Luo Luo's second watch is presented, look at the fourth watch of people can be very proud to ask for a monthly pass, Luo Luo is really envious, can Luo Luo ask for a monthly pass every day for four watches? Give me a few more, Rollo begging

Su Yuniang thought that the Qing soldiers were not afraid of musket shooting, which was not bad at all. What they fear most is said to be the opponent's white-knuckle assault, and their favorite way to fight is probably to fight the enemy from a distance with a shotgun and a raised gun - it is better to fight the enemy outside the effective range of the firearms of both sides, which is both safe and lively, why not?

At the foot of Baiyun Mountain, the Qing army gave up the white-knuckle charge from February 14, 1847 in the Western calendar, and switched to a lively and dangerous firearm shooting. First they were bombarded with artillery, then they were shot with shotguns and guns. The muteers guarding the mountain built breastwork in the woods with their backs to Baiyun Mountain, and also fired indiscriminately with foreign guns. However, considering the distance between the two sides of three or four hundred yards, such a shot can only be a waste of bullets.

"According to the current way of fighting, the Qing soldiers will not be able to defeat Baiyun Mountain in three years!" In the Baiyun Temple, Zheng Hong walked back to his seat from the side of the map, "And the troops of the Qing army in Guangdong are attracted here, the whole Guangdong can be said to be empty everywhere, as long as the Ming Duke defeats the sailor of Lord Rain, the day when the entire Guangdong belongs to our Ming Dynasty is not far away." ”

I said this with confidence. A small civil uprising in Sanyuanli actually contained the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong, and there was a stalemate. It can be seen that the combat strength of the Qing army in Guangdong is weak, once the promotion of the Guangdong Navy Division is solved, Guangdong Province is not in Zhu Jishi's bag? Of course, the imperial court in Beijing is not a fool, and it will definitely send troops to the south in a steady stream......

Lu Siyuan was also overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Marquis Yanping." Can the Ming Duke have the certainty of taking the provincial capital? ”

"Brother Lu. Rest assured. We will definitely be able to see the sun and the moon on the Mount Davis, and the flag will be planted on the head of Guangzhou. When the time comes, you and I will definitely be the first to recover Guangdong. ”

"After all, there are many Qing soldiers, and if they really want to attack together, Baiyun Mountain is only afraid that they will not defend ......" Lu Siyuan was a little worried.

"There are a lot of Qing soldiers?" Zheng Hong smiled, "How long can they gather outside the city of Guangzhou?" Unless they don't want other territories. He lowered his voice and said, "It's not a secret, in addition to having two troops in Baiyun Mountain and Lantau Island, our Ming Dynasty also ambushed all the way in Yong'an Prefecture, Guangxi. The flag will also be raised in the near future, and the Qing soldiers of Liangguang will not be able to cope with it at that time. ”

"Guangxi still has our people? Is it also our Hongmen brothers? Lu Siyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and when he saw that Zheng Hong did not tell the details of the people in Guangxi, he asked loudly.

"This Guangxi people...... Hehe, for the time being, it still needs to be kept secret, so let's let my brother sell it. Zheng Hong is confident.

The people and horses of Guangxi are naturally worshipping God, and Hong Xiuquan's envoy Hong Renji has already taken an armed merchant ship of Nanyang Xing, accompanied by Hong Xuanjiao, to Lantau Island to meet Zhu Jishi.

By the way. The Qing army fleet, which had been firing indiscriminately outside the port of Shanchong on Lantau Island, had already been ordered by Lord Lyne to return to Humen to transport troops. The exchange of fire outside the Qing military camp in Tai O last night gave Lord Ryne a lot of confidence - in his opinion, there must not be many people who rebelled against Ming. Otherwise, last night's robbery camp should have been beaten. Since there are few people on Lantau Island, the Guangdong sailors have a chance to win. Therefore, this morning, Lord Lai ordered the fleet of sailors to return to Humen and escort the Xiangshan Association, the Shunde Association, the Xinhui Association, and the Chixi Association to come to Lantau Island to help in the battle. Of course, by the way, I also have to report to Guangzhou City.

In the first battle last night, the Inspector of the Navy marked three battalions of men and horses to participate in the battle, and fought until dawn, with only dozens of casualties, and the camp was intact, which was obviously victorious. Therefore, Admiral Lai believed that the number of thieves on Lantau Island was not large, and it was not brave. Since the rebels on Lantau Island are nothing more than that, Admiral Lai naturally wants to win the battle and recover Lantau Island in one fell swoop.

So he transferred troops from Humen on the one hand, and commanded the troops to advance step by step along the northern slope of Qiang Mountain and Phoenix Mountain to Dongyong City and Dadong Mountain.

"Ming Gong, Hong Renji asks to see you."

When Jinyiwei sent Hong Renji's post, Zhu Jishi was discussing something with Zuo Zongtang, Han Si, Su Yuniang, Lao Peel and others around the military map.

"The behavior of the Qing army is very strange, it seems that they are building a walled city on Phoenix Mountain, and the fleet on the sea is nowhere to be found......"

"Colonel Peel, the tactics of the Qing army are called 'step by step', which is equivalent to positional warfare in Europe. Their fleet...... It's time to go back to Humen to transport troops, and maybe to increase troops on Lantau Island, right? ”

"Positional warfare? But the walled city project on Phoenix Mountain is too big, right? How many troops was the Qing army going to station on that mountain? What about water sources? And if their fleet really returned to Humen, wouldn't the thousands of Qing troops on Lantau Island have no way to retreat? What a fool this Manchu admiral is? ”

Of course it's impossible to be a fool, but it's definitely not going to fight, and it's probably just a martial artist. Zhu Jishi imagined in his heart the appearance of an old muscular man who danced a big knife and opened a hard bow, so he reached out and took the greeting post handed over by the brocade guard, opened it, smiled, and said, "Let Hong Renji come here." ”

After Jin Yiwei turned around and left, Zhu Jishi smiled and said to the people around him: "Hong Renji is here to explore the truth, if we can take Lai Lao'er's head in front of him, there will be chaos in Guangxi in a few months!" ”

Su Yuniang proposed: "It's better to go to the bottom of Phoenix Mountain to challenge." ”

Zhu Jishi nodded, "Is Lai Lao'er willing to fight?" His soldiers didn't sleep soundly last night, did they? ”

"How not?" Su Yuniang said with a smile, "He is condescending to occupy the position, if he doesn't dare to fight again, he should have fled last night." ”

"It's fine." As soon as Zhu Jishi was about to give an order, the two siblings Hong Renji and Hong Xuanjiao entered the headquarters and bowed to Zhu Jishi.

"Renji, you've come just in time." Zhu Jishi beckoned to the little fat man, "I'm preparing to fight, how about I take Lao Er's head?" ”

"I am willing to cheer for Ming Gong." Hong Renji bowed and bowed.

"Xuanjiao also wants to see Xianggong Huwei." Hong Xiaomei also looked at Zhu Jishi with an expression of adoration.

"Okay, let's go with us." Zhu Jishi knew that Hong Xuanjiao was an unusual daughter's family, and she was very interested in dancing with guns, and after arriving at Zhu's house, she followed Luo Xiangju and Wang Yunjiao to learn martial arts, and made rapid progress, so it was good to take her to the battlefield to see it. Maybe in the future, she will be like the West Wang Niang in another time and space, and become a female general of the Zhu family.

The topography of Lantau Island is mainly hilly, with little flat land, which is actually not conducive to conquest. At present, Zhu Jishi's troops are stationed in Dongchong and Dadong Mountain, and the Qing army is building fortifications on Phoenix Mountain opposite Dadong Mountain, posing a "hard village, dumb battle" jiashi. However, Ji Shijun is not the Taiping Army in history, with excellent weapons and equipment, and the training level is also first-class in Asia in this era.

Due to the rugged mountain road, the artillery company of the Jishi Army did not dispatch, and stayed in Tung Chung City together with the engineer company and the baggage company, and Zhu Jishi also left a company of light infantry to guard Dadongshan City. The remaining four battalions of men and horses marched to the foot of Phoenix Mountain with Zhu Jishi, and in less than two hours, they were all in place.

The terrain at the foot of Phoenix Mountain is also not open enough, although most of the tall trees on Phoenix Mountain have been cut down due to the needs of Hong Kong, but it is still inconvenient to set up a large horizontal team, and the Ji Shijun will face the enemy in a vertical formation. The reaction of the Qing army was as Su Yuniang expected, and Lord Lai also lit up the soldiers and horses, left the half-built camp, and lined up the formation along the mountain. However, the Ji Shijun did not give them a chance to slowly set up their formation, and the columns of three light infantry companies launched the first wave of offensive under the command of Han Si.

Light infantry tactics, to put it bluntly, are the use of rifled guns with a long range, outside the range of the enemy's smoothbore guns and cannon shotguns. In the Battle of Xindang, the Jishi Army relied on 70 light infantry to defeat more than 2,000 allied troops and suffered heavy losses. And this time, Zhu Jishi invested 360 light infantry at one time, and he was also equipped with a Bessemai rifle that used a "bottom expansion bullet", and the guns could basically be fired within 300 yards!

As soon as the light infantry of the Jishi Army opened fire, they also picked up their shotguns and raised their guns to return fire, and they didn't care about the problem of whether the range was out of reach. The battlefield suddenly crackled, but the Qing army was scrambling the guns, and the light infantry of the Jishi army was playing a row of guns, but the scene seemed to be evenly matched. This casualty, of course, is one-sided, Ji Shijun's Bese wheat gun is far and accurate, and it is a platoon of guns, it is not an exaggeration to say that the gun is to the flesh. The Qing army's shotguns and guns could not reach the target 300 yards away, and they fought for a long time, but they did not even hurt a single hair of the Jishi army. (To be continued......)