"Boom!"

Lightning and thunder roared, rain covered the four fields, and the heavens and the earth became dark.

All activities on both sides of the war were suspended by the heavy rain.

Including the soldiers brought by Huang Mi to the enemy's back, they also lived in the villagers' homes, and no one could bear the pouring rain.

"It's finally raining."

Zhao Han stood in the tent, watching the rain fall on the ground, and muttered to himself: "This Governor Li, I'm waiting for the rain, what are you waiting for?" ”

In a war in Jiangxi, as long as the forces of both sides have a scale, the real decision is a water war.

The decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang was like this, and so was Wang Yangming's rebellion against King Ning.

Whichever side of the sailors can win, they will be able to occupy the grain routes and the routes of the army. If the sailors are not destroyed, as long as they can still defend the city, the infantry can start again no matter how many battles they lose.

This stems from the special topography of Jiangxi, where the province is full of mountains, and the main cities are located in mountain basins, which are connected by rivers and lakes in all directions.

Although Zhao Han's naval division had more than 10 fewer ships than the officers and soldiers, the number of large ships was far inferior to that of officers and soldiers. However, he has the advantage of topography and occupies the confluence of the two rivers first, and is also in the upper reaches of the Gan River.

Originally, he wanted to lure the officers and sailors through the estuary, and then encircle and strangle them according to the terrain, so that the advantage of the opponent's large ships and large ships could not be brought into play.

Who knew that Wang Siren was not fooled, and never let the sailor cross the estuary for a single step, resulting in a confrontation between the two sides for more than a month.

Then you can only wait for the rain and wait for the Ganjiang River to enter the rising period!

But the weather at the end of the Ming Dynasty is getting more and more strange, this year not only the spring drought is serious, but in the early summer there is no rain, and the summer grain harvest is still not raining.

Finally, the first heavy rain of the year came, and it rained for two days and two nights in a row.

What Zhao Han was thinking about was not the war, but whether the county and town officials and mission groups had actively organized peasant associations to fight floods and rescue people.

……

Before the rain, the officers and troops had successfully crossed the river, and were about to launch an attack on the second day, when they were given a dismount by God that night.

Li Maofang looked at the several cannons in front of him and asked, "Can you still fire the cannons?" ”

The gunner replied: "It sounds, the gunpowder is well stored, and it is not very damp." ”

"Well, there's a reward." Li Maofang praised.

The officers and soldiers had artillery, and there were nine of them.

Six of the cannons were dismantled from Nanchang City and belonged to the old antiques of Zhu Yuanzhang's period. A very primitive copper mortar with a thick caliber, a short barrel, high power and a short firing range.

The other three are Franc cannons, products of King Ning's rebellion. The two doors were built by craftsmen hired by King Ning. One is Wang Yangming's year-old friend Lin Jun, who was cast by Zhishi at home and shipped from Fujian by domestic slaves.

These nine cannons are indescribable, and the six mortars belong to the city defense artillery, which is thick and heavy, and the firing range is close, so they can only wait for the thieves to attack by themselves to achieve the effect of surprise. Although the three Furlong cannons were light and had a long range, they were actually very powerful, and the number of sub-guns was insufficient.

"The officers and soldiers have moved!"

"Let them attack slowly."

More than 10,000 officers and soldiers were dispatched, but Zhao Han stayed in the camp.

Three trenches were dug outside the camp, each leaving a passage that could only allow three infantry to pass through in parallel.

And in the camp, there are also two trenches.

If you can't stick to it, you will drag it out for time, and drag it to Gujian Mountain to lead the sailors to dispatch.

"Look, Headquarters!"

Zhao Han immediately climbed onto the high platform, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't see what the enemy was carrying. It wasn't until more than ten paces beyond the first trench that the officers and men began to assemble the Franc cannon, and he finally understood what it was.

"The whole army retreated into the trenches, and the rattan hand held a shield to protect the top of his head, and those who did not have a shield looked for anything at will." Zhao Han immediately ordered.

Three Fran cannons, soon entered the predetermined location.

But the six mortars moved extremely slowly. Due to the rain, the ground was muddy and potholes, and it was dragged forward by mules and horses, and it didn't go far before it sank into the mud. In the end, it could only be carried by manpower, and it took a long time to finally carry it.

"Fire!"

Nine cannons fired a salvo, and iron bullets, lead bullets, and stone bullets flew together.

Two fell into Zhao Han's camp, smashed into the muddy ground, and stopped after a few jumps. The muddy ground sucked up the kinetic energy of the shells.

Four fell outside the camp, and there was no fart effect.

But there were still three shells, which accurately hit the wall, blasting the wooden wall out of a big hole.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Ruolian dispatched the people to fill the trench outside the camp with soil, and let the artillery continue to aim at the gate of the camp.

It took the officers and men half a day to finally fill in the first trench.

The nine cannons were also fired several rounds, during which there were various dumb fires, and the gunpowder was finally a little damp.

Directly north of the camp, the wall of the wall was knocked down in several places.

Especially those old antique mortars, once they hit the target, they can directly collapse a piece, and this thing itself was used by Zhu Yuanzhang to attack the city.

"Ahh

Half a day later, a shell happened to fall into the trench in the camp, and the first unlucky guy in Zhao Han's army appeared.

It was a stone projectile fired by a mortar cannon, which directly smashed the wooden shield, and then smashed his head away, and the soldier next to him was so frightened that he went limp.

For a whole day, the results of the officers and men were as follows: two trenches outside the anti-thief camp were filled and one anti-thief was killed.

That night, Zhao Han did not lead his troops out to attack at night, because the officers and soldiers must be strictly guarded.

Continued the next day.

"Boom!"

A mortar cannon finally exploded, it was a thing left over from the early Ming Dynasty, and it was of excellent quality if it could be used for more than two hundred years.

It is very likely that it was caused by the improper operation of the gunner, and it is estimated that the gunpowder was accidentally filled with too much.

Li Maofang hurriedly reprimanded: "Don't fill in too much medicine!" ”

"Doodle dada......"

Suddenly, the sound of suona sounded, it was not Zhao Han's side, but the Ming army's sailor was using suona to warn.

Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao" contains: "Where the horn and flute are held, it is to play suona." ”

Wang Siren was on his ship at the moment, and his task was to guard against the anti-thief sailors, and at the same time, if the official army was defeated, he would immediately sail to the river to meet him.

Gu Jianshan led more than 30 large and small warships, coming along the turbulent water after the rising water. Due to the lack of large warships, it was certain that they would lose if they fought hard with the officers and men, but now it was different, and there were several small fishing boats next to each warship.

It was a small sampan that could only take two or three people, but at the moment it was controlled by only one person, and the boat was full of dry wood drenched in grease.

"The whole army retreats!"

Wang Siren's eyes widened, he knew what the thief was going to do. But he is downstream, even if he uses a fireboat to attack, it is the exclusive power of the upstream thief.

One of the key factors in Wang Yangming's defeat of Ning Wang Shuishi was that Wang Yangming occupied the upstream!

In this way, the official and military sailors, who had an absolute advantage in warships and troops, were chased all the way by the anti-thief sailors led by Gu Jianshan. Both sides followed the rapids down to Bailuozhou, where the Huang Mi crossed the river, where the narrowest point of the nearby Gan River was located.

The river here is divided into two by Jiangxinzhou.

After the rising water, the west channel is more than 100 meters wide, and the east river channel is more than 200 meters wide. However, the place where large warships can pass is only forty or fifty meters, and other areas can easily run aground.

Wang Siren took a warship near the ship, and after receiving the military order, he slowed down and concentrated towards the deep water area.

But the official warships that were too far away only cared about moving fast. The small warships passed easily, but the large warships ran aground four in a row, blocking the friendly forces behind them in an instant.

"Ignition!"

The anti-thief sailors on the small sampan first lit the torches, then dragged the ropes and threw the torches into the firewood.

The torch touched the grease and quickly burst into flames.

The sailor drew his knife and cut the rope that bound the sampan, and then climbed the rope himself onto the ship. More than 200 small burning sampans rushed along the turbulent river towards the officers and sailors.

This is also the reason why Zhao Han is waiting for rain, only after a heavy rainstorm, the speed of the water can meet the requirements of the fireship attack. Otherwise, the officers and sailors only need to use a long rod to easily push away the slowly advancing fireboat.

In the narrow part of the river, the large warships of the officers and soldiers were slowing down and converging to pass through the deep water.

This speed difference was enough for the fireships to catch up, and soon several official and military warships were ignited, and the officers and sailors quickly jumped out of boat. However, the speed of the water is too rapid, and even a man with excellent water nature is not easy to swim ashore, and most of them will be drowned by the river.

The official army and sailors were completely chaotic, and Wang Siren couldn't hold it down at all.

The warship, which had already sailed through the narrow river, did not care about the safety of its teammates at all, and fled towards Fengcheng County on its own. The same is true of small warships, fleeing in a swarm, and they have long forgotten where the commander is on the ship.

"Kill!"

Gu Jianshan let his large warship anchor and stopped, and personally led the small warship that was not afraid of running aground, and followed the fireship to kill the enemy.

Of the more than 200 fireboats, many of them hit the shore and capsized, most of them drifted through the shallow water, and only a few dozen of them set fire to six large ships of officers and men.

To tell the truth, as long as the officers and men are not chaotic, only six ships will be ignited, and they will still have an absolute advantage.

But where can there be no chaos?

Half of these officers and soldiers are Poyang Lake bandits who have been recruited!

Gu Jianshan carried the two-handed war sword on his back, stepped on the bow of the small warship, and quickly caught up with a slow-moving enemy ship.

"Flying Hook!"

Dozens of flying claws with ropes ran to the side of the big ship.

Gu Jianshan was about to climb and seize the ship, when suddenly someone from the enemy ship shouted: "But old Gu? ”

"Fan Er?" Gu Jianshan asked.

"I'm Fan Er," the other party shouted, "You go elsewhere to seize the ship, I will kill the ship's master and surrender!" ”

As he spoke, the cargo shouted with a knife: "Brother of Poyang Lake, follow me to kill the officers and soldiers!" ”

For a while, the water bandits in Zhao'an turned around and slashed and killed the regular officers and soldiers, and soon cut off the head of a water division general.

Gu Jianshan quickly looked for the next target, and the small warship he was riding on was very flexible, and the 400 large ships of the officers and men became completely prey.

"Sprinkle lime!"

Just as Gu Jianshan led his troops to climb, the enemy ship threw lime from above.

Fortunately, Gu Jianshan had already taken precautions, and all the sailors were covered with gauze, even their eyes were covered with gauze. Although the line of sight is not very good, it can reduce the influence of lime as much as possible.

"Falling rocks!"

The head-sized stone was smashed down from the big ship by the officers and soldiers, and several anti-thieves were smashed down in an instant.

"Cut the rope!"

The ropes of the flying claws were cut more than thirty in succession, and the anti-thief sailors fell one after another.

However, six small warships besieged this large warship, and the officers and men on board took care of one or the other.

With the strength of his arms alone, Gu Jian Shan quickly climbed up and stabbed a spear in his face. Gu Jianshan dodged in the air, grabbed the barrel of the gun, and directly pulled the officers and soldiers down.

This guy quickly flipped into the side of the ship, and before he could step on the deck, he had already drawn his sword and slashed an officer and soldier in the air.

Due to the rush of Gujian Mountain, more and more anti-thief sailors climbed up, and the officers and soldiers knelt down and surrendered one after another.

"Full speed ahead!"

After seizing the ship, Gu Jianshan drove the big ship and rushed towards the officers and sailors in front.

Over there in the camp.

When Gu Jian Mountain was raided, Zhao Han laughed, if it weren't for the fact that God hadn't rained all the time, this water war would have broken out a long time ago.

On the side of the officers and soldiers, on the contrary, seeing that their sailors were retreating, Li Maofang and Li Ruolian hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the troops.

"Kill!"

Zhao Han climbed out of the trench and directly ordered to blow the trumpet.

If he hadn't wanted to defeat the officers and soldiers, Zhao Han would have gone out to fight a long time ago!