Yang Yuebin took the initiative to attack Wu Chaoyue's ship and was completely forced to do so. Previously, due to the incorporation of the Hunan Army, Yang Yuebin, Hu Linyi and other Hunan Army diehards had an extremely unhappy relationship with Wu Chaoyue. When he was ulterior motives, he saw that Li Hongzhang and Chongen had gone and never returned. He also heard Wu Chaoyue's order to kowtow. Yang Yuebin, who was afraid of being trapped by Wu Chaoyue, issued an order to attack Wu Chaoyue's flagship to seize the ship in order to protect himself in extreme fear.

In fact, this is also Yang Yuebin's only chance to confront Wu Chaoyue's three steam gunboats on the blue waters of Dongting Lake. The Hunan Navy, which uses towed ships and military sampans as the main warships, had no hope of success, whether it was fighting or fleeing. Only by taking advantage of the three steam gunboats of Wu's army's equally lowered sails and anchors and quickly rushed forward to fight near-side battles, could the Hunan Navy have such a little hope of winning.

"The navy of Wu Zhitai made a spy, kidnapped Chongfutai under the banner of Wu Zhitai and prepared to offer it to Changmao! rushed up to seize the ship and rescue Chongfutai!"

This was an excuse that Yang Yuebin had come up with hasty. It was notorious. With the strict military discipline left by Zeng Guofan, the Hunan Navy, formed with the remnants of the Hunan Navy as the backbone, really immediately executed the order. Zhang Fan rowed without hesitation, and relied on a sudden southeast wind to charge against the three steam gunships of the Wu Army Navy, the Daode, the Brave and the Victory. At the same time, the Wu Army's steam gunboat was not even able to close the anchor, except for the boiler that was still running at low speed.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Charge at full speed, and you must not give the long-haired spy the opportunity to anchor and accelerate! Take a flag, and all tow boats fire at the enemy's flagship! Fight!"

Yang Yuebin knew very well that he had only one chance, so in addition to constantly yelling to go forward at full speed, he also let the tow ship he was riding on rushed to the front, and decisively ordered concentrated artillery fire to fire at Wu Chaoyue's flagship Daoyi, trying to take the initiative to take action first and kill Wu Jun's flagship in one fell swoop and seize the opportunity!

The earth-shaking sound of artillery fire echoed on the rippling Dongting Lake. During the more than ten towed ships of the Hunan Navy's Navy fired one after another, many shells hit the Wu army's flagship Daode. However, it was a pity that the small-caliber shells of the Hunan Navy hit the Daode ship with a displacement of more than 600 tons, which was basically not much different from tickling. Even the copper-covered ship's side was difficult to penetrate. Even the cannon was fired first, but it did not have much impact on the Daode ship. The well-trained Wu army sailors were not in a hurry. They increased the boiler's fire while retracting the sails, and fired the guns to fight back.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! In the terrifying loud noises, the Wu army's steam gunboat also blasted the first round of rounds. Although only six bow guns participated in the rounds, only four shells hit three enemy ships, but the 32-pound solid shells directly penetrated the three enemy ships like iron fists. The ships that penetrated through multiple cabins before stopping, instantly severely damaged the enemy ships and killed a large number of enemy ship sailors.

I had known that the artillery fire of our army could not beat the Wu army's steam gunboats, and Yang Yuebin was not too surprised. His eyes were staring at the Moral Number, silently calculating the distance in his heart, clenching his fists with his hands, sweat was everywhere in his palms, and he kept praying in his heart, "Must lean on it! Must lean on it!"

The roaring Congrif rockets quickly shattered Yang Yuebin's dream. With the same beheading tactic, the five rockets launched by the Wu army naval division were all aimed at Yang Yuebin's flagship. Two rockets accurately hit Yang Yuebin's flagship, and the arrows carried picuric acid gunpowder violently exploded. Yang Yuebin's flagship sail and the side of the ship also quickly ignited a huge fire. The other three rockets crossed Yang Yuebin's flagship and entered the Hunan Navy's sampan fleet, directly overturning two Hunan Navy's sampans.

The Hunan Navy still has hope, and the three steam gunships of the Wu army are still accelerating, but several military sampans of the Hunan Navy have approached within fifty meters of the side of the Daode ship. But unfortunately, the bitter and sour grenades suddenly cast on the Daode reminded Yang Yuebin another major event, with Wu Chaoyue's bad character of being greedy for life and fear of death, is there any reason why the Wu army soldiers who accompanied him are not armed to their teeth?

The grenade exploded, and several military sampans either fell to the east or directly smashed and smoked. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers on the deck also kept pulling the trigger and used a high-precision Minnie gun to shoot one bullet after another. While hitting Hunan Army sailors one after another, Yang Yuebin also knew that a rumor was indeed around Wu Chaoyue, and a team of sharpshooters were protected.

All Yang Yuebin hoped was that the Wu army's steam gunboat was fully opened. After the horsepower was fully opened, the Wu army's steam gunboat, which could reach eight knots in a quiet and windless environment, did not need to fire the gunpowder and shells to waste gunpowder. Just by the waves brought during the sailing, it was enough to directly overturn the neighboring Hunan Navy sampan, and did not give the enemy any opportunity to fight near the side. The three steam gunboats charged in the shape of a fret, just like three sharp arrows, directly pierced through the huge fleet of the Hunan Navy's navy. Without firing, the waves brought out just could overturn more than a dozen Hunan Navy sampans.

In the face of the absolute tonnage and speed advantages of Wu's steam gunboat, the Hunan Navy almost defeated in the blink of an eye. It could not catch up, but could not escape, and there was no way to pose even a little threat to the Wu's steam boat. In the blink of an eye, the formation was in chaos. At the same time, the Wu's steam gunboats continued to fire accurately, and hit the Hunan Navy with only a dozen tow boats. The severely damaged tow boats escaped from the battlefield one after another. The Wu's gunboats ignored it and gradually concentrated their firepower to bombard Yang Yuebin's flagship. Yang Yuebin's ship, which had been injured, was soon riddled with holes and quickly lost its mobility.

Knowing that the defeat was decided, Yang Yuebin immediately had the idea of ​​escaping in a small boat. However, just as he was about to change the boat, the Wu army's bravery rushed over, and with the tonnage advantage, he directly knocked over the Hunan Army sampan trying to get close to him. He shouted the slogan of capturing the traitor Yang Yuebin and kept shooting, shooting the Hunan Army sailors beside Yang Yuebin, and also threw bullets to drive out the enemy boats around him.

Before he had time to change the boat, nor even more, he had time to change the conspicuous general costumes on his body. Yang Yuebin could only jump into the water and swam across to escape. However, several sailors jumped off the Brave Rover and swam to Yang Yuebin. Several sailors raised their pistols and shouted at Yang Yuebin, "Surrender and don't kill!"

"Haha!" Yang Yuebin swam hard to a sampan not far away, and laughed and scolded: "A bunch of idiots have the ability to shoot, see if you can fire!"

With two bangs, Yang Yuebin's buttocks and shoulders were shot one after another, and two bloody balls appeared. Yang Yuebin was stunned, "Why are the foreign guns in the hands of these idiots not afraid of water?"

After injuring Yang Yuebin and causing his speed to slow down, the Wu army sailors fired one after another, killed and ran away other enemies around them. They easily caught up with Yang Yuebin, and even more easily pushed him into the water and poured him into the water and drank him unconsciously before dragging him back to the Brave. They captured the Hunan general who insisted on pulling the remnants of the Hunan Army down from the sea for personal gain. They almost made the headless Hunan Navy collapse and collapse on its own.

After confirming the news of capturing Yang Yuebin alive, Wu Chaoyue followed Li Hongzhang's advice and asked Xu Lai to direct the steam gunboat to stare at the three official ships brought by Chong'en. He first destroyed his sails with artillery, and then shot and killed the sailors on the deck who refused to surrender, jumped on the side and seized the ship. He also captured the three official ships and Chong'en's confidant He Shaoji without much effort. Then, Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered: "Search these three ships and bring all the documents to me!"

As Wu Chaoyue and Li Hongzhang reported, in the cabin of Chongen ship, Wu army soldiers quickly found the secret edict jointly issued by Ci'an and Cixi. After reading the secret edict, Wu Chaoyue's face suddenly turned black and punched the table with a heavy punch, saying in his heart: "I can only do it quickly."

Li Hongzhang and Dai Wenjie, who were knowledgeable and tactful, did not read the secret edict, nor did they dare to ask about the content of the secret edict, but just waited patiently for Wu Chaoyue's decision. After Wu Chaoyue had thought for a moment, he quickly roared: "Put the banner and return to Hubei!"

Xu Lai, who commanded the steam gunboat, received the order and immediately left the cabin to pass the order. Wu Chaoyue ordered Dai Wenjie: "Wenjie, draft text, first, with the reputation of the governor of Liangjiang of Huguang, all the troops are on full alert. Without my order, no one can mobilize a soldier! The second way is to Feng Sanbao, telling him that Chongen's rebellion has been taken down by me, and ordered him to act as the governor of Hunan, take over Changsha to capture Hu Linyi, Akdun and Ling Fang, and disband Hunan Fubiao on the spot. Anyone who resists, no matter who he is, will be killed!"

"Weiting, I'm familiar with the situation in Changsha. Let me go and help Feng Junmen." Li Hongzhang said in a deep voice: "Also, my brother Li Hanzhang is still in Changsha City, and I don't know what happened in Dongting Lake. I have to save him!"

Wu Chaoyue had a moment of thinking, and nodded immediately and said, "I will send Daode to protect you, and after I help my father-in-law take down Changsha and control the situation, you will come back to Hubei provincial capital to see me and ask your brother to help my father-in-law."

Li Hongzhang bowed his order and reminded carefully: "Weiting, you must be careful, don't forget the guardian army in Jingzhou. General Mian is not controlled by you and will not obey your command."

Wu Chaoyue nodded and then realized that his good brother Li Hongzhang had long seen that he had a strange intention. But this is not surprising. In fact, many people in Huguang have long seen that Wu Chaoyue is suspected of having a self-respecting force.

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With the advantages of ship speed and firepower, Wu Chaoyue was certainly not afraid of danger when he returned to Hubei, so let's take a look at the situation on Li Hongzhang's side. After boarding the Daode with the official orders given to Feng Sanbao by Wu Chaoyue and Chong'en's governor, the Daode, also relied on the advantage of ship speed, easily surpassed the defeated Hunan Navy who escaped first. Even though he was not very familiar with the Xiangjiang River waterway, he returned to Changsha early the next morning, and on the third day of the March, and met Feng Sanbao who had already lived in Xiangyong Camp. At the same time, Hunan Fubiao, who was also stationed outside Changsha City, did not even know that Chong'en had been captured.

Feng Sanbao, who was a little stubborn, could not believe that his son-in-law would give such an order. Li Hongzhang pointed out directly: "Feng Junmen, you must not hesitate at this time. Chongen rebelled and tried to kill Weiting. His Fu Biao must have been prepared for him. If you hesitate and let Hunan Fu Biao take action first, then even if you are not afraid, you will definitely suffer a lot of losses. You can only act first and implement Weiting's Governor's Constitutional Order immediately!"

After all, it was the official document of the governor of the five provinces, and the document was also from the hands of the son-in-law. Although it was still difficult to understand, Feng Sanbao immediately summoned the generals of Hunan to announce the shocking news that Chongen's plot was taken down by Wu Chaoyue. Then, while dividing troops into Changsha City to take over the city defense, he personally led his army to capture Hu Linyi, Akdun, Ling Fang and others.

Feng Sanbao's actions did not go very smoothly, because Hu Linyi's actions were also very fast. Although Hu Linyi and others did not receive news of Chongen's capture, just seeing the Brave Route Drive to Changsha City, Hu Linyi, Akdun, Ling Fang and others had already guessed that the situation was not good, and immediately implemented Chongen's previous response plan Akdun and Ling Fang led Chongen Fubiao's old subordinates to the city to take over the city defense, and posted a list claiming that Feng Sanbao was plotting rebellion. Hu Linyi personally led the Hunan Army to dispatch and rushed to Xiangyong camp to capture Feng Sanbao, and caught Feng Sanbao off guard.

Unfortunately, in fact, both the Hunan Army and Xiang Yong were caught off guard. Akdun and Ling Fang led their troops into the city from the north gate. Before they could all enter the city, Feng Sanbao's deputy Wu Jun old man Huang Chongjing had already taken Xiang Yong to enter the city from the south gate of Changsha. He met almost at the same time in front of the Changsha Prefect's Office. The two armies met in Hunan Fubiao and hurriedly opened fire. Huang Chongjing was forced to fight and fought with Akdun and Ling Fang's army on the streets of Changsha, and the city was in chaos.

At the same time, when Feng Sanbao led Xiang Yong to the Xiang Army camp in a counterclockwise route, he happened to meet Hu Linyi outside the east gate of Changsha. The two armies were connected. Jiang Zhongji, who was fighting against the vanguard, firmly executed the order and opened fire first, which forced Hu Linyi to fight back. The city below the city outside Changsha was also in chaos quickly.

The result of the melee was that Xiangyong, who had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, quickly gained the upper hand. Huang Chongjing quickly defeated Hunan Fubiao, who had never been on the battlefield in the city, and easily killed Akdun, forcing Ling Fang to lead the defeated troops out of the city from the north gate to escape. The situation on the Hunan Army was similar, and the weapons and equipment were at an absolute disadvantage, and the morale and fighting spirit and the quality of the soldiers were not comparable to the peak time. Jiang Zhongji's front alone defeated the Hunan Army, forcing Hu Linyi to quickly lead the Hunan Army back to Fubiao's base, and defended the camp with Ling Fang's defeated army. He finally stabilized the situation with the advantage of battalion defense.

With the help of military and political genius Li Hongzhang, Feng Sanbao, who was not very politically capable, saved a lot of effort. He followed Li Hongzhang's suggestion, blocked the Changsha gates and searched for residual enemies, posted a list of seals with the Hunan Governor's seal claiming that Chongen rebelled, seized the initiative of public opinion while also stabilizing the hearts of the people. While temporarily stopping attacking the camp in Fubiao, Hunan, mobilizing troops to surround Hu Linyi and others first, and then sending people to the camp with a letter, setting a deadline for Hu Linyi, Ling Fang and others to lay down their weapons and surrender, otherwise they would fire bombardment and bombard the camp in Fubiao, Hunan.

When the envoy sent by Feng Sanbao saw Hu Linyi, Hu Linyi, who had been ill for many years, was already dying in fear and fear, and he was constantly pleating blood, unable to even say a complete sentence. He pointed at Feng Sanbao's envoy just coughed and vomited blood, "You are so bold, committing..., rebel..."

"You are the ones who rebel!" Feng Sanbao's envoy retorted with confidence and said loudly: "Chongen's rebellion has been taken down by Wu Zhitai! Wu Zhitai personally ordered you to arrest you, put down your weapons and surrender, and protect you from death! If you continue to be obsessed with it, you will bear all the consequences!"

It is indeed embarrassing to say that, facing Feng Sanbao and Li Hongzhang's kindness in surrender, Ling Fang, including the Eight Banners Manchus, chose to put down his weapons and surrender, but Hu Linyi still refused and continued to defend the camp with a few Hunan Army generals and soldiers, but still refused to put down their weapons at the deadline. Feng Sanbao was forced to order artillery and bombard the remnants of the Hunan Army led by Hu Linyi.

Amid the rumbling cannons, the soldiers of the Hunan Army who were loyal to Hu Linyi continued to fall and die and injured. Hu Linyi also burst out more blood. Finally, when he saw Xiang Yong lined up to fight, Hu Linyi vomited a mouthful of blood heavily, his head drooped, and murmured the last sentence in his life, "Your Majesty, I am loyal."

It's indeed ridiculous. Even Wu Chaoyue didn't expect that his first shot in the remnants of the Hunan Army would hit the heads of the remnants of the Hunan Army and killed the famous Hunan Army general Hu Linyi. He felt quite guilty about this. However, if Wu Chaoyue could do a better job in history, he might feel any guilt...

Because, at the beginning of Zeng Guofan's revival, the discipline of the Hunan Army was actually no less strict than that of the Yue Family Army, who had frozen to death and did not demolish houses, and never killed innocent people indiscriminately and plundered them. The troops of the Hunan Army, Bi Jinke, were even forced to dig grass roots and peel tree bark to satisfy their hunger, still did not rob a piece of food from the people. When the Hunan Army captured Wuhan for the first time, the scouts of the Taiping Army were unwilling to be captured and humiliated, and they jumped into the river to commit suicide. The soldiers of the Hunan Army also jumped into the river to save people under the command of Zeng Guofan, and rescued more than 700 innocent children.
Chapter completed!