He was just about to step forward, but he heard Yu Chi Jiming's voice in his ears: "Little uncle, go slowly." ”

As he spoke, Yu Chi Jiming stretched out a small left hand and pinched it towards Qiu Yizhi's right neck. Before Qiu Yizhi entered Jinling City, he had been hit by Wei Chi Jiming's move, which made him faint immediately and fell unconscious, and he didn't even see Wen Lingjiao's last face.

Qiu Yizhi was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly leaned back to avoid Yu Chi Jiming's move, but unexpectedly the movement was too big and too fierce, and he almost fell on his back. Unexpectedly, Wei Chi Jiming's right hand just held Qiu Yizhi's shoulder, and his left hand pinched his neck again.

Qiu Yizhi knew that this little bit of kung fu on his body was not worth mentioning in front of Yu Chi Jiming, so he simply shouted: "Ji Ming, what are you doing?" I'm your little uncle! ”

After all, Yu Chi Jiming was still a teenage girl, and when she heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and her hand movements immediately stopped.

But I heard Lin Shuhan say on the side: "My lord, you are better alive than dead, the emperor still has a place to use you, the court still has a place to use you, and the people of the world also have a place to use you." I have discussed with Zhao Chengxiao and the others, and I want to rescue you out of this thousands of troops! ”

"Get me out?" Qiu Yizhi stood up straight, "What can you do to get me out?" ”

Lin Shuhan's face was embarrassed: "The way...... There's always a way to ......"

In fact, he didn't have any good way, but he didn't want Qiu Yizhi to lose his life like a brave husband committing suicide.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew in front of several people, the wind was unimaginable, Qiu Yizhi and Lin Shuhan were blown on their backs by the wind on the spot, and even Zhao Chengxiao, a person with natural divine power, squatted on the ground. Only Wei Chi Jiming turned around a few times in the wind before falling to the ground, but he didn't dare to stand up, but lay on the ground and raised his head to observe the movement ahead.

But I saw that the wind was blowing from the direction of the Lingnan Army, but there was gunpowder smoke over there, and it was all shrouded in thick smoke and dust.

"Is this explosives? Could it be that the explosives prepared by the King of Lingnan exploded by themselves? Qiu Yi, who barely turned over and raised his head to see the situation in front of him vaguely, secretly wondered.

Immediately afterwards, several explosions sounded, and several gusts of wind blew in the Lingnan army formation on the opposite side, and several bursts of explosions sounded, and several pillars of smoke were raised.

Qiu Yizhi was already sure that this was an explosive explosion. He couldn't be clearer about the power of explosives, even the solid masonry, wood and iron could not withstand the impact of the explosion, let alone flesh and blood. Such a large continuous explosion in the Lingnan army formation must have caused heavy casualties, and perhaps even the king of Lingnan himself would have been killed.

The situation was inexplicably reversed.

Since he was a child, he studied with Zhong Likuang, the prime minister of the dynasty, and was influenced by this strict and upright teacher. But today, seeing that the Lingnan Army, which was already a sure winner, had such a sharp turn of events at such a critical moment, he had to believe in success or failure, and there was indeed his heavenly skill in the dark.

However, he believed that without a blink of an eye, the faith that had been built up was ruthlessly broken.

I only heard the loud voice of the "black-necked toad" behind him: "It's not good! The ship of the Wako is coming! ”

Qiu Yizhi heard this, he was so frightened that he trembled, and quickly turned his head to watch, as the "black-necked toad" said, next to the originally empty Yanziji Wharf, there were actually full of large and small sea boats, and there were one or twenty of them.

Qiu Yizhi himself knew that two months ago, he had made a big fuss in Mingzhou Port, and burned seventy or eighty sea ships gathered by Yin Chengliang and Yin Tai father and son, thinking that the main force of their sea forces had been wiped out, but unexpectedly, in just two months, they had gathered such a large group of warships.

Qiu Yizhi was still sighing and impressed, but another thought popped up in his heart: What do those explosions in the Lingnan Army have to do with these dozen warships? Could it be that they heard the explosion and hurried over from the river to support? In this way, if you suffer from the enemy on your belly and back, you will also be unable to escape death......

But when he looked at the ships more closely, he was overjoyed, and saw that on the largest ship in the middle of the fleet, on the mast that towered into the sky, a red flag fluttering one foot square, and on it a huge whale with silver thread, as if swimming in the sky, with the swing of the flag.

"Li Zhi! The old shipowner Li Zhi is here! Qiu Yizhi exclaimed.

This Li Naonai is a member of the sea merchant living in Japan. He took the Moby Dick flag as his name, and he did not know how many ships he had, and half of the foreign trade business between the Han and overseas countries was in his name, and even the generals in Japan did not fail to give him face.

Qiu Yizhi and Li Zhi had a fate a few years ago and saved each other's lives. Qiu Yizhi also came forward and asked the emperor to personally issue an order to include Li Zhi, who was originally engaged in smuggling business, as a legitimate merchant recognized by the imperial court, so that his advantage at sea would be more stable. In order to repay Qiu Yizhi for his kindness, Li Zhi took 5,000 taels of silver every month for Qiu Yizhi's use, and there have been tens of thousands of taels of silver in recent years.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi saw the Li family's "Beluga Flag" from a distance, and tears burst out of his excited eyes, regardless of how many Lingnan troops were on the opposite side, he immediately got up and ordered the sergeants under his command: "Everyone go to the dock, reinforcements are coming!" Reinforcements are coming! ”

Zhao Chengxiao also recognized the beluga whale flag on the ship, and asked in a joyful tone: "Order!" The crossbowmen who were in ambush on the tall buildings on both sides, should they stay first and block the pursuit of the Lingnan Army before retreating? ”

"No, let's go together, what are you still doing there, let's go together!" With that, he got up and ran to the edge of the dock.

These elite soldiers under Qiu Yizhi were really well-trained, even if they heard the order for the whole army to retreat, they were not chaotic at all, everyone packed up the weapons at hand, and they didn't need to be commanded and coordinated, so they naturally divided the order, lined up, followed closely behind Qiu Yizhi, and came to the bottom of the big boat.

The more than 200 people had not yet lined up, but they saw that on the side of the big ship in the center, more than a dozen soft ladders were thrown down, and a human head poked out from the side of the ship, and shouted to the bottom of the boat: "Lord Qiu, come up, come up!" ”

Qiu Yizhi looked up and saw that the person who spoke was twenty years old, and his face was very handsome, it was Li Zhi's son Li Shengjie.

Qiu Yi begged for death, and was about to loudly refuse Li Shengjie's kindness, but heard Lin Shuhan say in his ear: "My lord, the turning point is coming!" As long as the Li family's fleet is used to block Jinling City and even the entire Yangtze River, it will cut off the hope of the Lingnan army going north, and the role of the Lingnan King in taking Jinling can be reduced by at least half. Your Excellency, you didn't lose! ”

Lin Shuhan's words were reasonable, and instantly made Qiu Yizhi dispel his plan to die with the enemy, withdraw the treasure knife in his hand, and climb up the soft ladder to the boat, and the soldiers and horses under his command also climbed all the way up. The ladies were weaker, and they were tied with ropes around their waists, and they half-climbed and half-dragged onto the side of the ship.

When he got on the warship, he saw the heroic Li Shengjie looking at him with a smile, bowed his hand, and greeted: "My lord, I haven't seen you for a few years, do you still recognize me?" ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly returned the salute, took Li Shengjie's hand, and saw that he hadn't seen him for two years, his heroic spirit had not decreased by half a point, he had added a little more calmness, and replied very excitedly: "Of course I remember, of course I remember...... It's just that I don't know why Brother Xian is here today? Fortunately, Brother Xian descended from heaven like a divine soldier and saved my life, otherwise I would have died here. ”

Li Shengjie smiled and said, "Could it be that my brother has lost the battle?" I gave my brother a great favor to my little brother, and I will be able to repay my brother in the future. The two of them were already calling each other brothers in a few words.

Qiu Yizhi was overjoyed, but he didn't have the heart to laugh and greet Li Shengjie anymore, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and poked his head out on the side of the boat to check the situation under the ship, but except for a blank space in the Yanziji Wharf, the rest of the ship was shrouded in smoke and dust that had not yet dissipated: not only could not see the movement of the Lingnan army clearly, but also the situation of Liu Qing, who was entangled with the enemy army, could not be seen clearly.

Qiu Yizhi was extremely anxious, and couldn't help but scold: "King Lingnan is so good to die, so many explosives have exploded, and there has been such a big movement, and I can't see what is going on underneath!" ”

Li Shengjie listened, took a step forward, and said timidly: "My lord, it's all my fault, it's not good, but seeing that the battle situation on my lord's side seems to be unfavorable, I fired the cannon in a hurry, but I didn't expect to block the adult's sight." ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, hurriedly turned his head, and looked at Li Shengjie with an apologetic face with wide eyes: "What did the virtuous brother just say?" The explosion just now, was it caused by your cannon? ”

Li Shengjie nodded innocently: "Yes, I'm right...... Oh, and the artillery on our ship was brought from the Westerners, and I remember seeing it at the time. Well, there it is. As he spoke, he gestured to the deck.

Qiu Yizhi looked in the direction of Li Shengjie's finger, and sure enough, there were black iron pipes with the thickness of a large bowl displayed on the deck every ten steps, which were the cannons he had seen on Li Zhi's ship.

This thing is fired with gunpowder, and the cannonball explodes on the ground after being fired, although the power is not as good as the explosive detonated on the spot, but it is also a sonic boom for several miles, which is shocking. I remember that at that time, artillery could only shoot at a fixed angle, in a fixed direction, and at a fixed distance, and could not be put into actual combat, but I did not expect that two years later, these problems had been solved and could be fired freely, which was really unexpected.

Since Qiu Yizhi thought of Li Zhi, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Xian, I am already very happy that you came today, but I don't know if the old owner of the ship Ling Zun is also on the ship, so that I can go and salute and say hello?" ”

Li Shengjie sighed: "Alas! My father's injuries have not healed and he can't travel far away, so he is still recuperating in Japan......"

Qiu Yizhi was shocked when he heard it - the old shipowner was poisoned by the Japanese assassins, and he was about to be poisoned and died, but Qiu Yizhi used secret medicine to stabilize his injuries and send him to Japan for treatment; But he didn't expect that after two years, the poison in him had not been completely removed and cured - this was another unexpected thing.

However, if you ask the old shipowner Li Zhi about the current situation, then this is easy to say, the current situation is obscure, the enemy is current, and Qiu Yizhi is not allowed to inquire about the situation in detail, so he only said: "That's a pity......" Hastily ended the topic, and turned back to lie on the side of the ship to look down at the situation.

At this moment, the smoke gradually dissipated a little, but it still blocked the vision in a daze, and it was impossible to see the situation below.

Qiu Yizhi wanted to send someone down to investigate, but when he thought that Lingnan King Zheng Gui was resourceful, maybe he would use the smoke and dust to set up an ambush, and it would be worth the loss to send someone over to throw himself into the net.