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今議防堵者,莫不曰禦諸內河,不若禦諸海口,禦諸海口,不若禦諸外洋,不知此適得其反也。製敵者必使敵失其所長。夷艘所長者,外洋乎內河乎?吾之所禦賊者,不過二端:一曰炮擊,一曰火攻。夷之兵船,大者長十丈,闊數丈,聯以堅木,澆以厚鉛,旁列大炮二層,我炮若僅中其舷旁,則船在大洋,乘水力活,不過退卻搖蕩,不破不沉,必中其桅與頭鼻,方不能行駛,即有火輪舟牽往別港,連夜修治。惟中其火藥艙,始轟發翻沉,絕無泅底鑿沉之說,其難一。若以火舟出洋焚之,則底質堅厚,焚不能然,必以火箭噴筒,焚其帆索,油薪火藥,轟其柁尾頭鼻,而夷船桅鬥上,常有夷兵遠鏡瞭望,我火舟未至,早已棄碇駛避,其難二夷船起碇,必須一時之久,故遇急則斬纜棄碇而遁。夷舶三五為幫,分泊深洋,四面棋布,並非連檣排列。我火船攻其一船,則各船之炮,皆可環擊,並分遣杉船小舟救援。縱使晦夜乘潮,能突傷其一二艘,終不能使之大創。而我海岸綿長,處處防其闖突,賊逸我勞,賊合我分,其難三。海戰在乘上風,如使風潮皆順,則即雇閩廣之大梭船大米艇,外裹糖包,亦可得勝。鄭成功之破荷蘭,明汪鋐之破佛郎機,皆偶乘風潮,出其不意。若久與交戰,則海洋極寥闊,夷船善駕駛,往往轉下風為上風,我舟即不能敵。即水勇水雷,亦止能泅攻內河淡水,不能泅伏鹹洋,其難四。觀於安南兩次創夷,片帆不返,皆誘其深入內河,而後大創之。則知欲奏奇功,斷無舍內河而禦大洋之理。賊入內河,則止能魚貫,不能棋錯四布,我止禦上遊一面,先擇淺狹要隘,沉舟縆筏以遏其前,沙垣大炮以守其側,再備下遊椿筏以斷其後。而後乘風潮,選水勇,或駕火舟,首尾而攻之沉舟塞港之處,必留洪路,以出火舟。或仿粵中所造西洋水雷,黑夜泅送船底,出其不意,一舉而轟裂之。夷船尚能如大洋之隨意駛避,互相救應乎?倘夷分兵登陸,繞我後路,則預掘暗溝,以截其前,層伏地雷,以奪其魄。夷船尚能縱橫進退自如乎?兩岸兵炮,水陸夾攻,夷炮不能透垣,我炮可以及船,風濤四起,草木皆兵。夷船自救不暇,尚能回炮攻我乎?即使向下遊沉筏之地,豕突衝竄,而稽留片時之間,我火箭噴筒已燼其帆,火罐火鬥已傷其人,水勇已登其艙,岸上步兵又扛炮以攻其後。乘上風,縱毒煙,播沙灰,以眯其目,有不聚而殲旃者乎?是口門以內,守急而戰緩,守正而戰奇,口門以外,則戰守俱難為力,一要既操,四難俱釋矣。或曰,門戶失守,則民心驚惶,縱賊入庭,則必幹罪戾。倘賊方入口,即分夷兵登岸,夾攻我後,或進攻我城,則如之何?曰所謂誘賊入內河者,謂兵炮地雷,水陸埋伏,如設阱以待虎,設罾以待魚,必能製其死命,而後縱其入險,非開門延盜之謂也。奏明兵機,以縱為擒,何失守之有?賊雖入口,尚未至我所扼守之地,何驚惶之有?然海口全無一兵,尚恐賊疑,未敢長驅深入,必兼以廢炮羸師,佯與相持,而後棄走,引入死地。即如粵之三元裏非內地乎?若非夷兵登岸肆擾,安能成圍酋截敵之舉?鬆江府城,非內河乎!尤提軍於上海失守之後,整兵二千以待夷船駛入,放炮相持,二日而退。使先備火攻,塞去路,安在不可奏安南殄敵之功?《傳》曰:「不備不虞,不可以師。」《易》曰:「王公設險,以守其國。」夫險者,非徒據口拒守,敵不能入之謂。謂其口內四路可以設伏,口門要害,可截其走,寇能入而不能出也。自用兵以來,寇入粵東珠江者一,入寧波甬江者一,入黃鬆江者一,皆惟全力拒口外,而堂奧門庭,蕩然無備。及門庭一失,而腹地皆潰,使舍守口外之力以守內河。守口外兵六七千者,守口內兵不過三千,得以其餘為犄角奇伏之用,猾賊知兵,必不肯入,如果深入送死,一處受創,處處戒心,斷不敢東闖西突,而長江高枕矣。何至鯨駛石頭之磯,霆震金焦之下哉?故曰:守遠不若守近,守多不若守約,守正不若守奇,守闊不若守狹,守深不若守淺。

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