Haicang Town Ferry.

The Manchurian leader Ba Lanqi and the Mongolian Ezhen Alan Chai were across the river, but they watched the sailors of the Ming army unscrupulously shelling the pontoon bridge that Tong Tulai had worked so hard to build, and wanted to cry without tears.

They really didn't know how to deal with the Ming army fleet that was close in front of them and close to the end of the world.

It turned out that after Li Rui and Su Guodong's fleet arrived at Haicang Island, they transferred several small boats into the mouth of the Jiaolai River to inquire about the movements of the Qing army.

Yesterday, the cannon at the ferry in Haicang Town rang out for a long time, and naturally it could not hide the sentinel ship of the Dengzhou Naval Division.

After receiving the news that the main force of the Qing army had crossed the Jiaolai River, Li Rui discussed with Su Guodong about destroying the pontoon bridge of the Qing army.

Considering that the channel of the Jiaolai River is not too wide, and it is the middle of winter, the water level is not high, and the Fu boat and Haicang boat will definitely not be able to enter the inland river.

Therefore, Su Guodong decided to form a fleet of more than 20 sand boats, four ships and dozens of small sentinel boats to enter the Jiaolai River.

Su Guodong's arrangement was well considered, the hull of the ship was covered with cowhide, and the protection was strong, so it was naturally not safe for the Qing army's archers and firecrackers to shoot, and it was best to use it to destroy the Qing army's pontoon bridge.

As for the use of sand boats as the main ships, it is naturally because the sand boats have a flat bottom, a wide hull, and a shallow draft, so it is not easy to run aground when driving on inland rivers.

In order to ensure that there was enough firepower to support this operation, Su Guodong ordered someone to disassemble the Franc machine on the Fu ship and the Haicang ship and equip them on the sand boat respectively.

The Franc cannon was originally transmitted to the Ming Dynasty by the Portuguese in Macao, and the performance of this artillery was much better than that of the Ming army, mainly reflected in the fast rate of fire.

Because this Fran cannon is a serial cannon, if the sub-cannon is ready, twenty breaths can shoot three cannons.

The second is that the continuous attack time is much longer than that of the Ming army's artillery, because the Franc cannon is a rear-loading gun, which communicates front and rear and is easy to dissipate heat.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, due to technical reasons, the airtightness of the Franc cannon is not as good as the front-loading cannon of the Ming Dynasty, so whether it is the range or the power, it is not as good as the general cannon and the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty.

However, because this cannon was relatively lightweight, the imperial court also purchased and copied some of it, mainly for sailors.

Considering the speed of the soldiers, after deploying the Francophone to the sand boat, Li Rui and Su Guodong ordered the fleet to set sail and approach the ferry port of Haicang Town.

Baranch and Alan Chai are naturally not easy to match, although they are in the rear, they know the importance of the pontoon.

For the sake of safety, they divided the three Niu Lu Manchu Mongolian cavalry into two and stationed them on both sides of the Jiaolai River, and also sent sentinel cavalry, so that they could dispatch left and right and prevent the Ming army from sneaking attack.

In their opinion, there are more than 1,000 Manchurian soldiers, and there is no risk that any thieves will dare to sneak attack.

However, they could guard against possible sneak attacks on the east and west banks of the Jiaolai River, but they couldn't guard against the Jingbei Army sailors who killed them from the sea.

Before the end of the day, Li Rui and Su Guodong led the newly reorganized sailors from the mouth of the Jiaolai River to the ferry of Haicang Town.

The naval division of the Jingbei Army, with sand boats as the main force, did not worry about the problem of running aground at all, and went all the way upstream.

"What's that! They are playing the banner of the Ming Kingdom, not good, they are the sailors of the Ming thief, go and report to Lord Zuoling! ”

Dozens of large and small warships marched towards the ferry port of Haicang Town, which was not earth-shattering, but it also frightened the sentinels of the Qing army.

Baranch and Alan Chai were moved by the news, and after receiving the news, they led a large group of cavalry to rush to the embankment of the Jiaolai River.

"This?"

They were greeted by a myriad of sails.

Alan Chai was completely shocked, he had never seen such a huge fleet from Mongolia.

Ba Lanqi was stunned, in Liaodong, the red flag has been stationed in southern Liaoning, as the old man with the red flag, Ba Lanqi once fought with the sailors of Dongjiang Town in Lushun and Gaizhou.

In order to prevent the harassment of the sailors, the Qing army even abandoned the coastal cities such as Gaizhou and Haizhou, and only when the winter was frozen, it would launch an offensive against the Dongjiang army stationed on the island with the help of ice.

"Hurry up and attack their fleet, get ready to shoot arrows, shoot rockets!"

After a brief moment of shock, Barranch reacted quickly, and was the only way they could attack the Ming fleet.

The Manchurian soldiers, who had received the order, rode their horses and took off their longbows from their backs and galloped in the direction from which the convoy had come.

As soon as the Manchurian soldiers moved, Alan Chai on the east bank of the Jiaolai River also reacted and also gave the order for the Mongol soldiers to attack.

"Fire, fire, fire!"

After resting on Haicang Island for a few days, and now it is inland river sailing again, Li Rui's body has recovered.

While seeing the cavalry of the Qing army, Li Rui also gave the order to attack.

Su Guodong sounded the flag at the right time, the gunners on the sand boat in the front row quickly adjusted the gun position, several artillerymen lit the fuse at the same time, and the sailors on the ship also lowered the sails in time.

The firing range of the Fran cannon was three miles, and the effective killing distance was also two miles, coupled with the fast rate of fire, the Manchurian cavalry galloping at a gallop did not have time to react, and was baptized by artillery fire.

Iron balls kept smashing into the ranks of the Manchurian cavalry galloping on both sides, and from time to time someone was hit by a cannon, fell off his horse, and then was trampled to death by the cavalry who followed closely.

According to the command of the flag, the artillery in the rear row also joined the sequence of attacks.

More than 50 Franc machines poured more than 150 cannons on both sides of the bank in about 30 breaths.

That is, with these dozens of breaths, seventy or eighty Manchu Mongolian cavalry died on the ground.

"Disperse, disperse and charge forward!"

Barranch shouted frantically, and in the face of the Ming army's artillery fire, he could only choose to scatter the cavalry, which was also the only way to deal with the artillery.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The Manchurian cavalry had to brave the artillery fire to advance, even if the companions around them kept falling off their horses, they had to charge forward, Prince Cheng was still in Laizhou, and no one could bear the consequences of losing the Red Banner Master of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's close, it's close! Ignition, Shoot! ”

The Manchurian cavalry, who had finally rushed to the front of the fleet, took out the prepared rockets from their quivers one by one and set the pine resin on the tail foil.

"Hundreds of guns and bowls, the crossbow machine is ready, and the Franc machine does not stop."

Su Guodong is not afraid of the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry on both sides of the strait, no matter how good your Manchurian cavalry is, you can still run to the water and cut Lao Tzu.

The Baizi Gun is a light loose cannon, the effect is similar to the Tiger Squat Cannon, the bowl mouth gun, as the name suggests, is a gun with a bowl mouth and a gun, both of which are sharp weapons for close attack.

At the same time as the Qing army was reining in the horse and lighting the fire, the officers and soldiers of the sailors who were hiding behind the sand boat bars lit the fire in their hands one after another.

Countless cannons the size of copper coins poured out, and the Manmeng soldier who had just put the rocket on the bowstring was suddenly enveloped by a barrage.

The Manchurian soldiers in double armor were fine, after all, they were protected by armor, and although some were injured, not many died.

But dozens of their horses fell under this dense blow, and those who were wounded and did not die turned their heads and galloped lifelessly because of the pain, and the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who were about to shoot arrows were in confusion.