Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 964

The next day, that is, early in the morning on March 3th.

Ten minutes before the fleet officially set off, the belated pretty boy finally appeared on the dock.

No one knew whether this guy's kidneys had exploded; but after boarding the ship, he found a cabin at random and fell asleep.

The kind who is exhausted and can’t wake up no matter what.

By the time the pretty boy woke up, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Good guy! He slept for sixteen or seventeen hours in one breath. God knows what he experienced last night, or how much he experienced.

But this point was not important, and no one cared about it; everyone in the Magic City team took a boat out of the Huangpu River and headed all the way to the outer sea of ​​Fujian Province.

After two and a half days of smooth sailing, day and night, this small fleet finally arrived at Yadan Island in the evening.

We haven't seen each other for a long time, so everyone is naturally very happy.

Unfortunately, under the tight deadline as the side mission was about to expire, after everyone exchanged casual greetings, they didn't even have any arrangements to get together for a meal in the evening, and immediately started working together.

Working overtime overnight, he began to load all the small things he brought over onto the three warships one by one.

correct! The names of these three armored warships are Guifei, Peiji, and Fenghuahui.

The reason for calling these three names is not because of how highly respected these three people are in the team; it is just because everyone wants to name an armored battleship with their own code name.

When there were too many monks and too little gruel, Hu Biao could only use the method of drawing paper balls. Everything depended on luck.

As a result, the names of Hu Biao, Fenghuahui, and AT were drawn out fairly and impartially; by the way, Hu Biao gave up his naming rights to the imperial concubine, and the above results were achieved.

Among them, the one named after the imperial concubine is still the flagship with a displacement of 1600 tons.

The various small things that had just been delivered had been prepared for installation before, so this process did not take long.

By the next morning, everything was almost done.

In the following time, everyone loaded the ship with various necessary supplies such as ammunition, coal, food, and fresh water.

It can be regarded as the final preparation before the fleet officially sets off.

Finally, at 3:14 in the morning of March 8, the auspicious day and time chosen by Brother Yunqing hit the mark.

The Xuange Camp fleet, which had disappeared for more than ten years, once again raised the skull and crossbones flag that terrified countless ships amidst the crackling sound of firecrackers.

As Hu Biao shouted "departure", the fleet with only three ships slowly left the dock of Yadan Island and began its first official sortie.

There are not many people in the fleet, including Hu Biao, Guifei, AT, Xu Feng, Lang Qing, Xiao Bai Lian, Yun Qing, Cang Guan, Shi Shi, Wu Zu, Feng Hua Hui, a total of eleven members of the Xuan Ge Battalion team.

In addition, in the fleet, there are a total of 565 members responsible for operations and combat.

Among them, Shuiwei is the fleet commander, and there are a total of 13 instructors including Daniel and Wai Guoren. Every one of these instructors is the noble concubine's loyal licker.

If it were another month later, the number of such dog-licking instructors would only be greater.

Because in addition to the imperial concubine, several new licking dogs can be developed; Xiaomei's licking dogs can also be harvested.

The remaining 551 people are naturally all subordinates of the pirates who were so famous back then.

That is to say, he is a little older, but loyal and tough enough.

And because of the limited number of armored battleships, these 551 people are definitely not just the number of people who have been summoned back.

They are just the best and best performers among them.

In addition, there are 492 subordinates who are slightly worse but still of quite good quality. They are currently on Yadan Island, beating gongs and drums to watch Hu Biao and others set off for the expedition.

These 492 people are not only the reserve force of the fleet.

After Hu Biao and others set off, they will also set off a little later to go to other hidden islands.

This was taken into consideration. Once the reputation of the Xuange Camp Fleet is established again, it will definitely face a crazy encirclement and suppression by the foreign devils and Daqing.

In order to provide necessary supplies and repair ships, they must establish some secret supply points and repair docks on multiple hidden islands and coasts.

Lang Qing's various drawings and machines were also left behind for them.

It's a cunning rabbit with three holes, such a cautious approach.

In this way, under the gentle sea breeze, three iron-clad warships with billowing smoke from their chimneys moved towards the port city.

According to the intelligence, Dayin has stationed a small fleet there that is not very powerful. It is just used as a touchstone to test the real combat effectiveness of the Xuange Camp fleet...

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At the same time, when the Xuan Geying fleet began to set off, it was in the western Liaoning area outside the pass.

Shengbao looked at Tianshuigouzi Village, which had long been reduced to ruins after a fire burned, and said with disdain:

“I didn’t expect these rioters in remote areas to be somewhat decisive in their actions.

Knowing that with their little ability, they were no match for the imperial army, they actually burned down their old nest in advance and fled to Liaodong with the young and old.

But do they think that the court can let them go so easily for the serious crime of killing officials and rebelling? Beautiful thought~

This place is only more than 400 miles away from Liaodong. After escaping there, how many more days can they survive? After the order was sent, the army immediately moved to Liaodong.

Speed ​​up the march for me. The march speed cannot be less than sixty miles a day. We must reach Liaodong within seven days~"

Say it! After Shengbao led his soldiers and horses out of the pass, he immediately attacked Tianshuigouzi; a day before, he had joined the 1500 soldiers and horses outside the pass.

When I arrived at Tianshuigouzi, I only saw a ruin that was almost burned to the ground, and no other living person could be seen.

After arresting some people from nearby for questioning, they learned that a few months ago, Tianshuigouzi had sent a cavalry team as the vanguard to Liaodong.

About twenty days ago, even the remaining old and young people drove many large cars, dragging their families and their families along with them to Liaodong.

Before leaving, he set a fire and burned the village clean.

After gathering the 1500 troops outside the customs, the victory was now more and more powerful, and I felt more confident.

Immediately, he led a total of more than 5700 troops and attacked Liaodong, with the intention of leaving Tianshui Gouzi alone.

But what they didn't know was that a big net had been laid over them, and an extremely painful memory began at this moment.

Of course, this refers to the lucky ones who survived in the end; those unlucky ones who died here are not even qualified to have painful memories.

Because at this moment, it was two or three kilometers away from them.

After Yang Dongli put down the telescope in his hand, he looked at Lao Hei, Fengrui, Huang Yizhi, Ali, Zhan Xiang, Lao Tie, Corn, Lao She, Er Pang, Yuan Hai, Mr. Nanze, Shi Polu, Xiong Da, Han Jiang and others.

He said lightly: "Brothers, let's get started. Serve the feasts prepared for you, Daqing officers and soldiers, one by one."

After counting Yang Dongli, the above 14 people are all the current Xuange Camp team members outside the customs.

At this moment, at a glance, in addition to the 14 people in their group, there were also Bai Shiqi following them. Naturally, it was impossible to kill Shengbao's army of more than people with such a small number of people.

The word "action" in Lao Yang's mouth actually means the beginning of the harassment operation.

Their so-called feasts are actually simple to say the least.

Compared with the shotguns and bows in the hands of the Qing soldiers, Hanyang's guns had a longer range and greater accuracy. They could shoot a few shots from a distance and then run away.

On the way to Liaodong, Shengbao's army could not eat well or sleep well. Even if the army officers and soldiers went to the toilet, they would be frightened and fearful of losing their lives. When they are finally fattened down and become sickly, it is time for the official decisive battle between the two sides...

About an hour later, just as the high-spirited Shengbao was riding a tall horse, the army accelerated its pace.

Suddenly, a crisp sound of gunfire reached my ears.

At the same time as the gunfire rang out, a ball of blood exploded from the head of the guard on his left. The splashing blood even flew onto Shengbao's face.

After feeling the warmth on his face, Shengbao reacted and was almost scared to death. His instinct was to lie on the horse regardless of his image.

The other soldiers around him immediately surrounded him.

The main reason was that the unlucky soldier was originally not going to die. Suddenly, he coincidentally took a step forward and was in front of him, so he was killed by this shot.

If there hadn't been such a coincidence, it would have been him who was killed now.

Before Shengbao could survive the catastrophe, he recovered from the huge lingering fear; after more gunshots were fired, the guards around him were knocked off their horses one by one.

Looking in the direction of the gunfire, he could see a location about two to three hundred paces away.

The two men wore ugly helmets that looked like upside-down iron pots on their heads and wore colorful clothes, which were considered the iconic attire of Xuange Camp.

He was leading a dozen or so rebels, hiding at the edge of a forest, and kept firing at them from a distance.

In the blink of an eye, the strange fire guns in these people's hands knocked down more than a dozen people here, causing the entire army around him to become chaotic.

Fortunately, the person in charge of the 1500 troops outside the pass this time was General Tepuqin.

This person is known to be brave among the Manchus, has good army command skills, and is very timely in his response.

Looking in the direction of the gunfire, when he saw Yang Dongli and others, he immediately shouted in his mouth; he was already leading more than 300 elite Eight Banners cavalry under his command, beating the horses and those with all their strength. People were killed.

On horseback, these people took a horse bow in their hands and prepared to show off their riding and archery skills.

Seeing this, Yang Dongli and others who were shooting black guns finally stopped firing and ran into the depths of the forest where the trees were relatively sparse.

No one was as confident as when Puchin and his men chased him, shouting loudly, "Chase, chase, don't let any of the thugs go!"

From this attack, we learned that behind these "Tianshuigouzi Cavalry" was actually the Xuange Camp who was responsible for these fatal missions.

In Shengbao's heart, he had no confidence in the actions of these cavalry teams. He had a vague feeling that if these people caught up rashly, not only would they not be able to catch up, but they might even suffer a loss.

The reason is very simple, let alone the glorious achievements of Xuange Camp in the Battle of Old Summer Palace.

Only in the Battle of Baliqiao, Shengbao and Senggeqin commanded an army of more than 30,000 people, but they were beaten into dogs by 6,000 Yinfa coalition forces.

But in the blink of an eye, Xuange Battalion killed and injured hundreds of Yinfa coalition forces, and took advantage of the darkness to escape from the coalition encirclement unscathed.

With such a comparison, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides was immediately clearly displayed.

I just wanted Shengbao to think clearly about the above situation and just when he was about to shout the last sentence, Tepuqin had already led his men on horseback and galloped hundreds of steps.

Coupled with the current chaotic situation of the army, how could Tepuqin be heard for a while?

Sure enough, after chasing for at least a quarter of an hour, Shengbao at that time restored the panicked team to normal. A denser burst of gunfire deep in the woods suddenly sounded like fried beans.

After a while, Te Puqin had already fled back in a state of disarray, and the Eight Banners elite cavalry with him suddenly lost forty or fifty people.

There were dozens of other people with injuries of varying sizes, their faces full of panic and pain.

After asking, I found out that they were ambushed by those people after they chased them not far into the forest.

The opponent's ambush didn't have many people, only about a hundred or ten; but each of them had a weird fire gun that could hold five rounds of bullets, which was more powerful than Yinfa Satisfaction.

That kind of weird firecracker hit far and accurately. After a few rounds of gunfire came over, Tepuqin and the others had killed and wounded nearly a hundred people.

The bow and arrow in his hand were too late to reach enough distance to be able to open the bow and shoot.

Even though the troops outside the customs led by Te Puqin were much more elite than their relatives inside the customs, this was the first time they encountered such brutal firepower.

Immediately, they lost all courage to fight, turned their horses around, and retreated in great embarrassment.

Of course, with an army of more than 5,000 people in hand, Shengbao was naturally unwilling to suffer such a big loss in vain.

After ordering two thousand green battalion infantry, they swarmed into the forest again.

Unfortunately, when they arrived, they only found some horse dung and horse hoof prints at the same place, as well as the bodies of those who died in the battle. Those people had already ridden away on horseback.

Even the horses of those who died in the battle were led away.

The opponent fled without a trace. After Shengbao cursed a few times, he could only move forward with his men...

For almost a whole day after that, everyone in the army led by Shengbao was caught in the turmoil, trying hard to cheer up every moment.

Because they had no idea when a few people would emerge from the surrounding woods, grass, or behind mounds of earth and stones and shoot at them from a distance.

These men were so powerful that they didn't care whether they could hit or not. After shooting at most three times, they decisively started to run away on their horses.

And with the lessons learned from Tepuqin’s people before, who in the army dared to catch up?

Therefore, in the process of advancing along the way, although every time the opponent attacked, there were only one or two casualties in the army, but when added up, the number was quite considerable.

Not counting the initial time when Tepuchin led his men to catch up and was ambushed.

After only half a day passed, the army had already suffered thirty or forty casualties; and one person was injured, and another person was needed to help take care of it, which was equivalent to losing another person.

In short, under such an elusive attack from Xuange Camp.

As time passed, the more the army continued to advance, the lower its morale became, and its marching speed also slowed to a crawl.

Originally, there were an extremely large number of mules and horses in the army to ensure victory.

It can be said that it is not a problem at all to cover a distance of sixty miles after marching in one day.

As a result, it took half a day to barely walk more than ten miles, and the walking was getting slower and slower; especially the faces of the green camp soldiers showed obvious fear.

Seeing that if this continues, there is no solution.

After Shengbao discussed with Tepuqin, he directly sent a large number of Eight Banners cavalry as scouts and began to spread out within a mile or two around the army.

Scout some woods and shrubs in advance in order to discover those hiding opponents in advance, otherwise they will have the opportunity to shoot from a distance.

Then, the marching army was safe, but the Eight Banners' scout cavalry under Tepuqin were in bad luck.

Because Xuange Camp changed the target of its attack to these cavalry who took the initiative.

Every time they fired, one or two cavalrymen died.

Before dark, after Shengbao and the others found a place to set up camp, more than thirty of Daqing's most elite Eight Banners soldiers were killed and wounded.

As a result, before setting up camp, Hei*jiang General Tepuqin came to win the battle.

The first thing he said was: "Shengbao, we can't continue like this. The cavalry under my command are all scared by those black guns. I'm afraid if I want to send them to patrol around and guard the army tomorrow, they will all kinds of shirk."

Otherwise, let’s return to Shengjing City first and then…”

(End of this chapter)