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"Chang Yisu, Namudu Lu clan, Manchuria Zhenghuangqi people. Jiaqing twenty-five years Gengchen Branch first class first Wu Jinshi. Awarded the First Class Guard. In the autumn of the 23rd year of Daoguang, he was promoted to the general army of Taiwan Town, Fujian Navy, and in the 27th year, he unified the town of Taiwan, the Taiwan Association, and the Penghu Association to inspect Penghu. The thief army is numerous, there are no less than 30 ships in Xiyijian, the largest is like a city wall, which can carry more than 80 cannons. The thief ships lined up on the sea, fired cannons to resist the attack, and Chang Yisu supervised the people to storm Zhu Zhiza's ship, and repeatedly refused, so he personally braved the arrows and stones to lead the people to board the ship and fight to the death, killing dozens of thieves. Zhu rebelled and supervised the Jinyi guard warriors with 100 people, and besieged Chang Yisu. After a long battle, Chang Yisu was wounded more than ten times, he fought more than once, killed dozens of thieves, exhausted, his right arm was broken, and he fell to the north and shouted: "You can't kill the rebel thief and report to the king!" Then he scolded and died. ”

This is the Manchu Qing court's conclusion on the coffin of Chang Yisu, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town, Shijie countries have a tradition of the dead, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is no exception, not to mention that this Chang Yisu is not only Miao Zhenggen's red Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, but also the first general soldier-level senior official to die defending the Qing Dynasty, it is not too much to say that it is the first martyr of the Daoguang Dynasty.

Moreover, in this time of the Penghu naval battle, Chang Yisu was martyred by his seventeen Goshha guards, all of whom were iron-clad Manchurian men. According to the report to Daoguang from officials such as the Admiral of the Fujian Naval Division, the General of Fuzhou, the Governor of Fujian, and the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, these seventeen children of the Eight Banners, plus Chang Yisu, gathered a total of eighteen heroes, and killed seven in and seven out of Zhu Refu's giant ship, slashing and killing as many as two or three hundred people, and almost rushed to Zhu Rei. But the other side threw a powerful bomb. Eighteen heroes were caught off guard. Many people were killed and injured by the explosion. Chang Yisu's right arm was also blown off. But the hero of Changda still fought to the death, led the rest of his subordinates to fight fiercely, and killed and injured dozens of thieves, Zuihou died heroically because of excessive bleeding, and shouted to kill thieves when he died! As for the seventeen Goshha who followed him, they all died in the battle, and none of them jumped into the sea to escape!

Such a brave man, even the thief chief Zhu Shun himself was greatly moved. exclaimed: "If it is the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, they are invincible!" He immediately instructed his subordinates to use the coffin to hold the corpses of the eighteen warriors, and let the passing foreign merchant ships carry them back to Fuzhou and hand them over to the government.

In this way, Emperor Daoguang, who saw it, burst into tears, and said in a loud voice on the Palace of Nourishing Hearts: "This is still my Eight Banners man!" If the green battalion soldiers of the Han people had half the courage of my Eight Banners, this Zhu Shun would have been awarded the head for many days! ”

As he spoke, his tone was already deep: "Xu Guangjin, tell me, what's going on in Penghu?" Is Shi Degao really rebellious? ”

News from Fujian. In addition to singing praises to the fallen Chang Yisu and other heroes of the Eighteenth and Eighth Banners, it was the bad news that the Navy Division had suffered a heavy blow to Taiwan Town. There are also dozens of Han soldiers below Shi Degao, the former deputy general of the Penghu Association, who rebelled against the news of Zhu Shui Division's surprise attack on Penghu!

For the current Manchu court, it is already commonplace for the Green Camp Han to rebel, and the Guangdong Navy Division has dropped 117 in one go, and the Fujian Navy Division has produced dozens of generals. However, the Han soldiers who surrendered immediately turned their guns, and it was unacceptable to sneak attack Penghu with Zhu rebels, and this rebel general who seized Penghu with a rebel thief was still Shi Degao of the Jinghai Hou clan!

Although the Shi family rebelled from Zheng Ming, since Shi Lang conquered Taiwan in the Kangxi year, the Shi family's status in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was no worse than that of the serious Eight Banners nobles. Not only did it occupy a large area of fertile land in Fujian (including Taiwan), but also many children who had been officials in the court for generations, and they were all taken care of by the Manchu emperors of previous dynasties.

But how did this Shi family repay the emperor's favor?

"Xu Guangjin, you say, what point is my Daqing that can't stand the Shi family? What is the point that can't help but be high? He is a veteran from the army, and in just over 20 years, he has become the deputy general of the Taiwan Association, and the chief soldier and commander are not a matter of time! Even if you are from the Eight Banners, that's it! What else do they want from the Marquis Shi family in Jinghai? Do you want to give them my dragon chair too? ”

Xu Guangjin said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, Jinghai Marquis Shi Delin is a man of the Han Army with a yellow flag, and he has always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty, which is different from Shi Degao. ”

Daoguang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he remembered that Shi Lang was a slave of the Han army with a yellow flag, so his direct descendants are all dignified children of the Eight Banners, which are different from ordinary Han officials in the green camp. However, Shi Degao is not a flag person, his ancestors and Shi Lang are of the same clan, although they also voted for the flag at the same time, but they were out of the flag for the people during the Qianlong period and became Han people.

"Jinghai Hou Shi Delin is good, I blame him." Emperor Daoguang hurriedly changed his words, now the Manchu and Han centrifugation is already the general trend, but it can't be let the Han army flag people centrifuge, these eight banners are composed of the eight banners of Manchuria, the eight banners of Mongolia, and the eight banners of the Han army. Although the number of the Eight Banners of the Han Army is not large, and the status is not high, but after all, they are part of the Eight Banners, if the imperial court does not even believe in the Eight Banners of the Han Army, then what will the Eight Banners of Mongolia think? After all, this emperor is a Manchurian who does it......

"The Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army are all good! The Eight Banners of Manchuria have Chang Yisu, the Eight Banners of Mongolia have Monk Greenqin and Saishan'a, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army have Bai Siwen (now it is the Eight Banners of Manchuria), all of which are the pillars of my Qing Dynasty! Emperor Daoguang strengthened his tone and emphasized the issue of the unity of the Eight Banners, and then the conversation changed and returned to the battle situation in Guangdong and Fujian.

"It seems that this Fujian green camp also needs to be sorted out strictly! Otherwise, it will not be enough to protect the territory and resist bandits. It can make Jinghai Marquis Shi Delin and Fuzhou General Mu Teen both ministers of the Qin Mission, tidy up the Fujian Green Battalion, supervise the military war with flag generals, and be sure to protect the island of Taiwan. Emperor Daoguang pondered, "The Fujian newspaper said that there are thirty large Western ships of the traitors, and the largest can carry eighty cannons!" Such a huge ship is something that our dynasty does not have, and this sea territory is thousands of miles, and it is not a way to rely on fortification everywhere after all, and our dynasty may build such a huge ship to equip the sailor flag battalion. However, he ordered Lin Zexu, the minister of foreign affairs, to set up a shipbuilding bureau in Shanghai to recruit Western shipwrights and supervise the construction of warships that could carry 100 guns. ”

……

Penghu, Dongtai Fort.

Just when Emperor Daoguang was thinking about asking Lin Zexu to build a giant ship in Shanghai and equip the Eight Banners Naval Division, Zhu Jishi was worried about how to defend Penghu.

Of course, this Penghu is very important, as long as Penghu is in hand, the Fujian naval division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not dare to go south to reinforce Guangdong, and Taiwan is equivalent to being under his own knife, and he can cut it whenever he wants! Even the Jiangnan region of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could be deterred by a fleet based in Penghu.

Therefore, this Penghu, which was attacked by himself, must be defended. But how many troops are needed to hold Penghu, Zhu Jishi is bottomless.

"Duke Ming, Penghu will be handed over to his subordinates, and he can leave an armed merchant ship and 60 brocade guards for his subordinates." Wang Dehu patted his chest and reassured.

"Can 60 people hold Penghu?" Zhu Jishi looked disbelieving.

"You can defend Dongtai Fort City." Wang Dehu said, "This Dongtaibao City is where the Yamen, the deputy general of the Penghu Naval Divisions Association, was fortified with a huge amount of money before the Qing-British War, and there are 12 12-pound and 18-pound cannons purchased from Macao, which can be described as impregnable. ”

"That's not enough for 60 people?"

"60 is enough." Zuo Zongtang shook his fan to support Wang Dehu's opinion, "Ming Gong, the response of this Manchu Qing Dynasty is very slow, the Fujian Navy has been scared by us in the battle ten days ago, and with the addition of dozens of Han soldiers such as Shi Degao, it is estimated that they will not dare to go to sea without half a year of combing, so we just need to blempty in Penghu." ”

"That's right, we can also transfer some troops from Lantau Island." Zhu Jishi nodded, and said, "Tiger, if you stay in Penghu, who will command the fleet?" ”

"I can let Xue Laomao command, when it comes to naval warfare, he is no worse than me."

Xue Laomao's original name was Xue Dingyue, who was born in a pirate family and was also a member of the Little Knife Society, and was recruited by Zheng Hong and Wang Dehu to Zhu Jishi. Because he likes to keep cats on ships - there are cats on the ships of this era, but Xue Lao Mao's ships always have more cats than other people's boats, so he got such an indecent nickname.

"It's time for me to leave for Japan." Zhu Jishixin said, in fact, both of you are half a catty and eight taels, this future Daming Naval Division, still have to find a way to hire some Western professional naval officers to be instructors, and the affairs of the naval academy should also be paid close attention, and it will open when the two Guangxi and Fujian are won. (To be continued......)