Chapter 488 The unlucky Huang Sida

For the first time, Shi Lang independently assumed the command of regional operations, and Shi Lang felt a heavy responsibility, did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and strived to do his best in everything.

Among the thousands of troops, the prince chose to fight by himself, which shows the importance and expectations of the prince for him, the "thunderbolt", and the combat operations on the water must give the prince a long face.

In addition to fleet operations, this time it was also necessary to cooperate with the land combat operations of the cavalry regiment of the capture army, and the cavalry regiment was commanded by the commander Zhang who met for the first time, and it was not under his control, so there were many constraints, and he had to be careful.

Although Shi Lang has a hot temper, he knows that this time the prince handed him over to the command of the Marquis of Qinchuan, and now he is a guest army, so he can't help it.

He knew very well that although the Marquis of Qinchuan was only a marquis, in fact, their strength was far superior to that of their own prince, and if it weren't for the need to borrow his warship by shipping, people might not necessarily look down on him.

Because of this, he is very self-aware, when discussing things together, the head of the Zhang regiment speaks very casually, and he only listens to instructions, and only when it is his turn to solicit opinions, he has the opportunity to "speak".

However, the attitude of the Marquis of Qinchuan towards him was unexpected, and when the joint meeting of the army and navy was held, although there was a huge difference in status, the Marquis of Qinchuan spoke to himself in a negotiated tone, rather than a simple order.

Who else but himself is doing such a face-showing!

Shi Lang was proud, and felt more and more that the responsibility was heavy, and winning the battle was not uncommon for them, winning the beautiful and crisp, not only living up to the Marquis of Qinchuan, but also earning face for the prince, which was more important.

"Maintain speed,"

He kept giving orders, "Watch, all ships!" ”

Although the visibility on the river is good, and the terrain on both sides of the river is not very strange, the river is not open, and it is possible that there is a Tartar ambush hidden in some of the woods on the bank, and it is easy to cause losses under a burst of guns and cannons.

In addition to his own soldiers, each of his ships was full of grain, grass and ammunition, and many of them carried men and horses of other cavalry regiments, and he could not afford to take them if there were three long and two short.

In addition, intelligence showed that the Qing army had gathered hundreds of stolen civilian ships upstream of Yunti Pass, all loaded with firewood and tung oil and gunpowder, and once they let down these attacking ships downstream, it would indeed be a great threat to the fleet - the width of the river here was too narrow.

"At two o'clock, the Qing army was found on the north bank!"

Following the report of the observation post, Shi Lang raised the telescope and looked over again.

Sure enough, on the narrow road that appeared and disappeared on the bank of the tall river, several Qing soldiers were looking towards this side...... Suddenly, as if they had received some order, several of them turned and ran upstream, leaving only one to continue looking this way.

Soon, ahead, a puff of black smoke rose into the sky.

It was a beacon of warning upstream, warning that the Ming warships were approaching.

"Send a signal, order the forward ship to strengthen its vigilance and prepare to attack!"

Shi Lang put down the binoculars, squinted his eyes and gave the command.

"Sound the battle alarm and prepare for battle!"

As the rapid whistle sounded, all the officers and men on the "Qinzhou" rushed out of the cabin and took their positions, and the battleship continued to move forward at a cruising speed of about four knots.

The total length of the dangerous river is no more than ten miles, and with the speed of the fleet, it can be completed in about half an hour, and after entering the upper reaches of the river, the river is wide and the current is slowing down, which is the right time for the fleet to exert its maximum combat power.

Entrenched in Andong and Shanyang, the Qing army, which has become a frightened bird, wants to resist the Ming army, and can only use the Yuntiguan section of the river - this is the most favorable place at the right time and place!

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Less than ten miles upstream from them, on a small boat full of firewood, Huang Sida, the chief of the Qing army's water outpost, only felt chills all over.

In the past few years of entrenchment in Yunti Pass, he can also be regarded as a hegemon of the river, he has killed water bandits, robbed merchants, bullied the good, and destroyed people.

But just yesterday, while chasing a few thieves and spies, they hit a hard nail near the dock and killed dozens of brothers, which frightened them a lot.

Huang Sida only knew that there was a group of thieves who claimed to be powerful in the firearms, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful!

It turns out that what my cousin said is true!

Huang Si remembered that his cousin Huang Tianba followed General Zhang to Jiangxi to fight against the Ming thief at the beginning of the year, and what he said after he fled back from the defeat - he thought that he blew the Ming thief into the sky to cover up his defeat.

This cousin was clever and found another way after fleeing back, and was transferred to Nanjing on an errand.

"This rabbit cub, fucking better than a ghost!" He cursed secretly in his heart.

It's good for me, but I am unlucky to fall on this fire attack ship to fight the vanguard!

"Sir, the smoke has risen from the city."

A pro-soldier said with a nervous expression.

"Lao Tzu is not blind!" Huang Sida was irritable in his heart and rebuked impatiently.

"Master Qian has already sent someone to urge ......," the soldier had to carefully remind him.

"If you don't do it again, you will go to the first boat to fight the vanguard!"

At this time, the pro-soldiers did not dare to speak.

Huang Si looked at the more than 100 fire-attacking ships in front of him -- they were all civilian ships that had been forcibly requisitioned nearby in the past month or so, and now they were already full of dry firewood and gunpowder, as long as they floated down the river, on that narrow river, no matter how powerful the firearms of the thieves were, I am afraid that they would not be able to sink all the fireboats that went downstream.

You can always burn a few boats more or less - this method is not bad, but the master of Mr. Qian is not a straw bale.

However, no matter how good the method is, someone has to carry it out, and this matter should fall on his head Huang Sida - who called him one of the commanders of the water whistle!

As for the other chief Niu Erpu, his backstage was tougher than Huang Si, so he led the sailor's ships to "follow and answer" behind.

"Pick up your MB!" Huang Sida thought of this, and couldn't help but scold again.

The water of Yuntiguan is deep and rapid, and even if you are a person with excellent water nature, you will inevitably be swept away by the muddy river and drown when you fall into the big river.

It is a pipe dream to swim a few miles and then climb onto the sailor's boat to catch the river after jumping into the river on fire.

He and Niu have always been at odds with each other, because there is a deep contradiction on how to divide the "filial piety" between the boat owners and the water bandits.

Grandma's, he jumped off the ship by himself, and he would be very righteous if he didn't take the opportunity to beat down with a penny!

Most of the sailors on these more than 100 boats were temporarily recruited from the boatowners -- the quota of the entire water outpost was only 240 people, that is to say, most of the most of the soldiers at the outpost were guarding the pass, and there was no need to go on the boat to send them to death.

And he, the commander of the water whistle, had to bring his only few personal soldiers to supervise the battle, which made Huang Sida particularly unhappy.

At this time, another flag came from the side of the camp, and shouted loudly: "Why hasn't the fire attack ship set off yet? Mr. Qian has an order - if there is any delay, it will be cut on the spot! ”

Stretching out the head with a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife!

Needless to say, not to mention the Lord Qianzong on the cloud ladder, even on the Yuejiang Tower in Andong County in the rear, Chen Jin, the governor of Caoyun, was staring here.

Don't look at these arrogant generals on weekdays, they don't take this governor who fled from Zhejiang seriously, but at the moment of the great enemy, he is an important minister of the imperial court after all, and killing him, a small general, is just a matter of one sentence.

Huang Sida was forced to be helpless, so he had to order: "All ships anchor and set off!" ”

More than 100 civilian boats of various sizes slowly moved along the river.

At first the current was not very fast, but at the bend the river began to shrink, and some of the boats were pushed and slammed into the middle by the raging water.

Fortunately, most of the boaters were boat people who had lived on the water for a long time, and they were very experienced in driving boats, so they quickly controlled the boats and went downstream in a crooked crowd.

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