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On the night of the tenth day of the first month of the first month of Chongzhen, the north wind blew strongly, and the Yangtze River was pitch black for several miles. It is also shrouded in dense fog, if you stand on the shore and look at the heart of the river, you can hardly see anything, only the sound of rolling waves.

However, at this time, there was a long river boat about four zhang long and narrow, which was sailing from Anqing to Jiujiang with great difficulty. Although the sails were all open and could borrow a little wind power, the deck was deserted, and those who were not familiar with this kind of ship would surely be shocked to think that this was a ghost ship that could sail against the current without human labor.

Below deck, however, it was a different story. More than a dozen strong men were shirtless and sweating profusely, despite the near-freezing cold, because their arms were resting on a wooden pole and their feet were on two pedals with huge paddles attached to them. The crowd shouted the trumpet and stepped on the pedal in a uniform rhythm, driving the paddles to rotate continuously and provide continuous power to the boat. This is the main warship of the Ming army: the car and ship.

After a long time of speeding through the car and boat, a dozen or so people were exhausted, so the commander ordered them to withdraw and rest, and replace them with another group of people to continue rowing. It's just that the group of people who were replaced were specifically responsible for combat, and the group of people just now was specifically responsible for rowing, and the division of labor between the two was different, and the level was naturally much worse, and the speed of the boat suddenly slowed down. Another general scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and scolded urgently: "Didn't you all fucking eat? At this rate, when will we be able to reach the mouth of Poyang Lake? ”

"You Huang Chuangzi, you're too anxious." The white-faced commander smiled and said, "We were ordered to set off from Nanjing, sailing all the way against the current, and the five hundred miles of waterway only took four days, not fast enough?" I think that Emperor Taizu set off from Nanjing to fight Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake in order to save Hongdu, and the distance we walked was exactly the same, and it took ten days. Of course it was summer, and the wind was blowing from the southeast. Now that the north wind is blowing, the sails can also be borrowed. ”

"Then I don't care!" The anxious general said, "When we were leaving, Wang Shangshu asked us to detect the situation of the rebels as soon as possible and report back as soon as possible." Do you think, old man, are the rebels so honest that they have to wait for us to reconnoiter at Poyang Lake? If people train their soldiers well, they will go down the river to the east in the next few days, and we will scout a fart! So you have to hurry up and don't delay for a moment! ”

The two people who spoke were the young generals Huang Degong and Weng Yu, who played an important role in the Nanjing Change. After Yuan Keli died to protect Chang Yinxu, Chang Yinxu knew that he was used by traitors, and in order to reduce his guilt, he had to obediently set off for Beijing, and Wang Zaijin quickly controlled the officials and troops of the Nanjing Guard.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng won successive battles in the Central Plains, and the threat of the "Thirteen Families" and other due north directions was greatly reduced, and the threat of the rebel naval army in the west became more and more prominent. The rebels have formed a powerful naval army, which has now occupied Jiujiang and is training in Poyang Lake, which may attack Nanjing at any time along the east of the river. Huang Degong and Weng Yu were ordered by Wang Zaijin to take a chariot and boat to reconnoiter the movements of the enemy near Jiujiang, and there were only more than 30 people in the whole ship.

At this time, Huang Degong impatiently walked up to the deck and looked around, but under the thick river fog, he couldn't see anything a few feet away. Weng Yu followed up and said: "It's still far from the mouth of the lake, and besides, your eyesight can't be far in the middle of the night, so it's better to go back to the cabin to rest." At this rate, we'll be at the mouth of the lake by dusk tomorrow. ”

"Old man, do you think it's weird?" Huang Degong couldn't help but say, "Since I crossed Chizhou, I haven't seen fishing boats on the river anymore. Don't the fishermen in this area fish in the winter? ”

"There is no such thing." Weng Yu muttered, "The Yangtze River is not frozen, and fishermen live on fishing boats all year round, and some fish can only be caught in winter. As for the lack of fishing boats, it must have been the rebels who sent people downstream to loot or even destroy the fishermen's boats. Have you forgotten that we were near Anqing and saw a burned fishing boat on the shore? ”

"They want to destroy other ships, only they have a large number of warships, so that they can block the river." Although Huang Degong was short-tempered, his military literacy was not bad, and he calmed down and analyzed, "On the shore, Hong Chengchou can't beat Governor Lu; But if the Yangtze River can be controlled, Governor Lu will not have a boat, and no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to fly to the river, so that the rebels can slowly encroach on the Jiangnan region. ”

"Exactly." Weng Yu said, "In addition, if the Yangtze River is compared to a dragon, Nanjing is the dragon's head, Wuchang is the dragon's tail, then Poyang Lake is the dragon's waist." The rebels occupy Poyang Lake, and they can rely on the waterway to save the rescue, which is not much easier than taking the land route. That's why Wang Shangshu was anxious for us to go to Poyang Lake to reconnoiter and see what the strength of the rebel navy was. ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly noticed that there seemed to be lights shining on the river in front of them. Weng Yu hurriedly said: "Stop the ship and collect the sails!" ”

The sailors immediately stopped pedaling and removed the huge sails. The car and boat lost power and immediately retreated downstream under the impetus of the river, but the lights on the opposite side were brighter than before, and it was obvious that the incoming ship was rapidly approaching.

Weng Yu immediately said: "This must be the rebel warship, immediately dock to take refuge, we can't let them find us!" ”

The sailors hurried to the shore. Fortunately, the night was thick and there was a thick fog cover, so they were not discovered by the other party. As soon as the ship docked, five huge ships lined up and sailed mightily across the river.

At this time, the fog happened to disperse slightly, and everyone looked at it intently, only to see that this kind of ship was fifteen zhang long, more than two zhang wide, and three zhang high, compared to Weng Yu and Huang Degong's ship, it was simply a behemoth. If the two ships were close together, the officers and soldiers would not be able to jump on the decks of other people, while the rebels could condescend and shoot arrows at the officers and soldiers.

"Good guys!" Huang Degong was stunned for a long time before he muttered, "How can you fight such a big ship?" Are the rebels going to attack Nanjing? ”

"Not really, the rebels can't just send five ships to fight Nanjing, I think it's like a routine patrol." Weng Yu whispered.

"Patrols are so majestic?" Huang Degong exclaimed, "How many such huge ships does the rebel's main fleet have?" ”

The two main generals were still like this, and the soldiers below were even more afraid. Someone said timidly: "Two generals, we have also reconnoitred the enemy's situation, should we return to Nanjing now..."

"How's that going to work!" Huang Degong immediately glared at him and said, "I haven't seen the main force of the rebels yet, so I just went back, how can I talk back to Wang Shangshu?" ”

Weng Yu also said: "That's right, we must try to reach Poyang Lake, find out the detailed information of the rebels, and then use the flying pigeon to send a message to Nanjing." However, now that the rebel patrol ships have sailed here, it will be dangerous for us to go any further, and we may encounter the enemy at any time. ”

"It's easy." Huang Degong got up and said, "We don't want this boat, let's scuttle it now and rush to Poyang Lake by land!" ”

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