After the fifteenth section of the little emperor ascended the throne, the Northern Han side symbolically attacked several times, but the offensive was far less ferocious than expected.

The temple is not big, and after Wu Ming returned to Nanning, its defense has been taken over by the guard battalion. As a result, the manpower of the Guards Battalion was even more stretched. The batch of martial arts students from Nanning Academy will need to wait until September, and special training will be carried out at that time, which is far from quenching their thirst.

However, since it is the opening of the government, the number of people must not be limited to the original 999 people. Wu Ming convened the four teams to discuss it several times, but they were not very satisfied, and in the end, the matter had to be put on hold for the time being.

Although the attack of the Northern Han was quite limited, it could not be guarded against. "Only by knowing the other can we survive a hundred battles." This sentence is not only familiar on earth, but also mentioned in "Twenty-four Questions on Marching Strategies". Since Tao Yu asked him to open a mansion and build a government, it naturally can't be as simple as just guarding the Songzi Temple. Wu Ming had to go around the northern city wall every day, and even took the fast boat of the Jiangnan Navy to the center of the river to observe the movements of the Han River.

On May 21, he took Yang Xiong and several soldiers of the Guards Battalion and took a fast boat to the center of the river. Looking at Hanshui Castle from here, countless boats carrying logs still enter and exit the sluice gates at the South Gate. According to the spies hidden in the city, two large docks have now been built in Hanshui City to build new ships day and night. However, to fight on the water, it is definitely not enough to have a boat, and there must be fighters who are suitable for fighting on the water. What the hell is the other side doing with so many ships?

Wu Ming was a little drumming in his heart, and he also reported it to Dai Yu, but Dai Yu just smiled and didn't say much, and he didn't want to dwell on asking Nanning about the countermeasures. After all, although the two sides are now ministers in the same palace, Dai Yu is directly under the prime minister. Now it's a book, and I don't have the right to ask him to do anything.

When Wu Ming and Yang Xiong were speculating about how the Northern Han would attack, the Han side suddenly let out a burst of cheers from the mountains and the tsunami. He frowned, and just when he was a little inexplicable, a navy soldier behind him hurriedly said, "Lord Wu, hurry back." Enemy reinforcements came. ”

The two people who were looking down to discuss were taken aback at the same time and looked up. Above the river, sparkling. Shining in the sun, it shone with a golden light, like thousands of silver snakes swimming. In the distance, in the line between water and sky, a black line appeared, which became larger and larger in the field of vision, and gradually turned into strange ships. Most of these boats had no sails, a large tubular protrusion at the tip, and numerous oars on either side. Driving on the river, it seems that a multi-legged centipede swims on it, which is indescribably weird. But despite this, the speed of these strange ships was still extremely fast, and Wu Ming visually measured that the speed of these strange ships was not much better than the speed of the fast boat they were riding.

Yang Xiong's face was already bad, and at this time he was even more pale as paper, and said, "What the hell is this?" ”

Some time ago, he was seriously ill, and he didn't even have time to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the little emperor. But he is an idle character, he was just able to go to the ground yesterday, and today he will accompany Wu Ming to observe the enemy's situation.

Wu Ming groaned and said, "Probably the naval army of the organ city has arrived." ”

"The Naval Army of the Organ City? It's a bit of a trick now. ”

Inevitably, the morale of the army fluctuated, and the news that the water army of the organ city was going down the river, and Zhu Huai and others blocked it to death. Yang Xiong has been sick in bed for the past few days, and Wu Ming has not sued him for the past few days. However, as soon as the water army of the organ city came, the advantage of the Jiangnan water army suddenly collapsed by half, and it was probably impossible to think of it as smooth sailing as before. Wu Ming couldn't say anything about the news that the Gulf Storm Army was about to come to help, but comforted: "Don't worry, I wish Prime Minister his own arrangements." ”

The soldier suddenly exclaimed, "My lord, go quickly, they are rushing over." The two of them were taken aback at the same time, and turned their heads to see that those multi-oared monster boats were going down the river, and the current plus manpower was as fast as flying, and a large area of black pressure rushed down from the upstream. Two of the strange boats probably saw the clippers of Wu Ming and the others Jiang Xin, broke away from the team, and forced towards them.

Wu Ming frowned and said, "What are you panicking about?" It's still far away. ”

Although the other party's boat is fast, their boat is originally a fast boat, so naturally it is not necessarily slow. Last time, he and Yang Xiong rushed to each other's painting boats and killed Li Zhong by surprise. Even if the other two boats chase after them, they don't necessarily have no strength to fight. He straightened his waist and said, "You wait for the good life to drive the boat, Brother Yang, prepare to meet the enemy." ”

The river is very wide, the current is also fast, and the other party is now going downstream, so naturally the speed of the boat is extremely fast, but if they want to return, they may not have such speed. If they really dare to rush blindly, as long as they cross the center of the river a little, the Jiangnan Navy will definitely come to help, and if they want to escape back, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

The sailor soldiers were already panicked, and they heard Wu Ming say this at this time. His heart was half relieved, and he answered, "Yes." The wooden oars in his hand took off and landed a few times, and the clipper accelerated when he boarded, and flew towards Nanning City. It's just that the strange ship behind is chasing after it, and the speed is not slow at all, and it is getting closer and closer.

Wu Ming carried Chixiao and stood at the stern of the boat, staring closely at the two behemoths that were getting closer and closer. Although he acted as if nothing had happened on his face, he actually had no bottom in his heart. Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. It was too far away just now, and I could only look at it, but now it is close. Only then did I realize that this ghost thing had grown up even more than I imagined. The whole ship is about 40 meters long and nearly 20 meters wide. The most terrifying thing is the appearance of this ship, with a tubular protrusion at the front and a piece of iron covering the top, almost equivalent to an iron-armored monster.

More than a dozen huge pulps stretched out from both sides of this strange boat, but at this time, they slapped the water surface in unison, and the splashes of water were nearly a meter high. So many huge pulps, but so neat, obviously also trained for a long time. Wu Ming originally wanted to rush to the other party's boat to fight hand-to-hand, but when he saw this strange ship like this, he dispelled such thoughts when he boarded.

At this moment, suddenly there was a drum sound from the direction of Nanning, and the four building boats were already hurrying towards them in the sound of drums. Obviously, the Jiangnan Navy has discovered the abnormality here and is rushing over to support. Wu Ming looked at the speed of the two sides, and his heart was relieved, although the building ship of the Jiangnan Navy was very slow, it would definitely be able to arrive when the other party caught up with him.

He had just relaxed his mind, but he saw that the two strange ships suddenly accelerated, cleaving the waves, and the momentum was faster than the others, and they actually crashed straight over. If this continues, I am afraid that if they can't wait for the four building ships to come to their aid, they will be chased and crushed by two strange ships, and everyone will definitely fall into the water. At that time, except for myself, others may have to feed fish and shrimp. Wu Ming shouted, "Turn quickly." ”

Several sailor soldiers had already heard the sound of the giant oars of the strange boat slapping the water behind, and they had long lost their opinions, and they only knew that they were rowing straight with their heads bored, and they heard Wu Ming say so. When he arrived, he understood it, and the oars in his hands rose and fell, running like flying. The clipper spun around in the middle of the river and dodged straight to the side. Two strange ships flew aboard, one of them almost brushing them across. The splash of the giant oars almost flipped the clipper over.

Wu Ming said: "Brother Yang, you go with them quickly, I'll go up and see what this ghost thing is." He said, not waiting for Yang Xiong to answer. With both feet kicking the boat, the man had already taken advantage of the momentum to fly up and float down on one of the huge oars of the strange ship. Yang Xiong exclaimed, "My lord." "I was about to fly to help. Seeing that Wu Ming's body was like electricity, he happened to land on a huge oar, and his feet were like dragonflies on it, and the person suddenly swayed up again, rushing towards the top of this strange boat.

At this time, there was a "snap", and the boat gangs on both sides of the strange ship suddenly cracked. Countless bows and arrows poked out of it, and someone inside faintly shouted, "Release." As soon as the cheers fell, only a "whoosh" sound was heard, and suddenly arrows rained down, and their heads poured down on their clipper.

Yang Xiong originally intended to help Wu Ming on the strange boat, but when the boat gang cracked, the arrows exposed inside were clearly visible. The alarm in his heart was rising, and before the arrow could be fired, he was already crying out and lying down. The sailors were also very clever, and when they heard him shouting, they threw away their oars and threw themselves on the boat, only to hear the sound of "Ding Dong" incessantly, and although these arrows were violent, they missed an arrow.

Wu Ming saw it really on it and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was now able to overturn to the top of the ship, which was all made of wood and iron, and it was even more slippery, and the ship moved like a fly, and it was very bumpy. He hurriedly collected his mind, stabilized his figure, and with a stretch of the red night, a sword slashed towards the top of the strange ship.

With a "poof", Chixiao plunged into the top of the strange ship, but only did not enter the tip of the sword. He couldn't help but be stunned, Chixiao had always sharpened iron like clay, but this time he didn't make any contributions. What is this iron sheet made of? Wu Ming took a long breath, and waited for his true qi to be ruthless again. Suddenly, there was a "pop", and the gang of another strange ship also cracked.

At this time, the two strange ships were almost advancing in unison, and Wu Ming now jumped on one of them, just exposing himself to the other party's range. From the cracked gang of ships, another rain of arrows struck. He was shocked, it was bare, and there was no place to borrow strength. I had to roll and fall from above. It fell into the water with a "pop", splashing a large cloud of water.

Yang Xiong was startled in the boat, he only saw that after a rain of arrows, Wu Ming rolled down from it, only to say that Wu Ming was shot into the water and was about to think of saving it. The man who knew that Wu Ming suddenly poked his head out of the water and shouted, "Leave me alone, you guys go quickly." As soon as he finished shouting, another rain of arrows hit the boat, and he was so panicked that he quickly sank into the water, and did not dare to raise his head again.

"Knock, knock, knock" The four building ships finally rushed over at the critical moment, and rushed towards the two strange ships. The building ships of the Jiangnan Navy are not all the kind of giants that are more than ten zhang high, and there are also many small building ships. Almost all of these four ships are about twenty or thirty meters tall, but they are still a cut above the boss compared to the two strange ships that attacked.