The remnant sun is like blood, and the Nanao wharf is sprinkled with the afterglow of the sunset, accompanied by gusts of sea breeze, there is no daytime heat wave on the wharf, but more coolness.

On the dock stood a group of Fu Han soldiers wearing red military uniforms, they were surrounded by a general, looking towards the sea, and this person was Ning Tieshan, the commander of the first division of the Fu Han Army, his eyebrows were slightly anxious.

At present, the plan of the Fu Han Army is going very smoothly, and the third and sixth divisions have also reached the front line of Huizhou and Shaozhou, but only the direction of the naval division has not moved at all, if according to the original regulations, the fourth battleship will return to Nanao in early September, and at that time the first division will become a support force to land in Yahai to support the second brigade of the Praetorian Guard.

But today is already the seventh day of the ninth lunar month, and one day per night means that the Fu Han army will have to pay more casualties...... Of course, this is still the best idea in Ning Tieshan's heart, and the worst idea is naturally to lose the decisive battle with the Qing army and be completely strangled on the sea....

"General Ning, some fishermen have reported in the past few days, claiming that there is a strong wind on the sea, and I am afraid that the fleet is blocked by a typhoon, so it is only a few days late......"

Chief of Staff Han Chengyan comforted him with kind words, but he knew that Ning Tieshan had been standing for several days, and he had been looking at it every day, but he had never seen the slightest shadow of the fleet.

Li Shihu, the deputy division commander on the side, also had a little anxiety on his face, but he also understood that if he continued to stand like this, he was afraid that Ning Tieshan's body would collapse, so he persuaded together: "Division commander, we have to save our physical strength, once we get on the boat, we won't have such a good life!" ”

"Humph! Aren't you a stone tiger in a hurry? Looking at the way you have been running around these days, I'm afraid that grass has grown in my heart for a long time......"

Ning Tieshan looked disdainful, he was a student of the Eagle Battalion with Li Shihu at the beginning, and he was familiar with each other's personalities. If you want to say that there are indeed people sitting in the world, it is definitely not him Li Shihu!

Just as Li Shihu was about to refute, he heard someone shouting, but he couldn't hear the name clearly, so everyone looked in the direction of the shouting, only to see that in the gradually disappearing sunset, the figures of warships were reflected, and the shadows were full of shadows, but it was an extremely large fleet.

"It's back!"

Ning Tieshan let out a breath, and he felt that his hands were already sweating......

It's back!

Everyone cheered, they understood that this at least meant that the Fuhan Army Naval Division had successfully broken through the restrictions of the Qing Army's Naval Division, and the follow-up plans would no longer be hindered!

But when the fleet really docked, Ning Tieshan, Han Chengyan, Li Shihu and others looked a lot heavier, it turned out that those warships were full of traces of artillery injuries, black marks one by one, and after thinking about it, I would understand, I am afraid that there are still many ships, and they will never come back.......

Qiu Ze was carried back from the ship, and his head was bandaged with a thick cloth, which was temporarily disposed of by the ship's doctor, but it could only stop the bleeding, and he himself fell into a short coma.

Looking at Qiu Ze who was carried down, Ning Tieshan felt a surge of something in his heart, which made him feel his eyes a little red, he looked at the soldiers in front of him silently, and when the group carrying Qiu Ze approached, he took the initiative to give a solemn military salute, and the others also gave a military salute together.

There was no thanks, no cheers, but the scene in front of them was enough to make the officers and men of the Navy Division feel gratified, because this was the greatest glory and the greatest affirmation, and it was more exciting than any thanks.

"The general said that after arriving in Nanao, after a little trimming, he immediately crossed the sea and landed to support the battle of Xinhui!"

Qiu Ze's personal soldiers stood in front of several generals, a little uneasy, but the problem was that this sentence was told by Qiu Ze before he fell unconscious, so he had to carefully reply to several generals.

Ning Tieshan was still a little worried in his heart, for fear that Qiu Ze's coma would affect the matter of crossing the sea, but now seeing that he had taken this into account before he fell into a coma, he couldn't help but feel a little more steady, but Qiu Ze's senses were a little better, this person is really a good man, and he will definitely recommend him like the emperor in the future.

"In this case, then you wait to protect General Qiu to recuperate from his injuries, and in the future, the sailor will still have to be in charge of General Qiu, but this crossing of the sea cannot be delayed, let's set sail tomorrow to support the battle of Xinhui!"

..............

Xinhui City, it has been five days since the Qing army attacked, in these five days, 40,000 Qing troops launched a total of more than 20 attacks, it can be said that each time the corpses are all over the field, the blood is flowing like a river, and even the Eight Banners Army has begun to participate in the siege of the city, but even so, the Qing army in addition to losing the lives of seven or eight thousand people, but still has no way to take Xinhui.

The Second Janissary Brigade led by Guo Ding'an, although it has experienced repeated attacks and defenses, and the casualties have reached as many as 1,000, but it has been firmly holding on to the city wall without flinching, and their artillery and other materials have also lost more than half, and only a few doors are left to fire.

Of course, for Guo Ding'an, he still has too many hole cards that have not been played, and the rocket and grenadier battalions have not officially played, so he is far from the most difficult time.

It's just that when the battle came to this point, it was also a great test for the Qing army, they suffered extremely heavy casualties, but they had to fight, because they attacked Xinhui City here, and Huizhou Mansion and Shaozhou Mansion also began to face the attack of two divisions of the Fu Han Army, and the pressure was getting bigger and bigger.

Guangzhou General Guan Yuanzhong looked at the flag of the Fu Han Army fluttering on Xinhui City, his face showed a strong unwillingness, he understood that if this nail was not pulled out, they would be very dangerous, according to the intelligence information obtained earlier, Chu Wei's two divisions should have arrived in Huizhou and Shaozhou, and only 20,000 green battalions and thousands of remnants of the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor Manbao resisted them.

Guan Yuanzhong knew in his heart that with the current combat strength estimate, he could not expect that the 20,000 green battalions and thousands of remnants could block the attack of the 20,000 Fu Han army, and it was even difficult to delay the pace of the other party.

It's just that when he thought of this, Guan Yuanzhong couldn't stop being irritable, he wrote a letter to Man Bao, the content of which was naturally to hope that the other party would hold Huizhou well, and hinted that if something happened to him, he could make up and abscond out, and he would send someone to answer it, but he must leave the army behind to delay Chu Wei's attack.

The words in the letter were extremely sincere, but for Guan Yuanzhong at this time, he was not so sure about Manbao....... If the other party is unwilling to sacrifice, then what should be the next battle?

Xinhui is not far away from Huizhou Mansion, so Guan Yuanzhong's letter arrived in Manbao's hands early, but for Manbao at this time, how he felt awkward about this letter, and even thought about simply turning a blind eye.

In these days, Huang Guocai's words completely woke up Man Bao, he knew very well in his heart that he had lost so many battles one after another, and he had lost the entire Zhejiang and Fujian, and he had no way to explain to the court anyway, and the reason why Yongzheng had not dealt with him was completely for the sake of watching these thousands of remnants.

In the hearts of Yongzheng and the court bosses, the greatest hope for Man Bao is that he can take these thousands of remnants to die together and shine for the future of the Qing Dynasty.

Now that Man Bao received Guan Yuanzhong's letter, he was even more firm in his heart, he found Huang Guocai and threw Guan Yuanzhong's letter in front of him, and his face showed a little resentment.

"It's okay if he wants the old man to be his shield, but this old man actually let me abandon the army and leave at a time of crisis, and throw these thousands of brothers to Chu Yi! How can the old man endure it! ”

Huang Guocai read the letter carefully, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, the best time he was waiting for had come, so he hurriedly said indignantly: "Lord Duxian, he Guan Yuanzhong is ostensibly thinking about adults, but in fact he is not at ease at all, if the adults really do what he said, I am afraid that something unspeakable will happen in the future." ”

What is the unspeakable? Naturally, it means that he is full of security and finishes with thousands of people.

Man Bao picked up the tea on the table, but didn't take a sip, but slammed it on the ground, and sneered: "Why did he Guan Yuanzhong point fingers at the old man, the new club is now occupied by Chu Wei, and it is completely his own fault, and now tens of thousands of people are besieging a new club, but they have not been able to beat it, and they are even more incompetent, and now they hope that the old man will come to him as a substitute for the dead ghost, hum, dream!" ”

Huang Guocai was overjoyed, hurriedly added the last handful of firewood, and said in a low voice: "My lord, before I came, Xia Guan had heard that the Fujian Navy Division had been wiped out, and Wu Lin, the commander of the Navy Division, just listened to Guan Yuanzhong's words, and rashly sent troops carelessly, so that the whole army was wiped out, and more than 200 warships were gone......

Obviously, this is another quite explosive news, which made Man Bao even more angry in his heart after hearing it, "Dog minion! Guan Yuanzhong, this pig! Without the Fujian Sailors, what will we use to balance the Sailors of Chu Rebellion? Now that the sailor is gone, where should we go? ”

The importance of the Fujian Sailor is clearer than anyone else, and even the reason why the Fujian Sailor has been able to have such a great development is also due to his Manbao's contributions. But now the news of the annihilation of the Navy Division has made Man Bao's heart even more stimulated, and he can't wait to strangle Guan Yuanzhong in Xinhui.

"My lord, now that the sailor is gone, it will be our turn next, if we obey Guan Yuanzhong's orders again, I'm afraid we will all have to die in Huizhou!" It doesn't matter if the slave dies, but you, Lord Duxian, must not be damaged here, otherwise who should support the emperor in this Qing Dynasty? ”

Huang Guocai knelt on the ground and let out a sad voice, but it completely strengthened Man Bao's heart.

"Hmph, let's stop guarding Huizhou, go directly to the direction of Shaozhou, gather the Qing army in Shaozhou and continue to go southwest!"

A trace of coldness appeared on Man Bao's face, he had decided not to follow Guan Yuanzhong and the others anymore, trapped in the big pit of Liangguang, as long as he could get out, whether he went to Yunnan, Guizhou or Sichuan, there would be a turnaround in the future, but now in the Jedi of Liangguang, it is a complete death.

The Qing court has always stationed heavy troops in Guangdong, mainly divided into the Eight Banners under the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou General and the green battalion soldiers of the whole province, of which Guangzhou is garrisoned by the Guangzhou General, Zhaoqing is garrisoned by the Governor of Guangzhou, and Huizhou is garrisoned by the Guangzhou Governor, under the jurisdiction of Humen, Chaozhou, Nanao, Qiongzhou, Gaolian, Yingde and Jieshi Seven Towns, with a total of more than 30,000 troops.

Of course, in order to besiege Xinhui, the general of Guangzhou Guan Yuanzhong transferred some of the green battalion soldiers, so the Qing army in Huizhou at this time was actually divided into two parts, one was the remnants of the Fujian and Zhejiang Green Battalion of Manchurian, about 6,000 people, and the other part was the 10,000 Green Battalion under the jurisdiction of Li Hun, the governor of Guangdong.

Therefore, now if Manbao wants to run away, he has to scruple to go to Li Hun, the governor of Guangdong, although in terms of official position, Manbao is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he Li Hun is only a governor of Guangdong, and the two are far apart, but the problem is that now Manbao is just a guest living in Guangzhou, and it is impossible to have jurisdiction over Li Hun, so it is impossible to say that Li Hun is running away together, and he has to beware of the other party blocking him.

"Guangdong Admiral Li Hun's side, what do you think?"

Man Bao pondered for a while and decided to ask Huang Guocai for advice.

Huang Guocai already had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "Lord Duxian might as well bring Li Hun to the palace in the name of discussing the war, and set up a banquet to get drunk at that time, and we can leave Huizhou late at night in the name of garrisoning." ”

Of course, Huang Guocai still has a way that he didn't say, that is, to directly kill Li Hun and take over the green camp.

Man Bao also thought about this in his heart, but he still shook his head, killing officials is equivalent to rebellion, and now he has not reached that point, if he really tears his face completely, he will inevitably die in the future, so he just drunk the other party in the camp, and then sneaked away with people, and other people will not have any other ideas.

Man Bao made up his mind to directly send someone to invite Li Hun, the governor of Guangdong, to gather in the name of discussing the war, and on the other hand, let Huang Guocai reorganize the troops, pack up his bags, and be ready to retreat at any time.

Li Hun didn't think much about it after receiving Manbao's invitation, after all, the Fuhan army had indeed arrived in Huizhou and could launch an attack at any time, so it was still necessary to discuss with Manbao before the war.......

That night, the Qing army camp was brightly lit, and the Manchu Bao and the generals who fled from Zhejiang and Fujian together drank and feasted with Li Hun and the general soldiers who came with him, but whenever Li Hun wanted to talk about the matter of defense, he was interrupted by the Manbao and only cared about drinking and having fun, Li Hun thought that this was the reason for the bitterness of Manbao's heart, and he didn't think much about it, so he drank together.

A drinking banquet was drunk everyone, Li Hun was also carried into the big tent in a daze, he was really a little too drunk, so his whole body was soft and weak, but he felt that the outside had not been very peaceful, as if there were soldiers practicing outside, and the noise made him a little uneasy.

Li Hun rubbed his groggy head, he had the heart to go out and take a look, so he struggled to get up, but just after walking a few steps, the alcohol surged up, so that he fell directly to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

That night, Manbao joined the army with the Fujian and Zhejiang Green Battalion, quietly got up and left Huizhou Mansion and went to Shaozhou.......