After a short stay on Long Island, Xia Nan rushed to Laizhou with the army, anchored in a natural harbor off the coast of Laizhou, and anchored in the harbor. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info landed and soon discovered a village.

Compared to the ruins of Dengzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion is relatively better, and this village is located in the northwest corner of Laizhou City, with a city in front of it, and it is very fortunate that it has not been attacked by the rebels. After inquiring with the local villagers, I learned that this village is called Zhuwang Village, and the place where the "Yangming" is anchored is also a natural fishing port, which is called Zhuwang Port. It is only sixteen miles away from Laizhou City, and it is an hour's walk away.

After a rapid march, the Qiongzhou battalion soon reached the outside of Laizhou. From a distance, although it is not as tall and majestic as the Dengzhou city wall, it is not much worse. The head of the city is lined with banners, spears are like a forest, and the guards are tight, after all, it is a city close to the front line, and it can be seen that Laizhou is very well guarded.

In Xia Nan's memory, in the original history, Laizhou was besieged by the rebels for more than half a year, and the battle was very tragic, and the successor Shandong governor Xu Congzhi, Denglai governor Xie Lian and Laizhou prefect Zhu Wannian all died in this siege battle one after another. Although the history of this plane has been deviated due to his own participation, the great event of Laizhou being besieged for a long time has not changed. From the mottled traces on the outside of the city wall and the sunken pits, it can be seen that there has been a very fierce battle here, and most of these potholes are left by the rebels' artillery when they attacked the city - because of the occupation of Dengzhou, a large number of artillery in the city fell into the hands of the rebels, and the Hongyi cannon built by Sun Yuanhua during his reign was originally intended to be used to deal with the Liaodong Tartars, but it did not expect to become a sharp weapon to attack his own people.

Huang Hansheng asked: "General, do you want to enter Laizhou City?" ”

"No need, the main owner is not in Laizhou City, and we have to spend a lot of time to enter the city. Bypass Laizhou City directly and go to the barracks of the counterinsurgency army. ”

The military camp of the imperial army was located in Shahe at this time, at the junction of Laizhou and Dengzhou, fifty miles away from Laizhou. By the time the Qiongzhou battalion arrived at Shahe from Laizhou, the sun was already in the west. This journey is really not close to Xia Nan, but fortunately, as the head of an army, he can ride horses without walking - in the previous battles with the official army, some war horses were captured, although they lost a lot of fat in the hot Qiongzhou, but they can barely be used, and this time they also brought a few horses to Shandong. Xia Nan didn't learn to ride a horse in this time and space, but in the old time and space, he mixed in the equestrian club, and he had some foundation, and he couldn't do it by galloping on a horse, and it was no problem to walk slowly with a horse.

The military camp in Shahe occupies an extremely wide area, with flags and tents, which can be seen from a long distance when standing on a high place. When Xia Nan and the others arrived five miles outside the camp of officers and soldiers, they were stopped by the patrolling cavalry.

Xia Nan showed his waist card and official document: "I am the general of Qiongzhou Mansion in Guangdong, and I came to Shandong to quell the rebellion on the order of the Ministry of War, please report." ”

The leading officers and soldiers took it and examined it carefully, and it was indeed an official document issued by the military headquarters, and the general's waist card was also checked to be correct, so they took him into the camp.

When they arrived outside the big tent, Fubiao's soldiers interrogated again and again, confirmed that it was not a fine work, and ordered the rest of the people to wait outside, and only let Xia Nan enter alone. After entering the big tent, the light will be much dimmer, and it will take a while for Nan to get used to it in the summer.

There are two people sitting in the middle of the big tent, one is a civil official, dressed in a scarlet robe, and the other is white-faced, dressed in a unicorn robe, with more than ten generals on both sides, all wearing bright armor.

The civil servant in the middle asked, "Who is coming?" ”

Xia Nan took a step forward and was about to speak, when a military general next to him shouted: "When you see Futai and the supervising army, don't you kneel down and reply?" ”

This civil official is called Futai, and it seems that he is Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, who commanded the army. As for the prison army, according to Chongzhen's consistent urine, most of them are eunuchs.

Xia Nan hesitated when he heard this, looked at the military general who patted Shangguan's ass, and then looked at the two people in front of him.

His hesitation is not to hesitate to kneel or not to kneel - as a modern person, there is no concept of kneeling at all - but to hesitate whether to attack on the spot or perfunctory.

Most of the generals around him looked at him with bad intentions, and some of them had schadenfreude in their eyes.

Xia Nan took in their expressions, and one of the young generals caught his attention. The young general did not gloat, but there was a trace of sympathy in his eyes.

Looking at the two people sitting above, Zhu Dadian's face sank like water, and he couldn't see his joy and anger, and the white-faced bearded person next to him showed displeasure.

Xia Nan took a deep breath, stood straight, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly: "Xia Nan, the last general of Guangdong Qiongzhou Mansion, was ordered to go to Shandong to quell the rebellion. ”

Zhu Dadian did not speak, and the white-faced bearded man spoke: "Guangdong general? Are the people from that place in Guangdong so unruly, and they don't kneel when they see Shangguan? The voice was sharp and abnormal, and it was indeed a eunuch.

Xia Nan knew that Chongzhen had always liked to use eunuchs as supervisors, and most of the people who could serve as eunuchs were favored eunuchs around him. He secretly said in his heart, Lao Tzu can't even kneel for your master, and he will kneel for you, a dead eunuch?

But he said: "My father-in-law is serious, the last general is not unruly, but he went to Shandong from Guangdong, traveled thousands of miles, and did not rest for a moment after landing on the shore, and rushed to Shahe non-stop, his legs were about to break, why didn't my father-in-law ask me how many troops I brought to Shandong first, and it was not too late to set up rules after the business was finished." ”

The eunuch said disdainfully: "Those waste snacks in the military department are really sick and rushed to the hospital, where are the soldiers who fall is not good, and they are transferred from Guangdong?" I heard that this time I called your sailors to prevent Dongjiang Town from crossing the sea to attack, and I want to say, you Guangdong barbarians should stay on the water honestly, and if you are full of food and support, how many people can come? ”

Xia Nan smiled slightly: "Father-in-law, I can't say whether the Guangdong soldiers are waste snacks or not, but this time when I came to Shandong, in addition to the sailors, there were not a few people who came ashore, I brought 2,000 people, and all of them were bird soldiers, and they brought their own light artillery." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

The eunuch obviously knew the power of the bird guns and cannons, and his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it: "Two thousand? Or are they all birds? ”

Zhu Dadian couldn't sit still, and asked: "Is it really two thousand birds, and they also brought light artillery?" ”

"It's true, Futai can send someone to check."

Now no one cares about whether he kneels or not, Zhu Dadian and the eunuch looked at each other, and the generals next to him exchanged heads and discussions, all digesting this surprising news.

Although the quality of the bird gun at the end of the Ming Dynasty was uneven and could not play a decisive role in the battle with the Tartars, it was still irreplaceable in the Ming army as a long-range strike force. Except for the Shenji Battalion in the capital, the local military leaders simply did not have the financial resources to equip 2,000 bird guns, let alone artillery. Hearing this news, these generals were as envious and jealous as the police in the 21st century in the old time and space heard that their counterparts in Dubai were using sports cars to make police cars.