Chapter 56 Beacon Fire
"No mistake?"
The setting sun was like blood. In the dusk mist, Chen Mu tried his best to look into the southwest sea, and could only see the low clouds and the ink-colored sea in the distance.
The cannon exploded, and the thousand-household yamen ran to the hundreds of houses. In the house next to the road, the flag army in the house clasped an iron hat and grabbed a bird gun and ran out of the door. The woman holding the child followed her out, calling her husband to hand over the child, but she couldn't speak. A small flag screamed in her ears. The peasant woman panickedly looked at her lover's face, snatched the child and ran into the house.
The night in Xiangshan was filled with sounds of horns, and the peasant woman was crying with a low cry behind the door.
"Why didn't you dare to read it wrong? It's true that on the fortress west of Haojing, you can see the high black smoke rising from Guanghaiwei, rolling like fire!"
Chen Mu's face was very stiff, and he pursed his lips and brows and locked it up. It was already dark. The defenders on the Haojing Fort saw that the beacon was nearly an hour ago. Now there was no news from everywhere. What should he do?
The duty of defending the Thousand Households is to not rescue without authorization. Can he watch the attacks of friendly troops hundreds of miles away, but he is indifferent?
In the chaos of war, no one in the Qianhu Institute of Xiangshan had ever experienced police transmission from afar. The most experienced one was Chen, Bai and Zhang who came from Qingcheng. However, their experience was the experience of being the general banner of the hundred households and did not know how to control the overall situation.
Everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
"Send cavalry, cavalry, and horses to cross the border to Xinhui, to Xinning, and ask!"
Chen Mu put on his armor and stood in front of Qianhu Yamen with a calm face. After a while, he raised his hand and looked around at Deng Zilong and Sun Ao and said, "There are nine hundred households, and each hundred households are in charge of defense for four hours. The three of us rotate the duties, and the lead of Sun Qianhu first, and Deng Qianhu will go four hours later, and Chen will take over the job eight hours later."
"The person on duty cheered up, and the enemy was in front of him, and he would lose his head if he was not careful. The person who rotated to go to bed and sent someone to stare at Shichen-Bird."
Chen Mu was determined when he ordered the flag officer under his command, but he had to discuss it when he said to the sideline Yuanjie and said, "I think we need a flag army that can be used to fight on the battlefield at any time. The brothers in Qingcheng have a good rest. Once the warning is made, they can use weapons to form formations to fight the enemy. What do the two brothers think of this?"
Zhang Yongshou smiled and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Yuanjie who was rushing forward, and said with his fists: "The guest follows the host's will, Qingcheng will assist in defending Xiangshan, and he will take the orders based on Chen Qianhu's orders. Qingcheng Qianhu's flag army will camp and rest!"
Bai Yuanjie and Zhang Yongshou are never called official positions when they get along with Chen Mu. They are always called Erlang by Erlang, but at this time, the military discussion at the military discussion Bai Yuanjie obviously did not want to lose the prestige of his old subordinates. After ordering, he clasped his fists again and pulled Zhang Yongshou away.
Chen Mu was stunned for a while before he realized Bai Yuanjie's intention, and turned to the flag army behind him and ordered: "Put the cannon and match it with mules and horses, no matter whether it is a Japanese pirate or a pirate, if you dare to come, you will be bombarded."
The unknown enemy is the most terrifying. In the past six months, he defeated the Fanyi sailors in Haojing, and then trained troops in Xiangshan to prepare for the enemy. The flag army under his command was considered to be full of troops and food, and even the small cannons were equipped, making Chen Mu so swollen that he thought that he was holding this army and was ready to deal with any enemy.
The beacon of Guanghaiwei made him ring the bell in his heart, not so.
He has fought tough battles, defensive battles, attacked the mountains and kicked the camp, and defended the thieves in Jiang, he understands.
But not every enemy is like Hao Jing's barbarian dancing and jumping toward the line he has set up, but more are formations he has never tried.
It was not that he had thought that he would lead his army across the border to support Guanghaiwei without receiving the order, but according to his current mentality as a general under the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he would have the opportunity to say that he would go over and do something.
The problem is that he doesn't have this ability. He can just fight in a night, and the encounters in the marching can get stuck. If he loses, he can't bear the blame for his defeat?
Life is so comfortable, all the troops, financial and status are bulging like balloons, and I am a little proud.
Chen Mu shook his head, this mentality was not good.
Zhang Han has a high position and is his superior, and he has the opportunity to direct him directly with Hao Jing's cleverness. Can Zhang Han really treat him as a confidant general, and cross the border without authorization and love talents?
impossible.
At best, Chen is Mu Enwansheng, a subordinate of the governor. He said a few words and worked hard to do things well. He treated him personally because he had not missed it. A person with talent and power is also more powerful than him can make mistakes three times and four times, and he can't make mistakes once.
He looked down on those who were also guards and knew that he would burn the enemy to the enemy when he encountered the enemy. Will he?
Mr. Chen knew how to fight.
"It's better to walk on thin ice."
He was not the only one who released the fast horse, and some of the horses ran much faster than him. The cavalry of the Governor's Office was in urgent need of military information, and they changed horses from various post stations along the way but did not change people. They discovered the news about Guanghaiwei overnight. The rider sent by the next morning brought a flying newspaper from the Governor's Office.
"The Japanese pirates besieged Guanghai Weicheng, robbed the city, and sent Xiangshanwei to suppress the thieves."
It was already dawn, and Chen Mu had nothing to say when the Governor's Office sent a signal. He left behind the three hundred households of Sun Ao's troops who were in charge last night and ordered the army to be reorganized and prepared for war.
Before the army moved, the flag army that had gone across the border to obtain the letter last night returned on horseback. The rider, who had not closed his eyes all night, was almost exhausted and told Chen Mu about the same situation.
"Thousands of households are real beacons. Xinhui, Xinning has received an order from the commander to mobilize more than 300 flag troops toward Guanghai Acropolis. Guanghai Guard is in danger. The commander's order did not say how many enemy troops were, but he also asked for help from the surrounding guards, camp soldiers, and governor's yamen. He is not an ordinary thief!"
Needless to say, if it were ordinary little thieves, Guanghaiwei had a high city of Dawei, there was no need to ignite the beacon.
Even if hundreds of pirates are involved, it is not difficult to mobilize the Guanghai Guard Flag Army even if it cannot be expelled and resisted. Why bother to
Two thousand households in Xiangshan and Qingcheng were united in the flag army, and several thousand households and deputy households gathered to discuss for a moment before deciding the battle plan.
Bai Yuanjie led his army to Xinning as a follow-up reinforcement.
Chen Mujun took two centipedes, two blessed ships, and five fast ships to take the Guanghai Acropolis from Taishan from the sea to rescue.
Saying Bai Yuanjie away, the Xiangshan Seven Hundred Flags Army boarded the ship in a dressing and sailed for a hard sail. Before passing through the strait between Xiangshan and Haojing, thick black smoke rose from the white clouds in the light blue sky.
That was not black smoke, it was wolf smoke from Haojing.
boom!
Boom boom!
The extremely familiar loud noise came from far to near, and the people at the Haojing Ferry were silhouetted, jumping and waving.
"What happened to Hao Jing, drive over!"
Chen Mu, who was on the head of the centipede, heard the sound of cannons in the sky that looked like thunder. Could it be that the Franchise robots were disobedient and led the fleet back?
He still made a mistake. He thought that after Haojingao's upward business, there were not many strangers and only the three hundred flag troops were left to guard him, so how could he be his opponent?
"I'm afraid the order for all ships to load guns and guns is coming back."
Chapter completed!