Fenghou

The middle of the double-layer wooden barrel is filled with wood dust toner for buffering, which overcomes the defect of ground fragmentation. It will not be fragmented when thrown from the city head to the soil, nor will it be thrown on the deck, unless it is thrown on a hard stone.

This new type of gunpowder barrel has a stronger explosive power and poses a great threat to wooden ships. It has just been improved and has not yet been sent to Jiangling.

There are only 500 people in the firearms battalion. It is impossible for each ship to be equipped with 20 people. In fact, except for Chen Qing's handsome ship, each other ship has four firearms throwers.

The other forty throwers were responsible for throwing the oil balls. They wore special asbestos gloves. They hid behind the ship's side and threw powder kegs and fireball oil at the same time during close combat.

The bed crossbow and ballista are responsible for long-range and medium-range combat.

Chen Qing never believed that the powerful gunpowder and kerosene would not be effective in water warfare. This is the Song Dynasty with the most advanced technology, and they still have to use pirate-style combat methods?

The ships approached gradually, and the nine vehicles and boats speeded up and passed Chen Qing's main ship. The soldiers on the vehicles and boats shot gunpowder arrows at the sails of the enemy ships together. Several warships unloaded their sails late, and the sails were shot lit.

The opposing soldiers also shot arrows at the chariots and boats, and suddenly arrows rained down on the river.

Li Shihong shouted: "Unload the sail!"

The huge sails came crashing down, and the big ship could only use the rudder to maintain weak power, so the speed was not as fast as before. This was also forced by the situation of water warfare. The sails were only used for long-distance sailing, and must be unloaded for close-range combat, otherwise It will definitely be burned by rockets or gunpowder arrows.

However, the advantages of the fast speed of the vehicles and the flexibility of turning and turning are fully displayed. They sail around the big ships at a very high speed.

At this time, the warship headed by the enemy rushed towards Chen Qing, and everyone saw that the status of this five-thousand-stone warship was unusual.

About a hundred paces away, the two boats passed each other. Fifty soldiers from the other side fired arrows at the same time. The dense arrows shot at the big boat, but they were greeted by twenty bed crossbows and a hundred jackdaw arrows roaring. Shooting at enemy soldiers.

Of course, the bed crossbow was only available on Chen Qing's coach ship, and the main cost was too high. Jackdaw's iron arrow fell into the river and could not be retrieved. Unlike on land, which can be retrieved and reused, it is impossible to promote it on a large scale.

The jackdaw's iron arrow has the power to crack rocks and penetrate gold. The soldiers' flesh and blood can't resist it. In an instant, more than [-] soldiers were pierced by the iron arrow and died tragically on the spot.

The two big ships turned around at the same time, and when they met again, they were only ten steps away from each other, and entered into close combat. Several enemy soldiers threw iron chain hooks and hooked the side of Chen Qing's big ship. Chen Qing shouted, "" Throw!"

Sixty throwers showed their power at the same time, they stood up suddenly, and threw forty burning kerosene balls and gunpowder barrels towards the opposing ship, and the soldiers squatted down one after another.

Forty kerosene balls fell to the ground, and the thin-skinned clay pots inside shattered, and a large amount of kerosene poured out. Song Jun's kerosene was not viscous oil, but was purified by craftsmen such as filtering impurities and sedimentation. The degree of instant combustion can be military kerosene, also called fierce kerosene, otherwise how can the famous fierce oil fire cabinet in history use viscous oil.

The big ship was instantly engulfed in flames, but it was the twenty gunpowder barrels that really showed their power. The twenty gunpowder barrels fell on the deck and in the cabin, and immediately exploded one after another, blood and flesh splattered, sawdust flew, and the mast was blown off. It was hit hard, and several big holes were blasted in the wall of the ship. The river water poured in, and the ship began to tilt.

"Pull the hook!" Li Shihong shouted.

More than a dozen soldiers worked hard together to break the iron chain hook from the side of the ship. The two ships separated quickly, and they were several miles away, watching the other ship sink slowly.

3 Chapter [-] Stress

In the northeast of Hanyang, there is a small barracks of the puppet Qi army, with 5000 garrisons. It is a peripheral guard camp, mainly to prevent the local rebels from sneaking attacks on the Hanyang camp.

The rebel army has always been the confidant of the Jurchens and the puppet Qi army, making it impossible for the Jin soldiers to consolidate their occupation of the north. It is also for this reason that the Jin soldiers decided to negotiate a peace with the Song army and switch to the Huairou policy to control the north. It took two generations for the Han people in the north to gradually identify with the Kingdom of Jin.

In Jingxiang, they have been attacked by small groups of rebels from the waterways, and they are haunted. Although the losses are not large, the soldiers always think that the enemy is killing them, and there has been no peace.

The security battalion is specially used to deal with the rebels, let the rebels harass the security battalion, and make the soldiers of the big camp feel at ease.

At night, a Song army cavalry appeared in each of the three directions of the guard camp. Yang Zaixing teamed up with Liu Cui and Liu Qiong to pull out the camp first.

When the time came to the third watch, Yang Zaixing ordered in a deep voice, "Launch the signal arrow!"

Three gunpowder arrows shot into the sky at the same time, shining red flames in the night sky.

The three cavalrymen launched at the same time, the sound of horseshoes was like thunder, the ground was shaking, and the barracks sentry also issued a rapid siren.

The soldiers in the barracks stood up to fight, but it was too late, the camp was knocked down, and [-] cavalry rushed into the camp from three directions like a flood that broke a bank.

……

At four o'clock, the alarm bell of the puppet Qi army camp outside Hanyang rang. Tens of thousands of puppet Qi soldiers woke up from their dreams. The soldiers rushed out of the big tent and assembled urgently.

Dong Xian also drew his sword and rushed out of the big tent, asking sharply, "What happened?"

The general on duty, Wang Jian, knelt down on one knee and reported, "The Northwest Battalion was attacked by Song cavalry an hour ago, and the entire army has been wiped out!"

Dong Xian's eyes widened, "How many cavalry are there?"

A general who escaped from the side trembled and said: "Marshal Qi, there are about ten thousand people, they are very fierce, no less than Jinbing!"

Dong Xian's heart sank, and he immediately realized that this army was probably Chen Qing's cavalry, it must be, and there would be no one else except him.

What about Kong Yanzhou's army?There was no news at all, and Dong Xian couldn't imagine it anymore.

Now Dong Xian didn't have time to think too much, he ordered all the large tents to be dismantled, the soldiers slept on the ground, and deployed [-] crossbowmen to guard around.

Lieutenant General Song Ling said in a low voice: "Why don't you send an army to the northwest and promise to take a look at the situation!"

Dong Xian shook his head, "The enemy army is hiding in the dark, we'd better not act rashly, wait until dawn!"

None of the soldiers could fall asleep. The fear of Chen Qing filled every soldier's heart. If Chen Qing's cavalry came, their death would be instant. At this time, they would rather endure the cold night and sleepiness than Don't dare close your eyes.

Tens of thousands of soldiers endured until dawn, and there was still no movement, but the soldiers were relieved.

Dong Xian also canceled today's siege plan. Chen Qing's army came unexpectedly, so he had to re-evaluate and re-draw up the plan.

In the big tent, more than a dozen generals quarreled together. Some generals believed that they could divide their troops into two groups and fight on two fronts. No, it is not the opponent's opponent. If there are more troops, then there will be insufficient troops to attack the city.

The 7000 soldiers of the Northwest Camp were wiped out last night, and their current strength is only [-]. How can they fight on two fronts?

Dong Xian was silent all the time, at this moment he said slowly: "I'm afraid the situation is not good!"

The big tent immediately became quiet, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Dong Xian. Dong Xian sighed and said, "I don't understand the danger in Jiangling. Chen Qing's cavalry will not appear in Hanyang. I think Kong Yanzhou's army is already in danger."

Everyone gasped, killed 2 enemies, lost [-], wiped out [-] of Kong Yanzhou's troops, didn't they have any losses?

"Marshal, Chen Qing's army might be more than [-] cavalry!"

Dong Xian nodded, "I doubt it too, but I am more worried about the navy. He will never allow us to threaten Baling again. Then he will definitely attack our navy!"

At this moment, a soldier bowed at the door and said, "Report to Marshal, Xu Dutong sent someone to say that there is an emergency!"

Everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. Did the marshal's worry become a reality?

Dong Xian tried his best to calm down, and ordered: "Come in!"

After a while, a soldier walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Marshal Qi, my family has lost two battles and the situation is not good. I implore Dutong to immediately call back the Hanshui fleet to rescue!"

The Hanshui Fleet mentioned by the soldiers refers to the forty warships that sent the wounded soldiers back to Xiangyang, which left Dong Xian speechless, not to mention that the fleet had already gone to Xiangyang, even if he hadn’t gone to Xiangyang, he would not be able to arrange a navy to rescue them. .

"How did it fail?" Dong Xian asked.

"Reporting to the Marshal, the opponent's ships are very flexible. They kept throwing kerosene and firearms into the big ship. The brothers who went to put out the fire were killed and injured by the firearms. We couldn't get close to the opponent's warship. We lost two in the first battle. Ten warships, more than [-] ships were lost in the second battle, and the other party refused to surrender at all, and a dozen ships were dedicated to shooting and killing our soldiers on the river."

"What's the situation now?"

"There were seventeen warships left when the humble staff dived, and there were only a thousand or so brothers left. I don't know now."

"When did you dive?"

"At four o'clock last night, near Qingshanji, I first went to the east bank of the Han River, and then swam across the Han River to ask for help!"

Based on Dong Xian's understanding of Chen Qing, he knew that Chen Qing would never give the enemy a chance. Xu Yun guessed that the danger was too bad. He was really helpless, so he had no choice but to say to the commander Wang Jianling: "You speed up [-] soldiers to the riverside , try to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water."

"Follow the order!"

Wang Jian took the arrow and left quickly.

……

Zheng Ping and Li Shihong were completely speechless. The powerful water combat power of kerosene and firearms convinced them both. Coupled with the high speed and flexibility of vehicles and boats, they were unable to resist the opponent. Even Chen Qing's big boat didn't have to fight. Hundreds of vehicles and boats beat the enemy to pieces.

43 of the [-] large ships were sunk, and [-] remained, trapped in the middle of the river where the Han River and the Yangtze River meet.

Xu Yun has become red-eyed. He has commanded the Mingzhou Navy for more than [-] years, and lost more than half of it in one day and one night. All three thousand soldiers who had followed him for many years were killed at the bottom of the river. He shot and killed the soldiers who fell into the water without mercy.

What made Xu Yun even more terrified was that Chen Qing didn't give them a chance to escape on the shore at all. They abandoned the ship and fled, and the other party also got the warship. Kill all.

In fact, Xu Yun also knew where the problem was?It has something to do with their bloodbath in Wuhu County. The wealth and women they robbed are all in Huangshi County. Now I am afraid it will become a dream of Huangliang.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums for the attack on the river sounded again, and eighty thousand-stone chariots and boats came from all directions.

"Dutong, let's fight the enemy!" A general shouted.

Xu Yun gritted his teeth and stared at a large ship of five thousand shi several miles away. He had long since discovered that this large ship was the handsome ship of the opponent. Every time he changed the flag first, the other ships followed suit.

"Then let's die together!"

Xu Yun shouted, "Cover me to break out and sink that five thousand stone ship!"

Xu Yun gave the order to cover the main ship to break out of the encirclement, and four warships guarded him from front to back, left and right, and broke out to the west.

This is a tactic of sacrificing the entourage and protecting the main ship. The Song army's chariots rushing forward were confronted by Xu Yun's entourage ships. They broke through the encirclement and suppression of five chariots in a row. There are two vehicles and boats chasing.

At this time, Chen Qingshuai's ship issued an order to fight, and the five thousand stone warship set up its sails and rushed towards the enemy's main ship. The two vehicles and boats that were chasing the enemy's main ship also slowed down.

Chapter 321

Chen Qing didn't intend to sink the enemy's main ship. He planned to capture Xu Yun and hand it over to Li Gang. When they were in the county seat, they stopped condemning it.

In Chen Qing's view, the moment the four thousand Mingzhou navy entered Wuhu County, their fate was already doomed. The court's laws and civil servants' morals had nothing to do with him, and he, Chen Qing, would act on behalf of the heavens.

The two warships were getting closer and closer to the river, Xu Yun gritted his teeth and shouted, "Sink him!"

His warship has three thousand shi, but the opponent's warship has five thousand shi. Obviously he will be hit and sunk, but he also wants to hit the opponent seriously.

At this time, the 150 soldiers on Chen Qing's boat were ready, holding large shields and short spears, and preparing for a fierce battle with the opponent.

The opponent's strength is about a hundred, which is only slightly inferior to the Song army, but if Chen Qing joins the battle, it will be completely different.

When the two ships were still ten zhang away, the big ship of the Song Army leaned slightly to the right, collided head-on, and passed by raglan shoulders. Li Shihong yelled and hooked the side of the other ship with an iron hook.

Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Kill it!"

150 short-spear and large shield troops jumped onto the opposing ship one after another, and a hundred soldiers from the opposing side also shouted and swung their knives to kill them. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the two large ships.

But Chen Qing cared more about the opponent's general, Xu Yun. He didn't use gunpowder and kerosene to fight, and he used the most primitive pirate-style combat just to catch Xu Yun.

After searching around, Chen Qing finally saw the opponent's general, a middle-aged man in armor, holding a big knife, fighting fiercely with Li Shihong.

"Let me come!"

Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and blocked the opponent's saber, Li Shihong took the opportunity to retreat and get rid of the opponent's life-threatening hastily saber.

"Who are you?"

Xu Yun couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the other party broke his life-threatening chain knife so easily.

"You are Xu Yun, the commander of the Mingzhou navy?" Chen Qing asked back.

"I'm Xu Yun, who are you?"

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "Chen Qing is going to the Western Army!"

Xu Yun's pupils suddenly contracted into a line. He really didn't expect to meet the famous Chen Qing here, it was actually a water battle.

He suddenly laughed, "If I take your head, can I get a reward of [-] guan?"

"That's right, you can seal ten thousand households, maybe you can replace Liu Yu as emperor." Chen Qing's eyes were full of sarcasm.

Suddenly Xu Yun became angry. Without saying a word, he slashed at Chen Qing's neck with a knife. Chen Qing swung his halberd and hit it. With a loud noise, Xu Yun yelled, his arms seemed to be broken, and the sword flew out.

The huge force made Xu Yun take two steps back, and sat down on the deck. Before he got up, Chen Qing's halberd pointed against his throat, and said coldly: "Move again, and your neck will be cut off!"

Several personal soldiers rushed up, pushed Xu Yun down, tied him up, covered his mouth with a cloth, covered his head with a black bag, and took him out of the cabin.

At this time, Chen Qing went on a killing spree and massacred the soldiers on the boat. Xu Yun was captured, but his men had no chance of surviving, and they were all killed. Even the dozen or so soldiers who jumped into the river were captured Random arrows shot and killed in the river.

There was a sea of ​​flames on the river in the distance, and there were constant explosions. The Song army's chariots and boats, which had the absolute advantage, formed an overwhelming situation against the sixteen warships. In less than an hour, the last warship sank to the bottom of the river. There was a piece of floating corpses, and no one escaped.

Xu Yun's dream of prosperity and wealth was finally shattered. Although the Song army had the upper hand in this water battle, it also paid the price that eight vehicles and boats were sunk and more than [-] people were killed.

Chen Qing immediately ordered Zheng Ping to lead fifty vehicles and boats to go north along the Han River, and must take back the forty warships that went north to Xiangyang.

After the rest of the warships disembarked Chen Qing and five thousand soldiers near Cangcheng, Hanyang, the fleet crossed the river and went to Jiangxia. There was no warship on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

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Chen Qing led [-] soldiers to join [-] cavalry in Shijie Town, about [-] miles northeast of Hanyang County. The army rested on the spot, and Chen Qing sent scouts to find a way to contact Hanyang City.

At noon, Li Gang hurried to Dongchengtou, and Sun Zhi, the guard of Dongcheng, presented a letter of arrows to Li Gang.

"Xuanfu envoy, it's a letter from Chen Dutong!"

Li Gang hastily opened the letter and read it up and down. He was overjoyed by the content of the letter. Chen Qing wiped out Kong Yanzhou's 5000 troops in Jiangling, destroyed the enemy fleet, and captured the Mingzhou commander who surrendered to the puppet Qi army. Xu Yun is now leading [-] people in Shijie Town, [-] miles to the northeast.

Li Gang's lieutenant general Xie Qian said with a smile: "Chen Qing's [-] troops have arrived at Shijie Town, and the siege of Hanyang will be over soon!"

Xie Qian was appointed as the envoy of Jingnan Township and the commander of the capital. He was the No.1 general next to Li Gang. After all, Li Gang was a civil servant. Underlying actual leadership.