Chen Yexian, the guard general of Mengyuanchao County, was originally a water bandit on the Yangtze River, since returning to the imperial court, because of his meritorious service in strangling the Red Turban Army, he was just named the water army of ten thousand households by the imperial court, and now he is supervising Chao County. Standing on the head of the brightly lit city, he looked at the craftsmen who built boats overnight by the lake, and he was full of ambition.

If people are lucky, they can pick up dog's head gold in the thatched pit when they go to the latrine.

Chen Yexian did not pick up the dog's head gold, and the Qingfeng Red Turban Army marched south, and did not attack Chao County, which was defended by more than 10,000 people, but the troops were under Hanshan City, which was heavily defended, which is where Chen Yexian thought he was lucky.

60,000 officers and troops against 30,000 red turban troops, the outcome is obviously opinionated, without him Chen is also nothing, looking at this momentum, his navy does not have much room for promotion, all he can do is to hold Chao County, concentrate on building a big boat, and then go down to the lake to catch Li Patou, the Yu family father and son and Liao Yongan brothers, if this matter is successful, the court will also give him a promotion.

He didn't think about Daru Huachi, he was not qualified to be an official, maybe he could be like the Han Li Siqi, be a prefect or something, even if it was a 'glorious ancestor'.

"It's on fire!" There was a commotion among the sailors outside the city.

Chen Yexian's navy had more than 1,000 boats, but they were also small boats from the Yangtze River to the Yuxi River, so he moored the boats in the lake near the city, leaving only 2,000 defenders to defend the dockyard from the water.

Chaohu Shuixiong does not have big boats, as long as ten or eight big boats are built, Chen Yexian's navy has an absolute advantage over Chaohu Shuixiong.

Chen also followed the prestige first, and a few sparks flashed on the dark water army camp, and he was furious in his heart: "Which soldier who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, plays with fire at night and causes a fire?" He was about to send someone down to check on the lake, and suddenly he saw that the lake was brightly lit.

Seven or eight hundred small and medium-sized boats, full of 'water bandits' with red scarves on their heads, and rockets (feathered arrows with cotton tied to the arrows) shot at his navy, but the navy was suddenly attacked, and the soldiers were in chaos, and many people were shot down by the rockets on the boats and fell into the water, and the 'thieves' shouted and divided into three teams, and killed their own sailors with great vigour.

On the big boat on the left, a Hu general in his sixties, with a sword in his waist, followed by three or four men with sabers at his waist, it was one or two hundred ships led by the Yu family's father and son.

On the big boat on the right, a mighty general, holding an iron spear in the water, accompanied by a young man who looked like a literati, killed from the right side. It was the brothers Liao Yongzhong and Liao Yongan, followed by one or two hundred small boats.

The Chinese army, a mighty man, dressed in white, with the word 'Tianwan' written on the banner, was the Chinese army led by Li Pusheng, followed by three or four hundred ships.

Chen Yexian was not a fool, this formation was a sneak attack by Chaohu Shuixiong, he was shocked at first, and then ecstatic in his heart. "Command the naval army in the city, go out of the city and kill the enemy!"

I was about to go to the lake to find out their whereabouts, but I didn't think that I would send them to the door.

The city gate of Chaoxian squeaked open, and a large number of troops rushed out of the city gate, and there was an earth-shattering sound in front of them.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

Five fires flashed in the darkness, and then, huge lead pellets flew out of thin air, smashing the militia under the city gate into a blur of flesh and blood. One of the lead pellets was hitting the middle of the army out of the city, and the lead bullets flew into the city along the city gate, I don't know how far it flew out, and the queue out of the city was plowed out of a bloody ditch.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

Another round of artillery attacked, and the troops out of the city could no longer withstand such a blow, and ran into the city one after another, and the flesh and blood were already blurred under the city gates.

In the darkness, four or five thousand torches flashed out of the ground, and all the way to the infantry, it was the five thousand spear army led by Mao Gui, who hibernated outside the city at some point, shouting.

Mao Gui led the army from Liuhe to support the Qingfeng army to attack Hezhou, only brought 3,000 elite long thousand troops, Qingfeng military governor Hao 13 suspected that he had few soldiers, and deliberately wanted to win him over, from the 30,000 troops brought back by Fu Youde, 2,000 were selected into his army, and Mao Gui's spear army had 5,000 people.

Chen Yexian didn't know how many enemy troops came in the night, looking at this formation, it was definitely not the strength of Chaohu Shuixiong, where did he dare to go out of the city to rescue the water army? I had to close the city gate tightly, shoot with a strong bow and crossbow, and prevent Mao Gui's pikemen from approaching the city gate, and watched as most of the ships on the water were burned, and a small number were captured by the Red Turban Army.

Mao Gui was not in a hurry to attack the city, but just used the ten three-pounder cannons given to him by Hao 13, divided into two batches, and took turns to attack the city gate and the city wall.

Chen had also seen artillery first, but had never seen such a powerful artillery, seeing that the city gate was smashed, and the knife cart that pushed up was also smashed, so he had to use a cloth bag to block one side of the city gate.

"My lord, we will block the city gate, how can we get out of the city and destroy the enemy?" Chen Yexian's adviser Zhang San admonished.

"Still going out of the city to break the enemy? Looking at the formation, it is a blessing to be able to hold the city and keep your head! Chen Ye snorted first.

"My lord, since the enemy army is besieging the city, why don't we go to Hezhou and ask for help from Lord Timur in Pingzhang?" Zhang Sandao.

"That's right!" Chen Ye patted his head first, and suddenly remembered that he was already an official of the imperial court, and he was not fighting alone, but he also had a backer behind him: "Please Mr. Zhang take my letter and go to Hezhou to find Lord Timur for help." ”

Chen also sent a letter overnight, sending Zhang San and seven or eight others out of the city, and went to Hezhou overnight to move rescue soldiers.

Chen Yexian stayed awake all night, the deafening sound of cannons rang all night, first the west gate was broken, and then the north gate was also broken, Chen Yexian was also a smart person, and said in his heart: Anyway, you are also going to hit the city gate, simply, I will block all four gates.

The next morning, Chen Yexian realized how wise his decision was.

The Mao Guibu of the Red Turban Army has already joined up with Li Patou's Chaohu Shuixiong and set up a combined water and land military camp by Chaohu Lake. The barracks were half on the road and half on the water, and the navy and the army could coordinate with each other.

Chen Yexian now wants to go out of the city and retreat from the enemy, it is no longer possible. The Red Turban soldiers had more heads than themselves, and they had already set up a strong camp, and they couldn't beat them.

Chen Yexian also had remorse, he regretted that he should not have built a ship by the water of Chaohu Lake, and now the two big ships that had just been built were supposed to choose one as their flagship, but now, they were dragged into the water by the Red Turban Army and became their trophies.

In particular, the remaining timber from the shipbuilding on the shore of Chaohu Lake has become the material for Mao Gui to build siege equipment.

Seeing that the siege ladders were built one by one, Chen also burned them all five first: Lord Timur first, your reinforcements are coming soon.