Chapter 621 On the first day of the Lunar New Year, "visited" the Tianjin Navy!

The first day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Chongzhen arrived as scheduled.

There is nothing particularly happy, and nothing particularly depressed. Life seems to be dull all of a sudden. The atmosphere of victory slowly changes to the tense atmosphere of preparation for war. I don’t know when Huang Taiji will come. The only thing that is certain is that he will come, and the sky will collapse and the earth will shake. Dongjiabao will face severe tests again.

It can be imagined that after Huang Taiji arrived, the battle would never be as easy as before. Some veterans began to silently ask the literacy officer to help write suicide notes and arrange their own affairs in advance according to the requirements of their superiors. Only those new soldiers who have not experienced the baptism of war did not agree with this. The veterans were calm and excited, forming a quiet and slightly tense military camp atmosphere.

I can’t sleep in on the first day of the first lunar month, so Zhang Zhun got up early. The new year is new, a new beginning, a new beginning. For Zhang Zhun, a new beginning has a special meaning.

Early in the morning, Zhang Zhun brought the snipers to Liujiabao Port, and Li Jicheng was already waiting here. The Marine Corps was also ready to set off. Except for the officers waiting for Zhang Zhun's arrival at the dock, the other soldiers had already settled on the ship and were ready to set off. The mission was issued after the New Year's Eve dinner last night.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it sounds a bit cruel. However, Zhang Zhun had never had the New Year scene when he was in the military camp in his previous life, so he naturally would not care about all this. This made the New Year scene of the Hu Ben Army relatively weak. During the Chinese New Year last year, the Hu Ben Army also spent the battle.

Seeing that all the work was ready, Zhang Zhun waved his hand and said sternly: "Go away."

Then he boarded Li Jicheng's flagship and greeted ordinary Marines. Although he was about to set out on the first day of the New Year, the Marines looked pretty good. Such a unique New Year was probably something they had never encountered before.

The Dabai Fleet was ready to set off. After receiving the order to set off, they immediately raised their sails and slowly sailed out of the port. The officers and soldiers of the Dabai Fleet were full of expectations for setting out on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Of course, they could not fall behind in the new year.

New Year and new atmosphere. In the new year, the Great White Fleet is obviously more majestic. On the high masts, a large Hu Ben Army flag is hung. The north wind is whistling, the red military flag is floating in the wind, and the white ship side swepts open the blue sea water, stirring up white waves, and the red and white shine together, giving people a very strong shock feeling.

There were many people gathered near the port early in the morning, and they all came to visit the Dabai Fleet. Unfortunately, they received a temporary notice that the Dabai Fleet would not accept the visit today. As for the next few days, it is not certain for the time being. This made the onlookers secretly guess what the Dabai Fleet was going to do? Could it be that there was a naval battle?

What is the Dabai Fleet doing? Of course, it is going to carry out the mission. The Dabai Fleet's first mission in the New Year is not entirely a combat mission. In fact, to be serious, the mission is still very simple - Zhang Zhun wants to lead the Dabai Fleet to visit Dagukou and Tianjin Navy. Of course, to be precise, the word "visit" needs to be added with double quotation marks.

Both sides knew the conflict between the Tianjin Navy and the Hu Ben Navy. The Bohai Bay was too small to accommodate the existence of two naval forces. Although the Tianjin Navy's control scope continued to shrink, it still made Zhang Zhun feel unhappy. How could others snore on the side of the bed? Zhang Zhun went to "visit" the Tianjin Navy on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Of course, it was a weasel to wish the chicken a happy New Year - a new atmosphere. The new year and new atmosphere, specifically the Hu Ben Navy, is to kill the Tianjin Navy first.

Zhang Zhun, who traveled through the imperial court in later generations, naturally knew the dirty intentions of the imperial court. Zhang Zhun was not very worried about the three major legions of the imperial court. He was only worried that the Tianjin Navy was making trouble behind him. The great advantage of the Tiger Ben Army was reflected in the sea. He was ready to deal with the disaster of the Tianjin Navy before the court took action and dominate the Bohai Bay.

Without the Tianjin Navy, the Bohai Bay is completely the world of the Hu Ben Army Navy. The warships of the Hu Ben Army Navy only need a very small number of cruises here, and all other warships can be transferred to other regions to deal with more complex situations that may occur. When necessary, the navy can also transport the Hu Ben Army to cross the sea.

Aren't you going to besiege Shandong? Then don't blame me for going ashore from Tianjin Guards and launching an attack on the capital. If you dare to encircle me, I will dare to launch an attack on you to see who can stand up to whom. Of course, this is Zhang Zhun's inner thoughts, and others don't know about it for the time being.

"Sir, Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo may come from Tianjin Wei to reinforce."

Li Jicheng reminded him cautiously.

"Can the warship of Tianjin Navy go ashore?"

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly.

Violent visits to the Tianjin Navy are actually also a test of the bottom line of the court. If the court continues to give in, it means that the court is indeed brewing a huge conspiracy and wants to induce himself to relax his vigilance so that he can annihilate himself in one fell swoop. On the contrary, if the court does not give in to his attacks, it means that the court has no plan to annihilate himself in one fell swoop. In addition, Zhang Zhun also wants to see what kind of reaction will Wu Sangui, a small slippery person, have.

If the court concentrated all its troops to siege the Hu Ben Army after repelling the Tartars, the most likely person to attack the vanguard was Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui is currently stationed in Tianjin Wei, which is closest to the Hu Ben Army. The court wants to turn against each other, and the most suitable person to attack the Hu Ben Army is Wu Sangui. Zhang Zhun is still quite concerned about his 4,000 Liaodong cavalry. After all, the time for the establishment of the Hu Ben Army cavalry was too short and the combat power was not fully formed. It is not possible to fight face to face with professional cavalry for the time being.

The north wind was all the way, and the Dabai Fleet sailed very slowly. From Liujiabao Port to Dagukou, it only took one hour to get off the wind, and it took four hours to walk against the wind. On the afternoon of the first day of the Chinese New Year, the Dabai Fleet approached Dagukou. Perhaps because of the New Year, the entire bay was quiet, and no ships could be seen, and of course there were no figures.

"The people of Tianjin Navy are too relaxed, and they don't even have a single watchtower."

Li Jicheng held up a thousand-mile mirror, observed the surrounding sea, and said with emotion.

Zhang Zhun also held up a thousand-mile mirror and carefully looked at the nearby sea area. Indeed, the Dabai fleet was about to enter Dagukou, but he still didn't see a Tianjin Navy's whistleboat. The warning was so relaxed that it was unprecedented. If the Tartars had a navy, they might have landed here and entered the capital directly.

The Tianjin Navy may not have expected that the Dabai fleet would actually be dispatched on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Throughout history, during the Spring Festival, there have been no wars. Zhang Zhun did this, which really hit the weakness of the Tianjin Navy. The Tianjin Navy had sent ships, but they all retreated to celebrate the New Year.

"Sir, the Dagukou Fort is right in front."

Li Jicheng reminded him cautiously.

"I'll take a look."

Zhang Zhun held up a thousand-mile mirror and carefully looked at the Dagukou Fort.

In the second year of Yongle (1404 AD), after Chengzu Zhu Di built his capital in Beijing, he built a city in Tianjin and built a pier in Dagu Haikou. When he was the strongest, the Dagukou Fort had twenty or thirty artillery pieces, and 800 officers and soldiers were stationed. However, later, the court continuously abolished the Dagukou Fort to save military expenses. I wonder how many artillery pieces there were in the Dagukou Fort in front of him?

Zhang Zhun did not see the shadow of the Ming army guarding the Dagukou Fort in the Qianli Mile Mile. He could vaguely see the existence of the cannon. However, overall, it did not pose any threat. The cannons two hundred years ago had extremely limited performance. Even the Dagukou Fortress, which was full of people, was not in Zhang Zhun's eyes.

"Sir, will you break in?"

Li Jicheng asked for instructions and said.

"Break."

Zhang Zhun said without hesitation.

"Prepare to shoot!"

Li Jicheng hurriedly conveyed the order.

To break into the Dagukou Fort, you must be prepared to shoot. The current Dagukou Fort seems to be without warning, but once the defenders find that the Dagukou Fort is approaching, they still have the chance to fire. Once the defenders counterattack, the Dabai Fleet will use several times more powerful artillery fire than the opponent to completely suppress the defenders' artillery fire.

The sword-toothed ships of the Dabai Fleet all pushed up the cannon windows, pushed out the flying dragon cannons, and then slowly advanced towards the Dagukou Fort. Li Jicheng's worries soon became a reality. When the Dabai Fleet approached Haihekou, it was indeed discovered.

The first thing I discovered was that the people in the Dabai Fleet were actually the gang general of the Tianjin Navy. The gang general of the Tianjin Navy was named Qi Hainian, who climbed up with Liang Tingdong's relationship. On the first day of the first lunar month, he was playing around the fort with his family, and followed by a group of subordinates.

"What is that?"

Qi Hainian suddenly saw the Dabai Fleet.

He actually had never seen the Dabai Fleet with his own eyes, but had heard of it, so he didn't react for a while. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, an inexplicable fleet appeared at the port, which made Qi Hainian subconsciously feel that he was in trouble.

"It's so dangerous...the Hu Ben Army Navy?"

Someone next to him said nervously.

"Oops!"

"The Great White Fleet!"

Qi Hainian was not a fool either, and he suddenly realized.

Damn, for the New Year, the Great White Fleet of the Hu Ben Army Navy actually broke into the mouth of the Haihe River! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be unbelievable. What good things would the Hu Ben Army Navy have arrived at this time? Qi Hainian never expected that the damn Hu Ben Army Navy would not even let go of the first day of the New Year. What exactly should the Hu Ben Army do when fighting so actively?

"Notify the Dagukou Fort, the Hu Ben Navy is invading, and fire the artillery quickly!"

Qi Hainian shouted hurriedly.

The people next to him hurriedly sent the order.

Qi Hainian also hurriedly left with his family.

The guard of the Dagukou Fort was a guerrilla. Last night, he drank too much and was drunk. Even Qi Hainian was too lazy to pay attention to it. The Dagukou Fort and the Tianjin Navy were not in a unity relationship. The jurisdiction of the fort actually belonged to the Tianjin Guard. It was precisely because it was a soldier of the garrison that Zhang Zhun was not concerned about this fort. The combat effectiveness of the garrison soldiers is well known to everyone.

"What?"

"Tiger Army Navy?"

After receiving a report from his subordinate, the guerrillas in the fort were stunned.

The Hu Ben Navy came in at this time. What is the purpose of firing artillery? It is true that there are artillery batteries at Dagukou. There were indeed many artillery guns back then, but now... in desperation, the guerrilla had to shout all his subordinates.

"stand up!"

"stand up!"

"It's going to fight!"

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, they were forced to be pulled out to prepare for battle. Many officers and soldiers cursed loudly and were unwilling to act. However, the guerrilla itself was indeed anxious and simply carried a whip and drove people around. With his efforts, the officers and soldiers of the fort were finally pulled to the fort. However, after delaying for a while, the Dabai Fleet was less than two hundred feet away from the fort.

"Oh shit!"

"It's really the Hu Ben Navy!"

"So many warships! What do you want to do?"

Seeing the Dabai fleet slowly sailing into the port, the fort defenders were stunned.

Everyone knows that those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come. It seems that the Hu Ben Navy is not here to congratulate the New Year! Just a glance at the twelve fully armed warships make people feel a little numb. They don’t know the situation of the Dagukou Fort, which is purely a scary person. It is useless to fight a war.

"fire!"

"fire!"

"fire!"

Guerrilla shouted.

Even though it was winter, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. His back was also covered with cold sweat. He had to sweat. He knew very well how many cannons there were in the Dagukou Fort. He also probably got how many cannons there were in the Dabai Fleet of the Hu Ben Army Navy. That was not of the same level at all! As long as the turret fired one shell, it would definitely attract dozens of shells to counterattack. However, it would not work. Even if it was just a good example, it would have to fire.

"Bang!"

A moment later, a cannon sound came from the direction of the Dagukou Fort.

The shells fell on the water near the Great White Fleet, splashing high columns of water.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Then, several consecutive cannon sounds came.

All the shells fell around the Great White Fleet, splashing several water columns.

"Sir, the Dagukou Fort is on fire."

Li Jicheng said sternly.

Zhang Zhun listened carefully and nodded thoughtfully. He heard that the artillery of the Dagukou Fort is not on the same level as the Feilong Cannon. I believe that the number of artillery on the fort is not large. He said coldly: "I guess there are only three to five artillery on the fort, and the others are probably sold. These borers! Dare to sell anything! Fire the cannon and fight back!"

"Abide by the order!"

Li Jicheng agreed solemnly.
To be continued...