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Volume 1 Yuzhou Snow Chapter 836 The decisive battle above the river

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    The west wind was blowing, and Zhu Chenhao's warship raised its sails and sailed eastward quickly like an arrow from the string in the dark night.  ¡ó¡ý Less than half an hour after the first scouting warship left, the shadow of a dense fleet of rebels appeared on the Yangtze River west of Meizizhou.  The lights on all the warships have been extinguished. On the dark flagship deck, Zhu Chenhao stood on the bow in full armor. His eyes were like lightning as he scanned the river in front of him. Seeing the momentum of his army riding the wind and waves, his heart was filled with joy.  Pride and passion.  He believed that in a few hours, the city of Nanjing in front of him would become his own.  There is a palace there, and it was in that palace that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and ruled the world. Now it is his turn, Zhu Chenhao, to step into that palace and sit on that throne.  Soon, he will be able to capture all the land south of the Yangtze River, and then send a large army across the river after stabilizing the situation.  The sickly and incompetent Zhengde on the Dragon Throne in Beijing is by no means his opponent.  At this moment, Zhu Chenhao suddenly realized how petty his previous move to support Nanchang was. What could he achieve by sticking to a corner of Jiangxi?  Valuable time was wasted in the middle, so that Song Nan led the army to arrive here early. Will this become a variable?  "Your Majesty, ahead is Jiangxin Island outside Nanjing City. This island is called Meizizhou. Five miles past Meizizhou is the mouth of the Qinhuai River. According to the intelligence, Song Nan's troops gathered there to fight.  "Liu Yangzheng was standing on the deck behind Zhu Chenhao, speaking these words softly.  Zhu Chenhao snorted and said, "Wang Lun, are you ready for battle?" Wang Lun, Minister of War, stepped forward and said, "Everything is ready. The army is ready to attack Song Nan. Your Majesty,  Don't worry." Zhu Chenhao nodded and said: "Okay, after taking Nanjing, I will announce to the world that I will ascend the throne, grant ministers great titles, and reward them based on their merits. You will all be my heroes, and I will reward you well.  You. Send the order and act according to the plan." Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi, Wang Lun and others all shouted long live and knelt down on the deck behind them, their hearts were extremely excited.  "Hold the lamp." Wang Lun ordered loudly.  A string of red lanterns slowly rose up the main mast, extremely dazzling in the dark night. At the same time, all the lanterns on the flagship were lit up, as brilliant as the lights on the Lantern Festival; as the flagship lights were lit, the surrounding  Like the night sky after dark clouds, thousands of warships lit up their lights one after another, and the river turned into a starry night sky in an instant.  "Explore the water channel." "The water channel is intact." "The team passed through the water channels on both sides and quickly passed Meizi Island to reach the broad river at the rear. The iron-headed ship turned off the lights and prepared." "Preparations are complete." In a short period of time, the flagship issued one order after another.  Sent, the surrounding warships responded quickly and made adjustments. The warships quickly divided into two teams on the river above Meizizhou, and rushed down from the channels on both sides along the increasingly turbulent water that was bisected by Jiangxinzhou.  .  The soldiers and horses on the ship were in full formation, and the French cannons on both sides of the bow and sides also raised their heads high.  The first batch to rush down along the sides were more than forty two-masted ships. The bows were reinforced with iron sheets. They were like dozens of monsters crushing them. The bows split layers of huge waves and plowed the water into deep grooves.  , loaded with more than two hundred soldiers and equipped with four cannons, it can be said to be armed to the teeth.  The iron-headed ships have a draft of more than six feet. They clear the way not only because of their powerful firepower, but also because wherever they can sail through, the ships behind them don't have to worry about the depth of the channel.  However, after crossing the waterway more than three miles on the side of Jiangxinzhou, the three iron-headed ships in the lead suddenly shook violently. The soldiers on board were shaken and staggered, and the ship's speed suddenly slowed down. Then, in a panic, the ship  It was slowly knocked sideways by the irresistible force of the water flow.  "What's going on?" the officer on the ship shouted.  "It seems to have hit a rock, and there seems to be a rock blocking the bottom of the ship." The soldier at the helm answered with sweating profusely, while dozens of torches stretched out of the ship's side to check the situation.  "How is that possible? This is the deepest channel, where are the rocks?" the officer yelled, looking under the side of the ship. Under the light of the torch, the new scratches under the side of the ship were clearly visible.  "Damn it, we have indeed hit the rocks. Turn the rudder immediately, push the starboard oar to the north, we cannot run aground here, the ships behind will arrive." More than 30 large fish were poked out of dozens of holes under the right side of the ship.  He used the oar to resist the objects in the water and push the hull away from the ship to the north. This method was really effective. After a while, the ship rumbled and shook, and seemed to be freed from the barrier of the reef. Before the officers and soldiers on the ship could celebrate, they felt that the ship's hull was once again  There was a huge earthquake, and several soldiers were thrown off the deck by the reverse force, screaming and falling into the rolling Yangtze River.  "What the hell happened again?" the officer yelled.Cursing, he climbed up from the deck. The next moment he was dumbfounded. The tall bow of another warship on the left was facing the port side of his ship. The moment his ship escaped and slid to the north, another warship  An iron-headed ship that was more than ten feet away unexpectedly hit his port side uncontrollably. The solid iron head had smashed the port side to pieces. The soldiers and horses on the ship were also screaming in surprise.  The boat slowly slid downwards, and the entire ship was on the verge of capsizing.  "Wan Laoliu, are you fucking crazy?" the officer stood on the deck and shouted to the opposite side.  "The ship has hit the rocks. I can't control it at all. It's being driven directly towards your ship by the current. What can I do?" Wan Laoliu responded while lying on the bow of the ship, while sternly ordering to anchor the ship to stabilize the about-to-capsize ship.  "You can't anchor. Wouldn't anchoring here block the fleet behind you? Wan Laoliu, are you a pig?" Before the officer could finish his words, he was interrupted by a cry of exclamation, and he followed the panicked instructions of the soldiers.  Looking in the direction, a wooden ship appeared in the area illuminated by the lights from behind, and was crashing towards it at an incredible speed. The soldiers on the ship had obviously also seen the two iron-headed ships lying in front of them, and they were hurriedly trying to turn the rudder and deviate.  direction, but nowhere in time.  Under the stunned witness of nearly 600 soldiers on the three ships, the wooden ship crashed into the enemy with an indomitable and fearless spirit, like a wooden plug wedged into the angle between the two iron-headed ships.  The sound of wood chips flying from the collision was so loud that the soldiers on the three ships were unable to dodge. Hundreds of soldiers flew into the air like fleas. Those who were lucky fell heavily back to the deck. Those who were unlucky fell directly into the river. With the cold and rapid water,  The river water washed away all the way.  "Boom!" Wan Laoliu's iron-headed ship completely lost control after this violent collision. The hull of the ship, which was about to capsize, was like a lazy giant elephant turning over. It made a strange creaking sound. The next moment, the entire ship  The port side slapped against the river, dumping all the soldiers, supplies and cannons on the deck into the river.  The other iron-headed boat was suddenly blocked by the broken reef. The hull of the boat suddenly rushed down the current. What took their place was the wooden warship that hit behind them.  But they had no time to rejoice, because they suddenly discovered that half of the cabin was filled with water, the entire port side and stern of the ship were in pieces, and the river water gurgled into the cabin. It was a torrent that could not be blocked at all.  After a cup of tea, the iron-headed boat finally sank in the icy rapids with a whirlpool, becoming another man-made reef.  These three ships are just a microcosm. On the river channel on both sides of Meizi Island, nearly twenty ships were hit and capsized. In just a short time, more than ten ships were lying across the water, unable to move, and three ships were capsized.  Hundreds of warships from behind have all entered this narrow death passage. The long and narrow terrain of Meizizhou is like a canyon in the mountains. The shipwreck obstacle set up by Song Nan is also very strange. It is in the middle of Meizizhou.  part, three miles away from the entrance.  With such a long distance, it is impossible for the ships behind to follow suit, and it is impossible to wait for the warships in front to pass before entering the death channel, because if the distance is too far, the entire fleet will lose mutual response and cannot cooperate with each other.  .  But once they entered the channel, they had no chance to turn back. The narrower the river, the more turbulent the water flow. It was impossible to turn around and go backwards.  The rocks on Meizi Island were high up. Song Nan looked at the bumper boats on the river coldly, without a trace of a smile on his face.  On the other hand, the dozen or so generals standing around were all smiling. The local Nanjing officials who were ordered not to leave Meizi Island were also stunned and surprised.  This is the way the famous Duke Guo fought. They also had the deepest fear in their hearts. It would be such an unfortunate thing to fight against such an opponent. What happened on the river in front of them was something they had never seen in their lives.  The most tragic scene.  However, what frightened them was still behind them. They saw all the ships gathering on the water within a radius of a few miles. Although the ships behind noticed something strange, they could only lower their sails and row desperately to keep the chaotic distance from the front.  Song Nan solemnly ordered: "Let me blast the cannons and rocket launchers. Don't be stingy with the ammunition! Don't have any compassion! Sink them all here!" Zhang Ning, the commander of the artillery battalion, agreed. After the order was conveyed, Mei Zi  Forts disguised as branches on both sides of the island appeared one after another, and the gunners quickly loaded ammunition. After Zhang Ning let out a sharp roar, the ear-drum-exploding roar resounded through the night sky, and the flaming muzzles fired the shells mercilessly.  It poured towards the river, and violent explosions and fires resounded and illuminated this cruel and cold night.  ¡­ ¡­ In the city of Nanjing, people took to the streets to stand and listen quietly to the rumble of cannons in the distance. The entire city of Nanjing fell silent at this moment, and you could hear the heartbeats of the people in the city.  ??In the Yunxiao Pavilion by the Qinhuai River, the dark clouds and mist stand at the window,Looking palely in the direction of the flickering firelight in the west, he clasped his hands and prayed silently.
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