With all these actions, Lu Yan's combat exploits also skyrocketed, and once reached nearly 20,000.

Although the situation of the Ming army is very good on the surface, Mao Wenlong has a worried face.

Because he has not waited for any reinforcements, if there are no reinforcements, once the Jurchens react, then it will definitely be his end.

Only Lu Yan knew that Mao Wenlong would never have reinforcements, and even Wang Shaoxun, who was close at hand, would not support him, and they had to rely on themselves to get through this hurdle.

So during this time he focused all his energy on logistics and supplies, and he once again summoned various craftsmen to make arrows for bows and crossbows day and night.

At the same time, an announcement was issued, and at the same time as recruiting craftsmen to make arrows, the specifications of the arrows were announced, and the arrows were collected from the public at a high price.

After paying a large amount of silver taels, he finally managed to acquire enough arrows.

Of course, without Mao Wenlong's full support, he would not have been able to accomplish these tasks.

But Lu Yan was still not at ease about this, because Zhenjiang Fort was just a fort, not even a city.

There is a big problem in its defense, the highest local fort wall is only five meters, and the width is only three meters, this kind of defense can only defend against the Japanese pirates, and it is impossible to resist the Jurchens.

The first thing that came to mind when defending the city was the Hongyi cannon.

Although many people can't defend the city, it is only conducive to siege.

But Lu Yan thinks that at least it can do one thing, and that is to use its ultra-long range to destroy the enemy's artillery.

In Lu Yan's opinion, as long as it can do this, it is enough.

Moreover, the recent attack on the forts has captured a lot of various artillery, and it is only necessary to transport them to Zhenjiang Fort.

But he searched and found that only foreigners could operate the Hongyi cannon, and there were no Ming people who could operate the Hongyi cannon.

It was impossible to train Akito to become a gunner in a short period of time, so one of the problems he faced was how to get those Westerners to come and defend the city openly.

After thinking about it, after Xiang Yu led the team back to Zhenjiang Fort, Lu Yan looked for him and found Mao Wenlong together.

"My lord, we took Zhenjiang Fort, and we made such a big noise. If the Jurchens come to attack, I don't know if we have reinforcements? ”

Xiang Yu asked directly to the point.

"This ......"

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong felt a little embarrassed.

If they were just ordinary creeps, he would just fool them around.

But Xiang Yu is a senior military general under him, and he has just made a lot of contributions, if he deceives them, I am afraid that they will be disgusted if they know in the future.

"This official will tell you the truth, this official has already written an excerpt to the imperial court asking for reinforcements, but I don't know what the result is."

Mao Wenlong sighed and said.

The transportation in these years was too backward, and now the news of his capture of Zhenjiang Fort may not have reached the capital, let alone sent reinforcements.

"So what are we going to do if the Slave Chieftain sends a large army to attack?"

Xiang Yu asked unceremoniously.

"Is this ......?"

Mao Wenlong fell into embarrassment again.

He was silent for a while, and finally said, "If we can't do anything, I'm afraid we will have to retreat temporarily." ”

His strength was too weak to be an opponent of the Jurchen army.

As soon as he thought that Zhenjiang Fort, which had not been laid for a long time, he would have to give it to the Jurchens, and he sighed for a long time.

And when the time comes, those officials who like to do nothing will not know how to impeach him.

"My lord, we know a group of red-haired people. They came to Korea by ship, hoping to trade with the Ming Dynasty. If the adults can accede to their requests, they are willing to help them defend the city. ”

Xiang Yu said.

"Commerce?"

He has also heard of those red-haired people, and he heard that there was a lot of trouble in order to do business with the Ming Dynasty, and even a few battles between them for this.

But Mao Wenlong quickly shook his head, "This kind of thing is not something that the official can decide, only if the saint agrees." ”

Because of the opening of the sea and the forbidden sea, I don't know how many turmoil there has been in the court, how can he decide with a small guerrilla.

Xiang Yu and Lu Yan glanced at each other, and then Xiang Yu continued: "Even if we can't trade, they are willing to help us defend the city. They just hope that the imperial court can see their sincerity, and they very much hope to trade with our Daming. ”

"Really?"

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong was very puzzled, could it be that those red-haired people were really so noble, and there was no other request.

"Do they have any other requests?"

Mao Wenlong asked.

"They said it would be nice if the adults paid a little silver taels, and they had cannons on their ships, which were not only very powerful, but also had a very long range. They also use spears and short swords, and are good soldiers. ”

Xiang Yu continued.

Mao Wenlong couldn't help but pout, he also felt that those red-haired people would not be so kind, and it was really for the silver.

And the artillery of Westerners has always been good, for example, the current Ming army's Franc machine gun is imitated from the red-haired fan.

"Do you think they can be trusted?"

Mao Wenlong asked.

"I think they can be trusted, and what they want most is to trade with us. As long as we can grasp this, we are not afraid that they will not sell their lives. ”

Lu Yan helped on the side.

"They're Franc Robots?"

"No, they're English?"

Lu Yan hurriedly replied.

"Where is England?"

Mao Wenlong looked surprised.

"Probably across the sea from Franc."

Lu Yan lowered his eyebrows and said pleasing to the eye.

Mao Wenlong shook his head, he just asked casually about that sentence, and he didn't really want to know.

Mao Wenlong kept thinking about the gains and losses of interests, and the army of the imperial court had not yet arrived.

In fact, not to mention reinforcements, there is not even a single message.

He knew that with the speed at which information was spreading in this era, it might be too late to wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.

Mao Wenlong is not a person who sticks to one style, otherwise he would not have created such a big situation in Dongjiang Town, after making a judgment, he said to Xiang Yu: "Okay then, you find a time to bring them to see me." If their conditions are not excessive, I think they can agree. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Of course, their conditions will not be excessive, because he is the one who calls the shots.

Lu Yan glanced at Xiang Yu, confessed to Mao Wenlong, and left here.

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*****

In the dark night, at the mouth of the Yalu River, Lu Yan's hair flew back with some cold sea breeze.

Lu Yan kept thinking about which Western warship he needed.

The "St. Martin", a 1,000-ton Galen ship, had 48 heavy guns and several light guns. The crew consists of 458 people and requires 4,000 merit points.

The "San Juan of Portugal", a 1,050-ton Galen ship, had 50 heavy guns and several light guns. The crew is 522 people, and 4200 combat merits are required.

"Florence". The 961-ton Galen ship has 52 heavy guns and several light guns. The crew is 383 people, and 4844 combat merits are required.

……

Seeing so many Galen ships, Lu Yan was drooling.

If these Galen ships were to be placed in East Asia, they would probably be first-class warships.

But now that there is a fierce naval competition going on in Europe, warships of this class are their treasures, and I am afraid that they will not leave Europe easily.

And the boat is good, but the price is also high.

The power of these warships was already far beyond his needs.

He kept flipping backwards, as he roughly navigated the ships.

The "Sea Sovereign", a 1,522-ton Galen ship, is equipped with 104 heavy guns, has several light guns, has a crew of 0, and requires 3,044 combat merits.

Seeing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise.

A large warship of 1522 tons only needs 3044 combat merits, which is too cheap.

He saw that crew 0 on it, perhaps precisely because there was no crew.

But why is the number of crew members zero? So who will drive such a battleship.

Lu Yan carefully searched for the information of this battleship.

HMS "Maritime Sovereign", nationality, British.

Time of service, 1637.

Time of expulsion, 1660.

The deck is 51.3 meters long.

Beam, 38.7 meters.

Lu Yan's gaze suddenly stayed on the year of service, although he came from the future, but now is the first year of the Apocalypse, that is, 1621.

In other words, these crew members are estimated to be alive, perhaps because of this reason, so it will not have a crew, and it is also for this reason that its price is so cheap.

But it was a good thing for him, he had always disliked Western sailors.

In this era and in the future, Westerners committed too many crimes near China.

Just four years ago, the Spaniards slaughtered 20,000 Chinese in Manila.

When the Portuguese first came to the Ming Dynasty, they thought that the Ming Dynasty was as weak and deceitful as the Inca Empire in South America, so they directly attacked Qiongkou, plundered the local Han people, and sold them to Europe as slaves.

Later, he was cleaned up by Da Ming and honestized.

Not to mention the Dutch, who cultivated the Indonesian tradition of massacring the Chinese.

Moreover, the Dutch also invaded Penghu, invaded Taiwan, and killed a large number of Han Chinese.

It can be said that all the whites in the vicinity of Daming in this era are criminally charged villains, who have committed heinous crimes against the Chinese people.

If it is difficult to accept that these white people are hired to kill the Chinese, Lu Yan is a little unacceptable, and these big ships just solve his problem.

As long as these big ships are paired with Chinese sailors, the Chinese will not do worse than them.

It's just that the most important thing now is how to get through the current hurdle.

Daming didn't have a Hongyi gunner, so he could only hire Westerners.

After choosing between these ships, he finally chose a smaller one.

*****

*****

A fiery red sun broke through the fog from the east, and on the official road near the Love River, more than a dozen cavalrymen were galloping on horseback.

One of them, dressed in a sailor's suit, with flaxen hair and a yellow beard, was particularly eye-catching.

Many pedestrians on the side of the road were so frightened that they fled when they saw him, shouting that they had encountered a monster.

Seeing this, the red-haired man rolled his eyes: "My lord, do I look so terrible?" ”

Lu Yan glanced at him coldly, and then said, "That's right, the monsters in our mythology are all red-haired and green-eyed. ”

This red-haired man was choked by Lu Yan and had nothing to say, and after a long time, the beautiful scenery around here made his mood better again.

"Is this Da Ming? I've read "Marco Polo's Travels", which says that Daming is a place full of gold. Many of us have come from far and wide to pan here for gold. ”

The red-haired man said.

"If you mean gold tea and raw silk, he's right. There are as many tea leaves and raw silk as there are here. ”

Lu Yan said.

"Is this true? It's just amazing! You must know that tea is something that only the aristocracy can afford to drink, and tea is exactly equivalent to gold. It's just wonderful. ”

The red-haired fan said excitedly.

"And raw silk, which is still more valuable than the same weight of gold, and even I only have two clothes made of raw silk. I spent a whole year's savings on these two clothes, but I was so distressed. ”

Looking at the red-haired fan's shouting and screaming, those Iron Eagle Ruishi all looked contemptuous, where did the hillbilly come from, even the tea and raw silk could excite him like that.

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