Compared with the Yangzhou Canal section, the channel of the Tongji Canal is much narrower, and the water is much shallower.

It will be difficult for the fleet to continue to move side by side.

Considering the need to leave enough waterways for ships to and from the canal, the shape of the sailor's warship side by side became the shape of a long snake.

This formation was undoubtedly quite dangerous for the sailors, and no matter which ship was attacked, the other ships would not be able to provide support in the first place.

Therefore, before entering the river, Song Qing asked Chen Kan if he needed to prepare early, so as not to divide the formation, and then break each one.

As the fleet sailed into the canal, the sails were reopened.

After Xuzhou and Suzhou, another two days passed, and the fleet had sailed into the hinterland of the Central Plains in the traditional sense.

Today Chen Kan is ready to change his taste, since he got on the sailor warship, he has been eating fish every day, and now Chen Kan wants to vomit when he sees fish.

And the space on the warship is limited, and he can't carry too many fresh ingredients at all, which makes Chen Kan's desire to eat fresh vegetables on the ship is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Pickled tofu, that's what Chen Kan uses today to improve the taste.

As the saying goes, after eating pickles and rolling tofu, the emperor is inferior to me.

The treasure ship sailed on the gentle canal, and above the deck, a small stove burned smokeless charcoal, a wooden shelf that could be fixed to the deck.

A plate of sauerkraut, a plate of tofu. In the iron pot on the stove is the bottom of the pot with smoked meat, and then accompanied by a plate of garlic oil dipped in water, this is the staple food of Chen Kan and Song Qing today.

On board, it is naturally difficult to eat fresh vegetables, and only fatty fresh fish is available in unlimited quantities.

Chen Kan, who was tired of eating fish, asked the cook to pick out the fish roe for himself to be hot pot, and the fish was not wanted at all.

Pour the sauerkraut into the pot and simmer for a while, then pour the delicious fish bubbles and white tofu into it and roll it around, put it in the oil dish and roll it, and a delicious dish is formed.

The wine in the bottles on the shelves has also been changed from sweet wine in Jiangnan to autumn dew white in Shandong.

Chen Kan ate a piece of hot tofu, picked up the cup and took a small sip of wine.

"My lord, let's just make a big noise, can those people be fooled?"

Song Qing followed Chen Kan's example and sent tofu into his stomach with wine. Although he was asking Chen Kan, the indifferent expression on his face showed that he actually didn't take this matter to heart.

Chen Kan didn't care even more, it was not so much that he was using bait on the deck, but that he was observing the difference between the scenery in the north and the south of the Yangtze River.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency..."

Shi Wen suddenly hurried onto the deck.

"My lord, the brethren of the sailor have found a huge chain under the water."

Chen Kan smiled evilly: "Is the cannon ready?" ”

Shi Wen's words that he wanted to say were blocked in his throat, and after a while, he responded: "It's all ready." ”

"Then no problem, keep sailing!"

Chen Kan sped up his meal, if he didn't eat faster, the smell of blood would spread later, and he would not have the appetite to continue eating.

Song Qing said with a smile: "In a hurry, they can still find the iron chain of Hengjiang, which is really embarrassing for them." ”

"Although Zhu Jixi is a little stupid, he still has a little bit of background."

Chen Kan shook his head and drank the wine in one gulp.

In Chen Kan's opinion, the effect of arranging iron chains at the bottom of the river is similar to chicken ribs.

They didn't know which ship Zhu Jixi was being held on, did they dare to overturn all the boats? At most, the fleet was cut through the flotilla with chains and broken one by one.

But what Chen Kan wants to say is that now the times have changed, the Ming Dynasty is not the Three Kingdoms, and the Ming Dynasty has artillery!

Sure enough, as expected, a huge iron chain suddenly emerged from the river, forcing Chen Kan's treasure ship to stop, and looking back, a huge iron chain also crossed the stern of the boat to block the way.

"Huh~"

A rain of arrows came from both sides.

"Boom... Boom... Boom!"

The brocade guards had already prepared to put up the shield seven or eight feet high, and the arrows flying above Chen Kan's head inserted into the shield, and the tail fin hummed.

Suddenly many masked people emerged from the woods on both sides, some of them pushing the boat into the water, and some of them holding long knives with round shields.

There were hundreds of small boats, and the three largest treasure ships were surrounded in an instant.

"My lord, the arrows on the battlefield don't have eyes, please go back to your room and sit down, and your subordinates will go and solve these guys who are in the way."

Chen Kan is as good as a stream, his biggest advantage is to listen to persuasion, and at the same time, he has always adhered to the principle that professional things should be handed over to professional people to do.

He doesn't know how to fight, and staying outside is also a live target, since Song Qing can mix in the position of a thousand households in the water division that started in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the ability to lead the troops, it is certain that he is stronger than him.

The two brocade-clothed captains held shields to block the stray arrows, and Chen Kan returned to the room, closed the window, and looked at the left wind.

In his previous life, Chen Kan was full of infinite reverie for ancient wars, the golden iron horse when the wolf smoke was everywhere, or the flesh and blood flying in the sword light and sword shadow, the overwhelming arrow rain, the corpses of soldiers were all over the field, the general's horse leather shrouded body, the golden drum was flying in the sky, and the day was light under the river of blood.

But now, Chen Kan has not seen any of these scenes.

He only saw a group of masked men rushing towards the treasure ship one after another, and before they reached the treasure ship, they were shot in the head by the Ming soldiers holding firearms.

Because what awaits them is often a few or even a dozen embroidered spring knives that reflect the cold glow in the sun.

More small boats were pushed into the water in the distance.

The gunner on the treasure ship adjusted the angle, and the assistant filled a solid black shell into the barrel, and after firing, the sizzling sound of the lead was alarming.

"Boom~"

"Boom!"

Patches of boats were overturned by the deafening sound of cannonballs, many masked men were reduced to scraps of meat before they could even set foot on the boats, and large swaths of water were dyed red on the tightly bardeed waterways, with severed limbs and broken arms floating in the waterways.

The shouts of killing were drowned out by the sound of artillery fire.

The almost crushing result of the hot weapon against the cold weapon made Chen Kan's heart unable to rise a trace of waves.

Obviously, when I saw a dead person for the first time by the Qinhuai River, I would still feel frightened, disgusted, and afraid.

But now, his heart was terribly calm.

It seems that the battle that is happening in front of us is nothing more than a one-sided slaughter game, and it is not real.

Until the smell of blood reached his nostrils, he watched as an eyeball that floated near the treasure ship was eaten by a large fish that was a foot long.

He swore that he would never eat any more fish here.