readx; The information that Huang Degong brought to the North Sea Fleet was too timely. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info please search! Before the fastest novel, Qi Xianzong had basically focused all his attention on the south, that is, the rebel fleet cowering in Poyang Lake. Although the North Sea Fleet did not have many troops, because it firmly held the mouth of the lake, it also grasped the "right to control the river", so that the rebels could not move.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youzhen was able to concentrate manpower and material resources and travel thousands of miles to replenish the North Sea Fleet. Due to Sun Chuanting's rapid progress in Hubei, the Jiangbei rebels fled in despair, and now the road from Jingshi to Runing Mansion in the southernmost part of Henan has been relatively smooth. And from Runing Mansion to the southeast, there happens to be an old official road that is close to the western foot of Dabie Mountain and extends more than 600 miles to the south to reach the mouth of the lake. Because the main forces of the rebels were located in Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Hunan, and there were few rebels near this official road, Zhu Youzhen saw this opportunity and ordered the transport team to send supplies to Hukou with all his might.

Compared with Lu Xiangsheng's "half-starved and half-full", the North Sea Fleet has received quite sufficient ammunition supplies, and now in addition to replenishing the ammunition loaded on the battleship, it has also reserved a part of it on Jiangzhou Island. This is not because Zhu Youzhen is partial to his father-in-law, but because of the characteristics of the navy: even if Lu Xiangsheng runs out of ammunition, there are still cavalry available; And once the North Sea Fleet runs out of ammunition, it will not play any role.

Of course, the large amount of food and salary stored by the rebels on Jiangzhou Island was also honestly and unceremoniously accepted by Zhu Youzhen. In addition to leaving a small amount of food and salary for the use of the North Sea Fleet, most of them were quickly transported to Nanzhili and other places in Henan Province by return convoys, one was to replenish the troops of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and the other was allocated to Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Province and other areas that had been recovered. You must know that these places have been scraped into white ground by the rebels, and in the winter when there is heavy snowfall, many poor people have long been out of cooking at home, and they all rely on the government to open porridge factories for relief. Although the food and salary on Jiangzhou Island are limited, it can be dealt with for at least ten days and a half months, which slightly relieves the pressure on the Jingshi.

The reason why the information sent by Huang Degong is very important is that a group of convoys have just left Hukou with food and salary to set off for the north, and they have not yet gone far. Once Hong Chengchou's Hong troops arrived at the mouth of the lake from the north shore, although they would not pose any direct threat to the North Sea Fleet, those grain convoys would not be able to escape.

Therefore, Qi Xianzong immediately made a decision, and immediately allocated a part of the Qi family army to catch up with the grain transport team as quickly as possible, and then escorted it along the way until the convoy returned to Runing Mansion. Although the number of troops is small, it can at least play a role in urging the convoy to evacuate at full speed. If the misfortune is really blocked by the flood soldiers, you can decide to burn the grain as a last resort. If Qi Xianzong did not give this order, of course the grain transportation team would not have the right to deal with it in this way.

At the same time, Qi Xianzong immediately gave Zhu Youzhen a fold and sent the emergency military intelligence to Beijing with a flying pigeon. He half-jokingly told Huang Degong: "At most, in a day and a half, the emperor will receive an emergency military situation, and of course he will know the news of General Huang." Otherwise, maybe the imperial court will already prepare a public sacrifice for General Huang. ”

"Hehe, my old yellow life is hard, and the king of Hades doesn't dare to accept it casually!" Huang Degong laughed heartily when he heard this, but others couldn't help frowning, thinking that this Huang Degong was really open-mouthed, and dared to call himself "Lao Huang" in front of the emperor's father-in-law!

Qi Xianzong didn't care, he felt that this Huang Degong was quite similar to his temper when he was young. The two were talking and laughing, and suddenly the Chinese army came to report: "Your Excellency, the rebels sent a Hengjiang ship and seven wave-breaking ships in an attempt to break out of the lake!" ”

"Got it." Qi Xianzong smiled slightly, "General Huang, yes?" The rebels sent such warships to provoke every day, on the one hand, in an attempt to deplete our ammunition, and on the other hand, to breed fatigue in our army. When Hong Bing came, he was caught off guard by killing our army. A few days ago, our troops either ignored such a provocation, or only fired with bird guns, in short, as long as the rebel warship was trapped in Poyang Lake, it was enough. But today is different, the old man decided to beat him hard, telling the rebels that we have enough ammunition, so that they can fight without a fight! ”

"Wow!" Huang Degong got up excitedly and shouted, "I have heard that the Qi family's army is powerful all over the world, and I want to watch the battle and learn how to fight from the old general!" ”

Qi Xianzong corrected Huang Degong with a smile, saying that this fleet was not called the Qi Family Army, but the newly formed North Sea Fleet of the imperial court, and the Qi Family Army was only a part of the North Sea Fleet. But Huang Degong didn't understand this, so he went to the bow of the ship to watch the battle.

In fact, the warships of the North Sea Fleet had long been lined up under the command of Li Yunhao and were waiting for Qi Xianzong's order. Qi Xianzong raised the heavy monoculars, which were still a few miles away from the enemy ship, smiled contemptuously, handed the telescope to Huang Degong, and at the same time ordered: "The main guns of each ship are ready to fire a salvo!" ”

Li Yunhao hurriedly asked: "General, there are not many enemy ships, is it a bit of a waste to use the main gun?" ”

"Just fight, that is, to play the momentum of our army, let the rebels!"

"Yes! Flags are issued, and the main guns of the bow of each ship are ready to fire a salvo! ”

Huang Degong did not understand water warfare, so he saw that the gunners on the Weihai ship immediately began to work nervously, and the loading was completed in a moment, while the sailors on the top of the mast were loudly reporting the distance of the enemy ship. Li Yunhao saw that Huang Degong's position was too close to the main gun, so he kindly reminded: "General Huang, the main gun is about to be fired, it is better to step back and plug your ears." ”

Huang Degong said indifferently: "What's this, isn't it just a cannon!" Not only did he not retreat, but he moved forward a little more.

Li Yunhao was helpless, so he had to order loudly: "Release!" ”

As the herald's red flag fell, the gunners on the Weihai ship quickly lit the fuse and retreated. Huang Degong waited for a few seconds, but did not see the cannon fire, and just opened his mouth and smiled: "Is this cannon dumb fire..."

"Boom !!"

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering roar, and the hull shook violently as the main gun fired. The others were prepared, and they were safe and sound; But Huang Degong was so happy that he was immediately shocked and rolled backwards, and it took a while to sit up, and his face was like earth: "Amazing, really amazing!" ”

Everyone happily helped Huang Degong up, and at this time, the main guns of each ship opened fire one after another, and more than a dozen huge water columns rose on the river in the distance. The enemy ship did not expect the officers and soldiers to open fire at such a distance, and hurriedly turned the bow of the ship to escape, but it was too late, and a shell accurately hit the middle of the hull of the Hengjiang ship. I only heard a loud click, and a big hole was blasted open in the hull, and the river water immediately poured into it, and there was no time to block it, and soon the hull was seriously tilted, and the sailors saw that the situation was not good, and they jumped into the water and fled. After a few more moments, the ship slowly sank.

"Good! Well played! Well played! What an eye-opener! Huang Degong danced excitedly, but after a while, he said regretfully, "Old general, you have no problem here, even if ten Hong Chengchou come together, you can't hurt a single hair of the officers and soldiers!" But if I stay here, it's useless. Old general, do you have horses here? Please lend me a fast horse, I want to rush back to Chuzhou immediately, take my soldiers, and have a good fight with the turtle grandchildren! ”