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Chapter 180 Sneak Attack on Jiazhou City (Part )

From Fugu to Jiazhou, the land route is more than 160 kilometers, and the march will take at least three or four days.

If you take a boat down the Yellow River, you can reach a speed of 4-5 knots an hour, which is about eight or nine kilometers per hour. You can get there in a day and a night.

According to Lin Feng's arrangements before heading to Shenmu, Zhou Rui and Peng Xing, with the first and second mobile battalions of the Fugu Combat Brigade, have been making preparations for a sneak attack on Jiazhou along the waterway.

Early this morning, Zhou Rui finally received a notice, asking them to set off from Fugu as planned and arrive at a simple dock three or four kilometers north of Shenmu Nanwubao before evening to meet.

The reason why Lin Feng chose this place was to the north of Nanwubao, which happened to be a place where the imperial anti-rebellion army could not detect.

After the fleet docks here, it waits until dark before setting off, so that it can effectively avoid the detection of sentry horses sent by Peng Qing, and use the cover of darkness to pass through the area controlled by the imperial army.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet led by Zhou Rui and Peng Xing arrived at the designated location. They carried a Bailitong, so communication was easy.

Zhou Rui's fleet had a total of eight ships, which were disguised as cargo ships. In order to avoid being noticed, they were divided into two teams and arrived at staggered times.

After Lin Feng waited for their ship to stabilize, he took Fang Xiaoyu and other personal guards onto their command ship. It is the renovated steam engine ship with a carrying capacity of about thirty tons and can carry about a hundred people.

Lin Feng came to the only cabin at the rear of the wooden boat and summoned Zhou Rui, Peng Xing and Guo Zheng to discuss the sneak attack on Jiazhou City again.

"Zhou Rui, the news you came out today has not been leaked, right?" Lin Feng asked first. The most feared thing about a sneak attack is that the news will be leaked.

"Sir, we control Fugu. Early in the morning, in the name of welcoming important people, we controlled the pier and did not allow other ships to enter or exit. Even if someone found us taking a boat, they could not use the waterway to call the police. Let's go. If we go by land, there won’t be enough time.” Zhou Rui replied.

"In terms of weapons, are you fully prepared?" Lin Feng then asked.

"We are all fully prepared. The latest Type II fire guns and thunderbolts produced by the ordnance factory have been distributed to us." Zhou Rui continued to report.

"What about other aspects? Have you considered any special circumstances?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Sir, Peng Xing and I have repeatedly deduced possible scenarios in the past few days. In order to prevent the internal response from not opening the city gate in time, we also specially asked the ordnance factory to make two blasting boxes to prepare to blow open the city gate." Zhou Rui continued.

"Very good, it seems that you are well prepared. Where is Peng Xing, do you have anything to add?" Lin Feng then asked.

"No, the morale of the troops is very high. As long as they can reach Jiazhou smoothly, they can attack even by force." Peng Xing said.

"Guo Zheng, have you contacted Deng Hao in Jiazhou City?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

"We have already contacted Jiazhou. Deng Hao and the others will send someone to wait for us about four or five kilometers north of the city." Guo Zheng replied.

"How will I contact you then?"

"We agreed to use lanterns as signals. There are not many boats on the Yellow River at night, so they should be easy to identify." Guo Zheng replied.

"Okay, it's now around five o'clock in the afternoon. It's still about 70 kilometers from here to Jiazhou. It's estimated to take about eight hours. We'll set off at seven o'clock in the evening and arrive around four o'clock tomorrow morning." Lin Feng explained. .

"This time is fine. You can use the night to avoid the detection of the government troops, and you can also launch an attack in the early morning when the sky is slightly brighter." Zhou Rui agreed.

"Everything else is fine at this time. I'm just afraid of the danger of sailing in the dark." Peng Xing said worriedly.

"When you come back, you will connect the fleet with iron chains and let the steam engine ship take the lead, so that other ships will not get lost. I will provide lighting tools for the first ship to ensure safe navigation." Lin Feng said, he remembered the space There is an outdoor spotlight flashlight inside, which is perfect for lighting at night.

"That's no problem." Peng Xing said.

"Okay, everyone has no other opinions. Let's just stick to this time. Zhou Rui, Peng Xing, you guys will inform the officers and soldiers of the two battalions to take turns eating some field rations, take a short rest, and prepare to set off on time at eight o'clock in the evening." Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes!" Zhou Rui and Peng Xing took the order and left.

Now, officers and soldiers who go out to fight in front of the Zhenming Army will carry field ration bags. This was specially developed by Lin Feng after referring to the fried noodles and dry food bags carried by later generations of volunteers and asked the Logistics Department.

First fry the flour, then add a small amount of salt, cheese and minced meat jerky. Stir thoroughly and then dry it. Add some water and you can eat it. The key is that it is full of calories and tastes good. It is convenient and anti-hungry. Very popular among Zhenming officers and soldiers.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Fugu combat brigade's fleet set off on time.

Lin Feng took Fang Xiaoyu and several other personal guards on the command boat and ran at the front. Because it was downstream and for the sake of confidentiality, the command boat did not turn on the steam engine and only used the current and sails to drive it.

Because of poor visibility at night, ancient people generally seldom sailed for fear of collision. This also happened to provide a rare opportunity for the Zhenming Army's night attack.

Since there were no ships at night, the Yellow River channel was very smooth at this time. Lin Feng provided a compass and a spotlight flashlight, and arranged for several officers and soldiers with good eyesight to take turns observing at the bow, so they dared to sail at night.

Just like this, he could avoid the detection of Mingting's army and attack Jiazhou City by surprise.

On the other side of the Quye River, a mile or two along the river, there was a Ming army tent with two sentries staying in the tent. Sentinel A said: "Why don't we go outside to see if there is any sneak attack by the Ming army across the river?"

"Didn't you just watch it? It's so dark at night, no one dares to sail. It's too cold outside, so we can just stay in the tent and go out to watch it early tomorrow morning." Sentinel B responded.

"That's right. Who would cross the river for a sneak attack at night? It's better to wait until dawn before going to monitor. Let's seize the time and get some sleep first." Sentinel A also agreed.

These were spies sent by the Ming Army to monitor the movements on the river. Of course, Peng Qing would prevent Lin Feng's Zhenming Army from crossing the river to steal the camp at night, and specially posted additional sentries.

But the focus of his precautions was for the Zhenming Army to cross the Quyechuan River. He had thought about heading south along the Yellow River, but he thought that Lin Feng only had so many troops and the main force was on the opposite side. How could any troops come out? I didn't care about the sneak attack.

It was a little before three in the morning, and the sky was still dark, with only a few stars twinkling.

The Zhenming Army that came for a sneak attack had sailed to a flat river bend about five kilometers away from Jiazhou City, and they were preparing to disembark from here.

There is no direct road to Jiazhou City from this place, and it passes through a woodland, so no one comes here usually, and there is not even a ghost at night.

Deng Hao has sent Huang Cheng and five or six brothers from the Black Tiger Gang to assist him here.

They used the wood cut in the forest to build a simple wooden fence dock by the river to facilitate the Zhenming Army's landing. And as agreed, a lantern was hung as a signal.

In the dark night, the dim lantern is also very conspicuous. In particular, the view of this river bend was very wide. Lin Feng could see it from a mile or two away, and instructed Zhou Rui to immediately organize the fleet to unchain the iron chains and organize the docking in turns.

The wooden fence pier they built in Huangcheng is very small and can only handle two ships at a time.

This time, the Fugu combat brigade used wooden boats with a load of 20 to 30 tons, which were easier to operate. Soon several boats took turns to dock and brought a thousand Zhenming troops ashore.

After docking and unloading the people, the fleet first stopped at this bend of the river. The place was big enough to park, and a small team of people were left to guard it.

When Huang Cheng saw Lin Feng coming down, he quickly ran forward and said, "Sir, I am Huang Cheng from the Jiazhou Intelligence Station. Station Commander Deng asked me to wait for you here. Everything has been arranged in Jiazhou City. The plan is four o'clock. Half-capture the north city gate and welcome the army into the city."

"Okay, you have worked hard!" Lin Feng encouraged, and then said to Zhou Rui: "Organize the troops immediately and rush towards the north gate of Jiazhou."

"Yes!" Zhou Rui responded.

The woodland on the shore is not very wide, only forty or fifty meters. Huang Cheng and the others have already cleared a simple path, and it can be seen that they are well prepared.

At almost half past four, the army had arrived near the north gate of Jiazhou.

At this time, the horizon in the distance had already revealed a bit of fish belly white, the sky began to light up, and it was now possible to see a little more clearly.

Lin Feng took out his telescope and took a look one mile away from the city. After all, Jiazhou is a state city, and the city wall is quite high. It is really difficult to attack by force.

There are only a few civilians guarding the city wall now. Around 4:30 in the morning, it is the time when a person is most likely to doze off.

Several civilians on the city wall were dozing off together. More than 10,000 imperial counter-rebellion troops were in front of them. Everyone felt that Jiazhou was very safe and the natural defenses were not tight.

Even if Shangguan emphasized the need to be more vigilant, the level of the members of Jiazhou Minzhuang Team could not stop this damn sleepiness.

Lin Feng waved his hand, and Zhou Rui personally led a group of vanguards into the city, taking advantage of the cover of darkness to lurk at the foot of the city wall.

Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting in the city, and then the north gate of Jiazhou creaked open, and three cuckoo calls were heard.

Zhou Rui immediately led the team towards the city gate like a cheetah.

He first asked someone to use a brought log to block the city gate to prevent it from being suddenly closed, and then took the lead and rushed into the city.

I saw Deng Hao leading a group of Black Tiger Gang members to fight with Minzhuang who was defending the city, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Zhou Rui immediately commanded the officers and soldiers of the mobile battalion to come forward with muskets with bayonets attached. In order to prevent accidental injuries, he did not order to fire, but stabbed with the bayonet, knocking down a dozen Minzhuang players from Jiazhou in an instant.

These ordinary people like the Anti-Black Tiger Gang of the People's Zhuang Brigade are not the same, how can they be the opponents of the well-trained officers and soldiers of the Fugu Combat Brigade.

Seeing that there were more than a dozen casualties as soon as they met, the other defenders of the city shouted "enemy attack, enemy attack!" and immediately dispersed.

　The state city was finally captured.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)