"Master Hong, Shi Shicao has divided his troops!"

In Ningbo City, Zhu Yicheng has been waiting for news about the Fujian Navy these days, but now the news has finally arrived.

"Are you sure Shi Shicao divided his troops? How to divide his troops? Where is the main force of the Fujian Navy now?" Zhu Yicheng stood up and asked Dong Dashan urgently.

When Zhu Yicheng was overjoyed when he learned that the main force of the Fujian Navy landed in the east of Dinghai and some ships continued to go up the coast towards the direction of Yongjiang River. This meant that his suspicious plan had worked. The "fort" placed in Yongjiang River really scared Shi Shipiao. Otherwise, Shi Shipiao would not have left the Yongjiang route and deliberately divided his troops to place the main force east of Dinghai.

Speaking of the turret, it is just a good thing. Except for the real base of the turret, the cannons on it are all terrifying things. After taking Ningbo, Zhu Yicheng attached great importance to the Yongjiang River, the sea mouth. In order to prevent the enemy from coming from the sea, Zhu Yicheng ordered the construction of the turret. However, when the base of the turret was built, the cannons equipped on it did not have time to be installed. Although Zhu Yicheng was already working hard to improve the firearm, it took time after all. If he could give him a year and a half, then the real cannon might be able to be created.

But time was too urgent. In just two months, even a god could not get so many cannons. Moreover, the threat of the Fujian Navy was imminent, and Yongjiang was very likely to be the opponent's main attack route. In this case, Zhu Yicheng had to think of other ways.

The Fujian Navy had the most powerful warships of the Qing Dynasty, and their warships were all equipped with naval guns. If the Fujian Navy was allowed to enter the Yongjiang River and reach Ningbo City directly, the defense of Ningbo City would be extremely difficult under the attack of hundreds of naval guns. Moreover, the rebel army was not trained enough, and Zhu Yicheng had never had any battles to defend such a big city in Ningbo. Once the city wall was bombarded by cannons, who could guarantee that the rebel army could maintain normal combat effectiveness?

If you want to defend Ningbo City and repel the invading Fujian Navy, you must play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, so that the Fujian Navy will give up the Yongjiang route and attack by land. In this way, the Fujian Navy's naval guns will not be able to play to their advantages. Even if there are other guns, they will be small cannons, and their threat to Ningbo City will be greatly reduced.

Furthermore, the Fujian Navy's land route can also allow the rebel army's personnel advantages to be utilized, not to forget that once Shi Shipiao leaves the fleet, the entire Fujian Navy will also lose its maximum combat power, which will give Zhu Yicheng an opportunity to take advantage of.

As for the cannons on the fort, they are all fake. The cannons are made of wood, iron hoops and black paint. These materials are very common in Ningbo. They can be completed in two days after they are secretly craftsmen. After setting up the cannons, who can know that they are fake cannons if they don’t get close to them?

This method was actually used in later World War II. The Allies built a large number of fake fortifications and fake equipment to confuse Germany on the other side of the English Channel. Coupled with some misleading intelligence, Germany eventually deviated from judging the direction of the Allied landing, which led to the failure of the war.

Now, Zhu Yicheng can be said to be "repeated with the same trick", setting up this trap like the Allies in later generations. In addition, the people he sent out, including Wang Dong, made a sound in Zhoushan, and the news that there was a fort in Yongjiang naturally dispersed.

In addition, Zhu Yicheng sent a lot of people to guard the forts and made a strict attitude, and successfully concealed the spies sent by Shi Shipiao, which made Shi Shipiao, who had always been cautious, make a misjudgment and finally choose the tactic of dividing troops to land.

"Okay! This is really great!" Shi Shicao divided his troops and landed. Zhu Yicheng changed from an absolute disadvantage to having the initiative. How could he not be happy? However, he was not careless about Shi Shicao sending a small fleet to Yongjiang. The defense of the fort must not be relaxed. In this case, it must still be a stance to defend the Yongjiang defense line. As for cannons, in addition to more than 90% of fake goods, the fort still has two real cannons. Of course, this real cannon is the original antique of Ningbo City. But it doesn't matter. As long as it can be fired, a few cannons should be set off appropriately to scare the other party. I think this small fleet would not really have the courage to attack with the fort blockade.

Immediately, Zhu Yicheng immediately ordered the rebels in Ningbo to be prepared to not expose the news that the rebels had learned that Shi Shicai had divided his troops and landed. After all, this news was quietly coming from Zhoushan by Wang Dong and others. Once they were posing in advance, Shi Shicai would inevitably arouse alertness.

On the Yongjiang Fort, several old rebels personally led people to defend. In order to ensure the secret of the fort, Zhu Yicheng sent some of the old men he trusted the most to lead the team and issued orders to them how to deal with it. On the second day after Shi Shipiao's Fujian Navy divided the troops, seven or eight naval warships finally arrived at the mouth of the Yongjiang River and began to enter along the Yongjiang River. At noon, the rebels who were waiting for the fort could see the warships on the river. When the warships arrived, the rebels were not polite and immediately looked busy on the fort, but in fact, the two cannons that could be fired were mainly tinkering.

Although these two real cannons are old antiques, they are repainted and placed on the turret, which looks very frightening. Several trained gunners cleaned the chamber according to the procedures and put the ammunition on the bullet. When the Fujian Navy's warship entered the range, with a command, the cannon ignited and started attacking.

A stream of white smoke suddenly rose from the turret, and an iron projectile flew out from the muzzle in the flames, and flew towards the warship at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the projectile landed not far from the warship and caused a large splash of water, the Fujian navy, who was a test, quickly turned around and stepped up the range of the cannon at a faster speed than before.

"Continue firing! By the way, don't be idle either, you guys, light up the firecrackers for me!" The leader of the rebel army shouted loudly. The two cannons were fired continuously, mixed with the firecrackers that had been prepared long ago. The sound of these firecrackers was also loud, and a lot of smoke would be emitted when they were blown up. From a distance, the turrets were very lively, which scared the Fujian Navy's warships to travel farther and farther. At the same time, they were secretly glad that they did not go too deep. If they were really too close to the other turrets fired together, they might have all fed the Dragon Prince.

The fleet of Yongjiang tentatives quickly reported the situation to Shi Shipiao, who had landed in the east of Dinghai. When he learned the news, Shi Shipiao was completely convinced that Yongjiang had tight defense. Now he completely abandoned the last chance that still existed and began to command the landing troops to attack Ningbo along the inland.

From the east of Dinghai, that is, the later Beilun attacked Ningbo, it took about two days to land. For safety reasons, Shi Shipiao sent the vanguard troops to explore the way, and the army advanced later. However, he never expected that Zhu Yicheng, who was in Ningbo City, had already figured out his movements and was waiting for him to come.
Chapter completed!