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Jieyang County, southwest of Chaozhou Prefecture, had been taken by the Mawei Navy an hour earlier. After all, Jieyang County is not as good as Chaozhou City, but it is better than other counties. Jieyang County is located on the edge of the Rongjiang River, with a lot of land in the county and relatively developed commerce, which is one of the largest counties in Chaozhou Prefecture. Therefore, the county seat here should also be larger.

However, this qiē is not worth mentioning in front of dozens of warships of the Mawei Navy. The Rongjiang River is wide and deep, just convenient for the Mawei battleship to go deep, and the battleship of less than 2,000 tons sailed on the Rongjiang River without any problem, and it was very light and drove under the county seat of Jieyang. Although the county seat of Jieyang is nearly a kilometer away from the Rongjiang River, it is easy for the heavy artillery on the battleship to attack the city wall.

There were very few defenders in Jieyang, and Shang Zhixiao did not send troops here. Therefore, when the Mawei Navy drove to the city, the Jieyang County Commander who heard the news from the city tower was dumbfounded. After Ning Wu, commander of the First Fleet, arrived, he directly ordered more than a dozen warships to fire a salvo of hundreds of cannons on the port side of the city gate, blowing up countless large and small earth pits at the city gate. After a period of shaking, the county commanders in Jieyang City and the officials and defenders all lost the confidence to resist. They don't think that the cannons on the battleship can't hit the city walls, they are warning them that if they don't know each other, the next time they will directly shell the city tower!

After the shelling, there was no need for Ning Wu to send people to persuade him to surrender, and the Jieyang County Commander took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender. After several hundred fighters disembarked. It's very light, and it controls the whole city. But Ning Wu did not get off the boat and entered Jieyang County. He stayed on the battleship. He is the commander of the First Fleet, and he is to be with the soldiers at all times.

Coincidentally, after Jieyang County was fully taken over, this will be an hour later, at this time, on the high mast, news came from Shangdou, they observed that more than 200 cavalry were found in the northeast, and they were quickly coming in the direction of Jieyang County. The distance of nearly 20 kilometers between Jieyang County and Chaozhou Capital City is a field. There's nothing to cover it up. The Shangdou observation post stood high, and there was a high-powered telescope in his hand, so he could see things clearly from a few kilometers away, and he saw a black shadow moving in this direction, and when he got closer, he clearly saw that it was a group of cavalry.

The cavalry in the distance was obviously not wearing the uniforms of their horsetail army, so the result could only be that the other party was the army of King Pingnan. But if you look closely, there is a sense of wolf bèi fleeing. The Shangdou observation post guessed that it was Shang Zhixiao and his party who escaped from Chaozhou City. More than 200 of them were rushing forward with their heads covered, and the headquarters did not notice that a few miles away, the Mawei Navy was already waiting for them.

Ning Wu received a message from the observation post. First stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed. Generally, those who can ride horses must be people of status. Maybe the opposite side is Shang Zhixiao and others, if that's the case, Fang Dahong will lose a lot, even if he wins Chaozhou City, it is not as much credit as him to win Shang Zhixiao!

"The herald ordered that the four ship detachments of Yongfu, Zufu, Bufu, and Shengfu each dispatch 200 people to quickly encircle in the northeast direction, and be sure to capture all the enemy troops, and not a single one is missed! If the enemy resists stubbornly, you can kill them on the spot! Ning Wu decisively ordered to the adjutant beside him, this opportunity cannot be missed, besides, the enemy commander has already fled in front of his eyes, if he lets them go, he will be more guilty than Fang Dahong, who is in charge of the siege, so even if he can't be captured alive, he must be killed.

The flag commander quickly conveyed Ning Wu's order, and the ships immediately took action after receiving the order. This is also an excellent opportunity for them to make meritorious contributions. Originally, when their navy went to war, they could only be an auxiliary, and at most, the two fleets going to Guangzhou could still have a chance to fight with Shang Zhixin's sailors. And they can only watch the Marine Army make achievements on land. And like the one just now, their navy took Jieyang County, which is just a special case, in addition to Jieyang, which other county town is built by water? No, even if there were, their naval warships would not be able to drive in.

At this moment, the marines in charge of the siege actually missed the enemy's main general and let them escape, which did not just give them a chance for the navy. This opportunity can be seized, as long as the fleeing enemy is annihilated and Shang Zhixiao is captured, it will be a great achievement, and with this military merit alone, you can be promoted to a higher level.

And Fang Dahong's side did not intend to let Shang Zhixiao go, their troops attacking the city totaled 4,000 people, and there were 2,000 artillery battalions that could not move, and the fourth and fifth infantry battalions were used to attack the city. The number of 2,000 people was not enough to enclose the entire Chaozhou capital city, and besides, they didn't expect Shang Zhixiao and others in the city to be so unbearable. The other side has 6,000 defenders, even if more than 1,000 are killed on the city wall, there are still 4,000 or hundreds of people, they can completely retreat into the city and engage in street battles with the Mawei army, and they can also engage in tug-of-war with the Mawei army like they did before plugging the gap. But Shang Zhixiao completely forgot that he was still a commander, and only thought about running for his life. Liu Jinzhong was also frightened by a cannon fire, and the six gods had no master, so he abandoned the army and fled.

Fortunately, they had not lost all their senses, and sent a part of the defenders of the west gate and the east gate to help the defenders of the south gate continue to defend the city, delaying time for them. This action did cause a lot of trouble to the Mawei Army, and the bloody battle with the two thousand soldiers of the Mawei Army at the city gate really dragged down the footsteps of the Mawei Army, so that they didn't have the energy to care if anyone had escaped from the city.

The eight hundred warriors were divided into four groups and surrounded Shang Zhixiao and others from four directions. There is no need to worry about the other directions, just block the road in the northwest direction of the two hundred cavalry. To the northwest of this place is a dense forest, and if two hundred cavalry rode into the dense forest, it would be very troublesome to arrest them. In the other three directions, due south was surrounded by their naval soldiers, who were hoping that they would rush straight up. The rear is in the direction of Chaoyang City, and it is impossible for them to turn back, as for the east, not to mention that there is a Chao'an County in the middle, and the county seat is already under the control of the Mawei Army. A few kilometers further on is the sea. The ships on the seashore have all been controlled by the Mawei military. Unless they put on their wings, they can only swim and escape like fish!

At this time, Shang Zhixiao also found the battleship in front, and a white sail could be seen from afar, which was quite eye-catching. Before, it was too far away to see what it was with the naked eye, but now that I can see it clearly, it only makes me even more panicked. The Mawei army had ambushes. Or is Jieyang County also taken by the Mawei Army?

"Second son, opposite is the Mawei Navy, and they drove into the Rongjiang River. We can't go any further, the guns on the warship are farther than ordinary cannons, and we can only die in vain if we rush forward! Liu Jinzhong was also frightened at this moment, but he still reined in his mount and stopped.

"What then? Advance, you can't advance, you can't retreat, you can't retreat, can you only wait for death? Or do you want to surrender? Shang Zhixiao glared angrily.

"The subordinates don't mean that, the subordinates are loyal to the prince. I will never do anything to be sorry for the prince! The subordinate means that we can break through to the northwest. Drilling into the jungle, they are short of troops, and they will definitely not chase us anymore. Moreover, it doesn't matter if they chase into the dense forest, which is called the dense forest because it is difficult to find it when they get in, unless they are like hunting dogs, and can track them by their noses. Liu Jinzhong pointed to the dense forest building in the northwest direction.

"However, this mountain is high and densely forested, and it is very easy to get lost, and then we are afraid that our situation will be even more difficult. No, I've decided to break through to the east, with the sea to the east, and we can escape as long as we find a few fishing boats! Shang Zhixiao shook his head and said, getting into the dense forest, where can he endure that suffering.

Liu Jinzhong was shocked, the second son burned his head, can he go to the east? The road over there must be blocked too. "Second son, don't you, don't you forget Chao'an County, Chao'an County is blocking the road to the east of us. The Mawei Army attacked Chaozhou Mansion, and even this Jieyang County was taken, it is impossible not to take Chao'an, and we are also throwing ourselves into the net to the east! Let's go into the jungle, we still have a chance to survive if we escape in, otherwise it's all over! ”

When Shang Zhixiao heard Liu Jinzhong say this, his heart sank even more, it was over, he couldn't move forward in three directions, and there was only one way left to burrow into the dense forest. Gritting his teeth, Shang Zhixiao ordered viciously: "Turn to the northwest and enter the dense forest." ”

Not to mention, fortunately, the Mawei Navy's movements were fast enough, and Shang Zhixiao and others were discovered so much earlier. The four troops were also moving fast enough, and at this moment, the team that had come down from the Shengfu on the side of the dense forest in the northwest direction was about to surround this side. This is thanks to the developed waters of Chaozhou, the land between Jieyang County and Chaozhou Mansion is the most fertile, and the main reason is that the waters here are vertical and horizontal. Although the Fengjiang River, a tributary of the Rong River, is not as wide and deep as the Rong River, the average width of the seven or eight kilometers near Jieyang has reached 100 meters.

On this Fengjiang River, leaning on the Jieyang side, there is only one pontoon bridge that can pass through both banks. This pontoon bridge is not as long and wide as the Guangji Bridge outside the east gate of Chaozhou, this pontoon bridge is set up in a narrow place, only 60 meters long, only four feet wide, and can only allow three people to go in parallel. With so many horses on the bridge, I am afraid that the pontoon bridge will not be able to hold up.

Both armies were buying time, and both rushed to the pontoon bridge first. What the Mawei Army wanted was to block the pontoon bridge, so Shang Zhixiao would become a turtle in the urn, while Shang Zhixiao and the others wanted to speed up the pontoon bridge and ask the pursuers. At the same time that Shang Zhixiao and the others were about to approach the pontoon bridge, the Mawei Army also approached here. At this time, the Mawei army was less than 100 meters away from the pontoon bridge, and the soldiers at the front were already less than 50 meters close to the pontoon bridge.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The Mawei Army did not continue to run and chase at this moment, but stopped and raised their guns to shoot. Two hundred men and two hundred guns only fired intensively at the dozen or so horsemen at the bridgehead, and suddenly almost all the cavalry at the bridge, including men and horses, were beaten into a sieve and fell at the bridgehead. The already narrow pontoon bridge was completely blocked, and the war horses behind couldn't get past it no matter how much they ran. The gunfire continued, and the continuous shooting of these two hundred cavalry had only one purpose, to destroy these enemy troops, even if Shang Zhixiao was killed, it didn't matter, that is, they couldn't be allowed to escape on the pontoon bridge.

The horsetail army kept firing and approached, and at a distance of dozens of meters, the two hundred cavalry who had stopped were completely the targets of the slaughter, and the dozens of cavalry in the rear saw that the situation was not right, and immediately turned their horses' heads and prepared to flee eastward, and the horsetail army here did not care about him. Anyway, as long as you don't cross the bridge, you will be blocked in that direction. At this moment, the more tragic one was Shang Zhixiao, and a bullet hit his mount and threw him to the ground with a bang. After being smashed, a bullet flew into his calf, and now he really couldn't run if he wanted to.

Two hundred soldiers surrounded them, and one gun after another pointed at these Pingnan King troops on the ground, as long as they still had weapons in their hands, regardless of 3721, it was directly a shot, strangling a qiē danger in the cradle. Shang Zhixiao's dress was obviously different from others, and when the soldiers saw him, they immediately surrounded him. With so many guns pointed at him, he didn't dare to move. The soldiers are also reluctant to kill such a person who is obviously the leader of the enemy army, this is a great merit, whether the person in front of him is still filial piety or not, life is more important than death. (To be continued......)

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