Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 254 Jiangxia Water Battle

"Reporting to Jian Guo, the commander of the left navy, Chang Deng, has been captured alive by our army!" Zeng Ying's excited report came from the intercom on the imperial boat.

Auntie Zhu was standing on the roof of the second floor of the imperial ship. Although she had a clear view of the water battle on the front line with binoculars, she couldn't help being happy to hear the news that the commander of the left navy was captured alive.

"Okay!" Her voice was crisp and bright, "Zeng Qing, tell all the soldiers to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the left navy in one fell swoop!"

"As ordered!"

Then Auntie Zhu said again: "Red lady, Yang Zhan listens to the order!"

"Chen is here!"

"You and others will cooperate with the navy to enter Jinkou Town northward on the south bank, and must occupy the water village on the left and the Jinkou Town Wharf."

"As ordered!"

Following Aimee Zhu's order, not only the Yangtze River Navy's pursuit of the left navy became more rapid, but Hong Niangzi and Yang Zhan, who had been waiting for a long time, also took action.

In the past three days, Auntie Zhu did not wait stupidly, but made many preparations.

One of them was to let Hong Niangzi lead the first town of the Imperial Guard Army, the third town of the Border Guard Army, and Yang Zhan lead the fourth town of the Border Guard Army to camp near the Yangtze River at the border between Jiayu County and Jiangxia County in the north.

As for the second town of the imperial guards led by Liu Wenxiu, it was sticking to Jiayu County, because before the dust of this battle settled, Jiayu County's wharf and county town were still Zhu Yuxi's temporary base camp.

As for Aimee Zhu's safety, the Royal Forest Army is responsible for it.

Of course, Auntie Zhu didn't keep all the imperial guards by her side.

For example, Ainengqi led the Jingqi Battalion of Thousand Xiaoqi, who had been put off the boat by her a few days ago.

After all, it was uncomfortable for the cavalry to stay on the ship, not to mention that it was useless.

Fortunately, one of them said that Ma Ruo would get sick easily after staying on board for a long time.

In addition, the cavalry and war horses need time to recover after disembarking. Now that a few days have passed, they should be almost recovered.

Although there are many rivers and lakes in Jiangxia, and the water network is densely covered, it is not suitable for cavalry to play, but a thousand elite cavalry is still very deterrent when used to charge the battle under certain circumstances.

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"Chang Deng lost just like that?"

On the six-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-year-old ship, Zuo Menggeng held a binoculars and looked at the scene where the navy on the left side of the river was defeated and fled, but was still being chased by the Yangtze River navy. He couldn't help murmuring, unwilling to believe the facts for a while .

Even if the facts are right in front of you.

Xu Ensheng persuaded: "Young Lord, before the enemy army comes over, quickly order the rear army of the navy to retreat.

Otherwise, if the enemy navy comes to kill us, we won't be able to escape. "

Zuo Menggeng came back to his senses, but shook his head and said: "No! We still have hundreds of warships, and the [-]-material ship I'm on has not been dispatched yet.

Commander Xu, you go to command, take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy navy and our warships in front of you to surround them, and fight with the whole crew, you will definitely turn defeat into victory! "

Xu Ensheng wanted to curse after hearing this.

Damn, he still wants to turn defeat into victory now, does Zuo Menggeng have a brain?

Cursing in his heart, he continued to persuasion, "Young master, I really can't fight anymore. Except for the [-]-material warship of Xiaohou, the rest of my navy's rear army are civilian ships. Where are you?" Is it a match for enemy warships?
Besides, didn't you see it just now?The warriors of our army jumped onto the enemy ship and disappeared without even a splash, which shows that the enemy's melee fighting strength is also very strong! "

Zuo Menggeng was red-eyed.

It’s not that Zuo Menggeng is so conceited and conceited, but Chang Deng and Xu Ensheng both told him before the battle that he was very sure of winning the battle, and even described for him the wonderful scene of capturing the princess of Jian Guo alive after the victory, so that he could win the battle. Expectations are too high.

The higher the so-called expectation, the greater the psychological gap when the result is unsatisfactory, and the more unacceptable it is.

He pulled out his saber, pointed at Xu Ensheng and shouted: "Xu Ensheng, I am the coach, do you dare not obey my command?!"

If Xu Ensheng was just a warlord attached to Zuo Liangyu, no bird would be able to bird Zuo Menggeng at this time.

But he was Zuo Liangyu's direct subordinate, and he really didn't dare to do anything excessive when Zuo Liangyu was alive.

He looked at Zuo Menggeng's red eyes, then at the broken warships in front of his eyes that had already started to attack the navy's rear ships, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll go command!"

After finishing speaking, the messengers waved the command flags on the ship of [-] materials, and sent orders to all parties.

The soldiers and horses that accompanied Zuo Menggeng this time belonged to the elite of the left, so even though the front army of the navy had been defeated, the rear army still carried out the order after hearing the commander's order.

Not only because he didn't dare to disobey the commander's order, but also because the battle ahead did look a bit "anxious".

Moreover, the guns of the Yangtze River Navy were too fierce before. According to the thinking at the end of Ming Dynasty, the ability of guns and guns in close combat must be poor.

Therefore, like Zuo Menggeng, there are actually quite a few generals on the left who think they can turn the tables by taking the opportunity to encircle and join the board.

As a result, the Zuo Navy led by Zuo Menggeng went straight to stud.

But nothing worked.

On the river, hundreds of civilian ships rushed to the river where the Yangtze River Navy fought with the remaining warships under Chang Deng's command along with the tall and handsome ships.

However, before they got close, they fired two rounds of live-ammunition bombardment, and immediately many civilian ships were damaged and capsized, or they had to lean towards the shore.

After that, it was poisonous smoke shotguns again.

Zuo Menggeng covered his mouth and nose with a wet tissue, tears and snot still flowing from the pepper smoke.

Fortunately, he was standing on the roof of the handsome boat, and the poisonous smoke dissipated quickly, which made him the first to recover his normal vision.

Looking forward, he panicked.

"The enemy's strange iron ships are coming! Stop them, stop them!"

Most of the other low civilian ships around Shuai Chuan were still shrouded in poisonous smoke, and few of them paid attention to Zuo Menggeng's words.

On the entire river, the boats of the left navy were in a mess, and there was no need for the Yangtze navy to attack.

In this way, the two armored warships commanded by Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai rushed to the sides of Zuo Menggeng's commander.

Then repeat the same trick, first use many tiger squatting guns and muskets to tilt the firepower, suppress and kill the elite soldiers on the left of the handsome ship, and then take the opportunity to board the handsome ship with claws and gangways.

At this time, although the poisonous smoke did not disperse quickly, the soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy were equipped with wet gauze towels that could cover their entire faces, and they were always in the upper air outlet and were less affected.

In addition, the short soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy are also elite soldiers selected from the Imperial Guards and Border Guards.

Although they dare not wear steel armor in water battles, they all wear fine leather armor.

Equipped with sharp swords and the cooperation of musketeers, as soon as they boarded Zuo Menggeng's handsome boat, they were outnumbered and defeated the elite soldiers on the left side of the handsome boat.

Although Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai guarded their steel armored warships and did not rush to kill them, they all shouted loudly on the deck: "Listen up, capture Zuo Menggeng alive!"

Generals like Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai, who have reached the general level, all know the purpose of Zhu Wei's battle, so they naturally understand the importance of capturing Zuo Menggeng alive.

Zuo Menggeng, who was still on the roof of the second floor of Shuaichuan, was already terrified, but when he heard shouts of "Catch Zuo Menggeng alive" everywhere, he became even more terrified.

He wanted to jump into the river to escape.

However, although he knows how to swim, at this time there are civilian boats on the left side of the river being destroyed and sinking, and there are also many arrows, bullets, and shells falling on the river. The danger is so great that he dare not jump down to fight for his life.

Seeing the end of the mountain, Zuo Menggeng wanted to seek help from Xu Ensheng.

In the end, after searching around, I finally found Xu Ensheng, but saw that he was leading a group of soldiers, and he threw down his weapons and surrendered!
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Jiangxia County.

Although Zuo Liangyu was seriously ill, he still dragged his sick body and sat in the west gate of Jiangxia City in person.

For some reason, since his son Zuo Menggeng left today to go to the Navy, he has been feeling restless.

Only then did he think of sitting on the west city gate and waiting for the military information sent by the front line at the first time.

Zuo Liangyu originally thought that the outcome of the war would not come until the sun was rising.

After all, both sides have more than 300 warships, and the fight will definitely be very anxious. Most of the time, after a few rounds of you come and go, one side will have a clear advantage, and then take advantage of the situation to defeat the other side.

I didn't know that when I arrived at Sishizhong (10 am), there were sentinels galloping from the direction of Jinkou Town.

When the sentry arrived at the foot of the city, they saw Zuo Liangyu's handsome flag planted on the top of the city gate, so they hurriedly got off their horses and shouted, "Your Majesty! It's not good! The little Marquis has been captured alive!"

(End of this chapter)