The Huai Army Navy entered Poyang Lake and was about to arrive in Ganzhou after four days of voyage. However, the Huai Army Navy was not smooth sailing before entering Ganzhou. The rebels in Ganzhou already had their own naval forces.

That was the Guangdong pirate Luo Mingshou Navy recommended by Guangdong Juren Li Suiqiu. In the original time and space, Li Suiqiu and Luo Mingshou were both national heroes in the anti-Qing Dynasty. However, in this time and space, they represented the interests of Guangdong gentry, which was not tolerated by the court.

Guangdong wanted to establish its own independent economic circle and did not want to pay taxes to the court and resist imperial edicts. They could only cooperate with the rebels of Huguang gentry, King Gui and Gao Jinku.

Ganzhou is surrounded by water on three sides, and for both offensive and defensive sides, it is very passive without a navy.

How did Luo Mingshou's naval warships arrive in Ganzhou? They came up with a way to transport ships on land, and various warships crossed mountains and ridges, crossed the watershed between the Pearl River Water System and the Yangtze River Water System. After going through a lot of hardships, Luo Mingshou's pirate naval warships were transported from Guangdong to Ganzhou. However, because they were on land, the ships that could be transported were all small boats.

The most important thing for the Huai Army Navy is to prevent fire attacks. As long as you are prepared to prevent fire attacks halfway, you will be able to arrive in Ganzhou smoothly.

From the middle reaches of the Ganjiang River starting from Xinkan, there are dense jungles on both sides and complex terrain. The section from Ganzhou to Wan'an is like mountains due to the cutting of rivers, with many canyons and dangerous shoals. The navy cannot sail at night and must camp on the shore at night, which has high requirements for fire prevention.

Every evening, the navy fleet docked on the shore. The river banks that were chosen to dock were carefully selected by Li Guodong. He chose a location with a relatively wide river surface and a gentle water flow to camp. The terrain on the shore was also wide, away from the jungle, and camped in open areas to avoid being burned by the rebels.

Li Guodong himself is best at fire attack, and his work to prevent fire attack is naturally well arranged.

On September 14, 18th year of Chongzhen, the navy fleet set up camp on the riverside of Maogong Mountain upstream of Wan'an. After nightfall, the Huai Army Navy sent small boats to patrol the river upstream with lanterns.

The fifteenth is approaching, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky, with high visibility. This place is very close to Ganzhou, so the rebels need to prevent the fire attack from the upstream at night from the raft to attack. In order to prevent the rebels from attacking fire, Li Guodong also added double insurance: a group of people who do not collect the fire to walk upstream along the Gan River at night, hide in the jungle to monitor the river surface, and also monitor the avenues to prevent the rebels from coming from land to set fire.

As expected, as Li Guodong expected, at 3:00 p.m. late at night, a fleet of small rafts and small sampans appeared on the upper river, which was flowing downstream and heading towards the direction where the Huai Army Navy was mooring.

"Master, is there lights on the river in front?" A personal soldier of the rebel naval general Luo Mingshou discovered that there were lights on the river in front.

Luo Mingshou looked in the direction of his personal soldiers' fingers, and he was shocked when he saw the lights on the river downstream ahead: "No! There are probably Li Zhe's boats in front!"

"Master, have we been discovered?" asked a personal soldier.

"The enemy is in the light, and I am in the dark. They can't find us for a while. Go up quietly and shoot the thief army with bows and arrows!" Luo Mingshou ordered.

The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, but for Luo Mingshou, the person who hides in the jungle by the river is the real person who is in the dark.

The bright moon hangs high and has high visibility. The rebel navy's fire attack rafts and small sampans that flow down the river were all hidden in the jungle and watching the river.

"The enemy is coming, send a signal immediately!" Ye Bushou captain Tie Hammer shouted.

"Bang" a rocket rose into the air, and a gorgeous firework bloomed in the night sky, sending alarm signals to the patrol ships on the river and the navy camp stationed by the river.

"It's broken! There are enemies in the mountains! We are exposed!" Luo Mingshou shouted.

"Master, we have lost the opportunity to attack. Have we withdrawn?" asked the personal soldiers.

"No need to retreat, the enemy has no time to prepare! Let the fire attack raft ignite and rush up quickly!" Luo Ming was ordered to ignite the fire attack raft and launch the final impact.

On the upstream river surface, fire attack rafts were ignited, and a raging fire ignited on the river surface. The fire attack rafts lined up in a horizontal line went downstream and rushed straight towards the mooring ground of the Huai Army Navy. The entire river surface was covered with fire attack rafts. Even if the Huai Army Navy was in the downstream reacted, it would not have time to escape by boat.

"Hurry up, rush up and burn them all!" Luo Ming shouted excitedly.

As long as the rebel navy can win in this battle, Luo Mingshou will no longer be a pirate, but a navy admiral of King Gui. If King Gui can capture the world, then it is not a problem to be named Duke, and it is possible to be appointed as a king.

Just as the fire attack raft of the rebel naval army was rushing down the river, a few dull explosions suddenly sounded on the river surface, and more than a dozen water columns rushed to the sky suddenly rose, and more than a dozen fire attack rafts rushing in front were crushed to pieces, turning into a pile of broken wood floating on the river surface. The firewood and turbulent oil tanks burned on the raft were blown into the sky and fell back to the river surface. The firewood was extinguished, and the turbulent oil was still burning on the river surface, but it could no longer threaten the Huai Army Navy.

"What's going on? Could it be that the thief army fired the artillery?" Luo Ming asked in shock.

"No, the bandit army did not fire, it was an explosion in the river." said a sailor.

The reason for the explosion was caused by mines. When the Huai Army patrol boat patrols on the river, it lowered a row of mines. These mines were the latest anchor mines of the Huai Army. The mines were made of wood. There was an iron chain tied to the lower part, and a large stone was tied to the iron chain, so that the mine could sink under the water. The mines were fired by flintlock machines. As long as the opponent's ship hit, it would cause an explosion.

This kind of mine can be recycled. If it is not used, the next morning before the Huai Army Navy set sail, it will send a water ghost to dive into the bottom of the water, untie the iron chain, and the anchor will separate from the big stone, and it will surface. At that time, the boat will be able to recover the mines to avoid blowing up the warships on its side.

The cost of a mine is more expensive than a fire-attack raft. It seems not cost-effective to exchange a mine for a fire-attack raft, but it is more cost-effective to hit a warship by a fire-attack raft.

More than ten fire attack rafts lined up on the river were blown up, which caused a gap in the fire attack raft line, and the threat to the Huai Army Navy was significantly reduced.

At this time, the Huai Navy officers and soldiers who woke up from their sleep quickly set sail. The big ship retreated downstream, and the small boat faced the burning rebel generals on the river and attacked the raft.

The boat approached the rebel general's fire attack raft. The Huai Navy officers and soldiers on the boat shot the rebel sailors behind the fire attack raft with bows and arrows and bird guns, causing the fire attack rafts to lose control. The officers and soldiers then pushed the fire attack rafts away and pushed them to the riverside. Some boats approached the fire attack rafts, and the sailors threw grenades, blowing them up, and smashing them to pieces.

"Boom boom boom boom" The cannons rumbling on the river surface, and the small boats that Luo Ming was exposed to fired. The whistling shells fell on the river surface, and water columns soared into the sky.

The rebels' boats were also equipped with cannons, and each small sampan could carry two small cannons. These rebel navy officers and soldiers were originally pirates. They used small sampans and fast crabs to rob merchant ships on the sea, so the boats were all equipped with small cannons.

The recoil of the small cannon is also great for those pirate boats. Every time a cannon is fired, the pirate boat will shake violently due to its strong recoil. However, those pirates with rich experience in water combat turn the rudder in time when firing the cannon, which not only resolves the shaking of the hull due to recoil, but also cleverly uses the recoil to make the boat turn and the small cannon that has been loaded at the stern of the ship aim at the front, so that the two cannons can fire in turn.

The pirates flexibly controlled the boats, and the small boats were dancing on the river. The whistling shells flew towards the Huai Army's boats, causing considerable losses to the Huai Army Navy.
Chapter completed!