Shuo Dai stood at the head of Jingzhou City, watching with concern as more and more Ming troops climbed the river embankment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Master, so many people from the Southern Barbarians have gone up to the embankment, shouldn't they dig up the embankment?" One Goshha asked worriedly.

Shuo Dai's face was solemn: "The old man is afraid that they will dig up the river embankment!" Once that barbarian digs up the river embankment, their large warship will be able to rush directly to Long Lake! Look at their warships, they're bigger than mountains! It was obviously a giant ship of the Tessies, and no amount of small ships could get close! Once they dig the river embankment, although our army has a city wall to resist the flood, the thief giant ship can directly approach the city wall and bombard the city! ”

"My lord! Look! A lot of Ming dogs have gone up the embankment with tools! They seem to be digging embankments! A Qing soldier pointed in the direction of the embankment and shouted.

Shuo Dai was extremely shocked: "Did the Southern Barbarians ignore their people? ”

Qing Jun Qianzong said: "That Wang Yu dog thief, I heard that in Ningbo, when he was in Xinhui, he never cared about the life and death of the people. Our army asked the people to help defend the city at the head of the city, and this dog thief ignored the people and brazenly ordered the bombardment of the city! This thief is ruthless! If this thief digs up the embankment, I am afraid that we will not be able to survive. ”

Shuo Dai lamented: "Our army can only abandon the city immediately and go to Anlu!" ”

Dahab hurriedly dissuaded: "My lord, don't abandon the city!" If our army abandons the city and flees to Anlu, the thieves will send cavalry to chase after them! And most of our army are new recruits, and once they leave the city wall, they can't leave at all! Why don't you just wait in the city! Even if the thieves dig up the embankment, our army can hold out for a while, wait until it gets dark, and then leave on a raft and bamboo raft! ”

"Well, that's all there is to it!" Shuo Dai said helplessly.

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in June, the weather was changeable, just the sky was still clear, suddenly the sky was dark, the sky was thunder and lightning, the sky seemed to be pierced a hole, the downpour fell from the sky, and the entire Jingzhou neighborhood was shrouded in heavy rain.

The Ming army, which had already boarded the embankment, retreated to the boats parked on the river, and the wind and rain were blowing, so for the sake of safety, the Ming fleet temporarily retreated to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the ships were docked on the shore to shelter from the wind and rain. After all, the power of nature is not something that human beings can compete with, and once the ship full of officers and soldiers sinks or capsizes, it will cause unnecessary losses.

On the side of Emperor Hude, the torrential rain fell and the water level of the river soared, which was a good thing for his small fleet. The wolves in the small river channel are not big, and although the river is surging, it still can't make big waves, but the current is a little faster.

One by one, the boats lowered their anchor chains and stopped moving for a while, and the canvas roofs were pulled up to shelter the soldiers on board. Although the canvas roof was pulled up, the rainstorm was so heavy that the rain continued to seep into the cabin, and the floor of the cabin was wet, and the roof was still seeping water.

"With such heavy rain, I'm afraid the gunpowder on the boat will be wet a lot!" Hu Dedi said worriedly.

There was no problem at all on Hu Dedi's own steamer, the steamer covered with iron plates on the outside was quite waterproof and not easy for water to seep into, and the gunpowder placed in the cabin was no problem at all. But what he was worried about was those small boats, such a heavy rain, the small boats couldn't stop the rain even if they pulled up the canvas shed! If the gunpowder is wet, it will not be able to dry at all within a few days. If you lose the power of firearms, it will really not be easy to deal with the Qing army sailors in Changhu.

However, Khadedi soon learned that his fears were unfounded, and that every soldier on the boat had taken the best possible protection for the gunpowder, and the musketeers had wrapped the bag of bullets with oilcloth and placed it in a clay pot, which was sealed with a cork on the outside to prevent the gunpowder from getting wet. And the gunners, wrapped the guns tightly in oilcloth and put them in empty powder kegs. The powder kegs filled with gunpowder were also wrapped in oilcloth by the gunners to prevent water from leaking in.

After two days of heavy rainfall, the water level of the rivers and lakes around Jingzhou rose by two to three feet, and even the water level of the Yangtze River soared by more than three feet.

The Ming army, which temporarily retreated to the south bank, crossed the river again, and for the Ming army, which had a huge fleet, crossing the Yangtze River was as simple as eating and drinking.

The rising water level also provided convenience for the Ming Army's pole mineboat battalion and marines who were preparing to attack Changhu, so that they could pass through the originally narrow and shallow channel relatively smoothly and approach Changhu. The Ming army's pole mineboats, Marine boats, and steamers sailed for a day and finally approached Changhu.

"Ming dog! Minggou went against the current! Seeing the Ming army fleet appearing in the river downstream of the lake, the Qing soldiers who were in charge of standing guard immediately returned to the Chinese army camp and reported to Lin Xingzhu.

"General Lin, Minggou's fleet has come up, how should I deal with the battle?" Nesuken asked.

Lin Xingzhu replied: "My lord, the humble duty is ready, even if it is raining heavily in the past few days, the humble duty has not been idle, and the sailors of our army have prepared a large amount of white cloth, which is stained with menstrual blood. The lowly also collected some women's belly pockets and the like, which can also break the thief fire dragon! What's more, these two people have just rained rain, and the mana of the fire dragon is bound to be damaged, plus the extremely yin things prepared by our army, they will definitely be able to break the thief! ”

"Good! That's great! Let our army attack immediately, and we must destroy the thief sailor! Keep the Long Lake Embankment safe! Nesuken looked up and laughed.

"Pass my order, the sailor pulls the anchor and sets sail! Fight the dog! Lin Xingzhu asked people to pass the order.

"Hahaha! A certain will also go to meet the thief sailor! "Nesuken walked out of the Chinese camp with a few Goshkha.

Nesuken's martial arts skills were very high, and he thought that if he took a big ship, he would definitely be able to overturn many small ships of the Ming army. Even if he didn't collide with it, but was close to the Ming army, with his martial arts, he would definitely not suffer a loss in the broadside battle.

Seeing that the bannermen in the Chinese army camp had all gone out, He Yingyuan asked suspiciously: "General, are we really working for the Manchu court to stop the Ming army?" ”

"A rabble, they can't win! I hope the Ming army can slaughter all the bannermen in the water division, so that you and I can survive. Remember, after a moment when the sailor was defeated, the three of us brothers left here! Let's go north and pick up my family. When the time comes, we will join the Ming army, or go away and fly high, and we will act well. Lin Xingzhu said.

"Wow!" Luo Shizhen and He Yingyuan retreated.

The warships of the Qing army's naval division have already set off and are heading in the direction of Hukou. All the warships were hung with red white cloths, and all kinds of colorful women's articles were hung.

"Woo-" The steamer whistled a long whistle, the chimney spewed black smoke, and the bow of the ship split the waves and went upstream.