The pirate ships of the Haima Gang quickly joined the battlefield and became the last straw that crushed the Qing navy. The Red Flag Pirates and the Zhang pirates fled one after another, and those who could not escape were fighting the trapped beasts. The Qing navy was completely surrounded by the Haima Gang warships, and the Taiping Army's fortress on the shore also beat the dogs to the water. The fierce battle between the two sides continued until dusk.

The pirates' boarding battles are much more fierce. Many pirates can fly to the other side's boats with cables on high sails to fight. They shouted sharp blades, tied short guns and sharp axes around their waists, and fought quickly and bravely. The pirate gunners fired fire at the close range of the ship's side. The sailors and helmsmen on the ship skillfully controlled the rudder, approaching the enemy ship while avoiding artillery fire.

After looking through the telescope, Li Xiucheng sighed: "It is worthy of being the elite who fought with foreigners in the past. If their warships and cannons were just the same as those of foreigners, it would be impossible for foreigners to win." In fact, Li Xiucheng only saw pirates fighting and did not see British naval combat. He could not imagine how the British navy, which had a century-old naval heritage and domineering spirit, fought naval battles. To be honest, the gap between the pirates and the British navy is not a little bit, and there is no warship artillery anymore, but the lag in the entire tactics and training level.

Then a large warship of the Haima Gang also emerged from the formation and started a battle with a warship carrying the Qing army commander flag. The first one to pull the cable was a bald man wearing dark green water. The man held the cable with one hand and the big knife in the other hand. After flying to the opposite warship, a big knife danced with white light, and several Qing soldiers were killed by him. Then more and more pirates boarded the warship, and the Qing army commander flag was cut. Li Xiucheng said happily: "The Qing army commander was taken by the boat, and the overall situation has been decided! Haha, the leading man is really brave."

The afterglow of the sunset shone on the sea. Broken wooden boards, debris, corpses, and pirate warships of the Haima Gang released many small boats to search for prisoners and salvage useful materials on the sea. After the red flag representing victory rose, the pirates of the Haima Gang cheered to the shore, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army also responded with cheers. Soon several warships of the Haima Gang sailed towards the Yongjiang Port, and the remaining warships scattered and chased and fled the enemy.

After several seahorse warships docked, they put down several small boats and carried dozens of people to the shore. Li Xiucheng took people to greet them in person.

Several feet away from the shore, a bald man in his forties jumped down on the boat and waded by a few big strides. He was wearing dark green water. It was the man who led the army to attack the Qing army's naval flagship just now. At this time, he was close, and Li Xiuchengcai recognized that this man was the leader of the Haima Gang, Monk Tongbao!

Monk Tongbao laughed and walked to Li Xiucheng with a fist and bowed: "General Li, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my fate. I defeated the official navy and the group of pirates who were jealous of money. Come and pay the order! Take it!"

Li Xiucheng looked at Monk Tongbao in surprise and smiled slightly and said, "Master, I am so sad. All the heroes are fighting well!" Li Xiucheng only thought that Monk Tongbao was very interesting. Although he was a pirate, he never changed his true nature as a monk. Last time he met, he wore a monk's robe and held a rosary in his hand, and he looked like a great monk. But today he saw him wearing a water mattress and fighting with a sharp blade in his hand. The difference in his image was too big.

I saw the boat docked, and the pirate minions on the boat moved down the handsome flags, flags, official uniforms and other items that they had seized from the Qing army's flagship. They also carried two heads and presented them.

Monk Tongbao pointed to the two bloody heads and said, "General Li is the heads of the Qing demon Zhang Jingqu and Chen Shizhang. The two thieves resisted stubbornly. I personally killed the two thieves. Turner offered his head in front, which is considered to be the letter of my brothers and my brothers!"

Li Xiucheng was overjoyed and ordered people to pass the heads of the two to visit each army, and finally hung them at the head of Ningbo City for public display. Li Xiucheng arranged for Cai Yuanlong and Li Shixian to lead troops to rescue his wounded soldiers and pirates, clean up the battlefield, calculate some losses, and receive the pirates who came ashore. He pulled Monk Tongbao himself and walked to the Taiping Army camp at the Yongjiang Fort, saying that he wanted to entertain Monk Tongbao. Monk Tongbao was not pretentious and left with Li Xiucheng with a smile.

When he arrived at Li Xiucheng's tent, he sat down. Li Xiucheng held a banquet and invited Monk Tongbao to take his seat alone.

The banquet was full of vegetarian food. Monk Tongbao touched his bald head and said, "General Li, I am a man who is drunk and meat passing through the intestines. The Buddha sits in his heart, and he does not avoid meat."

Li Xiucheng laughed and ordered people to carry two roast chickens and two roast gooses. Monk Tongbao rolled up his sleeves and ate them. While eating, he said, "It's a bad thing to have no good wine!"

Li Xiucheng ordered people to find some good wine, and Monk Tongbao started to eat and drink. Li Xiucheng only ate some food next to him as a companion. Monk Tongbao saw it and said, "Don't General Li drink?"

Li Xiucheng smiled slightly and said, "Our doctrine does not drink alcohol, the master can drink it himself."

Monk Tongbao grinned and said, "General Li, you are good at everything, but this doctrine is too strict and bitter. I don't avoid meat and fish, but you don't even drink wine. It's really strange."

Li Xiucheng smiled and said, "Masters in Buddhism, people who don't blink when they kill others, are unexpected."

Monk Tongbao took a big sip of wine and said, "I only kill evil people. The Buddha said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I think that killing an evil person can save many people. I am killing people and saving people. Eliminating evil is doing good."

This was the first time Li Xiucheng heard this and smiled and said, "The master is really a person with a temperament. He dares to act and is really a good man. It's just a pity to be a monk."

Monk Tongbao shook his head and sighed, "Isn't it the Qing dog's pussy? When my whole family was killed by the Qing dog and was forced to escape and become a monk, I made a great wish. If the Qing court does not eliminate it, I swear not to return to the secular world! In my early years, I followed Brother Sha to travel across the Guangdong Sea and was determined to go against the government. Later, Brother Sha also surrendered to the Qing court. I was discouraged for a long time. Fortunately, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is rising now, and I also saw the day when I can return to secular world. General Li, in the future, I will follow the Heaven Kingdom to kill the Qing demons, kill the demons in the world, and return the bright world of my Han family."

Li Xiucheng applauded and said, "Okay, Master, please speak quickly!" Then he turned around and took out a yellow silk official document and seal from his desk, and said, "This is an official photo issued by His Highness Xiwang. The master was specially appointed to lead the commander of the Taiping Navy in the West Hall, and the general system!"

Monk Tongbao wiped his greasy hands on his body and then stood up and bowed, "I will obey my order!" He then took the official photo, sealed the letter and waist sign, and asked hesitantly after looking at it, "General Li, can I not eat meat and drink wine in the future?"

Li Xiucheng laughed and said, "It's okay. Our West Palace does not force others to believe in religion. The master can still worship Buddha, eat wine, and kill people like before. But my Taiping military rules are strict, and then I asked the military officials to preach military rules, military laws and laws of our heavenly kingdom like the master."

Monk Tongbao touched the bald head and smiled: "The state has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. This is natural. I and others must follow the laws of the Heavenly** order."

Li Xiucheng smiled and pulled Monk Tongbao back to take his seat. He then talked about the Western King's thunder reinforcement strategy, and finally said: "The fleet in Shanghai is expected to arrive in the next few days. The master can set off together as a guard fleet."

Monk Tongbao clasped his fists and said, "I will take the order." Then he hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "General Li, since His Highness Xiwang has established a foreign relationship, I have led a fleet south to save people and want to defeat those Qing Yao Navy fleets in Fujian. I am still sure that I am sure that there is a Western King in Shanghai who is the admiral fleet, and I am leading the fleet here, for fear that the two teams will not be in harmony."

Li Xiucheng waved his hand and smiled, "The King of the West has known that you have this concern for a long time. The position you are taking is the commander of the navy. Lu Shunde who went south, Zhao Shunping and the second general Zhao Shunping was the military position of the Yangtze River Navy in the West Palace. Fighting at sea naturally means obeying your orders. Before Lu and Zhao's second general came, the King of the West had already instructed the two generals to obey your orders."

Monk Tongbao was shocked. Unexpectedly, the King of Western power was so generous and trusted himself so much in his newly surrendered pirate leader. He fell to the ground again and said excitedly: "General Li, it is rare that His Highness and you both trust me so much. Even if I am so heartless, I will follow you!" Li Xiucheng smiled and helped Monk Tongbao up. The two continued to eat and talk. After this, Monk Tongbao was completely heartbroken.

While eating, Cai Yuanlong and Li Shixian came to pay the order. Most of the pirates of the Haima Gang had already collected their ships and docked, and the wounded soldiers on the ships were properly treated by the Taiping Army. The pirates who came ashore were also placed in the fort camp for temporary residence. After the preliminary calculation, the battle sank a total of 435 Qing army and pirate warships of this battle, killing about 2,000 enemies and capturing more than 1,000 enemies. The Taiping Army's artillery lost more than 20 artillery pieces, more than 400 people were killed in battle, and more than 600 people were injured. The Haima Gang lost more than 50 warships and more than 500 people were killed or injured.

Li Xiucheng ordered the wounded soldiers to be comforted and the dead were buried on the spot, but Monk Tongbao said the rules of pirates that the deceased would sink into the sea and be buried. Li Xiucheng asked Monk Tongbao to deal with the pirate's corpse by himself.

After drinking and eating, another military newspaper came from the fort. The fleet heading south in Shanghai had already reached the coast of Ningbo, and had another battle with the fleeing Qing army and the pirates. They were now coming to the mouth of the Yongjiang River. Monk Tongbao immediately led the fleet to meet him. He was very familiar with this sea area, and there was no undercurrent or reefs. It was safe to be relieved if he led the way.

At that moment, Monk Tongbao ordered each ship to raise the apricot and yellow flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the seahorse battle flags were still hung under the banner, and dozens of warships went out to sea. He went to the outer sea to continue the landing of Shunde, and then led to the Yongjiangkou after Zhao Shunping's fleet.

But the fleet from Shanghai was too large. The docks and shores of the Yongjiangkou estuary could not be parked, and most of the ships could only be parked in the outer seas. For a time, the entire Yongjiangkou and the nearby waters were fleets of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There were also merchant ships and cargo ships from various countries with various flags hanging on them. The masts were like forests and flags covered the sky. After the two navy teams met, the momentum was shocking.

The next morning, British Consul Xia Lifu rushed to the shore to watch after hearing the news. After watching the great momentum of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fleet, he sighed: "These rebels can no longer be called rebels. They have firm will and the courage to never give up. In order to rescue their comrades in Xiamen, they dare to do anything. I believe that in the near future, this ancient country will change its masters." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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