At present, the navy has a total of five ships with a displacement of 100 tons, one is a sailing ship and four are a canopy sailing boat, all of which are named Jingjiang-class gunboats.

Slightly different from other gunboats of this era is the command system, which was accidentally discovered due to the child's use of a local telephone, and after more than half a year of improvement, it can now be completely applied to gunboat command.

Four earthen telephones were installed on the conning tower at the front of the gunboat, and the pass-through was turned into a carbon film microphone, which vibrated to transmit sound when speaking, while the outer microphone was made of all-metal.

The cotton thread becomes copper thread, and the copper thread is wrapped in the middle of the cowhide, and the copper thread transmission effect is more significant than the cotton thread used by children.

With such a slight change, the transmission distance of this local telephone is several times that of children's toys in the past, and it can be clearly heard at more than 200 meters.

After boarding the side of the ship, Yang Xuan personally inspected it, and even if the artillery fire was fired, it could be clearly conveyed.

Due to the abundance of shoals in this era, especially in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the gunboat had a displacement of more than 200 tons and a draft of more than 3.5 meters.

To this end, Yang Xuan reorganized the naval army, and each naval battalion included a Jingjiang-class gunboat (700 people), 2 Flying Tiger battleship brigades (5 ships in each brigade and 200 people in two brigades), 5 sampan boat brigades (10 people per sampan boat, 500 people), and 5 transport brigades (500 people).

At present, the navy has a total of four naval battalions, of which Wang Fuchen led the third battalion to cruise on the Han River, while Chen Huaixi, He Dou and others led three naval battalions on the Yangtze River.

According to Yang Xuan's plan, when fighting the Qing army's Yangtze River Naval Division, he could make other small ships engage in a connection battle with the other party, while the Jingjiang-class gunboats and Flying Tiger warships would suppress them with long-range firepower.

The danger of water transportation should belong to the Three Gorges, Yang Xuan led the sailors down the river, hundreds of large and small ships were mighty, and the sails spread for several miles.

Yang Xuan stood on top of the sail gunboat, took out his binoculars from time to time to look at the large and small sailboats near and far, looked at the surrounding several main staff, generals, and looked at the twenty or so people standing in two rows, except for Wang Fuzhi, who was unwilling to cut off his long hair and beard, the others followed suit, and he was quite proud in his heart.

In order to boost morale, everyone gave this hairstyle left after cutting and cutting the beard, and everyone gave it a name, which is called Zhongxiao Tou, which is now imitated by many in the army.

The green battalion soldiers and horses who surrendered in the future are also easy to implement, and under the strong implementation of the barbarian Qing Dynasty, aren't many green battalion soldiers and horses left as money rat tails? This makes it much easier for them to store their hair.

Ran Lin had asked Yang Xuan to order the whole army to promote it the day before yesterday, considering that it was impossible for the folk customs to change suddenly, Yang Xuan smiled and said that everyone had a free head shape, and the officials in the army were not allowed to force ordinary soldiers, so as not to provoke internal strife.

Putting down the binoculars, Yang Xuan asked: "Vice General Chen, from the White Emperor City to Yiling, the water transportation distance is more than 600 miles, when will this ship be able to arrive?"

Chen Huaixi put down the binoculars and replied: "Lord, although Li Taibai said that thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day, it is just the heroism of the poet, from the White Emperor City to Yichang, there are many reefs, and the waterway is very difficult, especially in the Three Gorges section, every time it passes, it is almost a life-and-death struggle."

If you go down the river, it will take 3 days with the help of the water potential, and if you go up the river, it will take a very long time, about 6 days.

Lord Wang, but the part of the sailors under the command of this time has been going back and forth on this river dozens of times, although there are occasional ship wrecks and deaths, but every time the ammunition, grain, grass and soldiers are transported, it is quite smooth."

Looking at the red sun outside, Wang Fuzhi wiped the beads of sweat off his face again and again and said: "Lord Wang, now the barbarian Qing general Xia Yiyu is stationed in the Qianting, just like Lu Xun sent Sun Heng to guard the Qianting that day.

In addition, there are only more than 3,000 people in our navy, and there will be fewer ships after deducting grain.

Yin Chengqi replied on his behalf: "The prince has repeatedly warned me that the Tartars live in extremely cold places, not only do they not practice water warfare, but they also can't stand the sultry weather in the south at all. In this way, when the golden vulture went south, he often went to the north to escape the heat when it was in the middle of the summer.

Although some of the officers and men of our army suffer from this weather, our major brigades have military companions, and in addition to the long days in summer, our army usually rests at noon, so everyone will not feel that it is too hard."

Chen Huaixi, the deputy general of the naval army next to him, pointed to the sand table in front of him and said: "The commander of the Qing army's naval division, Ma Xu, has incorporated the Ming Dynasty water division along the river, and its department has reached more than 6,000 people, although our naval army only has the 1st, 2nd, and 4th battalions, but our army is down the river, plus this gunboat is far from being comparable to the Tartars, in the face of the weak naval army of the Tartars, our army can completely win the battle." ”

When everyone heard this, they shouted even more, and their fighting spirit was very high.

Seeing that the Volunteers occupied Kuizhou Mansion, and now they have captured Yiling, and are preparing to besiege Yiting, Duoduo in Xiangfan has long been unable to sit still, and moved Xingyuan from Xiangyang to Jingzhou to deal with the offensive of the Volunteers.

If it weren't for Dorgon's pleading, and seeing that the Jiangnan he had conquered with his own hands might be overthrown by the Volunteers, Duoduo, who was in Beijing, would not have been willing to go south to Jiangnan to confront the Volunteers.

Because of the long-term living in the north in the past, it was very unsuitable for the humid weather in the south, and it was not only extremely hot in summer but also very easy to suffer from heat stroke, and in winter, although the temperature was not very low, when the wind blew, it felt cold to the bone marrow, and it was particularly difficult for the Manchu banner people led by Duoduo to accept this climate.

In previous years, it was a little better, due to the Xiaoice climate, although the summer is still so hot, although there are still many diseases, but it can be tolerated a little.

But this year, why is the weather so hot, after the beginning of summer, the sun is very poisonous, so that everyone can't raise their heads, not only the eight banners generals under their hands complain bitterly, but also the eight banners army from time to time There are waves of diseases, which can make everyone complain.

And at this time, the Eastern Expedition text came, in which Yang Xuan, after announcing all kinds of criminal evidence of the Eight Banners, announced that he would not accept the surrender of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which could cause the anger of the Eight Banners.

Gushan Ezhen Water Master Admiral Bai Yintu said: "Although Yang Xuan defeated Haoge and others one after another, it was only because of Haoge's division of troops that day.

In the past few years of fighting between the two sides, the volunteers have not encountered our Manchu Qing force.

Lord Wang, our Manchu Qing Dynasty is our defeated flag, inlaid with a defeated flag. We can follow the story of the Battle of Yiling of the Three Kingdoms and defeat Yang Xuan in Yiling, interrupting his ambition to enter Jiangnan. ”

Yue Le, the king of the county, shook his head and said: "Bai Yintu, Yang Xuan started in the army, and in just a few years, he has defeated Zhang Xianzhong, Haoge, and Sun Kewang one after another.

It's better for us to be cautious, if we are not careful, Zhang Xianzhong, Haoge, and Sun Kewang's yesterday is our tomorrow.

Bai Yintu shook his head and said: "King of the county, if you say that the firearms of the righteous army are sharp, are their firearms as sharp as the firearms of the Qi family back then?"

I think it's about the same as Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry at most, didn't Qi Jiajun, Wu Sangui and others have been defeated by our army's Eight Banners many times?

Also, the Ming Yangtze River Naval Division is all in the hands of my Eight Banners, I heard that Yang Xuan has been building ships in the past two years, but how is it built, judging from the naval forces that are going down the Han River, they are just ordinary ships, and it is difficult to compare with my Great Qingshui Division. ”

Manchuria defeated Banner Gushan Ezhen Han Dai, Han Army Defeated Banner Gushan Ezhen Tong Guolai, and defeated Banner Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu said: "When he was in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei personally led an army of 700,000 out of Sichuan to take revenge, wasn't he defeated by Lu Xun, the Governor of the Scholar, and finally died of illness in the White Emperor City?"

The road to Sichuan is difficult to find, and the road out of Sichuan is also a heavy pass, that day Lu Xun took the way of avoiding the war, dragging Liu Bei, and then taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he defeated Liu Bei in one fell swoop.

The two princes, although Yang Xuan is strong and strong, but I am not weak in the Qing Dynasty, we can rely on the water army and the green camp to drag Yang Xuan, and then wait until his soldiers are tired, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry defeats Yang Xuan, and so on. ”

Duoduo coughed a few times, stood up with a strong spirit, and said: "Everyone, although the Volunteer Army is powerful, its combat power is only between the Qi Family Army and the Guanning Iron Cavalry at most.

On that day, Yang Xuan defeated Haoge, a loser, mainly because Haoge was too light on the enemy's division of troops, so he was intercepted by the Volunteers, and in addition to holding Mianzhou, our Manchurian cavalry could not give full play to its advantages, so the army was defeated and killed.

Yang Xuan's ability to force us back in Hanzhong was mainly due to the benefits of the Han River, coupled with the supply difficulties of our army, and the instability of our army's rear, so that the shaft became famous.

Now we are just on the Jianghan Plain to compete with the volunteers, when Lu Xun's scholars were able to defeat Liu Bei's 700,000 army, this king is based on the world, and the commander of Manmeng tens of thousands of cavalry, so the volunteers will be defeated."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes.

Duoduo immediately commanded the commander-in-chief Xia Yiyu and He Mingluan with 40,000 horse infantry from the county king Yue Le and Hu (Cai Shiying, the governor of the north, to garrison the Zhijiang and Yaoting lines.

Yibei Zishuoto led the Mongolian cavalry and led 5,000 green battalions to garrison Xiangyang.

Admiral Ma Xu commanded 5,000 green battalions of soldiers and horses to garrison Wuchang.

Duoduo personally led Manchuria to set the defeat flag, the Han army to set the defeat flag, the admiral of the navy Bai Yintu, and the general soldier Yang Jie to garrison Jingzhou to respond in the center.