Fang Shoubei looked at Wang Hui's angry appearance, and sighed: "Of course, we can't let Kong Youde's chaotic troops easily attack Shuicheng, our officers and soldiers defending the city plus the officers and soldiers of the sailor division add up to nearly 5,000 people, and the grain and grass reserves in Shuicheng are also sufficient, focusing on defending Zhenyang Gate, and holding on until the arrival of imperial reinforcements is very sure." ”

Wang Hui's face improved slightly, and he still asked uneasily: "If the southern wall of Shuicheng is collapsed by the rebels, and the officers and soldiers at the head of the city can't hold it, what should we do?" ”

Seeing that this Lord of Haiphong Dao showed a wavering and restless attitude, everyone in the room was naturally even more nervous and worried.

Fang Garrison was obviously very familiar with the terrain in the Water City, and when he heard Wang Hui ask such a question, he paused for a moment and said, "As long as the top and bottom of the Water City work together, the defense in the Water City is enough to hold on." In case it is attacked by the rebels, there is a second barrier in the water city! ”

Wang Hui asked, "The second barrier, you mean the overpass separating the Water City?" ”

Fang Garrison nodded and said: "My lord, if the city wall is really captured, he will order all the officers and soldiers to retreat to the northern naval division station, use the location of the Shuicheng overpass as the defense line, and send troops to urgently block the overpass." The Hongyi cannon on the naval warship can aim here and shoot at the pursuing rebels, and it is really difficult for Kong Youde's rebels to pass through. ”

The overpass is a high and wide stone arch bridge across the river of the water city, which just separates the water city into two halves of the north and south, and the tall bridge under the stone arch bridge can pass the general small and medium-sized warships, which is another important road for the water and land defense of the water city.

Listening to the words of the garrison, Wang Hui felt a little relieved, and felt that Shuicheng had at least two layers of protection, as long as the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division stuck the stone arch bridge. The rebels are indeed unable to move an inch.

Sailor Tang Shoubei sighed: "My lord, if you really retreat here to defend. It's still hard to defend, and now the river in Mizuki is frozen. The rebels could attack the north city of Shuicheng through the bridge hole on the ice, so that the officers and soldiers of the sailor division would have no point in jamming the stone arch bridge. ”

Hearing Tang Shoubei's analysis, Wang Hui's face immediately became ugly, and he asked Tang Shoubei again: "Is there any way to solve this problem?" ”

Fang Garrison can be regarded as conscientious, but he is a layman in water affairs, and when he heard what the sailor Tang Garrison said, he frowned and said: "What Tang Garrison said is true, and he has considered the upcoming battle in detail. ”

As he spoke, he said to Wang Hui, "Considering your humble duties, you really have to come to this point." There is only one way to send additional forces to defend the bridge and hole, and in addition, there is no good way to do it for a while! ”

Tang Shoubei coughed lightly, and said to Wang Hui: "My lord, the artillery on the warship of the lowly naval division battalion can solve this problem, and our naval division warship has Hongyi cannons, which can be used to blast the water surface with artillery......"

Tang Shoubei was about to continue his explanation, when suddenly everyone in the room felt a tremor under their feet, and at the same time, a violent gunpowder explosion came from the north of Water City.

Wang Hui was anxiously listening to Tang Shoubei's explanation. was shaken all of a sudden, and hurriedly held on to the table, followed by one explosion after another in Shuicheng, and its huge shaking sound even affected the two sides of the fierce battle in Dengzhou City.

After a brief period of panic. The crowd hurried out of the house, stood on the city wall and looked north, only to see where the sailors' warships were anchored. Puffs of smoke rose into the sky, and the subsequent gunpowder explosions continued to reverberate.

Wang Hui's face turned pale. Turning his head and asking the sailor Tang Shoubei, he said, "Tang Shoubei, the sailor is under your jurisdiction." What the hell is going on? ”

Tang Shoubei was also confused, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "My lord atons for his sins, and his humble duties are not clear!" I'm going to check it out. ”

Tang Shoubei was worried in his heart, he accepted Niu Liang, Zhan Yuan, and Lan Zhengji fifty taels of silver each, and promised that they could postpone coming to the city wall to guard, and now there was such a big movement in the direction of the sailor, and he would be implicated if he didn't know it.

Thinking of this, Tang Shoubei kowtowed to Wang Hui again and said: "My lord, I have reported to you that the flood camp in Pingdu Prefecture is stranded in the water division camp, and they refuse to obey the orders of the adults and refuse to come to the city wall to assist in the defense, are they playing ghosts?" ”

Wang Hui said angrily: "Hmph, how can he make such a big move with a small garrison, does he also want to rebel?" ”

Even he felt ridiculous when he said this, and the sailor Tang Garrison hurriedly shook his head and said: "My lord, it is impossible for them to make a rebellion with only five hundred people, it is simply looking for death, I heard that the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp Garrison is willing to hoard ammunition and weapons, maybe it is the explosion of gunpowder from the warship!" ”

Wang Hui was a little surprised, and said: "If it is really the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse of the warship, it is also to blame, but how can the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse be similar to the sound of the Hongyi cannon firing, and the sound is endless?" ”

Fang Shoubei said on the side: "I guess it is useful to go directly to the scene for a long time." ”

Wang Hui ordered: "Yes, the city defense side will be handed over to Fang Garrison for the time being, and you will immediately return to the Water Division Camp for details!" ”

The continuous loud noise on the north side of the water city had already made the officers and soldiers of the sailors guarding the city wall suspicious, and they did not know why there was a loud sound like artillery firing from the position of the sailors' warships.

Several sailor generals appeased the officers and soldiers guarding the city a little, and hurriedly came to understand the situation, and saw from a distance that the Haiphong Daowang, Tang Garrison and other dry water cities were also confused and staring at the direction of the sailor's station, obviously not knowing what accident happened in the sailor's camp?

Suddenly, a few officers and men of the sailors with panicked faces came running from under the city wall, and several sailors recognized these people as officers and soldiers who had stayed on duty on the warship.

These officers and soldiers ran up to a few generals and shouted: "My lord, the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp has forcibly controlled our naval warships, and is now blowing up the ice with gunpowder." ”

A few officers and soldiers who came from the desert had already alarmed Wang Hui and others not far away, and when they heard their report, Wang Hui was suddenly furious and scolded: "What a gut! Could it be that the Pingdu Prefecture flood camp garrison is not afraid of the legal sanctions of the imperial court. Tang Garrison quickly ordered 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, and went to the Navy Division Camp with the officer to capture this bold man, and the officer wanted to see if this person had three heads and six arms. ”

Fang Garrison was a little anxious when he heard this: "My lord, withdraw a thousand guards at once, there are only more than two thousand guards left on this city wall, in case the chaotic troops attack, the defense of the city gate will be tense." ”

Seeing this, Tang Garrison hurriedly explained a few words to Wang Hui, Wang Hui glared at Tang Garrison fiercely, turned his head to the other party's garrison and said: "Catch the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp and other people who take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, the officers and soldiers of this thousand water division will return soon, and Fang Garrison will take care of it more for the time being." ”

Feng Jian was on the head of the Fu ship, only Huang Jinjiang followed, looked at the dense warships around the sailor, and saw that the sails had been raised on the three tall masts on the No. 1 Fu ship, and the helmsman of the sailor on the triple rudder tower had been in full array, and the gunners on the ship had removed the cover of the Hongyi cannon on the ship, revealing the yellow, orange and orange cannon body (the whole body of the Hongyi cannon was made of brass, weighing about 4,000 catties).

Zhuang Yingchang, Zhang Wentai, Niu Liang, Zhan Yuan, Lan Zhengji and other sailors stood at the head of their warship, nervously waiting for the evacuation operation that was about to begin.

The Bird Soldiers were divided into two teams and stationed on two Daifuku ships near the south side of Mizujo. Wan Youfa and his 200 bird guns stood neatly on the side of the Fu Boat, closely watching the situation on the shore, the team was divided into four columns, and 50 people could shoot the bird guns at a time. Of course, the same is true of the birds on the other lucky ship.

It seems that everything is going well, and after waiting for the water surface of the sailor camp to break the ice, pull the anchor and set sail! Feng Jian was holding a long telescope in his hand, which was made by those foreign craftsmen in Dengzhou City, and each Dafu ship was always equipped with one.

With this thing, you can shorten the distance to the target and see the other party's dynamics clearly, and the number of craftsmen made by the foreigners in Dengzhou City is not much, and the governor Sun also attaches great importance to it, and stipulates that the sailors equipped with binoculars must not be lost, otherwise they will be punished according to the law.

Feng Jian put down the telescope in his hand, and the progress of his own personnel arrangement could be clarified at a glance through the telescope.

Secretly glad that he had taken these foreign craftsmen in Dengzhou away from under Sun Yuanhua's nose in advance, I was not afraid that these foreign craftsmen would not cooperate, as long as there was enough temptation, these foreign craftsmen would definitely be willing to serve themselves!

A deafening explosion sounded continuously on the ice surface of Shuicheng, Feng Jian watched as the large ice floe cracked after the smoke floated up on the water surface, and began to float slowly on the water surface, so that the large ice floe would cause damage to the ship if he was not careful, and as the gunpowder bag explosion continued, some large pieces of ice floe were exploded by the gunpowder bag again, and began to sink and float with the fluctuation of the water current.

The gunpowder packs on the ice had long been placed in a fixed position, and the twenty bird-gunned soldiers took a small boat, ignited twenty gunpowder packs on the ice each time, waited for the gunpowder packs to explode, and then ignited the next group of gunpowder packs through the ice again, and gradually moved towards the water gate of the water city.

Kong Youde's rebellious army could not pose a threat to the water gate, so only one sentry of the water division officers and soldiers came to assist in the defense of the city wall here.

Cheng Yousheng led his guards to sneak up to the city wall, and immediately restrained the guards who were caught off guard, and successfully controlled the water gate, from which the officers and soldiers who went to the south gate to report the news escaped.

The matter is urgent, Cheng Yousheng can't chase these fish that have slipped through the net, and it is most important to open the water gate first.

Gunpowder packs could not blow up the ice, and the ice at the Iron Gate of the Water Gate had to be broken and removed by someone before the iron gate could be raised through a winch.

Several guards worked together to turn the winch of the Water Gate, and as the iron gate of the Water Gate slowly rose out of the water, a large amount of squeezed ice floes in the Water City began to flow towards the gradually open water outside the Water City.

There was still a body of water outside the water city that was covered with ice, and Cheng Yousheng led a group of guards to quickly walk onto the ice, put the gunpowder packets one by one, and waited for the bird soldiers to come and ignite them.

The ice here is already very thin, in fact, the naval warships can use the powerful Hongyi cannon to blast the ice floe on the water surface when they arrive here, without fear of hurting other warships.

However, Cheng Yousheng was careful, for fear that the ice floe would hurt the warship, so he continued to blast it with a gunpowder bag.

Cheng Yousheng had just returned to the location of the water gate city wall, and saw a large number of officers and soldiers from the east and west city walls from a distance, rushing towards the water division camp. (To be continued......)