Since Qin Lishan announced the uprising, people often came to Qin Lishan in civilian clothes, and Gong Ren knew at a glance that these people were from the army.

Gong Ren had doubts, so he asked Qin Lishan: "What are these people coming to you for?" Qin Lishan said with a straight face: "Inquire about what you should inquire, and don't inquire about what you shouldn't?" Gong Ren said solemnly: "The big war is imminent, and it is related to the life and death of our army, so I can't help but ask clearly." Qin Lishan said nonchalantly: "They are the people of the water division along the river. ”

Gong Ren's heart suddenly brightened, and he said: "Could it be that you have also done your work for the Qing soldiers of the water division along the river." Qin Lishan snorted: "No gold and steel drills, no porcelain work, you should understand now!" Gong Ren nodded again and again and said: "I understand, I understand, what is Datong, Datong, one dozen." Qin Lishan ridiculed Gong Ren and said: "You always explain, understand, understand something, even I don't understand." ”

Zhang Da, a staff general of the Qing Army's naval division, heard that the naval division was unstable and was afraid, so in order to boost morale, he personally led four gunboats to patrol along the river. When he arrived at a barracks not far from Datong, he saw through the binoculars that not only did the barracks not come to greet him, but the cannons were all pointed at the gunboats, and the soldiers of the barracks entered the trenches, looking ready for battle.

Zhang Da felt that something was wrong, so he ordered the gunboat to prepare for the shelling, let the gunboat slowly approach the barracks, and let the soldiers on the boat shout if he said a word himself. The boat shouted: "Officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, don't listen to the instigation of the Self-Reliance Army, it will be no good to follow them to make trouble." The Great Qing Dynasty will kill all those who commit treason and defect to the enemy. The people on the shore also shouted to the gunboat: "Officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, now that the national crisis is at the head, the traitors are in power, and our Guangxu Emperor is being held hostage by a group of traitors, why don't we follow the self-reliance army and go to King Qinwang in Beijing." Don't listen to the instigation of the traitorous ministers, and follow us-" The gunboat shouted again: "You are still not the army of the Great Qing Kingdom, and you still have no royal law." The people on the shore shouted: "Are you still not the army of the Great Qing Kingdom, do you still listen to the words of the emperor, the emperor has secretly ordered the self-established army to go north to the king of Qin, why do you still listen to the words of the traitorous ministers." ”

There was a war of words on the boat, of course, the loud shouting on the shore and the quiet shouting on the boat. Although there were few people on the boat, there were many people who were obedient and obedient, and when they heard the shouts from the shore, the people on the boat began to chatter. At this time, a big man on the shore stood up and shouted to the people on the gunboat: "I am Qin Lishan, who is in charge of the people on the boat, come out to speak?" Zhang Da didn't dare to talk to Qin Lishan, so he gave an order to the gunboat: "Hurry up and fire at Qin Lishan." ”

The captains of several gunboats were afraid of causing a rebellion, so they did not carry out Zhang Da's orders. There were also some wealthy voters on the boat, so they agitated everywhere and said, "Follow Qin Lishan!" King Qin in the north, King Qin in the north. Some people who were dissatisfied with the Qing government also took the opportunity to make a fuss, and more and more people advocated following the Self-Reliance Army.

Some people waved to the people on the shore: "We will participate too, we will participate too." Zhang Da was so angry that he said to several captains: "Whoever says that he will join the Self-Reliance Army will kill him." The captains not only did not listen to Zhang Da's words, but instead asked the soldiers to force Zhang Da with guns, telling him not to talk and move. Zhang Da was angry and grieved, he couldn't fight again, he couldn't explain when he went back, he had no way to live after thinking about it, a soldier was scared, Zhang Da's legs and feet fell into the water as soon as he was weak, he didn't come up in one breath, and choked to death.

The boat on the shore cheered loudly, the two teams would be together, Qin Lishan had such a steel and sailor division, and his combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.

Striking while the iron was hot, Qin Lishan led the army to attack the Datong Supervision and Sales Bureau. There was a battalion of Qing troops guarding the Supervision and Sales Bureau, which refused to surrender, and Qin Lishan ordered an artillery bombardment. The cannons on the gunboats bombarded the cannons on the shore together, and for a moment the fire flashed, the cannons rumbled, and the bricks and rubble and the stumps and flesh of the Qing army flew into the sky together. The Qing army was so frightened that Qian Shoufu, director of the Supervision and Sales Bureau, no longer dared to command the resistance, and hurriedly fled for his life. The Qing army was leaderless, and either fled or surrendered.

The Independence Army then captured the Chase Bureau, freed seven Independence Army members who had been captured by the Qing army, and seized a lot of silver and silver dollars. Fu Huanzhang, the head of the Anhui Elders' Association, also led the brothers of the Elders' Association to take the opportunity to take the opportunity to attack the Qing army of Datong, and Sun Daoyi, the guard of the Anhui Fu Bureau, also led the Qing army to participate in the uprising.

After Wang Zhichun learned the news, he was even more surprised and frightened, and sent Qiu Xianrong, the defense camp management band of the provincial capital, and Li Benqin, the Wuhu defense camp management band, together with the original Wuwei Chu army and the Anding army, from the north, south and waterway, to kill Datong.

The situation suddenly became tense. Qin Lishan, Wang Longtou, and Gongren urgently studied the enemy's situation. Qin Lishan pointed to the map and said: "Now Qiu Xianrong and Li Benqin's two dry roads plus the Wuwei Chu Army and the Anding Army are not terrible, the Qing army fleet that worries me the most along the river, if the enemy fleet blocks the Yangtze River, and the land enemy attacks our Datong again, our army is in danger." I have only four ships on the water, and the disparity in strength is too great compared to the enemy's fleet. But if we don't destroy or inflict heavy damage on the enemy's fleet, we will be more and more passive in the future. ”

Wang Longtou shouted: "Don't grow the enemy's prestige first, destroy the morale of our army, my division along the river has a lot of artillery, first bombard the enemy's fleet, we will be much easier to fight." Qin Lishan shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, where to shell, can we concentrate superior artillery fire, can the enemy's fleet enter the range of our artillery fire, if these fleets concentrate artillery fire to break through our positions, we will be miserable." ”

Qin Lishan looked into Gong Ren's eyes, waiting for Gong Ren's opinion.

Gong Ren thought for a while and said: "What Wang Longtou said is not unreasonable, although this water battle is different from land warfare, but there are many places that are the same as land warfare, the enemy's fleet can only go down the river, which is equivalent to a road on a dry road, you can only walk on the road, but you can't get off the road, and our artillery team can be ambushed in any place. Our 4 ships could not fight the enemy fleet at all, and only with the support of the artillery on the shore could we crush the enemy's fleet. Having crushed the enemy's fleet, although we have temporarily taken the initiative, the situation is still dangerous, and if the enemy attacks from both sides, we will be exposed to the enemy on our backs. The most worrying thing is that the terrain of Chase is not too good, and it is a dead land. ”

Qin Lishan asked, "How is it a dead place?" ”

Gong Ren said: "Although the terrain of the Datong Salt Bureau is dangerous, but the entire Datong, west and north are the Yangtze River, if the Qing army attacks from the east and south, we will become a backwater, no matter how strong the fortress, there will be times when it will be overcome." I don't think it's better to transfer the main forces out and fight a sports war with the enemy. ”

Qin Lishan resolutely objected and said: "The Datong Salt Bureau is the main position, don't argue about this, this is what Wu Luzhen and I have agreed." Gong Ren pondered for a while and said: "See if you can do this, in addition to setting up the main position in the Datong Salt Bureau, transfer a small number of troops, or have a maneuver, attack the enemy from the outside at any time, and if our side is in danger, it is also good to deal with it." Qin Lishan thought for a while and said, "This opinion you said does not affect the overall situation, okay, I agree." Who do you think should be sent? Gong Ren said: "Just send Wang Dayan and let him lead more than 300 veterans of the triad." Qin Lishan nodded and said, "Agreed, can you talk about how to fight the water war?" ”

Gong Ren looked at the map and said, "From here to the west, there is a river area called Wuming, where the terrain is complicated, the reeds are thick, and you will ambush all the cannons there." I will lead our fleet to draw the enemy's fleet to it, and you will all open fire and destroy his fleet. Qin Lishan said loudly, "Okay," and said with a frown, "But what makes people wonder is that the fleet of the Qing army listens to us so much?" Gong Ren said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way when the time comes." Qin Lishan said happily: "Okay, let's make up our minds, as long as you lead the Qing army's fleet there, it will be the first achievement." ”

When Wang Dayan was leaving, Gongren handed him a bag and said to Wang Dayan: "If the situation here is critical, you can open the bag again, and the bag will be free to deal with the current crisis." Wang Dayan smiled at Gong Ren and said: "You kid is not Zhuge Liang, and you still use your tips to command the war, have you come up with any ghost ideas, I don't think the situation here is very good, there is no need to be so careful." ”

Gongren patted Wang Dayan's shoulder and said, "Am I also prepared!" If the situation is good, you hit yours, we fight ours, and in case the situation is critical here, you can open it and watch it again. Do you know how far your troops should be from us? Wang Dayan stared at his big eyes and said, "How far do I care, how hard to fight, how to fight smoothly?" Gong Ren said: "No, don't forget, your task is to deal with our Datong troops, not too far away from us, not too close." ”

Wang Dayan asked, "How far is it?" Gong Ren thought for a while and said, "If it's too close, it's easy to be dumpled by the enemy, and if it's too far, it's difficult to deal with us, so I think it's just 30 to 50 miles away from us." Wang Dayan smiled and gave Gongren a punch and said, "Where are there so many sayings, you are too careful in fighting." ”

Gong Ren summoned the four captains of the ships for a meeting and explained the battle plan in detail, and the four captains also fully expressed their opinions. Then the four ships replenished their supplies, and at a bend in the Yangtze River, the small hull was quietly hidden in a reed bush with complex terrain, and a dirt hill in front of it blocked the view of the enemy fleet.

It didn't take long for the Qing fleet to form a long snake formation and slowly sail in the direction of Datong, slowly driving within the range of the ship's artillery. At the sound of Gongren's order, the four ships opened up at full speed, lined up in battle formation, and charged the enemy's first ship and opened fire. For a while, the cannon roared and the fire flashed, and the water column on the river rose to the sky, and the formation of the enemy's fleet immediately changed, and the ships behind caught up, formed a shock formation, and fiercely shelled the four ships of Gongten. The enemy's ships were extremely fierce, and only the four ships were in danger, surrounded by a column of water that soared into the sky.

Gong Ren commanded the ships to retreat quickly, and the enemy's fleet was in hot pursuit, and the two fleets that retreated and pursued soon reached the vicinity of Nameless. Seeing that the terrain in front of the enemy was complicated and the speed had slowed down, Gong Ren immediately ordered the fleet to quickly turn the bow of the ship and carry out a shock artillery attack on the enemy's fleet. The enemy's fleet was in a hurry, and took on an offensive posture again, attacking fiercely at the tenacious fleet.

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