On the morning of June 26, the Ming army lined up and attacked.

Hauge led the Eight Banners troops to fight.

The two sides fought fiercely until noon, and then each side called off the battle.

After a simple lunch, the two sides entered the battlefield again to compete.

At the end of the Weishi period (3 p.m.), Lekedehun brought thousands of people to the middle reaches of the Ningyuan East River.

Ningyuan East River and Ningyuan West River meet at the southeast corner of Ningyuan City. The middle and upper reaches of the two rivers are unrelated to each other, while the lower reaches of the two rivers together form one river.

Thirty floating boats carrying thirty assassins rushed downstream along the river.

The Ming army on the shore soon discovered something was wrong. While shooting at the floating boat, they told the news to Wang Yongji, the governor of Pingliao.

"The Jiannu floating boats are floating downstream?" Wang Yongji had a bad feeling.

He quickly scanned the military tent and found that all the other generals were gone, only Yang Zhan was there.

After the pontoon bridge was laid, Yang Zhan's navy was no longer useful.

Since he was free anyway, Wang Yongji kept him in the tent to discuss military intelligence.

I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

He took out a command arrow and handed it to Yang Zhan: "General Yang, you must lead 500 naval officers and soldiers to the floating bridge immediately and make sure to protect it."

"Yes!" Yang Zhan ran outside, jumped on his horse, and rushed to the pontoon bridge with dozens of his personal soldiers.

Five hundred naval officers and soldiers ran wildly behind.

When Yang Zhan arrived downstream, the first floating boat of the Eight Banners Army had already collided with the first floating bridge.

The sturdy floating bridge only shook but did not break.

"Fire your guns! Shoot your arrows!" Yang Zhan stood on the pontoon bridge and pointed at the Eight Banners soldiers.

Bang!

The bird-gun soldier pulled the trigger and the bullet shot out.

The bowstring vibrated and the arrow flew out.

Unfortunately, they were all blocked by the shields in front of the Eight Banners soldiers and the armor on their bodies.

"Shoot from the side! Bring a spear!" Yang Zhan roared.

While waiting for the spears, the Eight Banners soldiers on the floating boats suddenly threw their shields into the river.

The Ming army immediately aimed their bird guns, three-barreled guns, and crossbows at the enemy...

The Eight Banners soldiers on the ship had long since disregarded life and death.

He neither dodged nor evaded, but raised the fuse in front of everyone.

“Go to hell!”

The Eight Banners soldiers threw the fuse into the cabin filled with gunpowder and kerosene.

call!

The flames shot up to a height of more than one person.

Then the flames dwindled and thick smoke rose.

At first the smoke was white, and then it turned from white to black.

Before everyone could shout "fire out", the floating boat exploded.

With a bang.

The impact of the explosion wrapped the kerosene and gunpowder on the floating boat and smashed heavily on the floating bridge.

The floating bridge was already shaking a little, and the shaking was exacerbated by the shock wave.

Snap!

The wood connecting the wooden boat broke.

Then the kerosene was ignited by the sparks that had not yet gone out, and the kerosene in turn ignited the unburned gunpowder.

"Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!" the Ming army on the pontoon bridge shouted.

"It's too late, the floating bridge is about to break, run for your life!"

"Ahem, ahem, kerosene has touched wood, and water can't put it out! Go!"

The Ming troops on the pontoon bridge retreated and ran towards the shore.

Yang Zhan was also dragged ashore by his personal soldiers.

Crack, the floating bridge broke.

The broken wood, with flames, rushed towards the second floating bridge.

At this time...the second floating boat of the Jiannu arrived.

The width of the lower reaches of the Ningyuan River was about a hundred feet, and the Jiannu boats were sailing in the middle.

The Ming army on the shore fired with Rumi guns, but the range was not enough.

Even if you hit the enemy, you cannot penetrate the armor and kill him.

"Hurry, go to the third floating bridge!" Yang Zhan shouted with all his strength.

He knew very well that it was impossible to prevent the second pontoon bridge from being blown up and burned, and now he should consider how to save the third pontoon bridge.

Under his leadership, hundreds of soldiers armed with spears and bamboo poles came to the third pontoon bridge.

Everyone was shirtless and held their breath.

boom!

The second pontoon bridge was bombed.

Perhaps the quality of the pontoon bridge was too good, or perhaps the Jiannu did not load enough gunpowder in the boat.

The second pontoon bridge was safe and sound.

The third Eight Banners soldier manned the third floating boat, sailed to the location of the previous explosion and ignited the gunpowder.

boom!

The second floating bridge broke apart with a loud bang.

The river water, carrying broken wood debris, rushed towards the third floating bridge.

The Ming army on the pontoon bridge immediately thrust spears and bamboo poles into the water to prevent the wreckage of the pontoon bridge from hitting the bridge.

"Get in the water!"

At Yang Zhan's command, nearly a hundred naval officers and soldiers jumped into the water with daggers in their mouths.

After entering the water, they first looked for floating objects, and then used the buoyancy of the floating objects to rush towards the Jiannu floating boat.

After getting close, he splashed water into the boat and tried to seize the boat.

These naval officers and soldiers all came from the south.

The southern soldiers are good at water warfare, and their navy is able to defeat ten enemies with one.

Although the Eight Banners soldiers could swim, they were only able to fish and swim.

When it comes to naval battles, they are no match for the Ming navy.

Soon, two Eight Banners soldiers were stabbed to death by the Ming army with daggers, and the floating boat was also seized by the Ming army.

Yang Zhan looked on the floating bridge for a while, feeling very heavy-hearted.

It was not an easy battle for the navy officers and soldiers.

They had no armor, but the Eight Banners soldiers on the floating boats did have armor.

For every Eight Banners soldier killed, the Ming army had to sacrifice the lives of three or four naval officers and soldiers.

Fortunately, this trend was quickly reversed.

The Ming army transported several small warships from other places by horse-drawn carriages, and the soldiers boarded the ships to fight.

With the warships, these naval officers and soldiers felt like fish in water.

Rush, charge straight ahead, and attack diagonally!

All kinds of angles and means of attack were used.

After losing two pontoon bridges and dozens of soldiers' lives, Yang Zhan seized and sank all 30 Jiannu floating ships filled with gunpowder and kerosene.

In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, he organized the naval officers and soldiers to lay pontoon bridges overnight and patrol and stand guard.

The rear road crisis has come to an end for the time being.

After nightfall, Hauge received two pieces of bad news.

"Your Highness, Lekedehun failed to burn and sink the Ming army's pontoon bridge." said the herald.

"What a pity!" Hauge sighed and shook his head.

The herald officer continued, "Subai has arrived at Tashan and joined Bolo, asking for further instructions."

"What instructions? I asked him to defeat the Ming army at Tashan and open up a retreat route! Does this require any instructions?" Hauge cursed with his fists clenched.

"Uh..." The messenger hesitated for a moment, "Subai said that the Ming army did not fight, but abandoned the shore and boarded the ship."

"It's good that he ran away!" Hauge breathed a sigh of relief.

“I didn’t run.”

"What do you mean?" Hauge was a little confused.

"The Ming navy was cruising on the sea several miles away from the shore, apparently waiting for Subai and Bolo to leave."