Set off in the morning, and travel by the north lake of Poyang Lake. Because the waterway was much narrower, the boatmen deliberately controlled the speed, and it took two days to walk less than 300 miles of waterway to reach the mouth of Poyang Lake.

The boatman reported that this boat is only suitable for rivers and lakes, and the wind and waves on the Yangtze River are urgent, so please change to a sand boat. The so-called sand boats are actually similar to the common sand boats or ordinary river boats in later generations, flat and wide, with many cabins, but they shake more when the wind and waves are strong. Even if there is a "Taiping Basket" (with large stones inside, the hull falls into the water when it is tilted greatly) to balance the wind and waves, the inherent disadvantage of the punt is there, and the top gentlemen like Yan Gongzi disdain to use it. Therefore, under the instruction of his mother, Yan Juhou used his father Yan Shu's name and booked a lucky ship with the commander of the Fenghua army in advance.

The Fu Ship had a more resounding name in later generations - the treasure ship, yes, it was Zheng He's main ship in the Western Ocean. In fact, it has been widely used in the Song Dynasty, and it is named because of its origin in Fujian. According to archaeological discoveries, the design of its keel and watertight cabin can be called advanced, which is really embarrassing for future generations. It's just that sand boats are easy to get, but lucky boats are hard to find.

Yan Juhou, who was originally determined to win, sank his face after listening to the housekeeper's return.

Zeng Yeqi said: "That little military attache who commands no more than a five-grade military attaché, how dare he brush the face of the governor of political affairs?" ”

Yan Juhou said: "How can he have that guts." It's just that my mother told me to have a safer ship, so I wanted to rent a 500-material lucky ship, but he said no, and I was only willing to sell a decommissioned ship with less than 100 materials. Therefore, he was a little angry, and he turned around and took away his official position. ”

Fang Zhong couldn't help but admire Yan Yan's domineering. The 500-material fortune boat, not to mention whether the Fenghua Army has it or not, even if there is, it belongs to the heavy weapons of the military state and the flagship of the naval army, and it is sold to you today, and tomorrow the prison army will cut off his head. Besides, let's just go to Beijing to catch the test, you get a warship with a displacement of 300 tons to go outside Bianliang City, and you want to rebel? (please use the words of the charter wife)

It is guessed that at this time, the commander of the Fenghua army must be mourning for his own black yarn, and he is glad that he has resisted the bad and evil forces and saved his head.

Seeing Fang Zhongyong's teasing gaze, Yan Juhou said with some embarrassment: "I also know that it is a bit too much to ask for a lucky boat. I thought it would be okay to give a smaller boat and bargain, but at worst, I would have to get some weapons on it to protect my journey. Who knows, listening to the butler, that guy knelt down as soon as he heard that the boat that wanted 500 materials plopped, making me feel like I was bullying. ”

Fang Zhongyong really didn't dare to appreciate the knees of the Great Song Dynasty military attaché, but he didn't want to take away the official position that others had worked so hard to earn, so he explained: "The canal is shallow, and you are afraid that you will be trapped in the shoals if you get a lucky boat, and it is better to have a sea boat with a draft of five or six feet." As for weapons, they are really not necessary. On the contrary, it is easy to be criticized, and Yu Yan's reputation for participating in politics is not good. "What Fang Zhongyong actually wants to say is that it's enough for you to get an armored car to drive away, so don't put a machine gun on it!

Yan Juhou explained: "It's not like I was laughed at by a few Yanai when I was in Bianliang before, saying that my southerners are just playing in the bathtub, so I said to go back and get a big one for them to see." If it's just a journey, the Haicang boat is almost fine. You don't know that the bottom of the sea is sharp and wide, and it is the most stable to sail on the river, and it can accommodate seventy or eighty sergeants. After being retired, it was transformed into a pleasure boat by a group of people, and a cabin was added, but the original three-tailed sail was not removed. Pulling up the sails, it really feels like a thousand miles of Jiangling in one day. ”

Speaking of the lucky boat, Fang Zhongyong remembered something and said: "The bright moon is still full, how can you be too high to lie down on such a good day." The younger brother remembered the story he saw in an unknown book, but it was related to this Poyang Lake and the lucky boat, and he told it to sell the long night.

In a certain dynasty and a certain generation, the government was abolished and the world was in chaos. There are warlords surnamed Zhu and Chen who want to compete in the Central Plains. At that time, Chen Mou, according to most of the south of the Yangtze River, first fought a fierce battle with Zhu Mou in Laolongwan in the northwest of Jiangning. It already had the upper hand, and did not want the river to ebb, and hundreds of huge ships ran aground. Chen was defeated and retreated to Jiangzhou.

Three years later, Chen made a comeback, sent another 100 ships, and besieged Hongzhou, which Zhu's nephew was holding, with 600,000 soldiers and horses. Zhu's nephew was instructed by Zhu to stick to it and not retreat, and he couldn't go down for more than a month. On the sixth day of July, Zhu personally led 200,000 people to rescue Hongzhou. When Chen heard that Zhu's army was coming to help, he withdrew from the siege of Hongdu and went east to Poyang Lake to meet the battle. An unprecedentedly fierce and unusually fierce life-and-death battle unfolded on the surface of Poyang Lake.

On the 20th, the two armies met on the surface of Kanglang Mountain Lake. The giant ships of the Chen army joined together and set up formations, spreading for dozens of miles, looking at them like mountains, and the momentum was overwhelming. In view of the fact that the end of his huge ship was connected from end to end, which was not conducive to advance and retreat, Zhu divided his ships into teams, each team was equipped with large and small artillery, firearms, rockets, thistles, large and small muskets, magic arrows and bows, and ordered each team to fire firearms first, then use bows and crossbows when approaching enemy ships, and then use short weapons to fight when approaching enemy ships.

The next day, fierce fighting ensued between the two sides. Xu Da, the general of the Zhu army, took the lead and led the fleet to bravely attack, defeating the advance of the Chen army, killing 1,500 enemies and capturing a huge ship. However, Zhu's army also suffered many casualties, especially when a certain Zhu ship ran aground and was surrounded, and it was almost unexpected. The battle was in a stalemate. From morning to dusk, the two sides closed their troops, and the battle came to an end, with casualties on both sides, regardless of victory or defeat.

On the 22nd, Zhu personally led the sailors to fight. However, Chen's ship was huge, and Zhu's warship was too small to attack on its back, and it suffered setbacks one after another. At this time, Zhu promptly adopted the advice of his generals and decided to use fire to break the enemy. At dusk, the northeast wind blew on the lake, and Zhu chose a brave soldier to drive seven fishing boats, which were filled with firewood, approaching the enemy ship, setting fire to the wind, and the wind was fierce and spread rapidly. For a while, the flames soared, the lake was completely red, and hundreds of huge ships of the Chen army were burned in an instant, more than half of the Chen army was killed and wounded, and Chen's two brothers and the general were burned to death. Zhu waved his army to launch a fierce attack and killed more than 2,000 enemies.

On the 23rd, the two sides clashed again, and Chen saw Zhu's flagship and launched a fierce attack. As soon as Zhu moved to another ship, the original ship was smashed by Chen Jun.

On the 24th, General Zhu led six ships to break into Chen's fleet, like a swimming dragon, like entering a no-man's land. The morale of the Zhu army was greatly boosted and a fierce attack was launched. In the end, Chen's army was not defeated and retreated, and the abandoned drums and weapons were abandoned, and the lake was floated. Chen had to gather the remnants and turn to defense, not daring to fight again. That night, Zhu took advantage of the victory to enter the left and control the upper reaches of the river, and Chen also retired to Zhuji. The two armies held each other for three days, and Chen's army was repeatedly defeated, and the situation gradually became more and more unfavorable. Seeing that the general trend had gone, the two generals surrendered to Zhu, and the internal military spirit of Chen's army was shaken and its strength was weakened even more. Chen was angry and annoyed, and ordered all the captured captives to be killed to vent his anger.

However, Zhu did the opposite, returned all the prisoners, mourned the death and medical wounds, and broke the morale of Chen's army, thus winning the hearts of the people. Chen's army was partially disintegrated, and morale was even lowered. Zhu judged that Chen's army might break through and retreat into the Yangtze River, so he moved the army to the mouth of the lake, set up wooden fences on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, placed large boats and rafts in the river, and sent troops to seize Qizhou and rejuvenate the country, control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, block the enemy's return route, and wait for the opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

After more than a month of confrontation, Chen was trapped in the lake, running out of military rations and exhausted. So he made a desperate bet and broke through at the risk of death.

On August 26, it broke through from Nanhuzui and attempted to enter the Yangtze River and retreat to Wuchang. When they arrived at the mouth of Jiangxi Lake, the Zhu army attacked on all sides with boat divisions and rafts, Chen's army could not advance, and then walked the Jingjiang River, and was blocked by ambushes, rushing left and right, unable to open a way of life, Chen was killed by an arrow, the army was defeated, and more than 50,000 people surrendered. ”

After telling the story, the expected admiration was not there, but was questioned.

Zeng Gong said: "I don't know which book it contains, this scale of water warfare is really unheard of"

Zeng Ye was also very skeptical: "I don't know what kind of artillery you are talking about?" If he had such a sharp weapon and made him a thousand platforms, wouldn't he have caught the Liao Emperor Yeluzong to Bianliang a long time ago. ”

Yan Juhou couldn't bear to see Fang Zhongyong's embarrassment, and said, "It's all a story, how can you still take it seriously?" This is obviously adapted from the allusion of the burning of Chibi, but it adds a lot of oil and vinegar. That Chen doesn't know the benefits of fire and water, and he learns Cao Agui's serial schemes, which is really stupid. But this kind of fire attack is okay to deal with the stupid and stupid building ship, and it is not enough to fight the lucky ship. Before the boat could get closer, it had already been bombarded into pieces by the Eight Ox Crossbow. In addition, there are archers to shoot, and the ship is also equipped with mud and other fire-extinguishing materials, and ordinary firearms are not good for the ship. ”

Yan Rongyue strongly supported Fang Zhongyong: "I think the story told by Brother Wenyuan is very good!" It's so boring for you to pick out words here. ”

Fang Zhongyong was very moved when he heard this, it is difficult to cultivate loyal readers, only my sister Keiko supports me, and she is busy smiling with gratitude to Yan Rongyue.

What's even more rare is that Yan Rongyue also voted for a monthly ticket, uh no, took out a tube of purple bamboo flute, and Wen Yan asked: "Brother Wenyuan, do you know the four rhymes of life?" ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled bitterly: "Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, literati and scholars regard it as a compulsory four arts. Those who are good at the piano are able to be calm, those who are good at chess are wise and wise, those who are good at writing are affectionate and sexual, and those who are good at painting are perfect and beautiful. I'm just a spectator. ”

Zeng Ye smiled and said, "Why should Wen Yuan be humble. There is no so-called gentleman and eight elegance, the text is far more than poetry, hops, and tea, but these four dishes are very accessible! Miss Rongyue, how about playing a song for us? ”

Yan Rongyue took off the flute gall, tried the sound, and played it with a whine. After listening carefully, it turned out to be a very appropriate "Autumn Moon on the Peaceful Lake".

Poyang Lake is quiet and charming under the clear autumn moon, the autumn night scene is peaceful and quiet, the evening breeze is light, and the moon is quiet. A pool of calm lake water reflects a round of bright autumn moon, the blue sky is thousands of miles, and the waves are shining. Green mountains, trees, pavilions, pavilions, as if covered with a light veil in the moonlight, make people lose themselves.