"Boom" was the sound of cannon again. This time everyone heard it clearly. The sound of cannon came from the direction of the Yangtze River. Could it be that the Northern Han Army had begun to attack the city?
The sound of cannons gradually became denser and closer, and even Fengtian Hall felt a slight vibration. Some dust seemed to fall above the carved and painted hall.
Everyone was horrified, and some timid people actually got under the table. The emperor frowned slightly, and Yang Feng immediately stepped forward and shouted: "The Yangtze River defense line is impregnable, and a mere shelling can do nothing to me. I suggest that we raise the barrage for your majesty."
Cups of congratulations, and I wish the great Zhou Dynasty a prosperous and prosperous future forever..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a violent explosion. This time the explosion did not come from a distant riverside, but from within the palace!
The violent explosion shook the tables, chairs and benches in the Fengtian Hall. The glass screens and wine glasses and bottles were also torn to pieces, leaving a mess on the floor. The palace maids and eunuchs were hiding in the corner shivering with lacquer trays in their hands, and the dust on the beams was flying.
As soon as it fell, even Yang Feng, who had been calm and composed just now, turned pale and squatted on the ground.
In the entire Fengtian Hall, only the emperor remained calm and sat on the throne calmly. The rest of the people were in an uproar. Cao Shaoqin and Wen Hai flew to the throne, revealed their hidden weapons and shouted: "Protect the emperor."
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A group of imperial guards rushed out from the corridor outside the palace and surrounded the Fengtian Palace. The clanging weapons and the sound of armors rubbing could be heard endlessly. The ministers were so frightened that they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves. They didn't have any dignity at all.
Not long after, a guard rushed into the palace and reported a few words to Cao Shaoqin in a low voice. Then Cao Shaoqin whispered to the emperor twice more, and then announced: "It just happened that the Royal Guards Army's gunpowder depot in the palace accidentally exploded, and...
It’s nothing serious. As for the sound of cannons on the riverside, it’s the imperial navy testing cannons. There’s no need to worry. The banquet will continue.”
There were guards on the three floors outside and on the three floors of the main hall, and the sound of cannons was constantly heard. No one could calm down to drink. However, in response to the emperor's dragon power, the officials still sat behind the case tremblingly. They forced smiles and pushed cups and cups.
, but every one of them smiled uglier than crying.
After reluctantly drinking for a while, the emperor quietly withdrew from the banquet, and the imperial guards outside the main hall also withdrew. The civil and military officials could not find the person in charge, so they had to withdraw from the banquet and return home. When they arrived outside the Meridian Gate, they were surprised. There were already people on the street.
There was chaos, carriages, horses and sedans were running fast, shops were closed, pedestrians were like bereaved dogs, and a word was spread everywhere: The Han army has crossed the river!
At this time, the Jiangfang Fortress had long been submerged in a sea of blood and fire. The Yangtze River was densely packed with warships. Warships of all sizes were like crucian carp crossing the river, riding the wind and waves towards the south bank, firing cannons as they walked. Some were huge.
The warship parked directly in the middle of the river and fired at the Jiangfang Fortress. A single salvo was like the earth falling apart. The Jiangfang Fortress with poor engineering quality could not withstand such a blow and collapsed everywhere.
At first, the Zhou army was able to fight back. Thousands of pounds of bronze guns from the Jiangfang fort were fired at the warships on the river. Unfortunately, there were too many warships on the other side and their speeds were too fast. The heavy cannons could only fire a stream of fire on the water in vain.
There was a tall water column, and occasionally cannonballs hit the warship, which was a tragedy. The soldiers on the ship were either dead or injured, and those who survived were drowned by the rapid influx of river water.
The entire river was boiling, with fiery red light and high water columns everywhere. Looking at the overwhelming Han army, the frightened Zhou soldiers hurriedly changed into the civilian clothes that had been prepared, leaving behind the forts and boxes.
The gunpowder and the piles of cannonballs disappeared.
Only a group of troops under the command of the General Jiang Defense Force were still resisting. Deng Yunfeng went into battle shirtless and fired the cannon himself. His skills were extremely high and he hit hundreds of hits. He sank and damaged more than ten Han ships in half an hour. He had no choice but to do so.
There were too few forts to resist and there were too many enemies. Even if Deng Yunfeng had three heads and six arms, it would be in vain.
God knows how the Han army suddenly had so many warships, and it was definitely not supported by the Southern Han Dynasty, because these ships were going down the river, not upstream.
Gradually, the surrounding forts became mute, and only the fort where Deng Yunfeng was located was still firing. Therefore, it attracted a large amount of artillery fire from the Han army. A heavy rain of shells came, smashing the fort full of holes, and a large number of soldiers.
He was killed and injured, but General Deng still persisted and fought to the death.
The captain of the guard rushed forward and hugged Deng Yunfeng's thigh tightly and said: "Junmen, surrender, the situation is over!"
Deng Yunfeng angrily kicked away this follower who had been following him for many years, drew out his saber and shouted: "There are only Jiang defense soldiers who died in the battle, not Deng Yunfeng who surrendered! Whoever dares to persuade me to surrender, talk to me with my saber!"
The captain of the guard cried: "Junmen, look around, none of the brothers want to fight. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your wife and the young master."
Deng Yunfeng looked around. The soldiers, whose faces were dark and covered in gunpowder smoke, were looking at him expectantly. It seemed that they didn't want to fight. The neighboring fort in the distance had put up a white flag early and had stopped firing.
Ran away.
Deng Yunfeng sighed and said: "That's all, I won't make it difficult for you. Let's all disperse. But before you leave, please help me put it on."
The guards took out Deng Yunfeng's full set of general armor and helped him put it on. The ocher red battle robe, the wrought copper armor, and the tall helmet were placed on his head, like a ball of fire.
After Deng Yunfeng put on this brand-new robe and armor, he stood quietly on the gun emplacement. At this time, a pontoon bridge had been set up on the river, and he could vaguely see the large group of Han troops rushing over on the pontoon bridge with sparkling waves.
On the surface of the sparkling river, groups of fires were rising one after another, and howling bombs were heard. The so-called south bank river defense fortress was in ruins.
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"Throughout the dynasties, there have always been righteous and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their country. On Monday, let me do it. You can disperse and go back to your hometowns. Remember not to eat food and serve as soldiers in the future, and do this life-saving business."
Hundreds of soldiers watched with tears as their commander-in-chief dressed in the most conspicuous and solemn armor prepared to die for his country. No one was willing to leave. The guard captain gritted his teeth, picked up a cannonball and rushed forward to help Deng Yunfeng load the bomb.
On the ground, more soldiers rushed forward, and Jiangfang No. 1 Fort, which had been silent for a moment, continued to roar.
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Yuan Feng was sitting on the largest warship in the river. This huge warship was equipped with three hundred artillery pieces of various sizes. It was so powerful that it could level a small town with one salvo. He commanded the sailing navy officers and soldiers and the gunners.
The gunners are all skilled, and they are more than enough to suppress the forts on the other side.
The surface of the river was like a dumpling pot, with flowers blooming everywhere. I originally thought it would take at least a day to clear the forts on the other side, but I didn't know it only took two hours. It wasn't that the Zhou army's forts were not strong enough, the cannons were not powerful enough, and the artillery fire density was not dense enough.
The ammunition storage was not sufficient, but the gunners were too unsatisfactory.
It's no wonder that the imperial court had been preaching to the soldiers that the Northern Army was not used to water warfare and had no warships to support it. They could only drag their horses' tails across the river, making them a living target for everyone. Who knows how many things they did in one night?
Thousands of warships, under this kind of psychological blow, it would be strange if the Zhou army and Jiang defense soldiers, who were already in panic all day long, did not collapse.
Victory was imminent, and a long-lost smile appeared on Yuan Feng's face. He took the telescope away, and someone immediately took it attentively and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, would you like me to move the warship forward? It will look good."
clear."
Yuan Feng said: "Okay, thank you, General Li."
This General Li was Li Boxheng, the admiral of the Huguang army who had fought against the Han army for several months in his early years.
After the defeat in the Henan battle, Li Boxheng led his troops to flee back to Wuchang. After thinking about it, he thought that the world was about to be in chaos. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and start a new one? The troops in Huguang were well-prepared, and the king of Chu was calling the flag, so he didn't have to worry about no one following him.
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Therefore, Li Boxheng made the youngest son of the late King of Chu king, proclaimed himself prime minister and general marshal, stopped obeying the court's orders, and separated himself from one side.
After the emperor heard the news, he was furious and soldiers came to attack. Li Bosheng was retreating steadily. When he was desperate, he had to surrender to the Han army. The Han army sent troops to relieve his siege and captured Wuchang.
Wuchang is the most important town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It has a considerable number of naval warships and countless civilian merchant ships and cargo ships. With the help of Li Boxheng, the Han army integrated all resources and sailed down the river, unexpectedly appearing on the Jingshi River.
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After several rounds of artillery battles, the forts on the other side were completely shut down. Not even one of them could fire. The Han army took this opportunity to build a pontoon bridge. Countless ships were connected in a line and connected with prepared iron ropes and hemp ropes to form a water channel.
, the Han soldiers who could no longer restrain themselves swarmed in and advanced along the pontoon towards the south bank.
The pontoon boats are of different heights and lengths, and coupled with the impact of the river current, they will inevitably rise, fall, and sway. Fortunately, the soldiers have already practiced walking across the springboard, and they feel like walking on flat ground on the pontoon bridge. A large number of soldiers arrived at the south bank through the pontoon bridge one after another, and then
The cavalry and artillery also began to cross the river.
Suddenly, the silent fort on the other side roared again. Accurate shells hit the middle of the pontoon. The ship was blown to pieces. The broken limbs of soldiers and horses were flying in the sky. The ship with broken ropes and no anchor was bouncing in the river.
Spin and float down the current.
The pontoon bridge was interrupted and the losses were heavy. Yuan Feng was greatly shocked. He picked up a telescope and looked at it. He pointed at the last stubborn fort and said: "Hit the fire and blast it!"
The sailors gave orders with flags, and more than a dozen gunboats turned their guns and fired at them. Jiangfang No. 1 Fort was suddenly submerged in a sea of fire...
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The Han army crossed the river, and the ancient natural chasm was like a flat road in front of them. The river defense fortress built at a huge cost was as fragile as paper. Once the river defense was lost, the city walls of the capital would have no meaning.
The Han army was neither Mongol Tatars nor Turkic barbarians. They originally wanted to avenge their father and regain the throne they had lost. This battle was fought as a matter of course. Therefore, high-ranking officials in the imperial court and common people were all aware of this change of dynasty.
Mental preparation.
No matter who becomes the emperor, it is not the same. Those who should eat meat will still eat meat, and those who should eat steamed buns will still eat steamed buns.
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