"Emperor Gao!"

The roars of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the river spread straight to dozens of miles away, and in these three shouts, the soldiers who bowed to the position of the filial piety tomb in the southwest were even more gloomy and weeping. At this time, there were more than 3,000 large and small ships on the river, almost crowding the entire Yangtze River, and the officers and men of all sizes were all in white helmets and white armor, looking at the river like snow.

After the end of the sacrifice, this huge fleet traveled all the way up the river, and on the main mast of the flagship located in the middle of the river fluttered a large scroll, which read, "Restore the world's soldiers and horses to the town of the great general Zheng". With the help of the southeast monsoon, the fleet sailed up the river, shelling the river defense positions of the Qing troops on both sides of the river along the way, and the rumbling sound was like a thunderbolt. In the face of this terrifying posture, the Manchu River waterproofing division, which was usually showing off its might on the Yangtze River, and all the ships that had not yet been sunk to the bottom of the river fled behind the "Rolling River Dragon" defense line in Guazhou, and did not dare to stop the enemy's idea again. It was only with the river defense of the "rolling river dragon" that he tried to block the Northern Expeditionary army under the river.

Zheng Chenggong, the general of Zhenguo, the king of Yanping, who was only 35 years old at the time but looked over forty years old, was wearing a Ming-style armor, standing on the bow of the flagship with a sword, looking at the spectacular scene in front of him, and even more sighed:

"Su Linjiang swears to destroy Hu, and the male master swallows Wu with 100,000 anger!"

At this time, Zheng Chenggong can be said to be full of confidence. The Northern Expedition, codenamed "Yongzhen", has gone well so far. As expected before the expedition, since entering the Yangtze River, the invincible sea power of the Zheng Jiajun has been overwhelming with Mount Tai, and it has not been effectively resisted all the way. When he sank several Qing warships on the river downstream, he didn't even fire a cannon, but only took advantage of the wind to ram the Qing warships with a three-masted Dafu ship, and in an instant, he pressed them to the bottom of the river like a mantis rolling over a car.

"Roll the dragon!"

Zheng Chenggong, who was in the bow of the boat, sneered, and turned a blind eye to the "Rolling River Dragon".

The so-called "Rolling River Dragon", that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's defense line on the locked river, this so-called "Rolling River Dragon" became the only reliance of the Manchu Qing on the Yangtze River. As for this "rolling river dragon", it is just a ten-mile river from Zhenjiang in the south of the Yangtze River to Guazhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and a lot of manpower and material resources were spent to build a long dam across the river with huge trees and boats. The dam surface is up to three zhang wide, and the top is covered with soil, and the horse can run at ordinary times. There is also a wooden fence at the top of the dam that allows you to shoot up the river from behind the fence. There are gun emplacements every short distance, and the downstream of the wooden dam also crosses the Yangtze River with iron cables with a diameter of one foot to block sea vessels. This is accompanied by several camps floating on the river, ready to reinforce the weak links at any time. There are also 2,000 soldiers and more than 10 cannons stationed on Tanjiazhou in the center of the river.

In the eyes of the Manchus, such a powerful river defense, how could the "pirates" break through against the current?

"Lord Wang, it's just that the donkey skills are poor!"

Standing behind Zheng Chenggong, Gan Hui said in a voice with Zheng Chenggong's sneer.

"Sun Hao played this trick back then, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had nothing new."

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's so-called defense line on the Suojiang River was nothing more than a poor skill of the donkey, and in the eyes of these generals who had been in battle for a long time and were good at naval and water battles, they naturally did not mention it.

In Gan Hui's echo, Zheng Chenggong looked towards the fleet ahead, and then said in a deep voice.

"It's up to Ziyu to do this battle!"

Originally, Zheng Chenggong wanted to order Gan Hui's general to break the "Rolling River Dragon" of the Manchu Dynasty, but just after the troops finished the sacrifice, another confidant wrote a letter to him asking for war, and Ma Xin wrote in the document.

"Under the standard, he was recruited to ask for the favor of the general, and the lord was above the people, but he was ashamed of his achievements in the past, and he was willing to be the vanguard to break the enemy this time in Guazhou!"

In the face of Ma Xin's invitation, Zheng Chenggong naturally did not refuse, he was in the bow of the boat, glanced ahead, and then pointed to the "water village" across the river, like a floating city on the water, and asked Zhang Huangyan beside him.

"Xuanzhu! That's what you called the Wooden Floating Camp! What a fool. This Eastern Tartar really thinks that this water war is similar to a land war, as long as he repairs such a "Rolling River Dragon", can he block the sailor? ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at the Mufu camp from afar from the inspection boat, smiled and said to Zhang Huangyan, he had heard him say before that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had built such a surprisingly large water fortress in the river in order to block the sailors from going upstream.

This was the first time he had seen such a water monster - the wooden floating camp. This is a kind of floating village on the water in front of the "Rolling River Dragon", which is actually a giant raft floating on the water, and it is surrounded by large board like a city wall. Dozens of cannons were placed inside, and hundreds of soldiers were put in it. From afar, it does look like a fortress floating on water.

Zhang Huangyan, who had been frustrated by this "Rolling River Dragon" many times, listened to Zheng Chenggong's words, and knew that he didn't take this "Rolling River Dragon" in his eyes at all, as for this "Mufu Camp". I'm afraid that in his opinion, it is not worth mentioning, so he said euphemistically.

"General, this Mufu camp is the core of the entire "Rolling River Dragon", if our army attacks, the Qing soldiers will throw gunpowder canisters, arrows, and cannons from this "Mufu Camp", so that this "Mufu Battalion" will be like a city fortress in the river......

Afraid that Zheng Chenggong would underestimate the enemy, Zhang Huangyan specially added.

"And the log of this wooden floating camp to build the wall is several feet thick, even if it is more than ten catties of general cannons, it is difficult to penetrate the wall, and it may not be easy to take down the wooden floating camp......"

Without waiting for Zhang Huangyan to finish speaking, Zheng Chenggong sneered,

"Xuanzhu, if you want to capture this wooden floating camp, why do you need to open artillery? I dare to say that since the Qing army is not good at water warfare, then the cannons and arrows fired here must not be accurate, so what is there to fear? ”

Not only the ups and downs of the water waves, as a veteran of the battlefield for a long time, Zheng Chenggong saw the weakness of the so-called "Mufu Camp" at a glance. The raft was surrounded by a high wall of planks, with holes in the walls and the barrels of the guns sticking out of them. Because of the fear of flooding, the cannons were placed in a very high place. The gunner looks through the hole and aims at the enemy. Of course, it is impossible to aim very accurately. The same goes for archers. If it is a city wall, the wall is relatively wide, and the shooter can climb it. But this is not a city wall! The sampan wall went up and had no place to stand, so arrows could only be shot from inside the hole.

The Qing army could only fight on land, and it was very tricky to fight on a river like the Yangtze River. It seems to be a stupid thing they made out of nowhere. It is tantamount to moving the city fortress on land to the water, and of course there will be some water and soil adaptation.

"Donglu only thinks that as long as he repairs this "wooden floating camp", he can block the sailors, they are simply dreaming, Xuanzhu, how long do you think it will take for the army to break through this "wooden floating camp"? ”

Looking at Zhang Huangyan with a smile, Zheng Chenggong asked rhetorically.

"The general's military might, how can the Manchu Qing Dynasty stop it, in the eyes of Huang Yan, the general here must be as if it is destroyed!"

In the face of Zhang Huangyan's compliment, Zheng Chenggong knew that he was deliberately not mentioning time, so as not to lose his face, but how could he care if he had already made up his mind.

"Xuanzhu, look at how Zheng slays the dragon today!"

After figuring out the reality of the "Rolling River Dragon", Zheng Chenggong immediately sent a signal to Ma Xin's navy to attack after inspecting the river again.

"Pass the order! Slay the dragon! ”

Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty called this so-called Suojiang "Rolling River Dragon", then he Zheng Chenggong just wanted to kill the dragon!

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