The night was quiet, Ji Xiang's loud announcement came far away, hearing his words, there was a bang on the land and on the river, although the cavalry of the Zhao family army had known it for a long time, but the repeated announcement of this victory was still exciting, and the people on the ship, even Zhao Jiajun's own sailors and seamen were also ecstatic, and the other two groups were even more shocked.

At the beginning, it was agreed that the Zhao family army would have soldiers and horses to Tianjin, and then there would be a fleet to respond, although the principals of the Yu family and the Zheng family would be suspicious, but they were willing to support the goods business in Haizhou Port and Xuzhou.

Fortunately, the Xuzhou thieves who are not going to be destroyed are going north step by step, so that everyone can feel at ease, but everyone also knows that if they don't have a decisive battle with the imperial army, no matter how much they advance north, no matter how strong the Zhao family army is, it will fight a decisive battle with three times his imperial court soldiers and horses, and there is no shortage of food and grass, and the army with the majority of the border army will fight, and the chances of victory are really small.

Even if they received a secret message, saying that the Zhao family army would have a partial division to come to the port and let the fleet do things according to the pre-agreement, everyone was not very optimistic, this Tianjin Caoyun Wharf was not covered by city walls and fortifications, and it was exposed, how could the partial division raid be reached, and the imperial army could calmly defeat them, that is, even if they could be connected at the wharf, it might not affect the overall situation.

But no one thought that the imperial army that gathered the three-way border army, which was almost more than four times the Zhao family's army, would be defeated like this, and the news had not yet reached Tianjin, and it was impossible for the people on the ship to know, they didn't even dare to believe it.

But Ji Xiang said this, and gave a specific time, and everyone can't believe it, there is no point in cheating here, tomorrow afternoon or the morning after tomorrow, naturally everything will be closed.

"Is this going to take over the world?"

"Is this going to be emperor?"

The crowd was buzzing, the docks and boats were talking, everyone had irrepressible excitement, no matter how far or near Xuzhou was, but everyone was always closer than others, if Zhao Jin became the emperor of the world, then everyone would definitely be beneficial.

Everyone's reaction was seen by Ji Xiang, he waited for a while before raising his voice and said: "Although the overall situation has been decided, but we can't say everything is perfect, tomorrow at dawn, Tianjin City may have to send people out to seize the dock or even burn the storage, calculate the time, the defeated soldiers of the official army who retreated from Jinghai County will also come, whether they will be gathered up to attack here, no one can say, we have to withstand this wave to be regarded as the overall situation." ”

"Fifth master, don't worry, there are hundreds of more than a dozen of us on the ship that can hold a knife, besides, isn't there a big guy on the ship?" The people of the Yu family shouted and said, and the people of the Zheng family also agreed with it.

Yoshika nodded, then turned around and shouted, "Light the fire on the docks, we're going to do our best!" ”

The soldiers behind him agreed violently, but they were still a little ignorant, and they didn't know what Ji Xiang would say again, but when the order was issued, everyone immediately began to get busy in an orderly manner.

The materials on this Caoyun wharf are abundant, and there is no shortage of firewood and grass, and soon several large bonfires are raised, illuminating the vicinity, and even the Tianjin city not far away is alarmed, and the cavalry of the Zhao family army staring at it immediately reported, saying that there is movement in the city of Tianjin, and I am afraid that the officials and soldiers in the city will react.

The officers and soldiers never dared to go out of the city, but the dock was in full swing, from the Zhao family's own sea ship there were gun carriages unloaded, and on the Yu family's ship was a separate cannon body, the Zheng family's big gang was gunpowder and cannonballs, seeing these, the soldiers of the Zhao family army couldn't help cheering, all the way from Xuzhou, in Linqing, in Jinghai, and earlier battles, everyone saw the power of artillery, raiding Tianjin, to face the counterattack in the city and the defeated soldiers outside the city, everyone was under a lot of pressure, Suddenly seeing such a militaristic weapon as artillery, it was all cheered from the heart.

A total of ten guns were unloaded from the ship, two six-pounder guns, four three-pounder guns and four one-pounder light guns, and there were more than a dozen gunners on the ship of the Zhao family, and this time they also disembarked, and under their command, the soldiers and sailors put the guns on the gun carriage and gun carriage, and then dragged them away with the horses they hauled.

"These days at sea, it is estimated that even the sour water has been spit out, and this return trip, life and death will also follow the army." After disembarking, the gunners were chattering, causing a burst of laughter around them.

Ji Xiang stood on a high place and looked at this qiē, this time he naturally knew about the northward transportation of artillery from Haizhou Port, and he also knew the risks, the power of Zhao Jiajun's artillery was not only cast cannons, but also this artillery carriage and artillery carriage, so that the artillery from a fortress weapon to a sharp weapon in the field, such a secret naturally could not be stolen by others, but when the artillery was shipped by sea, it could not be carried without it, it could only be disassembled and transported.

Zhao Jiajun's own ship transports the most important but not the heaviest gun mount, the Yu family's fleet transports the artillery body, and the Zheng family's gang transports shells and gunpowder, Zhao Jiajun has his own internal response and eyeline in the Yu family's fleet, which can be regarded as half controlling, as for the shells and gunpowder placed on the Zheng family's ship, this is the most irrelevant.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong on the way, and Shun lì picked up the head on the side of Tianjin Port, and after unloading the artillery, the people of the fleet were not idle, but began to carry the grain stored on the dock onto the ship, if the army encountered any twists and turns on the Tianjin side, the grain on the ship could be used as military food, although it seems that there is no need to do more at the moment, but it is always good to be able to make more preparations on the battlefield.

The hustle and bustle on the docks continued into the wee hours of the morning, and when the sky turned white, the area of the freight yard near the city of Tianjin had been cleared out of a large enough area, and the vicinity of the dock was full of grain.

The position of the Zhao family army has been almost arranged, and at this time there is no need to save food, bags of grain are piled up, or used as a shelter for artillery, or used as a temporary barracks fortification, and the horses that come from there are eating the processed grain, and there are too many materials on the docks in Tianjin, because this side is not only for the supply of officers and soldiers, but also the last canal node for the supply of the Beijing division, and most of the materials going north are gathered here.

The gate of Tianjin City has always been closed, the cavalry teams of the vanguard of the Zhao family army have finished breakfast, and there is still no reaction from the Tianjin City side, Ji Xiang divided the vanguard cavalry into seventeen companies, and the people of the personal guard brigade dismounted, mixed with the people on the ship, and stationed at various key points centered on artillery, waiting for the battle.

This side is full of strength, but Tianjin City did not see the slightest reaction, but after breakfast for half an hour, the light cavalry monitoring the city reported, saying that the north gate of Tianjin City was opened, and a few fast horses left, and soon there was news that half of these horses were going west, and the other half was to the south, everyone could judge where to go, all the way should be to Jingshi, all the way to Jinghai County's official army camp for help, no matter how it was calculated, this Tianjin city did not know the defeat of Jinghai County.

Perhaps because the cavalry of the Zhao family army arrived here first, the rout will dodge and walk, and the official cavalry is fleeing in a farther direction, although Ji Xiang arranged light cavalry to guard the surroundings last night, but did not encounter the defeated soldiers of the official army, but after breakfast an hour later, the light cavalry scattered out reported that there was an officer army of several thousand people in front of him.

There is a distance of dozens of miles from Jinghai County to Tianjin, and the Zhao Jiajun brigade did not pursue, and the vanguard cavalry did not suffer much damage after passing, so how could the defeated troops retreating towards Tianjin be able to gather up.

"The teams are ready, we can fight if we can see it, the artillery is aimed at the direction of the Tianjin City Gate, and the brigade of soldiers and horses is coming, why do they have to come out to try." Ji Xiang gave an order, and there were thousands of officers and troops stationed in Tianjin, and when they saw a large army coming outside the city, they were bound to move.

When the smoke and dust appeared in the distance, many of the cavalry of the Zhao family army stood up and looked around, not because they were panicked, but because the smoke and dust were too big, and they didn't look like thousands of people, and even Ji Xiang sent cavalry to investigate one after another.

After receiving the report, Ji Xiang smiled dumbly, the size of the enemy army has not changed, only because the formation is too scattered, so it is possible to make this smoke and dust, but this momentum has given confidence in the city of Tianjin, and the number of people watching at the head of the city has increased, and even the banner of the city gate can be seen shaking, presumably the officials and soldiers in the city are gathering in the urn city.

On the dock are all official flags, although tattered, there are blood stains on it, but it looks like the officers and soldiers are stationed here, after all, yesterday Ji Xiang led the cavalry to rush forward, and the officers and soldiers along the way just fled, but no one knew where they went, the only strange thing was that there were several big ships on the river, and some people had climbed the mast and looked at the battlefield from a high place.

Since it is a defeated army that has been gathered up, and it is still so scattered, naturally there are no leading scouts, looking at this march, the horsemen who came out of Tianjin should not have told them the news, and it is normal for them not to take care of each other in the chaos, they don't know that Ji Xiang is under the city at all.

"Leave one company of mounted sergeants, and the rest get on their horses!" Ji Xiang shouted, and the soldiers passed on the order, and Ji Xiang raised the long knife in his hand, drawing a circle from left to right, and walked out while beating his horse.

Under his movements, the various companies of knights gathered forward from their positions, and began to line up in this slow advance, three companies in a row, and six companies formed a brigade, and when the team was formed, they began to speed forward.

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