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Chapter 356 Battleship in the ditch!

Wanyan Zongbi also found something wrong. The big tube on the other side was yelling very quickly and densely, and it was not howling, but kept spraying the meatballs on the north bank of Baigou River, making the dusty ones flying. A group of cavalrymen who were originally patrolling the river bank on the other side of the fishing village hurriedly retreated and walked a little slower. They even asked a meatball to take several cavalrymen. After falling from the horses, they were gone without movement. I don’t know if they lost their lives?

Seeing this scene from afar, Wanyan Zongbi also whispered: "Amitabha!"

It’s really a blessing from the Bodhisattva. He was just observing the terrain opposite the fishing village!

Zong Bi murmured in a low voice: "I don't know how many tubes there are? Even if we can't make out the twenty tubes of ours!"

The Jin army's large tubes were all made with ten kilograms of bullets, and in order to reduce the risk of blow-off, the Jin Dynasty's craftsmen cast the gun barrel wall very thick. The total weight of a large tube and the trolley cart would have to be several thousand kilograms, and it was very difficult to pull the eight horses! So it was very difficult to arrange, and aiming and resetting after starting the shooting was also very difficult.

Moreover, the Jin army's large tubes do not have fixed-package medicine bags, and there is no granulated gunpowder to be used. The gunpowder has to be prepared on site, which is particularly troublesome.

In addition, the Jin army's tube soldiers were not as hard as the artillery of the Northern Song Dynasty, nor did they train artillery officers in special artillery schools.

Therefore, the firing rate of the ten-jin big tube of the Jin army was much slower than that of the Song army's five-jin cannon. If you shoot a 10-jin barrel, a five-jin cannon can complete at least four to five shootings!

Wanyan Xiebao said again: "The soldiers and generals who came back from sneak attacks across the river last night said that there were not many Song troops on the other side, nor big tubes... The ones who were making meatballs at this moment should be the ones that came here, and they were laid so quickly!

Uncle, I’m afraid it’s not safe to let all the Song people cross the river, so I’d better fight halfway!”

Wanyan Zongbi frowned and said, "It's not enough to just attack halfway. You have to send a kidnapped horse to cross the river to break the Song army's food route! The Song people came so urgently, and they definitely didn't carry much food. As long as we can cut off their food route, they will have to go out and retreat in ten days and half a month!"

"It's still uncle Wang Gaoming!" said Wanyan Xiebao, "Please leave the errands to my nephew to block the enemy on the north bank of Baigou River. My nephew's Ziqingshao soldiers are quite powerful, and you can ask the Song people to taste the power of my big gold bombing pot!"

It turned out that Wanyan Zongbi had just been appointed as the Marshal's Left Supervisor Army by Wanyan Zonggan and was ordered to command all the Jin soldiers on the front line of Qigou Pass. Wanyan Xiebao served as the Marshal's Left Supervisor, and listened to them under Wanyan Zongbi.

In addition, Wanyan Zonggan's other younger brother, Prince Yongji, Wanyan Zongmin, served as the Marshal's Right Supervisor, and Wanyan Loushi's son Wanyan Huo Nu served as the Marshal's Right Supervisor, both of which were controlled by Zongbi.

Wanyan Zongbi was very happy to see that the crow-mouth crow had taken the most difficult task of blocking the enemy, and nodded with a smile: "Okay! If the nephew of Xibao takes action, it's safe!"

Wanyan Xiebao was not as optimistic as Zong Bi. He frowned and wanted to speak again. Zong Bi hurriedly said in front of him: "I will send you the general's mansion and the Guojun... I will give you another six thousand households, plus your Ziqing soldiers, block Zhao Kai for ten days no matter what! Is it okay?"

"Okay!" Wanyan Xiebao finally didn't say much, but just nodded happily.

The six thousand households and the soldiers sent by Ziqing Town have 80,000! The hot pot army directly under the Marshal's Mansion is also very powerful, with a total of hundreds of tubes and more than 200 hot pots of all sizes... In addition, there are the camel-head artillery carefully trained by Wanyan Xiebao, which is a cannon that can be arranged maneuverably on the battlefield!

With such strong strength, Zhao Kai’s entire army may not be able to withstand the crossing of the river, but he just stopped halfway through the obstacles. Are you still afraid that he can’t withstand ten days?

Besides, Wanyan Zongbi also has a naval army in the Marshal's Mansion! In just two days, they will be able to kill along the Baigou River!

Although this navy cannot get out of the sea or into the river, and if it encounters a little storm, it will be overturned, but in the Baigou River... they are the dominant ditches!

Wanyan Xiebao smiled and looked at the south bank of Baigou River: "Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai... Baigou River is your dead place!"

After hearing this, Wanyan Zongbi finally breathed a sigh of relief... It is hard to say whether Zhao Kai would die in the ditch of Baigou River, but the Jin soldiers still have a great chance of winning!

At this moment, the sound of shelling stopped abruptly, followed by a sound of drums that were tighter than a wave.

The Song army's infantry began to cross the Baigou River on a small wooden boat!

Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao both stopped talking, and they all stretched their necks to look up at the Baigou River. They saw twenty or thirty wooden boats launching from the south bank of the Baigou River at the same time. In addition to the sailors, each boat carried at least twenty Song soldiers with armor and shields on it.

Because the previous shelling of the Song army had completely cleared the Jin soldiers on the north bank of the Baigou River, the Song army crossing the river did not encounter any resistance at all, and comfortably leaned on the beach on the north bank.

Wanyan Zongbi turned his head and said to Xibao: "The Song people can cross hundreds at a time, but they are afraid they will cross tens of thousands at night... They will probably be able to build the floating bridge tomorrow, and then you must bring your troops to press them up... Press them on the edge of the river beach, don't use their troops too much, so that our navy will eat 20,000 or 30,000 Zhao Kai's men as soon as we arrive!"

His heart is quite flat, and he will be content if he eats 20,000 or 30,000...

......

Above the Juma River (upper stream of Baigou River), a fleet is flowing downstream.

The ships used by this fleet were all forced to be conquered from Hebei Road and Nanjing Road. They were concentrated near the Yuhe County Town (Border of the Sanggan River) in Daxing Prefecture. They were reinforced and transformed by craftsmen sent by Ziqing Town and Liaoyang Town to enable them to fight against the water.

The warriors who drove the boat were all drawn from the various armies under the jurisdiction of the Marshal's Office and were good at boat racing! Some were Jurchens, some were Bohai Sea, and some were Hanmen from Liaodong - don't think that these authentic northerners could only ride horses and not ride boats. Jurchens were fishing and hunting people, how could they not ride boats? As for the Bohai people in Liaodong, because they had to bear the corvee service to transport Liao grain to Yanjing under the rule of the Khitans, some people were good at building ships and driving boats. Among the Hanmen of Liaodong, many people were able to trade ships and trade between Liaodong and Yanjing.

Therefore, among the soldiers of the Great Jin Kingdom today, there is no shortage of warriors who can control the ship and water.

Of course, it is not possible to let them go to sea to fight the Southern Song Navy, which is strong and powerful. However, it is enough to be the king among the "ditches" such as Sanggan River and Baigou River.

These warships armed by the Dajin Water Army were also of large sizes, and the small boats also had two hundred materials up and down. Cooked cowhide and fine nets were hung on both sides of the ship, and wooden slats were supported. Large crossbows and spears were also extended in the gap between the wooden slats. Each boat had at least sixteen oars separated from each other, plucking the river water, pushing the warships, and moving the waves forward.

Following these small boats were gunships of more than 500 materials! These gunships were also reinforced with cowhide, fine nets, and wooden slabs, equipped with crossbows, and driven by long oars. But unlike the small boats, a single-shot gun was installed on the stern deck of these gunships!

This single-shot gun has as many as 20 gun ropes, which require 40 people to pull and release together. It can shoot a 12-pound bomb to 80 steps away... It is simply a "ditch battleship"!

Behind each "ditch battleship", two small wooden boats covered with tarpaulin are also dragged - this is not a lifeboat, but a "thunderbolt ship", an explosion ship with an extra-large blowing pot mounted on the ship!

When fighting with the enemy, you can successfully release explosive ships and let them rush towards the enemy's fleet or pontoon bridge!

It is precisely because of such a "shuigou weapon", Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongbing, Wanyan Zongmin, Wanyan Xibao, Wanyan Huowo, and the "Wanyan Kings" of the Great Jin Kingdom are full of confidence in these "Qigou-Baigou" battles.

These "dug warships" are all affiliated with the naval army of Marshal Du's Mansion, excluding "explosive ships". There are 70,800 sailors, and about 10,000 households. Yesterday morning, they all dispatched to leave the Yuhe River, first from the Sanggan River, then headed south, then headed west, and finally entered the Juma River. The Juma River and Baigou River are actually the same river, but the Juma River is located in the upper reaches, but it is north-south. Therefore, this section is called the Juma River, and after turning east, it is called the Baigou River.

Now this "Gully Fleet" has not entered the waters of Baigou River, but you can already hear the rumbling cannons coming from the battlefield on the north bank of Baigou River!

Obviously, the war on the north bank of Baigou River was very fierce! This "dug fleet" came at the right time... As long as it could blow up the Song army's floating bridge on Baigou River, then put the gunship behind the Song army, and use the slashing cannons on the ship to blew the Song army's butt, the battle between Baigou River will be defeated!

When the soldiers and soldiers on each warship heard the dense and unusual sound of cannons, everyone had a tense face, and no one dared to say anything randomly.

On a "ditch battleship" in the middle of the fleet, a strong man with a tight short beating but a helmet on his head and could feel his muscles bulging through his clothes. He stood at the bow of the ship, frowned and said nothing.

The general's surname is Wuyan and his name is Puluhun. He was a native of Hulanlu Wugu, a man from Huoshan, and was hereditary Meng'an. He was also a Jurchen general. In his early years, he followed Wanyan Jiemu to fight in the east and west with his brother Hu Shahu, and fought from Huanglong Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion. He was a great military achievement!

Moreover, because the laziness road is right by the Whale Sea, Puluhun is also a child who grew up by the sea. He is not only proficient in water, but also can sail to sea. He is an amphibious general!

Later, when Wanyan Zonggan formed the "Gully Fleet", he thought of Pu Luhun, and transferred him to serve as the 10,000 naval army, and ordered him to select more than 10,000 warriors from the General Administration Army, and asked him to supervise and build 80 warships, which led to the world's unique "Gully Fleet".
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