Second, the fleet had already sailed to the crossing of the three rivers, but found that the river, which was not wide, was now crowded with all kinds of cargo ships heading south and north!

"Get out of the way! We are Chen Jun's grain transportation team, and the ships are full of army grain and grass, if we delay our trip, everyone will be punished with death, and your heads will be cut off at that time! The officer in charge of escorting the grain and grass shouted loudly to the boat owner opposite.

"Master Jun, we don't want to block here, but there are more and more boats squeezing up from behind, one on top of the other, we can't retreat if we want to, it's better for Master Jun to go to the back, let the boats behind move first, let's get out of the way immediately and let Master Jun pass first!" The boatman also said helplessly.

"Captain, the front is blocked, hundreds of ships are blocked here, all ships from Shouyang, some are loaded with goods, some are loaded with fleeing people, it seems that we are going to block here tonight." A subordinate reported to Zhang Dabao.

"Our ships are loaded with military supplies urgently needed by the Shouyang army, we must rush to Shouyang as soon as possible, and quickly send more people to the front to dredge the river, we can't delay here for too long!" Zhang Dabao looked at the dense ships in front of him, and said impetuously.

There were so many blockages that Zhang Dabao even sent his entourage to the front to act as a temporary traffic guide, and when he returned to the cargo ship, he suddenly found a middle-aged man with a full beard sitting in his room, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into my room! Come! Before Zhang Dabao could shout, he suddenly felt that he had been hit the back of his neck, and then his eyes were black, and he fainted on Lin.

"Tie him up! Now that the guards are in front to clear the river, let's hurry up and sail this boat to Xuyi! Gao Changgong ordered. The arrangement of a large number of ships to block the river was arranged by Gao Changgong in order to divert the guards and then take the opportunity to hijack the cargo ships.

Several cargo ships in the fleet quickly sailed out of the large group, turned their bows and headed for Xuyi to the east, and the attention of the crowd was attracted to the front to clear the river, so no one else noticed this scene except for a group of beggars on the shore.

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"Zhang Gongzi, it's already six, and you are still so uncooperative, which makes me doubt the sincerity of your cooperation with us!" Gao Changgong, who had recovered his original appearance, looked at Zhang Dabaodao with a smile on his face.

"Then you tied me to Xuyi, is it very sincere? I'm still tied up by you! Zhang Dabao said angrily, when he woke up, the cargo ship down the river had arrived in Xuyi, but now Xuyi outside the city has been surrounded by Chen Jun's 20,000 troops, Gao Changgong and his party can not enter the city, can only take Zhang Dabao and the goods to hide in a barren mountain outside Xuyi City.

"You are now our hostage, so you have to do a full set of plays, do you want us to carry a sedan chair and beat gongs and drums to invite you here? Isn't that the same as telling others that we're all in this together? Gao Changgong smiled.

"Aren't you okay, do you want me to be by Xiao Yao's side to help you deal with him, why did you capture me here, a person who has been captured by the enemy, how can he gain his trust in the future? Then how can I get close to him and get specific information about him in the future? Zhang Dabao couldn't understand why Gao Changgong agreed to work together here, but he was doing something to sabotage the cooperation.

"Don't worry, I bet that Xiao Yao will definitely come to save you, and then I can directly ambush him, isn't it simpler? Why do you need to let you go back to the infantry battalion first, and then slowly plan to assassinate Xiao Yao, it would be too wasteful of time to do that, now that the two countries are at war, the infantry battalion is so powerful, the more Xiao Yao lives, the more dangerous our Daqi soldiers will be! Gao Changgong still smiled.

"You think too highly of me, I am not important enough in Xiao Yao's mind to lead troops to save me! And if he really led his troops to save me, how could he defeat the infantry battalion with a hundred or so of you? Zhang Dabao said a little mockingly.

"So we need your cooperation, Zhang Gongzi, tell us how to use this gunpowder so that it can be as powerful as your infantry battalion uses! In this way, as long as Xiao Yao comes, we can also let them taste the taste of being attacked by gunpowder! Gao Changgong asked excitedly.

"Hmph, didn't I tell you before, it's very simple, find an iron pipe, then pour gunpowder, and then stuff in an iron pellet, and light the fire to shoot the iron pellet out! That's how Xiao Yao shot your cavalry with a musket at that time! Zhang Dabao teased.

In fact, he doesn't know much about gunpowder, because the soldiers in different positions in the infantry battalion are required to learn different knowledge, and they only need to know the knowledge of their own positions, and the knowledge of other positions will not teach you too much. Just like those who are responsible for aiming and firing, they must learn the knowledge of mathematical calculations, and those who are responsible for handling and repairing must learn the maintenance of the structure and parts of the artillery.

And a large part of the reason why Zhang Dabao was arranged by Xiao Yao to be in charge of transportation and storage was that he couldn't learn about artillery shooting at all! The distance is not accurate, and the target is also inaccurate, if it weren't for the fact that he is the second generation of officials, he would have been removed from his post long ago.

"Don't be so weird with me! I have already found an iron pipe and tried it, if too little gunpowder is poured, the iron pellet will not shoot, and if there is too much gunpowder, even the whole iron pipe will explode, and one of our brothers will be killed! And those artillery, those big iron pellets weigh more than ten catties, how much gunpowder does it take to launch such iron pellets, why won't Xiao Yao's artillery explode? Gao Changgong no longer smiled, but looked at Zhang Dabao coldly, with a hint of murder in his eyes.

Zhang Dabao was a little frightened, and hurriedly said: "These firearms are all iron tools personally created by Xiao Yao's master, they are extremely hard, you want to replace them with ordinary iron weapons, of course you can't withstand the power of gunpowder explosion!" ”

"So how are these cannons cast? What's the structure inside? Gao Changgong asked fiercely.

"I, I don't know, I'm only responsible for the delivery of ammunition and materials in the infantry battalion, and the structure of the artillery is more clear to the soldiers who are responsible for repairing it!" Zhang Dabao said nervously.

"Rubbish! So what do you know? Now this pile of gunpowder, if it were you, how would you use them! Gao Changgong asked angrily.

"Well, I'll wrap him up in a dynamite bag! Just wrap the gunpowder in oiled paper, put it in the jar, and plug in the fuse to turn it into an explosives bag! Zhang Dabao hurriedly said.

"It's the kind of explosives bag that scared Wei Pohu away? Aren't they wrapped in linen? Gao Changgong asked.

"If you wrap it in linen, there is too much gunpowder and too much power, if you don't use a projectile cannon, you can throw it out by human hands alone, the distance is not enough, and it is easy to blow yourself up! Therefore, it is placed in a jar, not heavy or light, easy to throw out, and it will not be your own people. "Zhang Dabao came out with everything he learned in the infantry battalion.

"Report to the prince, a fleet of boats has come up from the Huai River, with a big Xiao character on it, it is the warship of Xiao Yao's infantry battalion! I guess I'll be here in half an hour! A sentry burst in and reported.

"What, here so soon? How did he know we were here! Gao Changgong exclaimed.

Although his purpose was to lure Xiao Yao to Xuyi, he didn't expect him to come so soon! His plan was to wait for Zhang Dabao to ask for the information he wanted to know, and after making all preparations for ambushes, he would send someone to notify Xiao Yao to come to the rescue! But now Xiao Yao suddenly appeared, and now he is not ready for anything!

"When we leave the fleet, no one should have seen our movements, is there a spy among us?" Wei Xiangyuan guessed.

"Impossible, these people are all good brothers who followed me from birth to death, and there are absolutely no spies! Now Xiao Yao has come, but we are completely unprepared and can't fight with them! For now, just break into Xuyi City! "Gao Changgong really has the demeanor of a general, he is not chaotic in the face of danger, and his decision-making is decisive.

"Breaking into the city? But the outside of the city has been besieged by Chen Jun, do we want to break in? Yu Xiangyuan asked.

"What about a hard break? Back then, I could rush into the encirclement of 100,000 Zhou troops with 500 cavalry! What's more, now we have such invincible weapons as gunpowder in our hands! Presumably, Chen Jun should have never been attacked by gunpowder, right? Gao Changgong looked at Zhao Dabao and sneered.