The early morning sun slowly rose from the seemingly calm sea, and the Protector Fleet slowly sailed to Xiamen under Lin Baoyi's order, and the Beiyang Navy also quickly crossed under the command of Sa Zhenbing, like a King Kong Mountain between Xiamen and the Protector Fleet, after a short battle greeting etiquette, the two sides as the most familiar strangers, began to fight to the death with the most familiar means of each other. The huge muzzles, the fierce sounds, and the hissing whistle covered up all the technical tactics, leaving only the most primitive bombardment and fluctuations.

The officers and men of the Protector Navy stationed on the rocky fort day and night heard the sound of the bombardment, and they also quickly entered the state of war, turned the muzzle of the gun and aimed at the black shadow outside the sea area, but did not make a move, Yang Shuzhuang looked at the most fierce artillery battle in front of him and was also a little dazed, and the adjutant on the side kindly reminded: "Your Excellency, give the order to open fire, under the attack from both sides, the Beiyang Navy has no chance of winning." In his eyes, the Beiyang Navy should be the enemy even if it is not a rebellion, but the naval officers and men on the rock fort actually have a wait-and-see attitude, which greatly surprised his expectations, you must know that a few days ago when the Protector Navy had not come to support, the naval officers and soldiers on the rock fort launched a fierce counterattack against the Beiyang Navy, and now the reinforcements are coming, these people are standing by and watching, which is a bit excessive.

Yang Shuzhuang glanced at him coldly, slowly turned his head, a sad and dazed look to this side in the distance, the morning sun shone on his face, flashing a metallic luster, he slowly raised his hand, and threw it hard to the front and back, as if he was not throwing his arm but the weight of Mount Tai, so that after he shook his hand, his straight body couldn't help but tremble a few times, with his trembling, the cannon on the rock fort moved up a lot neatly, and the deafening cannon roared out of the sky, It didn't seem to kill the enemy, but it was like a message, and then the artillery slowly lowered and pulled down, and again stopped for a moment to the black shadow like a hill, and after about three or four minutes, the artillery began to roar away, and at the same time the Beiyang Navy also began to counterattack towards the rock battery, the first few times there were foreign warships to block, and the outsiders did not let the adjutant see the strength of the Beiyang Navy, and now the life and death situation is not scrupulous, only half an hour later, the rock battery was almost swept aside by the shells, at least two guns were dumb, An ammunition depot was breached, and some of the ammunition had already been removed before it exploded.

The Hulishan Fort and the White Stone Fort on both sides of the Panshi Fort also received almost equal treatment from the Beiyang Navy, and when the casualty statistics were sent to the adjutant, the adjutant panicked all of a sudden, his hands kept shaking, and he hurriedly asked Yang Shuzhuang: "I didn't expect this Beiyang Navy to be so powerful!" What to do, my lord! Yang Shuzhuang sighed and said: "The rock fort must not be lost, quickly let Lin Guogeng transfer a few artillery, and do not let the Beiyang Navy easily land!" When the adjutant heard this, he immediately went down in a panic, looking at the embarrassment of the adjutant's weak legs and falling down when he got off the battery, Yang Shuzhuang couldn't help but shake his head.

The artillery fire in the sea area of Xiamen roared, Xu Chongzhi's army and Li Yaohan's Zhao army also launched a charge in accordance with the strategy prepared in advance, since the other party's troop layout was figured out, there is no need to take a too conservative way of defending the city, after all, the grain and grass in Xiamen City had already been bought off when Wang Xifeng's troops retreated, and when the Yangshuzhuang Navy came, they barely scavenged some grain and grass, which has angered many people in Xiamen. The grain fell below the danger line that night, if you don't repel the encircled troops outside Xiamen as soon as possible, the food problem alone can make Xiamen City a ghost cave, although the grain and grass problem has been asked to Fuzhou for allocation, but Fuzhou's grain is not rich, that damn Wang Dewang ran fast, and he was also a good hand at looting, almost except for people, nothing was left for Zang Zhiping, fortunately, Sun Monkey let the food and ocean transported by the Protector Navy, otherwise it would not take half a month for Zang Zhiping's army to collapse without a fight.

Only by defeating Wang Xifeng and Wang Dewang outside the city and defeating Chang Zhenbang's guard brigade is the fundamental way to solve the Xiamen problem.

The soldiers who shouted 'Protector' poured into the rebel army's fortifications like a tidal wave. Wang Xifeng smiled coldly, and immediately asked Wang Dewang's troops to cooperate, and launched a fierce counterattack against the soldiers of the Protector Army who had rushed over on the terrain and fortifications.

In just a quarter of an hour, the battlefield was covered with dead corpses and miserable wails, but this did not affect the next battle between the two sides, don't look at Wang Xifeng's strong fortifications and excellent terrain, even then he couldn't lower the casualties on his side, watching the seriously injured brothers being carried down, Wang Xifeng felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that he should do something for these people, so he found Wang Dewang and said: "Old Wang, These traitors are really difficult to deal with, and it is not a way to consume them like this! The casualties of the brothers are too great, and instead of sitting back and waiting for death like this, it is better for us to fight head-on. ”

"Head-on?" Wang Dewang said with some puzzlement.

"Yes, head on head! Later, my men will launch a counter-charge, and your men will hold the position for me. Wang Xifeng said confidently.

Wang Dewang thought for a while and said: "Xifeng, you must know that there is only one guard brigade around your lord, your men and horses are very important, and they can't be easily lost, I think we should be more stable!" ”

Wang Xifeng said anxiously: "I also know your worries about how such a war can be stable, but you can rest assured that my men and horses will not charge to the city of Xiamen, as long as these people are repulsed." ”

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Wang Dewang stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder and said, "Be cautious!" Be careful! What if Xiamen is lost? What if Fujian loses it? It's just a matter of starting all over again, and adults can't afford to lose! ”

Wang Xifeng lowered his head and thought about it, then suddenly pushed Wang Dewang away, and said: "If Xiamen is lost, Fujian will be lost, Fujian will be lost, rebellious land and water will go hand in hand, and the east and west will attack each other, Guangdong will not be protected, and if Guangdong is not protected, then the foundation of the adults will be ruined!" So Xiamen can't be lost! I've made up my mind! You cooperate! He personally led the stormtroopers like wolves and tigers, shouting the slogan of "rebellion" and rushing towards the attacking Fujian army, which stunned these people at once, and they were caught off guard and were knocked to the ground.

Wang Dewang saw that he was so reckless and reckless, and he couldn't listen to people's words, so he immediately held back his anger, and didn't want to care about him, but he had to consider that if he didn't help him, he would not be able to resist the attack of the French Protector Army by relying on this little bit of men and horses in his hands alone, so he had to order his men and horses to quickly fill the vacancy of Wang Xifeng's department, and he shouldered the responsibility of defense on his behalf.

The fierce artillery fire and counter-charge suddenly disrupted the offensive rhythm of the Protector Army, from gradually becoming unsupportable to slowly retreating, Wang Xifeng's stormtroopers killed more and more fiercely, and the Protector Army was defeated one after another after it could not hold on, crushing all the way, and the casualties were not counted.

Wang Xifeng was in a good mood, and the henchman adjutant on the side said: "Our counter-charge has defeated the enemy, shouldn't we retreat to the fortifications?" When Wang Xifeng was muttering, he saw an army from the northeast of Xiamen City, Wang Xifeng saw with his eyes, it was Shen Hongying's department, and then ordered an immediate retreat, although there was Wang Dewang's artillery cover, the stormtroopers also suffered heavy casualties, Shen Hongying's character is not good, but the soldiers he brought are still good, and they are more relaxed and ready to work, and they have been recuperating for a long time, so it is naturally difficult to deal with.

Shen Hongying smiled and shouted at Wang Xifeng in the fortifications: "Brother Xifeng, you are Liu Shijun's descendant, and you can be regarded as Mr. Zhongshan's person, don't come out quickly to surrender, follow Mr. Sun's protector, don't lose the name of loyalty, don't lose the position of the town guard, you and I know each other, and I hope that the brother will make a decision quickly!" ”

Wang Xifeng said angrily: "The soldier dies for the confidant, and the woman is the one who pleases himself." Liu Shijun treats me as an ordinary soldier, I treat him as an ordinary soldier, and Lord Chang is not ashamed of my repeated failures, and treats me Wang Xifeng as a backbone minister, and I Wang Xifeng also repays the adult than a backbone minister. It's you Shen Hongying, and Lord Chang treats you like a mountain. Guarding Nanning and Chaozhou, the soldiers are used for you, never care, but you are so good to follow Li Yaohan to treason to the enemy, you really don't know shame, today you dare to be so flamboyant in front of my Wang Xifeng, it's really hateful, come and shoot this thief for me! Vent the evil breath in my chest for me! As she spoke, the soldiers around her raised their guns and fought back. Shen Hongying had already hid in the crowd and said, "Wang Xifeng, you don't know what to do, then don't blame the old brother for not being emotional." "Immediately ordered the men and horses of the headquarters to attack the fortifications. But he is a person who wants to do great things, how can he do things that drain his strength? His army only rushed a few times and then retreated early to Xu Chongzhi's camp outside Xiamen, relying on Wang Xifeng's stormtrooper, taking himself as a meritorious man, and the soldiers under his command were even more disgusting to eat and drink.

When everyone was discussing the military situation in Xu Chongzhi's Chinese army tent, the adjutant suddenly came in and whispered a few words in Xu Chongzhi's ear, Xu Chongzhi's face leaked an unbelievable expression, and he randomly slipped the adjutant up with joy and said, "Is this true?" The adjutant said with difficulty: "There is a telegram as proof." ”

Xu Chongzhi laughed and threw him down, and the adjutant got up from the ground and took out two telegrams and handed them over. After Xu Chongzhi hurriedly looked at it, he threw it on the conference table in front of him and laughed: "Tang Guomo's department sent a telegram to announce the protection of the law, and moved the army from Longyan to Changtai, only forcing Chang Zhenbang's base camp, and my law protector navy has also successfully released the new Fujian First Division in Longhai, Zhangzhou, and has now rushed to Changtai, where Chang Zhenbang is located. Haha, we won this battle. ”

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