Yingzhou

The snow is falling, the mountains and fields are wrapped in vegetarian, everywhere is full of cold winter breath, everything is dormant, and the whole northern land is frozen by frost...... There are exceptions, the 800-mile Taiping Lake and the Qianjing River between Yingzhou and Xiangzhou, one is the world's top five Daze, and the other is the leading river in the north, all of which are living water.

In a strategic sense, the "Taiping Lake-Yingxiang River" is an important choke between the middle and lower reaches of the Qianjing River, and controls the main waterway and branch waterways of the ten states in the lower reaches, which is also the intention of the imperial court to set up the Xiangzhou Naval Division here.

At this time, I saw a huge fleet, distributed in this section of the river, under the cover of goose feathers and heavy snow, I could not see the details, and the fleet with many shadows and shadows, there were two hundred huge flags.

You know, this is not a small ship, it is mostly a large ship, each ship can hold 500 soldiers, but even with this scale, it is impossible to fill the river.

The Qianjing River is so wide that even if a quarter of the water shrinks slightly during the dry season, there is no shore in sight, and there are always smuggling boats that dare to take risks and smuggle under the banners of various states.

So there were small teams patrolling separately, gathering and scattering, and they swam like sharks smelling blood, and from time to time they heard the general shouting: "Be vigilant, don't let the smuggling boat pass—"

"If you catch one, you will be fined 100 taels, and half of it will be handed over to ...... privately."

The bow of the pitch-black ship was painted with the Huang Long and the number of the Cai Dynasty, and they ran over the wind and waves on the river, and the soldiers' eyes were red, as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

However, most of the warships were not far from the exit of Taiping Lake, and the generals of each ship seemed to be a little afraid of Taiping Lake, knowing that the Han army sailors would shrink into it and not dare to go in to provoke, and it didn't matter otherwise.

"Phew--this winter, we can't catch a few smuggling boats, and we can't take turns to rest......" The captain scolded, and the cold wind poured into his mouth, and his cheeks and voice were distorted, which was a little funny.

But the deputy general, as a fellow countryman and partner for many years, still smiled when he heard the meaning: "No, the marshals are all on the ship in person, if the king of Qingjun will come in previous years, this time it seems that I haven't seen him for more than a month......"

"I heard the grapevine that I went to the East China Sea...... someone echoed and asked.

"Shh......h You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing. The captain's face changed slightly, but he knew that this was the main fleet, so he couldn't help but stop the gossip of his subordinates: "You don't want to throw the law enforcement officer into the water in the middle of the winter to be sober, right?"

The men in the back all laughed and lowered their voices: "I know, we all do our duty well, and after this month, it will be our turn to go to the East China Sea to open meat...... The Han army sailor on this side is really a turtle. ”

The captain also laughed silently.

...... On the flagship Dangkou ship not far away, the lights flickered, and the snow reflected a chart of the East China Sea, Sun Xinbo listened to these voices sent by the wind, and frowned displeased: "Who leaked the news?"

The staff whispered, "It shouldn't be a leak...... The prince brought a hundred ships over, and the fleet of the Xiangzhou Navy Division was less than half, no matter how much he used the wind and snow to bluff and set up false ships, he could hide the enemy's claircopy in the distance, and he couldn't hide his own people. ”

The deputy governors who could stand on the bridge of this flagship were all the deputy governors of the detachment fleet, and the dozen or so vice generals behind them also nodded in agreement, saying: "The governor values the enemy too much, the lock of the trapped dragon, where is it so easy to break? ”

"Unless he is dignified and deignant to be a porter...... Haha......" Someone laughed thinking he was clever and didn't name the immortal.

Sun Xinbo glared at the tightrope walker, noncommittal: "Everyone knows that the Hanhou Mansion is in charge of Yingxiang and Xiang, and the split situation is completely our Xiangzhou Sailor. ”

"But receiving the reward is one thing, we have to know the weight of the credit in our hands, there are still some special circumstances in it, don't mess with our own positioning. ”

The generals looked at each other, and they were all puzzled: "Where did the marshal say this." ”

Sun Xinbo stopped talking, and the staff glanced at him and explained on his behalf: "Yingzhou is not rich in local products, but the bulk trade of raw materials and commodities between the Guò Beibishan Railway and the Wei State is carried out...... However, northern and central Hunan are rich in grain production, so the red vein forces in the area around Xiaoxiang and further south are smuggling, especially in the Chu State, where farming is developed, and the bulk goods transported are mainly grain and spiritual goods, and the local workshops are mainly light industry. ”

"This causes the industrial layout of the Hanhou Mansion to be divided between the north and the south, and the transportation demand generated by each other's urgent need to make up for each other is very large, so there is a lot of hoarding on both sides, and the immortal will occasionally personally escort the fleet for ferry shipping, and the blockade of our Xiangzhou Navy Division will not achieve a fatal effect......"

He said with a wry smile, after all, he was still very optimistic about this strategy at the beginning, and after a slight pause, he changed his tone: "Fortunately, the impact is still very large, the north and south banks are the leaders of the manufacturing industry chain in the north, but they need to trade along the long river, which makes it impossible to escort the whole process." ”

"The information explored over the years has been very detailed, the characteristics of the production line of the Huoling Steam Workshop are that the equipment needs to be readjusted every time it stops, not to mention the losses, as well as equipment depreciation costs, employee labor costs, channel maintenance costs, and raw material storage costs. ”

"The three-year blockade silence has reduced the voice of the Hanhou Mansion a lot, and the higher prices in the interior can make a lot of profits, but in the end the selling price is the same as the selling price transported to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Hanhou Mansion will lose a lot of money by selling most of the dividends - or this kind of containment is also the real intention of the imperial blockade - but it has also made other forces blush, we are just making an insurance chain, so that everyone can act in unison and not tear each other down, so as to force the Hanhou Mansion to spit out the dividends......"

The generals suddenly realized when they heard this, and they all showed regret: "It's a pity that you can't coordinate the Northern Wei Dynasty, otherwise you can really seal it!"

"When did the Outlands blow up that railroad......

Sun Xinbo's face turned cold: "What nonsense!"

"Uh......"

This one knows that he is speechless, and he shuts up.

For the old subordinates who still want to give some face, Sun Xinbo glared at him, and revealed: "Don't think I can't even see it...... Smuggling channels large and small are all over the world, and they are basically people with hands and eyes, and their relationships can reach our sailors. ”

The generals looked at each other for a while, shook their heads, and swore a curse: "We will never accept bribes!"

"Yes, you confiscate it, you make sure your subordinates confiscate it?

"This ...... Uh...... "A lot of people are flushed, and no one dares to guarantee it."

Sun Xinbo sneered, ignoring their embarrassing reactions, the means of conveying interests in the army, how could it be unclear that he had climbed up from the grassroots level?

Like the East China Sea Fleet before it was dismantled, it was not easy to build the Iron Army, and corruption always came so quickly, the governors of the detachment turned a blind eye and could not stop their subordinates from making some extra money.

"A lot of things, don't think that I don't know with the prince, but fortunately, you still have to wait for the principle to die - the fleet with the background of the Hanhou Mansion is not allowed to trade in person. Otherwise, you really won't be killing chickens and making an example of monkeys?"

He said coldly: "The imperial court and the surrounding states have a tacit understanding in this regard, and they have combined with each other to form a consensus of interests...... A group of vultures hovered around the dying beast, forming an encirclement corresponding to Xiang, and the Xiangzhou sailor was like a trapped dragon lock to curb the growth of Yingxiang's Qing industry, and also faced the threat of an immortal. ”

Seeing that there was silence on the field, they were a little vigilant, so he nodded with satisfaction, and finally rang the alarm bell: "This winter, the prince led his troops to the East China Sea, and the back road is our half, the task is very heavy, the court has exerted pressure down, and it must be tightened not to make any mistakes." ”

"The last general understands!" the deputy governor patted his chest in response, and went back in his heart to take care of his captain.

To be fair, the naval division here has been in the industry for many years, and I feel that the Han Army's naval division has developed very rapidly, and twenty warships have been added in three years, all of which are steam-powered and new warships covered with ironclad, so the growth trend is terrible.

But for now, they are not too worried, no matter how strong the Han army is, the total number is only fifty, how can it compare with the fleet of the Xiangzhou Naval Division?

"The situation is still under our control...... several generals clenched their hands and bared their teeth, as if they were pinching a villain named Ye Qing in their hands.

While he was talking, four or five small lights suddenly flashed through the porthole, which could not be seen clearly in the snowflake sky, but in the blink of an eye, someone shouted outside.

Sun Xinbo frowned and said, "Look, who is making noise outside, these people are becoming more and more out of military law-you go, look!"

As he spoke, he ordered a magician, but before he could go, he only heard a "boom".

The bright light kept getting bigger in everyone's field of vision, and quickly showed the swarthy fusiform hulls that flew across the plane, moving from the sky to the river, and everyone was shocked: "What is that?"

"Enemy ships from outside the country?"

"Enemy attack—"

"Prepare to fight back—"

It is worthy of Da Cai's elite, although he was shocked when he saw the five ships, but he reacted quickly, and many people immediately began to organize a response.

"No, the ship is the flag of the Hanhou Mansion......" Someone said to stop the sound, thinking a little confused, it seems that it is also an enemy ship?

"It's the banner of the Han army...... after three years of dealing with old opponents, the soldiers basically recognized it, and they were even more at a loss: "But how can you fight?"

Without waiting for them to think about it, these five Han immortal ships slid through a short and beautiful drifting arc upstream, aimed their bows at the Xiangzhou Navy fleet, and went straight down the water surface...... Rush on!

In the loud sound of "boom", the immortal ship stuck to the surface of the water and crashed straight up, and suddenly several warships, the wooden hull was reinforced with an array array, and it was not comparable to the immortal crystal material of the empty ship at all, it was not a level of things at all, even if it did not fire, it was completely abused.

I saw a large number of sailors falling from the overturned hull, floating on the icy river, trembling: "Help-"