Chapter 74
At midnight, a large number of large ships suddenly appeared in the waters of Nanchang City, each of which was three to four floors, and was more than seven feet high. This was the spoils seized by Zhu Yuanzhang after defeating Chen Youliang. Now it is Zhu Yuanzhang's most powerful naval force.
Looking at the entire Jiangnan, Chen Youliang is very visionary. He vigorously built a large warship and wanted to rule the entire Yangtze River waters. He could use this to march into the Central Plains in a while.
On the contrary, Zhang Shicheng also lived on the bank of the Yangtze River for a long time, but he did not vigorously develop the navy. He did not even have a single warship like such a tall warship.
Not to mention Chen Youding, he was on the beach and had natural resources, and he couldn't even do anything to those pirates who made small fuss. This was normal, because the Yuan Dynasty government focused on land wars and ignored water wars, and the navy was just vassals to them, and the actual use was not very great.
The raindrops as big as beans fell on the calm water, splashing countless ripples, like pearls falling on the water. These warships were silent, without a trace of light on the ship, just like a huge devil's shadow flowing on the water.
Jiang He stood at the highest point of the warship, holding the crossbar, looking at Nanchang City near in front of him, full of confidence. He was originally a small leader of Chen Youliang's naval army and was never allowed to be used. After surrendering to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang inspected the rectified naval army and saw that he was very talented, so he promoted him to the commander of the navy.
In order to repay Zhu Yuanzhang's appreciation, Jiang He practiced day and night, hoping to show his talents when Zhu Yuanzhang marched into the Central Plains in the future. This time he was ordered to secretly attack Nanchang, and he was very happy. He thought that he could make achievements immediately, and was extremely excited.
The night sky in the heavy rain was as dark as ink, but with his childhood experience on the water, he drove the warships to the city without using lights.
Usually, these warships could not move in shallow water no matter what, but the heavy rains of two days and two nights made all the waters rise by nearly two feet, which gave him a chance.
This time he brought all the warships, a total of 100, each carrying 1,000 soldiers, a total of 10,000 elite soldiers. He carefully selected them, and each helmsman was an experienced old fisherman.
It rained heavily, and there was not even a single guard at the top of the city. With such a high city wall and a vast white water surface, who would have thought that the Wu army would attack the city from here? Therefore, it is natural that there is no guard here.
Jiang He unquestionably placed fifty large ships close to the city wall, turned the bow, and the hull as close as possible to the city wall. The other fifty ships were next to the front, and then placed nearly six meters long and reinforced bridge boards on the side of the hull, hung them up with ropes, and slowly placed them on the city wall.
In just a while, the soldiers who had been trained like this quickly set up the five hundred bridge boards. The first one who passed by was on the top of the city to guard the city. The person in front of them went up to the city wall, and the person behind continued on.
Jiang He looked at the soldiers touching the city and said to the deputy general Ding Chen beside him: "There is no one left on the ship, so we will all go into battle. As long as we take a city gate, the army of the King of Wu will take advantage of it. In less than an hour, Nanchang City will be destroyed."
Ding Chen looked at the quiet city and said hesitantly: "Why are you so quiet?"
Jiang He sneered: "The three city gates are fighting fiercely, of course all the Han army's strength is there, and people here are seeing the ghosts."
Ding Chen said: "If you don't leave some soldiers to guard the warships, there will be a way out if there is any mistake."
Jiang He was furious and said, "The King of Wu has planned for half a month, how could he have made mistakes? They all go to war without leaving anyone."
Ding Chen had no choice but to lead the Wu army to pounce quietly towards the city gate.
It was a coincidence that before Jiang He hit the city gate, the rain suddenly stopped. Half a crescent moon appeared in the sky, and the cold moonlight shone on the Wu army moving in the mud and water.
Ding Chen became more and more frightened as he walked, and there was a silence everywhere, as if he had walked into a chasing grave.
He hurriedly grabbed Jiang He and said anxiously: "General, look, why are these houses not at all sound?"
Jiang He snorted and said, "The soldiers have all gone to guard the city. At the middle of the night, the common people are sleeping like a dead pig. Who would come out to see? Even if they hear it, they would think that the Han army is mobilizing people."
Ding Chen said: "I always feel something is wrong."
Jiang He said impatiently: "It's almost time to reach the city gate, and it's too late if something is wrong."
He was right, even if something was wrong, it would be too late.
Suddenly, a rocket shot on a pile of things by the roadside. In an instant, the pile of things started to ignite, and it became bigger and bigger. Then, countless rockets shot out and all shot to the front, back and left and right places.
Suddenly, the fire rose and the Wu army was completely exposed to the light. The pungent smell of tinea oil in the fire could be smelled from afar.
All Wu soldiers screamed in shock and shouted: "Get back quickly, you're in ambush!"
Before these Wu soldiers could see clearly, countless sharp arrows poured out and shot at them like heavy rain.
The Wu army, exposed to the fire, could not see the Han army and had no shield to protect them. They hid behind their companions in horror.
For a moment, these people were like slaughtered pigs and sheep, and were killed and injured in an instant, screams and screams resounded throughout the night sky.
Chen Li stood on the high ground and smiled and said to Zou Pusheng: "In half an hour, we can move on to the next step. It's a pity that such a city will be given to Zhu Chongba again for nothing."
Zou Pusheng also smiled and said, "Only if there is sacrifice, there will be gains. When the Han King gets rid of Zhu Yuanzhang's siege, sooner or later these will belong to the Han King."
Chen Li said: "Well said that Zhu Chongba will vomit it out whenever he eats it. This hammer has chased me like a stray dog during this period."
Zou Pusheng said: "Let him be proud for a few days first, and the king of Han will force him to hide it without any hiding."
Seeing that the Wu army began to fight back, Chen Li lit the torch in his hand, raised it in mid-air, shouted: "Brothers, let me go, if you don't surrender, you will kill me."
The Han army hiding in the dark shouted, holding a shield in his hand, waving a long sword, and pounced on the Wu army running around like a hungry wolf.
The battle was unexpectedly over, and it ended in less than half an hour. In addition to those who were killed, more than 5,000 people kneeled down and surrendered, which was a complete victory.
Tiefeng took Ding Chen and Jiang He to Chen Li and said happily: "We have captured the navy commander of the Wu army. Whether to kill or ban it, it will be decided by the King of Han."
Chen Li said: "Kill."
Zou Pusheng said: "How about..."
Chen Li said: "I understand what the Taishi means, but we have time to transform them, kill them to save trouble, and also create some talent losses for Zhu Chongba."
He said to Tiefeng: "Leave the murder to others. If you take a thousand people to receive the warship, you are not allowed to escape."
Chen Li turned around and said to Luo Gang, "General Luo, do you think these surrendered soldiers are of use?"
Luo Gang stepped forward and looked around the surrendered Wu Jun and said, "These are all very experienced water war soldiers, and most of them are from the previous kings. Stay behind them, let the generals persuade them to serve the King of Han."
Chapter completed!