nanming man

Chapter 999
The turtle boats on the river collided with the warships of the Kaiming army, or passed through the gaps between the warships, rushing to the south bank.

The bottom of the boat hit the river beach, and the moment the hull stabilized, the iron plates in front of the turtle boat were pushed down one after another. The soldiers of the Wei army wearing iron helmets inside, holding various weapons, roared and rushed off the boat, wading ashore.

On the warship of the Ming army, Zheng Sen saw the boats rushing towards the south bank and wanted to pursue them, but after the turtle boats, nearly a thousand ships of all sizes and rafts came across the river again.

These small boats and large rafts only have one cannon on the bow, and some don’t even have cannons. The soldiers carried a few thunderbolts, and put a shield in front of the raft to cover the firecrackers and bows. over here.

On one side are the turtle boats rushing to the shore, and on the other side are large and small ships covering the river, which put the Ming army navy in a dilemma.

The Zheng family's naval forces were all large ships across the sea. The sailors hurriedly manipulated the sails, trying to turn the ships around and chase the Wei army's ships, but the turtle boats had already sailed far away.

At this time, the ships of the Wei army coming from the river rushed up again. When a lucky boat turned around, it was hit by a serial boat of the Wei army. The iron nails on the front boat were directly nailed into the tail of the lucky boat. The kerosene, firewood, and the iron ring were released at the same time, and they fled in the rear boat. The blessing boat was immediately engulfed in flames.

The Yangtze River is narrow and the water flows eastward. The big ships of the Ming Dynasty were far less flexible than small boats.

For a moment, the river was full of flames, and this scene immediately reminded Zheng Sen of the big battle at Liuluo Bay many years ago.

Although he did not participate in that battle, he also knew that his father, Zheng Zhilong, swarmed up with fireboats and defeated the Dutch fleet.

"Don't worry about the boats rushing past, stop other boats from approaching." Zheng Sen roared loudly.

The turtle boats of the Wei army were paddled with oars on both sides. Although they were called turtle boats, their speed was not slow.

The Zheng family navy dominates East Asia, and the sea is more suitable for them to use their hands and feet. In the inland river, the sea ships are bound, and their task is to block the Wei army ships. They cannot bombard them from a distance, so they are subject to many restrictions.

The warships of the Ming army got the order and immediately adjusted their hulls to intercept the enemy ships coming from the river.

"Boom boom boom..." The cannon roared and splashed on the river surface. Columns of water and gunpowder smoke curled up, spread and thinned in mid-air, and were finally blown away by the river wind.

The ships of the Wei army behind were not protected by iron plates. Once they were hit by cannons, sawdust would immediately splatter, and some rafts turned into a pile of drifting wood with only one shot.

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On the shore, the Ming army built a long wall along the river beach, and the troops were scattered on the south bank. Six thousand soldiers of the Ming army defended the river bank near Zhenjiang.

At this time, a thick warning smoke had already risen from the piers along the river, informing the Wei army of the crossing point, and asked the Ming army defending other crossings to come to support them as soon as possible.

Although the Yangtze River is a natural moat, it is a defense line of thousands of miles, and troops need to be deployed everywhere. The main force of the Ming army in Jiangbei is almost completely wiped out, and the remaining troops need to be deployed everywhere. Even if Zhenjiang is a key defensive place, only six thousand Ming troops are deployed. .

Beacon smoke spread for ten miles, and in the blink of an eye, it had already spread to Nanjing City.

After dawn, Zhu Cihong had already discovered the bluff of the Wei army. Seeing the warning smoke coming from the direction of Zhenjiang, he scolded Gao Yihuan for being cunning, and hurriedly ordered the defenders everywhere to reinforce him.

All of a sudden, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, arrows shot into the sky one after another, successively conveying the military order. The guards in the upper reaches of Zhenjiang took up their weapons and rushed eastward.

At this time, Fang Guoan was riding on a war horse, holding a big knife, reining in his horse and standing by the road, watching his subordinates wearing dish helmets running eastward, urging from time to time, "Hurry up, hurry up! People follow."

After the Wei army captured Runan, Fang Guoan directly led his troops to flee south. Of the 1 soldiers and horses, only more than [-] returned to Wuhu.

Zhu Cihong originally wanted to ask him about his guilt, but Jiang Fang was empty and needed someone to defend him, so he was not punished.

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The Yangtze River is not a river on the ground, the river beach is relatively flat, and there is no danger for the defenders to defend. If you want to deal with the Wei army who landed, you must drive the Wei army down the river, otherwise the Wei army will gather more and more. With the strength of the Ming army, it is impossible to defend. Live in the river beach.

The artillery of the Ming army on the shore rang out, and iron bullets hit the riverside one after another, splashing water columns and sand more than a foot high. The river water was splashed into the sky and then fell again. Moving forward, many people were hit by gravel and fell into the water, and the river was immediately red.

The soldiers of the Ming army by the river formed an earthen wall on the river beach. The musketeers of the Ming army behind the wall pointed their guns at the Wei army who rushed up.

The Ming army built fortifications, and the riverside was low, so they were suppressed on the riverbank and could only be beaten passively. Li Yuanyin raised his sword and shield, and roared, "Brothers, kill!"

More than a thousand Wei troops, under the cover of musketeers, rushed to the wall holding their shields. The low wall of the Ming army was very low. If the Wei troops continued to land, there would be more and more troops, and they would definitely not be able to defend.

Therefore, it was necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Wei army had few landing troops and their foothold was not stable, so they were driven into the river.

"The firecracker suppresses the Wei thieves, and the Wei thieves are not allowed to continue to land. The spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, follow me to kill, and drive the Wei thieves away!" The horse, over the low wall, ran into more than a thousand Wei soldiers head-on.

The fierce fighting unfolded in an instant. The shields of the two sides collided, swords and guns clashed, flesh and blood flew, and the Ming army blocked the Wei army under the earth wall.

"Fire guns!" The soldiers of the Ming army on the earthen wall continued to fire guns, and the bullets were concentrated and shot towards the river, overturning the Wei army who had just waded ashore.

The Wei army who waded ashore from the turtle boat had to face the artillery bombardment of the Ming army's naval warships on the river, and also faced the overwhelming rain of bullets, and soldiers were constantly shot and fell to the ground.

At this time, the Ming army formed an array under the earth wall with a shield of three thousand swords and spearmen, preventing Wei Jun from killing the earth wall, and the Ming army on the earth wall, without the threat of the Wei army, calmly shot and killed the Wei army on the beach.

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On the north bank, Gao Yihuan stared at the opposite bank with binoculars, but the lens was blurred by gunpowder smoke, making it impossible to see the scene on the south bank clearly.

However, he can be sure that the landing of the Wei army was not smooth. If the Wei army occupied the beachhead, the artillery should have been set up and began to bombard the navy in front of the general. Boats and rafts capsize.

This made Gao Yihuan anxious. If he could not open up the situation on the south bank, build artillery formations to cooperate with the Guazhou Fort from the north to the south, and control the river, the people crossing the river, as well as the boats in the river, would all be ruined.

If this battle of crossing the river fails, the Wei army will suffer heavy losses, and the plan to sweep the south of the Yangtze River will fall short, and someone Gao will really become Meng De's second.

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At this time, the fighting on the south bank was still fierce. As more and more soldiers of the Wei army landed on the shore, the red cannons were also transported to the shore.

"Bomb the earth wall first!" Wei General Hao waved his flag and shouted immediately when he saw that the former army was suppressed.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a shell hit the earth wall, opening a gap in the earth wall.

At this time, there was a sound of hoofbeats, and the front guard of a turtle boat was opened, and more than [-] cavalry in the warehouse roared out, and the horses waded to the shore.

The cavalry galloped up the river beach, the horses knocked the soldiers of the Ming soldiers into the air, and the horses stabbed the soldiers of the Ming soldiers to death.

Gao Yigong pulled out the rein of the horse, and the Pegasus leaped over the gap and directly rushed into the earth wall, followed by more than [-] cavalrymen.

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On the river, Zheng Sen was commanding the warships, bombarding the ships of the Wei army. A Haicang ship was turned into a pile of driftwood under the bombardment.

The huge three-masted gunboat, riding the wind and waves, knocked over the rafts of the Wei army one by one, and the river was full of struggling human heads.

In the second echelon of the Wei army, only a small number of ships successfully broke through the blockage and reached the south bank, but most of them were stopped by the navy.

Zheng Sen saw a small lucky boat with a deep draft, estimated to have transported more than 200 Wei troops, his face showed cruelty, and was about to give an order, when there was a loud "bang" around him, and a shell knocked the gunboat down. Breakthrough, countless pieces of wood splashed.

Looking back, Zheng Sen's expression changed drastically. He saw that the Wei army, who had been trapped in the river beach, was rushing up the river beach. There was a Wei army artillery formation on the bank. It roared and smashed towards the warship of the Ming army.

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(There will be guests coming to the house tomorrow, so we will stop for a day.)
(End of this chapter)