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The two sides were cruising and changing formations, and the Jiangxi navy used shelling from time to time, all of which were less powerful Francois machine guns.

Zhang Xianzhong observed for a while, then asked: "Which side do you think the military adviser can win?"

Liao Zhifang said: "The Jiangxi navy won."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "I also think that the Jiangxi Navy can win. Although the number of warships is smaller, the formation is very neat. This has not been around a few times, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy have been confused, not to mention the Jiangxi Navy. gun."

on the Yangtze River.

Li Hui, the deputy commander of the Jiangxi Navy, received the flag order from Gu Jianshan, and immediately ordered: "Thunderbolt!"

The paper packages were smashed out by the trebuchet, but they did not hit the enemy ship, and all fell on the water.

Just when Zhang Xianzhong was in a daze, there were bursts of explosions on the surface of the river.Those paper packages, without ignition, exploded automatically on the water surface. Not only was there thick smoke formed by wet gunpowder, but also a lot of dust mixed with lime and chili powder.

More than a hundred paper packets exploded one after another.

Then the catapult was loaded and launched again, and more than a hundred paper bags exploded.

Three consecutive rounds of projectile explosions, blown from the southeast, all kinds of smoke and dust quickly covered the battlefield, covering the officers, soldiers and sailors in the downwind direction.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't understand it at all, he was dumbfounded and said, "What kind of demon technique is this?"

"Caishiji water battle!" Liao Zhifang exclaimed suddenly.

Zhang Xianzhong asked: "What is the Caishiji water battle?"

Liao Zhifang explained: "Your Majesty, in the Song Dynasty, 60 Jin soldiers marched south. At that time, the Jin soldiers had hundreds of warships, and the Song soldiers won the victory with the Thunderbolt Cannon. The ammunition fired by the Thunderbolt Cannon can explode on the water. Covering the sky with lime and turning the sun away, it is exactly the same as the situation in front of you."

"Sir, you are really knowledgeable," Zhang Xianzhong sighed, and then asked, "But why do those things explode when they fall into the water?"

"This... I don't know either." Liao Zhifang didn't know the strange tricks.

The Jiangxi navy had already lowered its sails and rowed far away.

When the partial disgust dissipated, everyone set sail again and covered their faces with gauze, even their eyes.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

The formation of the officers, soldiers and sailors was all messed up, and the sailors were coughing violently. Of course, some lucky ones were not affected.

"kill!"

The Jiangxi navy rushed over and used hooks to catch local warships.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Before the gang jump started, a row of muskets were fired.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the melee sailors jumped over one after another, holding their waist knives and began to charge.The firecrackers also put down their firecrackers, pulled out their waist knives and jumped over to seize the boat.

The two commanders, Gu Jianshan and Li Hui, naturally couldn't fight in person. They kept issuing flag orders to direct the Jiangxi warships to surround the enemy ships.Although there are many officers and soldiers and warships, in some battlefields, one official ship is often besieged by two or three Jiangxi ships.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Xu Renlong, the governor of Huguang, is also a fighter.

But at this moment, he was no longer able to command the battle, and the smoke was so thick that he couldn't see the situation ahead.

"Rush through the smoke, don't retreat, our army is downwind...cough cough cough!"

The governor rushed forward on the ship, but the flag order issued by the ship could not be effectively conveyed.As a result, some officers and soldiers rushed forward, some retreated, and even collided with each other.

The smoke was finally blown away by the wind, but Xu Renlong fell into despair.

More than 30 of his warships have been captured, and all the rest are fighting on their own, and some have simply escaped for two or three miles.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

Two Jiangxi warships surrounded them, fixed them with hooks, and attacked Xu Renlong's ship from left to right.

"Follow me to kill the thief!"

Xu Renlong charged forward with his sword in hand, some of the sailors rushed forward, some knelt down and surrendered, and some jumped into the river to escape.

Zhang Xianzhong watched the battle from the sidelines and was beyond shocked.He said: "Order the whole army to give preferential treatment to craftsmen. Whoever can make such things will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and then he will be rewarded as a high official!"

Liao Zhifang sighed: "Zhao Han possesses such a sharp weapon that no one on the Yangtze River can defeat him. From now on, we must observe the direction of the wind in water battles, so as not to be in the downwind direction of the Jiangxi navy."

"Yes, you can't fight on the downwind side, it's the same fucking way." Zhang Xianzhong still had lingering fear.

The officers and soldiers of the Navy also thought the same way. They thought that Zhao thief would be able to use demonic skills, and they had already lost the will to resist because of fear.

Xu Renlong, the governor of Huguang, is 78 years old although he has strategy in mind.

He raised his sword and led the crowd to charge forward. His beard and hair were all white, and the soldiers of Datong couldn't bear to kill them.Kicked down, then held down, and took the governor into captivity.

The flagship of the officers and men was taken down, the flag of the governor was lowered, and the rest of the officers and warships gave up resistance one after another.

"Haha, the thing Song Zhangsi (Song Yingxing) made is really useful!" Gu Jianshan shouted excitedly.

It is amazing that the city of Nanjing was frightened by six warships and surrendered directly.

In Taiping Mansion, facing Fei Ruhe's army, the officers and soldiers were still defending the city.

On the Huguang side, the governor even took the initiative to lead the navy to fight, and the defenders of Yuezhou Prefecture also resisted fiercely.

Nanjing, which is the strongest, is the easiest to fight.

Chapter 313 [Many Martyrs]

Yanziji in Nanjing, Caishiji in Taiping, and Chenglingji in Yuezhou are also known as the "Three Great Rockies of the Yangtze River".

Chenglingji controls the throat of Dongting Lake and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.Historically, Zhang Xianzhong defeated the officers and soldiers on Chenglingji, and the defenders in Yuezhou City surrendered directly.

It was very interesting at the time. Zhang Xianzhong fought from Yuezhou to Xiangyin, and was resisted by Xiangyong all the way.

When he was about to arrive in Changsha, Zhang Xianzhong sent people to publicize the policy. The content was just one sentence: "Residents operate normally, and three years of money and food are exempted."

This order was issued, and within a day, the three prefectures and two prefectures surrendered without a fight.

Then, the whole of Hunan surrendered directly, and half of Jiangxi followed suit.Local officials could not recruit troops, nor could the big landlords. The common people were waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to come and be exempted from tax for three years.

Compared with Zhang Xianzhong's situation, do you still think Zhao Han fought too easily?

Long Wenguang, the magistrate of Yuezhou, must not be having an easy time at the moment.

General Li Bingqian also had a serious expression on his face. He is from the north and cannot surrender to the bandits, otherwise his whole family will be implicated.

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillery bombarded the city tower continuously, and Jiang Dashan sat in the middle army to watch the battle.

This broken city is too difficult to fight. The height of the city wall is 11.5 meters. There are 1365 battlements on the city, and each battlement is more than 1 meter high.There are six city gates, four of which have urns, and the other two are difficult to attack normally.

The moat is 65 meters wide. Just filling the moat will exhaust Jiang Dashan.

After half a month of besieging the city, a few sections of the moat have just been filled.

At this moment, Huang Yao had already set off from Changsha, defeated Xiangyin County, and led his troops to Yuezhou Prefecture to join Jiang Dashan.

"Why is this city so high?" Huang Yao was taken aback.

Jiang Dashan said: "I asked the local people, Xu Da ordered it to be repaired."

Huang Yao asked: "How do you plan to fight?"

"The moat has just been filled up, and the cannons are fired every day, and the tunnels are being dug quietly," Jiang Dashan said. "There is a lot of dark water here, and the tunnels are not easy to dig."

Huang Yao said with a smile: "Then you can slowly besiege the city, and I'll take down the surrounding counties."

This kind of fortified city, as long as the soldiers defend it, it is impossible to conquer it without heavy artillery.The Datong army can't do it, the rogue bandits can't do it, and the Manchu Qing can't do it either.

After the Manchu Qing issued the hair-shaving order, the south often defended the city.

A group of people temporarily recruited, guarding a city wall that is half shorter than Yuezhou, can withstand the Manchu army for three to five months.In many cases, it was not the Qing soldiers who broke through. Either the city lacked food and starved to death, or a traitor opened the door to sacrifice the city.

Jiang Dashan sent people to carry the soil, passed the moat and built a high platform, as if he wanted to build a high platform, and shot at the city from a condescending height.

In fact, they used the high platform as a cover, hid behind and dug a tunnel, intending to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall directly.

It's a pity that there is too much groundwater, and all kinds of accumulated water in the tunnel are flooded.

……

"fire!"

"Boom boom boom!"

There is a camp on Chenglingji, where there used to be a fortress.It was later changed to the inspection department, whose main duties were to inspect smuggling and arrest pirates.

The fortress has long been abandoned, but it was rebuilt last winter, and it is still quite strong.

Jiangxi's self-produced large-caliber artillery has fired more than 200 shells, and it just didn't blow up the castle.

"boom!"

A shell hit the wounded area, and it finally had an effect, and a piece of the castle was blown down.

Jiang Liang stood up excitedly, and shouted: "Aim there, keep firing!"

At this moment, the Jiangxi Navy came in mighty force.

The Datong Army suddenly cheered up, and the morale of the defenders in the castle plummeted.

Both sides know that the navy has gone to war, and whoever comes back first means whoever wins.

Gu Jianshan ordered the battleships equipped with Franco cannons to sail towards Chenglingji, and fired at the water side of Chenglingji in unison.

The cannons carried by this inland river boat could not pose a threat to the castle, but it dealt a serious blow to the morale of the defenders.

Cannons are bombarding on several sides!

They are all pacesetters of the governor of Huguang, and they were fed by Fang Kongxuan with silver.They respected Fang Kongxue very much, but Fang Kongxue was arrested and imprisoned.

If it wasn't for the new governor, Xu Renlong, who also treated them well, these pacesetters would have surrendered long ago.

"General, why don't you surrender?"

"That's right, we have held on for more than half a month, and we are already worthy of the governor."

"..."

The general Zhou Qinxue scolded angrily: "As a soldier, I should be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. If there is another word to surrender, I will definitely be executed!"

Zhou Qinxue was born in a family of military generals in the north, so it is not clear how loyal he is.But if he is not loyal, the whole family will be held accountable, and the imperial court has been very strict with the surrendered general's family in the past two years.

The soldiers dispersed separately, full of resentment.

Since Fang Kongzheng was imprisoned, the salary of the pacesetters has become less and less.Moreover, although they are from Huguang, but their home is north of the Yangtze River, who the hell wants to come to the south to fight?

"boom!"

Another place was bombed down.

Jiang Liang stood up abruptly: "Ready to attack!"

The Datong Army carried the ladder and ran towards the castle.Some of the heavily armored warriors, holding long knives in their hands, moved towards the gap made by the shells.

The defenders had no firecrackers, so they could only fire arrows continuously.

When the arrows fell on the heavy armored warriors, they were either bounced off immediately, or inserted wobbly. The warriors only needed to raise their arms to cover their faces.

Not cotton armor, but real double heavy armor.

The inside is chain mail, and the outside is tie armor, forming a composite heavy armor with excellent performance.

Armor is not easy to make, and it is not easy to find strong men who can wear it to fight.

Of the nearly 600 Datong soldiers, only [-] heavy armored fighters were trained, [-] were thrown to the South Court Army, and [-] were thrown to the Middle Court Army, which were only used at extremely critical times.

"The Great Harmony of the World!"

"Farm and eat!"

Three hundred heavily armored soldiers, armed to the teeth, shouted such a silly slogan in unison, the scene was really funny.

Of course, the defenders in the castle don't think so.

Zhou Qinxue organized officers and soldiers to block the gap in the castle, and there were many spears. The formation was extremely elite.

However, seeing the heavily armored soldiers advancing slowly in formation, these elite officers and soldiers retreated subconsciously.Aren't they fools who wear leather armor and fight against these tin cans?

The three hundred heavy armored soldiers did not run, and the full double-layer armor weighed more than 60 kilograms. Running forward was too exhausting.

They walked forward at a leisurely pace, carrying long miao knives on their shoulders.