In Hezhou City, it is very lively, the lights are bright, the city is full of Dashun army, the people are all hiding in their homes, it is difficult to sleep, a group of soldiers go back and forth on the streets, patrol everywhere, there are many troops in and out of Hezhou City, endlessly, or on foot, or riding horses galloping in.

Zhizhou Yamen, more lively very, the fire is sky-high, like daylight, not only hung red lanterns everywhere, there are many torches fluttering, illuminating the entire Zhizhou Yamen, personnel in and out, and the hearty voice comes out of the hall, echoing in the courtyard.

"Haha... Yuan Zongdi, you are finally here, the emperor is almost impatient. ”

"Hey, hey, hey... The personnel are almost there, so we should be able to move now, right? Every day in this and the state city, they are almost idle. ”

"Hey~ Dang Shousu, aren't you and Liu Zongmin attacking Huguang? How did you get to this and the state? ”

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In the hall, when the generals talked warmly, they either hugged their fists and saluted, or hugged warmly, indescribably excited, inexhaustible happy, and at the same time, a suit of armor showed a burly atmosphere, but also showed a rough and bold temperament at a glance.

"cough~cough~"

The sound of two dry coughs sounded suddenly, echoing in the hall, although the sound was not high, seemingly careless, but extremely penetrating, almost in an instant, all kinds of noise and noise suddenly stopped, and all eyes converged in the same direction.

In the eyes, it can be said that all kinds of emotions are intertwined, there are almost crazy worship, there are almost fiery eagerness, and there is also the obedience and respect like worship.

I saw that Li Zicheng calmly walked into the hall, smiled at everyone, and said at the same time: "Everyone is finally here, let's sit down and talk~!" ”

While speaking, Li Zicheng had already walked to the side of the table and chairs, and waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down, but the whole person had already sat down, his eyes changed even more, his face showed surprise, and finally fell on Dang Shousu and his party.

"Hey~ General Dang, why did you come to Hezhou City?"

Li Zicheng asked everyone's doubts and curiosity, and everyone followed Li Zicheng's gaze and looked at Dang Shousu and his party, who smiled freely and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general came this time to send you a gift on the orders of Marshal Gao and Marshal Liu, which will be of great use to the army attacking Yingtianfu, especially crossing the Yangtze River moat." ”

For a while, everyone was aroused by this gift, but Li Zicheng's reaction was otherwise, when he heard the gift, his brows wrinkled unconsciously, and when he heard the words behind, he suddenly became interested, and he was full of curiosity.

"Great gift... Crossing the river..."

Li Zicheng's face was thoughtful, and after muttering two words separately, a trace of sudden color flashed between his eyebrows, and he faintly became a little excited, and asked uncertainly: "Is it the ......boat used to cross the river?"

The words stopped abruptly, the end of the note was long, and Li Zicheng's eyes became like an eagle falcon, looking at Dang Shousu sharply, looking extremely expectant.

At this moment, other people also had a guess in their hearts, and seemed to have the same idea, and then they all held their breath and stared, like Li Zicheng, they were all staring at the party and Shousu, and some people had green light in their eyes, like hungry wolves all the time.

Being stared at like this, Dang Shousu didn't mention how awkward he was, and he couldn't be calm anymore, just like the yellow flower girl being watched by a group of hooligans, that gaze made him feel excited, and his voice stammered a little and replied: "Huh... When Marshal Gao and Marshal Liu besieged Zuo Liangyu, they captured dozens of warships, and the two marshals thought that if they wanted to successfully take Ying Tianfu, the biggest threat was not the fierce resistance of the Ming army, not the high walls of Nanjing, but the natural danger of the Yangtze River. ”

"So... So... The two marshals specially ordered the last general to come to the support, bringing these dozens of warships and boats to help the army cross the Yellow River. ”

Dang Shousu couldn't talk anymore, being stared at like this by a group of big men, that feeling... It's too infiltrating, Dang Shousu only felt that cold sweat was breaking out on his back, and goosebumps were straight all over his body.

"Haha... Great, these dozens of warships came too timely, and now they can move even more and attack Nanjing City! ”

I don't know who was the first to shout this sentence, and the originally silent hall exploded, and it was suddenly filled with all kinds of cheerful sounds.

Looking at everyone's happy appearance, it was like the New Year, how could Dang Shousu understand the importance of these dozens of warships and the significance they represented?

The reason why the army stopped in the vicinity of Hezhou and Chuzhou for a few days and could not continue to move south was not without timing, but the biggest reason was that there were no large ships crossing the Yangtze River, which not only caused extremely low efficiency in crossing the river, but also greatly increased the risk.

The turbulent river, the wide river, even if there are many boats, how many Dashun troops can be crossed?

If hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops all crossed the river in small boats or rafts, what year and month would they have to wait?

What's more, the sailors of the Ming Court are not vegetarians?

Moreover, the most important thing is that the soldiers are fast, and in an instant, they may lose their fighters! Once too much time was spent on crossing the river, the Ming army on the other side had sufficient preparations, as long as a cannon was erected at the important wharf, how could the Dashun army cross the river?

Forcibly crossing the river, even if it can succeed in the end, it will be a heavy loss!

At this time, Li Zicheng was also unconcealably happy, his heart was almost uncontrollable with excitement, he laughed loudly, and then said loudly: "Haha... General Dang, these dozens of warships of yours have come too timely, but they have helped a lot! In this way, the army can send the vanguard to cross the river, capture the wharves along the coast, and seize the ships on the opposite side, and in less than a day, the army can cross the Yangtze River and reach the city of Nanjing. ”

Tian Jianxiu, who was on the side, blushed, happily agreed: "With the cover of large warships, you will not be afraid of the attack of the sailors on the river of the Ming army, and you will be able to win more time for the troops crossing the river." ”

At this moment, when it came to the sailors, Li Zicheng's memories came like a spring, and he couldn't help but think of the old past, Ma Xin, who was far away in Guangzhou, was now serving under Zheng Zhilong, commanding a fleet of nearly 1,000 sailors.

Before the party was still in the future, looking at the wide Yangtze River, for a moment, Li Zicheng had such an impulse in his heart, summoning Ma Xin to return, instigating a naval division, and coming to help the army cross the Yangtze River.

Li Zicheng shook secretly, showed a helpless smile, and said in his heart: "If it weren't for Dang Shousu to bring these dozens of warships, I'm afraid I really couldn't help that impulse and recalled Ma Xin." ”

Not only Li Zicheng knew it in his heart, but also the other generals knew that without the assistance of a sailor, the risk and cost of forcibly crossing the river would be too great.

Well, now that there are dozens of warships, there is no need to recall Ma Xin, and he can play his best role!