Hearing the name Liu Chang, Qu Zhibin's eyes couldn't help but feel a little bitter, but the city was very good, and welcomed Lu Ziyun's speech with warm applause, and Lu Ziyan was also high-spirited, he even took off the script and directly recited Liu Chang's congratulatory telegram: "My dear Niudao Regiment, Qianbin Detachment and other officers and soldiers who participated in the battle of Chuzhou, I am glad to hear that you have defeated the thirteen offensives of the Qing Demon with difficult and outstanding efforts, annihilated 7,000 enemies, captured a lot, very gratifying, the overall situation in the southeast, so far it has been decided, I hope that you will return to the journey and pass on the good news, The military affairs of Fujian and Jiangxi depend on the monarchs! Zhejiang Hongjun Inspection Point Liu Chang ......"

Everyone expressed their satisfaction with such a commendation with loud applause, and Shi Yunqing had already rolled his eyes, and asked directly towards Lu Ziyun: "Commander Lu, what does it mean to check and say that the military affairs of Fujian and Jiangxi rely on the monarchs?" ”

The loud applause stopped all of a sudden, and everyone looked at Lu Ziyun with eyes that became hot because of concern, and Lu Ziyun also opened the skylight and said brightly: "There is no other meaning, that is, everyone can be promoted and make a fortune, do you want to expand the team?" ”

"Yes!"

Lu Ziyun immediately slapped the table and shouted: "That's the truth, Shi Yunqing, are you willing to go south to Fujian?" ”

"Yes!" Shi Yunqing was also unambiguous: "Follow the inspection, isn't this just for this!" ”

Shi Yunqing said it too bluntly, and Lu Ziyun was a little worried, but he quickly ruled out his personal emotions and announced a clear appointment to everyone: "From now on, Shi Yunqing will serve as the leader of the Iron Wing Detachment of the Fujian Detachment, responsible for the battle on the left flank of the Fujian Detachment!" ”

Shi Yunqing couldn't wait to ask: "How is the left-wing detachment organized?" We can't have one infantry battalion to fight the entire left flank, right? ”

"Give you the establishment of two battalions!" Lu Ziyun already has a plan: "You one, Lin Song one!" ”

Then he glanced at Qu Zhibin again, Qu Zhibin was a little inexplicably excited all of a sudden, and he immediately came out: "Our Qu Zhibin detachment can be beaten at any time!" ”

"Good! The right wing is up to you! Lu Ziyun hammered the table with his hand, and his emotions became excited: "I am in charge of the middle road, let's go in three ways, go to Fujian to stir up a world-upside down, it is autumn, the autumn grain is enough for us to enter northern Fujian, this territory is ours!" ”

Shi Yunqing became ecstatic about his progress, and he couldn't help but say: "That's right, this is ours, and our southern expedition this time is to carve out a piece of territory for ourselves, grab money, grab food, and grab women!" ”

Lu Ziyun frowned slightly.

Minjiang River Estuary.

The surging Min River finally returns to the sea here, the waves and the waves crash against the mouth of the river, and the countdown tide whistles from time to time.

The accustomed sea breeze gently blew through the forts at the mouth of the river, but these forts responded to the sea breeze and the chill with their strict muzzles.

It turned out that the Minjiang River, where merchant ships were seen from time to time, has now only left a bunch of warships blocking the river estuary, most of them are Fu ships, there are also Dagu boats, sand boats, millet boats, rice boats, and there are Hongjun sailors as the main force of the red single boat, the original old hull has been repainted with a layer of paint, but it can't hide the taste of decay.

Jiang Tao pushed these warships that were some years old, and here were concentrated the warships of the small half of the Fujian Green Camp Naval Division, and the officers and soldiers and craftsmen on the ships were busy repairing the problems that might arise during the voyage, some of these warships were too old, and some of the warships had water seepage problems before they even went to sea.

These more than 50 warships constitute the most powerful maritime defense line to defend Fuzhou, and behind them, there are more green battalion sailors and Min Yong in the construction of the landing defense line, although they are all wearing uniforms, but the difference between soldiers and brave can be seen at a glance, those soldiers who are a little more heroic are obviously Min Yong. …,

They had all kinds of weapons in their hands, from bird guns, carrying guns, mountain splitting guns, general guns, camp guns to general guns, and some of the leaders of the green battalion still had newly issued foreign guns in their hands, but what everyone heard in their ears was the voice behind them.

It was the families of the Green Battalion and Min Yong who went to the front line to look for their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons, they were afraid that their relatives would be lost, and they were willing to leave only after seeing them with their own eyes.

This makes the autumn breath heavier, everyone sees the occasional falling leaves, and then thinks of the desolation of this autumn wind and autumn rain, and the bottom of my heart is bottomless.

The blockade of this Fuzhou Mansion has already used 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, can it block the invasion of the red thieves on the water? The officials did everything possible to appease them, saying that even if there were such a brave red thief in the fort, they would not dare to attack the shore even if they had a hundred courages, so everyone should make extra money and get a few more days of double pay!

It's just that the soldiers below don't dare to think so, they are all rumored that the Red Thief Sailor is extremely brave, the warship is like a mountain and the sea, and there is no end in sight, the famous Bu Xingyou, the sea strongman who has suffered a big setback several times, this time it is also in their hands, and more than 30 big ships have been lost.

Buxing has this name in Fujian can be said to be like thunder, that is a rush even the British ship dare to rob the fierce people, everyone suddenly a little timid, the result is pointed out that the official's words are just to appease people's hearts, when the British Yi came to attack, the deployment in Xiamen far exceeded today, but the British Yi seized Xiamen, no effort at all.

The Opium War is only a dozen years away from now, everyone can be said to remember the war of that year is still fresh, and clearly remember the bravery of the Yingyi, some people retreated when they boarded, and some people were bold enough to say that the red thieves were not as good as the Yingyi, and the warships of the Yingyi were all living batteries on the sea, and there were hundreds of large and small artillery.

However, such words have attracted more rumors, and many people are rumoring that the Red Thief's warship has defeated Yingyi, which is a monster that eats black coal and spits out black smoke, as long as the two big wheels in front can turn the water, and there are no sails to travel thousands of miles a day.

Fuzhou is already a place of civilization, the Western steamer has been here once or twice, everyone quickly understood, this is the foreigner's steamer, but in this way, the soldiers are a little more timid, the red thief even drove the steamer, this Minjiang estuary can still be defended?

"That's the mouth of the Min River!"

Standing on the deck of the Baoshun wheel, Zhang Sigui looked at the mouth of the Minjiang River with a telescope, Ye Bingning, she was the A Ning in Ye Niangzi's mouth, and said beside him: "If we break through here, we can directly take the Fujian provincial capital!" ”

"It's not easy!" Zhang Sigui saw many forts and warships, although the quality of the Qing army here was not very good, but the combination of so many warships and warships really made him retreat.

Ye Bingning didn't answer Zhang Sigui's question, even Ye Niangzi had to obey Zhang Sigui's command on this ship, not to mention that she was just a member of the Ye family, Zhang Sigui asked her: "Miss Ning, what do you think?" ”

He knew that this little girl with big breasts, waist and thin legs was not simple, she was already a person beside Ye Niangzi, and it was said that Ye Niangzi was also ready to let her serve Liu Checkpoint, such a little lady could offend less.

However, Ye Bingning did not have the courage of Ye Niangzi, she grabbed the wooden railing tightly with both hands, stared at the Minjiang River estuary in the distance, and said softly: "This time Ye Niangniang asked me to come over with only my ears, and everything is led by Zhang Tong, but I think I can let the Ziwei Star go up and give it a try!" ”…,

The Baoshun ship is the number one capital ship of the entire Rainbow Army, and there must be no mistakes, and the red single ship of the Ziwei Star used to be the number one capital ship, but now it is much inferior, but in the fleet, it is still the top warship, and it has recently been equipped with a batch of Western light artillery.

"You can try!" Zhang Sigui felt that this suggestion was very reasonable: "Order, let Ziwei Star approach the mouth of the Min River at high tide, and be ready to fight at any time!" ”

He glanced at the Red Single, which used to be called the Movable Battery, and now he was still the largest tonnage ship in the entire Rainbow Army, and even the second steam paddle steamer in service could not be compared with it in terms of tonnage, the north wind blew the sails on the ship fiercely, and the sailors on board had already begun to pull up the sails and slowly adjust the direction.

The Ziwei Star is all Ye Niangzi's old team plus a group of veterans of the Hong Army, their movements are skillful and powerful, but they have slowly begun to drive towards the mouth of the Minjiang River, but in Zhang Sigui's eyes, such movements are too slow.

But he couldn't blame it, the fact was not that the Ziwei Star was too slow, but that after the Baoshun had a steam engine and a paddle wheel, it became easy to turn, and it could easily sail into the coastal areas that were inaccessible to those large ships.

The action of the Ziwei Star quickly attracted the attention of the defenders, and after a while, the defenders had already poured all their firepower towards the Ziwei Star that was driving with difficulty, and the general cannon, the camp cannon, the mountain splitting cannon, and even the bird gun and the carrying gun all bombarded the Ziwei Star, setting off countless arcs and splashes on the sea, which was worth seeing.

But obviously, the Ziwei Star is still far away from the range of these artillery, and most of the artillery pieces are even two or three miles away from the Ziwei Star, and now Zhang Sigui also finds that he seems to be overestimating the enemy forces in front of him: "Order, left full rudder, rendezvous with Ziwei Star, we will start shelling!" ”

The guns were getting denser and denser, and the sea was splashed more and more by the falling shells, and the Asterisk Crape Myrtle tried to respond to one or two shells, but it was clear that the Cullen was not suitable for such an occasion, and his lightweight design was based on sacrificing range.

It's just that now the Baoshun wheel has sailed towards the mouth of the Min River with thick smoke and roaring, and behind him is the entire fleet of the Hong Army, and the reaction of the Qing army in the next moment makes Zhang Sigui a little unable to react.

More than 50 red single boats, lucky boats, sand boats, rice boats, and millet boats rushed out and galloped towards Haikou, preparing to start a decisive battle at sea with the Hong Army!