Everyone talked and laughed and came to the shore, and there was a building boat on the river that had been taken from the Yuan army and was not affected by the war and was intact. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This building boat can accommodate at least hundreds of people, with a sail at the head, tail and middle, and hunting in the wind. It is about ten zhang long, about three or four zhang wide, painted with red paint all around, divided into three layers of cabins, the bottom is wide at the top, the head and tail are high, and there are more than 20 wheel paddles paddling under the cabin.

Everyone couldn't help but look up and exclaim, "What a big ship!" ”

Many of the servants who came with them cheered, they had never seen such a large ship in their lives, let alone had the privilege of boarding it.

Ma Xiuying's eyes fell on the guns on both sides of the ship, and she was full of emotion.

It was under the artillery bombardment of the warships of the Yuan army that the Southern Song Dynasty naval division finally collapsed, and the great rivers and mountains were handed over to the Yuan people. Now these battleship artillery have fallen into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang and other rebels, which shows that the warship artillery of the Yuan army is no longer an invincible weapon, and today's Han people will no longer be as weak as in the Southern Song Dynasty. The rise of the Ming Dynasty in the future not only represents the rise of a dynasty, but also represents the re-emergence of the Han people!

"Madame, please get on board."

Li Shanchang's voice interrupted Ma Xiuying's emotion, and she slowly boarded the boat with the support of Xunying and Bai Ling. Yuan Xinghu's eyes widened, blocking the stairs of the boarding boat, blocking Guo Hui and others who were eager to try, although the boat was big in the water, it would be terrible if Ma Xiuying collided.

The building boat was seven or eight feet high, and Ma Xiuying climbed to the third deck, looking down at the crowd on the shore as if she was looking at ants.

The people who crossed the river this time were basically civilian officials of Zhu Yuanzhang's troops, family members of officials like Ma Xiuying, and domestic servants who served with them. After she got on the boat safely, Yuan Xing got out of the way, and the people behind her began to board the boat one after another.

In addition, there are many people who heard the news and rushed to see the excitement, they stood on the shore and pointed to the boat, and there were many discussions. In the past, the Yuan people's building ships would shoot ruthless artillery at them, harvesting their lives, but now seeing that the people standing on this building ship were all Han Chinese, they had the courage to take a closer look. The exclamations and cheers came one after another, and the excitement was like the New Year's holiday, and even a few young men asked with shy faces whether the ship would recruit sailors.

Li Shanchang announced with a smile, "Our army has captured many such ships, and we welcome sons and daughters with good water skills who are willing to join our army's naval division." ”

The people suddenly surged into a wave of joining the army, and Li Shanchang hurriedly ordered Li Zhen to keep a few records to register the roster, and he got on the boat to arrange the sailing. The lives of these men on board are far more precious than the lives of soldiers, and there is no room for a difference.

About half an hour later, the ship finally started. The ship has a large carrying capacity and a deep draft, it is not as light as a small boat but it is more stable than a small boat, it has a strong seaworthiness, and it stands on the boat as if it were walking on the ground, and the vibration of the hull is not detected at all. If it weren't for that, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have agreed to the pot-bellied Ma Xiuying accompanying the army at this time.

Many first-time people are reluctant to go back to the cabin to rest, preferring to stand on the deck and watch the river crash against the sides of the ship's walls, splashing and the gentle wind, which is really refreshing.

Yuan Xingyao pointed to a cliff abruptly in the middle of the river, "Sister, that is Quarry Rock, where General Chang shot the Yuan general Lao Xingbula and defeated the Yuan army in one fell swoop." ”

Ma Xiuying raised her eyes to look into the distance, the whole cliff is lush and green, azure and deep, and the highest peak is like a huge blue conch floating on the water, which is the famous Cuiluo Peak. But she was a pregnant person after all, and after staring at her for a while, she felt dizzy and her stomach was rolling, so she had to signal Xunying to help her back to the cabin to rest.

When the boat reached the middle of the river, Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong and others were talking and laughing on the deck, pointing out the rivers and mountains, when suddenly countless small boats poured out from behind Cuiluo Peak, all of which were hung with black sails, like cannonballs coming out of the river.

The sailors on board hurriedly waved the bunting and signaled the boat to stop. However, the boat did not listen to the order, and as soon as it approached the building, it fired arrows and cannons.

The comer is not good!

Everyone suddenly changed their faces, and while organizing the soldiers to fight back, Li Shanchang sent someone to bring all the non-combatants back to the cabin, and asked the two to row a small boat to notify Zhu Yuanzhang to send a sailor to rescue.

The sound of artillery fire outside alarmed Ma Xiuying, and she asked Xunying to go out to ask why.

Before Xun Ying could get out of the cabin, Yuan Xing broke in, his tone slightly flustered, "Sister, something is wrong, we have met Shui Kou." ”

Xun Ying screamed in disbelief: "Shui Kou? Doesn't it mean that the Shui Kou and the Yuan army in this vicinity have been wiped out by the old man's army? ”

Now is not the time to discuss this issue, Ma Xiuying asked in a deep voice: "What is the current situation?" ”

"About a hundred enemy ships are approaching the ship." Yuan Xing was embarrassed: "Sister, you take a small boat and leave here first." He came to inform Ma Xiuying that he wanted to escort Ma Xiuying to escape, although he longed to stay and fight, but the task of protecting Ma Xiuying was greater than everything, he had to escort Ma Xiuying to leave safely first, and the others could only resign themselves to fate.

"No way!" Ma Xiuying stood up, took a deep breath, and walked to the deck, "The sudden attack of the enemy has already made our army very confused, if someone escapes first at this time, the first one will appear and the second will appear, and in the end, it will only completely collapse everyone's confidence and combat effectiveness." ”

"Master, please get out of this ship quickly, you are not alone now." Xun Ying was so anxious that tears were about to fall, and Ma Xiuying's posture was to go to the deck to fight side by side with the soldiers. But this time it is not as good as guarding Hezhou, and now Ma Xiuying has to rest a few times even on the boat ladder, where does he still have the strength to fight?

"Shut up!" Ma Xiuying didn't look back, and scolded sharply, "Quickly go and ask Yang Yunhua to take the women's army to place all those officials' families and servants in the cabin, and none of them are allowed to come out, if anyone dares to disobey the order or flee without permission, let the soldiers shoot arrows to death!" ”

Ma Xiuying is easy not to get angry, but once she starts a fire, it will definitely make people tremble. Li Shanchang didn't dare to announce this kind of order to shoot his own people at will, but she said it without blinking an eyelid.

How dare Xun Ying disobey the order under her anger, and obediently go to inform Yang Yunhua and the Women's Army.

Ma Xiuying ordered Yuan Xing to help her go to the deck, and just walked to the corner, she met Guo Ninglian and others who were taken back to the cabin by the Women's Army.

Guo Ninglian grabbed Ma Xiuying's hand, "Sister, I heard that Shui Kou is here?" She flashed her big eyes, there was only excitement and no fear in it, but the women next to her, Guo Hui, Li Qi'er and other women were all discolored, they were observing the internal structure of the building ship at the time, and they were rushed back to the cabin in a daze without knowing the battle situation outside.

"Where there is a water coward, it's just a soldier who is dazzled and missees the boat of ordinary fishermen." Ma Xiuying said lightly: "You guys go into the cabin quickly, it's windy and rough outside, and it's very unsafe." ”

Guo Ninglian asked suspiciously, "What about you?" ”

"Secretary Li said that there is something to discuss with me, and I will come back when I go."

As he spoke, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, and it was estimated that the enemy's artillery had hit the ship. Fortunately, Ma Xiuying was caught by Guo Ninglian to avoid falling. Without waiting for her to explain, everyone knew that there was really a war outside, and they immediately panicked and panicked.

Ma Xiuying broke free of Guo Ninglian's hand and said calmly: "You guys go in quickly, and each of you protects yourself." ”

Guo Ninglian rubbed her fists, "If you want to fight, I'll go too." ”

"Sister, it's inconvenient for you to be pregnant, I'll go with you." Guo Hui suspected that Ma Xiuying was going to escape alone. There is chaos outside, what can a pot-bellied pregnant woman do when she goes out, nine times out of ten, Li Shanchang wants to send her away first, after all, the child in her belly is Zhu Yuanzhang's first heir.

The military situation was urgent, Ma Xiuying didn't have time to mess with Guo Ninglian and Guo Hui, and glanced at Yuan Xing.

Yuan Xing quickly stopped between several people, "Mrs. Lian, Mrs. Hui, Secretary Li is looking for Mrs. to discuss the military plane, you and the other ladies should go back to the cabin first." ”

Guo Hui's face was gloomy, regardless of the occasion, he shouted out the guess in his heart, "Ma Xiuying, do you want to leave us alone and run for your life." ”

The cabin was instantly chaotic, and many women cried out in fear, "Madame, please take us away." Crying and shouting, he squeezed to Ma Xiuying's side.

Yuan Xing hurriedly pulled out his sword, slashed it out of thin air, and shouted: "Whoever comes over again don't blame me for being polite." ”

It happened that Xunying and Yang Yunhua came with the women's army and protected Ma Xiuying, which prevented a small riot.

Ma Xiuying stared at Guo Hui, who was shrinking behind the Da Zhang family, and sneered: "I, Ma Xiuying, swear to the sky that I will never escape alone." Rest assured, our army will be here soon, and these little thieves won't be able to fight a fight. ”

Xun Ying said loudly with a crying voice: "You still don't know what kind of person my wife is, she said that she will never leave you if she will not run away alone." Are you going to force my wife to death? If my wife and her children have a mistake, huh! Don't forget that your husband is still in my army! ”

There were both guarantees and threats in these words, and the panicked women gradually calmed down and apologized to Ma Xiuying with red faces.

Ma Xiuying didn't care, and asked the women's army to take the girls back to the cabin, and promised everyone that there would be no accident and no one would escape, so she got rid of Guo Ninglian's entanglement and hurried to the deck with the support of Xun Ying.

Yuan Xing passed by Guo Hui's side and spat in disgust, if Guo Hui was not Zhu Yuanzhang's woman, he really wanted to beat up this selfish and vicious woman.

Yang Yunhua also said angrily: "Mrs. Hui, please stay in the cabin honestly, if there is any more accidents, I dare not guarantee that I can protect you." ”

Guo Hui returned to the cabin stupidly, she still suspected that Ma Xiuying wanted to escape alone, but she was forced to change her words due to the pressure of the crowd, can't these people see Ma Xiuying's hypocritical words and deeds?