Wuchang, formerly known as Jiangxia, is located in the south of the Yangtze River, across the Yangtze River from Hankou and Hanyang on its north side.

Ming Hongwu four years, when the Xiahou of Jiang Dexing increased the expansion of Wuchang Mansion City, around more than 20 miles, the wall is made of clay bricks, the wall is two to three zhang high and range. The city is full of alleys and alleys, the government offices are clustered, the cultural buildings such as the Fuxue, the Gongyuan, and the Confucian Temple are all over the place, and the literati and bachelors gather, as if it is a political center of the cityscape, which is an important city wall in the south at that time.

Because of its special geographical location, Wuchang is an important transportation hub in the south of the Daming River and is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces. The Yangtze River and its largest tributary, the Han River, meet in Wuhan, creating the geographical characteristics of Wuhan with three towns across two rivers, and the rivers in the city are crisscrossed by rivers and lakes.

In the early morning, the sky was already slightly bright, and there was silence on the river, except for the sound of the river gushing.

Liu Tong rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the cabin. He went to the deck, kicked a few of the dozing boatmen from curling, and stood at the bow of the boat and stretched.

This ship is the patrol boat of Wuhan Zuowei, Hubei Dusi, although Liu Tong is only a general, but he floats on the Yangtze River all the year round, and he is also full of oil and water on weekdays.

"Your Excellency...... It looks like a ship is coming in the distance......"

Liu Tong immediately shouted excitedly: "Raise the sails...... Here comes the fat sheep......"

Many Ming soldiers on the ship also responded loudly, shouting the trumpet and slowly raising the heavy hard sails, and the ship just went smoothly and rushed up quickly.

At this time, the sky is about to brighten, but the water on the river is full of mist, and the visibility is not good. Liu Tong and several ruffians stood at the bow of the ship, constantly looking forward, and could vaguely see a large fleet in the distance.

"Master, this time the sheep is fat enough, haha......"

"I haven't been to Linjiang Tower for a few days, and when I think of Xiao Taohong's sassy Nizi, Lao Tzu's bones are crispy......"

"Lao Liu, all the money you have thrown over the years has been thrown on that Sao Nizi, and your body bones have been hollowed out by Xiao Peach sooner or later...... Haha......"

Liu Tong listened to the words of a group of soldiers, and laughed and said: "Brothers, this is a big deal, everyone is a little fucking ......."

As the river cruisers got faster and faster, so did the fleet in the distance. But the faint roar also made Liu Tong frown, and he was secretly a little worried in his heart, feeling that the fleet on the opposite side did not seem to be simple.

At this time, a large fleet of ships in the distance had slowly revealed their true faces, led by several strange clippers, whose speed was like an arrow off the string, rushed towards them in an instant.

Liu Tong and a group of soldiers were frightened, they wanted to adjust the ship like crazy, and wanted to avoid a few clippers on the opposite side, but there was still no time, they could only watch the other party crash into it.

Just when Liu Tong thought that the two sides would collide, several clippers on the opposite side suddenly turned flexibly, accompanied by bursts of violent roars, almost whistling past the river cruisers.

Liu Tong did not hug his head around to avoid like other ruffians, but grabbed the side of the ship with both hands and stared at these clippers. He has been floating on the Wuchang River for more than ten years, and there are more ships coming and going every year.

He knows all kinds of ships such as the merchant ships of the princes and nobles, the shallow ships of Caoyun, and the foreign boats, even if they are eating raw meat on the river, as long as he looks at them from a distance, he can know where the other party is coming from. Which one can't be touched, which one can fish for oil and water, he is like a mirror in his heart. But this is the first time he has seen these clippers.

The other party's boat has a strange style, and the boat uses a triangle sail, which is obviously against the wind and water, but the speed is amazingly fast. Judging from Liu Tong's perennial experience of running boats on the river, he has never heard of such a big and fast boat.

What frightened him the most was that the people on these clippers were all strong men in uniform at first glance, and they were clearly well-trained sailors. But Liu Tong couldn't figure out when Daming would have such a sailor.

Just when he was puzzled, he heard the soldiers next to him exclaim, "My mother...... What kind of ship is this......"

Liu Tong woke up with a stir, pushed away several ruffians in front of him, and stood at the bow of the ship to look into the distance.

I saw countless long fleets in the distance, densely packed and endless, almost covering the surface of the river. With a deafening roar, clusters of thick black smoke in the distance covered the sky and the sun, and an incomparably majestic momentum rushed to the face, scaring Liu Tong and a group of ruffians into dissipation.

Although Liu Tong and the others didn't know where the other party came from, these soldiers and ruffians who floated on the Wuchang River all the year round were all old fritters, and their eyes were poisonous, and they knew that the other party was definitely not a Ming army sailor, let alone a nearby water hero.

It doesn't matter where these ships come from, it's clear that they're coming to Wuchang Mansion. The most important thing now is to run for your life as soon as possible, and it is true to live your life.

Liu Tong kicked a soldier next to him to the ground, and scolded angrily: "What are you doing in a daze, quickly turn around and escape......"

But his voice just fell.

"Hoo ......"

A clipper turned its bow and whistled past the side of the cruiser.

"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

A dense burst of gunfire came, and the huge hard sails of the river patrol boat were suddenly smashed into thousands of holes.

"Boom ......"

The huge and heavy hard sails on the river patrol boat could not withstand such destruction at all, and after a while, the effort fell with a bang. also frightened Liu Tong and a group of ruffians so much that they hugged their heads and lay on the deck.

"Ah...... Ah......h

A few of the unlucky ruffians were crushed under them by the scattered hard sails, letting out bursts of heart-rending wails.

But none of Liu Tong and the others dared to stand up and go to the rescue, but just lay on the boat motionless with their heads in their hands, for fear of angering the other party and causing death.

"Bang ......"

After a while, with a dull loud noise, the other boat's boat leaned against the stern of the river cruiser. Liu Tong secretly turned his head and saw several pairs of jet-black military boots coming to him.

Liu Tong hurriedly got up, knelt at the other party and kept kowtowing, kowtowing and crying: "Spare your life...... My lord, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a ......."

Before he could finish speaking, a stout general on the opposite side kicked him to the ground.

"Don't fucking howl, drag those people out, ghosts cry wolves, Lao Tzu listens to ......"

Liu Tong hurriedly got up and beckoned a group of ruffians to get out of a few unlucky eggs that were pressed under the hard sails. Liu Tong was called over again, and he had a chance to see a few people on the other side. (To be continued.) )