The big general's cannon that pulled out of the city was all destroyed, and the largest of them, the "Yang Wei General", was stuffed with gunpowder and completely blown into pieces, and at the same time, two or three hundred Qing soldiers around were put down, and Lang Songliang and others could only find the steel plate fragments that showed their identity.

When Fang Tangheng and the others were cleaning up the battlefield, the Qing soldiers withdrew a mile away, and watched them pack up their relics. The explosion just now blew everyone's hearts to pieces. If it weren't for Prince Yong's Yinzhen being in the city, it is estimated that they would have fled back to the city directly.

Fang Tangheng's assault of more than 300 people caused nearly 1,000 casualties among the Qing soldiers, and destroyed six or seven generals' cannons. Zheng Hongyuan is the son of Zheng Yong, the leader of Hong Kong's Bazheng, and Lang Songliang is a Hunan refugee from Luo Heng's side.

"You idiot! I was supposed to go! ”

Zheng Wei stroked Zheng Hongyuan's corpse, and he couldn't cry anymore.

"Long whistle chief...... I also want to understand your reasoning. ”

Jiang Da and the brothers in the post were silent, but they each had their own thoughts in their hearts.

On the side of Yinzhen, Guan Yuanzhong, and Yang Lin, the pondering in my heart was as lively as a big drama. The current situation was completely beyond their expectations, and even Yinzhen had the heart to retreat. In the battle of Jiuxing Bridge, more than 5,000 people from the Guangzhou Banner Battalion, Military Standard and Fubiao were dispatched one after another, and now there are 2,000 dead and wounded, and not even a bridge has been occupied.

"It seems that we were wrong, what is hidden in this Qingpu cargo station is not a treasure......"

Then Yinzhen's spirit rose again, and he found a problem.

"It's that Li Xi, it's in the cargo station!"

Hearing his conclusion, Guan Yuanzhong and Yang Lin almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, Fourth Elder Brother, are you still not giving up? Now in this situation, it is time to stop and figure things out. You are not allowed to declare Li Shi a thief now, and you want the Guangdong officials to remain silent and fight hard, and the key is to be able to fight hard.

"I can't get Li Shi, this king is a sinner, and you are all sinners!"

Yinzhen's words woke up Guan Yuanzhong and Yang Lin, Li Xian was hiding an army of thousands of people, his hands were full of illegal firearms, and he resisted the arrest of officers and soldiers, how could he be a thief, and he couldn't escape this crime. But if Li Shi is not taken down, he will stab this matter, not only will the fourth elder brother, the Qin messenger who caused the incident, be punished, but they, the local officials, will not be able to fall well.

This Qingpu cargo station must be taken, but if the officials are not allowed to move, there is no way to mobilize soldiers and horses. The safest way for the three of them to sum up is to put Li Shi aside from this matter first, who is Li Shi? I don't know, the gang of thieves who are currently entrenched in Qingpu Cargo Station have an unclear origin. When the cargo station is taken, and even Li Xi himself is obtained, things will be easy to say.

On the 14th of February, the wind passed so calmly, and on the 15th, a few more general artillery pieces were pulled out of the city, and what came out of the east of the Jiuxing Bridge were fully organized officers and soldiers waving banners, and on the west bank of the Pearl River, not only the soldiers and horses of the Shunde Association had arrived, but even the battalions with the supervision of the standard also appeared. Although Zhao Hongcan was reluctant to come to see Yinzhen, the "fact" of "anti-thieves of unknown origin entrenched in Qingpu" had to make him take action.

At this time, Fan Jin and the others were both relieved and nervous. It is gratifying that the goal of sticking to Qingpu has been achieved, and now there are seven or eight thousand officers and soldiers gathered, which also shows that Yinzhen has straightened out his thinking, and no longer entangles Li Shi is not anti, but focuses on the practical level, that is, there are people at Qingpu Cargo Station who rebel, which also leaves room for Li Shi to make a situation later.

But with seven or eight thousand officers and soldiers under such pressure, it was difficult for them to organize a commando team to destroy the artillery, and what made Fan Jin and the others nervous was how long they could hold it.

With the experience of yesterday's destroyed artillery, this time the artillery position was farther away, by noon, the cannon rumbled, and the mud and rocks near the Jiuxing bridgehead flew sideways, although there was no accuracy, the guards guarding the bridgehead were still suppressed, almost passively beaten, fortunately, the rate of fire of those generals' artillery was too slow, otherwise the casualties would have risen in a straight line.

The battle at the Qingpu wharf finally began, and the Qing soldiers requisitioned ships from the Tan people and merchants, rushed straight to the dock, and confronted the guards guarding the wharf on the boat, although they could not let the other party rush to the wharf, but they could not fight back.

Seeing that on the dock, the ships of the Qing soldiers were gathering more and more, Fan Jin and the others began to think about retreating. Under the main building, sandbags and carriages have set up a circular defensive line, relying on the strong main building, shrinking the troops, and it should be able to hold out for a while. It's just that in this way, the perseverance has reached the final stage, and it is completely passively beaten. And when the Qing soldiers pulled the cannon to the bottom of the main building, Fan Fangwang and the three were very doubtful that they could hold it for another day.

"What is the situation on the side of the Director-General?"

Even if their minds are like steel, the minds of Fan Jin, Fang Tangheng, Wang Tanghe and others have all flown to the north, what is the situation there?

On the afternoon of the 15th, Li Shibang, a general of the battalion after supervising the standard, arrived with a team and requisitioned merchant ships by the order of the governor.

"It looks like I have to retreat ......"

Wang Tanghe, who commanded the blockade on the dock, and Fan Jin, who controlled the overall situation at the watchtower, all made such judgments.

"Anti-thieves are anti-thieves, I really think that a thousand people can stop the imperial army!"

On the city wall, he vaguely saw the sail shadow of Qingpu Wharf in the distance, and Yinzhen was also relieved, the situation was indeed chaotic, but it could still end after all, and then wait for the news from Wang Wenxiong's side to come, and then he had to be busy cleaning up.

The situation is like a mountain stream and a waterfall, and when you see the water pouring down, there seems to be something unusual on the river in the distance.

"Huh? That's ......"

Li Shibang was ordered by Zhao Hongcan to attack Qingpu Wharf, he, a martial artist, did not know the situation very well, and only wondered how there could be anti-thieves entrenched in the cargo station, which was originally a cargo station where merchants gathered. But I heard that Fu Biao and Jun Biao, and even the flag soldiers were bleeding in front of the anti-thieves, and their hearts were both happy and contemptuous, what use can those Guangzhou soft egg soldiers end?

Across the river, seeing that his soldiers were pouring onto the Qingpu wharf, he smiled and said with a smile, after all, he still had to rely on his soldiers.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and on the river, a slender boat shadow obscured his vision, looking at the towering mast and the open gun doors on both sides, Li Shibang's eyes were round, foreigners!

"Could it be that the foreigners occupy the cargo station!?"

As soon as the thought came to mind, the roar of cannon fire froze his mind.

Loaded with soldiers, they were leaning against the group of boats at Qingpu Wharf, broken wood rushed to the sky, and figures flew sideways, which frightened the Qing soldiers who were rushing to the wharf and quickly scattered to dodge.

"It's just time to catch up!"

On the helm platform at the stern, Jia Hao looked at the Qingpu cargo station filled with gunsmoke and let out a long breath.

"The Golden Carp is here, we have a cannon!"

Wang Tanghe looked at the tall mast and laughed out loud with great pleasure.

"It seems that Xiao Sheng really cares about the general director......"

On the lookout, seeing that the Golden Carp was happily bombarding the Qing soldiers' ships, Fan Jin also felt that he was in prostration, so dangerous.

"Boss Xiao is Boss Xiao, as long as the court does not declare the General Division as a thief, how can he maintain the General Division."

Lu Hanshan was still sighing, but Jia Hao was stuck in memory.

Xiao Sheng previously took the right battalion of the Fujian Security Association to defend Fengshan in Taiwan [1], and he also commanded the Golden Carp to "do business" with Xiao Sheng, and by the way carried out Li Shi's "Taiwan Plan".

Last month, Li Shi sent him and Xiao Sheng an urgent letter, relaying the situation in the court and asking Jia Hao to return to Guangdong as soon as possible. When he received the letter, it was already early February, and Li Shi did not make it clear in the letter whether he wanted Jia Hao to only take people back, or to bring people back by boat, Jia Hao found Xiao Sheng to discuss.

"The Director-General needs to be fully prepared, and I want to go back with the Golden Carp. But this ship was given to Boss Xiao by the General Director, so I want to know what Boss Xiao thinks. ”

Jia Hao asked Xiao Sheng directly, and Xiao Sheng didn't hesitate at all, and waved him away with the human boat.

Looking at the current situation, the general secretary really wants to gather an anti-flag, I don't know if Xiao Sheng will regret it?

Xiao Sheng is far away in Taiwan, and it is not clear whether he regrets it later, but Jia Hao feels that the person who ordered the gathering of ships to attack the dock must have regretted it.

Although there were only four guns on the side of the gunwale, and they were light guns, their power was far from being comparable to those small infantry guns, and the ships at the Qingpu pier were bombarded to pieces, and the river was full of broken wood and human bodies. Hundreds of people rushed to the dock, and the souls of the Qing soldiers nested in the boat did not possess their bodies, and they only felt that they were in hell.

"Foreigners!?"

When Yinzhen received the news, he really regretted it.

"This Li Xian...... What the hell is sacred! ”

He was speechless, and with the help of foreign ships and cannons, it was a fool's dream to capture the Qingpu cargo station. Not only on the west bank of the Pearl River, but also the governor and the Shunde Association on Li Shibang's side shrank back, and even the soldiers and horses on the side of Jiuxing Bridge were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated to the west of the city.

"I haven't lost yet! Wang Wenxiong's way, how can he also bring good news! ”

Yinzhen's lips have been bitten, and his eyes are sprayed with excited stars, the heavier the pressure, the more energetic he becomes.

Li Wei ...... Good news......"

Thinking of Li Wei, Yinzhen's heart was both hot, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his chest, and he felt depressed.

As soon as the Golden Carp arrived, the crisis at Qingpu Cargo Station was suddenly resolved, and the situation at this time was even more confusing. The Qing soldiers on the west bank of the Pearl River are still gathering, and the Qing soldiers on the east side of Jiuxing Bridge have shrunk under the city wall to prevent "foreign soldiers" from attacking the city. The gossip that foreigners want to occupy Guangzhou has also spread all over the city of Guangzhou, and the seemingly calm water, the chaotic tide is surging, and it has also brought in forces from all sides.

"Wait for news from the north."

Yin Zhen said this to the large number of Guangzhou officials who gathered over, and his tone was firm. It doesn't matter if you can't attack it here, as long as Li Shi's lair is dug up, there is still room for things to turn around. At least with his family, he can not only understand the situation, but also coerce Li Xi at Qingpu Cargo Station.

The wait was not too long, and a horse rushed into the Guangxiao Temple.

"Lord ......"

It was Li Wei, he was panting, his eyes were red, seeing that he was neatly dressed, but the dust was too heavy, obviously he came in a hurry, Yinzhen sighed in his heart, and the iron stone was about to settle.

Wang Wenxiong...... Defeated! ”

Li Wei rushed to the ground, knocked his head and cried.

Rumble...... Natuo iron stone turned into a mountain of ten thousand jun, which directly crushed Yinzhen's mind.

(To be continued)