The airship shut down the steam engine in the air, and slid quietly in the sky with the wind alone. After several consecutive days of bombing of Laizhou City, the air force also understood the situation over Laizhou, and at the same time, they also understood the surrounding environment, and then began the real core action.

Of course, even so, sailing at night is still a very risky thing for airships. In particular, it is impossible to start the steam engine and can only glide by wind, which increases the risk of action. Therefore, this action was carried out by captain Du Yi himself.

There are two important figures above his airship. Ma Baozi and Shi Shusheng from Yuejing City. They will enter the rear of Laizhou and form a rebel army while preparing to start a raid operation at the location where Xu Junsheng buried gunpowder on the Lai River dike.

The rebel army is just a cover-up action. At that time, the real action will be from the special brigade directly under the Ministry of War. It will never be possible to deal with Xu Junsheng's elite soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the rebel army.

The domestic situation in Qi is deteriorating. The forced collection of all materials is state-owned. The people have no autonomy and can only get a little food to survive every day. The policy of barely living has been implemented in many places, and it has caused resistance from the people without any surprise. People are rioting one after another. Even the Qi army, who had been prepared for such a situation, is now a little tired of running.

Apart from Laizhou, several counties in the Red River Basin did not implement such a strategy. First, they were in the heart of Daqi, and second, they were also the core area under the rule of Daqi, and were still economically acceptable. However, the situation in Laizhou was continuing to deteriorate. This was the focus of the Ming army's offensive. Not only was it the first to implement such a planned economy, but more importantly, the continuous corvee service was constantly torturing the people of this prefecture.

Even if it is escaped, it is not allowed. Whether on the river or on the land, Xu Junsheng set up checkpoints and patrol troops. There is only one way to deal with those who want to escape from Laizhou privately, that is, they are all demoted to hard labor and work on the construction site until they die.

The court did not want the situation in Laizhou to be leaked, and it was even more unwilling to see a large number of refugees in Laizhou flee into other prefectures and counties, disrupting the public security of these core counties.

Laizhou is actually not short of food, because the Red River Basin behind him can provide them with endless food. This is also Xu Junsheng's confidence. Even if he turns several counties into mudflats, even if he turns all the south of the Lai River into a marina in the future, those who survive will not starve to death. He wants to use the sacrifice of one state to ensure the safety of several other counties in the Red River Basin behind him.

Under such high pressure rule, Laizhou is naturally unsafe. Even in the years and years of peace, there are people who are unwilling to be the status quo. What's more, under the current situation, there are endless voices of resistance. Since they cannot escape from Laizhou, they will escape into the deep mountains and occupy the mountains and become the king.

A major riot in Bowang County even captured the county town for a while. Although it was immediately suppressed by Xu Junsheng, the remaining rebels fled into the mountains, and they were like a dazzling flag, constantly attracting rebels to join.

Although Xu Junsheng wanted to destroy them immediately, this season is not a good time to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. Maybe he would steal chickens and lose rice.

In fact, Xu Junsheng did not take these people seriously at all. The rioters who fled into the mountains had no logistics or supplies. In such a season, it was difficult to survive in the mountains, or he did not need to wipe them out at all. He just needed to guard the path down the mountain and wait until the flowers bloom next spring, collect their bodies.

The airship quietly passed through the city of Laizhou from a high altitude, passed through some villages with sparse lights, or some small military fortresses, and finally hovered over a continuous mountain range.

After hovering for several times, a fire suddenly appeared on the top of a mountain. The airship landed towards the place where the fire was lit without hesitation. When about twenty meters away from the top of the mountain, a rope was thrown down from the airship, and then one figure after another surged from below, grabbed the rope and dragged the airship down from the air with force.

Ma Baozi had long been unable to bear it. Even though he was a master of the grandmaster, he still felt uneasy when flying in high altitudes for such a long time without stepping onto the ground. Seeing that the distance was not far away, he pushed open the boat door, jumped down from above, and landed steadily on the ground.

However, Shusheng Shi was still sitting there calmly and steadily. Even if the cold wind blew on his face, he still shook the folding fan in his hand all the time.

As soon as the horse leopard's feet fell to the ground, a person rushed out in the darkness. The flames reflected the fierce face of the person who came, but they were full of smiles at this moment.

"Sect Master, you are finally back!"

Ma Baozi nodded and patted the other person on the shoulder, "Wang Shun, thank you for your hard work over the years. But the hard days are about to end, and the good days are coming."

The airship finally landed on the ground, and Shi Shusheng walked out of the inside in a square step. Behind him, Xie Qiu from the National Security Bureau followed.

"Deputy Sect Master!" Wang Shun bowed to Shi Shusheng again with his fists.

Shi Shusheng closed the folding fan and knocked it on his hand: "Wang Shun, stop talking nonsense, ask your people to quickly unload the food on the boat. You haven't eaten enough for a long time, right?"

"What are you talking about to eat enough?" Wang Shun smiled bitterly: "Deputy Master, these days, I have almost killed the wild beasts on the mountain. If there is no food in, I can only take people out and fight to the death."

"I won't know anymore. I see that there is no. With this thing, I will no longer be short of food. Not only will there be food, but everything else will be." Shi Shusheng smiled and said, "Come on, I will introduce you to the next one. This is General Xie Qiu from the State Security Bureau of the Ming Dynasty."

"I've seen General Xie!" Wang Shun bowed respectfully.

Xie Qiu smiled and returned the favor, took out something from his arms and handed it to Wang Shun: "Congratulations to General Wang, you have been fighting for the Ming Dynasty in Qi over the years. The Ming Dynasty will never treat the heroes unfairly. This is your confession. There are also ten blank confessions in it. General Wang can appoint military posts below the Zhenwu Captain."

Wang Shun was overjoyed. After years of hard work, he finally got rewarded today. He thanked him repeatedly.

"Next, you will have to work with General Xie for a long time, and that's the robe. Don't thank you." Ma Baozi said impatiently: "Go, go to your nest and tell us the situation here in detail."

After the airship unloaded everything, it once again soared into the air and left the dead white mountainous area. Xu Junsheng thought that the rebels who were about to be trapped by him not only received supplies, but also received countless armor and weapons, and were watching their targets in the deep mountains.

Within the following days, airships flew over and over, not only brought food, but also cotton coats, quilts, hoods, gloves, and even canned meat. In just a dozen days, the equipment of these rebels who were originally ragged and in danger of being able to die of starvation at any time was much better than the Qi army who blocked them in the mountains.

Shusheng Shi and Xie Qiu and Wang Shun have begun planning a winter counterattack, and taught the Qi army outside the mountain a lesson. If they don’t fight the passage, how can they go down the mountain to cause damage and welcome more people to go up the mountain?

Laizhou seemed to be in a stalemate for a while. Except for when the weather was sunny, the Ming army's airships bombed Laizhou County City on time, there was no big noise on both sides. But only the Qi people themselves knew how effective this bombing had on the Qi army. Xu Junsheng drove countless civilians to build warehouses in the mountains or in the dense forests, and the military supplies were all hidden in it. In the air, there was no way to find these places. Although blind cats would hit dead mice from time to time, the results were not great. The bombing was more of a demonstration, and the most injured were just those fortifications. Anyway, the Ming army exploded during the day, and the Qi people worked overnight to repair him.

For Xu Junsheng, it is a good choice to keep these large number of civilians tired every day and have no intention of thinking about anything else, and fall down and go to bed as soon as the work is completed.

After replacing Liao Bing as the highest commander of Jiangnan's defense, Zhu Ruofan immediately devoted his greatest enthusiasm to start preparing for the battle. As long as he could defend Jiangnan steadily, Xu Junsheng would naturally not do the trick.

The half-month bloody battle in Crab Bay gave him a deeper understanding of the fierce firepower of the Ming army and the bravery of the warriors, and also gave him more targeted arrangements when setting up defenses.

In Crab Bay, the Ming people naturally did not rest. After the 5,000 follow-up Western Army in Suqian arrived, they pushed the front ten miles from Crab Bay, and then began to divide their troops into two flooded lands, and began to work hard to find survivors, eliminate floods, and repair houses. Comforting refugees after the war was a familiar task for the Ming army.

What is more important to the Ming army is that part of the Crab Bay Shipyard was finally restored. This place was originally a shipyard where the Qi people built large warships. After the navy was completely destroyed and the Qi people gave up fighting with the Ming army on the water, the place was abandoned, but the large number of facilities left behind were needed by the Ming people. More importantly, a lot of wood suitable for shipbuilding was stored here. Of course, those shipwrecks that were sunk in the bay and salvaged by the Ming people and could not be wasted. After being demolished, the wood could still be used.
Chapter completed!