Chongzhen Undergraduates

After making sure the surroundings were safe, a loud arrow rang out from a ship.The clattering arrow rose into the sky, exploding in green colored flowers and smoke, which could be seen from five miles away.This is to send a signal to the Chinese army, which means safety.

"Fortunately, we are using red rockets." Yang Zhan wiped the sweat from his forehead.The Ming army has just experienced a life-and-death battle. If the signal sent by the Daxi army is the same as that of the Ming army, the ambushes who are ambushing around will rush out immediately, and the battle will be lost.

"It is necessary to develop a communication technology that the enemy cannot learn. Or we must first improve the color of the signal. Our army must use a completely different signal." Zhu Youjian was shocked when he heard Yang Zhan's words. I broke into a sweat.

"It seems that Xian Zei's subordinates still have two talents. As far as the command level of this battle is concerned, it's not bad." Zuo Maodi nodded in praise.

Zhu Youjian thought to himself, the talents in the Daxi Army are far from bad, and calling Li Dingguo over, I guess you, Zuo Maodi, will have to be beaten by others.

The vanguard of the Western Army crossed the river mouth and disappeared from everyone's sight. At this time, their Chinese fleet emerged.Then followed by three columns of infantry lined up on the bank, marching closely with the fleet along the river.

"All materials and non-combatants are shipped, and the combat troops are escorted on the shore. Zhang Xianzhong is so afraid of death?" Zhu Youjian laughed. He had already seen several large ships in the middle of the fleet, and they were a little gorgeously dressed.That should be Zhang Xianzhong's boat.

Before he got on the boat, there were more than 200 small boats, and the wood seemed to be stacked on the boats. The soldiers on those boats were very capable.

According to the characteristics of salvaging sunken silver in later generations, Zhu Youjian was very sure that these small boats were treasure ships filled with gold and silver.Zhang Xianzhong put these ships in front of his sight, he is completely a money fan.

Chapter 3 Eighteen: The Battle of the Pengshan River Estuary

"When will the army send the signal?" Zhu Youjian saw that Zhang Xianzhong's boats had already arrived at Jiangkou, and the boat carrying the treasure had already reached the lower reaches of Jiangkou, but he remembered that the place where the ship sank should be at Jiangkou.

"We'll talk about it after the Chinese army passes through Jiangkou." Yang Zhan calmed down instead.

The Chinese army of the Western Army was so huge that it took a full hour and a half to pass through Jiangkou, and then the rear army followed.The rear army of the Western Army is the highlight, because all the clothes are full of luggage, and they are all tattered boats, which are piled up to the brim, and there are still a lot of them.

"Issue the order! The navy will attack." When the first ship of the Western Army's Rear Army approached the river mouth, Yang Zhan gave the order decisively.

"嗖~啪!" A red signal arrow rose into the sky and exploded at a very high altitude.This command arrow was on the top of the mountain on the other side, so of course it couldn't be where Zhu Youjian was.

As soon as the command arrow sounded, the formation of the Western Army was a little flustered, but it soon stabilized.Immediately afterwards, a group of fast horses galloped along the banks of the Fu River, urging the rear army to hurry up.

When the shadow of the navy appeared in the upper reaches of the Zhengnan River, it was just a cup of tea.It seems that Yu Dahai has advanced the position of his forward ambush. It is impossible for his main force to reach the battlefield so quickly.

In fact, the Navy's first wave of attack was the same, using a large number of arson rafts.The reason why the Western Army did not find the warship was because a large number of rafts were hidden in the woods along the upper reaches of the Zhengnan River.

When the signal rose into the sky, all the forwards of the navy rushed to the river with rafts from the dense forest.Immediately afterwards, the firewood and thatch were piled on the raft, and a sailor jumped onto the raft. When the bamboo pole touched the shore, the raft floated down the river and went to the lower reaches of the Minjiang River.

When dense rafts filled the river mouth, the vanguard of the Western Army was retreating desperately.Because the naval artillery boats going up the river from Meizhou were firing, and the sound of the artillery had faintly spread to Jiangkou.

The fleet of the Western Army was blocked on the river in the lower reaches of Jiangkou, and a large number of arson ships were approaching, but the infantry on the shore of the Western Army could not help at all.

The Western Army has only a small number of established naval divisions. Their elite are infantry, and the boatmen are all peasants.Where did these civilian husbands have fought before, and when they saw the flaming raft floating towards the sky, they immediately panicked.

The fleet was in chaos, and a large number of ships were eager to turn around in order to avoid the arsonist ship, which made the entire fleet even more chaotic.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't abandon the infantry and let the fleet go alone. If the speed of the ship was completely released, the infantry would not be able to keep up.He could only order the fleet to retreat, and as a result, the fleet behind would become even more crowded.

"Your Majesty, look, the river mouth is already crowded with ships, and the rear army fleet on the upper reaches of the Fuhe River can't get off the ground. Now, Zhang Xianzhong's fleet is about to be wiped out." Yang Zhan proudly showed off his commanding skills.

"This is just the first wave. When will the main force of the navy arrive?" Zhu Youjian looked anxiously at the upper reaches of the Zhengnan River, where there was no sign of the main force of the navy.

"According to the speed of the ship, it will take about a quarter of an hour." Yang Zhan replied.

Zhu Youjian wished that the main force of the navy would appear in Jiangkou now, and Zhang Xianzhong would have to jump into the river to escape if such a cannon was fired.

The threat posed by the first wave of arson ships to the Western Army was not considered a fight, mainly because it caused large-scale congestion and panic.

"Look, their rear army has already started to turn around." Ji Biao observed the military situation in Fuhe River, those ships were in a mess for a while, and finally turned their bows.

Getting into the water and going into the water are not the same thing at all. The boat that goes into the water is fast and hardly requires manpower to row.And sheungshui basically relies on manpower paddling.

These supply ships are heavy in themselves, and there are few civilians on board, so the ships travel very slowly, which can almost be described as turtle speed.Moreover, the Fu River has a small amount of water and a narrow channel, so only one boat can travel with it.

After the first wave of arson boats was blocked by the Western Army, a large number of Western Army ships crowded the river mouth, scrambling to return to Fuhe, and there were even scenes of their own people fighting and cursing.

"Boom!" Zhang Xianzhong was still sitting on his boat when the first shell hit Jiangkou.

Almost instantly, a white sail floated from the upper reaches of the Zhengnan River, and there were as many masts as there were bamboos in the Shunan Bamboo Sea.This is not counted, the key is that the cannons on the ship are terrifying.

The Western Army has never seen this scene before, an iron egg hit it, and a big hole was smashed into the side of these civilian ships.The iron egg hit the lower boat and immediately entered the water, and the people on the boat panicked and shouted "Help!"

At this time, an hour had passed since the attack was launched, and it was time for Yang Zhan to go down the mountain. The specific combat command of the No.11 Army still depends on him.

I saw Yang Zhan wearing all over his body, striding down the mountain.Then he got on his horse, held a saber in his hand, and flew out with his own guards after a yell.

The equipment of Yang Zhan's troops is similar to that of the Western Army, all of which are bows, swords, shields, knives and axes.The horsemen are all officers, and the soldiers have changed into plate armor, which is better than the Western Army.

When the No.11 Army rushed to Jiangkou Town from the four or five valleys of Jiamenguan with a regiment-level organization, Zhang Xianzhong was just about to disembark.He was already very unsafe on board, so he had to abandon the ship and go by land.

When Yu Dahai saw the No.11 army rushing out, he immediately changed the cannons into rockets, and the naval warships also approached the Jiangkou West Army's ship formation.

With an order, all the sailors on the navy ship began to throw torches, oil tanks and other objects.The crew of the Western Army's ships burst into flames. The flames soared ten feet into the sky, and the flames rolled up into whirlwinds.

I don't know if the fire disturbed the surrounding environment, or the Western Army's bad luck.Suddenly, a strong wind blew up around, and the wind drove everyone, and surrounded the warships of the Western Army.

"My treasure!" Zhang Xianzhong shouted anxiously while standing on the bank, this scene happened to be seen clearly by Zhu Youjian on the top of the mountain.

"Ji Biao, find a way to inform Yu Dahai that the batch of wooden boats over there must not sink or let me go. Also, tell Yang Zhan to find a way to force Zhang Xianzhong away. Let him die at our hands."

It suddenly occurred to Zhu Youjian that the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army had improved, and Zhang Xianzhong was in great danger in this battle. If Zhang Xianzhong was accidentally killed by the Sichuan army, then the Western army would directly fight against the Ming army.

The two army commanders who received the order were very depressed.It is not easy for the navy to sink those ships, but also to keep them.But Yu Dahai still has a way, nothing more than snatching the opponent's ship and dragging it to the other side.

It was much more difficult for Yang Zhan to receive orders. Zhang Xianzhong was a money addict, and he had the money.It is more difficult to hope to drive him away from the treasure ship. The No.11 army can kill the beauties and the boy army, but they can't get close to those treasure ships.

Zhang Xianzhong directly guarded the shore of those boats with a big knife in his hand, with the expression of a devil.

It was impossible for the No. 11th Army to carry the infantry of the Western Army alone. Not long after the battle started, the Tenth Army upstream rushed out directly from Pengzu Mountain.The reinforcements of the Western Army's Rear Army were caught off guard.

The Tenth Army was a standard firearms unit, led by Yuan Zongdi, with many officers from the original Black Banner Army under his command, and the white-armed soldiers were also fully staffed.

But this only relieved part of the pressure on No.11 Army. After all, what Yang Zhanbu was facing was the guards around Zhang Xianzhong, all of them children's army.

"Go, it's time for us to help." Zhu Youjian pointed to the lower reaches of Jiangkou, where reinforcements from the Western Army were constantly attacking Jiangkou, and a regiment of the [-]th Army was fighting very hard.

"Your Majesty, can the old man go too?" Zuo Maodi was so drunk that he couldn't stand upright, but blushed and shouted.

"Together, together. I will give you five short-fire guns. You can fire five shots." Zhu Youjian smiled, and the old man Zuo Maodi probably wanted to have an addiction to fighting, so he could simply satisfy him.

Except for the temporary guard regiment, the guards around Zhu Youjian are basically special forces with superb martial arts skills and well-equipped equipment.Almost all of them have two short guns and a new-style saber.These are all cavalry, equipped with fine steel crossbows, and thunderbolts hanging all over their bodies.

Putting on the mask again, Zhu Youjian seemed to have found the feeling he had two years ago. When he stepped on the horse, his blood boiled with excitement.

Chapter 3 Nineteen: Grab the money first and then drive people out

"Rush!" Zhu Youjian swung his knife, and Ji Biao took the lead, carrying a banner embroidered with the words "Sichuan Army", and rushed towards the lower reaches of the river mouth with more than 200 cavalry and a whole regiment of guards.

The Boyer Army is in a bloody battle with the No.11 Army, and those who come from the lower reaches are not considered the elite of the Western Army.Zhu Youjian led the elite of tall horses to crush them all the way, and the saber in his hand harvested the lives of the Western Army like mowing grass.