open sea

Chapter 151
"Did you read that right?"

The setting sun was like blood. In the twilight, Chen Mu tried his best to look towards the southwest sea, but he could only see the low-hanging clouds and the black sea in the distance.

The letter cannon exploded, thousands of yamen galloped to hundreds of households, and the flag soldiers in the houses on the side of the road rushed out with iron hats and bird guns. , Opened her mouth but couldn't speak, Xiaoqi screamed hoarsely in her ears, the peasant woman looked at her lover's face in a panic, grabbed the child and ran into the house.

The sound of horns resounded throughout the night in Xiangshan, mixed with the crying of the peasant woman behind the door.

"How can you be wrong about the humble job! It's true, on the fort to the west of Haojing, you can see high black smoke rising from Guanghaiwei, billowing like fire!"

Chen Mu's face was very stiff, his lips were tightly pursed and his brows were furrowed. It was getting dark. The defenders on Haojing Fort saw the beacon fire nearly an hour ago. Now there is no news from anywhere. What should he do? manage?
The duty of guarding the Qianhu Office is not to rescue without authorization, so can he just stand by and wait for the friendly army hundreds of miles away to be attacked, but he is indifferent?
No one in Xiangshan Thousand Households had ever sent police from afar. The most experienced ones were Chen, Bai, and Zhang from Qingcheng. Know how to control the overall situation.

Everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"Send cavalry, cavalry, ride across the border to Xinhui, to Xinning, to ask!"

Chen Mu put on his armor and stood in front of the Qianhu yamen with a sullen face. After a long while, he raised his finger and looked around at the sky and said to Deng Zilong and Sun Ao: "Nine hundred households are guarded in rotation. Each hundred households is on duty for four hours. The three of us take turns to guard , Sun Qianhu will lead first, Deng Qianhu will go after four hours, and Chen will take over after eight hours."

"Cheer up on duty. The enemy is in front of you. If you don't pay attention, you will lose your head. Those who are on duty go to sleep and send someone to watch the time—Brother Bai."

When Chen Mu gave orders to the flag officers under his command, he was categorical, but when he said to Bai Yuanjie on the side, he had to hand over his hands for discussion, and said: "I think we need to have a flag army that can fight on the battlefield at any time, and the brothers in Qingcheng have a good rest." , once the warning is issued, it is enough to form an formation with weapons to defend against the enemy, so what do the two elder brothers think of this arrangement?"

Zhang Yongshou took a step forward with a smile and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Yuanjie who stepped forward first, and clasped his fists and said: "Guests do as they please, Qingcheng assists in defending Xiangshan, I take Chen Qianhu's orders as the main, and I take orders. Qingcheng Qianhu Banner Army, set up camp and rest!"

Bai Yuanjie and Zhang Yongshou were never incompetent for official positions when they got along with Chen Mu on weekdays.

Chen Mu was stunned for a while before he realized Bai Yuanjie's meaning, turned his head and ordered to the flag army behind him: "Push out the cannon and match it with mules and horses, don't care if it's Japanese pirates or pirates, if you dare to come, bombard him."

The unknown enemy is the most terrifying. In the past half a year, he first defeated the Fanyi sailors in Haojing, and then trained troops in Xiangshan to prepare for the bandits. Holding this army in your hands is enough to be ready to deal with any enemy.

Guanghaiwei's beacon made him ring the big bell in his heart, but it was not the case.

He has fought tough battles, fought defensive battles, attacked mountains and kicked camps, and guarded against thieves, he understands.

But not every enemy is like Hao Jing's fan barbarian jumping towards the line he has formed, and more of them are battles he has never tried.

It's not that he didn't think about leading an army across the border to help Guanghaiwei without receiving an order. According to his current mentality of a general under the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he would go there and do something if he had the opportunity.

The problem is that he doesn't have this ability, and he can be caught in a night battle or an encounter on the march. If he loses, can he really not bear the responsibility for the defeat?

Living too comfortably, the military, financial resources and status are all inflated like balloons, and I am a little carried away.

Chen Mu shook his head, this kind of mentality is not good.

Zhang Han has a high position and power, and he is his superior superior. With the help of Hao Jing, he has the opportunity to directly command him. Can Zhang Han really treat him as a trusted general, cross the border without authorization, and love talents?
impossible.

He, Mr. Chen, is at best a late student of Mu En under the governor's school. He said a few words about the relationship between his hard work and his ability to do things well. The reason for his affection is that he didn't miss it. People who are equally talented and more powerful than him can make mistakes three times and four times. He once Can't be wrong.

He despises those who are also guards and know how to light the beacon fire when encountering the enemy, will he?
Master Chen knows how to fight.

"You still have to walk on thin ice."

He was not the only one who released the fast horse, some people's horses ran much faster than him, the cavalry of the Governor's Mansion was in an emergency situation, and they changed horses from various post stations along the way without changing people. The riders were sent with flying reports from the governor's office.

"The Japanese pirates besieged Guanghaiwei City, plundered the city, and dispatched Xiangshanwei to suppress the bandits."

It was already dawn, and as soon as the letter from the governor's mansion was sent, Chen Mu had nothing to say, leaving the three hundred households of Sun Ao's department who were on duty last night to stay at the thousand households, and ordered the army to prepare for war.

Before the army moved, the flag army who went to cross the border to win trust last night stepped back on horseback. The riders who hadn't closed their eyes and kept running all night were almost exhausted and told Chen Mu the same situation.

"Qianhu, it's a real beacon. Xinhui and Xinning have received orders from the commander to mobilize more than 300 banner troops to go to Guanghai Weicheng. Guanghai Wei is in great danger. The commander's order did not say how many enemy troops there are. , but also sent a request for help to the surrounding guards, battalions, and governor's office, not an ordinary thief!"

Needless to say at this time, if it is an ordinary thief, Guanghaiwei has a high David City, and there is no need to light a beacon at all.

Even if there are hundreds of pirates, it is not difficult to mobilize the Guanghai Guard Banner Army even if they cannot be driven out to resist, so why bother

The Xiangshan and Qingcheng two thousand households united the banner army, several thousand household deputy thousand households discussed for a while and then decided on a battle strategy.

On land, Bai Yuanjie led the army first and then went to Xinning as a follow-up reinforcement.

Chen Mujun took two centipedes, two lucky boats, and five fast boats to take Taishan Guanghai Weicheng directly from the sea to help.

Sending off Bai Yuanjie, the [-] Banners of Xiangshan loaded up and boarded the ship with hard sails. Before passing through the strait between Xiangshan and Haojing, thick black smoke rose from the light blue sky and white clouds.

That's not black smoke, it's the wolf smoke from Hao Jing.

boom!
Boom!

Familiar with the incomparable loud noise from far to near, the shadows at the Haojing Ferry are full of people, jumping and waving.

"Hao Jing has an accident, hurry up!"

Chen Mu at the bow of Centipede skipped a beat when he heard the thunderous cannons from the sky. Could it be that those Francines refused to accept their discipline and brought the fleet back?
He still made a mistake, he thought that there would not be many barbarians after the merchants left in Haojingao, and only three hundred banner troops were left to guard them, so how could they be opponents?

"Order the ships to reload the guns. I'm afraid it's the Fanyi who have come back."

Unexpectedly, just approaching the shore, dozens of flag soldiers gathered at the gate to protect the tax official Zhu Xiang, Bishop Franji, and the priest, and saw their own fleet jumping and shouting: "Qianhu, The Japanese bandit Xu Jinmei is coming, and Chief Li will not be able to resist it!"

(End of this chapter)