In Jiujiang City, Zuo Liangyu Mansion.

A servant ran into the mansion of the general who pacified the thief and reported to Zuo Liangyu: "Master, Li Ergou's navy fleet is going to pass through our Jiujiang River, as if he is planning to go to Jiangnan."

Zuo Liangyu was furious: "Li Ergou is going to go to Jiangnan? Tens of thousands of people are preparing to go to Jiangnan? What's his heart?"

"Father, this thief is really hateful. He took Huguang and wanted Jiangnan. He is not as good as human beings, and he swallows an elephant!" Zuo Menggeng said.

Li Guoying's face changed drastically: "Master, Jiangnan has been under the control of this thief! This thief colluded with the Donglin Party, opened a bank account, provided new looms to Jiangnan merchants, and developed Songjiang Port. This thief was very popular among Jiangnan gentry in Jiangnan. If his army arrived in Jiangnan and had a rapport with Nanjing, our army would be sandwiched between Wuchang and Jiangnan, and would not be able to advance or retreat!"

"Jiangnan is richest in the world, and Huguang is familiar with the world. These two richest places in the Ming Dynasty are controlled by Li Ergou. Will he do whatever he wants in the future? No, we have to stop him!" Zuo Liangyu stood up and slapped him hard on the table.

Zuo Liangyu didn't know Li Guodong's plan to go north to serve the king. Except for Li Guodong's own people, few people knew about this. Because Li Guodong's plan to go north to serve the king is strictly confidential, if someone knew about this matter early, the court would only treat him as a rebellion. Just imagine, your Jinyang Army had already received the imperial edict and gave up all the northern lands and went south to suppress bandits. But now, what do you want to do when you go to the capital with great fanfare? Isn't it a rebellion?

After hearing the spies' report, all the generals of the Zuo Family Army judged that Li Guodong was going to go to Jiangnan with great fanfare. As for what he wanted to do, with the Zuo Family Army's intelligence capabilities, it was really too embarrassing for them. They could not have thought that Li Guodong planned to enter Beijing.

The Zuo family army began to arrange the riverside ropes, and then placed a long row of rafts on the riverside. The rafts were filled with firewood and poured with tinder oil. The riverside ropes had been arranged long ago. They were not straightened on weekdays, and the iron ropes sank to the bottom of the river. When they wanted to intercept enemy ships, the soldiers on both sides pulled the winch and pulled the riverside ropes. The fire attack rafts were also prepared early. Zuo Liangyu also arranged a riverside rope, and set up three riverside ropes on the Jiujiang River!

Li Guodong's agents and Ye Busus had already discovered that Zuo Liangyu had arranged a river blocking rope in the Jiujiang area. When the fleet was about to arrive at the Jiujiang River, Li Guodong said to Shi Lang: "General Xiao Shi, the left thieves arranged a river blocking rope and a fire attack raft on the river. Our army was about to rush across the Jiujiang River. I will give you the navy to command with full authority."

"No!" Shi Lang was overjoyed and agreed immediately, "The last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of my uncle!"

It was a terrifying blow to let Shi Lang deal with the Zuo Family Navy. Although Shi Lang was young, he had already shown the qualities of an excellent naval general. After he took over the full command of the navy from Li Guodong, he immediately issued a series of orders.

"All large ships, three hundred steps away from the river siege, stop advancing, push the ship across, and shell the thieves' arms attack ship; the boat continues to charge forward and destroy the enemy's river siege; the centipede clutch follows the boat and support it with artillery behind."

The navy soldiers beside Shi Lang took the order and immediately shook the flag and sent out the orders of the Central Army flagship.

The Huai Army Navy's battleship changed its formation. The small sampan, which was originally following the big ship, accelerated forward, and the Centipede Clippers followed closely. The huge battleship lowered the sails, slowed down, followed the Centipede Clippers and the small ship, and slowly sailed towards the left army's stopping river rope.

Behind the Zuojia Army's river-blocking rope, there are rows of fire attack rafts that cut off the Yangtze River. These fire attack rafts are fixed with river-blocking ropes so that they will not be washed away by the water. Behind the fire attack raft, there is a row of floating bridges across the river. Zuojia Army pulls wooden boards on the pontoon bridge, piles sandbags behind the wooden boards to form a simple fort, set up a cannon to aim at the river surface. Behind the pontoon bridge, there is also a river-blocking rope. Between the pontoon bridge and the river-blocking rope, the Zuojia Army's naval ships are arranged, including small sampans, small warships and fire attack ships.

It’s a pity that the Zuo Family Army’s seemingly strict defense facilities are not worth mentioning in Shi Lang’s eyes. Li Guodong’s navy is not as good as Zheng Zhilong’s current navy, but walking sideways on the Yangtze River is not a problem at all.

"Quick! Roll quickly!" Wu Liuqi shouted loudly on a small boat led by the leader.

Wu Liuqi was a gangster who wandered around Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he was extremely powerful and had great martial arts. It was also because Li Guodong changed history that he was fortunate to meet Shi Fu, so he joined the Huai Army Navy. However, Li Guodong did not notice when another famous navy general came to his team. If Li Guodong knew that Wu Liuqi was in his army, he would have promoted him to at least at least the generals.

When the small sampan was still a hundred steps away from the river cable, Wu Liuqi took out a rocket and put it on the bow, pulled it out, and a soldier holding a torch beside him lit the rocket.

Wu Liuqi let go of the bowstring, and a rocket roared out, accurately piercing the firewood a hundred steps ahead. The firewood poured with tinder oil immediately ignited a raging fire. Wu Liuqi pulled out another rocket and put it on the bowstring. After igniting, another arrow shot out. In a blink of an eye, he had already shot ten rockets in a row!

"Mr. Wu is good at archery!" The soldiers on the small sampan praised it. It can shoot a rocket out of hundreds of steps! The rocket is much heavier than an ordinary arrow, and can shoot a hundred steps, which shows how strong Wu Liuqi is.

"Stop talking nonsense, set the rockets!" Wu Liuqi looked at the only thirty steps left to stop the river rope, and ordered the archers on the small sampan to shoot arrows.

Ten archers took off the rocket and put it on the bowstrings. The small flag holding torches lit them in turn. Then the rockets flew out and landed on the fire-attack raft. The row of rafts in front ignited a huge fire. The other small sampans also shot out arrows, and suddenly the smoke on the river surface rolled and the flames soared into the sky.

Wu Liuqi took out a big axe from the cabin and shouted: "Let's go up and let me break the rope!"

The soldiers rowed the boat and approached the river cable. The moment the small sampan was leaning on the river cable, Wu Liuqi raised a big axe in his hand, and only a sound of metal collision was heard. The iron chain as thick as an arm was broken by his axe! The broken iron chain lost its support and sank to the bottom of the river.

"Block the river and break the ropes, let's rush over and drive out the fire and attack the raft!" Wu Liuqi shouted.

Because the river stop cable was cut off, the fire attack rafts originally bound to the river stop cable were lost control and drifted downstream under the influence of water flow.

"Good guy, who is that?" Shi Lang, who was far away on the flagship, was completely stunned. He had never expected that his fleet had not fired the cannon, and the stopping Jiang Suo had been broken! According to his plan, the big ship and the centipede clutch were covering the back, and the small sampan was leaning forward. A group of soldiers entangled the enemy on the fire attack raft, and then sent people to cut off the stopping Jiang Suo. According to his estimate, it was impossible to cut off the stopping Jiang Suo without a quarter of an hour.

Who knew that none of these plans was useful, and the slaughtered Jiangsuo was cut off by an axe by a small officer.

The boat's bumps are difficult to leverage on the boat, and the river stop cable is in the water. The resistance of the water is combined, how easy is it to cut off the river stop cable? This person can cut off the river stop cable with an axe, which shows how powerful this person is!

"After the battle, call the little officer just now." Shi Lang said.

Before he finished speaking, he saw Wu Liuqi's small boat in front of him rushing towards the floating bridge. The left army cannons, bird guns, and arrows on the floating bridge were firing, and the shells kept rising up water columns on both sides of the small sampan. Wu Liuqi flexibly controlled the rudder and avoided the shells that were shot.
Chapter completed!