That guy was Ma Chaoxing, and when he heard the question of the commander of the Qing soldiers, he chuckled in his heart. The Changzhou Fort is a fort garrisoned by a battalion of 1,000 people, and the Qing army has 600 people, deducting some Qing soldiers who do not live in the barracks, there are at least 400 Qing soldiers here. The special combat team brought by Ma Chaoxing was only twenty-five people, plus the eighteen local Tiandi Society personnel, there were only more than forty people in total, and they had to face ten times the enemy!

If it is exposed in advance, it is still a trivial matter that more than 40 people have sacrificed, but the four sixth-rank ships that are about to pass south of Changzhou Island will be discovered by the Qing army and fall under the threat of the Qing army's forts.

The owner of the rice shop hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Jun, this is a new guy, and he has only been here for a few days, so Master Jun doesn't know him." ”

The commander of the Qing army roared: "Boss Chen, I didn't ask you, I asked him!" ”

Ma Chaoxing replied: "Master Huijun, the villain is indeed a newcomer, and he just came two days ago." ”

The commander of the Qing army frowned and asked Boss Chen with a suspicious face: "Boss Chen, when the New Year is over, a relative of one of our brothers here wants to work at your place, but don't you say that your rice shop is not hiring?" Why did you recruit a new guy again? ”

"It was introduced by the villain's brother-in-law." Boss Chen hurriedly argued.

Ma Chaoxing also said: "Master Jun, the villain is indeed a friend of Boss Chen's brother-in-law, if there is any deception of the military master, the villain is willing to let the military master deal with it." ”

"Brother-in-law's friend? How do you speak with a Jiangxi accent? The commander of the Qing army asked suspiciously, "Boss Chen, I remember that your wife is from Huizhou, right?" How can there be a brother-in-law in Jiangxi? ”

Boss Chen replied: "The military master doesn't know, the villain's concubine turned out to be from Jiangxi. ”

The commander of the Qing army sighed: "Since that's the case." Then our brother's relative is going to your rice shop, Boss Chen, do you think about it? ”

"Definitely, definitely! When the villain goes back, let him go to work with us. As for wages, it's easy to say! Boss Chen said. He took out a silver ingot of five taels of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into the hands of the commander of the Qing army, "If the villain offends the military master, please bear with the military master." ”

The commander of the Qing army took the silver with a smile on his face. He patted Boss Chen's shoulder: "Boss Chen, Guangzhou City has been strictly controlled recently, and you can't take in unfamiliar people at will!" The big thing that happened a while ago. But the prince of Pingnan was angry, and he vowed to catch the thieves. Guangdong is not safe these days, so it is better to be careful. ”

"Thank you Jun Ye for the reminder! This little brother's own person. Please rest assured. Boss Chen bowed his hands again and again.

Leaving the warehouse, Boss Chen and Ma Chaoxing secretly pinched a cold sweat. Fortunately, the two of them had ventilated beforehand, otherwise they would really show flaws, and that would be troublesome. There is still time for a stick of incense. It's hands-on time. If the Qing army is one step ahead, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Boss Chen took Ma Chaoxing to the middle camp of the thousand general managers of the Changzhou Fort.

"Thank you Mr. Qian for taking care of Xiaomin's business for a long time, here is a little courtesy, not a tribute, and please smile at Mr. Qian!" Boss Chen took out a small bag from his arms and handed it over.

"What's so embarrassing about that? Boss Chen, we are all our own people. Mr. Qian pretended to excuse himself a few times, and pretended to be embarrassed to accept it. Open the packet and take a look. I saw that there were pieces of gold leaves shining with golden light inside, and Mr. Qian had a smile on his face.

Boss Chen turned his head to Ma Chaoxing and said, "Little brother." Bring up the best Longjing tea and give it to this military master. ”

Ma Chaoxing responded, and walked in front of the Qing army with a burden in his hand.

Pipa Chau Island to the west of Cheung Chau Island was an uninhabited desert island in the past, separated from Cheung Chau Island by a narrow waterway. On Pipazhou Island, dozens of figures appeared in the reeds, one after another, they got into the water, biting the reed poles in their mouths, and diving to the opposite shore. This is Emperor Hu De, who lurked here in advance, and he took his special team of sailors, with excellent water quality, snorkeled and swam across the small river, drilled into the reeds on the opposite bank, and quietly climbed to the opposite side of Cheung Chau Island.

The weather in February was extremely cold, and ordinary people couldn't support it in the icy water, but these good sailors of the Marine Corps were all disciples trained by Emperor Hu Dedi, and they were extremely good in water and physically strong, so diving for a short time would not be a problem for them at all.

On the Changzhou Fort, a Qing soldier standing on a high place stretched out his waist and moved his body. At this moment, he was suddenly shocked to find that four huge warships had appeared on the river to the east!

Through the diffuse mist, four white shadows came into the eyes of the Qing soldiers. The white soft sails, the ship is tall, the gun doors below the deck are all open, and the muzzles of the black hole are aimed in the direction of the battery! This is clearly a warship of the Xiyi people, how could it run into the Pearl River? Why didn't the fort outside stop these Xiyi ships? What the hell is going on?

The soldier was stunned, and before he could understand what was going on, a figure flew like an agile cheetah, and before the person arrived, a crossbow arrow had pierced the soldier's throat.

The leader of the Qing army was talking to a fisherman when he anchored a small boat on the dock behind him, when suddenly the wooden cover opened, and several figures with steel knives jumped out of the dark cabin.

"This?" The leader of the gang was stunned.

As soon as the fisherman stretched out his long hand, he pulled the leader of the gang into his arms, and his arm grabbed the neck of the Qing soldier, and only clamped it hard, and the leader of the gang only heard the sound of his cervical vertebrae breaking, and then lost consciousness.

More than a dozen fishermen, men, farmers and tea merchants on the wharf did it at the same time, and several green battalion soldiers standing beside them never dreamed that these old acquaintances who were all familiar with them and often came to deliver things to them would actually do it to them! In the blink of an eye, several Qing soldiers were all killed.

Bows and arrows, broadswords, and spears were taken out of the bilge of the ship and delivered to the masters.

In the hall of the Qing army, Ma Chaoxing suddenly showed his dagger and stabbed into the heart of the Qing army. The two pro-soldiers in the hall were also killed by Ma Chaoxing and Boss Chen effortlessly. The four pro-soldiers standing at the door were cut down in a pool of blood by two men like chopping melons and vegetables.

Behind the fort, more than 60 sailors who had just come ashore threw their grappling hooks and ropes and climbed onto the fort. More than 100 local Tiandi Guild masters emerged from the grass. also followed the special combat team, quickly climbed up to the fort, turned over and jumped into the battlement.

Inside the camp of the Qing army. The masters of the Heaven and Earth Society, the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the special combat members of the Land Division had long been mixed up with the Qing soldiers in the large camp. The unsuspecting Qing soldiers did not even have weapons in their hands, and they could not organize an effective counterattack at all, so they could only be slaughtered in vain. The masters slashed dozens of Qing soldiers one by one.

Some of the Qing soldiers reacted and turned around to take out their weapons from the barracks. Nearly a hundred Qing soldiers had already been organized and were preparing to form a formation to kill those masters. Unexpectedly, a group of Ming soldiers dressed in black and holding a strange crossbow machine appeared in front of them.

"Whoosh", a steel leaf spring crossbow that is not afraid of water, shoots sharp arrows like flying locusts, shooting more than a dozen Qing soldiers who rushed in front into hedgehogs.

At this time, the combat effectiveness of the green battalion soldiers was still very strong. A group of those in front fell, and those in the back were still brandishing knives and guns, shouting and killing the Ming Army's naval division special combat team.

The sailor special combat team that had been trained in the queue was not a rabble, and the Ming soldiers in front of them carried the steel leaf spring crossbow that had fired the crossbow arrows on their backs. Show off the steel knife. Formed a formation to kill the Qing soldiers. The sailors in the back scattered to both sides, loaded their crossbow arrows, and shot down the Qing soldiers one by one with accurate shots.

After more than half of the casualties were killed, the remaining forty or so Qing soldiers finally broke down and turned to run.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers rushed to the beacon tower in an attempt to send a signal to the city of Guangzhou.

Three masters had already controlled the beacon tower, and the Qing soldiers rushed to the beacon tower panting. Just threw himself into the net, and was killed one by one by the masters who controlled the beacon.

Agents of the Heaven and Earth Society and local masters. Chase and kill Qing soldiers everywhere in the fort.

Although the number of Qing soldiers was large, they were dazed by the sudden attack, and after the only organized Qing soldiers were defeated, the remaining hundreds of Qing soldiers could no longer organize effective resistance, and in the face of the fierce and vicious masters of the Heaven and Earth Society, they could only run around indiscriminately. When many people rushed out of the barracks, they didn't even have weapons in their hands, and they didn't have time to put on the clothes on their bodies, so they were cut down in a pool of blood by the masters of the Heaven and Earth Society who rushed over.

"Those who surrender are not to die!" Ma Chaoxing walked out of the hall with the head of the Qing soldiers in his hand, standing in the middle of the camp and shouting.

Hearing these words, all the Qing soldiers knelt on the ground one after another, begging for mercy from the Ming army and the masters of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Because the Changzhou Fort was on an isolated island, some distance from Guangzhou City and Fengpu Port, no firearms were used in the battle just now, and the Qing troops in the distance could not hear the movement, coupled with the light mist in the early morning of winter, the visibility was not very good, and the surrounding Qing troops did not know that the Cheung Chau Fort had been attacked.

The Cheung Chau Fort is the largest fort in the Inner Harbor, and the other five forts in the Inner Harbor, except for the Guanyinshan Fort, which is slightly larger, with more than 200 Qing soldiers, and the Phoenix Fort, Yongning Fort, Dongshui Fort, and Hongshui Fort, are all garrisoned by only sixty or seventy Qing soldiers. The attack on those forts can be said to be easy and simple, the people of the local Heaven and Earth Society brought special combat teams and special agents to kill the forts, and the Qing soldiers did not even have time to react, and they were all annihilated.

Four sixth-rank ships circled south of Haizhu Island and continued their sailing upstream in the faint morning fog.

In the upper reaches of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, more than 20 fire-attacking boats converted from fishing boats are heading downstream. The two fleets rendezvous at the island of Great Tansha. Then the four sixth-rank ships turned around and attacked the ships with the fire of the Heaven and Earth Society, and killed the Pearl River waterway between Guangzhou City and Haizhu Island.

In Fengpu Port, the five battalions of the Qing Army's Guangdong Naval Division, the Guanghai Battalion and the Jingyuan Battalion were moored in Fengpu Harbor. Fengpu Port, which is today's Huangpu Port, has a wide river surface and a deep channel, allowing large sea vessels to enter and exit.

On the misty river, the large and small warships of the Qing army's naval division were moored on the pier, slightly bumpy with the river waves. Some of the Qing soldiers on the shore had already gotten up, and some were still sleeping.

A Qing soldier stood on the shore of the naval battalion, stretching his waist, moving his body, greedily breathing in the fresh morning air. Just as he was looking at the river, he suddenly found that through the faint morning mist, the sun shone on a few white sail shadows, which were heading towards him.

"What kind of ship? We don't seem to have such a ship, do we? The soldier muttered to himself.

After a closer look, he found that it seemed to be a Xiyi warship approaching.

The Qing soldiers were very puzzled: The ship of the Xiyi people? How did they get into the Pearl River? It should have been the prince of Pingnan who invited them in, right? Otherwise, a ship as big as the Xiyi people should not talk about the underwater hidden piles at the mouth of the Pearl River, they are not familiar with the routes in the Pearl River, and it is impossible for them to enter. Forget it, don't think about it.

Although the Qing soldier was full of suspicion, he did not send an alarm signal, but continued to stand by the river, wanting to see how big the boat of the Xiyi people was.

The ship is getting closer and closer, and the giant ship led by it is taller than Zhenhai Tower, and there are two layers of gun doors under the main deck, all of which have been opened, and the gun muzzles of the black hole hole are stretched out from the gun doors, aiming at the large and small warships of the Qing army sailors moored on the shore.

At this time, Wang Xinyu was standing on the rudder at the stern, holding a monocular, observing the Qing warships on the river through the faint mist. Exactly like the information provided by the Heaven and Earth Society, the Fengpu Qing Army Naval Division Camp did not have a walled gate, and all the ships were parked directly on the pier.

At this time, the Qing army obviously did not have any precautions, they never imagined that there would be a huge ship from the open sea to break through the obstacles of the Pearl River estuary and come to Fengpu, let alone that the Ming army would be so bold and attack them in the Pearl River, which was densely covered with forts.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the Qing soldiers in the Qing army camp on the shore have seen these uninvited guests, but most of the Qing soldiers are dumbfounded and looking at these huge ships like small hills, and no one thinks of sending an alarm signal. Until a Qing army standard water division left battalion guerrilla out of the big tent, found the huge ship on the river, stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "It's an enemy ship!" ”

The alarm bell rang in the camp of the naval division, and the Qing soldiers who had already gotten up rushed to the large and small warships parked on the wharf, and the Qing soldiers who were still sleeping lazily were woken up by the bell, and some people hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out, and some rushed out of the barracks without even having time to approve their clothes, and rushed straight to the boats parked on the river.

The Qing soldiers who were quick and the first to jump on the warship thought that their chance to make a meritorious service had arrived, but they soon regretted it, because the opponent's firepower was too terrifying.

The Drake and her sister ships rushed to the front, followed by three fifth-class ships and eight sixth-class ships, in a column, and sailed across the river, all the gun doors on the starboard side were open, and the cannons showed their hideous fangs.

Inside the gun deck, gunners stood behind the cannons with torches. All the cannons on the starboard side have been loaded with gunpowder, and after the gunpowder is loaded, a thick wooden board is added, which can be used to ensure that the gunpowder gas does not leak on the one hand, and on the other hand, to ensure that the red-hot shells are loaded into the gun port and do not ignite the gunpowder immediately.

"Prepare to fire!" Wang Xinyu gave the order.

Li Rui, a personal soldier, lit the fireworks, only to hear a "bang", and a gorgeous fireworks exploded in the air.

"Ready!" The gun commanders on the ships roared.

The gunners picked up the red-hot cannonballs with iron pliers, stuffed them into the muzzles, and then pushed the cannonballs with iron drills.

"Put!" The commander of the artillery gave the order. (To be continued......)

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