Chapter 230: The Laozi Mountain Ambush
"Creator of the Twelve Docks!"
"What?" Tang Jinyi and Tang Shuxue exclaimed in unison. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chang Wei shook his head and sighed, "I finally understand the reason why the names of the Twelve Lianlian Dock and the Thirteen Lianlian Village are so similar. ”
Tang Shuxue asked suspiciously, "How could Su Qingcheng know about this kind of secret?"
"I heard it from the Xu brothers. Chang Wei explained: "The Xu family seems to have something to do with Fuji Leshan, and they want to find that account book to deal with Teng Leshan. ”
"Since that person can create the Twelve Docks, why don't you take the account book with you? ”
No one knew the answer to Tang Jinyi's question, even Su Qingcheng and Xu Jingtai didn't know, they only knew that the account book was in the Pinghu Courtyard.
Tang Shuxue asked: "After talking for a long time, where is the account book hidden in Pinghu Tower?"
Chang Wei shook his head and said: "They only know that they are in the Pinghu Tower, and they don't know where they are." ”
Tang Jinyi said suspiciously: "Doesn't even Xie Chunqiu know about the existence of the account book?"
"It's not clear, it's a bit complicated. Chang Wei shook his head.
It's complicated, it's just too wide-ranging. Jin Ge on the Taihu Lake side will attack the Twelve Serial Village, and Xu Jingtai here will come to find the account book, if there is no connection between this, Chang Wei will never believe it.
But Su Chengcheng really didn't know the details, and even Xu Jingtai didn't know. Su Chengcheng has known the Xu brothers since she was a child, and as she said, she really came to help this time.
At the fourth watch, the boat arrived at Laozi Mountain, and Tang Xingtian said: After Liu Chong's ships patrolled in the evening, all the flotilla came in, and the position on Laozi Mountain was also set up.
"Everything is ready, just wait for Xie Chunqiu to come out. ”
After waiting quietly in the reeds for half an hour, a small boat flew through the waterway of Pinghuyuan, turned north through the Laozi Mountain Waterway and disappeared into the lake.
"The news ship has finally passed, and Niu Guangyuan's reaction is a little sluggish. ”
Chang Wei immediately gave the order, and the gun was loaded and ready to ignite at any time.
At dawn, the chirping of insects was heard in the reeds, followed by several firefly signals.
"It's coming!" Tang Shuxue shouted nervously and excitedly.
With her words, a ball of fire at the end of her line of sight quickly approached Laozi Mountain, and after a while, the tall mast and white sails were clearly presented in front of Chang Wei's eyes.
Chang Wei said in a condensed voice: "What a big ship, bigger than Liu Chong's patrol boat. ”
Chang Ping said excitedly: "It is the main warship of Zongzhai, and every time Boss Xie goes to Pinghu Courtyard, he takes the boat in the middle." ”
A solemn, tense atmosphere immediately filled the air.
The three big ships were in the middle of the fleet, only because of the size of the boats, so the first to see, there were three patrol boats in front and behind the fleet, the main body of the fleet composed of these nine boats, and there were also small speedboats cruising on both sides, the fleet was getting closer and closer, and when they arrived at the Laozi Mountain Channel, the face of the man standing on the bow of the front was already clearly recognizable.
Chang Ping said in a low voice: "It's Gou Yannian!"
"Herald: Flint on the gun, wait for the cannon to be ignited!"
The biggest advantage of the flintlock pistol is that it does not use a fire rope, as long as a flint is added before the gun is fired, and Chang Wei's special paper shell bullet is wrapped in grease to avoid the impact of wet weather to the greatest extent, and even a light rain can shoot a shot, of course, staying in a humid environment for a long time will also affect the gunpowder moisture.
After the ships in front passed, the three big ships in the middle had already arrived within a mile, and with the help of Dawn Changwei, they had clearly seen the 'Lianshui Village' flag on the flagship in the middle.
"Did Xie Chunqiu finally show up?"
Chang Wei's heart was relieved, as long as Xie Chunqiu was on the ship, he would definitely die this time, "My lord, the enemy ship has reached the range of the tiger squat cannon, and it can open fire!" Wang Zhuangxing behind him said excitedly.
The Tiger Squat Cannon is small and lightweight, especially suitable for operations in the river network area, so this time, except for the main gun on the flagship, the rest of the ships carried all the Tiger Squat Cannons.
"Okay, aim for the flagship. Chang Wei slapped Wang Zhuang's broad back, "Look at you, the sharpshooter!"
"Don't worry, my lord!" Wang Zhuang replied confidently, jumped off the boat lightly, and ran towards the artillery position of Laozi Mountain.
Laozi Mountain, a small piece of land, has a very peculiar topography, and the waterways on both sides are the widest, so big ships must go around here if they want to pass. Therefore, Chang Wei specially placed artillery and musket positions here. Attacking from both land and warship at the same time, this is the reason why Chang Wei is full of confidence.
As Xie Chunqiu's flagship approached, the atmosphere of war in the air became more and more solemn, although Chang Wei was used to seeing warships and personally experienced wars, it was the first time he personally commanded a water battle, it seemed that his expression was relaxed, but in fact, the hands behind his back were tightly clenched into fists.
"Look, what is that? Why is there someone on Laozi Mountain?"
The speedboat, which was cruising around the flagship as a guard, finally discovered the strangeness on Laozi Mountain.
"Did you find out? It's too late!"
Chang Wei's right hand slammed up, and the snow-bright Wind Splitting Blade shone with dazzling light in the faint morning light, "Blow the trumpet!"
Suddenly, sixteen strong men blew the horn of attack with all their might.
"Fire!"
On the Laozi Mountain artillery position not far away, Wang Zhuang howled like a wolf.
Woooooo
The roar of the cannon was thousands of times louder than the sonic boom made by the Wu Hook in the peerless hand of the supreme master Changkong, and a fiery red cannonball with a long tail of smoke pierced the empty sky, whistling and smashing into the deck of the enemy's flagship, and the water thieves on the bow of the ship didn't even have time to snort before they were smashed into flesh by the cannonball.
The fiery red projectile instantly smashed through one side of the goof, and jumped a few times in succession before falling into the water.
Immediately after, in a burst of rain crackling like plantains, dozens of small pebbles smashed into the rest of the enemy, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the sailors on the bow of the flagship fell.
The tiger squat cannon is only two feet long and weighs thirty-six pounds. Each launch can be loaded with five dollars of small lead or pebbles 100, and finally the muzzle is covered with a large projectile of 30 taels, after ignition, the large and small shells fly out together, the roar is like thunder, the lethality and radiation range are very large, especially suitable for field battles and dense combat formations.
"The first hit! Well done!" Chang Wei excitedly smashed his left palm with his right fist.
It is extremely difficult for the fixed artillery on land to hit the moving ship, and Wang Zhuang didn't even need to directly hit the enemy's flagship with the first shot, he really deserves to be the first gunner of the Shenji Battalion!
However, the next artillery was not so accurate, and only two of the twenty shells fired in succession hit.
The rest of the shells burst into the water under the action of the huge projectile force of gunpowder, stirring up waves that were more than a foot high, and the splashing lake water made Chang Wei's vision fall into a layer of mist of water.
Suddenly there was an artillery fire, and the sailors on the enemy ship immediately went into disarray. However, before they could react, the ten ships that had been lying in ambush for a long time in the reeds opened fire in unison, and the roaring artillery completely shattered the quiet surface of the lake, and the violent spray of sixty shells falling into the water overturned the second enemy ship in an instant.
Bang!
The loudest artillery bombardment sounded, and it was the main gun on Changwei's flagship that fired.
The thick smoke of gunpowder rose instantly, the tall and straight bow of the flagship sank down sharply, and the surrounding lake fluctuated violently, surging towards Laozi Mountain not far away.
The dark red shells burst out of their chambers and smashed into the enemy's flagship with a bang.
Boom! (To be continued.) )