Chapter 156: A Little Thing Leads to Change
On the surface of the Yangtze River with clear water and clear waves, the waves of the river are reversed wave by wave, and the speedboats are approaching the building ship of the Jingzhou Navy Army, and they are quickly circular around the building boat in a stone's throw away, and the Jingzhou sailors on the building boat have just aimed at the arrow hole of the female wall, and the clipper has changed its orientation and fled.
The rain of arrows is like locusts, nailed to the female wall, the female wall of the building boat has a strong defense, the arrows shot by the clipper are basically blocked by the wooden windows, and the Jingzhou soldiers have few casualties, but after closing all the wooden windows, the long paddle hand can not paddle normally, and the advance of the building boat is blocked, and even because of the uneven rowing of the oars, coupled with the river waves, the tall building boat is shaking on the river surface, and almost wants to capsize.
"How can this be reasonable, what's going on, where did the water thieves come from, dare to attack my Jingzhou naval warship, ah......"
Cai Zhong looked at the water thieves outside and scolded, but suddenly the boat under his feet shook violently and almost fell on the deck, and several Jingzhou soldiers around him hurriedly supported him.
At the bow of a black building ship in the distance, a yellow-faced man in brocade clothes and a scholar with a white face and a fierce face stood in the wind, the two watched from a distance as the clipper used wolf pack tactics to entangle the Jingzhou Navy Army, and the rough man said to the scholar: "Commander Wei, Gan is really convinced, Gan has been a water thief for so many years, and he has never dared to confront the Navy head-on, let alone the Jingzhou Navy known as the first in the world." ”
The two are the Jinfan thief Gan Ning and the head of the Dongting Lake water thieves, Wei Wen.
Gan Ning calmly looked at those Jingzhou building boats with a calm face to cope with the weakness, trapped in the center of the river, and was stunned by the river waves, and said lightly: "It's just a coincidence, General Gan can also do it, every time the rainy season in March is approaching, the water of Yunmengze Lake will be backfilled, and there will be big waves on the lake mouth river, and the building boats are too tall and not suitable to move forward in the wind and waves. ”
At least two floors of the ship, generally three floors, five or six floors high, too tall to cause the center of gravity is unstable, the general ship is suitable for sailing in the calm river, and generally turn back to the harbor when encountering wind and waves, otherwise it is likely to overturn the whole ship, and countless famous ships in history have suffered from this misfortune, which has also become the biggest defect of the ship.
The reason why the Jingzhou Navy is the first navy in the world is not only that it is skilled in water warfare, but also because the warship is also the first in the world.
But Cai Zhong is the first unlucky in history, the ship voyage generally considers the load factor, but this time in order to transport as much food as possible, the ship has very little other loads, after unloading the grain, the warship can be described as "light as a swallow", running is fast, but the wind resistance is a big difference, if you go to the public security to pick up people, there will be no such situation, who knows that it will be "robbed" by the clerk halfway.
Now there is almost nothing else on the building boat except for sailors and a few soldiers, down the river, and just catching up with the tide of Dongting Lake, Wei Wen is a water thief all the year round, how can he let go of such a rare opportunity in a hundred years, originally assembled ships to go to Dongting Lake to pick up Fan Lixiang, just collected this batch of Jingzhou warships.
Gan Ning looked at it and said with some concern: "Commander Wei, these ships are well defended, and it seems that the Jingzhou sailors are skilled in controlling the ships, and they won't be able to capsize for a while, how can we take down this fleet?" ”
"I'm waiting for them to get exhausted." Wei Wen said quietly.
With such a strong wind and waves, the tall building ship cannot eat the depth of the water, and it is a very laborious job for the sailors to drive the ship smoothly.
"And when do we have to wait?" Gan Ning was a little anxious all of a sudden: "The lord asked me to pick up Miss Fan Lixiang, if this continues, if Miss Fan Lixiang has a good job, I can't return to the lord." ”
Wei Wen smiled softly, his expression was calm and calm, his hands were behind his back, and his green clothes rolled with the river wind.
"Xingba don't worry, I know Fan Lixiang, she is a witty and ruthless woman, before entering Jingnan, she and her father Fan Chang passed by Yunmengze, and was once caught by a group of water thieves, Fan Lixiang took the opportunity of the water thief leader to be inferior to her, killed the water thief leader, and escaped from the thief island with her father.
Fan Lixiang probably thought that her father was brave and provoked me to compete with her father, but if she won the competition, she asked me to let them go, and I agreed, but unfortunately she overestimated her father's martial arts. ”
"Hahaha." Gan Ning laughed and praised: "Commander Wei's martial arts are outstanding, Gan Ning admires it very much, but Gan didn't expect that Commander Wei, who is not surprised by such a person, would fall for a little girl, could it be that Commander Wei fell in love with her appearance?" ”
Gan Ning was fond of martial arts all his life, learned martial arts in the mountains as a teenager, and learned more from martial artists after Yicheng went down the mountain, and he was itchy when he met Wei Wen, so he tried to find Wei Wen, and the results of the competition were different.
Wei Wen's martial arts are far above Gan Ning, but he is more powerful than powerful, Gan Ning feels that if he is in the army, he must be stronger than Wei Wen, but if he fights alone or wants to kill someone, Wei Wen is far stronger than him.
The sound of killing in the distance was endless, the arrows were whizzing and throwing, and the Lou Ship Clipper was fighting fiercely between the wind and waves, Wei Wen smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, let out a sigh of relief, and said calmly: "At that time, Fan Lixiang had already provoked my subordinates to make a lot of noise, and they were all waiting to see my competition with Fan Chang, if I didn't compete, it was not just a matter of face, but also related to my prestige on the island, at that time, I was just fifteen years old." ”
Gan Ning suddenly understood, at that time, Wei Wen had only taken over his father's old ministry not long ago, if he couldn't establish his prestige, he probably wouldn't be able to control those old water thieves, so Wei Wen was not rash, but had to do it, at this time, Gan Ning couldn't help but admire Fan Lixiang's wit and ability.
Wei Wen paused, sighed and continued: "Although I won, I still let their father and daughter go, because I have learned a truth from this matter, I have always felt that water thieves should be fierce, they should be enthusiastic, dare to kill and dare to rush, so that others can feel a vicious aura when they see it, so that they can gain a foothold in Yunmengze, which is full of water thieves."
But at that time, I found out that I was wrong, and Fan Lixiang's little agitation trick fooled my fierce subordinates, so that I could have killed the two fathers and daughters without any worries, and it became a hindrance.
It was then that I began to train my men to be bloodless thieves, to be able to deal with any situation without panic, and when I heard the order, I would rush forward silently and complete the task with silent and sharp movements, because everything else was unnecessary. ”
Gan Ning glanced at the water thieves standing behind Wei Wen again, although they were all dressed plainly, they were all calm and abnormal, as if they hadn't seen the big battle ahead, but their eyes were bright, and before attacking the Jingzhou Water Army, Gan Ning felt that all of Wei Wen's troops were like this.
Quiet as a lonely grave and moving like a ghost, it is no wonder that although Wei Wen's subordinates are not many, they can crisscross the rivers.
Only then did Gan Ning find out that those water thieves who attacked the building ship were shouting their own Jinfan troops, shouting fiercely, but whether it was driving a boat or archery, their skills were far inferior to Wei Wen's water thieves, but it was those silent ghosts that gave the Jingzhou soldiers the greatest deterrent.