As Zheng Chenggong's navy began to advance at full speed, without the obstruction of cannons...
They marched rapidly along the south bank of the Yangtze River and finally arrived at the Jinling waters.
During this time, the artillery deployed by Li Qin on the north bank of the Yangtze River also began shelling them, but due to range issues...
For them, who were sailing closer to the south bank, there was almost no loss.
Upon arriving at the Jinling waters, Zheng Chenggong on the warship finally saw the scene on the Yangtze River.
Everywhere there were shipwrecks and the corpses of soldiers in Li Jun's uniforms floating on the river.
Meanwhile, in Jiangbei, Li Jun's forces had fallen into chaos.
Looking at the chaotic Li army in Jiangbei, Zheng Chenggong finally felt as if he had seen a battle opportunity.
He ordered the cannons on his warships to be adjusted, preparing to bombard the Li army, which was already in chaos on the north bank.
We must strive to completely turn their chaos into a rout.
Just then, Zheng Chenggong on the Yangtze River ordered his navy to adjust the cannons.
On the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, Li Qin and Li Xuanshang saw Zheng Chenggong's navy appear on the river.
They all breathed a sigh of relief without prior arrangement.
They knew that the water dragon had finally been lured into the cage.
Immediately afterwards, the army brought out the remaining cannons and bombarded Zheng Chenggong's navy on the river.
Li Qin also ordered his elite troops, who were lying in ambush behind him and were well-prepared, to take action and use force to stop the chaos among the Huai Army on the riverbank.
He then ordered the artillery in the army to move forward, preparing to join forces with Li Xuanshang on the south bank to bombard Zheng Chenggong's naval warships.
At the same time, Li Qin ordered his men to light smoke signals to the waterborne fire attack force led by Qi Duchen, who had been lying in ambush, as well as the Shandong navy further away.
As the first wisp of smoke rose, more and more smoke signals were lit in Jiangbei.
At this time, they were preparing to bombard Zheng Chenggong on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
After seeing wisps of smoke rising from the north bank.
He immediately understood and said to the person behind him:
"Oh no, this is a trap."
As soon as he finished speaking, countless shells were launched from the artillery positions on the south bank.
It landed precisely on Zheng Chenggong's navy near the south bank of the river.
As the intense shelling subsided, Zheng Chenggong looked fiercely at the south bank of the Yangtze River.
But at that moment he realized that he had fallen into a trap.
The most urgent task now is to take the navy and leave this place as soon as possible, while occasionally organizing the navy's artillery to retaliate.
He immediately ordered his men to hoist the flags and have the navy leave at full speed.
Upon receiving his order, the navy immediately began adjusting its warships in preparation for evacuation.
Just as they were adjusting, another barrage of artillery fire came at them.
This time, however, the artillery was fired simultaneously from both the north and south banks.
Many of the cannons on the north bank fell into the river.
However, this barrage disrupted Zheng Chenggong's naval operations on the river, delaying his evacuation.
Despite the bombardment, Zheng Chenggong finally completed the adjustments to his navy and prepared to withdraw. During this time, his flagship was subjected to heavy bombardment.
Just as their fleet finished its adjustments, Qi Duchen, who had been lying in ambush upstream, finally arrived with the fleet intended for fire attack after receiving the signal from the smoke.
Upon seeing Zheng Chenggong's navy under constant cannon fire on the river, Qi Duchen immediately drew his sword and said:
"Warriors, we will remember your achievements forever."
For the sake of your wives, children, and parents' livelihood, charge!
Following Qi Duchen's order, ships laden with gunpowder and oil sailed down the river toward Zheng Chenggong's navy.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong's navy had just completed its reorganization and was launching a fire attack on the fleet.
The warships of Zheng Chenggong in front of them all had their sterns facing them.
Instead of the flanks of a warship covered with cannons.
By this time, it was too late for them to adjust their warships.
Zheng Chenggong saw ships rushing towards them, many of the men carrying torches.
He immediately realized what was going on.
Fire attack is fire attack.
He was very clear about this, back when his father faced the large ships of the Red Barbarians at sea.
They were defeated using fire attacks.
Therefore, he is very familiar with this tactic.
After seeing the enemy's tactic of using fire attacks.
Zheng Chenggong realized that it was all over; in this narrow stretch of the Yangtze River, they had almost no chance of escaping.
However, he still ordered the fleet to retreat at full speed, retreating as much as possible.
After the ship used for the fire attack rammed Zheng Chenggong's ship, some people lit the oil and others lit the gunpowder.
With each explosion, flames ignited from the kerosene.
Zheng Chenggong was utterly desperate.
His subordinates, however, advised him to transfer to a faster ship as soon as possible.
The speed of a flagship model is absolutely unavoidable.
Under pressure from his subordinates, Zheng Chenggong transferred to a faster ship and sped off at full speed toward the distant sea route.
By now, what lay behind them had turned into a sea of fire, with the wreckage of their warships scattered everywhere.
Even his flagship sank completely after being subjected to that suicidal impact, gunpowder explosion, and burnup.
After completely escaping the waters of Jinling, Zheng Chenggong looked at the warships that had escaped.
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