Soon, a month passed.

The imperial court's orders sent to Danyang City one by one, urging General Chu Tianxiu of the Cavalry and General Li Yu of the Guard to cross the river north quickly and defeat the ten princes.

The emperor and the ministers did not want to see that Jiangbei was still in the hands of the princes and kings. The longer this situation lasted, the more unfavorable it would be to the court.

But if you are going outside, the king will not give you any orders.

If you don’t have the chance of winning, you will cross the river. Wouldn’t you go and give away the heads?!

Chu Tianxiu delayed the dispatch of troops on the grounds that the time was not right. Radical sending troops to the north would only lead to failure to cross the river, and he still remained silent and worked hard in Danyang County.

Apart from complaining, no one dared to replace him and went to war with the 500,000 troops of the ten princes in Jiangbei.

Chu Tianxiu still showed off.

The 500,000 troops of the ten princes on the other side did not dare to act rashly. They were desperately training soldiers, dispatching troops, digging trenches, strengthening camps, and transporting a large number of food and supplies to the Wujiang camp to prepare for a decisive battle with Xiaohunhou.

Of course, Chu Tianxiu was not idle.

Danyang County is full of cities.

Tens of thousands of new miners were digging iron ore in the mine and transporting it to the county town. Tens of thousands of blacksmiths from all over Danyang were melted into steel to build small steel cannons and gunpowder guns.

A blacksmith can build a barrel in an average of only ten days. It is of course extremely efficient using Chu Tianxiu's assembly line production method.

Agricultural tools production has stopped.

All the steel was used to create these two "magic weapons". Five hundred small steel cannons, ten bronze main cannons, fifty bronze secondary cannons, and twenty thousand gunpowder guns were produced in one go.

Chu Tianxiu brought all five hundred small steel cannons and ten thousand-pound bronze cannons onto fifty large warships, transforming them into a new generation of gunboats.

Fifty large warships, such a fleet is enough to walk sideways on the large surface.

Twenty thousand gunpowder guns were also equipped with two light cavalry camps in the court, transforming them into musket light cavalry, and conducting a month-long shooting training.

Cavalry training is calculated in years. An elite cavalry needs at least two or three years of hard training. Otherwise, there is no way to engage in military combat immediately.

Practicing shooting is much easier, and one month is enough to master it first, and shooting can be quite good.

Cavalry can be an infantryman when dismounting.

But infantry will never be able to use it as a cavalry.

The original six thousand Danyang musketeers could only be gunpowder gun infantry and could not be trained to become cavalry.

Musket light cavalry has a great benefit.

That is, they quickly approach the enemy a hundred steps, draw their horses and run after firing the gun, and stop after running a thousand meters away, and then load their ammunition and then kill them back.

If you encounter an enemy light cavalry, it will be even simpler, just shoot directly. Under the fierce firepower, the enemy light cavalry's bows and arrows can only be beaten.

It seems to be a bit slow, but it is definitely an extremely efficient killing tactic.

A camp of light cavalry with ten thousand gunpowder guns can defeat an elite enemy camp of sword armor.

With the huge power of the gunpowder gun, it can directly penetrate all weak light armor, and ordinary armored soldiers cannot resist it.

Unless it is a heavy iron armored soldier holding a large wooden shield, you can barely resist it.

However, the heavy armored soldiers move very slowly and cannot catch up with the gunpowder gun light cavalry, so they obviously cannot compete with the gunpowder gun light cavalry.

Chu Tianxiu spent a month to renovate fifty large warships and train two camps of light cavalry with gunpowder guns.

...

dawn.

The fog covered the river surface, and almost nothing could be seen on the surface of the ten-mile river.

The princes and soldiers of the Wujiang camp usually patrolled the banks of the river.

Under the fog, the direction is not clear, and it is easy to collide. Few ships dare to cross the river at this time. The soldiers of the coalition of princes were quite relaxed.

Suddenly, a soldier vaguely saw the shadow of a large ship appearing on the river.

"Boat!"

"No, it's the big ship of the court! Hurry up, report to the king, Xiao Hunhou has sent the warship here!"

The soldiers screamed in horror.

Immediately, a soldier rushed to the main tent of Wujiang Camp, shouting in horror.

Wujiang Daying Village is stationed five miles away from the river bank.

In the main account.

The princes and kings were immediately awakened and rushed out of the main tent. They were a little confused when they saw the thick fog in the river.

There are only a few very vague shadows on the river.

The rest are invisible at all.

"Master, do you want to shoot arrows to prevent enemy ships from approaching?!"

"No, Xiao Hunhou must have insufficient arrows. He wants to borrow arrows from the straw boat and consume our army's arrows! Our army will hold its troops on the shore and wait until the fog dissipates!"

King Xiang Wu of Chu shook his head.

After an hour, the fog in the river gradually dissipated, and finally the shadow of the ship on the river was revealed.

There were only fifty large warships, with the imperial court's naval battle flags, the generals of cavalry and the generals of guards, about one mile away from the river bank on their side.

On the roof of the attic of the imperial warship, some imperial generals stood, holding some sticks in their hands, and pointed at the Wujiang Camp.

...

flagship.

Fourth floor observation deck.

Chu Tianxiu was holding a telescope in his hand and carefully looked at the Wujiang Daying Village on the other side.

But we saw these camps, with ten thousand people as a large camp, forming a long line of defense by the river... at least fifty or sixty miles long, with no margins visible.

These camps all made an extremely simple wooden city with large logs that were ten feet tall as wooden stakes. The wooden walls could not be rushed in and they had to be attacked through the Muzhai gate.

Therefore, although these camps are simple, they also have excellent defense. It can be seen that the princes also put in great effort to build this Wujiang camp.

Zhou Lu and more than a dozen generals, beside him, were holding telescopes and watching curiously the camp opposite.

"This... is this the clairvoyance that the Marquis invented?"

"That's amazing!"

"It can be seen clearly for a few miles away, and the soldiers are walking around with swords."

One mile from the shore, the ships were so close to watch the lords' camp in a large manner, which was impossible before.

The ships of princes and kings were several times more than those of the imperial court. Once they were launched in large quantities, they would easily be surrounded by princes.

But now, all fifty warships have been converted into gunboats, so of course they don’t care about these things.

I am not afraid of the coalition fleet not being dispatched, but I am afraid of the coalition forces not sending warships to fight.

"Sir, what should we do now? Shoot the camp?"

Zhou Ludao.

Chu Tianxiu shook his head and said, "Wujiang Camp is five miles away from the shore, and the bronze main gun can only hit three miles, and it cannot hit their camp.

They have natural dangers in the Yangtze River and high wall defenses for camps. Our army will definitely be caught by them when they land directly!

First find their warships and destroy all their warships! The princes lost their warships and pulled out their teeth, and could only defend and had no strength to attack."

...

The princes and kings in Wujiang camp were relieved when they saw only fifty large warships coming.

If only fifty large warships cross the river, even if all the ships are full of soldiers, it is estimated that only about 10,000 or 20,000 people will be around. This is not enough to be blocked between the teeth.

"What are you trying to do when Xiao Hunhou sent such a little force to die?"

"Hmph, maybe I want to test our reactions and spy on military information!"
Chapter completed!