Yang Yuebin took the initiative to attack Wu Chaoyue's ship was completely forced, because of the incorporation of the Hunan army, Yang Yuebin, Hu Linyi and other Hunan army diehards were already very unhappy with Wu Chaoyue, this will be in the case of ghosts, seeing Li Hongzhang and Chongen have gone and never returning, and hearing Wu Chaoyue's order to kowtow to him, Yang Yuebin, who was afraid of being trapped by Wu Chaoyue, in order to protect himself in extreme fear, also issued an order to attack Wu Chaoyue's flagship and seize the ship. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, this is also Yang Yuebin's only chance, on the water of the vast expanse of Dongting Lake and Wu Chaoyue's three steam gunboats to duel, with tow boats and military sampans as the main warship, the Hunan Navy Division has no hope of success in the battle or escape, only taking advantage of the opportunity of Wu Jun's three steam gunboats to lower the sail and anchor, quickly rushed forward to fight a close battle, Hunan Navy Division has a little hope of victory.

"Wu Zhitai's sailor has a spies, and he kidnapped Chongfutai under the handsome banner of Wu Zhitai and is ready to sacrifice it to Changmao! Rush up to grab the boat and rescue Chongfutai! ”

This is an excuse that Yang Yuebin came up with in a hurry, not to mention the result, relying on the strict military discipline left by Zeng Guofan before, the Hunan Naval Division, which was formed with the remnants of the Hunan Army Naval Division as the backbone, really immediately carried out the order, and without hesitation, Zhang Fan rowed, relying on a sudden southeast wind, and launched a charge against the three steam gunboats of the Wu Army's Naval Division, the Daodao, the Brave and the Victory. At the same time, Wu Jun's steam gunboat, in addition to the boiler still running at a low speed, did not even have time to put away the anchor.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Charging at full speed, you must not give the long-haired steamer a chance to anchor and accelerate! Flags, all the tugs fired at the enemy flagship! Beat! ”

Yang Yuebin knew very well that he only had one chance, so in addition to constantly yelling orders to move forward at full speed, he also let the flagship of the towing ship he was riding rush to the front, and decisively ordered to concentrate artillery fire on Wu Chaoyue's flagship Daodao, in a vain attempt to kill the flagship of the Wu army in one fell swoop and seize the opportunity!

The earth-shattering sound of artillery fire echoed on the rippling Dongting Lake, and more than ten towing boats of the Hunan Navy Division fired one after another, and there were really a lot of shells that hit the Wu Army's flagship Daodao, but it was a pity that the small-caliber shells of the Hunan Navy Division hit the hull of the Daode with a displacement of more than 600 tons, which was basically not much different from tickling, and even the copper-wrapped side of the ship was difficult to penetrate, even if the cannon was fired first, it did not have much impact on the Daodao, and the well-trained Wu Army sailors were not in a hurry, While retracting the sails, increase the fire of the boilers, and at the same time fire back with guns.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Although only six of the ship's bow guns participated in the round firing, and only four shells hit three enemy ships, the 32-pound solid cannonballs were like an iron fist, directly piercing the sides of the three enemy ships and directly entering the cabins, passing through multiple cabins one after another before stopping, instantly damaging the enemy ships and killing and wounding a large number of enemy ship sailors.

Yang Yuebin was not too surprised by this, his eagle-like eyes were just staring at the Daodao, silently calculating the distance in his heart, his hands clenched into fists, his palms were full of sweat, and he kept praying in his heart, "You must lean on!" Be sure to lean in! ”

The whizzing Congreve rocket quickly shattered Yang Yuebin's dream, the same decapitation tactic, the five rockets launched by the Wu Junshui Division were all aimed at Yang Yuebin's flagship, the two rockets accurately hit Yang Yuebin's flagship, and the arrows carried picric acid gunpowder exploded violently, and Yang Yuebin's flagship sails and ships quickly ignited a sky-high fire. The other three rockets crossed Yang Yuebin's flagship and entered the sampan fleet of the Hunan Navy Division, directly blowing up the two sampans of the Hunan Navy Division.

There was still hope for the Hunan Naval Division, and the three steam gunboats of the Wu Army were still accelerating, but several of the military sampans of the Hunan Naval Division had already approached within 50 meters of the side of the Daode ship. But it's still a pity that the bitter and sour grenades that were suddenly thrown in large quantities on the Daode reminded Yang Yuebin of another major event - with Wu Chaoyue's bad character of being greedy for life and afraid of death, did the accompanying Wu soldiers have the reason that they were not all armed to the teeth?

At the same time, Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers on the deck also kept pulling the trigger, using high-precision mini guns to shoot bullets one after another, hitting the Hunan sailors one after another, and also letting Yang Yuebin know that a rumor did exist - Wu Chaoyue's side was protected by a team of sharpshooters.

After the horsepower was fully opened, the Wu army's steam gunboats, which could reach a maximum speed of eight knots per hour in a still water and windless environment, would not need to waste gunpowder and shells by firing their cannons, and just relying on the waves brought up during the voyage would be enough to directly overturn the sampan of the neighboring Hunan naval division, and would not give the enemy any chance to fight in close orbit. The three steam gunboats charged in a zigzag shape, like three sharp arrows off the string, directly piercing the huge fleet of the Hunan Naval Division, without firing the cannons, and directly overturning more than a dozen Hunan Naval Division's sampans just by relying on the waves they bringed.

In the face of the absolute tonnage and speed superiority of the Wu army's steam gunboats, the Hunan Navy Division was almost defeated in the blink of an eye, unable to catch up and fight, unable to escape, and there was no way to form a little threat to the Wu army's steamboats, and the formation was chaotic in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the steam gunboats of the Wu army also continued to fire accurately, hitting only a dozen or so tugboats of the Hunan Navy Division one after another, and the heavily damaged tugboats fled from the battlefield one after another with injuries, and the gunboats of the Wu army did not pay attention to it, but gradually concentrated their firepower to bombard Yang Yuebin's flagship, and Yang Yuebin's ship, which had already been wounded, was soon riddled with holes and quickly lost its ability to maneuver.

Knowing that the defeat was decided, Yang Yuebin of course immediately started the idea of escaping by boat, but just when he was about to change ships, Wu Jun's Brave had already rushed over directly, and with the tonnage advantage, he directly knocked over the sampan of the Hunan army that tried to get close to him on the boat, shouting the slogan of capturing the traitor Yang Yuebin and constantly shooting, shooting the Hunan sailors around Yang Yuebin, and constantly throwing bombs to expel the surrounding enemy boats.

There was no time to change boats, let alone directly change the conspicuous general's clothing on his body, Yang Yuebin could only jump directly into the water in a vain attempt to swim and escape, but several sailors also jumped off the Brave, swimming and pounced on Yang Yuebin, and several sailors also raised their pistols and yelled at Yang Yuebin, "Surrender and don't kill!" ”

"Haha!" Yang Yuebin struggled to swim to a sampan not far away, and laughed and scolded wildly: "A bunch of idiots, you have the ability to shoot, see if you can make a sound!" ”

Bang bang, between the Smith pistol shots of the metal bullet casing, Yang Yuebin's buttocks and shoulders were shot one after another, and two balls of blood appeared, and Yang Yuebin was suddenly dumbfounded, "The foreign guns in the hands of these idiots, why aren't they afraid of water?" ”

After injuring Yang Yuebin and slowing him down, the Wu army sailors shot one after another, killing and running away other enemies around him, easily catching up with Yang Yuebin, and more easily pressed him into the water and poured a belly of lake water, directly knocked him unconscious before dragging him back to the Brave, and directly captured this Hunan army general who insisted on pulling the remnants of the Hunan army down the bitter sea for personal interests, and almost effortlessly let the leaderless Hunan naval division collapse and collapse on its own.

After confirming the news of the capture of Yang Yuebin, Wu Chaoyue followed Li Hongzhang's advice and asked Xu Lai to command the steam gunboats to keep an eye on the three official ships brought by Chong'en, first destroying their sails with artillery, and then shooting the sailors on the deck who refused to surrender, jumping over the board to seize the ship, and also capturing the three official ships and Chong'en's henchman He Shaoji without much effort. Then, Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered: "Search these three boats and bring me all the official documents!" ”

Expected by Wu Chaoyue and Li Hongzhang, in the cabin of the Chong'en Seat that came prepared, the soldiers of the Wu army really quickly found the secret edict jointly issued by Ci'an and Cixi. And after reading the secret edict, Wu Chaoyue's face suddenly turned iron blue, and he slammed his fist on the table, and said in his heart: "I can only hurry up." ”

Li Hongzhang and Dai Wenjie, who were knowledgeable and interested, didn't read the secret edict, nor did they dare to ask about the content of the edict, but just waited patiently for Wu Chaoyue's decision. And after Wu Chaoyue pondered for a moment, he quickly roared angrily: "Raise the flag and return to Hubei!" ”

Xu Lai, who commanded the steam gunboat, received the order and immediately went out of the cabin to give the order, but Wu Chaoyue ordered Dai Wenjie again: "Wenjie, draft text, the first way, with the reputation of the governor of my Huguang and Liangjiang, all the troops are on full alert, and no one is allowed to mobilize a single soldier without my order!" The second way was to Feng Sanbao, telling him that Chong'en's rebellion had been taken down by me, and ordered him to act as the governor of Hunan, take over Changsha and capture Hu Linyi, Actun and Ling Fang, and dissolve Hunan Fubiao on the spot. ”

"Weiting, I'm familiar with the situation in Changsha, let me go and help Feng Junmen." Li Hongzhang said in a deep voice: "Also, my brother Li Hanzhang is still in Changsha City, and he doesn't know what happened to Dongting Lake, I have to save him!" ”

Wu Chaoyue thought about it for a while, immediately nodded, and said: "I will send the Daode to protect you, and after helping my father-in-law take Changsha and control the situation, you will go back to the Hubei provincial capital with the Daode to see me, and ask your brother to help my father-in-law." ”

Li Hongzhang gave up his hand to receive the order, and cautiously reminded: "Weiting, you also have to be careful, don't forget the town guard army in Jingzhou, the old general Mian is not controlled by you and will not listen to your command." ”

Wu Chaoyue nodded, and only then did he understand that in fact, his good brother Li Hongzhang had already seen that he had different intentions. -- However, this is not surprising, in fact, many people in Huguang have long seen that Wu Chaoyue is suspected of supporting the army and respecting himself.

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With the advantage of ship speed and firepower, Wu Chaoyue is of course not afraid of danger on the way back to Hubei, so let's take a look at the situation on Li Hongzhang's side first. After carrying Wu Chaoyue's official order to Feng Sanbao and Chong'en's governor Dayin boarded the Daodao, also relying on the advantage of ship speed, the Daode easily surpassed the defeated army of the Hunan Navy Division that fled first, even if it was not very familiar with the Xiangjiang waterway, it was also easy to return to Changsha in the early morning of the next day, which was also the early morning of the third day of the third month of March, and saw Feng Sanbao, who had been ordered to live in the Xiangyong camp. At the same time, Hunan Fubiao, who was also stationed outside Changsha City, didn't even know that Chong'en had been captured.

Feng Sanbao, who had a somewhat stubborn personality, once couldn't believe that his son-in-law would give such an order, and Li Hongzhang pointed out directly: "Feng Junmen, you must not hesitate at this time, Chong'en rebelled and tried to kill Weiting, his Fubiao must have been prepared, if you hesitate and let Hunan Fubiao make the first move, then even if you are not afraid, you will definitely suffer a lot of losses, you can only strike first and immediately implement the Governor's Constitutional Order of Weiting!" ”

After all, it was an official document of the governor of the five provinces, and at the same time, the official document was still from the hands of his son-in-law, although he still found it difficult to understand, Feng Sanbao immediately summoned the generals of Xiangyong, announced the shocking news that Chong'en's rebellion was taken by Wu Chaoyue, and then while dividing his troops into Changsha City to take over the city defense, he personally led the army to capture Hu Linyi, Actun and Ling Fang and others.

Feng Sanbao's operation was not very smooth, because Hu Linyi's actions were also very fast, although Hu Linyi and others did not receive the news that Chong'en was captured, but just seeing the brave driving to Changsha City, Hu Linyi, Actun and Ling Fang and others had already guessed that the situation was not good, and immediately implemented the contingency plan left by Chong'en - Acton and Ling Fang led Chong'en Fubiao's old troops into the city to take over the city defense, and posted a list to declare that Feng Sanbao had rebelled. Hu Linyi personally led the Hunan army to kill and capture Feng Sanbao in the Xiangyong camp, in a vain attempt to kill Feng Sanbao by surprise.

It's a pity, in fact, the Xiang army and Xiang Yong were caught off guard, Acton and Ling Fang led the army into the city from the north gate, and before they all entered the city, Feng Sanbao's deputy Wu Jun old man Huang Chongjing had already taken Xiang Yong to start entering the city from the south gate of Changsha, and almost at the same time met in front of the Yamen of the Changsha prefect, the two armies met in front of the Hunan Fubiao, Huang Chongjing was forced to wave his army to meet the battle, and the armies of Acton and Ling Fang were in a table tennis fight on the streets of Changsha, and the city of Changsha was suddenly in chaos.

At the same time, when Feng Sanbao took Xiang Yong to kill the Hunan army camp in a counterclockwise route, he happened to meet Hu Linyi outside the east gate of Changsha, and the two armies were connected.

As a result of the melee, Xiang Yong, who had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, quickly gained the upper hand, and Huang Chongjing quickly beat Hunan Fubiao, who had never been on the battlefield, to the ground in the city, and easily killed Acton, forcing Ling Fang to flee from the north gate with the defeated soldiers. The situation on the side of the Hunan army is also similar, the weapons and equipment are at an absolute disadvantage, the morale and fighting spirit and the quality of the soldiers are not comparable to the heyday, Jiang Zhongji's front directly defeated the Hunan army, forcing Hu Linyi to quickly flee back to the Fubiao garrison with the Hunan army, and the defeated army of Ling Fang held the camp to the death, relying on the advantage of the battalion defense to finally stabilize the situation.

With the help of Li Hongzhang, a military and political genius, Feng Sanbao, whose political ability was not very high, saved a lot of effort, and listened to Li Hongzhang's suggestion while blockading the gates of Changsha to search for the remnants of the enemy, and posted a list stamped with the seal of the governor of Hunan, claiming that Chong'en was plotting rebellion, seizing the opportunity of public opinion, and at the same time stabilizing people's hearts. On the one hand, the attack on Fubiao's camp in Hunan was temporarily stopped, and the army was mobilized to surround Hu Linyi and others first, and then sent people into the camp with books, and set a time limit for Hu Linyi, Ling Fang and others to lay down their arms and surrender, otherwise they would open artillery and bombard Fubiao's camp in Hunan.

When the envoy sent by Feng Sanbao saw Hu Linyi, Hu Linyi, who had been ill for many years, was already dying of fear and fear, hemoptysis continued, and he couldn't even say a complete sentence, pointing at Feng Sanbao's envoy just coughing and vomiting blood, "You guys, you are so bold, ...... and rebelled, ......." ”

"You are the ones who rebel!" Feng Sanbao's envoy retorted confidently and said loudly: "Chong'en rebelled and has been taken down by Wu Zhitai!" Wu Zhitai personally ordered you to be arrested, lay down your arms and surrender, and protect you from death! If you continue to be obsessed, you will bear all the consequences! ”

It is indeed embarrassing to say, in the face of Feng Sanbao and Li Hongzhang's kind surrender, including the Eight Banners Manchu Ling Fang chose to lay down their arms and surrender, but Hu Linyi still categorically refused, and a small number of Hunan army generals and soldiers continued to defend the camp, and still refused to put down their arms when the time limit came. Feng Sanbao was also forced to have no choice but to order artillery to bombard the remnants of the Hunan army led by Hu Linyi.

In the rumbling cannon, the Hunan soldiers loyal to Hu Linyi continued to fall down and be killed and wounded, and Hu Linyi also coughed up more blood, and finally when he saw Xiang Yong lining up to kill closer, Hu Linyi spit out a mouthful of blood, his head hung down, and muttered the last words of his life, "Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal." ”

It is indeed ridiculous, even Wu Chaoyue did not expect that the first shot of his army would be hit on the head of the remnants of the Hunan army, and he also killed the famous general of the Hunan army, Hu Linyi, and he felt a little guilty about this. However, if Wu Chaoyue's history can be done well, there may be any guilt......

Because, at the beginning of Zeng Guofan's army, the discipline of the Hunan army was by no means inferior to that of the Yuejia army, which froze to death and did not demolish the house, never killed innocents indiscriminately, and plundered. When the Hunan army broke through Wuhan for the first time, the boy scouts of the Taiping army did not want to be captured and humiliated, so they committed suicide by jumping into the river, and the soldiers of the Hunan army also jumped into the river under the command of Zeng Guofan to save people, and rescued more than 700 innocent children.

However, after Zeng Guo Fan Ding Wei returned to his hometown, during Hu Linyi's temporary tenure as the commander of the Hunan army, the military discipline of the Hunan army quickly deteriorated, creating the horrific Jiujiang Massacre, which was the first to slaughter the Hunan army. As a result, Hu Linyi relied on tons of Han blood to secure the position of governor of Hubei, and won the absolute trust of Emperor Xianfeng, who was in charge of both soldiers and money, but when Zeng Guofan came back again, the military discipline of the Hunan army could no longer be restrained. (To be continued.) )