Early the next morning, except for Daoyan who led 10,000 horses to stay in Yangzhou, as a response, the remaining 90,000 Yan troops gathered towards Puzikou under the leadership of Zhu Di. And Shi Yanqing was not ambiguous at all, thousands of huge merchant ships mobilized from all over the place were quietly docked at the edge of the dock at the moment, waiting for Yan Jun to board the ship and cross the river.

Shi Yanqing and other maritime merchants waited on the dock early, and if they didn't invite credit at this time, when would they wait? Seeing Zhu Di coming from a distance, he respectfully greeted him.

"His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Shi Yanqing and the others saluted respectfully to Zhu Di, who had dismounted, and Zhu Di saw that the big ships in the river were lined up, and there were no less than a thousand in a row, so he was happy to come from them, and laughed: "Hahahaha, you gentlemen are really good businessmen who speak of credit, I have an army of 100,000 to cross the river, but I have to rely on these warships!" ”

Shi Yanqing and the others are becoming more and more respectful at this moment, the ship has been handed over, there is no capital in front of Zhu Di, yesterday Zhu Di had a request, today it is the other way around, and then dare to despise Zhu Di, if Zhu Di turns his face, he can take these merchant ships at any time, what can he do?

After chatting casually, Zhu Di, who felt bored, called the herald, looked at the other side and said: "Order, Zhu Neng is the vanguard, leading 30,000 people to cross the river and open the road first, clean up the garrison on the other side, and I will lead the main force of 60,000 to follow!" ”

The herald arched his hand and trotted away, and at this time the Yan army had already begun to board the ship in an orderly manner, and the well-trained Yan army and war horses did not have any uncomfortable reactions, and the giant sea ships were naturally overkill in the river, and at this time the Yangtze River was also calm, the swaying was reduced, and the seasickness was correspondingly reduced, and it was just across the river, not a long boat ride.

However, in an hour, Zhu Neng led nearly 300 huge boats towards the south bank, the boats were slow, and Zhu Neng was also very anxious, for fear that something would go wrong. But it's just that I'm afraid of what's coming.

"Dashuai, look at that!?"

A soldier exclaimed, Zhu Neng looked in the downstream direction pointed by the soldier, and saw a dark shadow floating on the water in the distance, heading upward, Zhu Neng couldn't understand, but the captain who had been sailing for many years saw it at a glance, and said in a loud voice: "Sailor!" That's the fleet! Coming towards us! ”

Zhu Neng understood now, who else could there be in the fleet of the sailor except Xu Huizu, and said with a cold smile: "Prepare for war, pull out the Eight Bull Crossbows and Divine Machine Cannons for me!" In addition, turn the rudder and lean towards the fleet of sailors! We're going to board the enemy ship and kill the enemy! ”

The captain hurriedly grabbed Zhu Neng and said, "No, we are just a merchant ship, where can we defeat the sailors with strong ships and guns?" ”

Zhu Neng shook off the captain's hand and said lightly: "If you don't kill this naval division, the Chinese army will not be able to cross the river, and our front army will be alone when it crosses the river, and it will not be long before it will be annihilated, and I know that the naval division ship is strong and the artillery is sharp, and our army does not have many artillery fire and crossbow arrows, so this allows you to lean on board the enemy ship for close combat, our army is going straight downstream, much faster than the enemy army, and there is no chance of victory!" ”

The captain had no choice but to shake his head helplessly when he heard this, and heard Zhu Neng's order to do it. At this time, the shore also found the Southern Army sailors coming from the downstream, Zhu Di was stunned, and then laughed and said: "My brother-in-law, I still do things so vigorously, if I come one day late, our army will all cross the river!" ”

Zhu Di didn't know whether to laugh at himself or mock Xu Huizu, so he laughed out loud and said coldly: "Order, all the soldiers who have not boarded the ship will board the ship immediately and cross the river immediately!" ”

After Zhu Di's order was issued, there was no reason to be questioned, but Shi Yanqing didn't know why, and said suspiciously: "His Royal Highness King Yan, what does this mean?" Now that the southern army and navy on the river are crisscrossing the river, isn't it in danger to take our merchant ships across the river now? ”

Zhu Di glanced at Shi Yanqing, Shi Yanqing trembled, knowing that he had a lot of words, and hurriedly lowered his head, but Zhu Di still said patiently: "At this time, the Southern Army's naval division is just coming, and it is far away from us, and Zhu Neng has already gone to meet the enemy on the river, no matter how bad it is, it can delay some time, if our army does not take advantage of this gap to cross the river immediately, if the Southern Army gains a firm foothold, our army will have no chance!" ”

Shi Yanqing didn't dare to raise his head, but he agreed very much in his heart, as long as he crossed the south bank and went to land, who was the Yan army afraid of winning every battle? However, the vanguard of the former army fought with merchant ships and warships, which was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

At this time, Xu Huizu, who was standing at the bow of the boat, looked at the Yan army in front of him who was crossing the river with the flag waving and was also very puzzled, he received the order and rushed to Zhenjiang to complete the army, only two days before and after, he wanted to quickly take the sailor Chen Bing on the south bank to make a defensive posture, but not as quickly as the Yan army found so many big ships to prepare to cross the river, it was too dangerous, if the Yan army crossed the river, it had nothing to do with the sailor. It's better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry, since it happened to happen, then fight!

In the early Ming Dynasty, the sea ships were very wide and suitable for sea navigation, while the war ships were very different, everything was built for war, and the practicality in the river was far greater than that of sea ships, and the degree of solidity was about the same, all of which were wide wooden and iron.

In general, the Yan army is not good at water warfare, and it also uses merchant ships, so the odds are not great, Qin Yu, who was already standing at the bow of the ship and preparing to cross the river with Zhu Di, looked at the front army heading downstream and thought silently.

At this time, it was Zhu Neng who made Qin Yu very sideways, he seemed to be just a reckless man on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be so decisive at the critical moment, and he could consider the overall situation, and secretly thought for a while, Qin Yu remembered a person, the famous Tang Dynasty general, Cheng Zhijie! How similar the two are, thick and thin, wise and foolish! Sure enough, those who are in high positions must have their abilities to match!