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The faint sound of cannons and the noise on the street woke Yi Zhicontent, and he turned over and sat up, and when he saw that it was bright outside, he couldn't help but secretly scream, "Oops." As soon as she got out of bed and dressed, as soon as the door opened, Yan Xin'er came in with a shy face, squatted down and said, "The master is awake." ”

"Why don't you call me?" Yi Zhixiang commanded while dressing neatly: "Call Li Wang." ”

After turning around and instructing the maid, Yan Xin'er whispered: "The master slept late, and the concubine wanted the master to sleep more." ”

Yi Zhishu returned to the Daoya late last night, and was busy until about two o'clock in the morning before returning to the backyard. After Yan Xin'er waited for Ma Li's change of clothes and washing, he stepped out of the main room in one step, and then turned around and said, "You may not be able to come back for dinner in the evening, don't wait for me." ”

Hurriedly out of the hanging flower gate, Li Wang had already walked up quickly, Yi Zhizu instructed as he walked: "Take a class to the Yuanqi branch, ask Yan Shiwan to rush to the county government with the official seal, and send someone to the county office to inform you, and I will arrive later." ”

"Yes, young master." Li Wang hurriedly responded.

Hurried to the second hall, a group of master scribes were busy stamping the newly transcribed notices with bright red seals, and everyone who saw them wanted to salute, Yi Zhizu waved his hand and ordered: "Immediately send someone to send the notice to the county government for sealing." Then he commanded, "Prepare the horses!" ”

Shanghai County Ya, county magistrate Liu Guangdou heard that Yi Zhishan had rushed back overnight, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, as if he had the backbone in an instant, and hurriedly rushed to the door to greet him, and after a while, Yan Shikuan hurried to the county office, and saw him rushing over, Liu Guangdou was a little surprised, but when he saw Li Wang coming with him, he knew that it was Yi Zhi's contentment arrangement.

The two greeted each other, and Liu Guangdou said with concern: "Has Yuanqi's deposit been transferred?" The reason why he asked this was because he knew that many people had deposited silver in the Yuanqi branch in the past few days, and even he himself had asked someone to exchange a large amount of cash in the Yuanqi branch for a silver ticket.

When the war is in chaos, the general money bank number is a run, but the Yuanqi branch is a hot business, and those who save money and exchange silver tickets have to queue up, the reason is very simple, it is much more convenient to carry silver tickets than cash, especially the larger amount.

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan shook his head slightly, he was also worried about a large amount of cash, fortunately he allocated a sum of silver to Hangzhou, otherwise the amount of cash left in Shanghai would be even greater, and it would also give him more headaches, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "How many warships are there in Jiangkou?" ”

"More than a hundred." Liu Guangdou said worriedly.

The two of them didn't have the heart to speak, and stood silently outside the gate waiting, wondering in their hearts, how would Yi Zhishu make a decision in this situation, is it to defend it? Or retreat? Raise or fight a battle and then retreat? Maybe the latter is the most likely, after all, as a court official, he has the responsibility to defend the territory, and he can't explain it without fighting.

After a while, Yi Zhishu rushed over with a group of guards (guard company) on horseback, dismounted outside the gate, and before the two of them saluted, he said, "Why are the Yuanqi branches closed?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan couldn't help but be stunned, the British army was about to hit the door, and they still wanted to continue to operate? Liu Guangdou was also stunned, came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted, and after a little hesitation, Yan Shikuan still said truthfully: "Now that the branch has more than 200,000 deposits, if it continues to open for business, I am afraid there will be more." ”

"All the branches under Yuanqi's name will open for business immediately." Yi Zhi commanded in an unquestionable tone, and walked into the county office while talking, listening to this, Liu Guangdou's heart sank, is this to defend the county seat? He hurriedly followed, and said step by step: "Are you sure that the county will not be broken?" ”

"I'm not sure." Yi Zhifen said unabashedly: "But the Shanghai gentry and businessmen have donated so much silver to build volunteers, we must try our best to defend ......." ”

Wu Songkou, the sound of artillery shook the sky, Chen Huacheng stared at the two huge British battleships moored in front of the battery with red eyes, and a deep sense of powerlessness appeared in his heart, although the artillery accuracy of the battery was not very good, but after a few rounds of shelling, there were also many shells that hit the British battleship, but he could see clearly from the telescope, even if it hit, it didn't cause any damage, the power of the artillery was too small!

Seeing a cannonball flying towards their fort, Xu Lin, the commander of the Admiral's Office, shouted in horror, "Military Gate, be careful." Immediately, Chen Huacheng was knocked down, and the eardrums of everyone with a violent explosion shook with a "bang", Chen Huacheng shook his head, and was about to get up, when several guards who saw that the situation was not good rushed forward, and they couldn't help but say, and directly forced him off the fort.

"Blossom Bomb!" Chen Huacheng shouted loudly: "This is a flowering bomb, let them dodge!" ”

"Bang bang bang" several shells fell near the fort one after another, and for a while the mud and rocks splashed, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and Chen Huacheng was a little distracted for a moment, and the power of Yingyi's flowering bombs was too great.

"Junmen, this flowering bomb is not a big ship, it is from the two warships on the right."

Chen turned into a flurry, and then went around to the fort and looked at the opposite side, the east fort on the opposite side was no longer moving, and he said in a deep voice: "Telescope!" Raising the binoculars, he saw that there were indeed no defenders on the East Fort opposite, and his heart couldn't help but sink, Cui Jirui, the general of Chuansha Ying stationed in the East Fort, led the crowd to escape! How fucking is this going on?

After a slight groan, he said in a deep voice: "Order, meet the battle with the sailor warship, and do not chase out of the estuary." ”

In the county seat of Shanghai, the government service soldiers were everywhere, and the notices of requisitioning all the civilian ships stamped with the seals of the provincial government, the county government and the Yuanqi branch were posted everywhere in the county, and at the same time, the branches of the Yuanqi branch were also opened one after another and opened for normal business.

As soon as the notice was posted, it caused a sensation, and Lord Daotai used Yuanqi Bank as a guarantee to recruit all civilian ships on the river from Fengxian to Shanghai to resist the British fleet's attack on the county seat of Shanghai, which was something that had never been heard of, not that there were no officials who scattered their wealth to help defend the city, but it was unheard of for such a large amount of money as Yuanqi, how many ships were there on the river from Fengxian to Shanghai? I'm afraid there are more than a thousand ships, how much silver does this cost? It's going to cost millions of silver! Yuan Qi is exhausted to guard the county seat of Shanghai!

No one questioned the determination of Lord Daotai, there was not only the bright red seal of the Taoist and county government on the notice, but also the seal of the Yuanqi branch, which was absolutely impossible to be untrustworthy, Yuanqi opened a bank, and his reputation was supreme, and it was impossible to joke with his own reputation.

Almost instantly, the enthusiasm of the gentry and merchants in Shanghai to resist the Yingyi was quickly and thoroughly mobilized, and the ships that were busy loading the goods on the various wharves on the riverside outside the city began to unload the people again, and the ships that had already left the wharf were also chased back by fast boats.

Suzhou Creek Estuary Fort, Yi Zhishu inspected the fortifications accompanied by Xiao Mingliang and others, Xiao Mingliang pointed to Lujiazui on the opposite bank, and said: "Principal, this geographical location is excellent, guarding Suzhou Creek and Huangpu River, but unfortunately there are fewer artillery, and the students suggest that all the artillery on the opposite bank be transferred over to strengthen the firepower....... As for Lujiazui on the opposite side, it is enough to arrange a company to prevent the British from landing on the shore. ”

With a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi bowed his head and said, "Good idea." "The Minny gun trained by the Yuanqi regiment can effectively prevent the British army from landing on the other side, and the strength of a company is mobile and flexible, and if the situation is not right, it can completely retreat." However, the trenches on the opposite bank cannot be sloppy. ”

"The students obeyed." Xiao Mingliang said excitedly.

Turning around and glancing at the fort, Yi Zhixin continued: "Since we want to strengthen the firepower, simply concentrate all the artillery in one place, and simply withdraw the defense line at the mouth of the east ditch, and it will not be able to hold it anyway, and all the artillery at the east ditch mouth will be pulled in if it is not entered." ”

Xiao Mingliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said tentatively: "The Donggoukou defense line is the defense of the green battalion, and the principal ....... ”

"If there is no war, it will definitely not work." Yi Zhizhi said disdainfully: "In this war, as long as the Wusong Fort is lost, they can't wait to run away, I'll talk, you let Liu Zhixian arrange ships to prepare for the shipment of artillery." ”

At Wusongkou, sixteen naval warships slowly pressed towards the two British warships that broke into the mouth of the Huangpu River, forcing the two British ships to give up flanking the West Fort, and turn the hull to meet the battle. ”

He knew very well that there was no comparison between the naval warships and the British ships, the artillery was inferior to the people, and the ships were not good, and the naval warships were bound to be one cannon and one hole, and like the enemy ships, they would be completely fine if they were hit by a few guns, and it would be good if they could play a role in diversion.

Taiwan garrison Wei Yingfu said loudly: "Report to the military gate, the enemy ships are constantly approaching the battery. ”

Listening to the report, Chen Huacheng was shocked, once the enemy ship arrived, it could launch a flower bomb, which could cause great casualties, he was observing to himself, and he said again, "Report, the enemy ship shelled Baoshan County." ”

"These brutes!" Chen Huacheng scolded hatefully, turned his head, and ordered: "Add another 10% of the amount of gunpowder, aim at me, and aim at the stern of the enemy ship." ”

He now faintly regrets that the artillery is too scattered, there are actually a lot of artillery on the side of the West Fort, there are more than 100 guns, but they are scattered on the defense line of five or six miles long, and they cannot pose a threat to the enemy ships at all.

"Junmen, look, Baoshan."

Chen Huacheng turned his head to look, his eyes couldn't help shrinking slightly, a large piece of rockets was falling towards Baoshan County, as if it was a rain of fire, he couldn't help but wonder, the British army still has rockets? It doesn't look like an archer shot it.

A series of explosions sounded from the city of Baoshan County, and after a while, there was thick smoke in the city, looking at this scene, Chen Huacheng felt a little dry, fortunately the British army did not use these rockets to attack the fort, this idea just came out, and saw a wave of rockets fall towards the Tanah Lot Temple Fort.

"Hurry up and transfer the gunpowder from the battery!" Chen Huacheng hurriedly ordered that once the gunpowder on the fort was detonated, it was no joke.

"Report, the small sandback defenders have fled."

"Report, the enemy landed from the direction of Baoshan."

"Report, the enemy has landed from Umohama."

Chen Huacheng took out his pocket watch and looked at it, from the beginning of the war to now, it has only been more than an hour, Wu Song's line is more than 4,000 defenders, this battle has been fought ......., he sighed, and then he said in a deep voice: "Order, withdraw the troops, and return to Shanghai." ”

Yi Zhizu just arrived at the mouth of the east ditch, and met the rout retreating from the direction of Wusong, chasing ducks like a mess, there was no formation at all, he couldn't help but secretly praised, the so-called play to do a full set, really have to organize the retreat, the British army is afraid that it will be suspicious, seeing this situation, he simply dismounted lazily, and immediately searched in the chaotic army, and soon, he saw Chen Huacheng's general flag.

Chen Huacheng, who was full of loss, also saw Yi Zhicontentment, and immediately urged the horse to come over, and only said when he arrived: "Why is contentment here?" ”

"Wusongkou can't be defended, and this Donggoukou can't be defended even if you want to." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile, "Let's transport all the artillery here back to Shanghai, and I plan to build a defense line at the mouth of Suzhou Creek." ”

Hearing this, Chen Huacheng pulled his horse and walked to the riverside, and when Yi Zhizhi came up, he said in a sullen voice: "Contentment plans to defend Shanghai?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said: "Keep the whole thing, otherwise how to explain to the people of Shanghai?" ”

"Don't lose a big deal because of a small thing."

"Rest assured." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "If you really want to fight a battle in Shanghai sincerely, how can you use these artillery?" ”

Wu Song's first battle, that is, the power of artillery is too small, Chen Hua became a belly of fire here, listening to this, he was slightly stunned, and said: "Contentment to have artillery in Shanghai?" ”

Yi Zhizu directly ignored his question and asked instead, "What are the results?" ”

"Why do you knowingly ask?" Chen Huacheng said angrily, and after a pause, he said in a muffled voice: "Yingyi has a kind of rocket, and the power is extremely ....... ”

"It's Congreve rockets." Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly: "There are trenches dug in the fort, so there should be few casualties, right?" The rocket is only suitable for a wide range of attacks, and basically has no accuracy at all. ”

"They attacked the county seat of Baoshan with rockets."

"A bunch of crazy stuff!" Yi Zhisuff scolded angrily, but it suddenly occurred to him that he was going to threaten the British fleet with a large number of fireships, and if the fireships were attacked by Congreve rockets, it would be sad! The range of Congreve rockets is as high as more than 1,500 meters, which is not comparable to the range of the Minnie gun.

In fact, for the Battle of Jiangning, whether Shanghai defends or not, it is meaningless, the reason why he plays such a play is also a temporary idea, nothing more than to take this opportunity to lay a good foundation for Yuanqi's complete integration into Shanghai, if the loss is too great, it will be self-defeating.

Seeing that he was a little distracted, Chen Huacheng said: "The artillery here is content and just arrange for people to transport it away, but don't play too big." He said and pulled the horse's head, "Drive." ”

Yi Zhifen hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Set up a banquet in the Daoya next night to suppress the shock of the military gate." (To be continued.) )