In the sixteenth section, the two strange boats saw that the four building boats came to help, and the cracked boat gang suddenly closed. The giant oars flew like a fly, not retreating, but advancing, and greeted the four building boats. Yang Xiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly commanded a few naval soldiers to find Wu Ming. The latter suddenly emerged from the water like a zombie, wiped the river on his face, and walked towards the boat step by step. A few people were startled, and Yang Xiong remembered that this young commander was already eight ranks, and he forgot all about this stubble in this panic.

Wu Ming turned over on the clipper, twisted the water droplets on his body, and said worriedly: "This thing has a strange structure, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with, and I don't know how the organ city was made." He was about to brief a few people about what he had just encountered. Suddenly, there was a "bang", but it was a building boat and a strange ship that collided together.

Although the building ship of the Jiangnan Navy is not as good as the strange ship, the top is covered with iron sheets, but the hull is also soaked in tung oil, and the body is stronger than gold and iron. The two sides collided at this time, and both shook a few times, but they were not harmed at all. The side of the ship was right on top of the strange ship's tubular protrusion. The two boats form a strange "D" shape.

A sailor soldier laughed: "This thing is going to suffer." ”

He had almost died under the arrows of this strange ship just now, and between his words, it was quite unkind. Although Wu Ming was not familiar with water warfare, he also nodded secretly. In the battle on the water, they try to get close to each other with both sides of the boat. In this way, a bow and arrow that is convenient for your opponent can be covered from a distance. Second, it is also convenient to set up a springboard for hand-to-hand combat at any time. Therefore, facing the bow of the ship against the hull of the other party is a taboo in water warfare.

Before the soldier's words could be spoken, a burst of shouts rang out from the ship. Stones the size of a millstone were thrown from above. Hit the top of the strange ship, "bang" sounded. Sounds impressive. Wu Ming's heart sank, the top of the strange boat was wrapped in iron, and he couldn't even pierce the red night, and if he threw this stone, he was afraid that it would have a limited effect.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a scream came. I saw that the tubular protrusion of the strange ship suddenly burst into flames. The fire was very large, and it lasted for a long time. The hull of the building ship is soaked in tung oil, not afraid of swords, sun and rain. But he is most afraid of fire attacks. In a short time, the ship was filled with smoke, and even the sails on board were ablaze. Many of the sailors were already in place, trying to rescue the fire everywhere above. But the fire erupting from the tubular protrusion of the strange ship was almost burning against the ship, how could this fire be extinguished. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the whole ship was already on fire. Seeing that this building ship is already in ruins.

The soldiers on the ship were already panicked and fled in all directions, and many of them fell into the water with screams. A vision of the end of hell. When the strange ship saw the fire, it slowly turned around, and the boat gang on the side cracked again, and a rain of arrows struck, and suddenly many sailors and soldiers were killed, and they all fell into the river screaming.

The blood-like red rain sprinkled on the river, and countless red dots appeared around the boat at once, slowly seeping into the water, and the river water in this large circle also turned pink. At this time, the other three building ships were attacking another strange ship, and when they saw this scene, they were also stunned, obviously they didn't expect this kind of change, and they stopped in the middle of the river for a while, and they were a little at a loss.

Wu Ming was also a little dumbfounded at this time, the strength of the Jiangnan Navy Army, he naturally understood, he didn't expect that as soon as he came into contact with the Navy in the Organ City, he would suffer such a big loss. At this time, there was another drum in the direction of Nanning. Several larger ships sailed towards this side, probably noticing that the battle situation was different here, and they also came to support.

A sharp whistling suddenly sounded from the two strange boats, and then they turned their bows and flew away in the direction of the Han River on the north bank. And the three building ships were also taken away by the accident just now, and they had no heart to fight, so they didn't intercept them. Wu Ming couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you come to save people soon?" ”

This sound sounded like a scorched thunder on the surface of the river. The three building ships also woke up from the shock and moved closer to the burning building ship. In just a few moments, there was already a fire on it, and it was difficult to find a soldier on the ship. Many of the sailors jumped into the water.

Wu Ming and the others also drove the fast boat to help.

By the time there was no longer a single soldier calling for help on the river, most of the burning boat was already burning and slowly sinking, and the river was full of the pungent smell of smoke, mixed with the smell of blood. Yang Xiong exhaled and said, "This fire-breathing ship is really powerful. No wonder there was a tubular protrusion in front of it, but it was. ”

When the clipper sailed into the North Gate sluice, Wu Ming's heart was still heavy.

In the past, there was a Jiangnan naval army as a barrier, and everyone always thought that as long as there was the danger of the river, it was almost impossible for the northern army to go south. But today's Spitfire in the Organ City has taught everyone a vivid lesson. The Jiangnan Navy is not omnipotent. Now that even the only Great River barrier will be lost, what will the entire Jiangnan fight with the other party? He couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

As soon as he jumped ashore, Dai Yu came up from the city wall with a few personal soldiers, and asked from afar: "Lord Wu, is there any weakness in the flamethrower?" ”

Spitfire? It seems that he has seen the battle just now, and this name is also appropriate.

Wu Ming thought about it, shook his head and said, "I also stayed at the top for a while, and my knowledge is limited, if you want to talk about weaknesses, I'm afraid there are none." This is not to say that he is not angry, just now the two fire-breathing boats are fast, and their bodies are wrapped like turtles. If you want him to find a weakness, he really can't say it for a while.

Dai Yu frowned and muttered, "In this way, it seems that this thing is even more difficult to deal with than imagined." Although he said it quietly, Wu Ming heard it clearly, and said in surprise: "Why, Dai Bing, you have known about this fire-breathing ship for a long time?" ”

"Lord Wu, nearly 20,000 sailors in the organ city are going down the river. If we don't know anything about it, it's impossible, but after a try, this thing is more powerful than expected, which is a bit unexpected. ”

Wu Ming was angry for a while, feeling that the buildings just now were just pawns sent out by them to test each other. Dozens of sailor soldiers on board died in vain? If the rescue is not in time, will you become cannon fodder? Thinking of this, he said coldly: "Dai Bingbu, don't you have a way to deal with it?" ”

Dai Yu was thinking about what was on his mind, and when he heard the words, he let out an "ah", glanced at Wu Ming and said: "It's not that there is no way, the Prime Minister has already had a way to deal with it, but he is not very mature, so he didn't tell you, I hope Lord Wu will not blame." Regarding the change in Wu Ming's attitude, he was probably a little inexplicable and wanted to go to another place.

As he was talking, a horse rushed from afar, and Lao Yuan was shouting: "May I ask if Lord Wu, the commander of the guard battalion, is here?" Wu Ming was taken aback and replied, "I'm here." ”

The person who rushed over turned out to be an acquaintance, it was Wei Hu, the envoy of the forbidden army's yamen sanlu guard, who had a relationship with Wu Ming last time. He jumped off the horse sweating profusely, half-knelt on the ground and said, "Wei Hu has seen Dai Shangshu, Lord Wu." ”

Dai Yu frowned and said, "What's the matter?" What does it look like? ”

The forbidden army yamen has the responsibility of maintaining law and order in Kyoto, and when Dai Yu was still the governor of the Jiangnan Navy in the past, although his official rank was still much larger than Wei Hu, it was not easy to manage. But now that he is the secretary of the Ministry of War, his powers and responsibilities have naturally increased. He really wanted to ask, and Wei Hu couldn't help but say it. Wei Hu half-knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Back to Lord Shangshu's words, I wish Prime Minister Prime Minister to consult with Lord Wu on urgent matters." ”

Dai Yu glanced at Wu Ming in some surprise, probably guessing what Zhu Huai was looking for Wu Ming. He groaned and said with a smile: "Lord Wu, this method of coping with it is not a big secret, you go to Liu Ze to have a look, you should gain something." Wu Ming bowed and said, "Thank you Dai Shangshu." Then he took the reins of the horse from Wei Hu's hand, turned over on the horse, and galloped towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

※※※ In Nanning in May, the spring breeze warms up, and it is smoky. With such good weather, the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion is even more brilliant, and the spring is like Dai.

The Prime Minister's Mansion in Nanning is the former Jiangnan Governor's Mansion. Zhu Huai is not only known as the governor of "book chess", but also a very elegant person. The backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion has opened up a large artificial lake, and here is a rockery pavilion, like a small garden. This is where I usually wish Huai to go boating. After Zhu Huai was named the prime minister of Nanning, he has been so busy in recent days that his feet barely touch the ground, and he has rarely come here.

The water is immense. In a small kiosk by the lake. Zhu Huai was half-squinting, holding a fishing stalk in one hand, looking into the distance comfortably. Behind him stood a slightly dark and thin old man, rubbing his hands and feet from time to time, looking into the distance.

Stared at the float, and there was no movement for a long time. Zhu Huai frowned, and suddenly said: "Old Hu, how many times have I told you, you have to be calm every time there is a big event, you look at you, you are stomping and panting." People can tell at a glance that you have something in mind. ”

Steward Hu retracted his neck and stopped. A little embarrassed, he said: "Master, I've been in temper for decades, how can I change it." Don't you often say that 'the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change'. The old slave has already set his sex, and it is impossible to change it again. ”

"The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change." Zhu Huai repeated in a low voice, and suddenly smiled: "Old Hu, you still say that you are coarse, and now you have learned to chew words in front of me." ”

Steward Hu still lowered his head and said softly: "These are all smoked out by the old slave with the Prime Minister. ”

A hint of ridicule flashed in Zhu Huai's eyes: "Old Hu, there are no outsiders here, and it's useless for you to slap me like this." As the saying goes, nothing is courteous, and neither treachery is the way. Say, do you want to say something to me again? Cold sweat broke out on Steward Hu's forehead, wiped it and said, "Master, do you really want Wu Xiaozi to return Li Zhong to the north?" This thing, I'm afraid it's a little difficult. ”

Wu Ming caught Li Zhong, Zhu Huai already knew. At first, I thought that Wu Ming was just to vent his personal anger, and he would hand people over to him after a few days. Knowing that he went to the Guards Palace today to dignitaries, those guards battalion soldiers ignored them. It is only said that the commander has a strict order, and no one is allowed to take Li Zhong away.

A trace of uneasiness passed through Steward Hu's heart, he had followed Zhu Huai for decades, and he had long known his character. When Zhu Huai is depressed and angry, he will fish in this backyard. The lord has been busy with official business these days, and he rarely sets foot in it. But today he made an appointment to meet Wu Ming here, and he obviously had anger in his heart. And Wu Ming's character, he is also touching a seven-seven-eighty-eight now, and I'm afraid he is not such a light and soft person. Once the two of them get into a stalemate, the marriage between Miss and Wu Xiaozi will hang in the air, and if the two want to combine at that time, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.