In Yuezhou, Yang Xiaoshan continued to have good luck, not only recruited talents like Tang Zhengcai, but Lin Fengxiang also made unexpected discoveries. According to the confession of the Qing army prisoners, the warehouse of the Qing court yamen in Yuezhou still sealed a large number of artillery pieces left here when Wu Sangui rebelled.

He hurriedly reported the situation to Yang Xiaoshan, and Yang Xiaoshan ran over excitedly to see the situation of these cannons.

"These are all the artillery pieces that Wu Sangui left in Yuezhou back then?" Yang Xiaoshan looked at the artillery full of warehouses and asked in surprise.

"Yes, Shizi, I have confessed to the tongues of a few Qing demons I caught. The Manchurians of Yuezhou can only ride horses and shoot arrows, do not use firearms, and hate the use of firearms, so they have sealed these cannons until now, and they are all new. This time it's cheaper for us, and we're rich. Lin Fengxiang was also very excited, with so many cannons armed, the combat power of the Taiping Army could be improved a lot.

"How many doors are there, have you counted them?" Yang Xiaoshan secretly rejoiced.

"Forty large bronze cannons and one hundred and thirty small cannons. This big bronze cannon weighs thousands of pounds, and with these, we will be able to attack the city much more smoothly in the future. Lin Fengxiang touched the big bronze cannon and couldn't put it down.

"Mr. Lin, you have made a great contribution, this must be reported to the East King, and I will ask for credit for you." Yang Xiaoshan also co-opted this fierce general in a timely manner, although he fought side by side for a long time, but he used to be at the same level, but now he has become the superior of others, he is afraid that others will be unbalanced in their hearts, and they should invest more emotionally.

"The last general will not dare, these are just a gesture." Lin Fengxiang still has a lot of respect for Yang Xiaoshan, but he has seen Yang Xiaoshan fight those immortal battles with his own eyes, which makes people have to be convinced.

"You load all these cannons on the ship, we can use them in our next attack on Wuchang." Yang Xiaoshan arranged.

He looked at the windfall and lamented the impermanence of the world. Wu Sangui has been dead for more than a hundred years, and I can't imagine that I can toss the Qing court again, since it is the will of heaven, let's laugh at it.

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Since the appointment of Tang Zhengcai as the commander of the water camp, I heard that the effect is very obvious. Just a few days ago, Luo Xuan smiled and asked Xiaoshan to thank him.

"Where did Tang Zhengcai find this, this is a powerful man." Luo Jian smiled from ear to ear, although he now led the infantry, he was also in charge of water operations.

"What? You also think he's good? Yang Xiaoshan smiled, it seemed that his vision was still very accurate.

"It's not just good, this guy is really a treasure." Luo Xuan sat down, he was very familiar with Xiaoshan, and he was not formal when there were no outsiders.

"Tell me about it?" Yang Xiaoshan was also curious, what did this Tang Zhengcai do, which made Luo Zheng so happy.

"The benefits are so many. The most obvious thing is that it is much easier for us to recruit sailors than before, and when you asked me to recruit those boatmen and fishermen, they were still worried, thinking that the rebellion was a matter of losing their heads, and they would not come to join easily. Now that Tang Zhengcai is here, he is very prestigious in this area, and as soon as those people heard that he had joined our Taiping Army, there was an endless stream of people who followed him every day. Now the water battalion is about the same size as my infantry battalion. Luo Xuan's face was flushed as he spoke, and he was very excited.

"Oh? Anything else? Yang Xiaoshan nodded, it seems that he has set up Tang Zhengcai as the commander of the water camp, this person does have the ability to lead, and he can let others join with him.

"There is also the saving of money, our sailors only know how to use boats, they don't know how to maintain them, and some boats don't take long for the wood to rot. Then Tang Zhengcai can make up for it with a skillful move. This saves a lot of money, and it used to be thrown away as long as it couldn't be used, which was too wasteful. Luo Xuan's beard was cocked as he spoke, and he seemed to admire Tang Zhengcai's craftsmanship.

"You see that other people's craftsmanship is good, why don't you learn from others, you are still from the navy." Yang Xiaoshan deliberately teased him.

"You can't learn this, you look at the materials he used, nails, iron, oil, hemp, bamboo, wood, anchors, cables, all exquisite, how many years of hard work. I'm in my thirties, so how can I learn this? Luo Xuan shook his head, the doorway here looks simple, but it is actually too deep, and it cannot be learned at once.

"Except for shipbuilding, how is he?" Yang Xiaoshan wanted to get to know this Tang Zhengcai well.

"This person is thick on the outside and thin on the inside, and he looks like five big and three thick, and he is more meticulous than a woman in his work. Moreover, he often travels to and from various cities along the river to do business, and is very familiar with the wharves of the Yangtze River, and he is also very good at boating. He also has a straight personality and is easy to get along with others, and I don't have any opinion on him being the commander of this water battalion. At first, Luo Jian thought that Yang Xiaoshan was a little reckless in promoting a stranger to be a military commander so quickly, but now he is really convinced.

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, don't rely on your old qualifications in the army to bully others." Yang Xiaoshan smiled.

"How is it possible, am I outlined like that? How dare I bully him now, it's too late to convince him, and we have to rely on him to build us all the boats in the water camp. Luo Xuan spread his hands and said that it was impossible.

"Do we have a warship that can be used in the water camp now?" Yang Xiaoshan said with concern.

"The ships he brought, there were two large ships that were originally intended to be used as war ships, but later the Qing court did not want them, and he changed them to merchant ships to transport goods. Now I'll ask him to change it back, and it won't take much effort to put the gun on the ready-made warship. Luo Xuan's eyes lit up, this was the first time that the Taiping Army had a decent warship.

"That's great, it's too late to build a warship. You ask Tang Junshuai to pick some more big ships, and everything that can be changed into warships, we don't have much time, we have to set off to attack Wuchang as soon as possible. "Yang Xiaoshan has a warship and a cannon, which is just right to build a powerful naval army.

Three days later, Yang Xiaoshan led the army to set off. This time, the Taiping army's formation was much larger than before, and there were tens of thousands of Taiping ships floating on the Yangtze River, and the sails on the ships were almost covering the river. The Qing troops in the states and counties along the way fled in despair, and did not dare to engage the Taiping army at all.

The Taiping army went down the river and soon reached the Wuchang River. Yang Xiaoshan stopped the ship here, rested for a while, and deployed tactics to attack Wuchang.

"If you want to conquer Wuchang, you must first conquer Hanyang and Hankou on the other side, start with the easy ones, and then fight the difficult ones. According to this plan, step by step, Wuchang will not be broken in a few days. Yang Xiaoshan calculated the course of action from the map.

"Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, the two of you led troops to attack Hanyang; Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng led the two of you to attack Hankou; Luo Xuan, you and I will get on the new warship, sweep the river defense here, and see the strength of our new naval army. According to the current situation of the former army, Yang Xiaoshan made a division of labor.

"Order!" Everyone saluted, and the battle to attack Wuchang began.