At this time, Xu Yunyuan had already walked out of the study and came to the yard. She was met by Yu Gan'er who was looking around. This child was curious.

"You're here, ah... He's so handsome, come on... My aunt has a short sword for you. You will become a general like your father in the future, okay?" Xu Yunyuan took the initiative to strike up a conversation and said

She was given a sword as a gift, and she was in a very good mood.

"Oh, what a beautiful knife, thank you, aunt!" Yu Gan'er was filled with joy, took the knife with both hands, and bowed in thanks.

Xu Yunyuan, surrounded by Song Yu and Tang Hua, immediately left the Yu Mansion and disappeared into the darkness.

Hearing the conversation between Xu Yunyuan and his son outside, Yu Dapeng suddenly broke out in cold sweat. He had really walked through the gates of hell tonight. If he refused, the men in black who had just been ambushing around him would become murderous killers.

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Xue Hu is cruel and ruthless, which is indeed consistent with the rumors in the world. When they first met, she was completely attracted by his beautiful appearance and charming conversation, and completely forgot about it.

Yu Dapeng held on to the door frame and saw his son in the yard, happily playing with a precious short knife inlaid with gold and jade, and felt weak all over.

A single thought is the difference between heaven and earth!

Avoid the disaster of destroying your family.

At this time, he suddenly wanted to spend more time with his wife and son, even just talking.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" The woman looked at her husband, who was pale and had tears in her eyes, in surprise, "What happened to our family?"

"It's okay... It's okay now. Come on... Madam, you can heat up the food later, and we, the couple, can have a few drinks!"

Yu Dapeng wiped the tears from his eyes with his hands, walked forward, and held his wife in his arms for the first time.

"Hey, sir, I'm just in the yard."

The woman's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment. She didn't know what happened to her husband tonight, so she broke free from Yu Dapeng's arms and walked to the kitchen to heat the food.

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Changxing Island, the fragile defenders here were like a thin window paper. As soon as more than a dozen large barges commanded by Hong Asi landed, and the soldiers pushed forward lightly, a big hole was broken.

This is a base of the Nazan Navy. The usually lazy defenders were so frightened when they saw the menacing rebels that they fled in panic. Those who did not have a boat to escape surrendered obediently.

This is just one month since the Haiwankou Salt Fields uprising. Chongming Island and the surrounding islands have been occupied by rebels. Only the former Chongming County and the naval bases in Hailing Town are still in Nazan's hands.

The news spread to Shanghai Daotai, Jiangsu Provincial Governor's Office, Liangjiang Governor's Office, to the Beijing Military Aircraft Department, the Cabinet Prime Minister's Office, etc.

From top to bottom, local troops were required to encircle and suppress the rebels and suppress them with all their strength.

So the question is, who are the local garrison troops? Which ones?

Needless to say, no one is willing to take the lead in this kind of thing. In addition to soldiers, the encirclement and suppression army also needs a large amount of silver. Specifically, it is the troop deployment expenses, casualty pensions for officers and soldiers, the loss of firearms and ammunition, etc. Whoever will pay, who is willing

out?

In the end, the ball was kicked into Nazan's hands. There were troops stationed in Chongming, so they should be the first to bear the brunt.

What? They are just the navy. Isn't the navy an army? They can't even cope with these salt and salt legs, so they might as well be disbanded.

A burst of scolding and reprimands made Na Zan lose face and worry.

The strength of this powerful Yanding rebel army should not be underestimated.

Nazan, who had not taken it seriously at first, finally realized the seriousness of the problem. If this rebel army is allowed to flow again, the entire Chongming, together with the two last strongholds of Zhongxing Town and Hailing Town, will also fall into eternal disaster.

land.

Nazan was not stupid. He naturally thought of the current savior, the new Zhejiang New Army Second Town Commander, General Chen Tianhua.

He is still a first-class military attache, and his official rank is one level higher than his own.

Although Chen Tianhua does not have the power to control the military in Chongming, and it is not his responsibility to encircle and suppress the rebels, he is the governor of the Chongming Autonomous Region. If Chongming is occupied by the rebels, Chongming's autonomy will become a joke, and his economy and reputation will be damaged.

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Therefore, Nazan judged that Chen Tianhua would send troops to help both public and private affairs. As long as he treated the virtuous corporal and personally invited him to send troops to encircle and suppress the rebellious army, it would be a success.

For this reason, he ordered all naval officers and soldiers on board to abandon the ships and go ashore. There were more than 8,000 people in total. He asked his confidant General Xiang Hong to lead 5,000 officers and soldiers to Zhongxing Town to reinforce the city and take out all the cannons in stock.

Determined to defend the county seat.

The remaining three thousand naval officers and soldiers were handed over to Deputy General Yu Dapeng, who was ordered to guard Hailing Town and the naval base and wait for reinforcements.

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"The boss!"

Ma Desan, the leader of the Yanding Rebel Army, hurried into the former Changxing Island garrison office. Hong Asi was sitting in the main hall, and the soldiers were sorting out the hall and warehouses, carrying grain and winter bedding shipped by large merchant ships from the headquarters.

Materials such as cotton-padded clothes were piled up and prepared for distribution on a selected day.

Chen Tianhua used Changxing Island as a material base to support Hong Asi. Changxing Island is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there are many merchant ships coming over. Shipments are shipped from the Taihu Wharf warehouse and directly along the Yangtze River to Changxing Island, which is more concealed from others.

Ma Desan was brave in combat and also smart. He adapted very quickly to the military training methods established by Luo Longyun and other instructors. Now he is a powerful general available to Hong Asi's subordinates.

"What's the matter?" Hong Asi asked.

"The front reef spies have reported that several unknown warships and gunboats are heading towards the Yangtze River Estuary from the direction of Hangzhou Bay in the East China Sea. Do we have a vote with them?"

Hong Asi laughed after hearing this, Ma Desan is a newborn calf without Pahu. He does not know the power of ship artillery and coastal defense artillery to attack it. Unless there are many coastal defense artillery, large-caliber firepower, and long-range strikes, the gunners

Have the awareness not to be afraid of death and to dare to die, otherwise, it will be a disaster.

Hong Asi didn't think that the current group had just been organized by salt workers and refugees, and had been training for more than a month. Some of them had just learned how to fire cannons, and could withstand the attack of naval guns.

More than a thousand of his men are cavalry and are good at charging into battle. If this is for coastal defense, they are overqualified and sacrificed in vain.

Also, it’s hard to say whether these ships and gunboats were sent by the general.

"No, we will retreat immediately and return to the Baykou Salt Field. I have just received intelligence that Nazan has sent two battalions of troops and is planning to attack the Baykou. Let's go back and destroy these two battalions first," Hong Asi said.

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"Yes, the boss!" Ma Desan responded loudly.

The Haiwankou Salt Field was his hometown, and all his family members were waiting there. Although more than 3,000 soldiers were left there, they had no chance of winning against two battalions of regular Qing troops.

"Have all the homes of those salt lords and wealthy businessmen on Changxing Island been raided?" Hong Asi asked.
Chapter completed!