The Denglai rebels were created by Sun Yuanhua before, known as the Ming Dynasty equipped with the most firearms, with a large number of cannons, as well as dozens of Hongyi cannons, and there are many rebel gunners who are good at using cannons.

So now most of the officials and soldiers are afraid of the rebels, let alone let them attack, even if they are allowed to defend the city, I am afraid they may not be able to defend it, which is also what Zhu Dadian was most worried about before Xiaotian came.

But as soon as Yu Xiaotian's Yu family army arrived, these problems were easily solved, and the Yu family army was equipped with more firearms than the rebels, with stronger combat power, strict military discipline, and morale like a rainbow, which was really an elite army that could restrain the rebels.

As soon as Yu Xiaotian led the troops to Laizhou, then he had a great grasp of the counterinsurgency, he didn't dare to count on the other officers and soldiers, only counting on these Fujian generals under Yu Xiaotian's command, he only needed to order other soldiers and horses to hold the first line of Qingzhou and Laizhou, not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, which was a shield in his hand to block the momentum of the rebels to continue to develop towards Qingzhou.

Then Yu Xiaotian's Yu family army is a sharp blade in his hand, which can swing at the rebels on his behalf, attacking and defending, and this situation has become much more optimistic.

At the very least, Jiaozhou and Jimo, after Yu Xiaotian's army arrived at Fushan, these two places will basically be fine.

So after listening to Yu Xiaotian's subordinates sent by Yu Xiaotian say Yu Xiaotian's thoughts, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately ordered that Yu Xiaotian could act cheaply and attack Pingdu Prefecture as much as possible, and let Yu Xiaotian be sure to hold Jiaozhou and Jimo, even if he can't beat Pingdu Prefecture for the time being, at least he must keep these two places first.

At the same time, Zhu Dadian did not let Yu Xiaotian make a special trip to Qingzhou to meet him, but directly sent an edict to Jiaozhou and Jimo, so that the officials in these two places should fully cooperate with Yu Xiaotian's actions, try to meet Yu Xiaotian's requirements, and ordered Yu Xiaotian to command the soldiers and horses on the South Road, and the officers and troops in Jiaozhou and Jimo were temporarily placed under his jurisdiction for his dispatch.

As for Yu Xiaotian's question of asking for food and salary, Zhu Dadian also immediately handed it over to the Shandong government for handling, and did his best to raise food and pay and send it to Yu Xiaotian, so as not to owe Yu Xiaotian the food and salary of the generals under his command.

Zhu Dadian is now like grasping a life-saving straw, and he only wants Yu Xiaotian to help him recover the current decline and help him pacify the current rebels in Denglai, so if you want Yu Xiaotian and his subordinates to work hard, you have to find a way to solve this food and salary for him, otherwise, Yu Xiaotian and his Yu family army will not work hard, and he Zhu Dadian will definitely sit on wax this time.

Yu Xiaotian was of course very happy that Zhu Dadian could know Zhu Dadian so well, especially Zhu Dadian made it possible for him to act cheaply here, and asked him to supervise the soldiers and horses of the South Road, and handed over the officers and troops in Jiaozhou and Jimo to him for dispatch, and listened to his call, which made it much more convenient for him to do things.

So after listening to the reply of his subordinates, he immediately sent him to Qingzhou to thank Zhu Dadian in person, and sent Zhu Dadian a generous gift, informing Zhu Dadian that he would do his best to be loyal to the Holy One when he received the courtesy of Zhu Dadian in Xiaotian, and he would definitely do his best to lead the troops to Pingdu Prefecture and restore Pingdu Prefecture first.

Zhu Dadian is also very interesting to say, this person is definitely a corrupt official, he likes to collect money very much in private, it can be said that there is no bribe he dare not accept, but at the same time he is a little timid and afraid, in history Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang broke Fengyang, destroyed the imperial tomb, the imperial court transferred Zhu Dadian to the governor Caoyun, and also the governor of the four prefectures, but he did nothing, and then has been demoted.

In the end, the Qing army entered the customs and invaded Zhejiang, Zhu Dadian led the crowd to defend Jinhua, when the city was broken, he ordered all the women in the family to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the well, and he himself led the men to ignite the powder magazine in the city, and finally the whole family was shattered.

Therefore, Zhu Dadian is a rather contradictory person, he is not only a corrupt official, but at the same time he is also a loyal minister, and loyal ministers and corrupt officials have become an organic combination in him, making it impossible to tell whether he is a good official or a corrupt official.

But no matter who Zhu Dadian is right now, at least this guy knows who to rely on at this time, as long as it is beneficial to him Yu Xiaotian, then he is a good official, and with Zhu Dadian sitting in Shandong, then Yu Xiaotian will be even more unscrupulous in Shandong.

After receiving Zhu Dadian's order, Yu Xiaotian no longer circled around Fushan, and immediately gathered all the people and began to set off for Jiaozhou.

This time, the 8,000 men and horses brought by Yu Xiaotian included a total of four non-full infantry battalions, a full baggage battalion, plus an artillery battalion, an engineer company, two cavalry companies, and a reinforced siege heavy artillery company.

Of these 8,000 men, he left two infantry companies to stay in the area of Fushansuo, responsible for taking over the advance company sent here before, continuing to garrison the area of Fushansuo, and controlling the large battalion in this area.

The rest of the men and horses followed him to participate in this battle against the Terrai rebels.

Of course, before they leave, they will take away the more than 2,000 refugees who have been hoarded here, and the empty ships will continue to go north to Yangma Island, load a large number of refugees that have been received this winter, and transfer them back to Fujian, some of them will be arranged to be resettled on Haitan Island, some will be arranged to Nanri Island, and most of them will be arranged to Yilan City and Kaohsiung City to enrich the immigrants there.

In addition, a small number of warships were left behind to patrol Jiaozhou Bay, and a few warships were sent to reinforce Yangma Island, because now that the weather has warmed, the large number of refugees and food hoarded on Yangma Island, especially food, will become a sweet spot in the eyes of the rebels.

The rebels were deflated in Xishan Village and Yangma Island in winter, but now that the sea ice has melted and the rebels have a large number of boats in their hands, they are likely to send boats to attack Yangma Island.

Although before Yu Xiaotian came, he had sent a few small and medium-sized warships in Jiaozhou Bay in advance, the sea ice had just melted, and as soon as the sea passage was navigable, these small and medium-sized warships immediately rushed to Yangma Island to sit down, but after Yu Xiaotian came, he was still a little uneasy, so he decided to send them a few more boats.

Although Yu Jiajun's side does not have an advantage in terms of the number of ships, but in terms of quality, Yujiajun's fleet can completely destroy the rebel sailors.

After arranging these things, Yu Xiaotian set off with confidence and led the generals towards Jiaozhou.

Eight thousand men and horses marched on the road, the chariots and horses were Xiaoxiao, the soldiers were in complete armor, the flags were waving, the morale was high, the swords and guns were dazzling, it was really a scenery that exuded a sense of violent beauty.

Many people were amazed from afar and watched this Yu family army from a distance, and each secretly gave a thumbs up and praised it repeatedly.

The cavalry company is a new army formed by the sea wolf in recent years, the soldiers are mostly selected from the northerners, each is strong, and can ride horses in the early years, in the past two years, has been conducting secret drills on the side of Haitan Island, under the strict military regulations and drill system of the sea wolf, these cavalry have made very rapid progress, each riding skill, can fight on horseback.

The quality of their equipment is also the most sophisticated in the army, the war horses are all selected from the best Mongolian horses, and in order to maintain a certain wildness of the war horses, the male war horses are not castrated, although it is not easy to control, but each cavalry, has been responsible for raising a war horse, and the war horse has established a very deep feeling, but also established a considerable tacit understanding, the battle is very brave.

In addition to the war horses, each of these cavalrymen is also equipped with a double-barreled handgun, which can shoot the enemy at close range on horseback, which is much better than the three-eyed gun equipped by the cavalry of the Ming army in the Guanning army, and the accuracy is definitely much better than them.

These rifper guns, the effective range can reach at least 30 steps, 30 steps to break the armor is basically not much of a problem, even if it is 50 steps away, hit the unprotected human body, almost can cause damage to the enemy, plus 12 mm caliber, the kinetic energy carried by the fired Minne bullet is quite large, almost a shot can knock the enemy over, as long as it hits, it is seriously injured, even if it can't break their heavy armor, but it can also hit them a big heel, basically make them lose their combat ability within a certain period of time.

Of course, the handcuff was only a weapon for assault and life-saving, and these cavalrymen were mainly equipped with a spear, a sharp steel saber, a shield, and a bundle of harnesses hung from each person's saddle, which could be used to capture the enemy when necessary.

And for these cavalry, Yu Xiaotian authorized them to carry some personalized weapons, some are good at using bows and arrows, they can be issued with riding bows, some people like to use flying axes, so they create some exquisite flying axes, and give them a few, and some people have unique hobbies and like to use chain hammers, so make them them.

In short, as long as they can improve their combat ability, these cavalry want to give them anything, as for the armor on the body, all of them are half-body plate armor produced by the sea wolf, plus arm armor, as well as over-the-knee leggings armor, the level of protection is extremely high, especially the chest and abdomen and back, which are easy to kill, and the plate armor has a strong protective ability.

Just arming one such cavalry costs a few hundred taels of silver, which is enough to arm a dozen ordinary infantry, but Yu Xiaotian still spent a lot of money to build such a cavalry team, the total number of which is no more than five hundred, this time he brought two companies, the remaining one company stayed on Haitan Island, and the other company was trained in rotation on Jeju Island.