Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Looking at the sailless boats facing the rapid river water, but still moving forward in a zigzag pattern.

Zhang Hualong only felt that he had lived on a dog for the first half of his life!

"Grandma's!"

Zhang Hualong threw Douchun to the ground:

"What the hell is this!"

“Damn it, there’s no sail, no oars, how does it drive in such fast water?

Could it be that Emperor Ming really has dragon energy to protect his body? "

Rao has been fighting for a lifetime and considers himself a veteran on the battlefield...

What things have you never seen, what weapons have you never used?

However, this gray warship puffing out black smoke made Zhang Hualong furious!

He kicked the female wall.

The female wall that had been hit by a shot was already full of cracks.

Zhang Hualong kicked it away, causing the female wall to sway.

"Oh!"

Another shot came...

The Ming army fired this artillery fire a little lower, and the shell did not fall on the fort, but hit the wall of the fort.

"boom!"

The flower cannon exploded.

"Crash!"

A large piece of masonry was shattered and scattered out.

Another large hole appeared in the stone wall.

The captain of the soldiers was startled, hurriedly picked up the helmet, and buckled it on Zhang Hualong again.

He said eagerly:

"General, put it on quickly.

The artillery of the Ming army used explosive shells, and the artillery fire was fast and accurate.

What a disaster it would be if a cannon didn't have eyes~~! "

The guard captain couldn't help but put his helmet on Zhang Hualong's head, dragging him and running back...

Kuimen Fort is open-air!

Cannonballs don’t have eyesight!

That thing, no matter if you are a general or a soldier, even if you are an emperor...

Is Mongol, the Great Khan of Mongolia, awesome?

The same is——

Once into the soul...

"Let me go!

I have been fighting for so many years and I have never been afraid! "

Zhang Hualong roared repeatedly.

However, how dare the guard captain let go.

What a mother-in-law!

A shell just fell on the fort...

Dozens of gunners are all gone!

If the gunpowder hadn't been placed far away, the fort might have been destroyed...

The arrogant Ming army uses poisonous fire flying cannons!

That thing doesn't matter if you are a general or a pawn, it will explode inadvertently!

……

There are three gorges in the Yangtze River, which flow from the lower reaches upstream.

You have to go through Xiling Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Qutang Gorge respectively, the three most dangerous terrains.

Kuimen Pass is located at the west entrance of Qutang Gorge, guarding the narrowest point of the steep river.

It is only 20 miles away from Fengjie County.

This is a choke point.

Red circle, location of fort

And once you pass here, the river will become wider.

Therefore, this fortress was built here as early as the Tang Dynasty.

However, on the fort at that time, there were not artillery, but trebuchets.

After the artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty developed, artillery was placed here.

After Zhang Hualong was stationed here, he added four more artillery pieces to the original two.

Moreover, the fort was also widened.

I originally thought that with six artillery pieces, given the narrowness of the river at the foot of the mountain...

That’s not impregnable!

Who the hell knows...

The Ming army on the opposite side had some tricks up their sleeves...

Not only is the boat fast, but it also eliminates the need for trackers...

As a result, the traditional tactics of bombarding trackers with loose particles, forcing ships to hit cliffs and run aground, and blocking waterways, lost their use.

With six cannons alone, if you want to sink a battleship...

In the era without explosive bombs, it could be called a daydream...

Although Qutang Gorge is only 16 miles long, it is the most breathtaking and even despairing section of the river gorge.

If you want to describe it in words - the two sides of the bank are as steep as a knife, and the rock walls are towering.

The river flows turbulently among the cliffs. If you look at the surface of the river, the rolling water seems to be fascinating.

If you look at both sides of the Taiwan Strait, you are afraid that the mountain peaks will collapse and you will die without a burial place...

"There is nothing more dangerous than the sword pavilion, and nothing more heroic than Kui."

"The dangerous peaks on both sides of the strait are cut up and down, like an ax and a knife. It is indeed the throat of the Three Gorges!"

Zhang Tongchang sighed in admiration.

Beside him, Zhang Kuang was smiling and silent.

Zhang Tongchang didn't care whether the boring gourd answered him or not, and continued on his own:

“Look at Chijia Mountain standing in the north of the Yangtze River, and Baiyan Mountain standing in the south of the Yangtze River.

Across the river, the cliffs are like being cut, the sky is open, and the gorges are wide open.

On both sides of the river, the walls stand as if cut, just like gates made in heaven and earth.

Although Qutang Gorge is short, it can control the water of the entire Sichuan and choke the throat of Ba'e.

The ancients described Qutang Gorge as - the bridge is connected to the sky, and the boat travels from the cave. It is indeed right in front of you! "

Zhang Kuang still smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Tongchang asked anxiously, so he nodded and uttered the word "um"...

This boring gourd temper made Zhang Tongchang almost crazy.

Biological——

The emperor personally sent an order for the two of them to attack together!

The timing was coincidental. Originally, the emperor had asked the two to attack Kuizhou and open the gate of Sichuan.

Who knows, it happened that Zhang Tongchang sent Ling Yiqu into Sichuan with his front foot.

And just in time, Qin Liangyu sent a plan to attack Kuizhou...

So, the two came...

This time, it was not just the two commanders from Nantingye who joined forces to attack.

On the wooden boat behind was Hao Yaoqi stationed in Xiangyang.

In the emperor's plan, this person was the back-up man who would lead the Handu regime to evacuate in critical moments as a precaution...

At this time, there was a look of fear on his face.

"Oh shit!

It was so dangerous that my legs were shaking! "

"Hey, hey, hey! Change the rudder, change the rudder!

About to hit! "

Hao Yaoqi screamed in fright.

But the old boatman who was steering the boat was smoking a dry pipe, and the old god was watching.

There is a tracker!

Besides, this boat is tall.

It looked like it was about to hit him, but it was actually several feet away!

However, Hao Yaoqi has been staying in Xiangyang for more than half a year.

He has been serving as the commander of the navy for half a year.

However, when the ocean is clear, the waves are calm, and when there is no wind, the Han River is as calm as a mirror...

Of course it can’t compare to the turbulence of the Three Gorges!

"Damn it!

I finally understood what it is called - the majestic momentum of controlling Bayu in the west and covering thousands of valleys, and connecting Jingchu in the east and overwhelming the mountains. "

“Oh my God!

What the hell is this waterway?

You say this is the Wangchuan River in the underworld, I believe it!

The three Ming army generals looked at the majestic Qutang Gorge with different expressions.

Zhang Hualong, who was guarding Qutang Pass, was complaining endlessly.

It is called a pass here, but in fact it can only be regarded as a military fortress.

The Yangtze River turned a sharp bend here, forming a "C" shape.

Because the width of the river is only more than a hundred meters, and the narrowest point is even only 50 meters!

Just imagine, with the amount of water in the Yangtze River, you can imagine how turbulent the river is in such a narrow channel.

Therefore, in normal times, the six artillery pieces on the fort are enough to defend such a waterway!

but……

As soon as he saw the "Tu Tu Tu Tu" ship that was almost crossing the front, Zhang Hualong turned extremely pale!

"Hit me!

Hit me hard!

Hurry up, everyone rush forward! "

Zhang Hualong yelled.

The gunner, who was frightened by the explosion, was trembling and walked towards the fort, driven by the supervisory team.