The Ming army quickly gained a foothold in this potbelly port, which originally belonged to the Potbelly Kingdom and was later stolen by the White Lotus Sect, and immediately began to organize troops and devote themselves to the military operation to eliminate Fu Puxin Fu's shopkeeper.

According to Zhu Su's estimation, this place is about the vicinity of Changhua County in Shitai Province in the future, and there is a river to the east of it, which the aborigines at this time call "Big Belly Creek", and further east is the mountain range, and Fu Puxin fled towards this mountain range.

This plain located by the sea was originally inhabited by the Dawan Fan tribe, including the Potbelly King tribe. Although these tribes were defeated by the Xiyi fleet that came from the sea, there were still many tribes in the mountains that had only superficially submitted to the Potbelly King.

These tribes were far from the coast and had little communication with the civilized country of Daming, so they were also called "shengfan", which was different from those who lived by the sea, were accustomed to trading with the Ming sea, and could understand the local dialect of Fujian.

Although the ripe fan of the potbelly kingdom has been hit hard, the raw fan is not damaged, and there are tens of thousands of people. If Fu Puxin, a demon, integrates these bewitchments, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In order to capture this thief as soon as possible, Tang He decided that he would personally sit in this potbelly port, and Zhu Su, Chang Mao, and Li Jinglong would lead the elite troops to conquer the remnants of the White Lotus.

"The nobles of the Ming Dynasty are in front of the big belly stream...... Now is the time of the rising water, and the water in the river is very urgent. Those of us who want to cross the river are afraid that it will not be so easy. "As a guide, it is a familiar fan of the Gaoshan clan, compared to the big-bellied fan, and the Gaoshan people who once built the Danjiang Port side by side with the Ming Dynasty, are undoubtedly more friendly to the Daming.

Although this familiar fan is a mountain man, his mother is the youngest daughter of a chief of the Potbelly Country, which is a matrilineal ethnic group, and he has also traveled back and forth between the mountains and the Potbelly Country since he was a child. Therefore, it can also be counted as half a pot-bellied person.

Seeing that the guide was worried, all the Ming soldiers smiled. "Haha, no matter how turbulent this water is, can you still rush across the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and cross the vast East China Sea in a hurry? Even the fleets of our Ming Dynasty in the East China Sea have already crossed over, so what is there to fear about this small river? Chang Mao smiled.

On the waists of these elite sailors of the Ming army, each of them carried a special leather bag, which could be used to carry fresh water when boarding the ship, and could be used as a means of life-saving in naval battles. In case it falls into the water, the floating leather bag can become a lifeline for the overboard soldiers. If it is a landing operation, it can also be connected with leather bags to form a pontoon bridge, which is used to cross the river and wade through the water.

This is also a new official of the Baoyuan Bureau's War Division, from the story of the Dayuan Iron Cavalry contained in the history books, a gadget designed by a whim, has now become the standard configuration of the Daming Water Division, and has also become a beautiful talk that proves that the new learning is a study that has been applied to the world.

The Great Yuan Iron Cavalry once crossed the river and the sea with leather bags, and they drove the Yuan people out of China The elite of the Ming Dynasty used this leather bag to cross a stream, why not be afraid of the turbulent water?

The guide of the Gaoshan clan couldn't help but show admiration on his face when he saw that the Ming sergeant was so arrogant. Hearing Chang Mao say that the Ming people even waded through the vast East China Sea, he couldn't help but ask: "On this sea, there are a lot of whirlwind beasts. Did you really even wade through the East China Sea? ”

"Is that fake?" It was Li Jinglong who answered him. "Do you know why my Ming country name is a 'Ming' character?" He used his hand to draw the word "Ming" in the void.

"It means that wherever the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they will be shrouded by the power of my great tomorrow. As long as the sun rises on the sea, my people will conquer it! ”

These nonsense words actually attracted the guide of the Gaoshan clan to be leisurely. This person's eyes showed a look of longing: "Your Da Ming is really powerful...... Fortunately, our Gaoshan clan became friends of the Ming Dynasty early. ”

"If only the Potbelly King had been friends with Da Ming early, if only this way, the Potbelly Kingdom would not have been attacked by those red-haired ghosts."

Because of his mother's relationship, he also has a deep affection for the Potbelly Kingdom, and his eyes are sad at the moment.

Soon the team came to the Potbelly Creek. Although the name has the word "stream" in it, it seems that it is a river dozens of feet wide.

Chang Mao was about to let the Ming army blow up the leather bag to cross the river, but Zhu Su raised the lookout, looked around with the lookout, and then said: "Brother Chang is slow, this river is wide and the water is very fast...... In case the bandits set up an ambush on the opposite bank and prepared to attack halfway, the sons and daughters were in danger. ”

"Ambush? Can't you? Chang Mao looked at the other side with some surprise, only to see that the trees on the other side were verdant and peaceful, where did it look like there was some ambush? Your Highness, the bandits fled for their lives in a hurry, their morale was exhausted, and they didn't care about setting up an ambush. ”

"Even if Fu Puxin wants to set up an ambush, he doesn't have enough manpower!"

Zhu Su shook his head, "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old boat, divide the soldiers into two teams, and cross the river from two places." ”

"The soldiers of the election will cross the river in leather bags first...... As long as one place is passed, the ambush soldiers cannot intercept it. ”

Zhu Su also knew that the bandits might not have enough people to set up an ambush...... But what if in just a few days, Fu Puxin has already bewitched the Shengfan tribe in the mountains? Although Da Ming is a strong dragon, he can't be careless about these ground snakes.

Soon, more than 100 warriors who knew how to water were selected from the Ming army, and they crossed the river in two places on rafts made of leather bags.

According to Zhu Su's meaning, the time when the Ming army crossed the river in these two places was also uneven. A part of the river that was crossed first was nearly halfway crossed, and the part that crossed the river later began to be pushed into the water. Seeing that the advance team had already crossed the river, Li Jinglong, Chang Mao, and Zhu Su were all relieved, and if they wanted to ambush the army crossing the river, it was most appropriate to do it when they were halfway through. These Ming troops have already crossed the halfway crossing, and it is indeed safe to come to the other side.

"Let's just say no? How could that bandit have such great ability to set up an ambush for me in this realm......" Chang Mao smiled with relief.

Before he finished speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in his ears, and in the low forest on the other side of the river, many people dressed in red and black and dressed in fur and leaves suddenly poured out.

"Is there an ambush?" Li Jinglong exclaimed.

Seeing that the people on the other side raised their wooden bows and threw stones one after another, Zhu Su shouted in his heart. In order to be able to swim and escape, most of the Ming troops in the first team did not wear iron armor. He didn't expect that there were bows and arrows among these people......

"Ullah!" With a strange cry from the leader, the arrow shot down at the head of the advance Ming army. The Ming army, which had long been ready to swim, jumped into the water one after another, and the leather sacs that were not equipped with wooden planks to prevent arrows were quickly shot out, and there were also a few traces of blood on the surface of the river.

(End of chapter)