Chapter 70: Hukou II

Looking at the Yangtze River, the battleships are like clouds, not only Luo Rucai and Zhang Xuan, but also Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Mengeng, Huang Shu and his party.

However, the place where they are is is much better than where Luo Rucai is.

They were on top of the battery.

Several forts along the river at the mouth of the lake consumed almost all of Zuo Liangyu's energy, and all the artillery in Wuchang, Nanchang, and Huguang were concentrated here, in order to block the river.

I have to say that in the war along the Yangtze River, the advantage of water warfare has always been above land warfare, and the sailors brought by Zheng Zhilong do not know whether they have one-third of the Zheng family's sailors, and they have already occupied the initiative in the Yangtze River waterway without even using all their strength.

forced Zuo Liangyu to retreat step by step.

It made Zuo Liangyu extremely annoyed in his heart.

After all, mastering the water superiority of the Yangtze River means mastering the possibility of landing in the enemy's rear at any time, which is also the reason why Zuo Liangyu retreated step by step and did not dare to fight a decisive battle with Luo Rucai.

Zuo Liangyu originally wanted to hold on to Anqing, but the retreat was a difficult military operation.

As soon as the army withdrew, it couldn't stand its feet, and it was too normal, just like Li Zicheng.

Zuo Liangyu could only run farther and stopped here at the mouth of the lake.

Looking at the fort along the river, touching the metallic cannon, Zuo Liangyu was relieved a lot, and asked Huang Fei: "Can Zheng Zhilong be stopped here?" ”

"Please rest assured, this place will definitely be able to stop Zheng Zhilong." Huang Fei said: "Guogong, please take a look." ”

Huang Fei pointed downward, Zuo Liangyu looked over, but saw something similar to a winch on the side of the Yangtze River. said: "This is?"

"This is the Shenjiang Iron Cable." Huang Fei said. Sink into the river first, wait for the arrival of enemy ships, and then use a winch to pull up from the bottom of the river, in the place of two feet below the water, the sand boat has a shallow draft and can pass, while the lucky boat has a deep draft and cannot pass. ”

"When the thief comes, pull up the iron cable, and the thief's boat will be trapped in the river. It's a live target. ”

"Then you can send small boats, set fires, and burn the enemy ships."

Zuo Liangyu didn't know how to fight in the water, but when he heard Huang Fei say this, he also nodded secretly. I felt that it was the right choice for him to appoint Huang Fei to guard the mouth of the lake. didn't know that many of the arrangements here were from Shen Tingyang's ideas, but they were just left to Huang Fei.

"My lord, the thief ship is here."

As soon as Huang Fei heard this, he confessed to Zuo Liangyu, and hurriedly boarded the lookout and looked at the Yangtze River, where countless ships were almost covered with the river. You have to swim against the current.

Huang Fei silently looked at the ship below, entered the firing range, and said, "Open fire." ”

Immediately, someone waved a red flag down fiercely on the side.

For a time, the cannon roared, and countless shells were smashed

Above the river, columns of water rise to the sky.

Shi Lang stood on the bow of the boat and was smashed down by the water column, and the rest of his body was soaked, Shi Lang casually removed the armor on his body, and was shirtless, only to see the muscular dragon rider on his body, scars with teeth and claws, and a dragon-shaped tattoo, which looked fierce and vicious.

"Order, give me a little more leisure." Shi Lang said: "Spread it all out for me, and pass quickly in front." ”

Shi Lang's voice was so loud that it almost broke other people's ears, but even so, but even so, in such a noisy environment, among the rumbling cannons, it could not be far away. As soon as a few people around them heard it, they immediately passed the order out in flags.

Moreover, Shi Lang had already prepared before, so the implementation of the orders by the various ministries was also smooth.

Soon, the ships will line up and will pass through here.

"Boom." With a bang, a cannonball smashed into the ship.

The accuracy of the artillery in this era is very problematic, don't look at it, after fighting for a long time, there is only one hit at this moment. But if it hits, the loss is not small, and as soon as the whole ship sinks, a big hole is suddenly made, and the river water keeps pouring into it.

Fortunately, there were more watertight cabins on the Fu ship, so the ship only sank slightly, and there was no more loss.

At this time, Zheng's ships also opened fire.

One artillery cannon after another fired over the riverbank.

In fact, compared to the target of the battery, the target of the ship is even worse, and few can hit the battery, even if the battery is hit, the temporary battery can eat a few cannons for a while, and there are few casualties in the battery.

But even if it is useless, Shi Lang will not order a ban on firing artillery.

It's an emotional outlet.

If you don't fight back just by being beaten, many people can't bear this kind of pressure.

Zhang Xuan looked at it from a distance with a clairvoyant mirror, but it was not real, only to see dozens of ships lined up, going upstream, and then covered by countless water columns, although many ships were damaged, but they could not stop the ships from going west.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "If this is all the time, I'm afraid these forts won't be able to stop the Zheng family's fleet from going north." ”

After passing through here, not far to the west, where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River are connected, you can enter Poyang Lake.

And Zhang Xuan has already occupied a lot of places on the east bank of Poyang Lake, only if the Zheng family sailor enters Poyang Lake, Zhang Xuan can cross Poyang Lake to the west and attack Jiujiang from behind, so even if the lake mouth has copper walls and iron walls, it is useless.

Therefore, even at the time of passing, some losses are within the acceptable range.

Just when Zhang Xuan thought that the Zheng family's sailors could pass quickly. But when he saw the ship that rushed to the front, he stopped suddenly.

Zhang Xuan saw from a distance that the stopped movement was very sudden, as if the horse was suddenly pulled by a tripping horse.

Zhang Xuan

's brows suddenly furrowed, and he said secretly: "What's going on?" ”

As the ships stopped, the guns seemed to raise their targets all at once, I don't know how much.

Countless columns of water were about to submerge this ship.

After a while, the water column gradually disappeared, and Zhang Xuan looked over again, but he could only see pieces of floating wood, but he couldn't see a boat.

This was the first ship to be sunk.

Above the casemate.

Countless people chanted long live. Huang Fei gritted his teeth, an expression like a cry and a smile appeared on his face, and he secretly said in his heart: "Mr. Shen, with the protection of your Heavenly Spirit, you will definitely be able to defeat the thief army." ”

After the first result, everyone on the fort rejoiced, many of them took off their shirts, shirtless, carried the cannonballs, cleaned the breeches, and quickly knocked down the cannonballs one by one.

And in Jiangzhong, Shi Lang was almost crazy.

"What the hell is going on down there?" Shi Lang shouted loudly: "Send a few people down to take a look." ”

Puff, a few people jumped into the water, and the Fujian fleet was inevitably in the water.

After a while, someone came out and shouted, "General Shi, there is a barrage below." ”

"Boom." Before the words fell, a cannonball fell into the water nearby, and these people were instantly swallowed by the water column and were never again.

Shi Lang knew that if the shell fell into the water, it would be very lethal to the water. Even if you don't get hit, you will be hit by the water waves, and you will be injured internally, and you will die almost instantly.

But Shi Lang knows better. At this time, you can't go into the water.

The barrage is not a rare thing, this thing is also easy to break, it is not easy to use force in the water, just pull the interceptor cable out of the water, find a way on the boat, and break the interceptor cable.

But at the moment, who dares to go into the water.

These cannonballs are not well targeted, but they can easily hit the vicinity, and you can't be shocked to death in the water with a single shot.

Shi Lang's eyes swept over, many people trembled, he shouted, and said, "It's the master who went into the water with me." ”

Shi Lang was the first to jump into the water.

I only heard a plop, in Shi Lang's ears, between heaven and earth, there was an instant silence, only the rumbling sound in the distance could still reach the ears, this sound was nothing else, but the sound of cannonballs falling into the water, these cannonballs were all falling into the water from a great distance.

So listening to it in the ears, there is a long aftertaste.

Shi Lang is very good at water, he saw this iron cable at a glance, and after seeing it, he breathed a sigh of relief, this iron cable is not too thick, but it is just a thick wrist, Shi Lang pulled upward with the buoyancy of the water, and then two or three sailors came to help.

It took a long time for the rope to be pulled out of the water, and someone was ready to pull the cable onto the boat.

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