Chapter 810 Zhang Xianzhong, who is as cunning as a fox
"Boom boom boom——!"
On the Yangtze River, eight gunboats were divided into two rows and fired in parallel rows. At a distance of more than a hundred steps from the gunboats, densely packed small and medium-sized ships and sampans dispersed and sailed hard towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Although the distance was very close, the gunboat's results were very bad. The gunboat was not big. There were only two three-pound cannons and three one-pound cannons on one side of the ship. In addition, the gunboats fired solid bullets and they were on the water.
It was launched while shaking. Therefore, although many ships were sunk and destroyed, they were only a drop in the bucket compared to the total number of ships on the river.
After learning that the Runing Army in He County, Huanggang and Lu'an had begun operations, Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army in Shucheng moved quickly. They collected a large number of nearby ships to cross the Yangtze River before the Runing Army surrounded them.
Escaped the encirclement and suppression by the Runing Army.
Zhang Xianzhong is indeed as cunning as a fox, and his sense of danger is first-rate. This sudden crossing of the river caused Zhang Xianzhong's old camp and the main baggage to have already crossed the river. By the time the squadron led by Tang Liu arrived at the crossing mouth,
There are only more than 30,000 peasants, soldiers, old men, women, and children left who have not yet crossed the river.
"Brother Six! How long are we going to keep firing like this one after another? Why don't we drive up and hit him!"
The captain of the gunboat that Tang Liu was on turned out to be his brother from the Cao Gang. This captain was so worried that he was sweating profusely because he was afraid that he would not complete the task of intercepting the peasant army from crossing the river.
The gunboats of the Runing Army are all close to one hundred materials. Although they are childish compared to sea-going ships, they are out-and-out giants on the Yangtze River. They can indeed sink and knock over the peasant army.
Those boats.
"Do you think we were not damaged after the collision? Besides, what if we sail among those small boats and are attacked or attacked by them? Our Runing Army only has a few ships. We cannot afford to lose even one.
"Although Tang Liu said this, his eyes were also full of anxiety.
"Sir! The observation post sent a signal. Our ship has sailed a hundred steps." The soldier on the side reported.
"Hey——!" Tang Liu hit the driving platform hard with his right fist, and then ordered helplessly: "Turn all around! Keep the distance."
Because the Runing Army's gunboats were upstream, while the downstream Peasant Army's ships spread across the river for several miles. Therefore, once the gunboats sailed into the Peasant Army's ship group, Tang Liu was afraid that his gunboats would be attacked.
Following the current, the gunboats were getting closer and closer to the peasant army's ships. In order to distance themselves, the gunboats could only turn their sails back after entering a hundred steps, and then widen the distance again. However, the speed of the sailboat's turning was quite slow.
Therefore, the gunboats' actions also gave the peasant army an opening to cross the river.
Seeing the gunboat turning, the peasant army on the north shore let out another cry. They pushed down a large number of boats and rowed hard towards the other shore.
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Before nightfall, Zhang Rubao and Ferreira led the Runing Army's main fleet of seventeen gunboats to the river crossing. They joined the squadron led by Tang Liu and finally cut off the subsequent peasant army from crossing the river.
In the end, surrounded by the Marines brought in by ship and troops marching from He County, all the more than 10,000 peasant troops who had not crossed the Yangtze River surrendered. However, Zhang Xianzhong successfully jumped out with more than 50,000 peasant troops.
Surrounded by the Runing Army, its strength was basically intact.
"Sir! The villain has not done all the work. Please punish me!" After seeing Zhang Rubao, Tang Liu said with shame.
"It's not your fault." Zhang Rubao was also very helpless, "I didn't expect Zhang thief to be so slick. Moreover, in the past few years, our navy has been like a stepmother, launching five ships. So I can't blame you.
, the general will not blame him." Zhang Rubao comforted him.
"Originally, the army ordered the order late. Why should we blame the Navy? Vice Commander Tang has done a good job in destroying so many ships." Ferreira has learned Chinese very well, but his temper is still Western-style.
People generally speak their minds outright and have not learned the euphemisms used in Chinese speech.
"You can't say that!" Zhang Rubao subconsciously stopped Ferreira. But when he thought about being surrounded by his navy brothers, he changed the topic, "I'd better report the situation to Runing first!"
After learning that Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army had jumped out of their encirclement, Xue Yong and Zhang Rubao sent urgent reports to Runing. In addition to apologizing to Wu Shigong, they also wanted to inquire about their next move in Huguang.
Wu Shigong did not blame them. He just asked the navy's fleet to still patrol the river to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's troops from crossing the river again and fleeing to the hinterland of Huguang. Wu Shigong also asked Xue Yong to integrate Chang Meng and the Runing army in He County to
Securely control the area from Lu'an to He County, and then move towards Wuchang and Xiangyang.
After solving the problem of the back garden, various units of the Runing Army were in place one after another, preparing to start a comprehensive military operation. However, no one expected that this complicated and confusing world melee would be started by an unexpected army.
One shot.
July 12, Canal Pier.
"Get off the boat quickly! Move faster!"
A group of generals were greeting the soldiers on the ship to get off the ship quickly. Although the soldiers were wearing bright armor and bright weapons, their unfamiliar movements and nervous expressions showed that they were all new recruits.
Looking at the new recruits, Zuo Yin said with some worry: "Master! Can those soldiers do it? They have only practiced for less than a month, and they can't even stand in line. If we let them go into battle now, the students will be afraid of Dong."
The Lord’s great reputation has been tarnished.”
"What does a famous name mean?" Yu Zilian waved his hand and said, "If we don't rise up, the Ming Dynasty will change. Without Kaifeng, there will be no Henan; without Henan, Jiangnan and the capital will not be saved. That's when we
If we can retain this army, what’s the point of losing the world?”
"Isn't there Wu Runing?" Zuo Yin asked.
"Hey——! Wu Runing and that intruder are not the same as each other? They are the same to the Ming Dynasty."
"Then we can't act as vanguards!" Zuo Yin said, "Except for the 200 servants we brought from the Ruzhou Army and the more than 200 generals sent by Eunuch Lu, the rest of our 20,000 people are new soldiers.
We have never been on the battlefield and have never seen blood. We have recruited more than 7,000 people from military households in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than 6,000 people from good families. The rest are rogues and prisoners.
The army collapsed."
"I know this too. It would be nice if our Ruzhou Army was here! There wouldn't be so many worries. Alas—!" Yu Zilian sighed.
"Hey——!" Zuo Yin also sighed and echoed, "That's right!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!