Zuo Mengeng was slightly excited.
This was his first time experiencing a water battle in person.
The sound of the cannon's bombardment made his heart beat faster, and the splash of water was even more exhilarating.
Zuo Mengeng was not worried at all about the outcome of this water battle.
It is true that the Zuo Army's land warfare level is slightly inferior, but when it comes to water warfare, the entire Ming Dynasty may not be able to find a navy that can compete with the Zuo Army.
Maybe the Zheng navy in Fujian can compete with the Zuo army, but they are just arrogant in the sea.
When it comes to the Yangtze River, those heavy ships can't even turn, let alone form a formation to fight.
In Zuo Mengeng's view, Zuo's army is invincible in the Yangtze River.
Yuan Jixian actually overestimated his ability and wanted to fight with Zuo Jun.
He was so stupid and arrogant that he didn't even know how to write the word "death".
He felt that Zuo's army did not even need to use all its strength and could defeat Yuan Jixian's Dongting Lake Navy with only a dozen ships.
However, due to Yuan Jixian's advance arrangements, the Dongting Lake Navy was stuck in position, and the Zuo Army fleet's numerical advantage could not be used.
Only about twenty ships could be used for bombardment at a time.
Even so, the Dongting Lake Navy was somewhat unable to withstand it.
Under the repeated bombardment of the left army's artillery, several warships had been sunk.
Zuo Mengeng enjoyed watching it so much that he wished he could go into battle and light the cannon himself.
After the Qin soldiers rebelled, he experienced changes in heaven and earth, and felt desperate for a time.
But now he saw hope again.
As long as they broke out of Yuan Jixian's blockade, they could find an opportunity to go north to surrender.
"Father, I think it will take at most two hours to sink all the old thief Yuan's boats."
"Um."
Zuo Liangyu nodded slightly and said, "Old thief Yuan still has his wits about him.
If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid this navy would have been dispersed long ago."
Being able to withstand repeated bombardments from Zuo's army's artillery and sink several warships without causing chaos, the Dongting Lake Navy's willpower is still very tenacious.
Unfortunately, willpower does not play a big role in water battles.
What really determines the outcome is strength.
"It's nothing more than hanging on for a breath.
Sooner or later, we will have to sink into the river to feed the shrimps."
Zuo Mengeng is now full of confidence, so naturally he will not take Dongting Lake Navy seriously.
"Please also ask Commander-in-Chief to give an order to the warships under his command to use full firepower."
The left army's crazy attack left the Dongting Lake Navy with only the ability to parry and no way to fight back.
The pressure on Commander-in-Chief Han Zhaoan can be imagined.
If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before the entire navy is wiped out.
"No, go and send a message to General Huang immediately, asking him to outflank the enemy in advance and cut off the left thief's retreat."
Han Zhaoan knew that he could not hold on for long.
By then, the Zuojun would find that the narrowest river had been blocked by several sunken ships when they went down the river.
They will definitely turn around and go back then.
If Huang Degong didn't make arrangements in advance, he would probably let Zuo Jun slip away.
As for his own life and death, Han Zhaoan had already ignored it.
Everything he had was given by Yuan Junmen.
Without Yuan Junmen's extraordinary promotion, he would have been just a small guerrilla.
How could he have been promoted several levels to become the commander-in-chief of the Dongting Lake Navy Division.
From the moment the navy was formed, Han Zhaoan worked hard to train his troops and gradually built a strong and resilient army.
Unfortunately, the foundation of the Dongting Lake Navy is still a bit weak, and the artillery equipment on board the ship is very limited.
Against the Zuo Army Navy who boarded the ship with strong guns and powerful guns, the gap was immediately apparent.
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The gap is not terrible, the terrible thing is the lack of fighting spirit.
What makes Han Zhaoan happy is that every soldier is fighting with all his strength, even if he may be buried in the river at any time, he will not complain.
As expected of the soldiers brought out by Han Zhaoan, he has the guts What he has to do now is to delay as much time as possible.
When Huang De leads his troops to cut off the left army's retreat, he will die with no regrets.
After receiving the news, Huang Degong immediately ordered the entire army to set off and march at full speed.
After arriving at the river area near Jiujiang, Huang Degong ordered people to gather the collected fishing boats and build a floating bridge across the Yangtze River.
After completing the pontoon bridge, he ordered people to connect iron chains across the river.
The iron lock across the river was naturally intended to block Zuo Liangyu's retreat.
Otherwise, if they find that the downstream is blocked by a sunken ship, they will turn around and go up the Shuojiang River at all costs.
The reason why we did not choose to sink the ship and seal the river this time is because there are no big enough ships in Jiujiang.
Even if dozens of small fishing boats were sunk, they would not be of much use.
After all, Nanming still lacks navy.
The only Yangtze River navy has been transferred to Denglai.
Even Huang Degong's reinforcements to Jiangxi this time were taken overland.
Huang Degong admired Han Zhaoan's righteous actions very much.
He wanted to rescue Han Zhaoan, but he only had a fishing boat at hand.
Letting the soldiers fight in the fishing boat would be death.
So what he had to do was to completely seal the river, cut off Zuo Liangyu's retreat, and force Zuo Liangyu to abandon his ship and go ashore.
As long as Zuo Liangyu comes ashore, Huang Degong is confident of capturing him alive.
"Add a few more chains and check carefully to make sure nothing goes wrong."
Zuo Liangyu's boats were all big river boats, and it was difficult to stop them with ordinary iron chains.
Only a few more chains would make them secure.
In order to seek stability, Huang Degong also ordered people to sink the large iron spine into the river.
The warships of Zuo Liangyu Navy have very deep drafts.
If they forcefully attack the iron chain blockade, it is likely that the bottom of the ship will be scratched.
After doing all this, Huang Degong ordered the pontoon built by the fishing boat to be removed.
All he can do now is wait for Zuo Liangyu to come back.
"Follow me and kill the thief."
Seeing the Dongting Lake Navy warships being sunk one after another, Han Zhaoan's eyes turned red and he roared hysterically.
These are all his hard work, his hard work Dozens and hundreds of river boats capsized instantly, and years of hard work were wasted.
It was as painful as a sharp knife cutting out flesh.
What he can do now is to lead the last few ships towards Zuo Liangyu Navy, ramming and sinking one after another.
If we continue to drag these ships, they will inevitably be sunk.
It is better to complete the last bit of value.
Wenshan Gong once said that Confucius said that becoming a benevolent and Meng said that by taking righteousness.
Although Han Zhaoan was a rough martial artist, he always liked this sentence.
In his opinion, wealth and glory are fleeting in a person's lifetime, but fame and honor can be passed down through the ages.
Han Zhao'an, who was eating the salary of the Ming Dynasty and drinking the water of the Ming Dynasty, naturally wanted to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the court.
He can't forgive his conscience.
Perhaps surrendering to Zuo Liangyu would save him from death, but it would damage his integrity.
Isn’t it just death?
What’s so scary?
The only thing Han Zhaoan can't let go of is his mother and two children at home.
However, he has a virtuous wife and believes that he can take care of his family even if he dies.
As the ship rushed towards Zuo Liangyu Navy, Han Zhaoan's mind reflected on the time spent with his family.
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The son asked him to eat rice candies, and the daughter called her daddy with a milky voice to hug her.
It's a pity that he can never see all this again.
He deserves to die for the sake of the revival of the Ming Dynasty and for more people to live the life he hopes for.
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