A centipede boat broke away from the fleet and sailed into the waterway, rowing quickly towards Xijindu.

Standing on the dock, Wei Xingchao and Baihu anxiously waited for the upcoming reinforcements.

"Old Sun, are you sure that our warship is coming, isn't it dazzling?" After waiting for so long and not waiting for the reinforcements sent by the general to enter Hong Kong, Wei Xingchao was a little suspicious that the pressure was too great to make Sun Qianhu hallucinate.

"Absolutely not, my lord, not only me, but many of my people have seen it!" Sun Baihu hurriedly retorted.

"Why haven't you come here yet? It stands to reason that when we go back and forth, the warship should enter the port, right? ”

"My lord, you asked me if I didn't."

"Two adults, there is movement on the water, it's a centipede boat!" Suddenly, a small flag with a sensitive ear heard the sound of paddling, and hurriedly stopped the conversation between the thousand households and the hundred households.

"Huh, Centipede Boat? This is not trusting us to be able to defend until now" Following Xiaoqi's words, Wei Xingchao also found the centipede boat that was gradually rowing over.

Somewhat disappointed, feeling that his determination to defend the camp to the death had been tarnished by the commander of the reinforcements.

"My lord, you can't say that, since the reinforcements came to support, they must know about the attack on Zhenjiang. More than 5,000 people in Zhenjiangwei were all cleaned up by that group of anti-thieves, not to mention the thousands of people in our Sailor Thousand Households? If you are a reinforcement, in order to ensure the safety of your own people, will you send someone to talk about it first? ”

Seeing Wei Xingchao frowning, Sun Baihu secretly screamed that it was not good, and he didn't care about greeting the reinforcement envoy, so he patted Wei Xingchao's shoulder with his right hand and came to reason with him.

"Oh, I know, I just feel a little slighted? Suspected? I don't know.

But I'm not going to be mad at this kind of thing that everybody does. As you say, if it were me, I would do the same. ”

Without paying attention to Sun Baihu behind him, Wei Xingchao adjusted his mood and changed to a very excited expression and walked towards the centipede boat that was about to land.

Sun Baihu was relieved to see that his thousand households were indeed not angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to talk to the people on the centipede boat.

The person who led the team was Guan Sheng's vice president, and after some negotiations, the two sides finally figured out the identity of the other party, and they were relieved.

"Great, great, I didn't expect it to be Lord Guan who personally brought someone over, and I have heard the name of Guan Sheng with a big sword!" Wei Xingchao said with emotion.

Although he Wei Xingchao and Guan Sheng are both military attachés of the level of Qianhu/Qianzong. Although he is a sailor, he is essentially no different from the thousands of households in the ordinary guards in the interior, at most he has more money to do, because of the urgency of the station, the military needs are replenished quickly. Compared with Guan Sheng, who followed the great Sima general Jia Hui to make a name for himself in the Northern Expedition to destroy the Yuan, and can barely be regarded as a famous general, it is far behind.

Not to mention that Guan Sheng also has a small title on his body, and the gap with him Wei Xingchao is even greater.

Wei Xingchao no longer had the slightest negative thoughts.

"Brother, take the liberty of asking, how many people did Lord Guan bring to support this time?" Although Wei Xingchao was very excited to see celebrities, but at the moment of the great enemy, it is still a real force that makes people feel more at ease.

"Our department took the 10,000 pioneer battalions of the Jiangnan battalion to take the lead in coming to support, but due to the lack of ships and the slow speed of embarkation, the metropolitan governor ordered Brother Guan and Zai Xian to lead 6,000 elites over."

"Ten thousand? Too little, right? Before, there were 20,000 White Lotus thieves who besieged the garrison of our sailor alone, not to mention that we still have to attack the city, even if that group of anti-thieves has no experience in defending the city, they don't need to besiege it ten times, but they can defend condescendingly, and they can't gnaw it down with just these 10,000 people, right? Wei Xingchao voiced his concerns.

10,000 people is too little, even if Guan Sheng personally led the team, it is very whimsical to want to conquer Zhenjiang, which was originally an important town of Jiangfang.

"No, no, no, it's 30,000, it's 32,000 troops led by the Governor himself!" Speaking of Jia Hui, Vice President Qian instantly became proud.

"What? The Governor is here! Wei Xingchao was stunned.

Vice President Qian grinned, turned around and gestured towards the centipede boat, the people on the centipede boat nodded, turned the boat and sailed out of the port.

After a while, a low horn sounded, and a warship sailed into the berth, and the large merchant ships that followed it soon filled the docks of Xijindu.

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Jinling, Yanziji.

The boats requisitioned from Quarshiji were loaded with 10,000 soldiers from the Jiangnan battalion and slowly drifted towards Xijindu.

"Governor Dadu, the ships that sent Guan Qian to Zhenjiang have returned." The pro-soldier trotted all the way over and reported to Jia Hui.

"Got it. There is now a firearms battalion left on the dock, and Yang Zhi's 1,000 people and more than 200 of ours are left, right? Jia Hui, who was leaning on the chair and seemed to be taking a nap, opened his eyes and stretched his muscles.

"Yes, we're the only ones left." The pro-soldier answered truthfully.

In this reinforcement, Jia Hui first asked the elite of the 10,000 pioneer battalions to set off first, with the primary goal of helping the inland water division to hold the station, and then how to act depends on Guan Sheng.

The second batch was transported by auxiliaries. In the past, the main purpose of sending auxiliaries was to expand the camp and build equipment.

More than 11,000 people still came with a large number of artillery, and it was more than enough to hold one Xijindu wharf, and the other 10,000 soldiers also occupied the place in the past. The role of 10,000 auxiliaries at this time is much stronger than that of 10,000 soldiers.

"Then let's go, let the firearms battalion board those merchant ships, with so many cannons, the warships can't carry them." After putting water in the tiger, Jia Hui put on his pants, shook his hands in the basin and went out of the house. Several personal soldiers hurriedly carried Jia Hui's long knives, short spears, horse lances and other weapons on their bodies, followed him out of the door, and walked towards the dock.

Boarding the warship, Jia Hui entered the room where Guan Sheng had been staying before, and being outside would greatly increase the pressure on the captain, and it would be troublesome if something went wrong again.

Sitting in a chair, Jia Hui watched Guan Sheng's performance on the minimap.

Jia Hui set off from the other 5,000 pioneer battalions, and soon began to watch Guan Sheng's every move in Zhenjiang.

Not long after going ashore, the White Lotus Sect organized another offensive, about 20,000 people launched an attack towards the Xijindu Wharf, and even the artillery that had not appeared for several hours roared on the battlefield again, as if they wanted to take Xijindu in one go.

Guan Sheng left the 5,000 vanguard battalion to defend in situ, and he took advantage of the night when there was no moonlight, and led his 1,000 cavalry headquarters to detour to the local artillery position and launched a charge, completely annihilating the artillery units of the White Lotus Sect, and also blowing up several heavy artillery pieces that were removed from the city wall.

Jia Hui didn't quite understand why the White Lotus Sect unloaded the heavy artillery. The cities around Zhenjiang are basically still under the control of Daqi, and there will be officials and troops coming from all directions to quell the rebellion at any time, and instead of cherishing these precious cannons, they will dismantle them and attack a Xijindu that has no effect on the current situation of the White Lotus Sect

Forget it, don't want to.

After the artillery unit was annihilated, the morale of the White Lotus thieves without long-range fire support was greatly reduced, and it was probably the command of the White Lotus Sect and the artillery unit next to each other. The next performance of the 20,000 army of the White Lotus Sect was called a chaotic disorder, and Guan Sheng broke the formation from the rear and killed a pair, and the army formation collapsed instantly.

Don't they have the Chinese army's? Or do they think that they don't need the Chinese army to back Zhenjiang City, and just let everyone charge at once?

As far as Jia Hui has observed so far, even if there are Zhenjiangwei's men and horses serving as grassroots officers, they can't hide the fact that the White Lotus Sect itself is a rabble.

Cults/cultists, house slaves, street slippers, rangers, the number of Zhenjiangwei's army is the smallest, 5,000 people, or has not fought for many years

In vain he was nervously preparing for nearly two months.

I didn't know what to say for a while.

Loss, loss, in vain I gave so many favors to Huguang Fujian Command Department and East China Sea Division

I even felt that it was a bit redundant to gather Jianghuai's soldiers.

Forget it, it's a military training.

Going down the river, it didn't take long to reach Xijindu.

Guan Sheng had already taken Wei Xingchao and others to wait on the dock.

The docks are now completely gone, and the signs of desertion before the victory came, are busy and bustling again.

It's just that everyone is busy loading and unloading goods on weekdays, but now it looks like a big construction site.

"The Lord is here, come, Brother Wei, and join me to welcome the Governor!" Seeing the vermilion flag of the fluttering Vermilion Bird hanging on the warship, Guan Sheng hurriedly walked towards the warship with all the officials who were still in the dock and camp.

Wei Xingchao has also seen Jia Hui, two months ago, the Metropolitan Governor took a boat from Yangzhou to get off the boat, and he was patted on the shoulder by the Metropolitan Governor to encourage a few words, and he was so excited that he didn't fall asleep for several days!

When the battleship landed, the auxiliaries hurriedly caught the reins thrown from the bow, and several people worked together to tie the reins firmly to the pier, and then put the ladder on the warship.

A few armorers with helmets and armor, probably pro-soldiers, were the first to disembark and stand by the ladder.

Everyone hurriedly tidied up their armor, for fear of giving a bad impression to the general.

The Xijindu Wharf, which was originally full of people, also quieted down, and everyone looked at the warship carrying the Grand Governor.

A tall figure was seen looming above the staircase.

Knock, knock.

The boots bumped against the solid wood ladder, firm and powerful.

Step by step, step by step.

There is no longer the uninhibited and arrogant governor of the Left Army, but the ruthless and arrogant General Sima.

The civil and military officers on the dock couldn't bear it anymore, and pushed the gold mountain and the jade pillar one after another, kneeling on the ground.

"Xiaguan (the last general) see the general!"

Boom!

A pair of boots stopped in front of Wei Xingchao and turned towards him.

Wei Xingchao's nervous hair suddenly stood on end.

"Wei Xingchao?"

"The last general!" Wei Xingchao's voice trembled.

"Look up and look at me."

Wei Xingchao raised his head with difficulty, his eyes staring directly at the general's face that was shining by the flash of firelight.

"With a mere 1,000 men and horses, he blocked tens of thousands of White Lotus thieves for five hours until reinforcements arrived and protected Xijindu Wharf. Well done, a certain should be a meritorious service! ”

The general leaned down, patted Wei Xingchao's shoulder, and looked at him encouragingly.

Wei Xingchao trembled with excitement.

"The last general, the last general"

"I know, it's hard work."

patted him on the shoulder again, and Jia Hui straightened up.

"You've all worked hard, no courtesy, get up."

"Xiaguan (the last general) General Xie!"

The crowd stood up one after another and stood respectfully in place.

"What's going on, Lord Guan? How did you feel about leading 10,000 people to fight alone for the first time? Jia Hui walked to Guan Sheng's side.

"The last general. Thank you for the cultivation of the Lord! Guan Sheng didn't say anything and fell to the ground again.

"Okay, don't come to this set of people yourself, let's go, let's go see how you play."

Jia Hui rode on the war horse that his soldiers led off the boat and walked towards the outside of the ferry.

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"General, the wharf of Xijindu is too reluctant to hold 30,000 people, not to mention that it is too dangerous to hold a large number of cannons and gunpowder, so the last general asked the auxiliary soldiers to expand the camp to the east."

The east side of Xijindu has really become a big construction site, and at least 7,000 auxiliaries are quickly building camps here.

"Well, how did you guard Zhenjiang City?" Jia Hui observed whether there were any mistakes and asked casually.

"Back to the general, the last general will send out all the ten generals under his hands, monitor Zhenjiang City outside the range of bows and arrows, and kill any anti-thieves who go out of the city" Guan Sheng rode on a horse, a distance of Jia Hui's horse's neck, and began to report his arrangement to Jia Hui.

"It's okay, almost everything has been considered, and being able to do this is already a person who can take charge on his own. After this battle, let's go to the border army for training, where do you want to go? Northwest, Anxi, or the frontier of your hometown of Jindi? ”

Jia Hui turned his head and looked at Guan Sheng, who was so excited that he could no longer maintain his previous composure.

"General, the last general wants to continue to follow you!"

Jia Hui smiled.

"I remember, you're the oldest of the three people who followed me, right? I'm almost forty years old, so I can't be the president of a thousand for the rest of my life, right? Don't want to mention the title again? Go with peace of mind. Don't forget, your backer is me, and no one dares to be greedy for your military exploits. ”

As soon as the horse whip was drawn, the war horse carried Jia Hui and trotted towards the east, and the military attaches behind him also hurriedly beat their horses and chased after Jia Hui, but they passed by Guan Sheng, who had been stunned in place for a long time and couldn't calm down, showing envious and jealous eyes

Jia Hui ran out of the construction site with his own soldiers, and ran all the way to Zhenjiang City, looking at this important town of river defense that had been attacked from within from afar.

From time to time, the bed crossbow arrows that flew from time to time landed on the ground not far from Jia Hui, which frightened the soldiers in fear, but this did not affect Jia Hui's observation of the layout of the city in the slightest.

After all, the feeling of looking at it from the sky and looking at it from the side is different.

For example, the foundations of the western city wall, which have been severely eroded by canal water.

The west side of Zhenjiang City uses the canal as a moat, and the riverbank is originally some distance from the city wall, but the rainfall here has been too much in the past two years to erode the riverbank a lot.

If it were another city, Jia Hui would have planned to attack the city from here, but this is the canal, and he will only attack the canal when he is tired of being crooked, not to mention that the river is not narrow.

After thinking about it, he gave up this plan and continued to walk around the city.

I wrote and deleted, deleted and wrote, especially the next battle plan, and it came to this point after changing it...

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