~Date: ~October 17th~

As soon as the fleet entered the port, Shi Shipiao observed it briefly and ordered in a deep voice: "The fourth-level battleship, auxiliary ships, guard the various waterways of the harbor, and other ships docked at the dock to land."

As the flag was waving, the fourth-level battleships and auxiliary ships began to leave the team and went to the nearby waterways. The second-level and third-level battleships, and the supply ships carrying artillery and ammunition, with numerous soldiers, also sailed towards the dock.

On the flagship, Lin Wei glanced at Fu Anding and smiled and said, "It's time for our Marines to play now."

Fu Anding blinked his eyes and said in confusion: "Lin Wei, be kind, when will you become a Marine Corps?"

"Look at you as petty as a stingy." Lin Wei smiled proudly and said, "How many people can you have in the Marine Corps?"

Shi Shipiao laughed and scolded: "Fu Anding, why don't you quickly command and dispatch troops and materials to land? It's not too late to fight after you get ashore."

Fu Anding gave Lin Wei a blank look, left quickly, and went to command and dispatch various ships to dock and load and unload.

Yinxiang glanced at Lin Wei and said, "Fuhan came here dryly, and Hang has no share. General Lu Zhan will give him a chance to make contributions. Otherwise, he will be anxious with you."

"Haha, Master Thirteen did not say it, but I forgot about it. Fu Han has been staying on the recruit ship." Lin Wei chuckled and said, "But, if you don't have to worry about Master Thirteen, that guy will come to the door soon."

Shi Shipiao nodded, and Thirteenth Master said this to him. Fu Han has been in the Naval Academy and finally came out once. He really wanted to give him a chance to make meritorious service. He pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "It took a lot of time to land on the dock. Although Edo Port has become an airport, it is necessary to guard against the Japanese raids. Lin Wei and Fu Han each led a thousand people to ashore to guard against the warning."

When he saw that they had errands, Longkodo couldn't help but be anxious. I was also the prince who arranged for me to make a military achievements. At least I had a job and could only give me some merits when I returned to Beijing. He did not dare to say that he was staring at Yinxiang with a warm face. He was not familiar with Shi Shipiao, so he could only ask the Thirteenth Master to help him bring some things up.

Yinxiang ignored him at all. You, Longkodo, are not an idle person. You are the negotiator specially arranged by the Fourteenth Old, and you are still worried that you will not have the chance to make a contribution. Why join us here?

After Lin Wei left, Shipiao smiled and said, "Thirteenth Master, Long Junmen, with the cover of warships and artillery, there will be no problem with landing. The question is, how should we fight this battle next? What are the insights of both of you?"

Yinxiang pondered for a moment before saying, "Because Edo Port is a person who goes to Hong Kong and air, it means that Japan is prepared. However, we did not give them much preparation time, and even if they are prepared, it is extremely limited. Only then is the middle of the year. Although there are many artillery and ammunition landing, we are not many people, including the 3,000 Ryukyu and the sailor crew on the supply ship. There are more than 20,000 people. Within one hour, it is enough to move all the equipment and ammunition to ashore.

Eat at first noon and attack at mid noon. Edo is only five or six miles away from here, and you can march with light artillery. It takes half an hour to arrive. I suggest going to Edo to set a fire first, then return to Hong Kong to station, and fight again tomorrow morning."

Longkodo frowned and said, "Thirteenth Master, this is just our wishful thinking. Since the Japanese are already prepared, how can we allow us to advance and retreat freely? If we intercept it halfway and cannot return to Hong Kong during darkness, wouldn't we fall into danger?"

"It's okay." Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "According to the regular draw, when foreign enemies invade, they usually defend the city. Edo has no walls to defend the enemy. It is very likely to resist the enemy from outside. However, Edo's permanent army has only about 22,000 troops. He also has to divide his troops to defend the city. If he can dispatch it, it should be less than 20,000 troops. Although Japan is prepared, it is hasty. How many troops can he gather in a short time?

Besides, the Marine Corps not only has sharp muskets, but also sharp artillery. No one can stop them. What’s more important is that there are many samurai warriors in Edo. After half a day and a night, Edo has been able to temporarily organize tens of thousands, or even one hundred thousand troops. After all, we only have 6,000 people landed. Could it be that they can block twenty?

Today we must fight, not only to defeat the 30,000 to 40,000 temporary formations, but also to burn Edo, so that they have no time to calmly gather and organize a large army, so that they can enter Edo calmly tomorrow."

Seeing Yinxiang insisting repeatedly, Longkodo couldn't help but be speechless for a while. After pondering for a while, he said, "I think it's better to fight steadily. If you can fight tomorrow, you will fight if you can. If you can't fight, you will retreat to the port. One way is to advance and retreat freely, and the other way is to stay in an invincible place."

Speaking of this, the two of them no longer fought and looked at Shi Shipiao together. After all, the command is in his hands now. Seeing the two waiting for him to express their opinions, Shi Shipiao smiled and said, "The prince's confession is that he would rather not fight than defeat. I agree to fight steadily and launch troops tomorrow.

First, after sailing for several days, many soldiers had their legs weak after they got ashore, so it was not appropriate to fight immediately. Second, the port area as a garrison needs to be cleaned, and an open area must be cleared out, and then camped according to the rules. Although the entire port is within the range of warship artillery, the gunners cannot sleep all night. Third, the port waterways should also take time to clear out to avoid giving the Japanese an opportunity to take advantage of it."

When Yinxiang heard Shi Shipiao say this, he was discouraged. It seemed that no one supported his idea of ​​quick battle and quick decision. He handed over the command power himself. He also maintained Shi Shipiao's prestige. He asked himself, and it was indeed a small risk. After pondering for a moment, he said, "General Shi is the head coach, and naturally he only followed General Shi's horse."

After hearing this, Shi Shipiao's heart finally fell to the ground, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said halfway: "I thank the Thirteenth Master for his love. Since this is the case, Longkodo obeys the order."

When he heard about an errand, Longkodo couldn't help but be happy and bowed and said, "I'm not here."

Shi Shipiao said in a deep voice: "I ordered you to lead a sergeant from Ryukyu to clear the port housing. Within the range of three thousand yards, there will be no obstacles."

"The order was not given." Longkodo bowed.

After saying that, Shi Shipiao looked at Yinxiang again and said with a smile: "Thirteenth Master, I'm sorry, you are on the flagship and have not arranged camping matters to go ashore."

This old slip-on actually used this method to condemn him. Yinxiang couldn't help but smile and said, "General Shi is the commander, how can he act lightly? I'll take charge of the camping matters."

"Then it's time for Thirteenth Master." Shi Shipiao smiled like a fox.

The Qing Navy camped in Edo Port? When he heard the response from the sentry, the Mabu Quanfang couldn't help but be so angry. It was noon now, and the Qing Navy camped in Edo Port. What do they mean?

The Qing Navy's raid on Edo was just an attempt to catch them off guard, why did they stop after occupying Edo Port? Did the Qing people have spies who had already learned that they had assembled more than 100,000 troops and were ready? This is impossible, so they were closed to the country for so many years. Edo had no spies at all, so how could there be spies?

After thinking a little, he realized that there were still people in Edo Port that had not evacuated. It must be that they leaked the news. He couldn't help but feel upset. Why did he neglect this?

What should I do now? Mabe Quanfang frowned. He thought silently that the entire Edo Port was within the range of the artillery fire of the Qing warships. It was impossible to attack Edo Port. Their artillery was too dense. If they wanted to rush hard, I wonder how many lives would be needed to fill it?

After a while of silence, Jiu Shizhong said in a deep voice: "The Qing people want to play steadily, which also shows that the Qing people have enough confidence. If we can compete with us head-on, we must disrupt their steps and not let them walk through the nose."

The Qing people clearly wanted to make steady progress. They stayed in Edo Port and couldn't come out. How could they disrupt their steps? Night attack? Mabu Quanfang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and quickly frowned again.

Jiu Shizhong said slowly: "Only the only way to attack the night!"

Mabe Quanfang shook his head slightly and said, "The Qing Navy started camping since noon and cleared Edo Port. It was very cautious. How could we easily attack at night?"

"I never thought of getting it easily." Jiu Shizhong said in a deep voice: "Organize suicide squads to attack at night from both sides of the water and land at the same time, and attack on the land to attract their attention and artillery fire. Once the warships fire, they can organize water ghosts to swim into the port, burn ships with oil barrels, and a large number of fire ships followed closely. As long as their warships are burned, the troops on the land will be rootless trees. There is a dead end."

Mabu Quanfang nodded and said, "This plan is great, but the strong attack on land must be determined, otherwise it will be difficult to attract their warships to fire."

Jiu Shizhong nodded heavily and said, "China's military strategy is virtual, and real is virtual. The attack on land is naturally the more real, the better. Once we break through the defense line, we can also turn from virtual to real."

In Edo Port, Longkodo, accompanied by Cheng Kezheng, the founding official of the Ryukyu County State, and Cai Wen, led three thousand Ryukyu soldiers to walk around the streets with dense houses. He waved his hand and said, "Order the soldiers to clear and demolish all the houses. It must be completed before dark."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Kezheng and Cai Wen were both stunned. After hesitating for a moment, Cai Wen tentatively said: "Mr. Long, how can we finish demolishing so many houses? Can we burn them out in one fire?"

"Burn?" Longkodo glared at his eyes and scolded: "These are all wood. You Ryukyu people don't need to make fires and cook? You also have to burn bonfires to prevent the Japanese from robbing the camp at night. Do you want the soldiers of Ryukyu counties to patrol all night?"

When they heard this, Cheng Kezheng, Cai Wen and the other two dared not talk too much. They immediately ordered all the soldiers to demolish the houses. As soon as they received the order, the soldiers of Ryukyu began to demolish them with all their might. Although there were many houses, most of the wooden houses in the port were simple. It was not difficult to demolish them. Three thousand people took action and soon demolished a large area. The people hiding in the house could not hide them, so they had to run out.

When Cheng Kezheng and Cai Wen saw that there was someone else, they were immediately overjoyed and ordered the free laborers to help. Longkodo raised his eyebrows and said, "Find someone who knows Japanese and ask if they have any soldiers here. How many are there? Ask me separately."

There are many Japanese in Ryukyu, so there are also many Ryukyu people who can speak Japanese. Soon, they learned the real situation from the people. They heard that there were more than 100,000 troops gathered at Edo Port at that time. Longkodo did not dare to neglect them, so he immediately rushed to the flagship and reported the situation to Shi Shipiao.

I heard that Edo Port had gathered more than 100,000 troops before the fleet entered the port, Shi Shipiao felt nervous. In Edo, he could temporarily organize hundreds of thousands of troops in just over an hour? How many troops can they gather until tomorrow? After a moment of pondering, he ordered: "Go and invite Thirteenth Master, Lin Wei, Fu Anding, and Fu Han to board the ship to discuss military information."

After saying that, he ordered Longkodo to say, "Call Cheng Kezheng, Cai Wen brought several gentry or merchants with identities and knowledge on board the ship. We must find out the reason, and then understand the situation in Edo, know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles."

After Shi Shipiao, Yinxiang, Longkodo, Lin Wei, Fu Anding, Fu Han and other six people gathered together, Shi Shipiao explained the situation about Edo that he learned in detail.

Unexpectedly, Yinxiang, Lin Wei, Fu Anding, and Fu Han disagreed. Lin Wei said first: "We are free to join forces and fight, and if we can fight, we can go, and if we can't fight, we can leave, so why worry?"

Yinxiang said: "Don't think they can gather 100,000 people in a short time, they are actually just mobs. Mine is that they mobilize the army nearby to support them."

"It's not necessary at all." Fu Anding smiled and said, "This time the Marines prepared quite well. The twelve-pound artillery only had 150. Otherwise, why should I find Fu Han to second new recruits as porters? Faced with intensive charges, I must estimate that a round of volleys can kill thousands of them. It is no exaggeration to say that tens of thousands of people charge, and our musketeers have no chance to shoot."

So exaggerated? Several people couldn't help but stared at each other. Fu Anding smiled and said, "This is the dean's theory, I have never tried it."

"When facing the cavalry charge?" Longkodo asked anxiously.

"The cavalry will be worse than the infantry." Fu Anding said in a deep voice: "In the face of such a dense boom bombing, the horses had already exploded the camp, and it was impossible to maintain their formation."

Longkodo couldn't help but nodded slightly. In this case, the people and horses would be extremely frightened. Once the camp was bombed, the cavalry running at high speed would collide and trample on each other, causing extremely terrifying casualties. He said, "There is also news that the king of Japan, whose name is Emperor, does not live in Edo, but in a place called Kyoto, where there are not many troops and the city is small in size, with about 300,000 people."

Yinxiang shook his head and said, "The prince said that only landing in Edo is allowed, and the shogun in Edo is the real power of Japan. Don't consider anything else. Since we have so many artillery, we will fight in Edo and completely destroy Edo."

Fu Anding immediately said: "I agree. If we don't fight, we can't explain to anyone."

"I agree, too." Lin Wei said immediately.

"I agree, too." Fuhan also said.

"Fighting, leaving without fighting will damage morale." Shi Shipiao said in a deep voice: "The Navy cannot afford to lose this face, and the Qing Dynasty cannot afford to lose this face." (To be continued., vote for recommendations, monthly votes,.
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