Bang! Whoosh!

The Dashi Army soldiers on the shore lit their firearms and shot arrows from their bowstrings.

Without exception, all failed.

Zeng Ying was already accustomed to this kind of situation, so she didn't take it seriously.

Zhang Xianzhong's army did not have many firearms, and their quality was average. The reason was that the Ming army in the south had few firearms, which led to the small number of weapons they captured.

In addition, there was no fixed source of gunpowder, so most of the time they fought with cold weapons.

but.

This situation was alleviated after Zhang Xianzhong captured Kuizhou.

Because there are saltpeter mines in the Maze Gorge in Kuizhou (now Fengjie County)!

Having saltpeter is almost equivalent to having gunpowder.

The Ming army's warships went downstream, while the Dashi army's warships went upstream.

The two sides are getting closer and closer.

The first to take action were the firearms soldiers. They opened the sealed gunpowder boxes in advance and loaded ammunition into the muskets and pistols.

After reaching the attack distance, both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.

Bang!

The sound of muskets rang out, and bullets rained down like dense rain, making both sides unable to raise their heads.

whoosh!

Rockets flew across the deck and fired at the enemy's ships.

"Turn the sails quickly and don't sail side by side with the Ming army's warships. There are too many cannons on the sides of their ships and we can't beat them." Wang Fuchen shouted hurriedly when he saw Zeng Ying's warships speeding towards him.

(The sides of a ship are called gunwales, and are located on either side of the ship. The front of the ship is called the bow, and the back is called the stern.)

However.

It's too late.

Zeng Ying's warship sailed to the side of Wang Fuchen's warship, and the four Portuguese guns on the side of the ship fired at the same time.