North bank of the Huai River, Lianshui City.

Yang Zhi, commander of the Second Army of the Liangshan Rebel Army, Xie Zhen, deputy director of the bureau, Li Ying, commander of the Ninth Army, and Xie Bao, deputy commander of the Liangshan Rebel Army, were drinking with Ruan Xiaoqi, commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Liangshan Water Army who had come from afar.

“Come, brothers. This is a good wine brought from Liangshan! Ruan Xiaoqi had a smile on his face.

“!” Several generals were originally good quacks.

Drinking wine in large bowls and eating meat in large chunks was originally their style.

“Little Brother Seven, the next battle will need the help of your water army. Otherwise, it would not be easy for us dry ducks alone to cross the Huai River! Yang Zhi said.

“Brother Yang Zhi, don’t worry, it’s wrapped up in me. I brought a hundred boats with me this time. With the exception of twenty-five gunboats, the rest were transports. At one time, it was enough to send two regiments of infantry to the south bank of the Huai River. Ruan Xiaoqi said.

“Haha, well, that’s great! As long as we hit the Huai River. The army currently deployed by the Song Army on the south bank of the Huai River cannot be our opponent at all. After defeating them, the entire Huainan East Road, Huainan West Road, and even Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road further south could not withstand our attack. These territories will be easily taken by us! Li Ying also said excitedly.

You know, these roads in the Great Song Dynasty are definitely economically developed, with a large population, and they are also places where grain is produced.

After the Liangshan rebels controlled these roads, they would have a great advantage in the following war.

“Hmm! As long as we can take these roads and establish our rule in the region. Then, the Great Song Imperial Court is over! The Emperor Zhao Jia Dog refused our previous conditions. This time, we will directly destroy his country! Yang Zhi’s eyes were full of hatred.

I want him to be loyal to the Yang family. But in the end, it still ended up like this.

Since this is the case, then he simply overthrew the Zhao family dynasty.

“Haha! That’s right. The last time the great commander just wanted to become the king of Liangshan and marry Emperor Jia De. Now? The Grand Commander will become emperor in the future. One Guardian Diji is far from enough. All of Zhao Laoer’s daughters have to marry the Grand Commander! Xie Bao laughed.

“That’s right, anyway, Zhao He has many daughters of the dog emperor! Instead of cheapening everyone else, it is better to marry all of them to the Grand Commander! Xie Zhen also echoed.

Yang Zhi, Li Ying, Ruan Xiaoqi and the others also laughed.

In their opinion, the last time the imperial court recruited An, he was simply humiliating Liangshan.

And the conditions proposed by Liang Shan later, the imperial court actually directly refused, which simply did not put Liang Shan in its eyes! Since this is the case, the Liangshan rebels naturally want to make the imperial court look good.

“Little Brother Seven, it’s up to you tomorrow! When the Huai River is crossed, brother, I will invite you to drink again! Yang Zhi said.

“No problem!” Ruan Xiaoqi patted his chest and said, looking very confident.

March 28, 1114 AD.

The twenty-five gunboats of the Sixth Regiment of the Liangshan Water Army rushed to the south bank of the Huai River first.

On the north bank of the Huai River, there are transport ships one after another.

The soldiers of the First and Second Regiments of the Second Infantry Corps of Liangshan had already boarded the boat, and they were about to cross the river after the navy took control of this section of the river.

The Song army also had a water army, and on the big rivers, they set up water armies to fight water bandits and maintain trade routes.

It’s just that the water army of the Song army is also weak.

The ship is a small boat, and the weapons are mainly 150,000 crossbows or complaints and bed crossbows. It is simply not comparable to the gunboats of the Liangshan Water Army.

When dozens of warships from both sides met on the river, the battle broke out instantly.

“Fire! Let these court water troops know how powerful we are! Ruan Xiaoqi gave the order on a gunboat.

“Boom! Rumble! ”

One by one, the cannons opened fire, and one solid shell after another whistled and smashed into the imperial court water army.

These gunboats, the displacement is not large. There are not many guns on board. Each gunboat, in addition to one gun at the head and tail, also deployed one gun on the sides of the ship. In the same direction, only three guns can be assembled at once.

But even so, these artillery pieces that can fire from thousands of meters away are enough to make the Song army’s water army jump a lot.

“Boom!”

A shell smashed into a warship of the Song Army’s navy.

The wooden hull was like paper paste in front of solid shells, and it was easily pierced.

A large hole was smashed out of the hull by a shell, and the river began to pour into the boat.

“My lord, there is a hole in the hull! What kind of weapons are those thieves using! They can actually hit us from such a distance! An officer of the Song Army Water Army looked horrified.

“Bastard! Close the distance. The trebuchet and crossbow are ready! As long as we enter the range, let these Liangshan thief army know how powerful we are! The water army general of the Song army turned livid.

It’s just that they don’t have this opportunity at all.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The warships of the Liangshan Water Army kept firing, and one solid shell after another smashed the Song army’s warships into holes.

Many warships began to flood so large areas that they sank into the river.

The officers and men of the Song Army’s water army jumped ship one after another and fled.

At the end of March, the Huai River is still cold.

When you go into the water this season, it will kill you and you will be frozen quickly.

So much so that in this battle, the officers and soldiers of the Song Army who were frozen to death did not know how many.

“Boom! Rumble! ”

One by one, the artillery fired continuously, smashing shells at the warships of the Song Army’s navy.

The artillery skills of the Liangshan Water Army are very good.

Even if it cannot be said that there are no bullets, the hit rate is very high.

These brethren of the water army, who had nothing to do on the Liangshan water moor, specialized in practicing artillery skills.

So that every water army brother has a deep attainment in artillery.

But for the Song Army and the water army fighting against them, this is not a good thing.

One ship after another was sunk, and before they could get within range of their trebuchets and crossbows, most of them were sunk by the Liangshan Navy Army.

Even if it entered the range of trebuchets and crossbows, the Song army did not have many warships left.

In the case of being outnumbered, it is not an opponent of the Liangshan Water Army at all.

In less than an hour, the warships of the Song Army’s water army had all disappeared on the river.


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