Cai Lian, a native of Zhangpu Haixia, Fujian, has a poor family, walks the streets and alleys every day, and sells local shrimp mothers for a living. Once, selling a shrimp mother at the door of a wealthy family surnamed Zhong in the city, accidentally splashed a little marinade on the silk pants of the surname Zhong, and was scolded by the person surnamed Zhong's nose, and he had to lick it clean with his tongue.

He was angry at this insult, and thought to himself: I have no skills, but I can't swallow this breath when I am bullied, so I decided to take risks. The next day, he deliberately went to the Zhong family to provoke, and put the whole bucket of soil shrimp mother on the head of the surname Zhong, although he was happy for a while, but the Zhong family was powerful, and Cai Lian knew that after this matter, he must not be good, so he simply took advantage of the famine in Fujian and pulled a vote of people to gather people to go to the sea to start an incident.

This happened a year ago, and then, Annam was in turmoil, and the court crusaded against Nguyen Van Hue in Annam, Nguyen Van Hue was not to be outdone and led the army to hold on, and listened to the vicious plan of Chen Tien Bao's guy, not only let the sailors of the Xishan Army divide into three to attack the waters of Guangdong, plundering everywhere, in order to "levy" and "expand the army". He also recruited a group of Chinese pirates and formed a fleet to harass the waters of Fujian and Zhejiang, which was naturally the old business of pirates, and the business of robbing houses and houses was to hope that they could entangle the sailors of the Qing court and make it impossible for them to go to the aid side of Ying and Lin to attack the land army of Annam.

And Cai Lian himself is a Fujian fisherman, familiar with the waters in this area, bold and careful, quite a little capable, every battle is to be the first, even by the trust of those pirates, with a large number of men and horses warships, his natural general finally has a place to use, leading these pirates, tossing along the coast of Fujian so that the Fujian Navy Admiral can be said to be anxious, if it were not for He Lin is He Shen's own brother, he didn't want to transfer a soldier to the south to help He Lin.

Now that Annan has been decided, the Xishan Army and Naval Division have become the Liang Army, and the waters of Guangdong are naturally much calmer, but the fleet formed by the Chinese pirates has already tasted the sweetness of the strength of the number of people and the harassment of the waters of Fujian and Zhejiang.

And Cai Lian also became the leader of one of the pirates, leading a pirate team of about 3,000 people still wandering around the seas around Fujian and Zhejiang, doing a few business from time to time.

However, where did this guy hear the news that the British envoy fleet had come to pay tribute to Qianlong, and knew that in addition to the amazing Western treasures in this fleet, there were also those British warships that made them salivate.

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As a result, the bold Cai Lian actually gathered several other groups of pirates and started the idea of this mission, and as a result, they set up an ambush off the coast of Meizhou Island in Fujian Province, and first used a group of clippers to attack and lure the enemy.

At the junction of the two provinces, Lu Tingzhu, the chief soldier of the naval division of Nanao Town, Fujian, who had taken over the responsibility of escorting the fleet of British envoys from the hands of the Guangzhou Naval Division, could not help but be furious, and ordered Zhang Shibiao, the general of the Haimen battalion, to drive him away, and Zhang Shibiao led a battalion of naval divisions to attack.

Zhang Shibiao may have had an idea to back, so that the opponent bombarded the kingdom of heaven with one shot, and the morale of the Haimen battalion was greatly demoralized. Instead of being defeated by pirates, this time, Lu Tingzhu's old face really can't come to the stage, he is a sailor general, how can he allow those pirates to tease, so he ordered the deputy general to escort the Xiyi fleet, led two battalions of sailors to attack, and chased to Meizhou Island, the other party rushed out thousands of men and horses, more than 200 warships, Lu Tingzhu fought to the death to get out, and his two battalions of sailors were almost wiped out, and then, this group of pirates immediately waved south, intending to rob and kill the British envoy fleet.

As a result, Rear Admiral Ford, the fleet commander of the British legation, saw that the Qing naval division seemed to be unable to resist, so he lined up and fought, two third-class battleships and four cruisers with fifty guns, although they seemed to be a little less numerous, but the problem was that their firepower was fierce and their hulls were solid.

Cai led the side of the capture or bribed the businessmen built the clipper boats, as a result, as soon as the fire, the other party's powerful firepower made the pirates with small guns suffer a lot of losses, although the pirates are more than a lot of people, but the problem is that the cannon can't hit the other side, rush forward, it is a web of death composed of pieces of artillery fire, plus there is also the sailor of Nanao Town next to it is still fighting to the death.

If they had fought broadside battles despite being damaged, or had they had slowly consumed the opponent's ammunition before attacking, they would have not carried much ammunition, and the fleet of British legations, who were undermanned on board, might have become their trophies at best.

But after all, this pirate group was only temporarily united, attacked several times in a row, and damaged more than 20 ships, some pirate leaders were unwilling to do it, and internal disputes began to arise. Cai Lian and others had no choice but to sail away.

Seeing this battle report, although he had already learned about it through his own channels, at this moment, Liang Pengfei still had to admire this guy for having such courage, and it can be said that his tactics were quite skillful, but it was a pity that he ...... Seeing Liang Pengfei's brows deep, Wang Shouli clapped his big hands. "Okay, okay, this matter is the fault of the Fujian sailor, you don't have to worry too much, this matter, although Admiral Zhao will be implicated, but, after all, he is a handsome person, and now that the handsome man has returned with great success, no matter what the emperor does, he will not deal with it too heavily."

Liang Pengfei, who knew that Wang Shouli had misunderstood his thoughts, just smiled and did not make a defense. Wang Shouli continued: "Now Lord Guo is already anxious, and ordered our Guangdong sailors to be on strict guard, not to let the Zhang thief Cai invade my Guangdong waters, I said brother, you have always been my brother's right-hand man, and your defense area Humen Town is guarding my gateway to Guangzhou, the Pearl River waterway, be careful." ”

"This is where the duty of the last general lies, don't worry, if Cai Lian can come here, the last general will definitely raise his head to see your lord." Liang Pengfei stood up and responded proudly.

Seeing Liang Pengfei say this, Wang Shouli smiled. "Okay, okay, there are no outsiders here, there is no need for this, besides, brother, your ability, brother, how can I not be at ease, in addition, I have prepared all the gunpowder and ordnance you asked for last time, let people get it."

"Then I will thank you, in addition, Lord Admiral, the last general mentioned to you last time, the establishment of the Humen Fort, I don't know if you mentioned it to Guo Shixun and Lord Guo?" Liang Pengfei was overjoyed, and took advantage of the situation to mention another thing.

"Humen Fort?" Wang Shouli couldn't help but stretch out his hand and scratch his scalp and smiled bitterly: "I mentioned that I mentioned it to the governor Lord Guo, but Lord Guo directly told you that my brother and I have just experienced the battle of Ping'an Annan, which cost a lot of military spending, and the previous losses of my Guangdong Navy Division have not been fully subsidized, and as a result, because of the chaos of the Annan Navy Division, my Guangdong coastal area is full of smoke, and the Navy Division has lost a batch of ...... In a word, to build a battery? No money. Hehe, it's not that I don't want to help you, brother, but I really can't help. Well, I remember that there was a fort in Humen, and it only needed a little repair to play a role, so why should you, brother? ”

Hearing Wang Shouli's answer, Liang Pengfei sneered in his heart, but his expression was a little depressed. "My elder brother, Humen does have a fort, but that was when the Holy Grandfather was in power, in order to deal with the Zheng family in Taiwan, from the Holy Grandfather about 20 years to now, it has been more than 100 years, and the cannons on the top are mostly old and decayed, it is really difficult to take on the big responsibility, and even some artillery is not as good as the city defense artillery, how can this be repaired?"

"Brother Xian, I know that you are dedicated to the court, but do you know that our Governor Guo Shixun Guo is now worried about when he will be able to correct his name and use his palm prints, where can he pay attention to so much?" Wang Shouli patted Liang Pengfei on the shoulder, looking helpless.

Liang Pengfei could only give up and resigned from the Admiral's Mansion.

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"My lord, what's wrong?" Back in the house, Wu Liang and the others had already stood up and asked Liang Pengfei about each other.

"What else? The ordnance is in hand, but don't even think about the construction of the Humen Fort. Hmph, Lao Tzu knows that in addition to thinking about their official positions, these guys are not known until they are really bullied. Liang Pengfei threw his official hat to the white scholar next to him, took the tea and drank it all, Liang Pengfei sat on the chair, raised his eyebrows and sneered.

"In this way, it is better for the adults to make a decision as soon as possible, if the court orders the dispatch of Guangdong sailors to pacify Fujian Haikou, there is a good chance that you will be released." Sun Shijie didn't care either, because before he went, he already knew that this would definitely be the result, so there were other issues to consider.

"However, before that, I thought that you should go to the table and report the matter of coastal defense to Qianlong. First, to show the loyalty of the lord to the country, and second, if the Xikou invades the border in the future, if the lord still dominates the Humen, the gateway of Guangzhou, he will inevitably bear the brunt. Besides, the repair of a fort cannot be completed in a short period of time, and adults can also have room to defend themselves. After Ni Ming knocked lightly on the table, he also gave his opinion after a while.

"Ping's words are reasonable, and he should indeed go to the book first to play the emperor's visit to the Humen Fort." Sun Shijie nodded in agreement.

"Well, what you said makes sense, what does that kid think, whether he wants it or not, he has to reply." Liang Pengfei took a step in the room, his brows tightly furrowed.

After Sun Shijie and Ni Ming glanced at each other, they stood up: "I still haven't received a reply from Cai Lian's side, so I think it should be soon." However, if Cai Lian is unwilling to serve me and is unwilling to ally with me, then what should I do? ”

"It's not for me, maybe I feel that I am too arrogant to cross the waters of Fujian and Zhejiang, and I have not met an opponent. Then when the time comes, I can only find a way to clean him up first, but I just hope that when the time comes, he will not be cleaned up by the Fujian sailor first, it will be a pity that he is a talent. Liang Pengfei let out a long sigh and said helplessly.

(To be continued)