In the early morning, the thick river fog shrouded the Yangtze River, and the rumbling cannon finally stopped in the middle of the night.

It seems that the Ming army on the ship also needs to rest. Still, the lookouts were watching their surroundings.

Suddenly, there was a shrill whistle in the river fog, and I saw the lookout in the mast hanging basket tearing his throat and shouting a warning below.

"Suspicious targets have been found in the northwest, it's ships, a lot of ships!"

In the hazy river fog, the faint shadow of the ship broke through the river fog and rushed out of the fog!

It's the fleet of the Qing army!

When did the Qing army have a fleet?

In fact, it was just a night's work, that is, some ordinary salt boats. loaded with people, and then loaded with some Franco, it became the so-called warship. This sudden appearance is indeed a little scary to look at.

Gurma Hui, who was in the bow of the ship, was wearing a heavy armor and stared at the Ming Dog gunboat two hundred paces away.

"Row faster, rush up, and kill the Bright Dog!"

As the third son of Amin, one of the four great Baylors of the Great Qing Kingdom, Gurma Hun was not left out in the cold because his father was imprisoned, whether it was with Dolgon last year or with Abatai this year, he was highly used, and now it is no exception, at this time, he has only one thought, that is, to command the navy to rush up, and then jump on the boat and kill the bright dog.

"Bei Ziye, don't be in a hurry, Minggou only has a cannon on the bow, and the cannon can't shoot flat, when we get closer, first use the Franc machine to bombard for a while, and then jump up to kill the enemy It's not too late......"

Geng Zhongyu's reminder calmed down Gurmahui, he hummed, and then said.

"In a while, you can just bombard the enemy with the Franc machine, and it's better to bomb them all into the water and feed the fish!"

"Don't worry, Master Pei, the last general will know how to do it!"

The corners of Geng Zhongyu's lips were lightly raised, his eyes stared at the gunboat of the Ming army, and he said to the gunner at the bow of the ship.

"I'll get closer, aim and hit again!"

The Qing army fleet rushed down from the upstream, in fact, it was more than a hundred salt ships they used when crossing the river, although its size was not as good as the Cao boat, but it was more flexible, and more importantly, each ship was equipped with a large and small Franc cannon, perhaps the power of the Franc cannon was far less than the red-coated cannon, but it was light and flexible, and the Franc cannon weighing no more than 100 catties or hundreds of catties could be directly mounted on the ship to fire, and it did not even need to be fixed.

This is also the reason why he conjured such a sailor overnight. But everyone knows that most of the people on this water division don't know water.

"Sure enough, Jiannu wasn't idle last night."

Because of the proximity, you don't even need to look through a telescope to see the movement on the Jiannu fleet, and on the bow of each ship, there is a Franc cannon, and on the deck of each ship, there are also Jiannu in armor, armed with knives and guns, ready to jump over at any time.

Even if they don't know how to water, they don't worry much. After all, it's useless to worry at this time, if you fall into the water, you will definitely drown, and if you don't want to be drowned, then there is only one way to kill the Ming army on the boat. Counting it up, it's no different from fighting a normal war.

It's nothing more than killing each other.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, the head does look like a menacing appearance, at least on the surface, it looks quite bluffing.

Seeing this, Hu Shoujin shouted loudly.

"Signalmen, send orders to the ships, and let the brothers just use their guns to hit the gunners, and don't worry about the Franco, that thing can't go far."

Despite what he said, Hu Shoujin still has no bottom in his heart, after all, that guy can hit a pound of iron bullets, and several ships were punched out of fist-sized holes yesterday, fortunately it was blocked quickly, otherwise it would be troublesome!

But no matter what, you can't always stand here and let others fight.

The speed of the ships on both sides was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were close to a distance of about 100 meters, and the gunners on the bow of the Qing army held back, and they immediately fired their cannons, and for a time the cannon on the river rumbled.

The sound of the cannon of the Franc machine is not as good as the Hongyi cannon, but the scene of hundreds of Franc machines firing the cannon is still extremely spectacular, and hundreds of iron bullets and lead pellets weighing several taels of iron are sprayed out of the muzzle, flying over a distance of more than 100 steps, and smashing a splash on the surface of the river.

The hit Cao ship immediately collapsed into pieces of sawdust, the bulwarks and cabins were immediately bombarded, and the Ming army on the deck suddenly fell dozens of people, but the Ming army did not sit there and be beaten, because the mortar on the bow could not shoot directly, so they could only use their rifles to return the shelling of Jiannu.

For a time, the river was filled with the sound of cannons and gunfire, although it seemed to be fierce, but in fact, neither the iron bullets of the Franc machine nor the lead bullets of the muskets could cause fatal damage to the opposing ships, and only the personnel on the deck were constantly injured in the fire.

In addition to the small Franc machine, the Qing army even carried the big Franc machine to the ship, and when the distance was approaching fifty or sixty meters, the Qing gunners who shook the tail of the cannon and aimed at the Ming army finally found the opportunity to open the cannon, they immediately lit the fire rope, and when a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle, the back seat of the Franc machine even pushed the ship to a halt in place, and there was even a "squeak" sound on the deck, and even the hull of the ship could not help shaking.

However, this cannon immediately made a big hole in the hull of the Ming army, and the cold river water immediately poured into the cabin, fortunately, the Ming army in the cabin desperately blocked the bullet hole, otherwise the ship might have sunk.

"Fire, fire, get closer."

Seeing Ergeng Zhongyu brandishing his waist knife, he ordered loudly.

"Put on the big boy, don't use shotguns, get closer, and hit the ...... with your eyes on the hull"

With Geng Zhongyu's shouting, the gunners on the Qing army ship have replaced the Zi Gong with an iron bullet the size of a child's fist, although the power of the Franc cannon is small, but the use of the Zi Mu gun is extremely fast, but just a moment of effort, they fired three shots, although many cannonballs were missed, and a lot of splashes were smashed on the river surface, but there were still a lot of iron bullets hit the target, the moment the fist-sized iron bullet hit the boat, it smashed a hole in the hull of the bowl, and the situation on the water for a while, It seems to be developing towards a situation favorable to the Qing army.

Even Abatai, who was standing by the river watching the battle, had a smile on his face.

"Water war, but that's it!"

No big deal!

It seems that as long as you have a boat, you can fight a water war, and after this experience, when the Qing Kingdom enters the customs in the future, you will be able to easily cross the Yangtze River and then unify the Central Plains.

"Lord Belle is wise!"

In the midst of a rumor, someone had already said again.

"Okay, after killing these water dogs, let Nanjing dedicate the city, if they don't dedicate it, we will kill it directly, and then kill ......it happily."

"You don't need to kill, as long as you solve this water army, when the time comes, Minggou will definitely surrender......"

Just when everyone was saying this, Hou Fangyu, who was following his master, although the cannon roared on the river, even if the Qing army seemed to have stood on the peak, he muttered in his heart.

Something doesn't seem right!

The reason why he came up with this idea couldn't be simpler—even if the prince chose to kill the enemy on the river, it would definitely not be the only trick, and since he was so good at using cannons, how could he be beaten passively there?

If you can't figure out something, there must be a conspiracy.

Of course, what Hou Fangyu didn't know was that the reason why the Ming army did not have flat-fire guns on board was that the guns were too powerful!

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

But where is this demon?

He really didn't see it.

At least now it seems that it is indeed the warships of the Great Qing Kingdom that have the upper hand, and those warships of the Ming army can only be passively beaten there.

But that's not right.

Since the Ming army came from the water, they must have been prepared for a water war. It's impossible to stand there and let such a flock of landlubbers beat them like this?

What's going on?

Although in Hou Fangyu's eyes, the Qing army on the river has completely gained the upper hand, and it looks like it is about to win this water battle.

But the more this happened, the more worried he became, even if he proposed to break the ship, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

Could it be ......

Suddenly, an idea popped up in Hou Fangyu's heart. The thought even sent him shudder.

Could it be that all this has been planned by the Ming army!

If that's the case, it's bad!