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The sky on the front line of Baiyun Mountain has slowly brightened, and the people in Sanyuanli have spent the night on the positions in the field, and most of them have not been able to sleep, and they feel a little sleepy at the end of the night. The "monks" of the Jinyi Guard, who served as junior officers, pulled them up one by one with a roar, gathered the points, and then each of them handed out a silver dollar and two meat-filled steamed buns - that silver dollar was their "life money" today, and the meat-filled steamed buns were breakfast.

In other words, our rich man Zhu is really rich! Drugs, munitions, human smuggles, and coinage are all lucrative trades. Therefore, there is no shortage of funds for the rebellion, in order to incite the people in Sanyuan, Zhu Jishi allocated 300,000 silver dollars to Zheng Hong and Lu Siyuan! Therefore, every citizen fights with the Qing soldiers on the battlefield for a day (only in the line of fire), and the starting price is a silver dollar! If you cut off the head of a Qing soldier, there will be a reward of three silver dollars. This bid was much more generous than that of the Qing court opposite, so the fighting spirit of these people was more than ten percent higher than that of their opponents.

In front of the position, there were still headless corpses lying on the ground, all of which belonged to loyal and brave officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, including the corpse of Xu Zhongying, the general of the third grade. As for the general's head, it was now hanging from a tree, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he looked at the Qing artillery team that had just been laid out in front of him very unwillingly.

Zheng Hong and Lu Siyuan watched the more than 1,000 people under their command receive silver dollars and steamed buns. Only then did he find a high place and use a monoculars to begin to observe the enemy's situation. After Xu Zhongying's battalion was repulsed yesterday, the Qing army invested two more battalions and charged twice. were easily repulsed. However, their casualties were not large. It's clear that it's messing around.

"Yanping Hou, it seems that the Qing soldiers have learned well, and they don't plan to charge, so they use cannons instead." Lu Siyuan's tone was a little solemn, and he didn't know how powerful the cannon was, but he thought it was huge.

Zheng Hong was a little happy, he is now guarding the mountain and not the city, what is he bombarding with cannons? Woods? The Qing soldiers were arranged like this. It is clear that someone is blindly directing. He put down the binoculars and smiled, then turned back to Lu Siyuan and smiled: "The cannon is nothing to be afraid of, it's just a big iron bullet flying around, the brothers are hiding in the forest, and their gunners can't see it, so they can't hit it." ”

At this moment, a Mongolian short-legged horse carrying a Manchu horseman suddenly ran over outside the forest. He was holding a white flag in his hand, and on the flag was a bright red word "Fu".

"Sharpshooter, kill that cavalry!" Zheng Hong knew some Manchu methods to suppress bandits, and if he couldn't defeat them, he would lure them down. This cavalryman held this "Fu" flag. It must have the meaning of "appeasement". However, Zheng Hong has a big heart, and he is still waiting to be the king of Yanping in the Ming Dynasty. The Manchu sesame officials were not in their eyes.

There was a crisp sound of "pop". A bald sharpshooter raised a Baker rifled gun, and a shot from three hundred yards away, knocked the cavalryman over on the spot, lying on the ground, motionless.

The thousands of Qing soldiers who were lining up on the opposite side all witnessed this scene, and they were suddenly silent, and the army was stunned.

At a distance of almost three or four hundred paces, he was killed with one shot! The anti-thief's marksmanship is too powerful, right? How is this battle going to be fought?

Everyone was thinking about the same, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back, and even Mu Teen, Xu Guangjin and others, who were on the front line to supervise the battle, gasped.

"It seems that there is a disadvantage to collude with the anti-Ming thief!" Mutern muttered in an inaudible voice. "This group training in Guangdong...... It's unreliable! ”

Xu Guangjin sighed, nodded and said, "The emperor has already issued an order to cut down group training in various places, and our Guangdong group training also needs to be abolished quickly." ”

……

Lantau Island, Chek Lap Kok Ocean.

The cannon roared, and it was so lively that huge columns of water were punched out on the sea near Tung Chung City. More than a dozen ships lined up on the ocean, bombarding the guns in the bow of the ships, and the gunners stripped their arms, filling the chambers with iron bullets and gunpowder, and then blasting towards the city far beyond the firing range.

On top of the Tung Chung Fortress, six huge 32-pounder cannons were protected by a mud-smeared fence, and all the gunners waited on either side of the cannons, waiting for the order to fire.

Zhu Jishi, with Su Yuniang, Han Si, Zuo Zongtang and French artillery expert Reye, all leaned on the battlements of the fort and watched the scene on the sea with a monocular.

"It's too far, it's too far, Lai Lao'er is making a feint."

Zhu Jishi put down the binoculars and came to a conclusion - this is almost obvious, the rumbling cannon so far away, if it is not a feint, is it fishing?

"There are many harbors on Lantau Island, such as Tai O, Cheung Sha, Pui O, Mui Wo, and Fish Bay." Su Yuniang, who was on the side, now played the role of Chief of Staff Zhu Jishi, and explained with a smile that the battle situation began, "If our sailors don't use Western sailing ships, they won't be able to keep their sea power, so they can only let them land." Lai Lao'er sent some Guangchuan to bluff here, just to attract our attention. However, we are not afraid of them going to land, Lai Lao'er's wishful thinking is in our hands! ”

Su Yuniang's expectation was naturally not wrong at all. Just when the sea surface of Chek Lap Kok is bustling with activity. On the Tai O Sea west of Lantau Mountain, aboard a large Canton ship flying the flag of the Admiral. A dozen Manchu military attachés wearing second, third, and fourth grades held their sabers on their waists, standing solemnly, all looking gloomily at the fishing village of Tai O, which had been burned to the ground—after Zhu Jishi occupied Lantau Island, he funded the relocation of all the peaceful residents on the island to Hong Kong Island, and destroyed all the settlements except for the Tung Chung Walled City and Dadong Mountain City.

Lord Ryan muttered to several capable sailor generals: "It seems that the traitors are prepared, and this battle is not easy to fight!" We don't know the situation on Lantau Island, and it is estimated that the rebels should be stationed around the city of Tung Chung. Tai O should have given up here...... No, it should have been given to us on purpose, the traitor wants to fight a land war with us! Gentlemen, tell me all about it, are we going to the island? ”

"Junmen, we have to get it!" A military attache with the rank of deputy general arched his hand and said, "The Holy Lord's strict decree has come down, overcome Lantau Island within a time limit, and capture the traitors." How can we not go to the island? ”

Emperor Daoguang did give a strict decree to the Guangdong Navy, but when he issued this holy decree, he didn't know that there was another civil uprising in Sanyuanli. Therefore, the Admiral of Guangdong was instructed to send troops to attack together, and at least 10,000 troops should be sent to Lantau Island. But now the governor of Guangdong can't move by land, and there is only one waterway commander left, with less than 5,000 troops dispatched, and no matter how you look at it, there is no absolute chance of victory.

"Junmen, we still have to go to the island, or thousands of brothers are always floating on the sea, and it is not safe, in case of a typhoon, our boat is small, I am afraid it will be ......."

The one who spoke was a general who had just come under the command of the land commander, who was also a Wujin soldier and a native of Gansu, not only did he know how to fight in water, but he was also seasick, vomited all the way, and his face was green.

"You have to go ashore." Lord Ryan twisted his beard and said, "But you can't attack Tung Chung City, you must fight steadily and steadily, step by step." I will pass on my general's order that the three armies will go ashore in batches, first occupy Tai O Island, and then cut down trees and build a camp on Lantau Island, and after discovering the truth of the traitors, they will approach Tung Chung City step by step. ”

"Duke Ming, the Qing soldiers have landed on Tai O Island, and the number is about three or four thousand, and Lord Ryan's handsome banner has also been moved to Tai O Village."

Huang Zhisheng, who has studied at the Military Academy of Jishi University in Hong Kong for nearly a year, has a little more military temperament, and trotted all the way to Zhu Jishi's back, and then raised his hand to report the military situation to Zhu Jishi.

Su Yuniang laughed when she heard this, "Lai Lao'er is not small!" Ming Gong, let me take my brother to the night attack! ”

"Ming Gong, Han Si is willing to lead his troops to a night attack!" Han Si on the side also arched his hand.

Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile, and then looked back at Zuo Zongtang, "Strategist, do you think you want to give Lord Ryan a dismount tonight?" ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled and waved his hand: "You can attack at night, it's no problem to give Lord Lai a dismount, but you have to master the size, put a few fires, and catch a few captives to find out the truth, but you can't scare away Lai Lao'er." ”

Zhu Jishi turned his head to Han Si and said, "Break the army, it's better to give up tonight's night attack to Yu Niang." He said to Su Yuniang again: "Yuniang, let's attack together tonight and meet Lai Lao'er!" (To be continued......)