The composition of the rebel army is very complicated, except for the Liaodong soldiers, the rest are death row prisoners, green-skinned scoundrels, and official and army soldiers who have been coerced from all over Shandong, and the only reason why they can gather to confront the imperial court is that the only thing that attracts them is wealth, gold, and silver. Although there are a lot of people in this group of rabble www.biquge.info there is no firm belief or will to resolutely resist, and military discipline is just a joke, and naturally there is no sense of secrecy, and the news of the rebel general's decision to flee north leaked out from the mouth of a middle-level officer, and soon spread all over the streets and alleys of Dengzhou, and the entire Dengzhou city knew that the rebels had the idea of escaping. The only secret that is kept is that no one knows when or where the rebels fled.

Zhang Geming and Chu Shengchang also heard the rumors that the rebels were going to flee, and they were very happy, which meant that their mission could be completed, and the reward promised to them by the leader had also been settled. Since they infiltrated Dengzhou City, in order to avoid exposure, they stayed in a dilapidated and uninhabited house all day, and slipped out before evening to find something to eat, sometimes by stealing, sometimes by buying - Wang Qinian gave them some "activity funds", although the price of Dengzhou after the siege was expensive, but the funds of the two were enough to survive. However, they did not dare to go out at night, and the rebels were very strict with the curfew, and if they were caught, they would be beheaded. This kind of life like the rats in the cave is not easy to endure, and their lives are always in danger, and it is difficult for them to hold on if it is not for the great reward of silver.

However, it is not enough to know that the rebels are going to escape, it is better to know the exact time when the rebels are fleeing, so that the information sent out is valuable.

Chu Shengchang could speak a few words of Liaodong dialect, and the two discussed, pretending to be a rebel soldier to find out the news, even if it was unsuccessful, with the "incense love" of Liaodong dialect, he would not necessarily lose his head.

When they infiltrated Dengzhou City, the two of them wore rebel armor, and at first glance they looked no different from rebel soldiers except that they had no weapons. After the two discussed it, they were numb and bold, and ran out into the street after noon for the first time, looking for a suitable target.

Originally, Dengzhou City was very strictly controlled by the rebels, and after the siege, the locals in Shandong did not dare to go out, and when they met the rebel soldiers, if they heard that you were not a Liaodong accent, a bad response, they would be cut down on the spot, and there was nowhere to shout injustice. However, with the completion of the "Gun City", the Hongyi cannon could directly bombard the city, and the rebels were in danger, and they didn't have the heart to cut people on the street, and the people on the street gradually increased. There are a lot of people, Zhang Geming and Chu Shengchang are mixed in the crowd, and they don't look too abrupt.

The two wandered for a long time, but they did not find a suitable target, and the rebels who infested the streets were either in groups or hurrying on horseback, and it was not easy to start, so they were a little anxious, and if they continued like this, they might not be rewarded for a day.

As they walked past a restaurant, their eyes lit up at the same time, and they saw a lone drunken sergeant, dressed in the same costume as a rebel Liaodong soldier.

The two winked at each other and walked in.

The two of them sat down next to the man, ordered some food and drink, and ate a bite after a bite. Chu Shengchang pretended to inadvertently say to the drunk in Liaodong dialect: "Big brother, are you drinking alone?" Brothers are also hungry for wine, how many should we touch together? ”

When the drunk man heard Liaodong dialect, he opened his half-closed eyes, sprayed wine and said, "It's just a person who is drinking and stuffy, come, brother, accompany my brother to touch a few ......"

Chu Shengchang was overjoyed when he saw that the conversation was successful, and he leaned up with a wine glass and shouted: "Big brother, I invited you to drink, let's rest as soon as we get drunk!" ”

"Spit out the truth after drinking", people who drink to the head of the excitement are easy to be tricked. After three rounds of drinking, Chu Shengchang asked with "drunkenness": "Big brother, I heard that the boss is going to take us to escape, I don't know where to flee?" ”

Because they were wearing the clothes of the rebels, the drunk man regarded them as his own, and when he heard this, he raised his head and said, "Which general are you under it?" I don't even know about such a big thing, it's really a fool. General Kong is going to take us to Liaodong! ”

Zhang Geming and Chu Shengchang were stunned, Liaodong?

"Big brother, isn't Liaodong the territory of the Tartars? Who are we going to? ”

The drunkard suddenly howled and cried: "It's just going to cast the tartar!" Hundreds of people in our village died at the hands of the Tartars, but I didn't expect to defect to the enemy in the end! Pity my cousin, because he didn't want to surrender to the Tartar, he was killed by General Kong! It turned out that this drunk man was the cousin of Mr. Qian, who was beheaded by Kong Youde, because he was in a depressed mood and dared to be angry, so he had to hide and drink alcohol.

The two were shocked, the rebels actually wanted to surrender to Tartar? Chu Shengchang hurriedly asked: "Big brother, if you really want to cast into the tartar, when will you leave?" ”

"Three days later, we will board the ship at the end of the day and set off at the end of the day."

That's a valuable piece of information. The two looked at each other, and their hearts were pounding.

Accompanied the drunk man to drink a few more glasses, until the man was completely drunk and lay down, the two met and went out of the restaurant. Chu Shengchang asked: "Brother Zhang, there shouldn't be any false news, what should we do now?" ”

Zhang Geming replied firmly: "What else can I do, hurry up and send the news out!" The leader said that the defense of the northern water city is weak, so let's find a way to get a sampan and go directly to Long Island from the north. It is only ten or twenty miles away from Dengzhou by water, and if you set off at night, you should be able to arrive before dark the next day. ”

In the evening of the second day, Long Island.

William convened a meeting of all the captain-level officers of the Navy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received information from Dengzhou, and as the general had expected, the rebels were preparing to withdraw from the territory controlled by the Tunguska barbarians in the north, in the early hours of the day after tomorrow. We must deploy in the shortest possible time to intercept and sink the rebel ships as much as possible, and by what the general means, it is best not to miss a single ship. ”

Van Bommel frowned: "It's easy to defeat a fleet with almost no ability to counterattack, but the rebels are said to have tens of thousands of people, and the number of ships must be very large, and it is an impossible task to intercept all the ships." "The sea is no better than the land, there is no terrain to use, you can run in all directions, unless you besiege and pursue with an absolute superiority in numbers, you can't achieve the goal of total annihilation. The Qiongzhou Battalion Navy won with the performance and firepower of its warships, and never relied on ship-to-sea tactics, and its numbers were never their advantage.

Everyone was pondered, what must be done to achieve the goal set by the general? With the current situation, it is simply impossible to do this unless the rebel fleet stands still and allows you to shell.

At this time, Lin Chuanzong, the captain of the "Lingao", stretched out his hand and signaled that he had something to say: "I have a stupid method, you can give it a try......