Wang Jingde and Li Yuanyin led 40,000 Liang troops, of which 10,000 of which stormed Fengtingzhou, cut off the ties between southern Jiangxi and Fujian, and 30,000 people arrived at the east bank of Beixi.

If the Liang army breaks through the Beixi River, they will be able to capture the important town of Quanzhou and threaten the Zheng family's old nest Anping City.

Li Guoying left the pontoon bridge without burning it, intending to attract Liang's army to cross the river from the pontoon bridge.

Although they knew that Li Guoying was ready, Wang Jingde and Li Yuanyin decided to follow Li Guoying's wishes.

After all, Li Guoying was already prepared. If the Liang army wanted to cross the river from other places, Li Guoying would definitely go to block it. Not only did he spend time, he would also have to build a floating bridge with enemy artillery.

After a day and night of preparation, Liang Jun cut down a large number of trees and built a floating bridge.

In the early morning, the rising sun rose, and the light shone on the continuous hills on both sides of the North Stream. Under its illumination, the stream water sparkled and vast.

On the east bank of the North Stream, there were trenches and crowds of people. The Zheng army was ready to go along the battlefield and waited for the Liang army to attack.

On the west bank, the big flag fluttered in the wind, and the Liang army preparing to cross the river were covered with hills and river beaches, and the military flags of each battalion were clamoring in the wind.

In the morning, tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but it was extremely quiet and the atmosphere was solemn.

At this time, Wang Jingde and Li Yuanyin stood on the hill, looking down at the bottom, countless helmets and red cherry blossoms were scattered, and a large number of soldiers wearing double-breasted stair armor boarded the boat and raft.

Wang Jingde put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and asked in a deep voice: "How are the preparations of each department?"

Li Guoying is an old general from Zuozhen and has a very rich battle experience. He is comparable to the Zheng family's generals who have never fought many battles.

Looking at the defense system of the soldiers of Li's army, Wang Jingde felt a little heavy inside.

"Report to the governor, the soldiers of each battalion have already beaten the flag!" Li Yuanyin said in a deep voice.

Wang Jingde looked at the soldiers on the bridge, and the soldiers were already sitting on the bamboo raft, with a solemn expression. He waved his hand and beat the war drum, "Send the order to cross the river."

The Zheng army was ready, and the Liang army had to force the crusade. Li Guoying found out that the Liang army was moving and was ready to face it.

At this time, Li Guoying stood behind the earthen wall, looking at Liang Jun on the other side, looking confident.

"Hmph! Liang's army relies on firearms. Once the artillery is out of cover, I see that they will not fight any more!" Li Guoying snorted coldly, cheering his subordinates who were a little panicked around him.

At this time, war drums and trumpets came from the other side, and the Zheng army's position immediately followed the alarm bell of "Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The Liang army crossed the Nanling Mountains between Guangdong and Hunan. The army was unable to carry heavy red cannons, but only brought a small amount of three kilograms of bronze cannons and several small mortar cannons.

These artillery ranges are not far. Except for the ability to shoot three kilograms of bronze cannons of two miles, other artillery can only hit the river beaches on the other side. Although the three kilogram cannons can hit the Zheng army's positions, the power of more than three kilograms of shells is really limited.

"Boom boom boom" More than ten bronze cannons placed in two rounds of gun mounts. The gun body and gun mount suddenly retreated, and mass smoke rose up. The shells roared to the opposite shore, splashing mud.

In order to facilitate excitement in the field, except for the thick and short mortar cannons, they still use four-wheel gun mounts, the Liang army's field bronze cannons are all made of two-wheel gun mounts, which is very similar to modern artillery.

At the beginning of the shelling, the raft on the shore was put into the water, and ten Liang soldiers rode on a raft.

Liang Jun erected a one-meter-high wooden board in front of the raft and nailed a wet quilt to defend against bows and arrows and muskets.

Two soldiers held muskets and squatted behind the wooden boards, while the rest sat on the raft and desperately paddled forward.

Nearly two hundred rafts rushed to the other side under the cover of artillery fire.

At this time, the Li army built a muslin wall on the north bank, with the back covering Li army's musketeers and archers, and a cannon was placed at any distance.

It is said that the Liang army relies on firearms, but in fact, the number of firearms equipped by the Zheng family army is more than that of the Liang army, basically reaching 50% of the army.

This is mainly because Zheng Zhilong has money, otherwise the gunpowder for training will be a huge expense every year.

Furthermore, after peace in Fujian, Zheng's army was insufficient in blood and energy. Once they entered the cruel melee battle, they would easily be shocked by the fierce energy of Liang's army, resulting in the incoming battle that could not defeat Liang's army.

Zheng Zhilong is not short of money, so in order to compete with Gao Huan, he can only recharge money and improve the army's equipment level.

However, although Zheng's military equipment is equipped with many weapons, they are all relatively old Francs, mesh guns, and bulky iron cannons, and their quality cannot be compared with Liang Guo.

At this time, as the Liang army's raft rushed through the center line of the North Stream, the artillery on the Zheng army began to bombard.

The sound of bombardment sounded, and iron bullets hit the river surface, splashing water columns. The river water was splashed into the sky and fell down again, instantly wetting the armor of the Liang soldiers on the raft.

Zheng Jun fired a volley of artillery fires, and the shells flew around. The shells hit the raft, and the raft immediately broke into pieces.

Zheng's artillery splashed water columns, and Liang's more than 200 rafts were hit by only a few.

In order to avoid being bombarded by Liang's artillery, the Zheng army took the initiative to give up the beach. Liang's army did not suffer many attacks from muskets and bows, so they rushed to the shore.

At this time, Li Benshen, the forward camp, immediately raised his sword, picked up his shield, and roared: "Brothers, kill me!"

Liang Jun really picked up the shield and stared at the wet quilt in front of the raft, and rushed to the beach.

Li Guoying cleaned the beach, and there was no obstacle to cover it. Once the Liang army climbed the beach, it would be exposed to the range of Zheng's muskets and bows, and the Zheng family could massacre the Liang army that was uncovered.

"Shoot the arrows, shoot the gun! Shoot me!" Li Guoying roared.

Zheng Jun behind the earthen wall immediately fired a volley of muskets, and "bang bang" projectiles roared.

However, the Liang soldiers carried the shields, wooden boards, and even rafts to the beach, inserted them into the sand, and avoided the bombardment of muskets.

While Liang's army was riding a raft across the river, hundreds of Liang's soldiers pushed their shields and chariots forward, but the pontoon bridge was a trap. Li Guoying set up two red cannons on the front of the bridgehead, aiming at the bridge deck.

With a loud "boom", the red barbarian cannons opened fire, and the shells directly smashed the shield car, and then continued to fly, killing and injuring more than ten people in a row, before losing their power.

Wang Jingde knew it was a trap, but he still asked the Liang soldiers to disperse as much as possible and approached forward to attract Zheng's firepower and attention.

When Li Guoying saw Liang Jun on the bridge, he was smashed by cannons, and Liang Jun on the river beach was also suppressed by muskets, and a sneer appeared on his face.

At this time, Zheng Jun fired muskets, and smoke filled the air, covering his sight. The dense projectiles hit him, but it was difficult to see the results of the battle clearly.

Liang Jun actually inserted the wooden boards, shields and rafts into the soil, then lay behind the bunker, and quickly dug sand with his carry-on shovel to build fortifications.

When the army fights, they like to build fortifications with sandbags, because sandbags can absorb kinetic energy well. Whether it is an explosion or a solid bomb hit, it is difficult to hurt the soldiers behind, and it is not easy to form bullet-release.

When the first wave of Liang army climbed to the beach, the second wave of Liang army rafts had already set off.

At this time, Li Guoying found that the situation was not right, and Liang Jun on the beach did not suffer a devastating blow, so he quickly ordered: "Hurry up! Shoot the arrow!"

With a command, the three thousand Zheng army archers immediately set their bows and arrows, and the arrow pointed diagonally towards the sky.

"shoot!"

The archers of Zheng army released their bowstrings together, and three thousand arrows rose into the air. The sky became dark. Then they whizzed like locusts, inserted into the river beach, and shot Liang Bing who was hiding behind the bunker.

Li Benshen hid behind the cover and fell several arrows beside him. The arrow was inserted into the sand, and the tail of the arrow kept shaking. He quickly picked up a flintlock musket and shouted loudly, "Retaliate!"

The Liang army soldiers who had repaired simple fortifications immediately squatted behind the bunker and raised their guns toward the Zheng family's position. Zheng army, who had emerged, was constantly hit and fell to the ground with a muffled groan.

Seeing this, Li Guoying frowned and watched Liang Jun build a simple position at the beach. He quickly let muskets, bows, arrows and artillery bombard them together, but it was impossible to destroy Liang Jun on the beach.

Seeing that the first wave of Liang's army was not eliminated on the beach, the second wave had reached the middle of the river and was about to rush ashore, Li Guoying realized the crisis.

If Liang Jun stood firm on the beach, then made a new step forward and then launched a charge, it would be troublesome!

"Bows and arrows suppress the enemy, transfer three thousand swords and spears to drive the enemy who landed on the shore to me." Li Guoying suddenly roared loudly.

The three thousand Zheng soldiers and the swords, shield soldiers and spearmen walked around the front of the intertwined bullet rains, rushed out from both sides, and directly surrounded the two wings of the Liang army's beachhead position. The Liang army immediately picked up the weapons to fight. The two armies collided and fought in an instant, with swords and guns fighting each other, and flesh and blood flying.

...

During the fierce battle in Xianxia Pass, the battle outside the Pass had entered a state of intense heat.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong stood on the Guanlou and saw Liang Jun attacking the Gun City outside the Guankou, leaving hundreds of corpses and retreating in shame again. He couldn't help but feel happy.

"Hahaha, it turns out that Liang Jun is just like this!" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help laughing, "I spent 100,000 taels of gun city to build, and Gao Huan won't die, so I can't catch it."

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was laughing at the retreating Liang Jun. Zheng Sen suddenly rushed to the city with a gloomy face and handed a military report to Zheng Zhilong, "Father, Zhangzhou urgent report!"
Chapter completed!