Without God's perspective, Wu Chaoyue, who was at the mouth of the source, of course didn't know about the battle of wits and courage between the Qing army's sailors and the Tsarist fleet, and the supervising army Wenxiang, but just by virtue of the fact that the Qing army's sailors fired cannons at the sandbar, Wu Chaoyue dared to conclude that the Qing army's sailors had made up their minds and didn't want to be cannon fodder for the Russians anymore. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After discovering this, Wu Chaoyue was secretly happy in his heart, but he was also a little worried, worried that Wu Quanmei and the generals of the Qing army could not withstand the pressure of Wen Xiang and the Tsarist Russian fleet, or were forced to attack the Yuanyuankou again as cannon fodder, forcing himself to expose the true strength of the defense line of the Yuanyuankou in advance. - After all, the Tsarist fleet was here to help the Manchu court, and it makes sense to force the Qing army to rush to the front.

"I still have to come up with a way to let the Rakshasa fleet come directly to attack the source of the source, I don't expect them to send troops alone, even if it is not bad to join forces with the chaotic party sailors to fight directly."

This is what Wu Chaoyue said to Wu Junwenwu after the battle of Xiangyuankou, and he also wants his accomplices and lackeys to use their brains more and help themselves find ways to achieve this goal. However, it is a pity that although the generals of the Wu army put forward some old-fashioned strategies such as provocation, deception and deception to lure the enemy, Wu Chaoyue shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's useless, the times are different, modern warfare is about industrial logistics, strategy and tactics, and diplomacy. ”

The generals of the Wu army were silent, but Dai Wenjie, who was not very proficient in military affairs, reminded Wu Chaoyue of a very crucial point, and said: "Marshal, can we make some fuss about the grain and grass of the Rakshasa people and the rebellious army?" If there is any way to do something to the Rakshasa people's grain carrier, so that the Rakshasa people are worried about running out of food, then maybe we don't need to provoke and lure, and the Rakshasa people themselves have to rush to hit the source mouth. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Chaoyue finally nodded, and ordered the scouts to steal a map of the flotillage of the combined fleet of Qing and Russia. In the evening, the scout returned from his mission and presented the map of the anchorage location of the enemy ship that he had taken the risk to draw in front of Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed when he saw it, and first rewarded the scouts who were able to do things, and then led Dai Wenjie, Zhang Dejian and others to carefully study the enemy's temporary camp arrangement.

The Qing-Russian combined fleet temporarily anchored in the area of Gaowan Village, 15 miles downstream of the mouth of the Yangtze River, and anchored on the north bank of the Yangtze River, where the Wu army's land strength was weak. The Qing fleet was anchored upstream, and the Tsarist fleet was anchored downstream, keeping a distance of about three miles from each other.

Wu Chaoyue focused on the mooring formation of the Tsarist fleet, and the experienced Russian commander lined up the fleet into three columns, and the twelve sail battleships were on the right and the north shore, which could cover the north shore positions with dense gunwales to prevent Wu's army from sending troops from land to sneak attack; The steam cannon fleet is on the left, in the most open part of the water, so that it can take advantage of maneuverability in the event of a sneak attack.

Six barges and eight supply ships carrying grain and hay were of course in the middle, protected by steam gunboats and sail battleships, and the cunning bows of all the ships rushed downstream, so that they could evacuate the battlefield at any time in case of danger.

After carefully studying it for a long time, Wu Chaoyue, who originally planned to sneak attack the enemy's grain fleet, was completely disappointed, shook his head and said: "There is no hope, it is useless for our sampan fleet to go less, and it will definitely be discovered by the chaotic party scout ship if it goes more, as long as the chaotic party scout ship sends a signal and warning, the Rakshasa people will be prepared immediately, and will not give our sampan fleet a chance." ”

"Then can you think of any way to prevent the rebellious scouts from calling the police?" Devonjie put forward a new idea.

Wu Chaoyue racked his brains, and thought about several methods one after another, but he felt that it was not enough insurance. And Zhang Dejian next to him suddenly said: "Otherwise, how about we use the method of direct bribery?" Send a civilian boat to walk in front of the road with great fanfare, and the rebel scouts will definitely come out to intercept and interrogate when they see it, and then directly tell the rebel scouts that we are going to fight the Rakshasas, give them some silver to buy the road, and ask them not to send a signal to call the police. ”

"That's too straightforward, isn't it?" Dai Wenjie laughed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Can the scout of the chaotic party agree?" ”

"The more direct the approach, the more effective." Zhang Dejian said: "Although it sounds a little ridiculous, I don't think it may be impossible to succeed, the rebel party sailors have long hated the Rakshasa people who always force them to stand in front, I heard that we are going to fight the Rakshasa people, it may not be impossible not to deliberately help us." ”

Thinking of the war-weariness that was obviously revealed by the Qing army's sailors these two times, Dai Wenjie no longer objected, but just turned his head to see Wu Chaoyue's reaction. And Wu Chaoyue turned his mung bean eyes and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly gritted his teeth and ordered: "Call Bao Chao and Liu Liankun to see me immediately." ”

Bao Chao and Liu Liankun, who commanded the Jiujiang Naval Division of the Wu Army, were soon summoned to Wu Chaoyue, and Wu Chaoyue was not polite, and immediately told them their battle plan, asking them to organize a death squad overnight, drive forty sampan boats with more fire materials, and send troops to the downstream to attack the Tsarist Russian fleet, set fire to the Tsarist Russian grain ship, and then fled downstream to Qizhou or abandon the ship to flee for their lives.

In the end, Wu Chaoyue told Bao Chao and Liu Liankun how to keep the Qing scouts from issuing an alarm, allowing them to abandon their mission after the bribery failed. In the end, Wu Chaoyue said: "Two generals, this tactic is very dangerous, you can refuse, I will never blame, because this is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will definitely be wiped out." ”

Bao Chao and Liu Liankun's reaction made Wu Chaoyue very pleased, although they knew that this was a life-and-death task, Bao Chao and Liu Liankun didn't even blink their eyelids, and immediately surrendered their orders and took over this dangerous task. Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Tell the brothers who are willing to go that after the deed is completed, each person will be rewarded with one hundred silver dollars, and the compensation for the sacrifice and injury will be tripled!" ”

After Bao Chao and Liu Liankun received the order again, Wu Chaoyue's heart moved again, and he hurriedly added: "By the way, ask our death squad to all wear red tasseled hats, plant the flag of the chaotic party on the ship, and dress up as the chaotic party fleet." ”

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After some hurried preparations, at the fourth watch, under the personal leadership of Liu Liankun, 150 members of the Wu army death squad drove 30 military sampans to set out on time, Wu Chaoyue personally went to the dock to see off the members of the death squad who had been disguised as Qing soldiers, and let his own soldiers drive the civilian boat first, light up the lights to attract the attention of the Qing army scout boats, and facilitate negotiations and purchases, while the Wu army death squad did not display lights, only used the moonlight to illuminate, and followed one mile away in the rear.

I've seen bribes, but I've never seen Wu Chaoyue's own soldiers bribed with such fanfare! After walking more than ten miles downstream, and when there were still three miles away from the Qing army's naval fleet, Wu Chaoyue's civilian boat was stopped by the first Qing army scout clipper, and shouted: "Stop!" Stop the boat! Where are you from? Where to go? ”

"We are the soldiers of the Hubei rebel army, going to fight the Rakshasa foreign devils!"

Wu Chaoyue's frank answer almost didn't scare the Qing scouts to death, and also frightened the Qing scouts to quickly raise their muskets, and the soldiers shouted again: "Don't shoot!" Don't be afraid, this time we won't fight you, only Rakshasa foreign devils! Take it, it's for you! ”

With a bang, the heavy money bag fell into the scout ship of the Qing army, and Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers said again: "Look at it, one hundred silver yuan, don't send an alarm for you, let our fleet pass through your defense area." ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue, who was heavily armed, ignored the Qing scouts with arquebuses, and directly ordered the boat to continue walking, leaving the Qing scouts on the fast boat to look at each other, stammering, and asking each other: "Am I dreaming?" Is there such a direct way to buy? ”

Or after opening the money bag and finding that it really contained another 100 silver yuan, several Qing army scouts settled down to discuss, "Do you want to send a signal to call the police?" ”

"What are you signaling for? The Wu thief army is going to fight the Rakshasa foreign devils, and we haven't been bullied enough by the Rakshasas? Wouldn't it be better to let Wu thieves and rakshasas dog-eat-dog? ”

"I also think we can't make a noise and let the above know, how many of these hundred silver yuan can belong to us?"

"But what if the Wu thief fleet is going to attack our fleet?"

"It's okay, the Wu thief fleet is coming, let's follow them quietly, and if we find out that if they are going to attack our fleet, it will not be too late for us to send a signal to the police immediately."

The silver opened the way, and there was the hatred of the Tsarist Russian fleet to assist, Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers successively encountered four Qing army scout clippers, and the four Qing army scout clippers quickly disappeared without a trace, and then the Wu army sampan fleet that came all the way unimpeded, swaggered over the Qing army sailor fleet from the side, and went so smoothly that it was unbelievably direct to the vicinity of the Tsarist fleet.

At the critical moment, the officers and men of the Jiujiang Naval Division, who had almost no chance to perform under Wu Chaoyue's account, suddenly continued their usual bad luck, just when Liu Liankun was about to use the water flow diagonal line to kill the Tsarist Russian fleet, the river suddenly blew a strong wind, and the north wind was blowing, which greatly increased the difficulty of the Wu army's death squad, and it was also possible to overturn the Wu army's sampan boat attacking against the wind at any time.

"Lower the sails, turn to the enemy ship upstream, and break through from the front!"

In desperation, Liu Liankun could only change his strategy and command the Wu army's sampan fleet to paddle up with manpower, and turn to the front of the Tsarist Russian fleet to attack the front of the enemy's fleet. At the same time, Liu Liankun naturally had to pray to the sky again and again, "Buddha bless, Sanqing bless, don't be discovered by the scouts of the Rakshasa foreign devils, don't be discovered by them." ”

At this time, the civilian boat in which Wu Chaoyue's own soldiers were seated suddenly caught up and said to Liu Liankun: "General Liu, the Rakshasa and the chaotic party sailors agreed on the night password tonight is Ula, Ula, Ula, shout three times in a row. ”

"How do you know?" Liu Liankun asked in surprise.

"A scout of the party took the initiative to tell me just now." Wu Chaoyue's own soldiers smiled and said: "He was beaten by the Rakshasa soldiers, and he hated the Rakshasas for treating them as human beings, and wanted us to help them avenge them, so he found an excuse to get on my ship, and said the password of the Rakshasa people alone, and I also gave him a handful of silver oceans." ”

When Liu Liankun heard the great joy, he hurriedly thanked him, and then simply ordered the fleet to light up the fire, and sailed directly to the Tsarist Russian fleet even more swaggeringly, but when he arrived at the center of the river, sure enough, a Tsarist Russian boat came up and shouted in stiff Chinese, "Password!" Password! ”

"Ulla! Ulla! Ulla! ”

A miracle finally appeared, the Tsarist Russian boat really got out of the way, did not send a signal to alarm, Liu Liankun was overjoyed, and hurriedly led the Wu army fleet to the north at full speed, turned into the north shore channel with difficulty against the north wind, turned to the front of the Tsarist fleet, and then rushed directly to the Tsarist Russian combined fleet.

Another Tsarist boat appeared in front of the Wu army's fleet, and when Liu Liankun shouted Ula again, the boat refused to give way, and shouted in stiff Chinese, "No!" No way! ”

The book explains that the Qing scout's voluntary whistleblowing password was only used to distinguish between friend and foe, but they did not have the right to enter the Tsarist fleet with this password - in fact, at night, no Qing ship was allowed to enter the Tsarist fleet, except for the Qing army herald boat holding the Wenxiang token.

I didn't understand the strangeness, and seeing that the Tsarist Russian boat would not give way, Liu Liankun was ruthless, and simply ordered the fleet to Zhang Fan, and took advantage of the fierce north wind and current to rush directly at the Tsarist Russian fleet located in the east front. The Russian soldiers on the boat were shocked and immediately opened fire, and the Wu soldiers shot back, rushing straight from the side of the boat, and the Russian boat could not stop it, so it could only hurriedly ring the gong to sound the alarm.

The strong wind that almost caused the Wu army to lose all its achievements helped the Wu army a lot at this moment, although after hearing the alarm and gunfire, the well-trained Tsarist soldiers immediately got up and entered the combat post, but they were fast, and the sampan fleet of the Wu army, which was smooth sailing, was faster, and almost rushed directly into the Tsarist Russian fleet with lightning speed, rushing into the enemy group from the big ships of Tsarist Russia, and directly rushing to the Russian barges full of grain and grass materials.

The gunfire had already been loud, but no matter how dense the bullets were, they could not stop the bitter acid grenades thrown by the Wu soldiers to the Russian barge, as well as the wine bottles filled with fire oil, and the Wu soldiers pulled the oil spray cans to spray flames, speeding up the fire speed of the Russian barges.

Although the wind also suppressed some of the fires that had ignited in the south, the fire set by the Wu soldiers on the north side of the enemy ship was quickly blazing with the help of the wind, and the Russian soldiers on the ship rushed to put out the fire, but they still couldn't stop the raging fire. The 30 sampan boats of the Wu army also looked like swimming fish, flexibly interspersing among the Russian fleet, and at the same time throwing the igniters on the boats at the Russian barges as much as possible.

During this period, of course, the Wu soldiers also tried to burn the Russian warships, but unfortunately, the hulls of the Russian warships were equipped with copper armor and iron armor, and they were not afraid of throwing incendiary weapons, and the sampan boats of the Wu army were too low to throw ignition materials on the enemy's deck, and the threat to the enemy's warships was minimal. After trying a few times and finding that the effect was not great, the soldiers of the Wu army also gave up the idea of speculation, and honestly concentrated their firepower against the Russian barges - the barges did not go to the battlefield, and the hull was not protected by copper and iron armor.

Under the attack of the fire oil bottles and oil spray cans smashed like raindrops, a Russian barge quickly ignited a skyrocketing fire, and two other were also on fire in many places, and two Russian supply ships loaded with military supplies were also affected, and one of them even ignited the sails.

It is a pity that the miracle of burning Chibi did not happen, and the Tsarist fleet was not connected by iron cables, and the reaction was very fast, and in less than 15 minutes, the ships of the Tsarist Russian fleet had already dispersed, and the tsarist Russian transport fleet with the bow of the ship downstream also quickly lifted anchor, and the sails were all open and fled downstream in a hurry with the fire and smoke. At the same time, the Tsarist Russian boats that reacted also killed from all directions with great momentum, forcing Liu Liankun to quickly command the death squad to rush downstream to break through and flee for his life, and set fire to the Tsarist transport ship as much as possible while fleeing to Qizhou.

At the same time, the Qing army's naval division also reacted, and a sampan fleet hurriedly attacked, kindly running to help the Tsarist fleet. However, the sampan fleet of the Qing army was greeted by the relentless and fierce artillery fire of the Tsarist Russian warships......

As for why the Tsarist fleet opened fire on the Qing sampan fleet? Of course, it was because the Wu army death squad that attacked the Russian fleet was all dressed up as the Qing army, and they were also under the banner of the Qing army.