"Woo-" The whistle made a long sound that resounded through the sky, and this long whistle could pierce miles away. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The long whistle of the info whistle frightened the Qing soldiers on the shore into dissipation.

"It's the Dragon King who's angry!" Someone screamed.

"Run! The Dragon King is angry! A large number of Qing soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran.

Several Qing army officers on the shore were also startled by the sound of the whistle just now, and they had not come back to their senses at this time, although some people did not believe that the dragon king was angry, but the sound just now was too scary, and these Qing army officers could not understand what was going on, how the ship could make such a loud strange sound.

The four guns and 20 rifled guns on the ship continued to shoot shells and bullets at both sides of the river, and there were also marines on the ship carrying rockets to shoot a fire dragon from time to time into the crowd of Qing soldiers fleeing on the shore. It's a pity that the accuracy of the rocket is too poor, and despite the addition of a tail, the rocket is launched with a screaming sound, and it turns and turns irregularly.

The Qing army had a large number of people, a dense formation, and no matter how poor the accuracy of the rocket was, it could fall into the crowd of the Qing army and explode.

The small steamer rushed to the surface of the river one mile away from the river where the Qing army cut off the river, and the hull of the ship was measured, and the front and rear main guns and a secondary gun in the middle spewed out fire one after another, and the shells fell into the river, raising columns of water that rushed to the sky, and the Qing ships behind the simple barrage were shot one after another. The Qing ships that were hit were as if they had been hit hard by a hammer, constantly spewing out sawdust and broken planks, the ship's planks shattered, the masts fell down, and the personnel were shattered.

"Signal the flag and let the Marines come up!" Emperor Hu Dedi ordered his own soldiers.

The small steamer gave a flag signal, and the Marine boats downstream began to move, and the marines on the boat stepped on the pedals, the wheels turned at high speed, slapping the river, and the boats went upstream. While the trolley boat was sailing upstream, the ship's sub-cannon also roared again and again, and the shells kept hitting the shore.

If it weren't for Wang Xinyu's consideration that the small boats of the Marine Corps were too small, he would have been eager to install a swarm of bee fire vans on the small boats. But the wooden boat is too small, not to mention a swarm of bee cars, even if you use a rocket on the boat, the flames sprayed backwards will hurt your own people, and may even set your own boat on fire.

The sub-cannon is also the best weapon for small boats, this kind of gun has a fast rate of fire and low recoil, which is suitable for use in small boats.

The artillery fire smashed through the sky, and the Qing soldiers on the other side of the barrage were beaten to pieces. At the same time, the Japanese samurai and ashigaru on the pole mineboat jumped off the boat and attacked the Qing army at the barrage along both sides of the riverbank. Before the Japanese warriors arrived, a row of muskets roared, and countless Qing soldiers fell.

After all, the Qing soldiers here were a rabble made up of fishermen and water thieves, who were bombarded by the Ming army and attacked by the Japanese mercenaries for a while, and they were defeated and retreated.

"Dig up!" Emperor Hu Dedi ordered.

The Japanese mercenary Ashigaru picked up shovels and various tools, stood waist-deep in the river, and dug up the sandbags that the Qing soldiers had thrown into the river. When they encountered a stone thrown by the Qing army, several people went under the water and moved the stone up.

The Qing army camp, the defeated Qing army reported to Lin Xingzhu: "General, something is wrong!" The barbarians have the help of the dragon king! One of their boats is a fire dragon, which can breathe fire and sail, and when they are angry, their voices resound for dozens of miles! Obediently, the magic cannon on the fire dragon is really powerful! Hit far and accurately! ”

There are also Qing soldiers who add fuel and vinegar and say: "Not only the fire dragon, but also the water dragon!" The ship also spewed water vapor and white smoke! ”

Lin Xingzhu didn't believe in what kind of fire dragon and water dragon, but the Ming army's artillery was powerful, he knew this very well, and he also knew that the Ming army had a very far and very accurate artillery, which was a very advanced artillery, and the Qing court could not imitate it at all. In short, it is strange that this rabble under his command is undefeated.

The bannerman who supervised the naval division in the army had just seen this one-sided water battle, and he also knew that the Ming army's warships were powerful, even if they were small boats, whether they were sailors or infantrymen, they could not get close at all.

The banner man Nesuken asked: "General Lin, you are the general of the sailor division, do you know how to break the enemy?" ”

Lin Xingzhu replied: "It's not so fast for the southern barbarians to come up, we throw sandbags in the water and set up obstacles, and it will take them several days to dig up!" We're here to get ready, wait for them to come up, and use superior forces against them in the lake! The river is narrow, and although our army has many warships, it is unable to exert its strength, and it suffers a great loss. ”

Someone proposed: "We can use fireboats down the river to burn the fleet of thieves!" ”

Hearing this suggestion put forward by someone, Lin Xingzhu was taken aback: if the Ming army was really defeated, it would only be a temporary victory, and it would be a defeat in the end. If Jingzhou is really flooded, the Ming army will definitely not be able to spare itself in the future!

Fortunately, this proposal was immediately rejected by Nesuken: "The Southern Barbarians were originally helped by the fire dragon, and we still use fireboats?" Wouldn't that give the fire dragon wings? ”

Hearing that the flag people were all against this plan, Lin Xingzhu was relieved.

In fact, if the Qing army really used fireboats to go downstream, the small steamers of the Ming army were not afraid of fireboats, as long as the small steamers rushed up with full horsepower, how many fireships were knocked over, and they could not play any role at all, which is why Wang Xinyu let the only small steamer help the war.

Someone proposed: "Prepare black dog blood, as well as women's items, you can definitely break the fire dragon!" ”

"Yes!" Another petty officer from a water thief echoed, "The fire dragon belongs to yang, and it needs something extreme yin to crack it!" Collect women's items to break. ”

"That's it! Go and collect some women's menstrual blood and hang it on the boat. When the thief fire dragon enters the long lake, a group of boats will surround it, and the fire dragon will be trapped in the lake! Nesuken was overjoyed.

Hu Dedi's marines advanced slowly, as the Qing army set up obstacles in the river and had to prevent the Qing army from hiding in the woods on the shore to attack, and the fleet was very slow. After dark, Emperor Hu Dedi ordered most of the people to rest on the boat, and only sent a few people ashore to light bonfires on both sides of the river to prevent the Qing army from sneaking up at night.

The Ming army was divided into two roads, and the other road was Wang Xinyu's main force. The huge fleet has arrived under the city of Jingzhou. When the warships of the Ming army appeared on the river, the Qing soldiers standing on the embankment ran down the embankment and fled back to the city. If they don't run quickly, a cannonball will fall down, and I don't know how many casualties will be killed.

A number of small boats were released from the fleet, and they came to the shore, and the Ming soldiers disembarked and walked up the river embankment.

"This embankment is higher than Jingzhou City! Standing here, you can see everything in the city! Wang Yuyou stood on the embankment and pointed in the direction of Jingzhou and said.