"Woo woo"

With the unique horn sound of the sailor, more than 30 Cangshan ships that were originally moored at the dock rushed towards the river.

The Cangshan ship is a kind of inland river flat ship suitable for use on the river, large lakes and other places, although it is not good to resist wind and waves, but as the price of sacrificing the surname to resist wind and waves, it is very good in speed and load capacity, so that each Cangshan ship is equipped with forty and twenty-four-pound bronze cannons is more than enough.

Now a total of 35 Cangshan ships raised their battle flags and put up a T-shaped formation to meet the oncoming Ming ships, and for a moment the atmosphere on the river suddenly froze.

The oncoming ship is an iron building ship, and the iron building ship, as the name suggests, means very strong, but in fact, whether the ship is strong or not is only known to the parties concerned. Although this building ship is already the latest and most intact ship of the Nanjing Navy, it is only sixty percent new at best, and the Ming Sailor has become a role that grandpa does not love in the sound of forbidden sea since the middle of the Ming Dynasty. In the past hundred years, the new ship added can be exported with two slaps, not to mention in the Chongzhen period, the officers and soldiers of the sailor division are simply worse than beggars, and it is already a miracle to be able to make such a ship.

The commander of this ship was a naval division, and when he saw dozens of warships flying white tiger flags on a black background, he was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out.

He said to Hong Chengchou and Cao Huachun on the boat in a trembling voice: "Gonggong Cao, Lord Hong, the sailors of the Great Zhou Army are here, what should we do?" ”

Cao Huachun frowned, this Qian Zong's words really annoyed him, what kind of Great Zhou Army, it is just the Great Zhou made up by Pang Gang, who established himself as the king, you also take it seriously, wouldn't it be recognized Pang Gang's status if you really want to call it like this?

Just as Cao Huachun was about to drink this reckless Qianzong, Hong Chengchou shouted to this Qianzong: "Gan Qianzong, what are you still doing in a daze, quickly order the sailors behind you to come up and drive those sailors away, aren't there still six or seven iron-toothed ships behind us?" ”

The iron tooth ship is also a kind of standard warship of the Daming Navy, known for its light and flexible, fast speed, the positioning of the Daming Sailor has always been based on reconnaissance, this time the Nanjing Sailor in order to escort so many people to the capital, but the family background is revealed, so there is such a sentence as Hong Chengchou.

The Qianzong surnamed Gan was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Hong, you must not do this, it will anger the water master of the Great Zhou." ”

"Bastard!" Cao Huachun couldn't hold back any longer, he turned around and shouted angrily: "How are you a thousand households, the traitor's warships are ready to shoot at us, what else are you afraid of angering the enemy?" Let's see that you, a thousand households, are too comfortable, right? ”

The father-in-law was angry...... The father-in-law is angry! The Qianhu surnamed Gan knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Father-in-law, it's okay for a few of our warships to scare ordinary people, but if they are used to compete with the Great Zhou army in front, it will not be enough, especially the "iron-toothed ships" in the back, there is not even a bronze cannon on the ship, only some large firearms, not to mention that these firecrackers are not to fight against people, I am afraid that even people's skins can't be scratched." Grandpa Cao, we must not conflict with them, otherwise we will be finished! ”

Looking at Mr. Qian, who didn't live on the ground, Cao Huachun was so angry that he pointed at him and scolded: "You waste, the court raised you for nothing, the dignified Ming Shui Master, after encountering the traitor, he didn't dare to fight, what use does the court want you?" ”

Unlike Cao Huachun, who was angry, Hong Chengchou listened to Gan Qianzong's transformation, and his face was also slightly moved, he carefully observed the several small boats guarding around him, and took the clairvoyant mirror from the hands of the attendants behind him, and after looking at the warship that was rushing towards him, he immediately felt a cool air coming out from behind him.

Hong Chengchou, who is a civilian official and a martial artist, is very familiar with the battle array, but he is a layman for water warfare, but even so, when he saw the gun emplacements exposed on both sides of the six battleships speeding towards him and the black hole of the cannon muzzle, a feeling of powerlessness suddenly rose in his heart.

At this moment, even Hong Chengchou, who knew nothing about water warfare, understood after looking at the previous situation that if he insisted on fighting with the other party, his own losses would not be much, coupled with the other party's encirclement and interception, his 20,000 troops might really sink at the bottom of the river to feed the fish.

"Mr. Gan Qian, get up."

After pondering for a moment, Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand and pulled up Mr. Gan Qian, who was still being scolded by Cao Huachun, and said with a calm face: "Mr. Gan Qian, does the other party really want to fight with us?" ”

"I don't know about lowly duties, and I have never encountered such a battle as today."

Cao Huachun on the side said sharply: "Mr. Gan Qian, what are you talking about, didn't our ships in the Ming Dynasty have a good time, even if our family passed from here a few days ago, didn't you encounter anything?" ”

Gan Qian shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Father-in-law Cao, don't dare to talk nonsense about this matter, when the ships or sailors who are saying that our Cao Yun pass by, they all turn a blind eye and let us pass, even if they intercept it, it is just pretending, but now our movement is indeed too big, they ...... They're inevitably going to be ......."

Mr. Gan Qian shook his head and did not continue, but the meaning Cao Huachun and Hong Chengchou understood, and Mr. Gan Qian meant that although there were many ships to the king, even if it was Caoyun, it was only dozens or hundreds of ships. But now it is carrying tens of thousands of heavily armed troops, who must not be nervous if they are replaced, and even if they are replaced, don't they have to find out?

"Then ......" Cao Huachun's eyes and Hong Chengchou looked at each other for a moment before he hesitated: "Why don't you send someone to ask them, how can we let us pass?" ”

Before Hong Chengchou could answer, Mr. Gan Qian on the side said, "My lord, don't ask, they are already here." ”

As soon as Gan Qianzong's words fell, a warship at the forefront of the opponent's sailors had come to a place less than two hundred steps away from the iron building ship of Hong Chengchou and Cao Huachun, and saw that on the mast of the warship in front, an observer stood up, he waved the flag in his hand, and the two small flags, one red and one green, kept changing directions.

Cao Huachun pointed to the front and asked, "Lord Hong, what does the other party mean by waving a small flag?" ”

Hong Chengchou has been in battle for a long time, and he is naturally very familiar with the flag language, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "They mean, let us stop the ship immediately for inspection, otherwise they will open fire!" ”

"It's the other way around!" Cao Huachun felt that he had come all the way, and he had returned to the dog's stomach to the city and the cultivation of the city, and his originally fair face, who was so angry, suddenly turned red, "They have eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard, a group of rebels, and they really think that they are something, and they dare to let the sailors of the imperial court be inspected, Lord Hong, you say, what should we do?" ”

Facing Cao Huachun's inquiry, Hong Chengchou sighed helplessly: "Now, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, what can Hong do?" Let's stop and let them look it up! ”

The corners of Cao Huachun's mouth twitched, and now, the evil consequences of the imperial court looking down on the sailors have finally been reflected, in the face of the mighty enemy sailors on the river, tens of thousands of troops in the imperial court can only take civilian boats to hurry, not to mention, when they encounter the enemy army, they are like lambs to be slaughtered, what a kind of sadness.

"That's it, if you want to be embarrassed, then lose it, our family is just a waste of people, just accompany you to be embarrassed." After speaking, Cao Huachun flicked his sleeves and stood aside angrily and sulked.

Soon, the blowing sails of the iron tower ship were lowered, and the ship slowly stopped on the river, and the ships behind also slowly stopped when they saw this, but there were still a few iron tooth ships to surround the iron tower ship and protect it.

After a while, the originally imposing ship in front of it also came to the front of the iron building ship and slowly stopped, because the distance was relatively close, so the two sides could already hear each other's words.

At this time, a loud voice came from the ship in front, "Listen to the ship in front, quickly report your origin, purpose, and what is on board the ship, otherwise we will not allow you to go with you!" ”

"You...... You...... Presumptuous ......" When Cao Huachun heard this, his lungs were about to explode, and his arm pointed to the front and he was trembling and speechless.

At this time, not to mention Cao Huachun, Hong Chengchou, whose temperament and cultivation are more than a step higher than Cao Huachun, couldn't help but pull down his old face, he said loudly with a calm face: "This official is Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiangnan, and now the rogue is raging, and the thief Li Zicheng is not dead, and he actually led his troops to besiege Gyeonggi. ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou's words came out, the other party was silent for a while, and another calm voice sounded, "Lord Hong, this official is Mo Hui, the deputy commander of the Great Zhou Water Division, and today he is ordered by the prince to block the river for half a month, from now on, no one is allowed to walk on the river, otherwise it will be sunk, if Lord Hong wants to cross the river, please come here in half a month." ”

"What, blockade the river for half a month?"

As soon as Hong Chengchou heard this, he immediately understood that the other party had known his actions for a long time, and he was waiting for himself here! Blockading the river for half a month, I'm afraid that Yanjing City will have been broken in half a month!

Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart, "Now I can only fight with the other party!" ”

He turned around and gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Gan Qian, it seems that we can't be good with each other, you quickly order all the iron-toothed ships to be the forward, and all the ships behind follow behind and rush forward together, just a few ships that can rush out, you must be able to rush to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise the emperor will be in danger!" ”

(To be continued)