Chapter 306: The Yellow River Fu (Part 6)

"Ahhh Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then slapped the parapet wall on the side of the ship and laughed, until he burst into tears, and he was still happy.

"What's the matter, the little brother is telling the truth, why is Brother Zhang laughing so crazy." Feng Guoyong was laughed at and stroked the staff hat he had just received.

Thanks to Zhu's bad taste, the regular clothes of Huai'an red scarves imitated the fake training uniforms of later generations as much as possible, which is commonly known as "migrant workers' camouflage", but the camouflage color was replaced with grass green.

The clothes processed in this way, the tops and bottoms are fine, although Feng Guoyong, who came into contact with it for the first time, felt awkward, and it looked clean and neat when worn on the body, but the round hat with a brim was not able to adapt to it, and he especially believed in the iron law of "the body is skinned, and the parents are affected, and it is unfilial piety if it is destroyed", and he was unwilling to cut his head short, so he put the hat out of a bag with a high bun, not only was he uncomfortable, but others also felt funny and abnormal.

However, what Zhang Yi was smiling at the moment was not Feng Guoyong's funny appearance after wearing a hat, he raised his right hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, shook his head and said, "Originally, the foolish brother has been worried that the gentry in the world have a short vision, because they are reluctant to have some family wealth, so they try their best to embarrass the lord, but now that they have artificially made such a big flood, all the troubles have been solved, at least in Henan and Jiangbei provinces, everyone understands a truth like the virtuous brother of the country, our lord is here, they are at most a little wealthy, And when they came to escape, they couldn't even save their lives. ”

"Uh, hey, hey" Feng Guoyong was stunned and smiled awkwardly.

In all fairness, what Zhang Yi just said was actually his real situation, before the flood came, he and a few companions did not look down on the Red Turban Army at all, not even his own brother, and hated the policy of integrated grain payment and apportionment of the gentry implemented in Huaiyang and the three places.

If it weren't for the sake of superiority, why would everyone have to study hard for ten years, it is true that you can make money by starting a workshop and doing business, but the kind of hard work and smiling faces everywhere to make money is as easy as chanting poems and painting while accepting the neighbors to take the initiative to "invest" with the land.

The Great Song Dynasty has been raising scholars for more than 300 years, so when the Song Dynasty died, there were so many scholars who were martyred with the country, and you Zhu butchers treated scholars and peddlers and pawns equally, so why should scholars lower their prices to give you advice, it is better to assist others as soon as possible, knock you to the ground, and then continue to enjoy the hard-won preferential treatment comfortably.

However, after witnessing the death of thousands of people in the belly of the fish, they suddenly realized that in the eyes of the recognized virtuous ministers, they were just a handful of weeds, which they could pull out at will, and they didn't care whether they were alive or dead.

With comparison, I know which side is better, Zhu Chongjiu just made everyone lose some kind of privilege that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and after getting rid of it, he wants everyone's life, and between giving up wealth and talent, the choice suddenly becomes extremely easy.

Just in embarrassment, a dragon groan suddenly sounded overhead, "Woo woo, woo woo, woo~", followed by the lookout standing in the main mast hanging basket tore his throat and shouted a warning below, "The southeast, the southeast is now a suspicious target, it is a ship, many ships, flags, it is the flag of Meng Yuan." ”

"Due east, due east there are also suspicious ships, six, five to six miles away." On another imitation Arabian dhow, the lookout also shouted a warning.

"Sure enough, Chakhan Timur is not idle." Zhang Yi immediately didn't care about teasing Feng Guoyong anymore, spread his legs, and ran to the bow of the boat, shouting at his own soldiers as he ran, "Yang Wei, telescopes, give me telescopes, and go down and bring me the chain mail by the way." ”

"Yes, Lord Joiner." Yang Wei, a personal soldier, agreed loudly, took a leather box from his neck, and quickly stuffed it into Zhang Yi's hand, "According to the rules on the ship, adults can go to the command cabin in a while." ”

"Don't be verbose, hurry up and get me armor and weapons, where the chief is, I will be there." Zhang Yi glared at his soldiers fiercely and scolded loudly.

Regardless of Yang Wei, who was full of grievances, he raised his binoculars, while clumsily adjusting the focus, while trying to look due east, sure enough, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River waterway, he saw five three-masted wooden sail boats slowly pressing down, and around the big boats, there were dozens of small fishing boats of one zhang long, like a group of predatory black fish, scurrying around.

"Where, where, Brother Zhang, what is this copper pipe in your hand, can you see far away?" Feng Guoyong couldn't care about being embarrassed anymore, so he came over in a panic and asked for advice loudly.

"Here you go." Zhang Yi shoved his monocular into Feng Guo's hand and explained loudly, "Close your left eye, look with your right eye, clench the hand in the back, pull the hand in front slowly, and stop immediately when you see clearly." ”

"Well, I know, thank you, Brother Zhang, ah,,。" Feng Guoyong had just joined the Huai'an Army yesterday afternoon, and he got on the boat in the evening, and he didn't have time to receive a lot of equipment, so he didn't know anything about the function of the telescope, and he hurriedly adjusted the focus according to Zhang Yi's instructions, and was immediately startled by the big ship that was suddenly pulled in front of him, "Sailor, Meng Yuan's sailor, damn it, they actually took the lead." ”

In order to prevent running aground and losing its way, the whole fleet sailed along the waterway of the Yellow River after leaving Xuzhou, observing the reference objects on the 6 places on the opposite bank and determining its own location.

"As for their few broken ships, they are also worthy of being called sailors." Xu Hongsan, the commander of the pro-corps, didn't know when he walked over, his face was full of disdain, "It's just a few boats transporting grain, and they are not qualified to be targets for us, Feng joined the army, and the lord told you to hurry down and put on armor, and when you start fighting, the bow and arrow don't have long eyes." ”

"We, our ship, are also going to war." Feng Guoyong immediately shuddered again in his heart, and asked in a dumb voice.

'Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is in ashes,' this is the standard strategist image in his heart, let Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms personally put on the battle, do Guan Yu Zhang Fei's work, no matter how you look at it, it is insulting.

"Look at the head of our family, it looks like he is retreating behind." Xu Hongsan glanced at him and reminded him angrily.

"Ahh Feng Guoyong immediately raised his head, and sure enough, he saw that Zhu Chongjiu was serving his own soldiers, wearing plate armor on the outside of his regular clothes.

At this time, he had no hope of hiding behind others and strategizing, so he quickly turned his head and ran towards his staff cabin, with the help of his own soldiers, he finally packed up his belongings, and then returned to the deck with a hard head, the opposite fleet had already come to within a thousand steps, and with the help of the water potential, a standard wild goose formation was discharged, and from the left and right wings, the five warships of the Huai'an Army were firmly stuck in the middle of the Yellow River waterway.

"Damn, I'm still an expert in water warfare." Feng Guo shuddered again in his heart, gritted his teeth and drew his sword in his hand.

"It's the water on the Yellow River." Zhang Yi also beat the small drum in his heart, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, leaning against the side of the parapet and saying, "I just received a recruitment, and I just used it to deal with us." ”

He had only joined the Shogunate a few days earlier than Feng Guoyong, and his understanding of the Huai'an Army was not detailed enough, and when he saw the main battleship of the enemy on the opposite side, which was two sizes larger than the largest soft sailing ship on his side, and came from upstream, he took advantage of the current, and in addition, there were no less than forty small boats around to help, so he instinctively thought that everyone was about to face a bitter battle.

"They, there are more of them than we are." Feng Guoyong went to the battlefield for the first time, he was so nervous that he listened to the scalp bombing, the water battle is not comparable to 6 places, if he loses on 6 places, he can still ride a horse to break through, and if he loses, he can only jump into the river, and he will not even have a tenth chance of survival.

"Let's, we've got a cannon." Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and shouted to himself to be courageous, "A cannon that hits a long distance, Liu Bowen said, at least, can at least hit a mile of land." ”

"They, they have it on the bow of the ship!" Feng Guo exclaimed in a low voice in a hoarse voice, there were five two thousand stone ships on the other side, each ship had a huge cannon on the bow, and in addition, on the deck of each ship, there were also densely packed people, either holding ropes or sharp blades, ready to jump over at any time.

The ships on both sides were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, the distance between each other was shortened to five hundred paces, and the muzzle of the black hole was clearly visible, Feng Guoyong felt that his heart, like crazy, was beating desperately in his chest, his fingers were numb, his legs were weak, and the iron helmet on his head was hot like a steamer.

Looking at Zhang Yi again, his face was also pale, his teeth were clenched, and the long knife in his hand was trembling, and he could hit his feet at any time.

"A group of cannon fodder, two adults don't need to panic, the lord let you stay on the deck, definitely not to send you to death." And Xu Hongsan was really anxious to see it next to him, and couldn't help but remind loudly.

"Let's, let General Xu smile." Zhang Yi and Feng Guoyong's faces instantly turned red, and they bit the tip of their tongues a few times, barely cheering up their spirits, and responded curtly.

"Water warfare is not something that can be fought with artillery." Knowing that it was the first time for the two of them to go into battle, Xu Hongsan continued to smile and comfort, "Although the boat on our side is small, the brothers have trained for at least half a year, and on their side, at most, there is a group of water thieves, plus a few hundred landlubbers, no matter how many boats there are, it is useless." ”

"That's, that's." Zhang Yi grinned lightly and gave Xu Hongsan a smile that was more ugly than crying, "We, our side, are experts in using cannons, they, they are just Dong Shi Xiaofeng." ”

"It's not just Dong Shi's imitation, they are Handan toddlers." Xu Hongsan has been studying a lot recently, and immediately made a more vivid analogy, "Be careful, it's already four hundred steps, it's almost about to start, come here, protect the two adults who joined the army." ”

"Yes." The surrounding guards agreed, surrounded and stepped forward, firmly protecting Zhang Yi and Feng Guoyong in the middle of the crowd.

Xu Hongsan walked along the deck for a small half circle, then turned back, pointed to a few raised wooden railings on the inside of the parapet and said, "Here, the two military adults, when you fight for a while, remember to free one hand to hold the grip on the inside of the parapet, when you fire the cannon, it shakes a lot, be careful of falling." ”

As soon as the words fell, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in my ears, "Boom." Then the deck under his feet leaped upward, and then lowered quickly, shaking the people of the ship to and fro.

Zhang Yi and Feng Guoyong didn't have time to react at all, their bodies were planted outside the ship like a wine barrel, Xu Hong was quick with his three hands, grabbed one of them, and hooked the cable on the deck tightly with his feet, "Be careful, stand firm, if you really can't do it, squat down, there will be a second shot soon." ”

"Boom." As soon as the words fell, there was another thunderclap in the clear sky, and the warship quickly tilted to the left again, and then quickly reset, shaking the two of them dizzy.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." Thunderclaps continued one after another, and the second Arabian dhow, which followed closely behind the flagship, fired two shots, followed by three sentinels, and a total of ten shells hit the surface of the water against the approaching enemy ships, sending the river to the rolling waves.

All of them missed and did not hit the target, but the waves caused by the shells falling into the water directly overturned the two small fishing boats on the right flank of the enemy formation, and the more than 20 officers and men on board all fell into the water, and only after a few breaths did they come out from a little farther away, and their eyes looked at the Huai'an Army fleet that was slowly pressing towards the right flank of their own military formation, and they lost their souls.

In their memory, water warfare has always been about 200 steps with a ballista, within 50 steps with a bow and arrow, two boats approaching with a slapstick, and then jumping, melee, at most supplemented by arson, diving and other strategies, but the latter two are unconventional means, light yì can not be used, like just now, the first way to start with more than 500 steps, but it is the first time in his life to see, in a short period of time, it is impossible to accept its deposit.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." Whether they could accept it or not, the fleet of the Huai'an army, on the way slowly upstream, spewed flames for the second time, the rhythm was very slow, but it made people's hearts beat like thunder in a summer night.

Nine of the ten shells smashed into the Yellow River, making the waves on the river more and more turbulent, but the last one was lucky enough to hit the bow of a boat, and immediately smashed the target into a splash of sawdust, and half of the side of the ship was missing.

"Ah,,。h Dozens of wounded Mengyuan soldiers screamed and fell into the Yellow River, and many more small fishing boats were tossed up and down by the waves, as fragile as fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

"Fire, fire, fire." On the huge boat, someone finally woke up from a dream, shouted and gave orders, and on the flagship, a dozen gunners trembled and put their torches at the cannon on the bow, ignited the fuse, and then quickly pounced on the surrounding cables.

"Boom." The sound of the shelling was louder than that of the Huai'an army, and a huge iron projectile erupted from the black muzzle, flew over a distance of more than 300 steps, and smashed a huge splash on the surface of the river.

The boat that fired the cannon was immediately pushed to a halt in place by the huge recoil, and a series of "squeaks" came out of the deck and the side of the ship at the same time, and the soldiers and sailors on the deck were shaken to the ground, and several landlubbers from the north were thrown directly into the river.

"Fire, fire, fire." The commander of the naval division on the flagship, Zhou Clam, didn't care about the life or death of a few ordinary soldiers, brandished his sword, and ordered loudly.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock." A violent drum beat sounded around him, and in an instant, the order spread throughout the army, and the other three uninjured boats also spewed projectiles one after another, smashing more splashes on the surface of the river, and the white waves were raging.

Dozens of small fishing boats could not even maintain their own stability, and they could not come forward to help at all, so they could only try their best to lean on the wings to avoid capsizing in the channel, and then being crushed to pieces by the warships of both sides, while the artillery of the Huai'an army on the opposite side became more and more frequent, one cannon after another, smashing the front and back of the five boats, smashing the river surface like a boiling pot, surging.

"Boom." A huge pig iron projectile landed near the imitation Arabian dhow, and the water splashed into the air, drenching Zhang Yi, Feng Guoyong and others into chickens.

Originally, there were fifteen or sixteen pounds of chain mail, after being blistered, sticking to the body, the colder and heavier it became, but the two of them did not feel uncomfortable at all, learning from Xu Hongsan's appearance, hooking the rope net on the deck with both feet, pulling the grip on the inside of the parapet with his left hand, raising his weapon with his right hand, and showing off his might at the enemy army who had driven to three hundred steps on the opposite side, "Open the cannon, open the cannon, it's too slow, it's too slow, it's just a bunch of waste, Lao Tzu is standing here, and he has the ability to shoot the cannon."

"Two soldiers be careful, it's a salvo soon." Xu Hongsan was not surprised by the two rookie watches, looked up at the corner flag in the observation basket, and reminded loudly.

"Hey, thank you General Xu." This time, Zhang Yi and Feng Guoyong were both smart, so they hurriedly lowered their bodies and adjusted their center of gravity as much as possible.

"Boom." Almost just when the two of them were ready, the deck of the flagship of the Huai'an Army was raised high to the upper left, pretending that the only two six-pound rifled guns on the starboard side opened fire at the same time, and the black projectile rotated high, cutting through the air, and swooped straight at the boat that had been hit by a cannon just now more than 300 paces away.

The bow of the target on the opposite side was shattered, already in a semi-out state, completely propelled by the current and drifting downstream, so the trajectory was very clear, two highly rotating lead bullets cut through the side at a forty-degree angle, the first shell swept past the deck, bringing up countless broken flesh, and the second shell, but it smashed impartially on the waterline, opening a huge hole in half of the ship's side.

The turbid water of the Yellow River poured in, and in an instant, the injured boat was erected, the broken bow was raised high, and the heavy tail quickly sank into the water.

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