The Taihu Righteous Army is the essence of the land south of the Yangtze River, and the hundreds of thousands of rebels who rose up from the chrysalis after the brutal anti-Qing struggle. After they went south, they brought many talents to Wang Yan.

When he was besieged Yangzhou, the rebels in Nanzhi spontaneously rescued, thanks to Jin Sheng, Jiang Tianyi's master and apprentice led thousands of Huizhou soldiers to surrender, so that he could defeat the Qing soldiers in one fell swoop and fight his way out of the encirclement.

After that, Wang Yan and the people crossed to the south, and Jin Sheng and Jiang Tianyi returned to their hometown Huizhou to fight the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't expect to get together again now.

In fact, in the Taihu Righteous Army, except for Jiang Tianyi, most of the rest were Wang Yan's acquaintances, and it was precisely because of this that he incorporated them into the Loyal and Righteous Army.

Jiang Tianyi's words naturally attracted Wang Yan's attention, they are indeed not from Chongqing Prefecture, they do not know the topography of Sichuan and Shu, the river ripples, and the Qing soldiers are not from Sichuan, maybe there is any way to cross the river, the Ming army and the Qing army do not know, it is indeed feasible to ask the locals for strategies to cross the river, and they may be able to reap the unexpected joy.

In line with the principle of stabbing two poles with dates without dates, Wang Yan immediately ordered to post a notice in Ba County, ask the people for advice, and offered a reward of 100 taels of gold.

The next day, Wang Yan and a few others continued to analyze the situation, and an officer reported happily outside the hall: "Newspaper, Xianggong, someone has unveiled the list, and the person is outside the hall, saying that there is a way to help the army cross the river." ”

These words caused a commotion in the hall, and if there was a way to cross the river, it would be a great help.

For a while, everyone focused their eyes on the outside of the hall, and Wang Yan was also overjoyed to bring people in, but it was a middle-aged man wearing a cloth robe and a mustache.

When he arrived at the hall, a pair of clever little eyes quietly glanced at the people in the hall, and then locked his eyes on Wang Yan, and immediately knelt and kowtowed to Wang Yan, and then said: Villain, Zheng Sihai, a native of Chengdu Mansion, is a Shujin businessman, who usually makes a living by transporting goods from Chengdu to Ba County for resale. Today, I saw the notice posted by the officials and soldiers, and I came to contribute to the public. ”

Wang Yan raised his hand to let him get up, and asked quickly, "What can you do?" Say it! ”

"Back to the Xianggong, there are many bamboos in Shudi, and the small ones think that the officials and soldiers can build bamboo rafts to cross the river!"

When Wang Yan heard this, the flame of hope in his heart was suddenly extinguished, and the hall was also silent, and everyone could not hide the disappointment on their faces.

I thought that under the heavy money, I could really get one or two clever plans like Wanyan Zongbi, but I didn't want to cross the river on a raft.

When the Qing army retreated from Ba County, they brought the boats and boats to the north bank, and those that could not be taken away were burned clean, and the Ming army first chose to set up a raft and tried to cross the river, but even people with rafts were washed downstream before reaching the center of the river.

Wang Yan also deliberately chose Yu Shizhong, a general of Taihu Lake who was familiar with water warfare, led a thousand soldiers who were familiar with the water, and set up more than 100 rafts to cross the river, but the water flow of the Yangtze River was too rapid, completely different from the water pattern of Taihu Lake, more than 100 rafts entered the river, and were scattered by the current, Yu Shizhong was carried by the current and drifted for five miles, lost the raft and walked back after dark, and some of the unlucky ones drifted to the opposite bank, and were shot and killed by the Qing army.

After this trial, the Middle Route Army came to the experience that a few people crossed the river, it was okay to set up a raft, tens of thousands of horses crossed the river, and the first of ten would be defeated.

Wang Yan was disappointed in his heart, but his face was still calm, and he stood up, "Your heart for the imperial court, this pavilion is very pleased. Take him down, and give him five taels of silver as a reward. ”

Lu Shikui hugged his fist when he heard this, and strode towards Zheng Sihai, Zheng Sihai listened, but said boldly: "Xianggong, the villain buys goods from Chengdu and transports them to Ba County, all of them are rafts. A big raft is no worse than a boat! ”

"Can a raft compare to a boat?" Yu Shizhong originally hoped to hear some good strategies for crossing the river, but he was disappointed, and when he heard what he was talking about, he suddenly took a step forward and scolded angrily with his sword.

He has the most say in this, the Taihu Rebels are the best at manipulating boats and fighting with the Qing soldiers, and he knows the ships well, and he has personally experienced a raft to cross the river, if the raft can be compared with the boat, he can be washed away and can't find anything.

He had a thousand brothers, but more than 100 people did not return, and this little merchant wanted to harm the entire middle army for a hundred taels of gold.

Zheng Sihai was reprimanded by Yu Shizhong, startled, and saw that many generals in the hall pressed the handle of the knife, all of them had unkind faces, and they were even more frightened, and stammered: "Xiang~ Xianggong, villain, how, dare, dare to tease the officers and soldiers, lend me a gut, don't dare~"

Seeing his appearance, Wang Yan was slightly puzzled in his heart, he waved his hand and asked Lu Shikui and Yu Shizhong to step aside, "Can the raft really be compared to the boat?" Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly! ”

Zheng Sihai listened to Wang Yan's words, calmed down a little, swallowed his saliva, and then said: "Xianggong should have heard the term "buy a boat and go east". In the land of Sichuan and Shu, the river is relatively turbulent, and it is very easy for the boat to sail from the upstream to the downstream, but it can only rely on pulling the fiber back, but the cost of pulling back is too high, so most of the merchants in Shu first paid to build a boat, loaded the goods out of Sichuan and went down the river, and along the way along the river while doing business, to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the goods were almost sold, so they sold the ship and returned to Sichuan by land. ”

Wang Yan didn't understand what this had to do with the raft? But although he was puzzled in his heart, he did not open his mouth to ask, and listened patiently.

As a small businessman, Zheng Sihai is very good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw that everyone's faces were not good, he hurriedly entered the topic: "This is to buy a boat to the east, that is a matter of big businessmen, small businessmen like villains, where do they have the money to buy boats, so they all build big bamboo rafts upstream." There are many big bamboos in Shu, and they are bigger, and they don't worry about the cost. The general raft has two layers at most, and it is great to be able to stand ten people, and the raft we tie puts three layers of bamboo, three zhang long and two zhang wide, and the cargo is definitely not less than the ordinary ship. ”

"Three zhang long, two zhang wide?" Wang Yan frowned slightly, this was indeed much bigger than the raft they had built, but he still had questions: "Your raft is big enough, but the raft has no sails and no pulp, and the Yangtze River is fast, how can you control the direction?" ”

Zheng Sihai swallowed another mouthful of saliva and explained: "Back to Xianggong, we set up a raft and put it down from the upstream, and we have to walk hundreds of miles on the river, relying on a long pole to grasp the direction, but the most important thing is to be familiar with the water lines on the river. Where it is urgent, where it is slow, and where there is an undercurrent, it must be clear. This section of the river in Ba County turns a bay at Dadukou, but the water has a habit, and the raft can take advantage of the water potential to rush through the center of the river and approach the north bank. At this point, the water will suddenly change and suddenly flow back to the south, but as long as you hold the bottom of the river with a long pole and push forward, you can rush to the shore. ”

After he said this, everyone in the hall immediately began to discuss, and most of them were happy.

The shipbuilding process is complex and takes a lot of time, but the raft is fast, and the surrounding mountains are full of bamboo, and there is no need to worry about running out of materials.

If everything is really as Zheng Sihai said, it is really an endless road, with the ships of Luzhou and the big bamboo raft, then crossing the river will not be a problem! The Ming army crossed the river and outflanked Wu Sangui, and the chance of victory in the battle of Sichuan and Shu accounted for at least seventy percent.

Wang Yan's heart moved, he glanced at Zheng Sihai, his face leaked with love, he stood up, pressed his hand, let everyone be quiet, and then ordered: "In this way, Shikui, you take Zheng Yuan out to receive the honorarium!" Dai Zhifan, you take people into the mountains to cut bamboo, Mr. Chen

Responsible for sending people to recruit people who are good at driving bamboo rafts, and even the people who are going to build rafts for this pavilion! ”

"No!" Everyone was in high spirits and responded in unison!

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