Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Boom boom boom!"

On the surface of the Yangtze River, the eight gunboats were divided into two rows and fired in parallel.At a distance of more than 100 steps from the gun boat, the densely packed small and medium-sized boats and small sampans all dispersed and sailed hard towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Although the distance is very close, the results of the gunboat are very bad.The gunboat is not big, there are only two three-pounder guns and three one-pounder guns on one side of the ship, and they shoot solid bullets, and they are fired when the water surface is shaking.Therefore, although many ships were sunk and destroyed, compared to the total number of ships on the river, it is a drop in the bucket.

After learning that the Runing Army in He County, Huanggang, and Lu'an had started to move, Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army in Shucheng moved quickly. They collected a large number of ships nearby and wanted to cross the Yangtze River before the Runing Army encircled them. Escape from the encirclement and suppression of Runing Army.

Zhang Xianzhong is indeed as cunning as a fox, and his sense of danger can be described as top-notch.This sudden crossing of the river made Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion and main supplies have all crossed the river, and when the squadron led by Tang Liu arrived at the crossing, there were only 3 old, weak, women and children in the peasant army who had not yet crossed the river. There are many people.

"Brother Six! How long are we going to hit this one-shot one-shot thing? Why don't we drive up and hit it!"

The captain of the gunboat that Tang Liu was on was originally a brother of his Cao Gang. This captain was sweating profusely because he was afraid that he would not complete the task of intercepting the peasant army from crossing the river.

The gunboats of the Runing Army are all close to [-] materials. Although they are pediatrics compared to sea ships, they are out-and-out giants on the Yangtze River. They can indeed sink and overturn the peasant army. those boats.

"Do you think that after the collision with the ship, we will not be damaged? Besides, what should we do if we sail among those small boats and are jumped by them or attacked by them? Our Runing Army only has a few ships. We can't afford to lose one. "Although Tang Liu said so, his eyes were full of anxiety.

"My lord! The observation post sent a signal, and our ship has sailed into the hundred paces." The guards on the side reported.

"Hey!" Tang Liu slammed the bridge with his right fist, and then ordered helplessly, "Turn all around! Open up the distance again."

Because the gunboats of the Runing Army were upstream, while the ships of the Peasant Army downstream spread across the river for several miles.So once the gunboat sailed into the peasant army's ships, Tang Liu was afraid that his gunboat would be attacked.

And along the current, the gunboat is getting closer and closer to the peasant army's boat group.In order to widen the distance, the gunboat could only turn its sails back after entering a hundred paces, and widen the distance again.However, the turning speed of the sailboat is quite slow, so the action of the gunboat also gave the peasant army a gap to cross the river.

See the gunboat turn.The peasant army on the north bank let out another cry.They pushed down a large number of boats and rowed hard to the opposite bank.

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Before nightfall, Zhang Rubao and Ferreira led the [-] gunboats of the main fleet of the Runing Army to the crossing of the river. They joined the squadron led by Tang Liu and finally cut off the follow-up peasant army from crossing the river.

finally.In the encirclement of the Marine Corps transported by ship and the troops from Hexian County, the more than 1 peasant troops who had not crossed the Yangtze River all surrendered.And Zhang Xianzhong successfully jumped out of the siege of the Runing Army with more than 5 peasant troops.The strength is basically intact.

"My lord! The villain hasn't done his best. Please punish me, my lord!" After seeing Zhang Rubao, Tang Liu said in shame.

"It's not because of you." Zhang Rubao was also very helpless, "I didn't expect Zhang Thief to be so naughty. And in the past few years, our navy is like a stepmother, and we only launched five ships before and after. So I can't blame you , the general will not blame you." Zhang Rubao comforted.

"It's because the army's order was late. What are you blaming our navy for? Deputy Commander Tang has done a good job of destroying so many ships." Ferreira's Chinese has been learned very well, but his temper is still Western. People are generally outspoken, and have not learned the euphemisms in Chinese speech.

"You can't say that!" Zhang Rubao subconsciously stopped Ferreira's words.But when he thought that he was surrounded by his brothers in the navy, he changed the subject again, "Let's report the situation to Runing first!"

After learning that Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army jumped out of their encirclement, Xue Yong and Zhang Rubao successively sent urgent reports to Runing. In addition to pleading guilty to Wu Shigong, they also asked about their next move in Huguang.

And Wu Shigong didn't blame them.He just asked the navy's fleet to still patrol the river to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's troops from crossing the river again and fleeing to the hinterland of Huguang.In addition, Wu Shigong also asked Xue Yong to integrate Changmeng and the Runing Army in He County to firmly control the area from Lu'an to He County, and then march towards Wuchang and Xiangyang.

After solving the problem of the back garden, various units of the Runing Army have also arrived in place one after another, ready to start a full-scale military operation.But no one expected that an unexpected army fired the first shot in this complicated and confusing world melee.

July [-], Canal Wharf.

"Get off the boat! Move faster!"

A group of generals is calling the soldiers on board to get off the ship quickly.Although those soldiers had bright armor and shiny weapons, their unfamiliar movements and tense expressions showed that they were all new recruits.

Looking at those new recruits, Zuo Yin said worriedly: "Proprietor! Can those soldiers do it? It's only been practiced for less than a month, and they don't even line up neatly. If they are sent to the battle now, the students will be afraid." Lord I's reputation is damaged."

"What's a famous name?" Yu Zilian waved his hand and said, "If you don't rise up again, the Ming Dynasty will change. Without Kaifeng, there would be no Henan; without Henan, Jiangnan and the capital would be lost. That's when we What is the use of keeping this army without the world?"

"Isn't there still Wu Runing?" Zuo Yin asked.

"Hey! Wu Runing is the same as that intruder? It's the same for the Ming Dynasty."

"Then we can't be the vanguard!" Zuo Yin said, "Of the 2 of us, except for the 200 family members we brought from the Ruzhou Army and the 7000 generals sent by Lu Gonggong, the rest are recruits. I have been on the battlefield, but I have never seen blood. We recruited more than 6000 from military households in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than [-] from good families. "

"I know that too. It's good that our Ruzhou Army is here! There are not so many troubles. Hey!" Yu Zilian sighed.

"Hey!" Zuo Yin echoed with a long sigh, "Exactly!" (To be continued...)