When the Ming army began to attack Wanzhou, the main force of the Qing army of the Qiongzhou Green Battalion was still circling in the mountains and forests. Gao Jinku they have been turning for more than ten days, every time when the Qing army walked along the river, quickly out of the forest, and saw the official road in front, they also saw the Ming army blocking their road.

Li Rui's road-blocking Ming army, with the local Miao Li Yi Army as a guide, and the Miao Li Yi Army to provide intelligence, no matter which direction the Qing army went, the Ming army could always take a shortcut to block the way of the Qing army, and completely block the Qing army in the mountains and forests.

The morale of the Qing army was low, the armor and baggage were lost, and when they saw the Ming army blocking the road, they had to turn back and go to the deep mountains and old forests.

Diving into the tropical rainforest of Hainan Island, the local Miao Li rebels harassed along the way, and traps continued. The Qing army suffered more and more losses, and the more they went, the lower their morale became. Every day someone goes down and someone falls behind. Needless to say, the Qing army that fell behind knew that they were captured by the Miao Li Yi army that followed behind. After more than ten days, all the grain was eaten, the horse meat was also eaten, and a lot of people were scattered. There was nothing to eat, so the Qing soldiers went to dig earthworms in the soil to eat, and dig tree roots to eat. The Qing soldiers who died in the jungle were also cut off and snatched up by a group of hungry soldiers.

Gao Jinku sat under a large tree, the helmet on his head resting at his feet, revealing the head of the money rat tail. The weather was too hot, and the armor on his body was taken off, and he held a stack of paper in his hand as a fan to fan himself.

"Lord Zhentai, drink saliva." A pro-soldier handed over a water bladder.

Gao Jinku took the water bladder and drank it all.

The Qing army walked along the creek, but they didn't dare to drink the water in the creek, and God knows what the Miao people who were good at poisoning put into the creek. After passing through some waterholes and seeing live fish swimming in them, the Qing soldiers dared to fetch water to drink. But even so, he was tricked: someone was given a laxative in the water, and although the fish was also poisoned, it did not die so quickly. When the Qing army found that the fish was dead, the laxatives they drank also had seizures, and many people had diarrhea so much that they couldn't even walk, and they fell behind and were captured by the Miao Li Yijun who followed them.

Gao Jinku and his soldiers still drank water at ease, and the Miao people themselves had to drink water, and it was impossible to poison every stream and spring. Gao Jinku's personal soldiers all watched the other Qing soldiers drink water first, and then go to fetch water, which is generally the source of mountain spring water.

The small waterhole here is a clean waterhole, with a small waterfall flowing down from the top of the hill and the spring water is clear and delicious. Many Qing soldiers who couldn't stand the heat took off their clothes and jumped into the pool to take a bath.

A few of the soldiers who had entered the warehouse were squatting on the edge of the waterhole, and the pot was boiling wild mountain mushrooms, wild bamboo shoots, and a snake they caught. The smell of snake meat and wild mountain delicacies came out of the pot, attracting a group of Qing soldiers to surround it.

"What are you doing! This is for Lord Zhentai and Lord Eight Banners! The pro-soldiers immediately pulled out their Yanling knives and pointed at the Qing soldiers who surrounded them.

The Eight Banners soldiers also drew their swords one after another, aiming at the Green Camp Qing soldiers who were attracted by the fragrance, so as not to prevent them from grabbing something to eat.

Most of the Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion are malnourished on weekdays, and they are hungry these days, everyone is hungry to the bones, and their physical strength is comparable to that of the pro-soldiers and the Eight Banners of Manchuria! The old men are given special care, and when others are hungry, they can still be fed.

A hint of anger flashed in the eyes of a green battalion soldier, but it just flashed, he didn't have the courage to challenge the chief soldier's personal soldiers and the fierce Eight Banners.

"Wolf smoke! Look outside, there's wolf smoke! A soldier shouted as he pointed to the north.

Gao Jinku stood up, saw that it was the wolf smoke from the direction of Wanzhou, and was immediately extremely depressed, sat down again, sighed, and said to himself: "In order to save Yazhou, it seems that Wanzhou is going to be lost!" Wanzhou is lost, and the entire Qiongzhou Mansion will be lost! The sin general is really sorry for the favor of the court! ”

Wanzhou's wolf smoke signal was seen by the nearby Qing soldiers, and one by one the beacon towers lit up the wolf smoke and sent the signal to the capital city of Qiongzhou.

In the capital city of Qiongzhou, Zhu Zhiguang, the prefect of Qiongzhou, has received a wolf smoke signal from Wanzhou.

Haikou Sailor Qianzong hurriedly came to report: "Knock on the lowly duty to see the lord!" Wanzhou sent a wolf smoke signal, and the main forces of Haikou were concentrated in Wanzhou! Only then did the lowly party climb the high platform to take a look, and found that there were only three big ships left with us! Its main force should be in Wanzhou. My lord, according to my subordinates, I should take the opportunity to break through and go to Guangzhou for help! ”

Zhu Zhiguang said: "Although there are only three big ships in Haikou, but the big ships of those Taixi people are strong and sharp, if they forcibly break through, I am afraid that the sailors will suffer heavy losses!" ”

Mr. Qian said: "My lord, this is the only good chance to break through!" If you miss it, you probably won't have a chance! If we come back after being wiped out by the pirates, we will never be able to get out again! ”

"This official has allowed it! Hurry up and take the opportunity to break out! ”

"Your Excellency!" Mr. Qian arched his hand and said, "According to the humble observation, Lord Gao Zhentai should already be more auspicious, the Haikou is powerful, and there are local rebels, Qiongzhou may be difficult to hold, and I hope that the Lord will follow our sailor to break through together!" ”

Zhu Zhiguang said angrily: "The old man eats the king's loyalty to the king, how can he leave the city and flee for his life?" If this is to blame, who can bear the sin of losing the land! If the old man doesn't leave, just wait for Haikou to come! Haikou rushed to fight the city, and the old man must let Haikou corpse under the city of Qiongzhou! ”

"If the adults don't leave, the subordinates won't leave either!" Sailor Qianzong Road.

Zhu Zhiguang said with a heavy face: "If you wait for the sailors to stay, you will be helpless to defend Qiongzhou!" It's better to take the opportunity to break through and ask for help from Guangzhou as soon as possible, so that the Admiral of Guangdong and the King of Pingnan can quickly send troops to rescue! ”

Seeing that Zhu Zhiguang couldn't listen to his advice, Shui Shi Qian had no choice but to bow and retreat.

Nandu Jiangkou, the Qing army's naval division suddenly came out of the river and launched a breakthrough battle.

The fifth-class cruiser Determination, with a displacement of nearly 400 tons, is the flagship of this detachment, and its commander is Zhang Yukun, deputy commander of the Nanyang Navy. Now the navy of the Nanyang Company has hung up the battle flag of the Ming army. The task of this detachment was to block the Haikou naval division in Qiongzhou Prefecture and prevent the Qing army from escaping. In addition to the fifth-class cruiser Determination, the detachment also had two 230-ton Cormorant-class sixth-class privateers and 36 captured Yazhou naval boats of the Qing army.

Among the captured Qing warships, the largest were two Haicang ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons, as well as three centipede clippers and five Cangshan boats, and the rest were small boats such as eagle boats, fire attack boats, and oar-rowing boats.

The Haikou Naval Division of the Qing Army had more than 100 warships, but the largest was only two Haicang ships, and the rest of the ships had four centipede clippers, more than 10 Cangshan ships, nearly 100 eagle ships, fire attack ships and various small boats. Although the Qing army was numerous, it was far inferior to Zhang Yukun's detachment in terms of firepower.

The Resolve had twelve eight-pounder guns and sixteen eighteen-pounder guns, and the two Cormorant-class ships each had twenty-two six-pounder guns.

There were also gun emplacements on the captured Haicang ships and Cangshan ships. However, Wang Xinyu thought that the guns of the Qing army's naval divisions were too poor, and the original guns on the captured warships were replaced with the naval guns that he urgently transported from Xiamen a few days ago. two Haicang ships, each armed with four eight-pounder iron cannons; Five cangshan boats, each equipped with two six-pounder bronze cannons; Three centipede clippers, all armed with Franc cannons with a relatively close range but fast rate of fire. The performance of these guns manufactured by the Xiamen Artillery Factory far exceeded that of the Qing army's naval guns.

The task of those small boats was to protect large and medium-sized ships from approaching the Qing army's attacking ships, so there were only archers and bird guns on the boats, and those who were far away could use rockets, and when they got closer, they could throw national bottles at the Qing army's boats.

The Qing army's sailors had a very poor ability to sail at night, and they did not dare to sail on the sea at night, so the Qing army's sailors broke through in broad daylight. If the Qing army's sailors dared to break through at night, Zhang Yukun, who was in charge of the blockade, would really have a headache.

Now that the scorching sun is in the sky, the Qing army's sailors forcibly killed from the Nandu River, and it seems that the Qing army is going to fight hard.

Zhang Yukun saw that the Qing army was rushing to the front, which was a group of sub-mother ships, which were actually fire attack ships. He counted twenty-three fire attack ships.

"The Tartars are going to attack us with fire, and we will use small boats to stop the fire!" Zhang Yukun gave the order.

The Ming fleet lined up to meet the formation, with three British-built large ships in the back, two Haicang ships and five Cangshan ships in front, and three centipede clippers with twenty-six small boats, killing the Qing army's fleet. The centipede clipper was behind the oars rowing boat, taking advantage of the characteristics of high speed, and attacked the Qing army with the bow cannon to attack the ship; The rest of the boats approached and attacked.

The three large ships had already turned sideways, the gun doors on the side of the ship were opened one after another, and one cannon after another stretched out from the gun doors, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the Qing army sailors who were trying to break through.

The three Centipede clippers spat out fire, and the jack Franc machine in the bow and the small Franc cannon on the port side opened fire one after another.

The Ming gunners lit the artillery, and the Franc cannon spewed fire. Then a gunner used an iron hook to pull open the cover, and then hooked out the hot sub-gun in the belly of the gun, and then put a new sub-gun in, pushed it forward, covered the cover, inserted the wire from the small hole in the cover, inserted it into the sub-gun, and completed the loading, and ignited again to launch it.

Adding a cover plate to the top of the Franc cannon was inspired by Wang Xinyu when he saw the new type of electric switch designed by Dai Zi, and asked the craftsman to add a cover plate to the belly of the Franc cannon, which can increase the air tightness and solve the problem of partial air leakage. But even so, the range of the Franc cannon was very close. But for the Ccentipede Clipper, the Franc cannon with a short range and a fast rate of fire was longer than the range, and the British long-barreled cannon with a slow rate of fire was more effective.

Three centipede clippers passed through the formation of the Qing army's fire attack ships, and the muzzles of the guns spat out fireballs one after another, solid cannonballs, and shotguns ravaged the Qing army attack ships in turn, and the Qing army on the ship was bloody and fleshy.

"Boom, boom, boom" two centipede clippers attacked a Qing army attack ship at the same time, and the Franc machine guns fired quickly, and the shells smashed over like splashing water, and in an instant, more than 10 solid shells smashed through the board of the fire attack ship. The Qing army's attack ship, which had been heavily shot, began to sink into the water, and the Qing soldiers on board jumped into the water one after another to flee for their lives.

Another centipede clipper approached a fire attack ship, and a row of shotguns swept past the fire attack ship, and a burst of blood mist erupted from the Qing soldiers on board.

At this time, another fire attack ship swooped down on a centipede clipper with murderous momentum, trying to crash into it and burn the Ming warship, but was easily dodged by the centipede clipper. Just as the two ships passed by, the Franc machine on the side of the centipede clipper fired a row of shotguns, and the Qing soldiers on the ship were swept away.

The small flag of the Ming fleet waved, and 26 small boats attacked the Qing army.

"Hurry up and stop the pirate's boat!" The Qing Army's sailor Qian always shouted anxiously.

The Qing army's Haicang ships and Cangshan ships opened artillery bombardment one after another, and the shells continued to fall in the sea water, raising columns of water. However, because of the long distance, the target of the Ming army's small boat was small and fast, and all the solid shells fired by the Qing army missed, and none of them hit.

The Ming sergeant rowed a small boat and quickly approached the Qing army attack ship that was trying to attack his big ship, and rows of rockets shot at the Qing army attack ship like fire crows in the sky.

In the chaos, the two fire attack ships were hit by rockets, the straw oil on the ship burned quickly when it caught fire, and the two fire attack ships rose into flames, and the Qing soldiers on the ship had to give up the fire attack ships and jump into the dinghy to escape. Soon after, the fire-attacking ship was burned to pieces in the raging flames.

A small boat approached the Qing army to attack the ship, and the Qing army sailors intercepted it with bows and arrows, but were suppressed by the Ming army archers and bird guns. The dinghy approached the Qing army attack ship, and several Ming soldiers threw incendiary bottles emitting green smoke.

The "boom" fire attack ship set up a large fire, and billowing smoke rushed straight into the air.

The small boats of the Ming army attacked the Qing army's fire attack ships, igniting one fire attack ship after another, so that the Qing army's fire attack ships could not get close to their big ships, so they burned at sea in advance.

The Qing navy used other small boats to besiege the Ming army's boats, and the giant ships behind the Ming army's boats were suppressed by long-range firepower, and the centipede clippers cooperated in the battle, sending the Qing army's boats to the bottom of the sea one after another.

Suddenly, a Qing army attack ship that was lucky enough to escape the killing of the Ming army's centipede clippers and small boats broke out of the encirclement, dodged the constant artillery shells, rushed to the rear of the Ming army, and rushed straight to a Haicang ship of the Ming army.