As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

He Qing was overjoyed: here we come!

He climbed up to the poop in two steps in three steps, and looked in the direction guided by the soldiers. He Qing watched for a long time before he saw some small black spots on the sea level in the northwest direction that could not be seen clearly.If it weren't for the bright moonlight tonight, I'm afraid it will take some time to discover this fleet.

He Qing smiled coldly: "Beat the drums and line up!"

More than a dozen main battleships slowly left the port, and then lined up end to end to form a huge arc, aiming their sides at the invading enemy.

At the same time, several fast boats passed through the gap of the main fleet, put down some small boats further away, and then quickly retreated after igniting them.

This thing is the standard fireboat of the Tianjin Navy. It is filled with inflammable materials and can float at least two miles in the wind. Its function is to provide vision for the main gunboat and cause some trouble to the enemy by the way.

Closer, closer.

Against the backdrop of the fire, the dozens of flat-headed and square Japanese pirate ships with black sails sailed quickly with full sails, and within a short time they entered the range of the navy warship.

He Qing didn't hesitate, and as soon as he waved the command flag, there was a shout on the main battleship: "Fire!"

boom!boom!boom!

The sound of shelling was continuous, and although most of the shells were just splashes due to the turbulence of the wind and waves and the fact that the navy was not used to shooting moving targets, the bursts of hundreds of cannons would always hit. After a round of artillery, the two Japanese pirate ships were very lucky to be hit.

The firepower of the Tianjin Navy is not a joke, nor is Xishan's huge financial resources, so even though this fleet is fighting another fleet for the first time, when the shells that seem to be free of money are flying all over the sky, the Japanese pirates Bian was already a little timid.

So it didn't take long for a sentry officer beside He Qing to point to the sea and shout: "General, the enemy seems to be running away!"

With the light brought by the fire boat and the burning Japanese pirate ship, He Qing also noticed that the other party had turned the rudder, so he said: "Don't chase, continue to shell, and the boat at the far end can slowly press forward. Our today's The goal is not to annihilate them."

"Yes!"

"Let the rescue ship prepare, the Japanese pirates who fell into the water will be caught alive!"

"Yes!"

What Heqing said, the mission Huamanlou gave him was not to annihilate or pursue, but to defend Cen Gang.

According to Hua Manlou's deduction, even if the enemy invades today, its main purpose is to hold back the navy to attract its attention. Evacuate immediately.

Now it seems that this judgment is correct, so the target of the enemy is obvious: Hua Manlou himself.

Seeing that the Japanese pirates were fleeing, He Qing did not order to pursue them, but turned his attention to the north of the island, where there happened to be a warship bearing the Great Zhao Long Banner—it was Hao Liangcai's No. [-] Squadron.

The mission Huamanlou left Hao Liangcai was to hunt down the Japanese pirates, so his men did not stay in Cengang, but patrolled the northern part of Zhoushan Island. bombardment...

The battle at sea started quickly and ended quickly. After a while, the Japanese pirates fled after leaving behind five damaged warships.

Looking at the rescue ship that came forward to capture the fallen Japanese pirates with open flames, He Qing spat, turned his gaze to the island, and murmured: "It's all in Uncle's calculations, and the scumbags on the shore must also be cleaned up." Bar?"

391. The Rumble of the Cannon

Dinghai City, in the most luxurious Yuelai Restaurant on West Street.

After Huamanlou set off, a group of long followers, soldiers and other idlers were also driven out of the store, leaving either officials or squires. The lineup can be described as extremely luxurious, but no one spoke in the entire lobby, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Everyone knows that today's move is considered a desperate move. If Hua Manlou died, it would be fine, and he could get away with it no matter what. But if he didn't die, things would be more complicated.

Yin Bowen, who was pretending to be dizzy, came out after Huamanlou stepped out of the restaurant. At this time, he was sitting in the first place, with a sullen face and no words.

"Fu Zun, did Huamanlou notice something just now?" After a long time, the Tongzhi of Ningbo Mansion came over and asked.

Yin Bowen sighed and said: "There is no one under the name, it would be embarrassing if you don't want to be found out by him. Fortunately, this son is a bit conceited. He has left the city this time... I hope he has nothing to do. "

To be honest, when the plan was first formulated, no one felt that there was any omission, and everyone felt that it would not matter if something went wrong at the reception banquet. Against the ambush.

More than 30 people intercepted and killed No. [-] people, so don't ask about the result, right?

But when Hua Manlou went out, he was too calm, and there was even a touch of disdain and sarcasm in his eyes, which made everyone present subconsciously feel that something was wrong, and then each of them became nervous.

"How about... I lead people to catch up?" Chang Guowei's commander Hu Jiancheng hesitated and said, "It's best if he's dead. If he's not dead, I can approach him as an excuse for support and kill him."

Yin Bowen shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to be troublesome at this time."

In fact, Yin Bowen also hesitated whether to follow up to make up the knife, but Hua Manlou's performance when he learned that the Japanese pirates attacked was beyond his expectations. It seemed that he was not worried about any trouble at all, which made Yin Bowen's heart ring loudly .

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, so if you don't move at this time, you can be fooled. After all, Hua Manlou can't do anything about him if he can't find any evidence, but it's hard to say if he continues to act.

Seeing that Hu Jiancheng wanted to say something, Yin Bowen winked at him and said, "Even if he passed this test today, don't you forget that we still have someone behind us, when the time comes..."

Hu Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "Yes, today is nothing more than a trial, success or failure is not a concern, and the next step is the main event."

It is true that there are backup players, but it is really inappropriate to say too many things that will damage one's morale at this time.

Because, although interests can unite more people, this union is actually not stable. Many things can cause this union to fall apart, the most direct and simplest being a crisis.

People who pursue benefits have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but today's Huamanlou is a huge crisis - that is to say, once someone falls to Huamanlou under heavy pressure in order to protect themselves, then the next come down...

Adultery with Japanese pirates is a capital offense.Private storage of soldiers is a capital offense.Going to sea for business without permission is a capital offense.Murdering an official of the imperial court is a capital crime.Attacking a sailor is a capital crime...

Even Yin Bowen himself can't figure it out. After the things about his group of people are exposed, everyone will grow a few heads before they can be chopped off. Therefore, the most important thing in this situation is to stabilize everyone and let them know that they are still able to do things with ease. Backhand, otherwise, the consequences can be said to be clear at a glance.

Sure enough, after Hu Jiancheng said that, the atmosphere on the scene immediately relaxed a little.

Yin Bowen immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Let's just wait and see. If he passes this level, I will immediately use the second hand. Before that, everyone must remember not to panic, just follow the plan."

Everyone agreed, and Yin Bowen turned his attention to Wang Peng, a thousand households of the Xuanwu Guard: "You have to work hard these few days, and find Shi Zuo's whereabouts as soon as possible. Remember, there will be no future troubles!"

Wang Peng immediately nodded and said, "I understand."

Shi Zuo is the commander of Guanhaiwei who suddenly disappeared without a trace. This person knows too many things. After he leaves this interest circle, many things will be difficult to control. Therefore, Yin Bowen dare not be careless at all, and just wants to kill people as soon as possible.

Although this move seems to be very ruthless, it may also arouse some people's fear - after all, no one can guarantee whether he will withdraw from this circle of interests because of such and such things, right?

But the two evils are the lesser of the two evils, and we will talk about the future in the future. Now we are determined not to let Shi Zuo go wrong, so Yin Bowen added another sentence that seems to be reassuring: "Shi Zuo is treacherous and changeable, inexplicably cunning, he No one knows what the plan is to disappear without a trace. But this time the enemy is in the face, in order to protect everyone's safety, this officer has no choice but to take this trick... Sigh!"

As soon as these words came out, most of the people on the field nodded involuntarily, but there were still some people who were distracted and absent-minded—it was obvious that this group of people was trying to find a way out for themselves.

Yin Bowen just smiled sinisterly at this: "However... the official said the ugly words first. At this moment, everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. If we cooperate wholeheartedly, no one will treat me like that. But if someone If you have a different intention, everyone will be harmed, and then, don't blame me for being cruel!"

"What... what did the Master say? Since we have followed the Master to do such a big thing, then we have no two intentions..."

"Right to the extreme! The matter has come to this point, does anyone still feel that there is a way out?"

A group of people clamored and began to express their opinions. Although some people still had ulterior motives, on the surface, this group of people seemed to have become a team, and they seemed to be fighting against Hua ManLou.

Yin Bowen nodded, and was about to continue to say a few soothing words to continue to consolidate the results, but at this moment, there was a dull explosion sound in the distance.

"Is this... the sound of gunfire?"

"No way, can the sound of artillery from more than twenty miles away reach here?"

"Of course not, but this loud noise... Could it be that Hua Manlou drove the boat to the south?"

A group of people were in doubt, when a small flag of Xuanwuwei ran into the hall, and said in surprise, "My lord, this voice is from Changgang Mountain..."

Yin Bowen was taken aback: "Changgang Mountain? Are you sure?"

The little flag said: "The little one was on the city wall just now, and saw the light at the foot of Changgang Mountain with his own eyes, and the sound came from there, so he can't be wrong."

Yin Bowen said in astonishment: "How is this possible? Hua Manlou will not send battleships to the island, will he?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and Yin Bowen gritted his teeth in dismay: "We are investigating! If necessary, send someone out of the city to have a look!"

"Yes!" Xiaoqi replied and ran out staggeringly.

Now, there was another silence in the hall, only the sound of rumbling cannons could be heard in the distance.

Even though the sound of the cannon was much quieter after such a long distance, it still made some people's hearts beat wildly: how about...it's better to make more preparations?

392. The Essence of Xishan Warfare

As the captain of Huamanlou's personal army, Song Jie is truly a talent.

This is not only because of his flexible mind, but also because he accepts new things very quickly, so this person around Hua Manlou becomes more and more out of the way, and tends to be more and more funny - let him When he went to reconnaissance, he recruited two bands of thieves from other people. This kind of funny comparison is really rare.

However, this incident also shows that Song Jie's mind is clear from another angle, so Song Jie immediately started his own actions after receiving the hand signal from Huaman upstairs in front of the carriage, and the day before yesterday was still dark for more than an hour. At that time, I successfully found something unusual: there were hundreds of armed guys hiding under Changgang Mountain.

After discovering this, Song Jie pinched his chin like Hua Manlou, and squinted his eyes: "Before disembarking, Mr. Qian asked General He and the others to hide their identities, and settled some things. There must be some people at the port tonight." Chaos. Now a group of people with unknown origins and whereabouts are also found on the shore... What does Qian always want me to do?"

A young soldier said: "Boss, why don't you send someone to the city to ask Mr. Qian?"

Song Jie shook his head: "No, Mr. Qian looks like he wants to play with this group of people. Wouldn't it spoil his good mood to disturb him now?"

"However, if these people are not dealt with, what if they are not good for Mr. Qian?"

Song Jie said: "We didn't say we won't deal with it. The question is when and how to deal with it... Wait a minute, if something goes wrong at the port, Mr. Qian will definitely come back at that time... Huh? I understand, so That's what happened."

"Boss, do you mean that this group of people wants to kill Mr. Qian?"

"Is there even a question?" Song Jie said with admiration on his face, "Speaking of which, how did Mr. Qian detect the murderous intent?"

Song Jie couldn't figure it out, and Song Jie didn't even think about it anymore, he said, "It doesn't matter, just take this group of people down anyway. Brothers, copy guys!"

With Song Jie's order, a mixed team of more than [-] young Xishan soldiers, sailors, and thieves went straight to Changgang Mountain.

"Listen up!" Song Jie yelled at his thieves while walking: "You are all under Qian Zong now, and you should act according to Qian Zong's tactical ideas and intentions. Throw them all aside! When you go out, you represent Mr. Qian’s face. If you lose Mr. Qian’s face in a battle, then you will take off your military uniform and go home to farm. Bar!"

A group of people looked at each other, and Zhang Hong, the leader of the thieves, approached him and asked, "Mr. Song, what is a tactical idea?"

"Good question!" Song Jie said triumphantly, "Boss Qian once said that war is very simple and can be summed up in one sentence. I have always kept this sentence in my heart, and I will tell you today, and you will also It must be kept in mind, you know?"

"Know... know!"

"Well, Mr. Qian's tactical idea is: if you are poor, your tactics will blossom, and if you are rich, you will blow me up!" Song Jie smiled with a smile on his face, pointing to the things he brought out of the camp: "See? These are from our Xishan Special products are all good things! Mr. Qian said that in the future, these things will completely replace swords and completely eliminate cold weapon warfare! Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?" Zhang Hong looked at Song Jie blankly, eager for knowledge.

"It means..." Song Jie was a little stuck: "I want to go! If you understand it thoroughly, you will have a wife and son in the future just around the corner. If you don't understand it clearly, you may die next time you go to battle!"

Zhang Hong thought for a while, then said unsurely: "What does Chief Song mean, let me study more about firearms and less practice martial arts in the future?"

Song Jie was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, look, no matter how strong your martial arts are, you can't stop a single shot, right?"

"That's... that's what it said."

"Understood?" Song Jie said triumphantly: "In short, let you see how we fight in Xishan today, and learn a little bit!"

Although Song Jie is showing off on purpose, after all, Xishanwei is very mysterious. They have fought the battle of Walana since their establishment, and they only encountered small-scale conflicts on the grassland, so no one knows about Xishanwei so far. After the equipment has been improved and improved, what kind of combat style is it, so not to mention the robbers, even the soldiers of the Tianjin Navy are very interested.

Moreover, before Huamanlou set off from Tianjin, Xishan sent some equipment. These equipment have been kept in the cabin, and they found the opportunity to play at all. Now Song Jie has taken out these items. Are you excited?

A group of people approached Changgang Mountain in this inexplicable excitement, and hid more than a mile away from the assassins' ambush, waiting for the opportunity.

then……

When the sound of gunfire came from the port, Song Jie sneered and waved his hands: "Come on, give them a surprise!"

Soldiers sprang into action, and then...

Zhang Hong thoroughly understood the essence of Xishan's tactics.

The assassins' ambush was in a small dense forest at the foot of Changgang Mountain close to the main road. It looked like there were only three or four mu of land. If Zhang Hong's idea was followed, it would probably be necessary to send people to rush up and into the dense forest It is enough to fight hand-to-hand combat after the bows and crossbows of the assassins are ineffective.

but……

Out of a hundred assassins, Song Jie used thirty Xishan-produced cart cannons. After a round of intensive artillery bombardment, the assassins stumbled to and fro, crying for their fathers and mothers, and ran out of the dense forest that was already on fire.

But before the group of people reacted, the firecracker's attack came again.

The leader of the assassin shouted loudly that he planned to organize people to rush over, but in fact they also rushed for a certain distance, but then the grenadiers hidden on both sides of the road made a move...

Today, there are more than [-] thieves following Song Jie's battalion. These people are not equipped with firearms, but everyone is equipped with Xishan's special knives.At the beginning, when this group of people got the sword, it was like a treasure - after all, the quality of the sword will improve after the level of smelting is improved, so they all think that the sword in their hands is a treasure, but now...

Everyone, including Zhang Hong, felt that the knife in their hands suddenly became unsavory.

More than half of the hundred and ten assassins had died before they could reach the front, and the rest either started to flee indiscriminately, or they knelt down and begged for mercy crying for their parents.

"Stop!" Seeing this, Song Jie gave the order triumphantly, then looked at Zhang Hong and said, "Here, did you see that, this is how battles are fought!"

Zhang Hong nodded in a daze, then swallowed his saliva: "Mr. Song, this kind of beating... doesn't cost money?"

Song Jie patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. Qian said that things that can be solved with money are nothing serious. Now I will leave the rest to you, catch those who are alive, and then we will pick up Mr. Qian!"

393. Retreat

"You bombarded such a few people with thirty cannons? You're probably suffering from that serious illness!"

At the foot of Changgang Mountain, seeing a row of scooter firecrackers all over the building, I couldn't get angry.