The situation was already very critical, more than 10,000 Qing soldiers followed from both sides of the river, but there was a large group of Qing soldiers in front of them who kept throwing tree trunks and branches into the river. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The two boats at the front of the boat had already reached the area where the Qing soldiers had thrown into the trunk branches of the trees, and not only the trees were blocking the front of the boat, but there were also many branches in the water on the side of the boat, so that the oarsmen could not paddle.

It was less than half a mile away from the canal, and the fleet was forced to stop.

The musketeers on the dozens of boats in front gave up attacking the Qing troops and fired at the Qing soldiers who were throwing trees into the river in front of them.

With the "bang, bang, bang" gunshot, more than ten Qing soldiers in front were shot dead. The others fled the river bank in fright, but after a while, more Qing soldiers poured out, guarded by shield bearers, and continued to throw branches into the river.

In order to enter the canal smoothly, it is necessary to remove the branches from the river in front of you, but this is easier said than done! The soldiers of the Daishan Army are all on the boat, and they can't clean it up at all, even if they can, will the speed of cleaning be faster than the Qing soldiers throwing it into the river?

Moreover, under the desperate flanking attack of the Qing soldiers on both sides of the strait, regardless of the casualties, the soldiers of the Daishan Army could not free up their hands to clean up at all.

There were more and more branches of trees piled up in the river ahead, and all the soldiers of the Daishan Army showed despair on their faces!

It is impossible to enter the canal from the river, so the only thing left is to force the shore from the side, and fight a bloody way from the shore to rush back to Yangzhou.

However, there were nearly 20,000 Qing soldiers on both sides of the strait, seven or eight times the number of the Daishan army, could the Daishan army escape safely from their siege?

Ren Siqi closed his lips tightly, and his heart was in an extremely nervous state. Remorse, fear, despair, all kinds of emotions linger in my heart. The situation in front of me is the most difficult time in this life, and even the despair when I was framed and imprisoned cannot be compared to now.

However, I have overcome so many dangers and difficulties, how can I capsize in this small river! Be calm, be calm, things haven't reached the point of despair yet.

Ren Siqi forced himself to calm down, he was the commander of the first army, and more than 2,000 brothers looked at him again, so he must not panic at this time. Carefully analyzing the situation, it is no longer possible to enter the canal by water, so the only way to abandon the ship and go ashore is to kill the generals by land!

There can be no further hesitation, because as time goes by, more and more Qing soldiers will come from the camp, and the possibility of fleeing here is getting smaller and smaller.

Turning his head and looking at the rear flotilla, he saw that all the soldiers were looking eagerly at him, with determination and fear in their eyes, but more trust in their own commander, believing that they could lead them to defeat the enemy in front of them and fight their way out, just like before!

It must be decided immediately, Ren Siqi raised his hand, and he was about to give the order for all ships to dock.

"Xiucai, look!" Xiong Er, who was holding a giant shield to protect Ren Siqi by his side, suddenly pulled Ren Siqi's arm.

Ren Siqi turned his head in surprise, and saw hundreds of river boats suddenly appearing in the Grand Canal half a mile away. The sun and moon flags fluttered over the ship, and each ship was full of Ming soldiers.

Hundreds of river boats came down the river from the direction of Yangzhou, and arrived in front of them in a blink of an eye.

"Reinforcements are coming!"

"The brothers in the city are here to save us!"

At this moment, all the soldiers of the Daishan Army in the river cheered, and the low morale was shaken again.

Kong Youde looked at the battlefield in front of him lightly, while chatting and laughing with Geng Zhongming. The attacking Ming army had been trapped in the river, like a beast in a trap, with no way to escape. During this period of time, Kong Youde didn't even urge his subordinates to continue the attack, anyway, the Ming army couldn't escape, so it didn't hurt to let them live a little longer. When the soldiers sent back to the battalion retrieve the big guns, they can calmly wipe out this group of Ming troops, which can also reduce the casualties of their subordinates.

However, the sudden appearance of the fleet on the canal surprised Kong Youde, the courage of this group of Ming troops who dared to sneak attack the Qing army camp had already shocked him, how could there be a Ming army that dared to go out of the city to fight against the Qing army?

In addition to being surprised, Kong Youde's reaction was very fast, and half of the soldiers continued to put pressure on the fleet in the river, and sent the other half of his men to rush to the canal half a mile away, so as to block the bank of the canal and prevent the Ming troops on the canal from disembarking.

On the canal, Li Yan stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the west bank without blinking, and at a distance of less than a mile, the 3,000 soldiers led by his lord were blocked by the Qing army.

Since Ren Siqi led the army to set off at the second watch, Li Yanzhi did not close his eyes at all. He has been worried about Ren Siqi's safety.

Attacking the camp of 100,000 Qing troops at night with 3,000 troops, how dare you do it!

From the beginning, Li Yanzhi did not approve of Ren Siqi's personal involvement, but he couldn't convince Ren Siqi. Li Yanzhi naturally knew the significance of winning a battle to hold Yangzhou, and there has always been a lack of people in the Daishan army who can take charge of themselves, so Ren Siqi had to lead the troops in person.

If it were possible, Li Yanzhi would rather go on an adventure for Ren Siqi, but he also knew that he was okay to make plans and strategize, and it was really not that material to lead the troops into battle.

The night was spent in fear, and when it was almost dawn, Li Yanzhi did not dare to wait any longer, and while sending a sentry boat to investigate along the canal, he ordered the whole army to assemble and prepare to go out of the city to respond.

The sky was slightly bright, and Li Yanzhi immediately set off by boat with his troops, except for leaving a thousand infantry in the city to defend the city, all the others boarded the ship. 10,000 soldiers rode more than 400 river boats along the canal north, and when they were halfway there, they heard faint gunfire in the distance.

"Hurry up! Uncle, they're ahead! The oarsmen paddled desperately with the oars in their hands, and the boat raced down the canal, finally catching up when Ren Siqi was waiting for the most dangerous.

"Artillery fire!" Looking at the Qing troops who were swarming half a mile away, trying to prevent them from getting off the ship, Li Yanzhi coldly ordered.

Each boat carried a small cannon, and after receiving Li Yanzhi's order, the gunner immediately lit the fire rope, and in an instant, hundreds of cannons were fired, and dozens of shells fell in front of the rushing Qing army.

Afraid of shooting at the Daishan soldiers in the river by mistake, the gunners calibrated the firing point to the front, not to kill and injure a large number of Qing troops, but to prevent the Qing army from continuing to advance, so as to free up time for the Daishan soldiers on the ship to get off the ship and go ashore.

Seeing the shells bombarding not far ahead, the Qing soldiers who were rushing towards the river bank had to stop, and the power of the salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces was too terrifying.

Finally waited for the sound of artillery to stop, and the Qing soldiers had not run a few steps, and the sound of artillery bombardment came from their ears.

Taking advantage of the artillery to stop the footsteps of the Qing soldiers, groups of Daishan Army infantry quickly disembarked from the boat and lined up in a neat queue on the river bank.

(To be continued.) )