Zhu Hongsan looked at the guards outside and was very satisfied with Han Sanqiang's arrangement.

"Three Strongest, how are the transport ships in the lake?"

"Your Majesty, I will arrange a regiment of 3,000 people to guard the fleet, and the naval soldiers accompanying me will protect it in total, so there should be no problem! What's more, there are our artillery on the ship, I will ensure that everything is foolproof!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded when he heard Han Sanqiang say this. In order to protect the safety of the transport fleet, Zhu Hongsan did not load all the supplies on the ship, but instead emptied ten ships to be equipped with cannons. However, because the tonnage of the canal ships was small, each ship could only be equipped with five cannons. However, in this way, Zhu Hongsan was probably enough to protect the fleet, so Zhu Hongsan led the team north without fear.

Zhu Hongsan took a walk around and found no problems. He had been traveling for more than a month and was naturally very tired. After walking around, he went back to the bill to go to bed.

Zhu Hongsan knew that tonight was an important night, so he did not take off his clothes and sleep, but lie down in harmony with him, and Lee Cheng-en was accompanying him.

Zhu Hongsan narrowed for two hours. When he opened his eyes, he saw the light coming through the curtain. It was about to dawn.

"Old Li! Old Li!" Li Chengen was dozing against the stool next to him. When the emperor called himself to stand up and asked, "Your Majesty, are you awake?"

"Well, go and see if it's dawn outside!"

Lee Cheng-en agreed to go out and came back in a while.

"The emperor, the east is white, and it was bright in half an hour, but there was fog on the lake, and the visibility was less than a hundred steps!"

It's foggy? This is not a good thing! Zhu Hongsan quickly got up and went out. It was exactly like this. The lake was filled with fog, and the fleet that was originally clearly visible now cannot see its location.

Zhu Hongsan was shocked when he saw the fog and cursed himself for forgetting this. It is autumn now, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and it is a lakeside, which makes it very easy to fog. If the Qing army came to attack now, it would be enough to be in a hurry.

Zhu Hongsan pulled over a Jinyiwei and said, "You go find a boat. No matter what method you use, let the fleet approach immediately!" Now Zhu Hongsan doesn't care about any safe distance. It is the most important thing to ensure the safety of the fleet first.

Just as the Jinyiwei was about to go down, he heard an explosion not far away. The direction of the sound was exactly what the fleet made. Then there were five or six explosions. Zhu Hongsan's face turned pale: "It's over, I was ambushed by the Qing army!"

Zhu Hongsan thought that the Qing army opposite was all northerners and was not familiar with water wars at all, so he must have no idea about his fleet. However, Zhu Hongsan forgot that part of the Qing army opposite was withdrawn from Hanyang, including Ma Xiong, the godson of Ma Jiaolin, the general general of Huguang Navy.

In Huguang, Ma Jiaolin took advantage of the night and sent his godson Ma Xiong with gunpowder bags down the river to sank the Ming Navy's inland gunboats and killed the admiral Ding Hai. Ma Xiong, who made such a great contribution, was immediately promoted to general by Jirgalang, and his son Ma Jiaolin also became the admiral of the navy.

But the Qing army in the next battle in Nanchang was no longer an opponent, because their opponent was replaced by the Ming Navy, who had just returned from the Japanese expedition. Those large warships of thousands of tons were not something that these inland gunboats could deal with. After one battle, Ma Jiaolin became a water ghost in the Yangtze River. Huguang Navy lost most of the losses, and the rest followed Jiergalang to Nanyang before evading the disaster.

Now Yue Le wants to deal with the fleet in the lake and remembers this water ghost team. Although there are less than 200 water ghost teams led by Ma Xiong, Anshan Lake is not big and the hydrological situation is not as complicated as the Yangtze River. So late last night, Ma Xiong easily led the water ghost team to sneak into the side of the fleet.

It happened to be heavy fog at this time, and Ma Xiong blew up seven ships outside the canal. He should also wish Zhu Hongsan to carry on his back. The seven ships sunk by Ma Xiong happened to be camouflage gunboats guarded on the outside. Now the transport ships in the inner circle were completely out of protection and were exposed to the eyes of the Qing army.

When Yue Le saw the successful attack, he was overjoyed and said to Ma Xiong beside him: "Okay! General Ma, your water ghost team will make great contributions immediately. It depends on you now! Give you five thousand soldiers and horses, burn all these ships, don't let one escape!"

After saying that, Yue Le said to all the generals behind him: "Now let's capture that emperor. Let's see if the Ming army can fight, how can he deal with my 100,000 cavalry! Bagen, you bring 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and you will be the first to attack in! Hasen, you bring 10,000 cavalry as the reserve, and you will come up when the Ming army resists fiercely! There are also scouts to find Oboi in the west and let him help us in the west!"

After Yue Le said that, he rode his horse and drove his generals to the Ming army camp ten miles away.

Zhu Hongsan didn't know that the Qing army was ten miles away at this time, but he knew that someone had a sneak attack was the beginning of the battle. Now there was heavy fog around, and the visibility was less than 100 meters. It was really difficult to deal with when encountering fast cavalry at this time.

At this time, Han Sanqiang also rushed over and asked: "Your Majesty, the fleet is attacked. Should we send troops to rescue me?"

Zhu Hongsan quickly shook his head. The fleet is secondary. If the materials are gone, you can transport them from Jiangnan again. The camp here loses his life but is unsafe!

"No! Immediately order all soldiers to get up and enter the combat post. I guess the Qing army will attack in a while!"

The emperor's order was an imperial edict. The sound of military trumpets immediately sounded in the barracks, and all the soldiers rushed out of the barracks and entered their own combat posts.

Zhu Hongsan also returned to the big tent and put on his armor with the help of the little eunuch. Zhu Hongsan was afraid of death more than anyone else. His own armor was naturally the best, and his whole body was made of stainless steel.

After putting on the armor, Zhu Hongsan said to Li Chengen: "Is Zhu Shengduo awake?"

"Go back to the emperor, the emperor's grandson has not woken up yet!"

"Okay, Li Chengen, you bring a hundred people to protect the emperor's grandson. If Zhu Shengduo has anything to do, I will kill your whole family, do you know?"

Li Chengen knew that the emperor valued this emperor's grandson very much, so he quickly brought a hundred fully armed Jinyiwei to the back account and protected the emperor's grandson Zhu Shengduo.

Zhu Hongsan came out of the big tent. At this time, the sun had already risen, but the fog had not yet dissipated. Zhu Hongsan knew that this was the most dangerous time.

At this moment, Zhu Hongsan felt a slight vibration on the ground, and Zhu Hongsan was shocked. This vibration must have been the arrival of the Qing army.

"Be ready, all artillery soldiers will be replaced with shotguns!" Zhu Hongsan's imperial guard division was all veterans, and grassroots officers had fought many wars. Naturally, we should not panic in this situation. Without the orders of superiors, these grassroots officers began to prepare for their subordinates to fight.

The first batch of Qing troops that arrived were 10,000 cavalry led by the Mongol Bagen. This was the first time Bagen entered the pass to fight. He had fought with ordinary Ming troops before and was familiar with the Ming army's tactics. According to his estimate, the Ming army's camp was just a few wooden walls. There were 10,000 people on his side, and he could even rush over it. As long as he rushed into the camp, his cavalry could massacre the Ming army at will. Thinking of this first merit so easily, Bagen was very excited. As long as he captured the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing emperor would definitely reward him greatly.

Thinking of this, Bagen shouted: "You have fought with Ming army, you all know what it looks like, don't hesitate! Rush in and kill all these people! As long as we make our first contribution, Prince Yue Le will definitely reward you a lot!"

These Mongolian cavalry applauded and drove their horses one by one and rushed along the lake shore.

Bagen thought it was simple, but he was stunned when he rushed in front of him. The Ming army's camp was not a wooden wall, but a camp wall stacked with large earth baskets. It seemed that the bottom layer was three meters thick, and it was not something that could be rushed in by cavalry alone. However, due to the fog barrier, Bagen could not see the camp wall in the distance. When he saw clearly, he was less than 200 meters away.

Now that the cavalry has risen and cannot stop at all, Bagen had no choice but to rush forward.

Bagen didn't know that in addition to the camp wall, the Ming army also set up a cannon every fifteen meters on the camp wall. Now the Qing army has entered two hundred meters, and the cannons immediately opened fire, and the shotgun that was released immediately turned the 200 meters ahead into a death zone.

The Mongolian cavalry is different from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The Manchurian cavalry are heavy cavalry, and each of them wears heavy armor. However, due to the lack of iron tools, many of the Mongolian cavalry wear leather armor, and only some generals can wear iron armor. However, even the iron armor on the front of the high-speed shotgun was like a piece of paper. The first batch of cavalry were hit by the shotgun, and the bodies of the war horses immediately became stumbling blocks. In order to avoid these stumbling blocks, the cavalry in the rear had no choice but to slow down.

At this time, the Ming army musket opened fire. Although the power of the musket was not as powerful as the shotgun, the density of the musket was much stronger than that of the shotgun. For a time, two hundred meters outside the Ming army camp became hell, with dead people and dead horses everywhere.

In order to make a contribution, Bagen rushed to the front line and was immediately beaten into meat paste by shotgun when the Ming army artillery fired. The remaining cavalry saw that the Ming army had strong firepower and the main general was dead, and the remaining cavalry shouted and retreated one after another.

Due to the heavy fog, Hasen of the second team could not see the battle situation of the front team. He only heard a burst of cannons and gunshots. After a while, his own people retreated one after another.

Hasson grabbed a soldier and asked, "Why did you retreat? Where is Bagan?"

The soldier was only sixteen years old. He was scared by his own miserable situation and said stutteringly: "Master Hasen, the Ming munitions are too powerful, the brothers are suffering too much casualties, and Master Bagen is already dead!"

What? Bagen is dead? Hasen pulled out his waist and killed the coward in front of him, and then shouted loudly: "Catch up the defeated army, and then rush forward to avenge Bagen and his dead brother!"
Chapter completed!