Chapter 1111 Asking for help in the middle of the night
When Qing Mulan was besieged at Wulang Mountain, Daqiang was responsible for leading Jin Feng to the rescue, which was regarded as a great contribution. Later, Zhang Liang felt that he was honest and obedient, so he sent him to the East China Sea.
Daqiang knew that he was not smart enough, so he pestered Zhang Liang to assign him a lively deputy company commander.
Usually when I encounter something that I am not sure about, I will go to the deputy company commander to discuss it.
The deputy company commander also performed his duties very well and helped Daqiang manage the company in an orderly manner.
"Lao Wu, it's already this time, so don't try to hold me back. If you have any ideas, just tell me immediately!"
Daqiang glared at the deputy company commander angrily.
The deputy company commander also knew that the matter was urgent, so he no longer held back and said directly: "We can't send people for reinforcements, but we can deliver supplies to Yuguan City. Isn't it much better than sending people directly there?"
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?" Daqiang slapped his thigh.
Jin Feng intended to build the Donghai Shipyard into a base, so he kept transporting supplies here, including a lot of ammunition.
In order to combat pirates, there are three armed speedboats in the dock, which are also convenient for transporting ammunition.
What Yuguan City lacks the most right now is ammunition.
Yuguan City has a geographical advantage. If it gets a continuous supply of ammunition, it will indeed be much better than sending two platoons of soldiers there directly.
That night, Daqiang sent out two of the three speedboats, each carrying boxes of grenades and barrels of kerosene.
The two speedboats ran for a day and a night, and on the evening of the second day they reached the sea dozens of miles away from Yuguan City.
It was still dark at that time, so they did not dare to get close to Yuguan City. They were also afraid that the sound of the steam engine would be heard by the enemy, so they turned off the steam engine all the way away and waited until dark on the sea before rowing the boat towards Yuguan City with oars.
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The two speedboats rowed until midnight before finally reaching the vicinity of Yuguan City Pier.
Before they came, they heard from Hong An that the battle to defend Yuguan City was very fierce, but after they arrived, they realized that the matter was more serious than they imagined.
Even though it was already late at night, the Eastern Barbarians' siege did not stop.
The pile of enemy corpses under the city wall was once again two to three feet thick.
The most terrible thing was that when the escorts on the city wall threw explosive packets down, the explosion light illuminated the sea surface, and they were discovered by the enemy.
After the enemy's rafts were discovered, they no longer hid behind the hills but gathered on the northern coast.
After spotting the speedboat on the sea, a dense crowd of Dongman people immediately rushed to the raft and raised the sail.
When the escort on the speedboat saw this situation, he immediately started the steam engine and rushed to Yuguan City Pier.
The escorts on the dock also immediately raised the dock gate.
Fortunately, the speed of the steam engine was fast enough, and the speedboat rushed into the dock of the pier before being surrounded by the rafts of the Eastern Barbarians.
The gate fell with a crash, blocking the raft outside.
But this time the raft did not return to the north, but kept cruising on the sea near the pier to prevent any more speedboats from coming.
This also means that Daqiang's plan to continue delivering ammunition and supplies to Yuguan City has failed.
And I'm afraid these two speedboats won't be able to go back.
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The two speedboats led by Hong An also ran non-stop for several days and nights, and finally ran back to Jinchuan Pier at this time.
After landing from the pier, Hong An had no time to rest and rushed back to Xihewan as quickly as possible.
During this period, the Ninth Princess was under a lot of pressure, and her pregnancy symptoms were obvious. She vomited several times during the night, and Jin Feng took care of her until midnight before she fell asleep.
But not long after he fell asleep, he was woken up by Pearl.
"What's wrong?" Jin Feng asked in a daze.
Zhu'er glanced at the sleeping Ninth Princess, then lay down next to Jin Feng's ear and whispered: "The people on Zhenyuan No. 1 are back."
After listening to this, Jin Feng suddenly became energetic.
Yuguan City has been out of contact for some time, Jin Feng has been worried, and now there is finally news.
Jin Feng carefully opened the quilt and motioned to Zhuer to bring over the clothes on the shelf.
Pearl is the personal maid of the Ninth Princess, and she has always lived outside the Ninth Princess's bedroom. There is not even a door between the two, just a screen.
Jin Feng was not used to it at first and didn't want Zhu'er to live here, but Zhu'er didn't listen to him at all. Jin Feng couldn't beat her, so he had to let her go.
As time passed, Jin Feng gradually got used to it.
Although Jin Feng and Zhu Er tried their best to be careful, they still woke up the Ninth Princess.
The Ninth Princess coughed and opened her eyes.
He reached out and touched the side and found that Jin Feng was not there, so he sat up with his arms propped up.
Seeing Zhuer helping Jin Feng tie his belt, she frowned and asked, "Husband, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, you can sleep a little longer." Jin Feng stepped forward and held Princess Ninth's neck, then put her on the pillow.
But as soon as she let go, Princess Ninth sat up again: "Please tell me quickly, what's wrong, otherwise how can I sleep?"
If it weren't for an urgent matter, Zhuer wouldn't have been able to wake Jin Feng up in the middle of the night.
Seeing that she was awake, Jin Feng had no choice but to say: "Zhu'er said that the people from Zhenyuan No. 1 are back, and I want to ask how Yuguan City is doing."
"Then why didn't you call me?" Ninth Princess scolded: "Zhu'er, get some clothes!"
Jin Feng knew that Princess Ninth would definitely not be able to sleep, so he had no choice but to help her put on clothes with Zhu Er.
Hong An had been waiting at the door of the study for a long time. When he saw Jin Feng and Ninth Princess, he quickly bowed and saluted: "Sir, Your Majesty!"
"Come in and talk!"
Jin Feng took Ninth Princess and Hong An into the study.
When Hong An's eyes were red, he knew he hadn't slept for a long time.
He signaled Zhuer to pour a cup of tea for Hong An, and then asked: "How is Yuguan City?"
"not too good……"
Hong An took the tea bowl and began to talk about the situation in Yuguan City.
Hearing that King Jin actually sent people to cooperate with the Eastern Barbarians to attack the southern city wall, Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess gritted their teeth in anger.
When they heard that the piles of corpses under Yuguan City were as high as the city wall, and that the bodyguards had also suffered heavy casualties, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess' expressions became even more ugly.
They had long guessed that Yuguan City might be attacked and were mentally prepared, but they did not expect that the Eastern Barbarian Chanyu would attack so ruthlessly.
When they heard that Zhenyuan No. 1 was sunk by a raft, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess suddenly opened their eyes.
"What did you say?" Jin Feng glared at Hong An and asked, "Zhenyuan No. 1 was sunk?"
Hong An made a grimace and told the story of how Zhenyuan No. 1 was sunk.
"What does Jinpeng do? Such a big warship was sunk by a raft!"
The Ninth Princess was so angry that she threw away the tea bowl in her hand!
Jin Feng was also very angry at first, but when he saw the Ninth Princess acting like this, he no longer wanted to dwell on this topic.
The Ninth Princess had suffered a miscarriage before and had been busy with government affairs recently. Her fetal strength was already unstable and she could not be excited.
Jin Feng nodded towards Zhu'er and changed the subject: "Go and notify Brother Liang, Xiaoyu, and Tie Shixin and ask them to come over quickly!"