Although Wang Chong and Gan Ning had already set their goals, they had no intention of attacking Poyang Lake in a short time.

Recuperate!

In the process of breaking through before, many people in Jinfan were wearing colors, so they first found a dilapidated riverside village near Pengze as a temporary residence, recuperating from their injuries and practicing at the same time.

On this day, Gan Ning suddenly sent someone to call Wang Chong over.

"Brother, what happened to you so anxious to call your little brother over?"

"Speaking of which, it's my fault for this, it took so long to find out." Gan Ning smiled bitterly, "Shaolin, I think you must also know that in the past, it was Zi Pre who was in charge of logistics, and most of my Jinfan's grain and grass materials were also on Zi Pre ship, so ......"

"Out of food?" When Gan Ning said this, Wang Chong still didn't understand what was going on.

"Yes, even if we reduce it to one meal a day, the remaining grain and grass will only be enough for us to last for seven days."

Wang Chong frowned, and was silent for a moment before saying, "In that case, I think it's better to go out and rob one or two merchant ships first, and deal with the situation in front of you." ”

"Shaolin, you know that the reason I came to you is not because of this." Gan Ning shook his head, "If we just deal with the present, even if we go down to the river to catch fish, we will not starve to death, what I think is, if we really expand our future soldiers and horses to thousands or even tens of thousands, then how to solve this grain and grass problem?" ”

"......" Wang Chong was speechless for a while, in fact, before Jinfan officially owned his own territory, grain and grass would always be a big problem for them.

"Shaolin, what do you think we should use our wealth to exchange grain and grass with the family?"

Although most of Jinfan's grain and grass materials were lost, the valuables such as gold and silver goods have always been stored on the main ship of Ganning, so when it comes to money, Jinfan is absolutely not lacking.

"Brother, don't forget who we are, let alone exchange the goods we have stolen from them for food, how could they possibly agree?"

“…… Ah, that's right. Gan Ning sighed a little decadently.

Seeing this, Wang Chong comforted: "Brother, forget it, as the saying goes, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, what are you thinking about these problems now?" If there is really no way to do it at that time, won't there be food if you break a city of him? ”

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge?" Gan Ning savored it carefully, and then suddenly stroked his palm and laughed, "Well said! I didn't expect you to have such an open-minded state of mind in Shaolin. ”

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In order to get rid of the dilemma of shortage of grain and grass, Wang Chong and Gan Ning had to temporarily return to their old jobs.

In this dispatch, Wang Chong and Gan Ning brought a total of more than 300 men and horses, a building ship and 20 ships, while Ren Jiang, who had not recovered from his injuries, was stationed in the base camp with more than 200 wounded to take care of the remaining ships.

The three forks of Poyang Lake and the Great River are the only way for merchants to travel between Jingyang and Yangzhou, and Wang Chong and Gan Ning also lazily sent troops out to search around, so they simply stayed here and waited for the rabbits, drinking and chatting in the cabin, while waiting for the prey to come to the door.

At noon, Wang Chong and Gan Ning had just finished their lunch when they heard a report from the soldiers that a ship was approaching in front of them.

"Tsk, the deal has finally come to the door, Shaolin, and go upstairs with me to have a look!" Gan Ning put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile.

Jinfan's main ship has three floors, not to mention the hull, the attic alone is five or six meters high, Wang Chong climbed up and looked, and sure enough, there were two building ships in front of him heading towards his side.

"Feng's firm?" Looking at the flying flags on the other party's boat, the corners of Wang Chong's mouth showed a touch of playfulness, "Brother, this time we can be regarded as catching a big fish!" ”

In the memory of Wang Chong's predecessor, Feng's firm was one of the largest chambers of commerce in Chaisang City, with strong family assets and a reputation in the Jianghuai area, but it was limited to that.

The Feng family has been in business for generations, and their ancestors have not produced any high-ranking officials, and their status in this era is actually not high, a bit similar to the Mi family in Xuzhou.

"Fung's firm? Hopefully what they ship will surprise us a little. Gan Ning waved his hand, "Lean in!" ”

Although Jinfan has never been to Yangzhou, its prestige has already spread on both sides of the Jianghuai River, so as the distance between the two sides is closer, when the other party discovers the existence of Jinfan, the ship is suddenly in chaos, and the Feng family's guards and servants have drawn knives and arrows.

Although the volume of the cargo ship of the merchant is huge, but in terms of the speed of sailing, it is definitely not as fast as the modified warship, if it is not far from the shore, it may be able to escape, but in the center of this big river, once it is targeted by the warship, it is impossible to get rid of it, and turning around and escaping will only make them lose faster.

The other party obviously knew this, so he didn't have any intention of turning the ship's head.

"Brother, this battle is not easy to fight." Wang Chong squinted his eyes, and a chill flashed in his pupils.

The Feng family's two merchant ships combined, there were at least four or five hundred combatants, which was much more than Jinfan, and everyone was wearing leather armor, so the sophisticated equipment was comparable to that of the regular army.

"Hmph, rabble!" Gan Ning sneered, "Come on, take my dragon snake bow!" ”

Hearing Gan Ning's shout, the guards who were on standby hurriedly stepped forward to hand over their bows and arrows.

Gan Ning's dragon snake bow is made of fine rosewood, although it is light but hard as steel, the bowstring is taken from rhinoceros tendons, the toughness is abnormal, if the arms do not have hundreds of catties of strength, it is easy to pull away, in order to get this dragon and snake bow, Gan Ning did not spend less effort.

With a bow and arrows, Gan Ning's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's falcon.

With a 'whoosh', the bowstring snapped and the arrow shot out like an aurora.

In the next second, the tall flag on the Feng merchant ship collapsed, causing an uproar on the other party's ship, and many timid people turned pale with fright.

"Good!" Seeing that his lord would be so brave, the Jinfan on the ship cheered in unison, and their morale soared.

"A hundred steps through Yang, my brother is good at archery, just this one stroke is enough to make many enemy soldiers fearful!" Wang Chong's eyes were full of brilliance.

To be honest, Wang Chong's own archery skills are not bad, but compared with Gan Ning, there is still a gap at present.

"As long as you have the heart, sooner or later you will shoot farther and more accurately than me!" Gan Ning smiled, turned his head and said to the guards behind him, "Tell me to go down, all of them are ready for battle, since they don't know whether they are alive or dead, let him see my Jinfan's methods!" ”

"Brother, the other party has two ships, if you only shoot with bows and arrows, before the two sides come into contact head-on, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties, you might as well let the younger brother lead people to kill the enemy ship first, if you can capture the opponent's main general, the rest will naturally fall to the wind!" Wang Chong proposed.

Wang Chong's purpose is very clear, capture the thief and capture the king first, in the case of the two sides are evenly matched, this is the best way to reduce casualties, as long as the main will be captured, even if the opponent is the elite of the elite, the morale will drop greatly, or flee or surrender, not to mention that the current opponent is just a group of well-equipped stragglers.

Of course, although the method of capturing the thief and capturing the king first is good, it is not easy and dangerous, not only because there are often many soldiers guarding the main general, but also in order to protect the main general, the enemy will definitely concentrate firepower to attack the sneak attackers.

If it was a land battle, Wang Chong would never dare to take this risk, after all, he did not have the courage of Ma Chao who could kill Cao Cao Cao and abandon his robe. But the water battle is a little different, because the space for movement is very small, and once it is approached, the enemy commander has nowhere to flee at all, and can only rely on the guards to protect it.

Obviously, the Feng family is not Cao Cao, and it is impossible for there to be fierce generals such as Dian Wei and Xu Chu around him; He is not Sun Ce, his own combat power is already brave and difficult, so this task seems dangerous, but in fact, Wang Chong really doesn't care, not to mention that behind him, there is a brother who he trusts immensely.

"That's fine, then you will lead the headquarters to attack and cover for your brother!"

Gan Ning didn't think so much, after all, in Jinfan before, Wang Chong, like Ren Jiang, was famous for his bravery, and he must take the lead in every battle, if Wang Chong didn't ask for battle, Gan Ning would feel strange, plus the other party was just a group of caravan guards, Gan Ning had a great deal of confidence to ensure Wang Chong's safety.

"In this way, the elder brother will sit on the boat and watch the majesty of the younger brother!" Wang Chong hugged his fists at Gan Ning, laughed and turned to go downstairs.