It's getting colder!

Because it is the Xiaoice River period, although it is only October, there have been several snowfalls in the north and south of the river.

Coming to the riverbank covered by heavy snow, Zhu Guoqiang looked solemn.

"I don't know what the situation is at the mouth of the Yellow Valley!"

While worrying about the battle situation, he was still blocking the mouth of the yellow sword. However, there is Zhang Erzhong in the Huangqikou area, and there are river control officials who rushed over from Kaifeng and other places, plus the technology of "steel, wood, earth and stone combined dam" that is beyond the times, there should be no problem.

The only thing that makes people upset is the two-way Qing army!

Or how to choose!

"If Jiannu is allowed to go south, no matter which way it goes, it can deal a devastating blow to Nanzhili!"

In his own words, Zhu Guoqiang's brows tightened.

If you choose Dolgon, you have to sit back and watch Abatai erode Nanzhili. And if Abataean is chosen, what if Dorgon crosses the river?

They can kill all the way along the canal to Yangzhou, and Yangzhou will be staged in this world in ten days.

Now he is in a dilemma, and for a while, it is difficult to make a choice, after all, you can't have both.

Now what?

It's hard!

Now there is no need to worry about food and grass, but what about Dolgon and Abatai?

Just thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang felt a headache.

The army is really stretched!

Talking to himself in his heart, Zhu Guoqiang walked on the river embankment in such a distraught way, occasionally he would set his eyes on the river, the river mast was like a forest, in addition to the fleet of nearly 200 boats he led, there were hundreds of boats of all sizes on the riverbank, among which since the sampan was a small boat, there were also two-masted ships.

Most of these boats were withdrawn from all over the north shore, staring at the boats on the water, especially some of them, Zhu Guoqiang's eyebrows were raised, and then he said to himself.

"If that's the case, I don't know if it's okay!"

The so-called "sheltering ship" is the most common sea ship in the north of the Ming Dynasty. According to the classification of later generations, it is a "sand ship type flat-bottomed sea ship", with a load of 1,000 stones, the hull is flat and shallow, flat-headed, flat-bottomed, the hull is eight feet one foot long, one foot five feet wide, and four feet eight inches deep, with a total of 16 cabins, with double masts, four oars, 12 pennies, and two iron anchors. The rudder rod is made of iron wood, and there is a rudder rope, so that the rudder can be raised and lowered.

Of course, this is only the custom at the beginning of the country, just like the military enlarged the boat in order to enlarge the private goods, the size of the foreign-covered ship made by the private sector is far more than the custom.

When he was in the Daqing River, Zhu Guoqiang also saw a larger "ocean-covering boat", because the draft of the "ocean-covering boat" was not deep, and even a five-masted "ocean-covering boat" with a load of three or four thousand stones could sail into the Daqing River.

"It's about 10 zhang long, and it's about 2 zhang wide......"

That is, thirty or forty meters long, six or seven meters wide, staring at the "ocean-shading boats" parked by the river, most of these boats are three or four masts, two large and one small, or two large and two small, the shape is different, but it is certain that these ships are different from ordinary sea ships, it has a pulp and a penny, it can not only sail on the sea, but also sail on the inland river, and there are also such shading boats on the side of the Daqing River.

Although there are not many boats here, there are as many as 17 boats parked on the shore, looking at the boatmen who walk back and forth on those boats, because there are bulwarks to cover, so only the upper body is exposed, this kind of bulwarks are usually made of bamboo and wood, which has the effect of navigation waterproofing and combat defense, and has a certain height and solidity. When I went south, the boat I took the most, and the most renovated place was the addition of bulwarks.

"If there were a gun window in the bulwark, wouldn't these sand ships become warships?"

Thinking of this, a fine light flashed in Zhu Guoqiang's eyes, and he thought to himself in his heart.

"Perhaps, you can use them and these ships to build a naval army!"

Even the sailors of the navy were readily available, and most of these boatmen were now "unemployed", and if they were given enough silver, they should be able to be recruited for their own use.

Sailors!

"Since he Dolgon wants to cross the river, then let's intercept him on the river, unlike on land, water battles are the same as naval battles, nothing more than big guns win over small guns, big ships win over small boats, as long as the guns are complete, you can naturally win the water war! Moreover, water warfare does not need too many men and horses, and in addition to a few officers and soldiers on each boat, the boatmen on the boat are ready-made sailors. ”

In the Taoyuan County Yali, Zhu Guoqiang looked at Chen Wushu and said his thoughts, and he even took out a drawing of a sand boat and explained.

"We can use the ready-made "ocean-covering boats" to install more than a dozen cannons on each "ocean-covering boat", and then, using it as a warship and gunboat, sail on the Yellow River, and once Dolgon tries to cross the river, we will directly destroy the enemy on the river! In this way......"

"In this way, if there is a naval army to block the enemy, we will also free up our hands, so that we can not only block Dolgon's southward movement on the Yellow River, but also pursue Abatai......"

Qian Degong stared at the map for a while before speaking.

"However, Lord Shizi, now that Dorgon's artillery team is blocking the lake, although we can rush over, we still have to take the risk, let's ......"

"Why do you have to go through the mouth of the lake?"

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"Where there is a place for water transportation, let's take the waterway, and where there is no waterway, we will naturally take the land route! Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent. Operational plans should be drawn up according to the conditions of the time. ”

Although Zhu Guoqiang is not proficient in the art of war, as half of the military fan, he also knows a lot about the ancient and modern war examples, so it is naturally impossible to stick to the situation, and even compared with the supervisors of the late Ming Dynasty who lack strategic vision, he is better at looking at the war from a strategic point of view.

Although the prince made a decision, Chen Wudi thought about it and still objected.

"Lord Shizi, we only have 8,000 people, seriously talking about water warfare, it is more beneficial to us, I think we abandon the water and land, there are too many variables for us, besides, Lord Shizi, not to mention that training the navy is not something that can be practiced in three or two days, just the two or three hundred cannons needed on these dozen ships are a big problem, where do these cannons come from? Besides, although those ships were all two or three thousand stone ships, they could weigh no less than a few hundred stones with a thousand pounds of cannons, and the final general thought that those ships would definitely not be able to fit so many cannons. ”

Regarding Chen Wudi's objection, Zhu Guoqiang just smiled, and then said.

"In the past few days, we have two tasks, one is to collect as much intelligence as possible on Abatai's side, grasp his movements, and the other is to recruit sailors, as for the cannon, I'll figure out a way to artillery."