Smuggling Daming

The Danmu King on the Musi River finally couldn't bear it anymore, and launched an attack on the Han Chinese army gathered in the old port in the early morning of this day. The elites don't even have a decent set of armor, and they have all kinds of weapons in their hands, but at least they are soldiers who have seen blood, far better than the rookies under Qiu Ju who have just changed from civilians to soldiers.

Small boats unique to the Nanyang natives rushed down the Musi River. Qiuju and the others were at a disadvantage in the lower reaches. In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, they pulled up several iron cables on the river. If the kingdom's army wanted to rush over, they had to cut off the iron chains one by one. In this way, they could hide behind and attack calmly, and even if the opponent cut the iron chains, they would lose their speed advantage in the end.

However, Kerinan is also an experienced general. He naturally has a solution to the defense methods such as river iron chains. He saw that the few boats in front were piled up with a kind of brown fruit, which is a kind of forest The fruit produced in the tree is rich in oil and is very resistant to burning. It is a good material for setting fire.

The boat that rushed to the front quickly hit the iron chain, and the soldiers on board immediately ignited the fuel on the boat. As a result, the whole boat immediately burst into flames, and quickly burned the iron chain that blocked its progress. The iron chain was very heavy. , as the flame rose higher and higher, the red iron chain soon became a little weak, and was finally broken by its own weight.

Seeing how easily the iron chains he had placed on the river broke Kerinan, Qiu Ju in the lower reaches couldn't help but sigh.Arranging iron cables on the river was originally a common practice in the Central Plains water battle, and it was rarely seen in Nanyang, but I didn't expect that Kerinan on the opposite side was so smart that he found a way to break it all at once.

"Release the arrow! The trebuchet is ready!" Qiu Ju naturally would not stand by and watch the other party burn the iron chains he had worked so hard to lay. Following his order, the boats of the Old Harbor Army immediately fired arrows like rain, and the other two sides of the river. Catapults were also arranged, and boulders were flying in the sky for a while, and when these boulders fell into the river.The entire river course was like boiling water, and the warships that were hit by the smashed into pieces immediately turned into pieces. Even if they were not hit, they could only struggle desperately in the huge waves.

Regarding the attack of the Old Harbor Army, Ke Linan immediately ordered to fight back, except for the bows and arrows on the ship.On both sides of the river, there are a lot of elephant soldiers. These elephants even carry some small trebuchets, which can attack while advancing. Although they are not accurate, they are better than they can move. They are like the fire tanks of later generations. .

Under this long-range attack.Both Qiuju and Kerinan suffered casualties, even under this attack intensity.Ke Linan still ordered his fireboats to burn down the iron chains on the river in an orderly manner.

As the iron chains were burned one by one, Qiu Ju had no choice but to order his warships to line up to prepare for the first impact of the army inside. As long as they can withstand this impact, the two armies will fall into a melee Among them, although there are few people on one side, they want to protect the homeland behind them.I believe that most people will fight to the death, and he also understands the nature of the Nanyang natives.Knowing that these natives can only fight with the wind, as long as you can withstand the opponent's first attack and bring enough casualties to the opponent, then the subsequent battles will be much easier.

"Bah~" As the last iron chain was burned, there was no longer any obstacle between the Danmu Army and the Old Harbor Army. The Danmu Army in small boats cheered and waved various weapons in their hands to kill them. Come here, they all know that the Han people are the wealthiest group of people in Nanyang, and the Old Port is the largest settlement of Han people in Nanyang. They heard that there are not only tall and majestic temples, but also beautiful silk and porcelain, not to mention those The Han woman they could only look up to at ordinary times, whenever they think of this, all the light-eyed soldiers feel their blood boil, each and every one of them can't wait to kill all the old Hong Kong troops in front of them, so that they can rush into the old port to vent their dirty desires.

The Han army in the old port looked at the light-eyed soldiers rushing, especially the beast-like light in their eyes, which let everyone know that the safety of the entire old port must be guarded by themselves. If you enter the city, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Boom~" Almost in the blink of an eye, the warships of the Danmu Army collided with the warships of the Old Harbor Army, and sawdust flew all over the place. The small warships of the Danmu Army were worse than those of the Old Harbor Army. In the most violent collision, many small warships of the Danmu Army were smashed to pieces, but the natives didn't care at all, and many people jumped onto the warships of the Old Harbor Army while the warships were shattered. Wielding messy weapons in their hands to fight, blood and flesh flew on the battlefield, and a brutal hand-to-hand combat finally kicked off.

Qiu Ju personally commanded his own ship, a sharp-bottomed blessing ship about six feet long, this ship was an armed merchant ship he bought from a Ming merchant, and after a little modification, it became a warship, Although there are some restrictions on the sharp-bottomed boats on the river, due to its huge size, there are almost no opponents in the inland river. The only pity is that sails cannot be used for inland river warfare, so he placed a lot of long oars on both sides of the blessing boat. When the oarsmen move, they can easily smash the Danmu army's warship into pieces.

Although the Han people in Jiugang have been separated from the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, the skills handed down by their ancestors have been well preserved, and they also pay great attention to secrecy, so their warships are the best in Nanyang, and it is precisely because of the warships Therefore, on the Musi River, and it is still upstream, the Han people in the old port can still fight with the Danmu Wang**.

However, the outcome of a war does not depend solely on advanced weapons, but the people who use these weapons are the most important thing. Especially in this cold weapon era, the role of people is even more critical.Eighty percent of the old Hong Kong Army are recruits who have just taken up arms. These people have never seen blood at all. At the beginning, with a belief in protecting their homeland and a moment of bloody courage, they could barely support them, but as time went by As time went on, that bloody courage gradually disappeared, and as a result, when they faced the tiger and wolf masters of the Danmu Kingdom, they seemed a little flustered, and some even flinched, not daring to confront the Danmu people head-on.

Qiu Ju was very keen to discover this situation on the battlefield, which made him sigh. After all, ordinary people are not real soldiers. It is not easy for them who have never been on the battlefield to persist for such a long time without running away.Thinking of this, Qiu Ju called his confidant in a low voice, and asked him to report back to the city and prepare the city for retreat. After all, judging from the current situation, they might not be able to hold on for too long.

However, Qiu Ju was not the only one who discovered this situation on the battlefield. The opponent's Ke Linan also discovered the weakness of the old port army, which made him overjoyed. Immediately ordered, several special warships that had been guarding behind finally rushed up.

"Boom~boom~boom!" Those warships that had just rushed up were equipped with a cannon on the bow. Following Kerinan's order, these cannons fired one after another. Although the lethality of these cannons was not great, at least The first round of fire didn't hit any of the warships, but caused a large splash of water after falling into the water, but the momentum of the artillery was extremely terrifying.Moreover, Ke Linan chose an excellent timing. At this time, the old port soldiers were retreating courageously. When they heard the artillery sound of landslides and ground cracks from the other party, they were immediately frightened and demoralized. They turned pale and wanted to run away.

Seeing that the artillery had worked, Ke Linan was even more excited. In his opinion, he had already won the victory. He waved his hand again, and the dozens of musketeers on the boat immediately got ready, and then a burst of musket fire rang out. However, they have too few muskets, and they don't know how to shoot three shots, so they have to reload after one round, which is time-consuming and not very practical, so Rinan always attaches great importance to artillery.

The old port army was in chaos, and the artillery of the Danmu army was ready to shoot again, but Li Nan waved his hand triumphantly, and gave the order to shoot again, only to hear the roaring sound on the battlefield that made everyone's hearts palpitate again.

"Boom, boom, boom~" Hearing the roar of these cannons, Ke Linan felt complacent, and even closed his eyes enjoying it. According to his previous experience, when he opened his eyes again, he would see the opponent's army Crash scene.

"Huh? Why are there so many cannons?" Ke Linan suddenly opened his eyes and said to himself in a strange way. He only had eight cannons in his hand, and they bought them from the Portuguese after the Kingdom poured all their efforts into the whole country. The ones who came down were fired one by one every time they were fired, but now Kelinan has heard no less than 20 roars of artillery, which is really unbelievable.

Haven't waited for Kerinan to figure out where the extra artillery sounds are coming from?He could only hear a loud bang coming from behind him, and then he was hit by something in the back, which knocked him forward and almost fell headlong into the river.

"General, something is wrong. A group of tall warships suddenly appeared behind the old port army, and these warships also have artillery!" Before Ke Linan got up from the deck, he heard a very anxious report .

When Kerinan stood up with the support of others, he happened to see a group of warships appearing behind the old port army, and what surprised him even more was that these warships were very tall. They were all twice the size of the warship that Qiu Ju was on, and the wide Musi River seemed a bit narrow in front of these warships. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)