Chapter 550: Coastal Defense and Coastal Defense

As soon as Feng Yunshan said this, everyone was shocked. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info, especially Luo Xuan, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then came back to his senses, and fell to the ground with a flushed face: "Holy King, the outline has a little effort, how can you get such a high position?" Please also ask the Holy King to withdraw the reward, and when the outline kills all the demons and triumphs, the Holy King will be sealed again? ”

Feng Yunshan said in a deep voice: "King Xin, this king has a seal, how can he take it back at will, isn't it child's play?" After speaking, he looked at Shi Dakai.

Shi Dakai understood what Feng Yunshan meant, and hurriedly leaned into Luo Xuan's ear, and whispered a few words, Luo Xuan's face was solemn, and he nodded again and again, and then bowed to Feng Yunshan again: "Outline, thank you to the Holy King Tianen!" I am willing to follow the Holy King, slash the thorns, kill the Qing Demon, and return the peace and prosperity of my Holy Kingdom to the Heavenly Empire! ”

Feng Yunshan was also happy to see that Luo Xuan had figured it out and accepted the reward from King Xin. It stands to reason that Luo Xuan's merits are indeed worthy of being crowned princes, since he can't be crowned princes in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, let's do it in his own holy kingdom.

"Let's go, accompany this king to Nazhaobao Mountain to take a walk and see the scenery of Haixiong Town." Feng Yunshan laughed, led everyone into Weiyuan City, and walked towards Aozhu Mountain.

Shi Dakai followed closely and answered: "The Holy King changed the name of this Aozhu Mountain, but he changed it well!" Zhaobao Mountain, Fortune and Treasure, the world is peaceful! Why don't you call this mountain Zhaobao Mountain in the future? After speaking, he summoned Li Shouzhen, the magistrate of Zhenhai County, who was far behind and accompanied everyone.

Li Shouzhen is the original Zhenhai Zhi County.

After the capture of Ningbo by the captive army, Zhenhai County was completely controlled by the captive army, and Zhenhai City was isolated and unable to stand alone. In this case, Li Shouzhen, the magistrate of the county, realized that Zheqi was already the world of the begging army, and in order to save the people of Zhenhai Ancient City from the suffering of war, he was diligent in government and loved the people, so he disbanded the regimental training and soldier bravery, tied himself to the county government office, and handed over the money, food, weapons and other weapons of the county treasury to the begging army.

He was ready to be beheaded to show the public, but he didn't expect that thousands of people pleaded for him, and found the army to cry and complain to the county lord who loved the people like a son, and after Tan Shaoguang, the commander of the Ninth Division, sent someone to investigate, not only did not embarrass Li Shouzhen, but invited him to the county office, and appointed him as the magistrate of Zhenhai County on behalf of the Shengwang Palace, and continued to govern Zhenhai County.

At this moment, Li Shouzhen came up with a worried face, and after seeing the Holy King Feng Yunshan, he agreed to come down and rename Aozhu Mountain as Zhaobao Mountain.

Everyone followed Feng Yunshan up the stone steps of the mountain and headed towards the top of the mountain.

This Zhaobao Mountain is only a small hill with an altitude of 80 meters, but it is called the first mountain in the East China Sea, not because of its height, but because it is the first mountain to enter the mainland from the East China Sea, and there is a majestic Weiyuan Castle on the mountainside.

Feng Yunshan took the lead, and he was very familiar with Zhao Baoshan's appearance, which surprised everyone.

Soon, they came to Weiyuan City on the mountainside.

Li Shouzhen, the county magistrate, hurriedly ran to the front and introduced Weiyuan City: "Holy King, King Yi and King Xin, ladies and gentlemen, this is Weiyuan City on Zhaobao Mountain." In the Ming Dynasty, the coastal robbers were overflowing, the Ming Dynasty sent heavy troops to recruit and suppress the pirates, during the Jiajing period, the governor Lu Bo and the general system of Zhejiang Hu Zongxian built this Weiyuan city here, Lu Boring, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and so on successively defeated the Japanese invaders here. ”

"This Weiyuan city has two gates before and after, 200 zhang long, one zhang thick, nearly 200 pheasant moats, all kinds of artillery on it, standing majestically on the mountainside of Aozhu, oh, it should be Zhaobao mountainside, condescending, according to which guarding the Fenghua River Estuary, there is the advantage of 'one husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open'."

Hearing him introduce this, Feng Yunshan didn't speak, but Luo Xuan laughed and said, "County Magistrate Li, you said that this Weiyuan City is so dangerous, how can it be captured by my captive army?" ”

Li Shouzhen was speechless, although he could govern the people, he was not good at military affairs, and besides, now that his identity has changed, it is naturally difficult to argue for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Shi Dakai answered: "King Xin, no matter how dangerous the Xiongguan is, you have to have reliable people to guard it!" ”

Feng Yunshan nodded and said, "What the righteous king said is very true!" According to Lu Shunde's letter, when he led the 10th Division, he wanted to pass through this river, but was discovered by the Qing soldiers guarding Weiyuan City, the artillery of this Weiyuan Fort was very sharp, 4 ordinary warships of the 10th Division were sunk, and a Western warship was damaged. ”

Later, it was not until the 9th Division led by Tan Shaoguang attacked outside the city of Ningbo that the defenders of Weiyuan City saw that the rear was attacked and had no will to fight, so Lu Shunde led the fleet of the 10th Division to rush into the Fenghua River at night. Weiyuan Fort was also easily occupied because Zhenhai County was occupied and the guards fled one after another. Otherwise, the terrain here is dangerous, and it is really difficult to overcome. ”

As soon as Feng Yunshan said this, everyone took advantage of it. Luo Xuan was a little embarrassed, and gave his hand to Li Shouzhen, the magistrate of Zhenhai County, which flattered Li Shouzhen.

Feng Yunshan saw that there were no cannons on the Fort of Weiyuan City, which was a little strange, and beckoned to Li Shouzhen, and said, "County Magistrate Li, you have been an official in Zhenhai for a few years, so you must be very familiar. Tell me about the original coastal defense situation when the town of Haikou was in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty! ”

Li Shouzhen's spirits perked up, and he said loudly: "Holy King, if you want to say that the coastal defense of Haikou in this town should be regarded as the first coastal defense of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang. Although Dinghai, Wenzhou and Taizhou Jiaxing have coastal defenses, they are not large. And this town of Haikou is the largest, and the reason for this is also because it can be directly connected to the treaty port of Ningbo. ”

"Originally, Zhenhaikou only had a fort of Weiyuan City with 4 iron cannons, and during the Qing Demon Kangxi period, 1 fort was built on the east and west sides of Weiyuan City, and 2 iron tribute cannons were placed on each side. On the eve of the outbreak of the Sino-British War in Daoguang, Lin Zexu, the head of the Qing demon, and others built a north barrage fort in the east of Zhenhai County, and set up 7 breech iron cannons; A southern barrage was built in Niwan, Jiangnan, and 6 breech iron cannons were set up. But all of these batteries were blown up by British warships in the war ten years earlier. ”

"The Weiyuan City Fort that injured our captive army and sailor was still after the Sino-British War, because the Manchu Qing court ordered the rebuilding of the fort in Weiyuan City, and no funds were allocated, so the local government found four iron cannons on its own and placed them on the Weiyuan City Fort casually. In this way, let us beg the army and sailors to lose four ordinary warships. ”

As soon as Li Shouzhen's words were finished, Luo Xuan's eyes widened, he couldn't imagine that this Weiyuan Fort and Zhenhaikou had this twist and turn in it, just four iron cannons casually placed could make the fleet of the 10th Division that forcibly passed through suffer heavy losses, if it was the original nearly 20 guns carefully arranged, what kind of strict coastal defense would it be?

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect this to be the case, it seems that Luo really underestimated this coastal defense mouth." ”

Feng Yunshan thought of another detail, and he said with a cautious face: "In the Sino-British battle more than ten years ago, more than 20 artillery pieces were set up, and the Qing Demon was strictly defended, and he would not retreat from the battle. But even so, these sturdy forts were still blown up by foreigners' warships, which shows the strength of the Yingyi warships! ”

Feng Yunshan's words caused everyone to ponder.

"Don't look at the fact that now my captive army has captured the Qing Demon, and it is like a bamboo, and even several treaty ports and leases of foreigners have also been occupied. In the Humen Fort and Shanghi Concession, the foreigners were also defeated, but in fact, it was the foreigners who did not send a real navy over. More than 10 years ago, according to the king's understanding, the foreign navy fleet was only a medium fleet of 37 warships, and the army was less than 3,000 people, and it conquered Xiamen, Zhoushan, and this town of Haikou in one fell swoop. In the second year, Yingyi led a large fleet of 73 ships and more than 10,000 troops to conquer all the banks of the Yangtze River. ”

"This king often deals with foreigners and knows their strength. The territory occupied by the Yingyi was several times larger than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with hundreds of such warships, and the total tonnage of the Yingyi's naval warships was close to 500,000 tons. Speaking of this tonnage, you may not know much, but you can understand by comparison: the warships and warships that accompanied the king to the north this time look spectacular and majestic, right? Feng Yunshan smiled bitterly and told everyone: "But there are a total of 12 foreign-style warships, with a tonnage of 13,000 tons; eighty ordinary warships with a tonnage of five thousand tons; The remaining are more than 400 transport ships, which are used to transport land divisions, artillery, grain, and other baggage, totaling just over 14,000 tons. In other words, even if these more than 400 transport ships are all converted into warships, all of them add up to only 32,000 tonnage, compared with the 500,000 tons of Yingyi's simple naval warships, how big the gap is, so everyone understands! ”

Hearing the Holy King's explanation, everyone's originally somewhat proud faces became solemn.

And Shi Dakai was even more frightened. He originally thought that the Holy Kingdom occupied several provinces in the south, and the captive army was extremely powerful, plus the warships of the captive army and sailors he saw just now were huge, but he didn't expect that compared to this Yingyi, the gap was so huge!

Luo Outline was even more shocked. He also knew that the foreigner's navy was very strong, but after several battles with the foreigner, he found that the foreigner was nothing more than that. Unexpectedly, it turned out that he had not encountered the real navy of foreigners.

If it weren't for the Holy King's explanation, he would still be proud to think that the Capture Army Sailor was already very powerful. Unexpectedly, he was sitting in the well and watching the sky.

Feng Yunshan looked at everyone's reactions, and knew that his reminder and vigilance had worked, so he continued: "This king said this to let everyone understand that although our army is strong now, it is only compared with the Qing Demon. Compared with foreigners, it is still very insufficient. Moreover, when the war on the European side is over, the foreigners will inevitably turn around and recover the losses they have suffered before, so we must strengthen our armaments, especially naval divisions and coastal defense. County Magistrate Li, this king will ask the royal government to allocate special funds to come down, and the General Staff will provide the drawings and defense plans, and you will work with the local garrison to rebuild the coastal defense of Haikou in this town as soon as possible, and be ready for defense at any time! ”

Li Shouzhen was overjoyed, he was able to be assigned a task by the Holy King, and he could be regarded as having entered the eyes of the Holy King, so he hurriedly and respectfully agreed: "The minister respects the Holy King's decree!" ”