Chapter 238: Water Battle Like a Joke

Due to the continuous rain in recent times, the water level of Gaoyou Lake has risen significantly.

Although it was a good season for fishing and transportation, the arrival of war left the lake without the shadow of the people, and the boats that used to be constantly shuttling were gone. It was getting evening, and a clipper with a long canopy quickly entered a lake by sticking to the southern shore of Gaoyou Lake.

This lake is the entrance of the Qinlan River, there is a village named Dingjiajian on the west bank not far after entering the entrance of the Qinlan River, before the clipper enters the village, a small fishing appears, the people on the boat wave to each other, and then the boat leads the fast boat into the reeds.

At night, the lake slowly became a light mist due to excessive humidity.

The lake at the edge of Dingjiajian Village rippled, and in the dark night, the black shadow on the lake covered the entire lake

The entrance to the Qinlan River was located less than twenty miles from the lake leading to the Baita River, and when the eastern sky turned white, a huge fleet of boats that occupied almost the entire western shore of Gaoyou Lake was revealed.

The Jiannu Naval Army, who was in charge of the vigilance, finally discovered this huge fleet that made people feel undead, and a soldier first shouted: "Enemy attack ~ Enemy attack ~ ~ The Ming army is coming!" ”

This shouting was full of irony, because these soldiers of the Jiannu Navy were still wearing the uniforms of the Ming army.

The warships near the center of the water began to outflank in the northeast, this is the combined forces of Weng Zhiqi and Xu Ziqiang, these ships are warships, there are artillery on board, and most importantly, these ships belong to the largest ships, and there will be no problem in crashing ordinary river boats.

The ships on guard by the enemy began to flee, and here were still about four or five miles from the real position of the enemy naval forces, and the fleet began to accelerate.

Deputy Xiao Dutong is a more particular person, he does not like to sleep on a wet boat, so Deputy Xiao Dutong slept in a village on the shore.

The news came too slowly, and when Deputy Du Xiao got the news and came to the shore like a burning ass, the scene in the lake made him feel hopeless. The entire view was almost entirely filled with enemy ships, and the sound of war drums and shouts of slaughter resounded in the sky.

These so-called sailors were still too weak to be caught off guard, and the sailors of more than 10,000 people had fallen into chaos, and since the lake was full of enemy ships, many boats began to flee in the direction of the Baita River. This chaotic flight caused most of the ships to be clogged up in the lake, and as the enemy ships got closer, the panicked soldiers began to jump ship.

"Fight! Team up! Violators will be killed! ”

Desperately shouting to meet the battle, Xiao and his descendants must fight, because their family is small in the far north. They don't have the capital to escape, even if they die here, they can't be deserters, and the harsh military discipline of the Great Qing Dynasty makes them have no other choice.

It has become a luxury to confront the whole team, and there are many old Han soldiers in the navy to supervise the battle, but unfortunately, there are too few of these people, and there are too many soldiers of the new annexed army, and they can't maintain order at all. In such a chaotic crowd is almost negligible.

This meant that there was no resistance, and the soldiers could only flee for their lives, and as long as the boat could not move, the soldiers would jump into the water. The soldier who jumped into the water was good in water. The direction is very clear, run to the reeds on the shore, as long as you enter the reeds, you can escape for a while.

At this time, Yu Dahu's fleet first came to the vicinity of the lake.

Yu Dahu took the lead. He stood on the first clipper and rushed up quickly, surrounded by a dozen or so soldiers assigned to him by Zhou Huchen; Mortar crew.

Vice President Xiao had already gotten on a trough boat, and there were still people by his side. More than 100 soldiers gathered around him, and these soldiers were his descendants, veterans of the Han Eight Banners.

Yu Dahu's clipper was too small for a huge tanker, and Yu Dahu rushed up like this, of course, behind him and in the waters of the right flank were full of comrades who were catching up.

In addition to the sometimes artillery bombardment in water combat, the most basic method of combat is gang fighting, as for bows and arrows and firearms weapons are also used, but in the boat, these medium and close weapons are often of limited use, so they are not easy to use.

Deputy Dutong Xiao's subordinates can operate the cannon, but it's a pity that it's too late now. In fact, even having time to reload the artillery was just a consolation, because Jiannu's army had actually collapsed without a fight, and the Eight Banners Han army that could really continue to fight would not exceed 2,000 people, and most of these people could not rush over to gather and fight due to the chaos.

Yu Dahu held a clairvoyant mirror in his left hand, and took out a fire gun from his waist with his right hand; Short firecracker.

There is still some distance between the enemy ship, and the people on it are real Jiannu, and their clothes have already explained their identity, and the identity of the leader does not seem to be low.

Yu Dahu's boat slowed down slightly, and the boat behind quickly followed. Then the ships also began to slow down, and the soldiers on them began to busy.

Looking at these foolish Jiannu with some contempt, Yu Dahu raised his hand.

With a bang, Yu Dahu's short gun rang out.

Yu Dahu didn't even look at the enemy, so he quickly put the fire gun back into the leather pocket on his waist, and then squatted down.

Yu Dahu is now fond of firearms, and he is very fond of using a powerful weapon, the mortar.

The deputy commander of Xiao in front of him didn't know Yu Dahu, of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't be polite, as Yu Dahu squatted down together, Deputy Du Xiao flew up on the boat with more than a dozen long black shadows

Soon the sound of artillery stopped.

Xu Ziqiang and Weng Zhiqi's naval warships came, and these huge boats were like a wall that instantly flooded the entire estuary.

"This is a joke of the trolls!"

Yu Dahu sighed and did not forget the instructions that Zhou Huchen specially sent to him: "Surrender!" As long as you disarm and don't kill anyone, remember to let these scraps of wood kneel and raise their hands high! ”

This is the most effective way to defeat the enemy, and although killing is a way to relieve hatred, this method is better. It will undoubtedly break the morale of the enemy army, especially for those newly attached Han troops, and it will definitely be tried and tested.

"Disarm or kill! Whoever kneels and raises his hands will not be killed! ”

The shouts in unison, and the sound of surrender resounded throughout the lake.

The issuance of the surrender order was undoubtedly effective, and there was almost no need to use knives, and most of the new Han troops who did not flee did not need any backbone, and they immediately knelt on the boat. And those who ran to the reeds hesitated, and when they saw that the Ming officers and soldiers on the warship really did not continue to slash, these people decisively turned around

There is no shortage of rebels, these people are those Eight Banners Han Army, said to be the Han Army, in fact, these people are just hanging the name of a Han person, these people's property and family have been closely related to Jiannu for many years, they are already the actual Jiannu. Even if they surrendered, these people could not reintegrate into the Han family, and it was inevitable that they would struggle to the death.

These revolts are just small splashes in the waves, nothing more.

Solve these real slaves, the battle behind can no longer be called a battle, as long as a few important points are held, those routs who fled into the reeds will not last long, and the evil strategy of hunger and environment will make them run out and surrender on their own. As for their ending, Zhou Huchen has already given a position, selecting those who are light and strong to enter the auxiliary barracks, and those with specialties will not let go, such as sailors and gunners and the like can be screened for their own use.

This measure is equivalent to opening up a hole and giving those newly attached troops a way to live, and at the same time, it also means that Zhou Huchen will continue to expand his army, and his army will gradually expand in a step-by-step manner until the army in his hand reaches his intended goal.

The rout and surrender, like a joke, were incredible, Zhou Huchen successfully cut off the waterway of the Jiannu army in this way, and a situation that was extremely favorable to Zhou Huchen was easily formed.

Just a few days after Duoduo's logistics army erected a pontoon bridge on the Baita River, not long after transporting some military supplies, some unfamiliar ships appeared near the pontoon bridge erected on the Baita River (to be continued......