Chapter 1470: Falling short

readx; "Retreat at full speed to the west!"

Sun Budi hated the ghost Sun Chazhan and hated the ship

In the face of this sudden mysterious fleet, Qi Xianzong was extremely reluctant but helpless to give the order to retreat. After receiving the flag order www.biquge.info each battleship went up to the captain and down to every ordinary sailor, no one was convinced, and some of them were so angry that they slammed their fists and smashed their hands.

But what's the use of not being convinced? Water warfare is different from land warfare, not just because you have high morale and are not afraid of sacrifice to win the battle, and the importance of weapons and equipment is highly highlighted in water warfare. Speaking of which, the North Sea Fleet has much less troops than the rebel fleet, why was it able to block the mouth of the lake before? And not because they have cannons, and the rebels only have traditional weapons like bows and arrows!

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Now the situation has turned around, the ammunition of the North Sea Fleet has been almost exhausted, and this mysterious fleet also has shipborne guns with a range of more than two miles! The enemy fleet lined up on the river, at least twenty or so, each of which was more than four hundred warships, and had already outnumbered the North Sea Fleet in overall tonnage. Judging from the rhythm of the opponent's frequent fire, if it is an upright naval battle, the firepower of the enemy fleet is at least not inferior to that of the North Sea Fleet, not to mention that the North Sea Fleet is now at the end of its strength!

After all, Qi Xianzong is a veteran of a hundred battles, and he knows that if he has to force the battle in this situation, not only will he not be able to defeat the enemy, but he is afraid that he will be wiped out. Therefore, the decision to retreat was made immediately. Although the ships were reluctant, they dared not disobey the military order, so they had to turn their bows one after another, adjust their sails, and retreat at full speed upstream.

The flagship Weihai was responsible for the break. Qi Xianzong stood at the stern of the ship, and carefully observed through the telescope, and found that the equipment of this enemy fleet was quite advanced, not only with fierce firepower, but also equipped with sails, which could move against the wind, which was completely different from the Korean naval divisions or Japanese warships he was familiar with, but had some similarities with the North Sea Fleet, which was committed to learning from the West. However, these enemy ships did not fly any flags, only the huge black sails, so that Qi Xianzong couldn't figure out what kind of force they belonged to for a while.

This mysterious fleet has a great appetite, and originally wanted to give the North Sea Fleet a surprise attack and annihilate it in one fell swoop. Seeing that the North Sea Fleet had retreated in time, they also pursued westward for a while, and later found that the North Sea Fleet was skilled in sailing, and the speed of the ships was always slightly faster than theirs, so they had to give up.

However, in this way, the North Sea Fleet lost the right to control the river at the mouth of the lake. Qi Xianzong and the others watched the fleet join the rebel fleet, which was already dying, and then swaggered away to the east. The appearance of this mysterious fleet is by no means accidental, but a plan carefully designed by the rebels: first use ordinary warships with a large number of firepower to consume the firepower of the North Sea Fleet, and then spread this killer weapon when it is almost consumed. Fortunately, the strategic intention of the people was only to get the rebels trapped in Poyang Lake, not to continue to fight in the Yangtze River, otherwise it would be even more troublesome.

At this point, Qi Xianzong had no choice but to use the flying pigeon to pass the news to Jingshi and Nanjing to urgently report the battle situation, and at the same time follow the enemy fleet from a distance to see what the army's next move would be. Whenever they passed through the cities along the river, the enemy fleet would open fire indiscriminately, not to attack the city, but to show off its strength to the officers and soldiers. The officers and men of the North Sea Fleet were so angry that their chests were about to explode, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Moreover, Qi Xianzong also observed through the telescope that many important figures of the rebels appeared on the flagship of the enemy army. The captives identified them, including Zhu Zijian, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, and Gu Junen, the "Governor of the Water Army". Of course, the most important thing is a middle-aged man in a yellow dragon robe, and that must be Zhu Yousong, the first rebel of this rebellion. The battle of Hukou lasted for ten months, and the battle was earth-shattering and arduous, but none of these rebellious leaders were caught, and it was undoubtedly a failure from a strategic point of view!

Qi Xianzong, the commander who witnessed all this painfully, had to ask the court for guilt. He didn't have to think about it to know how serious the consequences of this defeat would be on the court situation, and how much pressure the young Emperor Chongzhen's son-in-law, whom he greatly admired, would bear for this!

In fact, the Battle of Hukou was not without gains, after all, the North Sea Fleet wiped out most of the rebels' naval forces in Poyang Lake, and successfully prevented Hong Chengchou's army from joining forces with the White Lotus Sect naval army, creating a fighter for Sun Chuanting. Qi Xianzong has already received the news that Hong Chengchou has just been defeated by Sun Chuanting, and the remnants of the army cannot cross the river, so they have to flee in all directions, and Sun Chuanting is chasing after him.

However, compared to letting go of Zhu Yousong, the previous merits of the North Sea Fleet have become meaningless. Qi Xianzong has secretly made up his mind to bear all the consequences by himself and reduce the burden on the emperor and soldiers.

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Compared with the fierce battles between Yangzhou and Hukou, Nanyang Mansion in Henan, thousands of miles away, is another scene of singing and dancing. When it is almost dusk, the wine shops, teahouses and even fireworks alleys in the city are more lively, and the nightlife of this thousand-year-old city has just begun.

In fact, just over a month ago, Nanyang was still under the control of the rebels. Because Nanyang is very close to Xiangyang, the rebel's nest, only less than 200 miles, which is the gateway to the north of Xiangyang, Hong Chengchou attaches great importance to this place, and has his most powerful general Gao Jie garrisoned here.

However, with the development of the war situation, the official army won many battles, and the rebels retreated, especially after Sun Chuanting eliminated the "King Chuang" Gao Yingxiang's army on the West Road, he entered Henan from Tongguan and Lu Xiangsheng in the east, forming a joint attack on Hong Chengchou's department. Hong Chengchou saw that the situation was not good, so he simply gave up Nanyang, but let Zuo Liangyu pick up a bargain, and regained Nanyang without blood.

After that, Sun Chuanting led the army south, leaving Zuo Liangyu to garrison Nanyang. The current Zuo Liangyu can be described as proud, not only was he awarded the title of "General of the Thief", but he did not need to go to the front line to fight, he only needed to stay comfortably in Nanyang to "divide the defense and assist in the suppression". Compared with escaping from Luoyang in a panic not long ago, it was simply a step to the sky, so beautiful that Zuo Liangyu felt that his bones were lighter.

Since the stationing in Nanyang, the ground in the vicinity has been calm, and there have been no rebels or bandits. Zuo Liangyu felt more relieved, and he didn't bother to deal with military affairs, just singing every day. That night, he was in a clear building in the middle of the city, hugging the good friend he had just met yesterday, when he suddenly heard a commotion on the street outside, and the sound of the singer's piano overshadowed the singer's piano for a while.

"Fuck, what's going on?" Zuo Liangyu scolded unhappily, "Which bastard thing disturbed General Ben's Yaxing, whip him twenty lashes!" ”

The Chinese officer who was guarding the door took the order, and after a while, the commotion outside became louder. I suddenly heard someone downstairs shouting: "It turns out that the surname Zuo is here, do it!" ”

At the same time, the city is full of murder!

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