The battle ended in just one tea time, Ying Caihe showed everyone what it means to be ruthless, except for Yang Shaowu who killed one person and Jingyu who killed two, the remaining seventeen people all died under Ying Caihe's men, twelve of whom were shot by her with a golden needle, and five were beheaded by her.

The sword she used was the Zhan Lu sword given to her by Guo Song, which was extremely sharp, cutting her neck like cutting tofu, and the person who was shot by the golden needle would faint first, and then gradually be poisoned to death, but she couldn't wait, and she slashed her throat one by one and died.

Ying Cai and put the sword back into the sheath, and sat back in the carriage again, and the apprentice Jingyu also followed.

Yang Shaowu smiled bitterly and said to the four soldiers who were stunned: "Clean up the corpses!" ”

Everyone worked together and threw twenty corpses into the Yangtze River, and their armor and horses were good, so they all stayed.

"Are you alright?" Yang Shaowu asked Zhou Jingdao.

Zhou Jing shook his head, he and the three coachmen hid under the carriage, but there was nothing to do, but he witnessed the beautiful woman kill seventeen soldiers, and she was killed one by one without even having a chance to escape, it was simply terrifying.

He remembered Song Tian, the leader of the Jinwei Mansion, who commented on this woman's ten-word evaluation, 'Killing people is like cutting grass, and urging life is like Yama', which is really the case.

After a while, they cleaned up the battlefield, the carriage continued to move forward, and then there was no more turmoil, and an hour later they arrived at Huangwan Village, where there were more than a dozen large and small water swings along the river, all of which were connected to the Yangtze River, and several large fishing boats were hidden in the water swings.

The shopkeeper of the Gaosheng Inn and two fellows were already waiting here, and the three fishing boats had all come from the other side, arranged by the Jinwei Mansion in Runzhou.

The shopkeeper went ashore and saw a group of war horses, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are there so many horses?" ”

Zhou Jing shook his head and said, "On the way, I met a private salt inspection team. ”

"You've met those demons?"

The shopkeeper's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what?" ”

"Do you remember the female Yama last time?"

Zhou Jing nodded to the carriage behind him and said in a low voice: "She slaughtered all those cavalrymen, twenty people!" None of them escaped. ”

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat on his back, is that female Yama here again? They called Ying Caihe a female Yama, mainly because Ying Caihe cut off the ears of seven boatmen in the Huai River, and the aftermath of the aftermath such as healing compensation was handled by the Yangzhou Jinwei Mansion, because the seven boatmen said a few jokes behind their backs, which annoyed Ying Caihe.

But the warrior who accompanied him told him that this was already a mercy on her part, and she killed hundreds of enemy soldiers on the ship alone, all with a single sword.

"Don't say it, get them on board quickly."

The crowd carried the wooden box and armor onto the two fishing boats, and the war horses couldn't be carried, so they were handed over to the Yangzhou Jinwei Mansion to deal with.

Ying Caihe took his apprentice on another fishing boat, and the shopkeeper was a little uneasy, and repeatedly told the boatman not to talk nonsense, so as not to cause death.

The three fishing boats set off one after another, sailed out of the water, and headed for the other side of the Yangtze River........

At this time, five days had passed since Han Yun killed Chen Feng, and the two sides were fiercely fighting, and a big battle was about to break out.

Han Rong also returned to Dantu County, which is today's Zhenjiang, which is the entrance to the Jiangnan Canal, a major place for material transit, and a large amount of grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River is hoarded here, which is the most ideal logistics base.

Since Zhu Zhu's fleet was concentrated at the mouth of the Misu River on the north bank, Han Yun estimated that Zhu Zhu would cross the river from Wuhu, and then there were two roads, either to take Lishui to Taihu Lake, or to seize Jiangning County and Dantu County along the south bank of the Yangtze River and establish a later base.

Han Yun vetoed Zhu Jun's clue to go to Lishui, the reason was that the route of the navy could go, but it was difficult for the land infantry to go, Zhu Jun did not have so many ships, and there was no sufficient logistical supply, and it was definitely a lone adventure to enter Taihu Lake, which could be used as a sneak attack, but not as a major campaign operation.

Therefore, Han Yun judged that Zhu Zhu must take the second way, attacking Jiangning or Dantu along the south bank of the Yangtze River and seizing the logistics base.

Of course, Zhu Zhu's army can also ignore Jiang Ning and Dantu and go south along the canal directly, but their rear supply team will be destroyed, and they can't go far, this is the common sense of war, unless they are nomads in the north, otherwise, Zhu Zhu will definitely attack Jiangning or Dantu.

Han Yun thought twice and redeployed the army, deploying 7,000 soldiers in Jiangning County, 8,000 troops in Dantu County, and 5,000 soldiers in Jinling County.

In addition, there are more than 10,000 sailors on the south bank of the Yangtze River, how to make full use of the advantages of the navy, Han Rong has been thinking about this issue in the past few days.

At this time, Han Chu's eldest grandson, Han Cha, said at the door of the official room: "Father, the chief steward of the king has an urgent matter to see his father!" ”

Wang's steward is named Wang Jiang, who is the chief steward of Runzhou Wanli Commercial Bank, and Wanli Commercial Bank is one of the largest commercial houses in Runzhou and even Jiangnan, with warehouses, docks, inns, restaurants and other industries, and it is said that the proprietor behind it is the Dugu family.

Not long ago, Han Rong learned that Wang Jiang's other identity was the intelligence head of Jin Wei Mansion in Jiangnan, of course, the intelligence points of Jin Wei Mansion are all over the world, and it is normal to appear in Jiangnan, and more importantly, Wanli Commercial Bank is now a channel for communication between Han Rong and Guo Song, and Han Rong specially asked his eldest son Han Cha to contact Wanli Commercial Bank.

"Invite him in!"

After a while, a middle-aged man walked in, bowed and saluted, "See Han Envoy-jun!" ”

"It's been a long time, but there's news of His Royal Highness King Jin?"

"Exactly! His Royal Highness the King of Jin sent a pigeon letter, and in addition, our reinforcements also arrived. ”

"Reinforcements?"

Han Yun was stunned, how could Guo Song's army get by?

"In fact, it was a very powerful weapon that could deter Zhu Jun, so that he had to think twice about attacking Jiangnan."

"But..... Fire thunder? ”

Han Yun also heard that there was a powerful weapon in the Guo Song army, called Fire Thunder, which was mainly used for siege and defense, but this weapon was very mysterious, and he didn't know how it was developed.

Wang Jiang nodded, "It's the Iron Fire Thunder!" In addition, His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked me to convey to Han Envoy Jun that the Jin army would soon launch an offensive in Mengjin and force Zhu Zhu to withdraw his troops! ”

Han Yun was immediately overjoyed, and having fire and thunder might have a bit of a deterrent effect, but the attack on Mengjin by Guo Song's army was the way to cure the root cause.

"I also wrote a pigeon letter to thank His Royal Highness King Jin for his great help!"

..........

Accompanied by his eldest son Han Cha, Han Rong came to the warehouse of Wanli Commercial Bank on the wharf, saying that it was a warehouse, but it was actually a warehouse group, consisting of more than a dozen warehouses, each of which covered a large area and looked magnificent.

Wanli firm is indeed the industry of the Dugu family, it has existed since the era of Gaozong, not only Runzhou, but also one of the best commercial houses in the south of the Yangtze River, operating dock warehouses, and later expanding to fleets, inns, restaurants, and transporting a large number of tea, oil, silk, grain, and cloth to the capital every year, reaching its peak in the Kaiyuan period.

In recent years, due to the influence of the division of feudal towns, the freight to Chang'an has been stopped, but the fleet to Bashu has continued to maintain, and from this year, the fleet to Bashu has also been reduced from three times a year to once a year.

Han Rong followed Wang Jiang into a vacant warehouse, which had been converted into a temporary dormitory, where Yang Shaowu, who had arrived in Dantu last afternoon, and four firearms battalion soldiers lived to guard twenty iron fire mines.

Ying Caihe and his apprentice Jingyu lived in the city, they are not used to living in this kind of place, Ying Caihe's task has been completed, her task is to protect the Iron Fire Thunder to arrive in Dantu County safely, but she still decided to do more, it is best to ensure the successful use of the Iron Fire Thunder.

Han Yun walked into the warehouse, Yang Shaowu and the four soldiers all stood up, and Wang Jiang introduced: "This is the history of Han Thorn in Runzhou, he wants to see the iron fire and thunder with his own eyes." ”

Yang Shaowu nodded, gave the soldiers a look, and the soldiers went to the back room.

Wang Jiang introduced Yang Shaowu to Han Huang again.

Han Yun was a little surprised: "Does the Iron Fire Thunder still need to be manipulated by a special person?" ”

Yang Shaowu nodded, "This kind of weapon is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will destroy yourself, so the army stipulates that it must be kept and operated by the soldiers of the firearms battalion, including the same for civilian mining." ”

Han Yun smiled: "It means, I can't study this kind of iron fire thunder, right!" ”

Yang Shaowu replied unequivocally: "I'm sorry, this is a reinforcement from His Royal Highness the King of Jin, it can only be kept and operated by us, whether it is Han Tingshi or anyone else, there are clear provisions in the rules of the firearms battalion, in case of emergency, it must be abolished immediately." ”

It's easy to scrap the iron fire thunder, just pull out the fire rope directly, if you have time, it's best to pull out the fire rope and then soak it in water, so not far from the iron fire thunder, there will definitely be a bucket full of water.

At this time, the two soldiers brought a slightly smaller wooden box, inside which was a black iron lump, shaped like a pumpkin, with a wooden shell on top to cover the arquebus, and the wooden shell was directly pulled out when used.

"It was made of pig iron."

Han Yun patted the iron pimple and asked with a smile, "How much does this weigh?" ”

"This is a small iron fire thunder, weighing about forty pounds, and if it is a large iron fire thunder, it will weigh more than one hundred and fifty pounds."

Han Yun asked puzzledly: "I can understand the large iron fire thunder, and it is used to deal with the city, so what is the significance of this small iron fire thunder?" ”

Yang Shaowu smiled slightly: "Before leaving, the commander of the firearms battalion said that this can also be used to defend the city, but for the Jiangnan region, the biggest role is to deal with warships. ”

Han Yun's eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Then I'll really wait and see!" ”