Chapter 43 The Burning of the Qingshen River

In order to hide his tracks, Yang Zhan's department mostly took small boats and haunted the reeds by the river. The 30,000 soldiers were divided into several teams, led by Yang Zhan and the generals, each team of more than 5,000 people, each with different sizes of ships. Most of these boats are improvised fishing boats, civilian boats.

It doesn't carry much.

However, Yang Zhan has been transferred from various departments in central Sichuan, and the hometowns of the soldiers who came are all close to the water's edge, and everyone's water quality is good.

Even so, Yang Zhan is bottomless.

Yang Zhan saw an opportunity, if this place is not big, when Zhang Xianzhong goes downstream, this battle is indispensable, since they have to fight, why not choose a decisive battle location that is beneficial to him.

It's just that Zhang Xianzhong has more than 100,000 people who can fight well after all. If Yang Zhan is confident, it is also fake.

"Report, General Zhang Xianzhong is out of Chengdu City."

Yang Zhan said: "How many ships are there? ”

"This ----" The scout was stuck, thought for a while and said: "It's all over the river, and you can't see the end at a glance." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals around Yang Zhan changed color one after another. For a time, there was fear. But he didn't want Yang Zhan's eyes to shine, and said, "The army has no jokes? Can you guarantee it? ”

The scout said loudly: "My subordinates have also done this errand for several years, and they have never made a mistake, and they dare to guarantee with their lives." ”

Yang Zhan laughed and said, "Zhang is a thief. Seeing that he was puzzled, he said: "The channel of the Minjiang River is not wide, and the thieves' boats fill the entire river, and only a big fire is needed to make him unable to advance or retreat." Zhou Yu can burn Chibi, and I dare to burn Qingshenjiang today. ”

Yang Zhan looked left and right, although they were moved by Yang Zhan's words, there was still horror between their eyebrows. Yang Zhan said: "Pass on my general order, and all departments should prepare more fire-inducing things such as fire oil and hay. When the thief appears, I will rush to the first formation, and my son will follow from the second formation. ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but feel ashamed. Yang Zhan clearly pressed the lives of his father and son. What other reason do they have not to fight for the lead. So they said: "I am willing to go to the soup for the general." ”

Yang Zhan's various departments are not to mention.

I saw most of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses going down the river.

Among the people in Zhang Xianzhong's department, there are also heads. If it is divided into internal and external, there are Chinese troops and foreign town troops, but now the Great Western Army is huddled in one place, and the foreign troops have also been defeated. However, in terms of seniority, there are old soldiers and Sichuan troops. The old army is the army before following Zhang Xianzhong into Sichuan. And the Sichuan army is naturally the army that Zhang Xianzhong was incorporated into the Sichuan.

However, Zhang Xianzhong did not trust the Sichuan army very much.

The reason is also very simple, the Sichuan people are so resistant to Zhang Xianzhong. Many of the troops who surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong were also easy to jump back. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's trust in these Sichuan troops is very low. Zhang Xianzhong ordered the Sichuan army to open the way in front, even if there were losses, Zhang Xianzhong was not distressed.

On the contrary, it was Zhang Xianzhong's old army, and when he died, Zhang Xianzhong was distressed.

The Qingshen River is the Min River, but at this time it was regarded as the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The vicinity of the Minjiang River is the fertile soil of the plains, that is, the Minjiang River is there, and there is the country of Sichuan Tianfu.

At this moment, in the small river ditches near the Minjiang River, Yang Zhansuo's tribe sails and oars, as if a piece of wood on the surface of the river. Motionless, to minimize the possibility of early detection by the Great Western Army.

It didn't take long for Yang Zhan to see the fleet of the Great Western Army.

As the scout just reported, it was really connected from end to end, and the ships were on board. If you think of the Minjiang River as a highway, these boats are like vehicles at the highway toll gates, almost one after another, although there is a little gap between them. But such a small gap is definitely not enough for them to take shelter in case of emergency.

Yang Zhan was overjoyed in his heart and said: "My plan has been completed." ”

Yang Zhan suddenly raised the big flag, and with a shout, the rumbling drums suddenly sounded, and countless soldiers struggled to shake the oars, and the small boats, like arrows from the string, shot out from the hidden places. Yang Zhan even sat on a slightly larger ship, standing at the bow of the ship, waving a big flag behind him, with a big "Yang" character. Let everyone see, with a curved bow in hand, rockets fired at the ships of the Great Western Army.

What Yang Zhan did was just a symbolic act.

Rockets or something are just auxiliary acts, but what really burns is the oil that burns.

It's just that there are different uses of fire oil.

Yang Zhan had already prepared, he put a lot of fire cabinets on the ship, a ship can only hit one or two, this fire cabinet is actually a kind of city defense weapon, there is also fire oil in the middle, under the push of force, the fire oil can be sprayed out. It can be said that it is the original water dragon car. This stuff has been used in firefighting for a long time.

It turns out that this thing is also good for setting fires.

The oil spewed out several feet away and sprinkled it on the ships of the Great Western Army, and then rockets flew in. Suddenly a raging fire broke out.

There were also boats, loaded with hay and oil, with pegboards in front of them, that slammed hard into the ships of the Great Western Army. Igniting the flammable material on it immediately can also start a fire. However, this was a bit difficult, because the ships of the Onishi Army went straight downstream.

It took a lot of effort to put the fireship on top of the ships of the Onishi Army.

However, the dense fleet of the Onishi Army also helped them. Because they have nowhere to hide if they want to, and it is impossible to avoid if they want to. Because even if the ships in front paused slightly, the ships behind collided. Many times it was not the fireship that hit the ship of the Onishi Army, but the Onishi Army that crashed into the fireship.

In addition, Yang Zhan also prepared more firearms, and almost got all the firearms in his inventory.

In the first batch of attacks, no matter whether it is a swarm of bees, or a hundred tigers running together, whether it is a fire dragon out of the water, or a tiger squat, a franc machine, large and small artillery arrows. The rockets crackled like hail on the ship.

For a while, there were few living people on the deck of the ships at the front of the Great Western Army. Not to mention fighting back.

These actions, which are slow to say, actually happen at the snap of a finger, and there is no distinction between before and after. Yang Zhan's thousands of soldiers gave the Great Western Army a blow to the head, so that Zhang Xianzhong didn't react at all, he just heard the sound of artillery a few miles ahead. Immediately asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Left and right were all the same, not knowing what was going on.

But after a while, without them talking, Zhang Xianzhong also knew what was going on. For a few miles to the south, a black smoke rushed into the sky like a black dragon, and it was blown by the south wind, and this black dragon seemed to swoop down from the sky and shroud the fleet.

At the end of the black dragon, a dazzling red color is particularly conspicuous.

At this moment, the flames have spread, and it is no longer a matter of one boat and two boats.

Zhang Xianzhong's face was extremely pale. Everything in front of him made him full of anger and had no place to vent. Because the distance between the ships was so tight, the ships collided under the drive of the flames. The ships that were still moving, driven by the flames, were stuck together in a panic, and it was difficult to move.

Many sailors jumped into the Qingshen River one by one and swam desperately to both sides.

This kind of panic is extremely strange. How can Zhang Xianzhong be happy.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Wang Zhaoling also panicked for a while and said.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Wang Zhaoling lightly, and looked down on Wang Zhaoling more and more, shouldn't Wang Zhaoling offer him advice at this time, Wang Zhaoling asked him instead.

However, this is not the time to think too much, Zhang Xianzhong is also very single, and said: "All ships will go ashore nearby." ”

Wang Zhaoling was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, the savings of the whole country are here. ”

Zhang Xianzhong sneered and said, "If the prime minister is interested, how about taking care of it on the ship?" ”

Wang Zhaoling suddenly stopped talking.

In fact, what Wang Zhaoling said is right, the things in this fleet are indeed the savings of the whole country for Daxiguo. Zhang Xianzhong was also extremely distressed, but he knew that his greatest wealth was not these floating wealth, but soldiers who could fight well.

As long as these soldiers are here, he can make a comeback.

And these floating fortunes are certainly important, far less important than the soldiers, even so Zhang Xianzhong itched Yang Zhan's hateful teeth.