At the top of Xiazhou Mountain, Bai Rong'an and Yan Ganming each held a telescope and looked at the vast Minjiang River. The wide Minjiang River tightened rapidly here, and the turbid river water then flowed into the sea. At the lower reaches of the eyes, the green low building on the other side was the Min'an Fortress built by the Qing army in Fujian. The foundation was built with stones and rammed earth made into a pentagonal wall. The walls that were thick and inclined, less than two feet high were Half Moon Fort, Bastion, and various types of artillery were set up on it.

Yan Ganming was an authentic artilleryman. Although he changed his career and became the commander of the advance battalion, his basic knowledge was not lost. He knew that the fortress could not be simply copied. It required solid and complex mathematical knowledge, especially the arrangement of artillery positions and the firing boundary of artillery, steering and range. At least with his shallow mathematical knowledge, it is impossible to design. There are many Taixi Zuoreng among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. I think this fortress in Min'an was written by those people.

Three iron locks extended from the fortress and crossed the Minjiang River. The iron lock as thick as an arm was nearly a thousand meters long. Its great self-weight allowed it to sink into the river water, and then it appeared and penetrated deep into the fort on the right bank of the Minjiang River.

Bai Rongan said: "I don't know if the two of them have succeeded. There has been no movement until now. It's so anxious."

"It's best to be successful." Yan Ganming said.

The first defense system of Min'an Town is a bastion and a fort. The two of them had previously sent people to cut the Hengjiang Iron Lock, but the water flowed there quickly. The sent water ghosts either returned without success or were buried in the belly of fish. They had already failed. At present, I hope Axia's method can work, otherwise the task of breaking through Min'an Town would fall on the heads of the two of them. When the military orders were as high as the mountain, I still didn't know how many brothers would die.

"Look, there is movement in Jiangxin!" Yan Ganming pointed at Jiangxin and said.

Bai Rong'an set up a telescope and looked at it. Sure enough, a cluster of black things appeared in the middle of the river. From the upstream, he approached Bai Rong'an and found that it was a bunch of fresh branches or grass groups tied with straw ropes, and there were also many dense tree crowns mixed in. These debris went downstream and directly crashed into the Hengjiang Iron Lock in Min'an Town.

These grass bundles, firewood bundles flowed down the middle of the river, and when they were about to enter the downstream, they suddenly stopped. It turned out that a stone fell from the firewood bundle with a rope. The firewood bundles could pass through the iron lock, but the stone was blocked by the iron lock and hung directly on the iron lock. These firewood bundles were nothing to the thick iron lock. Yan Ganming saw that the effect was good, so he ordered people to go upstream to send messages and act according to the plan.

On the Mawei Port River section about ten kilometers upstream, both sides have been completely mobilized. Axia and Xingzai, with silver coins and copper coins obtained from Yan Ganming, hired men, women, young and old in the surrounding villages, tied firewood and tied grass groups, and prepared on the shore. More straw balls and thorny plants were also pulled to the shore. As the sky darkened, they first threw the prepared grass balls into the river, and then all kinds of tree crowns, straws, thorny plants, and even some broken ships were thrown over.

Below Mawei Port, there are mountains above Min'an Town. The Min'an River narrows and there are almost no sandbanks. Therefore, these blocked objects will almost be blocked by the Hengjiang iron locks. Even the Qing army in the Min'an Fortress could not react for a while.

In the second half of the night, the fortress's winch made a creaking sound. When the Qing army arrived at the operating room, they found that the iron lock on the winch had completely collapsed. The wooden winch was under extremely heavy force, so they could not bear it. The ginseng general responsible for the iron lock thought of the first thing that the turret on the opposite side was pulling the ginseng. Otherwise, with the flow of the river in winter, it would definitely not have such force. However, it was not easy to row across the river in the middle of the night. After all, the water flow was too fast and it was easy to get into trouble. The Green Camp Ginseng General had no choice but to relax the winch and put down the longer ginseng, but it was soon tense again. Seeing that the iron lock was completely loosened, the Green Camp Ginseng General had to send a message with a fire.

The Green Camp has not yet formed a complete signal information like the United States Navy fleet, but there are messages of stopping in a few simple lights, so they ignited the lights, but the general also saw a fire lit on the opposite side. The simple fire signal first conveyed the incompatibility, and then sent a critical signal.

In fact, the winch of the Min'an Fort on the other side was also delivered to the end. They also wondered why the fortress relaxed the first iron lock, because similar operations should be carried out during the day.

In the second half of the night, when the Qing army on both sides were still blaming each other, a sudden sound of collapse sounded, and the winch on the fort was completely broken, and the Hengjiang Iron Lock disappeared on the shore with half of the winch. The Green Camp General of the Fortress was still considering how to deal with the fool on the opposite side tomorrow. The iron lock in the middle was getting tighter and tighter, and the winch was getting more and more difficult. As it was about to break, the general informed the general of the Min'an Sea Defense as soon as possible. The general of the general judged that the enemy was captured by the enemy and the enemy was destroying the Hengjiang Iron Lock.

Neither at night, the general of Min'an Sea Defense, Chen Qi, sent the fortress defenders to cross the river by boat to investigate. The Min'an section of Min'an is turbulent and there are many whirlpools, so the Green Camp Navy went downstream and crossed the river at the Jiangkou. When he arrived at the fort, he found that everything was fine. The iron lock operation room there was also the same as the fortress. Although the situation was not clear, the Qing army still sent a safe fire signal.

Until dawn, the Qing army saw clearly what was happening in the Minjiang River. The only third one was still there, and the outermost Hengjiang iron lock, which was a huge blockage composed of grass, rice poles, thorns, branches and rotten wood. They caused huge resistance to the river surface. The river water washed them and eventually acted on the Hengjiang iron lock, making the winch on both sides rattle. In the upstream, all kinds of debris continued to flow downstream, adding this huge debris to put more pressure on the last Hengjiang iron lock.

At this time, Chen Qi knew that it was the Dongfan people who were making trouble. While sending soldiers to the upstream to look for the people who were causing trouble, he notified the Fujian governor in Fuzhou City thirty kilometers upstream to the summit of Fujian. Finally, Chen Qi sent out all the sampans and boats under his command and asked the soldiers to hook the miscellaneous items with grab hooks, but countless miscellaneous items were connected and entangled together, so how could the more than a dozen small boats of the Fujian Navy be cleaned up?

The Fujian Navy and the Green Camp soldiers were busy trying to save the last Hengjiang Iron Lock, but found that three or four large Fuhuo and sand boats had arrived upstream. The hull was dripping very deep, and went downstream and directly crashed into the Hengjiang Iron Lock. This was the last killer weapon of Axia and his two men. These ships were stolen from the Nantai Shipyard outside Fuzhou City. The shipyard was suspended after the relocation of the boundary and banned seas. Originally, Yue Lexiang asked the shipyard to serve his navy, but found that the ships they built were attacked when they went to sea and could not reach Zhejiang at all. So he simply dispatched a group of shipbuilders and abandoned the Nantai Shipyard.

These ships were loaded with mud and sand, which was extremely heavy. At first, there were people driving the ship. When they arrived in Min'an Town, the rudder was tied to death and went downstream. The large ship loaded with mud and sand was 300 tons. Two of them almost directly hit the Hengjiang Iron Lock, which directly caused the winch on one side of the fort to be unable to bear it. After it was broken, the iron lock flew out, and the broken ship and the group of debris went downstream. When they arrived at the downstream, all kinds of debris and debris were directly stranded on a series of sandbanks at the front of Langqi Island. The Marine Corps had been prepared and quickly drove the boat up and fixed the things blocking the route with iron piles and chains. Then, the Marine Commander Umu issued an order to attack.

Wu Mu's order could only determine the landing operations of several Fujian, Yueyi troops, including the Marine Corps and Bai Rong'an, but it could not determine the operation of the fleet. The fleet needed Hou Feng and even more needed tides. After about four hours, it was not until noon that the tide surged, and the naval support fleet began to attack. The support fleet anchored in the main channel north of Langqi Island set sail. It entered the Minjiang River under the blow of the north wind and quickly rushed towards the Min'an Fortress, which had lost the cover of the Hengjiang iron lock.

The Marines, which had already landed on the south bank, acted together with the support fleet. The Marines and the Yi army quickly rushed to the fort on the south bank. The fort guards had only more than 300. Facing the Yi army of thousands of people, they were already shaken. Bai Rong'an personally came forward to persuade the surrender, and the fort surrendered directly. Chen Qi in the Min'an Fortress would not surrender. The support fleet had a fierce exchange of fire with the Min'an Fortress.

There were six ships in the support fleet, two of which were Ruizhan-class battleships. One in front and one behind, escorting four mortar gunboats into the channel. The range of the Red Cannon that entered the Min'an Fortress was bombarded. The Min'an Fortress's artillery battery was aimed at the Minjiang River for more than 30 artillery pieces, ranging from nine to eighteen pounds. These artillery cast with technical support from Western casting artillery craftsmen have reached the average level of this era. At least the level is extremely high compared to the Shangkexi team, which built more than four tons of twelve-pound guns.

Because the channel is narrow and the water flows upward, it took at least half an hour to reach the position by maneuvering to the position. This was done under the towing of the small sampan boat. During this process, it was always bombarded by artillery artillery from the Min'an Fortress. Six ships were shot more than a hundred times. However, for the sailing warships, the shelling of the superstructure was not of little significance. The biggest threat was the red shells fired by the Qing army. Fortunately, the navy had strict damage management procedures and did not cause too much problem.

The fire was driven to the position with the shells, and more than 200 casualties were paid. Although the losses were huge, everything was worth it. Six ships moved to the position and then fired from anchors, suppressing the firepower of the Min'an Fortress at the first time, especially the two Arizona-class battleships. The concentrated fire of the seventy-four heavy artillery shocked everyone. The Qing army in the fortress could not raise its head, and the most important thing was the ten-inch mortar cannon of the mortar cannon. This super cannon that can shoot 50 kilograms of grenades to 2,700 meters away was a nightmare for the open-air artillery and artillery on the Qing army fortress. The six ships continued to bombard until midnight, completely dealing with the artillery aimed at the river surface of the fortress.

On the second day, all kinds of ships carrying the Marines passed through the defense line of Min'an Town and rushed straight to Mawei. Bai Rong'an led his men to besiege Min'an Town, while Wumu led a large army to attack Mawei Port. The Luoxing Pagoda, which is more than 30 meters tall, is the best channel mark. All kinds of large and small troop transport ships lowered their traffic boats, and the Marines launched a landing. The first wave of landing was a half battalion. There were not many Qing troops in Mawei Port. In fact, the Qing army made a mistake in judgment. Yesterday, the support fleet entered the channel. The Fujian governor of Fuzhou thought that the navy was going to attack Huanglong and retreated all the nearby troops to Fuzhou.

The port conditions at Mawei Port were average, but it was enough for the Marines to transport all kinds of field artillery. Here, Wumu finally sent a brigade and two thousand Yi troops to the shore and rushed to Fuzhou City from land. Wumu led another brigade to occupy Nantai Island against the current.

It would be too late to stop the Marine Corps in Min'an Town. In Fujian, the main force of the Qing army was in Yanping Prefecture. Although it was known as 100,000 elite troops, the number would not exceed 60,000. The two divisions of the army had set out from Zhangzhou Prefecture and invaded Yanping Prefecture. At this time, if the Qing army divided its troops south to Fuzhou, it would be defeated by the army.

When the United States Navy and Army rushed to Yanping Prefecture, Li Mingxun, the head of state, led the head of state guard battalion and a Yi army to the land from Zhangzhou Bay. All the Qing troops in Quanzhou fled to the prefecture, while Li Mingxun entered Anping City.

Anping City was originally named Anhai Town, and it was Zheng Zhilong's hometown. After Zheng Zhilong became famous, he returned home in glory and built this Anping City. Li Mingxun's boat went straight into the water city. The Qing army in Anping City ran away, and Li Mingxun was able to enter the Zheng Mansion. The mansion built by Zheng Zhilong was fully built with a shelter-style five-bedroom thirteen frames. The three-way two-fire alleys and five-entry courtyards, and the wing halls, pavilions, and corridor rings on both sides were barriers. It was extremely large in scale.

The Zheng Mansion has been abandoned for a long time, and the so-called Catholic Church in the front hall has been mostly declining. Li Mingxun looked at the statue of God covered with spider webs and inconsistent figures, and shook his head helplessly. The glorious Zheng Mansion is still there, and the King of Minhai is imprisoned. It is really a good cycle of reincarnation.

Li Mingxun placed his stairs in Zheng Mansion. Now he is the only one who can be called the King of Min Hai. He lives in Zheng Mansion, which is worthy of his reputation.

"The army vanguard entered Yanping Prefecture, and the Marine Corps also occupied Mawei Port and Nantai Island, and were sieging Fuzhou City. Both routes were going smoothly. Yue Le from Yanping Prefecture wanted to go south to Zhangzhou Prefecture and block our army's advance on the mountain road between Yanping and Zhangzhou. However, when he heard that Fuzhou was trapped, he was unable to move again. I think Yue Le didn't dare to move." Li Mingxun sat on the recliner, and He Wenrui introduced the situation aside.

Lee Mingxun nodded and smiled, "Everything is expected."
Chapter completed!