Chapter 117: Crossing the River

Before the east wind comes, you have to walk on the Yangtze River.

Chen Ding took a boat, with Shi Lang as his escort. Choose a good warship with more than a dozen artillery pieces on it, and then enter the Yangtze River from Songjiang Mansion and go upstream.

When you are at sea, there is naturally nothing going on. But after entering the Yangtze River, it encountered danger.

The Yangtze River is foggy in the early morning. Chen Ding stood at the bow of the boat, opened the clairvoyant mirror, and swept the river through a thousand miles away.

Chen Ding saw that the ships flying the flag of the Qing court were out of view, looming and haunting, but the size of these ships was relatively small, and they looked more like civilian ships. But there were a lot of them, so Chen Ding was a little worried, He put away the clairvoyant mirror and asked Shi Lang: "General Shi, it's okay." ”

"It's fine." At this moment, Shi Lang is unkempt, and there is an unpleasant smell all over his body, or a man's smell. There is also a hint of alcohol in the taste. Shi Lang squinted his eyes, carried the wine jug, took a sip, and said, "The real danger is not here, but west of Jiangyin." ”

When Chen Ding heard this, he became even more worried.

He also knew that the Yangtze River was west of Jiangyin, and the channel was sharply narrowed, and if it was east of Jiangyin, many times, there was still room for evasion, but to the west of Jiangyin, there was no more.

However, he was more worried about Shi Lang's mental state.

Today's Shi Lang is no longer a rising star in the era of Zheng Zhilong, who is valued by Zheng Zhilong, and his experience is embarrassing.

In the battle of the Northern Expedition to Nanjing, all the armies were defeated, and Shi Lang did not suffer much loss because he stayed in Ningbo, it can be said that the whole division was returned, and there were many captures. It can be said that it is unique. Whether it's luck or strength, no matter what Zheng Chenggong thinks. He wants to reward Shi Lang.

It's just that Shi Lang can't control his mouth. After a few bowls of cat urine, I don't know what to say. After drinking, he made a lot of nonsense about what Zheng Chenggong did. and spread to Zheng Chenggong's ears, not to mention that there was a knot between Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang.

To put it simply, at this time, Zheng Chenggong's prestige among the Zheng family was shaken. Don't dare to back down any more.

Therefore, the poor Shi Lang was secretly demoted by the name and was promoted to the army under the command of Zheng Chenggong, the commander-in-chief of Zheng Chenggong. Replace Gan Hui's position. But the army under the command of the Zheng clan is either completely lost, or it is a newly built army, even if there are a few remnants, they all have their own masters, where can Shi Lang intervene, even if his headquarters is swallowed up by Zheng Chenggong.

All of a sudden, he became the commander of the light pole.

If it weren't for Shi Lang having a good father and interceding in front of Zheng Chenggong, this time the deputy envoy's errand would not have his share.

It's just that Shi Lang has always been a young generation in Zheng Zhilong's era

The first person. And Shi Lang's personality is also a little arrogant. There was almost no one in sight. This time it was suppressed, and it was inevitable that the will would be depressed.

Although in the age of sail, the sailors on the ship, for days and dozens of days without bathing, unkempt. But the Han people are the most hygienic, but anyone with some status will not let their image be too bad, just like Chen Ding, who takes a boat like him. Now it is not spotless, but it is still clear and clear.

Chen Ding was naturally worried about whether Shi Lang could escort him to Wuchang now. It's just that the boat is on the river, and it's too late to say anything.

As Shi Lang said.

Immediately after the ship passed Jiangyin, danger approached.

Ships of all sizes approached that night. It seems that he is going to rush up in the night.

Shi Lang originally wanted to find a sandbar on the Yangtze River, stop for the night, and then continue to rush during the day. When I saw this, I didn't say a word. It was immediately decided to sail overnight.

Sailing at night, in fact, there are many dangers, but this is difficult Shi Lang, he is still relatively familiar with the Yangtze River waterway, when Luo Rucai went west, Zheng's sailors participated. Shi Lang is among them, and he is not familiar with this section of the waterway, but he is not unfamiliar with it.

However, there was one thing that made him a little suspicious.

Even when he sailed at night, he didn't shake off his tail.

Sailing at night is also a bit difficult. Not to mention that the two sides may fight at night at any time, and they are not very confident in their own abilities. The Qing soldiers who chased after him won't be like this.

But as far as Shi Lang knows, among the Qing army, there are cavalry generals and foot generals, I don't know how many, and it can even be said that two or three generals can be picked out at random and placed among the Xia army and the Zheng army, which can be regarded as outstanding. But the generals of the water war, it's not that Shi Lang looks down on them.

Water war, Zheng's first in the world. In the eyes of the Zheng family, the other sailors of the Xia army were just making up for work, and as for the Qing army, they didn't even want to look at it. And at this time, a general with good water combat ability suddenly appeared in the Qing army, how could Shi Lang not be full of doubts in his heart.

It can be said that no general will come out of a stone out of thin air.

In particular, in water warfare, it is necessary to be proficient in water nature, ship operation, and even all kinds of water warfare combat routines. It's not at all that putting an infantry general on it will work.

So where did this person come from? Shi Lang thought carefully.

Suddenly, he thought of the defeated soldiers under the city of Nanjing.

Many generals in the Zheng army were transferred from the water division, which is also the characteristic of the Zheng family. These generals led troops on land, perhaps sparsely. But in water warfare, he is a good hand. Perhaps some of them took refuge in the Qing army.

"Who is it?" Shi Lang thought silently. think

I didn't come up with it for a long time, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that anyone could possibly. After all, most of the generals under Zheng Zhilong's command were pirates, and there may be many people who are loyal to the Zheng family, but more pirates, when they endanger their own lives, will never be martyred for the Zheng family.

"Don't think about it, you'll know when it's dawn." Shi Lang lay on a suspension bridge, poured a sip of spirits, and staggered as if he were asleep. He knew that after dawn, there would be a fight. As for what kind of confrontation it is, it depends on who the opponent is.

The nights are long and short.

I don't know when, the sky is white, and the visibility is improving little by little. In the morning mist, a few dark shadows were not far away.

"Boom." A cannon rang out. It seems like a night of waiting. The pursuers behind were already a little impatient.

Shi Lang didn't know when, he had already gotten up. Under his auspices, more than 100 sailors on board were ready, the helmsman, the ship, and dozens of people, swords, guns and artillery were ready. Always ready to fight.

"Look, General." A sailor gave Shi Lang a finger.

Shi Lang looked in the direction of the sailor's fingers, but saw that several ships were blocking the Yangtze River channel on the west side. It seems to be waiting for them to wait for the rabbit.

Shi Lang said calmly: "Please let Master Chen into the cabin, and we will go over." ”

After all, the Yangtze River is the Yangtze River, the main channel is quite wide, and a few ships can not be blocked. Naturally, there are gaps in it. Shi Lang's bet is on this gap.

Under Shi Lang's orders, the speed of the ship became faster and faster, the sails were full, and the oars were rounded. For a while, the speed is a little faster than going downstream.

The speed is getting faster and faster, and the distance between the ships on both sides is getting closer and closer, and Shi Lang saw from a distance that the opposite ship had the word "yellow" hanging on it. I didn't have time to think about who it was for a while. Because the two sides were too close, all the artillery and everything were fired.

There was a crackling sound of firecrackling guns. On Shi Lang's boat, he ate a shelling meal.

The speed slowed down suddenly, and several large holes were opened in the hull, and on the deck, there were even more flesh-and-blood thumb-sized lead pellets, like glass balls, spread all over the deck, jumping non-stop, I don't know how much was stained with blood.

Even Shi Lang has a lot of color on his body. There seemed to be a bite on his arm, and blood flowed down his fingers, Shi Lang didn't seem to know what he had just now, and he was a little bit up. He's going to die in Yellow Springs.

No matter what the cost is, I finally broke through.

The ships on both sides were like two dancing elves, and in a single moment, they erupted into a volcanic attack, and then there was no more handover. However, Shi Lang turned out a name from his heart and said secretly: "Is it Huang Wu?" ”