On the day, the Hunan army led the way out of the camp, what he saw in front of him was not the familiar Xiangyong, the yellow and green patches of his clothes and pants, tight sleeves, lapels, the word 'Yong' with a big fist on his left chest, breeches, leggings, canvas boots, all color muskets, the left side of the gun stab, the belt on the bullet box, the back waist also hung two children's fist-sized iron bumps, and a small shovel was inserted on one side of the bulging backpack, this is the dress of the foreign army, there are girls in the camp, it is really a foreigner, is this still a training army?

Sure enough, all the men and horses did not exceed 1,300, and I asked the soldiers with the battalion, and when they came, it was 3,500 people, and they lost more than 2,000 in two days, but the soldiers had no fear, nor were they tired, they were all open, and the camp was orderly, and this spiritual outlook was not like the imperial army, and it was such a training army to defeat the long-haired 10,000 people with 3,000 people?

The sentinel from the east came to report, along the river embankment came one hundred and ten long-haired soldiers, like no one, there were talking and laughing, the team dragged and dragged for more than a mile, basically shook their hands, did not bring weapons, a strange-looking boat on the river, accompanied by dozens of long-haired soldiers, along the river beach struggling to pull the rope, dragging this strange boat, a peaceful scene.

"Is it the long hair in the direction of Chizhou?"

"No, it's the third day, won't it?"

"Jiang Xinzhou!" Tang Zongbing, Zhang Zongbing and Han Tianfu spoke in unison.

Jiangxinzhou is located in Jiangxin Island between Anqing and Chizhou, the water surface is open, there are dozens of miles of land, except for fishermen, no one goes up at all, in the flood season, the whole island is basically submerged in the water, the reeds are thick, there is a Taiping Army water village on the island, about two or three hundred people, is training. If they don't get the news, it's entirely possible, because it's a closed island, and no one goes there for three or two days, normal!

"Capture the ship!" Tang Zongbing looked at Han Tianfu.

The boat snatching operation, no thrill and no danger, a few 'old brothers' wrapped in red turbans, greeting and drinking broth, the boat is tied to the dock, the personnel go ashore, their own camp, rest assured, a few knife-wielding Sima who came along the river embankment were focused on 'guarding', and under an order, the long hair with the knife was all restrained, and the long hair with empty hands was circled together.

This batch of long hairs did come from Jiangxin Island Water Village, and they received an order to hand over a crab boat that had just been captured to the Hukou Sailor. This way, going upstream, when the wind is down, open the sail, when the time is not smooth, take turns to pull the fiber, anyway, it is a chore, not slow, arrive on time.

"When will the ship be delivered?"

"Fifteen days ago."

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This crab boat, slowly going against the trend, Han Tianfu is training these freshly selected sailor members.

The so-called 'crab boat', also called 'fast crab', as early as the Ming Dynasty, is extended from the 'centipede boat' boat, multi-pulp is the same as 'crab legs', many people struggle to paddle, can be instantly accelerated, although it can not last, but the reaction is fast, of course the speed is much faster, called 'fast crab'.

This fast crab has 20 slurry positions on one side, two people on each side, 40 pulp positions on both sides, a total of 80 manpower operations, divided into two shifts of paddle paddling, all 160 people, not loose, not crowded, is a larger fast crab boat.

Zhang Zongbing decided to train while traveling on the boat, and go to the direction of Hukou to join in the fun, by the way, he will meet this handsome man who only sees his orders and does not see his people, but he can't do it, let him drift back to Qingbei Wharf, not desperately, at this time Tang Zongbing is guarding his home in the camp.

Anqing to Hukou 400 miles of road, against the water, against the wind, fast also take two days, if Hukou to Anqing, let the water drift, do not take a day to arrive.

On the same day, we traveled to Wangxian County.

Wangxian has always been the jurisdiction of Anqing Prefecture, and it was also occupied by Longhair, and a longhaired boat came up.

"No traffic, dock!"

"It's a warship!"

"The Wing King locks the river order, and the military and civilians are not allowed to pass."

"The Wing King has arrived in Wangxian County?"

"What's the?"

The dock was already full of boats, so I had to help with another boat.

"Stay away!" A big man stood on that ship, intentionally or unintentionally, showing his waist card, showing his waist knife, a standard knife, the kind of knife used only by the brigade commander and above, implying that his status was noble.

"Big brother, it's convenient."

"Are you on the water or into the water?"

"Get on the water!"

"Let's go after the water stops!"

"Lord Commander!" Han Tianfu said quietly: "There is something wrong with this ship!" ”

"What's the problem?"

"First, this is a heavenly official, and he would rather dock the ship and dock than disclose his identity. Second, the cargo ship launched in the water is not deep, it is not loaded, or is the cargo expensive? Third, if you are afraid that people will approach, you will have hidden secrets. I've seen it weird, most of them are official and private, and the Taiping Army is not out of the ordinary. "Han Tianfu is worthy of being a sea bandit, this is probably called professional sensitivity.

Put a small paddle ashore to figure it out, Yiwang left Wangxian in the morning, there is about to be a war here, before the war is blocked, this is the custom, one is afraid that the enemy will come in and disrupt the arrangement, the other is to block the news, not only the ship, the city gate, the crossing are closed, before the war.

In the middle of the night, the news came that Yiwang and Hubei Green Camp fought between Wangxian and Chikou in the afternoon, the scale was so large, how far the cannon could be heard, according to the city guard, only to see the Taiping army move forward, not to retreat, which proved that the victory was won, and the Qing army retreated.

In the second half of the night, Han Tianfu and Xiao Changmao were wet and drenched, and the gods chattered over.

"The secret of the ship has come out."

"What's the truth?"

"There were more than fifty boxes of gold and silver on board."

"Who's?"

"It is all the treasury gold and treasury silver of the imperial court, there are Hubei Province, Wuchang Mansion, Jiujiang Mansion, the official seal of many state capitals, as well as the seal of the governor's yamen, and many places, the last seal is, the seal of the East Wangfu, like the Taiping army looted the treasury silver of the Hubei state capitals, and transferred to Jinling because of the war."

"Got it?"

"Hey! I cleaned it up, and it was all the waist card of the East Palace. ”

"Stay safe!"

"Don't worry!"

Take advantage of the darkness to untie the cargo ship, release it, dig holes to let it sink by itself, and clean up the head and tail.

This time I made a fortune, more than 50 boxes of gold and silver, how can I get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, this expedition to the west finally didn't lose money, right?

It is said that the war has advanced westward, and it is fierce, and the wind sweeps away the leaves in the blink of an eye. The Taiping army defeated the Hubei Green Camp Army and retreated for hundreds of miles, and Zeng Dashuai's plan to attack the two lakes has been broken.

But the momentum of the Hunan army has not decreased, the naval division is still majestic, hundreds of large and small warships, sweeping along the river, looking at the river above the county, rarely see the figure of the Taiping army sailors, long hair trapped on both sides of the nine lakes, the ships are hidden in the inner lake, do not sail out of the Yangtze River to engage in battle.

Its potential is "to clear the river and smash Jinling", which is not false!

The winged king did not stop, led the people to cross the river to the mouth of the lake, came to command, guarded the county seat, fortified the wall, and strictly guarded the blockage.

Zhang Zongbing's fast crab, not far up the word 'brave' banner, to avoid being misunderstood by the Hunan army sailors, at noon, the Hunan Yong sailors sent a herald to the boat approach.

"The army is training in western Zhejiang, receiving the order of Marshal Zeng, and there are important matters to present."

"The big handsome boat is on the water, and there are some trips." After checking the seal, the school pointed his finger upward.

In the evening, passing by the water surface of the lake, from a distance, the connection between the narrow Panyang Lake and the Yangtze River, the battle clouds are dense, and the large and small Hunan warships are eyeing each other.

The Taiping army sent arson boats to patrol and constantly set off rocket fire blankets to plunder the Hunan army's sailors.

Another order was given to the boat, and it came up again.

"The marshal reprimanded, you don't practice water warfare, abandon the land and boat, ridiculous! The war is imminent, there is no leisure to judge the importance of the matter, and after the war, I know myself. ”

Zhang Zongbing originally wanted to meet Zeng Dashuai, inform the truth of the battle of Qingbei, exchange information, Hubei Green Battalion retreated for 100 miles, Yiwang had come to Hukou in person, the Taiping army was no less than 50,000, and the training army in western Zhejiang was attacked by thousands of people, like moths to the fire, the original plan had to be adjusted accordingly, not hasty, who knew that Zeng Dashuai did not see it at all, and also gave an order, inexplicable.

That night, the Hunan army rushed into Poyang Lake with more than 100 light fast boats, and Changmao immediately blocked the water jam at the mouth of the lake, cutting off its retreat, and a big war broke out.

At this time, it was the fifteenth day and night of the moonlight.

Changmao attacked the big ships of the Hunan army docked on the river with small boats, and the rockets and spray canisters on both sides of the strait fired a salvo, and the Hunan army could not avoid it, and dozens of boats were ignited.

In the middle of the night, the rear road of the Hunan army that broke into the inner lake was blocked, and the long-haired soldiers were still flanking on both sides, and the Hunan army's naval division was finally defeated, more than 100 ships were burned, and the baggage was lost, and the army was no longer formed.

The winged king Shi Dakai took advantage of the surprise and sent five or six centipede boats upstream, and there were many light boats that set fire to the boat to take Zeng Dashuai's boat.

The ship was anchored in the upstream waters, originally safe, because of the urgency of the war, the main warships were mobilized to receive the enemy, there were only two herald boats around the ship, I did not expect to be broken through by the light boat, caught off guard, although there were soldiers on the ship, but could not stop the attack of the arson boat, the ship caught fire, and exclaimed again and again.

Zhang Zongbing's fast crab did not go far, the battle together, the water surface was chaotic, simply anchored, observed the battle situation, in the second half of the night, saw that the Hunan army was unable to return to the sky, sighed, was preparing to sail into the main channel, down by the torrent, suddenly saw the direction of the water, the fire rose again, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

"Not good! The ship was attacked. Mr. Zhang pointed to the firelight: "Rush at full speed!" Others, muskets ready. ”

The fast crab is flexible, instantly speeding up, and by the reflection of the firelight, I faintly see the small centipede boat, this centipede boat, no canopy, slender, light, but when attacked, there is nowhere to hide.

"Bang bang bang!" Eighty breech-loading guns were fired at the boat, and the night was dark, indiscriminately fired, and around the boat, a splash was made, and the boat capsized.

"Bang bang bang!" The gunfire continued, and the surrounding long-haired boats were panicked, and the offensive was sharply reduced.

On the handsome boat, Xiang Yong fought against the long hair of the jumping gang, and gradually lost his support, and suddenly a crab boat suddenly appeared, followed by a loud gunshot, this is not the ship of the Hunan Army's sailors? The bandits have another ambush?

"My life is at stake!" Zeng Dashuai was terrified, hurriedly out of the cabin, slipped under his feet, accidentally fell into the river, and his entourage hurriedly jumped into the water to save people, and when he climbed into a small boat, he was already embarrassed.

"Who?"

"Go back to my lord, practice the army in western Zhejiang!"

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