Chapter 824: Flames Shine in the Sky, Blood Stains the Yangtze River (3)
Of course, Yu Dahai is not the most desperate, the most desperate is Zhang Xianzhong, and now Zhang Xianzhong is in a hurry to jump into the river!
It's too miserable, look at the Yangtze River, now there are more than 100 ships on fire, of course, there are also small boats that were directly sunk by shells, together, at least nearly 100 small and medium-sized ships have sunk to the bottom of the river, as for these ships on fire, sinking into the sea, it is only a matter of time or time, absolutely unable to escape this catastrophe, the flames are raging, it is impossible to be extinguished at all, even if it is guarding the galloping Yangtze River, there is no use in the slightest.
"Heaven will kill me, God will kill me!"
Zhang Xianzhong screamed in pain, he would rather die than let the Ming army capture him alive, then he is better off than dead!
Zhang Xianzhong roared and jumped towards the Yangtze River, Liu Jinzhong behind him hugged Zhang Xianzhong tightly, and shouted urgently: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, for today's plan, only to get out quickly, command the army to retreat backwards, retreat quickly, can retain a vitality, count a vitality, as long as we get rid of these sailors, we can escape with our lives!" What's more, in the territory of Huguang, we still have more than 100,000 people, and even Sichuan is behind us as a base. ”
Zhang Xianzhong was full of indignation, so he had to follow Liu Jinzhong's suggestion and retreat to the rear at full speed, knowing this, he directly stopped Liu Jinzhong's suggestion just now, and divided his troops into the Taiping Mansion, at least in this case, today's losses can be smaller, look at this posture, even if the whole army is not wiped out, his 50,000 elites will be completely scattered, and there is no cure!
Want to retreat? Where is it so easy? Now the rear road of the Great Western Army has been completely outflanked by Zheng Haotian's fleet, one after another warships across the Yangtze River, began to fire with all their might, the front row is a small and medium-sized warship, the back row is the main battleship, non-stop firing shells and rockets, in less than half an hour, the imperial naval division has already shot out 300 rockets, as for the shells, it has already exceeded 3,000 rounds, dense artillery and rockets, completely crippled the Great Western Army.
The Great Western Army now has a strong enemy in front of it and an interception in the rear, and it is trapped in a range of more than ten miles from west to east, more than ten miles, the red-coated cannons of the imperial naval divisions on the east and west sides are firing with all their might, and they can completely cover the area of these ten miles! The ferocious firepower does not give the Great Western Army any chance to fight back!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Suddenly, a general was fished out of the water wet all over, it was Zhang Xianzhong's general Ma Yuanli!
"Your Majesty, our current back road has been completely cut off by the sailors of the Ming army, just now that fleet, regardless of our threat to them, attacked with all their might, and before we retreated, our fleet was already blocked here, and the guns and cannons were fired, we couldn't rush through at all!"
"What?"
Zhang Xianzhong was even more panicked, so to speak, this is completely surrounded by the Daming Water Master, what the hell is going on? When did the Ming court have such a fierce sailor? With such a sailor, it can be said that he would have been able to crisscross the seas a long time ago, what Japanese robbers, what Manchurian Tartars, they would definitely be killed by such a Ming sailor, at least on the offshore sea and rivers, no one could threaten their existence!
"Are you all dead? Won't you hit it with a boat? We have hundreds of ships, and they only have sixty or seventy! If it's a big deal, we'll die with them! ”
Zhang Xianzhong roared angrily.
"Your Majesty, I won't tell you, I hit it, and it wasn't us who hit people, but the Ming Army's naval division warships hit us......"
Ma Yuanli was about to cry, "Their main battleships are equipped with huge iron horns in front, each battleship has at least 1,500 materials, such a huge warship, hit our boat, the boat was directly pressed to the bottom of the river, the big ship, was also smashed apart, one of their big green heads directly came to a cross, a warship knocked over our four small boats, all the soldiers were detained alive in the river......"
was detained alive in the river, and it was difficult to live!
You know, ordinary people on the Yangtze River, want to swim freely is very difficult, now in the center of the river by the big boat detained in the river, even frightened in the choking water, there are few people can escape from the inverted boat!
Zhang Xianzhong was completely stupid.
"There are also our two big sand boats carrying artillery, which were also directly sunk by three waves of artillery shells in a row by the Ming army, our ships hit too many things, moved slowly, and couldn't dodge the artillery fire at all, more than a dozen shells hit the big sand boat at the same time, and the sand boat was directly scrapped, and we could only watch it sink into the Yangtze River with dozens of our artillery......
Ma Yuanli rushed back from behind, and before he could get close to Zhang Xianzhong's boat, the boat was sunk by the cannonball, fortunately, the cannonball hit the stern of the boat, and Ma Yuanli, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was directly picked up into the air and fell into the Yangtze River.
I can't rush back and forth, so can't I just wait for death?
Zhang Xianzhong was completely dumbfounded, he had been on the battlefield for 20 years, and he had never been so aggrieved, he had no power to fight back, even when he faced Lu Xiangsheng, the living king of Hades, he had never been so desperate!
"Huangshan, let's not be in a daze here, let's go, let's go, immediately move closer to the shore, we must rush to the shore, all the ships don't need to be burdened, as long as we can escape alive, we can escape!"
Liu Jinzhong shouted urgently.
Right! Flee to the shore!
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, who was full of heart and gall, and many generals under his command, did not dare to stay on the Yangtze River, and hurried ashore, otherwise, the ship would also be hit with a wave, and it would be completely finished!
Zhang Xianzhong rushed towards the south bank of the Yangtze River with six or seven boats around him, and went ashore first, even if there was still fire on the boat, he couldn't care about it, and he went all out!
From the center of the river to the shore, the distance is not far, but three or four miles away, rushing to the shore, that is, a quarter or two hours of time, one or two quarters of an hour, this is the death line, rushing to the river bank, then you can live, if you can't rush up, you can only die in the Yangtze River for the eighth king!
Finally, taking advantage of the opportunity of the imperial navy's warships to encircle and suppress other ships, Zhang Xianzhong fled to the shore, and under the protection of Liu Jinzhong and others, he fled to the shore in a hurry, but just relying on the shore does not mean that they can sit back and relax!
(End of chapter)