Lu Yi from Nanjing stood at the head of the west wall of the city, looking at the surface of the Huai River, and suddenly saw a slight wave flickering in the distance. Lu Yi smiled, he really guessed correctly, and everything went according to the plan.

There are nearly a thousand small boats on the river, they move very lightly and slowly, for fear of making a little movement, the rowers are all masters of playing in the water, lurking and playing with the hull, so that the water does not make too loud sound of breaking water. All the soldiers were half-squatting on the boat, dressed in light gray night clothes, and even the boat was decorated with dark green colors, as if they were integrated with the Huai River.

The first ships had boarded, and they began to busily search for hiding places, as well as steel-framed forts for a moment of forcible siege. I have to say that the Zhao family's hand is indeed clever, and a few days of siege are enough to confuse the opponent, so that the opponent will arrange his troops on the three sides of the land to receive the attack. On the Huai River and the Yangtze River, it was as if the Zhao family was inherently weak and could not cross the river, and they simply gave up the attack.

The soldiers did not get tired of deceit, of course they did not give up, taking advantage of the night, they made a small boat that had been prepared a long time ago, and did not attack with a big boat, because they knew that there were many huge city defense guns on the head of Nanjing, which was newly built by Lu Yi, and it was full of power, and once the fire hit the big ship, it would be a ship destruction and death. Moreover, the hull is large, and it is inevitable to make a noise, and when the time comes, the Lu family will attack in advance once they find out.

Now Tongguò Xiaozhou pressed the troops to the city and launched a surprise attack, and the city defense artillery was difficult to shoot at the bottom angle, so I have to say that the Zhao family used this plan well. I also have to praise them for the cleverness of the all-round play they want. These boats were all built secretly by the surrounding fishermen, and some of them were even outdated, but the Zhao family's secrecy work was really good. Doing it under the noses of the enemy can be described as unaware. It's a pity that their enemy is not someone else, but Lu Yi. Although Lu Yi didn't know what way the enemy would sneak attack, he expected that this was the key, so he was fully prepared.

When the first boats reached the shore and the last row rowed into the river, the walls were lit up and all sorts of incendiary objects were thrown down the walls. In an instant, it illuminated the river and the city.

Artillery fire also sounded at this time, and thirty-six river defense guns and ten city defense guns launched an attack at this time. Lu Yi had already quietly deployed some artillery fire on the other city walls, because tonight the riverside was the main battlefield. The artillery fire was trained into pieces, and the river was even denser with ships, and there was no need to aim at all. Set the distance, and the aimless involvement will definitely hit it.

The shortcomings of the flat boat were also exposed. Because there were many people and the boat was small, there were people on the boat, and there was no place to hide, and generally one cannonball passed, and two or three people on the boat were all wiped out. There were a total of forty-six guns, of which twenty-four were rear-filled guns, and even the breech was loaded with the proportional gunpowder prepared earlier, so the design was very fast, and even the dry cloth and vinegar for wiping the barrel were prepared in advance. About the time of a cup of tea. A cannon could shoot four shells, a speed second only to that of a hundred elite soldiers at the time. But it's also the second fastest speed.

At this time, if the Zhao family's army that crossed the river and attacked retreated again, it would inevitably suffer a second round of blows, and it would not cause damage to the enemy at all, and most of the number of people could be killed. So the commander of the Zhao family decided to attack the city head-on, and commanded the soldiers who fell into the water to swim across the river.

The Lu family's continuous artillery fire and firecrackers and crossbows were overwhelming, instantly crushing the last glimmer of hope for the soldiers of the Zhao family crossing the river, and the commander was also stunned. They didn't understand what went wrong to cause such a tragedy, a well-planned battle was over before it began, and most of the dead and wounded of his men were no longer able to attack.

So they chose to withdraw their troops, the boats have been destroyed a lot, and they are afraid that they will face the baptism of artillery fire when they cross the river by boat, so the commander of the Zhao family decided to let the soldiers swim back to the opposite bank, some of them have not yet swam to the shore, and when they heard this order, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around and swam towards the opposite bank. Most of these people are good at making tides in the sea, not to mention the rivers, but the water potential of the sea swimming and the river is different, and the method of borrowing force is also different.

At this moment, the city gate was opened, and a group of people rushed out from inside, and the expressions of the group of people were exaggerated, and their faces were excited, as if they had been deflated for a long time and finally vented. They are Han Sufa's subordinates, most of them are water thieves from Taihu Lake Water Village and the surrounding lakes, although the battles on the road in the past few months have been more victorious and less defeated, but they are not as free and easy as those who come from the lakes and rivers. Now rushing into the water is like a fish in water, and that is called a pleasure.

Originally, the tide masters in the sea were not the opponents of the white stripes in the rivers and lakes, and they were stunned before, and they were exhausted by fleeing back and forth, and their momentum was not good, so they fell behind as soon as they came into contact with Han Sufa. Han Sufa personally led his troops into the ranks of the enemy and tortured the enemy in the water.

There were 20,000 people sent by the Zhao family to attack this time, but only more than 3,000 people returned alive, and the rest were smashed by artillery fire or killed by Taihu heroes and buried in the belly of the fish. The surface of the river was dyed a blood-red color, with a smell of blood, and the battle was quickly over, while the other three sides attacked at the same time, wanting to cooperate with the sneak attack on the river bank. Lu Yi informed the generals of all parties in advance not to slack off, and they naturally did not succeed in capturing the city. Outside the city, Zhao Ling didn't understand why there was no news of the ninja army he sent into the city, and why the army that was smuggling on the river to attack the other side did not attract troops, what was going on.

When Zhao Ling saw the commander of the sailor with a bloody sound, and saw Zhao Yilang, who was seriously injured and unconscious, the answer was solved. It turned out that Lu Yi had expected this for a long time, and it seemed that he had lost completely this time.

On the second day, the Zhao family sent a team of envoys to the city of Nanjing to ask for negotiations, but they were greeted no longer by the wide open city gates and corresponding conversations, but by cold arrows and threatening words. Zhao Ling's face was pale, and he was suddenly in a dilemma, did he really choose the wrong one, and was injured by him while he couldn't rob while he was fired, but after hearing some news of the war from Shandong, and the news that Beijing and Shuntianfu had changed hands, Zhao Ling fell into despair and couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

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The cost of fighting a war is huge, so the monarchs of all dynasties want peace in the world, which is one of the important reasons. In the end, it is inevitable that war will be fed by war, and even if victory is achieved, it will also damage the people's hearts and minds.

Therefore, it is usually necessary to fight foreign wars when the country is rich and the people are strong, unless it has to be fought, otherwise it will not be able to escape such a law. Although Lu Bing's Shandong Empire rose for a short time, but the accumulation of funds was large, Lu Bing relied on Shandong and the southern business opened up later to make a lot of money over the years, using the political advantage of the Shen family, Lu Bing can break some rules in the shopping mall and innovate. Now, the Shen family has been defeated, and Lu Bing can be called the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, as soon as the war started, the increase in various expenditures still made Lu Bing a little unbearable. Although the soldiers are those soldiers, and the salaries are mostly balanced, and there is only a slight increase after the start of the war, these subsidies are not a small amount when multiplied by a huge base. Moreover, once there are casualties, Lu Jiajun also has funeral expenses, and the medicinal materials needed to treat soldiers also have to spend money. These are astronomical figures, the Lu family army has a small number, but its combat effectiveness is strong, among which the military salary of a hundred refined elite soldiers is the highest, and the cost on them alone is far higher than the sum of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, as soon as the war began, there must be a team dedicated to transporting grain and grass, and the grain and grass carried by the combat troops with the army could only be used as weekday rations, so in order to be in danger, it was necessary to be fully prepared. After a long journey, not to mention people, the horses that transport grain, grass and equipment have to eat more, and one person eats more than one bite, what about 100,000 people, 300,000 people? Therefore, money is a lot of money, and a small change in the army is no longer a trivial matter once it faces a huge base. Lu Bing initially wanted to use air transportation, hot air balloons, which have fewer operators and do not need to consume rations, but considering that the accuracy of the airdrop is poor, it is easy to damage items, the technology is not perfect, the visibility is poor, it is easy to expose the army targets below, and the requirements for factors such as terrain, weather, and wind direction are too high, so it is temporarily stranded.

But Shen's arrival has solved part of the problem, and she has built these resources to be replenished from overseas. Let a large amount of silver from South American silver mines, as well as corn and other food crops, enter Shandong to prepare supplies for the war. So after Lu Yi conquered Ninghu, Shen Yew and Duan Qingfeng got a large number of ships from here when they went to the Ryukyus, and the water potential force anchored in Shandong was commanded by Meng Lin. With Shen Yeshan's leading route, their speed has become faster, and it takes an average of five months to go back and forth. provided the Lu family army with silver, grain and other things, so that Lu Bing no longer had to worry about military salaries, grain and grass.

There is food at home and there is no panic, Lu Bing calmly coped with the war, won one after another, and is marching towards the king of the world. (To be continued......)