The Cangshan Ship, the two naval warships of the Ming Army, has always been a sharp weapon in naval warfare. The hull of the Cangshan boat is small, high above the water, with a draft of 5 feet, and it is equipped with a oar, which is sailing when the wind is smooth, and swinging when the wind is blowing. The ship was light and dexterous, and was mainly used to chase the enemy and capture the head. He played an important role in the Anti-Japanese War. The great eunuch Liu Jing modified it, and the draft was significantly reduced, so that it was easier to sail on the Yangtze River. Each ship carries 4 sailors and more than 40 sailors, and is equipped with weapons such as two Franc machines, bowl-mouth guns, Lumi guns, rocket crossbow arrows, etc. Shoot with a Franc machine and a shotgun at a distance, and fight with a firearm at a close distance. The two sides can play a role by relying on close rockets, crossbow arrows, etc.

Therefore, the Cangshan ship has not yet failed in naval battles, and the Japanese are terrified of it.

The salt fleet composed of two Cangshan ships and ten galleons can be said to be mighty, and the leader of the team is a great eunuch Liu Jing's master named Liu Dapeng, this person has excellent martial arts, especially good at bows and arrows, and pierces Yang in a hundred steps. In his hand, he had an iron machete with a handle and a knife that was one and a half meters long, and he had experienced a hundred battles and killed countless people. Won Liu Jing's trust. It is not safe to travel all the way from the Huai installation boat. There are many bandits and hooligans along the way. Seeing such a large convoy eager to try, of course, most of the warships of the Daming Navy Division chose to retreat. Just kidding, the range of the two Franc planes on the Cangshan ship alone reached 2,000 feet, and the ship was destroyed and killed in an instant when it was hit by its shells. The bandits don't have big boats and can't stand its beatings.

As for melee combat, the bowl mouth gun, the lure gun, the barrel is loaded with lead bullets and iron bullets, etc., and the range has also reached hundreds of steps, and the casualties of a dense launch are not small, and the water bandits do not have the courage to do so. The combat effectiveness of the Daming Navy Division is not covered, the archers are all good at long-range shooting, rocket crossbow arrows shoot like a storm, the water bandits have no armor, and they are not meat targets. Seventy-seven-eighty-eight died before he got on the boat.

There are also those who are not afraid of death, and people die for money, and birds die for food. A truth that will not be extinguished through the ages.

Kongling Gorge is located in the middle of the western section of Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, with a total length of 5 miles and the narrowest part of the river is about 200 meters. It is known as "Qingtan is not a beach, and Kongling is the ghost gate". The water bandit who lives in Kongling Gorge is surnamed Fan, known as "Fan Old Ghost", and it turns out that he is also a captain on the Yangtze River, and the water is excellent. The officials forced the people to rebel and embarked on a road of no return. There are a hundred and ten outlaws under his command, all of whom are masters of the tide. Hijacking passing ships at the narrowest part of the Kongling Gorge is light and does not kill people, but it is different when encountering a ship escorted by officers and soldiers. The "Fan Old Ghost" water bandit has a trick that likes to attack from underwater. More than a dozen or dozens of people swam to the bottom of the boat and suddenly attacked, as if divine soldiers had descended from the sky. If you think about the sudden appearance of a dozen naked men with steel knives and spears in front of you, it is strange that their legs are not frightened.

It stands to reason that "Old Ghost Fan" would not dare to hijack such a large ship, but his father is a gambler and owes huge debts, and he can't afford to provoke the creditor, so he has to take risks, and he learns that the official ship is loaded with smuggled salt, and the amount is huge. How much money will be earned by taking it down? Just like some antique shops that have not been open for three years and have been open for three years, "Fan Lao Ghost" was moved and made full preparations. The main targets are two Cangshan ships. There were nearly a hundred sailors on it. "Old Ghost Fan" divided the crew into two groups, lurked in the water, and then secretly swam to the bottom of the boat and used a chisel to scuttle it first. Losing the warship, the remaining wooden sailing ships will be easy to deal with.

"Old Ghost Fan" thought of everything. just didn't expect someone to betray him, Liu Dapeng had already learned the information, and the location of the water ghost was also clear. The two Cangshan ships opened the way in front. After entering the firing range, the four Franc planes suddenly opened fire, and the corpses of the water bandits of the "Fan Lao Ghost" were blown up all over the wild ghosts, crying wolves. In the blink of an eye, dozens of brothers were gone. The rest turned around and ran, and the Cangshan boat chased and shot, and the "Fan Old Ghost" was directly hit by a cannonball, and his body was shattered. The water bandits are leaderless, and the wolves flee. The sailor soldiers were unscathed.

The harassment of the small group of bandits was harmless, the sailors were full of confidence, and the ship's foremen were also frightened, and they sailed desperately, showing the slightest dissatisfaction.

This gradually approached the White Dog Gorge.

There are many dense citrus forests on the gentle slopes of Baigou Gorge, which are connected into a piece, and it is not a problem to hide hundreds of people. The official ship had just won a big victory, and Liu Dapeng passed the good news of the total annihilation of the water bandit "Fan Lao Ghost" to the great eunuch Liu Jing, Liu Jing was overjoyed, and said that he would give Liu Dapeng the title of official after he went back, and the sailors were rewarded, Liu Dapeng was triumphant, and the Ming army sailors were even more jubilant. Unaware of the danger of sneaking closer. Because Liu Dapeng is confident that with the extermination of the "Fan Old Ghost" water bandits, no one will come to send them to death. So I let my guard down and regretted it for life.

More than 500 sailors were dispatched to the two water villages of "Dragon Village" and "Huashan Black Pond", which were ambushed in the citrus forests on both sides of the river, and the "Dragon Village" was commanded by Wu Laoba and Hu Jiang, the owner of the second village. "Huashan Heitan" is in charge of Darentai and Daritai. Ou Xiaofeng and Dalintai respectively drove several serial ships to ambush on the river, commanded by Huang Jiaotao, and attacked together by land and water, blocking the retreat of the salt fleet.

At noon, the Cangshan boat appeared in their field of vision, and when it approached the White Dog Gorge, the boat slowed down, and finally stopped moving, and it was very difficult to sail here. The channel is less than 100 meters wide, and the draft of Cangshan boats and wooden sailing ships is deep, so they have to rely on the slender man to come down to pull the fiber. Liu Dapeng estimated in advance, brought the slender man, and with an order, the slender man got off the boat and went ashore in a neat arrangement and pulled the boat with a fiber rope. The so-called "slender man" refers to those who pull fiber for a living. They bent over, carrying stiff ropes on their backs, and crawled the sheep's intestine path in the rocks and foothills, and all of them limped forward with one heart, shouting a strong rhythmic trumpet.

After a while, dozens of slender men shouted "Hey, hey, hey, hey, tow, drag, ......drag, tow The shouts and shouts of officers and soldiers were heard. If you think about a dozen boats and dozens of slender men, the labor intensity can be imagined. They were sweating profusely, their waists bent at ninety degrees, and their hands grabbed everything they could on the ground with force, force. They had no clothes on them, they were all black, and some of them were even skinny.

The Cangshan boat passed, followed by the wooden sailboat, heavier and heavier, the horn gradually lowered, and the movements gradually slowed down, after all, people are flesh long, this extraordinary labor, the slender men are tired and out of breath. Liu Dapeng, who was standing on the Cangshan boat, was secretly anxious, the time passed minute by minute, and the transport fleet was only half pulled over, and according to this process, it would not be possible to cross the White Dog Gorge in the dark.

Looking at the narrow river channel and the dense citrus forests on both banks, Liu Dapeng suddenly felt a thrill. What if there were bandits hiding in the citrus grove and launching a surprise attack? Or what if they crept up in the dead of night? If they are in the light and the bandits are in the dark, they will have to suffer a great loss. The muscles on Liu Dapeng's face spit and jumped, looking at the slender man on the shore was exhausted, a supervisor of the East Factory whipped a slow slender man with a whip, the person next to him argued that he was furious, an ear scraper rounded the past, the young slender man was like the wind blowing in the wind, turned three times, twisted three times, his face was full of flowers, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he fell to the ground, a high voice and a low moan.

Liu Dabang clenched his fists tightly and made the most accurate and stupid decision of his life. All the people on the wooden sailboat and the Cangshan boat, except for the gunner and helmsman, got off the boat and helped the slender man pull the boat together, after all, there are many people and great power. You can also cross the White Dog Gorge before dark.

Now there is no difference between the slender man and the boatman and the sailor, everyone is the same as carrying a heavy rope, the cat is almost climbing this and walking forward, the boatman is not afraid, they have all been a slender man, the sailors have done this kind of work, the fiber rod is pressed on the shoulder, all by the strength of the person step by step forward, the weather is hot, one hundred and ten sailors dare not attack when they have gas in their stomachs, Liu Dapeng is beside them, holding a whip, no matter who you are, there is no lazy door, two wooden sailboats passed, looking at the sailors, the clothes and armor on their bodies were taken off, a little better than the slender man is that they still have a pair of big trousers, knives, guns and weapons are put aside, a bit of disarming and returning to the field。

Ou Lingtian, the housekeeper Li Ji, and Ji Kang also came, and they hid on the mountain and observed condescendingly. Seeing that even the officers and soldiers were helping the slender man pull the boat, Ou Lingtian laughed and said to Ji Kang: "Brother Ji, the officers and soldiers have completely lost this time, and a tiger with teeth extracted is not as good as a goat. If Wu Laoba is smart, he can take action when the last wooden sailing ship passes. Attacking him unprepared, Liu Dapeng could only sigh even if he had great ability. ”

Ji Kang said: "This Huang Terrier Tao is a talent, and the estimate is very accurate, and Baigou Gorge has indeed become Liu Dapeng's burial place." He defeated the water bandit Fan Lao Ghost, and he was crazy and deserved to be unlucky. ”

Ou Lingtian said: "Brother Ji, the rest of the matter will be handed over to you, 20,000 stone official salt, which is not a small amount." ”

Ji Kang replied: "Dong Lianghong was also shocked when he heard about it, 20,000 Shiguan salt is indeed too much for him. But guess what Chen Shouxin said, 20,000 stone official salt, it's trivial. It won't take me a day to do all of it, that is, the officers and soldiers will dig three feet into the ground, and they won't want to find a grain of salt at the Shiyanpo wharf. ”

The last wooden sailboat became extremely heavy and could not be pulled, even Liu Dapeng joined it, the sailboat was still walking slowly like a turtle, Liu Dapeng shouted angrily: "All down, all the officers and soldiers come down to help, we have no time." ”

As soon as he shouted, the gunners and archers who stayed on the Cangshan ship also got off the ship, okay, the Cangshan ship basically became an empty ship and was undefended.

Ou Lingtian became nervous, sweat was in his palms, and said softly: "Wu Laoba, Wu Laoba, the time has come, it's time to make a move." (To be continued......)