"Sir, what's wrong?" Sun Chuanting had been with Li Xiao for the past few days, and he had never seen Li Xiao look like this before.

"Kong Youde of Denglai and Geng Zhongming rebelled! They captured Dengzhou and kidnapped Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai. Now that the imperial decree has not been issued, Sun Lao sent Mangui to rush to Dengzhou first. Lao Er's fleet is also on the way.

Go to the sea outside Dengzhou and prevent these two guys from escaping by sea.

Hey...! Hurry up, hurry up, something happened. Damn it, I can't let me live a quiet New Year." It's November 20th, and the New Year will be celebrated in one month. Li Xiao

I was still planning to return to Changxing Daosong in a few years. Now it looks like I’m going to be in trouble again.

Damn it, am I born to work hard?

"The subordinates of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming know something about these two men. They are notoriously habitual bandits in Shandong. They have been famous in Shandong for more than ten years, and they have committed many evil deeds.

When Sun Yuanhua came to Dengzhou, he managed to subdue them by some unknown means. The Ministry of War also approved a regular establishment, and they were considered to be the Dengzhou Guard Army.

This time, General, you are fighting in Liaodong, so the imperial court mobilized the Dengzhou Guards to support you. Sun Yuanhua will not send them." Sun Chuanting followed Sun Chengzong to Shandong and quickly became familiar with Shandong's government affairs.

Li Xiao was the governor of Shandong and Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai. However, the governor Li Xiao had a higher official position than Sun Yuanhua. The relationship between the two was not equal, but subordinate.

In the eyes of the court, the accident in Denglai can also be blamed on Li Xiao.

"Is Sun Yuanhua filled with shit? These two are bandits. If they are not watched under his nose, how can they be released without causing trouble?" After hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Li Xiao wanted to scold his mother.

"Sun Yuanhua can be regarded as a student of Master Sun. He learned a lot about firearms from Fo Langji, and he is quite knowledgeable in terms of knowledge. But when it comes to serving as an official, he is a bit lacking in hunting and animal husbandry...! Haha!"

"Mr. Sun's surname is Sun, does it mean that all the people in the court named Sun are his students? You became a disciple and even changed your surname?" Hearing that Sun Yuanhua was also a student of Sun Chengzong, Li Xiao asked Sun Chuanting in confusion.

"Uh...! This...!" In Sun Chuanting's mind, 10,000 grass and mud horses roared past. How the hell do you want me to handle this?

It was impossible to follow the baggage to Jinan, so Li Xiao could only hand over the large group of troops to Sun Chuanting. Let him transport the arms to Jinan properly no matter what!

He took the special agent company and rushed to Dengzhou.

As he got closer to Dengzhou, Li Xiao learned more and more information.

The so-called Wuqiao Mutiny was because of two damn chickens.

Li Xiao was fighting in Liaodong, and Zhu Youjian also wanted to defeat him in one battle. He searched everywhere for soldiers and horses to go to Liaodong to support him. Sun Yuanhua was also divided among his troops. As a last resort, Sun Yuanhua sent 800 elite troops.

The best way to go from Dengzhou to Liaodong is to take a boat. You don’t have to rush, you can land directly in Jinzhou.

But there was no big ship like Li Xiao in Dengzhou, and the wind picked up again on the sea. We had just gone to sea and had no choice but to return, so we had no choice but to let Kong Youde's troops divert to the land route.

Kong Youde, his brother, was born a bandit, and his brothers were naturally accustomed to robbing families and homes. In Dengzhou, he was under strict control by Sun Yuanhua and did not dare to act arrogantly. This time, his true colors were naturally revealed.

When we walked to Wuqiao, the soldier didn't want to eat pickles. So he ate two chickens at the home of a wealthy man named Wang Xiangchun. Of course, he didn't give me any money after eating. In their words, I couldn't eat any more in the city.

I don’t have to spend any money, but I still have to pay for eating your two broken chickens?

Wang Xiangchun naturally quit the job if he was not paid. After being beaten for reasoning, he thought of filing a complaint with Kong Youde. As a result, Mr. Kong gave full play to his sense of justice and slapped his men twice, and the matter was over.

Little did you know that none of those guys under my command are fuel-efficient.

You accused me of a crime, and I was beaten by the commander. I have to swallow this breath, what kind of bandit do I still think of? How can I go out to hang out in the future?

The brothers who couldn't swallow this breath decided to commit murder and set fire. They broke into Wang Xiangchun's house in the middle of the night, killed Wang Xiangchun and burned down the Wang family manor.

When the matter got serious, Kong Youde had nothing to do. After all, the court was investigating, and a leader's responsibility could not be escaped. In addition, this brother's butt was really dirty, so he simply refused to do anything and continued to rebel.

In this way, the army that reinforced Liaodong instantly turned into an army rushing towards Dengzhou.

Sun Yuanhua didn't care much. This brother was a master of civil engineering. There were gun towers built everywhere in Dengzhou. Let alone 800 people, even if 8,000 people came, they would still be abandoned here.

Li Xiao also had a little surprise. It was this brother who supervised the construction of Penglai's gun towers. It was because of Penglai's strong defense that Li Hu was almost beaten to a pulp.

Sun Yuanhua's self-confidence is justified. The Liao army, equipped with modern military equipment, almost vomited blood when they conquered the gun towers designed by Sun Yuanhua. Kong Youde only had 800 men under his command, and they still used broadswords and spears. It was almost impossible to capture Dengzhou.

Daydreaming.

Facts have proved that you still have to have dreams, and maybe they will come true.

Kong Youde truly experienced his dream come true because he had a good buddy named Geng Zhongming.

First, they sent 300 people to pretend to surrender into the city, and then contacted Geng Zhongming's troops in the middle of the night to coordinate internally and externally, and captured Dengzhou City in one fell swoop.

However, Kong Youde still respected the old leader and did not kill Sun Yuanhua. Instead, he locked him up directly. His opponent, Song Guanglan, was not so polite. Wang Mei and others from the sub-inspection team were not so polite. When looking at the Dengzhou city wall, Li Xiao saw them

His head, which was frozen hard, was being blown by the wind and kept hitting the city wall.

The big gun building in Dengzhou City was built, and it's damn solid. It didn't use any reinforced concrete, it was all made of millet, glutinous rice soup, and sand.

The mortar was fired test-wise, and a small crater was created. It was more difficult to deal with than the damn reinforced concrete fortifications. Li Xiao felt that he had to wait for Li Xiu to come, and then a heavy artillery bombardment might not be of any use.

Are you talking about launching an arsenal ship? That thing is too expensive to launch once!

"Our guy has no use for this thing!" Man Gui came a few days earlier than Li Xiao. He had tried various weapons in the past few days, but the effect was very bad.

However, the people in the city are very honest and don't have the slightest urge to go out of the city to have sex with Man Gui. I guess Man Gui's famous name still played some role.

"Glutinous rice soup, millet and sand. When these things are mixed together, the hardness is worse than reinforced concrete. But it has good toughness. It is still difficult for artillery shells to deal with this thing.

The problem is that this thing is too expensive. How much food will be consumed by such a big Dengzhou city? I heard that Shandong has not been doing well in recent years. If there is food, it will not be distributed to the people to fill their stomachs. How can you build a damn building here?

." Looking at the yellow city walls of Dengzhou from a distance, how much food does this damn thing get?

Li Xiao even felt that building such a strong city was a fucking crime.

"This is no wonder Sun Yuanhua, he is the governor of Dengzhou. It is his responsibility to build the city wall. Moreover, it is not only him, but also all the places in the Ming Dynasty that have the conditions to do so.

Dengzhou is an important coastal defense town in Shandong, and the court has allocated funds to build the city wall, so it will not overly exploit the people of Dengzhou." Behind him was Ao Canghai, who had just arrived in the morning.

"I didn't say it was wrong for him to build the building, but the problem is how do we get in now. There is an urn at the back gate of the city gate. Even if we use explosives to blow up the city gate, we will be targeted when we go in.

And look at where that son-of-a-bitch Sun Yuanhua managed to get so many Folan cannons. There must be more than a dozen of them. If you force people to pile up explosives to breach the city, the casualties will definitely not be small." Man Gui pointed to the tower.

The Fo Lang machine gun was scolded.

"Sun Yuanhua has a good relationship with the Folangji people, and there are dozens of Folangji mercenaries under him. I heard that they are all very good gunners. It is really difficult for us to break the city." Li Xiao sat on the horse,

Looking helplessly at Dengzhou City.

This city is like a tortoise lying there. No matter you are a lion, there is no place for you to bite.

"You are at your wits end, and we are even more helpless." Ao Canghai spread his hands helplessly. Li Xiao often did this action and he also learned it.

"Since we can't win, let's talk!" Li Xiao quickly changed his mind.

"Talk? How to talk? Rebellion is a capital crime. Do you have the ability to ask the bastards in the court to let them go?"

"If the crime is not punishable by death, it will only count if you say it long live." Li Xiao smiled slightly, looking confident.

"What do you want to do? Do you have the ability to convince the emperor to pardon even a crime like rebellion?" Man Gui's eyes widened. It might be okay for you to have an affair with a palace maid, but I haven't heard of any emperor opening up to such a thing as rebellion.

With one eye closed.

"I can't convince you about the rebellion, but look at it. Dengzhou City is so strong, it must have cost the court a lot of money.

If we want to break the city, we have to use explosives to blow it up bit by bit. Dengzhou is an important coastal defense town. How can the city wall have gaps everywhere? How about rebuilding the city wall...!"

"You have to use silver, and it's a lot of money." Ao Canghai's eyes lit up.

"I heard that all the noise in the court is about money. The emperor wants to control the tax burden in Jiangnan, but how can Qian Qianyi and others agree?

There have been several quarrels at the court meeting, but the emperor is still too impatient. He has taken the throne for such a short period of time, so he will attack those people in Jiangnan. At least he should learn from the late emperor and cultivate a Wei Zhongxian. Then he will do it by himself naked, without any room for maneuver.

No."

"No! Qian Qianyi and the others are very unfavorable to you. They won't agree if you want to keep Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde. Once the public in the court becomes angry, I'm afraid the emperor will also be in trouble. After all, he has only been on the throne for such a short time!

"

"Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was protected by the Donglin Party in the past. He wanted to compete with me in Shandong. Don't forget, our Mr. Sun was originally the boss of the Donglin Party."

"Mr. Sun...!"

"Mr. Sun, there is no need to doubt, but since the Donglin Party protects Sun Yuanhua, then Sun Yuanhua is the Donglin Party. In order to protect Sun Yuanhua, Qian Qianyi will suggest appeasement no matter what. The memorial I handed over is just for Qian Qianyi

It’s just an excuse for them.”

"Humph! If a monkey gets into your hands, it will be tricked." Ao Canghai said angrily.

"This is just for the court. We have to make Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming despair. We must let them know that if we want to deal with them, it is a matter of easy capture. Otherwise, how can they be willing to surrender? How can they be willing to give back after surrendering?

obedient."

"Be obedient? What are your plans? We have agreed that I don't want people like Geng Zhongming or Kong Youde under my command. I have to be on guard all day long. If the top and bottom are not working together to suspect each other, how can I lead these soldiers!"

Canghai looked at Li Xiao warily.

Because if these two rebels are recruited, according to Li Xiao's character, they will definitely be under Ao Canghai's command. With such two people under his command, it is not enough to worry about money.

"I'm talking about Mr. Ao! There are so many bandits in Shandong, should you go and suppress them or should I? I took people up the mountain to suppress the bandits a few days ago, and I asked you if you are tired?

But how many have you wiped out? I'm afraid that if you bring troops to Dengzhou, the surrounding areas of Jinan may not be peaceful. Shandong is so big, and we only have so many soldiers. Kill here today, kill there tomorrow. If you don't get killed, you will be killed.

So exhausted."

"You want them to suppress the bandits?" Ao Canghai's eyes suddenly lit up. Letting these two people suppress the bandits is great news for Mr. Ao.

In terms of equipment and tactics, the Liao army is more suitable for attacking and killing in a battle formation between two armies in open areas. Instead of going into ravines to suppress bandits, Ao Canghai led his men to suppress bandits these days. Many people were killed and injured.

There were many encounters, but not many bandits were wiped out.

Li Xiao is right. If he is in Jinan, there may be peace around Jinan. If he leaves Jinan, there may be bandits making trouble around Jinan again.

But he had no choice. As long as the army drove over, they would crawl into the ravine. As long as he went back, they would crawl out.

"The best way to deal with gangsters is to use gangsters to fight gangsters. Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde are bandits, and they are peers with those bandits. Only peers know their peers best, and only peers have naked hatred. Let them destroy those bandits.

, that is the perfect candidate.”

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and write the memorial!" Ao Ye was filled with great enthusiasm for someone to suppress the bandits for him. He immediately pulled Li Xiao back!

"Don't worry, the second one should arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. We also need to prepare a feint attack. I will work together to get the cannon brought by the fisherman. Shoot him twice. One is to test the effect. The other is for Kong Youde.

Geng Zhongming gave a warning.

Did you bring that thing?"

"I did bring it, but it's too bulky and inconvenient to use. Do you really want to use it?" Ao Canghai's face suddenly fell.

"Just give it a try, but you can't blind the old fisherman. It's a pity not to use it after tinkering."
Chapter completed!