Pontianak, the army camp of the Nanyang Company Escort Force, hunting with flags, horns sounding, and the starting point in the camp is set up.

Wang Xinyu stood on the platform, looking at these elite soldiers who had been carefully trained by himself, and shouted loudly: "Brothers! The opponents you fought before were savages with little fighting power, and today you are about to go on an expedition! You're going to deal with Tartars who are even more ferocious than the barbarians here! ”

Hearing that he was going to fight with the Qing army, some of the soldiers in the audience had frightened expressions on their faces.

Jiang Zhiping glanced at a soldier standing on his right with trembling legs out of the corner of his eye, and was very disdainful in his heart: What is there to be afraid of Tartars! Kill those wild people who don't even have clothes all day long, where is there a fun time to fight tartars!

Wang Xinyu continued to raise his voice and shouted: "Actually, there is nothing to be afraid of Tartars!" Aren't they like us, with two shoulders and a head? Shoots and they'll die! If you cut it with a knife, their heads will fall off! What's more, you have our powerful navy behind you! ”

Hearing Wang Xinyu's agitation, those soldiers who were afraid in their hearts felt that their faces were a little hot.

"Why did you leave your homeland and come here? It's because the Tartars have taken over our homeland! Don't you look forward to returning to your hometown as soon as possible? If you can't run away from the Tartars, can you go back? Think of your fathers and fellow villagers who are still living a miserable life under the iron hooves of the Tartars! If you can't run away from the tartars, and you want to go home, you have to shave your head, keep the tartars' braids, and wear the tartars' clothes to go home, are you willing to do that? Wang Xinyu continued to roar.

"Kill the Tartars!" Jiang Zhiping was the first to let out a heartfelt roar.

The soldiers shouted: "Kill the Tartars!" ”

"Kill the Tartars!"

The roar was like thunder, resounding in the sky.

On the wharf, there was a sea of people, and the local villagers saw off their relatives who were about to go on the expedition.

On 22 October, 3,000 officers and men of the Nanyang Company's escort force boarded the ship and headed for Dingguo Bay, where they met with the more than 2,000 marines waiting there, and then went to the waters off Macao to join Albert's fleet.

The tenth month of the lunar calendar is the best time to sail in the South China Sea, there are no typhoons in this season, there will be no danger in sailing, and the wind and waves in the southern sea in winter are not as strong as those in the north. This season in the South China Sea is a pleasant climate, neither hot nor cold, making it the best combat season for the South China Sea Navy.

On the 27th, the fleet arrived at Dingguo Bay.

When they arrived at Yanping Port, a communications soldier who had returned with the supply ship hurriedly saw Wang Xinyu and reported the situation to him: The Qing army's sailors on Qiongzhou Island were hiding in the river and the bay and did not dare to come out, and the fleet could not find a target to attack at present, so it had to swing back and forth in the waters near Qiongzhou Island. The Guangdong naval divisions of the Qing army also hid in the Pearl River, and did not dare to go to sea at all, and the fleet could not find a target for attack.

The naval communications officer reported: "General, the Tartar sailors are hiding in the inner harbor and cannot come out, and our ship is too big to dare to enter rashly, otherwise it will run aground." Now that General Albert is out of recruitment, he hopes to change the meeting place with the general to meet you in the sea east of Wenchang County, hoping that the general can come to guide and break the enemy. ”

Wang Xinyu nodded and said: "Yes, General Ben won't go to Macao for the time being, it's really not good, take Qiongzhou first!" We're here to resupply, so let's go! ”

"No!"

Wang Xinyu turned around and called a sailor junior official: "Liu Chen, you immediately take your centipede clipper back to Xiamen!" From here, the speed of the clipper boat goes is twelve knots, and it can be reached in two days and two nights! Bring out the special forces and the people of the Heaven and Earth Society! Take them with you to the sea east of Wenchang County to meet us, and now you need them! In addition, find Mr. Chen Yonghua and ask him to find someone to find out the hydrological situation of the Pearl River as soon as possible! By the way, there is one more thing, bring some more gunpowder out. If you want to fight Qiongzhou and attack the city, the gunpowder may not be enough! ”

"No!" Liu Chen stepped back. Then he took his centipede clipper and hurried back to Xiamen.

Wang Xinyu did not stay in Yanping City for long, and after replenishing fresh water and provisions, he left Luo Xiang and the non-commissioned officers of the 400 Marine Battalion of the 400 Sailors to stay in Yanping Port, and concurrently served as the logistics supply officer, and he boarded the ship with the 2,000 Marine Battalion of the Sailor Division and the 3,000 Army of the Nanyang Company Escort Army.

An army of more than 5,000 people, eight Daifuku ships, six Daguang ships, ten Spanish galleons, eleven centipede clippers and more than 40 small boats, set off from Yanping Port.

On the 2nd day of the 11th lunar month, the convoy that had been adrift at sea for four days and four nights finally arrived in the waters 30 nautical miles east of Wenchang County, Qiongzhou, to join Albert's fleet.

Wang Xinyu and Wu Haodong boarded the flagship Drake, and Albert took Zhang Yukun and others to greet them.

The four of them walked into the Drake's living room and sat down around a table.

Albert complained: "These Tatars are very cunning, and they know that they can't beat us, so they hide in the harbor and dare not come out. We can only block the sea route now and cut off the connection between Qiongzhou and the mainland. But we can't rush into the harbor and sink them all. ”

Wang Xinyu looked at the map of Qiongzhou Island and frowned. On this Qiongzhou Island, there are three naval divisions of the Qing army, and one of the Haikou naval divisions is hiding in the Nandu River; A battalion of Wanzhou sailors hid in Sun Moon Bay; There is also a Yazhou sailor, hiding in Yulin Bay. The hiding places of these sailors are bays or inland rivers that they are not familiar with the hydrological situation, and there are batteries at the entrance, so their large ships cannot enter, and small boats will be bombarded by batteries when they enter.

"It's a real headache, how are we going to get rid of these disgusting Tatar sailors?" Albert said with a sad face, "These Tatars are the navy in the bathtub!" We really can't do anything about it. ”

"Wrong! They don't even count the navy! They're just river watermakers! Wang Xinyu corrected Albert's statement.

"But if they don't come out, what are we going to do? You can't keep spending time with them, can you? Albert asked.

Wang Xinyu put forward his own proposition: "It seems that to completely destroy them, we can only let our army land!" Once ashore, seize their batteries and bombard them with them! ”

"Landing in Qiongzhou?" Albert was taken aback, "How many army troops does the boss have to land in Qiongzhou?" ”

"Five thousand!"

"How many troops did the Tatars have in Qiongzhou?"

"Seven thousand!"

"Five thousand to seven thousand, and the enemy is still defending, we attack, how sure are we to take it?" Zhang Yukun asked.

Wang Xinyu explained: "The strength of our army is 5,000, but there are still sailors who can fight ashore, and there can be 1,000, adding up to 6,000." Six thousand people, enough to capture the entire Qiongzhou Island! Because the forces of the Tartars were scattered in Wanzhou and every county below. And we can concentrate our forces on the enemy! ”

Wu Haodong asked: "Now we have moved the territory of Shang Kexi old turtle, they won't send troops to save Qiongzhou, right?" ”

Wang Xinyu smiled slightly: "It's best if they come to save it!" Save us from having to go into the mouth of the Pearl River to wipe out their fleet of sailors! What does our navy do? It is to block the traffic between Qiongzhou Island and the mainland! As many boats they pulled, let them sink into the sea! At present, the Guangxi Naval Division is gone, and the Hai'an Naval Division in the west of Qiongzhou is also gone! Only the Haikou sailors can cross the sea to ask for help. We used two privateers to seal the mouth of the Nandu River, and all the Haikou sailors were blocked. And the Wanzhou Naval Division, put two privateers in the east to watch. The Wulu cruiser, go to the Pearl River Estuary to defend it, and block all the Tartars' Guangdong sailors in the Pearl River Estuary! Other warships, landed from Yazhou. ”

"The terrain of Wenchang is relatively flat, why not land from Wenchang, which is easy to attack, and choose Yazhou, which has complex terrain?" Zhang Yukun asked.

"The terrain in Wenchang is flat, but I'm worried about cavalry with Tartars. And the terrain of Yazhou is complicated, we not only take the Tartars by surprise, but also use the terrain to deal with the Tartar cavalry! It seems that in Qiongzhou, there is a 300-man Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, and a 1,000-man Green Battalion cavalry, these cavalry are our henchmen! Wang Xinyu pointed to the map and said, "The cavalry of the Tartars are all in the flat area of Wanzhou, we have landed from Wenchang, and they can come to reinforcements at any time!" ”

At this time, Wang Xinyu did not have any experience in actual combat with the cavalry of the Qing army, and for the time being, he did not dare to fight face-to-face with the cavalry of the Qing army in the plain terrain, so he could only win by surprise.

"The terrain around Yazhou is extremely complicated, how do we land?" Wu Haodong asked.

Wang Xinyu replied: "I'm ready, let's wait here for two days, and the special combat team moved from Xiamen will arrive!" When the special forces arrive, let's go together! The special combat team infiltrated Yazhou and captured the fort overnight. Once the battery is controlled, our fleet will be able to dock. ”

Zhang Yukun asked another question: "General, we hastily decided to attack Qiongzhou, are we prepared enough?" We have no eyes and ears in Qiongzhou, and we don't know the terrain. In addition, there is the problem of food and grass. It will take two or three months to win the entire Qiongzhou, right? Do we have enough food and grass? ”

"Grain and grass are not a problem! In fact, we come by water, and it is much more convenient to transport grain and grass than by land! It is more convenient to transport grain and grass from Borneo to Qiongzhou than to transport it from Nanchang to Guangzhou by land! Wang Xinyu replied.

In those days, the most important thing was food and grass. In a war on land, grain and grass is a very headache, and the auxiliary soldiers transport grain and grass for thousands of miles, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the hoarding points of grain and grass are easy to be attacked by the other side. But fighting at sea, as long as there is a strong navy, these problems do not exist. In the season when there are no typhoons, fighting by the sea not only transports troops quickly, but also transports grain and grass extremely quickly, and there is no problem of being attacked by people.

The most important problem for Wang Xinyu is to avoid being attacked by the other side at night when the navy ships are parked on the shore. However, he had considered all these issues, and when his fleet docked at the shore, the vigilance at night would not be relaxed at all, and it was impossible to give the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the waters of Guangdong, a fleet of eight and two hundred centipede clippers is galloping in the direction of Hainan Island.

As early as two days ago, Wang Xinyu's personal soldiers sent to Xiamen delivered the letter. But Chen Jinnan was not in Xiamen at this time, and had already gone ashore to move around. However, through other people in the Heaven and Earth Society, you can still contact the people of the Guangzhou Branch. Anyway, Wang Xinyu is not in a hurry to enter the Pearl River Estuary, and it will be okay to wait for a while.

After receiving the report, the special operations team and the special operations team immediately set off after simple preparations.

Hong Xiguan and his group have been training on Xiamen Island for more than three months, and they have long wanted to show their skills, but they have no chance. After receiving this order, everyone was overjoyed, and they all set off happily.

Eight 200-gauge fast boats, loaded with special combat personnel and supplies, headed for Hainan Island.

The special combat personnel who attacked this time were all carrying cold weapons. The special combat team of the sailors carried steel spring crossbows, darts, daggers, short knives and other weapons; The special combat team and the special agent operation team of the land division carry crossbow machines, hidden arrows, darts, daggers, swords and other weapons. The captain Hong Xiguan carried two Thunderbolt short guns.

"Brothers, we've been practicing for so long, and we finally have a chance to show our skills!" Cai Dezhong, who was standing on the bow of a centipede clipper, was full of joy.

"Hahaha!" Emperor Hu Dedi laughed, "Landing operation, no matter how you say it, it is time for our Navy Division Special Combat Team to do it first!" Rest on the side of your landlubbers! When we have opened the way for you, it will be your turn! ”

"What did you say?" Cai Dezhong was furious, "Why don't we compare now and see who can beat whom!" ”

"Hit it! Little rabbit cub, let me tell you honestly, even if you senior brother comes, you can only have a tie with me at most! Emperor Hu sneered.

Cai Dezhong put on a posture and wanted to compare with Emperor Hu De.

Emperor Hu Dedi made a gesture of "please": "I am also your senior brother, and the boat is shaking, you landlubber is definitely not my opponent, I will let you make three moves!" ”

Cai Dezhong attacked three times in a row, but they were easily defused by Emperor Hude. When it was Emperor Hu Dedi's turn to make a move, his martial arts were originally higher than Cai Dezhong's, and in the rocking boat, Cai Dezhong couldn't show all his skills, but Emperor Hu Dedi was like a fish in water, and he knocked Cai Dezhong on the deck with only one move.

"If it weren't for the boat, I would have knocked you to the ground in three moves!" Cai Dezhong said indignantly.

"What? Defy? Dissatisfied, wait for us to go ashore and then come to compare! Emperor Hu sneered.

Hong Xiguan appeared in front of the two: "What are you doing!" Don't make a fuss! It's all my own brothers! What a sailor and a land division! ”