Hu Hanshan stood solemnly and nodded: "I said the wrong thing, don't blame Boss Xiao." ”

Lu Hanshan smiled: "Yes, what else do we need to deceive?" Defeat them with dignity! ”

Xiao Sheng continued to shake his head: "You don't need dim sum, but it's not easy to defeat them......"

He pointed to the big green head he brought in the distance: "Let's just say that this ship, Shi Junmen has concentrated thirty or forty of them, although the cannon is weak and runs slowly, but there is still a way to defeat your fast boat, if you despise it too much, if you are not careful, you will suffer a big loss." ”

Hu Lu and the others didn't speak, and the disapproval on their faces couldn't be more obvious. The speed of this big green head ship is less than half of theirs, and the ship is full of small and old ancient cannons such as bowl-mouth guns, the freeboard is low, and the hand-to-hand combat is not superior, no matter how much it can only be used as a target, how can it threaten them?

Liang Deguang behind him said: "If you want to change to Boss Xiao to command those thirty or forty boats, are you afraid?" ”

Hu Hanshan scratched his head, Lu Hanshan nodded, that was naturally afraid, Hu Hanshan heard about it, and Lu Hanshan experienced it himself. Before the battle against the Honest Man, it wasn't that Xiao Sheng knew how to grasp the opportunity, observe the enemy and me, and summed up the tail biting tactics of the sea wolf, and he really couldn't handle the foreign ship.

Thinking of the battle with the Honest Man, Lu Hanshan also looked at Xiao Sheng's left hand, and the broken index finger was still reminding him of the battle that was small in scale, but made his blood boil when he thought of it.

Noticing Lu Hanshan's gaze, Xiao Sheng shook his left hand, as if he was still proud of being slightly disabled, and then he said with a straight face: "Don't underestimate Shi Junmen, he is strong in land warfare, and he has learned the skills of his father Jinghaihou in water warfare, I am far worse than him, but I only know more about this clipper than him." ”

Zhang Ying shouted: "Give me a boat!" Boss Xiao came out of this, fourth brother...... The King of Heaven doesn't know yet! ”

After Xiao Sheng made up his mind, he didn't act immediately, but waited for Shi Shibiao to leave Nanao and go to Chenghai, before he began to say that he would mobilize some close subordinates, looking for an opportunity to patrol the sea, and drove a big green head to Li Shi. According to his estimate of the battle situation, Li Shi's navy should also take action, and against Shi Shibiu's sailors, he felt that without his own guidance, it was estimated that there would be a great risk, so he went straight to the sea to find Li Shi's navy, with his familiarity with the sea route, it was easy for them to bump into Hu Hanshan.

Two days later, when Huilai County, Li Xian said to Zhang Ying with a smile: "Lao Xiao is Lao Xiao, how can I blame him?" ”

Although Xiao Sheng insisted on his loyalty and didn't want to stab his boss in the back, he still had to explain it to Li Shi, but how could Li Shi blame him? Li Xi knew his old brother very well, and knew that he would never be so stupid and loyal, but he really didn't expect that he would be so neat.

Li Shi was also worried about the new tenderness of the navy, whether he could really do it to Shi Shibiu, and now that he was okay, with Xiao Sheng to deal with the old fritters, the big stone in his heart suddenly settled.

"The order is to let the general office of the Guangzhou Tianwang Mansion Navy Department be sealed, and send Lao Xiao urgently, and the navy matter will be taken care of by him alone. When he comes, don't think of being an idler. ”

Li Xi wrote down the words of the seal ribbon and handed it over to the military secretary's office, and Xiao Sheng's military position was implemented. Even regardless of friendship, it was said that he and Xiao Sheng had a lot of military exchanges, and Xiao Sheng had the deepest understanding of the military ideas he brought from his previous life, and he was very relieved that Xiao Sheng was in full control of the nascent navy.

The old boss was so reused, Zhang Ying's face was also red, the Tianwang Mansion was founded, the military and political departments had not yet been separated, and there was a military order hall involved in the military, which was divided into the Quartermaster Department in charge of ordnance logistics, the Teaching Office in charge of the new barracks and the Whampoa Martial Arts School, and the Military Affairs Department in charge of military and political liaison and coordination. With the establishment of a new Navy Administration, Xiao Sheng's position is on par with Tian Dayou of the Quartermaster Administration, Liu Xingchun of the Teaching Administration, and Su Wencai of the Military Administration. Although these three people still have other important positions in government affairs, in the army, Xiao Sheng's position as a core member has been determined.

"The fourth brother really has the style of a coal boss......"

Chaoyang Dahao off the sea, Xiao Sheng, who was suffering from Hu Hanshan, Lu Hanshan, Shaanxi Baiyanzi and others to see Shangguan Ceremony, smiled bitterly, when he made up his mind, he also joked that he wanted to find Li Xi to ask for a big official, but he didn't expect that before he could mention it, Li Xi gave him all the naval affairs. As the general office of the Navy Administration, he was not only in charge of combat units, but also in charge of training bases, ship construction planning, and naval development and design.

Li Xi sent him a letter, did not mention the brotherly love, did not express his praise for his vote, and talked about his expectations for the navy in a few steps, mentioning some important matters, completely a public-to-public posture, and it seemed that behind Li Xi was the hideous face of the coal boss: "Hurry up and work for me!" ”

Xiao Sheng couldn't help but scratch, and then his heart burned to smoke, why did Li Shi call his sea power a "navy" instead of a "sailor", he Xiao Sheng knew best. A long time ago, Li Xi talked to him about the difference between the two, galloping across the ocean, guarding the sea frontier, turning the sea into an inland lake, and extending the power of China to a foreign continent, this is the navy.

Now that Li Shi has stuffed the seedlings of this navy into his own hands, what else can regain such trust? What could be better than such a cause?

Xiao Sheng was chattering while crying, until a few of his subordinates coughed repeatedly, and then he came back to his senses, fortunately, he also learned Li Shi's cheeky skills, and his face did not change at all, so he wiped the corners ......of his eyes and said with a strong sea wind, "Let that Fujian Navy Division become the cornerstone of my Yinghua Navy!" In this battle, our army will win! ”

Xiao Sheng said angrily, he had too many things to do, but before that, he had to clean up Shi Shibi's Fujian sailors.

"Victory!!"

Hu Hanshan, Lu Hanshan, Bai Yanzi and others drank in unison, not to mention Hu Lu and the others, Bai Yanzi originally had some ups and downs in his heart. Although Li Shi's navy was close to the Europeans and the ships were fast and the guns were sharp, after all, there were only four ships, and the odds of victory were unpredictable to fight against the enemy army with hundreds of large ships. Unexpectedly, before the war started, Xiao Sheng, who was Shi Shibiao's right-hand man and had the rank of guerrilla officer of the right battalion of Nanao Town, came to defect, which was a good omen.

It's just a small guerrilla, he was entrusted with a heavy task when he first came, and he climbed straight to the head of himself and Hu Hanshan, I heard that this person is Li Xi's brother-in-law, Bai Yanding, the white swallow, is a little unconvinced, this Li Tianwang employs people, it seems that there is some nepotism.

"After all, this battle will depend on me, and then see how King Li Tianwang rewards his merits, if it is unfair, this new Yinghua Dynasty is afraid that it will not be a place to stay for a long time."

Bai Yanding looked at his "big" fleet, and then looked at these four ships, and secretly had a plan.

"Xiao Sheng ran away!? How so? Why!? ”

Chenghai Association, Shi Shibiao, who was negotiating the battle situation with Niu Ang, the chief soldier of Jieshi Town, and Deng Yunchao, the deputy general of the Chenghai Association, got the news, and his eyes were straight. He thought he knew this person very well and took care of Xiao Sheng in every way, but he didn't expect that this person's heart was really like the sea, which was really unpredictable.

"The thief fleet has reached the sea off the coast of Dahao, maybe Xiao Guerrilla went to join the fleet."

Niu Ang and Deng Yunchao glanced at each other, and said in their hearts that this Shi Junmen is in trouble this time, the war has not started, and there are actually thieves among the generals under him, so it should be difficult for Shi Junmen to adhere to his strategy.

Previously, they had been arguing about the response of the sailors, but when the Anglo-Chinese navy passed through Jieshi Town, the news came, and they had to draw up a strategy.

Shi Shibiao insisted that all the sailors should go north to Dongshan Island, and the land soldiers would be stationed in Nanao. The reason is that the thief army has clippers and artillery, and if they directly meet the attack in the waters south of Nanao, once the battle is frustrated, the north wind blows in winter, and it is difficult to return to Nanao, and Nanao will be lost. As soon as South Australia is lost, not only will the waters of Guangdong Province be closed by the thieves, but the waters of Fujian and Taiwan will also be threatened by the thieves at any time.

And temporarily withdraw to Dongshan Island in the northeast of Nanao, the thief army will inevitably be like a thorn in the back, dare not attack Nanao with all their might, and then from the north down, and the thief army fights, the thief army is contained by Nanao, it is difficult for the whole army to meet the attack, and their own chance of victory is very great. Even if the war is unfavorable, there is room for manoeuvre.

Jieshi Town and Chenghai Association are both Guangdong green camps, and it is difficult to accept Shi Shibi's strategy, and they are derelict in their duties to let them abandon Chenghai and even Nanao and retreat to Dongshan Island in Fujian Province. In their opinion, the focus of Shi Shibi's strategy is to cover Fujian and Taiwan, and use them to stabilize their own territory, which is really selfish, and the thief fleet is just a rabble, is it worth paying so much attention?

At present, the military and political command system of Guangdong and Fujian provinces is in chaos, Guangdong Governor Yang Lin is far away in Gaozhou, and it is difficult to dispatch the green camp in the east, while Zhang Wenhuan, the Guangdong Governor in Jieyang, is still having a headache for the coordination of military orders between himself and Fujian Governor Mu Tingyan, and he can't take Chenghai into account at all, so he only asks them to set their own strategies. Before the imperial court could send a senior official who could unify the military orders of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, each party could only make a decision based on its own understanding of the war situation and based on its own interests.

Jieshi Town and Chenghai Association can listen to Shi Shibi's opinion, and it is also because he is the old boss in the past, and at the same time he is good at water warfare, but when it comes to actual interests, they are not willing to joke about their future.

"If you don't listen to Shi's words, you won't be able to escape the danger of defeat!"

Shi Shibiao was very angry, but none of the towns and associations in this town were his subordinates, but he had no way to force it, so he could only swallow it in anger in his chest. Originally, he was not so pessimistic about the situation, but Xiao Sheng ran like this, that guy is also good at water warfare, if he really throws himself on the side of the thief army, he must respond to Jieshi Town and Chenghai Association, and directly meet the attack off the coast of South Australia, and he is not optimistic about the outcome of this battle.

The chief soldier Niu Ang and the deputy general Deng Yunchao only pleaded guilty to Shi Shibiu, but still did not mention the specific strategy, Shi Shibiao was gritting his teeth, and suddenly his heart moved.

"Well, since you're going straight to battle, let's use you as bait......"

He made up his mind that he would stop talking to these two people, and turned around and walked away.

"Li Thief is strong in land warfare, but I haven't heard of any ability at sea, even if there are some ships, they are just merchants and the like, so they are not a problem. On the contrary, I heard that the Nanyang pirate White Swallow threw himself into his account, this White Swallow was unable to defeat the officers and soldiers in the Guangdong Sea back then, so he retreated, and now let's take this merit from him! ”

Niu Ang and Deng Yunchao looked at each other and smiled, without Shi Shibiu's mixing, the imperial court, which had already made the head of the Li thief, would definitely be rewarded.

(To be continued)