Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 522
The land in the south of the Yangtze River is turbulent, but Wang Yan doesn't know it.

At this time, he waited for the ship from Luzhou to come, and was watching the army board the ship.

In the early morning, the red sun rises in the east, and the light shines on the rolling mountains in the land of Bashu, outlining strips of golden borders. Under its illumination, the water of the great river is sparkling and vast.

Opposite the largest ferry in Chongqing, on a small hill, the big flags flutter in the wind, and the five-color flags are planted all over the hill, and they are buzzing with the wind. It looks majestic on top.

Wang Yan stood on the top of the mountain with his hands behind his back, staring at the torrential river, "The wind and rain turned yellow on Bashan Mountain, and a hundred thousand troops crossed the river..."

He looked at the foot of the mountain, along the Yangtze River, countless soldiers with plate helmets, red cherry blossoms, and double breasted armor boarded the boats and bamboo rafts. In the densely packed area, in the barracks stretching outside Ba County, countless streams of people gathered on the river beach. The heads of silkworms are moving, the spears are dense like forests, the flags are like clouds, and Wei Wei is magnificent. He can't help but have a feeling of magnificence and arrogance in his chest. At this moment, he suddenly laughed, "After crossing the Yangtze River today, this pavilion will sweep Sichuan. The time of Shu."

At this time, the flags and drums on the nearby watchtower shouted: "Master, General Wu is playing the flag, the loyal army is ready."

Naturally, 5 horses cannot cross the river in one rush. The ferry is only so wide, and the river beach is so big, so they have to cross in batches.

When Wang Yan heard this, his expression became solemn. He waved his hand, and the drums began to beat, "Order Wu Risheng to cross the river."

The Ming army blatantly wanted to cross the Dadukou by force, so the Qing army had already discovered the movement and was ready to attack, but neither Li Guoying nor Wang Zuntan was very worried.

First of all, the Ming army did not have many ships, only 1000 ships, and there were no warships. The maximum number of people transported across the river at a time was [-], which was not enough to pose a threat to the shore defense.

More than 1000 members of the Ming army crossed the river at Wangjiatuo, but the raft was washed up before reaching the center of the river. Eighty-nine times they will fail again.

At this time, there were bursts of urgent alarm bells from the Dadukou, 'Dang!when!when! The bell sounded alarmed and hurried. This is the lookout soldier of the Qing army who discovered the military situation.

Because of the water flow, the boarding point of the Ming army was set diagonally opposite the upper reaches of the Qing army, not opposite the Dadukou.

On the river, [-] ships were full of soldiers of the Ming army. Looking down from the sky, they were all crowded together with disc helmets with red cherry blossoms inserted, and a small French cannon was placed on the bow.

The boats collected by the Ming army from Luzhou were all small boats. They sailed up and down on the river, like leaves floating in the torrent. The water surface was very fast and turbulent.

At this time, the sails of the ship were bulging, and with the help of the southwest wind, it sailed diagonally towards the north bank of the Yangtze River. The bow of the ship pointed directly at the river beach in front of the Dadukou.

Behind the ship, there are more than 100 big bamboo rafts, each with [-] soldiers sitting on them. The bamboo rafts are lined up behind the ship, led by Wu Risheng, the deputy commander of the Loyalty Army. rush away.

On the north bank, the Qing army built an earthen wall on the river beach, which was filled with soldiers, and built a fort on the mountainside. As the ships rushed through the middle of the river, the Qing army opened fire first.

There was a booming cannon, and iron bullets hit the river, splashing a column of water more than ten feet high. The river water was splashed into the sky, and then fell again, instantly drenching the armor of the soldiers on board.

The sound of the cannon was booming, and the small Frang machine placed on the bow of the Ming army also began to fight back. The iron bullets flew randomly, smashing many holes in the ship, and the shells tore the sails, but the small iron bullets did not cause great damage to the ship.

The Qing army did not have Hongyi cannons. Although the two sides fired fiercely, they were not very tragic. Most of the Qing army's artillery shells fell into the river, splashing water columns, and the Ming army's ships were turbulent.

The boat had sails, and with the help of the water, it was much faster than the raft, so it left the raft behind and crossed the river early.

With a sneer on his face, Li Guoying waved his hands and said, "On the rocket!"

A thousand archers came out from the earthen wall, stood by the river, bent their bows and set arrows, lit them on the torches, and shot out a thousand rockets, and the arrows hit the sails, and immediately ignited the sails, and the black Smoke was billowing, arrows were nailed to the hull, and the entire ship was slowly burning.

It has to be said that against ships, the effect of solid bullets is really not as good as fire attack.

The boats caught fire on the river and slowly slowed down. Seeing this, Li Guoying and Wang Zuntan felt that the big thing was settled. As for the rafts, they probably would soon perform the scene they were looking forward to.

"Look, general, the raft has crossed the middle of the river!" The Qing soldiers who were watching suddenly exclaimed.

After hearing this, Li Guoying and Wang Zuntan looked towards the river, and they saw hundreds of rafts, like a water snake, crossing the middle of the river and continuing to rush towards the bank.The two of them, one from Liaodong and the other from Shandong, don't know how to swim, let alone understand the water patterns of the Yangtze River. They couldn't figure it out. They were all rafts. But this time they lined up and killed them across the shore.

At this time, the boat had rushed to the shore, and Wu Yishan, the general of Taihu Lake, immediately raised his saber, picked up his shield, and roared: "Brothers, kill!"

Nearly a thousand Ming soldiers jumped from the boats, waded through the waist-high river, and trudged towards the shore holding their shields.

Wang Zuntan was a civil servant. Although he was a governor, Li Guoying was mainly in command of the battle. He glanced at the situation and knew that the Ming army must not let the Ming army gain a foothold in the battle.

"Master Futai, I will lead 2000 people to drive them into the river. Lord Futai will command the archers and musketeers. The Ming army on the raft must not be allowed to land."

On the three-mile-long river beach, the Ming army jumped off the ship and waded to the shore shouting to kill, but they bumped into two thousand Qing soldiers head-on.

At this time, the raft had reached the point where the water potential reversed, and the men on the raft immediately supported it with long poles. Several long poles supported the raft alternately and rushed to the north bank.

Wang Zuntan led [-] Qing troops to the landing site. Seeing more than a dozen large rafts approach the shore, a group of Ming soldiers ran down from the rafts.

These rafts have a shallow draft, so they can rush directly to the shore, which is better than the stranded ships. Soldiers can go ashore directly without wading.

"Prepare the bow and arrow!" Wang Zuntan shouted, and the three thousand Qing army archers immediately opened their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the Ming army soldiers.

"shoot!"

With an order, arrows were fired at the raft densely. The hundreds of soldiers who had just landed were caught off guard. Most of the arrows and lead bullets that were shot were knocked down. The remaining hundreds of soldiers immediately resisted with shields and formed a A shield wall.

Wang Zuntan saw that he had seized the opportunity, he was overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Suppress the enemy army with bows and arrows, and the enemy army is not allowed to land! The pikemen will drive the enemy army out of the land."

(Thanks for the [-] book coins leaning on the fence, and thanks to Yuan Boren! Monthly ticket for Hong Kong Entertainment)

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