Chapter 560 Bombardment
After Gu Chan finished training Xu Ziguang, he left the patrol office and went back to the Lord's Mansion to rest.
During this period, she was detained in the small courtyard of the patrol yamen. She was indeed uncomfortable. After returning to the lord's mansion, she could lie down on the bed and sleep comfortably.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Xu Ziguang quickly sent people to post notices everywhere in Jiangnan City. According to Gui Chan's plan, he transferred the massacre of the Yushi Mansion to the enemy. But as for which country this enemy country is, there is no clear explanation in the notice.
Everyone can just guess.
As early as last night, Xu Ziguang wrote hundreds of secret letters overnight and sent people to deliver them to everyone in the Second Prince's Party across Jiangnan.
So now, everyone has understood that the culprit behind the massacre of the Yushi Mansion was the Crown Prince, not Gu Chan. This also changed everyone's attitude towards Gu Chan.
But the problem is that today is the day for the military exercise offensive and defensive battle agreed by Gu Chan and Zuo Wangfeng, and everyone has chosen to watch, wanting to see who wins and who loses in this first offensive and defensive battle. Only in this way will they consider whether to continue to stand with Gu Chan against the prince or to quickly find a way to escape.
Gu Chan knew exactly what these people were thinking, but she didn't care so much. She just pretended not to care and continued to wait quietly in the lord's mansion.
On the other side, on the Tiancang River.
Soon after dawn, Shuiyue led more than 30 warships and a total of tens of thousands of troops southward along the waterway. He wanted to rush into the tributary Jiangnan River, and then take advantage of the waterway to directly attack Jiangnan. Within the city.
However, what she didn't expect was that Gu Chan had already set up an ambush at the intersection of Tiancang River and Jiangnan River.
No, more than an hour later, when Shuiyue led the warship to the intersection.
“Take aim at their warships.”
Yan Kuan, who had been lying in wait for a long time, couldn’t wait any longer. As soon as he saw the enemy warships showing up, he waved loudly. Ordered.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Following his order, the twenty warships ambushing at the intersection immediately heard a series of booms and explosions.
The artillery mounted on the warship fired out shells wildly and hit the approaching enemy warship. Then the enemy warship began to explode. Shuiyue was caught off guard on the spot. .
Since she had never seen such a powerful weapon, she didn’t know how to fight back for a while. She could only order the archers to shoot arrows to counterattack. However, because the warship was blasted with holes by cannonballs, Many warships soon took on water and began to sink slowly.
The archers standing on these warships, no matter where they were in the mood to continue shooting arrows, jumped into the water and swam to the shore.
Yan Kuan stood on the bow of his warship and laughed loudly as he watched, "The number one female general in Kyoto! With such strength, she still dares to lead troops to attack Jiangnan City? I think she is really arrogant."< br>
"General, are you still fighting? I think they can't hold on any longer!" A deputy general stepped forward and asked.
Yan Kuan laughed and said, "Why can't you hold on? Didn't this wave of shelling just now destroy four or five of their ships? There are more than thirty warships! Don't underestimate it. They will continue the second round of bombardment for me."
"Yes, general," the deputy general said, holding back a smile.
After saying that, he immediately ran to order the soldiers on the ship to fill the second round of shells, and soon began the second round of shelling. When Shuiyue was hit by the first round of shelling, Monk Zhanger was confused and confused. When the second round of shelling came, she was completely confused and was beaten without any ability to fight back.
With no choice but to do so, she could only shout, "Quickly, retreat, retreat!"
"General, it's too late, we have sunk several warships, The river has been blocked, and now all the warships are crowded together, making it impossible to exit the tributary river smoothly. Moreover, after the water from the Tiancang River flows into the tributary, it is already very fast and has been pushing our ships down. "The deputy general explained with a grimace.
Shui Yue's eyes widened, looking at the cannonballs flying in front of him, and he fell completely into despair.
No matter how powerful she is, in this situation of leading troops in battle, she alone cannot save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers!
Fortunately, Gu Chan's men were only shelling their ships, not the tens of thousands of soldiers under her command. Otherwise, the first round of shelling would have killed and injured countless soldiers.
The lieutenant general exclaimed, "No wonder Gu Chan dared to go against the Crown Prince. It turned out that he already had such incredible weapons. It seems that we lost the first offensive and defensive battle today, General , hang up the white flag and admit defeat!”
“Hang the white flag? Are you insulting me? Order all the soldiers to drive my warships forward, and I will sink their warships. "Shui Yue gritted his teeth and roared.
"General, don't be impulsive!" the deputy general begged.
Shuiyue's eyes narrowed, and she suddenly reached out and pulled out the long knife from her waist. With a slash of the knife, she chopped the loyal lieutenant to death, and then she kicked the lieutenant into the water.
The soldiers stood frozen in place, unable to believe their eyes.
Shuiyue held the bloody long knife and said sternly, "Get over me. Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be shot to death."
"Yes, general." All the soldiers were frightened. Respond quickly.
Then everyone followed her instructions, driving the warships that had not yet been sunk, and rushed towards the twenty warships led by Yan Kuan.
When Yan Kuan saw this scene, he smiled from ear to ear and said, "Originally, the distance was far away, and it was really difficult to aim. Unexpectedly, the other party also sailed the warship towards us. Then this Wouldn’t it be better to aim?”
"It is estimated that the enemy general was unable to fight back after being beaten by us. He is thinking of rushing over to ram our ship and die with us!" said the deputy general.
"It's just what I want. Let's continue the third round of bombardment. This time I'll take aim and sink all their warships." Yan Kuan ordered coldly.
The deputy general responded respectfully and immediately organized the third round of bombardment.
And without any surprise, as Shuiyue led the warship closer and closer, the soldiers on Yan Kuan's side became more and more accurate in their aim, and the third round of shelling Afterwards, more than a dozen enemy warships were all leaked and sank. The soldiers on the warships also jumped into the water and swam to the shores on both sides to escape.
After the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds of bombardment, the more than thirty warships led by Shuiyue were all blown up and sank into the water, destroying the already narrow space. The rivers are blocked.
Many soldiers also held a wooden board and floated in the water. The scene was very funny.
Shuiyue was protected by several lieutenants, took a small boat, and escaped unwillingly.