A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 9 The Battle of Caishiji

The thousands-mile Caishi River has ripples like fish scales, the breeze is blowing constantly, birds are playing in the sky, and there is not a trace of clouds in the blue sky. This is a rare good weather.As if not to delay this beautiful season, tall boats were constantly coming and going on the water, and there were even small boats speeding around, making it particularly lively.

They are all Yuan Ting's ships.

Navy Marshal Manzi Hague was dressed in a gorgeous official robe, leaning on the side of the ship, looking at the "Yuan" flags flying everywhere on the river, feeling very proud.

Under his leadership, the Yuan army relied on the absolute superiority of the fortified city and navy to defeat the rebel attacks twice, and killed the two commanders of the opponent in the second battle. This was undoubtedly a great victory. He has already sent Pegasus to Dadu to report his victory. To achieve such a result among the people who are suffering everywhere now, he will surely be rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor.

Barbarian Hague has already begun to think about his bright future.

Looking around, the flagship was full of Yuan troops, all wearing iron ring armor. The iron pieces reflected the golden light of the sky. This beautiful scene was frightening. They could be said to be armed to the teeth.This is the elite among the elite of the Yuan army.Although the Yuan troops on other ships were not as outrageous as those on the flagship, there were also a considerable number of soldiers wearing leather armor and cloth face armor, which had a considerable protective effect.

Armor is an unavoidable topic in ancient Chinese wars.

In some modern film and television dramas, you can often see an army wearing full body armor and looking majestic. However, when a row of arrows hit, most of them fell to the ground in an instant. The armor was like paper, making people feel that the armor and clothes were nothing. Both.However, the fact is that even leather armor cannot be penetrated by light arrows. In the late Ming Dynasty, even muskets could be blocked by wearing several layers of armor.

An army with a high armor rate is very scary. Soldiers wearing heavy armor can even stand and let you fight, and the opponent cannot break the defense.

Otherwise, why did ancient dynasties not use swords or knives when judging rebellion, but instead "hidden armor"?

However, wearing this during water battles will certainly have advantages when fighting on the deck, but once you fall into the water, you will really be dead - thick iron armor, no matter how good the water resistance is, will be killed to death. To the bottom of the river.

But, just rely on the few small boats of the rebel army?

Barbarian Hague couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.

But his good mood did not last long, and he saw a small boat approaching his flagship quickly. After a while, a soldier rushed over, which was the sentinel he sent out.

"Reporting to Zhongcheng (the official title of Manzi Hague is Yushi Zhongcheng), the bandit army sent a navy with more than 120 ships, only more than ten building ships, and the rest were small ships such as bird ships, approaching our left wing. .”

"Issue a warning order." Barbarian Hague frowned. He climbed to the highest point of the tower ship and looked to the horizon. Sure enough, he saw a row of black lines slowly approaching from the horizon, far away from the sharp edge of the Yuan army.

After taking a look at the map, he made a decision: "Order Amritai Wanhu to command hundreds of ships to force them up to watch the navy and wait for an opportunity to annihilate it."

A force was separated from the vast Yuan army. About one-third of the Yuan Dynasty naval forces moved out under the command of Na Wanhu and approached the rebel navy.

The leader of this navy was Xu Da. When he saw that the Yuan army was indeed divided, he ordered his men to turn around, pretend to be afraid, and sail to the other side of the river. How could Wanhu pass up this opportunity to make a contribution? , Dang even led his army to catch up.On the river, one could still faintly hear the mocking voices of the Yuan army generals:
"This gang of thieves is so cowardly that they don't even dare to fight."

"Brothers, work harder, catch up and kill them, I will ask Zhongcheng for credit for you!" This proud tone was as if the other party was already a turtle in the urn.

Barbarian Hague noticed something unusual from behind.

The opponent's turn was too decisive. When he came, he was clearly very powerful. Thousands of boats were racing against each other, so he was not timid. However, now he was as fearful of the enemy as a tiger. The difference between the two sides was too strange.

His eyes narrowed, as if he realized something, and his expression suddenly changed. He turned around and gave the order: "No! Send the order, let An Litai and the others come back, and stop chasing! This is a plan for the bandits to divide their forces. !”

However it was too late.

Before the messenger behind him made any move, gongs and drums suddenly sounded in the distance. Nearly a hundred speedboats were approaching at high speed. The flag with the word "Chang" on the leading building ship was flying high, even if the tall Yuan army building ship was opposite. , they are not afraid at all, with an indomitable momentum.

The dead army, they came with the belief that they would die.

On the other side, the rebel navy led by Xu Da also suddenly turned around and entangled the Yuan army before they could react.Several medium-sized building ships entangled the Yuan Dynasty's large ships, while the small boats besieged the Yuan army's medium-sized ships and small boats like a pack of wolves. The Yuan army was caught off guard, and hundreds of people were killed and injured in one time. Several medium-sized ships were captured by the rebels who jumped gangs.

Barbarian Hague no longer has time to take care of the partial troops over there, because they themselves are already in trouble.

The firepower of the Yuan army was extremely fierce. The artillery on the ship kept roaring, and rockets kept shooting at the rebel navy. For a moment, the rebels were turned upside down. In the blink of an eye, several ships had been sunk, and the soldiers on them were blown to pieces. Fog, the scene was extremely miserable.

However, the rebels were not afraid to retreat because of this. Instead, under the leadership of the leading ship, they took advantage of their speed and moved towards the Yuan army. In just a few rounds of artillery, they had already reached them.

Chang Yuchun stood on the bow of the boat, holding a big knife in his hand, and shouted: "Chang Yuchun is here, who dares to fight with me!" He jumped onto a nearby boat.

Yuan Jun was stunned, and before he had time to react, he had already waved his sword.He was extremely strong and extremely skilled in martial arts. The soldiers of the Yuan army were no match for him. In the blink of an eye, several of them had been chopped down. The rebels behind him kept charging forward. How could the Yuan army withstand it?This medium-sized ship was quickly occupied by the rebels!
The general's bravery greatly inspired the rebels, who launched a fierce offensive against the Yuan army with loud shouts and shouts.At this time, the rebel army had also entered the Yuan army. The Yuan army's artillery did not dare to fire easily. Under the desperate struggle of the rebel army, the Yuan army suffered heavy casualties. Several ships lost control, and some ships were slaughtered by the rebels who jumped from the gang. !
The rebels fought bravely, but for a while the Yuan army was so frightened by the killing that they did not dare to take advantage of the rebels, and they all moved to both sides to avoid it!

The road ahead was clear, and Chang Yuchun actually led his own dead army to break through the enemy formation and split the Yuan army into two!
It worked!
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