The fire had not yet been extinguished, and looking at the nearly thirty warships that had been burned, Luo Xuan's eyes were red, and his heart was dripping blood. The recent series of www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion made him feel that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was already unbearable, so he became a little arrogant. In the absence of specific military information, they rashly entered the hinterland of the Qing army, used a large water division to enter the inland river, and captured a small county town, which outweighed the losses.

And Liang Peiyou, because he respected him, always obeyed his command, which led to such a heavy loss.

Luo Xuan was very remorseful and remorseful. However, he still had to carry out the plan that the General Staff had just drawn up on the basis of the suggestions of the foreigners. This time, in his panic, he realized the role of the General Staff, that is, in the worst-case scenario, they could also consult together and find a solution.

According to the plan of the General Staff, Luo Xuan, who arrived at the mouth of the river, ordered someone to drive a small red single boat, hung a white flag, and shouted loudly that he was willing to surrender, asking for negotiations with the commander of the Qing army's naval division.

The admiral of the sailors was overjoyed, and the messenger of the future invited him to his ship. Someone came to tell him that the rebel commander of the waterway, Luo Xuan, had already accumulated a lot of contradictions with the long-haired thief chieftain, and now saw that his fleet was surrounded by the imperial court sailors, and he could no longer escape, and he did not want his brothers to die in vain, so he decided to surrender to the court. But I wonder how the Admiral will place him and his men.

After listening to what the visitor said, Shi Degao couldn't help but nod his head and thought about it.

There were only two large water divisions in the imperial court, the Guangdong Water Division and the Fujian Water Division. Recently, the Guangdong Navy Division heard that it had been wiped out, and if he could bring this force that could defeat the Guangdong Navy Division, even if it was only a part of it, and he could recruit it, it would be nearly 300 warships. You must know that there are only more than 300 Fujian sailors under his command.

If he really recruited this group of Cantonese thieves and sailors, then he would have made an immortal achievement. I can't say it, the emperor is happy, and he, the admiral from the first rank, will be added to the title of secretary of the military department. Recently, in the area of Liangguang and the Yangtze River, a series of battles that made the emperor anxious were lost, if he came to Fujian, he would turn things around, defeat the Guangdong thieves, and force the thieves to surrender, which would not make the emperor happy? If you can't say it, you will seal yourself a fat hereditary position, and Ze will be descended by future generations, and the glory of Shi Lang, the ancestor of the Shi family, will be restored!

Thinking of this, Shi Degao hurriedly said that he could go to the court to recommend Luo Xuan as the deputy general beside him, a high-ranking official from the second rank. The rest of the brothers under him can also make their own associations, and Luo Gang will arrange them himself.

To be honest, this condition is not very generous, but it is already the best treatment that Shi Degao can promise.

The messenger said that he would go back and report to Luo Xuan, and asked the Admiral to wait.

After the messenger left, Han Jiamo and Chen Dingao, the chief soldier of Kinmen Town, came together to persuade Admiral Shi Degao, believing that the leader of the thieves, Luo Xuan, could not be trusted.

Han Jiamo even pointed out that the forces of the Sailors of the Luo Outline are still there, and they are not weaker than the Fourth Division of the Fujian Sailors, so there is no reason to surrender in such a hurry. Moreover, even if he is blocked in the river by his own Fujian sailor, it does not mean that it is a catastrophe, it is really not good, and he can abandon the boat and escape, with Luo Xuan's status as the second person among the Cantonese thieves, there is no need to defect to the imperial court, let alone surrender for the sake of the little lieutenant. Therefore, there must be fraud!

Shi Gao's face was red when he said this, and when he thought about it, it really didn't make sense. But Shi Degao inherited the genes of his ancestor Shi Lang and felt that surrendering to the imperial court was the best way out. Therefore, in my opinion, isn't the purpose of joining the rebellion to be one day when you have the capital and can accept Zhao'an to serve the imperial court and make a fortune?

So, he defended himself, thinking that the Cantonese thief sailor had been blocked in the river anyway, and he couldn't play any tricks no matter what. Check and wait, if you do surrender, it will be a greater credit than destroying the thieves.

Han Jiamo and the others had no choice but to wait. The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that this Shi Degao was still a hereditary military general, and there were people in the court.

An hour later, the messenger did not appear, and after another half an hour, the burning ship had gradually been extinguished, and except for some smoke, it no longer affected the attack. Just as Han Jiamo wanted to continue to persuade Shi Degao to order an attack, the messenger appeared again.

This time, the messenger said that although Luo Xuan was a little reluctant, after some persuasion by himself, he finally agreed to lead his troops to surrender. But he asked the Admiral to report to the court and give him the position of commander-in-chief. If the admiral agrees, the villain will go back and tell the leader Luo, and he will immediately take only a few ships with a group of leaders to discuss the surrender.

The heart was full of joy, and he didn't care whether he could do it or not, so he hurriedly agreed. He thought that as long as he accepted the surrender and had the merit, as for what position the court arranged for the surnamed Luo, it was none of his business.

After the messenger returned, he waited for a long time, but there was no news, and more than an hour passed.

At this time, even Shi Degao felt that something was wrong. But his face made him difficult to say that he had been deceived, so he just froze there.

Han Jiamo and Chen Dingao, the two general soldiers, came to persuade again, first attack and wipe out half of the Guangdong thief sailor, and then force the thief to surrender. Shi Gao had no choice but to nod his head, and was about to give the order to attack.

At the mouth of the river, the row of red single warships scattered, and four large red single boats drilled out of the middle, and the one in the middle led by the leader, looking at the five-star flag on a red background and yellow that fluttered in the wind, was the flag of the Cantonese thief.

"It's coming!" Shi Degao turned his anger into joy and said to his subordinates. Before he could finish speaking, he saw four large ships spread their sails, faster and faster, and rushed towards his ship.

At this time, even a fool can see that something is wrong.

Shi Degao hurriedly ordered Han Jiamo to send a ship forward to intercept him. Suddenly, the Qing army's sailors moved in response, and more than 20 ships approached in thousands. At this moment, the four red single battle ships that rushed over suddenly burst into flames and smoke, and the entire ship burned!

"It's not good, the Yue thieves want to sneak attack us, and they were simply surrendering just now!" Han Jiamo shouted violently and shouted for his warships to open fire and sink the four red single ships. At the same time, he commanded all ships to avoid the four red single warships that rushed over.

As a result, shells rained down on the four Red Single ships. At this time, nearly 100 figures on the red single boat flashed, jumped from the boat into the water, and then came out again, each with an empty gourd tied to their waists to ensure that they did not sink into the water.

The four Red Dan warships had been riddled with holes from artillery bombardment, and they were about to sink into the water, but at this time, they were already very close to the Qing army's sailors.

Suddenly, two of the warships exploded with a bang, and the whole ship burst into flames and planks flew wildly. Immediately afterwards, the remaining two ships also had huge explosions, one after the other.

The explosion was so powerful that the soldiers of the begging army who fell into the water and were floating on the surface of the water only felt a buzzing sound in their ears, and they completely lost their hearing, and a strong wind blew across the water, and the corners of their mouths and eye sockets were blown to blood.

The Qing army's nearly 10 Tong'an Suo ships and 6 or 7 rushing boats, which were close to the two red single boats, were the first to bear the brunt, and the first few ships were suddenly blown apart, and the back ones were also suddenly blown apart, and the cabin was flooded.

A little farther away from the ship, the blowing up planks fell, still burning, and the ship was set on fire.

Shi Degao was stunned. He couldn't imagine how much gunpowder this Cantonese thief had loaded on the red single boat to attract such power.

Fortunately, his ship retreated quickly, and Han Jiamo's Nanao Navy warship in front of him resisted, otherwise, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

At this time, Han Jiamo, the chief soldier of South Australia, was the most heart-wrenching, and most of the bombed were his subordinates. But now, he didn't have time to think about it, because the Cantonese thieves took advantage of the fact that they were evading the four red single warships and retreating, dozens of warships rushed out of the estuary and took the initiative to attack them.

The leader turned out to be the five Western warships that killed them near Nanao Island the previous time.

The first to attack and rush to the front was Luo Xuan's ship Humen, surrounded by two wooden sailing gunboats, Chen Kai and Four Eyes, and next to them were Feisha and Tieniu, and the five Western warships were divided into two teams, leading dozens of red single warships behind them, desperately rushing out of the estuary. Because the water surface space of the estuary was too narrow, the Red Dan warships even risked running aground and drove along the edge of the beach reef to both sides of the estuary, which even had the faint implication that the two teams had besieged the Qing army's sailors.

Under the roar of both sides, the Qing army's sailors and the captive army's sailors opened fire almost at the same time, and the shells flew like hail, covering half of the sky for a while. The real and tragic confrontation between the two sides began.

The Qing army's Fujian Sailor Division had a large number of warships, and they were arranged in a circular arc to surround the estuary, and the position and formation were very favorable, but the number of guns on the ships was not much, and they preferred to engage in melee combat; More importantly, after a bloody battle at sea outside Nanao Island, the artillerymen on the ships of the captive army shot more accurately, the artillery fired more skillfully and faster.

Several commanders of the Fujian Naval Division knew the advantages of their warships, and they all faced the artillery fire, approaching the warships that wanted to rush out of the capture army on both sides, and wanted to touch the warships and start a close combat. In accordance with the plan drawn up by the General Staff, the naval division of the captured army went around the side, away from the Qing warships, and opened up a distance to carry out long-range artillery bombardment.

For a time, the entire floating head bay was filled with gunsmoke, and even the sight was affected.

Admiral Stegaard took the opportunity to order the whole army to press and break away the enemy ships that rushed out.

For a while, it was dark.

Because the captives were in a disadvantageous position, they were attacked by the concentrated fire of the Qing army, and soon lost more than ten warships. However, at such a cost, the naval division of the captive army still forcibly rushed out of the estuary and entered the wider floating head bay.

The naval division of the captured army that entered the bay was like a dragon going out to sea, using the power of the ship's artillery to constantly swim outside, while waiting for an opportunity to open fire, and did not engage in broadside combat with the Fujian naval division.

In this way, the Fujian Water Master was miserable. (To be continued.) )