The army of the Danmu Kingdom on the Muxi River finally couldn't help it, and launched an attack on the old Hong Kong Han army in Qiu Ju in the early morning of this day, he had more than 50,000 people under his command, and all of them were the elite of the Danmu Kingdom, although these so-called elites did not even have a decent set of armor, and the weapons in their hands were also varied, but at least they were all soldiers who had seen blood, far better than the rookies who had just changed from civilians to soldiers under the command of Qiu Ju.

In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, they pulled up several iron cables on the river, and the army of the Danmu Kingdom wanted to rush over, they had to cut the iron cables one by one, so that they could hide behind and attack calmly, and even if the other party cut the iron cables, they would lose the advantage of speed at the very end.

However, Corlinan was also an experienced general, and he naturally had a way to crack the defense method such as the river cable, and saw that the small boats in front of him were piled with a brownish-yellow fruit, which was a fruit produced in the forest, which was rich in oil and very resistant to burning, and was a good material for arson.

The small boat that rushed to the front quickly hit the iron cable, and the soldiers on the ship immediately ignited the fuel on the ship, and as a result, the whole small boat immediately rose into a raging fire, and soon burned the iron cable that blocked its progress red, and the iron cable was already very heavy, and as the flames rose higher and higher, the red iron cable soon became a little soft, and was broken by its own important support.

Seeing that the iron cable he arranged on the river was so easy to crack Corinan, Qiu Ju downstream couldn't help but sigh, arranging the iron cable on the river was originally a common practice during the water war in the Central Plains. It is rare to see it in the South Seas. But I didn't expect the Corlinan on the other side to be so smart. I found a way to solve it all at once.

"Shoot the arrows! Trebuchet ready! Qiu Ju naturally would not watch the other party burn the iron rope he had worked so hard to lay, with his order, the boat on the side of the old port army immediately rained arrows, and he also arranged discord trebuchets on both sides of the river, and for a time the boulders flew in the sky, and when these boulders fell into the river, the entire river was like boiling boiling water, and the smashed warship immediately turned into pieces. Even if they weren't hit, they could only struggle desperately in the waves.

In addition to the bows and arrows on the boats, they also arranged a lot of elephant soldiers on both sides of the river, and these elephants even carried some small trebuchets on their bodies, which could attack while advancing, although they were not accurate, but they could move, just like the firepower tanks of later generations.

Under this ranged attack. Both Chouju and Corinan suffered casualties on each other, and even at this level of intensity. Corlinan still ordered his fireboats to burn the iron cables in the river in an orderly manner.

As the iron rope was burned one by one, Qiu Ju had to order his warships to line up in formation, ready to meet the first impact of the army inside, as long as they can withstand this impact, then the two armies will fall into a melee, although there are few people on their side, but in order to protect their homeland behind them, I believe that most people will fight to the death, and he also understands the character of the Nanyang natives, knowing that these natives can only fight with the wind, as long as they can withstand the first attack of the other party, bring enough casualties to the other party, Then the battle that follows will be much easier.

"Huh~" As the last iron cable was burned off, there was no longer any obstacle between the Danmu Army and the Old Port Army, those Danmu soldiers who drove small boats cheered, brandished all kinds of weapons in their hands and killed them, they all knew that the Han people in Nanyang were the richest group of people in Nanyang, and the old port was the largest settlement of the Han people in the entire Nanyang, I heard that there were not only tall and majestic temples, but also beautiful silk and porcelain, not to mention those Han women who could only look up to them, whenever I thought of these, All the light-eyed soldiers felt the blood of the beast boiling, and one by one they wanted to kill all the old port troops in front of them, so that they could rush into the old port to vent their dirty desires.

The Han army in the old port looked at the light-eyed army that rushed in, especially the beast-like light in the eyes of the other party, which made everyone know that now the safety of the entire old port had to be guarded by themselves, and if these beasts were allowed to rush into the city, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Boom~" almost in the blink of an eye, the warships of the Danmu Army collided with the warships of the old port army, and for a while sawdust flew, the small warships of the Danmu Army were worse than the old port army, so in the first batch of the most violent collision, many of the small warships of the Danmu Army were initially hit and shattered, but those natives didn't care at all, many people jumped onto the warships of the old port army at the moment when the warships were broken, wielding the messy weapons in their hands to fight, the battlefield was full of flesh and blood, and a cruel hand-to-hand combat finally kicked off.

Qiu Ju personally commanded his own boat, a long about six zhang pointed bottom Fu boat, this ship is an armed merchant ship he bought from a Ming merchant, a little modification became a warship, although the pointed bottom of the boat in the river is subject to some restrictions, but with its huge size, there are almost no opponents in the inland river, the only pity is that the inland river combat can not use sails, so he placed a lot of long oars on both sides of the Fu boat, when the oarsman rowed, can easily crash the warship of the Danmu Army into pieces.

Although the Han people of the old port have been separated from the land of the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, the skills passed down by their ancestors have been well preserved, and they also pay great attention to secrecy, so their warships are the best in the South Seas, and it is precisely by relying on the advantages of the warships, so on the Muxi River, and in the case of countercurrent, the Han people of the old port can still fight with the army of the Danmu Kingdom.

However, the outcome of a war is not only determined by the advanced or not of weapons, but also by the people who use these weapons, especially in this era of cold weapons, the role of people is even more crucial. Eighty percent of the old Hong Kong army are recruits who have just taken up arms, these people have never seen blood at all, at the beginning, with a belief in protecting their homeland and a moment of blood and courage, they can barely support, but as time goes by, that blood and courage also slowly disappears, and when they face the tiger and wolf divisions of the Danmu Kingdom, they seem a little flustered, and even some people cringe and dare not confront the Danmu people head-on.

Qiu Ju was very keen to discover this situation on the battlefield, which made him sigh, ordinary people are not real soldiers after all, and it is not easy for them to hold out for so long without running away without being on the battlefield. Thinking of this, Qiu Ju called his cronies in a low voice, asking him to go back to the city to report the news, so that the city was ready to retreat, after all, looking at the current situation, they might not be able to hold out for too long.

However, Qiu Ju was not the only one on the battlefield who discovered this situation, and the other party's Corinnam also discovered the weakness of the army in the Old Port, which made him overjoyed, and he had been waiting for this opportunity since the beginning of the war, so he immediately gave the order, and several special warships that had been guarding behind finally rushed up.

"Boom~Boom~Boom!" There was a cannon on the bow of the warships that had just rushed up, and with the order of Kolinan, these guns fired one after another, although the lethality of these guns was not great, at least the first round of fire did not hit any of the warships, but only caused a large splash after falling into the water, but the sound of the guns was extremely terrifying. And the timing chosen by Corinan was also excellent, at this time, the soldiers of the old port were retreating with courage, and when they heard the sound of the cannon from the other side of the landslide, they were immediately frightened and demoralized, and they turned around with pale faces and wanted to escape.

Seeing that the artillery worked, Corinan was even more excited, in his opinion, he had won the victory, and waved his hand again, and dozens of musketeers on his boat immediately prepared, and then a dense burst of muskets rang out, but their muskets were too few, and they didn't know how to shoot in three stages, so they had to recharge after a round, which was very time-consuming and not very practical, so Corlinan always attached the most importance to artillery.

The Old Port army was in disarray, and the artillery of the Danmu Army was once again ready to shoot, but with a triumphant wave of his hand, Corlinan gave the order to shoot again, only to hear a rumbling sound that made everyone's hearts palpitate on the battlefield again.

"Boom, boom~" Hearing the roar of these cannons, Korinan felt a burst of pride in his heart, and even closed his eyes very enjoyingly, according to his previous experience, when he opened his eyes again, he would see the scene of the other party's army breaking up.

"Huh? Why is there so much more noise from artillery? Corlinan suddenly opened his eyes and muttered to himself a little strangely, he only had eight cannons in his hand, which they had bought from the Portuguese with the help of the Danmu Kingdom to pour into the whole country, and each time they were fired, they were fired in turn, but now Corlinan had heard no less than twenty cannons roaring, which was really a bit incredible.

Before Kolinan could figure out where the extra cannon sound was coming from? I heard a loud bang behind him, and then he was hit by something in the back, and he was smashed forward at once, and almost fell headlong into the river.

"General, something is wrong, a group of tall warships suddenly appeared in the rear of the old port army, and there are also artillery on these warships!" Before Kolinan could get up from the deck, he heard a very anxious report from someone next to him.

When Kolinan stood up with the help of others, he happened to see a group of warships behind the old port army, and what made him even more shocked was that these warships were actually very tall, each warship was twice as large as the one on the opposite Qiuju, and the wide Musi River seemed a little narrow in front of these warships. (To be continued......)