A group of ships appeared in the water ahead, with as many as twelve, which were medium-sized black-sailed ships. They came towards the fleet, and ordinary ships would avoid the shore when they saw warships. When they saw the observation post, they felt that it was inappropriate and quickly warned them.

Yan Le grabbed the telescope and looked over, and found that the boats were smooth sailing and were very fast. Their cabins were wrapped firmly and could not see anything. The hull was light and floating in the water, not heavy loads, and was approaching.

"This is a fire ship!" His face changed suddenly and he immediately issued an order.

A drum sounded on the flagship and twenty patrol ships were divided. They did not carry the army, but were sailors and marines, and they accelerated to face the suspicious ships. Then another drum sounded, and the ships behind them slowed down.

Sure enough, when the military ships stepped forward to intercept, the twelve black-sailed ships suddenly ignited flames. The fire quickly expanded with the help of the wind and spread throughout the ship.

The crew members were all short-shot men, and they went down to the boat, desperately leaving the channel and heading towards the shore.

They don’t need personal safety. In ancient times, fighting was by no means at will. Without accurate firepower, if you want to chase them, you also have to row boats. Rowing against the current may even move forward at a speed. How can you catch up?

The officers and soldiers on the vanguard's patrol ship were as if they were facing a great enemy, staring nervously at the fire ship getting closer and closer.

They also prepared the fire ships, and the ships of each patrol ship were horizontally erected, and the muzzles were extended, pointing to the hull of the incoming ship.

At a distance of 100 meters, with the commands or whistles of the officers on each ship, the artillery fired!

"Bang bang bang..." The deafening sound of cannons sounded on both sides of the river, and shells roared out, hitting the hull, constantly hitting the hull.

When it comes to the training level of the gunners of the patrol ships is really good. The ships on both sides are in the shape of T-shaped, the patrol ships are horizontally striped, and the fire ships are vertical, with a small cross-sectional area. However, half of the black-sailed ships were still hit, and the hull was shocked. Starting from the bow, cracks extended to the stern, and water quickly flowed everywhere. The hull collapsed and disintegrated in the river water!

The black-sailed boat is a civilian boat. The production process is cost-effective and is not strong. If the structure is reinforced by a wooden board boat and bombarded with a solid bomb, it may not be sunk for one or two hours.

After continuing to work hard, the patrol ships adjusted their direction and alternated with the black-sailed ship. At this time, the ships were parallel. With the command of the officers, the three oarsmen on the patrol ships quickly reversed the oars, from going upstream to going downstream. The officers controlled their speed and tried to be parallel to the black-sailed ships.

Although many people think of a sailboat as a level lower than a sailboat, it has a unique advantage in mobility. Once the situation changes, the paddlers can immediately reverse the car. Or accelerate the paddlers on one side and rest the paddlers on the other side to complete the quick turn.

It is precisely because of this benefit that the Southeast Fleet developed a large sailboat, that is, a shallow water heavy battleship, which was classified as the "Yellow River Class", using 400 A-san paddlers.

Previously, a large number of patrol ships were equipped, which were reduced versions of sail cruise ships. The patrol ships had paddlers and were very flexible in their movements.

The battleships are now fighting. After they were parallel to the black-sailed ship, they fired violently, and shells hit the black-sailed ship accurately, and soon, one by one, sank one by one.

The ship was loaded with piles of firewood and piles of forage fell into the water, causing artillery bombing from the patrol ship. Not only that, the sailors on the ship also lit large bombs and threw them out, and critically attacked the larger piles of fires, causing them to become smaller or sink into the river under the bomb shock wave.

After a while, there were fires of all sizes all over the river, but if they were not the kind of large fires, they would not burn for a long time and would not ignite the ships in the river.

The soldiers on the ships watching the battle behind praised the performance of the patrol ships and applauded them unanimously!

On the distant city wall, the rebels watched the battle through a telescope, which was not very good.

The fleet approached Wuzhou, and the attack just now came from the rebels stationed in Wuzhou.

When approaching the mountain city of Wuzhou, you can see the majestic city walls by the river. The walls are more than eight meters high and there is a wide city gate tower overlooking the river bank. This is rare for inland areas and non-provincial capital cities.

In fact, in ancient times, prefectures and counties were generally not big. For example, Wanping City next to Beijing, the city was 640 meters long from east to west and 320 meters wide from north to south!

The six-meter-high city wall is already very impressive. After all, in ancient times, manpower, material resources and financial resources were limited. Of course, even such a county can almost be achieved in China, and in countries around the world, no country can do it!

Large foreign cities have city walls, but foreign counties often have no cities, or at most they are a wall or even made of wooden.

The city wall buildings in the county show the superb architectural level and strength of ancient China beyond the reach of other countries!

Wuzhou, the east gate of Guangxi, has been known as the "Three Rivers Convergence" since ancient times, and its geographical location is very important!

In the sixth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1470 AD), Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty established the first governor's office in Chinese history in Wuzhou, which played an important role in strengthening the Ming Dynasty's rule in southwest China.

The Governor, the Governor, the Governor, the Governor, the Governor, the Governor, the Governor, the Army, the Governor, the Governor, was on horseback, and the People, had the power to do so, avoiding the drawbacks of being too slow to deal with military and political affairs in a timely manner. Of course, the Governors sent were all the confidants of the court and the country was in a casino.

Wuzhou City is a famous city in Lingnan with a history of more than 2,100 years. It is known as a "century-year commercial port". The main stream of the Pearl River, the Xijiang River, winds through the city. Because of the benefits of the Xijiang River, it is deeply influenced by Guangzhou. It is the city with the most historical and cultural heritage in Guangxi!

Zhu Youlang's rebels led the invasion of Guangzhou by Zhu Youlang, but he escaped alone, and the entire army was wiped out and fled back to Guangxi.

He divided 6,000 troops as a side teacher, led by Lin Jiading and Ma Jixiang, but he worked very well and went straight to Guilin along the river, without any difficulties.

Lin Jiading, the former governor of Guangdong, was an extremely qualified party. He served as the governor of Guangxi, and intentionally or unintentionally formed a huge network of officials, which came in handy when rebelling. His dissatisfaction with the imperial court's land policy made officials turn against him.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, officials owned a lot of land privately. The court wanted to cut off their bodies. Zhu Youlang rebelled. Those officials with land were Jiao Po who met a fan guest and hit it off!

After capturing Wuzhou City, he sent a general Tian Jianping to lead two thousand troops to guard him. At present, he was on the city wall, put down his telescope and said regretfully: "What a pity, what a pity!"

Tian Jianping was in his thirties and was originally an intermediate officer of the New Ming Army. His family had a large real estate property. Because of the new land policy of the court, he was furious and joined the rebels, looking forward to a change of dynasty and becoming a marquis.

He instigated the fire ship offensive, but it looked not very effective. A middle-aged man wearing a Southeast Army bulletproof vest next to him sneered: "I said I should launch an attack in the early morning. General Tian Shen didn't believe it. Hehe, I saw it now!"

He spoke too rudely and openly separated from Tian Jianping, but Tian Jianping had to endure it because the middle-aged man was Li Daoan, the inland "ship king" who sent Zhu Youlang to Guangzhou.
Chapter completed!