It was late at night and the fire started.
The water of the Xijiang River outside Qingqiyong was filled with flames. It seemed that everything floating on the water was burning, and even the water surface was burning.
The fire also spread from the water to the land. The Qing Army's Qingqiyong Water Village, which stood on the east bank of Qingqiyong and the north bank of the Xijiang River, was also set on fire and burned into a sea of fire.
And the Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were defeated again!
Late that night after Tuhai lost the land battle in Guichengdu, a fire broke out on the Xijiang River and destroyed the Xijiang Navy of the Qing Army, which was not very powerful... This was already Shi Lang. The naval general suffered a disastrous defeat for the second time after he was appointed by Kangxi!
But just like last time, General Shi Lang still does not have to be responsible for the defeat - "Defeat is the key to success"!
Moreover, Wu Sangui alone bears the blame for this failure!
If Wu Sangui rebels, Hunan will be lost. In addition, Tuhai had already suffered a disastrous defeat in Guicheng, Guangdong would also lose, and the waterway leading to Guangxi was also blocked by Zhu Heji. The Xijiang Navy has no way to escape, and destruction is inevitable.
Therefore, Shi Lang's Xijiang Navy is meaningless, and his next battlefield will probably be the Yangtze River.
Besides, Xijiang Navy has only been open for a few days? How could it be possible to defeat the Ming navy with "pirate background"? Although Zhu Heji's navy has not been open for a long time, it now occupies the two "pirate dens" of Chaozhou and Guangfu. His father-in-law is the current "Pirate King" of Chaozhou, Hui Qiu Hui, and his predecessor was Chaozhou Shang. Su Suli, the former pirate king, also has Zheng Jing, the third generation of Zheng, and Chen Shangchuan, the pirate king of Lei, Qiong and Lian, as allies. They also control the small international trade city of Macau and the international trade village of Huangpu Village. That really requires ships and people, and you can also use temporary conscription to recruit armed civilian ships to participate in the war.
Most of the ship sailors currently in the hands of Su Zhanshan and Yu Xiaoqian, the navy commanders, were recruited at short notice. However, these temporarily summoned sailors and ships are better than Shi Lang's Xijiang Navy... If they can't defeat the landlubber navy here in Guangdong, how can they do smuggling?
Moreover, the Ming Navy also had a military advisor named Zhuge who "knows fire attacks best"!
Although this Zhuge strategist may not necessarily know how to fight with water, he can set fire! Ten "Sky Fire Ships" were directly mobilized, and buckets of "cocktail-type fierce fire oil" prepared by Zhu Heji were thrown over the heads of the Qing fleet. Even if the boat cannot be hit, once the "oil tank" ruptures on the water, the fierce oil inside will float on the water and burn... It will be difficult for people on the boat to even jump into the water to escape!
If the "oil tank" happened to hit the Qing warship, the ship would be finished. The "cocktail" prepared by Zhu Heji is sticky and will burn if it sticks!
But Shi Lang was still smart... He had seen the Ming Army's Skyfire in Fujian, and knew that it was so powerful that even the Dutch "speed boats" suffered.
So when he saw the other party go directly into the sky fire, he immediately knew that it was impossible. So I made a decisive decision and took a group of old brothers Hu Jian to abandon the ship and land, not even the water village... just burn it!
Anyway, if it is not burned, it will be captured by the Ming army. As long as he keeps a group of his old brothers, he is not afraid that there will be no Yangtze Navy admiral to serve.
Now Emperor Kangxi doesn't have many naval talents. Shi Lang has the experience of "successful defeats and battles" after all!
Moreover, Shi Lang's trip to Guangdong was not without success. He had a candy rocket in his hand that did not explode.
They were picked up last night at the Qing army camp in Guichengdu. Two of them were picked up at that time, and they were both kept by Deng Zhong. Deng Zhong was worried that he might have an accident, so he asked someone to give one to Shi Lang.
In this way, as long as one of them is safe and sound, they can send this "magic weapon" to Beijing for the emperor and Zhang Zhenren to study it carefully.
Because he saved his old brother and picked up a life-saving magic weapon, he also expected that he would be greatly used after Wu Sangui sent troops to Huguang.
So Shi Lang was actually in a good mood while escaping... He just wanted to hum a little tune.
However, his happy escape did not last long. When the sky was dim and bright, he met a large group of broken troops escaping from the west of Qingqiyong on the east bank of Qingqiyong near Suijiang River.
The defeat of these people was a bit embarrassing. They all lost their armor and were in a state of embarrassment, and they all became frightened birds.
As long as they hear the harsh sound of "Jie Jie Jie" coming from the air, they will panic, get into a mess, and run away.
On the other side of Qingqiyong, Ming army pursuers holding torches also appeared at this time. The number of people is unclear, but there must be a lot of torches, packed in dense rows. From time to time, the pursuers set up their turtle-dove-footed muskets and fired a volley of shots at the east bank of Qingqiyong.
Although it would not cause many casualties, every time a gunshot was fired, the Qing troops on the east bank of the river would panic.
Weapons, armor, luggage, etc. have been thrown everywhere, and some soldiers who are not sure whether they are injured or too tired to walk are sitting on the roadside and crying... Listen Their accents should be from the north, and most of them can't speak Cantonese. It's useless to cut off their braids and pretend to be ordinary people. They will be captured by the Ming army later, and they will have to do hard labor even if they don't behead their heads!
But Shi Lang won't worry about the life and death of these Yankees. He only cares about Tuhaitu Zhongtang now.
That was the chief bachelor who was deeply trusted by Emperor Kangxi! Even if he suffered a defeat, with Wu Sangui taking the blame, the punishment would be dismissal and retention at most. Moreover, when Wu Sangui joins the army, Emperor Kangxi also needs a capable and reliable minister to guard the Yangtze River. This Tuhai is the best choice!
For Shi Lang, the more important thing is that Tu Hai has been getting along with him quite happily these days. What if it were another boss who was difficult to get along with?
So Shi Lang became a little anxious when he discovered that Tu Hai had been defeated miserably. He quickly led his men to search for him. While looking for him, he yelled with his men in southern Fujian Mandarin: "Master Tu, Master Tu... where are you?" "
As a result, they shouted all the way until daybreak. The group of people ran to the edge of the Suijiang River, which was crowded with defeated Qing troops. They did not find Tuhai, but they met Sun Yanling, who was about to collapse.
Sun Yanling was on the bank of the Suijiang River, escorted by a group of Goshiha. She thought there was no boat there and she couldn't swim, so she was jumping around and cursing!
"Who is so damn wicked? They sailed the ship over and then didn't come back. Damn you, you're not giving people a way to live! Princess, I'm going to die, how can you survive... "
When Shi Lang heard Sun Yanling yelling, he understood why so many people were blocked on the bank of Suijiang River. It turned out that someone had left the dozen or so wooden boats he had left on the bank of the Suijiang River for emergencies. He sailed to the other side, then abandoned the boats and ran ashore.
But it doesn't matter. The small Suijiang River is not a problem for Shi Lang's old brothers from southern Fujian... They are all ancestral pirates, how can they be blocked by a small river?
So Shi Lang quickly found Sun Yanling who was jumping and cursing, and asked: "General Dingnan, do you know where Master Tu is? Master Tu, did he not die for his country?"
When Sun Yanling saw Shi Lang and his old Fujian pirates, he knew they were saved. His face was filled with surprise. He quickly stepped forward and held Shi Lang's calloused hands, "Shi Junmen, it's great to see you... ...The boats are all on the other side, and Master Tu, Vice General Sun, and Ma Junmen and I are all blocked on the south bank of the Suijiang River!"
Shi Lang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that Master Tu is still here, it's good that Master Tu is still here... It doesn't matter if the boat is on the other side, I'll send someone to swim over and bring the boat back right away!"
Hearing Shi Lang's words, Sun Yanling was so happy that she cried and shouted: "Master Tu, Master Tu, there is a way to survive. People in Shi Junmen can swim and can swim across the Suijiang River..."
While crying, Sun Yanling pulled Shi Lang and ran towards the bank of Suijiang River. However, before she reached the water's edge, she heard anxious shouts from ahead.
"That's not good! The man in the picture jumped into the river!"
"Hurry and save people, the man in the picture has jumped into the river..."
Shi Lang was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted forward: "The hall in the picture, the hall in the picture, you have to hold on, Mr. Shi is coming to get you!"
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