"The mass grave in the north of Xinhui City is being rebuilt, and some people propose to build a bone wall directly with human bones, and everyone thinks it is very good, but the bones are too unethical in broad daylight, so they have to let the stonemasons carve the bone wall."

"But in the past ten days, tens of thousands of people have gathered in Xinhui City, and it is estimated that there will be more and more, all to see the excitement, and the old things of Yashan and Xinhui are already familiar to the villagers. The repaired platform was also put to use, and many stubborn scholars occupied the platform to preach the loyalty of the Xinhui people, and the scholars who couldn't see it came to the stage to argue. First, they were arguing about what loyalty and righteousness should be, and how to weigh loyalty and human ethics, and now it has developed to the distinction of Huayi. ”

"There's a living example of this, and the argument is really exciting, and the direction is getting clearer and clearer, no matter how much the scholar who guards the Xinhui may say lotus, as long as someone asks, 'If you had to eat your family to be fully loyal, would you eat it?' Then it will be difficult for the reader to argue. ”

"Not only the recruits, but most of the people have already thought the same, it is really in the situation of the Xinhui people, learn from the Yashan Song people, just fight and die, the Xinhui people are so loyal, it is by no means true loyalty, and what is the face of the court that praises their loyalty, it is estimated that many people are muttering in their hearts."

"Now that I can tell the story, the scholars have begun to argue whether the imperial court in the north is Huaxia Zhengshuo ......"

In Huilai County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Li Xianzheng was looking at the letters from Guangzhou, in addition to military and political affairs, the affairs of Xinhui also made him very concerned. The siege of Xinhui but not the attack was initially just a whim, setting an example for his recruits and leading the people, so that they could see clearly what kind of ugly face those loyal to the Manchus were in their bones.

Originally, there were also voices of opposition from his subordinates, after all, it was too inconvenient to leave a nail in the hinterland, and it would cost a lot of money to besiege the city. But Li Xian thinks it's worth it, this is to buy people's hearts with silver, compared with directly giving people silver, the people's hearts bought in this way are more stable and deeper.

Today's state of affairs not only confirms his words, but also exceeds his original expectations, the Xinhui incident, actually launched a big debate about who is in the hands of Huaxia Zhengshuo, in the territory he controls, although it is impossible for the scholars to universally worship him Li Shi as Zhengshuo, but the face of the Xinhui people is too exciting, the Manchu Qing Dynasty sticks to them, the image plummets, and Zhengshuo's status is shaky.

"Well done this one! I also took the students of Baicheng Academy to Xinhui, and I took the Xinhui people as an example to talk about the loyalty and righteousness of China that we want and the way of God that we walk. ”

This is Duan Hongshi's letter, and he is full of praise for Li Shi's handling of Xinhui like this.

"There is not only Xinhui in the north, but also the Manchu court, the matter of Xinhui is publicized, the Xinhui people are integrated with the Qing court, and those who have thought through have begun to serve us."

Su Wencai's letter was full of joy, the six departments of the Shangshu Hall in charge of him withered, and now the Xinhui incident has solved his great difficulty.

"Those bad guys are bad! The fourth brother had better attract them to exchange clothes for food, and the last one dangled bare-assed, so that everyone could see that they were not human! ”

Guan Xuan's letter saw Li Xian and smiled, laughed for a while, but felt that the little daughter-in-law was really poisonous, this method is good, of course the bare ass will not, but the body is wrapped indiscriminately, obscene and ugly, not like ordinary people, and hanging a money rat tail braid, no matter how vivid, well, this will be sent to Yuan Tiepan...... "Husband, I heard Meng Kui say that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the east have gathered, and they are defending the city to the death, and they don't want to fight a decisive battle, so don't underestimate the enemy." The Guangdong soldiers are not afraid, the Fujian soldiers are indeed fierce, and they will use their brains to fight. ”

Yan Sanniang poured cold water on him in the letter, Li Xian was very emotional, or Sanniang was sober-minded.

Sanniang's letter also led his mind from Xinhui to the battlefield in front of him, now it is the middle of December, he is stationed in Huilai, forcing Chaoyang, Wu Ya with the forward into Jinning, forcing Jieyang, the reason why he did not continue to advance vigorously, an important reason is the movement of the Fujian soldiers.

According to the Guangdong soldiers guarding Jieyang and Chaoyang, they had already been frightened, although there were more than 20,000 people, but it was not enough to cause trouble, but the Fujian land governor Mu Tingyu led the 10,000-strong Fujian Province Green Battalion in Chaozhou, and this Qing army dared to fight. Not only that, the sailors of the Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Shibiao gathered in Chenghai and Nanao, plus the Chenghai Association, there were also as many as 10,000 people, and the convenience of boats and boats could threaten the back road of the Eagle Yang Army led by Li Xian at any time.

Therefore, Li Xian did not directly advance to Chaozhou and Chenghai, but was waiting for reinforcements, this battle was different from before, if the sea route was not guaranteed, he forced to the city, and it was very likely that he would follow the Xinhui County he had fenced, so that the Qing soldiers would be surrounded on all sides. Today's Eagle Yang Army is not the previous Qingtian Siwei, and his combat power has declined seriously, and he must grasp the advantage from the strategic level.

Where are the reinforcements?

The reinforcements are naturally at sea, but these reinforcements are in a hurry while making a fuss.

"Why did you want to give us a different color? Could it be that we are so low on the shore that those landlubbers are waiting!? ”

Lu Hanshan pouted and complained dissatisfiedly, after setting off from the Lantau Naval Base, he had been complaining all the way.

"The king of heaven said, they are the army, we are the navy, not a family."

Hu Hanshan said as he followed his uniform, which was the same as the shape of the army, with a vertical collar and a half-length placket near the knee, and a row of brass buttons that were buttoned down to the waist. The color of the clothes and pants is dark blue, and the top of the octagonal hat is also dark blue. There is a golden sea stripe on the black hat ring, the leader of the shirt is black, and the soldier is light blue, and the whole person looks solemn and deep, with the momentum of Haijiang that is not angry but mighty.

Compared with the army's eye-catching fire infrared and pure white belt, this color of the suit made the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the navy a little blocked, and the army also joked that the king of heaven used up the cinnabar for their army, so they had to use the indigo of dyed pants to dye the navy uniform.

"We only have military positions now, no ranks!"

Lu Hanshan looked depressed and devastated, and this sentence also stabbed Hu Hanshan's heart in a panic, and the fourth brother ...... The King of Heaven, do you really treat their navy as a shipper?

Now there are only four ships in the navy, and a few are being built in Siam, and before these four ships were sea training camps, they were so busy all day that they didn't have any ideas when they gave out their uniforms, but now they are sailing on the sea, and they finally have time to scratch their hair.

Originally, he set a separate uniform color for the navy in order to establish a group perception that they were different from the army, and to make them proud, but he didn't expect that these people would feel inferior because they were different from the army.

The current military position in the Navy is only temporary, because there are too many majors, and there is a clear difference between the military position and the Army. The captain, the co-captain, the ship's commander, the helmsman, the boatswain, the boatswain, the gunner, and the ship's doctor are the seven officers of each ship, and everyone except the captain who has the overall power is divided into the work. The Deputy Captain was responsible for assisting in operational matters, including navigation and staff duties. The ship's commander was in charge of military law, and at the same time commanded the sailors, who were responsible for broadside battles and landing battles. The helmswain is the chief navigator and is responsible for the navigation and rudder of the ship, the boatswain is in charge of the sailors and is responsible for the sail cables, the gunner is the one who is in charge of the guns, and the ship's doctor is not only responsible for the treatment of the injuries and illnesses of the crew, but also the water.

In addition to these seven officers who are officers, sailors, sailors, and gunners account for the majority of a boatload of people, and they have to subdivide the shifts under them, and the squad leader of each squad is also an officer. The number of ships is determined by the size of the ship, for example, the gunner of the Jinyincarp has only two classes, while the Jinyinao has four classes, and it is said that the new ship under construction is larger than the Jinyinao, and it is estimated that there will be eight gunners.

The establishment above the ship level has not yet been settled, the Anglo-Chinese Navy has too shallow experience, and the formation tactics above the ship level are still stuck in the attack and harassment drill with the cooperation of the two ships, and for the time being, the two ships are used as one formation, and there is no formation level command organization, but the "long ship" of the senior captain is the "wingman" of the shallow captain. At present, the Jinyincarp and Jinyinao are each in a formation, and above the formation, Hu Hanshan, the leader of the navy, has been given the nondescript "commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet."

The main reason is that the navy is too small in size and has a low rank, and most of the officers in the navy are his core backbone, which is too different from his brothers of the same generation in the army, and the morale of the army will be hit, and it does not meet the needs of the navy's specialization. Let's go high, according to the equality of land and sea, then Hu Hanshan's rank should surpass Jia Hao and Wu Ya, which is naturally unfair. Even if it is lowered by one level, according to the calculation of a army, a ship is a battalion, but the Jinyinao is only two or three hundred people in a boat, and it will definitely be difficult for the army to accept, and the soldiers under his command are less than the wing lengths, but they have to be awarded the title according to the battalion commander, why?

His navy was not a Manchu navy, but a sail navy that was planned to compete with the Europeans, so it was natural to take the route of high technology and specialization. It takes at least half a year to train a qualified sail runner, and the talent who can command a ship in battle is extremely precious. At present, his four ships still have to rely on hired Macao sailors to keep the newly trained sailors from being confused, and the helmsmen of the two wingmen are also the second mates of merchant ships hired from Macao, and the difficulty of the naval road can be seen from this. Giving these talents the right rank also belongs to the foundation of the military's heart that is "justifiable."

Originally, with Li Shi's prestige, there was no need to explain this matter, just do it according to his own ideas, but there was no need to mess up the hearts of the people of the army subordinates, so he had expectations for the navy, and it was best to ...... "The king of heaven is to let us stand up in this battle, let the young men on land see, we will take a battalion against them with one ship!" ”

Lao Jin spoke, he is the "chief rudder of the Nanyang Navy" and the helmsman of the Jinao, just like the "deputy commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Navy" Lu Hanshan also served as the commander of the Jinao gunner, and Hu Hanshan concurrently served as the captain of the Jinao, he lacked talent and had to go into battle in person.

"Where is enough for a battalion!? One of our boats can top the entire Longxiang army! ”

Thinking that Zhang Hanwan, who was a peer, had already led an army alone, Hu Hanshan's resentment suddenly turned into motivation.

"We have sixteen twelve-pound cannons on the Jinao, which is more than their Long Xiang Army."

Lu Hanshan did not leave his bank, judging from the artillery alone, the navy completely overwhelmed the army, and the reading power of the Long Xiang army was only eight twelve-pound guns...... "Alas! Hurry up and wave the flag and greet that Zheng Dangdang, it doesn't matter if the White Swallow's fleet has gone astray, don't float the Silver Carp! ”

The two were cheering each other up, but Lao Jin was frightened and reminded repeatedly.

"Why do you want to bring the fishermen of the White Swallow to fight, it's really a mess!"

Greeting the flag bearer's order, Hu Hanshan began another complaint, Bai Yanzi also took the post of "deputy chief of the Nanyang Navy", and selected the most acceptable twenty or thirty large ships from his fleet, with a total of 2,000 sailors and soldiers, and followed Hu Hanshan's four ships to the east, aiming at Nanao, to lead Shi Shibiu's Fujian sailors to attack.

"Do you really want to defeat the Fujian sailors with four ships? They have hundreds of ships! ”

Lao Jin shook his head at Hu Hanshan's arrogance.

"If it's all those broken ships in Dongguan Town, don't say hundreds, I'm not afraid of thousands! It's just ...... to be afraid."

Hu Hanshan plucked his nostrils and looked disdainful.

"There aren't enough shells!"

Lu Hanshan answered, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"It's not just that ......"

Lao Jin rolled his eyes, but before he finished speaking, on the main mast of the Jinao, the horn sounded, causing everyone to see, the flag on the top of the mast flew over, and the whistle reported the enemy situation with the flag.

"A ship...... What are you afraid of......"

Everyone read the flag and didn't care, Hu Hanshan's previous words were naturally bragging, but a ship, even if it was a foreigner's big ship, Lao Jin was not afraid.

The enemy ship gradually revealed its figure, and when it was three or four miles away, Hu Hanshan and Lu Hanshan took a cool breath at the same time, but they were not afraid, but this ship was really not small, although it was not as good as the Jinyin Ao, but it was a little bigger than the Jinyin Carp.

"That's a big Wupeng boat, also known as Daqingtou, and there are many sailors in Fujian."

Lao Jin said while observing with a telescope, Hu Hanshan and they have naturally seen Daqingtou, but they have never seen such a big one, although the ship is not long, it is only ten zhang, but it is wide enough, just now I looked at the front, and it felt bigger than the gold and silver carp.

"It's the Fujian sailor!"

The sentry stood tall and looked out the other party's flag with a telescope, the sentry of the Anglo-Chinese Navy has undergone strict training, and is very familiar with the flags and flags of the Fujian and Guangdong sailors. It is just right to be used as a flag sacrifice before the Great War!

"Wait...... The flag has changed! ”

Then Lao Jin stopped Hu Hanshan, who was about to make a decree.

"My own people!?"

The naked eye can already see the other party's flag, a double-ring wheel flag is rising, Hu Hanshan and others frowned, could it be that Shang Jun, who has great powers, said that he surrendered a certain Qing general?

Not long after, a sampan approached the Jinao, several people climbed onto the deck, and Hu Hanshan and the others stared at each other in disbelief.

"Boss Xiao!?"

The person who came was Xiao Sheng, as well as Zhang Ying, Zhang Ding, Liang Deguang and others.

"Well, I knew that the fourth brother would send you over, so I came."

Xiao Sheng smiled slightly, and slapped his old partner Lu Hanshan on the shoulder, and said with envy: "This dress is really pleasing to the eye!" ”

Hu Hanshan cautiously asked, "Boss Xiao, are you here ......?"

Xiao Sheng pouted and said: "I don't have to worry about letting you newcomers play against Shi Junmen, so I'm here to sit down, well, don't worry about your official position, I'm just a cameo." ”

Everyone looked at each other excitedly, and Xiao Sheng threw it over! These old guards all know the friendship between Li Shi and Xiao Sheng, and they also know that Xiao Sheng is a talent who understands guns and water warfare, especially Lu Hanshan, he and Jia Hao followed Xiao Sheng to fight against the Honest Man in the open sea back then, and they can admire Xiao Sheng's ability.

Hu Hanshan was both excited and regretful: "Boss Xiao, you just drove a boat to vote, it's really boring, if you wait for us to start a war with Shi Shibiao before acting, he will be defeated and defeated." ”

Xiao Sheng shook his head: "I, Xiao Sheng, do things and have my own bottom line." Shi Junmen is also kind to me, and he will never stick a knife in his back, and if he wants to fight, he will fight with him in a dignified manner! ”

(To be continued)