Yuan Keli is the teacher of the current emperor, and once personally promoted Mao Wenlong for the governor of Denglai, and made a strong support for the Liaodong front. Yuan Keli, who wrote "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info was neither Donglin nor a eunuch, and was regarded as the mainstay of the country and the cadre of the country by the people of Qingliu.

In the first half of the year, in order to force Grandpa Xu to give up supporting Yuan Keli, the eunuch party even sent someone to kidnap Princess Ning Xu Shuyi, but fortunately was saved by Chang Wei. Later, at the suggestion of Chang Wei, Grandpa Xu said that he was ill, and then, Yuan Keli was robbed of his official position as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. This is also the reason for Wei Liangdong to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

Now it is only three or four months before Yuan Keli is dismissed, and the emperor has reused him, which is really a blessing for the country and a blessing for the Qingliushi people.

Closer to say, with a cadre like Yuan Keli presiding over the Shandong military, Chang Wei saw the hope of completely exterminating the White Lotus Sect, otherwise according to the current situation of the incompetence of the official army, if he could fight these hundreds of people, it would be useless to face hundreds of thousands of White Lotus Sect disciples.

After listening to the details of the White Lotus Sect, Chang Wei asked again, "How many people are there surrounding Handian Island, and what masters are there around Fan Zhen?"

"Three thousand people! These three thousand people were drawn from Yuncheng, Weishan, and Zou Cheng by the Chief Sect, and their combat power is very strong, and they are not our kind of disciples who run around. There are three men and three women around Fan Zhen, all of whom are masters from the chief teacher. These people are very mysterious, and they can't be seen by idlers. ”

Three thousand elites?Chang Wei frowned and said, "How big is Handian Island, and can it accommodate so many people?"

"The radius of Handian Island is only five or six miles, and the lord's men and horses guard the high slope in the north. Fan Zhen personally led people to attack from the south level, and the rest of the people relied on the surrounding islands to surround Handian Island. ”

Chang Wei said again: "Can't the high slope in the north land from the lake?"

"No, it's steep, there's no landing point, you have to go from the south. ”

It seems that it can only be attacked!

Chang Wei saw that his subordinates had loaded one hundred and ten war horses onto the boat, so he said: "Ma Yuan, San Wuping, you take people to Suqian County with this boat, and find a place to settle the horses." I estimate that in three days, the men of Changping and Zhenjiang will arrive, and then you will take them to the waterway connecting Weishan Lake to the north and wait for me. ”

The waterway from Zhenjiang to Luoma Lake is more than 500 miles, and according to the speed of Chang Wei's boat yesterday, it can be reached in two days, and at that time, Changping has almost finished cleaning up the remnants of the thirteen chain villages.

Seeing Ma Yuan and the others get on the boat and leave, Chang Wei waved his hand, "Start the boat!"

Although Cheng Shiyu was a prisoner, because of his frank and cooperative attitude, the soldiers had a good impression of him, so no one treated him as a prisoner and allowed him to move freely on the deck.

After looking at it curiously for a while, Cheng Shiyu approached Chang Wei and asked, "My lord, can I join your musket team." ”

Chang Wei said: "You want to join the musket team?

"In my opinion, your army is invincible in the world, and even Jiannu may not be the opponent of the musket team. Cheng Shiyu replied as a matter of course, "Who doesn't want to join such a majestic army." ”

"It's okay to join, but I'm afraid you won't be able to endure that hardship. ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm the most able to endure hardships. Cheng Shiyu's answer caused a strange laugh from the soldiers, which made him a little baffled.

"Have you ever seen Jiannu?"

"The year before last, I crossed the sea from Denglai, went to North Korea to sell ginseng, and saw the soldiers of Dongjiang Town fighting with Jiannu. ”

"Oh, you've seen a lot. ”

Chang Wei asked curiously, "Is Jiannu really as powerful as rumored?"

No matter in that time and space, Chang Wei had heard rumors of Jiannu riding and shooting, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

Cheng Shiyu said solemnly: "The Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and if it is full of 10,000, it is invincible." It's true......"

The mouth of the lake is only thirty miles from Handian Island, and perhaps because of the infestation of bandits, there are very few fishing boats in this waterway. This made it much easier for the fleet, and it was only half an hour to sail as fast as possible.

Twenty miles after the boat traveled, Cheng Shiyu, who was telling Chang Wei about what he had seen and heard in Liaodong at the bow of the boat, suddenly glanced at the reeds in the distance and called out "Huh".

Following his gaze, Chang Wei saw three small boats passing through the lotus leaves and reeds, but the other boat's small line of sight was blocked and he couldn't see them.

"Your Excellency, look, that's Fan Zhen's grain ship. ”

Chang Wei looked at it with a thousand miles tube, and the waterline of the small boat in the middle was extremely low, even the deck was stacked with sacks, and there were only sailors on board. On the two boats in front and behind, there were twenty or thirty sturdy men armed with knives, guns and harpoons, apparently escort ships.

Chang Wei immediately had an idea, "Quickly pass the order: the fleet disperses and releases the speedboats, capture them alive for me, and remember not to shoot and injure the ships." ”

The herald immediately notified the other five warships with flags, and the soldiers reacted immediately, and the assault boats and speedboats were soon released, and Tang Jinyi and the ten Arhats went out in person, and a quarter of an hour later, the turquoise waters covered with reeds and lotus leaves were surrounded by water.

When the three boats rowed out of the reeds, what awaited them was a bright sword and a black hole in the muzzle, although Chang Wei said that he could not shoot, but his subordinates flexibly carried out the order, and it was always okay to threaten with a gun.

"Quickly row back, don't be afraid before the musket fires!"

Like anyone who had never seen a flintlock pistol, the man on the bow of the ship remained calm for the time being. However, three gunshots shattered his illusions.

At the moment when the disciples of the White Lotus Sect were surprised, Tang Jinyi jumped forward, landing on the bow of the boat like a big bird, his hands were raised in the air, and a drizzle-like cow hair needle glowed with dreamy colors in the sun, and the eyes of the confused enemy were dizzy, and even his movements were much slower.

In the blink of an eye, the flying needles all hit their targets, and five or six men collapsed on the deck. Tang Jinyi's feet were a little on the boat, his body jumped up again, and the fingering of the star was as fast as thunder, faster than lightning, constantly passing through the crowd, and soon more than a dozen men were knocked down on the deck.

The two small boats behind him were similar, although the speed of the ten Arhats was not as fast as Tang Jinyi, but it was more than enough to clean up these thieves, and with muskets by the side, they quickly subdued everyone.

After personally getting off the ship for interrogation, Chang Wei, Tang Jinyi, Enlightenment, Cheng Shiyu and ten Arhats dressed as men transporting grain, rowed towards Handian Island in a small boat, while the fleet followed far behind and waited for Chang Wei's signal.

However, after a long time, the grain ship arrived outside Handian Island, and under the threat of Tang Jinyi's poison and Chang Wei's lure of a large amount of silver tickets, the leader of the grain ship, Huangbeard, acted honestly as instructed.

After successfully passing the inspection of the outer outposts, everyone boarded Handian Island and used twenty or thirty wheelbarrows loaded with rice grain all the way to the north, advancing one or two miles, and the terrain gradually rose.

After crossing a small dirt bag, the land in front of me suddenly narrowed, and it turned into a wetland swamp, with only a narrow path in the middle. The vast expanse of Llama Lake is divided into shallow waters composed of numerous tidal flats and islands.

"This place is really not suitable for musket teams. ”

Carefully crossing the shallow water, you enter a mountain depression with an undulating hillside at the end of your sight.

"Is my person there?" Chang Wei asked in a low voice, and received an affirmative answer from Cheng Shiyu. (To be continued.) )