Chapter 310: Yellow River Fu (Part 2) There is indeed a Red Turban Army in Mangdang Mountain Area Chahan Timur had discovered them first Zhu Chongjiu was surprised and delighted by two successive pieces of news with different good and bad fortunes.
However, if he continued to ask for details, Hu Liji was completely unable to answer.
He just said that when he passed near Mangdang Mountain this morning, the two sides had not officially started fighting.
The rest is completely unclear.
Zhu Chongjiu didn't believe it, so he interrogated the other two groups of prisoners separately, and the results were similar to what Hu Liji confessed.
It was through a heavy reward that Chahan Timur got clues about the remnants of the Red Turban Army from the water bandits who came to surrender.
But whose team it is and how big it is, everyone has a dark look.
The only thing that is certain is that Chahan Timur paid great attention to this and specially sent his nephew Wang Baobao to lead 10,000 elite detectives of the Red Army on a large ship to annihilate them.
He vowed to eradicate the remnants of the Red Scarf Army.
"Is it the same warship as yours?"
Zhu Chongjiu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.
"How many artillery pieces does Wang Baobao carry?
How many of the 10,000 Tanma Red Army are Navy?
What are the other arms?"
"Warships, there are about a dozen warships.
The number of artillery, the guilty general, the guilty general is not clear."
Hu Liji lowered his head and thought for a moment, then responded cautiously.
"Chahan Timur is Daruhuachi from Daming Road.
He originally had no navy under his command.
The ships now are all collected from everywhere, and they are not big enough.
So there are not many that can be equipped with artillery and serve as warships.
But it is definitely capable of intercepting the rafts, so Wang Baobao was not afraid of them running away, so he used warships to block the water, and then used fishing boats to slowly transport troops to the foot of the mountain. " "Okay, come on, take them down first."
Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to take Hu Liji to the bottom cabin for temporary custody.
"Sir, if you promise to tell the truth, you will let us go.
You just promised it yourself."
Hu Liji was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and refused to get up.
"I didn't say anything," Zhu Chongjiu glared at Hu Liji and emphasized loudly.
"Take him down.
If he yells again, I'll cut his tongue."
"Yes."
The soldiers rushed forward, dragging Hu Liji and the other prisoners down the hatch.
The prisoners did not dare to cry out.
They stared with frightened eyes and begged for mercy with their eyes.
Zhu Chongjiu had no intention of caring about their life and death anymore.
He pressed his fingers on his temples and rubbed them back and forth.
When marching and fighting, the most troublesome thing is this incomplete information.
No matter how you make a decision, it's like gambling.
Wang Baobao had 10,000 enemy troops under his command, and the size of the Red Turban Army on Mangdang Mountain was unknown.
He was walking halfway now.
If he turned around and dispatched troops, horses and ships, he might not be able to catch up with the decisive battle between the two sides.
And rushed over rashly, if the red scarf troops on the mountain were too small, even with the few men in his hand, they would not be able to deal with the 10,000 Tanma Red Army, and he would only give Wang Bao the credit for his protection.
"My lord, I think that the brothers who are trapped on Mangdang Mountain now may not need reinforcements the most, but a hope."
Feng Guoyong hesitated, walked to Zhu Chongjiu, and reminded him in a very low voice.
"My lord, even if you go back to Xuzhou to move troops, Wei Chen is willing to lead the brothers to Mangdang Mountain first.
No matter who is there, at least meeting Wei Chen, they will understand that the lord has not given up on them."
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Zhang Yi also quickly followed, using the same Please lower your voice.
Having witnessed a near-miss water battle with their own eyes, both of them now have full confidence in the combat effectiveness of their own gunboats.
I feel that no matter how many warships there are on the Meng Yuan side, they are just decorations in front of the Huai'an army's gunboats.
Everyone can easily kill seven in and seven out like Zhao Zilong did before Chang Ban Slope.
The passionate attitude of the two of them made Zhu Chongjiu's eyes light up.
He smiled and ordered loudly, "Hong San, you take ten brothers to take over the canal and move it to the north bank first.
Then leave the ship and the sailors behind, and let the others leave on their own."
"Yes" Xu Hongsan agreed, lit up a group of soldiers, turned around and left.
However, Zhu Chongjiu stopped him from behind and continued to give loud instructions, "After releasing the prisoners, immediately drive the canal boat down the river.
When you return to Xuzhou, immediately imitate the enemy's behavior and use all the large canal boats in your hands."
A four-pound cannon was installed on the bow of the ship.
Then Wu Liangmou was asked to take care of the house, and Liu Ziyun was asked to take two thousand soldiers to join me by boat at Mangdang Mountain. " "This" Xu Hongsan was stunned, and instinctively wanted to persuade his lord not to go into danger himself.
Zhu Chongjiu glared at him fiercely and yelled, "When it comes to executing orders and using soldiers to fight, which one of you can compare to me?"
"I finally obey the order."
Xu Hongsan had no choice but to bow and accept the order.
Then he led the ten soldiers and quickly climbed down the rope ladder.
Zhang Yi and Feng Guoyong heard that Zhu Chongjiu was going to lead the team in person, and originally planned to persuade them.
Seeing that Xu Hongsan was being scolded and knowing that the decision had been made, he could only grin and cautiously persuaded: "My lord is willing to risk his own life in order to rescue General Xu Da.
I deeply admire you.
However, water warfare is no better than land warfare after all."
No matter how high my master's skills are, he won't be of much use, so next time he fights with the enemy, he might as well go to the command cabin to reduce the risk, and secondly, it will save the brothers from worrying."
"What do you know?
For this kind of slow artillery, standing on the deck is the safest."
Zhu Chongjiu glanced at the two people and explained with a smile.
Note 1 However, I thought of the unpredictable Brownian trajectory of the opponent's artillery shells during the previous artillery battle.
He lost confidence in his statement again.
After thinking about it, he smiled and compromised, "Well, you are right.
I am standing on the deck, but I am worrying about the brothers."
After that, he turned his attention to Chang Haoran who was waiting aside, "The fleet is handed over to you.
After Xu Hongsan and the others weigh anchor on the north bank, we will immediately rush to Mangdang Mountain upstream.
You go and pick one of the few prisoners left behind.
Give directions wisely and try to get to the bottom of the mountain before dark."
"Yes, I will obey your order," Chang Haoran, the captain of the flagship, agreed and immediately took over the command of the entire fleet.
Five warships lined up and escorted the captured tanker to the north shore.
Then they waited patiently for all the prisoners to leave the ship, and Xu Hongsan and others pulled anchor and set sail.
Then he filled the sail and continued to push upstream.
Along the way, we encountered several search teams composed of fishing boats from the Mongolian and Yuan sides.
Chang Haoran commanded the battleships to pursue them unceremoniously, either sinking them directly or using cannons to force the opponent to dive into the water to escape.
The empty fishing boats were strung up with cables and towed behind a warship in case of emergency.
The five warships were only carrying a quarter of their load and were catching a favorable wind.
Although it is a countercurrent, the speed is not slow.
By around 3:30 in the afternoon, the peaks of Mangdang Mountain near the south bank of the Yellow River were already visible in the distance.
"Wang Baobao came from upstream.
You have to go around a bit to see his camp."
I don't know what benefits Chang Haoran promised Hu Liji.
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The latter enthusiastically ran to the front window and reminded loudly.
"Many of his cannons were brought over from Li Siqi's Red Scarf Army.
They are much lighter than the ones installed on my ship.
They are very easy to use whether mounted on the ship or placed on the ground."
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of gunshots were heard in his ears, "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom."
Then, smoke and dust billowed on the other side of the hill in the distance.
Apparently there was a massive shelling of the hillside.
"Go around and sink all the boats with cannons first," Zhu Chongjiu ordered angrily, gritting his teeth.
Li Siqi, a bastard, just surrendered to Meng Yuan, and also kidnapped hundreds of artillery pieces from the Xuzhou Army.
As long as someone mentions this matter, Zhu will get very angry.
You know, almost all the artillery sold to Zhao Jun were settled at cost price, and they were sold for as much as they wanted.
The Huai'an Army did not gain any benefit from it.
Now, it's good, it's equivalent to supplying Mongolian yuan at cost price.
"Delingle" Chang Haoran and others hate the traitors no less than Zhu Chongjiu.
Immediately, he ordered the entire fleet to distance themselves, put into a straight formation, and moved behind the sound of cannons along the waterway.
Just as they turned around the foot of the mountain, a Meng Yuan patrol fleet was already coming towards them.
First there were three large grain ships of a thousand stone, and then six or seven small cargo ships of about two hundred stone.
Each ship had a four-pound cannon on the bow, and they swarmed up like a pack of hunting wolves.
It's obvious that this is a group of rookies who don't understand water fighting at all.
Even if there are one or two fools inside, they are still in a subordinate position and have no qualifications to give orders.
A sneer immediately emerged from the corner of Chang Haoran's mouth, and he shouted an order to the deputy captain on the front deck of the cabin, "In a single formation, seize the upper reaches.
Concentrate firepower and attack the nearest target."
"In a single formation, seize the upper reaches.
Concentrate firepower and strike the nearest target."
Vice Captain Sun De raised the iron horn and repeated the order loudly.
"In a single formation, seize the upper reaches.
Concentrate firepower and strike the nearest target."
"In a single formation, seize the upper reaches.
Concentrate firepower and strike the nearest targets."
Lookout Wang San is a repeat of the lookout hand relay of the other four warships.
Everyone used flags and tin trumpets to convey the order to everyone in the fleet.
The war drums of "dong dong dong dong" exploded first, and countless wood pulp protruded from the bottom deck of the battleship, hitting the tawny water surface and causing billowing white waves.
The speed of the entire fleet suddenly doubled, cutting the right side of the enemy's formation and pressing upstream.
On the second deck, the gunners pushed the two rifled cannons on one side out of the muzzle, and quickly adjusted the angle with the help of two horizontal and vertical handles on the gun base to aim at the prey closest to them.
The soldiers who had no strength bent down, cut the paper bags filled with gunpowder with knives, and placed them four standard feet apart from each other on both sides of the cannon to create convenience for the gunners as much as possible.
The enemy did not expect that the Huai'an Army's warships might suddenly change speed.
In their haste, they had no time to adjust their direction.
They had no choice but to launch an attack in a hurry, firing cannonballs one after another from a distance of five hundred steps.
Artillery fire from this distance is purely a salute to the opponent.
The gunners of the Huai'an Army, who were familiar with the range of their own smoothbore artillery, did not blink their eyes and calmly observed the distance between the target and their homes through the windows on the side.
Five hundred steps, four hundred and five, four hundred, three hundred and five, three hundred, two hundred "boom" The flagship's six-pound rifled gun fired the first shell first.
Dragging a long line of white water vapor, it drew a beautiful arc in mid-air.
Then he plunged into the two-hundred-stone cargo ship that rushed over first, smashing the opponent into two pieces.
Note 1: Legend has it that for slow-moving artillery shells, such as mortars, experienced veterans can even rely on the whistling sound of the shells breaking through the air to avoid the impact point of the projectiles.
This statement has not been verified and I don’t know if it is true
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