That night, the Chen family camp was quiet, but there was no movement at all.

However, no one dared to sleep. In fact, Chen Tianli once advocated that the Ming army attacked at night. God knew whether it was the first or the second half of the night. He should take turns to sleep. In this way, only when the enemy attacked, he could maintain the best condition to fight.

But soon, this initiative was opposed by some people. A group of experienced generals led by the request for help from the Duke were particularly fierce. Their reasons were very simple and they should not let people fall asleep, because once the war started, there was a sudden shout for killing, and the sleeping soldiers were awakened and they were likely to explode the camp in panic.

Blasting a camp is an extremely terrifying thing. If a person is too nervous and hears the enemy attack, he will hold weapons in his hands and kill each other without distinguishing his enemies. There is no need for the Ming army to land, and his own formation may be in chaos.

So instead of doing this, it is better to restrict everyone from staying awake, otherwise they will lose.

There were many war examples in ancient times, such as hundreds of iron cavalry raiding the camp of tens of thousands of troops, killing thousands of troops, and defeating tens of thousands of troops. Although such large casualties were born, the most important factor was the explosion of the camp. In the dark night, a warning message was suddenly issued, and then a team of cavalry rushed into the camp. The awakened soldiers were frightened and immediately picked up their weapons, shouting and fire everywhere. At this time, anyone would become alert to those who were close to them. They would pick up weapons without hesitation, not distinguishing enemies and friends, and kill each other.

Chen Tianli was obviously inexperienced and was opposed by everyone. No one stopped the army and waited until the first half of the night, and the Ming army did not send people to land.

I originally expected that since I didn’t come in the first half of the night, I would definitely come in the second half of the night, but I waited all night long, and many people were sleepy and exhausted, and I could no longer eat or sleep.

Chen Tianli's eyelids had already started fighting, and the entire camp was trapped. However, the Duke of Qinghua ordered people to come and tell him: "Your Highness, dawn is approaching, and the Ming army must come to attack at night. At this time, the sea is foggy, and they can take this opportunity to land. At this time, the soldiers are trapped and exhausted. If they go ashore, the outcome will be unpredictable."

When Chen Tianli heard this, he immediately cheered up. Gong Hui was indeed a veteran. He suddenly revealed the secret of heaven. He had been waiting for so long. It was not surprising that the Ming army would take advantage of this time to attack at night. So he quickly ordered everyone to cheer up.

Unfortunately... they were still disappointed, which made Chen Tianli a little angry. The Qinghua Gong looked like a veteran on the battlefield, and he was swearing every time, but the Ming army was not attacking him. Now everyone is tired and hungry. It is not expected that the Ming army will not attack.

But Chen Tianli couldn't help but ask for the request to be transformed into a public servant. He felt very unhappy, but he had to give up.

When the dawn was revealed, as the sky was about to dawn, Chen Tianli had to order the soldiers to rest.

Three minutes at the hour of Mao.

Suddenly, a shout came out: "The Ming army's ship moved, the ship moved."

The entire camp suddenly became chaotic. Chen Tianli, who had just been dozing off, was awakened and heard that the camp became a little confused. He rushed out of the camp and took his people to the beach. Sure enough, he saw seven or eight warships slowly approaching the bay and sailing into the bay.

Chen Tianli did not dare to be careless and quickly shouted: "Send orders, send orders, wake everyone up. Gather at the beach and prepare for the battle."

The warship in front of him was actually not large in size, only more than twenty feet. The hull was also small and dark. Now it was slowly coming through the morning mist and getting closer and closer. Chen Tianli couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he saw this huge creature.

After he gave the order, the military officers went to drive out the tired soldiers from the camp. Everyone was in a bad state of mind. They had already spent a night and were woken up after just a moment of sleep. Therefore, everyone was not very clear in their heads, but they had to fight in a hurry.

The warship stopped steadily one or two hundred feet away from the bay.

The reason why Chen Tianli chose to stick to this bay was because it belongs to a deep water area. If the Ming army ships want to land, they will definitely choose here. Therefore, even if they are a hundred feet away, they can still sail.

At this time, the ships began to put down their ropes, boats and sampans. It was obvious that they were about to send someone to land.

There were more and more rebels gathered on the beach. Everyone carefully avoided the traps and distributed bows and arrows, and they were energetic for the last moment in the morning mist.

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On the big boat, Hao Fenglou was energetic and gradually overcame seasickness. After he was light, he was sleeping for a while last night. After using refreshments, he looked energetic.

He faced the morning breeze, and could see the dense rebels on the beach with his naked eyes.

At this time, Hao Fenglou was holding the boat's side with a smile, and a hint of coldness flashed through his eyes.

"Transfer, turn the rudder!"

"Switch the rudder, turn the rudder..."

One by one, a sound came out, and a trumpet was blown on the boat.

The ships received the news and turned their rudders one after another. The huge ship hung up the side sail, and the hull tilted slightly, turning the bow.

Facing the beach, the hulls of eight ships were black, like a city wall. The rebels on the beach were puzzled. What was the reason? What was the mystery of these Han people?

However, their thinking was a bit slow, they had not slept for a night and had not buryed their pots to make rice. When they arrived at the beach, the feeling was not obvious. However, when they were waiting here with their breath, many people's eyes began to fight. During this quiet waiting, many people seemed a little dazed.

At this time, on the ship, Hao Feng Tower issued a second order: "Prepare!"

"Prepare! Prepare!"

At this time, there was no longer bragging about the horns, but on the third floor of Hao Fenglou's boat, the shirtless and energetic strongmen put down the baffles, and the hull on the right side suddenly showed more than 30 black square holes.

A military officer who led the team shouted: "Put the cannon and fix it!"

There are more than 30 cannons stored here. Each cannon has a slide rail fixed by metal on the lower seat, which is quite like a train track. Usually, the cannon is bound to the end of the track. Once used, remove the fixed latch, and everyone can push the cannon directly out.

This design is the result of Hao Fenglou and a group of blacksmiths working hard for half a month. The cannon is heavy, and the boat is bumpy. Once it encounters wind and waves, the heavy cannon will sway around, which may damage the human hand in the cabin and even damage the hull. The cannon is fixed, can slide back and forth, and can maintain excellent accuracy when shooting on the boat.

To be precise, these strongmen are gunners. They were recruited half a year ago. They first practiced on land and then went to the ship. In this situation today, they had no idea how many times they had tried. After hearing the order, they skillfully pushed the cannon out of the hull, and then they used latches to fix the lower body of the cannon.

The cabin of this artillery has been specially reinforced. Each layer of wooden board is made of the hardest iron wood, especially this cabin, which has several times more materials than other cabins, and is filled with sand and stone in the middle to offset the recoil.

In order to test how much gun recoil the cabin can withstand, the shipmakers have spent a lot of effort to conduct experiments again and again. As a result, this kind of special cannon on the ship appeared.

In this era, the most important reason why artillery cannons cannot be boarded is that they are bulky. Many artillery are huge, even thousands of pounds, and the reason for their bulkiness is ridiculous, just because the materials are not up to standard.

Because the iron material of ordinary iron cast cannons is too poor, too many impurities, and not strong enough, if the cannon is made light and thin, I am afraid that the entire cannon will explode into the sky when the gunpowder is blown in the barrel. Not to mention hurting the enemy, it will be difficult to protect itself. Therefore, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty did not improve the artillery technology to strengthen the iron craftsmanship, but instead made the mission to increase the thickness of the cannon barrel. Some so-called Shenwu cannons have the thickness of the cannon barrels that are thicker than the forearm. In this way, such cannons are not only heavy but clumsy, and are extremely inconvenient to use on land. The main purpose is to place them on the top of the city and be used for defense. As for taking this thing on the boat, it is simply a fantasy.

The blacksmiths have continuously improved the cannon and made the cannon body as thin as possible. At the same time, in order to adapt to the needs of the ship, the blacksmiths have also redesigned it, such as reducing the caliber, strengthening the base, and trying their best to reduce the impact of the rear seat.

After several continuous experiments and improvements, it was finally finalized in more than half a year. Now the warship's gun cabin poked out its hull, revealing its hideousness.

"Recharge!"

"Fill in the bullet!"

The commander issued the orders familiarly, and the strongmen were very relaxed. Everything was done step by step. First, they filled in gunpowder and crashed into special shells. Due to the redesign of the rifle, the shells used on the ship were different from those on land, with a much smaller diameter and much more convenient to load.

"Sir, the third position is ready."

"Sir, the seventh position is ready."

"Sir, the No. 21 position is ready..."

The artillery was reinforced, and there were reports of news from the gun positions.

The military officer had no expression on his face and issued the final order: "Catch fire!"

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Chapter completed!