On the river, hundreds of warships of various sizes quietly floated in, covering the river and the sun, mighty and mighty, breaking the waves.

In the center of the fleet, a tall main ship fluttered two huge flags, one for the Ming dragon flag, the other for the main general's battle flag, with a big character on it, 'Zheng'.

Wang Lanping has always been yearning for the Daming Naval Division, but he has never seen it with his own eyes, today is really an eye-opener, the whole fleet, front and back, left and right are arranged very regularly, just like all kinds of infantry military formations before the battle between the two armies on land, the fleet with the rumbling drum for the order, the mighty advance, orderly, not chaotic at all, from a distance, majestic and majestic, magnificent.

But Wang Lanping didn't know that this was just the tip of the iceberg of the entire Daming Naval Division, and the sea fleet was called a spectacular, which was breathtaking.

Wang Lanping never expected that he could see the Ming Dynasty's naval fleet here today, it was so majestic, and seeing this was enough to make a general with this kind of army despise all opponents.

Just when everyone was silent and looking up and worshiping the water master, Wang Lanping suddenly said, "Zheng Sen, why did the Ming water master appear here?" ”

Could it be that Emperor Hongguang ordered the Daming sailors on the south of the Nanjing River to come to Anqing's aid? It's impossible, just the emperor who soaked in honey has this kind of vision and courage? Or Liu Zeqing's conscience found that he was afraid that Wang Zhuangyuan would fight alone in Anqing, and he asked the imperial court to send troops, but it was impossible, the imperial court really wanted to protect Qing, and he would not let the general army of the three towns of Fengyang return to Nanjing, then there may be only one reason, the sailors who appeared here were just an armed reconnaissance.

Sitting on the troop transport ship of the naval division, Wang Lanping and Zheng Sen passed through the layers of warships, raised their eyes and looked left and right, these big guys are full of all kinds of firearms, and the two Franc machines are even more ship-owned, and they come to the main ship in the middle, the main ship is far from being comparable to the warships on the side, the height of the ship is more than two zhang, no less than twelve or thirteen zhang before and after, and the two sides are covered with all kinds of artillery.

Along the rope ladder, to the main ship, only to see rows of longbowmen standing on the main deck, on both sides of the ship, dozens of officers and soldiers of the naval division stood tall with their hands and guns, as if a big battle was about to start at any time, it can be seen that this Zheng Da general soldier really has some ability to govern the army.

The two crossed the side of the ship and came to the rear cabin, only to see that on the platform at the stern, a middle-aged man dressed in bright light armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, standing with his hands in his hands, the river breeze blowing, the wisps of whiskers floating, the eyes were sharp, the cheekbones were high and convex, and he was a shrewd person at first glance.

Zheng Sen ran a few steps quickly, came to the bottom of the platform, and knelt down, "My nephew has seen the fourth uncle, why are you here?" ”

Wang Lanping also took a few steps forward and said, "Wang Lanping, deputy chief military officer of Anqing, has seen General Zheng, and has heard General Zheng's name for a long time, like thunder."

Zheng Hongkui looked Wang Lanping up and down, waved his hand to Zheng Sen, "Sen'er, get up" and then nodded in a tone of disbelief, "You are the martial champion, the young general who defended the city under Huaining City?" "I can't see from where this person in front of me has this ability, Huguang, Shandong, Hebei, Wenshun was frightened, the whole line was scattered, from the date of the Shun army's southern expedition, the Ming army has not fought a kind of resistance war, who would have thought that such a little hero would emerge in the little-known Huaining City, or a young general who did not have time to take office, how this is not surprising.

Wang Lanping is naturally not too ostentatious in front of this kind of veteran, "The merit of size should not be praised by the general, and Huaining City has been lost, and the last general is ashamed!" ”

Zheng Hongkui raised his head and smiled, walked down, came to Wang Lanping, punched him lightly in the chest, and said appreciatively, "Haha, young man, it doesn't matter, most of the day will be lost, what is a small Huaining City, the ability to thwart the thief is already commendable, how many years, the silver spent by the court has been piled up, and it is not enough for Li Zicheng to fight until he loses his armor, Hubei's Zuo Liangyu Zuo Da General Army, half of the army of the Ming Dynasty is in his hands, and as a result, Yuan Zongdi rushed to Jiujiang like a rabbit, You kid, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, okay, I have a bad breath for our Ming army"

Wang Lanping secretly thought in his heart: I don't know this person, and as soon as I met, he put such a tall hat on me, and praised him like his father, is this really good?

It is said that Wang Lanping should not think of everyone as so ill-intentioned, but there is no way, the early history of the Southern Ming Dynasty is in Wang Lanping's mind, but it is difficult to find a good future in the history books, one by one, you will only attack me, the Qing army is still fighting for power and profit, and selfishness will always stand above the righteousness, so Wang Lanping has to have more eyes.

Wang Lanping said with a smile, "The general is too famous, and the last general is just doing his duty, dare to ask why the old general is here?" ”

Zheng Sen on the side also said, "Yes, Fourth Uncle, aren't you in Zhenjiang?" ”

Zheng Hongkui said, "That's the case, a few days ago, Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Anqing, submitted a battle report to the front of the emperor, saying that the 100,000 army of thieves went south, and the vanguard general Li Laixiang entered Anqing, and Liu Zongbing personally sat in Anqing Mansion, so that the deputy general soldier is the little general, you stick to the gateway of Anqing Huaining City, break thousands of enemies, and the Sacred Heart is happy. I was specially ordered to come to pick up and take the general back to Jinling, Huaining City is not enough to defend, but I didn't expect that the general you have retreated, it is the blessing of the saints, and I will add another general to the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Lanping is really bearable, hey, this Liu Zeqing, oh, I sang on stage for a long time, and the reward money is all yours, you can really do it, sooner or later I have to let you spit out all the money with interest.

But the person has been knighted by Emperor Hongguang and added an official, and he can't say that the emperor has done something wrong, so now he can only say, "Liu Zongbing does have something extraordinary, and he deserves to be added to the knighthood"

"General, you?" Zheng Sen knows the truth.

Wang Lanping hurriedly glanced at Zheng Sen and motioned to Zheng Sen not to say anything, offending Liu Zeqing at this time was not good for him.

Zheng Sen was displeased and turned his head sideways and was silent.

But I didn't expect Zheng Hongkui on the side to laugh out loud, "What is deserved, Wang Zhuangyuan, you don't have to speak for this Liu Zeqing, and you will live in a fiefdom for a long time, I don't know the truth, old man, I know this person too well, as far as I know, as soon as the thief arrives, he will slip away, who told him to have a good life, there is a deputy general soldier like you to wipe his ass for him, his battle report went to Nanjing, and the others arrived the next day, and said that the thieves and soldiers divided their troops to attack Nanjing, he is going to escort, saying that no matter how important Anqing is, there is no room for Nanjing to have a trace of mistakes, Joke, 150,000 Ming elites were sent outside Nanjing, and he was able to use his rabble, and he was running away again, and it was not the first time."

Wang Lanping didn't expect this Zheng general soldier to be so real-minded, he knew everything well, and he didn't have any taboos at all if he hurt his colleagues, it can be seen how this group of Nanming generals can't tolerate anyone in secret, and if they want to dominate and be in the court, they have to protect the Ming Dynasty first.

Not only this, but you can also discuss the emperor's decree casually, it can be seen that you don't put Emperor Hongguang in your eyes at all, I'm afraid that this Daming Shui Shi is just the private property of your Zheng family, and you don't dare to do anything to the emperor in your eyes.

Wang Lanping said, "The old general laughed, since there is a holy will, then the last general will go with the old general, but there are still thousands of people in the future, they follow me all the way and never give up, seeing this surging river, but it can't be crossed, can the old general send a boat to send them across the river?" ”

Zheng Hongkui looked at the north bank, frowned, shook his head and said, "The will only let me take the general back, and it didn't say anything about the people, I'm afraid this favor won't work."

Wang Lanping hurriedly said, "The saint is far away in Nanjing, and he will not know about the people coming, and with the saint who loves the people like a son, he will definitely agree to the general to send the people across the river."

Zheng Zongbing didn't seem to be moved, there were no people in his eyes, how could the dignified Daming Sailor be reduced to a civilian ship, this is not good.

Zheng Sen saw that the fourth uncle disagreed, and also said, "Fourth uncle, these people, abandon their families and businesses, follow us all the way here, we can't leave them like this."

Wang Lanping said, "If the general does not cross the people across the river, the last general can only return to the north bank, be with the people, and cut wood to cross the river."

If this group of ordinary people is thrown here today, then everything Wang Lanping did a few days ago will be useless, and his heroic deeds will have to rely on these people to cross the river to spread.

Zheng Hongkui wrinkled his eyebrows, a little worried, he was not because he did not have the holy decree, but because if this group of people mixed in with the fine work of the thief to find out the truth of the sailor, this is not a joke, the Yangtze River sailor and the Fujian sailor are the foundation of the Zheng family, if they want to be invincible in the Ming Dynasty, they rely on this bit of belongings, and they cannot tolerate any mistakes.

Looking at Wang Lanping's insistent attitude, Zheng Hongkui said, "Okay, let's do it, Zhao Dazhuang"

A young general beside Zheng Hongkui responded, "The end will be"

"Send four troop transports to send the people across the river"

"Order!"

Wang Lanping arched his hand, "General Xie, there is one more thing, there are still soldiers who have withdrawn from Huaining City on the north bank, can they also board the ship and go to Nanjing together?"

Zheng Hongkui hesitated and nodded, "Okay, come here, pick up Wang Zhuangyuan's soldiers and place them on the last row of boats."

"Thank you, General"

With a wave of Zheng's hand, the drums on the main ship beat loudly, changing with the drums.

Nearly 100 warships moved at the same time, lifting anchors, hoisting sails, turning their bows, and going down the river, everything was so orderly.

Wang Lanping walked to the bow of the boat, bowed deeply to the people who were boarding the troop transport ship on the north bank, arched his hands, and shouted loudly, "Folks, I can only send you here, cross the river, it's up to you, take care."

The people on the shore knelt down in a large area, and saluted the sailors who were far away from the boat, and the voices of "General Wang take care of ......" were connected for a long time, and many people sighed and wept.

Thousands of sails are displayed, hundreds of boats are racing, and the momentum of the Daming sailor is breaking the waves in the direction of Nanjing.