Hong Chengchou stopped his horse and looked at the Qing soldiers who were struggling to march in the mud, and his brain spun rapidly.

"You go and find Zhang Tianfu." Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said to the soldiers around him.

"The marshal wants Zhang Tianfu to lead troops to stop the Yangzhou army?" Tong Yangjia saw that his soldiers were gone, and stepped forward to ask.

"There's no way around it, if we don't stop them, we won't be able to leave! Leave all the artillery to them, and you can stop for a while. Hong Chengchou said helplessly, at this time he already regretted that he did not retreat in time when he learned that the Yangzhou army had come to Guangzhou.

Liu Zhaoji had already seen the red-coated cannon abandoned by the Qing soldiers on the road, and the scouts had already reported that the Qing soldiers had begun to speed up, and Liu Zhaoji knew that the Qing soldiers had begun to flee desperately, and his heart began to be a little anxious.

"Order all the troops to advance lightly, don't take the main road, find a guide, and catch up with all the paths on both sides!" Liu Zhaoji hurriedly gave the order.

The infantry of the 1st and 2nd Divisions quickly shed their armor, the shield-bearers lowered their heavy shields on the side of the road, and the troops began to run forward from the field paths on both sides of the official road.

The two brothers, Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu, were brought to Hong Chengchou, and when they heard that the two brothers were asked to lead someone to stop the Yangzhou army, the two brothers glanced at each other, and their hearts were chuckled.

"Do you have any questions? As long as the Yangzhou army is stopped, I will report to the imperial court and remember your great achievements! Your people have lost something, and I'll make it up to you when I go back! Hong Chengchou saw the hesitation of the two brothers and hurriedly cheered them up.

The two brothers were about to open their mouths to say something more, but they watched Tong Yangjia come over with a few personal soldiers holding the handle of the knife, and held back what they wanted to say.

After Hong Chengchou explained to Zhang Tianlu's brothers, he said to Tong Yangjia:

"Let's lead the cavalry to retreat first, and the infantry army will retreat in several directions, so that the Yangzhou army can't chase it."

Hong Chengchou already felt a great crisis, and his intuition told him that if he didn't hurry up and leave, he wouldn't be able to leave himself.

When Tong Yangjia heard this, he also felt that the danger was approaching step by step, so he hurriedly went back to explain to the deputy commander, and led nearly 10,000 cavalry to guard Hong Chengchou and began to flee with all his might.

The Qing soldiers who received Hong Chengchou's order began to divide their troops and flee in several directions, and the Qing soldiers who fled to the direction of Fukuoka were only more than 20,000 people.

Hong Chengchou's escape regardless of the army ran in front of Lou Ting's cavalry, and the cavalry division went around in a circle and did not hold Hong Chengchou's cavalry.

The Zhang Tianfu brothers stopped with five or six thousand Qing soldiers, and all the artillery that the Qing soldiers really couldn't take away was left to them, but the two were not a little happy.

"Big brother, let's just lower it, the more than 40,000 people of the 'Heavenly Aid Army' are still vulnerable, what are we doing with five or six thousand people?" Zhang Tianlu looked at his eldest brother Zhang Tianfu.

"Do you think the Yangzhou army will spare us? I've heard that they've killed all of them. Zhang Tianfu asked hesitantly.

"It was recruited by the 'Heavenly Aid Army' after slaughtering Shaozhou, and we haven't done this kind of thing, so we definitely won't. Big brother, make a decision quickly, the Yangzhou army is almost here! Zhang Tianlu said this with a little weakness, looked at the several huge green arrows that were surrounding in the distance, and said anxiously.

"Come down! Let everyone put down their weapons and stand on the side of the road, you can't provoke the Yangzhou army to shoot, you go and say hello! Zhang Tianfu finally made up his mind.

The first to arrive was the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division, and Zhuangzigu ran in the middle of the team sweating profusely. The first-class officers of the National Defense Corps were equipped with horses, but it was no longer possible to ride horses on this terrain, so Zhuang Zigu threw the horses to the guards and ran as fast as he could with the whole regiment.

"Report to the regiment commander, the Qing soldiers in front have surrendered!" The soldier who ran at the front ran back and reported to Zhuang Zigu.

When Zhuang Zigu ran to the front, the two brothers Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu were standing on the side of the road with their troops down, all the weapons had been stacked together, and there were rows of various artillery pieces behind.

"Yo, this is still an acquaintance?" Zhuang Zigu knew these two brothers, and when they were in Yangzhou, these two brothers did not make trouble for Liu Zhaoji.

Zhuang Zigu didn't have time to talk to them, so he asked the whereabouts of the Qing Soldier Brigade and ordered someone to go back to report to the division commander, and he led the second regiment without stopping, and continued to pursue.

Liu Zhaoji, who arrived later, didn't have time to talk to the two brothers, so he came up and asked the whereabouts of the Qing soldiers, and learned that the Qing soldiers fled separately, Liu Zhaoji was a little uncomfortable.

This method of escape of the Qing soldiers made it very difficult for the Wehrmacht to pursue, and the pursuit was separated, and the lack of strength could only lead to a rout, but fortunately, the main force of the Qing soldiers and Han army flags was going in the direction of the cavalry division interception.

After calling Li Chengdong over and discussing it, Liu Zhaoji decided to annihilate the more than 20,000 Qing soldiers first, and he personally led the first division to support the cavalry division, and Li Chengdong led the second division to pursue the Qing soldiers who fled to the west.

The Qing soldiers no longer had artillery, and there was little need for the artillery to follow, Liu Zhaoji ordered the artillery to stop, and it was too difficult for the villagers to trek through the mud with the artillery.

By the time Liu Zhaoji arrived with a division, the battle more than a dozen miles away from the county seat of Fukuoka was almost over.

The more than 20,000 Qing soldiers who had been defeated by the cavalry division were all stopped by the first division that arrived later, and none of them ran away, but Lou Ting reported that Hong Chengchou and Tong Yangjia had run away with the cavalry, which made Liu Zhaoji very unwilling.

The battle of Guangzhou touched the hearts of countless people, and there was also a lot of discussion in the city of Nanjing, although the national defense army had eliminated the "Tianzhu Army", but at this time the information spread very slowly, and even Luo Jian was anxiously waiting for the news of Guangzhou.

But Luo Jian was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the battle of Guangzhou at this time, and what happened in Japan not long ago must be resolved as soon as possible, which is the urgent need.

History is right, this year's weather is markedly different from previous years, and it is just early May and the weather is already starting to get a little hot.

Some time ago, Shi Kefa took a large number of officials to various places to grasp spring plowing and production, and only returned to Nanjing City yesterday.

Shi Kefa, who had just returned to Nanjing, was found in the office by Luo Jian, and Shi Kefa heard very bad news.

"Xinghua, what the hell is going on? In such a hurry? Is it that Dingwei and they are not playing well? Shi Kefa was also anxious, and when he arrived at Luo Jian's office, he asked.

"Master Liu, they haven't heard any news yet, I'm not worried about them, Guangdong has concentrated such a strong force on us, there will definitely be no problem. Brother Ken, I'm looking for you to come over, it's the Japanese side that has an accident again! ”

"What's wrong with Japan? If there is a problem over there, our saltpeter mine will have no source, and we will be in big trouble! When Shi Kefa heard this, he also became anxious.

Luo Jian asked Shi Kefa to make tea, beckoned him to sit down, and when Shi Kefa sat down, Luo Jian said:

"The last time the Chamber of Commerce organized merchant ships to Japan, do you remember this?"

"Remember, didn't I tell them to wait until the fleet was free? As a result, they did not listen to the persuasion and went with the escort of four old gunboats. ”

"This time, all the merchant ships have returned, and none of the unfair things have been sold, and we have brought back all the people we left in Nagasaki Port, and the Japanese have signed a treaty with us last time, and now they don't recognize it!"

"And this? Why did you suddenly not admit it? Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian in surprise.

"It's not that I heard that the Southern Ming Dynasty was taken by the Qing soldiers, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would no longer exist, so they began to regret it." Luo Jian said lightly.

"Xinghua, why aren't you in a hurry? This can't be done, how about letting Daki and them run again? Seeing Luo Jian's indifferent expression, Shi Kefa asked anxiously.

"Brother Xianzhi, don't worry, this time we must be fully prepared and strive to solve the Japanese problem thoroughly."

"Xinghua, you already have an arrangement?"

"Yes, I asked Damu and the others to start preparations, three thousand people were transferred from Huang Fei's sailors, and they are training in the offshore sea, and when the 'Yue Fei' gets out of the water, they will set off immediately."

"'Yue Fei' is about to go into the water?"

"It's almost over, I'm already doing the final installation and commissioning, and I can go into the water in half a month at most." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Well, with the 'Yue Fei' accompanying you, it shouldn't be difficult to solve the problem, right?" Shi Kefa was also extremely happy when he heard that the "Yue Fei" was about to be launched.

Compared with the "Wei Qing," the "Yue Fei" battleship is much larger, and its entire ship has reached a length of more than 50 meters and a width of more than 20 meters.

The whole ship is powered by four of the latest steam engines, and the power of this new type of steam engine is four times that of the steam engine used on the "Wei Qing", that is to say, the "Yue Fei" is equivalent to 16 steam engines on the "Wei Qing", and its speed should be the fastest ship at present.

The main guns on the deck are turret type, the caliber has reached 300 mm, all the guns on the ship have more than 30 guns, and the smallest smoothbore gun has 120 mm, and the firepower is incomparable with the "Wei Qing" and the "Huo Quai".

This is not the main feature of the "Yue Fei", all the skeleton of the "Yue Fei", including the keel, are all made of steel, and several sealed cabins at the bottom of the ship have greatly improved the "Yue Fei's" ability to resist wind and waves and strikes.

Although it was not possible to install armor on the entire ship, Luo Jian still had the shipyard install steel armor on the bow of the "Yue Fei", the sides and the parts of the main deck that were vulnerable to artillery attack.

With sufficient power, the "Yue Fei" did not have masts and sails, which greatly improved the utilization of space on the "Yue Fei", and after the completion of the "Yue Fei" in addition to the rated capacity of 800 people, it can also carry thousands of soldiers or transport some materials.

Shi Kefa now has not much resistance to solving the Japanese problem by force, and Luo Jian has clearly told him that before Xiao Liu's production line is completed, Japan's saltpeter will be the main source of gunpowder factories, which has left Shi Kefa with no choice, not to mention the large amount of silver earned back from Japan.

Just as the two were discussing, Wang Xiuchu came in from outside to report that the Minister of Industry and Commerce Ren Minyou and people from the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce had come.

More anxious than Luo Jian and Shi Kefa was the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, saying that the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce was no longer appropriate, because the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce had also moved to Nanjing, together with Yangzhou Ocean Trading Company.

"Governors, Governors, the Japanese problem must be solved as soon as possible, many factories have begun to backlog products, and I am afraid that they will start laying off people again." Ren Minyu said anxiously as soon as he entered the door.

"Shi Ze, don't worry, we are discussing this matter, you go and do the work, there will be more than half a month at most, and we will start to solve the Japanese problem." Shi Kefa hurriedly comforted Ren Minyudao.

Shen Tong, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, looked at Luo Jian and then at Shi Kefa, wanting to speak but not feeling embarrassed, he was hesitating.

"President Shen, if you have anything to say, just say it." Shi Kefa looked at Shen Tong, who was embarrassed, and said with a smile.

"This time I went to Japan, can I ask Master Wang to lead the team?" After Shen Tong finished speaking, he glanced at Luo Jian, he was very worried that Luo Jian would get angry, after all, this was a military affair, how could he be a businessman who could interfere?

"Why do you have to invite Master Wang to go?" Luo Jian didn't get angry, but asked curiously.

"Master Wang is bold, he is not afraid of anything in Japan, he will definitely not suffer a loss if he goes, and he can solve the Japanese problem once and for all." Shen Tong hesitated for a long time before he said.

"Haha, you're interesting, but we can consider your opinion." Luo Jian said with a smile.

After Ren Minyu and the three people of the Chamber of Commerce left, Shi Kefa asked Luo Jian:

"Xinghua, it's not appropriate to let Xiao Wang go, right? I heard Da Mu say that Xiao Wang shouted on the boat last time that he had an enmity with the Japanese, and said that he had an enmity for eight lifetimes. Shi Kefa laughed himself after speaking.