(The north and south of Songjiang are once again in the midst of war, and see how Lian Zining takes the lead in the fire)

Chen Yu gave an order, and the soldiers stirred the axles, and more than 20 bed crossbows jumped tightly on the string.

The next moment, a huge buzzing sound resounded in the sky, and dozens of thick crossbow arrows flew into the sky, although there were not many, but they were powerful, forming a black cloud, heading towards these pirate ships.

Hearing the sound, many pirates looked up, stupidly looking at the crossbow arrows flying over, and a little at a loss.

These pirates had no defense, and for them, who were accustomed to engaging in broadside combat, the combat distance was less than or equal to one zhang

Chen Gui didn't expect that the bed crossbow would be so far away, he had only heard of the horse clipper and the bed crossbow, but he had never really come into contact with it.

"Damn, it's a bed crossbow! Launched so far! He only had time to curse before the heavy crossbow bolt had already smashed down.

Since the arrows were iron balls, due to the weight of the arrows, the crossbow arrows took on a parabolic shape in the air and fell heavily.

About half of them were missed, falling into the sea, stirring up a snow-white column of water, while the other half was smashed into the pirates.

Others were smashed directly on the ship.

A pirate was hit in the head by a large arrow, and his head was smashed to pieces on the spot, and before he could scream, the red and white mixed together splashed several meters away, and his body fell to the ground, and his fingers seemed to twitch twice.

Not far from him, another pirate had been shot in the back, and the bolt was thick and long. It was also wrapped in a thick iron sheet, plus the round ball at the tip. The weight is considerable, under the action of the external gravity of the huge kinetic energy. Creates a huge impact. The clothes on the soldier's back were immediately smashed into rags, and the tendons and fractures of his smashed were broken on the spot, his entire back collapsed, and the bloody bone stubble pierced out of his chest.

It's just that he didn't die yet, he threw himself on the deck and screamed loudly, and the blood flowed happily on the deck.

The pirates killed three of them on the spot, and they couldn't help but be in a mess, screaming and fleeing in all directions.

The trajectory of this parabolic shot, coupled with the design of an iron ball on the head, is simply specially prepared for naval battles.

If it's a pointed-headed crossbow arrow. Although the penetration ability is stronger, it will be nailed directly into the hull, but it will not cause much damage to the hull, even if it is nailed into a hedgehog, it will not be sunk, right?

And now these crossbow arrows with iron balls as heads smashed the deck with huge gravity, and on the board, these are all small boats, and they smashed a few big holes in the moment.

Chen Yu was also shrewd, and ordered to aim at the two ships that rushed to the front. Sure enough, it was a miracle, and the two ships smashed several big holes, and the sea water gushed out of them, and one was better. The other one went straight down and continued to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's over, I can't stop it. The ship is sinking! ”

A pirate hissed.

"Rescue a few of them, Lao Wangba's ship can't sink yet. So that he doesn't have to fight, and drive the boat back with someone! ”

Chen Gui said lightly.

"Yes!"

The pirates immediately recruited them.

Lao Wang Ba was the small leader of the ship that was less injured. After listening to the order, he immediately took his men to retreat to the back, which was considered to be out of battle.

Chen Gui ordered someone to rescue the pirate who had fallen into the water, but he did not order to slow down, but continued to rush towards the combined fleet.

Chen Yu continued to command the bed crossbow, and by the time the pirates were still about six hundred meters away from the fleet, three ships had already sunk, and two more had withdrawn from the battle.

And the pirates shouted angrily, but they were helpless.

The lack of long-range power is to make people press and beat.

At this time, the speed of the pirate ship suddenly slowed down, and then, Chen Gui showed a treacherous look on his face, and whispered to himself: "Your good days should come to an end." ”

He waved his hand, and his henchmen understood, walked to the side of the boat and gave the order loudly.

However, after a while, three or four small sampans were put down on each ship, adding up to nearly a hundred small sampans, and after setting up the formation, they rushed towards the Zhenshan and the Virgin Mary, but only the ironclad ship of the Tachibana family was missed.

These small sampans are not big, that is, the length of one zhang, I don't know what is piled up on them, they are stacked high, and the outside is covered tightly with waterproof felt cloth, and there are only two or three people on each small sampan, and they are driving fast with small sails.

Seeing this scene, the faces of Tachibana Chiyo, Rongyue, and Chen Yu all changed in unison: "Fire ship? ”

"That's right, it's a fireboat." Chen Gui laughed, stood up proudly, and said to Bergkamp on the side: "We are not sure how to deal with three ships, what if we only deal with this one!" ”

With that, he gave a loud order, and all the pirate ships turned in unison, rushing towards the Tachibana family's ironclad ship.

Bergkamp was dumbfounded.

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The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the spring is warm.

In the spring of the north, the temperature rises very quickly, from February to mid-March, but it is just over half a month, the temperature has risen by more than ten degrees, if it is still a cold and freezing cold, then now, the spring has completely bloomed.

Short sprouts of grass had grown on the ground, and at a glance, they were a velvety pale green. The willow trees planted on both sides of the official road have sprouted, spreading with the wind, and the sun is shining down, and in order to protect against the cold, they must wear thick leather robes when riding horses, and they are even a little hot and dry when they are exposed to the sun.

The rivers on both sides of the road have long since melted, and the water is flowing happily.

More than 100 knights rode horses from the official road in the south, and if they were to change to other realms, they would have to fly up a cloud of dust, and the pedestrians on the road were like mud monkeys. But here, it's just a little dusty. If you look closely, you'll find out. Although this official road is a solid foundation of loess, it is paved with gravel. It is not a smoke and dust, and the road conditions. Naturally, it's much better.

Originally, the Northeast was cold in winter, and in spring, the snow melted, but it was well maintained and the roads were good, so it was extremely convenient and fast to walk.

These knights were all covered in scarves and dressed like horse thieves, but the bright red cotton armor on their bodies indicated their status as officers and soldiers. The face towel. It's just for wind and dust.

The tall knight who was surrounded by everyone, the wind blew up the scarf, revealing a handsome face, it was Lian Zining.

Returning from the capital.

Today is March 15th, and it has been the twelfth day since he returned from the capital.

And now, it is already a short distance from the Vulture's Wild Wood, and there is still an hour away from Zhenyuanfu.

When I came back, the speed was no slower than when I went, but it was not so cold. After all, it is much more comfortable, and secondly, people are in good spirits when they are happy, so they don't feel so tired.

When he heard from the mouth of Tianjin Weiwanghu that the Tachibana family organized a fleet to go to Zhenyuan Mansion along the Songhua River in the Whale Sea, he couldn't wait to come back immediately. No one knew better than him what that route meant—with this course, it would be possible to take the waterway from Zhenyuan Mansion to the territory of General Azoujiang in half a month; Reach the northern part of Goguryeo within twenty days; Arrive at the first line of Fusang, Liaodong and Tianjin within one month; Within a month and a half, it will arrive at Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou and other prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River; Within two months. Arrive in Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Nanyang!

Even two months is nothing in this day and age.

Two months. A caravan full of goods could not even walk from Zhenyuan Mansion to the capital and wanted to reach Guangzhou. I'm afraid it will take half a year to go.

Waterways mean bulk, fast, convenient, low-cost, and the high profits derived from them.

Thanks to its abundant transportation, Zhenyuan Mansion could leap from the edge of the Ming Empire, an almost forgotten corner, to become a new trading center.

As long as someone wants to come to the Northeast to make a fortune, and the Northeast is a place where people can make a fortune.

It is conceivable that as soon as the news spread, all kinds of people immediately flocked to it.

When there are more people, more materials flow, and naturally it becomes prosperous.

It's a simple truth.

So Lian Zining almost couldn't wait to rush back from the capital.

But even if he was so anxious, he still couldn't rush back on the same day.

Because several things happened in the meantime.

Lian Zining took Dai Qinglan out of Beijing and went south to Tianjin Wei, this is not a trivial matter, whether it is for Wu Yibo's Mansion or the Ministry of War's Shangshu Mansion, Dai's old housekeeper did not dare to be good at it, and immediately reported Dai Zhangpu.

After Dai Zhangpu got the news, he immediately found an excuse to come back from Liyue, and asked Lian Zining to see him that night.

Old Taishan put on the majesty of Lord Taishan, Lian Zining naturally did not dare to disobey, but he didn't expect that after he went, he ate a closed door, the door of the study was closed, and the old housekeeper was guarding the door.

If it was someone else, even if Zhengde humiliated Lian Zining like this, Lian Zining's reaction would probably be to leave with his sleeves up, but here, he could only smile bitterly and honestly wait outside.

He knew that Dai Zhangpu was angry and angry with himself in his heart, so he was drying himself, but even Zining didn't care.

Dai Zhangpu has the grace of knowing him, if it weren't for him, Lian Zining would definitely not be able to take this step now, and he can see this very clearly. He has always been a person who knows how to repay his kindness, not to mention, after Dai Zhangpu resolved the crisis for him several times, coupled with Qinglan's relationship, it can be said that unless Dai Zhangpu wants to kill his relatives in righteousness, he has to kill him, a chaotic minister and thief, otherwise, Lian Zining will never have any thoughts about him.

Not to mention, Lian Zining was poking outside, and the cool breeze at night was blowing, he hadn't been like this for a long time. Standing with his hands down, he pondered quietly, and felt that his thoughts had reached a lot.

Then he entered the study, and was immediately reprimanded by Dai Zhangpu, and even mixed with angry scolding.

can force Dai Zhangpu, who doesn't swear much, to be like this, which can also show how long the resentment in his heart has been pent up.

Originally, Lian Zining had a future, means, and ability. It's a big thing, plus it's in love with his daughter. So he married his daughter to him, and he worked hard to carry him. But I didn't expect this guy's ability to be a little bigger. There was such a rebellious thought in his heart, which really made Dai Zhangpu hate and anger, but he was helpless.

What else can be done?

His daughter has married him, if he makes a mistake, his daughter will not only have to be widowed for the rest of her life, but she will have to be beheaded all over the house.

The great rebellion, trying to rebel, when the three tribes!

Isn't this old man also included?

After some angry scolding, Dai Zhangpu had to pull him to sit down. It is very said, how to how, plan and then act, don't show your feet and so on, you must arrange the back road.

He is a scheming and calculating person, and he is more thoughtful, so he has also improved many of Lian Zining's plans.

And Lian Zining also gave out some of his own arrangements, so that the old man could rest assured.

The second thing is that there are two military newspapers. One is from Annan and the other is from Hami.

Coincidentally, the two battlefields were thousands of miles apart, but they were delivered at the same time.

However, the result was very different - Annan was defeated. Hami wins.

In the Ming Dynasty, Fengtian Jing was difficult to Xuanli Wuchen, and Gu Shilong, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, led 30,000 Beijing cavalry and 20,000 Chijin Mongolian cavalry. Bypass Shazhouwei and surprise attack Guazhou. After capturing Guazhou, he immediately fortified the city to hold on. Firmly block the rebels attached to King Hami to the west of Guazhou. At the same time, more than 100,000 people had already ambushed the Jingying infantry army, and they immediately surrounded Shazhouwei and attacked the city with all their might. The Hexi Corridor, which is thousands of miles long, is very narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, 50,000 cavalry turned to infantry to defend the city for three days and nights, and the infantry army finally captured the sandbar.

Seeing that the two places in Gua Sha had fallen into the hands of men, the rebels retreated.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered more than 13,000 casualties, and the rebels suffered more than 30,000 casualties.

It can be said that after the war, the form was completely reversed.

It was a big win for Xuan He.

And Annan is completely the opposite, after entering March, heavy rain fell in southern Xinjiang, heavy rain poured, for half a month, let alone a war, it was difficult to even go out.

The car of Zhu Feng, the Duke of Chengguo, who was ordered to go to southern Xinjiang, had already arrived in Guilin, but it was delayed here and could not advance an inch, and it was at this time that the Annan army launched a surprise attack.

Due to the heavy rain for several days, coupled with the abundant rain in southern Xinjiang, the river water rose sharply, and the prince of Annam, Ruan Yucheng, quietly sent people to block a river located in the upper reaches of the Ming army camp, and after its water storage was gradually full, the embankment was dug to release the water, and the water surged down, and the Ming army camp was washed away, and the army was in chaos.

Ruan Yucheng took the opportunity to lead people to kill, the Ming army was in chaos, trampled on each other, suffered a lot of losses, and retreated fifty miles to stabilize the position.

And the reason why Lian Zining cares about these two aspects of the battle is because Gu Shilong and Zhu Neng are likely to be their enemies in the future!

It's a pity that I haven't seen how Zhu Neng fought this time, but it's good to be able to see Gu Shilong, he is a general who is outside, but after all, he has to transmit the information of his own battle back to the Beijing Division, even if it is not so detailed, at least it can be roughly seen. Lian Zining stayed in the capital for another day, and Dai Zhangpu copied several large volumes of military newspapers sent back by Gu Shilong and sent them to Lian Zining.

Then he hurried to the northeast.

Lian Zining waved his hand, and Chen Tong shouted: "All stop!" ”

The team stopped when it said it stopped, and it came to an abrupt stop, which shows the elite of this team.

Lian Zining instructed: "Take a break for a cup of tea in place, drink saliva, and then let's continue on the road." ”

"Yes!" The crowd agreed.

On both sides of this official road are large tracts of farmland.

At this time, it has entered the middle and late March, it is the time to plant corn, due to the low temperature in the northeast, the time of light and heat, the time to plant corn is much earlier than the Central Plains, if it is placed in the Central Plains, it is too late to plant after the wheat harvest.

At this time, between the fields on both sides, you can already see many farmers are busy, ploughing oxen in front of the ploughshare, farmers in the back, ploughing the ground out of deep furrows, black soil rolling, and then the seeds are carefully sown. It is conceivable that when the autumn harvest arrives, there will be a rich scene of yellow, orange and orange, full of autumn grain.

They were not far from the right side of the official road. It's a village, about two miles away. It was lunch time, and smoke was rising from the rooftops of many homes. Lian Zining didn't know how many people ate at home. But from a distance, there are many people squatting on their own fields to eat, thinking that it is the busy season of farming, and they dare not fall into the wilderness, so they put all their time in the field.

Lian Zining stood on the side of the road and looked into the distance, and to the east of him was a large endless field, on which I don't know how many villages, how many people, and how many acres of arable land.

It's just immense. There are chessboard-like cultivated land everywhere, but the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many people to see.

Lian Zining suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Chen Tong, go, accompany the official to go down for a walk." ”

"Yes, sir!" Chen Tong was happy in his heart, this kind of opportunity is not available at any time.

The two dismounted and landed. I still feel a little panicked.

Lian Zining stomped on the ground with a good soap boot with a calfskin soles, and said, "We're here at Fertiwei, right?" ”

"Yes." Chen Tong said: "I just passed sixty miles of Futiwei. ”

"Hmm." Lian Zining nodded: "Hong Chao's errand is very good, and the road has been repaired here." ”

Chen Tong smiled: "It's still your lord, you stand tall and look far away, if not." This road cannot be repaired. ”

Lian Zining smiled slightly and did not speak.

As early as the fifty-first year of Zhengde, after Lian Zining had just completely controlled the ground of Xishenwei, he ordered the construction of a straight road - the so-called straight road. It has the meaning of a highway in this era.

There are two straight roads in total, starting from Xishenwei. One of them, in the southwest direction, connects the Cheraniwei and the Khao Lang Wuwei. Fifty miles away from Kemume, it is roughly along the south bank of the Songhua River all the way west. The length of this road is about three hundred and fifty miles.

The other one starts from Qileniwei and connects Manggita City and Yaoqi Station to the Asu River. This road is about 170 miles long.

At that time, Lian Zining wanted to build a Xishenwei to Mangjita City, but there were dense forests between the two, which was difficult to build, but it was a plain between it and Qileniwei, which was more convenient.

The straight road should be cut and straightened as much as possible to form a straight line.

At that time, Qin Shi Huang also built a straight road, but people are generous, more than 3,000 miles long, 50 steps wide that is, 75 meters, the roadside every five zhang away to plant a green pine, for passers-by to rest and enjoy the shade. The entire road surface is built of loess, which is tamped with a sledgehammer, which is very strong, and even in Shaanxi, there are still some remnants of the straight road until 2,000 years later.

At that time, Lian Zining was only equivalent to the ground of a prefecture, and his financial resources were limited, so it was naturally impossible to do this.

The two roads, a total of 520 miles long, are two feet wide, and the soil is also compacted, and in order to prevent the rain from soaking and becoming muddy, a layer of small stones is paved on them.

The road is not very wide, but it is enough for several carriages in parallel, in fact, such a project is already very huge.

The peasants were very enthusiastic about building roads in front of their homes, and of course, one of the more important reasons was that the Yamen, the general office in charge of the matter, would pay a lot of money. It is almost a big project with the participation of the whole people, and it took four or five months to complete it.

Later, Wu Yijun's territory became larger and larger, and after he controlled the entire territory of General Songhuajiang, these foundation projects did not stop.

There are still two main trunks of the straight road, the one along the south bank of the Songjiang River has been extended to the southwest, and has been repaired to the Tuolunwei, with a total length of more than 900 li, and there are many branch roads in it, which wear up the guards and county towns along the way like a string of pearls. The other was south, and with great effort, it passed through the dense forest swamp and connected to Xuanchengwei.

Through these well-developed official routes, Lian Zining was able to send his army everywhere in a short period of time.

The site is small, but there are also small benefits.

However, what Chen Tong said was also right, when Wu Yijun used money everywhere, his waist was so tight, Lian Zining still did not cut off the supply of this period, otherwise, he would definitely not have achieved today's achievements.

Lian Zining and Chen Tong got off the straight road and passed one foot deep and one foot shallow towards the field.

The peasants who were working in the fields were a family, and there were quite a few of them, seven or eight of them, who were sitting on the ridges of the fields resting. When Lian Zining and their horses stopped, they had already seen it, and they saw so many people surrounded from a distance, and they also knew that it was a big man, and they were a little trembling in their hearts, and when they saw Lian Zining and the two of them coming over, they quickly knelt on the ground, buried their heads between their arms, and couldn't even speak. (To be continued.) )