Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 216 Entering Dengzhou at Night
Now that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, Xu Guangqi is already on the road. For this reason, Li Jing asked Shen Ying to inform the car dealers to pay close attention to the convoy of Xu Guangqi's family coming from the capital and protect them along the way.

When Xu Guangqi came over, Li Jing's thoughts were on Sun Yuanhua again. He didn't know if Chen Erhu had arrived in Dengzhou, and if he could rescue Sun Yuanhua when he arrived in Dengzhou.

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On the same day, Chen Erhu accepted Li Jing's order to lead a small team to Dengzhou to rescue Sun Yuanhua.

Chen Erhu had never seen Li Jing give an order in such a serious tone.

Chen Erhu didn't dare to be negligent, and selected the most capable [-] members from the commando to form a small team. After careful preparation, he hurried to Dengzhou.

Chen Erhu and others traveled day and night, and finally reached the boundary of Dengzhou on New Year's Eve.

Speaking of which, Chen Erhu and others were able to arrive in Dengzhou so quickly, thanks to the vehicles and horses along the road.

You must know that Chen Erhu and others galloped all the way, people can bear it, but the horse can't. Fortunately, there are carriages and horses along the road to replace their horses, otherwise, no matter how good the horse is, they will die if they make them toss like this.

When he arrived in Dengzhou, Chen Erhu immediately sent people out to inquire about the news. Hearing that Dengzhou was still in the hands of the government and the army, Chen Erhu was relieved.

During this journey, Chen Erhu and the others almost didn't get a full night's sleep. Now that they saw the land, they naturally needed to recharge their batteries so that they could have the strength to save Sun Yuanhua.

In addition, since it was New Year's Eve, Chen Erhu was embarrassed to let the team members continue on their way, so they had to let the brothers celebrate the new year, right?
However, due to the Chinese New Year, many inns were closed for business. Chen Erhu and others tried their best to agree an extremely high price, and finally agreed with an inn owner to open for business.

After drinking and eating, the team members who were full of doubts finally couldn't take it anymore when they had time to spare. One of them asked, "Captain, why is the commander in such a hurry to let us go to Dengzhou?"

Li Jing ordered Chen Erhu to go to Dengzhou to rescue people. Except for Chen Erhu, the team members did not know what the specific task was.

Due to the rush along the way, everyone rested immediately when the break time came. Naturally, the team members were not in the mood and had no energy to ask what the task was.

In addition, Jishi Army's military regulations are very strict. Generally speaking, if the superior does not tell, the subordinate will not ask.

However, the commandos usually perform special missions, and it is impossible to keep them secret forever, and now that they are about to reach the ground, Chen Erhu is also going to tell the team members what the mission is.So the team members asked, but Chen Erhu didn't blame him.

Chen Erhu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said: "The commander-in-chief asked us to go to Dengzhou to save people!"

"Save people? Who came to Dengzhou to save?" the team member wondered.

Not only this team member was strange, but all the team members felt strange, who came all the way to Dengzhou to save lives, who is this person?To let the commander in chief value him so much.

"Governor Sun Yuanhua of Dengzhou!" Chen Erhu said lightly.

Hearing that the officials of the imperial court were going to be rescued, several members of the team immediately turned pale.

Most of these people came from poor families and were often exploited by local officials. They never had a good impression of court officials.

"Save the governor of Dengzhou? Why save that dog officer?" A team member finally couldn't help but said.

Hearing this person complain, the rest of the people echoed.

"Fuck, what do you want to do? Who dares to question the orders given by the commander himself? This man named Sun Yuanhua must be of great use to our Jishi Army. Otherwise, the commander asked us to come all the way to Dengzhou, you guys Do you think the commander-in-chief is idle? If you are so fucking wordy, be careful I beat you!" Chen Erhu scolded.

Seeing Chen Erhu's anger, everyone's faces straightened, and they didn't dare to say more.

In fact, why Chen Erhu saved Sun Yuanhua is not quite clear, but Chen Erhu is extremely convinced of Li Jing. In Chen Erhu's heart, Li Jing is a god, and he can do whatever he is asked to do.

Who dared to question Li Jing's order, Chen Erhu was the first to refuse.

To be honest, this means going out. If he was at home, Chen Erhu would never let these team members off lightly.

Although Chen Erhu and the others were not in Dengzhou city, due to Kong Youde's siege of Dengzhou, this place was somewhat affected.The New Year's atmosphere was not so lively, the firecrackers were set off much less, and the sound was sparse, but it was much more convenient for Chen Erhu and others to sleep.

After a good night's sleep, Chen Erhu and the others were full of energy the next morning.After washing, everyone ate something hastily and set out on the road again.

Terengganu Prefecture is located in the Shandong Peninsula. The current Weihai, Yantai, Penglai and other places were all under the jurisdiction of Terengganu at that time. It was an important port between Korea and Japan. In the late Ming Dynasty, it became a frontier for attacking the post-Golden forces. .

When Chen Erhu and others rushed to Penglai, the capital of Dengzhou, it was already the second day of the first lunar month.

Because of Kong Youde's robbery along the road, he saw empty rooms and barren land all the way, and it didn't look like it was Chinese New Year.

After finally finding a family, they found out that this place is less than ten miles away from Dengzhou Mansion, and Kong Youde's army camped about five miles ahead.

After leaving that house, he walked forward for another mile and saw Kong Youde's rebel camp from a distance. Chen Erhu waved to everyone to get off his horse, and after finding a place where no one was there to settle the horse, he left four guards behind. Then Chen Erhu led the remaining [-] team members quietly bypassing Kong Youde's troops and heading towards Dengzhou City.

Before they got to the bottom of the city, Chen Erhu and the others were dumbfounded. The city gate was closed tightly, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall were waiting in full force, watching the bottom of the city closely. Looking at the posture, as long as any suspicious person appeared under the city, the officers and soldiers would immediately shoot and kill them. .

Shaking his head, Chen Erhu knew that it was impossible to enter through the city gate. They were all from Henan, and their accent was completely different from that of Dengzhou. It was impossible to enter the city pretending to be local people.

After pondering for a while, Chen Erhu decided to take someone to climb the wall in at night.

The north of Dengzhou City faced the sea, and the city wall stretched all the way to the sea. Kong Youde had limited troops and could not climb the wall to attack the city. He could only block the city gate, intending to break open the city gate and enter the city.

There were no rebels on this side of the city wall, and there were not many officers and soldiers defending. At night, the officers and soldiers must be negligent. It would not be difficult for Chen Erhu to find a corner where no one was found.

When the team members were recruited, Chen Erhu explained his thoughts, and the team members also knew that this was the only way to enter the city.

Back to the place where the horses were stored, Chen Erhu ordered the team members to rest and prepare for action at night.

Seeing the team members gradually falling asleep, Chen Erhu couldn't fall asleep no matter what, he kept thinking: "Dengzhou City is so well-defended, how could Sun Yuanhua be in danger? The commander sent him to save people, there is no way to save them!"

It should be said that Chen Erhu is good at judging by what he sees.

The defense of Dengzhou City is indeed strong. Sun Yuanhua himself is an artillery expert, good at making cannons, and dozens of foreigners under his command serve as instructors, training his subordinates to use guns and cannons. Sun Yuanhua has used the advantages of artillery in the city to fight back Kong Youde's attack.

But since ancient times, the city defenses of Bidengzhou have been breached, let alone Dengzhou?

Kong Youde is not a fool, and he has stayed in the city for a long time, how could he not know that the artillery in the city is sharp?With his current strength, it is impossible to capture Dengzhou City?
Kong Youde dared to attack Dengzhou City because he had a loyal friend in the city, and this friend had many brothers under him.

Kong Youde was not the only one who ran out from Pidao back then, not to mention his subordinates, he also had a friend.

This person is Geng Zhongming.

Geng Zhongming himself is not very famous, but his grandson, Jingnan Wang Geng Jingzhong, one of the three feudal lords who rebelled with Wu Sangui during the Kangxi period, is famous.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were both natives of Shandong. They were miners and used to be pirates. They were later recruited by Mao Wenlong together.

After Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming didn't want to stay in Pidao, but wanted to go back to their hometown in Shandong. It happened that Dengzhou Sun Yuanhua was recruiting troops, so they voted for Sun Yuanhua, and then recruited the original subordinates.

The Daling River was besieged, Kong Youde was ordered to lead troops to rescue, but Geng Zhongming stayed in Dengzhou.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are fellow villagers, they worked as miners together, pirates together, and soldiers together.
In fact, don't look at Kong Youde's menace, in fact, he knew in his heart that he had nowhere to go, if he murdered and rebelled, how could the court not suppress him?Only by defeating Dengzhou can there be a way out.

The imperial court encircled and suppressed him, so he could rely on the fortified city to stick to it. In addition, Dengzhou also had warships. If he could not seize these warships, he could go to sea and continue to do his old job as a pirate.

Moreover, Kong Youde believes that as long as the time is right, Geng Zhongming will definitely open the city gate and let him enter the city.

It should be said that Sun Yuanhua is a great firearms expert, but he is really not that material for being an official, because he has no knowledge of people at all.

Sun Yuanhua had no idea what kind of people Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were.

These two people belong to the typical scoundrels, who belong to the category of people who have milk and are mothers. For these two people, there is no moral concept at all.

It's no wonder that Sun Yuanhua recruited these two people into his subordinates.

At night, Chen Erhu led his team to the Dengzhou city again.

Although Chen Erhu doubted Kong Youde's ability to attack Dengzhou City, he did not dare to neglect Li Jing's order.Once Kong Youde really broke through Dengzhou City and caused Sun Yuan's incarnation to die, he would not be able to explain to Li Jing after he returned.

Although Dengzhou City is tall, it is still almost difficult to stop Chen Erhu and others.

If the commandos personally trained by Li Jing couldn't even climb the city wall, that would be too bad.

Finding a place where no one was around, Chen Erhu pulled out his dagger, stabbed it into the crack of the wall, then grabbed the dagger and pulled himself up, and then stabbed into the second dagger. Go up, throw the rope down, and then pull up the players one by one.

"The captain is really good at it." A team member said softly after climbing the city wall.

Chen Erhu shook his head and laughed in a low voice: "What is this? If you see the master's skill, I'll let you all admire him."

The team member wanted to say more, but Chen Erhu hissed, indicating that now is not the time to speak.

(End of this chapter)