Since the Fujian Navy landed, its fleet was left by some of the Navy personnel and was anchored in a port east of Dinghai.

Shi Shipiao's navy went north and brought enough food, but due to the change of the attack point, it changed from Yongjiang to Dinghai to land. Not only did the personnel divide the troops, but the land war also needed supplies. Therefore, most of the food and grass carried by the navy was transferred to land transportation, and not much was left on the ship.

The mooring of warships is also consumed, but considering that Zhoushan is still in the hands of the Qing court, the supplies of the left-behind naval army can be obtained from Zhoushan. However, both Shi Shipiao and the generals of the left-behind naval army never expected that Zhoushan was not a rebel in name, but in fact, it had been secretly controlled by Zhu Yicheng. The reason why he did not formally take Zhoushan was because of his considerations of sea trade.

When Shi Shipiao was in Zhoushan, the gentry who cried and rushed to work the army were arranged by Zhu Yicheng, and of course, Wang Dong, who was making a big splash, was closely watched. They kept paying close attention to the news about the Fujian Navy, and news quietly spread from Zhoushan to Ningbo, and the speed was even faster than Shi Shipiao's military newspaper.

After Shi Shiyu led his troops to land and the main force of the navy left, Wang Dong and others became involved in the left-behind guerrilla general by supplying the navy. After a while, the two sides became harmonious. As time went by, the left-behind navy had long relaxed their vigilance against Wang Dong and others.

Calculate the time, it is estimated that when Shi Shicai led his troops to Ningbo City, Wang Dong and others suddenly launched the attack. The solution was very simple. The navy, who was in trouble with the opportunity of laboring the army, was hit by the unprepared navy.

While the left-behind naval army was overturned by the medicine, the four seas merchants who had long been hiding in Zhoushan came out from all directions with ambush. In addition to a little resistance, the rebels and sailors took over the entire Fujian naval army and obtained the control of the naval army. Wang Dong immediately commanded the ships to set sail, and took the captured naval army soldiers and most of the naval warships to go to sea toward the island that had been booked long ago.

The Ying Qian and his men who ran back were just fish that escaped the net. If they hadn't gone ashore for fun that day, they should have fallen into Wang Dong's hands now. When these two guys returned, they suddenly saw that the entire navy had been occupied, which scared them so much that they didn't even dare to show their heads and ran away.

Now, most of the navy warships have left the landing site, except for more than a dozen warships waiting solemnly at the landing site, waiting for Shi Shipiao to return to give him a "surprise". This is because the Sihai Commercial Bank lacks qualified gunners. If there are a large number of gunners, Zhu Yicheng even wants to smash the entire navy's shells on Shi Shipiao's head.

When Shi Shipiao learned that all his naval warships fell into the enemy's hands, he felt dizzy and almost fainted. The warships were gone, is there any Fujian Navy? The most terrifying thing is that the retreat at sea was cut off and there were thieves surrounding him. If he no longer made a decision immediately, the entire army would be wiped out.

At this time, Shi Shipiao had no time to scold the stupidity of the left-behind navy, and had no time to turn back to settle the score with Zhu Yicheng from Ningbo. The most important thing now is how to escape from the sky and return to Xiamen.

He urgently summoned his subordinates and Shi Shipiao ordered a change of course, from east to south. He had to escape from the sphere of influence of Ningbo's rebels as quickly as possible to preserve the last power of the Fujian Navy in his hands.

When the Fujian Navy heard that all the remaining naval commanders were in the hands of the thief, the Fujian Navy was stunned and panicked about their respective futures and safety. At this moment, the entire team no longer had any morale. The Fujian Navy was very clear that if they could not escape as soon as possible, let alone other things, they would not withstand the food and grass they carried for several days.

However, it is not so easy to run. Dinghai has a special geographical location, which is a corner extending to the sea east of Ningbo. The sea is surrounded on three sides east of Dinghai. If you retreat to the south, you must walk back again. Behind the Fujian Navy and others, the pursuers sent by the Ningbo City rebels have been staring at it. If you want to retreat smoothly, you must break through the blockade of the pursuers and run nearly 500 miles with two legs to reach the Ninghai territory.

These five hundred miles are not so easy to walk. There are mountains and waterways all the way back to Dinghai. It takes at least ten days for the Fujian Navy to break out of the encirclement by marching speed. In more than ten days, Shi Shipiao is not a person who does not understand soldiers. He knows very well what this means, but he has only one road at the moment.

Without delaying for a moment, the order to retreat from the south by land was immediately issued. Shi Shipiao led his troops to turn around and evacuate quickly. But just like what he thought, the thieves in Ningbo seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Just like he evacuated towards the Navy, the land route to the south was even less good. Along the way, a small number of rebels were constantly harassed. Although Shi Shipiao led his troops to run wildly with the powerful firearms of the Navy, he still suffered some losses.

In the next two days, this situation continued to happen, and as time went by, the morale of the Fujian Navy continued to decline. When the team had just passed Taibai Mountain, Shi Shipiao, who led the troops seriously, could not stop the team from collapsing.

First of all, the weather is not good. This season is a season of many typhoons. Although there are more typhoons this year than in previous years, the wind and rain in this coastal area comes at once. A sudden storm caused the Fujian Navy's firearm to be useless. The tired and hungry soldiers were constantly harassed by thieves in the wild, and began to collapse mentally.

The deserters appeared, first one or two, then two. When they passed Taibai Mountain, 30% of the soldiers had already escaped at night. I don’t know whether these escaped Qing soldiers were killed or arrested by the rebels, or escaped into the mountain by chance and became wild people.

Secondly, the road has consumed a lot of physical strength after several days. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, the wounds of the Qing soldiers injured under Ningbo City have deteriorated, and people have fallen down halfway. By this time, Shi Shipiao knew in his heart that his Fujian Navy was wiped out, and it was impossible to take these people out. Although the rebels have not attacked with all their strength, they are just waiting for the moment when they truly collapse.

"Military, please have some porridge." The personal soldiers came over with a bowl of porridge and said to Shi Shipiao who was sitting in a harsh manner. At this time, Shi Shipiao was still as energetic as he went to the battle. The armor on his body had already been taken off, and he was wearing a robe and became dirty in the rain and the marching. As for the braids behind his head, they were even curled up, like a big mud sticking behind his head.

Mu Ran picked up the bowl and looked at the little porridge that could reveal a figure. Shi Shipiao felt sad from it. He thought that he had fought with his father when he was young, and was in the position of the Admiral of the Fujian Navy in his prime. He was a famous general in the entire Qing Dynasty. Who would have thought that just a momentary misjudgment caused the entire army to fall into such a situation. He looked around in a daze and looked at his subordinates who were like walking corpses. Is this the place where his Fujian Navy was buried?
Chapter completed!