"You" saw the expression of the second brother, Zuo Yu Liang closed his mouth stupidly, he still has this self-knowledge, although his younger brother rarely speaks, but if he picks up a fight, he has never won.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Zuo Liangyu took a sip of the teacup and then said, "If Lord Hong leaves Jiangnan, then Jiangnan can be said to be our world." Qing'er, what do you do about this? ”

Zuo Yuqing was not as optimistic as his old man, he frowned slightly and said: "Father, if the child is good, although Lord Hong leaves, he will definitely not take all his soldiers and horses away, he will definitely leave one to twenty thousand soldiers and horses in Nanjing to contain his father, don't forget, those generals are his henchmen, and we will still not be able to do whatever we want." ”

"So what do you say? Could it be that our Zuo family will not be suppressed by him for the rest of their lives? Zuo Liangyu was angry, and finally looked forward to Hong Chengchou being transferred, thinking that he could finally show his skills, but now someone told him, I'm sorry, people still have a back hand to suppress you, how can this not make Zuo Liangyu angry.

"Father, you have to panic." In the face of his own Lao Tzu's anger, Zuo Yuqing was not angry, he just smiled lightly and said confidently: "What if he always leaves his back hand, as long as he is not there, we have a way to clean them up." ”

Zuo Yuqing said as he opened the folding fan that he had been holding in his hand, and a bright peony suddenly became enchanting under the light

Time soon passed eight days, in these eight days, Hong Chengchou continued to raise materials, mobilize the army, in the third day of the sixth month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the army was finally assembled outside the city of Nanjing, 20,000 troops gathered outside the city into a red ocean, the mighty soldiers at all levels of officers led to the riverside. At the same time, the ships mobilized by Hong Chengchou also gathered on the wharf by the river outside Nanjing, and a total of more than 500 large and small ships covered almost the entire river.

Hong Chengchou led dozens of generals, standing on the dock with helmets and armor, and next to him stood Cao Huachun, who had a white face and beard. Zuo Liangyu and a cadre of military generals, as well as the six officials and nobles in Nanjing City, were bidding farewell to them.

"Gonggong Cao, Lord Hong, this is a long way to go, and the last general wishes you a smooth journey and great ambitions!" Zuo Liangyu completely lost the gloom he had at home, and his face was full of "sincere" smiles, like a scheming martial artist.

Cao Huachun laughed a few times, and the sharp voice echoed on the dock: "Lord Zuo, our family and Lord Hong are going to Beijing here, and I don't know when I will be able to come back, the matter of Jiangnan will be entrusted to you, you must take care of the emperor's country." ”

Facing Cao Huachun's words as if he meant something, Zuo Liangyu didn't seem to hear it, and nodded casually: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, the last general will fight for this old life, and he will also be optimistic about the emperor's country, and he will never live up to the emperor's trust!" ”

Cao Huachun secretly sneered in his heart, but his face was overjoyed: "General Gagazuo is really good at talking, then our family remembers your words, if there is anything wrong in Jiangnan, the emperor can't spare you!" ”

Watching the performances of Cao Huachun and Zuo Liangyu, Hong Chengchou only sneered slightly in his heart, and then walked up to the two and said, "Father-in-law Cao, the auspicious time has come, please board the ship immediately!" ”

Cao Huachun nodded: "Okay, Lord Hong, then let's get on the boat together!" ”

"Father-in-law, please!"

"Your Excellency, please!"

The two of them got on the largest iron building ship docked on the dock one after another, which was a ship of about 500 tons, and it was also the largest and best ship that the Nanjing sailors could find, and the densely distributed around were countless large and small civilian ships, some of these ships were loaded with supplies, and some were transporting personnel.

It has been busy for two hours, the first batch of ships left the dock and slowly learned about the north, Zuo Liangyu father and son stood on the dock, looking at the slowly leaving ships, Zuo Liangyu could no longer suppress the joy in his heart, the smile stayed on his face, did not stop for a moment. Looking at the distant ships, Zuo Liangyu, who had always been rude and unliterate, suddenly burst out with a sentence: "The sea is wide and the fish leaps into the sky, and the birds fly!" ”

Just when Hong Chengchou marched to the capital with an army of 20,000 mighty, there were more than 30 three-masted ships on the docks in Jining, these three-masted ships were not big compared to the Dafu ship and the treasure ship, and they could even be said to be very small, each with only five or six hundred tons, and a white tiger flag on a black background fluttered on the mast of each ship.

Mo Hui stood on the deck of a ship, looking at the ship under his feet with some dissatisfaction, the name of this kind of ship is Cangshan Ship, but this Cangshan is not Cangshan, this is not the kind of small Cangshan ship of the Ming Navy, but a fast ship specially designed and manufactured by Pang Gang in the shipyard set up in Wanghai Fort in order to maintain order on the Yangtze River.

This kind of fast ship is different from those ships that specialize in fighting at sea, the sea ship responsible for driving on the sea is required to be able to withstand strong wind and waves, so its bottom must be a pointed bottom, the center of gravity must be stable, and most of the boats that are specially sailing on the river are flat-bottomed boats, the advantage of flat-bottomed boats is that they are fast and have a large cargo capacity, and the disadvantage is that they are not resistant to wind and waves.

"Wow"

A burst of footsteps sounded, and a deep voice sounded behind Mo Hui, "Deputy Commander Mo, the prince has personally explained, and he wants us to handle this errand well, if it is bad for the prince's big business, the two of us will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

Mo Hui didn't even look back and said: "General Meng, what are you anxious about, when did I disappoint the prince, you can put one hundred and twenty hearts, I guarantee that they won't be able to fly even a fly within half a month!" ”

The person who came to the right talent is Meng Qing, this Chongzhen took refuge with Lin Feng and Huayan in eight years, and Xiucai, who took refuge with Pang Gang, did not become a civilian official like his friends Huayan and Lin Feng, but joined the army and became a military general.

Now he has changed from the poor and sour appearance of the previous down-and-out talent, and he is dressed all over his body, giving people a sense of majesty.

After listening to Mo Hui's words, Meng Qing was not angry, but just smiled, "Deputy Commander Mo, although the division of labor between the two of us is different, the purpose is the same, that is, Hong Chengchou must not be allowed to cross Jining half a step within half a month, although we have already erected six iron cables on the river, but that is only the last means of defense, mainly relying on the Cangshan ship under your command, you can't be careless!" ”

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, Meng Qing also accentuated his tone when he said about the Cangshan ship.

Listening to Meng Qing's words, Mo Hui couldn't help but be a little annoyed and angry, Meng Qing's words definitely meant something, just a few days ago, Zheng Zhibao suddenly led hundreds of his warships to the waters near Jeju Island in North Korea, and put on a posture of attacking North Korea. The king of Joseon, Yi Liang, ordered the Korean sailors to be on emergency alert, and was so frightened that he hurriedly sent an envoy to ask for help from his hairy son-in-law Pang Gang.

After Pang Gang received the Korean king's request for help, he immediately issued several urgent orders to the sailors, and the commander of the sailors, Tu Hai, led the main force of the sailors with a total of more than 200 warships to the vicinity of Jeju Island to confront Zheng Zhibao's sailors to prevent them from attacking Korea, and sent Mo Hui to Jining to lead the inland river division stationed in Jining, and cooperated with Jining's soldiers and horses to garrison Meng Qing to hold the Yangtze River passage for at least half a month, and resolutely could not let Hong Chengchou go to Yanjing Qinwang.

Mo Huitang, a deputy commander of the water division, was suddenly ordered to come to Jining to command dozens of inland river divisions that seemed to him to be child's play, and the grievances in his heart could be imagined, so Meng Qing made a little joke with him.

Mo Hui snorted angrily and said: "Don't laugh at Lao Tzu, you old Meng will also tell the prince about it, and transfer you to a place where birds don't to guard the mountain, and see if you are still unsoothed." Isn't it just to command a few Cangshan ships on the river? What's this, I think I started by commanding a small boat, and now I have the right to relive the old dream. ”

Just as the two were arguing, a voice came from the height of the mast, "Two adults, the banner of the Great Ming Sailor has been found ahead!" ”

"Are they finally here?"

After hearing the report of the lookout on the mast, Mo Hui's body was shocked, and he immediately took out his clairvoyant mirror to look at the river to the south, only to see the masts on the river in the distance appear in his sight.

"Okay, these rabbit cubs have finally arrived, and it's time for me to greet them." A look of excitement appeared on Mo Hui's face, and he turned his head to Meng Qing and said, "Old Meng, that is the door, you should also go down and prepare?" ”

Meng Qing also said with a straight face: "Okay, let's prepare separately, you must remember that Hong Chengchou and them must not be allowed to cross the Yangtze River one step!" ”

"Fuck off, I can't use you to fight." Mo Hui finally couldn't help laughing, stretched out his foot and kicked at Meng Qing, "!" ”

Seeing Meng Qing get off the boat, Mo Hui immediately gave a loud order, the sailman immediately raised the sail, the rope man immediately retracted the cable, and everyone prepared to meet the enemy.

"Woo woo"

Soon, the horns sounded on the docks, and the ships raised their sails, and soon they left the dock and headed up for the river

(To be continued)