The process of them going up against the current to attack the Caoliang Wharf this time was very simple, and they basically didn't encounter any situation along the way, even if the people on the shore saw this fleet and the marines of Langya passing by, they didn't know what it was, and they didn't dare to ask, as long as they weren't fools, they knew that this was the army, and who dared to go up and touch this mildew. When they arrived at the grain wharf, they encountered a little trouble, not people, but boats! There are too many tankers in the waterway here, which causes blockages.

Mercy was a quick deal, and he told the Marines of Langya to block the banks of the river, and then they took prisoner all these trough boats, and tied them together with ropes, and hung them all behind the butts of each ship in the fleet, like a sea train, and continued to rub forward, and the fleet grew longer and longer. There are indeed barracks at the Caoliang Wharf, and there are quite a few of them, thousands of people, but there are very few cavalry. This is already a big rear, since the Mongols ran away from the Jin State, there has been no war for decades, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers stationed here is very weak, a cannonball past, they run faster than the common people, and the marines of Langya can't catch up on horseback.

At the time of arson, compassion was in trouble, and most of this year's grain was not transported due to the silting up of the upstream river, and all of it was put in the warehouse to wait for the spring of next year when the river is full and then transported to the middle of the river. Hundreds of thousands of stone grains, a large warehouse full of millet and wheat. As a young man, who had been hungry when he was a child, he really couldn't do it. So he also learned from Hong Tao to roll his eyes a few times, hey, here's the way! Transporting it, how much it can be transported, anyway, it is going to cause chaos in Mongolia, and transporting and burning it is not an effect.

What kind of luck do you get? Boat! The men and horses on the ship were crowded. All the horses disembarked and ran with the marines. The freed up space is fully filled with food. Compassion is not enough. Didn't the fleet capture a large string of trough ships, all loaded with food, anyway, the return trip was downstream, and it was effortless to pull them, and in a blink of an eye they entered the sea. Who's pretending to do it? There were people, there were shipwrights on the tank, there were warehouse soldiers in the warehouse, and some prisoners of war, all of whom made Mercy a porter. He also learned Hong Tao's virtue and used words to scare people. It is stipulated that whoever moves the quota first will be let go, and whoever moves less will be hacked to death on the dock. Under the threat of death, those who can usually carry 50 catties and carry a 100-pound rice bag are also walking like flying. This cargo ship was the first to be filled, there was really no place to fill it, and even the toilet in the bow of the ship was stuffed with sacks, so it was let go by mercy, and let it come back first to inform Hong Tao, afraid that Mr. would be in a hurry.

"Go back, go to sea and wait! Bastard, see how I clean him up. If you have the ability, don't come back! "Hong Tao is so angry, how can his subordinates have such a captain who lives a life. Bad luck! But it's going to be outside, it's useless to be in a hurry, just wait.

It wasn't until the sun set that Langya's marines appeared at the mouth of the Haihe River and were picked up by the small boat sent by Hong Tao, and before it was completely dark, Mercy finally came out of the mouth of the Haihe River with a large string of trough boats. The dragon was long enough, more than a mile, and there was a lantern hanging from each boat, and from a distance it looked like a large glittering centipede crawling on the water. A few miles behind the fleet, there was a long dragon of lights moving towards the sea, apparently the Mongols' pursuers. However, they can't catch up, and in the current traffic situation, it is basically impossible to catch up with the fleet going down the river at night, and if they go fast, they will have to hurt people's legs and horses' legs, where is the road. However, the Mongolian soldiers were really anxious, and they really chased them to the mouth of the Haihe River regardless of it, but they were hit by a large area of naval artillery two kilometers away from the Jinhe, and then they retreated.

"Fill! If I don't shout to stop, I won't stop! "When Mercy climbed onto the side of the Golden River, intending to show off his exploits to Hong Tao, he was pressed to the deck and tied up by several sailors before he could stand on his feet. The bucket and wet cloth on the side had been prepared for a long time, and it was his good friend Swan who was executed, and he poured two buckets of water in a row, but Hong Tao was still angry, and forced Swan to add another bucket.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Most of this bucket of water was sprinkled on Compassion's neck and head, and Swann took advantage of Hong Tao's inattention and began to cheat for personal gain. Hong Tao pretended not to see it, and waited for the bucket of water to be poured before he walked over and lifted the wet cloth covering Compassion's face.

"Hmm...... Hmm...... mercy's face turned white, and as soon as he opened his mouth, a stream of water gushed out, and he opened his mouth again.

"Got it...... Don't disobey orders! Don't dare next time! "Compassion can stretch and bend, and as soon as he breathes evenly, he quickly admits his mistake.

"From now on, you can only eat small rice, don't you like grain? I'll let you eat enough! Hong Tao was still angry, and added another punishment to the mercy, which was the end of the execution, and turned around and went into the cabin to ponder.

What to ponder? Ponder what to do with these trough ships pulled behind the fleet! They are all offshore or inland river flat-bottomed boats, which cannot sail far, and as long as they encounter a little wind and waves, they all have to capsize and sink to the bottom. After thinking about it, I didn't come up with a suitable way, and I am not a god, so I can't order God to be calm. Leave it to fate, first get all the shipwrights on the ship, it is useless for them to stay on the ship, and if the ship capsizes, they will have to take a few lives. As for whether these tankers can be towed back, who knows, where will they be towed.

"Let mercy give me to the stern of the ship to look at the cable, and if the ship capsizes too much, cut the cable, and leave him alone on duty!" The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Hong Tao got out of the captain's room again, and he had to torture this kid. A good sweep turned him into a grain transport team, and now Dengzhou and Mizhou could not go, so he could only return to Mingzhou first to dispose of the grain, and he had to reduce the speed of the voyage as much as possible and walk along the coastline.

In 1236, just a few days after the Spring Festival of the third year of Duanping, Hong Tao's fleet dragged more than 30 trough ships to finally climb through Hangzhou Bay, burrowed into the Yongjiang River, and headed for Mingzhou Port.

Mingzhou, is the name of the Tang Dynasty, after the Southern Song Dynasty moved the capital to Lin'an, brought a lot of northern population, so that the business here is more developed, and then promoted to Qingyuan Mansion, this is the official name, the people are still used to use its old name. I have never been to the city of Myeongju, but I have heard of this city countless times when chatting with maritime merchants, because it is a major port for maritime trade with Goryeo and Japan, and every year not only a large number of merchant ships depart from here to cross east, but also many merchant ships from Goryeo and Japan dock here. With such a large number of goods import and export, coupled with the particularity of its own geographical location, the development of Mingzhou can be regarded as changing with each passing day. The merchants living in the city of Mingzhou were no worse than Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and even richer.

Tracing more than ten nautical miles from the Yongjiang River, it is a place where three rivers meet, called Sanjiangkou. To the northwest is the Yuyao River, and to the southwest is the Fenghua River, so the waterway transportation here is very developed and covers a wide area. Mingzhou City is built on the west side of the mouth of the three rivers, the city wall is still some distance from the river, on the shore of the river, there are all kinds of boats of all sizes moored, not only the west bank of the Yuyao River to the north is full of wharves, the north bank of the Fenghua River is the same. What's more, there are many shipyards on the north bank of the Fenghua River, almost one by one, which is the largest shipbuilding base in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are thousands of new ships launched from Mingzhou every year.

Hong Tao has been to Lin'an, and that city is also built near the river, but Mingzhou is very different from Lin'an. The maritime trade was developed and there was no royal residence, so it was more thorough and more commercial. This point is vividly manifested from the way of the fleet up the river, Hong Tao's fleet has been overwhelmed by those small boats selling along the river countless times, they don't care what kind of warship you are or not, just like the grasshoppers see fresh meat, they flock to sell everything, and there are actually flower boats soliciting customers in broad daylight.

"Let the 80 guns on the deck fire two guns at the place where no one is and disperse them!" It is very troublesome to go upstream, the fleet is still dragging a string of trough ships, and they can't lower their sails to avoid it, so Hong Tao can only continue to be a bad guy in desperation, and fire a cannon to scare people!

"O Nima! Not even afraid of cannons! Raise the sails, whoever gets in the way will hit whom! What Hong Tao didn't expect was that it would be better not to fire the cannon, and as soon as the cannon sounded, there were more onlookers. Originally, the boats in Jinhe Bay were different, and now they can set off fireworks while walking, hey! There is a lively bastard, so the ships that come over are not only small trades, but also many cargo ships and passenger ships, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty really love to watch the excitement. Even if they are lucky, there is no shortage of excitement where there is a flood, and it is lively to make him happy or annoyed.

Thousands of tons of big ships, once the sails are full, it really can't stop if you want to, and the main channel of the Yongjiang River is really lively for a while. The first to be overturned by the Jinhe was a two-story ship that ran over from afar to watch the fireworks, in front of the Jinhe, its two floors could not touch the second layer of the gun door, dared to block the Jinhe's route, it was directly knocked away, and then snapped into two.

"Put the lifeboat, and if you can save it, you will save it...... What a wickedness! Hong Tao said viciously, in fact, he didn't want to kill people casually, it doesn't matter if he hits someone's boat, it's best not to drown.

Seeing that the Jinhe was so violent, it really dared to hit up, and the surrounding ships were really afraid, and they fled in all directions in a hurry, and in this hectic, two more ships collided with each other, and it looked like it was going to be finished. Hong Tao looked at these Song people, and he couldn't cry or laugh a little, they regarded their fleet as a Japanese or Goryeo merchant ship, and they wanted to bully and bully foreigners, and get a forced buy or sell something, but they didn't expect to kick it on the iron plate.

There was a traffic accident here, and two cars and boats soon came over on the river, this thing Hong Tao knew, it was the patrol ship of the city ship Sihai Patrol Camp, and they also had their figures outside the port of Guangzhou, and the flags were almost the same, but I didn't expect them to take care of traffic accidents in addition to arresting pirates and inspecting goods. (To be continued.) )