Jin'an Fucheng is located on the north bank of the Min River, about fifty miles away from the mouth of the Bailong River, the northern branch of the Min River. Through the beacon message, Jin'an Fucheng soon learned about the attack on the river mouth.
She Feihu was sitting in the Tiger Peeping Hall with a serious look on his face. At this time, he only knew that Jiangkou was attacked, and there was no way to know the further situation.
Qin Zitan stood under the eaves of the corridor. Since the She family controlled the bandit forces in the East China Sea, Jin'an has not been attacked by the sea in the past few years. This timing coincides with Huaidong's promulgation of a sea ban - if it is really Huai
The Dong warship sailed around Jin'an to launch a surprise attack, and the problem became more difficult.
Several soldiers broke in with orders. Qin Zitan saw that the leader was Zheng Mingjing, the bodyguard of the Grand Governor Wen Zhuanggong, and asked: "Zheng Lieutenant, but there is news from Jiangkou?"
Zheng Mingjing nodded and did not elaborate. He just said: "My Lord, please invite the Second Young Master and Mr. Qin to come over..."
Qin Zitan has never officially served in the Zhejiang and Fujian Governor's Mansion, but stayed in Jin'an as a guest at She Feihu Mansion. Zheng Mingjing then called him "Sir". She Feihu listened to the conversation at the door and did not show any airs.
, walked away from his origin, and only asked: "Where is my father?"
"Mingyuan Pavilion has also sent people to invite you all!" Zheng Mingjing replied.
Qin Zitan thought to himself: The Governor must have realized that this attack was unusual! He stopped talking nonsense and followed the second young master, She Feihu, to Mingyuan Pavilion.
Walking into the Ming Hall, he saw his superior Ma Wen Chengyun standing in the room with a rather depressed expression. Qin Zitan felt strange: His superior Ma Wen Chengyun was in charge of the garrison on the east line of Ya'an, and the Nantai Island water camp also belonged to him.
Temperance, when there was an attack on the Bailong River Estuary, how could he still be in the mood to stay in Jin'an City if he didn't personally run over to see the enemy's situation? Could it be that Shewenzhuang also thought that the attack on the Bailong River Estuary was just an ordinary matter and there was no need for Wen Chengyun to make a special trip
One trip?
Seeing She Feihu and Qin Zitan come in, Wen Chengyun saluted She Feihu: "Second Young Master..."
Due to the defeat in the East China Sea two years ago, She Feihu has not been able to control real power in Jin'an so far, which has also caused Qin Zitan's status in Jin'an to plummet. Naturally, people like Wen Chengyun don't take notice.
Qin Zitan followed She Feihu to salute She Wenzhuang, the governor. She Wenzhuang frowned and thought, and after a while he seemed to come to his senses and said: "Feihu and Zitan are here..."
She Feihu couldn't bear his temper and asked directly: "Has the Nantai Island side found out the details of the enemy who attacked Bailongjiang?"
Wen Chengyun said: "Five loach boats disguised as our navy's warships entered the Bailong River Estuary and attacked two of our patrol ships at the river mouth and more than ten merchant ships stationed at the Xiadao Pier. Nantai Island Water
The battalion has sent warships to pursue them - judging from the fact that they attacked merchant ships without any intention of plundering, they should be pirate ships coming from Huaidong!"
Just as Huaidong and other places call Zhejiang and Fujian rebels, Zhejiang and Fujian call Huaidong bandits.
She Wenzhuang noticed that Qin Zitan frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked: "Zitan, do you have any questions?"
"I'm afraid the ship being chased out will be in danger!" Qin Zitan said, "The pirate ship from Huaidong recently set off from Shengsi. It has to go around Daishan and the sea east of Changguo so that we won't discover it in advance. It should be
A large-scale fleet, the five loach boats that attacked the Bailong River Estuary are most likely baits!"
Qin Zitan would not believe that Huaidong only sent five loach boats to attack the Minjiang estuary for thousands of miles. It would be very dangerous for a fleet of only five loach boats to go to the open sea at this time. There must be more in Huai'an.
A large fleet of ships was waiting in the open sea, waiting for the pursuing warships to rush into the trap.
She Wenzhuang nodded and said: "The incident happened suddenly. The water camp warships on Nantai Island have been chased out, and there is no time to chase them back. I have ordered Hu Zongguo to go to Nantai Island on my behalf to supervise the battle and guard the gate."
After the Governor-General said these words calmly, Qin Zitan finally understood why Wen Chengyun was standing here with a depressed expression. Even though the warships that rushed out in a hurry were not sent by Wen Chengyun, he had been in charge of the defense of the eastern front for a long time.
The generals under his command fell into Huaidong's trick of luring the snake out of the cave so hastily. It is no wonder that the governor was dissatisfied with him and sent Commander Shi Hu Zongguo to supervise the battle on Nantai Island in his place.
The Minjiang River is divided into two branches, the north and the south, by Nantai Island at its outlet. Nantai Island is at the gateway of the Minjiang River, and its terrain is also suitable for garrisoning water camps. In addition to the East Zhejiang Navy, there is another island under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.
The Navy's Nantai Island Shuiying is stationed on the upper island of Nantai Island. It has more than 400 large and small warships and more than 6,000 soldiers.
When it comes to the naval establishment, Zhejiang and Fujian have several times more troops than Huaidong. However, the defeat in the East China Sea War two years ago has long proved that the number of troops is only a secondary factor in naval battles, and the quality of warships is the main factor.
Although after occupying eastern Zhejiang, a group of shipbuilding craftsmen were obtained, which strengthened Jin'an's shipbuilding capabilities and strived to build more and larger ships, but there was still a long way to go compared to Huaidong.
Jin'an City couldn't figure out for a while how many warships in Huaidong had bypassed Daishan and moved south from Changguo. Because they couldn't figure out, the Nantai Island navy should stick to its gates and use the terrain of Nantai Island and the Minjiang River estuary to fight with Qianli
The oncoming Huaidong Navy turned around instead of rushing into pursuit.
The warships of the Huaidong Navy rushed to the mouth of the Minjiang River. The opinions were very important. All the big shots staying in Jin'an City were summoned to the Mingjing Pavilion to discuss the matter.
Song Bo, the representative of the Song family in Jin'an and the Dian Shuling of the Governor's Office, was also summoned.
She Feihu married Song Fu's young daughter again, and the two families still maintained a close marriage relationship. As for Song Jia and She Mingyue, they had long been a closely guarded topic in Jin'an City, and no one would mention it again.
Qin Zitan hoped that the pursuing Shuiying general would be smarter and send a boat to pursue him because it was too late. He only hoped that when he saw the opportunity, he could lead his boat back and reserve more Shuiying power for Zhejiang and Fujian.
The next battle in the East China Sea will be very cruel. Although Zhejiang and Fujian have much more naval forces than Huaidong, Qin Zitan does not think that Zhejiang and Fujian have a greater chance of winning!
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The Xiadao Pier was attacked. Two patrol boats and twelve merchant ships were set on fire. Nearly two hundred people, including the Shuiying patrolmen, were mercilessly shot. Less than half of them escaped with their lives. Nantai Island Shuiying deputy generals Shi and Jin
I almost went crazy with anger!
After the Shuying fast paddle boat attacked, the enemy ship quickly escaped from the river mouth. The fast paddle boat traveled with human oars, and the narrow river surface was advantageous for short-distance pursuit. Once out of the river mouth, the enemy ship escaped with the wind and the fast paddle boat
It is impossible for the ship to catch up.
Shi Hejin mobilized eight fast boats and chased them out one after another.
Hu Zongguo, the chief historian, rushed to supervise the battle with the decree of the Governor's Office. Shi and Jin had already led their boats to chase them out for nearly two hours, and it was too late to recover.
It was late autumn in October, and the northwest wind was getting stronger. Five loach boats set sail and fled to the southeast. In two hours, they traveled more than 160 miles with the wind and entered the waters of Xitashan Island southeast of Jin'an Prefecture.
Sita Mountain Island is a long and narrow mountain island more than a hundred miles away from the coast. There are only a few dozen households farming on the island. A huge fleet, mainly six Jinhai-class warships, is quietly dormant on Sita Mountain
The back side of the island.
Dozens of households on the island completely controlled the two fishing boats docked at Heitashan Island. Zhang Gou and Chen Zhi led a group of soldiers to board Heitashan Island. Chen Zhi led his soldiers to hide in the mountains and forests. Zhang Gou then
Standing in the forest at the top of the island mountain with several sentinels, monitoring the northwest sea...
There are only eight warships chasing Jin'an, which is really disappointing! But no matter how thin the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat when cut off. This is a battle of one and the other, and we want to annihilate the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels in one fell swoop.
The main force of Nantai Island's water camp is really waiting for incense to be burned on the ancestral graves.
When the eight warships of the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels entered the sea area to prepare for an ambush, the Huaidong warships lurking behind Heitashan Island raised their sails and attacked, like a cheetah lurking deep in the grass, launching a thunderous strike at its prey.
There is no suspense in the pursuit. The attacking fleet is composed of fast sailing ships, so that it can fully utilize its speed advantage whether it is chasing enemy ships or setting sail to escape.
Once the six Jinhai-class warships and eighteen Jiyun-class warships open the net, it will be difficult for the eight sea loach ships to escape and reach the sky!
After getting close, the crossbow fired a giant hook with a rope attached to it, which could lock the enemy ship tightly with the hook from a distance of seventy or eighty steps, and the arrows, cupping pots, and falling rocks all fell down.
If they surrendered without a fight, their families would be killed, and Shi and Jin were not willing to surrender. But after entering the encirclement and looking at the Huaidong warship, which was seven or eight feet taller than the other side, Shi and Jin knew they had no chance of even boarding the ship to fight back.
nothing.
Shi Hejin held a shield, tried his best to block the arrows and flints, and shouted loudly: "Cut the rope, light up the rockets, and shoot the hell! Go to Heita Mountain!" He ordered his troops to move rockets, fire pots, etc. crazily toward Huaidong.
Go to the warship and try your best to break out in the direction of Heitashan Island.
Shi Hejin guessed that there might be soldiers from Huaidong ambushing Heitashan Island on Heitashan Island, but there was only one piece of land on Heitashan Island in the surrounding dozens of miles of sea. He didn't know if reinforcements would come to save him. He wanted to survive, so he had to climb aboard.
Only by going to Heitashan Island and finding a favorable terrain to resist and hold on can you have a chance.
Seeing an enemy ship breaking away from the encirclement and escaping to Heitashan Island, Chen Zhi screamed excitedly, held his sword in front of him, looked at the armored soldiers behind him with raised eyebrows, and said: "Stay still, wait for them
They're all ashore, let's kill him again, lest all the credit goes to Shuiying..." Staring at the direction where the enemy ship was docking, he ordered several captains to surround him and fight!
Without fighting, there would be no chance of promotion, no chance of being rewarded for meritorious service, and no chance of returning home to honor one's ancestors. The armored soldiers of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion also suffered a lot at the Shengsi defense line. This time there were two battalions of armored soldiers accompanying them.
As the fleet headed south, they still got the first chance to fight at this post, so naturally they didn't want to perform poorly...
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The fishermen who escaped from the battlefield in the sea area of Heitashan Island brought news that the pursuing fleet had been destroyed.
Before nightfall, warning smoke was ignited in the direction of Putian. It was Pingtan Island in the east sea of Putian that was attacked.
Standing on the coast of Putian, you can see the fire burning all night in the direction of Pingtan Fort on the other side. Although Pingtan Fort is the largest island between the Yizhou Strait, with a depth of fifty or sixty miles from north to south, it is comparable to a county, but Zhejiang and Fujian are in Pingtan.
There are only more than 300 troops stationed in Tanbao, and they are all local soldiers with weak fighting ability.
Although Zhejiang and Fujian are known as one hundred thousand elites, except for some concentrated in Jin'an Prefecture, the rest are on the front lines in eastern Zhejiang and western Zhejiang.
In the Mingjing Pavilion in the back garden of the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang and Fujian, Shewenzhuang could no longer maintain a calm expression. When he heard that there was an attack on Dong'an Island in the east sea of Xiapu County in the northwest, his face changed.
Tie Qing. Including Qin Zitan, no one is sure what the chances of winning are if Nantai Island Water Camp is sent out for a decisive battle!
Or could the Mingzhou Prefecture be ordered to send the Zhejiang Navy to launch a retaliatory attack on Huaidong, forcing the Huaidong Navy to return?