Daming pirates

These messages were continuously conveyed out of Dengzhou City through the careful work of Sea Wolf, and Liu Datong in Xishan Village was a relay station for information.

These messages were continuously sent back to Yu Xiaotian in Fujian through Liu BuTong's place in a relay manner.

Shortly after the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the time entered the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and before the Lantern Festival, Yu Xiaotian received information about the Denglai Rebellion in the newly built General Military Mansion in Weitou Bay.

First-hand news, this news is at least nearly a month faster than the news officially delivered to Fujian.

Yu Xiaotian sat behind the desk, listening to Lin Yiyang reporting to him the news about Denglai and other places that had been collected during this period. He calmly tapped the red sandalwood desk in front of him with his fingers and said:

"Master Sun made a big mistake this time, and the situation in Denglai is out of control! His attempt to control this time was a failure in itself, pushing him into a place of no return!"

Lin Yiyang frowned slightly. He had never been able to figure out why Yu Xiaotian was able to foresee such a chaos in Denglai. He also didn't know why Yu Xiaotian seemed to know more about the development of the situation in Denglai than he did.

Earlier.

Now Yu Xiaotian said that Sun Yuanhua made a big mistake. He didn't quite understand where Sun Yuanhua went wrong. Even Lin Yiyang himself thought that it was not a big mistake for Sun Yuanhua to be the governor at this time, so he asked: "My lord, is this a big mistake?"

What to say?"

Yu Xiaotian stood up and walked to a huge detailed map of Shandong hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back. After looking at the Denglai land on the map, he said: "On the surface, Sun Yuanhua seems to have no big plans.

Wrong, but he misjudged the situation and his ability to control Denglai's troops.

Although it is undeniable that after he took up the post of governor of Denglai, he was indeed grateful to Kong Youde and many old Dongjiang troops, but he overestimated his status in the hearts of these old Dongjiang troops!

What he gave to these former members of the Dongjiang Army was far from being able to completely conquer their hearts. If he wanted these arrogant generals to follow him through life and death and serve him, he was obviously overestimating himself!

The old Dongjiang Army and the Liao people who fled to Shandong must have a hard time in Shandong. Shandong and the main army in Shandong have always regarded these guest troops and Liao people as their enemies, and they have been in trouble a lot over the years.

These old Dongjiang tribes and Liao people.

Therefore, these Liaodong people will definitely share the same hatred with the enemy at this time. Since Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng have already made trouble to this extent, they will definitely not sit idly by and do nothing. As I expected, they will definitely respond to Kong and Li's rebels.

The main force of Sun Yuanhua's troops now is the old Dongjiang Army, and those guarding Dengzhou City are mainly the old Dongjiang Army. Among them, Geng Zhongming and others have been entrusted with important tasks to guard Dengzhou City. It is simply a joke.

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So now, although I don't know how far the situation has developed over there, I can almost guess that Dengzhou City should have fallen into the hands of the rebels at this time.

Sun Yuanhua, Mr. Sun, is completely defeated this time!"

"Oh? Lord, do you really think that Dengzhou City cannot be defended for even a few months?" Lin Yiyang was still a little doubtful and asked.

"We absolutely can't hold it! If you don't believe it, we can bet that Dengzhou City will definitely be captured by the rebels before the first lunar month! Sun Yuanhua will definitely fall into the hands of the rebels!" Yu Xiaotian nodded firmly.

Lin Yiyang smiled dryly, shook his head slightly and said: "My lord, I am afraid the students disagree with this. Mr. Sun is a high-ranking official. As the governor of Denglai, if Dengzhou City is captured by the rebels, he will serve as the commander-in-chief of the town."

, how can we be spared?

Even if the rebels don't kill him, he probably knows he is to blame for such a big mistake. The court will definitely not be able to spare him. Even if the rebels can't be stopped, can't he even commit suicide? If he

If you commit suicide, you will finally keep your reputation. At most, you will end up with a reputation for neglecting employees, but your reputation as a loyal king will still be preserved.

How could the student think that he couldn't even commit suicide?"

Yu Xiaotian laughed, nodded and said, "What you said actually makes sense, but you forgot one thing, Sun Yuanhua still has an identity!"

Lin Yiyang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said in shock: "Yes! How could the students forget that Mr. Sun is said to be a follower of a foreign religion! It is said that the teachings of foreign religions require believers not to commit suicide! Alas! But

The student feels that Lord Sun is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty after all, how can he still abide by the rules of foreign religions in this matter?"

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "You don't have to doubt that Governor Sun is a very devout Catholic. Even if he thought about committing suicide, I'm afraid he would hesitate due to the restrictions of the doctrine! As long as he hesitates a little, he can't do it well.

It’s too late, even if he finally makes up his mind, it’s probably already too late! So I dare to bet you that as long as the rebels capture Dengzhou, Master Sun will definitely fall into the hands of the rebels!”

Seeing that Yu Xiaotian was so determined, Lin Yiyang stopped entangled in this matter, but secretly made up his mind that as long as Yu Xiaotian knew about it again, Lin Yiyang would sell all of his body to Yu Xiao from now on.

God, I will never have second thoughts from now on!

"Okay, that's it for now! Now let's talk about what we have to do next!

Liu BuTong's affairs in Haining Prefecture currently seem to be going well, but the strength he has on hand is obviously too weak. Although it now seems that the food he has stored on hand should be enough for tens of thousands of people if he saves some food.

Until next spring!

However, the only troops he controlled were those two platoons, plus the local warriors who were trained locally. It would not be a big problem to guard Xishan Village and Yangma Island for the time being, but if Dengzhou fell, then the troops he had on hand would be

Just a little bit of military strength is not enough.

In addition, it is not enough for them to defend Xishan Village. When the time comes, because the rebels are causing trouble everywhere, there will definitely be a large number of refugees in Dengzhou.

As we watch these refugees being slaughtered by the rebels, it is obvious that this is not possible. We must order Liu Buong to find a way to save as many refugees as possible and first arrange them in the area of ​​Yangma Island and Xishan Village.

However, if there were too many refugees, the force Liu BuTong had at hand would be too weak. On the one hand, he had to prevent the rebels from invading, and on the other hand, he had to guard against someone among these refugees taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

Therefore, it is necessary to add more troops to Liu BuTong, at least to make the troops available to him reach two companies, and to provide him with some additional light artillery.

Once Dengzhou City is lost, the rebels will have a lot of Hongyi cannons in their hands. Sun Yuanhua is a standard artillery expert. It is said that he also recruited some Franji people from Haojingao to serve as artillery instructors.

There are at least a hundred heavy artillery such as Hongyi Cannon and Dafa Cannon. Once used by the rebels, their ability to attack difficult areas will be very strong.

Among the Dengzhou defenders, there is also a large amount of firearms and equipment, including more than two thousand shotguns. In addition, there are also a large number of three-eye blunderbuss and single-eye blunderbuss. Many soldiers are also good at using these firearms, and even some

I heard that he also has a batch of more sophisticated Rumi guns and matchlock guns made by the Francois.

Therefore, the rebels are very capable of attacking fortresses. In addition, Xishan Village is too close to Mouping County. Xishan Village has a large amount of food stored there, which will definitely be noticed by the rebels.

Therefore, if nothing goes wrong, the rebels will definitely send heavy troops to attack Xishan Village. Liu BuTong will definitely have a fight with the rebels. There must be no mistakes in this battle, and he must show his prestige and make the rebels suffer greatly.

Unfortunately, I will never dare to provoke Xishan Village easily in the future, so as to ensure that Xishan Village can accommodate a large number of refugees there.

So the key now is to quickly replenish Liu BuTong's troops, weapons and ammunition to ensure that he has the ability to protect himself and has a certain ability to go out to fight. If two companies are not enough, give him four companies. Anyway, now we are boarding

The state is already in chaos. Sending more troops may not necessarily attract people's attention!

In addition, I didn’t hear your report about the situation in Shidao Bay. I don’t know what the situation is in Shidao Bay! In addition to Shidao Bay, I don’t know if the relationship with Fushan Institute has been opened up. Jiaozhou Bay is our

There is a place that must be controlled. It is the largest natural harbor in the north. As a transit place, it is more suitable than Shidao Bay.

It seems that Shidao Bay is not safe at the moment. The weather this year seems to be colder than in previous years. Shidao Bay may also freeze. Once Shidao Bay freezes, our plans will be greatly affected!"

Lin Yiyang nodded repeatedly, wrote down Yu Xiaotian's instructions, and replied with a look of shame: "It was the student who was negligent. My lord's prediction was indeed good. Shidao Bay was indeed frozen this year. Fortunately, my lord made arrangements in advance. The student was there early."

Half a year ago, we sent people to Fushan Institute.

Now Li Shoubei from Fushan Institute has accepted our money and promised to allow us to operate conveniently in the land under his control. In addition, he also knows our details and does not dare to go against us.

So the students arranged for people to use some means to force away a large and dilapidated family in a village on the north shore of Jiaozhou Bay, took over his land and the village, and built a temporary dock on the shore for

Many ships docked.

Now that it can accommodate transit refugees, the students have sent hundreds of people there to take charge of arranging this matter. As for Shidao Bay, because the sea water in the bay is frozen this year, it is no longer effective, so the students

Someone was sent to deliver a letter last month, and after they got the news, in addition to the remaining personnel, the three companies stationed there dressed up as caravans in batches and rushed to Liu BuTong's side, waiting for Liu BuTong's dispatches and arrangements.

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After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian nodded and said to Lin Yiyang: "You must be prepared for everything. This time you choose Shidao Bay. I felt that it was not safe enough at first, so I asked you to consider setting up a base in Jiaozhou Bay. In the future, you

You must learn a lesson! Never let something like this happen again!”

Lin Yiyang quickly bowed and nodded: "Students have been taught! In the future, students must think more carefully!"