Shi Kefa was very meticulous in his work, personally supervised, and twenty ships were soon ready, each with ten shipwrights.

and urged, ten of the ships were filled with grain, and Shi Kefa did not lack ships or food, and the governor of Caoyun had many of these two things.

The gunpowder, lead bullet and artillery prepared for Yang Chao were all ready, just waiting for Yang Chao to set off.

Yang Chao did not delay, Shi Kefa had two days to prepare everything, and Yang Chao set off on the third day.

Six hundred and thirty people boarded the ship, ten empty ships loaded with people, this time Yang Chao did not plan to let the soldiers walk, this time he was going to the battlefield, and he could run into Donglu at any time, so he had to maintain his physical strength.

The remaining twenty-two ships, fourteen are full of grain, ten of which are given by Shi Kefa, a total of five thousand quintals, and the other four are bought by Yang Chao himself, there are two thousand quintals, this time along the way, his own food actually did not consume much, but Yang Chao did not regret it, he was prepared, he could take the grain without eating, and there was no food when he couldn't eat.

There were also eight ships, each loaded with cloth and timber for camping, as well as prepared weapons and armor, as well as gunpowder and cannons.

Shi Kefa gave Yang Chao a cannon, there are twenty tiger squat cannons, one respects more than 30 catties, and the lead bullet weighs five yuan.

Five generals' cannons, each respecting five hundred catties, lead bullets weigh three catties.

There are also four bronze cannons of thousand-pound francs, each respecting three hundred catties, and the lead bullet weighs one catty.

Finally, there is a red-clothed cannon that respects four thousand catties, this is Shi Kefa's treasure, known as an artifact that erodes dozens of miles with one cannon, but this cannon does hit far, and the attack distance is three hundred to five hundred zhang, which is generally more than a thousand meters when converted into meters.

This batch of cannons, gunpowder, and lead bullet alone accounted for a full five ships, and the remaining three ships were equipped with Yang Chao's camping equipment.

Thirty-two 500-daunt dhows, mighty from outside the city of Huai'an. Downstream.

In just one day, they arrived at Anton, and then entered Lianshui.

At this time, it is considered to be upstream, and the wind is not enough, and the fiber needs to be pulled, and the boatmen are doing this at this time.

Yang Chao's soldiers were resting on the boat, some looked out of the boat in a daze, looking confused, some were not looking around, showing nervousness, and some were talking together in twos and threes, but they were not afraid at all.

Yang Chao's boat ride is in third place. The first two were troop carriers, and the warships were put in front, so that they could be put into battle immediately after encountering the enemy.

And the powder ship was at the end. In this way, even if there is an accident, it will not affect the entire fleet.

The boatmen carried the thick hemp rope on their backs, bowed their heads and arched forward, but they couldn't see how hard they worked, and they could still talk while pulling fibers, looking very calm and plain.

Yang Chao didn't know what Shi Kefa said to these people. But they certainly didn't tell the truth. Without telling them that they might encounter enemy troops, Scofa was a bit clever.

If Yang Chao didn't tell his soldiers that he was going to rescue Haizhou. It was to fight against the Dongyu, and he believed that his soldiers were probably in this state. It's going to be easy.

But Yang Chao didn't regret it, on the contrary, let him come once, he would still tell his subordinates. Let everyone be mentally prepared.

And these boatmen obviously didn't plan for them to have any preparations, and didn't even take their lives seriously, so he directly coaxed them to go to the battlefield, and didn't tell them what they would encounter, Shi Kefa was not a bad person, but in his eyes, he also didn't take the lives of these ordinary people seriously.

This is the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, in the concept of hierarchy, they are a group of people who are high above, they are the dry city of the country!

Yang Chao lamented the fate of the shipwrights, but he didn't tell them, and he messed up when he told them.

Turning around and not looking at them, he didn't say a word to Jiang Yang: "Jiang Baihu, how many captives are attacking Haizhou?" ”

Jiang Baihu sighed: "This subordinate really doesn't know. ”

Yang Chao said: "Approximate amount, there is always a number." ”

Jiang Baihu still shook his head: "Xia Guan really doesn't know!" ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but wonder, this Jiang Baihu has been unwilling to say how many captives attacked Haizhou, Yang Chao felt that it was understandable for a civilian official like Haizhou Zhizhou to be unclear, and as a military attaché, he had to have a minimum concept.

There must be something hidden in it, Yang Chao couldn't help frowning, and even the idea of suspecting that this Jiang Yang was a captive soldier popped up.

But Jiang Yang's Haizhou accent does not look like a fine work, and of course it is not ruled out that his relatives were captured by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and forced him to do fine work.

Yang Chao kept an eye on him, pretending to inadvertently invite Jiang Yang to enter the cabin with him, and then ordered someone to take Jiang Yang into custody.

He immediately went out of the cabin, originally wanted to inform all the soldiers to cheer up, but gave up, the soldiers were nervous enough, if this order was given, I am afraid that the soldiers' spirits would collapse first before Haizhou.

Just remind the officers to be cautious, and at the same time send sentries to take turns to keep watch, and not let go of any suspicious places.

After walking for two days, I entered Shuoxiang Lake without incident, the lake was vast, surging in the wind, like a tumbling quilt.

"This wind is not small!"

Yang Chao sighed secretly, the boatmen had already begun to lower the sails, and sailed quickly with only half a sail.

If you enter the lake, you don't have to worry about the eastern captives, no matter how powerful their cavalry is, it is impossible to be at least on the water.

Yang Chao ordered the soldiers to seize the time to rest, and he also went into the cabin to sleep.

Before nightfall, he crossed Shuoxiang Lake and camped at the mouth of the Lianhe River, and Yang Chao asked Wang Pu to arrange people to take turns to be on duty at night to prevent the enemy from sneaking up.

If you can send a scout horse to explore the radius of ten miles, you don't have to work so hard, and you can also avoid the danger of being sneak attacked, but unfortunately, Yang Chao didn't dare to risk letting the infantry go deep into the banks of the river, in case he encountered the Dongyu cavalry, he couldn't come back.

Yang Chao also wanted to train a cavalry, but unfortunately he couldn't buy a war horse, since the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty imported fewer and fewer war horses, and to give priority to the supply of the northern border army, it is almost difficult to find war horses in the south, even if there are one or two occasionally, the price is very expensive.

Yang Chao secretly decided that when he went back this time, he had to find a way to get a batch of war horses, and at least thirty or fifty exploration horses had to be trained.

Spend the night safely, and set off the next day, the boatman still has to pull the fiber.

At this time, Yang Chao finally ordered that all his soldiers should cheer up, the closer they got to Haizhou, the more likely they were to encounter the Dongyu, and at this time they couldn't care about the soldiers' mental tension.

The two sides of the Lianshui are very flat, the territory of Haizhou is basically flat, the average fear of seven or eight meters, this generation in the Qin and Han dynasties is still the sea, are later silted out, it can be said that the beach is piled up little by little, so it is normal to be flat, even if you occasionally see a mountain, it is not more than 100 meters high.

Finally, in front of a dam, this dam is called Xinba, the name is plain, and there are many in the Yangtze River basin with the same name.

The function of the new dam in Haizhou is to communicate the Lianshui and the Yanhe River, and through the new dam, the Lianshui will be channeled into the Yanyan River.

Yunyan River is an artificially built canal, which was first dug by the Yuan Fu of the Song Dynasty to guide Lianshui and Huaishui, so it is called Tonglian River.

This salt river, starting from Haizhou for a long distance parallel to the coast, communicates most of the salt works in Huaibei, sends the salt works directly to Huai'an, and transfers them from Huai'an to Yangzhou, so the prosperity of Huai'an and Yangzhou is to a certain extent achieved by this canal.

Because the canal is about salt, it is extremely important, and all dynasties, including the Yuan Dynasty, have built the river many times to keep the river open.

However, when you arrive at the new dam, you can't use the Lianhe waterway, because after the new dam, the Lianshui water goes directly to the east into the sea, and you need to enter the Yunyan River to go north.

After submitting Shi Kefa's text, Yang Chao was allowed to pass and entered the Yunyan River, closer to Haizhou, and closer to Dongyu, Yang Chao himself was also faintly excited, finally had to face the biggest enemy in the world, can the soldiers he trained be used?

After entering the Yunyan River and walking more than ten miles to the north, I saw a mountain in the distance, and after bypassing the mountain, a big city suddenly appeared.

This city is backed by mountains and waters, and it is a land of dragons and tigers in feng shui, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack in military terms.

Yang Chao said to Li Liang, a soldier beside him: "Please come out of Jiangyang Baihu, Haizhou has arrived!" ”

Li Liang hurriedly went down, and soon Jiang Yang ran up, and when he appeared, he was angry, but when he saw Haizhou City, he immediately forgot any displeasure, and lay on the side of the ship, with a feeling of unexpected joy.

"We're in Haizhou! It's here! ”

Jiang Yang is happy in the color channel.

Yang Chao smiled: "You're home!" (To be continued.) (520。 ))