Chapter 102 Opening

Denglai rebels were created by Sun Yuanhua before. They are known as Daming's most equipped soldiers and horses with firearms, with a large number of guns and dozens of Hongyi cannons. There are many rebel gunners who make good use of cannons. This is also the reason why the officers and soldiers fought with the rebels several times and have been defeated repeatedly.

So now most of the officers and soldiers are afraid of the rebels. Not to mention letting them attack, even if they are allowed to defend the city, they may not be able to defend it. This is also Zhu Dadian's most worried thing before Xiaotian came.

However, as soon as Yu Xiaotian's army arrived here, these problems were solved. Compared with the rebels, the Yu family army was equipped with more firearms, stronger combat power, strict military discipline, and morale like a rainbow. In fact, it was an elite that could restrain the rebels.

As soon as Yu Xiaotian led his troops to Laizhou, then he was very sure of the rebellion. He did not dare to count on other officers and soldiers. He could only count on these Fujian generals under Yu Xiaotian's command. Next, he only needed to order other soldiers and horses to defend the line of the handover between Qingzhou and Laizhou. He did not seek merit, but he did not seek no wrong. A shield in his hand blocked the momentum of the rebels to continue to develop towards Qingzhou.

So Yu Xiaotian's Yu Jiajun is a sharp blade in his hand, which can wave to the rebels on his behalf and attack and defend, and the situation becomes much more optimistic.

At the very least, after the army of Jiaozhou and Jimo arrived at Fushan, these two places will basically be fine.

So after listening to Yu Xiaotian's subordinates talk about Yu Xiaotian's idea, he was immediately overjoyed and immediately ordered that Yu Xiaotian could act cheaply and attack Pingduzhou as soon as possible. In addition, Yu Xiaotian must defend Jiaozhou and Jimo. Even if he can't fight Pingduzhou for the time being, he must at least keep these two first. There is no loss in the place.

At the same time, Zhu Dadian did not let Yu Xiaotian make a special trip to Qingzhou to see him, but directly sent people to Jiaozhou and Jimo, so that the officials in these two places should fully cooperate with Yu Xiaotian's actions, try their best to meet Xiaotian's requirements, and order Xiaotian to command the soldiers and soldiers and soldiers in Jiaozhou and Jimo. , it is also temporarily placed under his jurisdiction for him to dispatch. If someone does not obey the military order, he can be killed first and then!

As for Yu Xiaotian's request for food and salary, Zhu Dadian also immediately handed it over to the Shandong government to raise food and salary as soon as possible and send it to Yu Xiaotian, and try not to owe the food and salary of Yu Xiaotian's soldiers.

Zhu Dadian now seems to have grasped a life-saving straw and is only looking for Yu Xiaotian to help him save his current decline and help him calm the current rebels in Denglai. Therefore, if he wants Yu Xiaotian and his men to work hard, he must find a way to solve whatever the salary is said. Otherwise, Yu Xiaotian and his subordinate Yu's family If the army doesn't work hard, Zhu Dadian will definitely sit on wax this time.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian is very happy that he can be so familiar with Zhu Dadian. In particular, Zhu Dadian allows him to act cheaply here, and let him supervise the soldiers and horses on the south road, and hand over the officers and soldiers from Jiaozhou and Jimo to him to his command, which makes it much more convenient for him to do things.

So after listening to his reply, he immediately sent him to Qingzhou to thank Zhu Dadian in person. In addition, he sent a generous gift to Zhu Dadian to inform Zhu Dadian that he would do his best to be loyal to the emperor as soon as possible. Pingdu Prefecture Kefu.

Zhu Dadian is also very interesting to talk about. He is definitely a corrupt official. He likes to collect wealth in private. It can be said that there is no bribes he dare not accept, but at the same time, he is a little timid and afraid of things. Historically, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang broke Fengyang, destroyed the imperial mausoleum, and the imperial court. Cao Yun, the governor of Zhu Dadian, and the governor of the four prefectures, but he did nothing and was later demoted.

Finally, the Qing army entered Zhejiang. Zhu Dadian led the crowd to defend Jinhua. When the city was broken, he threw all the women in the well to kill themselves, and he led the men to ignite the gunpowder library in the city, and finally the whole family was crushed to pieces.

So Zhu Dadian is a quite contradictory person. He is not only a corrupt official, but also a loyal minister. Loyal ministers and corrupt officials have become an organic combination in him, so that people can't tell whether he is a good official or a corrupt official.

But at present, no matter who Zhu Dadian is, at least this guy knows who to rely on at this time. As long as it is beneficial to Yu Xiaotian, he is a good official. With Zhu Dadian in Shandong, then Yu Xiaotian can act more unscrupulously in Shandong.

After receiving Zhu Dadian's order, Yu Xiaotian no longer worked in the Fushan area. Now he gathered all the people and began to leave for Jiaozhou.

This time, the 8,000 horses brought by Yu Xiaotian have a total of four non-man infantry battalions, one full-staff battalion, an artillery battalion, an engineering company, two cavalry companies and a reinforced heavy artillery company.

For these 8,000 people, he left two infantry companies to stay in the area of Fushan Institute, responsible for replacing the advance company previously sent here, and continue to garrison in the area of Fushan Institute to control the battalion in this area.

The rest of the people followed him to participate in this battle against the rebels.

As for the marine side, most of the ships will leave for Fujian after unloading. Of course, before they leave, they will take away the more than 2,000 refugees who have been hoarded here. In addition, the empty ship will continue to go north to Yangma Island to load the large number of refugees who have been received this winter. It will be transferred back to Fujian, some people will be arranged for resettlement on Haitan Island, some people will be arranged to Nanri Island, and most people will be arranged to Yilan City and Kaohsiung City to enrich the immigrants there.

In addition, a small number of warships were left to patrol Jiaozhou Bay, and several warships were sent to reinforce the island. Because now the weather has warmed, a large amount of refugees and food, especially food, will become a favorite in the eyes of the rebels.

The rebels devilated in Xishan Village and Yangma Island in winter, but now the sea ice has melted and the rebels have a large number of boats in their hands, so they are likely to send boats to attack Yangma Island.

Although before Xiaotian came, he had sent several small and medium-sized warships to fight in advance. The sea ice had just melted, and as soon as the sea passage was navigable, these small and medium-sized warships immediately rushed to Yangma Island to take the town. However, after Yu Xiaotian came, he was still a little worried, so he decided In addition, send them a few more boats.

Although Yujiajun does not have an advantage in the number of ships, in terms of quality, Yujiajun's fleet can completely blow up the rebel sailors. With these ships on Yangma Island, even if the rebels dump their sailors out, they may not be able to take advantage of them.

After arranging these things, Yu Xiaotian set off safely and led the troops to Jiaozhou.

Eight thousand horses are marching on the road, the cars are running around, the soldiers are equipped with armor, the flags are shining, the morale is high, the knives and guns are dazzling, and it is really a scene that exudes a sense of violence and beauty.

It made many people marvel at the Yu family army from afar, secretly picking their thumbs up and praising them.

The cavalry company has only formed a new army in recent years. Most of the soldiers are selected from northerners. They are strong and can ride horses in the early years. In the past two years, they have been secretly drilled on Haitan Island. Under the strict military rules and training system of sea wolves, these cavalry have made progressed. Very fast, each horse is skillful and can fight on horseback.

The quality of their equipment is also the best among the family's army. The war horses are all selected good Mongolian horses, and in order to maintain the wildness of the war horses, the male war horses are not castrated. Although it is difficult to control, every cavalry has always been responsible for raising a war horse, and the establishment is quite deep between them. The feelings have also established a considerable tacit understanding, and the battle is very brave.

In addition to the war horses, each of these cavalry is also equipped with a double-pipe hand rifle, which can shoot the enemy at close range on horseback. It is much better than the three-eyed rifle equipped by the cavalry in the Guanning Army of the Ming army, and the accuracy is definitely much higher than them.

The effective range of these line sabers can reach at least 30 steps, and there is basically no big problem in breaking armor in 30 steps. Even if it is 50 steps away, it can almost kill the enemy if it hits an unprotected human body. In addition, with a 12 mm caliber, the kinetic energy of the launched Mine bomb is quite large, almost a shot It can overturn the enemy. As long as it is hit, it will be seriously injured. Even if it can't break their heavy armor, it can also hit them, basically making them lose their ability to fight within a certain period of time.

Of course, the handgun is just a weapon for assault and life-saving. These cavalry are mainly equipped. Each of them also has a long gun, a sharp steel saber, a shield, and a bundle of horse ropes hanging on each person's saddle, which can be used to capture the enemy when necessary.

And for these cavalry, Yu Xiaotian licensed them to carry some personalized weapons by themselves. Some of them are good at using bows and arrows and can be matched with bows. Some people like to use flying axes, so they create some exquisite flying axes and give them a few handles, while some people are unique and like to use chains and hammers to make them.

In short, as long as they can improve their combat ability, what do these cavalry want to give them? As for the armor on their bodies, they are all sea wolves' self-produced plate armor, with upper arm armor, and knee-high leg armor. The level of protection is extremely high, especially the chest, abdomen and back, which is easy to kill. The plate armor has a very strong protective ability. Force.

It will cost hundreds of taels of silver to arm such a cavalry alone, which is enough to arm more than a dozen ordinary infantry, but Yu Xiaotian still spent a lot of money to build such a cavalry team, with a total of no more than 500. This time, he brought two companies, the remaining company stayed on Haitan Island, and the other company was in There is rotational training on Jeju Island.