As the so-called "hemp stalk beats the wolf at both ends", Chang Yichen's heart was cold as soon as he saw the fleet of the Sincerity Mansion, he thought that the Sincerity Mansion had been the commander of the river for the fourth time, and the clipper under his command was not vulnerable at all, but the pressure on the fleet of the Sincerity Mansion was not much inferior to Chang Yichen.

After all, this is just a group of temporary cobbled rabble, although there are naval officers like Fuding and Zhou Zhisheng in charge, but these sergeants who have been using the slogan of "Nandu" to deceive themselves are under great pressure before the war.

Some were restless, some were completely deformed, others were gasping for air, and even the self-proclaimed outlaw veterans were a little terrified.

After all, they have been desperately heading south these days, but now they have to turn around and compete with the pursuers of the thief Li Zicheng, although Liu Yongxi has repeatedly assured that he can win the battle, but everyone is trembling, lest the thief's ambush suddenly come out from both sides of the strait.

The most nervous was Empress Zhang, who was so nervous that she couldn't even hold the drumsticks behind the war drums at the bow of the boat, and she didn't know what to do next.

Although in the eyes of many people, Empress Zhang, as the Holy Mother of Virtue, must be omnipotent, let alone beating drums to supervise the battle or charging into battle, but she never thought that there would be such a day when she was stubborn.

She has never had this kind of experience, although she had helped her family kill a few chickens and ducks before entering the palace, but after entering the palace, she had hardly seen blood, although she was ruthless several times, but she was out of sight.

But now she not only has to face the sword light and sword shadow and the sea of corpses and blood, but even has to stand on the bow of the ship and beat the drum to supervise the battle, and the soldiers of the six warships are all watching her every move!

But it was you who made this suggestion, and you even had to charge with Liu Yongxi's horse team?

Now Zhang Yan really regrets it, she can't wait to run back to the cabin and cry now, she really doesn't understand why she would come up with such a crazy plan!

But she also knew that countless pairs of eyes were watching her, and if she retreated, she was afraid that the morale of the entire fleet would completely collapse.

Therefore, she could only hold her breath and stand on the bow of the boat, and Shi Chaoli and Tong Yili behind her were also weak in their hands and feet, and even forgot to persuade Empress Zhang to go back to the cabin to rest.

This made Zhang Yan remember the benefits of Liu Yongxi, the little sincere uncle, after all, Liu Yongxi chose to let himself beat the drum on the royal boat to supervise the battle, and did not let himself follow his horse team to carry the flag and charge together, if this little sincere man really let himself and the horse team carry the flag and charge together, I am afraid that everyone will hear the continuous screams at that time, and then it will really be a loss of death.

Thinking of this detail, Empress Zhang finally relieved herself, and the whole of the imperial boat let out a cheer: "Long live!"

Not only did the royal boat shout "Long live", but several other warships in the fleet also excitedly shouted "Long live", and Empress Zhang also noticed what was happening on the battlefield!

The thief's ambush did not suddenly kill, on the contrary, there was only one boat with the banner of Li Qingshan on the river, even if Empress Zhang was a complete layman in the water battle, but she could also see at a glance that this thief's boat was a lot smaller than the imperial boat, and it should be inferior to his side in any aspect, not to mention that he had a full six warships, but the thief only had such an old ship.

The advantage of the side is too great, and if you still lose this water confrontation in this case, everyone can hang themselves.

Zhang Yan felt very relaxed and happy, and Shi Chaoli beside him cried out loud: "Our Lady, Our Lady, Sheji is hopeful!"

And the merchant ship on the opposite side has been completely chaotic, if the fleet of the Sincerity Bofu is a rabble made up of a makeshift patchwork, then this merchant ship temporarily captured by the thieves is not even a rabble.

Several old sailors on the merchant ship jumped into the river as soon as they saw that the situation was not good, they were just sailors who were temporarily captured by the thieves, there was no need to live and die with the ship, and these old subordinates of Chang Yichen didn't know what to do!

Although they know how to water, and even several of them can be called water warriors, but knowing water and fighting water are completely different things, not to mention that the difference in strength between the two sides is inevitably too big, and the sincerity Bofu dispatched a full six warships.

Although these six warships were all civilian ships temporarily requisitioned from Zhangjiawan except for one of Zhou Zhisheng's warships.

But the fourth admiral of the Sincerity Bofu is the best to control the river, and naturally knows what is the right choice, and these five requisitioned merchant ships and cao ships are naturally the best five civilian ships, and even the sailors on board are the best.

The first impression of these thieves who were trying to manipulate the captured merchant ships was that the gap between the two sides was too great for any chance of victory, and they had no idea how to deal with the offensive launched by the Sincere Bofu.

Just when these thieves were terrified, the war drums on the opposite fleet were already beating.

Although Empress Zhang is not a good drummer in any way, her drumming movements do not have any rhythm at all, and there are also big problems in the control of strength, she only knows to beat the drum desperately with all her strength, and the result is naturally that after two or three beats, she has some strength to continue, and the speed and strength of the drum slowed down all of a sudden.

But none of this is important, seeing Empress Zhang standing on the bow of the imperial boat beating the war drums to supervise the battle, the morale of the six warships was greatly boosted, and the cheers were thunderous, cheering in unison, "Long live!"

Empress Zhang's identity is no secret now, and before the war, Tong Yili deliberately mobilized on various boats, and said that Empress Zhang was like a god.

And for these ordinary sergeants and sailors, the biggest official they have seen in their lives is just the magistrate and the general manager, and now when they see the queen mother with such a noble status standing on the bow of the ship and knocking on the battle, they are all enthusiastic and shouting "long live".

Some easily excited sailors and sergeants even cried and roared, eager to rush to the opposite warship now to completely solve the battle, even the old people of Liu Mansion like Fuding and Zhou Zhisheng were enjoying such an honor for the first time, and they even felt that this was not much different from the imperial conquest, and they were also enthusiastic and shouted "Long live"!

Although she couldn't see the specific situation behind her, she heard the "long live" cheers one after another, and Empress Zhang finally found that her choice was not wrong, and the strength of the drumming became more powerful.

When Emperor Daxing was still alive, Empress Zhang also experienced several such scenes, and even tens of millions of people shouted "Long live" at the same time, but the focus of all ministers and people was always Emperor Daxing, and she was just a supporting role that was not very important.

When King Xin entered the throne, Empress Zhang was even deprived of her qualifications to become a supporting role, and the seventeen years of cold palace even made her deliberately forget those incomparably gorgeous and brilliant scenes.

At this time, the entire fleet was cheering "Long live" but Queen Zhang became the real core of the audience, although there were only six warships and more than 100 horse infantry soldiers, but everyone was cheering for her.

It was definitely the absolute highlight of her life.