第二八五章 料敌先知
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一个长随连忙躬身进来,道:“大人有何吩咐?”
“遣去去西关,将易知足请来。”林则徐说完,缓步踱回书桌后坐下,凝思半晌,他才提起笔,英军大举北上的消息,还是的快马禀报京师,英军船快,闽浙两江怕是来不及了,但直隶还是有时间防范。
易知足次日上午才赶到虎门,赶到虎门寨城门外,就见关天培大步迎了出来,他连忙拱手含笑道:“何敢劳军门亲迎。”
“这广州能让老夫出迎的,可没几个,你易知足算一个。”关天培爽朗的笑道:“知足不必谦逊,你当的起。”
两人一路并肩入城,易知足还是知晓分寸,稍稍落后半步,过了城门,关天培才道:“英军北上,部堂大人忧思难寐,知足可能为部堂大人分忧?”
易知足听的一笑,“关军门也忒抬举在下了。”顿了顿,他才接着道:“部堂大人召见,为的就是这事?那在下可真是无能为力。”
见他回的如此干脆,关天培转了话头,道:“英军北上,是否还会再来广州?”
“必然会来。”易知足毫不含糊的道:“英军北上,不论胜败,都会返回广州,若是谈判不顺利,英军还有可能会攻击广州,军门可别因为英军已然北上而有所懈怠,在下窃以为,这段时间,军门应该好好整顿一下水师。”
听他又提及整顿水师,关天培只能是报以苦笑,这小子什么都好,就是对水师成见太深,不过,转念想想,水师也真是丢人丢到家了,轻叹了一声,他才道:“是该好好整顿一番了。”话是如此说,他心里却是明白,水师整顿,说起容易,做起来难。
两人一路说着话进了提督署,径直进了林则徐的书房,见礼之后,林则徐伸手让座,然后径直问道:“英军北上,知足认为,会先攻击何处?”
定海!易知足相当清楚,英军攻陷的第一个城池,就是定海县城,不过,他没有照直说,而是问道:“在下不知道英军舰队的具体情况——战舰种类数量,火炮数,士兵数量等等,部堂大人和军门可有详细的情报?”
“有。”林则徐说着在桌子上翻找了一下,随即将一份单子递给他,道:“这是英吉利舰队的汇总情况,火炮数量大致准确,但兵丁数量却难以估算。”
易知足自己就有情报来源,林大安和任安两人组建的情报网这两年发展迅速,招收了不少人,还网罗了好些义学学生和落魄的没有一技之长的花旗人,对于英军舰队的情报收集,自然是重点,他之所以想两人索要英军舰队的资料,一则是掩饰,二则也想对比一下。
水师收集的英军舰队资料颇为详细,还做了统计,总计大小风帆战舰,辅助炮船,蒸汽拖船,运兵船,运输船,共计七十四艘,舰载火炮六百余门,水兵七千余人,对其中主要战舰都单独开列,有详细记述。
细细看完,易知足才放下单子道:“在下之前说过,沿海之港口城池,诸如厦门、宁波、定海、南京、天津,都是英军的攻击目标。”说着,他看向林则徐道:“在下隐约听闻过,英吉利很是羡慕葡萄牙借租澳门的方式,曾经提出过同样的要求,不知道此事是否属实?”
听的这话,林则徐看了关天培一眼,他来广州时间不长,又一直全力关注禁烟和筹备海防,对于这事,他根本就没听说过,关天培更加不知,他既少与广州文官往来,也与十三行没多是往来,对于英吉利商人,更是正眼都没瞧过几次,哪里知道这事,索性闭口不言。
略微沉吟,林则徐才道:“此事,本部堂并不清楚,须的召广州官员询问,此事可是与英军的攻击目标有关?”
易知足点了点头,道:“若是真有此事,那么,在下判定英军的第一个攻击目标将有可能是定海县城。”
“大舟山的定海县?”关天培脸色一沉,道:“定海历来就是兵家要地,系浙江之咽喉,素来为两江和闽浙出海之保障,英夷若是占据定海,沿海各口皆为之牵制。”
林则徐却是问道:“知足的意思,英夷有租借定海的意图?”
“关军门说的不错。”易知足缓声道:“定海是兵家要地,占据定海,足以控制两江和闽浙之海贸,一则,英夷有租借割据定海之意,二则,英夷舰队远道而来,需要占据一个立足点,或为跳板,或为桥头堡。
再则,因为定海在海防中的地位极为重要,一旦英夷占据定海,还可以此要挟朝廷,作为他们无礼要求的谈判筹码。总而言之,定海地理位置显要,又孤悬海外,完全足以发挥英夷海上作战优势,而且还可一举数得,堪称英夷舰队必攻之目标。”
“定海危矣。”关天培轻叹了一声,身为广东水师提督,对于大清海防布局,他自然是了如指掌,定海的情况,他亦大略了解,英军如此大规模的舰队,虎门炮台防务如此之强,官兵尚且怯敌畏战,何况毫无准备,防务远不及虎门的定海。
默然半晌,林则徐才道:“定海之外呢?”
“攻占定海之后。”顿了顿,易知足才道:“易位而处,在下若是英夷海军司令,必然不会在沿途多加耽搁,而是乘着季风,直奔天津。”
季风,不错,英夷都是风帆战船,必须借助季风,直奔天津!林则徐心里一紧,不知道英夷如此庞大的舰队突然出现在天津海面,会引起什么样的震动!默然半晌,他才开口道:“以英夷舰队的速度,要多长时间能抵达天津?”
“眼下是顺风,以英夷战舰的正常航行速度,一小时十节计算一天是二百海里。”易知足缓声道:“若是沿途不耽搁,从广州到天津,只需要十二天左右。”
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