedly, and quickly suppressed the frightened crowd.

On the road in the southwest corner of the crowd, Zhang Yi, the deputy general of the Dongjiang Army, personally led more than 100 elites to escort more than 20 former Dongjiang generals and colonels who were tied up with flowers.

Zhang Yizhen was the first to rush to Zhu Daolin to report: "In the raid on the Chinese army camp, the garrison battalion and two spear battalions shot and killed 42 rebels who resisted and captured more than 520 rebel elites. More than 400 war horses and pack horses were captured, and our army suffered 11 casualties. ”

"After interrogation and screening. Twenty-seven rebel generals were found from the captives, including Shen Shikui, the deputy general of Phi Dao, and Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming, whose families have all been searched and concentrated in the Chinese army camp to take care of them, while the other battalions are still searching for the remnants of the enemy, and the brothers of the fifth battalion have occupied the small wharf in the southwest corner with the cooperation of naval warships. More than 100 captured rebels and civilians were on their way. ”

"Well done! You can't relax until you've completed all the disposals. ”

After Zhu Daolin finished his order, he looked at the rebel general who was still struggling and insulting five meters in front of him: "Who is Shen Shikui?" ”

"I am Shen Shikui, the deputy general of Dongjiang Town appointed by the Ministry of War, who are you? Why did you attack our army? ”

A tall middle-aged man with a short beard on his face struggled forward, staring at Zhu Daolin and questioning loudly.

Zhu Daolin looked coldly at the deputy general of Dongjiang Town, who looked brave and rough, but was actually extremely cunning: "My name is Zhu Daolin, and I ordered the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town. ”

The crowd erupted in exclamations.

A clever person immediately knows that something is wrong. Since the unjust death of Mao Dashuai, the imperial court has never appointed the Dongjiang General Army, and now there is a Dongjiang Town Chief Military Officer appointed by the emperor, and so many well-equipped elite officers and soldiers have been brought in, obviously to clean up and suppress, not to appease and reorganize as everyone expected.

Shen Shikui and the generals behind him were even more shocked.

Zhu Daolin's great name and drastic methods have long been spread throughout the Liaodong army, the impregnable Dengzhou was captured by the Jiangnan New Army commanded by this person in half a day, the Dengzhou Naval Division that had been crisscrossing the Bohai Sea for decades was beaten to pieces by his command, and finally ended up with a tragic ending of the annihilation of the whole army, the famous Dongjiang fierce generals Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were also cut off by him and sent to the capital, such a fierce person suddenly led his troops to arrive, and he raided and disarmed without saying a word, how could it not make people feel deeply frightened?

Geng Zhongming's son Geng Jimao immediately collapsed to the ground, and all the captured generals instantly lost the courage to fight, and looked at Zhu Daolin with a cold face in horror, and no longer dared to move for half a minute.

The cunning Shen Shikui, relying on his profound qualifications, did not participate in the Dengzhou Rebellion, but still had the courage to question Zhu Daolin loudly:

"Those of us stationed on Phi Island have never received any notice about the appointment of the chief general of Dongjiang Town, nor have we been sorry for the imperial court or the emperor, why did General Zhu attack our army?"

Zhu Daolin snorted coldly: "General Shen is really the same as the legend in the outside world, he seems to be loyal and brave, but in fact he is treacherous, no wonder he has not made any military exploits for so many years, but he can continue to be promoted left and right, and he is so arrogant that he repeatedly disobeys the orders of the imperial court, and even ignores the orders of the current emperor!" ”

"To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the close connection between you and the Dengzhou rebels, echoing each other, seeing that the Dengzhou rebels were exterminated, they immediately started at both ends, supported the army with self-respect, cut off Phi Island, and did not obey the order, where would I have to spend so much effort to rush to Phi Island?"

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he ignored Shen Shikui and the others, and strode to the front of the crowd and announced loudly:

"Brothers of the former Dongjiang Army, fathers and fellow villagers, my name is Zhu Daolin, I am the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town under the emperor's order, and after Dengzhou put down the rebellion, I was ordered to take over the army and defense of Dongjiang Town."

"Today's incident is purely unavoidable, in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, and in order to leave some seeds for the respected Marshal Mao of all Ming soldiers, I, Zhu Daolin, have to take decisive measures to disarm all officers and soldiers on the island, I hope everyone will not panic."

The crowd of thousands breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of argument and justification buzzed.

Many officers and soldiers hidden in the crowd finally dared to have the courage to ask loudly about their fate. (To be continued.) )