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On the part of the Fu Han Army, because of the problem of Chongming Island, Yang Shijin was eager to kneel and give Chen Ming a military order, and the pressure on the shoulders of the sailor was now heavier than Mount Tai. Is the life of the Qing army on Chongming Island any better?

The southeast wind blew Chongming. It's April.

Since Huang Zhenggang led the naval army to withdraw into Chongming in early March, the strategic environment of Chongming Island has changed too much in just one month.

At the earliest time, they still had the Haimen Hall behind them to rely on, and Changzhou also contained the main force of the Han Army. And now?

In the middle of a whole March, Yangzhou's Fuhan army relied on the momentum of the Jiangnan army to push its sphere of influence from outside Yangzhou to Gaoyouzhou, and then took Xinghua and Dongtai horizontally to the east. By mid-to-late July, Nataizhou, Nantong Prefecture and Haimen Hall had all become the territory of the Fu Han army. When the news of the fall of Changzhou arrived, the island was panicked and depressed.

Now the days on Chongming Island are also very bitter.

Huang Zhenggang stood on the high platform of the water camp, looking at the sky to the east, like a cold stone statue. No one saw that the Dinghai Divine Needle of more than 10,000 land and water Qing troops on Chongming Island was actually exhausted.

For a whole month of March, Emperor Qianlong in Beijing only issued a decree of commendation to Chongming Island, and a canonization decree was given to Huang Zhenggang and other generals of the navy and army to seal a yellow coat, dazzling eyes, and even cloud cavalry captain, cavalry lieutenant, light car lieutenant and other worldly positions, Huang Zhenggang even won a second-class baron's title.

But what's the use of that? What the Qing army on Chongming Island needs most is reinforcements, reinforcements!

In late March, first the Haimen Hall was occupied by the Fu Han army, and then the news of the fall of Changzhou spread throughout Chongming, which was really like five thunderbolts, and the morale of the Qing army on Chongming Island was completely lost.

What title is the worldly position, the yellow robe and horse coat? It's precious, isn't it? But that preciousness is preciousness while you are still alive. The current Chongming Qing army is facing a big problem of life and death. And the dependents of many officers and soldiers of the Navy Division are still from the south of the Yangtze River, or southerners with a larger scope. In the face of the big question of life and death, many people suddenly found that the rewards and commendations of Emperor Lao Tzu were all false.

You brought a pair of dazzling feathers, what if you wore a yellow coat? A slash will still cut off the head.

Chongming Island fought from late March to early April, and morale was getting lower and lower day by day. Chen Ming also took a boat to take a look at the Qing army's sailor Dazhai, and this morale was not much higher than that of the Qing army in Changzhou in the last two days. Huang Zhenggang sent someone to deliver a letter to Chai Daji in Zhoushan, no matter how many warships and civilian ships Chai Daji could pull out in his hands now, Huang Zhenggang ordered Chai Daji to come to help immediately.

"Maybe I am killing myself, and I should withdraw from Chongming!"

Looking at the boundless water to the east, the corners of Huang Zhenggang's eyes twitched. He was completely unsure about his risk. And the price to pay is too great.

"There is no turning back when you open the bow!" Huang Zhenggang took a long breath, the order had already been delivered, and whether it was success or failure depended on the will of heaven.

Chen Naruto stopped at Wusong. His life is not busy now, and the logistics department has divided several people to transfer to civil officials, naturally all of them are senior members, and at the same time, the fourth uncle Chen Min was ordered to stay in Nanjing, of course, it is Chen Ming's to stay behind, and Nanjing's status is special. Shen Guozhen, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the "Central Plains Daily" who was born in Zhejiang, was appointed as the Jiangnan Inspector of the Imperial History, and his background was very innocent.

The Lu Liuliang case greatly damaged the vitality of Zhejiang Shilin, but in the end, many students remained. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in power, this was naturally not a qualification to show off, but if it was changed to the Fu Han Army, it would be a very glorious and glorious aura. Shen Guozhen's life experience can make it very convenient for him to win the hearts of some Jiangnan Shilin.

And more importantly, the Qing army had collected a lot of gold in Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and when the Han army re-entered northern Jiangsu, Chen Ming unexpectedly found that the resistance of the civilian places was much smaller than expected.

Coupled with this reply to the Han army's shotgun and artillery change, the main force of the Qing army led by Feng Sheng's forehead was surrounded in the first battle, and the momentum of Jiangnan could not be stopped, and there were too many students and various characters who took refuge in it than before. Although the Battle of Changzhou had just ended, the rule of the Fu Han army in the southern Jiangsu territory seemed to open up the situation.

Whether it is a gentry or a student, a squire or a landlord, most of them obediently cut off their braids.

The so-called heroes of mine and enemies of others. In the same way, the luck of the Fu Han army is also the great misfortune of the Qing soldiers. The smooth progress of local affairs gave Chen Ming more skills and energy to deal with the affairs of Chongming Island.

In order to deal with Huang Zhenggang, an old stubborn, he used the secret camp, and he used the sniper team. The former intended to oppose the Qing military attache on the island, while the latter assassinated Huang Zhenggang. It's just that the former has made some progress, while the latter has worked in vain - Huang Zhenggang's guard is very tight.

"Your Highness, there is a secret report from Zhoushan, Huang Zhenggang recruited Chai Daji to come to Chongming." Liu Wu hurriedly ran to Chen Ming's side. Chen Ming, who was looking in the direction of Chongming Island, suddenly turned his head, "Chai Daji? ”

What does Huang Zhenggang want to do?

Yang Shijin and other commanders of the navy army were quickly recruited, and the four generals of the naval division of the Fuhan army unanimously agreed that this was a great opportunity. Originally, the sailor had the idea of jumping out of the Yangtze River, but now the Qing army took the initiative to send it to the door, so kill it, stop Chai Daji, and then attack Zhoushan!

Huang Zhenggang stood on the high platform, and the naked eye seemed to be able to cross the water surface for hundreds of miles, and saw the commotion at Wusongkou.

Chen Ming also believed in the accuracy of the news that Chen Jigong had sent from Dinghai. Although the secret camp of the Fu Han army has never rebelled against Chai Daji.

Whether it was Chen Jigong, who was closest to Chai Daji, or Chen Ming, who was far away by land, he never thought of recruiting Chai Daji. Because this person has shown great bravery in several battles with the Fu Han army, he is a strong general in the Qing army's water war.

Chen Ming never regarded this kind of person as a target for strategy. The dark camp will not be 'reckless' enough to go directly to pry the celebrities who can be used by Qingzheng.

Chai Daji, who was scared of all his courage, is now a second-class lieutenant of light vehicles, and Wu Song's deputy general. At first glance, it seems to be really red. If he knew that he had been looked down upon by Chen Ming, a big man who was regarded as the number one enemy by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, should he cry or laugh?

"Your Highness. The Chai Daji Department is the only sailor in Zhoushan. "Most of Zhejiang's sailors have converged in Fujian, and although the Fu Han army has conquered half of Zhejiang, not many warships have fled to Zhoushan to escape. However, many Lu Yong and some banner people from Hangzhou rushed to Dinghai by civilian boat.

"If his troops are dispatched, our army will go straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River tomorrow to see Huang Zhenggang's rats come out of the hole." The flesh and cheeks on Yang Shijin's face have disappeared, and the pressure on his body has been very great in this month. As early as the beginning of February, all the pride of the army when it went down the river was thrown out of the clouds.

This time Huang Zhenggang did not come out, and the sailor sailed out of the mouth of the Yangtze River and went straight to Zhoushan, anyway, now Ningbo has also been taken down by the Fu Han army. Even if it is unfavorable to attack Zhoushan, they still have a place to settle down and supply ammunition and water.

Chen Ming's opinions on the water master are not hidden now, and his impression of Yang Shijin and them must have fallen to the bottom, Yang Shijin and Chen Dai must come up with the results as soon as possible, and the results will be real! to redeem his image in Chen Ming's heart.

It was not easy to grow the water division from scratch, but they didn't want to be kicked out when it was time for the harvest.

Chen Ming looked at the map, the wide Yangtze River estuary is much larger than what later generations saw, the three major islands of the Yangtze River estuary in later generations have the appearance of the main body in addition to Chongming Island, Changxing Island and Hengsha Island are just a series of sandbanks in the center of the river. Perennial by the invasion of seawater, its soil repels halogen, grass and reeds are everywhere, it is a saline-alkali land full of reeds and triangular grass.

But for those who are not familiar with the water situation at the mouth of the Yangtze River, this series of sandbanks next to Wusong is a devil's tidal flat. The two previous warships of the Fu Han Army ran aground, both in the waters of Changxing Island in later generations.

Time flies, especially when the army is making preparations, Yang Shijin said that it will be launched tomorrow, but the next day it was delayed until noon. This is a fleet of both land and water, Chen Ming personally sent the first marine corps of the Han Army on board, more than 600 people were stuffed into ten sea boats, and specially selected a group of officers from Jiujiang who were accustomed to sitting on river boats to serve as the backbone, and the leading battalion officer was called Deng Yun. Listening to the report from the dark camp, this small battalion official has a great favor to Xie Hu, the prefect of Anqing, and Xie Hu has just been added to the title of Anhui Inspector of Imperial History. Now the newly formed Marine battalion has also joined the fleet.

The fleet out of the Yangtze River estuary this time is dominated by thunder boats and bird boats, with a small number of fast crab boats, while the long dragon boats and large sampan boats are not suitable for the wind and waves of the open sea, and the ships are too low, and they are also horizontal in the Yangtze River. Then there are the sea boats that have been gathered up in the Matsue area.

"Your Highness......"

Liu Wu was careful in his voice, it was not only Yang Shijin who had been cleared in this month, but the flesh on Chen Ming's face had also lost weight. It's just that Chen Ming is a person who doesn't like to be angry.

If you have a fire by yourself, you will find someone else to make a raft, and Chen Ming doesn't like this the most.

In his previous life, his father loved to drink, and he was always drunk, and it seemed that he was uncomfortable when he sat at the wine table and did not pour the wine into other people's stomachs, and the result was that he was always drunk himself. From the time Chen Ming can remember, his mother was angry with his father, seven or eight times out of ten because his father was drunk again. His mother had a fire in her heart, so she put the air conditioner outside, and the climate at home changed. And every time the cold and high pressure comes, Chen Ming's son becomes her mother's punching bag!

So Chen Ming, who was fed up with this, swore early on that he would never be angry with others. Although he did not dare to say that he must have done it all, he would try to restrain himself.

But for people like Liu Wu who are 'serving' by Chen Ming's side, Chen Ming's character might as well be angry with others. At least once the temper is raised, the alarm can be lifted. And every time I look at Chen Ming's anxious and angry heart, but I have a 'cold face' that I can't bear to endure, it always reminds Liu Wu and them of the underwater Dragon King Cannon - a time bomb!

"Can Huang Zhenggang come out?" Gao Yanming was a little incomprehensible, he felt that if Huang Zhenggang came out at this time, the sailors on both sides would fight against each other, and there would be a chance that it would be the Han Army that would win.

The news of Changzhou has spread all over China, and Chongming Island is also spreading, how can it not have an impact on the morale of the Qing army?

"What if Huang Zhenggang doesn't come out? What about coming out? Not so much now. Liu Wu handed Gao Yanming a cup of tea, "Let's take down Ningbo, and the fleet can still settle in Ningbo when it leaves the Yangtze River." ”

Liu Wu had never thought that surface combat alone could involve so many 'side dishes'. It's just a matter of the wharf, and it firmly holds the 'dragon head' of the Fuhan Army's sailors. It was not until Hangzhou was taken that the proposal of the fleet to attack Zhoushan directly out of the mouth of the Yangtze River was put on the agenda. Of course, Hangzhou Bay is not conducive to the berthing of a large number of fleets due to the specific hydrological environment of the Qiantang River, such as tides, quicksand, and silt zones. It can only be used as a temporary stop. And then Ningbo also took it down. Ningbo Port is a top-notch berthing place, and the sailors have finalized the 'going out' strategy, and they don't plan to be aggrieved in the Yangtze River anymore.

The reason for everything lies in one port.

……

"Boom, boom, boom......" Huang Zhenggang came out.

Chen Ming was at Wusongkou, looking at the Qing warships floating outside the port, his eyebrows were about to fly.

What the hell is going on? He was very molested in his heart, but he was raped and chased away. The sound of artillery echoed outside Wusongkou, because the Qing army fleet led by Huang Zhenggang did not intercept the 'going out' fleet, but the inland river warships of the Fu Han army left behind in the battle.

"I ......, it seems that the heroes of the world are too simple."

Chen Ming rubbed his forehead, after getting the plan of the water master to 'go out', he seemed to have become blind. Just thinking about whether Huang Zhenggang will come to fight or not, what will happen if he doesn't come to fight, his eyes and brain seem to be flying out of the Yangtze River estuary with the fleet, but he has completely forgotten the current possibility.

The sea breeze made Chen Ming's whole body cool, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

……

Wusongkou, Shitang artillery position. A roar erupted from one cannon after another!

Don't think that if the sailor leaves the main fleet, Wu Songkou will become easy to bully. Chen Ming had artillery positions on both sides of the Huangpu River. Because of the range of artillery in this era, the artillery fire on both sides of the strait has relatively weak control over the ocean, but the protection of Wusong Port is okay.

Huang Zhenggang stood on the bow of the boat, holding a telescope and looking at Wusongkou, this was their only chance. Chen Ming would not have known that Huang Zhenggang's recruitment of Chai Daji to lead his troops to help was part of this plan.

Huang Zhenggang used the risk of Zhoushan's possible loss to fight for his chance to storm Wusongkou. As long as Wusongkou is defeated, the warships in the Huangpu River are polished, and all the military supplies here are burned, the Chongming Qing army has not yet entered a desperate situation.

"......Boom" A huge fireworks bloomed on the river, and Huang Zhenggang, who was shining with the hot fire, closed his eyes, it was a Qing army's shipwreck that was detonated by a cannonball, and the entire shipwreck seemed to be made of paper, torn to pieces by the blast wave of the explosion.

"Reporting to the army, Chen was fierce in artillery fire. General Chen's warship was injured and his left leg was knocked off......"

"Report ......, Zheng Shenrong was killed by a shell......"

Wusongkou was filled with gunsmoke and the sound of cannons rumbled, and dozens of Qing warships bombarded the positions on the bank of the Huangpu River with their hulls on the side, and in the Huangpu River, a large number of long dragon boats and large sampans hid four or five miles away from Wusongkou. (To be continued.) )