"Fire!" Hundreds of flintlock muskets all fired heavily at the draft part of the hull.

All of a sudden, the river splashed, and the planks of the ship's hull were hit and sawdust flew out.

After several rounds of strikes, the ship of Mandardo and the others was about to leave the range of Ying Longjun's muskets, but Han Hu still ordered Ying Longjun to keep firing, and he couldn't give up until the last moment!

After several more rounds of blows, Mandardo and the others' ships had completely left the range of Yinglong's muskets.

On the shore, Han Hu gritted his teeth, the distance was too far, and the power of the flintlock pistol was greatly affected, although some of the hulls were shot out of many holes, but these holes were not located in the draft part of the hull, and the river water could not be poured into the hull.

"Hahahaha, Ying Longjun! It's not so easy to cross the river to block me! "Man Daduo was still a little worried just now, but the range of Ying Longjun, who had already sailed away, the boat was still fine, and Ying Longjun had no choice but to watch them cross the river with Chen Xin.

Ying Longjun's prestige is very great, he has caused heavy casualties among the children of the Eight Banners, all the Manchurians are gritting their teeth, and Mandado is no exception, this time Ying Longjun can watch him take Chen Xin across the river without any way, Mandaduo still has a slight sense of comfort in his heart.

Suddenly, before Mandardo could laugh, he stopped.

"Click!" An eerie sound came.

"My lord, oh no, the hull of the ship is in the water!" There were subordinates shouting in horror.

What the! Mandardo, who was still laughing, turned his face sharply in an instant, and became extremely angry, isn't the hull of the ship fine, why is it leaking at this time!

"Is the sky going to kill me!" Mandatta said angrily.

The place he chose was almost the narrowest place on the north bank of Nanjing, but the width between the two sides of the river was also more than 2,000 meters, and now their ships were only 200 meters offshore, and it was extremely difficult to sail to the opposite bank in the case of water leakage.

"I'm not reconciled!" Mandardo roared and ordered: "Pass the order, plug the gap as much as possible, and you must hold on to the other side!" ”

Although the gap is not big, the boat is heading towards the center of the river more than ten meters deep, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, and the water leakage is getting more and more.

"Click!" When Mandata and the others' boat sailed to a distance of more than 300 meters from the south bank, a gap cracked in another place, and the river water poured even more frantically.

"My lord, it's not good, it's another gap, there is too much river water to be blocked, and if we don't dock again, the ship will sink before I reach the center of the river!"

Mandardo's face couldn't be darker, such a situation was something he didn't expect, could it be that under his careful layout, he still couldn't return to the Qing Dynasty with Chen Xin.

On the riverside, Han Hu and the other Ying Longjun could only stare at Mandardo's ship gradually approaching the center of the river and sailing to the north bank, but suddenly, in their eyes, the ship of Mandardo and others, who had already traveled hundreds of meters, suddenly tilted to one side.

Han Hu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Hahahaha, it must be a thief's boat leaking!"

He said, Ying Longjun's hundreds of guns hit so many rounds, and thousands of lead bullets passed, even if they were nearly 100 meters away, how could they have no effect at all, it turned out that it only appeared at this time.

Although the waves of the Yangtze River are not waves, they are also a foot high, and in normal times, people with slightly bad boats are reluctant to cross the river, but now, the thief's boat has tilted, and then go to the center of the river, it is to find death, Han Hu is not worried at all that the thief will not go back and forth to the south bank, they just need to wait for the rabbit.

Han Hu and the other hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army looked at the thief ships fighting in the river with a mocking expression.

Of course, Han Hu was not really idle, and taking this opportunity, Han Hu sent someone to report the situation here to Zhu Ci.

In the middle of the river, Mandardo was roaring and scolding, but it was a pity that Duboone was holding back the hull from leaning more and more.

"My lord, there is no time, the ships can't support the crossing of the river at all, and if this continues, we will all be buried in the river!"

Mandardo also knew this, no matter how unwilling he was, he did not lose his mind.

"Immediately land towards the mountains and forests on the southeast shore!" Mandardo roared twice more and then gritted his teeth and ordered.

It was impossible for them to go back to the place just now, there was Ying Long's army watching, only a few hundred meters away from the southeast bank, there was a mountain forest, there was a big mountain barrier, Ying Longjun would never be able to rush there and wait before they landed.

"The thief is really cunning!" Han Hu saw Mandarta's calculations, and calculated that the place where Mandalta and the others' ships would probably dock, there was a mountain forest, and they were separated by a mountain from there, although this mountain was only less than a kilometer in radius, but it was impossible for them to wait for Mandarta and the others to dock for a while.

For now, the only way to do this is to wait for Mandatta and the others to land on the shore, and then surround the mountain forest to search for it.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves and footsteps.

It was Zhu Cijiao and hundreds of brocade guards who came, followed by thousands of soldiers of the Ying Long Army.

"The last general, Han Hu, see the emperor!" Han Hu stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and bowed.

"What about the thieves?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Back to the emperor, the thief's ship has leaked, and he has to prepare to dock." Han Hu said, pointing to the river in the southeast direction, where the ships of Mandarta and the others were already preparing to dock, so that they could still see the hull of the boat.

Zhu Ci staggered to the southeast, his brows furrowed slightly, he also found a mountain blocking over there, although they could quickly bypass it, but this time difference was enough for the thieves to escape from the shore.

"Order, mobilize a large army, surround that mountain forest, and don't let the thieves escape again!" Zhu Ci stumbled and ordered.

With tens of thousands of troops, it is not difficult to surround that mountain forest, he doesn't believe it, the thieves can still hold Chen Xin hostage and fly with wings! If the thief can't take Chen Xin across the river once, there will be no second chance.

"Your Majesty, where is my grandfather, have you been rescued?" Chen Xiuxiu got out of the carriage and immediately ran to inquire, with a look of eagerness and anticipation.

"Miss Xiuxiu, the thief has been found, and he has not crossed the river, I am sending a large army to round up the thief, I believe that I will be able to rescue Chen Lao soon, Miss Xiuxiu, don't worry!" Zhu Ci couldn't bear to hit her, and comforted her with a smile.

Chen Xiuxiu nodded, but her expression was a little gloomy, although she believed that the emperor said that he would be able to do it, and her grandfather would definitely be able to save her, but she still couldn't help but worry about her grandfather's comfort, and only asked God to bless her grandfather to be safe.

When Zhu Ci hesitated to mobilize the army, Mandata and the others no longer expected to land at the place.

It was already the limit that their boat could only hold up so far, and when the ship approached the shore, it had already been controlled to sink, and dozens of people such as Mandardo waded ashore.

Looking at the ship that had completely sunk to the bottom of the river, Mandardo was so angry that he was about to crush his teeth, and he almost succeeded, but in the end he failed, hateful!

"Look, my lord!" A thief pointed to the river.

In the distance, hundreds of warships were heading towards the river in this place, and it was the warships that the Ming Navy received Zhu Ciji's order to block the river.

Mandardo's face was gloomy, he was one step short of chess, and he realized that he might not have a second chance to take Chen Xin across the Yangtze River and return to the Qing Dynasty.

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