Chapter 337 It's time to fight!
Not to mention Chang Lin, even a man of literature and martial arts are all full of disbelief on his face. Some people even think that Liang Pengfei lied about the military situation, and then played with a way to take the people's heads and calculate the achievements of war.
However, Wang Shouli, who was well aware of Liang Pengfei's ability, stood up and said that no matter what, he had to see and see. Since he had been waiting for a long time and had not seen those British warships approaching Guangzhou, he might have really been blocked by Liang Pengfei.
At present, after Changlin simply arranged personnel to stay in Guangzhou, he ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed to the Humen with ashore generals. When they arrived at Humen, when they saw the tall and majestic British warships that were still on the Pearl River waterway, they were convinced that Liang Pengfei was not lying. And when they rushed to the Shajiao Fort where Liang Pengfei was located and saw the disarmed prisoners of war, they were finally completely relieved.
However, because of this, Changlin had to be secretly shocked. Liang Pengfei was really powerful. With the power of a naval division and relying on the Humen Fort, he not only repelled the huge British fleet and injured seven enemy ships (and those who ran, of course, there was no way to count them), but also slaughtered nearly a thousand. Britain captured nearly 2,000 people.)
"No wonder, before leaving Beijing, I once visited General He and General Fu. Both generals strongly recommended Mr. Liang to me. Now I know that the two generals' comments on Mr. Liang are really appropriate. It is worthy of being one of the tiger generals of our Guangdong Water Tigers." Changlin stroked the long beard and sighed with emotion.
"Your excellency has praised it. In fact, the last general can achieve some little achievements. It is not that all the people of our Guangdong sailors work together, and your support, the governor. Otherwise, how can the last general repair the Humen fort in such a short time to defend the country? ..." Liang Pengfei's mouth was crooked, and almost everyone was scraped in. He made contributions. It is easy to arouse the dissatisfaction of his colleagues if he eats alone. Anyway, it is himself who guards Humen. The first contribution to refuses the enemy outside the country must be his own. Other contributions should be divided into one point and let everyone drink soup. Everyone is happy. It's good.
"This guy is still so good at being a man." Wang Shouli next to him was already smiling, but he admired Liang Pengfei for being able to maintain a normal heart at this time. It's really reassuring to have such subordinates.
"Yingyi was defeated and fled for the defeat of General Liang's troops this time. The governor, the last general thought that it was the best policy to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the victory." At this time, Pu Zhigao, the general of the navy of Jieshi Town, stood up at this time, with a heroic face and a high voice.
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As soon as he said this, the generals invited them to fight one after another, and even the land generals jumped out. One or two of them had a big mouth, and some even suggested that they simply hit the British's nest.
The muscles on Liang Pengfei's face are a little stiff, mainly to control his impulse to hold his belly and laugh. These guys really think that the British are falling dogs. Do they have such a good beating? If that's the case, why do you have to try your best to play so many tricks in the battle of Humen?
"Brother, how's it going?" As the chief general of the sailor, Wang Shouli also wanted to jump out and agree, but when he saw that Liang Pengfei, the hero of this battle, had a strange expression, he immediately came over and asked Liang Pengfei in a low voice.
"What can I say at this time? Saying that the British are very powerful, we'd better not pursue the idea of chasing, so as not to let the other party swallow us up. You say, if I really say this, can these brothers be happy? Maybe I'm still a younger brother. I'm afraid that they will take my credit. Liang Pengfei raised his eyebrows slightly and whispered bitterly to Wang Shouli.
"That's right..." Wang Shouli took off his cool hat with his big hand and touched his smooth scalp: "What should I do?"
"How do I know?" Liang Pengfei rolled his eyes. At this time, Changlin turned his head and looked at Liang Pengfei and said gently, "Mr. Liang, what do you think?"
"Everything depends on the governor's decision, but the last general thought that Yingyi was defeated at the beginning, and his confidence was slightly frustrated. However, when the last general saw that his fleet retreated, it was still a rigorous team. Although he was defeated, so..." Liang Pengfei did not go on, because although his words were quite tactful, he said it, but, that Some meritorious generals stared at Liang Pengfei with their eyes, looking very bad.
Changlin stroked his long beard but did not nod and agree with Liang Pengfei's words. After this battle, although Liang Pengfei relied on the fort to defend, he still fought face to face with Yingyi's army. Liang Pengfei's troops were only about 5,000, but he captured nearly 2,000 of the other party, slaughtered more than 1,000, and was injured. More than a hundred people died, what does this mean? It can only be explained that in addition to the excellent terrain, there must be many of these British people who are afraid of death.
Otherwise, why was the warship trapped and not rescued? The soldiers let Liang Pengfei take him prisoner and didn't care. Naturally, there is only one explanation, and the other party seems to be a bully and afraid of the strong.
Not only Changlin thought so, but also the generals present thought so. Guangzhou General Fuchang also thought about it and stood up and said, "Governor, in order to prevent Yingyi from invading Guangzhou, the towns and sailors have already transferred the sailors to the waters of the Pearl River, and the heroes have come thousands of miles away. The laborers' expedition was originally in the art of war. Now that the general soldiers of Liang have suffered a heavy setback, morale is bound to plummet. If we gather the army to take advantage of the victory, we can not only make Yingyi afraid, but also shock the evil hearts of the Western Yi, so as to show the power of our heavenly dynasty.
"Well, what the generals said is very reasonable." Changlin nodded, then thought about it, and turned his face to look at Wang Shouli, who was standing beside Liang Pengfei. Admiral Wang, I want to make the sailors take advantage of the victory. I don't know what Admiral Wang means.
"This... The governor has the military and political power of the governor, and we have the military and political power of Guangdong. In the end, everything will be driven by the governor." Wang Shouli is also very cunning. I don't care about you. I will tell you directly, what do you want to do? Anyway, don't let Admiral take responsibility.
"It's full of slippery guys." Changlin couldn't help scolding in his heart. He turned his eyes to Liang Pengfei, but at this time, Pu Zhigao, the chief soldier of Jieshi Town Water Division, stood up first and interrupted, "Your Majesty, the last general thought that General Liang had been fighting hard for a long time, and his subordinates were exhausted, and they needed to look at the prisoners of war. It was really not easy to take it lightly. I also asked the Governor-General to give an order. We are willing to die for the Governor. "!" Speaking of this, Pu Zhigao also gave Liang Pengfei an apologetic look, which means that you, Mr. Liang, have earned enough credit. Don't rob our brothers this time.
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"I am willing to serve the governor." A number of sailors shouted together. The expressions of one or two seemed so impassioned. At this moment, they forgot all kinds of unfavorable conditions and matters that they had edited and sorted out in order not to fight at sea.
At this moment, they are like a group of the bravest people. They have to fight with the British if they don't have the conditions to create conditions. Even if they can't catch up with the British's fleet, they can proudly put up the spectrum of the heavenly sailors outside the mouth of the Pearl River, so that those Westerners know that Yingyi is afraid and driven out by them. The mouth of the Pearl River.
"A bunch of idiots, to death, I see that you are in a hurry to die." Liang Pengfei curled his lips secretly, but on the surface, there was no expression at all, and Pu Zhigao did so, which happened to be in his arms.
Changlin's face was happy, and these sailors finally looked like soldiers. In this case, I ordered you and others to rush back to the garrison immediately, with Pu Zhigao, the commander-in-chief of the Jieshi Town Water Division, as the main general. The army went straight out of the mouth of the Pearl River, annihilating the heroes, and promoting the power of our heavenly dynasty.
"The last will obey!" A man and others responded loudly with a happy face, and even some people didn't care to say goodbye to their colleagues and hurriedly walked towards their respective mounts. They couldn't wait to rush to their fleet station as soon as possible to make military achievements earlier.
"Mr. Liang, I hope you don't have any other ideas. After all, Mr. Pu is also reasonable." At this time, Changlin walked to Liang Pengfei and patted Liang Pengfei on the shoulder very kindly, with a pleasant face. In today's battle, the generals in Humen Town are already tired. Let's stay and rest for a while. How about it?"
"The last general obeys the order, but if most of my sailors rush out, it will inevitably defend the void. Then it is also good for the general to stay and continue to defend the Humen fort to help the generals of our sailors." Liang Pengfei thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed awkwardly.
Hearing Liang Pengfei say this, even Changlin, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, couldn't help blushing slightly. He stretched out his hand to hold up Liang Pengfei, who saluted, and said, "In this way, the heavy responsibility of Humen is entrusted to General Liang. After this battle, I will tell the truth about the story of the battle. Report to the emperor, the first achievement of General Liang's soldiers is now on the list.
"Thank you, Governor, for your kindness." Liang Pengfei replied respectfully that no one can erase this credit anyway.
"Mr. Liang, wait for us to go to your General's office to rest for a while, so we can wait for the good news from General Pu and others." Wang Shouli came over at this time and said with a smile.
"That's natural, my lords, please." Liang Pengfei led all the officials to his general government office, but he kept Wu Qianjin and others and secretly told them that they must be strictly guarded and not to be careless.
"Those guys really hit the British warship. What do you think will happen?" Looking at the backs of Liang Pengfei and others, Sun Shijie asked Ni Ming with a smile.
"What else can I do? First, he turned his head and ran back directly. Second, let the British run back in embarrassment. Third, he didn't even have a chance to come back. Ni Ming raised his eyebrows and sneered.
(to be continued)