As soon as the Blue Wolf Army sailors entered the canyon, they saw that Gong Changyu's fleet only had twenty or thirty sampan boats, and they became excited one by one, relaxed their due vigilance, and shouted: Capture Gong Jichang alive, capture Gong Jichang alive!

Gong Changyu was not in a hurry, and ordered the helmsman to row desperately, and the gunner continued to fire cannons, effectively striking at the ships of the Blue Wolf Army, and retreating a few meters with each shot.

The range of the artillery of the Blue Wolf Army was far from that of Gong Changyu's fleet, so they had to form a column on the river, rush in, increase the speed, and hit those small boats. However, Gong Changyu's fleet was flexible and maneuverable, and he turned around very quickly.

The commander of the Blue Wolf Army was furious and rushed forward desperately, and soon the fleet was entering a narrow stretch of water, and the river in front of it was getting narrower and narrower. As soon as he saw that the opponent was small in number, the commander got carried away and decided to annihilate their Jingnan army with superior forces.

As everyone knows, he fell into the trap of "luring the enemy into depth", and the five hundred "Jingjie Battalion" soldiers who had already been ambushed on both sides of the canyon were led by Huang Qingwei, the black marshal, who was too familiar with the tactics of the Blue Wolf Army. ”

So everyone immediately lit the torches soaked in pine oil in their hands, and when they were fully burned, they threw them all at the big ship below. Torches fell on the wooden boats, setting fire to the planks and ammunition compartments on the ship, making a violent explosion, and the Blue Wolf Mariners were killed and wounded.

The fleet, which stretched for miles, became a fiery dragon. At this time, the south wind blew, and the fire spread along the wind, burning bigger and bigger, and the river became a sea of fire. The burnt wolf army panicked, and there was no way to extinguish the fire on the ship, so they had to jump into the water and flee for their lives.

The commander ordered to retreat, but the ships on the river were squeezed together, ramming each other, and making a mess, and there was no way to escape. Taking advantage of the chaos, he also jumped out of the boat and swam to the river.

Gong Changyu's fleet had already docked on the shore, and after arson, a group of soldiers in ambush also arrived at the river in time, and joined with the water camp, waiting for the blue wolf army that had fallen into the water to come up and send them to death. When a batch comes up, shoot a batch. When the bullets ran out, he rushed forward with a knife and slashed at close range. In less than half an hour, corpses were strewn across the beach, and rivers of blood flowed down the beach.

Seeing this, the last group of blue wolf troops who climbed onto the shore had no choice but to give up resistance, and all knelt on the beach and begged for mercy, and Gong Changyu easily captured the commander of the blue wolf army water battalion alive. In this battle, nearly 400 large and small warships of Shi Xianda's water camp were destroyed, more than 2,000 people were annihilated, and more than 200 people were captured.

After dawn, after cleaning the battlefield, Gong Changyu, Hei Dashuai, and Zhu Rongsen personally interrogated Xiong Wanmin, the commander of the water battalion. Xiong Wanmin, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, actively cooperated in order to survive, so Gong Changyu got a lot of useful information about the situation of the Blue Wolf Army from him.

Xiong Wanmin said the truth about Shi Xianda's troops: Shi Xianda walked in the rivers and lakes, 300,000 people was just a number, and there were very few real elites, at most 80,000 people. More than two-thirds of the family members of the army, such as wives, children, fathers, and mothers.

Since Shi Xianda left Shicheng, he has not established a stable and solid base area, and in a war, his family members can only follow his relatives who are soldiers.

In order to rapidly expand the army, Shi Xianda adopted the old routine of the early days of the Blue Wolf Country, there is no distinction between good and bad, and no one refuses to come. Whether it is a ruffian hooligan or an unemployed vagrant, as long as he believes in religion and joins the army, as long as he is a soldier, he will be paid, which increases the daily expenses of the blue wolf army.

The Blue Wolf Army also held a large number of innocent people hostage, giving them compulsory logistics transportation, which was more ruthless than La Zhuangding, and the whole family was swept into the barracks at every turn.

In these days of displacement, Shi Xianda did not have the energy, time, and neglect to train these recruits. A large number of recruits are made of soy sauce, and they join the army just to make a living, so the combat effectiveness of the new army is very poor, and they are mixed, taking advantage of the situation to burn, kill, and loot, and harm the people, causing an extremely bad impact among the people.

Such a team is just a large number of people, not good equipment, not good training, not united, if it encounters a regular army, it will be easily defeated, and if it engages in a tough battle, it will be tantamount to death. When I met General Gong Jichang today, I was convinced......

Xiong Wanmin said, Zhu Rongsen remembered. After Xiong Wanmin finished speaking, Zhu Rongsen also finished writing the last word of the battle report analysis.

Gong Changyu took the analysis report and read it for a while, but he didn't see any reason, but just said vigorously, Brother Sen, the writing is very good, very wonderful.

He didn't understand what the report said at all, because it was written in awkward Chinese, could Gong Changyu understand it? Although he had already had Feng Jiao'er's help and those scholars who were born as soldiers could exchange ideas without barriers, it would take some time for him to write a battle report himself.

Xiong Wanmin made a request that as long as Gong Changyu brought his family to the Jingyi camp, he could help Gong Changyu train a top sailor.

Haha, that's a bit harsh.

Gong Changyu was silent for a long time, saying that I am just a small leader of the regimental training, and I have no intention of establishing a sailor for the time being. If you want me to help you rescue your family, I can promise you, but I can't fulfill you until I defeat Shi Xianda's main force.

Xiong Wanmin nodded, then stood up, bowed deeply to Gong Changyu three times, and said that whether my family survives or not depends on the general.

Gong Changyu took Xiong Wanmin's hand and said, as long as I can do something, I will never break my word. You will follow me well, and in the future, I will be the commander of the river and water, and I will definitely let you train my sailor well.

Xiong Wanmin immediately knelt down on one knee, I, Xiong Wanmin, am willing to follow the general, I believe that you have the ability to be the commander of the water division. After the blue wolf country is pacified, I only hope to release the veterans of Yuexi County and let them return to their hometowns to farm.

"Whether or not to kill the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Army is not up to me alone. I can only do my best to get the imperial court to treat prisoners of war leniently. Gong Changyu helped Xiong Wanmin up, and then gave him the position of commander of the navy, leading 200 soldiers. In the future battles, as long as there was a water battle, Xiong Wanmin would take his naval army into the battle without hesitation, and rarely lost.

Shi Xianda, who was far away on the south road, was shocked when he heard that the water camp on the west road had been breached, and quickly transferred 10,000 horses to reoccupy the Tangdu port and strengthen the control of the water on the west road. Gong Changyu's plan to seize the wharf failed, so he had to continue to stay in the area of Huxing Mountain and step up the training of soldiers.

At this time, the imperial court was at war with the armies of Eagle Strike Li and Falanxi, and the finances were tight, and the Jingnan army was not being paid. The military expenditure of 1,000 people is not a small amount, and Gong Changyu had to let Rong Chu go back to Wuyou City for a trip, and brought a batch of grain, grass and silver to stabilize the morale of the army.

After staying in Tiger Mountain for more than a month, and unable to rush into the encirclement to fight with the blue wolf army, Gong Changyu really felt bored, so he had to shift his position and strike at Shi Xianda's living forces again. But the defense map was given to General Yin Zongtang again, and Gong Changyu was at a loss for a while.

Damn, the high-ranking officials in the imperial court were also kicked in the head by a donkey, why did they take the measure of shutting down the outside before securing the inside? Isn't it a trick to leave us with civil strife to train our regiments and arms, but not to give military funds?

Gong Changyu discussed with his two cousins, persuaded his uncle to take out 60,000 taels of silver, and through the relationship of Lord Zeng, he bought a new warship from Meili Jianguo* and agreed to pick up the goods at the port of Panyu in Yuedong County at the beginning of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

Soon, May arrived. Gong Changyu took 200 soldiers with him, set out from Gutian, bypassed the defense area of the Blue Wolf Army in Western Guangdong, and went down the Xijiang River without encountering any obstacles along the way, and arrived in Panyu very smoothly.

However, as soon as they arrived at the mouth of the Pearl River, they were hit by artillery fire for several days. Damn, the Eagle Strike Li Shui Army is attacking Panyu again. The defender of the city was Prince Fu Zheng, the admiral of the nine gates of the capital division, and when he saw the eagle striking the strong ships and cannons of the Li people, he had already abandoned the city and fled, leaving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city without regard for it.

A force of more than 100 people of the Eagle Strike Li Marine Corps took control of Panyu City, stationed in the Governor's Palace, and rampaged through the streets, openly robbing, killing, setting fires, and abducting women. The common people did not have weapons in their hands, and they dared not speak out, and when they heard that an elite army of Jingnan had come, they went to the vicinity of Niulangang to find Gong Changyu's station and asked for troops.

The soldiers of the "Jingjie Battalion" were angry one by one, demanding that all the troops of the Eagle Strike Li people be killed and Panyu City recaptured. Gong Changyu, Hei Dashuai and others immediately held an ad hoc meeting, and discussed for a long time whether to fight the eagle and attack the Li army.

Gong Changyu has never expressed his position, did not say to fight, nor did he say not to fight, because he knew that the mission of coming to Panyu this time was to receive warships, not to engage foreign troops. Without the authorization of the imperial court, if you fight an enemy country without authorization, even if you win, you will be beheaded.

"General, if you don't send any more troops, the valuable things in the people's homes will be robbed, and the women on the street will be caught by those animals!" Hei Dashuai couldn't help it, and took the case.

"Hei Dashuai, calm down, calm down......" Gong Changyu took a sip of tea and motioned Hei Dashuai to sit down and not be too excited.

"General, can I still calm down at this time? Didn't you kill hundreds of Eagle Strike Li mercenaries when you were General Tuntian in Lenghu Mountain, why did you cringe today? Are you afraid that the eagle will hit the Li people? "The black handsome man is unrelenting.

"This time, that time. Now our mission is to buy warships, not to fight the Eagle Strike Lebanes! Gong Chang stood up suddenly, and the words changed, "However, there are more than 100 people who are attacked by the eagle, so what are you afraid of!" It doesn't matter what marines they are or not, cut off their heads first! ”