The Qing army rushed to the river, rushed to the Ming Dynasty warship that left in a hurry, shot arrows again and again, countless arrows flew out, nailed to the side of the ship, the tail of the arrow vibrated and made a "clanging" sound, and more arrows fell into the water, splashing with waves.

Although it did not cause any damage to the Ming troops on the ship, the Qing soldiers were not tired of it, and many of them wielded their weapons and rushed from the woods to the shore to cheer, as if they had won a great victory.

Looking at the excited appearance of the Qing army, and seeing the outpost Ming army landing on the shore and suffering a big loss, Liu Shun was suddenly furious and shouted: "Straight lady thief, shoot me a cannon!" ”

The Grand Canal is so wide, standing on the opposite bank can be observed with the naked eye, although Liu Shun avoided Yangzhou City, but he wanted to land, as soon as the fleet set off, it was discovered by Liang Huafeng, it is estimated that the Ming army must have chosen a piece of hills to land, and then set up a pontoon bridge, the main force to cross the river.

A thousand-household team that was responsible for taking the lead in crossing the river to reconnoiter and set up a stall was killed by more than 200 people, and the results were not great, but the Qing army was extremely happy.

Liang Huafeng wore a black official robe, a bowl hat and a red crown, and walked out of the woods according to the sword, thinking that he made such a fuss, the Ming army would definitely have to choose a new place to cross the river, and the Qing army could delay for a while, he was happy in his heart, and was about to laugh, but the Ming army's bow artillery opened fire in unison.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The main fleet of the Ming Dynasty was anchored in the middle of the river, and after the vanguard troops were originally prepared to set up a booth position, they immediately landed on the shore, and the hull of the ship was turned around, and the bow of the ship was facing the west bank, so it could only fire at the bow.

Half of the 200 ships were equipped with artillery, but nearly 100 large and small artillery pieces were bombarded with fire, and the Qing soldiers who were howling on the shore were immediately wiped out, and the rest were holding on to their hats and rushing into the woods.

Liu Shun, who was standing at the bow of the boat, saw that the Qing army cheered a few times, and was beaten by the sudden artillery, and couldn't help laughing, "Straight lady thief, why don't you howl?" ”

He laughed for a while, suddenly his face sank, and he said in a solemn voice: "Order, beat the drum to attack this town!" ”

The boss sat on the boat, and there was a big flag on the ship, with the book "Ming Baoguo Gong, Zhongwu Town Governor Liu", and the four big drums below were immediately hammered.

Dozens of oars sticking out of the side of the ship slid neatly and rippled, and the warship rushed towards the shore at high speed.

Before, Liu Shun was careless for a while, and let Duoduo break the two big camps, which made him lose face, and Zhongwu Town was also very faceless.

After the matter spread, there were also some rumors on the side of the Shun department, saying that Liu Guogong and Zhongwu were the worst among the five towns, and the reason why they were able to stand side by side with other towns was because of the relationship between Liu Guogong and the king, but they didn't have any skills.

Wang Yan took special care of the two towns of Zhongwu and Zhongyong, and the Shun Department was somewhat unconvinced, Dai Zhifan had a lot of achievements, and the Shun Department was not good at talking about him, and he couldn't jump out of the problem, so he set his eyes on Liu Shun.

After the reform of the imperial court titles, the titles of the old nobles are called Liujue, which decreases from generation to generation, and there is a kind of hereditary from generation to generation, that is, the previous lords, of course, the difficulty of obtaining the lords is much more difficult than before, and they cannot be obtained without making great contributions.

This is also to give hope to the new forces and make them more motivated, in fact, it is also a process of alternating between the old and the new.

It is said that the last time he broke Azig, Dai Zhifan was almost about to be crowned the king of the county, but Dai Zhifan did not accept it, refused several times before and after, and finally changed the title to hereditary earl. Although this hereditary earl is two sections smaller than his title, it may not be as valuable as the title of the county king, Dai Zhifan is a duke, and after the title of his descendants is reduced, the descendants of the descendants can still be earls for generations, instead of becoming commoners after a few generations like Liujue, so this title is very precious.

Born in peace and died in sorrow, Wang Yan is actually unwilling to set up this kind of Shijue, because it is easy for his descendants to lose their pursuit, and finally become parasites like the clan.

In order to ensure that the title is not reduced, to ensure the glory of the ancestors and the family, there is a heart of meritorious service, and to maintain a long-term vitality and a militant group, but human nature is like this, not everyone has his consciousness and ideas, so the lord still has to be set, otherwise it will not be able to win people's hearts.

In this battle, Liu Shun and Zhongwu were full of breath, although there was a Qing army to block, but the soldiers still chose to continue to land, must cross the Grand Canal, can not let the Qing army get their morale back.

"Boom!" A soldier lit the fuse, the bow cannon retreated suddenly, an iron bullet rushed out of the white smoke, smashed directly onto the river bank, a Qing soldier was about to turn around and retreat, just hit by the shell, the whole body was immediately torn to pieces, the power of the shell was undiminished, continued to fly forward, and smashed an escaped Qing soldier to the ground.

"Retreat, into the woods!" Before Liang Huafeng could celebrate the victory, he was stunned by the artillery fire, and when he saw that a large number of his subordinates had died in the shelling, he was so anxious that he shouted again and again.

How did the thousands of green battalion soldiers rush out of the woods, how to escape back now.

In the roaring sound of cannons, the mountains were full of Qing soldiers running towards the woods, and corpses in foot coats were scattered everywhere along the river.

Nearly 100 flat-bottomed boats of the Ming army rushed to the shore, and of course there was a boat in the center of the river, and turned the hull of the boat, and the side side was aimed at the woods to prevent accidents.

These ships are naval ships, and they have a deep draft, and they can't reach the river.

The Qing army ran back to the woods, Liu Shun did not recklessly let the soldiers get off the boat, because the woods were too close to the shore, and the Qing soldiers could hide in the forest and shoot arrows to the shore, but with the woods blocking, it was difficult for the Ming army to hurt the Qing army.

Liu Shun looked at the terrain, this is a hill composed of more than ten small slopes, the range is not too large, his eyes narrowed, and he ordered: "Don't stop the artillery, continue to suppress, Xuanwu, Guangwu, outflank left and right, cut off the enemy's retreat, Xiaowu battalion prepare rockets, force the Qing soldiers out." ”

The order was conveyed, the Ming army first continued to bombard with artillery, one by one iron bullets roared and smashed into the woods, from time to time there was a "click" sound in the forest, the cypress tree with a thick bowl mouth was hit by the iron bullet, and immediately broken, and the big tree scraped the branches and leaves of other trees, and fell down with a bang.

From time to time, trees in the forest were smashed, and the sound of "click" sounded again and again, and the green battalion soldiers below panicked.

Five thousand Qing soldiers hid in the woods, and Liang Huafeng was commanding the Qing soldiers to dodge the artillery fire and prepare to fire arrows to the shore.

After a burst of artillery bombardment, the Ming army saw the opportunity, the soldiers quickly disembarked, the left and right parts did not line up, so they ran to the left and right sides, and the soldiers in front of them held shields, quickly disembarked, braved the rain of arrows of the Qing army, lined up to the shield wall, and the archers and gunners followed closely to get off the boat.

The Qing army also immediately released arrows, and a thousand generals of the Qing army pointed at the Ming army, "General, the two Ming troops ran in both directions, do you want to go around our backs." Liang Huafeng was shocked, and at this time, the Ming army in front of him had set up a simple formation under the cover of artillery and shield hands, and hundreds of Ming soldiers and soldiers bent their bows to shoot hundreds of rockets.

A flaming rocket, which was fired directly next to Liang Huafeng, immediately ignited the dead leaves.

In autumn, the broad-leaved forest begins to lose its leaves, and a layer of dead leaves has accumulated in the forest, and it has not rained recently, and it immediately burns.

Liang Huafeng saw the fire and rain in the sky, and was scared into a cold sweat, and immediately ordered: "Go!" The whole army retreated and returned to Yangzhou as soon as possible! ”

The Qing soldiers in the woods immediately began to flee and quickly fled to the north.

Liu Shun saw that the fire in the forest had broken out, and the Qing army's arrow rain had stopped, knowing that the Qing soldiers must have fled, he hurriedly ordered, "Stop the fire, the archers control the fire, and the sword and shield bearers and pikemen immediately bypass the woods and pursue the town." ”