please make me king

Chapter 489
Zhao Lizi heard the words, looked at Ding Zhuang on the boat, and remained silent for a while.

These people were originally just fishermen and boatmen, without much military training.In addition, for the convenience of water movement, all of them were shirtless and only wore a calf-nosed jacket, so they had no defense at all.

If they are really close to the pontoon bridge, they only need to be rubbed with arrows and pills by officers and soldiers, and these people will end up with heavy casualties.

It's just that there are no undead on the battlefield?Either you die or I die, that's all.

After thinking about this, Zhao Lizi responded loudly: "Fame and wealth come today! Everyone follow me to kill the enemy, even if you die, you will earn a fortune for the elders in the family."

The young man who was a little nervous and frightened when he was going to battle for the first time, was eager to try after hearing the words.The young people are full of vigor, just because they easily burned the pontoon bridge just now, so they don't have a clear understanding of the cruelty of war.

Seeing that the morale was good, Huang Shoucai nodded in satisfaction, and ordered: "Come closer to the pontoon in a while, Zhao Lizi, you lead four boats full of oil and sulfur, put them on iron chains, tie them firmly with ropes, and light them up with a big fire." Broke the chains."

"The rest of the people, turn the boat sideways, and just shoot at the defending officers and soldiers on the bridge. The boats loaded with artillery need to face the pontoon bridge with their bows, and they must not shake the boat over."

Just as Cao Wenzhao cut off the flames, the fire boat tied to the bridge just now also started to drift down the river because of the burning of the ropes tied to it.

Before Cao Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire, and saw dozens of fishing boats rowing over mightily again.

Cao Wenzhao was startled and angry, and shouted loudly: "If there is a way to heaven, you don't go, and if there is no way to hell, you come by yourself. All the soldiers listen to the order and fight back. I ordered the gunners on the beach to bring two cannons over and give them to me." I destroy them!"

When the distance between the two sides was more than ten or twenty steps, these fishermen and boats easily steered the boats under their feet across the bow, aimed their firecrackers and quick guns at the officers and soldiers on the bridge, and released them crackling.

The officers and soldiers on the bridge were all holding torches, like live targets, and seven or eight of them were immediately knocked down.Most of the officers and soldiers on the bridge are elite, and they prefer to use bows and arrows.

They quickly drew their bows to fight back, but the surface of the river was pitch black, the officers and soldiers couldn't see clearly, and the effect of the counterattack was not good.Only some shrewd ones touched the doorway, and only stared at the place where there were sparks to shoot.

These sparks were actually the medicine thread for the rebels to ignite the firecrackers and quick guns, and five or six of them were shot down by the officers and soldiers.

Facing the body with no defense at all, the bow and arrow showed extremely terrible damage.In particular, the big bows and heavy arrows that the frontier soldiers like to use are almost the same as the so-called "Qing bows" in later generations. They can penetrate the human body and nail people to the boat alive.

The sailors who saw blood for the first time panicked immediately, and some even lay down on the boat and dared not get up.

Huang Shoucai couldn't help frowning, but because each ship was not connected to each other, he couldn't jump over to drive them away.

However, fortunately, because the ships were not connected to each other, there was no overall chaos caused by the injuries of the soldiers.

Huang Shoucai couldn't help yelling loudly: "Why panic? It's not like telling you to go forward and try your best, can the enemy still jump over? The distance is so far, if you shoot the enemy to death, naturally no one can shoot you back!"

After hearing Huang Shoucai's scolding, the soldiers felt a little more at ease, and then continued to shoot at the officers and soldiers.

At this time, more officers and soldiers came in a row from the camp in the middle of the river and the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River, holding bows and arrows, three-eyed blunderbuss, and quick guns to shoot at the rebels.

The rebels refused to give in, not only counterattacked with fast guns and firecrackers, but even ignited the tiger squatting cannons on the ship.Only a few loud noises were heard, and the boat in the river shook violently like leaves in the waves.

At the same time, more than a dozen officers and soldiers on the floating bridge fell into the water in an instant. Even if they were not killed on the spot, they would probably be swallowed up by the rolling Yellow River.

The two sides on this side were firing fiercely, while Zhao Lizi on the other side had already braved the rain of arrows and bullets, and desperately struck towards the iron chain that burned the wooden boards in the middle.

Cao Wenzhao was standing near the pontoon bridge with burnt boards, and saw the boats slowly approaching the iron chains. How could he not know what the rebels wanted?
He came out in a hurry, he didn't have time to carry the bow and arrow, so he quickly snatched the bow and arrow from the soldiers and shot at Zhao Lizi.

Seeing that someone was targeting him, Zhao Lizi quickly retreated into the cabin.This is a ferry boat with a canopy on the cabin.The flying arrow pierced through the canopy made of reeds and nailed into the cabin.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao lost Zhao Lizi's figure and couldn't aim, so no one was hurt.

The officers and soldiers on the pontoon bridge shot desperately, and the boat was full of arrows, and the oars on the ferry were useless.

Fortunately, these boats still have Artemisia arborescens hidden in the stern, shaking like a carp wagging its tail, it can still drive the boats forward.

When Cao Wenzhao saw it, he yelled badly, and quickly shouted: "Where is the artillery? Hurry up and bombard this ship with me!"

Someone pushed aside the soldiers on the pontoon bridge, dragged a small cannon over, and reported to Cao Wenzhaohui: "General soldier, there are too many soldiers on the bridge to be dragged over. There is only this one, do you want to shoot? "

"Light me up!" Cao Wenzhao rushed to the doctor in an emergency, so he couldn't care less.He hurriedly squeezed the gunner away, pointed the cannon at Zhao Lizi's boat, and took the torch to fire himself.

The gunner was shocked when he saw it, and was about to stop Cao Wenzhao, but he never thought that Cao Wenzhao just threw the torch on the fuse.

There was only a loud bang, and a solid bullet hit Zhao Lizi's ferry all at once.

So at the same time, driven by the huge recoil, the artillery jumped up all of a sudden.Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao had quick eyesight and quick hands, and was not hit by the artillery, but instead hit the handrail of the pontoon bridge.

The huge impact force directly caused the huge shaking of the pontoon bridge.The officers and soldiers on the bridge were all wearing heavy armor, and how many people from the north were shaken down at once, and fell directly into the rolling Yellow River.

Cao Wenzhao was even more unlucky, he escaped the artillery with great difficulty, slipped on the sole of his foot, and plunged into the water, causing the officers and soldiers to be in chaos.

It turned out that after the gunner brought the cannon, he didn't dare to fire, because he was afraid that the cannon would vibrate too much and fall into the water.Unexpectedly, Cao Wenzhao's cannonball actually helped the rebel army a lot.

Zhao Lizi's boat was damaged by Cao Wenzhao's cannonball, and it sank after a while.

Huang Shoucai was in a panic, so he didn't care about these things. He just saw the officers and soldiers in chaos and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot desperately, disturbing the officers and soldiers.At the same time, he hurriedly brought the fire boat close to the iron chain and ignited the flames.

The officers and soldiers lost their command, and their morale plummeted suddenly. Where is the fighting spirit?Many people were even more afraid of the pontoon, and fled with their heads in their arms, not daring to resist any more.

The rebels easily approached the iron chain, and after more than half an hour, they finally burned all the iron chains.

Only then did Huang Shoucai lead the navy contentedly, and turned back to the camp.When the rebel army returned to the camp, the sky in the east was already white.Zhang Shun had been waiting for a long time, so he hurriedly greeted Huang Shoucai and others to celebrate their achievements.

It was only after everyone disembarked and Zhang Shun looked at them one by one, that he asked with a sullen face, "Where is Zhao Lizi? Why is it useless to come back with you?"

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