Changzhou is located in the center of the beautiful and fertile Yangtze River Delta, carrying the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south. Due to its unique geographical location, it has become a key location for canal transportation. It connects Dadu to the top and Gusu down to Gusu, with rivers and lakes in the north, surrounded by Yangtze River in the south, occupied a corner of Taihu Lake in the south, and surrounded by Taihu Lake in the southeast. It also has Furong Lake, second only to Taihu Lake. Therefore, Changzhou has become a "country of the three lakes and the meeting of the east of the boat".

By taking Changzhou, you can separate Pingjiang Road, Songjiang Prefecture and the west side of Changzhou. At that time, these places will be ducks that are in the mouth and cannot fly even if you want to.

Because the Tatars had few naval forces, they had no decent defense force on the wide Yangtze River. Besides, this was not the fact that the Tatars went south when they went south. The southern regime would arrange various fortifications on the Yangtze River, hindering the attack of the powerful northern army and being more stable.

After the Tartars unified the Central Plains, these fortifications were no longer useful. Most of them were abandoned. The only few observation posts were left, and there were big cities next to the river, such as Jiqing, Zhenjiang, and Jiangyin. The defense was quite tight, and other areas were almost unprepared. And those observation posts were basically only a few lazy new army guarding them, so they were not wary of their bad vigilance.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yang chose to log in from Changzhou. If you want to hit, you will hit the opponent's weakness.

As the sky was bright, the sun in the east showed a red edge. Fishermen who had already started fishing on the river suddenly discovered a strange boat coming up the river.

There were no sails, no oars, only a black chimney, emitting thick smoke, and two turntables on both sides, turning constantly, like water wheels.

Monsters are really monsters. The fear of unknown things made the fishermen tremble. They quickly changed their course, fearing that they were attacked by these monsters.

Immediately afterwards, the monster appeared, and many monsters were exactly the same, spitting black smoke and heading towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Bian Yuanheng stood at the bow of the ship, feeling moved. In just over a year, his brother's uprising army developed to the current situation. He was no longer the captured man in Furong Village, but became a general and commanding the navy.

Looking at the majestic fleet behind him, Bian Yuanheng felt a sense of pride. Real man, just think that

This time, in addition to the steam engine ship, Bian Yuanheng also collected hundreds of small boats, which could organize two battalions to cross the river at a time.

The steam engine ship was at the forefront, and its thick muzzle had pointed to the south bank. If the other party had fortifications on the shore, their own cannons could be killed ten miles away.

The fleet is vast and sailing towards the south bank. If Zhu Yuanzhang sees it, he will probably vomit blood. What Zhu Yuanzhang lacks the most is the navy. The first text}

In the early morning, the new army inside the observation post was still sleeping.

Wang Dacai was sleeping in a daze and was a little anxious, so he had to get up from the bed and walk into the open space next to the lookout post.

After sprinkling out niào liquid with body temperature, Wang Dacai finally felt comfortable. He shook the things under his crotch. The cold wind blew, and he shivered and felt a little awake.

He walked back step by step and glanced at the river.

This glance surprised him.

What is that? I saw countless shadows on the river, densely driving towards this side.

He was shocked and sweated coldly. He used his hands hard to rou his eyes. Finally, he saw clearly that it was countless big ships, not fishing boats, but warships

Needless to say, it must be the rebels who attacked him. It was Zhu Yuanzhang from Jiqing to the west or Zhang Shicheng from Gaoyou Prefecture to the north. What is important is to send this situation out immediately.

"Brothers, get up quickly, some rebels have crossed the river." Wang Dacai rushed back, woke up the others in the post, and then ran to the beacon tower.

In this era, the most common method of using beacon fire to warn is still used. As long as the beacon fire is ignited, Changzhou City will send troops to support itself.

Taking two steps at once, Wang Dacai ran to the beacon tower. Oh no, the firewood was wet

Because there is sometimes heavy fog and humidity on the river, and it has not been moved here for half a year, the firewood used to light is all wet.

What should I do? Wang Dacai looked at the brothers who were running over in disheveled clothes, looked at the clearer outline of the ship on the river surface, and shouted: "Quick, remove the board, bring the quilt over, and light it first."

The few people behind did not hesitate to remove the board? Hold the quilt? OK, of course, they went to remove Wang Dacai's board and hold Wang Dacai's quilt.

They turned around and walked back.

Wang Dacai knew that they were so despicable and had no choice. If something happened here, they might be in danger, and they still care about what the quilt was doing.

The quilt with body temperature was brought in. Wang Dacai lit it without hesitation, took apart the chuáng board and gradually added it to it, and the fire was lit.

With the wet firewood, the firewood was dried and burned, and the thick smoke finally rose.

Oh no, why did the cigarettes rise opposite? Bian Yuanheng stood at the bow of the boat and saw the thick smoke on the other side, knowing that something was wrong.

"God of War Cannon, prepare, aim at the smokey place and open fire"

There must be an opponent's soldiers guarding the smoke. The smoke should be a signal. Bian Yuanheng regretted it. This time, the elder brother ordered too quickly and the navy was ready. He rushed all the way. The elder brother immediately asked himself to lead his army to the south bank, and did not make the situation on the south bank clear in advance. He just asked a few boatmen. There was an opponent's beacon tower here, and he didn't know it.

The God of War Cannon was ready and immediately fired a shell. At this time, it was only four miles away.

"Boom" When Wang Dacai heard the sound from the water in the distance, he was suddenly shocked. Judging from the sound of the cannon, it was probably Zhang Shicheng's army in the north. The sharp reputation of the opponent's firearms had spread.

Needless to say, the other party must be aiming here. Wang Dacai shouted loudly: "Let's withdraw quickly."

It was too late. When I heard the sound of cannons, the cannonballs had already flew to the beacon tower with the roar that crossed the sky.

The first shell of "dong" hit the fireworks accurately and exploded the firewood everywhere. The fire suddenly became smaller, and there was a distance of vibration on the beacon tower.

Their faces changed drastically, isn't it too perverted? At such a long distance, they beat so accurately? And so powerful?

Immediately afterwards, the second and third shells flew in total. Except for one that deviated from the target, the rest were hit on the beacon tower.

Wang Dacai looked around him and they had all fallen. The shells that had just flew over him to make the people around him blurred blood. He actually stood without any damage, except for the blood sprayed all over his body.

He stayed for a while before he recovered. He could not stay here quickly. He hurried back to Changzhou City and reported to the above that the beacon fire had only been shut and it was extinguished. He didn't know if Changzhou City had received information.

Wang Dacai ran back to the outpost, led the only horse out, and ran towards Changzhou City like crazy.

Behind him, the huge fleet has begun to dock.

Another reason to choose to log in here is that the water here is deep and the steep shore is simply a natural port.

The captains carefully avoided the boulders underwater, and the ships were docked on the shore.

Putting down the bridge board, the soldiers ran down from the boat one after another.

The last few ships were loaded with war horses. Although the ships had already docked smoothly, many war horses were still seasick and foaming at the mouth.

I often sent Chun and the hundreds of brothers he brought were placed on the last few ships, which were approved by the Big Goth. Otherwise, he would have to follow the last batch of troops to get ashore.

What made Chang Yuchun happy was that his war horses had adapted to the bumps of the ship and were not seasick. Chang Yuchun quickly gathered his subordinates.

"Brothers, we defected to our elder brother and received appreciation from our elder brother. Now, it is time for us to show our skills," Chang Yuchun shouted loudly.

"Yes, we are an invincible army," more than a hundred people shouted together, attracting countless eyes from the First Battalion of Shiyi, who was still gathering next to him.

These people are really not afraid that Death Shiyi wants to laugh. With more than 100 people, they still want to steal their credit? They want to take Changzhou down? They are really arrogant

"Brother Shiyi," Chang Yuchun saw Shiyi next to him and said to him: "Looking at these war horses, only 10% of them are still combat-capable. If they want to recover, it will take a day. I wonder if Brother Shiyi can borrow these soldiers and horses?"

"Brother Chang, do you know that you can't take them down? I thought you were not afraid of heaven or earth." Shi Yi said: "We have to wait until all the war horses are rested and carry all the equipment, especially the scattered cannons and the God of War cannons, before we can attack Changzhou City."

"Brother Shiyi, soldiers are very fast. Now, before the Tartars have noticed that we have come, they can quickly capture Changzhou City. If you wait until your troops are gathered and the rest is done, Changzhou City is already prepared. If we want to capture Changzhou City, we will probably have to spend more effort." Chang Yuchun advised. "Your cavalry now has only more than 200 war horses to put into battle, mine has more than 100. Our more than 300 cavalry combined is just a fist, which can crush Changzhou City."

Somehow, Shi Yi was actually persuaded by Chang Yuchun. Anyway, these more than 200 cavalry were only half a century of their own battalion. If he could really take Changzhou City, it would be a great achievement and a great achievement.

"Okay, then I will give you these 200 people. If you can't take them down, don't force them. Our army will arrive in one day." Shiyi said.
Chapter completed!