He gave the Taiping Army envoy another fifty taels of silver to thank the Taiping Army envoy. After sending the Taiping Army envoy to the Qing Navy flagship with a smile, his smile suddenly disappeared on Wen Xiang's face. Then Wen Xiang warned Wu Quanmei: "Bishan, you cannot be careless. You must be prepared to prevent the Changmao Navy from suddenly attacking us."

"Zhongtang, do you suspect Changmao is hiding a knife in his smile?" Wu Quanmei asked.

Wen Xiang nodded and said, "I remember this long-haired messenger. He was not so intimate with me last time. This time we were defeated, but he nodded and bowed to me. This was a bit strange. We were careful of the long-haired messenger to deceive us and then suddenly attacked us and caught us off guard."

Wu Quanmei took the order and said, "Don't worry, the Zhongtang will tell the soldiers to loosen the outside and tighten the inside, be careful."

After saying that, Wu Quanmei immediately ordered the Qing Navy fleet to let the Qing Navy and the Russian transport fleet advance in a double column formation. The Qing Navy was responsible for facing the Taiping Army warships. The Russian transport fleet sailed downwards. All the warship artillery was loaded and the gun windows were opened. The gunners were on guard and ready to fire and fight back at any time. They sailed carefully to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and entered the Zhangjiazhou southern channel from the south side of the Taiping Navy.

Facts prove that Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei were just worried. During the time they passed by the Taiping Navy's fleet, the Taiping Navy did not even fire a bullet in a gun, and directly allowed the scarred Qing Navy to pass through their defense zone, nor did they take any action against the Russian transport fleet carrying military supplies.

After completely breaking away from the Taiping Navy's side gun range, Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei, who kept holding their hearts in their throats, breathed a sigh of relief, and then they were amazed together. Then Wen Xiang said in surprise: "I didn't expect that Changmao in Hukou would be so trustworthy, and he would let him go if he said he would let him go. I almost thought they were hiding their swords in their smiles."

"If you want to hide your knife in your smile, they must have this solidity." Wu Quanmei smiled and said, "Except for two small steamships in their hands, the rest are all vulnerable and tattered boats. If they do something suddenly, we may not be the ones who suffer."

At this time, the last four intact steamships of the Tsarist Russian army rushed to the entrance of the Zhangjiazhou South Channel, and the Taiping Navy also gave way to the road and let it go. However, the Tsarist Russian steamships had just escaped into the Zhangjiazhou South Channel, but the Taiping Navy immediately lined up at the entrance of the Zhangjiazhou South Channel, blocking the Wu Navy's pursuers behind, and fired cannons to warn the river early to prevent the Wu Navy from continuing to advance.

The Qing army scouts quickly reported the Taiping Navy's fire to warn the Wu army's naval division back to the flagship. Wen Xiang, Wu Quanmei and others were of course even more happy, and they were all extremely grateful that God would bless him. At the critical moment, the self-armer met Lin Qirong, the general of the Taiping Army who hated Wu Chaoyue to the core. As a result, at this moment, another Taiping Army boat carrying the white flag came up and boarded the Qing army's flagship to meet Wen Xiang.

"Master Zhongtang, our General Lin from Zhentian, sent a young man to discuss something with you." The Taiping Army envoy said politely: "Your army and Chaoyue Xiaoye unfortunately failed in the battle upstream, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. There may be some extra warships in the fleet of the Youth Army and the Rakshasa people, or warships that are inconvenient to bring back after being injured. If your army is willing, we, the Yes, can buy it with silver."

Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei exchanged glances and vaguely guessed some reasons why Lin Qirong was so friendly to his own army. Then Wen Xiang pretended to be curious and asked: "Do you want to buy a boat from us?"

"That's right." The Taiping Army envoy nodded and said, "As long as it is a warship that can be repaired, if you are willing to sell it, we will buy it all. Also, I heard that there are some foreign cannons on the Rakshasa people's ships that can open fire shells. If the Rakshasa people are willing to sell it, we will buy it all."

After saying that, the Taiping Army envoy quickly added another sentence and said, "Don't worry, Lord Zhongtang, we bought the boat to compete with the navy who surpassed the little demons. In return, General Lin of Zhentian will not only provide you with all the necessary supplies, but also lend you the dock to dock and repair warships. In addition, Zhentian will also come forward to persuade us to take advantage of the forts in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so that they can let you go unconditionally."

After discussing a few words in a low voice, considering that there were Taiping Army's forts and naval troops in the downstream, and there were indeed many severely damaged red ships in the Qing army fleet that could not withstand the long-distance bumps, Wen Xiang agreed to Lin Qirong's request and promised to try his best to persuade the Tsarist Russian fleet to sell some ships and weapons to the Taiping Army at Hukou. The Taiping Army envoy was overjoyed and thanked him one after another.

Not to mention, in order to successfully withdraw from the Yangtze River channel, the Russian acting commander Menchekov also agreed to the Taiping Army's request without hesitation, and also agreed to sell the two severely damaged sail battleships and a steam warship that were also seriously injured to the Taiping Army at a low price together with the ship's supporting weapons.

Wen Xiang, who came forward to negotiate for the Taiping Army, was overjoyed and quickly thanked Menchekov. However, Menchekov wiped the sweat and smoke from his face and asked: "Wen, can the Taiping Army here in Hukou be reliable? If they are reliable, Wu Chaoyue's rebels dare not violate the covenant and chase into their defense zone. I want my fleet to stop at Hukou Wharf for a rest. My soldiers are too tired and my warship needs to be repaired."

"This..." Wen Xiang still didn't dare to make this guarantee, so hesitated and said: "Mr. Menchekov, I can only talk about this when I arrive at Hukou. I will try my best to fight for you."

Of course, Menchekov knew that the Taiping Army might not be reliable, so he nodded and agreed, and said, "If the Taiping Army agrees, you must also ask them to withdraw the troops on the dock and our army will take over the dock defense, otherwise we would rather not rest than risk entering the port and park."

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At the same time, Wu Chaoyue, who had personally led his army to chase Jiujiang, was also in a dilemma. The envoy reported that Lin Qirong had flatly refused to join forces. Wang Fu reported that the Taiping Navy fired a warning and took out a covenant to refuse Wu's armed ships to enter their defense zone. If he fought, he would definitely give many Taiping Hardlins who hated him the excuse of turning against each other again to start a war. It would be a pity if he didn't fight. He was in a dilemma.

"Or, just take the opportunity to fight! Anyway, Yang Xiuqing was unrighteous, so he deliberately borrowed the road to attack me for the Qing army and the Russian fleet. It is legitimate to take the opportunity to turn against each other. As for the current situation, even if the Taiping Navy and the Manqing Navy in Hukou and the Russian fleet join forces, my navy is sure to compete with three."

Wu Chaoyue once had some tendency to start fighting, and broke through the obstruction of the Taiping Navy by force to continue chasing Wu Chaoyue. However, reason stopped Wu Chaoyue's impulse. The Wu army was not ready to re-open the war with the Taiping Army. The Wu army's outlet was also controlled by the Taiping Army. If the Taiping Army turned against each other, the Taiping Army would definitely block the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to retaliate against Wu Chaoyue. At that time, even if Wu Chaoyue could use force to clear the channel, he would have to first use a large amount of manpower and material resources on the Yangtze River battlefield. He could no longer use the main force on the Northern Expedition battlefield, and a fatal blow to the already dying Qing court.

"Tell Wang Fu that he would give up his pursuit and withdraw back to Jiujiang to rest."

After hesitating for a while, Wu Chaoyue gritted his teeth and gave up his pursuit plan for the sake of the overall situation. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue could not help but gritted his teeth at Lin Qirong, the chief general of the Taiping Army in Hukou, and couldn't help but mutter, "I admire you in vain before."

The reason why Wu Chaoyue made this mutter was an introduction to a famous Taiping Army general that Wu Chaoyue accidentally read before traveling through time. It said that Lin Qirong was in charge of Jiujiang for several years, and had no food or aid, but refused to surrender. After Jiujiang City was commanded by Hu Linyi, the Hunan Army soldiers cruelly cut open Lin Qirong's belly and tracked down the reason why he was still able to fight the Hunan Army several times in the battle to defend the city for several months...

In Lin Qirong's belly, the Hunan generals and soldiers only saw broken grass and cotton wool, and Wu Chaoyue was also full of respect for Lin Qirong.

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"We want us to evacuate the pier and lend the pier to you for rest? Of course there is no problem. People come and order all the defenders at Hukou pier to withdraw to the camp to rest and lend the pier to Qing Yao and Rakshasa people."

Lin Qirong was indeed not worthy of Wu Chaoyue's admiration. After confirming that Wu Chaoyue had retreated and stopped pursuing, when the Qing army envoy Cao Jiugong came to Lin Qirong carefully and asked Lin Qirong to lift the wharf defense and lend the wharf to the Qing and Russian coalition forces for rest, Lin Qirong agreed without blinking, and immediately withdrew the wharf defenders and allowed the Qing and Russian soldiers to land on the shore to take over the defense of Hukou wharf.

Lin Qirong's selfless cooperation certainly made the Qing and Russian soldiers who had been exhausted very happy. After the army came ashore to control the dock, many of the extremely tired Qing and Russian soldiers had just anchored next to the Hukou dock and fell asleep. What made the Qing and Russian coalition soldiers even more happy was still behind. Lin Qirong actually sent a large number of women to carry hot food to the dock to give the Qing and Russian soldiers who could only rely on dry food for a day to fill their hunger.

"Mr. Jun, thank you for your hard work. Zhentian asked us to deliver food to you. Let's eat quickly, it's still hot."

The unique gentle voice of the woman did not make the Qing generals and Russian officers give up their guard. They basically made the request to let the woman deliver the food first. However, the woman sent by Lin Qirong smiled and ate with a big mouthful of food. Then the Qing Russian soldiers, who were already tired and hungry, rushed to grab the food one after another. Many people fell asleep while eating.

With the permission of the Russian officers, these women also delivered the food directly to the deck of Russian ships. With these women who delivered the food on board, Lin Qirong's third brother Lin Qinan, as Lin Qirong's plenipotent representative, discussed with Wen Xiang, Wu Quanmei, Menchekov and others about purchasing ship weapons.

Perhaps I didn't know that the Qing army's scout ship had reported on its own that the Wu army had given up the pursuit. After meeting Wen Xiang and others, Lin Qinan said this: "Wenzhongtang, Wu Junmen, our navy report said that the Super Little Demon has retreated and returned to Jiujiang. Don't worry, our navy will stay in Zhangjiazhou tonight, so that you can rest with peace of mind."

"Thank you General Lin. Don't worry, General Lin. I will keep the great kindness of the general brothers in mind. If you have the chance in the future, you will definitely repay you with a spring of water."

Wen Xiang quickly thanked him, but Lin Qinan smiled and said, "It's not necessary to thank you. It's just a simple task. I just want Wen Zhongtang to set the price of ships and weapons at a low price."

"Of course there is no problem with that, by the way, General Lin, I have another good news to tell..."

“There are fleets to the south!”

The screams from outside the cabin were so scared that Wen Xiang's face turned pale. The Qing and Russian soldiers in the cabin immediately raised their weapons and pointed them at Lin Qinan. Lin Qinan smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's our small ship fleet that surpasses the little demon and is extremely treacherous. My brother is afraid that he will send troops to attack from the northern channel of Zhangjiazhou. He will specially transfer our Xiaoba fleet in Poyang Lake to guard Balijiang. Although it will not play any major role, at least he can send a signal and alert in advance."

Jiangren looked at Lin Qinan skeptically. Both Menchekov and Wu Quanmei asked Wen Xiang to temporarily stop the negotiations and go to the deck to observe the situation. Fortunately, the Xiaoba fleet of the Taiping Army, which came south, did not mean to approach Hukou Wharf, and went north directly to the Balijiang River in the distance.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Wu Quanmei and Menchekov returned to the cabin to negotiate with Lin Qinan, and said on the spot that they could still be repaired and the equipment on the ship were given to the Taiping Army for free. As a thank you to the Taiping Army, Lin Qinan thanked him very much, and then started negotiations with the Qing and Russian coalition forces to purchase other ship weapons.

Lang Youyouxiang and I have some intentions. The Taiping Army in Hukou is greedy for the ships and weapons of the Qing and Russian coalition forces. The Taiping Army in Hukou hopes that the Taiping Army in Hukou will help the self-army stop the pursuers. Under the **, the negotiations between Lin Qinan and Wen Xiang and others were of course very smooth, and a considerable amount of arms deal was soon reached. Then at Menchekov's direct request, Wen Xiang said to Lin Qinan again: "General Lin, there is something to ask your brother Zhen Tianhou to help you, the downstream Gui Army Fort..."

"Boom!"

The sudden sound of cannons shocked everyone. It was as if they were magical. Lin Qinan, who was searched by Qing soldiers, suddenly bent down and touched the shoe barrel. A sharp dagger suddenly appeared in his hand. He jumped forward and cut it accurately into Menchekov's neck with just one knife. Blood suddenly splattered.

Lin Qinan wanted to turn around and assassinate Wen Xiang again, but he never thought that Wu Quanmei next to him suddenly jumped up and kicked him over in the cabin with both feet. He saved Wen Xiang's life and Wu Chaoyue, who was powerless. Wu Quanmei was a top martial arts master in the late Qing Dynasty.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang, as the gunshots were loud, Lin Qinan and the two personal soldiers he brought soon fell into a pool of blood. Wen Xiang was so scared that he peed on the spot, but Wu Quanmei roared: "Send a signal quickly, close the anchor and leave the port, we are fooled!"

It was indeed fooled. At the same time as the cannon sounded, the Taiping Xiaoba fleet, which had previously been falsely claimed to go to Balijiang to prevent the Wu Navy's naval army, had already turned around after returning to a favorable position with smooth sails and rushed towards the Qing and Russian joint fleet anchored at Hukou!

Wu Quanmei, Wen Xiang and others were even more stunned. Just as they rushed out of the cabin, there were fire, gunshots and shouts of killing on the four Russian steam gunships and several sail battleships. Wen Xiang blurted out, "How is it possible? When did Changmao touch our main warship?"

"Ah! I've been trapped-!"

Wu Quanmei suddenly woke up and started roaring wildly, "Bigfoot Manpo! I forgot that there are female soldiers in the long-haired army, all of them are Bigfoot Manpo! They can all go to the battlefield and are also best at close combat! Those women who deliver meals must be all Bigfoot Manpo!"

Unfortunately, Wu Quanmei was told by the words of the cannon. After hearing the sound of cannons, the female Taiping soldiers who pretended to be an ordinary woman were either taking out their close weapons or taking out swords hidden in the load of food. They rushed down the mountain to the Russian soldiers and sailors who were extremely tired. They slashed and stabbed the enemy who was eating or sleeping, and immediately caught the Russian soldiers off guard. While fighting with the enemy, they also attacked the sails and rudders of Tsarist Russian warships, destroying the mobility of the enemy ships.

At the same time, in the Taiping Army camp outside Hukou City, the Taiping Army soldiers of course also came out under the leadership of Lin Qirong. In Zhangjiazhou, the main force of the Taiping Army Navy, who was guarding against the Wu army, also turned around and fought back to Hukou under the leadership of Hu Dingwen, and helped Xiaoba's fleet and the Land Division ambush the main force of the Qing and Russian coalition naval forces.

"Beyond the little demon, I don't want your help, and I can kill the Qing Demon Rakshasa people by myself. When I grab the Rakshasa people's steamship, I will settle the score with you slowly!" Lin Qirong said gritted his teeth.
Chapter completed!