Although there is a twist army force in Hubei, it is not strong, like Zhang Tianle, a large force in the twist army, is still active in northern Anhui and southern Henan, and it is not easy to come over. After all, the current Manchu Qing Dynasty is not a vegetarian, and tens of thousands of horses led by the famous general Monk Greenqin are still chasing and intercepting them. The Taiping army is only separated by a Yangtze River, which is relatively much easier.

Since the king of alcohol county levied heavy taxes, the king of England has sent hundreds of henchmen to Jiangbei, secretly connecting small units of the Twist Army, and also entangled dozens of people to form small groups of rebels.

Chen Yucheng took advantage of the weakness of the soldiers of the king of the alcohol county, and let the Taiping army pretend to be the Twist army to quickly expand its power. On the other hand, the Third Division of the First Army under the command of King Ying stepped up its drills and made a posture of being ready to cross the river at any time, firmly attracting more than 40,000 Hunan troops to Wuhan.

The idea of the king of England was to make a fortune in a muffled voice, and when the king of Alcohol found out that something was wrong, he sent enough people to turn Hubei upside down. But things weren't as he thought they would.

The king of the county was young and vigorous, and even organized artillery to attack the ships of the Taiping Navy on the river. Although the navy did not sink ships, it could not navigate smoothly on the Yangtze River.

Lu Shunde, the commander of the navy who got the news, was very angry, and immediately asked people to contact the British king Chen Yucheng, hoping that the British king could send troops to Jiangbei, and the navy would be responsible for providing ships.

The British king did not pay attention to Lu Shunde's battle report, because the current First Army of the Wehrmacht is scattered throughout Hunan, and only one third division is left stationed on the riverside, coupled with the relative lack of weapons and equipment, food and grass materials, it is not enough to support a large-scale operation, even if the navy is willing to cooperate, I am afraid that the Wehrmacht will need to take time to prepare.

Lu Shunde, who received the reply from the British king, was greatly disappointed, but the navy crisscrossed the Yangtze River for several months, and the Manchu Qing Yangtze River sailors were either wiped out or driven into the inland waterway, as long as the British and French naval warships could not pass the shipwreck area of the Jiangyin section, the navy of that day was the first in the Yangtze River, which also made the navy gradually develop a temper, and naturally wanted to take revenge after suffering such a big naval loss.

The night was dark, and the Hunan army camp, which had been tense for a day, was rarely quiet.

Before going to bed, the king of the governor's palace had already determined that there was no large-scale assembly of ships within a hundred miles of the Yangtze River, and there was no sign of the Taiping army crossing the river on the other side, so he pampered the beauties offered by the two state officials and then fell asleep in the pile of fat powder.

The moonlight is bright tonight, and you can see clearly from a long distance on the river, and there are warships in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River hundreds of miles away, these warships are all wooden sailboats, and there is no steam-powered steamboat.

The ship was densely packed with people, all heavily armed, each carrying nearly thirty grenades on their backs, and rifle bullets wrapped around half of their bodies. In the galleon's cabin, the muzzles of the flying thunder cannons shimmered with a metallic sheen.

Navy Commander Lu Shunde stood at the bow of the largest ship, with a solemn expression on his face, looking murderous.

"Commander, the front enters the warning area of the Hunan army, and there are secret sentry posts on the shore. Our men have touched it, and they have taken the torch as a sign. Chen Jiangliu, commander of the Marine Brigade, said in a low voice.

This Chen Jiangliu is Lu Shunde's old subordinate, before joining the Tianping Army, he had been begging for a living at sea, worked as a sailor on a French ocean-going ship, worked as a coolie on the dock, and even worked as a pirate for a period of time.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, a flickering torch appeared by the river, Lu Shunde waved his hand, and the fleet continued to move forward.

"The Hunan army takes ten miles as an observation point, and our people have already gone by boat, and they are all the elite of the Marine Corps, and this kind of thing is definitely easy to capture." Chen Jiangliu had a smile on his face. This operation was extremely risky, but Lu Shunde and Chen Jiangliu were bold people, and the people who were active at sea during this period basically had the heart of an outlaw.

"Hope everything goes well! This is the first battle since the establishment of the Marine Corps, and it must be fought well. Lu Shunde said in a deep voice. It is false to say that it is not nervous, but the navy is an independent branch of the army, and it must do something in heaven, this kind of dispensability, as if the feeling of the logistics transport team makes the navy hold its breath.

Along the way, ten Hunan army observation points were successfully uprooted, and the Hunan army looked for a dark beach to land. Then, according to the situation he had touched before, he marched towards the Hunan army camp outside Wuchang City.

Because there was no heavy artillery, the Marine Brigade moved very quickly. Even so, when they came to the Hunan army camp, the moon had set in the west, and the entire Hunan army camp was unusually quiet. The Marine Brigade approached, but was not discovered. They set up thunder cannons, and at the sound of an order, the whole army launched an attack.

The unsuspecting Hunan army was instantly stunned, and the camp was in chaos, with explosions, shouts, roars, and shouts accompanied by explosions and fires, and the entire camp was completely chaotic.

Fortunately, the generals of the Hunan army were all experienced in a hundred battles, and hastily organized an effective attack, suppressed the soldiers who almost mutinied, and then fought and retreated, and retreated for 20 miles. When Zeng Guoquan urgently led the newly reorganized 10,000 green battalions to the rescue, the satisfied Marine Brigade quickly retreated.

After that, the marines boarded the river boat and drove away, the entire Hunan army camp was in a mess, and the prepared grain and grass materials were burned out, and the frightened and hiding king of the county did not even dare to go to the riverside.

King Chen Yucheng, who got the news afterwards, was very sorry and secretly annoyed in his heart. When the Hunan army shelled the river boat before, it should have been discussed with Lu Shunde. The ambition of the British king is much greater than that of Lu Shunde, and if he does not make a move, he will solve it in a battle.

However, Lu Shunde was really bold, with only 3,000 marines daring to attack the Hunan army camp at night, and even achieved brilliant results.

Hong Tiangui, who received the battle report from King Ying and Lu Shunde, was a little stunned. Lu Shunde pleaded guilty to Hong Tiangui in the war report, saying that the navy had participated in the war without asking for instructions, and reported the battle situation to Hong Tiangui in detail.

A smile appeared on the corner of Hong Tiangui's mouth, and he showed the battle report of the two to the Wing King.

The Wing King frowned, and there was a crying and laughing look on his face: "It's all restless guys!" Your Majesty, the Navy's courage is not small, but their Marines are really a sharp blade when they use it well. ”

"Yes! I didn't expect the navy to stick a bar, it seems that Lu Shunde is choking enough. Hong Tiangui smiled bitterly. He understood the idea of the navy seeking war, but although the British navy did not go north along the river during this time, the news that the secret agent got was that it had been wandering around Shanghai, and at this time, the Yangtze River waterway was released with an egg to hit a stone, and Hong Tiangui would not do this unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Our warships cannot be compared with the British and French, and it is absolutely not suitable for war at this time. No matter how eager the navy is, it cannot ignore the disparity in strength. The Winged King shook his head, war is about parity, even if there is a gap, it can't be a huge disparity, especially in naval warfare, the current Heavenly Navy and the navies of the Western powers are a full generation apart.