open sea

Chapter 162 Attack
Xin'an couldn't defend himself.

Chen Mu went to Zhaoqing to ask the governor to send more defense troops to Xin'an, and before he could reply, Xin'an County, across the Pearl River Estuary, had already ignited a war.

Zeng Yi came, bypassing Xiangshan, where Xu Jinmei suffered a big fall, and directly attacked Xin'an County on the other side.

What came faster than the wolf smoke was that Chen Mu had set up a few landmines in the eastern part of Xiangshan Mountain. When the patrolling troops passed by, they saw only a few small boats leaving the shore and leaving a few corpses on the shore. Then Li Dan in Haojing came Send a message saying that the people stationed on the fort saw smoke coming from the beacon tower on Tai'ao Island in Xin'an.

Chen Mu also saw it, and the black lines on the sky were very clear in the telescope.

The sound of heavy horns came and went one after another in Xiangshan County, and the banner troops of hundreds of households quickly assembled, equipped with armor and armed soldiers to guard against death.

"Open the library!"

Chen Mu put on the brand-new armor he bought a few months ago. He wore a knife on his waist and called to open the arsenal of the Weapons Bureau. Painted with lacquer, hung pack horses and flag troops outside.

Xiong Wei, the governor of Guangdong who had been ill for a long time, sent a message to Xiangshan to call Xiangshan to lead an army to help Guangcheng and guard against pirates.

Governor Xiong, who has beaten Japanese pirates for half his life, is terminally ill. Chen Mu visited Guangcheng only two months ago, and he probably won't survive this year. Now that the Japanese pirates are attacking, it is a hurdle for him as an old man.

"Brother Bai, please take care of the battleship and Xiangshan!"

Bai Yuanjie, who was supposed to lead troops back to Qingcheng at the beginning of this year, was ordered to stay in Xiangshan for half a year because Zeng Yiben was in the future and Guanghaiwei was trapped.

Bai Yuanjie nodded cautiously. This may not be an agreement, but a promise. He clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, there is Bai in Xiangshan. There is nothing wrong with it. Take care."

Zhang Yongshou laughed heartily, raised his hand and said, "Don't kill them all on the shore, drive them into the sea, and leave a few sips of soup for my brothers!"

Put it lightly!

"I won't keep it for you!"

Chen Mu smiled and clasped his fists again and again. The [-] flag troops of the Xiangshan Qianhu Office had already lined up and waited in the official road. He didn't say any more, got on his horse and waved his hands and ordered softly and firmly: "Go forward."

Shi Qi, a hundred households standing beside the road, shouted, "Go forward!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

The sound of military orders was heard one after another in the long formation to Shao Tingda, the first hundred households. With the sound of a letter cannon, the army set off.

The army moved from the front, with the [-] households in the front army led by Deng Zilong, the [-] households in the central army led by Chen Mu, the [-] households in the rear army led by Sun Ao, and the extra [-] households in the central army led by Wei Balang. Mu's artillery army supplies soldiers.

The firepower is unprecedentedly strong, and each hundred households are equipped with forty bird guns, forty palm mines, twenty small flag arrows, and one tiger crouching cannon.

Every hundred households can fight alone.

These alone can be a lot stronger than other guard battalions, not to mention the discipline of drills.

Only when the food and salary are sufficient can we talk about discipline. After the Xiangshan Military Bureau's self-made ordnance formed a virtuous circle, Chen Mu no longer deducted more combat power in the First World War in Guanghai. All four points were awarded to the Banner Army, plus the first-level purchase reward of the Japanese pirates issued by Guangcheng, the appearance of the Banner Army has been greatly changed in just one battle.

After that, the practice became more handy. Even if you meet a big dog like Xu Laoyao again, spreading money will not be effective.

Chen Mu's troops snowballed during the march. There were 300 troops when he set out, [-] when he reached Shunde, and more than [-] troops when he arrived at the hometown of Panyu in Nanhai County at noon.

Governor Xiong Wei sent the letter very early. After receiving the news that Xin'an County was broken by bandits, he sent a letter to the guards of all parties to defend the city, but the speed of the Japanese pirates rushing forward from the sea was not as fast as the speed of the Japanese pirates.

The extra eight or nine hundred troops are close to many guards and battalions from various places. It stands to reason that they would not meet them on the road if they set off one after another.

For one thing, Chen Mu marched fast. Even with a 300-jin closed cannon hanging behind the pack horse, he did not slow down his marching speed. After all, he was still walking on the official road.Secondly, the other troops marched slowly, even if urged by the generals, they couldn't move fast. Instead, they were followed by the Xiangshan army who moved first.

Huang Dexiang, a thousand households in Xinhui, confided his heartfelt feelings to Chen Mu in Hokkien with a sad face, "Three or four hundred banner troops, go to fight the Japanese pirates who dare to attack Guangzhou. This is not to let them fight, but to let them die!"

"I heard from the flag army under his command that Chen Qianhu attacked and killed hundreds of Japanese in Guanghai, and he is waiting here to march with Chen Qianhu!"

As for Shunde Qianhu, he ignored Chen Mu at all, and led his soldiers to follow in silence. Although his soldiers seemed to be better than the Xinhui Banner Army, they were not as good as Huang Qianhu, making Chen Mu look pleasing to the eye.

"The flag army of the new clubhouse was defeated by the Japanese pirates during the Battle of Guanghai. If there is a battle later, Huang Qianhu should make the flag army be more careful." Chen Mu said, "They are all newly trained flag troops, don't let them They fight to the death."

Huang Dexiang, a thousand households in Xinhui, looked at Chen Muqijun with envy in his eyes, thirteen hundred households!The same weapon, the same armor, and the same strange thing on his back are completely unimaginable for Qianhu, who is on the same level as Chen Mu.

"His mother, Lao Huang begged his grandpa to tell his grandma to recruit more than 200 households for Xinhui. He gathered five hundred banner troops, and he was still short of soldiers for day and night drills. Nearly half of them were killed by Japanese pirates in the battle of Guanghai. This time Most of the four hundred households are new pawns who have never seen blood."

Huang Dexiang rubbed his face, and counted Chen Mu's soldiers, feeling a little sad, "He not only hooked up ten hundred households, but also three hundred households more!"

And even if there are only three more hundred households, I am afraid that the combat power will be stronger than his one thousand households.

How can there be such a big difference between people?

The same is begging grandpa to sue grandma!
Huang Dexiang thought for a while, gritted his teeth, took two steps forward to stand side by side with Chen Mu, and said: "Chen Qianhu, let the soldiers from the new club fight with Xiangshan in this battle, the four hundred flag army old Huang can't all press down, A hundred old bannermen who have been on the battlefield, fifty servants, and me, Lao Huang, all obey Chen Qianhu's orders and will never hold you back!"

Huang Qianhu has more than twice as many servants than Chen Mu, and each of the fifty servants is armed and armed, and they look like they can fight.

The point is that these words made Chen Mu feel a little... flattered but not overwhelmed, how could he let a real thousand households say such words!

"Huang Qianhu is serious, you and I will support Guangcheng together, there is no need to distinguish so clearly."

Before approaching Guangcheng, scattered cannons were heard on the city. Chen Muce rode up and looked far away. There were pirate ships and small boats docked on the far southeast bank of Guangcheng. A patrol division in the middle of the river had been breached. The pirates rested on the shore, set up successive camps on the high ground, and plundered the surrounding areas.

Obstructed by his vision, Chen Mu could only see the pirates stationed on Jiangzhong Island and the southeast coast of Guangcheng, and he couldn't see more places.

There is no doubt that Zeng Yiben has landed and looted the suburbs of Guangcheng.

(End of this chapter)