open sea

Chapter 180 Review

In the early morning, the mist near the coast of Guangcheng has not dissipated, and the city is already in full swing.

The invasion of pirates caused heavy losses to property in the suburbs of Guangzhou, but the officials and lords don't care about these, as long as they don't break into Guangzhou, everything will be fine.

The thieves came and went, and the lives of ordinary people still had to go on. After the people who had taken refuge in Xin'an slept in the streets for three days, the prefect of Guangcheng opened a porridge shed outside the city, and used the means of work as relief to let the refugees Added repairs to the city gates and the commercial city outside the city.

There is nothing to do about the chaos in Guangcheng. The Guangzhou Zuowei did not make any meritorious service in this battle, and they were not welcomed by the officials. The wounded soldiers from Xiangshan were stationed, while the original Guangzhou Zuowei Banner Army was sent to dig a big hole in the mountains outside the city.

The corpses of Japanese pirates are not treasures. The meritorious deeds of the night battle outside the city were investigated after dawn. No one dared to be a little vague when the old governor watched them all night. Take the lead.

If so, there are many and broken things inside and outside the city, and both the common people and the officials are so busy that they are dizzy.

What's more, Wang Rulong and Hu Liangpeng were directly sent to camp outside the city by the governor, and the sentry cavalry was released for thirty miles before they could feel at ease.

Tang Kekuan, who led the troops half way, was rushing to help Guangzhou, but he was sent back by the governor in the middle of the road, asking him to continue to guard the east side of Guangxi; Guo Cheng of Huizhou entered Guangzhou, and was arrested by Zhang Han He scolded his head and covered his face, and sent him to lead the troops back.

Only Yu Dayou, who was guarding Chaozhou, was called back.

It wasn't that Zhang Han was waiting to see Yu Dayou, the commander-in-chief, but because Zeng Yiben wrote a poem mocking Yu Dayou on the wall of the Town God's Temple in Xin'an County before leaving.

Or it was because of the incident in Fujian before. I had recruited Zeng Yiben before. Before burning Chenghai, the court sent Yu Dayou to deal with Zeng Yiben. .

In that departure, Zeng Yiben snatched [-] big blessing boats from Fujian.

Chen Mu didn't know that this time he was in the limelight, and was used by the old governor as a gun to yell at the generals of the Guangdong capital, in order to frighten these arrogant soldiers who have been famous for a long time-if you don't lead troops to fight well, someone will Come fight!
Who will fight?Chen Mu, a thousand households in Xiangshan, fought.

The mist gradually dissipated, and several scouting horses went straight to Fucheng. The alarm bell at the top of the city was sounded again, and the whole city was in motion in an instant. Waiting for the battle, the governor and prefect went to the city to supervise the battle.

They had no ships, and the last warships were taken away by Zeng Ben. They had no defensive force at sea, so they could only hope to resist the enemy on land.

Riders from Nanhai County rushed into Fucheng to call the police. Their sentries on the mountain saw a large fleet of ships speeding along the river in the distance, with chaotic flags, and it looked like the Japanese pirates were coming again.

But the governor, who had been brazenly showing off his power for a few days, turned pale with fright. He had just driven the two general officers back, and now the Japanese pirates came again, "Could it be that Chen Erlang lost?"

On the city wall, the old governor muttered to himself, clasping the battlements with his withered fingers, staring straight at the river with his eyes, and asked someone to fetch his armor, and hung a jade armored sword on his waist.

Be prepared to live and die with the city.

The river wind dispels the mist, and you can see the extremely high mast and the huge sail surface for a ride. Over time, the original white sails turn light yellow, but the huge red cross is more conspicuous.

Behind the big black boat, there are countless blessing boats, Guangzhou boats, black-tailed boats and white boats, as well as smaller horse boats, grain boats, and fast boats.It wasn't until the big ship stopped at Jiangxin Island that people saw that the big black ship was dragging four or five tattered blessing boats with ropes behind it. It's sinking.

Not only the black ship, but also many other blessing ships need to be dragged by each other to move forward, especially those warships whose masts have been interrupted.

The old governor with his helmet and armor on his face looked puzzled, pointed to Jiangxin Island, and asked to the left and right: "Then, is it a ship from Guangdong?"

Shao Tingda had great luck, and whenever there was a war, he was called by the governor to lead troops to protect him. Then he heard the governor's question, looked at it carefully, and said with some uncertainty: "Go back to the governor, that big ship seems to be Hao. Mirror Merchant’s, the boat behind is ours, maybe it’s me, it’s Chen Qianhu who’s back!”

"Hi!"

The governor narrowed his eyes angrily, raised his hand and pointed at Jiangxin Island, turned around and turned back, pointed at Jiangxin Island again, laughed loudly, shook his head and ordered: "Give the armor to the old man." Now, order the defenders in the city to send someone to see if it is Chen Qianhu, and if so, send someone to respond!"

"Tinda, go back and tell your brother, report, report! There are so many river defenses along the way, don't you know how to send someone to report on horseback?"

Shao Tingda could see that Zhang Han's helpless appearance was not angry, so he responded briskly, and told the left and right to give the old Governor his armor, then he clasped his fists and smiled flatteringly: "Governor, Brother Mu is taking all the boats away. I'm back!"

Zhang Han nodded heavily, not only the uneasiness of the warship being captured, but also the worry of Xiangshan soldiers being defeated and dying. Many emotions came together in one place, but he said in a neutral tone: "There are so many ships."

Too much.

Chen Qianhu saw the battalion soldiers standing by the Guangcheng River from a distance, which made him laugh dumbfounded. The consequences of not sending anyone to report came out and let the police in Guangcheng.

It's not that he didn't mean to report, even if he didn't know, Chen Lin and Bai Yuanjie knew about it, so there was really no way to report it.

All along the route belonged to the boundary of Xin'an County. The officials and most of the people in Xin'an County fled to Guangcheng. Who did he turn to to pass the news?Even the corpses thrown in Tuen Mun were not helped to bury them. If the people who hid in the mountains hadn't had the courage to come over later, they would still be busy digging pits to bury the corpses.

But the people had no horses, and they sailed faster than the people carrying the message.

Chen Mu's banner army couldn't hold on to another hasty march, so they had to sail directly into Guangzhou.

Franji was asked by him to leave the gun boat and go down to Jiangxin Island to wait, and most of the banner troops were resting on Jiangxin Island, while Chen Mu, Chen Lin, Bai Yuanjie and several generals changed to fast boats and went straight to Guangcheng On the shore, as soon as he got off the boat, he was looked at by the battalion soldiers with swords and spears, and then he showed Hu Liangpeng's burly figure. He stopped the battalion soldiers and said with a smile in Fujian dialect: "Chen Qianhu is back!"

There was no need for him to report, Governor Zhang Han and others had already galloped towards this place under the protection of Wang Rulong and Shao Tingda after confirmation. When they came out of the camp, the governor was also walking quickly with his official robes on.

"Chen Qianhu, are you taking all the boats back?"

Chen Mu pursed his lips and nodded, saluted with some difficulty with his hanging arms, and said, "Back to the military gate, a humble job is not a disgrace to the mission. Shi Baihu!"

Afterwards, Shi Qi took out his notes and saluted several high-ranking officials of the Guangfu, and then reported with the notes: "We will pursue for three days, first fight the enemy on the Xin'an Sea, and then start a big battle in Tuen Mun. During the battle, Chen Qianhu sailed Collided with the flagship of the Japanese pirates, and killed Zeng Yiben, the head of the thief with a handgun; Chen Shoubei, Bai Qianhu, and Li Dan, a merchant from Haojing, led the army to encircle them, and wiped out more than 200 Japanese pirates, including more than [-] corpses in Xin'an County , and hundreds of people jumped into the sea and drowned.”

"Recaptured 37 Fuchuan, twelve of which were damaged; 22 Guangzhou Ships, three of which were sunk during the battle; excluding the other small boats, the wealth and goods on board have not been moved, and they have all docked in the river."

After Shi Qi finished speaking, Chen Mu saluted Zhang Han again, and gestured to Jiangxin Island: "Please inspect the governor!"

(End of this chapter)