Liu Yunqin said forcefully: "What do you want?"

Liang Jinzhen looked at the Dongchang soldiers who were gradually surrounding and said: "If you don't want them to be wiped out with the rebellion of the imperial court, you can put down your sword and surrender, and let Lord Liu Jing and Lord Liu deal with it in the future, how about it?"

"Do you want to put me under house arrest?"

"Do you have any other options?" asked Liang Jinzhen rhetorically.

"The water situation of the Yangtze River is complicated, I am the commander-in-chief of the fleet, can you bear this responsibility if something happens?" Liu Yunqin said viciously.

Liang Jinzhen sneered and said: "Doesn't the old captain on the wooden sailboat know the water situation of the Yangtze River better than you? Who do you think you are? If something happens, maybe you can run faster than anyone else." Zhang Liang, escort him up, and wait until he sees Lord Liu to deal with it. ”

Liu Yunqin had no choice, he honestly stopped resisting, called a small leader of Dongchang to explain a few words, and was taken care of by Zhang Liang. It was locked in a small warehouse in the cabin of the painting boat, eating, drinking, and sleeping here, and he gritted his teeth in anger, but Liu Yunqin should be thankful that he escaped a catastrophe for this, the painting boat was not attacked, and Liang Jinzhen did not die, after all, it was too risky to kill a third-grade official of the imperial court, and Ou Lingtian, the king of Huashan, let Liang Jinzhen go. Liu Yunqin also survived.

Chen Zhanwei just laughed at Liang Jinzin's actions, the two of them were dog-eat-dog. As long as he keeps the official salt and arrives at the place safely, Xiaofu is quieter without Liu Yunqin on the boat, and the whole province is annoyed when he sees his obscene figure. The little boss of the East Factory did not dare to give orders, and the actual commander-in-chief fell into his hands. Liu Jing's smuggled salt will naturally leave when he arrives in the place, and the silver will also be earned, money is a good thing, Chen Zhanwei is not rich, the Daming Sailor has now existed in name only, the officials deduct the silver salary, and the sailors are miserable. The fallen soldiers could not be comforted, Chen Zhanwei counted on the improper silver to help them, the wool came out of the sheep, and he couldn't control much.

But something still happened, on the narrow waterway of the Yangtze River, it was the dry period of the Yangtze River, and the draft of the Xiaofu boat was too deep to pass, and the slender man couldn't pull it. It was also something that Chen Zhanwei did not expect. Chen Zhanwei is not in a hurry if the Xiaofu boat can't pass, there are still five Cangshan boats that are enough, what kind of water bandit will have such strength. Dare to compete with the Ming army sailors, are you impatient? He asked the Xiaofu boat to return on the spot, leaving some of the sailors on board to arrange on the Cangshan ship, and redeployed two Cangshan ships to open the way, and three of them were broken. The departure of Xiaofu Boat has greatly reduced the firepower of Chen Zhanwei's sailors, and he has not yet realized this. By the time the actual battle came, this fatal flaw began to be exposed, but it was too late.

The fleet entered the Minjiang River, which is an important tributary of the left bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and was mistakenly believed to be the source of the Yangtze River in ancient times. Therefore, it was once called Dajiang. It is the largest tributary in the Yangtze River basin. Above Dujiangyan is the upstream section, the river valley is deep, the slope is steep, and the water flow is turbulent. Water is abundant. Dujiangyan to Jiading Prefecture (Leshan) is the middle section, and the following Jiading Prefecture is the downstream section. There are more than 400 miles of waterway from Jiading Prefecture to Chengdu. It is also the last section of this shipping, with Chengdu as the capital. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, named the eleventh son Zhu Chun as the king of Shu, and the palace was located in Chengdu. Today, people call it the "Imperial City". Chengdu's imperial city culture originates from this. Also along the Jinjiang River built the Chipbian Building, Wangjiang Building, Scattered Flower Building, which became the landmark buildings of Chengdu, all of which are the work of Zhu Chun. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the title of Zhu Di is still preserved. Zhu Di did not embarrass Zhu Chun and acted as his king of Shu.

The valley of the Minjiang River is deep, the slope is steep, the water flow is turbulent, and the widest part of the river is even the sky, and there is no end in sight. Chen Zhanwei stood on the bow of the Cangshan boat and looked at the almost transparent river, he was in a good mood, and he should reach the destination Chengdu in two days, and the calm along the road was amazing, and the water bandits and thieves did not even see a shadow, let alone a fierce battle. The majesty of the Daming sailor is inviolable, how dare the little water bandit hit the stone with an egg and bring about his own destruction. Standing at the bow of the boat, Chen Zhanwei felt proud, and couldn't help but read softly: "The wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is howling, and the white bird flies back." The boundless falling trees are falling, and the Yangtze River is rolling. ”

She comes from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "Ascending", written in Kuizhou, writing about the autumn colors of the river and the sky seen by ascending, Kuizhou is bordered by the Yangtze River, the river flows into Qutang Gorge here, the mouth of the gorge is windy, and the sky is high and windy in late autumn. The poet climbed high and looked up, only to see the boundless forest leaves falling down, the rolling Yangtze River flowing endlessly, the majestic, vast and slaughtering, withering weather made the poet feel more vast, the years are long, thinking of his own years have passed, ambition has not been rewarded, how lonely the mood, how tragic.

Chen Zhanwei's mood is no different from that of a poet at the moment, the great eunuch Liu Jing blatantly smuggled official salt, and 10 wooden sailing boats were mixed in it, which was 30,000 stones of salt, how much silver could be exchanged for. He succumbed to the pressure of Liu Jing to fight for the tiger, and one day he was known by the court, and he was not clear about what the crime should be. Daming Sailor has become Liu Jing's personal bodyguard, isn't it very sad.

Chen Zhanwei shook his head self-deprecatingly, Liu Jing is not the only one who is corrupt and perverts the law by court officials, how many officials across the country are corrupt, and there is no one like him who embezzles money in order to supplement the families of the dead brothers. Who can understand this heart? Just as he was thinking wildly, a strong wind suddenly blew on the river, stirring up a thousand waves to crash against the boats, and a thick cloud floated in the sky, instantly covering the sky and the earth, the wind raging, and the heavy rain poured down. This sudden change surprised Chen Zhanwei a lot, and when he looked back, an old shipwright who had been a captain on the Yangtze River for many years had a great change in his face, and his body trembled. Chen Zhanwei hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you, what's wrong?"

The old man knelt down and replied in a trembling voice: "It's broken, it's broken, we have offended the Jiang Shen, and we have touched something unclean, and we are about to be in great trouble." ”

Chen Zhanwei didn't believe in ghosts and gods, looked at the churning river, couldn't see anything, suddenly a long thing appeared in the water, like a hill, the speed was fast, in a blink of an eye came to another Cangshan boat, you can see its huge scales and huge head stretched out, slammed into the Cangshan boat, only to hear a loud "bang", the Cangshan boat shook several times and tilted over, the sailors above did not have the slightest defense and fell into the water, a few waves disappeared. The remaining sailors panicked, clutching what they could hold onto, and did not dare to move.

The water monster lifted the Cangshan boat up, which shows how strong it is. Although the Cangshan boat was not small, it could not withstand its fatal blow, the hull of the ship turned over, and a large hole appeared in the bottom of the boat, and the river poured into it, making a terrifying sound, and soon sank. No one can survive.

Everyone was stupefied, especially the painting boat that Liang Jinzhen was riding on, which was swaying in the wind and waves, and there was a cry of women on the boat, and it was a mess. Although the painting boat is not small, it is not as strong as the Cangshan boat, and it can't withstand a collision, Liang Jinzin's face is pale, his legs are weak and he can't stand, holding the mast and desperately asking Chen Zhanwei for help.

Suddenly, the body of the monster in the water turned around and collided with Chen Zhanwei's Cangshan boat, Chen Zhanwei quickly calmed down, and now it is impossible to hit it with the Franc cannon on the ship, and the distance is too close to play a role at all. But there were bowls, guns, canisters, and rockets on board, and all animals were afraid of fire, so they yelled: "Soldiers, don't panic, shoot it with firearms." ”

A sentence reminded the sailors, in the end, they are well-trained and have actual combat experience, the sailors grabbed their weapons and shot at the behemoth in the water, regardless of whether they hit or not, a large number of rockets and projectiles splashed in the water, and some shot on the scales of the water monster and slid away, it had thick and strong skin, but it also began to be afraid, and its body slowly sank into the river and disappeared.

No one dared to slack off, and they all stared nervously at the river, for fear that it would come out again. Behind the flotilla were three Cangshan ships, which were also attacked and became a mess. The water monsters launched a sneak attack together as planned, one of the three Cangshan ships sank, no one escaped, and the other two also fired rockets into the water indiscriminately.

Chen Zhanwei is sweating profusely, there are sea monsters on the sea, but he never dares to attack the fleet of the sailor, just kidding, the Daming sailor treasure is 44 zhang long, 18 zhang wide, the ship has four layers, 9 masts on the ship can hang 12 sails, the anchor weighs several thousand catties, it takes 200 people to set sail, and a ship can accommodate 1,000 people. It was the largest ship in the world at that time, and what sea monster dared to come forward. I didn't expect that today it was a boat capsized in the gutter, and two Cangshan boats were sunk by the water monsters on the Yangtze River.

The river gradually calmed down, the clouds quickly dispersed, and the sun slowly showed its face, as if nothing had happened just now, and the Yangtze River showed its magnificent side again. The waves are fierce, the ospreys are soaring, the white sails on the river are dotted, the boats are going downstream, and the slightly yellow water of the Yangtze River makes a "whooshing" sound, which is pleasing to the eye.

The sailors were not happy, and in a short moment just now, two warships sank to the bottom, and more than 100 sailors fed turtle shrimp with their commanders, and there were no bones left. They were all comrades-in-arms who got along day and night, but they were gone in a blink of an eye, and many soldiers began to cry. Chen Zhanwei could only order the Cangshan ship behind to leave one broken rear and keep two warships in front, he was very strange, more than 30 wooden sailing boats were unscathed, and even Liang Jinzhen's painting boat was not harmed. Could it be that the water monsters specially chose the Cangshan boat to attack, and they became sperm?

Liang Jinzhen took a small boat to pedal on the Cangshan boat, he was no longer willing to be on the painting boat, Chen Zhanwei looked at him expressionlessly and said: "We have suffered heavy losses, many people have died, fortunately, we are about to reach our destination, as a commander, at this moment you and I should be calmer than anyone else, don't put too much pressure on the sailors." (To be continued......)