Yan Congnian soon discovered that there were not only a few such corpses, and as far as he could see, several floating corpses were floating on the river one after another, and he hurriedly instructed the hired workers to pick up one and drag it over to check.

The corpses of these Qing soldiers did not have heads, and they were a little swollen, but they had not yet begun to decompose, and they had obviously just been slaughtered.

When the boatmen and Qing Yongchang's men saw this scene, their faces were full of panic, and their work stopped at hand.

Yan Congnian felt a pang in his heart, so many Qing soldiers were killed, could it be that the front was fighting? "Hurry up and load the ship, we're going to leave right away!"

Tongling is too close to the front line, and looking at these corpses, it is obvious that the Qing soldiers have suffered another defeat.

This made Yan Congnian very incomprehensible, why did the Qing Dynasty, which was like the middle of the sky, suddenly not work?

At that moment, the hired workers hurriedly accelerated the speed of loading, but at this moment, someone pointed to the river and shouted: "Big shopkeeper, a fleet is coming!" ”

Yan Congnian was taken aback, his eyes moved away from the corpses of the Qing soldiers, and saw a fleet of ships appear on the river a few miles to the west.

Where is this fleet, it is clearly a sailor of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Congnian had a look of fear on his face, and hurriedly said: "Don't pretend, hurry up and raise the sails and leave now." ”

The business also has guards, and there are more than 200 people, but they are used to deal with ordinary bandits and water thieves, where are the opponents of the Ming Dynasty sailors.

"Raise the sails, hurry up and pull the anchor up."

The Dongting Sailor continued eastward from Chizhou, encountered several ferries and wharves along the way, and shelled them all, and then the soldiers went ashore to sweep away all the materials on the wharf, and the boats were gathered and burned.

The fishing boats of the common people along the Yangtze River and the merchant ships of the gentry were also burned, although Wang Yan strictly forbade looting in order to win the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, but if the ships were not burned, they would definitely be requisitioned by the Qing army in the future, and it was inevitable that they would offend some people.

At this time, Man Dazhuang stood at the bow of the ship, holding a clairvoyant mirror to look forward, in the circular horizon, he was watching the shipwrights on Qing Yongchang's cargo ship in a mess, hurriedly hoisting the sails and anchoring, preparing to escape.

Man Dazhuang put down the clairvoyant mirror and waved his hand, Xu Junsheng immediately stepped forward, and Man Dazhuang immediately ordered: "You take twenty clippers and stop them." ”

"Whoa!" Xu Junsheng immediately responded with a fist.

After Zheng He went to the West, the strength of the Ming Dynasty's sailors gradually declined, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it still had a very strong strength at this time, and there were more than 20 types of warships alone.

With the large-scale application of firearms, the idea of water warfare has also changed, and Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, proposed in a timely manner that "naval warfare is nothing but a big ship to defeat a small ship, and a big gun to defeat a small gun; Many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns. ”

This kind of combat thinking is almost the later cannon giant ship, which shows that the Ming army's concept of water warfare has approached the modern model.

The Fu boat is the main warship of the Ming army, tall as a city, there are six in total, the first is used for naval battles, and the Dongting Sailor is mainly the second Fu ship, which is as tall as a building, and can accommodate 100 people. The bottom tip is wide, the bow of the ship is raised and opened, the tail is towering, the draft is about one zhang, and the small boat is like a car running over the mantis, the disadvantage is that the maneuverability is poor, and it does not undertake the task of chasing the enemy.

After Xu Junsheng received the order, he was roped down from the Fu boat and got on a Cangshan boat a moment later.

This ship is the smallest of the Haicang boats, also known as Cangshan Iron, the hull is smaller, high above the water, the draft is five feet, there is an oar, the wind is smooth sailing, and the wind is swinging.

This ship is light and dexterous, mainly used to chase the enemy and get the head, but the ship is also equipped with two thousand pound Franc machines, three bowls, four guns, forty nozzles, sixty chimneys, thirty fire bricks, one hundred rockets, four medicine crossbows, and one hundred crossbow arrows.

There are 37 people on the ship, 4 sailors, and 33 soldiers, and the combat power is not bad, and it may not be possible to deal with a large warship, but it is naturally no longer a problem to deal with a group of merchant ships.

Xu Junsheng got on the Cangshan boat, immediately hung up the order flag, the sailor hung the sails, and then shook the oar, and the speed of the ship suddenly increased.

"The big shopkeeper, catch up."

There was no need for the guy to remind him, Yan Congnian also saw that the Ming army's nearly twenty clippers quickly broke away from the fleet, constantly closing the distance between them and them.

Qing Yongchang transports copper and iron naturally on large ships, and the speed itself is not fast, plus the ship is loaded with copper ingots, where to run the Ming army clipper.

"Boom" a cannon sounded, and the Ming warship began to send a cannonball at the cargo ship, but it did not hit, and the cannonball fell into the river water more than 100 steps away from the stern, and gradually rose a column of water more than three zhang high.

A moment later, another cannonball hit, this time landing seventy or eighty paces, Yan Congnian's face was already pale, and he suddenly ordered: "Let the boatmen stop the ship, cover the copper ingots with cloth, and go and fetch a thousand taels of silver." ”

Yan Congnian's decision was quite wise, he knew that the sailors of the Qing army were all in Zhenjiang to guard against Haikou, and the waterway from Tongling to Jiangning for hundreds of miles, the artillery of the Ming army was getting closer and closer, and if he ran down, he would probably be killed by shells.

Qing Yongchang's fleet ran for a while, lowered the sails again, and after a while, Xu Junsheng led twenty clippers to catch up.

There were more than 20 cargo ships, all of which were one size larger than the Ming army's clippers, and the Ming army on board immediately threw out flying hooks to hook the cargo ships, but they did not get on board.

More than a quarter of an hour later, the main force of the sailors arrived, the Fu ship came up, boarded the ship, and the soldiers jumped onto the cargo ship with knives, guns, and birds, and forced all the boatmen and Qing Yongchang's men to the corner of the deck.

After the ship was sure to be safe, Man Dazhuang jumped onto the cargo ship surrounded by the generals, he glanced at the detainees with his sword, and said loudly: "Who is in charge?" ”

Yan Congnian knew that he couldn't hide, so he had the courage to come out, he had come into contact with a lot of Ming generals, and when he was in Shanxi, he had to deliver supplies outside the customs, and he had a lot of dealings with Ming generals when he passed the customs, and he could solve it with a little silver.

"The villain has seen the general." Yan Congnian came out and saluted Man Dazhuang, then waved his hand back and said, "Bring it here." ”

Several guys immediately took out a few plates covered with red cloths, and Yan Congnian opened the red ones, and there were eleven taels of silver ingots on the plates.

"General, a little heart, please be accommodating."

Man Dazhuang looked at the silver ingot, his eyes narrowed, the corners of his mouth sneered, he raised his hand and slapped Yan Congnian in the face, "Hmph, Qing Yongchang!" What a fucking shameless, the boat and the silver were both seized by Ben, and Ben will want you to send them? ”

The goal of this eastward trip was to cut off the Manchu transport, and he naturally did his homework for the Qing court's several major merchants who transported materials on the canal.

Yan Congnian received a slap from Da Zhuang, and was immediately dazzled by the tinnitus of the fan, and fell to the ground, his whole face was flushed, and blood flowed out of his nose and mouth.

"What's on board?" After Man Dazhuang finished smoking, he pointed to the account room in a long robe and asked, "You come!" ”

The account room was frightened by the scene just now, glanced at Yan Congnian with a swing, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes~Yes~Copper ingot~"

"Copper ingots?" Man Dazhuang raised his eyebrows, "Where are you going to ship?" ”

The bookkeeper bowed his head and did not dare to answer.

Man Dazhuang waited for a few breaths, his eyes narrowed, and he waved his hand and said, "Pull it down." ”

The two Ming soldiers immediately stepped forward and pulled the tent aside, and slashed directly with their knives in their hands.

Yan Congnian didn't expect that the Ming army was so ruthless, no worse than the Qing soldiers, and he was suddenly frightened.

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