On the second day, Chen Yue immediately ordered the 10th battalion of the Pingnan New Army to go to the Yan area to quell the riots.

The new army of the Pingnan Army marched along the river and waterway and marched towards the salt area, accompanied by a large number of grain ships, and each ship had a special account office specially dispatched by the Sihai Commercial Bank.

The combination of suppression and appeasement and the use of food to stabilize people's hearts is the strategy formulated by Chen Yue to quell the riots in the salt area.

The two capitals of Huai'an and Yangzhou, from Haizhou in the north to Tongzhou in the south, are nearly 2,000 miles away, which is the so-called two Huaiyan areas, covering an extremely wide area. Although the Pingnan New Army has 10 battalions and 30,000 people, it is not conspicuous at all in such a large area.

Of course, not all places have major riots, after all, for most of the stove salt people, as long as there is a stutter, it is not enough to take risks. The distribution of reeds in the tidal flats in the salt area is close to the sea, and it is easy to get some fish to eat them. In addition, there are many desperate smugglers who do not hesitate to risk the crime of killing their heads to transport grain to the salt area for salt.

Therefore, in fact, the riot was not too big, because the three major salt merchants did not stop collecting salt for too long, but because the two Huai salt areas were too important to the Ming Dynasty, they directly involved the nerves of the government and the imperial court, although there was a small disturbance, it immediately caused turmoil.

Riots of this scale naturally did not need Chen Yue to personally lead troops to quell them, he sat in Yangzhou and commanded in the center, and the battalions of recruits went to various places to clean up, accompanied by personnel sent by various departments of the shogunate.

According to the Dongtai County Order two days ago, bandits nicknamed Mantianfeng gathered thousands of households to surround the Dongtai county, and now the Dongtai county town does not know whether it has fallen.

Chen Yue sent Xiao Bing's new battalion to rescue Dongtai immediately, and ordered Xiao Bing to defeat the wind and rescue Dongtai City.

Although it was reported that the number of households in the rebellion was in the thousands, after all, they were untrained civilians, and they could not be the opponents of the well-trained Pingnan Army, even the newly formed new barracks.

After Xiao Bing received the order, he immediately led the team to set off, with Li Chengdong's left post as the vanguard.

A team of 3,000 men escorted 20 grain ships along the Salt River to Dongtai.

In order to rescue Dongtai as soon as possible, Li Chengdong advanced lightly with 1,200 people from the left post, while Xiao Bing took the main force to escort the grain ship behind.

Yangzhou is more than 300 miles away from Dongtai, and even if it takes at least four days to march quickly, it has been seven or eight days since the time was sent from Dongtai County to report the time, and it is not known whether the army has fallen by then.

Li Chengdong had already become a general when he followed Gao Jie, but after surrendering to the Pingnan Army, he was deprived of military rights and incorporated into the training camp. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way out, Li Chengdong would not want to stay in the Pingnan army at all. He is from Shaanxi, wandering all the way to the south, and the main general Gao Jie has been killed in battle, and he is really homeless and has nowhere to go.

Fortunately, although he has no military power, the treatment of the Pingnan Army is not bad, and the food management is full of silver, which is also the reason why he can stay.

As a general, he knew that he had to show his value if he wanted to be reused, so he performed well in the training camp and worked hard to learn the rules of the Pingnan Army. When quelling the rebellion of King Fu in Nanjing, Li Chengdong fought bravely and won a lot.

Later, the Pingnan Army came to Yangzhou with Chen Yue, the shogunate was established, and Li Chengdong was transferred to the General Staff Division, and it was not until the new recruits were formed into a battalion that they were sent to serve as the left sentry commander under Xiao Bing.

There are 1,200 soldiers at the first outpost, and in terms of the number of soldiers under his command, it is no less than when he was a general under Gao Jie, which Li Chengdong is still very satisfied with, which makes him also full of longing for the future. In his opinion, Pingnan Hou Chen Yue can give himself the opportunity to re-lead the army, not blindly cronyism, as long as he has the ability, he will definitely stand out.

And in front of him, there is a great opportunity in front of him, the rioting stove households surrounded Dongtai County, if he can quell the riot with the power of the left post, it will definitely be a big plus in the eyes of Ping Nanhou.

So, Li Chengdong urged his men to travel all the way, and the journey of more than 300 miles was completed in just over three days. On average, he walked 100 miles a day, which was really not slow for the army in this era.

Li Chengdong is used to leading soldiers and fighting, so he naturally knows the truth of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent. When it was ten miles away from Dongtai County, he ordered the army to stop and rest, and then sent out to investigate the situation in Dongtai.

A team of more than a dozen people cautiously went to Dongtai County, caught a common man in the middle of the road, and asked for the news that the county town had been taken down by bandits.

How big were the bandits and where were they stationed? What is the terrain like near Dongtai? Is there a bandit garrison outside the city? These are the areas where the spies do not receive spies at night.

After some investigation, Li Chengdong knew that Dongtai County had fallen two days ago, and it was reported that the bandits had sent a group of stove households into the city in advance as an internal response, and then during the siege of the city, the internal responders suddenly made a rebellion, causing the soldiers and officials defending the city to flee one after another in a big chaos, and Dongtai County fell in this way. Dongtai County Ling was unwilling to fall into the hands of bandits and killed himself, and his wife jumped into a well to be buried.

The wind took a group of bandits into the city, and they started to kill, and thousands of people in the whole county were killed, and it was reported that the night of the close observation was not received, and the gate of the entire Dongtai county was closed, and the smoke was billowing in the city, and there were screams from time to time, which showed that the bandits were still burning and looting in the city.

As for the outside of Dongtai City, there are no other bandits, let alone a garrison of bandits, presumably all the bandits have entered the city.

Hearing this, Li Chengdong couldn't help but sneer, this is just a group of mobs who only know how to loot, and they don't understand anything at all!

Li Chengdong also worked as a rogue when he followed Gao Jie, so he naturally knew that he should run away immediately after the robbery when his strength was not strong, where is the reason to wait for the officers and soldiers to fight?

However, this mob is quite numerous, and it occupies the county seat, so if you want to fight it, you have to plan carefully. After all, there are only 1,200 people under his command, and if he is attacking the city, the number of people is not enough at all, let alone there are no siege equipment.

Of course, it is the safest way to besiege Dongtai County first and wait for Yingzheng Xiao Bing to come with the main force, Li Chengdong is just a pioneer, and he does not necessarily have to attack the city.

But for Li Chengdong, such words also mean giving up the credit, which he cannot tolerate. If you can capture Dongtai before Xiao Bing arrives, then all the credit is your own! Thinking of this, Li Chengdong's heart became hot.

But how do you take the East Terrace? Li Chengdong carefully calculated in his heart, and gradually had an idea.