Although Woody knew the root of all this, he still didn't want to believe that the Holy Empire was the cause of the incident, and that the Combine Fleet clowns were nothing more than pioneers of greed.

But facts are facts, and they will not be diverted by his wishes, which will make him sick enough.

The wine in the glass suddenly became tasteless, and after a sip of it, Woody went to the pool, swam happily two times, and then lay down in a rocking chair and closed his eyes.

Huang Pengfei didn't bother, his mood at the moment was not beautiful, no matter what, Da Xia was always the mother who gave birth to him and raised him, and it was really unreasonable to treat his biological child in a remote corner like this.

Both of them lost the mind to watch the battle, locked themselves in the small world in their hearts, looking forward to a better tomorrow.

Maybe after waking up, Daxia is still that Daxia, and auspiciousness is still that auspiciousness.

Lian Junyou commanded the fighting ship to sprint, and the mascot artillery roared and stone bullets flew one after another.

The well-stocked artillery company was full of firepower, and the cooling team directly connected the water pipe to the gun barrel, and the water flowed continuously.

After the second battle, all the artillery on the lake embankment had to be reheathed, and the barrels cooled by water were no longer safe.

For a time, the long and narrow fighting ships with low defense suffered heavy losses, and the close shelling was not a joke, as long as it hit the keel, it would be a broken end.

If the part below the waterline is hit, it will lose speed at least and roll over and sink at worst.

The Fifth Fleet poured stone shells into the batteries in the rear, causing a lot of trouble for the artillery company, and many people were killed and wounded.

Fortunately, the entrance to the Hunan military port is not large, and there are undeveloped shallow water areas on both sides, which relieves the pressure of auspiciousness to a certain extent.

Gradually, as the fighting ships approached the dock, the sailors began to enter the water and swim to the nearby land, and landing on the shore meant that they were temporarily safe, which was their common idea.

The guard company of the military headquarters came, they did not attack the sailors who came ashore in the distance, but stuck the passage to the south, isolating the enemy, and the first task at the moment was to attack the enemy fleet, the ship was gone, and people were naturally like duckweed without roots, and they could clean up as they wanted.

The closer the ships got to the dock mooring, the more severe the blow became, and now three of them were debris floating on the surface of the lake, and the water in the harbor gradually changed color, from clear to yellow, and then from yellow to red.

Seeing that their sailors went ashore, Du Dian and Lian Junyou made up their minds, and the loss of the fighting ship was ignored.

The battleships began to approach the harbor bay, and the fighting ships in front were abandoned, forming the first layer of protection. The battleship pushed forward with this layer of protection.

By this time, the catapult had stopped throwing stone bullets and had replaced them with fire bombs.

Firebombs are grease-stained rags that are ignited and thrown from catapults to attack unmanned fighting ships with fire to prevent a large-scale invasion of enemy warships.

Although the fireball was light, it was better than a large number, and one or two of the more than ten fireballs were always thrown into the cabin or deck of the enemy ship, and gradually the fire started.

At that time, the temperature is at its highest during the day, and although the wind in the harbor is light, it does not affect the burning of wood.

The so-called spark can start a prairie fire, and the grease in the fireball spills on the ship, causing a fire. The fire began to expand with the faint wind, and finally the tongue of fire ignited all the enemy ships in the vicinity, including the two warships that opened the way.

In desperation, Du Dian ordered the fleet to withdraw from the harbor for the time being, and wait for the ships to burn before entering.

At this time, about 300 soldiers of the Combined Fleet had landed ashore, and they were reorganizing their ranks and preparing to launch a land attack.

A simple fortification had been completed, burlap pockets filled with gravel, bags piled up to form a wall of dirt, and individual grenades were already on the side.

More than 300 enemy troops, led by Du Tou, began to test the improvised defense line of attacking the mascot.

As usual, after a sparse rain of arrows, their sword and shield hands in front, spearmen in the back, and cats appeared in the sight of the defenders.

There were not many defenders sent by the military headquarters, only one company of troops, and the auxiliary soldiers had a battalion, busy with some auxiliary work of transportation and trenching.

Seeing the enemy break out of the sparse bushes, the defenders lit torches and began to install grenade leads.

"Rush ......"

The firepower of the artillery company still only took care of the enemy's ships, and the land defense was completely handed over to the military headquarters guards, and there was no intention of interfering at all.

"Ready. ”

At the sound of the order, the grenades of the guards were raised, and the auxiliaries extended their torches closer.

"Ignition. ”

Immediately, the sound of gunpowder burning sounded, which was inconspicuous in the roaring cannonball, but it could not be concealed.

"Throw. ”

Dozens of black-eyed ceramic grenades were thrown out and landed under the feet of the enemy's sword and shield men who were charging into formation, and the other party did not make any adjustments after a little attention, and rushed straight over.

"Boom, boom~"

A sound of explosion sounded, and the area less than fifty meters north of the improvised defense line was full of billowing smoke and flying grass clippings and black soil.

"Re-cast. ”

In this way, after each person had thrown three rounds, and there was no enemy standing in sight except the smoke, and the commander of the guard company gave an order, and the soldiers in leather armor and armed with steel guns climbed over the sandbags full of arrows, and rushed towards the smoke in groups of three, speed was the weight of victory.

The enemy lying on the black earth, with their own people going to mend their swords, their task was to storm the spearmen and archers in the rear, and they lost the cover of the sword and shield hands, and the guard company commander had this self-confidence, and hardened the enemy's more than 200 soldiers with the strength of 100 men.

"Kill ......"

The two armies are connected, and it is clear to everyone that there is no way out, either life or death.

The fierce land battle on the other side did not take place, and the line of defense formed by the spearmen did not give him a chance to breathe as expected, and it only took half a quarter of an hour before it collapsed.

The mascot dressed in gray was in groups of three, holding spears twice as large as his own, with grim faces and steady steps.

Some sporadic sailors followed, although there was resistance, but it was only in vain, the bloodthirstiness of the grenade had made them frightened, the mascot's firearms were not only artillery, this was the last thought of the capital, and the damned intelligence dealers were to blame......

The land battle between the two sides lasted only half an hour, and the defending troops annihilated more than 300 enemy troops and captured nearly 200 prisoners at the cost of 3 dead and 16 wounded.

After being disarmed, these prisoners were taken to the Jijian First Bureau by the reserves, and the wounded were sent directly to the military hospital for new drugs and new surgical tests.

The auxiliaries began to clean up the battlefield, cleaning up weapons and armor, carrying the dead to the rear for cremation before scattering the ashes into the lake.

After the battleship in the harbor burned for more than an hour, the fire finally weakened, and the lake water poured into the cabin with the waves, sinking the last pride of the warship to the bottom.

Dudian, who had retreated to the north, kept an eye on the movement on the shore, and the strength of a battalion of five capitals was enough to bring a lot of trouble to Jixiang, who was overstretched, and at least it could reduce some obstacles for his next attack.

Seeing that the smoke had cleared, he wanted to command the battleship to attack again.

He considered that although the warship was bulky, it was large and highly protected, and could withstand more shelling. And the number of battleships loaded is also more than that of fighting ships, as long as they can resist to the shore, the mascot will have only one way to rout.

Governed by this idea, as the commander of the detachment, he made adjustments to the fleet.

First of all, six warships were selected and fire-resistant to prevent the opponent from repeating his old tricks and slowing down his offensive rhythm.

Subsequently, the cabins were reinforced to prevent artillery strikes against the internal combatants.

Then transport the troops to the battleship and prepare for the attack.

This detachment has a total of 3,000 soldiers, and it is also generous, and it has allocated so many troops to Dudian at one time, which shows that he has great expectations for the new battlefield.

The horn of the attack sounded, the flag on the watchtower also changed at the same time, and the mascot after the rest was waiting for the change.

The Dudian flagship in the middle of the fleet did not enter the harbor, but stopped at the periphery with Lian Junyou's flagship, waiting for the result.

Only six warships and more than a dozen fighting ships entered the range of the military port, and they rushed away with full sails.

"Herald, inform the military headquarters guards to come to assist in the defense, the enemy is trying to force the shore this time, and fifteen artillery pieces are not enough to crush them. ”

The message from the watchtower was clear, and this judgment was difficult for the artillery company commander, so he decisively requested the army for support.

Soon, more than 100 people from the guard company rushed over, and after some discussion, the auxiliary soldiers piled sandbags on the dock to create an improvised line of defense.

The crossbows of the detachment could not attack the artillery positions, nor the previous army positions, so they were not used in the first battle, and only surface attacks were carried out with stone shells.

This time the improvised line of defense at the dock attracted their attention, and there was no need to think about it, what the enemy had to do was to destroy it himself.

So, as the distance between the two sides narrowed, the artillery began to roar again, and the battleships of the detachment slowly approached the pier under the rain of bullets, and the thigh-thick pointed wooden sticks were pushed out by the huge thrust, hitting the sandbags at a distance of 100 meters.

A gap of nearly two meters appeared in the simple sandbag wall in an instant, and the sandbag that was hit was broken into two pieces, and the sand and gravel were immediately sprinkled on the ground.

The sandbag next to it gradually collapsed as the gravity support point was lost.

The auxiliaries resolutely went up, they wanted to plug the gap, whether they lived or died was predestined.

They are like industrious ants, trying to repair the embankment, and where there is a gap, they are there.

As the distance closes, the auspicious artillery fire becomes more lethal, and similarly, the crossbows of the detachment are more powerful.

Both sides are desperately attacking each other, and the harder Jixiang hits, the denser the crossbows and stone bullets of the detachment will be, and in this way, both sides are angry, and there is no choice but to attack each other with all their might.

The casualties of the auxiliaries were not small, because they wore helmets, so the threat of stone bullets was smaller, and those who were shot still had a 30% chance of survival, but those who were hit by the crossbow of the ship did not survive a single one in a hundred.

This is what the mascot ignores, the first battle of the opponent did not use the crossbow, that is because the crossbow is only equipped on the battleship, and the original fighting ship is in front, the battleship is behind, the shooting boundary is blocked at the same time, but also blocked the mascot's sight.

In addition, due to the huge size of the crossbow, it is basically assembled in wartime, and in normal times, only the parts are disassembled and stored below the deck, which is also convenient for maintenance.

This mistake directly led to the death of nearly 100 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 300 were injured and disabled.

After the fireball attack was ineffective, the detachment finally approached the dock at the cost of sinking two battleships and four fighting ships.

The captain gave the order, and the soldiers rushed to the side of the deck, ready to land.

At the command of the commander of the guard company, more than 100 soldiers crawled under the sandbags not far away, regardless of the attacks of stone bullets and crossbows, ready to launch the first wave of attacks.

Fifty meters.

Thirty meters.

Ten meters.

By this time, the target of the shelling had changed, firing at the battleship far from the pier.

"Ignition, throwing. ”

With an order, countless black dots flew towards the approaching huge battleship with thick smoke.

More than 100 grenades, more than 60 of which really caused damage to the battleship, either exploded when they touched the enemy's hull, or stayed on the deck and superstructure and exploded, and the soldiers who poured into the deck suffered heavy losses for a while.

"Lean up, hurry up, the soldiers raise their shields, and prepare to land. ”

The hysterical shouting reached the shore, which aroused the blood of the guard company even more, and the tragic situation of the hundred and so auxiliaries stimulated them at all times, so that the second, third, and fourth waves of grenades rained down on the enemy ships.

The original yellow wooden battleship was now pitch black, and such a dense grenade attack had left the battleship scarred in the way, and the overheated deck unsurprisingly ignited a fire, and the fire prevention measures prepared before had already disappeared in the sound of explosions, and the fire quickly engulfed everything.

The surviving soldiers chose to jump into the water and desperately swam to the shore away from the pier, they also thought that as long as they went ashore, they would be safe for the time being, and whether to fight or make peace could also have a choice according to the situation of the war.

The sound of artillery continued, and after the first battleship caught fire, the battleships that followed it were not spared.

The sheer size and full speed of the impact caused them to crash into the stern of the first battleship, and although they had landed on the shore, the grenades flying in the sky gave them a fatal blow, and the mascot's lifeless style caught them off guard.

Those auspicious soldiers who were missing an arm, lame, and even disemboweled, still stood resolutely, providing a thin defense for their comrades behind, allowing them to throw their grenades farther and more accurately.

The casualties of nearly 400 auxiliary soldiers made it clear to the guard company commander that he had seriously derelict his duty.

He has failed the trust of the Lord and the expectations of nearly 300,000 mascots, and he has no choice.

The only thing he can do at the moment is to hold the dock, as long as the dock is there, the dignity of the guard company is there, and the lives of those auxiliaries are paid by him.

The soldiers of the guard company obviously knew this, they did not want to be the first unit of Jixiang to be abolished, that was not a shame that could be described, they would rather die in battle than live in this humiliation.

At the beginning of the battle at Dongshan Pass, many squads were beaten to the point that there were only one person or two left, and some squads even left only one soldier who lost his arms in the wounded and sick battalion, but the military department still rebuilt the squad, and the soldier who lost his arms was supported by the lord's mansion, and now he lives a carefree life in the sanatorium, he is the legend of that squad and now the third class of heroes.

The casualties of the guard company began to increase exponentially, and arrows, crossbows, and even stones were used as weapons by the opponent to attack, and whoever fell first lost.

The 1,000 auxiliary soldiers who were sent were originally stupid by the previous tragic situation, but when they saw the guards fighting with their lives like this, their blood was also aroused, and they began to take the initiative to step forward and raise sandbags, in order to block the opponent's rain of stones and arrows.

The losses of the mascot were not small, but the losses of the detachment were even greater, a total of six warships, three of which were now on fire, and more than 2,500 soldiers had already lost more than 1,000.

And nearly 100 guard companies, there are less than 30 people who are still capable of throwing grenades, no less than 50 people died in battle, and the rest of the people are also holding on with a sigh of relief, whether they are alive or dead no longer cares, and the medical staff have been banned from entering the battlefield in such a fierce war.

"Brothers, I'm sorry for you, let's be brothers again in the next life. ”

The company commander's mournful words came, arousing everyone's little physical potential, and under his leadership, everyone climbed over the sandbag wall, rushed to the dock, and threw grenades at close range.

Some fell halfway down, and smoking grenades blew their bones to pieces.

Some people fell at the moment of the last throw, and when they fell, they tried their best to press the grenade that was about to detonate under them, and then they were thrown high, and luckily landed on the shore, unfortunately falling into the lake, stained with the blood of the enemy.

In this way, the guard company, the only remaining regular armed force in the auspicious homeland, fell at the wharf of the Hunan Military Port, and all the officers below the company commander were killed in battle, only sixteen people survived, and none of them were intact.

The detachment was frightened by the grenade of the auspicious man, and the commander of the artillery company saw everything, quickly turned the gun muzzle, and bombarded the dock, where there were no friendly troops.

The three enemy ships, which were already crumbling, collapsed at the first touch, and the enemy fled in a hurry.

The enemy sailors who had come ashore were huddled in a corner watching the heroic counterattack of the mascot, and they were frightened and trembled from the bottom of their hearts.

The auxiliaries did not encircle the nearly 1,000 enemy troops hiding on the shore, but tried to help the wounded as much as possible, and in the end only sixteen people survived, only sixteen. None of them were commanders, all of them were big-headed soldiers, and all the commanders and fighters were all killed in battle.

The commander of the artillery company was red-eyed, staring at the tragic situation in front of him, and silently took off his military hat.

After receiving the news, Du Dian was shocked and had to order to evacuate, except for the sailors who operated the ship, there were no soldiers.

At this moment, although there are many puzzles in his heart, they are all buried deep in his heart, he wants to go east, to join the United Fleet, he has never missed the United Fleet so much, he misses the ring.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Xuan received the battle report from the fast horse, and the glass in his hand fell uncontrollably, and then shattered into pieces of crystal, like falling tears, sprinkled little by little, and then shattered, splashed and gradually fell.

The battle report in his hand then fell, and Wang Xuan just stood dumbfounded, and then his eyes were red, and tears were dripping down.

He hadn't felt the taste of tears in a long time, it was salty, astringent, and uncomfortable!

"Lord!"

Wang Yu picked up the paper and tried to communicate with Wang Xuan, but Wang Xuan only waved his hand.

"How much do you think they have to pay to make up for the trauma we have suffered?"

Wang Yu carefully tasted Wang Xuan's words, with his understanding of Wang Xuan, there was almost no possibility of this matter being good.

The guard company of the military department was created with Wang Xuan's internal guard as the team, and for this reason, the internal guard transferred more than 20 people to serve as commanders.

In terms of feelings, these internal guards who get along with Wang Xuan day and night are deeply trusted by Wang Xuan, and he can even call out everyone's name, home address and approximate member status.

Now, they're all gone!

Wang Xuan leaned against the window, holding his forehead with both hands, but stubborn tears still flowed slowly down the gap between his fingers.

At Wang Yu's signal, the people in the command withdrew one after another, leaving only Han Zhigang, Xiao Qiangzhi and Wang Yu.

"Young master, sacrifice is inevitable, they have lived up to your expectations, let alone the duty of internal guards, you should be proud of them. ”

What Wang Yu said is undoubtedly the best affirmation of the guard company, but Wang Xuan knows that merit is merit, and what has passed is passing, and the dead can never come back!

He wept, the fresh face of the three years of reluctance, he never regarded the internal guard as a personal weapon of arms, but as a brother in the family. Because of this, all people who were born in internal guards, no matter what industry they are engaged in now, what kind of situation they are engaged in, even if they were the people who provided suicide weapons for the fire ceremony, they all have a heart of love for auspiciousness and love for the young master.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, and everyone can see and distinguish between right and wrong, otherwise Jixiang would not have such appeal and cohesion, and create such an economic miracle in just two years, even if Wang Xuan is a prophet.

The combined detachment was evacuated in a hurry, and Zhao Qiang, who was waiting for the rabbit in the east, was already ready, and the mixed fleet of more than 40 ships was not enough to occupy the Hunan military port, not to mention the guard company with outstanding combat effectiveness of the military headquarters, as well as thousands of auxiliaries and security forces.

Even then, if you can't resist it, there are reserves, grenades, and militia forces.

Therefore he was sure that the detachment would flee in a hurry after being touched by the ashes, and he was now on guard in the enemy's path.

When the blue sky gradually darkened and the moonlight gradually occupied the line of sight, the lookout reported that more than 20 enemy warships were coming east.

"Sure enough, it's time for us to strike. ”

Zhao Qiang's eyes lit up, his hands formed fists, and anyone could feel the excitement in his heart.

"Newspaper. ”

"Speak. ”

"Minister, there is an order from the military headquarters to do everything possible to annihilate this fleeing fleet. ”

Zhao Qiang smiled, "It still needs to be said, they can't escape." ”

Shortly after the herald left, another herald arrived, carrying a yellow flag behind him.

Seeing this, Zhao Qiang's heart trembled, and he immediately knelt on one knee and clenched his fists with both hands.

The rest of the crowd did the same, holding their breath.

The person who came was not a herald of the river fleet, and he was still out of breath, his chest rising and falling violently.

"Please ask Minister Zhao to inspect the seals, military talismans, and passwords. ”

The cold voice came, and Zhao Qiang's lucky heart sank in vain, and his breathing gradually became short, and he even had some difficulty.

After hurriedly checking that it was correct, he retreated and knelt down again.

"At the time of today's Shen, the military guard was ordered to guard the Hunan Military Port, and the whole army was lost, and there were only 23 remnants left (then seven epidemics), among which there were no officers. ”

At this time, Zhao Qiang already knew the seriousness of the matter, this was a personal order from the Lord, the first time in history!

In his impression, the people who were born in the internal guard were all the sheriffs of a town, with high and powerful positions, and they were deeply respected by the lord and entrusted with great power.

Now that more than 20 elite guards have all died in battle, this is a big matter.

As long as he is outside, Wang Xuan will eat and sleep with the internal guards, not a brother but better than a brother, this time he lost more than 20 people, it is strange that the lord is not crazy.

"My heart is grieved, and I will let the river fleet be completely annihilated, at any cost, finish!"

When Zhao Qiang received the lord's military order issued by Wang Xuan for the first time, his heart was still excited.

"Tell the Lord that if this matter fails, come to me with a certain tip. ”

"I wish your head was there, General!"

The people left, and the commanders and staff officers who were left in the full cabin looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

Zhao Qiang knew that this battle was his fateful battle, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent.

With a cup of tea, the news spread throughout the fleet.

Everyone knows that the lord of his family did not treat the soldiers before, and they all thought that it was the soldiers who were not good for the protection, which led to the premature departure of the lord's parents, uncles and aunts, and he himself had to take over the position of the auspicious lord who was not welcomed.

With the explosion of the Lord's talent, the auspicious collar gradually became regular, and gradually softened towards the soldiers, first doubling the salary, then replacing weapons and armor, and then providing military uniforms.

What makes people talk about it is that the Lord always thinks about veterans and their families, and provides them with a good working environment and good remuneration.

Although these people do not say anything, they know in their hearts that the Lord always has them in his heart and has never forgotten them. The Lord has not treated any auspicious people badly, this is great love.

Not to mention, all the expenses of the military are provided by the lord alone, and they are Wang Xuan's private army.

"Command, at all costs, annihilate all the enemies who come to attack, and if you let any ship go, you will take my head and ask the Lord for sin, and bury me in a place of shame, and I shall not be buried with my father!"

It's not loud, but it's loud.

This is the most poisonous curse of auspiciousness, after death, you can't wait for your parents' knees, and you should not be a son of man!

Twelve search gunboats, there is no suspense about the more than 20 wooden battleships that fled in a hurry.

Zhao Qiang didn't die either, but was worried about the enemy's two generals.

It didn't take long for Du Dian and Lian Junyou to be brought to him.

"Two, choose a way to die!"

This sound was like thunder, and the two of them were shaken out of proportion.

"I surrendered on my own initiative, I am a captive, you should not be judged in private, I demand a ransom for ransom!"

Du Dian and Lian Junyou tried their best to quibble, but Zhao Qiang, as an auspicious soldier, understood Wang Xuan's temper, so he did not hesitate to cut off their heads, put them into a wooden box after a little tidying, and sent someone to the lake embankment headquarters.

Subsequently, the sailors went ashore, accompanied by auxiliary soldiers, captured more than 1,000 enemy sailors, and handed them over to the Jijian Second Bureau.

At this point, the first phase of the battle was exhausted, and Maxiangda won a complete victory.