- Riverside

On weekdays, the sparsely populated riverside is full of people at this time, and countless people are crowded here, looking at Jiang Xinzhou in the distance and the four warships that have left the port, waving the banner of the Zhenbei Army, and are gradually approaching Jiang Xinzhou, discussing the difference between the north ship and the south ship.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not crowd in the crowd, but spent money to find a restaurant with a good view to sit down, after all, Sun Ce is a sharp weapon that is expected to be a telescope, which is clearer than seeing it by the river.

"The ships of the Zhenbei Army seem to be all sea ships, not suitable for fighting in the river, the hull is too narrow, and the troops that can carry it are insufficient, but if there is a suitable wind direction, their ships should be faster than those in Jingzhou and Yangzhou." Zhou Yu said while observing with a telescope.

"After all, it's from Qingzhou by sea, I think their ships are working well together, but the formation is a little strange." Sun Ce dipped his fingers in the water and scratched on the table for a while, shook his head and said, "I also know a little about the situation of the Jiangxin thief, there are about three or five hundred people, fifty or sixty boats, they are usually fishermen, and they only turn into thieves when they encounter a suitable target.

Jiangxinzhou is not a big place, but there are a lot of reeds, plus the north shore belongs to the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, Wu County has sent troops a few times, and they will be eaten by them if there are fewer people on the island, and they will flee to the north shore to hide if there are more people, and there is no way to take them... Maybe now they've run away. ”

"No, they will fight." Zhou Yu said with a smile: "This battle is related to the pricing power of the future trade between the Zhenbei Army and the counties of Yangzhou, if they dare to retreat without a fight, Zhang Yun and those people will not let them come back." ”

"Isn't this a war? What does it have to do with trade? ”

Zhou Yu put down the binoculars and said with a smile, "Now that the Zhenbei Army is shaking the sky in Hebei, Zhen Yan is preparing to show off the combat power of the naval army to warn the scholars of Wu County, even if the Zhenbei Army is not in Yangzhou today, what about tomorrow?" What about the day after tomorrow? The world is always going to be peaceful.

As long as the naval army of the Zhenbei Army does have combat power, the Wujun Shi clan will naturally consider the future interests and dare not lower the price too much. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce again and said, "And... This water war is also fought for us to see. ”

Show us? What do you mean?

Sun Ce scratched his head in annoyance, he really didn't understand these things, he fought a war, why did he have so many twists and turns?

At this time, Zhang Yun walked into the viewing platform set up by Zhen Yan with a group of gentry.

"Zhang Gong, ladies and gentlemen, these are the telescopes made by our Zhenbei Army, and you can use this thing to see things dozens of miles away in front of you, and you can use this thing to watch the battle later." Zhen Yan smiled and asked people to come out with a telescope in their hands, looking at the telescope shining in the sun, Zhang Yun also had to admire the exquisiteness of the artifacts of the Zhenbei Army.

"Just four ships? How many sergeants can it hold? This Jiangxin thief is not simple, don't eat chicken and rice. Zhu Huan took a telescope and looked at the Guancheng fleet that was gradually approaching Jiang Xinzhou with some disdain.

"Isn't this Zhang Gong saying that Xu Junshou wants to buy ordnance, this is also to show Zhang Gong the elite of the ordnance of our Zhenbei Army." Zhen Yan looked at the other three and said, "We didn't bring many ordnance this time, many of them were not for sale, and no one could sell them without the order of General Zhenbei, but this can't be sold, and we are afraid that our enemies will get it, if it is our friend, I think, General Zhenbei will definitely not care." ”

"Hmph, who in the world doesn't know, I, Wu Yue, sword armor in the world!" Zhu Huan said extremely arrogantly.

"Hmm... Swords? Although I am a northerner, I also know that the bow and crossbow are the first in water warfare, so what is the use of swords? Look, the thief has appeared! Zhen Yan pointed to the river and exclaimed, "These thieves are indeed bold." ”

Zhu Huan and Lu Huan both looked at Zhang Yun, but Zhang Yun's face did not show any expression, as if it was an iron face, Gu Hui picked up a telescope and looked at the river, and saw that various small boats continued to appear in the reeds of Jiang Xinzhou, most of these small boats were only three or five people, and some of the boats were also full of straw, as if they were ready to attack with fire.

"Ants bite the elephant to death..."Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "The Zhenbei Army is too careless." ”

"Elephants? What is that? Sun Ce asked puzzled.

"It is an animal in Jiaozhou, the size is very large, it is said that there are many elephants in Yuzhou, and there seem to be in the south of Huiji and Yuzhang, you see, now the Jiangxin thieves have dispatched at least thirty or forty boats, among which there are many horse boats, as well as ships.... There is actually a fighting ship, this Jiangxin thief is not simple. ”

Among the warships of the Han Dynasty, the largest is naturally the building ship, but the real main force is the warship and the fighting ship, which are all warships, and generally do not fall into the hands of the thief army, among which the warship is generally used for attack, loading twenty or thirty people, the fighting ship can already be used as the flagship of the fleet, and the big one can hold nearly 100 people, and the Jiangxin thief can come up with such a ship, if there is no secret help from the military, no one believes it.

On the fighting ship, a big man shouted "Brothers, sell me some strength, win this vote, I will be a captain in the future, and you can all eat the imperial food!"

Zhou Tai! What about Zhou Tai? ”

"This!" A man with a scar on his face walked out, naked and with a steel knife tied to his back.

"I'll give you five boats, one boat, you take your brother, go and get me a boat, and if you grab it, the boat will be yours!"

The entire Jiangxin thief fleet is only three ships, which can be regarded as a main force.

"Jiang Da is in charge, his words count!" Zhou Tai looked at the man, nodded and said, "Brothers, come with me!" ”

"Brother Zhou, wait for me, I'll go too!" A young man with a bow on his back and bare feet hurriedly ran out and shouted, and when Jiang Da saw this young man, he patted his thigh and scolded, "Son of a bitch!" What are you making a fuss about! ”

"Dad, I'm a bitch, what are you?"

Jiang Da thought about it, became even more angry, and shouted, "If you don't grab the boat, don't come back!" ”

Zhou Tai looked at the young man who was crowded on the boat, and said helplessly, "Jiang Qin, what are you doing here?" ”

"I'll help you grab the boat!"

Zhou Tai smiled and said no more.

He and Jiang Qin were small, and the so-called Jiangxin thieves were just a group of refugees who fled from Jiujiang County to Wu County at the beginning.

These displaced people originally hoped to survive in Wu County, but unfortunately Wu County no longer has an inch of ownerless land, they want to reclaim wasteland, but they have no capital, and in the end they can only build bamboo as a raft, and temporarily settle down in Jiangxinzhou, where no one lives, and become fishermen.

But life is not easy for fishermen, fish is a perishable creature, and its value is not high, and the yield is unstable, which makes it impossible for these displaced people to make a living by fishing alone, and they end up on the road of half-fishing, half-thief.

Although these displaced people are gathered in one place, but in fact there are factions inside, after all, everyone comes from different places, Jiang Qin's father Jiang Zhong has the most people and is regarded as the big boss, and Zhou Tai's father Zhou Jie is the second largest force, in a sweep of Wu County, Zhou Jie died at the hands of officers and soldiers, and the ship was also burned, Zhou Tai can only take the rest of the people to Jiang Zhong, because the two families are neighboring villages in Jiujiang, Jiang Zhong takes good care of them, and Jiang Qin treats Zhou Tai as a big brother.