The mighty river wind blows the white sails on the mast, and the big ships go up against the river and the east wind. Not only the swollen white sails, but also the rows of oars sticking out from the sides of the hull also hit the water hard, stirring up countless waves, smashing the tumbling waves into flying white foam.

A huge fleet of ships advanced on the river, and the momentum was majestic.

And just 20 years ago, when the two dynasties were still facing each other along the river, such a scene was naturally impossible. But now, with Huainan and Jiangling falling into the hands of Nan Chen, moving to the mouth of the Great River, west to the entire Great River Channel of Xiling outside the Three Gorges, ships flying the Nanchen flag can sail unimpeded!

According to the will promulgated by Chen Ji, the crown prince Chen Shubao went to Jiangling as a minister of condolence, accompanied by Mao Xi, the general of the right guard, Zhou Qu, the prince's concubine, Gu Yewang, Guangluqing, and Luo Ya, the regular attendant of the loose cavalry, plus the rest of the officials, just the officials have hundreds of people, as for the prince guard who guards them, the palace guards and sailors personally assigned by His Majesty, there are thousands of people.

If it weren't for the fact that Nan Chen had built a lot of large warships in order to block the enemy on the river over the years, I am afraid that there would really be no way to carry so many people.

The massive Yellow Dragon warship, which splits the waves and moves forward, is three stories high, each decked with heavy armor on the outside, and equipped with heavy crossbows and trebuchets, whether it is a long-range strike or a close-range collision, it is the best choice.

In later generations, this kind of ship had a unified name of the building ship, and in this era, people preferred to call it "艨艟" in awe.

And the mighty river gives this kind of giant ship space to run amok, which is why for so many years, only Nan Chen has crossed the river to attack north, although the Northern Zhou has drunk the Yangtze River, but can only sigh.

In history, this kind of giant ship given the name "Dragon" is indeed the last hole card of Nan Chen in the face of the Sui Dynasty's soldiers, the Sui Dynasty, which has strong national strength and millions of armor, has been really well prepared for many years in the face of Nan Chen, which is located in the southeast, and finally has to take the way of marching troops at the same time on three roads, giving full play to the advantages of troops, and successfully crossing the river.

At that time, Yang Su, who was ordered to guard Bashu, faced the threat of the Yellow Dragon Giant Ship, and racked his brains to build a larger five-tooth ship, and only by forcibly approaching and slapping the enemy did he restrain the Yellow Dragon Giant Ship.

However, compared with the Wuya Ship, which had to vigorously lower the freeboard in order to give full play to the role of the batter, and was specially built for inland river and lake operations, the Huanglong Giant Ship obviously had more merits. As for the victory or defeat of the two sides, it is reasonable for the Huanglong giant ship to lose when it encounters a warship specially made to restrain itself.

At least in the current era when the five-tooth ship has not yet been born, the Yellow Dragon warship is a well-deserved master of the entire river. And this time, Chen Ji even did not hesitate to transfer the Yellow Dragon warship to the mission, firstly to ensure Chen Shubao's safety, and secondly, to strengthen Southern Chen's strength in Jingzhou.

After all, Jiangling was won with a lot of effort and great sacrifices, so naturally it can't be easily handed over.

With the Huanglong big ship guarding Jiangling, even if the Northern Zhou people want to attack, I'm afraid they will have to weigh it.

And the rest of the guards around the Yellow Dragon ship, although the overall performance is not as good as the Yellow Dragon ship, but the hull is more slender, and "although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete", the ship's trebuchet, heavy crossbow, repeater and other equipment are readily available, you can easily trace the river straight up to Sichuan and Shu, not to mention the relatively large tributaries on the river such as the water.

Therefore, Jingzhou has these warships, which can make up for the shortcomings of Jingzhou's naval division, which is not very strong, so that Xiao Maha has the strength to deter Sichuan and Shu to the west and Xiangyang to the north.

The wind was blowing the flags, and looking at the mighty fleet, Li Li'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "These big ships are like the hills on the riverside, I never dared to think that there would be such a big guy in this world." ”

"Yes, no wonder our Da Chen can win every battle." Another girl who was dressed quite similarly to Li Li'er said with a smile, she was younger, that is, in her early tens, and even the baby fat on her face had not disappeared, it was Xiao Maha's daughter Xiao Qing.

This time, Xiao Maha entered the governor of Jingzhou, and his family members naturally could no longer stay in Jiankang Mansion, but according to the rules of the imperial court for many years, it was naturally impossible for the entire family to go with them, otherwise there would really be no restraint at that time, and even the main relatives of the generals could not all go, so that they would be fettered.

For example, when Wang Dao, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was young, his brother Wang Dun was in charge of Jingzhou, and his main relatives, including his younger brother Wang Dao, stayed in Jiankang Mansion as hostages.

Therefore, Mrs. Xiao took Xiao Maha's youngest son to stay in Jiankang Mansion, and several side rooms took her second son Xiao Shiliu and daughter Xiao Qing to follow the huge delegation of the East Palace to the west, so that there was a response on the way.

Of course, Li Xinchen is just a miscellaneous general in the end, so there are not so many restrictions, so Li Li'er naturally followed all the way.

Xiao Maha is the head of the military generals in the East Palace forces, of course, his family members are treated the best, Chen Shubao is not ambiguous in this, and directly vacates a good room on the Huanglong ship he is riding for Xiao Maha's family to live, you must know that even many of the accompanying officials are not qualified to live on the Huanglong ship.

And on the huge Huanglong ship, Li Li'er is only familiar with Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing is not the same, so the two little girls naturally chatted together, and today they stood together on this lookout to see the mighty fleet.

"This time, Sister Li'er, your brother has really made a splashing contribution, don't talk about me, even the second brother and a few of them mentioned it, and they are also very admired!" Xiao Qing then said.

The girl's family was naturally not very interested in this warship or anything, but just wanted to have a sense of freshness, and naturally moved on to the reason and purpose of their trip.

Li Li'er sighed and said: "It's true that the credit is great, but didn't your brother's letter also say that my brother had suffered several injuries, but he had been hiding it from me in the letter." If I really had to choose, I didn't want my brother to work so hard."

After a pause, Li Li'er clenched her sleeves: "There are no eyes on the battlefield, who knows when there will be accidents, I would rather my brother sit in the hall and make tea with Shen Gong and them; Or find a barren land, we plow together, sweat together, watch the sunrise and sunset together, and we don't want him to work so hard."