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The success rate of mud mold casting cannon method is very low, about 30% to 40%. However, when Li Xin was in Gaoyou, he asked the blacksmith to build a batch of cannons every few days. Since the first batch of cannons were sent, artillery has been delivered every few days.

The iron material comes from melting the Flor cannon and the tiger squat cannon and recasting it.

When Li Xin arrived in Liuhe half a month later, he had twenty 117 and ten 093 on hand, and each of Yangzhou had the same number of cannons.

Liuhe arrived in Chuzhou for about 150 miles, and it took two days to march normally. Li Xin brought 20,000 troops. He never thought of catching a shot, but attacking Chuzhou with real guns and ambush. After all, the terrain in the Huaiyang area was flat, and any surprises or ambush were jokes. As long as Li Xin's troops were a little bit watery, they could be explored clearly. Similarly, Sun Chuanting's every move could not be hidden from Li Xin.

Two days later, the revolutionary army arrived at the city of Chuzhou and prepared to attack the city. The Ming army on the top of the city was extremely frightened. The magistrate of Chuzhou roared like thunder, took out money and food to inspire morale.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty was ruined, but the officials were still very honest. Take Gaoyou for example. Zhao Jiuzhen did not surrender until the last moment because he could not commit suicide. He was captured alive because he could not commit suicide. Han Wenjing was greedy and was greedy. Even though he knew that Yangzhou would be destroyed, he did not surrender and was captured alive. The officials in Chuzhou were mostly like this.

On the contrary, the officials and soldiers at the bottom did not have any loyalty to the court, which was also an important feature of the serious class division caused by the extreme division of the rich and poor in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Sun Chuanting also prepared the ship, and 35,000 soldiers were ready to go.

"You must act carefully when building an army, then Li Xin will intercept it on the river!"

Hou Fangyu put his head in a reminder.

Sun Chuanting looked at the dock. In addition to nearly a thousand civilian ships to transport soldiers, there were more than a hundred warships that were pieced together. Since the last time he was forced to Nanjing by Li Xin crossing the river, Sun Chuanting realized the importance of river defense and mobilized the warships from various prefectures along the river. In terms of water strength, it was enough to compete with the revolutionary army.

"I'm afraid that he will do anything, so I cross the river!"

Sun Chuanting waved his hand violently.

The huge fleet sailed towards the other side of the river in turn, with warships distributed on both sides, and there were also sentry boats swimming around, looking like they were waiting for the troops. Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui and other members of the army were also extremely nervous.

You know, they are all scholars and have never gone to war, and they are no more than defeated by land war. Once the ship is sunk in the water war, they can only fall into the river to feed the turtle.

A group of scholars wearing Confucian shirts were squeezing the boat gang, looking around, and were afraid that Sun Chuanting would find something, so he deliberately showed relief and joked from time to time. Gradually, the fleet sailed to the middle of the river, but there was still no sign of the revolutionary army. Chen Zhenhui finally couldn't help but say, "Why didn't the thieves come to intercept? It's not that they haven't been able to find them yet?"

"ha!"

Hou Fangyu smiled: "I think Li Xin must be afraid. His navy is all mobs and dare not fight against the army to fight against the army on the river!"

"Hey~~Don't be careless!"

Sun Chuanting waved.

But he was also worried, what about the fleet of the Revolutionary Army?

In fact, Li Xin had no intention of competing for victory with Sun Chuanting on the river. The water surface strength of both sides was similar. It was hard to say who would win or lose if he really fought. What's more, even if he won, he would suffer heavy losses and would not be worth the gain.

Li Xin had considered releasing the wooden box thunder, but this method was too sinister. He had the intention to surrender Sun Chuanting's soldiers. He wanted to use upright methods until he could not help.

Moreover, no matter how powerful a mine is, it is always just an auxiliary weapon. It needs to cooperate with other means to play a decisive role. Simply using mines to sank more than ten or dozens of warships will not have much impact on the battle situation.

Therefore, Li Xin allowed Sun Chuanting's army to cross the river and fight decisively on land.

Until he stepped on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there was no sign of the revolutionary army. The atmosphere in Sun Chuanting's army became obviously relaxed, especially in Fushe. Many people began to write poems to praise Sun Chuanting and at the same time belittled Li Xin.

Naturally, Sun Chuanting would not be moved by some flattery, and even became even more disgusted with Fushe. Although a large number of Donglin Party members in the court were not a good person, Huang Dao Zhou would rather be beaten to death by Chongzhen than beg for mercy. At least Donglin would be more honest than Fushe.

The entire army rested for most of the day, and the navy moved south along the Yangtze River, entered the canal, went up to Yangzhou, and the infantry headed directly to Yangzhou.

Although the Revolutionary Army stationed troops under Chuzhou City, it did not attack. Another day later, Li Xin received news that Sun Chuanting had crossed the river and headed for Yangzhou.

"Mr. Li, should you go back to the army immediately?"

Gao Guiying, who was pinching Li Xin's shoulder, asked with a rubbing sound.

Li Xin pondered: "It will take two or three days to go to Yangzhou when Sun Chuanting goes ashore. If he leaves early, he can go back. We don't rush to rush. When he starts to attack the city, it will be too late to go back. I don't believe that Yangzhou can't even be able to defend for a day or two."

"Yeah~~"

Gao Guiying nodded and said, "As right, at least the salt merchant is on your side now. As long as the city is not broken in a short period of time, I am not afraid of chaos. Well, let Sun Chuanting see the power of the new cannon."

Li Xin smiled slightly.

Three days later, Sun Chuanting led 35,000 Ming troops to the city of Yangzhou, and Shi Kefa led 5,000 Huai'an troops to cooperate. The residents of the outer city had already moved into the city, leaving rows of houses and streets.

Shi Kefa looked at the Yangzhou City, feeling complicated and sighed.

If there was a slight possibility, he was unwilling to come to Yangzhou to fight against Li Xin. He was captured twice and released twice. He felt that he was shameless to see Li Xin. On the other hand, he knew what kind of virtue his Huaian soldiers were. It would be good not to yell to surrender, so how could he dare to fight with the revolutionary army? But Chongzhen's six-month ban was on his neck, what would he do?

"This time you and I will do our best to serve the emperor!"

Sun Chuanting glanced at Shi Kefa and said sternly.

Shi Kefa just smiled bitterly and shook his head without saying anything.

Sun Chuanting looked at the Huaian soldiers following Shi Kefa again, and they were almost intent to fight. Many people looked at the city of Yangzhou, as if they would surrender immediately as long as someone came forward to surrender.

Hou Fangyu was very dissatisfied with Shi Kefa and snorted: "Don't be discouraged from the canal. This time, the army was established to lead 40,000 troops to attack Yangzhou. However, Li Xin led the main force to attack Chuzhou, which was a rare opportunity. The people of Yangzhou still went to court. At most, the city would be destroyed in three or two days. Even if Li Xin rushed back, it would be too late."

Shi Kefa was not optimistic. Based on his understanding of Li Xin, even though he knew that Sun Chuanting was right beside him, how could he not make arrangements in advance? At the same time, he believed that Sun Chuanting was not as confident as he seemed.

Chen Zhenhui also said: "It is not advisable to build an army and attack the city without delay. Should we attack immediately or dig a hole in the city?"
Chapter completed!