At this time, a middle-aged officer wearing the uniform of a naval officer of the Luohai Fleet said: "But it is not easy for the fleet to leave the port now, the range of the opponent's rear-loading artillery is too long, and it can directly block the river bay. ”

"The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, although our ironclad ships can withstand this level of shelling, but those transport ships can't!"

Jian Liangzhi said: "I can't take care of so much now, leave immediately while there is still time, even if I suffer a certain loss halfway, it is better than the annihilation of the whole army!" ”

Those few people looked at Jian Liangzhi, and one of them said in a puzzled tone, "Master Jian, are you sure?" ”

Why did he ask this, it was because Jian Liangzhi planned to take the soldiers on the transport ships together, and these transport ships were under the fire of the other party's naval guns, but they did not have the slightest ability to resist, if they forced out of the port, they didn't know how many transport ships they would sink, even if the ship was not sunk, but the soldiers on board would have to suffer heavy casualties!

Jian Liangzhi said in a very firm tone: "I'm sure, and without further ado, right now!" ”

"If it's too late, I'm afraid it's too late to leave!"

There was a humane on the other side: "Since this is the case, then we will leave the port immediately now, but even if we want to force out of the port, this transport ship is not enough, and Master Jian, you can't take too many people!" ”

Jian Liangzhi said: "How much can I bring, by the way, I will take the personal guard battalion to your ironclad ship later, you have no problem with this!" ”

The man on the other side said, "That's fine! ”

He knew why Jian Liangzhi did this, his personal guard battalion was the lineage, and when he left, he naturally wanted to protect the lineage of nearly a thousand people as much as possible, and there was nothing safer than taking an ironclad ship.

After the two sides decided, they began to act quickly, because in the morning, it was already in the name of leaving the port to go north to attack the enemy, so Jian Liangzhi was able to gather some troops on the dock, many of which were still on the transport ship and did not come down.

Of course, landing in the north and attacking the enemy army was all to coax Li Dingjun, and the actual purpose was to flee south from the beginning.

It's just that as soon as he left the port before, he was subjected to heavy shelling, and in the end, after Jian Liangzhi discussed with the people of the Luo Hai fleet, he decided to wait until the evening to leave the port.

But what Jian Liangzhi didn't expect was that this Dingjiang fortress was crushed under the bombardment of the heavy artillery troops under Lin Ziran's command, so that it couldn't hold it for a day.

Seeing that it would be dark after two hours, Jian Liangzhi knew that Lin Ziran would not give him this time.

Now that the city wall has been blasted, the follow-up general attack of the enemy army will come, and with the current situation of the defenders in the Dingjiang fortress, it will not be able to hold it at all.

Not even to mention defending, it is estimated that as soon as the enemy army rushes up, they themselves will collapse.

Jian Liangzhi had seen the collapse of the army many times, and he knew very well that once this kind of collapse began, it would be for no reason, and it would be extremely fast.

The defenders in the city have been holding out for two hours, and it is estimated that they will not be able to hold out for an hour.

Therefore, he must leave here as soon as possible with a small number of his descendants, and as for the half of the soldiers who are still staying behind to fight, it is natural that he completely gave up.

It was impossible to take them all away, and even if there were more than 4,000 people on the docks and boats now, he didn't know how many would be able to leave without any problems.

The only thing he can ensure is his own personal guard battalion of nearly 1,000 people.

This personal guard battalion is his descendant unit.

When Jian Liangzhi boarded the ironclad ship with his descendants, he glanced back at the Dingjiang Fortress again, and finally sighed.

As he sighed, the ironclad ships under his feet had slowly moved out of the harbor, and these ironclads had actually been in a state of fire since the morning, ready to act at any time.

Otherwise, you can't just leave.

When Jian Liangzhi and them left the port on a battleship, Li Dingjun and they naturally found out, and even knew what Jian Liangzhi and they were going to do, and they could guess why they did it.

But he didn't stop it, just like in the morning, he didn't stop Jian Liangzhi and them from trying to leave the port.

said that it was a sneak attack on the landing north along the river, but Li Dingjun was not stupid, how could he not guess that Jian Liangzhi and those people from the Luohai fleet wanted to escape.

But the situation in the city at that time was very delicate, once he and Jian Liangzhi completely turned their faces, it was estimated that they would be able to fight first without Lin Ziran from outside, so after Li Dingjun thought about it deeply, he decided not to debunk their tricks.

What's more, Li Dingjun also borrowed the name of assisting in defense, leaving at least half of Jian Liangzhi's troops in the city.

However, what Li Dingjun didn't expect was that Jian Liangzhi's escape south was actually stopped by the artillery under Lin Ziran.

But this has nothing to do with him anymore.

Even if he saw Jian Liangzhi and them fleeing again now, he didn't care much about it, and he couldn't stop it anyway.

And most importantly, Li Dingjun can now have a premonition that he will fail.

Although he has not given up struggling and resisting yet, it is purely unwilling, but reason has already told him that everything is over, and it is pointless to continue struggling.

As for escaping, he thought about it, but it was still the same sentence, he was not reconciled, and he was unwilling to give up even if there was even the last glimmer of hope, so he continued to command the troops to resist stubbornly, waiting for the final judgment of fate.

At the same time, the ironclad ship that Jian Liangzhi and the others were on had already left the river bay, and this time it was different from before, it was not a few new ships leaving, but a large number of ships leaving at the same time.

This scene was naturally discovered by Lin Ziran on the hill outside the city, and he immediately ordered: "Order the experimental artillery battalion to immediately launch an interception and artillery bombardment!" ”

Lin Ziran also saw that they wanted to run, if it was placed in normal times, in order to reduce the difficulty of conquering Dingjiang Fortress, he might be indifferent and let them leave.

But now, the general attack is imminent, and the biggest obstacle to overcoming the Dingjiang fortress, that is, the tall city walls, no longer exists.

It was inevitable to conquer the Dingjiang fortress, and at this time, he would not let the enemy army leave.

Even a few more captives would be good.

Because in the end, the captured soldiers will most likely become soldiers under his command Lin Ziran.

Intercepting artillery attacks is to be able to strike at the enemy's strength and increase one's own strength, and this kind of thing must be done.

After Lin Ziran gave the order, the seven rear-loading guns of the experimental artillery battalion, which had been silent for several hours, once again let out an angry roar.

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