Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Golden Crow
There was really chaos in the palace. Hearing that Xiong Han had stolen the order talisman and released the criminal, Concubine Li fainted on the spot, and what surprised her even more was that the king had already sent someone into Qin to pick up Mi Xuan. Qu Kai, Zhuang Quji, and Changjiang were all surprised, Yingshi, Sanitation, and Gongjia were all in Yingdu, who was the one who sent people to the Qin faction?
Surprise is surprise, the top priority is to find Xiong Han, Fu Jing and others as soon as possible. For a time, Yingdu flew frequently, and those who went to the Great Liang of the Wei State, those who went to Chengyang in the upper reaches of the Huaishui, and even those who went to Muling Pass, the cities in these directions received strict orders: to find and intercept Prince Fierce, Concubine Jing and others. It's a pity that the flying news was sent out for several hours, and all three directions were returned: I didn't see Prince Tyrant, Concubine Jing and others.
Eighteen horsemen, plus one bear, even if they rode Nissa horses, they could not run two hundred miles in ten hours. There was no one on the three roads, so could it be that they were walking day and night?
"Order, strict inspection of those who sail at night." Xiong Jing thought of the big wing warboat, "Especially the first line of Yingshui." ”
"King Yu, the three-legged Golden Crow left Shaobi last night," after a confidant of the Hou Ren told Qu Kai, Qu Kai finally understood Xiang Chao's purpose of asking to see Prince Fierce. "This boat was launched last moon and is owned by Concubine Li."
"Three-legged golden crow ......" Xiong Jing thundered in his head. Fei Jing is going to Zhao Kingdom! Go to Zhao State, and then go out of the fortress and stuff it from the Yan clan into Qin, which bastard made a marching plan for them?!
"Inform the canal and the river, and send war boats to intercept the three-legged Golden Crow!" Xiong Jing ordered. It is about 400 miles from Shaobi to the Yangtze River, although the various waterways of the Chu State can also sail at night, but the sailboat is a sailboat after all, and it is impossible to travel so far in one night.
The king's order to intercept the three-legged golden crow was quickly sent from Yingdu to the Yinglu Canal and along the Yangtze River, and when the flying stations along the way passed the orders one after another, the three-legged golden crow with full sail was already sailing in the water. The mast was in the clouds, the sails were fully open, and along the way, the boat saw the boat coming and hurriedly avoided it, and the sailors whined and saw the young woman on the boat and threw down a few oranges.
The sailors were happy, and Xiong Han, Concubine Jing, Xiang Chao and others who were passengers were embarrassed. Shaobi and Chaohu Lake are better, more than 100 miles of canals, and this section of wet water, the violent shaking of the boat makes everyone vomit. Of course, this is to blame the captain of the boat, Hong Mou, in Shaobi and Chaohu Lake, he actually let the sailors hang out the winged sails, and then the whole ship broke the waves at a speed of twelve knots, and in the canal channel and the wet water channel, he also sailed in full sail, and the speed of the three-legged golden crow was not less than eight knots.
"Report ——!" At the place where the water entered the river, Feixun finally caught up with the three-legged golden crow. "The king has an order, last night the three-legged golden crow sailed away from Shaobei, if you see the three-legged golden crow flying shear the sea boat, you should intercept it with a war boat."
"The Three-Legged Golden Crow?" Ning, the official stationed here, was drinking tea, and he laughed when he heard the news. "Shaobi is three or four hundred miles away, and the three-legged golden crow must not come here unless it can fly. Step aside. ”
Before Ning's smile fell, a shadow quickly swept over the official office where he was. Seeing that the sunlight slanting in from the door disappeared and appeared instantly, he didn't pay too much attention to it, this may be a cloud in the sky. However, when he looked up again, the three-legged golden crow with full sail was speeding past the water in front of the door, leaving a shallow shadow on the west bank of the river.
'Dang', the tea cup in his hand fell to the ground, looking at the flying cut sea boat in front of him, it was too late to send a war boat to intercept it, he was stunned for a while, Ning Cai ordered: "Report quickly to Yingdu, the three-legged golden crow has just sailed through Benyi, has entered, has entered the ......" At the end of the wet water is the mighty Yangtze River, Ning Ning choked twice, and finally said: "I have entered the big river." ”
"The wind is seventeen degrees east-north, headwind. Prepare to turn the rudder to the left and head fifteen degrees east-north. "As soon as the river was about to enter, Hongmu once again gave the rudder order for the helmsman to prepare to turn the rudder, and before that, the sailors had untied the footlines and horn cords on the freeboard and began to turn the sails.
"Let your people! Come up and turn the sails! "This section of the Yangtze River flows northward, and the three-legged Golden Crow is no longer downwind but headwind. The sails on the three masts had to be adjusted, and last night they boarded the boat in a hurry, and there were not so many people in Hongmu.
"Turn the sails?" Yan Jing's face was sickly blue. He tried very hard to restrain the urge to vomit, but after only two words, he vomited 'vomit, vomit ......'.
"Turn the sails! Turn the sails! Hong Mou shook his head again and again when he looked at Fei Jing, he could only run to the lower deck by himself, and said to those sluggish knights: "There are not enough people to turn the sails, come up and turn the sails quickly." Xiang Chao and the others were almost numb to his order, but fortunately, he said at the end: "For the king!" ”
Yesterday, the three words 'for the king' let Hong Mou join the gang and drove away from Shaobi with the three-legged Golden Crow, and now he uses these three words to inspire these knights who plan to enter Qin to welcome people.
"For the king!" Someone held back the discomfort and shouted, but his feet stumbled, and he was about to fall, so Xiang Liang behind him hurriedly helped him.
"For the king!" The knights in the cabin shouted in response, and even if they vomited, they quickly went up to the main deck.
"Pull! Pull ——!! "On deck, the sailors were already pulling the swivels, and Hongmou was among them. At this time, it is only 200 meters away from the exit, the Yangtze River is not the sea, if you can't complete the sail before the sea boat sails into the Yangtze River, the whole sea boat will crash into the right bank of the Yangtze River under the blowing of the north wind. Even if the boat does not destroy and people die, the three-legged golden crow boat will run aground on the shallows.
In addition, the rudder and sail must be in harmony, and the rotation of the sail must also be in harmony: when the front and rear masts turn left, the main mast must turn to the right, so that the force on the sail can be balanced. Anywhere a mistake can cause the boat to crash into the side of the waterway, causing it to run aground.
"Pull!" With the action of turning the sailline, there was a loud 'bang' sound towards the canvas facing the north wind, and the mast also made a 'clucking' sound. At this time, Hongmou ran back to the stern deck to order the sailors on the deck.
"Pull!!" His order was shouted even harder, the north wind was more violent, and a piece of Da Chu news on the low table was suddenly blown up by the wind, flew out of the side of the boat and turned around twice in the air, and then another gust of wind came, blowing it higher and farther.
"Pull-" Estimating the distance to the mouth of the river and estimating the current wind speed, Hongmu's order was a little hesitant. Now the sailor dragging the spinner is looking back at his raised right hand, waiting for the final order.
"The sea boat enters the river, quickly avoid! The sea boat enters the river, quickly avoids the ......" On the bow of the sea boat, a sailor monkey generally lies there and shouts, so that those boats that are about to turn from the Yangtze River to the wet water can avoid. The north wind blew his shouts far away, and when he saw the towering sails of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, the boatmen had already avoided them, and now that they heard the shouts, the boatmen leaned closer to the shore again.
"Turn ——!!" The bow of the sea boat had already entered the river, and at this time, Hong Mou waved his right hand and shouted to turn. At his command, the rudder turned quickly to the left under the impetus of the four, and the sailor who was towing the swivel line tightened his arms and struggled to turn the sail.
"Sick too! Add to the disease! "The mainsail was too heavy, and it was a headwind turn, so it was a step slower. The incongruity of his movements made Hong Mou feel the deck under his feet twist and the keel creak, and he shouted to hurry up, and he himself rushed to the mainsail to help turn the truss.
"Pull! Pull! Pull! The sailors also knew that the mainsail was one step slower than the fore and fore sails, and they shouted with all their strength, and the mainsail finally turned a little bit, and the sail boom finally turned before the boat was pushed to the right bank of the Yangtze River by the north wind.
"Ah......" vomiting already made people feel weak, but now with some exertion, Xiang Chao fell headlong on the deck and gasped. Yu Jing was also wheezing, but after such an exhaustive pull, he felt that his original discomfort had been reduced a lot.
"Sailing on the sea, is it so laborious?" Yan Jing looked at Hong Mou, who was also out of breath.
"If it weren't for a hurricane, it wouldn't be so laborious." The storm flashed in Hong Mou's heart, and he replied. "This flying shear is more ...... It is heavier than the previous one, but it is also strong, and the ship of great goodness is also. ”
Like people, although each boat is almost the same shape, each has the characteristics of the other. Sailing here from Shaobei, Hongmu has gradually figured out the characteristics of the three-legged golden crow. The draft of the improved flying scissor boat is one and a half feet deeper than before, and the rudder is heavier, but it is solid. When a boat sails on the sea, sturdiness is the most basic.
"When will I arrive in Xiangzhou?" Fei Jing didn't understand the meaning of the Great Ship of Good in Hong Mou's mouth, he only cared about how long it would take to get to Zhao State.
"Xiangzhou?" Hong Mou shook his head. "Don't go to Xiangzhou, the king knows that I will go to sea by boat, and he will definitely inform Xiangzhou."
"Where to go?" Lu Gao's plan says that it is Xiangzhou.
"Go to Jieshi Harbor." Hong Mou replied. Jieshi is a big port in the north, and later Qin Shi Huang had carved a stone in Jieshi, and Cao Cao wrote a poem: 'Jieshi in the east, in order to view the sea'.
"Jieshi Harbor?" Fei Jing has no concept of Jieshi Harbor.
"Jieshi Port is more than 300 miles northeast of Xiangzhou. There are many Hu people and horses in the port, and it is also convenient to get out of the jam. Hong Mu elaborated on the benefits of Jieshi Port, "Looking for Wu Anbo's help...... do you think the king will not tell Wu Anbo to stop us?" ”
"This ......" is just like yesterday, if the king knows that he went to sea without permission, he will definitely be angry, and it is certain that Zhao Guowu Amber will stop him. But if you don't turn to Wu Anbo for help, there will be no guide to get out of the fortress, and in the vast grassland, you will probably not be able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest.
When "Wu Heng ......" persuaded Hong Mu to join, Fei Jing had roughly talked about the plan to get out of Qin and enter Qin, and Hong Mu saw that Fei Jing hesitated, so he naturally knew what he was worried about, so he called Wu Heng.
"What?" Wu Jiheng walked out of the stern, and yesterday he was persuaded that he was also on the three-legged Golden Crow.
"On the grassland, can you distinguish the north and the south?" Hong Mou asked knowingly.
"On the grassland, the sun, moon and stars can also be seen, and it is natural to distinguish between the north and the south." The witch is serious.
"You have the map, I can navigate. Five days later, when I arrived at Jieshi Port, I spent a lot of money to find a few Hu people to get out of the fortress. Hong Mou said.