Chapter 97 Burning the Great River (Part 2)(2/2)
Looking forward, not only this one, but there were two iron chains in front of it, slowly rising from the bottom of the river. Three iron chains prevented the ship from sailing west. Some felt something was wrong and were ready to turn around to the east. But the same shouts came from the east.
Except for a very few ships, most of them were stopped by these six iron cables.
Listening to the shouting by the river, Salem felt something was wrong, and stood on the shore and shouted anxiously: "Cut it off."
The iron cable crossing river has appeared many times in Chinese history. Not only on the Yangtze River, but also in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Northern Wei tied up the seized warships with iron cables and tied them up triple layers, trying to cut off the Yellow River passage. However, the commander of the Southern Song general Yuan Hu used a long-kook axe to force the iron lock to cut off the iron lock, went down the current, and escaped from the encirclement. He had used many of them, but almost none of them had succeeded.
Successful battle examples may not be successful in the Wuhu River, and failure cases may not be successful in the Wuhu River. The Yangtze River and the Yellow River and the Wuhu River are two concepts, which are far wider than it, and the water flow is much faster than it. Moreover, the situation of the battle is different.
Li Wei thought of his army's weakness, and this weakness would sooner or later be discovered by the great cannibals. So he thought about countermeasures and read the historical books in his mind, which brought out the example of the Second Northern Expedition of the Southern Song and Yuanjia, which made him think of an idea. He transported many iron chains in advance. That night, he ordered the scouts to force the people in a few miles to be driven away by the people of several miles, and not to be watched by one person. It was for today's sake that the soldiers connected the iron chains and became six iron chains, buried, covered with soil. In fact, there was no need to cut them, and it suddenly changed. It was at night. Otherwise, if you look closely, you could find joints. Unlock the joints, and the iron chains would be scattered into two pieces, and the ship could no longer stop them.
The iron chain only acts as a temporary barrier, and the real arrangement is at the back.
It happened that a group of craftsmen from Chang'an rushed to the Western Regions. There was no gunpowder, but it was impossible not to use them without gunpowder. However, the cost of transporting gunpowder from Chang'an was too high, so a group of craftsmen were transferred from China. In order to keep the technology confidential, they were placed in Shuye City, and then they were searched for nitroso soil and sulfur from the river or the Western Regions to refine gunpowder on the spot.
Nowadays, a lot of saltpeter sulfur is piled up in the Suiye City, mixed with supplies and transported to the Wuhu River. Most of them are placed in Beiying, and a few are transported to Guazhu Mountain that night. After the arrangements are made, various arrangements have been made for the action tonight.
If the ships on the south bank were deliberately set fire to burn the ships on the south bank, it would be a fool, and would do useless work. But it was not. In this way, he would actively remind his weakness to the big cannon leader. Then he would practice on the river surface to make the big cannon fodder. Then he would let the soldiers in the river be cannon fodder and lead all the ships of the big cannon fodder step by step to the vicinity of Xiangliu Du.
Some false images were created on the Guazhu Mountain, including sneaking into the river at night to force water, fighting for water, fighting for water. In fact, a lot of water was stored on the mountain, but I was afraid that the performance would not be successful, so I took care of the water and prevented the soldiers from knowing that those fights were really fighting for water. After all, the soldiers in the river came from various countries, had poor discipline and were not united, and the situation was very bad. As long as I was willing and a little instigated, I would start fighting immediately.
Then the Five Armies joined forces to make small wooden boats. Small wooden boats were used to set fire, but there was another wonderful use. Seeing that so many small wooden boats were made in his army, the general could only have two ideas, either forcibly crossing the river by himself or covering the army on the south bank back. Then, the next night, all the ships in Dashi set sail and entered the ambush circle.
There is no need for so many wooden boats, but Li Wei was waiting. The wind was strong at the first time, and there was a dark night in the second time. The weather was very consistent with his requirements tonight, so he started to act. First, lit the torches, blow the trumpet, let the big cannibal get up together and control the boat. Then, all the torches were suddenly extinguished, which gave the big cannibal a huge visual contrast. Take the opportunity to lift the iron rope buried underground, use a few thick trees as bars, and then use a winch to snatch the iron rope from the bottom of the river. Otherwise, if the big cannibal saw it, wouldn’t they all escape? Then put the dead grass branches on the small boats that had been made in the past few days and sprinkle flammable materials. Just when the big cannibal forced the iron rope, they pushed these small boats full of flammable materials down the river.
Chapter completed!