"Alas......" Jiangning Mansion, in the yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang, Fukangan, the first general of the Qing Dynasty, well, it should be said that in addition to Agui, the first general of the Qing Dynasty, the famous General Fu is sitting in the lobby at the moment, frowning and sighing.

Today's Fukangan is more thinner than when he was in Liangguang, although he is not a few years older, but there are a few more lines on his eyebrows, there is no way, they are all worried about letting the British attack Zhenjiang and block the luck.

Fukangan Ke never thought that he would be on such an extremely uncomfortable war, he Fukangan did not command a naval battle, when pacifying Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan, he also made a gesture or two, in Guangdong, he was the governor of Liangguang, and he also inspected and guided the construction of the water division.

But the problem is that now that he is fighting with the British, he has deeply realized that the sailors of the Great Qing Kingdom seem to be really out of touch with this world. Not to mention, there are really a lot of sailors in the Qing Dynasty, there are two lakes in the inside, and there are four sailors in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, which sounds really not to be said, but in fact?

The main responsibility of the sailors of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong is not to play with a certain country on the sea, and the purpose of establishing these sailors is to arrest smugglers and thieves, and only the Fujian sailors can really do it.

Because the Fujian Naval Division is the only one that can be used to deter Taiwan at any time, it has been strengthening the construction of the Naval Division since Kangxi, but the so-called strengthening is only relative to other Naval Divisions.

It turned out that by the time of the Kangxi Dynasty, the warships that were imitated by the Dutch had long since decayed, and the Manchu rulers later allowed the construction of warships that could not exceed 5,000 stones, and the merchant ships were even smaller. For fear that someone will disturb their dreams with strong ships and cannons, perhaps, in their eyes, the whole world is just them. They build small boats, so there will be no big ships in this world, although they are idiots, but the problem is indeed the truth, which has to make people feel speechless in addition to laughing.

And now, the six major sailors of the Great Qing Kingdom are all remnants of the defeated army, and the British are showing off their might under their noses, but Fukangan can only hate his teeth, but he does not dare to let the sailors under his command rush up to die.

After all, Jiangning Mansion can't be lost, now, not only the Jiangnan area, even the Central Plains also seems to be panicked, who let the Cao Yun be blocked? And Caoyun is the main artery connecting Jiangnan and the Central Plains, the main artery has an accident, if these two ends don't react at all, they are all wooden people.

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Up to now, the price of rice in the Zhili generation has more than tripled, which is still a strict order issued by the court, increasing the power of suppression, plus last year's Cao boat arrived in Zhili, and today's Cao Yun has not yet begun, otherwise, God knows which part of the rice price will rise. It's really going to get to the point where there is no rice to cook, not to mention the people, even the court and the army, I'm afraid it's going to be chaos.

"Weakness, weakness, my Qingqing's weakness." Fukangan patted his thigh and sighed again. The army of the Great Qing Kingdom is more than one million, and there are many elites, what Shaanxi, Gansu, and green battalions, as well as Guangxi and Guizhou soldiers, are all people who can recruit and fight well, but the sailor, so far, he Fukangan only thinks that Liang Pengfei, the chief soldier of Humen Town, the Guangdong Navy Division, and his sailors are still elite, and he really doesn't look at the rest.

Whether it was the encirclement and suppression of the Red Flag Gang Zheng Lianchang in the past, or the rebellion of the Annan Xishan Army, or the extermination of the pirate Cai Lian, to guard the Tiger Gate some time ago, and refuse to be outside the country, which battle is not small, and every time the sailors of the Qing Kingdom will always be in the head, only this guy always seems to be so prominent, and everyone else is defeated, but as long as he stands up, he can always win, Fukangan did not think about transferring Liang Pengfei and the remnants of the Fujian Navy Division to the Yangtze River, and Na Yingyi came to a decisive battle.

But the problem is that not long after the British entered the Yangtze River in Guangdong and Fujian, Fukangan received urgent reports from the two places in succession, and in the waters of Guangdong and Fujian, a huge number of fleets flying the British flag appeared, cruising in the waters of Guangdong and Fujian.

Who knows if it will not be possible to let another British fleet sink the sea directly on the way before reaching the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is really called an unknown death.

Therefore, what Fukangan can rely on is still only the two lakes sailors, although a lot of fishing boats have been collected and turned into warships, but in addition to using the number to scare people, I am afraid that Fukangan is embarrassed to mention any combat effectiveness.

There is a Yingyi fleet outside, and there is also a Yingyi fleet inside, and the sailors of the Great Qing Kingdom are all like geckos shrunk in the corner, which makes General Fuda, who is the governor of the provincial military affairs, except for squatting in the corner of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion to draw circles and curse the British for not having a small **, there is really no other better way.

Of course, what Fukangan did not expect was that the British fleet that flickered on the sea surface of Guangdong and Fujian was actually made up by Liang Pengfei under the command of his own fleet, in order to make it impossible for the Manchu court to concentrate all its surface forces against the British fleet currently cruising in the Yangtze River valley.

The longer it drags on, the more suspicious the people will be of the strength of the Qing political axe, and at the same time, they can also take off the blindfold covering the people of the Celestial Empire on their faces, and some people are willing to wake up from the sweet dream of the Celestial Empire, open their eyes well, and take a look at the maritime military capabilities of the powerful countries in this world that are not inferior to or even exceed those of the Celestial Empire, so that they can understand that the world has changed, so, It is not in vain that Liang Pengfei took such painstaking efforts.

"Dashuai, Fu Dashuai." Just when Fukangan was wrinkled and worried, there were hurried footsteps and a somewhat anxious greeting outside the door. Before Fukangan could speak, Hailancha, who had been holding the map of the Yangtze River beside him, had already raised his head and looked out of the door in amazement. "Governor Book, why are you here?"

"I've seen General Hai, I've seen Marshal Fu, I have to come." Shulin, the governor of Liangjiang, who hurriedly walked into the gate, had a wry smile on his face, and the sweat on his forehead clearly showed that Shulin seemed to be trotting all the way, but what made the governor of Liangjiang so nervous, which made Fukangan and Nahai Lancha stand up.

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"Brother Fusai, why are you so alarmed?" Fukangan stepped forward and asked. Shulin, the governor of Liangjiang, Gao Jiashi, the word Fu Zhai, and Na Fu Kang'an are not only Manchurian Yellow Banner people, but also his father Gao Jin Xiyue and Fu Heng, the father of Fu Kang'an, have a good relationship between the two families, Shulin and Fu Kangan's eldest brother, Fu Ling'an, who died of illness in the army, has a good personal relationship. Therefore, Fukangan called it the table.

"Look at it like this, Yingyi actually played such a hand, Shu really doesn't know how to deal with it, and this matter is very important, so I specially came to find the marshal and General Hai to discuss it together." Shulin took out a small stack of white paper full of words from the horse's hoof sleeve and handed it to Fukangan and Hailancha.

"The English envoys sent a letter to the officials and people of the Qing Empire...... The armies of our country of England are civilized and should be taken by the deeds of gentlemen, but if the officials of your country do not care about the life and death of the people, and put our envoys in hunger and cold...... The consequences should be borne by the officials of your country and the court. Highlanza picked up a notebook and silently read the words on it.

"This ...... These barbarians are really shameless! After Hailan saw the contents of the book on the blank paper, he couldn't help but open his hair, and slammed his big hand on the table, shaking the floor as if it was trembling, although he was nearly sixty years old, but his courage and strength seemed to be the same as it was back then.

Although Fukangan's face still seemed very calm, the anger in his eyes could be felt by anyone who was in a rather bad mood. After a long time, Fukangan smiled and said, "What a vicious strategy." ”

"Why did the marshal say this? This is just a desperate move by Yingyi now that the grain and grass are cut off, and we only need to clear the wilderness and strictly guard the two sides of the strait, so that Yingyi will have no way to retreat. Next to him, A Baoji, the chief soldier of the Dongting Lake Water Division, looked puzzled.

As soon as these words came out, Fukangan didn't even raise his eyelids, but Hailancha next to him glared fiercely at this guy with the same name and different surname as Yelu Abaoji, the founding emperor of Daliao. In addition to having the brute strength of Abaoji, there is no strategy and intelligence of Abaoji.

"What's the matter, Lord Hai, am I wrong?" Abaoji looked dissatisfied. "These heroes don't have any ability, don't they rely on sharp guns and strong ships, as long as they run out of food and grass, don't they take the initiative to retreat? When the time comes, we will pursue it again, and we will win it all. ”

"Abaoji." At this time, Fukangan, who had been silent, called out lightly.

"The last general, what do you command?" Hearing Fukangan's call to himself, Abaoji, who thought that his clever plan had been approved by Fukangan, hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fists to obey his orders.

"Go back to your warship, without the order of the commander, you must not leave the ship half a step, if you violate the order, behead!" Fukangan raised his head slowly, although his expression still looked calm, but the slightly twitching corners of his mouth and the anger spewing out of his eyes made all the officials present shiver.

"Dashuai, what did the last general do wrong?" Abaoji tilted his head in astonishment, and after confirming that Fukangan's order was really coming at him, he couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved. "The last general has always obeyed your orders, and never dared to disobey your commander."

(To be continued)