Chapter 277: Opening the Canal (Fourth Watch)
As the guns on the battleship roared in unison, the eagle ship was baptized by cannon fire like a small sampan in a storm. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info keep having thieves fall into the water, the speed of the ship is getting slower and slower, and death is always beckoning this group of remaining thieves.
Seeing through the smoke and fire, Chang Wei saw the heads of people and the undulating corpses in the nearby waters.
In the southeast corner, more than a dozen hooks dragged an eagle boat, and bullets and shells flew from the shore, and the flames continued to come out with screams. In front of it, two eagle boats rushed towards the mouth of the waterway because of its backs.
The six double-headed boats in front immediately sounded a loud trumpet, and driven by dozens of long oars, the six ships intercepted the two enemy ships head-on.
Forty or fifty sturdy men struggled to throw out the lasso in their hands and pull the mast to drag the enemy ship over, and dozens of hooks immediately hit the boat gang, quickly narrowing the distance.
Suddenly, there was a shout on the shore, and a ghostly figure had landed on the deck of the enemy ship. Tang Jinyi's figure appeared in the smoke, he was so fast that he could hardly catch it with the naked eye, but wherever the figure flashed, the enemy screamed, and twenty or thirty elite water thieves couldn't stop Tang Jinyi, who was like a rainbow.
As the musketeers joined the fight, the enemy had completely collapsed, and the remaining dozen or so men threw down their weapons and knelt on the deck, shouting, "Surrender!"
"Isn't it too late to resist until now that you think of surrendering?"
These thieves are determined, and even if the general trend in the fishing village is gone, they have resisted desperately until now, and they have the blood of many recruits on their hands. The red-eyed musketeer picked up the sword on the ground and vented his rage, quickly killing them all. The soldiers who had been baptized by war became more and more ruthless, and the cloak of immaturity and benevolence gradually faded from them.
The eagle boat had been sunk by the musketeers, and by this point the gunfire in the fishing village had ceased completely, and the scattered resistance on board was quickly killed.
Chang Ping and Lu Wenmao's warships rushed to the flagship, but Chang Wei signaled that everything was business as usual and that they were still in command.
The two of them were grateful, who didn't want to command a large army to fight? Think about it, before they met Chang Wei, one of them was a fugitive who had a deep blood feud and hid in a bandit's den, and the other was a poor talent who lived by fiddling with musical instruments. Now that they can command fleets and musket armies to fight, this wonderful life encounter is all because of Chang Wei, how can they not be grateful.
The two ordered the standard order to clean up the battlefield: "Patrol the fishing village, whether the enemy is dead or alive, make up for it, and never allow any survivors to escape!"
"Heal the wounded brothers, bring back the bodies of the dead, scuttle the damaged enemy ships, and gather the enemy's weapons and good ships!"
"The first team carries property, and the old rule is that no one is allowed to hide a tael of silver privately, otherwise military law will be engaged!"
Carrying property is not the same as the soldiers searching for property, moving property shows that a large amount of the enemy's property has been found, and these things are to be handed over to Chang Wei and then converted into weapons, equipment and welfare, like the treasures of the previous thirteen chain villages, the treasures in the dense area of Wohu Mountain are all like this, and the property that is scavenged, as long as it does not exceed one hundred taels, belongs to the soldiers.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, Chang Ping boarded the flagship and reported: "My lord, Lou Village is completely under our control, and ten miles west along the land is Shuangyang Village, the node of the canal that runs through the Dongyu River. Where there are only more than 1,000 thieves and all the sailor warships are here, let's take Shuangyang Village in one go and completely open the canal. ”
The White Lotus thief clinged to the two strongholds of Backwater Bay and Yangcun, thinking that he was at ease. But he didn't expect Chang Wei to suddenly break it from behind, so Yang Village became a place without danger to defend, with this huge fleet and powerful guns in Chang Wei's hands, it was not easy to break through Shuangyang Village.
Once Shuangyang Village is recaptured, the thieves in Peixian County can be swept away along the canal, and the retreat can shrink back into Weishan Lake and maneuver back and forth with the enemy;
Looking southwest at the county seat of Pei County, Chang Wei asked, "How many thieves are there in Pei County?"
"There are also 10,000 people, all of whom are looting near the county seat, and these people will not be able to capture Pei County. ”
"Okay, you lead the previous men to attack Shuangyang Village, and I will come to answer later. ”
"Yes!" Chang Ping disembarked and headed west with the fleet.
Chang Wei found Huang Chongwu, Huang Chongwen and others again, and said: "We have gained a lot in this battle, and we have dealt a severe blow to the White Lotus Sect, and when the news is sent back, Xu Hongru will definitely send a large army back to take revenge." Therefore, please immediately lead the captives and goods back to Zhenjiang, and remember to march along the westerly waterway and do not approach the east bank, where Xia Town is under the attack of thieves. ”
Huang Chongwu said: "Just let the eldest brother go back, I will stay here until I defeat the White Lotus Thief!"
Huang Chongwen and the others saw that he was determined, so he said "take care", turned around and got off the flagship and boarded the captive fleet in a small boat to prepare for the return voyage.
When a flotilla of more than 100 ships carried more than 2,000 soldiers without muskets and more than 7,000 young prisoners away, the battle of the detachment to attack Shuangyang Village also began.
"Open the ship, let's go over and press the formation!" Chang Wei gave an order, and the fleet slowly drove towards Shuangyang Village.
When they arrived, the battle had already come to an end, Chang Ping and Lu Wenmao broke through the simple defenses of Shuangyang Village with almost no effort, and more than a thousand White Lotus Sect guards fled immediately when they heard the sound of cannons, and few fought back on the spot. It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the rabble and the backbone of the White Lotus Sect is very different.
Seeing that the fighting power of the thieves was so weak, Chang Wei asked Chang Ping to lead the fleet to the south and make a tentative advance in the direction of Peixian, and Lu Wenmao to the north to investigate the reality of the enemy at Nanyang Lake.
His own fleet landed ashore and deployed along the area of Shuangyang Village and Lou Village, making a posture of long-term garrison.
In the evening, the messenger sent back a message: The more than 10,000 thieves besieging Peixian County in the south immediately fled to the northwest as soon as they heard the sound of artillery, and the siege of Peixian had been lifted. Changping's fleet was driving the thieves north along the Pei River system.
After approaching the town of Nanyang between Dushan Lake and Nanyang Lake, Lu Wenmao's fleet in the north was under strong sniper fire from the enemy and was returning home.
Huang Chongwu said: "Nanyang Lake is really the enemy's heart, and it is not as easy to attack as the south, but connecting Pei County, we have one more place to go, and the eldest brother can safely enter the canal along the west of the lake." ”
When they came, because they wanted to find the enemy's nest, and the node on the canal Peixian was besieged, so they could only take the waterway in Weishan Lake, now that the Peixian section of the canal is open, there is no need to be afraid of the enemy's surprise attack in the direction of Xia Town, and the capture boat will be able to leave Weishan Lake tomorrow morning, and at that time, it will be too late for the enemy in Xia Town to chase even if they want to.
"My lord, we're back!" Chang Wei was about to speak, when Ma Yuan and San Wuping suddenly came to his side.
"Great, have you met Lord Yuan?" Chang Wei hurriedly asked, the connection with Yuan Keli was the key to the success or failure of this big plan. (To be continued.) )