The town on this side of the dock is considered to be scrapped, and the tens of thousands of tons of food and supplies on the dock are also scrapped, and the houses are in ruins.

Five wooden trestle bridges at the wharf were destroyed, only three of them were operational, and thousands of canoes ranging from only a few tons of canoes, fishing boats of more than ten tons, to tens of tons of offshore fishing boats, and hundreds of canoes belonging to the Huaxia Kingdom, Xinlu Province, and where did the three princes come from, from 180 tons to 600 tons, and even two 1,000-ton Dafu ships.

The enemy landed in three waves, the first wave landed with no more than 1,000 elite soldiers, they directly captured the dock, and then set fire to the dock to create chaos, crushing the defenders of no more than 100 people on the pier, in fact, some officials and officials of the city shipping department, and then engaged the militia of thousands of people who came to garrison the dock and routed them.

After that, the enemy who took control of the dock gave a signal, and the second wave was directly the landing of 8,000 regular troops, directly killing the militia of the nearby county town and the militia of the coastal garrison, as well as many village guards who had organized themselves spontaneously.

Of course, these people were defeated, they withdrew to the county seat, and then released small boats to ask for help, the third wave landed is the little prince, that is, the son of the second prince led 18,000 troops, which has 4,000 elites, 2,000 artillery, 2,000 sailors composed of the Qing army, and the remaining 9,000 troops are the cannon fodder troops composed of Japanese samurai and wandering samurai on Shikoku Island collected by the second prince.

After these troops arrived, the first wave of manpower controlled the wharf, the second wave of manpower had been led by their general Su Mufeng to attack the military camp stationed near the wharf, looting villages and towns everywhere, and the third wave of people would go directly to the county seat with part of the second wave of troops and attack the county seat.

The attack on the county reached 21,000 troops, including artillery, cavalry, musketeers, and a large number of cannon fodder troops. There are also some people of Xinlu Province who are forcibly recruited from the villages and towns near the wharf.

After the strong army arrived at the county seat, the 8,000 defenders of the county town already knew about the arrival of the enemy, began to close the city gates, prepared for defense, and evacuated many people into the city to take refuge.

When the little prince led his troops to capture the city gate, the soldiers and horses led by Feng Quan had already arrived, and at this time nearly 3,000 cannon fodder troops had been stacked at the city gate, and the siege vehicles and ladders made had also fallen a lot, as long as the little prince was given time, he would definitely be able to capture the city.

But Feng Quan came, the Chinese Army's sailors and marines and the personal guard regiment nearly 3,000 elites, on the second prince sent to intercept the troops collapsed, thousands of dead and wounded, the second prince just obtained the city gate, when the three thousand troops poured in, the intercepted soldiers and horses had already hit the city gate not far from three miles, the second prince saw that he was invincible, dropped his baggage, artillery, and retreated with elite soldiers while fighting, and retreated to the dock.

Feng Quan chased after him.

Su Mufeng, who was fighting with the garrisons of Xinlu Mansion in several military camps around him, immediately retreated to the dock to meet the little prince, and the two families still had 15,000 soldiers and horses in the future, and the county town discarded only a thousand elites and hundreds of cavalry, and the rest of the troops were cannon fodder troops, but everyone knew that the Japanese samurai was a crazy guy comparable to the Middle Easterners, making trouble everywhere, there was no organizational discipline, and the defenders were killed and wounded in the case of a large number of troops. Many people were taken aback by their madness, and about 2,000 soldiers and horses fled through the other gates.

This escape shook morale, and the battle at the head of the city killed and wounded 2,000 soldiers and horses, so the remaining 4,000 soldiers and horses could not stop the attack of more than 1,000 elites and hundreds of cavalry, and the city was in chaos.

The nearby military camp that had not been breached saw Feng Quan coming, and immediately counterattacked, and the enemy could only retreat to the town on the dock.

It is said that it is only a matter of time before the enemy is destroyed, but the enemy is still too lucky or well-planned, and actually let a detachment of them break through the blockade and come to Maotu to unload a lot of artillery, mules and horses, and baggage, so Feng Quan fought with the enemy here until Zhang Qiang arrived.

This attack of the enemy can be said to be very sudden, and it is also because the Shinro Prefecture was negligent in taking precautions, and the troops were attracted to the beaches near Kitakyushu Island, otherwise as long as there are 10,000 regular troops here, under the fire of artillery and platoon guns, the enemy will even have a problem to land, and will soon be suppressed, and then can only drift on the sea or engage in more fierce naval battles.

"How's the battle at sea?" At dawn, Zhang Qiang could already see the sea clearly.

Feng Quan smiled bitterly: "More than 30 of the 200 1,000-ton warships were lost, 70 were wounded, 100 800 to 600-ton warships were sunk or damaged, and more than 200 transport ships were sunk by the enemy's 180-ton warships.

The enemy lost even more, the fourth group landed more than 12,000 soldiers and horses, and a dozen thousand tons of ships to transport supplies, but unfortunately, our fleet intercepted them, fought fiercely all night, defeated the enemy, the fourth group of the enemy only came 4,000 men, and five ships, the rest were sunk, the enemy estimated losses at 60 1,000-ton ships, 100 600-ton ships, 150 180-ton ships. These are the ships that were sunk or the injured ships we saw, and we don't know if the other ships were damaged, but anyway, the number reported by the ships that reconnoitred near Kyushu Island is about the same. ”

"The losses are not small, and the enemy's determination to destroy us is not small, it seems that we can't develop slowly, we have to beat the enemy hard." Zhang Qiang said with a sigh.

His personal guard regiment lost 200 elites, the marines of the sailor division also lost 600 soldiers and horses of 2,000 soldiers and horses after several fierce battles, and 400 were wounded, the sailors of the sailor lost more than 300 men and 600 wounded, the 12 thousand-ton warships of the fleet stationed there sank three and wounded three, and the attached 36 300-ton warships also lost seven and eighteen were wounded, and the sailors suffered thousands of casualties, the camp was destroyed, and the dock was also destroyed.

Feng Quan clenched his fists and said, "We have to fight back and show the enemy, since the second prince wants us to perish so much, then we will fight him." ”

Zhang Qiang smiled: "You are in charge here, I don't care, I will watch here and sit here for you for a few days." ”

Feng Quan said: "Your Majesty, it's not safe here, why don't you let the old decay send a sailor to escort you back to the center first?" ”

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "No need, you are busy with yours, you need to clean up the mess here, I can't help you so I won't delay you, you can do it yourself." You don't have to worry about my safety, the officers and men of the First Fleet stationed in the Navy, as well as the ships of the Navy, and the ships of the Navy, which I brought with me, are enough to protect me from being captured by the enemy, and I will see how you deal with the enemy. ”

(End of chapter)