Looking at the enemy forces drowning in smoke and flames on the shore, as well as the launch pad and rails on the ship that have become empty. Bai Duolu, the leader of the artisan team and the prospective monk, also ended the eulogy of surviving the death, and changed it to a prayer of blessing to his comrades.
"Only praise the Supreme Lord of tomorrow, only praise Aroko, the Father of the Lord of Ten Thousand Years,
The lord of Wanrenguangshan, the heavenly sovereign who responds to every request, the sage who follows the principles of all things.
Thanksgiving and praise are all due to Sri Lanka, and I hope that the light of God will shine on the earth, and all people of the world will be free from suffering. .
May the grace of God enter the sea and be added to the robe, and not be harmed by the water, fire and swordsmen
May Shenwei go to jail, so that all enemies on the other side will be blind, confused, and suffer from hunger, thirst and injury;
May everyone in the world feel his might, trust and obey him. "
The conspicuous driving water wheel on both sides of the hull, and its metal-reinforced shaft and blades, represent the extraordinary place of this ship. This is what an adult created and the mighty power it brings.
This is the vehicle and ship, created by Cao Wanggao in the Tianbao period. It is not a new thing in the water transportation in the north of the Datang. But because of the redesign and improvement of the method by the master of the Taiping Army, it shines in the rivers of the south. The new vitality and purpose come.
It is said that the main river trunk road from Lingdong to Lingxi is now a new type of transportation that can be loaded with people and goods against the current without the need for wind vendors or pulling fibers. This has also greatly reduced and relaxed the names of traditional servants and miscellaneous envoys that need to be levied in places along the route.
Among them, according to the depth of the draught, the amount of cargo and the specific purpose, many modified versions have been derived from the original form. Among them, there are simplification flat-carriage boats with tens of shi for civilian use, to mixed carts and ships with high sides and sails on the river.
For example, the large watercraft they are currently using is actually to haul key components such as waterwheels and shafts that cannot be produced elsewhere on the vehicle and ship from the land vehicle after crossing the five ridges in Guizhou; and then look for a suitable river on the spot. The ship was remodeled.
Then, in order to install a suitable firearm, the corresponding modification was carried out; a large part of the awning was removed, the corresponding projection equipment was erected according to the counterweight, and the anti-arrow baffle and shield were strengthened on the side trunk. . Since then, it has become a water-wheel warship that can carry troops and attack the enemy.
Only when they were halfway through the airworthiness and combat tests in the Lingnei area, they received news of successive explosions and turmoil in various states in Hunan; even Jiang Yun once gave these river pirates, water bandits and mountain sheds emerge in an endless stream. The stream was interrupted for a moment.
As all local armed forces that can be used nearby, Bai Duluo and his artisans and craftsmen have to follow the freshly-baked water-ship fleet and their corresponding guards to set foot on supporting and assisting the local governments along the river to resolve chaos. Journey.
During this process, he experienced dozens of battles, large and small, and saw many unsightly human tragedies. That is why, as a prospective monk with compassion for the world, he couldn’t help but do it. Scene of indignation.
At least the Taiping Army kills gentry and heroic like pigs and dogs, but it is not unprincipled and purposeless indiscriminate killing and bloodthirsty. It was also ended happily after the Ming dynasty punishment, and it did not harm women and children, but gave them a way to accept reforms and start a self-reliant life again.
But the remnants of the gentry and tycoons who came back from the counterattack were just for pure retaliatory venting and intimidation, Chi Guoguo showed the most ugly scene of human nature.
Even those leaders who were elected by the village under the Taiping Army, and some of the leaders at both ends of the head, and even the secret voice, would inevitably be tortured by all kinds of cruel methods by their generation after they succeeded for a while, they would still die of the whole family. End. Even the dead body was not let go.
During the frequent use of this special waterwheel fleet, various failures, accidents and combat losses have occurred in succession, and the number of vehicles and ships that can continue to be used is gradually decreasing.
In the end, when they stumbled into the Dongting Lake, there were already about seven scarred waterwheels and boats left; then another one ran aground at the leaking stall at the mouth of the Xiangshui Lake; after removing them, they could use spare parts. In the end, there are only six of them that can be put into the battle intact.
Fortunately, from the recovery battles along the way, they not only received supplies and personnel; they also brought together the Taiping Navy and many affiliated ships to carry them, so the actual scale did not decrease, but increased by more than half. .
After entering the Dongting Lake basin, they were assisted by boat owners and fishermen from the local village fishing team; the even greater good news is that the Taiping Army leader has returned with a large army and allocated a batch of transfers for them. Firearm support coming.
Only then has this time brought together the Taiping Army's belongings, and the full attack on the surface of Dongting Lake.
Obviously, the firearm strikes in advance are very effective. The Langzhou soldiers under Lei Man have never seen such a tragic battle formation, as if the sky is cracked and the ground is cracked, screaming and rushing to dodge, immediately showing that the position is loose and collapsed. Mess up.
"The enemy's flag is down..."
"God-given opportunity..."
"Quickly, all go ashore..."
"Calling him sick, killing him..."
There was even such a roar around Bai Duolu. Then I saw those small and small ships of various sizes, leaning on the shore one after another, and groups of armed men of all colors rushing to jump off.
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In the eighth year of Qianfu, on July 27th, Zhang Chengfan and others led the army to Huazhou. However, he was greeted by an empty, silent, dead city; he finally found an old man hiding at home, and learned what happened before from the other party's non-verbal narration.
But it happened that Pei Qianyu, the governor of Huazhou, was ordered to move to another town as an observation officer, but he left early without saying goodbye. As a result, the soldiers and common people all fled to Huashan to avoid disaster after hearing the news the next day, leaving the city empty and depression, leaving only the footprints of dust and mice in the warehouse of the state city.
Fortunately, after collecting and collecting, there were still more than a thousand Huchen rice in the granary of a large household. Zhang Chengfan immediately asked the sergeants to bring three days' worth of food to continue the journey. However, there are countless villages and post houses after the escape.
On the first day of August, Zhang Chengfan and others led the army to Tongguan. They searched the dense vegetation and found more than 100 villagers. They were asked to move stones and draw water to prepare for the defense of the city.
After entering Guancheng, Zhang Chengfan got another bad news, but it was that Qi Kerang's army was about to run out of food, and the soldiers' fighting spirit had already plummeted.
On the same day, Huang Chao's forward troops arrived under Tongguan City, only to see the white and ocher yellow flags intermingled with each other, and the mountains and plains could not be seen from the edge, which was frightening.
On the other hand, near the Daming Palace in Chang'an City, the regrouped Shence army camp was full of crying and crying; while on the army city, the prime minister Zheng Tian, who was looking at all of this, had a twisted face and a straight face. She was shivering but couldn't speak anymore.
But Yang Fugong, the flying dragon envoy and privy envoy, and the deputy envoy of the Eight Recruiting Envoys, was embarrassed and helpless not knowing how to explain to him.
Because most of the soldiers of the Shence Army in Beijing were the children of the wealthy family in Chang'an. They bribed eunuchs and named them in the military in order to obtain generous gifts. However, these people usually wear gorgeous clothes, ride fast horses, and are arrogant with the power of the eunuchs. , But never participated in the battlefield;
Nowadays, I heard that we are going to the front line to fight against the thieves. The homes of people related to the Shence Army are full of fathers and sons holding their heads and crying, or family members are pulling and screaming.
And just last night, there were people who crossed the camp wall in droves, and the guards and patrols could not even stop them. They were afraid of being held accountable afterwards, so they all took off their robes and lost their weapons and fled. Up.
Many of the people who stayed after dawn were servants from large families who filled the roster, or used gold and silk to hire poor people living in the hospital; or simply there was nowhere to run, nowhere to go to rascals and evil. Juvenile, recharging temporarily.
These people often do not know how to handle weapons, and it is difficult to carry heavy armor. When standing in the camp, not only was there no formation in the queue, but even the weapons were sloppy, revealing the original shape on the spot.
Therefore, the so-called reinforcements of the Beijing Central Army have become a joke here; Zheng Tian even suspects that if he continues to send them out of the battlefield, he is afraid that they will disappear as soon as he walks out of the gate of the capital.
"Please also Zheng Tang (old) first take care. After all, the accumulated abuses over the years have been going on, and it is impossible to think of it for a while..."
Although embarrassed and helpless, Yang Fugong bit the bullet and comforted him.
"Now the children of Shence in the eight towns in the west of Beijing are still on their way, according to the horse newspaper, they have already passed Fengtian; as long as the soldiers in front can stand for a while; there is still a way to recover..."
"A certain person has already taken the funds from the various treasury in Da Nei, and has set up a grain station in Weiqiao Multi-Processing, thinking that it is necessary for transfer and support..."
"After all, this place in the Guanzhong area is to support their generations' hometown and hometown; even if the imperial court failed to allocate grain and financial resources, they still have enough reasons to fight to the last moment..." (End of this chapter)