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When Zuo Ling ordered Shi Lang to fire, the bugle on the opposite warship had already sounded, Shi Lang drew out his waist knife, raised it high and shouted: "Brothers..."

Zuo Ling showed a happy smile at this moment, and he was waiting for Shi Lang to give the order, but the words behind made his face pale.

"It's the wrong thing to copy!" Shi Lang turned around and rushed towards Zuo Ling with a knife.

Aside from the sailors, the number of soldiers on the Houjin warship is about the same as the gunner, which is the basic configuration of a Chinese warship.When the gunner turned back, the whole ship was in chaos, and Zuo Ling and the soldiers on board were caught off guard.

Without cannons, the warships of the Yangtze River Navy quickly approached, and the soldiers kept jumping on the golden warships, and the fight immediately became one-sided.

Li Shitai was in the middle of the ship array at the moment, and he was directing his men to avoid the arsonist ships in a panic, among which several warships were already on fire.Although the loss was not great, at the same time, the ship array had been split into two by the arsonist ship.

"What's going on in front? Why can't you hear the gunfire?" Li Sutai held the binoculars. He had already seen the ship in front of him fighting on board, but he didn't hear the gunfire.

"Maybe the speed of the ship is too fast, it's too late!" The subordinate comforted, since most of the ships are still behind, it's no big deal to lose the few ships in front.

"Send the order, hurry up to avoid these damned arson ships, and go rescue Shi Lang. I just saw the warships of the Ming army besieging them. He is a fierce general." Li Sutai was still worried for Shi Lang.

The navy of the Ming army surrounded Houjin's forward ship formation, but did not attack the rear formation. This incident made Li Sutai mistakenly think that the strength of the Ming army was limited.

"Look, general, what kind of ship is that?" The subordinate pointed to the upstream and shouted in horror.

Li Soltai picked up the binoculars and looked at it, shaking his hands in fright.A large white sail appeared upstream, densely packed as if covering the river, and was rushing downstream.

"Come up and pick him up!" Zhu Youjian was standing on the deck of the latest British warship at this moment, wearing a new type of plate armor.He still didn't dare to board the boat naked, for fear of being hit by the arrows.

"Your Majesty, why did you come in person?" Shi Lang, covered in blood, jumped across the ship's side to Zhu Youjian, overjoyed.

"If I don't come, I will lose a lot if your kid dies." Zhu Youjian looked at Shi Lang with a smile. This guy still didn't get rid of the track of history in the end, and a rebellious queen came.

"I'm fine, I'm just waiting for the emperor's cannon." Shi Lang said, aiming at the boat surreptitiously.

"Gather all the gunners together, you command, and I'll be your gunner." Zhu Youjian threw the command knife in his hand to Shi Lang, and walked to a cannon himself.

"Your majesty, you can also shoot?" Shi Lang was taken aback, he had never seen Zhu Youjian shoot.

"Nonsense, I'm a master of cannonballing." Zhu Youjian was very disdainful in his heart. In later generations, ninety-nine out of ten men will be able to "cannonballing".Of course, this "cannon" is not that "cannon".

Before Li Shuitai could adjust the battle formation, the four sailing warships of the Ming Army Navy were fully staffed.The distance between the two sides has been shortened to within the range of the cannon, and Houjin's warship fired first.

"Boom!" The bow gun of the warship in the front had already fired, and a black shell hit the warship not far from Zhu Youjian's body, and fell into it without too much spray. River.

Solid bullets are still the mainstream of this era, and the real impact-detonated blooming bullets did not mature until after 1860.The scene of water pouring into the sky in film and television dramas is just for the sake of looking good.The round iron egg fell into the water, and there was no high water injection at all.

"Damn, do you still want to bully people?" Shi Lang rolled up his sleeves, forgetting that Zhu Youjian was directing the gunners, and shouted to the second floor: "Is the gun ready?"

"Ready." Zhu Youjian turned his head back, and Shi Lang realized that the lower floor was the emperor.

What Zhu Youjian built was only two-story sailing warships, and the kind of battleships with three or four floors equipped with a hundred cannons could not be built by Daming for the time being.

"Separate them into two groups, spread out in a zigzag shape at an angle of 45 degrees, aim the muzzle at the target, and fire the first round continuously." Shi Lang's attack order has been issued, and the next step is to see the effect of the shelling.

The cannons of naval warships are not fired together, but successively from front to back. If they are fired at the same time, the wooden hull can't bear it at all.

The four warships were lined up in a zigzag shape, which meant that 72 cannons were aimed at the target at the same time. When the distance was relatively close, although the cannons were fired one by one, the scene was still very bright.

That's right, the scene of Hou Jin's first warship being hit was indeed brilliant. It wasn't the cannonball exploding, but the whole ship being hit by continuous iron eggs, making it bloom like a firework.

Sawdust flew around, and all kinds of sundries continued to break, rolling like waves one after another.After a round of cannon fire, the poor post-gold warship was completely scattered, the mast was broken in two, the entire hull was half submerged in the water, and it was still sinking at an accelerated rate.Tartar soldiers who fell into the water were everywhere on the river, rushing downstream along the river, only some heads were seen floating up and down.

"Change the formation, turn the bow of the ship, and continue pressing up." Shi Lang's military order was issued again. At this time, he secretly took a look at Zhu Youjian in the cabin, and he skillfully corrected the shooting angle for each gun. , very professional.The cannon fired by this ship just now had the best effect.

After another incense stick, the navy of the Ming army sent the second Houjin warship to the sky.At this time, Li Shuitai realized that something was wrong. His own ship formation was stretched too far, and the leading warships became the living targets of the Ming army one by one.Counting on artillery battles, how could the warships of the Hou Jinshui Division be the opponents of Western-style warships, and how could the one or two cannons installed in the bow of the ship be able to resist the bombardment of dozens of cannons at once.

"Quick retreat!" Li Sutai resolutely gave up the counterattack. He had no chance to gather the fleet again, and the only possibility was to run away quickly.

In this way, from Yangzhou to the mouth of the Yangtze River, the officials and people along the way saw a big scene. Hou Jin was running, and the Ming army was chasing after him. rotten.

"Da Ming Wan Sheng!" Someone stood on the shore and began to shout.

Chapter 291: The problem of not being able to get on

This was Shi Langping's first time commanding a battle in his life, and his performance was still a little green.But the satisfaction in his heart was still beyond words, and that refreshing expression always explained that Shi Lang was a warlike general.

In this battle, the Ming army used the loss of a hundred and ten arson ships to kill ten warships and nearly a thousand water troops of the Houjin Army, which can be described as a great victory.And kept driving Li Sutai out of Songjiangkou, so that the Bingfeng of Hou Jinshui Division returned to the position before the Zheng family surrendered.

However, for Shi Lang, Zhu Youjian didn't want to give too much official position for the time being.From a historical point of view, it is not unreasonable for Zheng Chenggong to have opinions on him.

This person is indeed ambitious, and he is also an unscrupulous person in doing things.In case Zhu Youjian gives too much now, there will inevitably be a situation where nothing can be sealed in the future.

Compared with Zheng Chenggong, Zhu Youjian didn't believe in Shi Lang's integrity even more.Use his ability, but not let him rule the army, this is the way.

There are originally two kinds of military generals, one is good at running the army and can lead the army stronger and more numerous;Shi Lang is actually the second type, and Zheng Chenggong happens to be the first type.

"The defense of the Yangtze River Estuary is left to you. If you defend it well, I will celebrate your success; if you fail to defend it well, you should go back to the shipyard. Don't let me down." Zhu Youjian stood on the deck of the ship and looked at it seriously. With Shi Lang.

Shi Lang was both excited and terrified, he only felt valued when he was with Zhu Youjian, but he also knew that he had to do his best to do his best.

What makes him most happy is that he is not far from the Admiral of the Navy, and the distance with Zheng Chenggong is getting closer and closer. Deep down in his heart, he has always been dissatisfied with Zheng Chenggong.

"I will definitely keep the Yangtze River safe." Shi Lang knelt in front of Zhu Youjian, kowtowed heavily, expressing his submission.

This time, Shi Lang no longer came to Zhu Youjian's side as the Zheng family, so he was already regarded as Zhu Youjian's sidekick.Zhu Youjian handed over three of the four warships to Shi Lang, and the other one served as the flagship of the Ming army's navy, cruising between Nanjing and Yangzhou symbolically to boost morale.

The Yangtze River is actually not suitable for European-style sailing, and soft sails are actually not as effective as hard sails against the wind.Don't be too superstitious that everything in Europe is the best.The disadvantage of Chinese hard sails is that they are too heavy and cannot heighten the canvas. The hard sails with light masts used in later generations are more seaworthy than soft sails.

It's a pity that Zhu Youjian can't expect to upgrade the material to the level of later generations in his lifetime.Therefore, the Baguazhou Shipyard, a Chinese-style sailboat for inland river shipping, has been building all the time, and the speed is not slow.

"Your Majesty, there is still no movement from Hou Jin's side." Zuo Maodi has been watching Hou Jin's movements closely.Zhu Youjian didn't believe that it was as simple as Dorgon just harassing Daming with the water master.

Ever since the members of the Tiandihui went north, Daming's information on Houjin has gradually increased. The method used is only a little more complicated than the way the navy sent information to Shi Lang. Fang Jinnan used Chinese characters and numbers as the source code, and at the same time each article All lines use a secret key.

This method, which has been advanced for hundreds of years, is enough for Hou Jin to drink a pot in this era when Tibetan acrostic poems are still used to convey information.What's more, Fang Jinnan used different keys for each line.

If there is any news from the capital, Nanjing can know it immediately after five days.However, the Nanjing side has not penetrated into the decision-making of the high-level leaders of Houjin.It takes time.

"What is Hong Chengchou doing now?" Zhu Youjian couldn't get the specific information inside Houjin, but he had to analyze the opponent's intentions by judging the main characters of the opponent.

"It's ridiculous to say that Hong Chengchou has been busy for a year to settle Henan and Hebei, but he was dismissed by Dorgon and returned to the capital to be idle." Zuo Maodi couldn't understand Dorgon's approach. He felt that Dorgon Are you stupid?

"Hahaha, this is not surprising at all. Traitors will not be reused by their masters. They are just watchdogs in the eyes of the Tartars, plowing cattle.

Once it's used up, it's thrown aside.When it comes to earning credit, the Tartars will only use people from the Eight Banners. These traitors are stepping stones on the merits of others.

Now that Hong Chengchou has returned to the capital, I can now be sure that Houjin is ready to do something.Pay close attention to the movement of Duduo and Haug's troops, and report immediately if they make any changes. "

Ten days later, a new round of news came back: the Duduo tribe was gathering in a small number, and Hauge was encircling and suppressing Yimeng Mountain in large numbers.Only Azig is very quiet in Guanzhong, and has been training soldiers.

Judging from the appearance, Hou Jin is preparing to go south.