On the third day of Xu Youruo's voyage to Wenzhou Port with the vanguard fleet, it was noon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Deputy commander, I've met the Qing army." Xu Gui's voice sounded outside the door, and his voice was full of excitement.

Xu Youruo sighed lightly in the cabin, and then raised his eyebrows to reveal a hint of playfulness. "Sure enough, Fujian's sailors won't watch my land and water army go together." They will also send ships out just to reconnoitre. Xu Youruo is like a burden.

As the vanguard fleet, his task is not to sweep away the Qing army's sentinel ships on the sea first.

At the same time, Xu Youruo was also confident in the strength of the Fu Han army that went south to Fujian. Seeing the struggle of the Qing army as a fish swimming at the bottom of the kettle, such as the monkey in the hands of the Buddha, no matter how much he jumped, he couldn't get out of the palm of his hand.

The strength of Xu Youruo's fleet is still very good, with four large and medium-sized thunder boats, four large and medium-sized bird boats, two large catch boats, and sixteen water bow boats and shuttle boats, as well as dozens of sampan clippers.

Of course, such strength cannot eat the main force of the Qing army, but it can definitely sweep away the reconnaissance troops of the Qing army.

The current telescope magnification is still not good, Xu Youruo stood at the bow of the boat and put down his hand helplessly, and there was a small black spot in the distance, and he couldn't see anything. His eyes are also not as sharp as those of the lookout. Forget it, let's go ahead with the original plan. "Let the sampan rush through."

Xu Youruo personally led the ship as the vanguard of the fleet, two large catch boats, four large and medium-sized bird boats formed the middle, sixteen water ships and shuttle ships were divided into two teams and each side, and then there were one large, two, three thunder boats, and the whole fleet was arrow-shaped.

With his order, the neat formation of the vanguard fleet suddenly dispersed, and immediately lowered half sails, while the left and right formations puffed up their sails and moved forward with all their might. Soon the left and right formations, which had been lagging behind, exceeded the central formation in just a quarter of an hour, and the formation changed from an arrow formation to a 'V' ship formation. The left and right formations on the two wings resemble a pair of outstretched arms, taking the Qing army sailors in front of them into their arms.

"I have such a big appetite, but I don't know if there are good teeth that match." Zhao Kunpeng, the deputy general of Haitan Town, snorted angrily, shook his hand and threw the monocular to the pro-soldiers on the side.

"It's just an ignorant bandit, why should you be angry with it, and you won't be at your disposal when you are caught." Zhao Kunpeng's pro-army said. Sure enough, this compliment made Zhao Kunpeng smile on his face.

Zhao Kunpeng is a banner man, a member of the Han Army, and his ancestors arrived in Fuzhou when they fought Taiwan. As his person, Zhao Kunpeng was of course hostile to the Fu Han army, and if it was possible, he absolutely did not want to see the red flag of the Fu Han army planted on the tower of Fuzhou City. Then, he has to do his duty first. Just like the task Xu Youruo received, he was also ordered to eliminate the reconnaissance outpost ship of the Fu Han army.

Stroking the cannon body, Xu Youruo felt a cold coldness, but his heart was hot, like burning carbon.

The cannon filled him with confidence.

The artillery of the Fu Han army not only had a long range, but also hit quickly, and it could fire six to eight rounds in a quarter of an hour in the ups and downs of the sea, which was converted to a little more than two minutes per shot. Xu Youruo talked to Shi Xinxiong, Chai Daji and many other surrendered officers of the Qing Army's naval division, that the level of the Qing army was that it was good to be able to fire three or four cannons in a quarter of an hour on the largest large rushing ship.

"The enemy is five miles in." The shouts of the lookout woke Xu Youruo.

"Five miles." Xu Youruo's slightly narrowed eyes shot a ray of fine light, the Qing army did not flee but advanced, this battle has a spectrum. Xu Youruo held more than 20 large and small warships in his hands, and there were also twenty or thirty large and small warships opposite, evenly matched.

"The enemy is three miles in!"

"The enemy is in Erli!"

“…… 200 zhang ......"

All the data are not exact and accurate, even if this lookout is the best math + the most seasoned sailor, he has the best ranging instrument of this era, and the number that can be quoted is only an approximation.

"Test firing ......" With Xu Youruo's whisper, the loud shout sounded again on the thunder boat, which was named after the whale name, which was the 'Whale Five', and the flag bearer on the slipway also waved the small flag in his hand up and down to convey the order.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Xu Youruo, who was standing at the bow of the ship, felt a slight shock on the deck under his feet, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, this is the benefit of a big ship.

When he heard the sound of cannons, Zhao Kunpeng smiled. He knew in his heart that this was definitely put by the rebels in front of him, and the veterans he brought out this time were all veterans of the Five Seas, and it was impossible for them to shoot artillery more than a mile away after a long time of wind and waves. This time, he wanted to hit Chen Yi hard, and he didn't just want to get rid of Chen Wei. The rebels in front of them can do this kind of thing, and they are obviously the chicks who have just entered the battle formation.

Zhao Kunpeng was not immediately slapped in the face, and the cannon of the Whale 5 was thirteen or fourteen zhang away from the nearest warship of the Qing army.

The artillery of the Fu Han army was like a lit firecracker, but it always rang out one after another. Dozens of warships were making zigzag movements, and they all tried their shots one by one.

"Forward, rush in with all your might, get close to hit." Zhao Kunpeng shouted loudly. In this era, the naval battles in the east and the gang-jumping battles all occurred from time to time, and it was impossible to distinguish the winner from a simple long-distance artillery battle, only to rush close to the 'hand-to-hand combat'.

Zhao Kunpeng has been in charge of the fleet for more than ten years, and the Fu Han army under his command is all old foundations. Since the order was given from above, then it was not said, it was up.

One by one, the Qing warships rushed straight to the Han army at unabated speed.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

A deafening loud sound echoed from the calm sea, and one cannon after another spewed out a stream of fire, accompanied by puffs of black gunsmoke, and cannonballs whistled out.

Xu Youruo stood quietly on the deck, his expression calm, and he looked like he was in his chest.

He must win this battle!

……

The large force of the Fu Han Army went south by sea, but the 16th Brigade and the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Garrison Division that reached the Zhejiang-Fujian border did not really completely stop.

Gao Jinghui led the 13th Brigade into Jianning Mansion, Xianxia Pass can be a battle, and the soldiers took Pucheng without blood, and then the soldiers were divided into three routes: all the way to the west to fight Chongru, all the way to the east to fight Songxi, and then he himself led all the way from the middle to the south of Puxi straight to Jianning City. Five years ago, Zhu Xueren, the political envoy of Shaanxi Province who returned to his hometown, organized a regiment to practice Chongru to defend Chongru, and his family was killed. Chen Wei even wanted to cast the big knife and bird gun seized in Chongru County into a kneeling statue of Master Zhu, a traitor. Mingfu [General Fuzhou] was very shocked when he got the news, the Fu Han army actually used such a method, leaving a stench for thousands of years, which is very deterrent to scholars and anyone.

"The thieves went deep into Jianning, if they entered a no-man's land, how could they be born!" He walked up and down the study, pausing and sighing from time to time.

"Alas, Huang Shijian, it's really useless, it's too low to live up to my high expectations!" Mingfu said in his heart, put all his grievances on Huang Shijian, but as long as this Huang Shijian can have the ability of his great-grandfather Haicheng Gong Huang Wu, why would the enemy enter Jianning Mansion as if he had entered no man's land?

mentioned the pen and wrote an excerpt of reprimand, accusing Huang Shijian of fearing the enemy and avoiding the war, and working in vain. He really wanted to find someone to replace Huang Shijian, the governor of northern Fujian, to reinforce the troops, but he couldn't think of a suitable person. In his heart, Chen Jie and Wu Xiongguang, who retreated to northern Fujian from Suzhou, are both good candidates, but these two people are too young and too young, and Chen Wei has already pressed them over, so they can't be in a hurry.

This morning, as usual, I got up without knowing the blessing of the day, freshened up under the service of a group of maids and maids, put on the crown clothes of the Changchao Dynasty, and then walked out of Yixinzhai to the small Buddha hall to burn incense and worship the heavens. This is the most critical time of the year before Mingfu let people in the western suburbs of Fuzhou sacrifice Jiuling Mountains at the foot of the Xichan Temple invited a statue, but it is also a coincidence, this small Buddha hall was completed in the general's mansion, the British cannon gunpowder hit the Minjiang River and sent it into the city, relying on the firearms of the British, Mingfu really kept the city of Fuzhou, and then the situation gradually improved for more than a year, until the spring of this year.

After the four prostrations, he silently prayed for a while, and returned to the westernmost room of the study. In order to be depressed, he exempted his sons, grandsons, and others from greeting him as usual.

changed into a kudzu clothes, the summer clothes made of kudzu cloth are more comfortable than silk, and Mingfu did it to read the documents before the bookcase. In this bookcase, he has been reviewing various documents on military aircraft for six years, and has personally written countless orders, but now he is worried about this bookcase every day. The various newspapers and newspapers and documents piled up every day on the case were like a hill, but almost none of them would make him happy.

Some of these documents reported the progress of the Han Army, some reported the local food shortage, and some reported the riots of the "Tukou". There are also tragic reports of military disasters, and the officers and soldiers sent out to fight are no longer what they used to be, and it is common to burn, kill, and loot in the localities.

There are also some local officials who have fled from the wind, and some local officials have been martyred ......, and so on, he must read such documents every day, but he really doesn't want to read them, and he doesn't dare to read them. Sometimes, he was eager to kick the book case over, and he was also afraid to come into contact with those official documents and war reports that were related to war and failure.

Now, his mind was very heavy, and he didn't immediately review the papers, but only looked down at the bronze incense burner on the bookcase. A maid held a vermilion gold-painted tray with a small bowl and a silver spoon on it, containing stewed bird's nest, and walked gently into the study. Another maid took the bowl and the silver spoon from the tray, placed them in front of Mingfu, and lifted the lid with his hand. Ming Fu didn't even glance at these maids, picked up the silver spoon, looked at the bird's nest in the bowl, and said in his heart: I don't know how many days I can drink such goods in the future, and slowly finish the bird's nest soup.

After drinking the bird's nest soup, Mingfu asked people to set up a meal, big bowls and small bowls, large plates and small plates, and more than ten dishes in a meal, soup and soup, but Mingfu had no appetite at all, and only put two chopsticks between a few dishes at hand, and most of the dishes were almost how to bring them in and how to bring them out. Leaning back in his chair, Ming Fu picked up the list of additional posts and officials presented by the political envoy from under the paperweight, with the names of ten people on it, each with merit and seniority.

These are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, but these are also trivial things. It has all come to this point, what can one person do to give them a governor?

He picked up the list and looked at it a few times, his mind blank. The eyes fall on the paper, but the heart does not.

Put the pen down.

At this moment, Mingfu's chief retinite walked in with a fold and respectfully placed it on the bookcase. Mingfu was afraid that there would be a bad military situation or a famine, so he asked suspiciously:

"What paperwork?"

"General, this is the document handed over by Fu Liang, the deputy capital of Jingkou, who signed the detention room, and the servant sent it immediately." Fu Liang, the deputy governor of Jingkou, led people to flee from Jiangnan to Zhejiang, and from Zhejiang to Fuzhou. Mingfu threw him aside and ignored him, thinking that Fu Liang was a rat general who had been scared out of his guts.

Fu Liang...... What's up? ”

"He said that the thieves were deep, Jianning was erosive, and as a Manchurian bannerman, he had an unshirkable responsibility, and begged the general to send him to supervise the war in Jianning."

Mingfu was suddenly overjoyed: "What? Is he willing to go to Jianning to supervise the war? "What an unexpected surprise.

"Yes, General."

"Read it to me! Read it to me! ”

Chang Sui had already read Fu Liang's book, and he didn't stutter at all at this time. The words in Fu Liang's book are not passionate and generous, nor are they full of loyalty and patriotic passion, but they are very straightforward and frank, and they have reached the point where they have reached the end of the time when they have nowhere to escape. Do you want to be tied up, go to be a cow and a horse with Chen Wei, and be arbitrarily humiliated? It's better to fight to the death, and death is death.

Such straightforward words are the most touching of Mingfu's heart at this moment, he was really deeply moved, and his eyes were shining with tears. "Rare! Rare! His throat began to choke, and his voice trembled. It is rare that there is such a big understanding person as Fu Liang among the flag people. Even if Fu Liang asked him for silver, 108,000 taels was not too much, and 12,000 taels was not too little. Jianning is a typical place with many mountains and few lands, eight mountains, one water and one field, which is what is said there.

Fu Liang is ready to leave his life in Jianning. He didn't need to bring many people, as long as the two or three hundred Nanjing bannermen around him.

Fu Liang is very clear about the situation in Fuzhou, there are still some firearms, but he still has to stay to defend the city. When he arrived in Jianning, if he still counted on Fuzhou to support ammunition and firearms, it would be an absolute dream, and Fu Liang would rely more on swords, guns and cold weapons.

So Fu Liang only needs money, and he wants to sue for a lot more. The six or seven military attachés can be killed.

Mingfu had already made his decision, and commanded decisively:

"You go back to Fu Liang in person and ask him to replace Huang Shijian, the governor of northern Fujian."

"What about Huang Shijian?" The retinue was shocked, is this to take the land commander in battle? Isn't this a change of general, he asked timidly.

"Come to Fuzhou with him!"

The attendant sneaked a glance at Mingfu's face. He knew that Huang Shijian was quite incompetent, but Huang Shijian had deep roots in Fujian. Since his great-grandfather's generation, the Huang family has been in Fujian Province, and the Huang family has not only made friends with military and political officials, but also countless maritime merchants and wealthy people. When Huang Shijian was the commander himself, he did not do much to transport tea and raw silk to the mouth of the Minjiang River by inland rivers.

But the general had already made a decision, and he did not dare to say a word, so he had to go out and do it according to the instructions of the light blessing. Turning around, he respectfully withdrew.

Although Fu Liang, the deputy commander of Jingkou, was not a suitable commander in the eyes of Mingfu, because he was already very dissatisfied with Huang Shijian and was eager to change the military situation in northern Fujian, he decided on such a major issue very hastily. He had always been a man with brains, and he was more determined to believe that the bannermen were more reliable than the Han at this time.

He stood up and walked around the house. I couldn't calm down for a long time. "By the way, there's Wu Bida." The Wu Bida clan and heaven and earth will have an enmity against the heavens, and Mingfu can still trust him, and the level of the flag people on the sea is even worse and worse. Mingfu and Fujian Governor Ening have never had the mind of setting up Wu Bida. At the moment, Mingfu felt that he needed to make Wu Bida feel relieved.

Then Mingfu sighed in his heart and said:

"I hope that with Fu Liang replacing Huang Shijian, the Governor's Army can change the current military situation!"

The army led by Chen Yiqin has not yet made a move, but he has only defeated the thief soldier Yu Yong in Zhejiang, which has made northern Fujian unstoppable. Mingfu didn't think that the Fu Han army was really unstoppable, but only thought that Huang Shijian was stupid and the morale of the army was low, which made Jianning's situation embarrassing. (To be continued.) )