late Qing Dynasty arrest

The bandits on Weishan Island are waiting for the third brother, Sun Guilu, to go into battle in person and board a warship. He is the uncle of the Sun brothers. Kidnapping foreigners is his idea. There are more than 30 meat tickets in the caves on Weishan Island. They have been in captivity for more than three years, and they sit and wait to die like old monks. Among them are dozens of children sitting on the grass, ranging in age from five to eight years old. For the evil, all of them are like skinny living skeletons

Sun Guilu has thought about the consequences of defeat, but he can't beat the Xinwu Army Weishan Lake is so big. With geographical familiarity, he can abandon the ship and escape at any time. Sun Guilu has the idea of ​​killing flesh and blood. The subordinates still wanted to keep a way out. It was the time when they were employed. Sun Guilu didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he threw more than 30 meat tickets in a cave on Weishan Island and starved to death, regardless of his business.

Sun Guilu concentrated his forces on Weishan Island. The five-route army had more than 100 sailing boats and two two-deck warships. These warships had forty cannons and fierce firepower. In Weishan Lake, he was the capital that Sun Guilu relied on to stand out from the crowd. The whistle suddenly reported that the fleet of the Xinwu Army was coming from the northeast

The Xinwu Army has finally dispatched. The panic-stricken Sun Guilu hurriedly formed his fleet into a V-shaped column and boarded the "Iron Hammer" to beat the drums. He was about to rush over from the front of the Xinwu Army's formation.

The Hammer sailed out of the port, and Sun Guilu looked high-spiritedly into the distance, and saw hundreds of boats scrambling on the lake, hundreds of boats sailing and competing, bursts of black smoke rose from behind Sun Guilu secretly shouted that the enemy ship was behind steam and iron-clad ships, and the black smoke gathered into clouds. A black whirlwind swept in, and the number of armored ships was shocking [

At this time, the sky is clear and the easterly wind is at the advantage of the enemy, but Sun Guilu has already retreated, so he mustered up his courage and charged towards the enemy warship.

boom

The sound of the cannons set off a huge wave, the Hammer fired the first shot, the distance between the enemy and us was more than a thousand meters, no damage was done, but that huge wave was the land of death

At this time, the hero is in full swing, the boats are not retreating, the helmsmen of the enemy and us are desperately shaking the oars, and the soldiers on the deck shoot thousands of shots as they shuttle across the lake.

The sound of golden drums, guns, and shouts of killing converged into a picture scroll of war. The gunners on both sides used their housekeeping skills to bombard the enemy's ships. The battle quickly turned into a melee. The moving parts of the warships Obscured by smoke, the Hammer attempted to ram the wooden Osprey twice but failed, allowing Li Guolou to escape.

On the Osprey, Li Guolou personally commanded, relying on the advantage of the wind to bypass the domineering Hammer, seeing Li Guolou calm and peaceful, a warm feeling rose in his heart.

Standing in the command room of the Costin, Hannagan saw the Osprey being threatened and couldn't help feeling anxious. The wind was too weak, causing the warships of the Xinwu Army to disperse at a very slow speed. Mainly supported by artillery, the enemy ships were blown up and hit several enemy ships with billowing black smoke. The advantage was already on the Xinwu Army's side, but the Xinwu Army's warships suffered huge losses when they won the Weishan Lake battle. It's a failure Hannagan can't afford

Catch the thief first, the king, Hannagan, looked at the blazing battlefield, looking for the best breakthrough, and issued an order to fire intensively at the Hammer

boom boom boom

Blossoms are exploding, Sun Guilu staggers and falls on the deck, looking around, the smoke billows and flames are raging on the Iron Hammer, and then looks around, four mosquito boats are besieging the Iron Hammer

At this critical moment, Sun Guilu was a little cowardly and for no reason moved his command flag from the Hammer to the Copper Hammer, which was outside the battle formation. As a result, a warship appeared between the three warships in front and the warships behind. large gap

Hannagan immediately led his vanguard formation composed of ironclad ships through the gap and ordered the command ship Costin to rush towards the Hammer and the other warships.

The Tonghammer shot past the Xiangyun, but it caught fire under the gunfire of the opponent, and was eventually driven out of the battle by the Xiangyun. The Tonghammer fled wildly to Weishan Island, forgetting the command. At the same time, the four mosquito ships Gunfire sets the Hammer ablaze

"Retreat quickly and raise the blue flag." Sun Guilu originally wanted to break out of the siege, but seeing the desperate posture of the four mosquito boats, he no longer had the confidence to flee to Weishan Island.

Hannagan's flagship crashed into the Hammer in the most spectacular action of the battle. As the Costin searched through the smoke of the battle, it rammed the Hammer's starboard side. The old warship lost its directional control. And its front was blocked by another Mosquito ship. As the Hammer retreated, the Costin slammed into the Hammer's broadside at full speed and caused her to list heavily to starboard.

As the Costin slowly receded, the Hammer had already damaged a big hole, and under the force of its own momentum and the tons of lake water pouring into the breach, the Hammer tilted to port.

boom

The starboard side was hit hard. Sun Guilu fell down again. It was too scary. The enemy's mosquito boat was invulnerable. He was hit by an iron ball, but he was fine.

"The starboard side of the third brother's boat is flooded and we are almost unable to hold on." A black and strong bandit with bare feet held a machete in his hand.

I saw the beloved Hammer full of holes and smoke everywhere. The artillery on the front and rear decks had misfired. The sailors were dead and wounded around the fort. Although the gunners on both sides continue to fight against the enemy and our side, the waves rise from the lake

"Leave the boat, abandon the ship and go ashore." Sun Guilu helplessly looked at the Iron Hammer. This is his precious lump. Unfortunately, it was ravaged by the enemy to pieces.

"It's the third brother, I'll help you." Hei Zhuang's bandit was extremely fierce and took three cronies to snatch the boat. There were two boats tied to the Hammer, one of which was destroyed and the remaining one became a life-saving straw in the eyes of many bandits

Hei Zhuang's bandits stepped forward and cut down the two bandits, helped Sun Guilu into the boat, and five men paddled desperately towards Weishan Island with eight oars. The bandits of sex cut through the waves trying to swim back to shore

Chasing each other on the wide lake, the warships of the Xinwu Army hoisted the banner of "avoid death" A sailboat smoking gunpowder quickly raised a white flag, and then several fleeing sailboats also hoisted white flags and looked from afar The white flag is a pair of "gray" pants. The bandits took local materials and put the shorts on the sailboat.

Sun Guilu looked back and looked with tears streaming down his face, and said angrily: "Victory is not martial, the fake foreign devils betray the country and seek glory, and put the foreigner's iron-clad boats into the Neihu country, and the country will be wiped out."

The black-faced man whispered: "Third brother Weishan Island is afraid that we can't hold on until night and we will run away. I will hide this boat on the western shoal. The fake foreign devils can't do anything to us."

"Yeah, paddle to the shallows in the west and we'll land there. Fake foreign devils are acting against the sky. I don't believe that God won't help us locals." Seeing the dense reeds, Sun Guilu's confidence doubled, and he will be able to escape the encirclement in one night.

The dozens of warships of the Xinwu Army will go all out to deal with the fleeing warships as long as they can be moved, and the larger sailboats can no longer control the fleeing small boats, which makes Sun Guilu take his life and flee back to Weishan. island

When the Hammer capsized and sank, the well-trained sailors on the Haidongqing cheered for their captain Deng Shichang

Deng Shichang narrowed his eyes and looked at the dancing Hannagan, grinning and said, "Commander Hannagan, where is the Haidongqing heading? Do you want to move closer to the Osprey?"

The slightly bald Hannagan stroked his well-groomed mustache and shouted majesticly: "If you don't use the Osprey, it will be a big problem. Li Zhentai doesn't need us to respond and play a semaphore to let the warships of the Xinwu Army clean up the mess. The command ship Advance to Weishan Island and let other warships move closer to me and advance in fish-scale column"

"It's my subordinates going to raise the flag." Deng Shichang left the cockpit and experienced the Battle of Weishan Lake, which gave him a new understanding of water warfare. From the first thing in the war, to grasping the opportunity at the critical moment, to the desperate rush to the front, this is Commander Hannagan. left an impression on him

The Haidongqing seized the opportunity to severely damage the enemy ship. The enemy's command ship was out of order. The semaphore was chaotic. Hundreds of enemy ships lost their command like flies scurrying around on the water. The Haidongqing hit with one blow. Reversing the "chaotic" battle situation makes the balance of victory lean towards the Xinwu Army

Li Guolou witnessed the bravery of the Beiyang Navy with his own eyes, and was moved inexplicably, and shed tears of excitement. The victory was not easy. Many heroes and soldiers were buried in Weishan Lake.

Li Guolou didn't want to kill more people and ordered to raise the banner of avoiding death to rescue the bandits who jumped into the water

Seeing it in his eyes, Ping An couldn't help but said anxiously in his heart: "That Hannagan of Li Zhentai has already sailed to Weishan Island with the fleet, we can't just dawdle, let the Yanzhou navy take care of the aftermath, and it will always give others some benefits."

As soon as Li Guolou heard that what Ping An said was reasonable, he raised the semaphore and began to re-formation, and there were more than 40 warships maintaining their combat effectiveness. There are more than fifty sailing boats, Li Guolou has confidence in his heart, the face of an upright gentleman is even more rigid, standing unmoved at the bow, enjoying the cheers of everyone, and hearing someone shouting long live, Li Guolou's seriousness is not praising him, but to praise him. Tongzhi emperor pays tribute

The warships of the Xinwu Army followed the ten mosquito boats and marched towards Weishan Island. Li Guolou took out his pocket watch. It was past noon and the battle was fierce for nearly four hours. It is the landing battle that the direct descendants of the Sun brothers will take over, which is the real test of how many soldiers Sun Guilu has to fight. I am afraid that there are less than 1000 people. What if the enemy breaks out at night in a small boat?

Li Guolou furrowed his brows, and the other troops in Shandong are very likely to let the fleeing enemy go on purpose. It is a common tactic of the army to support the enemy. Whether the final battle can be successfully concluded depends on whether Shandong governor Zhang Renjun can persuade those The arrogant soldier depends on the prestige of Li Hongzhang

But Li Guolou always felt something was wrong and looked at the gray sky. Finally, it was a sunny day and it was going to rain again in the afternoon. It was too late for the fleet to sail to Weishan Island, and the port would be blocked, and the enemy ships would be bombarded to hide in Weishan Island. After the enemy, the fleet dropped anchor and stopped in the deep water area. The landing battle is afraid that it will be ruined. It is really calculated by Mr. White Snake. The soonest is to attack Weishan Island tomorrow. How many variables will there be in a moonlit night

After a big victory, Li Guolou felt sorry for himself, but his face was full of sadness. If the battle at Weishan Lake became a stalemate, all the people in Shandong would try their best to rush to support the Xinwu Army. We can't see Xinwujun's winning streak[

Pingan hastily sighed, "Li Zhentai almost captured Sun Guilu and Zhou Tianlun just now. I saw that boat just now, but I have to remind you."

"Really, Ping'er, you've worked hard on you, you are my goddess of victory." Li Guolou's eyes were full of love, he was still in high spirits all night without sleep

"Seriously, I can't do it tonight. I caught the bandit who sent the surrender form called Zhang Tie Pao, but he is very good at paddling this time. His hands and bones are sore, how can he withstand Li Guoloudu's demands?

"Why do I see this kind of little character? The last time I saw him, I was interested. Seeing you makes me feel full, my little baby." Li Guolou reluctantly held Ping An in his arms, and had already stared at Ping An's cherry lips.

Ping An covered Li Guolou's mouth with his hand and scolded: "Don't do this, it's too bad for people to see. I'll let you kiss enough to tell you something serious at night. That Zhang Tie Pao is a relative of Zhang Xiaotian, the eldest brother of Zhuque Club, and Zhang Xiaotian is giving it to him. Brainwashed, now he wants to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, I think this person can be used.”

Li Guolou guessed what Ping'an wanted in the blink of an eye, twisted Ping'an's face with a smile and said, "Little baby is so smart, go find the bandits who provided the information and let them sneak back to Weishan Island to kill Sun Guilu and Zhou Tianlun Xu." Hurry up with a big reward, otherwise Sun Guilu and Zhou Tianlun will flee in the dark, if they escape into the vast mountains, it will be a poor future for Shandong."

Pingan smiled: "Li Zhentai still wants you to come forward to show others the attitude towards the national scholars, otherwise the surname Zhang would not work hard, that person is still very loyal and angry, but Sun Guilu and Zhou Tianlun killed their own brothers when they escaped, so they are willing to fight back Don’t just mention the big rewards of the water, but I’ve taken a fancy to you.”

This time, Ping An acted preemptively and couldn't help but touch Li Guolou's face. He dared to look at Li Guolou's face last night, but he closed his eyes and enjoyed it. Now he finally sees it clearly. beard

"Oh, that's right! Seeing that Zhang Tiezhuo is a good man, he can stay with you." Li Guolou immediately adjusted his clothes and walked out of the cabin with the expression of a virtuous corporal. Isn't it easy to make people die? Isn't it easy for Li Guolou to be good at this? Li Guolou is familiar with the method of magical skills to subdue the heroes of the rivers and lakes

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