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Feng Yunshan stood in front of the table, looking at the "Quantu of Guangdong" spread out on the table, just like a cartoon map in a computer game in later generations. Waterways and mountains are symbolically marked.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly: this is already the map that he thinks is closest to reality in the governor's yamen! It looks completely disproportionate.

Luo Xuan and Zuo Zongtang, who were standing on both sides of him, didn't know what he was thinking at all, and both of them were happy!

Because, just now, the messenger came with good news: Chen Yucheng led 5,000 holy troops and Liang Peiyou's 4,000 boat army, with the assistance and cooperation of nearly 30,000 He Luyi troops, captured the camp of the Admiralty Admiralty stationed in Humen Village.

The Qing demons were killed by Chen Yucheng and other Taiping holy troops and boat troops, and the remaining more than 3,000 Qing demons took the initiative to retreat under the leadership of Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the demon head sailor, and fled to the sea area controlled by the Yingyi people on Hong Kong Island through the Lingding Ocean by waterway. More than 40 medium-sized red single boats left behind by the Qing demon were seized, and countless gunpowder cannons were seized.

Zuo Zongtang pointed to the location of Pengcheng in later generations on the map, and said: "Holy King, please look, this is the Humen Fort, and the Nansha Fort on the other side of the river, all of which have been occupied by our Holy Army. ”

"These forts were originally used to prevent the warships of the Yi people from attacking the city of Guangzhou from the water. Chen Yucheng led the holy army to the back of the fort, and then attacked fiercely, the fort was difficult to deal with for a while, and the hearts of the Qing demons were fluctuating, seeing that the general trend had gone, they soon scattered and fled. ”

Feng Yunshan listened to Zuo Zongtang's introduction and was suddenly shocked: Yes, in the Second Opium War, some forts were of course abandoned by the Qing army at the order of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, and were easily occupied by the British army. However, in other batteries, three British warships attracted fire in front, and the British marines landed from the shore and secretly went around the sides and back of the batteries to capture the batteries.

In this way, the defense of these batteries is still very porous!

"There are also more than 20 forts such as Phoenix Mountain, Haizhu, Dongding, Weiyuan, Jingyuan, Shetou, Shuijunliao, Shajiao, Jiuzai, Dahushan, Shangxiaheng, Consolidation South, Consolidation North, Jiaohu, etc., all of which were occupied by the Holy Army. Nearly 500 large and small pig iron gun emplacements were seized. ”

Zuo Zongtang looked at the letter again, and then said: "Holy King, Zongtang thinks that if so many iron cannons are concentrated, relying on the dangerous terrain, and guarding a few important forts, it is best to be not far away and support each other. This arrangement would have made it easier to prevent attacks on water and land. Otherwise, like the Qing Demon, once they start a war with the Yi people, they will definitely be defeated one by one. No matter how many turrets there are, they are useless! ”

Feng Yunshan nodded, and secretly admired in his heart: Zuo Zongtang is worthy of being the most outstanding military commander in the Hunan army! At a glance, you can see the fatal flaws of the forts on both sides of the Pearl River estuary.

Indeed, in the early stage of the Second Opium War, the British army, with only 3 warships and 2,000 British troops, defeated the Qing army several times its size, conquered more than 10 dangerous forts one after another, and directly attacked the city of Guangzhou.

Seeing that Feng Yunshan agreed with his opinion, Zuo Zongtang perked up, and continued: "Chen Yucheng, Liang Peiyou and others continue to march south, and they have already occupied the county seat of Bao A the day before yesterday. ”

"Further south is the Kowloon Peninsula, where a large number of Chen Kaiyi's army is stationed, Chen Yucheng and they no longer march south, leaving 3,000 people to garrison Bao'an, and the rest of the people with Liang Peiyou's boat army, across the Neilingding Ocean, successively occupied Xiangshan County, Xinhui and other counties."

"Defeated the Xinhui Camp of Xiangshan Xiehe, which was directly under the command of the Admiral of the Guangdong Naval Division, captured nearly 1,800 people, captured 12 large red single ships, 15 medium ships, and more than 100 artillery pieces, and countless gunpowder and lead pellets!" Zuo Zongtang finished his report at this time.

Luo Xuan on the side looked excited, and he wanted to speak and stopped.

Feng Yunshan said with a smile: "Brother Outline, if you have something to say, why is this appearance?" ”

Luo Xuan smiled embarrassedly: "Holy King, right now, the entire Pearl River estuary is controlled by my Holy Army, and so many red single boats have been captured!" You also know that Luo was born in the water, and he used to fight on the river, and he defected to the Taiping Army before going ashore. So I asked the Holy King for his life and asked Luo to form this sea sailor for the Holy Army. ”

Feng Yunshan was stunned, indeed, Luo Gang has always been the leader of the boat army and water bandits on the Xijiang River, but he didn't expect that now that he heard that the red single boat had been captured, he actually moved his mind to lead a sailor.

However, although he fought fiercely on land, he was more familiar with water warfare, and most of his old troops were water bandits, and now there were captured red single warships, so he did have the conditions for forming a naval division. More importantly, at the mouth of the Pearl River, there is no naval division, and it is indeed impossible to defend the river by relying on the passive defense of the fort alone.

However, relying on these red single ships alone, the tonnage is small, and the artillery is not much, so it is difficult to compare with the warships of the foreigners, and they can only rely on the advantage of numbers. However, something is better than nothing, at least, with the cover of the batteries on both sides of the strait, there is also the strength to compete with the warships of the foreigners.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan nodded and agreed: "In this case, Brother Outline, you will select brothers in each army who are familiar with water and good at artillery. This king will then allocate all the captured red single boats to you, and you will find some ships and ships by yourself to form a maritime division of my Taiping Holy Kingdom. ”

"Thank you, Holy King! Liang Peiyou's kid is still fighting outside, and when he returns, he can merge his boat army into the Sailor Division. Luo Xuan smiled: "Let him be my deputy, I believe that kid won't dare to say anything." It's still a joy to sail on the water and fight! ”

Feng Yunshan then remembered that Luo Xuan was also one of the leaders of the boat army, and he had a close relationship with Liang Peiyou, who is now leading the boat army. In this way, I feel more at ease.

It just so happens that he is still having a headache about how to place the boat army, so that he also has a place to resettle, let their old leader take care of it, and he also trusts Luo Xuan. At the same time, with the addition of thousands of people who were accustomed to begging for a living on the water, the Red Singleboat Sailor Division began to take shape.

Seeing Luo's relieved appearance, Feng Yunshan suddenly had a flash of inspiration: What else is there to hide in the Mo Feiluo outline?

But he didn't have time to ask in detail, and after Luo Xuan left, Feng Yunshan stopped Zuo Zongtang and asked, "Ji Gao, you are delicate." Let's talk about it, why did the Outline Brotherhood suddenly want to form a water division? ”

"Holy King, according to Zongtang, except for Luo Jian who likes to lead the water master, he is actually thinking about you and avoiding suspicion in advance!" Zuo Zongtang thought for a while, touched the beard on his chin, and said slowly.

"Avoiding suspicion? What to avoid? Feng Yunshan couldn't help but wonder.

"The Holy King really doesn't know?" Zuo Zongtang seemed very strange and explained: "Most of the Taiping Holy Army are now members of the Heaven and Earth Congregation, and Luo Jian is the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, who is brave in battle, loves his brothers, and has deep qualifications, so everyone respects him. ”

"The key is that there are nearly 30,000 holy soldiers directly under the control of Luo Jiandian, plus Lu Shunde, Luo Qiongshu, Luo Feide and others, they account for half of the strength of our holy army. Excessive military power has been a taboo for courtiers since ancient times! Luo Jian must have seen this, so he took the initiative to lead the sailor, just to avoid suspicion. ”

Zuo Zongtang's words made Feng Yunshan suddenly realize! He has always regarded Luo Outline as an old brother who shares life and death, and he really never thought about this, but it turned out that Luo Outline, who usually seemed to be bold and rough, could not imagine that he thought about himself so carefully. I can't help but be a little moved!

However, Zuo Zongtang's words also reminded Feng Yunshan. The current system of the Holy Army is not very rational and a bit chaotic. There was even a matter of the commander of the Holy First Army not leading the Holy First Army. Feng Yunshan decided that when Liangguang was pacified, he would improve the establishment of the Holy Army.

Next, Feng Yunshan instructed Zuo Zongtang to integrate the forts on both sides of the Pearl River outside Guangzhou. It was required to abandon some of the small forts, concentrate artillery in dangerous places, such as the Shajiao Mountain area, and set up 30 gun emplacements.

Several forts were also placed in line with each other and guarded each other. For example, the Humen Fort on the east bank, the upper and lower rungs in the middle of the river, and the Nansha Fort on the west bank were increased to more than 200 gun emplacements, and more than a dozen coastal heavy guns captured in Guangzhou were all set up in Humen and Nansha, completely blocking the waterway at the throat of the Pearl River estuary.

In addition, in addition to covering each other, the upper and lower rungs island batteries in the river can also rely on the giant coastal guns on the Humen and Nansha batteries for fire support.

The rest of Fenghuangshan, Haizhu, Dongding, Weiyuan, Jingyuan, Shajiao, Jiuzai, Consolidation, and Jiaohu also chose suitable positions, re-strengthened the forts, paid attention to the defense of the sides and behind the forts, and set the captured small artillery guns in the rear, specifically to defend the detour enemy forces attacking the forts from both sides.

In this way, for the defense of Guangzhou City, Feng Yunshan suddenly had a lot of confidence in his heart. However, this is only a temporary precautionary measure, and it is far from what Feng Yunshan wants. In his heart, there is an old saying that the best defense is offense!

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