Luck was actually on the side of Wu Chaoyue and Wu Jun for a time, because He Miao, the commander of the Taiping Army in Duchang, was misled by Wu Jun's surrender letter, and mistakenly thought that the Wu Army's fleet suddenly went south to Duchang, so when he sent someone to contact the Raozhou Taiping Army, not only did he not warn the Raozhou Taiping Army, but also did not even stipulate the time limit for when the news would be sent to Raozhou, resulting in the contact clipper responsible for delivering the letter did not rush desperately, and it was not fast to travel under the same wind and water, and it was only half of the first shift to reach the mouth of the Pojiang River. Liaison with the Raozhou Taiping Army, who were guarding the Pojiangkou Fort.

If Wu Chaoyue and Wu's army had had been more lucky, and the Taiping army at the Pojiangkou Fort had not paid enough attention to Duchang's request for help, and had delayed the letter sent by Duchang until the early morning of the next day before sending it to Raozhou, then the Wu army's troop transport fleet would probably have landed at Leting Xiaogang directly north of the Pojiang Estuary without realizing it. However, it is a pity that since ancient times, there has been evil retribution, Shi Zhenfa, who guarded the Pojiangkou Fort, was a conscientious character, and he also knew that his cousin Shi Zhenji had led his troops to Jingdezhen to find Ji Rongxian's rebels to settle accounts, and he was extremely vigilant after knowing the news that the Wu army fleet suddenly went south, not only immediately strengthened the fort vigilance, but also sent a clipper back to Raozhou as soon as possible to report the emergency, and issued a warning to Shi Zhenchang, Shi Dade, Hu Dingwen and others, and directly expressed concern that the Wu army fleet might come towards Raozhou.

More than an hour later, Shi Zhen's emergency news was sent to Raozhou, and in front of Shi Zhenchang, who was also conscientious for the first time, Shi Zhen often did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly invited Shi Dade and Hu Dingwen, who had fallen asleep, to inform them of this important news. As a result, because Shi Zhenji had already taken away most of the main soldiers, Shi Dade and Hu Dingwen were also very vigilant about this situation, and they all suspected that Wu Jun's move was unusual with their sixth sense, and the real target was not necessarily Duchang City, but probably Raozhou Fucheng, where the Taiping Army's naval fleet was stationed.

Then, after a rough calculation of the voyage, it was found that the Wu army fleet might arrive at the mouth of the Pojiang River tonight, in order to prevent any emergency, in addition to immediately strengthening the combat readiness of the Raozhou Taiping Army, the Taiping Army sailors who had landed and rested were all driven back to the ship by Hu Dingwen, and the last steam gunboat Rongguang was ignited in advance of the boiler, and it was better to waste some coal than to be ready to attack at any time. As a result, after the Taiping Army's naval division hurriedly prepared for battle, Shi Zhen's second urgent message was also sent to Raozhou's capital - the Wu army's fleet really did not land in Duchang, and directly approached the water defense area of the Raozhou Taiping Army in the south!

"The bitch's transcendence demon is really coming to Raozhou! Also, the eldest brother only went to Jingdezhen with the army yesterday, and the fleet of demon soldiers came to Raozhou today, which happened to be too weird, right? Could it be that Ji Rongxian's dog thief rushed to Jingdezhen, and the real purpose was to divert the tiger away from the mountain and create an opportunity for the demon soldiers to attack Raozhou from the water? ”

At the same time, Shi Zhenchang, Shi Dade and others suddenly woke up, and vaguely guessed that the sudden attack of the Wu army's fleet was likely to be related to Shi Zhenji's departure from Raozhou Mansion with the main force, and Hu Dingwen, who had already fought head-to-head with the main force of the Wu army many times, affirmed this, patted the table and shouted: "No, yes!" Ji Rongxian's dog thief rushed to Jingdezhen, and he definitely turned the tiger away from the mountain! Deceiving our main force out of Raozhou, taking the opportunity to run on the water to steal chickens and touch dogs, this kind of thing has always been a good trick to surpass the little demon! Shi Guozong was fooled, and Raozhou was also in danger this time! ”

Thinking of Wu Chaoyue's always despicable person, Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade naturally nodded again and again, and hurriedly sent messengers to Jingdezhen to warn Shi Zhenji as soon as possible, and asked Shi Zhenji to hurry back with the main force to rescue Raozhou City. At the same time, it was destined that after asking clearly that there was only one steam cannon ship in the Wu army's fleet, Hu Dingwen, who had accumulated a lot of experience in water warfare in actual combat, quickly saw where the fighter was, and immediately said: "Good opportunity!" Grasp this opportunity well, we hope to give the demon soldiers a heavy blow! ”

"Envy Tianyi, what a good opportunity?" Shi Zhenchang hurriedly asked.

"The demon soldiers are only escorted by a steamer!" Hu Dingwen replied: "Although we only have one steamer, but fighting on the open lake, our steamer doesn't need to fight with the demon soldier's steamer at all, we only need to avoid the demon soldier's steamer, and use the speed advantage to rush into the demon soldier's troop transport fleet, and we can immediately go on a killing spree, and it is difficult not to kill more than a dozen demon soldiers' troop carrier!" ”

"Is it really that easy?" Shi Dade, who didn't know much about water warfare, was skeptical and asked, "Xian Tianyi, do you have this certainty?" ”

"Yes!" Hu Dingwen said confidently: "As long as I can rush out of the mouth of the Pojiang River and stop the demon convoy on the open water, I am sure that one steamer will at least kill ten demon troop carriers." Moreover, I am more familiar with the water channel of the Pojiang Estuary than the demon soldiers, and after severely damaging the demon soldiers' troop transport fleet, I am still sure to retreat and bring the steamer back to the Pojiang River. ”

Seeing that Hu Dingwen was confident, Shi Dade and Shi Zhenchang both said: "Xian Tianyi, since you have this certainty, then you can go and fight, we fully support you." ”

"Well, we don't need all our other ships to go into battle, just let them wait at the mouth of the Pojiang River to meet me." Hu Dingwen said quickly: "I only took the Glory into Poyang Lake, and if I had the opportunity, I would do the demon soldiers' troop transport fleet, and if I didn't have a chance, I would withdraw it, and if the demon soldiers' steamers chased to the mouth of the Pojiang River, our fleet would all go out and join hands to kill the demon soldiers' steamer!" ”

Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade agreed, and Hu Dingwen immediately rushed to the dock to board the Rongguang, and led the Taiping Army Naval Division to the Pojiang Estuary to prepare for the battle, and in order to fight for the opportunity to intercept the Wu Army's troop transport fleet on the open water of Poyang Lake, Hu Dingwen explained the tactical plan and the location of the assembly to the sailing fleet, and only then did he leave the port and took the Rongguang out of the crowd, taking advantage of the boiler horsepower, favorable wind direction and water flow to rush to the Pojiang Estuary at full speed, racing against time to seize the opportunity to attack.

Luck was on the side of the Taiping army this evening, and when Hu Dingwen hurried to the mouth of the Pojiang River with the Rongguang, the south wind on the lake was not only stronger, but Shi Zhenfa, who was guarding the Pojiangkou fort, also provided Hu Dingwen with the latest position of the Wu army's troop transport fleet.

"Woo————!"

It's also a pity that just when Hu Dingwen was smiling, there was a sudden shrill whistle roaring on the lake, and at the same time, a scout clipper of the Taiping Army rushed back to the mouth of the Pojiang River, and before he could get off the boat, he shouted loudly: "The steamer of the demon soldiers is coming!" The Demon Soldier's steamer is coming! ”

Frightened, he hurriedly inquired about the enemy's coming, and when he learned that it was only the Wu Army's steam gunboat Luo Weilin who came alone, Hu Dingwen immediately came to his senses and cursed: "Damn demon soldiers, it's really fucking cunning, knowing that our steamers might be the first to attack, so they came to block our steamers first, and wanted to kill our steamers on the way to protect the safety of their troop carriers." ”

"Envy Tianyi, what should I do?" Cui Heng, the captain of the Rongguang, asked.

"Strike resolutely!" Hu Dingwen didn't think about it, and immediately shouted: "Rush out of the Pojiang estuary first, go to the water to play hide and seek with the demon steamer, bypass the demon steamer to fight their troop transport fleet!" ”

Cui Heng followed the order, commanded the Rongguang to fill the boiler with coal, half a sail, rushed out of the Pojiang estuary at a speed of about sixty percent, gradually adjusted the bow to the north in the current push, and then gradually accelerated with the help of all the wind directions in his favor, and rushed to the north wind in the dark night. At the same time, the Taiping gunners on the ship were all in position, ready to open fire at any time.

The roar of the steam boiler made the Wu army steam gunboat quickly discover the location of the Rongguang, and it was less than two miles to the north, and the whistle roared louder and louder, and the lights of the Wu army's steam gunboat had already appeared in the telescope of the Rongguang lookout, and the lookout quickly reported the location of the Wu army's warship, and Hu Dingwen, who was already very familiar with water warfare, immediately made a decision, commanded the Rongguang to turn the rudder, and rushed to the open water to the west of the Wu army's steam gunboat, giving up the advantage of the Rongguang's bow gun, just to fight for a roundabout space.

When the lights of the Wu army's steam gunboat were visible to the naked eye, the Wu army fired the first shot of the late-night water battle, and the large-caliber bow cannon rumbled, directly firing a bitter acid flowering cannonball, Hu Dingwen, who knew how difficult it was to hit a moving target on the water, was very smart, and ordered not to fire back fire, but only accelerated to the northwest with all his strength. As Hu Dingwen expected, Wu Jun's cannon really failed, and the bitter acid shell hit the side and rear of the Glory and exploded, although it formed a sea of fire on the lake, but did not hurt half of the Glory.

"Well played!" After the cheers, Hu Dingwen gave the order again and shouted: "Full speed forward, no artillery is allowed without an order!" No cannon fire! ”

Giving up the return fire to avoid the recoil affecting the speed of the ship, the Rongguang, which was already smooth sailing, naturally rushed faster, and it didn't take long for the bow gun of the Wu army steam gunboat to shoot the second gun that also missed, and the Rongguang had already rushed to the position of the side side with the Wu army's steam gunboat, and Hu Dingwen shouted loudly, "Fire!" Fire! ”

"Boom! Bang! ”

Perhaps it was due to luck, but also related to the fact that the elite sailors of the Taiping Army's sailors had all concentrated on the Rongguang, and the two shells fired by the Rongguang pendulum method were victorious, and one of the shells hit the Wu army's steam gunboat in the first round of shelling, and the Taiping Army applauded. But correspondingly, the three shells fired from the side of the Wu army's steam gunboat, one of which also hit the Glory, and the picric acid shell smashed on the side of the ship and exploded, suddenly forming a flame, fortunately, the Taiping army is now very familiar with the performance of the picric acid shell, and no longer used water to extinguish the fire in vain, but quickly moved away the flammable materials next to it, and waited for the picric acid to burn out before rescuing - this is the experience that the Taiping soldiers exchanged for countless precious lives.

Wu Jun's cannon also gave Hu Dingwen a wake-up call, so that Hu Dingwen, who did not have many shells in his hand, once again knew that he and Wu Jun would only suffer losses in long-range artillery battles, and there was no reason to take advantage, so Hu Dingwen completely died of the mind of fighting and walking, and ordered the Rongguang to give up and return fire and move forward at full speed. Not to mention, Lady Luck was really completely on the side of the Taiping Army tonight, and the second wave of the Wu Army's rapid pendulum shooting did not hit the Rongguang with a single shell, and the Rongguang quickly staggered with the Wu Army's steam gunboat and rushed to the more open water behind the Wu Army's steam gunboat.

Good luck helped again, when the Wu army steam gunboat hurriedly turned around to chase, the south wind on the lake was stronger, and the hybrid Rongguang ship was faster, almost in the blink of an eye, the distance between it and the Wu army's steam gunboat was widened, the Taiping army sailors thundered, and the annoyed roar of the Wu army's sailors was clearly audible from a distance of more than two miles.

Next, after the Wu army's steam gunboat made a difficult U-turn, it took 20 minutes to chase the Rongguang near the stern, and began to bombard the stern of the Rongguang with large-caliber bow guns, Hu Dingwen prayed for the blessing of the Heavenly Father to let the Rongguang take a few fewer cannons, while directing the stern guns to return fire, and the cannons on the Poyang Lake in the middle of the night also shook the sky, the two steam gunboats chased me and fled, desperately firing at each other, the shells kept falling into the water, splashing several zhang of water, and there were constantly bitter acid flames blooming on the lake, which was extremely spectacular.

In the pursuit battle, the Wu army's bitter acid cannonball at least three times and the Taiping army's glory passed by and fell into the water, and the Taiping army's two stern guns were the explosion of character, and even hit the Wu army's steam gunboat five times, one of the shells was a black powder flowering cannonball, although it failed to damage the Wu army's steam gunboat, but also caused a lot of casualties to the Wu army's sailors.

Seeing this scene, of course, the Wu army ship was constantly exclaiming, but Hu Dingwen laughed, waved his fist at the Wu army's steam gunboat, laughed and scolded: "The demon soldier of the dog day, if Lao Tzu is not going to do your troop transport fleet, just with your artillery luck today, Lao Tzu will be sure to kill your steamer alone!" ”

Whew——!

As the so-called joy and sorrow, just when Hu Dingwen laughed, another Wu army cannonball bombarded, although it once again passed by the side of the Taiping army, but after falling into the water and exploding, the hull of the Rongguang shook suddenly, and there was a sound of wood cracking at the paddle wheel on the right. Then, the screams of the sailors of the Taiping Army also came to Hu Dingwen's ears, "The water wheel has been shot!" ”

"Water wheel shot?! What about the losses? Hu Dingwen's face turned white on the spot, because Hu Dingwen knew very well that even if it was only one side of the paddle wheel that was injured, the Rongguang had to reduce the speed of the ship greatly, and without the speed advantage, the Rongguang would no longer be able to get rid of Wu Jun's steam gunboat, and it might also become the water activity target of Wu's steam gunboat!

Fortunately, Wu Jun's cannon only damaged part of the blades of the right paddle wheel of the Glory, and failed to completely kill the right paddle wheel of the Glory, and at the same time, the Glory Steamer at high speed quickly broke away from the raging picric acid flame, and did not let the picric acid flame envelop the paddle wheel. Hu Dingwen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the report, and hurriedly commanded the Rongguang to move forward at full speed with minor injuries, trying to find Wu's troop convoy, while Wu's steam gunboats were in hot pursuit, constantly bombarding the Rongguang.

Good luck was always on the side of the Taiping Army, and when the bow gun of the Wu Army hit the Rongguang again in the chase battle, the overjoyed roar of the Taiping sailors finally came from the lookout, "Northeast direction, the fleet of demon soldiers!" ”

"Turn the rudder! Full speed ahead to the northeast! ”

In ecstasy, he first ordered the Rongguang to turn the rudder to meet the Wu army's troop transport fleet, and Hu Dingwen didn't bother to check the losses of the Rongguang after being hit again, but just rushed to the bow of the ship and raised the telescope to look northeast, and the result was very soon, in the roaring cannon fire and boiler sound, the huge Wu army fleet really appeared in Hu Dingwen's field of vision. Hu Dingwen was also overjoyed all of a sudden, and just roared without any consideration, "Rush up!" Rush up! Rush up and fight with the demon fleet! ”

"Envy Tianyi, look! Surpass the handsome banner of the little demon! ”

The shouts from the lookout interrupted Hu Dingwen's roar, and Hu Dingwen was surprised to quickly use the telescope to search carefully, and then found a Wu Jun towing boat walking in front, Hu Dingwen's heart suddenly seemed to be smashed by a hammer, and almost stopped beating - in the light of the lights, the towing boat was indeed hanging Wu Chaoyue's flat yellow Zhennan King banner with teeth and claws!

Whew——! Another bitter acid cannonball hit the Glory, but Hu Dingwen ignored it at all, just pointed at Wu Chaoyue's boat and shouted: "Rush up and kill the boat that surpasses the little demon!" Kill the Transcendence Goblin! Revenge for Jeongtianhou! Avenge the soldiers of the kingdom of heaven! ”

"Revenge! Avenge! Avenge! ”

In the rhythmic roar, the Taiping soldiers who hated Wu Chaoyue forgot that the Wu Army's steam gunboat was still chasing behind, and they also forgot that the bitter acid flame was burning on the Glory, and they forgot how to get out after sinking Wu Chaoyue's ship, and their blood-red eyes were just desperately coaling and turning the rudder, with the impetus of the wind and the current, like a sharp arrow that had taken off the board, riding the wind and waves, rushing straight towards the flagship of the Wu Army, and the bloody butcher Wu Chaoyue's ship with his hands stained with countless Taiping Army soldiers and soldiers!

The sampan boat of the Wu Army, which protected the troop transport fleet, tried to come up and intercept it, but before it could get closer, it was pushed away by the waves brought up by the Glory; The Wu army's steam gunboats in the rear were also desperately firing, and hit the side of the Glory again, but it still couldn't stop the pace of the Glory's charge, and the Glory was still breaking the waves, unstoppably rushing towards Wu Chaoyue's guilty ship.

Wu's troop transport fleet was already in chaos, large and small ships fled from the direction of the Glory's impact, and Wu Chaoza's ship was also desperately turning the rudder and fleeing to the east, trying to avoid the pursuit of the Glory. But it was useless, even if one side of the paddle wheel had been injured, and the blades had been aggravated by the high-speed movement, the speed of the Rongguang was still far above the sail-powered tugboat, and the Rongguang quickly pulled in little by little The distance between it and Wu Chaoyue's ship, and in the blink of an eye, it was less than 100 meters......

Fifty meters! The sailors of the Wu army on the towing boat were already jumping into the water to escape for their lives, and the Glory did not stop, still moving at high speed, and the sailors on the ship kept shooting, desperately shooting Wu Chaoyue, the number one enemy of the heavenly kingdom who might jump into the water to escape for his life.

Twenty meters! Wu Chaoyue's evil handsome flag was almost within reach, Hu Dingwen's expression was resolute, and there was not the slightest distraction in his mind, just staring at the hard angle of the Glory, and the boat in front of Wu Chaoyue!

It's less than ten meters! Hu Dingwen suddenly shouted, "Soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven, your spirits in the sky, open your eyes and see clearly, I have avenged you!" ”

"Revenge ————!"

In the neat shouts of the Taiping soldiers, the Rongguang was straight and unstoppable, and it hit the hull of Wu Yuezao's ship heavily, hitting the corners into the side, making a huge sound of wood cracking, and the Taiping soldiers on the Rongguang also suddenly let out thunderous cheers and roars......

"Fire!"

"Kill——————!"

The bow cannon of the Rongguang, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, exploded, and at the close range, the cannonball was blasted into the cabin of Wu Chaoyue's ship, the hull of the ship trembled, and the Taiping soldiers jumped from the Rongguang to Wu Chaoyue's boat one after another with knives and guns like dumplings, shouting with red eyes and shouting to find Wu Chaoyue desperately, rushing to Wu Chaoyue's evil handsome flag that was soaked in the blood of the Taiping soldiers......

"Beyond the little demon, you must not have already dived and ran away in advance!" This is the common voice of all the officers and men of the Taiping Army at this moment.

Time stood still at this moment, Hu Dingwen didn't hear the sound, Hu Dingwen just saw that Wu Chaoyue's ship suddenly burst out with dazzling light, the hull of the ship suddenly expanded several times, and a huge tongue of fire erupted from the rupture of the hull, instantly engulfing the entire Glory......

"How is that possible? The ship that surpassed the little demon, why did it blow up?! This was the last thought of Hu Dingwen and many Taiping soldiers on the Rongguang.

Under the flag, Wu Chaoyue was drenched in cold sweat, panting, his hands folded to the heavens and thanked him one after another, rejoicing, "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, fortunately, the person who Changmao hates the most is me, otherwise, my troop transport fleet will be miserable today." ”

Bao Zhide, the captain of the Ruweilin, also quietly bowed beside him, and said in his heart: "God bless, when I go to the battlefield in the future, please don't get on my ship again, let alone hang his handsome flag on this ship, otherwise, it is not impossible for my ship to be surrounded by long-haired gunpowder ships." Our Zhennan King, Taila hatred! ”