The princes and kings of the Wujiang battalion, as well as the generals under their command and the soldiers of the 500,000-strong battalion, stood still in the battalion.

They watched with bated breath as the 10,000 heavy armored infantry of the imperial court who landed established a defensive position one mile from the beachhead in the north of the river.

Half an hour later, the humble position was built.

A row of half-zhang high wooden horses wrapped with barbed wire fence stretched for five or six miles on the bank of the river. It's the equivalent of a low wall.

Once this beachhead was built, it would be difficult for the infantry of the coalition of princes to rush directly. There must be a sabotage rejection in order to attack the rear of the rejection.

This undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty of the princes' soldiers to attack.

"10,000 heavily armored soldiers, in front of the rejection horse, set up shields, erect spears, and arm!"

"Twenty thousand musketeers disembarked, behind the horses, and began to arm!"

Chu Tianxiu drank the order.

20,000 gunpowder gun-gun infantry began to land in the water from the troop carriers, aiming with guns behind the horses to prevent the opposite side from attacking the position.

They were two large battalions of gunpowder lancers, but the beachhead was too small for the horses to use, so they could only be used as powder gun infantry for the time being.

10,000 heavy infantry crouched down in front of the rejecting horses and erected a dense patch of sharp spears. The enemy wants to break through them, but it's difficult!

After the establishment of the beachhead, it was already densely packed with 30,000 troops of the imperial court.

There were 90,000 troops on board, but the beachhead was too small to accommodate so many people, so they had to stay on board first.

"Five hundred small steel cannons, start unloading and disembarking! Behind the beachhead rejection, build a large artillery position! ”

Chu Tianxiu shouted.

On fifty large gunboats, these fifty-pound light steel cannons were fixed to the ships with small carts and shelled. As long as the fixation is removed, they can be pushed off the ship at any time and made new on land.

Although there is a lot of mud and sand in the tidal flat position, these small steel cannons are very lightweight, and they will not be stuck in the mud and cannot move.

Only those bronze heavy cannons of hundreds or thousands of pounds could not be easily moved from the ship. It is not suitable for pushing on tidal flats and sandy grounds. Once off the boat, they will be stuck in the mud and unable to move.

The ten bronze main cannons and fifty bronze secondary cannons, which had the longest range and were the most powerful, were all left on the ship for the time being.

500 small steel cannons, which is also enough.

The sailor soldiers pushed the small ** on the boat one after another, got off the boat along the plank, and pushed it into the tidal flat position.

...

When Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, saw this scene on the command platform, he couldn't help frowning.

The little steel cannon is off the ship!

Xiao Duhou is going to use a cannon to approach step by step?

Zhao Wang Xiang hurriedly said, "Xiao Duhou is going to use artillery, advance little by little, and destroy our Wujiang camp with artillery!" Princes, order the whole army to attack at once! Before their artillery was all down, drive them down the river. ”

When the princes saw the artillery disembarking from the ship, their faces also changed.

This means that these artillery pieces will constantly get close to them, and the distance between the camp and the river is not useful at all.

"No!"

Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, was extremely excited with blazing eyes, and shouted categorically: "Those cannons are on the big ship, they can easily move in the river, and even retreat to the south bank of the river, as long as the cannons are still in the hands of Xiao Duhou, we can only be beaten passively."

We already have no warships, the imperial court has this gunboat and naval army, and the coalition army of our princes will not be able to cross the river to the south at all, and it is impossible to take the imperial capital of Jinling.

These guns went ashore, but it was more difficult to move.

Let them go ashore first and get close to our Wujiang camp!

When they are far away from the river, they cannot move away quickly.

The army of our princes stormed again, and in one fell swoop, they took these five or six hundred artillery pieces into their hands.

With these powerful artillery, it will be easy for us to attack Jinling City!

Don't you think this is our chance? ”

When all the princes and kings heard this, they were all stunned.

What Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, said, is not unreasonable.

These 500 small steel cannons on the warship can move along the river at will, threatening them at all times. They simply didn't have any chance of grabbing these 500 small steel cannons.

But once ashore, the small steel cannon is obviously more troublesome to move.

It was more difficult for the small steel cannon to escape back to the ship than it was to get off the ship.

As long as you defeat this army of the little dusk marquis!

These 500 small steel cannons were immediately grabbed by them, with such a powerful divine weapon, what tall and strong city could not be attacked?

I'm afraid that the imperial capital of Jinling, the first strong city in the world, was also shot down by cannons.

This will greatly reduce their casualties!

"Good!"

"What the king of Chu said is right, he wants to seize their cannons. It was necessary to wait for their cannons to be removed from the ship and disembarked. ”

"If we attack with all our might now, their guns will be on board. Even if we pay a terrible price, we won't be able to grab it in the river at all! ”

Jinan Wang Xiang Piguang is also bright-eyed.

The princes finally agreed.

The power of these 500 guns is so great that it is worth paying a little more if you can get your hands on them.

Hold still!

Continue to endure and wait for the army of the little faint marquis to advance forward.

...

Chu Tianxiu established a defensive position with four layers inside and outside, which was stronger than a turtle shell, on the beachhead in Jiangbei.

A five-mile-long line of defense against horses!

A spear shield line of 10,000 hoplites.

20,000 gunpowder guns infantry defense.

500 small steel cannons with a range of one mile formed an artillery position.

This position is so tightly defended that even if the princes' 500,000 troops want to gnaw on this position, I am afraid that it will ..... I don't know how hard it is until I hit it.

After all, with such a narrow position, an army of 500,000 can't be placed, and at most 40,000 or 50,000 people can charge at a time.

Chu Tianxiu, Li Yu, as well as Zhou Lu, Li Gannian and many other generals, got off the warship and came to the shore position.

I've been busy for so long, it's almost noon.

The princes did not move, and the battle has not been fought to this day.

"My lord, how are you going to fight next?"

Zhou Lu asked with great admiration.

This method of advancing step by step and covering each other is extremely exquisite, and it is the same principle as archers, shield soldiers, and spearmen covering each other, and only a clever general can master it.

The Marquis of Xiao Dull improved his weapons and upgraded them to gunpowder gunmen and artillery, which greatly increased his power and range, and undoubtedly pushed it a big step forward to the point of reaching the pinnacle.

Chu Tianxiu looked at the sun and said with a smile: "Everything is going well on the beachhead, bury the pot first, and make a fire to make rice!" After eating, directly attack the Wujiang camp and capture the command platform of the main battalion!

Their main camp is also ten miles away, not too far.

Heralds! Shoot an arrow book to the opposite side.

Tell the princes that tonight the marquis will go to the camp of Wujiang to rest, and let the ten princes and kings prepare a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for us, so that we can be entertained! ”