Saying that, Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Qin Yue: "Have Wen Ruzhen and Ma Jiugong been sent to the designated place?" ”

Qin Yue nodded: "According to yesterday's arrangement, I went to prevent people from secretly dismantling the iron cable, although Your Highness can rest assured, the iron cable is half in the water and half outside, they must use the boat to feel the location of the iron cable, as long as the big ship hits the iron cable, we must be able to hear it." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Hold on for a while, as long as they wait until dawn, they will have nothing to hide, and the artillery and archers at the head of the city must also be ready, once they sense that they have touched the iron cable, they will immediately start attacking, and they can't let them dismantle the iron cable safely." ”

Geng Jingzhong monk Zhixin is also very anxious now, they retreated after a tentative attack yesterday, the whole army has enough energy, so they immediately made the decision to attack in advance, they thought very well, as long as they get to Qutang Pass and dismantle the iron rope, then they can start attacking the city head at dawn, and they must have a big battle today, so that they can see their own strength.

But they didn't expect Qutang Gorge to be so dangerous, a big boat was quickly touched and sunk by a reef, and the soldiers on board didn't know much about water, except for a few lucky ones who were rescued by the surrounding boats, almost all of the others died in the belly of the fish.

In their opinion, their usefulness is that these hundred soldiers are not here, there is no need to train the navy except for exile overseas, they still control the army that can fight on the 6th place, and the imperial court can also rely on them, and their position will be more stable.

Therefore, these people are very brave, but many of them are landlubbers, and this is because they have pacified the world for many years, and some of the descendants of the soldiers grew up on the coast, so they learned to swim.

They wanted to attack Sichuan, but they didn't expect that there would be things on the water, and now it was too late to retrain the water army, so they could only rush up, just hoping to take Qutang Pass as soon as possible, and then they would be invincible.

However, after the sinking of the big ship, not only the people on the big ship were affected, but some of the small boats around the big ship were directly thrown off by the planks on the water, and some even hit the mast and sank directly.

Geng Jingzhong shouted loudly: "Don't mess up, spread out, and move quickly towards the pass, as long as the iron cable is removed, we will attack Sichuan, and then each person will have ten taels of silver." ”

At this time, the morale of the army must not be chaotic, so a generous reward was immediately given to maintain the morale of the advance.

Sure enough, after these soldiers heard that each person was ten taels of silver, they couldn't take care of anything, and they wanted to break through Qutang Pass, you must know that at this time, a cow is only five or six taels of silver, and ten taels of silver is two cows.

Soon the boat arrived at the place where the iron cable crossed the river, and someone on the boat immediately jumped off the boat and began to look for the place where the iron cable was connected according to the plan, and the people at the head of the city had already heard the sound, and the bows and arrows and cannons immediately began to shoot, Wen Ruzhen and Ma Jiugong also let people take out the palm thunder: "This will let you taste the anger of the Water Dragon King." ”

The soldiers in the water were struggling to dismantle the iron cables, and they felt that there were a few iron bumps thrown to their sides, and some people were unfortunately hit in the head, and they were killed in an instant, this height and this strength were iron bumps, and the iron helmets on their heads were not necessarily useful, and these people who went into the water did not wear iron helmets.

Before their scolding could be released, a deafening explosion immediately sounded around them, and Shang Zhixin was startled on the boat: "Is this a cannon?" ”

A lieutenant general beside him was stunned for a moment: "Listening to this sound doesn't look like a cannon, and wherever there is a series of explosions in the cannon, they are all one after another." And the sound of the cannon is thicker than this. ”

Most of the soldiers under the water were killed at the beginning, and the remaining half were seriously injured and lightly injured, and they all cried out in pain, but when they called, they could not hear the outside world at all, and their hearts were even more frightened, and they shouted more.

They couldn't hear the outside world at all, they could only hear their own roar through the transmission of bones, and they thought they were completely deaf, and began to scream like crazy.

When the people on the boat heard this miserable cry, their bones were cold, and they all retreated, and although the silver was tempting, the bitter screams of the brothers in front of them were even more terrible.

Geng Jingzhong roared loudly: "Don't panic, don't panic!" It's just that it was hit by artillery, if anyone is afraid of death, the next cannon will bombard whoever it is, the whole army will charge, kill into the pass, and not seal the knife! ”

At this time, Geng Jingzhong can only bite the bullet, yesterday's retreat is already demoralized, and if it comes out like this today, the people below should doubt whether they can lead the army to the final victory of this big battle, so no matter what, they must attack.

Shang Zhixin also worked hard and sent his own guards: "A few of you jump into the water to break the iron cable, if this matter is done, each of you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!" ”

Several people's eyes were red when they heard this, and they jumped into the water without saying a word, and in their opinion, those who were killed by the cannon were unlucky ghosts, and a few people who could be killed by the cannon in battle.

But when they got into the water, they didn't think so, the water was full of blood, and this smell was heavy, and it was definitely not the blood of ten or eight people.

They immediately understood that this was definitely not artillery, and based on the sound of the explosion just now, they thought it should be a new type of firearm, and they were already a little frightened when they thought of this.

One hundred taels of silver is certainly tempting, but it also has to have a life flower, but it can't be done to go back at this time, Shang Zhixin may want to cut off their heads in a fit of anger, so several people invariably began to paddle on the river, anyway, it is not yet dawn, who knows what they are doing.

Geng Jingzhong's men rushed out first, but his people didn't have so many ideas, and they just wanted to destroy the iron rope.

The archers and artillery on the head of the city are constantly attacking, but the palm thunder has never been used again, and the batch just now has consumed a lot of inventory, this thing is not easy to make, and it can't be wasted at will.

Cheng Xiaolian stared at the vast night for a long time and didn't see the specific situation, and felt uneasy in his heart, the iron cable was built by them to block the big ship, and it took a long time to transport the iron cable, but the actual arrangement took not long, so if the other party dismantled it, it wouldn't take long, this kind of artillery and bow and arrow attack may not be able to wipe out all the people in the night, if the iron cable is destroyed, they will really be passive.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Jia Xu: "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "At this time, I am afraid that the only thing I can rely on is to use oil to ignite the fire." ”

(End of chapter)