In the anchorage of the Nanyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty under the Zhaobaoshan Fort.
It was a desolate scene at this time. There was no one on the huge pier. On the Yongjiang waterway, which was still busy in the past, except for a dozen Western-style armed merchant ships that had just entered, not even a single fishing boat could be seen.
The nearby naval barracks was also closed and not popular at all.
Even the water in the Yongjiang River seemed a little weak at the moment, just floating up and down gently.
There were fifteen armed merchant ships with lowered sails docked at the pier. They were all of Western style, but with triangular and five-clawed golden dragon flags hung on their masts. Among these fifteen Western ships, large and small, were not the two largest ships of the Nanyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty - the Dinghai Batulu and the Zhenhai Batulu.
When Fan Chengmo and Yu Chenglong rushed to the dock excitedly on horseback with a team of Geshhar and several staff, all the Western-style armed merchant ships had lowered their sails, lowered their anchors, and returned Put the springboard on the shore.
Some naval officers and soldiers wearing black or blue silk mandarin jackets (the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty were made by themselves, so they are not exactly the same), wearing official hats, carrying waist knives or muskets, have already disembarked and are Team up on the pier.
Fan Chengmo knew that this was the "Henan Rules" of the Balteba Military Gate. When the navy from their "Henan Kingdom" side boarded and disembarked the ship, they had to form a whole team to be reviewed by the commander.
Seeing the large number of Westerners coming off the ship, Fan Zhijun felt relieved - it was nothing to lose a few warships, as long as the people were fine. If the boat is gone, it can be rebuilt, no, it can be rented again!
When Fan Chengmo reined in his horse and got off the horse, he had already seen Bart and Figo.
Both of them wore mandarin jackets, top hats, waistbands, and braids on the back of their heads. They were no different from ordinary military attachés of the Qing Dynasty - among them, Balt did not shave his hair, he was a "zero-hour slave"! Figo followed the rules of the Qing Dynasty and shaved his head.
Seeing that both of them were fine, Fan Chengmo finally felt relieved, with a smile that he hadn't seen for many days on his face. He smiled and said to Jackie Chan: "Yu Shan, we both have to live... There are still people in my yamen." There are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, all of which are collected from customs duties these days. As long as I can deliver it to the emperor and take the fleet to the north, the emperor will sentence me to a prison term at most, and you will serve as a frontline soldier at most."
Yu Chenglong was also very happy. The words about beheading the prisoners and removing the officials who served in the army were all fake... After all, the ministers who defended the land were guilty of losing the land. But in fact, everyone knew that they had meritorious service, and of course the emperor also knew it. So once the limelight is over, they can resume their duties and be of great use.
As they spoke, the two of them strode to Bart and Figo.
When Bart saw them coming, he shouted in "Henan accent" Chinese: "We are Chinese, and we want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
The "Temporary Foreign Eight Banners" below all shouted: "We are Chinese, we want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty..."
These "Foreign Eight Banners" didn't speak Chinese well, as if they had an olive in their mouths, so neither Fan Chengmo nor Yu Chenglong understood them. Fan Chengmo even asked with a smile: "Philippine Assistant, what are they shouting? How do you understand it?" It seems like you are rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty?"
Figo laughed and said, "Return to the Zhijun, they are shouting: We are Chinese, we want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty..."
"What?"
"What did you say?"
"Arrest Fan Zhijun and Yu Chenglong!" Bart suddenly shouted in "Henan dialect".
The "temporary slaves of the Eighth Foreign Banners" lined up below seemed to have been waiting for Bart's order. As soon as he shouted, a group of the Eighth Foreign Banners had already drawn their swords or held muskets and rushed towards Fan Chengmo and Yu Chenglong.
At the same time, the big boat on which Bart and others were riding suddenly heard a very scary sound of "Qiu Qiuqiu", and then more than a dozen rockets dragged white tail flames towards Zhaobaoshan. fort.
The other "Foreign Eight Banners" lined up on the dock suddenly began to take action. They raised their muskets and drew their swords, shouting slogans of "Anti Qing and Revive Ming", or rushed towards Fan Chengmo's Goshiha, or rushed towards Zhaobaoshan. .
Fan Chengmo, who had been captured by the two "Foreign Eight Banners", was stunned and still asked: "Why? Why is this? Bajunmen, you are a Dutchman, why do you want to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"
Figo took over Fan Chengmo's question and said with a wry smile: "Fan Zhijun... Bajunmen is no longer Dutch, he is Chinese now, a Chinese who wants to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
"Why is this?" Fan Chengmo still didn't understand.
"Hahaha, because Balt and Figo, the two foreign Eight Banners, were defeated by our Ming Navy fifteen days ago and were made prisoners... In order to survive, they all became second and third ministers, Now he is a minister of Ming Dynasty."
The person who answered this question with a big smile was a "man-slayer" who was stepping down from the warship. He was wearing a red robe and a yellow turban, a long sword with an empty hammer, and a ferocious face. It was Scar Rong Qiu Rong.
It turned out that after Bart and Figo were captured that day, they were quickly taken back to Sanduao together with the other "captives of the Eight Banners" - the number of them was actually not too many, only five or six hundred, because they were sunk that day. The Nanyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty had only six ships, which were the six ships at the forefront. The other ships saw something was wrong and all fled...but they didn't escape back to Ningbo, so Fan Chengmo and Yu Chenglong didn't know what happened?
After these prisoners arrived in Sanduao, in order to survive, they all followed Balt and Figo and expressed their intention to engage in the great cause of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming".
So Zhu Heji showed great mercy and incorporated them all into the Aoi Regiment. Most of the more than a thousand "Foreign Eight Banners" who have landed now are members of the Aoi Regiment.
After Balt and Figo defected to the Ming Dynasty, they of course told Zhu Heji, Qiu Rong and others about the deployment of the Zhaobaoshan fort.
It turns out that this Zhaobaoshan Fort is quite interesting. It was expanded on the basis of the Zhenhai Fort in the Ming Dynasty, and was designed by Balt personally and supervised by Fan Chengmo himself. Although it is still a bit hasty and simple, it is still quite difficult to defeat as long as the defenders are determined enough.
So Zhu Heji immediately formulated a surprise attack plan. He sent out the Aoi regiment to pretend to be the Western Eight Banners, and asked Balt and Figo to lead the way. He also selected fifteen Western-style warships and asked Qiu Rong to take one with them. Go for a sneak attack... first attack Dinghai, and then attack Ningbo.
At the same time, Zhu Heji also personally led a town's land division to go northward from Wenzhou and Taizhou to attack Ningbo. He also sent a large number of naval ships to carry another town to occupy Dinghai, and landed in Shaoxing, Haining, Jiaxing, Songjiang and other places. , in order to put pressure on the Qing troops in Ningbo and Hangzhou.
Qiu Rong had already arrived in front of Fan Chengmo and Yu Chenglong, and asked with a smile: "Which one of you is Fan Chengmo?"
Fan Chengmo snorted: "I am Fan Chengmo, the Governor of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty. If you want to kill me, kill him. I will not surrender!"
Qiu Rong smiled without waving his hand: "Fan, what good do you want? You are Fan Wencheng's son, and you still want to surrender? I am only looking for you to escort you to persuade others to surrender..." He asked Yu Chenglong again, "Who are you? Is your father a traitor?"
"Xiaguan's surname is Yu and his given name is Chenglong. My father is just an ordinary scholar." Yu Chenglong quickly explained, "Xiaguan was admitted to the Imperial College in the early years of Shunzhi."
There are also different types of traitors on Zhu Heji's side, such as King Sanshun and Duke Shun, as well as the descendants of Li Yongfang and Sun Degong, as well as the descendants of Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo. Of course they are big traitors!
Unless they have made great achievements, they will not be spared.
And guys like Yu Chenglong, who took exams to become officials after entering the Qing Dynasty, are traitors, and they still have to be given a chance to change their ways - if they sincerely change their ways and are willing to contribute to the fight against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, there are too many such "traitors". If they were to be eliminated all, they would make too many enemies.
And there are indeed many people among them who have clear intentions in the Qing court, and among them there are even heroes who were forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. For example, Li Dingguo's son Li Sixing is now an official in the Qing Dynasty...
