Soon after, the Yin Man's strange ship with wheels like waterwheels on both sides of the hull was said to be able to turn on its own without human feet.

He fled quickly towards the upper reaches of the Pearl River, and disappeared after a short time.

It also made everything here calm again.

Lord Shadow Rider also shouted at everyone to rest quickly; It's just that everyone knows that when this strange ship escapes back, more big ships of yin people and ghosts will really come.

How can you sleep in such a situation?

Everyone was lying on the mat, but it was dawn.

Since last night, all the food and drink have been specially delivered to the hill; So when the sky was just bright, Fat Tsai Kun took five or six people up the hill.

Fat Tsai Kun, who is twenty-seven or eighteen years old this year, with five or six sisters-in-law and aunts from nearby villages, is responsible for cooking for everyone on the hill.

It is said that he is a big stove master in the back kitchen of a restaurant in Yangcheng, and his skills are quite good.

For example, this morning, the breakfast he prepared for everyone was roast duck noodles; When the soup is sucked up, the creamy noodles are so delicious that you can swallow your tongue.

After adding the fatty roast duck on top, it is even more delicious.

If it is changed to usual, if he doesn't kill five or six bowls in one go, he Huang Acan has no ability.

But today, when I think about the cannon battle with the yin man and ghost guy in I don't know how long it will take, the delicious noodles don't taste good after eating them in my mouth.

Don't say five or six bowls, even one bowl in your hand is enough to choke.

In fact, it's not just him, except for the shadow rider of the Xuange camp, who is holding a basin bigger than a human head, and 'whoosh~' is eating the noodles.

The rest of the people, like Huang Acan, all looked like they couldn't swallow.

So much so that a lot of bonsai noodles and roast duck were placed in front of everyone and could be added at will, but no one took the initiative to step forward.

Seeing this, Fat Boy Kun, who had a fat and white figure, stood up and shouted loudly:

"Everyone eat, eat more, if you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to fight ghosts."

As he spoke, he picked up a pot with roast duck and began to take the initiative to add spoonfuls of roast duck meat to everyone's bowl, and Huang Ashan's bowl was also added with a duck leg of the boss.

It's a pity that in the face of duck legs with golden skin, Huang Acan really has no appetite.

The others looked at the roast duck head in the bowl, and they also frowned slightly, and no one ate it in a big gulp.

Seeing this, the fat boy Kun said to himself like a classmate chatting: "My fat boy Kun was originally from Guancheng, and he followed his second uncle to the provincial capital at the age of twelve.

After the second uncle entrusted a lot of favors, he entered a restaurant to learn to cook.

In the first five years, I washed and cut vegetables, helped the master wash clothes and take care of the children in my spare time, and there was no salary at all, and the master was either beaten or scolded for any trivial matter.

In order to learn a craft to make a living, I still endured it.

After five years, the master was finally willing to teach me some skills and let me fry some unimportant side dishes on the stove; This period of time finally paid for a while, but it was not much.

After another three years, he finally became the second stove in the back kitchen, and the salary was considered a normal level in Yangcheng.

Four years ago, I became the big stove in the store with my craftsmanship; It's not bragging, that salary is not low in Yangcheng.

Relying on this salary, I said a daughter-in-law in the countryside, and also brought my parents, who had been farming all their lives, into Yangcheng to enjoy happiness.

In the second year of marriage, he gave birth to an eldest son, seven pounds and six taels, but he was a big fat boy.

In the third year, he gave birth to a second son, seven pounds and eight taels, two taels heavier than the eldest one; A few months ago, my wife was pregnant with the third child again.

Everything in the provincial capital is expensive, a family of six, no! Immediately, there are seven people living in the provincial capital, but it is a little difficult to rely on my salary; But when I think of being a family together, I have endless strength every day~"

When he said this, Fat Zikun showed a faint smile on his face.

And Huang Acan, Bucktooth Qiang, Slug, and even on the hill, all the old Guang who signed up for the cannon had the same smile on their faces.

The reason is very simple, relying on his own hands and hard-working hard work, he finally married a wife and had children, so that the family could live a good life.

The above kind of thing can be said to perfectly satisfy the aesthetics and cognition in everyone's hearts.

In Fei Zikun's narration, they felt empathy and felt heartfelt joy for his achievements.

But I don't know what Fat Tsaikun thought, and his eyes turned red in a blink of an eye; The voice that originally sounded warm in his mouth was inexplicably cold and painful:

"But on the day of the mangzhong, I was in the shop.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of thunder, and when I heard it clearly, it was coming from the sand noodles where our family was renting, I threw down my spatula and ran back.

When I ran back, the sand I had lived in for several years had become unrecognizable, all the houses had collapsed, and there were dead people everywhere.

In the midst of the ruins, after finding out where my home was, I dug it up with my hands and soon after.

But when the family dug it up, they all died.

When I went out in the morning, they also asked me to come back early in the evening, because today is my old bean's birthday; But it's only been half a year, and I'm the only one left in the whole family in this world.

Later, I was stupid all day, but fortunately, the benevolence of the owner and the righteousness of the brothers in the back kitchen helped my family to settle outside the city.

The master even asked me to recuperate at his house for a while.

But on the second day, the yin people and ghosts continued to shoot and blew up the restaurant where I had been doing things for more than ten years; The husband and wife of the owner, who were reluctant to hide back in the countryside, were buried directly under the rubble.

So, my family is gone, and my livelihood is gone.

hated those yin people and ghosts, and longed to eat their flesh and drink their blood; It's just that I don't know anything, so I know a little cooking, so I can only cook something delicious for everyone, and I have the strength to fight ghosts after I'm full.

The ingredients for today's meal of noodles were purchased by my fat boy Kun with the last bit of silver on his body.

I just ask that after you brothers eat well, you can sell more strength when you fight, and Fat Tsai Kun is here to thank you on behalf of our family. ”

After saying this, Fat Tsaikun knelt on the ground like a gold mountain and a jade pillar in front of Huang Acan and others, and solemnly kowtowed.

Where did Huang Acan dare to receive such a big gift, he hurriedly bounced up from the ground and stepped forward to support the other party.

It was also at this moment that Huang Ashan, who was just a farmer in the countryside of Shunde before, felt that things like war and family ruin were so close to him.

Because the victim is no longer limited to the poor people who are rumored, but also someone next to him, maybe when it will be his turn.

At the same time, in my heart, I also have a huge doubt:

"When I was in the private school, Mr. said that we came to the dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, but the dignified Heavenly Empire, how could we be so embarrassed in front of the Yin people and ghosts."

On this point, this young farmer in the countryside naturally couldn't think clearly.

Fortunately, there are other things that he can think through and make decisions that are good enough.

For example, he and others helped Fat Tsai Kun up from the ground with eight hands and feet; After taking a big bite, he tore off a large piece of duck leg meat and swallowed it in his stomach.

After that, he said loudly in his mouth: "This duck leg is so beautiful, after eating, it is enough to risk your life to set off a cannon to blow up the ghost guy." ”

"Yes, this noodles are also delicious, but you have to eat a few more bowls to have the strength to fight ghosts~" The bucktooth next to him was strong, and he also echoed a sentence.

Then he took a big gulp of the noodles in the bowl, and after eating a few bites, he filled a large bowl with soup and water.

In short, when the Yin army fleet in Baietan, a group of Yin sailors were eating breakfast before departure.

Dozens of miles away from them, after Huang Ashan ate three bowls of noodles in one go, the fear and uneasiness in his heart before the war magically disappeared.

And the noodles and roast duck that were eaten in the end show that there is definitely more than Huang Ashan who has such a situation......

*******

About noon, two or three quarters of an hour away, the fleet of the Yin Devils appeared.

This is also the first time that Huang Ashan, a mud leg from the countryside of Shunde, has seen the true appearance of the legendary Yin man warship.

Even before that, he had heard from many people that the ship of the Ghost Guy was very big.

However, after getting used to seeing Daqing's fishing boats and small cargo boats, I suddenly saw such a length of more than 50 meters and a width of more than 10 meters, exposing several layers of the water.

Especially with the addition of those high masts and a large number of sails, the battleships were like hills.

At that time, the whole person was lying in the gun emplacement, which was covered by branches and weeds, and Huang Ashan immediately gasped in his mouth.

Fortunately, what I have in my heart is not fear, but I am worried that such a big ship will not be able to be broken.

Then, he turned his head to look at the shadow rider who was only a few cannon positions away from them, still lying there motionless, without the slightest gesture of beckoning everyone to fire the cannon.

The cannons on the left and right sides of the hill and on the opposite bank now have no intention of firing.

For this reason, he could only silently curse the sentence 'Hit the street', and continued to wait with the urge to immediately ignite the cannon in his heart.

In a tense atmosphere that made people feel dead silent, the yin man and ghost side began to have a new movement.

Specifically, there were two large wheels on both sides of the hull, and the big ship with black smoke emitting from the big chimney began to hit its head, rushing straight towards the river in front of him, and the speed was still ridiculously fast.

Earlier, Lord Shadow Rider had already told everyone what this thing was called: a steam paddle wheel battleship; As long as coal is burned, it can replace manpower.

Seeing such a scene, Huang Ashan didn't feel too much surprise in his heart.

As for the other larger ships with more barrels, they dropped their anchors and stopped.

After the two ships got closer, Huang Acan found out what these two steam paddle ships were, and the reason why the hull was a little reflective in the sun.

It was actually on the hull of the ship, all made of steel, and I don't know how thick.

"Is a big ship made of steel not sinking on water?" At this moment, such a huge doubt silently rose in Huang Ashan's heart.

And this doubt will soon be even more intense, even to the point of despair.

When it was still two miles away from the river, which was blocked by sunken ships, wooden rafts, and iron cables, there were seventeen or eighteen artillery pieces on both sides of the river, and they were fired at them.

The two steam paddle ships, the bow and several cannons on the ship's position, were immediately not to be outdone.

The difference is that after the more than a dozen cannons on both sides of the strait were fired, lumps of iron stones flew through the air and fell into the water.

Except for a splash that wasn't too big when it fell into the water, there was no more movement.

On the contrary, although there were few guns on the steam paddle steamer battleship, the muzzle of the cannon was not only thicker, but the iron stone smashed out was a large circle, and it would still explode after landing.

In the thunderous explosion, the mud and sand on the ground flew high, and after the smoke cleared, a large pit was left behind.

* His mother's, if this thing really hits, can it have a good end?

Regarding such a point, Huang Acan quickly had an answer.

Because right on the hill where they were lurking, there was a gun emplacement on the left-hand side of the mountainside, and a two-thousand-pound cannon on it had been exposed before it was fired.

I just finished firing the second shot, but the yin people and ghosts are all firing the sixth cannon; The time it takes them to put one cannon is more than three guns for the ghosts.

In this firing, a cannon fell in front of the gun position.

Suddenly, as if it had been blown by a typhoon, the heavy cannon that had almost broken the pole of a man's waist when it was lifted up immediately bounced high as if it were made of wood.

A group of Panyu guys who operated this cannon all fell to the ground, I don't know if they died or not, but no one could get up.

Huang Acan is now nineteen years old, but it is the first time he has seen someone die in front of him not because of injury, but so many at once.

In the skull, 'buzz~' rang out all of a sudden.

Inexplicable fear, nausea, and nausea, I instinctively want to jump up from the ground and carry a person down the mountain.

for two or three miles behind, behind a hill, a row of shacks was erected; There are a lot of Lang Zhong who were invited by the Xuange camp in the shack, and as long as they carry it, they may be saved.

But before he could really do something, there was a sentence from the shadow rider in his ears:

"Listen, I'm just going to say it once, and it's going to be the last time.

Only by waiting for the ships of the Yin Men and Devils to enter the best distance and fire their cannons can they have a chance to sink them and completely block their back road.

If it is exposed in advance, the ghosts will have more vigilance; All the previous efforts of everyone were in vain, and those who died also died in vain.

So without my orders, I was left lying on my stomach and couldn't move, even if I was blown up.

Otherwise, my shadow rider will know you, but the musket in my hand will not recognize you; Hu Biao and Leader Hu said that all military laws will be carried out without stopping. ”

When the phrase 'military law engagement' fell behind his ears, this 19-year-old peasant boy finally understood the cruelty of war.

Not only to be ruthless with your opponents, but also to be ruthless with yourself.

It's just that the offspring of this farmer's family doesn't know why he is so ruthless and cold-blooded at the same time silently greeting Shadow Rider in his heart.

didn't know that Shadow Rider, a novice rookie, was actually silently greeting Hu Biao and the old birds of the team in his heart.

Special! This is the first time he has participated in a mission, and he is still a child in his thirties.

In the modern plane, he Ye Hao is a well-known good man in the company, and he is used to carrying things by himself; Now, he is acting as a general role of supervising the war, and he has to engage in military law at every turn.

The emotions in my heart are naturally not much better......

Lying on the ground, he watched the two steam paddle steamer battleships, driven by the rapid rotation of the wheels, approaching the blockade line on the river little by little.

In this process, Huang Acan has never felt that time is so difficult.

I don't know how long it took, but when the first steamer was only a hundred and ten steps away from the blockade; There were also a number of ghosts in the bow of the ship, holding something in their hands, ready to break the chains.

In Huang Acan's ears, there was finally a sentence, which should be the voice of Hu Biao and Hu Chief: "Do it, kill these yin people and ghosts." ”

At such a sentence, the group of them turned their heads in unison and looked towards the position of the Shadow Rider.

The main thing is that Lord Shadow Rider just now, gritting his back molars and shouting the sentence 'military law engagement', but it really frightened him a little.

Fortunately, Huang Acan's skull is only halfway twisted.

In his ears, he heard the shadow rider shout out the two words he was most looking forward to: "Do it~"

In an instant he jumped up from the ground and picked up a pine torch in his hand; At the same time, on this unknown hill, all the figures jumped up one after another, and their skills had never been so vigorous.

Because all the artillery on both sides of the strait had been loaded in advance.

And the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the river a little in front of the blockade line.

After adjusting the muzzle of the cannon slightly, Huang Ah Can lit the fuse with the torch in his hand; In a very short time, the cannon in front of him let out a loud roar that shook his ears and numb.

But Huang Acan's heart is unprecedentedly happy.

To put it mildly, it is much happier than he, a little bachelor who can't marry a daughter-in-law, in the dead of night and lonely nights, busy with handicrafts.

It's just that in the blink of an eye, the joy in his heart came to an abrupt end.

Because it was at least 300 cannons, after it rained down; Most of them fell around the two steam paddle ships.

The surrounding river surface was smashed into a series of splashes.

A small part of the cannons, after successfully smashing into the ship, tore open the canvas of the ship one by one, broke one or two masts, and even smashed holes in the deck.

On the scene, it was a very lively one.

But the key problem is that after the cannon smashed into their iron shells.

Either it was catapulted straight away, leaving only a shallow pit; Either a small number of flowering shells, after bursting on the hull, only blew a little iron shell, exposing the planks underneath.

In other words, the fierce fire of the ambushes on both sides of the strait could not sink them, and after at least one or two rounds of artillery had passed, I am afraid that there would be no way to sink them.

Instead, they got closer and closer to the blockade, and they could destroy the chains and rafts at the sight of it.

Once it is successfully destroyed, the big ships behind can also pass here; After they fled into the sea, there was no way for everyone to take these yin people and ghosts......

(End of chapter)