Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 304 The Big Bang

"Okay." Yuan Pengnian whispered in his ear immediately.

"Ah?" Du Guerzilla's expression changed after hearing this.

"What?" Yuan Pengnian said coldly, "Brother Du is afraid?"

After a pause, Yuan Pengnian said again: "Brother Du, have you forgotten who ruined your family?"

When Yuan Pengnian mentioned that his family was ruined and his family was destroyed, Du Guerrilla's eyes suddenly showed deep-seated hatred.

"That's all." Du Guerzhe drank up the shochu in his glass and said, "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if my life is returned to Brother Yuan, but the mother and child still hope that Brother Yuan can take care of him."

"If the matter fails, then nothing will be mentioned. If the matter succeeds, your mother will be my mother, and your son will be my son."

After saying this, Yuan Pengnian said again: "But please rest assured, Brother Du, I will not let you do this alone, I will find some helpers for you."

"It's unnecessary."

Du Guerzilla refused, "The less people know about this kind of thing, the better."

"That's good." Yuan Pengnian poured himself and Du Guerzilla a glass of wine each, then raised the glass and said, "Brother Du, this glass of wine is for you as my younger brother."

Du Guerzilla took the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, then turned around and walked away.

Watching the figure of Du Guerrilla disappear on the Gongyuan Street outside the gate, Yuan Pengnian murmured: "This great Ming country will ultimately depend on me, Yuan Pengnian, a small seventh-ranker, to help me in this matter. No matter whether it is successful or not, my name, Yuan Pengnian, will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books."

……

A few days later, outside the Yangzhou Canal Wharf.

A late fishing boat was slowly approaching from the canal.

There is a pair of father and son on the boat. The father is already old and he is at the helm at the stern, while the son is rowing in the boat. Amid the sound of friction between the oar and the wooden frame, the fishing boat is slowly moving forward.

The son inadvertently turned his head to look at the pier on the left.

I saw a row of bird boats moored on the canal pier.

A huge curtain was set up with white curtains on the deck of the bird ship in the middle.

Countless candles were lit inside the white mantle, illuminating the whole tent as bright as day, and there were even graceful figures reflected on the white mantle, as if they were dancing.

There is also the sound of silk and bamboo sheng singing with the night wind.

Both father and son on the small fishing boat could hear clearly.

"Bah, what a sage." The son said angrily, "How many days has it been? Every night, so many famous prostitutes from brothels are called to bed, can this body take it?"

What is revealed in the words is actually jealousy.

Why do so many brothel beauties sleep with the dog emperor alone?
Why can't I even marry a wife when I get up early and work in the dark?

"Ah Gou, are you free?" The old father stopped immediately in a low voice.

"If you are free, go down to the river and catch some fish for me."

"Father, it's getting dark today, why are you fishing?" the son said angrily.

"You also know that it's getting dark?" said the old father, "Hurry up and go home!"

The son didn't dare to say anything anymore, he shook the wooden oar, and the speed of the fishing boat really accelerated a lot.

While steering the rudder, the old father also looked at the brightly lit tent in the distance, and then heaved a long sigh, how many days has he been a wise king?

Then he became a licentious and senseless fool again?
The lost old father didn't notice that several tank boats passed by on the right side of the fishing boat.

The son who was rowing found out that these tank boats were full of cargo, and the cargo was even covered with linoleum. The strange thing was that the draft of these tank boats was very shallow.

The son even vaguely smelled a smell of fire.

A quarter of an hour later, the father and son steered the small fishing boat away from the Yangzhou canal wharf.

The warships of the navy, the brightly lit curtains and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo slowly fade away, gradually becoming inaudible.

Just when the father and son took his mind back to his fishing boat, and slowly rushed to the house, the gong sounded suddenly in the direction of the canal pier behind him.

Immediately there were shouts one after another.

"The water is gone! The water is gone! Come on, the water is gone!"

"Masters of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, please borrow some water dragons and save us!"

From a long distance, the father and son vaguely saw that several tank boats were on fire, and the fire spread very fast, and soon spread to the entire ship.

The old father sighed and said, "This fire can't be saved."

"This fire is definitely hopeless." The son nodded and said, "Because there is a lot of fire nitrate on board."

"The boat is loaded with fire nitrate?" The old father couldn't help but change his face when he heard this. Could it be that these tank boats were heading towards the imperial boat of the Holy Majesty?
"Father, don't they want to..." The son also reacted.

"Hush!" The old father hurriedly signaled his son to silence, and then whispered, "Go, hurry home!"

The son let out a cry, and vigorously shook the wooden oar. The originally slow fishing boat accelerated in an instant, and shot towards the river ahead like an arrow off the string.

The old father looked back and saw that the tank boats that were on fire suddenly accelerated and shot at the warship moored in the middle of the dock like arrows from the string.

It's the naval warship with tents on the deck.

In the next instant, the navy officers and soldiers on the warships exploded, shouting loudly.

"It's a thief! There are thieves who want to assassinate Shengjia! Hurry up and escort! Stop the team, don't let the fire boat approach!"

"Fuck the gunner! Where is the fucker the gunner, push the damned Hongyi cannon over here, Hongyi cannon, push the Hongyi cannon over here!"

"Musketeers, line up the musketeers!"

"There are thieves jumping into the canal, beware of someone digging a boat underwater!"

The yelling of the navy officers and soldiers rang out, but it was too late, because the distance between the fire boats was too close and the speed was too fast, and they rushed into the canal wharf very quickly.

But fortunately, the response of the navy officers and soldiers was not slow.

Before those fire boats approached the central imperial boat, a dozen navy bird boats had lined up between the central imperial boat and the fire boat.

Sooner or later, the fire boat crashed into the navy bird boat.

The navy officer on the ship originally thought it was just a fire attack, but it turned out to be more than just a fire attack.

Almost at the same moment when the fire boat collided with the sailing bird boat, a dazzling light suddenly burst out between the sky and the earth, and this dazzling light even illuminated the night sky with a radius of more than ten miles.

Even the father and son who had gone far away looked back subconsciously.

I saw that the entire canal pier had become incandescent, and the light was so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it.

But soon, the dazzling light dimmed, and then dark red flames rose, wrapped layer by layer, and rose into the dark night sky above the canal pier.

Seeing this huge mushroom cloud rising in the night sky, the father and son were stunned.

How much fire nitrate and gunpowder must be used to have such momentum?How much hatred?
The son swallowed and wanted to say something to the old man, but the old father stopped him and said, "Shake your oar quickly."

Looking back at the canal wharf, an unknown amount of gunpowder placed on several fireboats detonated at the same time, producing dazzling glare and a huge explosion sound, but also producing a huge shock wave that was as real as it was.

I saw where the shock wave passed, the bird ships that bore the brunt were torn apart like pieces of paper.

The navy bird boat that was a little farther away also slanted to one side suddenly, the hull tilted violently, and the navy officers, soldiers and various equipment on board also fell into the water one after another.

With just one blow, the officers and soldiers of the Navy suffered heavy casualties.

Before the officers and soldiers of the navy came back to their senses, a sudden change occurred.

I saw more than a dozen flying claws suddenly flung out from the water around the imperial ship with a curtain on the deck.

Amidst the muffled sound of tuk-tuk-duk, more than a dozen flying claws had already grabbed the battlements on both sides of the warship, and then a dozen or so figures in black suits jumped up from the water surface of the canal and walked along the The zipline swished up.

"There are thieves who have seized the ship! Sword players! Sword players line up!" The navy officers and soldiers on board roared.

The two teams of knife and poker players quickly came to the side, swinging their waist knives and trying to cut off the zipline, but before the waist knives fell, the dozen or so thieves who were climbing up the zipline raised their right hands.

I saw that these black shadows were holding a short crossbow in their hands.

With the development of firearms, the Ming army has completely eliminated crossbows. No matter whether it is a large crossbow or a short crossbow or a bed crossbow, the army has been completely eliminated. Only some pirates and water bandits are still using short crossbows.

In hand-to-hand combat, short crossbows are still very useful.

Several naval officers and soldiers who swung their knives and hacked the rope were shot down several times in an instant.

The rest of the navy officers and soldiers quickly retreated and raised the wooden sign.

The spearmen also quickly formed a spear formation behind the sword players, waiting for the thieves to board the ship.

The thieves quickly climbed up to the second deck of the bird boat along the zipline, but before they landed, rows of spears stabbed towards them like poisonous snakes. The thieves had nowhere to hide, and one by one they were smashed into a sieve and fell into the water.

But soon a second group of thieves continued to climb along the zipline, trying to seize the ship.

At this time, several bird boats that survived the big explosion just now approached, and the navy officers and soldiers on board aimed their bird guns at the thieves one after another, and fired their guns loudly.

Under the attack of several bird boats around, the thieves were still unable to climb onto the central imperial boat.

Finally, the leader of the thieves whistled, and the remaining dozens of thieves plunged into the river and disappeared.

The leading navy general immediately shouted: "Brother thief! Release the sampan! Chase them all, don't let a thief go! Bring these thieves back to me..."

Before the words fell, there was another loud bang.

And this time, the loud noise came from the royal ship in the center.

Accompanied by this loud noise, the entire imperial ship shattered to pieces.

The curtain tent built on the second deck was also blown to pieces, and many slim figures could be vaguely seen thrown out of the curtain tent, falling into the river with a splash.

Taking advantage of the melee just now, the thieves transported gunpowder from underwater.

Seeing the imperial boat slowly sinking into the water after being blown apart, the officers and soldiers of the navy were completely stunned.

(End of this chapter)