Gui Zi Scroll Chapter 449: The soldiers are approaching the city, and the murderous aura is frost.
Have you passed Sanjiang Camp?" Feng Ziying stood on the bow of the boat and said thoughtfully: "We will see the outcome in a few hours."
Shen Yourong was very calm, "Calculating the time, Shen Zheng should arrive near Guazhou around the same time. If there are no accidents, Guazhou can be captured within an hour."
"It is easy to capture Guazhou, but Guazhou is still forty miles away from Jiangdu. Even if the navy enters directly through the canal regardless of landing troops, it will probably be late when it reaches Jiangdu." Feng Ziying continued: "This is still How would Chen Jixian react if there were no obstacles?"
Shen Yourong pondered: "If he gets the news after encountering a landing attack in Guazhou, I estimate it will be at least an hour and a half later. Then there are two reactions he can make, one is to block the canal, and the other is to reinforce Guazhou. Zhou, of course, if he is smart, he will surrender directly, but I guess he will not know how, and he will have to fight with the trapped beast."
"Well, if it were me, I wouldn't surrender immediately. Anyway, I still have tens of thousands of troops in hand. If I don't dare to fight, it would be too inconsistent with my status." Feng Ziying shook his head, "Block the canal. This means that the navy will have to fight the Huaiyang Army on this section of the canal, but the distance is not far away. The navy camp can launch an attack after landing. If Guazhou is to be reinforced, I think it may take some time. I don’t think Chen Jixian If we can organize an army to reinforce Guazhou in a short period of time, the more likely option is to simply defend the city."
"That's fine. In this chaotic situation, the navy can do whatever it wants. On the canal, the Huaiyang Army does not have the power to stop our navy. Our artillery can destroy all enemies who interfere on both sides of the canal to block the advancement of our army. , but I’m afraid some losses are inevitable.”
In this regard, Shen Yourong was fully confident. The power of long-barreled artillery was not something that flesh and blood could withstand. With the large number of Denglai Army and Liaodong Army equipped with firearms, the Huaiyang Army could not resist it at all.
"At this time, I just can't care about so much." Feng Ziying is very open-minded and tries to avoid damage caused by damage as much as possible, but it must be done under the premise of winning quickly.
Shen Yourong also smiled knowingly, which meant that the navy was free to fight.
It should be said that after the fleet passed through the Sanjiangying section, it attracted a lot of people's attention.
Although this section of the river is wide, it is the main shipping channel of the Yangtze River.
Merchant ships coming from Wuchang, Huangzhou, Jiujiang, Anqing and even Nanjing mainly go to three directions. One is to take Guazhou Town and change the route to the north, take the canal and take Yangzhou, Huai'an, Xuzhou and Shandong to the capital city, or go to Dan The other route is to take the South Canal to Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou. The other route is to go directly east to the sea.
Of course, there are differences in the ships that go to sea. Many ships that sail in rivers and canals are not suitable for sea travel. In other words, they can only go offshore. If they are a little further away, they need to be replaced by sea ships.
Such a huge fleet can almost be described as an endless stream that blocks out the sky, and it can be seen that the fleet standing in front of it is almost all naval vessels based on Western-style ships, with special and complicated sail types and The black muzzle of the long-barreled gun is enough to prove that this fleet is extraordinary.
Everyone who saw such a huge fleet was shocked. Of course, ordinary businessmen would not care much about it, but for big businessmen, such a situation is worthy of attention.
Prince Yi Zhong is about to ascend the throne, and Huaiyang Town Chen Jixian is about to move to Suzhou and Hangzhou to become Jiangnan Town, and Prince Teng's tribe is going to move to Yangzhou and become Jiangbei Town. It's just that the navy, which has always been huge, has moved up the river, which seems a bit strange.
Already.
Anyone with a little knowledge knows that Nanjing's river water division is very small, and they are all Fuchuanshachuan. Such a fleet mainly composed of Western-style warships can only be the Denglai Navy, even the Fujian Navy.
It has only just begun to replace Western-style ships, and the original old-fashioned warships are still the main ones.
But why the Denglai Navy suddenly appeared on the Yangtze River at this time, and why it was followed by an astonishingly large transport fleet, is even more puzzling.
With the attention of concerned people, some more sensitive people began to worry, and even took the initiative to contact and inquire, but this did not affect this team.
The fleet continued upstream, and after passing Sanjiangying, it was actually not far from Guazhou Town.
Guazhou Town and Dantu face each other across the river. This section of the water is also the busiest shipping chokepoint. Ships coming out of the North Canal can enter the South Canal to Suzhou and Hangzhou, or go upstream to Huguang, or go down to the sea.
The same goes for the ships coming out of the South Canal.
When such a large navy and transport fleet arrived at this section of the river, the entire section of the river fell into tension and chaos. No one knew what was going on, which was worthy of such a large fleet appearing here at the same time.
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Being shaken from his sleep, Huang Chuansu opened his eyes angrily, burped, and said impatiently: "What's the matter? Is the transport fleet coming?"
After walking dozens of miles to reach Guazhou Town, there were still one or two thousand people here who had not been able to board the ship. The two groups were combined into a mess. Everyone was waiting here to board the ship and go north on the canal.
It is said that all the ships have been requisitioned by the General Military Mansion, so they can't take care of this for the time being. My group and Chen Jindong's group can only wait here.
Fortunately, Inspector Zhang from the Guazhou Inspection Department here is quite sensible, and he had a nice drink at noon.
Chen Jindong was stunned on the spot. This guy felt arrogant just because he was a personal soldier. I just wanted to teach this guy a lesson over wine, so that he could understand that don't think that just because he is a personal soldier of the Commander-in-Chief, he can do whatever he wants.
In this situation, you have to rely on your strength to dare to speak harsh words.
"No, sir, a large fleet of ships came up on the river, blocking out the sky and the sun, covering the entire river. I don't know where they came from, and they all looked like sea ships..." the soldier said.
Selecting words, he panicked. "What? A large fleet? Are they here to transport us to Suzhou?" Huang Chuansu was still a little awake.
Chen Jindong was drunk, but he didn't feel better either. The patrol inspector was also a good drinker. He was very attentive and even invited two official prostitutes to accompany him. He really enjoyed the drink. It was also during the day. If it were night, he would simply drink.
So he pulled the two women onto the bed and started messing around.
"No, sir, they look like naval warships, and they are not the Nanjing navy. They are all Western warships. I heard from people I know that only the Denglai naval fleet has such ships.
Not even the Jiang Water Defense Division has such a boat." The soldier was so anxious that his mouth was blistering and he was stamping his feet, but the Lord has not sobered up yet. What should be done in this situation?
"Denglai Navy Fleet? Why did they enter the Yangtze River? Are there Japanese pirates attacking again?" Huang Chuansu rubbed his sleepy eyes, picked up the tea cup on the bedside, drank the cold tea in one gulp, and felt a little more awake.
"Some time ago
Didn’t the Inspection Department also say that there are Japanese pirate sentry ships wandering around the coast recently to explore the situation? It is suspected that the Japanese pirates are coming again. Is it true that they are coming and attracting Denglai Navy to clean them up? "
"But sir, we haven't heard of any Japanese pirates here. We haven't even heard of them in Nantongzhou or Songjiang. How could they come deep into our Yangzhou side all at once?" The soldiers disagreed.
"My subordinates are worried about..."
"What is it?" Huang Chuansu's color changed slightly as if he had thought of something, and he subconsciously turned over and got up. "Is it impossible? The emperor is about to ascend the throne, how is it possible? I heard that both Tang and Mi are going to be elders. Is this really going to happen?
How can we do it without any rumors? Impossible, impossible!"
"My subordinates also think it's impossible, but they can't help but be on guard. Such a large naval force came just as they were told, without even saying hello to us. I don't know if the General Military Mansion knows about it, but my subordinates always feel that it's impossible.
There seems to be something wrong with this. There is such a big movement, and there is no reason why no one has any news. It is not normal."
The subordinate's words also made Huang Chuansu's heart sink. What he said was indeed reasonable. It was a few years ago that the Denglai Navy entered the Yangtze River, and they had to report to the General Military Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and other places along the line in advance.
The Guards Office reported that there was no such thing as coming so suddenly and directly to the edge of the canal. This was totally against common sense.
"Let's go and have a look. Also, notify Chen Jindong immediately and be prepared. If someone really sneaks the camp under your nose, even the people in Huaiyang Town don't know about it, then it will really happen.
What a joke." Huang Chuansu stood up, wearing armor and saber.
Before he could put on his armor, he heard the distant transmission
There was a muffled thunder-like sound, and the feet felt weak.
It's over, it's really the worst possible scenario.
After all, he is also a military general, so how can he not understand what this sound is? This is thunder. The weather is so good, how can there be thunder? This is clearly the sound of cannon bombardment, and where are the cannons in Guazhou Town? Tiger squatting cannons are rare
, they are only found in the Guards Corps, and there are none here. I just looked at Chen Jindong to see if there are two of them. But the problem is that this muffled thunder is definitely not the crisp sound of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, but can only be the red cannon.
Or maybe it's the long-barreled cannon on a navy ship.
Without any time to think about it, Huang Chuansu trotted out and saw smoke rising from the pier in the distance. It was obvious that the building on the pier was hit and caught fire, or the smoke and dust rose from the collapse.
The surroundings were in chaos. The soldiers running back and forth included both their own subordinates and Chen Jindong's general soldiers. But without exception, they were all like headless flies, in a mess. The soldiers could not find the generals, and they could not find the generals.
The troops arrived.
Huang Chuansu's heart sank. He was so drunk. He was afraid that Chen Jindong would be the same as him, or even worse. How could he possibly organize an effective defense and counterattack in such a situation?