In the early morning at the end of September, the sun rose.
The golden sunlight shone on the river, covering the entire river with a layer of golden light. The sparkling waves were exceptionally beautiful. Warships were docked at the shore. The morning breeze blew, and the flags on the warships fluttered. On the shore, the cooks had already prepared breakfast. The aroma of meat filled the air.
As the soldiers disembarked, they returned to the warships in an orderly manner after breakfast.
With the sound of the horn, the warships lifted the anchor.
The warships set off one by one.
The wind direction today was suitable for sailing. With the help of the wind, the warships sailed quickly. They started sailing in the morning. By noon, Xia Xia's warships had arrived at the Jiangdu Ferry Pier.
The afternoon sun shone with golden light.
The weather was even cooler.
Du Qi stood on the deck with his hands on the side of the ship, looking ahead. He looked ahead and observed the pier with the help of binoculars. He glanced around and saw the Tang Army on the shore of the pier who had already built fortifications.
Row after row of fortifications were built.
There were barricades.
Multiple layers of protection were formed.
Xue Rengui also glanced through the binoculars. He did not care about the Tang Army on the shore at all. He directly asked for battle, "Your Majesty, the Tang Army is not worth mentioning. I will give the order to dock. The army will attack directly and break through the defenses on the shore. "
Du Qi said, "Why do we have to dock before breaking through?"
Xue Rengui was stunned. He did not understand and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Du Qi said, "All warships will adjust their formation into three rows. Ten warships in a row, then adjust the turrets and bombard them. The Tang Army will build fortifications at the pier and prepare many weapons. Aim and bombard them. After a round of bombardment, all the fortifications will be gone. When the time comes, it will be easy to kill them. "
When Xue Rengui heard this, he slapped his forehead and praised, "Your Majesty is wise. This subject has overlooked this point."
He immediately ordered the adjustment.
One by one, the warships adjusted their positions and then crossed the river.
Shangguan Yi had been observing the situation at the dock with the help of binoculars. He looked around and found that there were many haystacks around the dock, and there were many sacks piled up in many places.
Shangguan Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "General Xue, pass the order to the artillery troops on the warships. This time, in addition to bombing the fortifications and the Tang soldiers, there are also haystacks on the shore, as well as some places where sacks are piled up. However, everything that was in his way would be bombarded. In short, according to His Majesty's instructions, they were to directly bomb the area around the ferry port. Under this kind of bombardment, anything can be forced out. "
Xue Rengui said, "Understood!"
He gave another order.
After the order was given, the messenger waved the command flag and continued to relay the order. After receiving the order, the officers in charge of the various warships began to adjust the area where the cannons were aimed.
While the warships were making adjustments, on the shore of the ferry port.
Inside the fortifications of the Tang army.
Xue Wanche, dressed in armor, was stationed here with six thousand elite soldiers. His task this time was very simple, which was to delay for a while and then give the order to retreat, allowing Xia Xia's army to enter the ferry port. At that time, they would detonate the gunpowder.
Once all the gunpowder exploded, Xia Xia's army that had landed on the shore would inevitably be in a desperate situation. After all, Xia Xia's army had a lot of people, and they would definitely be close to the haystacks on the ferry port. When the gunpowder exploded, they would definitely be blown to pieces.
In this way, Xue Wanche could launch a counterattack, taking advantage of the chaos of Xia Xia's army to directly attack.
This would give him a chance to turn the situation around.
Xue Wanche came with hope.
He wanted to atone for his crime by meritorious deeds.
Xue Wanche looked at the Tang warships arranged in a three-row formation and immediately understood the opponent's intention. He shouted, "Hide well, all of you hide in the fortifications, and be careful of the cannons."
The messenger immediately passed down the order.
After giving the order, Xue Wanche also carefully hid, hunching his back and hiding in the fortifications. When he and his elder brother led the army to fight on the river, Xia Xia's army was arranged in this way. All of them were arranged in a neat formation, and then they fired round after round of cannons, which eventually led to the defeat of the Tang army.
Now, it was the same again.
Xue Wanche was still a little worried.
Because gunpowder was buried in many places around here. Once Xia Xia's cannons hit the gunpowder, because of the large amount of gunpowder, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, Xue Wanche also believed that Xia Xia's cannons could adjust the angle and range, so they would definitely aim at the place where they were hiding and would not bombard other places.
As long as they did not bombard the surroundings, they would be fine.
Xue Wanche kept comforting himself that nothing would happen.
The Tang soldiers were hiding one by one.
Even so, the Tang soldiers were still very nervous. Because it was a very dangerous thing at the moment. While everyone was waiting, time passed quietly, and Xia Xia's warships were completely in position.
"Fire!"
The sound of cannons suddenly rang out on the calm river.
The sound of cannons rumbled continuously.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The sound of cannons rose one after another, and the cannons on the thirty warships had already fired. Under the bombardment of hundreds of cannons, the surface of the river was covered in smoke. Cannonballs were already flying out of the warships on the river. They drew an arc in the air and began to fly toward the hiding place of the Tang army on the land.
Boom!!!
The next moment, the first cannonball landed.
This cannonball exploded not far from the fortifications of the Tang army. The cannonball exploded, and the soil was sent flying, and it even lifted the fortifications built on the ground. Although it did not explode the Tang soldiers, the explosion made them tremble in fear.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The rumbling of explosions followed one after another.
One cannonball after another landed and exploded.
The whole land was shaking, and the fortifications formed by the fortifications were densely bombarded. Under the dense explosions, countless fortifications were destroyed, and countless Tang soldiers were killed on the spot.
Many haystacks and other areas where sacks were piled were also detonated.
After these were detonated, the sound of explosions became louder.
Because there were countless gunpowder hidden in these places, and they were used to deal with Xia Xia's army. Now, after the gunpowder was detonated, the whole area began to explode.
Boom!!!
The sound of explosions was even more intense.
Because there was so much gunpowder, the explosions sounded one after another, and the sound was terrifying. After the gunpowder buried in the haystacks exploded, the explosion area began to spread to the fortifications.
At this moment, Xue Wanche's face was pale.
His heart was cold.
It's over!
It's a mess!
This time, not only did the gunpowder ambush not hit Du Qi's army, but because of Du Qi's random bombardment, all the buried gunpowder began to explode and spread to himself.
This was shooting himself in the foot.
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