Chapter 37: Water War I

"It's been a long time since I've seen you." When Zhang Xuan saw Zhou Fuchen, he couldn't help but say.

The age of teenagers is the age of the biggest change, Zhang Xuan and Zhou Fuchen have only seen each other for a few months, and there is a feeling that the child has grown up, Zhou Fuchen seems to have grown a beard at first glance, but in fact, it is just those thin horses, in the past few months, he has almost pulled the sailor up from scratch, and his body is a little more calm and a little less childish.

"Meet your lordship, I haven't seen you for a long time." Zhou Fuchen said: "This time the king sent me here for something. Let your lord, attack Fengyang City at all costs, so that Huang Degong can't stay in Shouzhou City. ”

Zhang Xuan understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. said with a wry smile: "I want to give Ma Shiying a good look, but I can't cross the river in front of me." ”

"My lord, isn't that what you're calling me for?" Zhou Fuchen said: "Your Excellency, please sit on the north bank and see how I defeat the enemy on the river." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Then it depends on the auxiliary ministers." ”

"Without further ado." Zhou Fuchen said: "Today is the time to break the enemy. ”

Zhou Fuchen waited for a day, it can be said that he has been waiting for a long time, since Zhang Xuan let Zhou Fuchen sit on the cold bench of the water master, Zhou Fuchen has not wanted to prove himself all the time, and now the opportunity has come.

A large number of ships from the upper reaches arrived, and it was impossible to hide from the officers and soldiers.

Just when Zhang Xuan was discussing with Zhou Fuchen, the official army and the naval division camp were also discussing countermeasures. Wang Xincui said: "Lord Shen, today the thief sailor is coming east, so please ask Lord Shen." ”

Shen Tingyang smiled slightly, and said: "The official has already sent someone to look at it, and the fishing boats are not in the eyes of the official at all, but there is one thing, but the official has to explain it first." ”

"My lord, please speak." Wang Xincui said.

Wang Xincui is a military general under Lu Zhenfei, and his status is not high, this time he came over, just as Shen Tingyang's deputy and Lu Zhenfei's representative, and Shen Tingyang's identity is not ordinary. Shen Tingyang has a servant temple secretary and household affairs on his body.

Shen Tingyang's path to ascension is very dramatic. He was originally a prisoner of Guozijian, because his home was in Chongming, he was familiar with maritime affairs, and was recommended to Chongzhen, because the transportation was blocked, so he sent Shen Tingyang to bring the transportation by sea, Shen Tingyang used one month to transport the grain to Beijing, which can be described as fast, so that Chongzhen was greatly moved, and said: "The officials are as good as Shen Tingyang, how difficult is it to govern the world!" ”

When Hong Chengchou was trapped in Songshan, Chongzhen urgently ordered Shen Tingyang to transport grain to Songshan, and he did not miss the deadline. Therefore, Shen Tingyang was born as the son of the country, and he rose all the way to the current position from the position of the middle scholar.

This time it was not Shen Tingyang's job, but he had to give Lu Zhenfei face.

As mentioned before, the largest shipyard in the north of the Ming Dynasty is not elsewhere, it is in Huai'an, and Huai'an is under the rule of Lu Zhenfei. And this shipyard, although it also builds sea ships, but the most produced are tank ships. The canal has been repeatedly lost, and the dependence of Jingshi and even Liaodong on shipping is increasing, so Shen Tingyang was recently ordered by Chongzhen to preside over the project of changing the trough ship into the sea in Huai'an, and a large number of suitable sea ships were built for a time, which was unlikely, so he wanted to change the trough ships in the canal into sea ships to use.

During this period of time, Shen Tingyang was stationed in Huai'an, and he couldn't help but give face to the local bigwigs.

Moreover, Lu Zhenfei has no water war talents in his hands, no matter what, Shen Tingyang is also running all over the world, and even Liaodong dares to break through, at least much stronger than these Cao soldiers who transport grain on the canal.

"You also know that this official has the imperial order, and it is impossible to stay here for a long time." Shen Tingyang said: "Your Majesty is in a hurry, and this official may have to go to sea at some time." You have to deal with things here yourself. ”

"The last will understand." Wang Xincui said: "Lord Lu is already gathering the fleet, and the Lord only needs to be on top for a while." ”

"Okay." Shen Tingyang said: "You just need to be clear. Now that the thief sailor is here, I can't sit idly by. Let's play today. “

Shen Tingyang secretly said in his heart: "Exterminating this gang of thieves can be regarded as giving Master Lu an explanation." Of course, he knows that Fengyang cannot afford to lose, but his own job is still shipping, if Fengyang is saved, he will lose the grain transportation, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

Both sides are determined to fight a quick victory. However, at noon, on the Huai River, the war drums were bursting, the horns were all in place, and a big battle began.

Zhang Xuan and the generals at all levels around him found a high place on the north shore and waited for a high look. The Huai River also flows at a constant speed for hundreds of years, and the wind is coming slowly from the east, not much, just blowing the sails to the full.

Zhang Xuan said secretly: "Zhou Fuchen is based on the upstream, Shunshui, and the officers and troops are downstream and downwind, but I can't say who has the advantage in this station." ”

During this period of time in Daming, Zhang Xuan did not pay attention to the water war, and at this moment, he could only talk in generalities, and he couldn't understand more. However, in a moment, the fleets of both sides also appeared, and Zhang Xuan had an ominous premonition in his heart, without him, the gap between the ships of the two sides was too big.

Most of Zhou Fuchen's boats were collected by Runing, and most of these boats were cargo ships, fishing boats, and they were cargo ships and fishing boats operating in the Ru River. The volume above the innate has been limited and limited, there was no feeling before, there is no comparison, and compared with Shen Tingyang's ship at this moment, it is simply the same as that of an adult and a child.

The ships used by Shen Tingyang are not sea ships, but tank ships, but the ships under Shen Tingyang's command are all carefully selected ships, and basically these tank ships are also waiting

Changed to sea vessels, it has been inspected by Shen Tingyang several times. They are all good ships of the first class, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the waves at sea.

And the origin of the ships is also different, Shen Tingyang's ships are all produced by Qingjiangpu Shipyard, and they are also official names, while Zhou Fuchen's miscellaneous boats don't know that they were made in that ditch, and they can't do too much about quality or something.

Zhang Xuan suddenly saw that this time, the official army's ship did not hang the word "Cao", but hung a flag with the word "Shen", so Zhang Xuan asked: "Who is 'Shen'?" ”

For a while, the people below looked at each other, and for a while, the water couldn't speak.

Zhang Xuan also knew that the news had spread quite slowly in recent years, so he sighed and didn't delve into it.

Just when Zhang Xuan was worried about Zhou Fuchen's ships, the generals on both sides also noticed this.

The corners of Shen Tingyang's mouth hooked slightly, and said: "Remember, when you fight for a while, use more bows and crossbows, and don't need to jump to grab the boat, I can't look down on their boats." ”

"Yes, young master." An old man laughed.

Shen Tingyang's family has been running the sea for generations, otherwise he is just a national prison supervisor, where does he have the ability to come and go freely at sea with a fleet, he has never been born once, there are geniuses in the world, but many things must rely on the accumulation of experience, such as navigation.

If it weren't for the veterans of running the sea who stayed at home, Shen Tingyang wouldn't have been able to do this at all.

And there is not much difference between the maritime merchants and pirates of this generation, in a sense. Lu Zhenfei handed over this matter to Shen Tingyang to do, yes, he really didn't find the wrong person.

Shen Tingyang's family is a veteran of sea battles, and he is also a veteran of naval warfare, although naval warfare and water warfare are different, in a sense, there are still similarities.

The officials and soldiers are relaxed and freehand, while the atmosphere on Zhou Fuchen's side is a little heavy.

Water wars. Ships first.

And the big ship that can be compared with the opposite side on Zhou Fuchen's side is estimated to be Zhou Fuchen's own boat, and the rest of the ships are much lower than the opposite side, even if the two sides are on the side, the rebels are facing the side of the ship that seems to be a city wall, and they can't take advantage of it.

The ship is small, the draft is shallow, the firearms that can be loaded are few, and the power is light, Zhou Fuchen except for a few large ships equipped with artillery, the rest are not equipped, not that they did not run, but they did not dare to load, for fear that the bottom of the ship would collapse.

And Zhou Fuchen also saw that there were a lot of large and small guns on Shen Tingyang's ship. It is impossible for these sailors to have no confidence in their hearts. Zhou Fuchen himself didn't have much confidence in this battle.

However, he could never show it.

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