Marching in the dark is the hardest thing to do, especially for the tired banner army.

In the past, Xiangshan had to train and march 150 miles a day, but it was much more troublesome to march in the dark, and in order to march in a hurry, even only three artillery pieces were left in Guangzhou City, and only six hundred-man troops were left all the way south.

Even so, there were three stops on the road, and the sky was already bright when it met Bai Yuanjie on the shore of Shunde.

Chen Mu's mental state is not bad, the desire to capture Zeng Yiyi drove him to be full of energy, the key is that he rode a horse and followed the troops during the march, although he was also tired, but it was much easier than the flag army.

If they rely on their tired army alone, let alone fight Zeng, even if they are allowed to drive the boat, they will have to sleep halfway, and they will hit the reef after a while, but fortunately, Bai Yuanjie and Chen Lan's army are all waiting for work and have been waiting here for a long time.

"You can count it, half an hour ago, there were more than 20 small boats headed for Xin'an, I had the intention to intercept there, but I was worried that exposing their whereabouts would damage the big thing, not to mention that they still have troops on the shore." Chen Lan was really anxious, and when he saw Chen Mu, he said: "There are many ships, all of them are newly built Guangzhou ships, and Jingchen said that some of them still have cannons." ”

"I want to fight in the sea, Jingchen wants to fight on land, what do you think?"

Bai Yuanjie was not in a hurry at all, but still had the energy to notice Chen Mu and asked, "Hurt your arm?" ”

Chen Mu nodded with a wry smile and asked Chen Lan, "How many cannons does your ship have?" ”

"Four fortune boats, four clippers, eight cannon rafts, forty Franc machines and ten hair guns, two of which are under repair and cannot be used, otherwise there can be two more fire guns."

Chen Xuan's subordinates of the two naval divisions are in general, such a warship artillery is actually very strong, although the Dafu ship is only six Franco, but the main force of the Ming army's naval division has always been bird guns, fire bricks, rockets These firearms, even if the ship artillery has been attached importance in recent years, but it is also limited by the lack of structure placement, and the key to fighting is to shoot the jump gang at close range.

"Not enough."

Chen Mu shook his head, even so, it was still a lot worse, full of calculations, plus the two centipede ships under his subordinates, the ship's cannon was comparable to a hundred Francophone machines, and the number of ships was too small, far inferior to the huge fleet of more than a dozen black-tailed ships and more than 20 white-ship ships under Zeng Yi.

"We have too few cannons, and the big ship of the Japanese has at least one hundred and eighty Fur machines, Brother Chen thinks the naval battle can be won?"

"Hey, the cannon is so useful, are the people of the widow enough to handle the cannon?"

Chen Lan sneered at this, and smiled at Chen Mu: "You bring six hundred people, and the casualties of the widows will not be less than yours, otherwise you will not come, there are many people on our ship, we don't have an artillery battle with him, only the tail chases the boat and jumps the battle, one by one eats him, and he dares to come to an artillery battle with us?" He just wants to run! ”

Chen Luan's analysis is very correct, Chen Mu's formation in Guangcheng was a bit of a psychological shadow by the Japanese invaders, thinking about it carefully, this is indeed the truth, and he asked Chen Lan at the moment: "If it is a pursuit, can we force them to a port and force them to land?" ”

"Tuen Mun, only Tuen Mun."

As soon as Chen Mu finished speaking, Chen Lan had already said a place name, "When you go out of the river, you must go to Tuen Mun, and only then can the Japanese invaders enter the sea and get rid of us...... Chen Qianhu means, decisive battle in Tuen Mun? ”

Not only did Chen Lan understand, but Bai Yuanjie also understood Chen Mu's thoughts.

Even if Lao Bai recruited barbarians in the inland river to use the navy is unique in Qingyuan, he has never fought a naval battle and does not know enough about sea routes, but this does not affect the fact that the art of war is interoperable, and it must be formed locally to lay down the victory with more strikes and fewer blows.

"I'll go to Tuen Mun, Erlang, your righteous son in Xiangshan?" Bai Yuanjie immediately planned to divide his troops to harass and outflank, mentioning that Li Dan had doubts and said, "Can people be trusted? ”

Chen Mu nodded, if you want to win this battle on the sea, the key is the warship, two centipede ships alone may not be able to defeat more than a dozen lucky ships, but also rely on the armed merchant ships of the Portuguese and Quanshang merchants, he nodded and said: "Fanyi is heavy, they want to curry favor with the imperial court to maintain their trade in Haojing, I will send someone to send a message to Li Dan and ask him to bring someone to Tuen Mun to meet you." ”

"Brother Chen and I sailed together to wait for the widow to gallop away, Zeng San is a big fish, he can't escape!"

Seeing that the three of them were discussing the military plane with their hearts, Deputy Qianhu, who had never been able to interject on the side, heard this sentence and nodded: "With the army to capture the chief leader of Minguang Haikou, such a feat is enough for everyone to become an official and become a knight!" ”

If it is usual, Chen Ling will most of them dislike it when he hears this kind of words, he doesn't value this, although the civil and military are all wild roads, but he has always flaunted his ambition with both civil and military affairs, emphasizing righteousness over profit.

But at this time, hearing Zhang Yongshou's words, Chen Lan's brows, which had been frowning slightly, also relaxed, "This time Kou entered the Guangfu, I can't escape the blame, I must arrest him!" ”

Bai Yuanjie also nodded yes, among the four, only Zhang Yongshou is bent on being promoted and making a fortune, and the three of them have more or less long-term ambitions in their hearts, and how to achieve it is the same goal - meritorious service.

Zeng Yiyi is the greatest feat, far better than Chen Mu fighting for life and death under the city of Guangzhou!

The order was ordered, and his own riders went to Xiangshan with Chen Mu's handwritten letter to find Li Dan to inform him of the current situation and the next battle plan, and the flag army under Chen Mu was led by Deng Zilong and divided into two centipede ships, and the rest of the large and small warships of Xiangshan Qianhu were boarded by the Qingcheng banner army of Bai Yuanjie's department.

Although there are many warships in Xiangshan Qianhu, only four Franc machines are erected on the Fu boat, which is of little significance in the next harassment, and all of them are directly driven by Bai Yuanjie to the garrison, ready to chase and intercept them on the road.

Instructed Long Junxiong to go to the mast and use a telescope to keep an eye on the sea situation, Chen Mu, who was standing on the shore to see Bai Yuanjie off, only felt that a heavy sleepiness was spreading in his mind, and he needed to rest, even if it was a short rest, to deal with what might be the most dangerous naval battle in his life.

The four of them parted on the shore, Chen Mu tied a hanging arm with his left hand, and his movements were awkward, "It's up to the sky to make things happen, and it's up to people to make things." Several of them are promising people, and even luck can guarantee that everything is safe. ”

When he said this, Chen Mu also specially arched his hand to his deputy Qianhu.

made Deng Zilong and Bai Yuanjie's faces extremely awkward, Chen Lan also raised his head and laughed and said: "You Chen Erlang is a person with a bright future, and you have the merits of winning Guanghaiwei and Guangzhou City...... Jingchen, take care! ”

These people didn't know what kind of situation they would have in the future, but Chen Mu knew.

Shiyin Qing Yuanwei commanded the envoy, Guangdong Commander and Governor Tongzhi, Bai Yuanjie.

Governor of the Left Army, Shangzhuguo, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, Deng Zilong.

Not to mention Chen Luan, who led Deng Zilong, Bai Yuanjie and other Guangdong soldiers to the north to fight against the Japanese during the Wanli period.

Working with them, the best generals of this era, it should be easy to work with only one book.

On the surface of the sea where Eguchi's eyes are exhausted, dark clouds hang low, and it seems that a storm is brewing.

He has been on a par with these people...... With the satisfaction of stepping into history, Chen Mu wore light chain mail and fell asleep in the centipede boat slowly swaying with the river waves.

Until the chaotic noise woke him up, the guards stood in front of the couch, bowed down on one knee and said, "Master Chen, the Japanese are sailing!" ”