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  Chapter 314 312 [Huguang water battle]

  The governor of Yunyang was changed again, and his name was Wang Aoyong.

  This guy was a second-hand minister in history. He was first arrested by Li Zicheng and handcuffed for his salary, and then he fled to Dorgon, and directly became the minister of the household department and the minister of the Ministry of Industry-he was killed by Li Zicheng's generals.

  The previous two governors of Yunyang were both very good at fighting.

   But they had conflicts with Yang Sichang, so Chongzhen thought they would not fight. Now that Wang Aoyong has been exchanged for the front line, the situation in Hubei has taken a turn for the worse!

  Wang Aoyong was played around by Zhang Xianzhong, exhausted, and suffered several defeats in succession.

  In the end, he didn't dare to move, Wang Aoyong shrank in Yunyang, and the rest of the generals shrank in Xiangyang.

  Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to lure, but the officers and soldiers could not hold on.

   "Eight Great Kings, the spies report back, Jingmen is empty, and Lu'an is also empty!"

   Zhang Xianzhong is currently occupying the city of De'an Prefecture, and sent spies to inquire everywhere, but as a result, his troops on both sides are empty.

  Where should we fight?

  The previous governor of Anlu was Shi Kefa, who had jurisdiction over Anqing, Luzhou, Taiping, Chizhou and other places.

  Shi Kefa was lucky, only two months after Ding You returned home, Fei Ruhe went to fight in Taiping.

  The new governor of Anlu, Zheng Eryang, transferred all the elite troops from Jiangbei to Taiping Mansion and Wuhu to defend the city in order to resist Fei Ruhe.

  This is also the reason why Fei Ruhe has been delayed for a long time and has been unable to take down the Taiping Mansion.

   What Fei Ruhe faced in Taiping Mansion was the Jiangbei new army trained by Shi Kefa, and there were also capable governors and prefects guarding the city.

   At the same time, the governor of Huguang also changed, and the new governor was named Xu Renlong.

  The former governor, Fang Kongzhang, trained sailors in Dongting Lake, and was dismissed and sent to prison just after training.

  Xu Renlong heard that the Jiangxi thieves were attacking the various prefectures of Dongting Lake, so he immediately transferred the troops along the river from Hubei, and led the navy to fight a decisive battle around Dongting Lake.

  So Zhang Xianzhong was confused. The officers and soldiers of Xunyang were beaten by him so that they dared not come out, and the soldiers from Hubei and Jiangbei all went south to attack Zhao Han. The rest of the officers and soldiers all went to Henan to beat Li Zicheng, and for a while no one cared about him.

  Happiness came too suddenly, which made Zhang Xianzhong, who had been chased and intercepted for a long time, feel a little uncomfortable.

  According to the administrative division of later generations, the entire central and northern parts of Anhui, as well as the central and southern parts of Hubei, Zhang Xianzhong can fight wherever he wants!

"Your Majesty, if you don't take what God has given, you will be blamed instead," Liao Zhifang said, cupping his hands. "In the current situation, Li Zicheng is in Henan, and Zhao Han is in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangbei cannot go to fight, otherwise the future is very likely to be attacked by the imperial court and Zhao Han from north to south. Take Jingmen first, use Jingmen as the foundation of your life, and fight south to the Yangtze River."

  Zhang Xianzhong nodded and asked: "And then?"

  Because the world line has changed too much, Zhang Xianzhong's military adviser has changed, and Liao Zhifang appeared out of nowhere.

Liao Zhifang pointed to the map and said: "After occupying Jingmen and Jingzhou, send a partial division all the way to the east to Huangmei County, and draw the river with Zhao Han to rule. Then go north and take De'an Mansion, and then only Yunyang and Xiangyang will be left. The Second Mansion. No matter what method you use, if you get rid of the officers and soldiers in these two places, you can enter Sichuan without any worries."

"Zhao thief called the other side of the river Hunan, so our side is called Hubei. The king takes Hubei as his foundation, and then takes over the land of abundance in Sichuan. In this way, you can reject Zhao Han in the south, go to Shanshan in the north, and go to Jiangbei in the east. While training troops , While governing the people, recharge your batteries and watch the changes in the world.”

   "Good idea!" Zhang Xianzhong clapped his hands, "Mr. is really my Zhuge Liang."

  Liao Zhifang said: "It is advisable to send troops quickly, and the opportunity must not be missed. Your Majesty, those who plot the world must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and must clean up military discipline."

  Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said, "I know, I won't kill indiscriminately in the future."

  Huguang governor Xu Renlong ordered the governor of Yunyang to contain Zhang Xianzhong before dispatching troops to the south.

  Unexpectedly, Governor Xunyang shrank directly.

  Zhang Xianzhong divided his troops into two groups, as if entering the land of no one.

   All the way to attack Hanyang by surprise, first send the internal response into the city, and then the internal response and the external cooperation, easily take down Hanyang.

  Zhang Xianzhong's main force succeeded in a surprise attack on Yingcheng, and then on Jingshan and Chengtianfu.

  The officers and soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are terrible, how much better can the north be?

  As long as the imperial army is not there, those cities will be paper. Historically, even the important town of Xiangyang, Zhang Xianzhong took it by surprise attack, and the city was full of supplies mobilized by Yang Sichang.

   Zhang Xianzhong seized the city while expanding his troops, and his strength exceeded 150,000 in a blink of an eye.

   As for the combat effectiveness of those recruits, it is hard to say.

  Zhang Xianzhong's four godsons all became handsome and handsome, each commanding 20,000 troops, and began to attack from all directions.

  Seeing that the bandits are getting bigger and bigger, the officers and soldiers of Yunyang and Xiangyang are even more afraid to move. They were stalling for time, waiting for Yang Sichang to get rid of Li Zicheng, and then officers and soldiers from all walks of life came together to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

   Taking Jingzhou Fucheng, Zhang Xianzhong watched a water battle.

  Jiangxi Navy and Dongting Lake Navy fought on the surface of the Yangtze River.

  Zhang Xianzhong did not have a telescope, so he could only stand on the top of the city and watch the battle with his naked eyes.

   "It's really spectacular." Zhang Xianzhong said dumbfounded.

  The surface of the river is densely packed, full of warships and sails, and there are three or four hundred ships in total.

  Officers and sailors are all converted merchant ships. Although there are more in number, there are relatively few large ships. occupy an upstream position.

  Jiangxi Navy has more large ships, but fewer overall. Take the upper hand.

   Both sides are cruising and changing formations. The Jiangxi navy uses shelling from time to time, all of which are less powerful Francois machine guns.

  Zhang Xianzhong observed for a while, and asked, "Which side do you think can win?"

  Liao Zhifang said: "The Jiangxi navy won."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "I also think that the Jiangxi Navy can win. Although the number of warships is smaller, the formation is very neat. This has not been around a few times, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy have been confused, not to mention the Jiangxi Navy. gun."

  On the Yangtze River.

  Li Hui, deputy commander of the Jiangxi Navy, received the flag order from Gu Jianshan, and immediately ordered: "Thunderbolt!"

   Paper packages were thrown out by the trebuchet, but they did not hit the enemy ship, and all fell on the water.

   Just when Zhang Xianzhong was in a daze, there were bursts of explosions on the surface of the river. Those paper packages, without ignition, exploded automatically on the water surface. Not only was there thick smoke formed by wet gunpowder, but also a lot of dust mixed with lime and chili powder.

   More than a hundred paper packages exploded one after another.

  Then the catapult was loaded and launched again, and more than a hundred paper packages exploded.

   Three consecutive rounds of projectile explosions, blown by the southeast wind, all kinds of smoke and dust quickly covered the battlefield, covering the downwind officers, soldiers and sailors.

  Zhang Xianzhong couldn't understand it at all, and he said dumbfounded: "What kind of magic is this?"

   "Caishiji water battle!" Liao Zhifang suddenly exclaimed.

  Zhang Xianzhong asked: "What is the Caishiji water battle?"

Liao Zhifang explained: "Your Majesty, in the Song Dynasty, 600,000 Jin soldiers marched south. At that time, the Jin soldiers had hundreds of warships, and the Song soldiers won the victory with the thunderbolt cannon. The ammunition fired by the thunderbolt cannon can explode on the water, and the sulfur Mixed with lime to cover the sky and break the sun, it is exactly the same as the situation in front of you."

   "Sir, you are really knowledgeable," Zhang Xianzhong sighed, and then asked, "But why do those things explode when they fall into the water?"

   "This... I don't know either." Liao Zhifang didn't understand strange tricks.

  The Jiangxi navy has already lowered its sails and rowed far away.

  After the local smog dissipated, the sails were set up again, and everyone covered their faces with gauze, even their eyes.

   "Cough cough cough cough..."

  The formation of the officers, soldiers and sailors was completely messed up, and the sailors were coughing violently. Of course, some lucky ones were not affected.

"kill!"

  Jiangxi navy rushed to the past and used the hook to catch the enemy warship.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  Before the jumping gang started, a row of muskets were fired.

   Taking advantage of this opportunity, the melee sailors jumped over one after another, and began to charge with their waist knives. The firecrackers also put down their firecrackers, pulled out their waist knives and jumped over to seize the boat.

  The two commanders, Gu Jianshan and Li Hui, naturally couldn't fight in person. They kept issuing flag orders to direct Jiangxi warships to surround the enemy ships. Although there are many officers and soldiers and warships, in some battlefields, one official ship is often besieged by two or three Jiangxi ships.

   "Cough cough cough cough!"

  Huguang Governor Xu Renlong is also a fighter.

  But at this moment, he was no longer able to command the battle, and the smoke was so thick that he couldn't see the situation ahead.

   "Rush through the smoke, don't retreat, our army is downwind... cough cough cough!"

  The governor's ship rushed forward, but the flag order issued by the ship could not be effectively conveyed. As a result, some officers and soldiers rushed forward, some retreated, and even collided with each other.

   The smoke was finally blown away by the wind, but Xu Renlong fell into despair.

  His warships have been captured more than 30 ships, and all the rest are fighting on their own, and some have simply escaped for two or three miles.

   "Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

  Two Jiangxi warships surrounded them, fixed them with hooks, and attacked Xu Renlong's ship from left to right.

   "Follow me to kill the thief!"

  Xu Renlong raised his sword and charged forward, some of the sailors rushed forward, some kneeled and surrendered, and some jumped into the river to escape.

  Zhang Xianzhong watched the battle from the sidelines and was beyond shocked. He said: "Order the whole army to give preferential treatment to craftsmen. Whoever can make such things will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and then he will be rewarded as a high official!"

  Liao Zhifang sighed: "Zhao Han possesses such a sharp weapon that no one can beat the Yangtze River. From now on, we will fight water battles. We must also observe the wind direction, and don't be in the downwind direction of the Jiangxi Navy."

   "Yes, you can't fight against the downwind, it's the same **** way." Zhang Xianzhong still had lingering fear.

  Navy officers and soldiers also thought the same way. They thought that Zhao thief would bewitch, and they had already lost the will to resist because of fear.

  Governor Xu Renlong of Huguang, although he has strategy in mind, is already seventy-eight years old.

  He raised his sword and led the crowd forward, his beard and hair were all white, and the Datong soldiers couldn't bear to kill them. Kicked down, then held down, and took the governor into captivity.

   Take down the flagship of the officers and men, lower the flag of the governor, and the rest of the officers and warships give up resistance one after another.

   "Haha, this thing Song Zhangsi (Song Yingxing) made is really useful!" Gu Jianshan shouted excitedly.

   It’s amazing that Nanjing City was frightened by six warships and surrendered directly.

  In Taiping Mansion, facing Fei Ruhe's army, the officers and soldiers were still defending the city.

   On the Huguang side, the governor even took the initiative to lead the navy to fight, and the defenders of Yuezhou Prefecture also resisted fiercely.

  Nanjing, the strongest, is the easiest to fight.

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  (end of this chapter)