please make me king

Chapter 1609 Destruction
"Bastard, bastard!" Fatty Zhang stood on the bank of the surging river and couldn't help yelling.

"General, why don't we find a few boats and cross over there?" Seeing him scolding for a long time, his anger almost subsided, so he suggested.

"How's it going? How do you say we're going to live?" Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Fatty Zhang became angry again.

It turned out that the rebel army had finally cornered Wang Guerzilla and others into a desperate situation, but the guy actually abandoned the boat and landed, heading towards the south bank of the Haihe River.

The fat man had a total of [-] soldiers and horses under his command. Except for some garrisoned forts and Tianjin guards, he only brought [-] infantry and [-] cavalry into the battle.

He himself led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in pursuit along the north bank, while his younger brother Zhang Shouzi led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in pursuit along the south bank.

As a result, he did not expect that Wang Guerrilla suddenly abandoned his ship and landed, and formed his backwater formation on the south bank of the Haihe River.

In this way, Fatty Zhang, who had fewer troops, faced Wang Gueran's [-] remnant soldiers.

The outcome of the two sides is unpredictable for a while, so it's no wonder Fatty Zhang is in a hurry.

It's just that no matter how eager he is, there is no bridge or boat, so he can only look at the ocean and sigh.

Not to mention how Fatty Zhang lost his temper, let's say that Wang Guerrilla managed to get ashore with great difficulty, and was immediately attacked by Fatty Zhang and his gang.

"Oops!" Before the two sides exchanged their hands, many people fell into the mud with one foot.

It turns out that the vicinity of Dagukou in this era was very desolate, and the shore was mostly muddy and wet, almost no different from a swamp.

Wang Guerzilla and his crew fell into this muddy place as soon as they landed.

But at this moment, Fatty Zhang arrived with the cavalry, and seeing one or two hundred people disembarking from the boat, he couldn't help but exclaimed with joy, "Kill!"

Although he only has a hundred cavalry in his hand, it is perfect for dealing with such a team that has not yet had time to line up.

"Ouch!" As a result, Fatty Zhang had just rushed forward when his horse stumbled, and he was thrown off by the war horse in an instant, and he fell completely.

"Zhiniang thief, it's all mud!" After finally getting up, Fatty Zhang looked up, and saw that seven or eight cavalrymen from his team fell down and got stuck in the mud.

"This... This river is full of mud!" A soldier who rolled like a mud monkey reported earlier.

"Nonsense, I saw it!" Slender Zhang, who was also like a mud monkey, cursed, and quickly ordered: "Give way to the pawns, and the others will retreat first!"

Cavalry who have lost their speed are naturally useless, so they have to be placed on the periphery as surprise soldiers.

"Boom, boom, boom!" With the sound of battle drums, the two divisions of the rebel army lined up in two small formations, attacking in the shape of pincers.

"Boom boom boom!" As a result, before they could get close, they heard a burst of cannon fire, which immediately injured seven or eight soldiers, and there was a commotion in the formation.

It turned out that although the more than a hundred warships of the Ming Army Navy were useless, they carried a lot of artillery anyway.

These cannons are not very big, basically the thousand-jin Flang machine and the five-hundred-jin red cannon are the main ones. Of course, there are also some thousand-jin red cannons.

When Guerrilla Wang landed, he carried a few doors, and the others that hadn't had time to unload were placed on the ship for fire support.

The skinny man tried his best to pinch a soft persimmon, but unexpectedly bumped into a hard rock.

"What should we do? Do you want to report to Zongbing Zhang?" Seeing that not only could they not attack, but they might be able to counterattack if all the naval forces of the Ming army landed, they couldn't help asking anxiously.

"Tell him? What's the use of telling him!" Fatty Zhang was furious.

"First, you can't fly over, and second, you can't swim over, and you will be ridiculed for no reason!"

"Then... how about pulling our cannons over as well, our rebel army has never lost anyone!" Zuo Zuo quickly came up with an idea.

"Pull it over?" Fatty Zhang almost laughed, "Let's not mention that our cannons are all left on the fort, even if they are pulled over, how can there be enough time?"

"It doesn't hit this one, that doesn't work either, or should we wait for our fireboat to burn their boat and then fight again?" Everyone on the left and right were anxious.

"Burn their boat?" Skinny Zhang was taken aback when he heard this, and he couldn't help asking in a flash of inspiration.

"Hey, this method is good. Since fire can be used to attack on water, who said that land cannot be attacked with fire?"

It turned out that it was early winter in October, the grass and trees were withered and yellow, and the reed flowers were dancing.It's a good time to be careful with candles when the weather is dry.

Fatty Zhang was reminded by the soldiers, so he could not help but order: "Quickly, lead a team for me, go to the east and light the fire for me!"

Although the Haihe River at this time is running from east to west, it bends slightly to the south at this section, roughly showing a northwest-southeast direction.

But it's so hard to die, the sea breeze at this time just blows from the southeast, if the rebel army ignites from the upwind direction, it can just burn into the Ming army's formation.

"Okay, it's a good feeling!" The captain took the order, hurriedly brought flint and igniter, and hurried away.

After a while, he chose a piece of reed.Then he first ignited the Huozhezi with flint, then ignited the reed flowers with the Huozhezi, and finally put the burning reed flowers into the reeds.

The fire took advantage of the wind, and soon the raging flames swallowed the entire reed bush, and then quickly spread in the direction of the Ming army's formation, only to frighten the Ming army.

"What are you afraid of when there is water?" Wang Guerrilla couldn't help but calmly said when he saw it, "Quick, seal it up with mud!"

After being reminded by Wang Guerzilla, some soldiers have already reacted.

It's humid and low-lying here, just dig out the mud on the ground and seal the fire's path, and it will be safe and sound.

Thinking of this, a hundred people rushed over, took out their knives, then used their clothes to pocket them, covered all the grass nearby, and quickly built a mud wall.

Soon those blazing flames rushed over, but they could no longer move forward, and the Ming army turned the corner.

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay, 'dog thief', you're at your wits end now!" Everyone couldn't help laughing.

"What should we do?" Seeing the volunteer soldiers, they couldn't help looking at each other and asked hastily.

"Straight mother thief!" Fatty Zhang thought he had found a way to defeat the enemy, but he was defeated by someone's backhand, and he was helpless for a while.

The grass and trees in this season are dry, come and go quickly.Soon the reeds and hay were completely burned, only the roots soaked in the muddy water were emitting bursts of black smoke, and the fire was about to be extinguished.

"Cough...cough!"

Just when Fatty Zhang was at his wit's end, he suddenly heard coughing sounds coming from the opposite side, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he slapped his thigh and said: "Straight mother thief, but you are stupid, you can hide from the fire, how can you hide from the fire?" Can't you get smoked?"

It turned out that the embers that were burning just now were emitting puffs of black smoke due to the damp roots, and the Ming army who was being smoked was coughing up and down.

The skinny man got this trick, and ordered someone to find dry reeds and firewood, soak them half dry and not wet, and then smoked wildly in the upwind direction.

Good guy, it doesn't matter if you set off the smoke, black smoke billowed immediately, and soon enveloped the Ming army's position.

"Ahem, general, what should I do, general!" Ming Jun shouted in confusion.

"This... this thief is so vicious that he wants to smoke us to death..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Wang Guerrilla comforted after hearing the words.

"The wind blows from the sea to the land during the day, and from the land to the sea at night."

"But when it gets dark, we will retaliate against them with the same method and smoke them..."

It's just that Wang Guerzilla hadn't finished speaking, the rumble of war drums resounded across the battlefield again, and Fatty Zhang came over under the cover of thick smoke.

"Hold it, hold it fast, we can counterattack after dark!" Wang Guerzilla encouraged loudly.

It's just that he also knew that there was a lot of smoke at this time, and the gunners on the ship also lost their vision and were unable to support.

Whether the two sides win or lose, they can only fight for the breath in their chests.

If this breath is gone, then everything is over.

However, at the time when the two sides were fighting each other, no one expected that fire boats would go down the river and rush in under the cover of smoke. After a while, pieces of fire flashed out of the smoke.

"It's not good, the ship is on the ship, the ship is on board!" It turned out that the fire boat of the rebel army took the opportunity to burn the warship of the Ming army.

Originally, these warship guerrillas were going to be abandoned, and he didn't feel bad if they were burned.

It's just that he never expected that the fire at the critical moment burned the last bit of spirit of the soldiers under his command.

"Defeated, defeated!" Someone shouted, and suddenly the Ming army, which was desperately resisting, became chaotic.

Many people, relying on their water nature, abandoned their knives and guns and jumped into the water.

More people were like headless chickens, and they couldn't help but scurry and kill, and it became a mess for a while.

"We won, we won!" Fatty Zhang couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw it, and quickly ordered, "Kill me, kill me hard!"

The two sides fought fiercely until late at night, and by the time Fatty Zhang finally crossed the Haihe River and arrived at the battlefield, the battle was basically over.

(End of this chapter)