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The scorching sun of Mengxia and the sparse humming of cicadas in the forest, Cao Bing, who had been appointed as an iron official, stood on the cliff of Taoqiu with his head held high, and urinated wantonly on the river below.

Looking down from here, the Jishui River is crystal clear, flowing slowly in the eastern land like a jade belt, and every other day, a large boat full of shini (coal) will flow down from Yuncheng to bring fuel to the ironworks.

Practice makes perfect in the ironmaking industry, coupled with some ambiguous suggestions from Zhao Wuxian, and a few blacksmiths from the Jin Kingdom to help, the output of the ironshop is increasing day by day, and it has broken through the original sixty catties, and has begun to sprint towards the daily output of 100 catties!

Now what needs to be solved is the problem of quality, how to remove impurities in the same way, how can the trained iron become the "steel" described by Zhao Wuxian, and in addition to the undemanding farm tools, can you make sharp and durable iron weapons?

In short, Cao Bing's mood was still very good, because of his excellent performance, he had been added to the rank of knight, and he was also rewarded with a few ironworkers who had put forward good opinions and increased production.

When he was done, he bundled up his silk belt and was about to walk back, but he heard a sound on the river below the mountain.

It was the clatter of the wooden oars breaking through the splash of the water, and the faint beat of the drums, and the sound of the horn, it was the fleet, and there were quite a few ships just listening to the sound.

"There are so many ships from Yuncheng this time." Cao Bing strangely stood on tiptoe to look, but he didn't see a piece of board floating upstream, and he realized it. The sound comes from behind.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Qi Guo come to the ship, and today is really a strange thing."

Walk to the edge of the cliff and look northeast. Cao Bing was almost so frightened that he sat on the ground!

It was two long fleets, forty or fifty ships. They are not boats for transporting goods, but tall warships! It's coming violently!

At the same time, the sharp sound of gold resounded in the iron workshop, and the soldiers of the remaining brigade immediately searched for weapons and began to assemble in formation......

Cao Bing had never seen such a terrifying giant ship on the water, and he muttered to himself: "I have long told Zhao Xiaosikou that there should be no iron workshop on the border, and now it will be over, the river." Onozawa, Yuncheng Pier is also finished! ”

……

"The peach hill has passed, and it really startled a mountain of monkeys."

The general of the boat division was annoyed and stood on the leader's big wing, and the frightened actions of the other party's Caiqiu Zhao Bing couldn't stop laughing.

The state of Qi has had a boat master since the time of Taigong, and by the time of Duke Huan, it has matured, and countless merchant ships can be transformed into warships at any time, and there have been some offshore ship battles in the war to conquer Donglai, so as to accumulate enough experience.

Nowadays, there are a total of three boat divisions in the Qi country, and the largest is the Shaohai boat division in the coastal area. There are as many as 100 ships, and they are claimed to be able to float at sea for six months. Qi Hou liked to play in Shaohai, and often personally commanded this boatman to find the Three Immortals Mountain, and they controlled the coast from Wudi to Langya in Juguo. The second is the Chen Boat Master on the big river. The number was fifty or sixty, and this counterattack against the river robbers and plunders made a great achievement, and only half of the ships were dispatched to kill the river bandits. The black skull flag no longer dared to swagger out.

It was precisely because of this victory that Qi Hou's heart swelled. I think that the Linzi boatman who can be moored on Jishui and Zishui can do the same thing: there is a dry river between Jishui and Zishui, and ships can pass in the rainy season. It dries up during the drought and is a natural canal.

This suggestion made the generals of the boat division worried, and there were not many examples of fighting against the river since ancient times, but because of the strong support of the Chen clan, the Marquis of Qi had made up his mind, so they had to obey.

Jishui is known as one of the four desecrations, desecration, which means that there is an independent source, can run into the sea of the big river, more than a mile wide, so it can allow two columns of warships to enter and calmly turn around, more than 30 boats in the northeast wind under the impetus to leave Linzi, upstream.

Although he was one of the people who advocated sending troops, he also knew in his heart that the deterrent significance of this dispatch was greater than the operational significance.

He was not afraid of his opponents, his knowledge of ships, oars, coasts, and rivers was outstanding throughout the Qi Kingdom, and he had fought the island's pirates on the damp decks.

It's because of the conditions.

Before entering Xilu, they had to rest at the shore every day, not because they could not sail for a long time, but because the ships were crowded and did not have much storage space, and a moving warship generally carried only one to three days' worth of food in order to maneuver quickly. However, after the sentence, there is no safe place for you to anchor in the nearly 100-mile waterway along the way, which is a very dangerous thing.

Therefore, he could not stay long, and the plan was to sail to Onozawa in the next few days when the northeast wind was blowing, attack all the Zhao ships along the way, reach the water outside Yuncheng, block the dock for a few days, and then return after a demonstration.

In this way, Qi Hou's vanity, which had been provoked during these months of the Cargo War, could be satisfied.

"Paddle!" After resting for the night in a place where the water is gentle, he shouted.

Annoying and almost familiar with this big wing, it is almost as familiar as his own bed. She was divided into two tiers, capable of carrying a hundred, with sixty oars on the lower deck, and the upper deck was filled with soldiers armed with bows and spears, and her huge size was not only formidable, but also very agile and swift.

"Column!" Sixty blades of the big wing entered the water at the same time, and the oarsman shouted a trumpet. And the drum beat is like a huge and gentle heartbeat, each time, the oars move one point, sixty people in one, neatly aligned.

Behind this big wing, two middle wings and six small wings also spread their wooden wings at the same time, and the speed of the seven ships was as consistent as possible, and the blades stirred the water, followed by the boats, light boats, flat boats, and boat boats.

Beyond the battle columns, he could see the small settlements that towered over the river, and the farmland stretched along the river, and there was no end in sight. The rammed-earth watchtower was close to the blue sky, and this was the beacon along the river set up by Zhao Wuxian, and now after discovering the fleet, it ignited a slender black smoke. After seeing the black smoke and even the irresistible fleet of Qi people, the peasants and soldiers on the shore suddenly stirred like ants that had blown up their nests.

The purpose of the Qi Guozhou Division was thus achieved, and the grievances of cutting off the noon road and the great river channel were swept away.

Annoyed and triumphantly said: "Zhao Wuxian is too rampant, thinking that he can do things that block roads and rivers?" Today we will give him all this vile means! Let him know who is the overlord of the river and the sea! ”

……

When the fleet passed, the soldiers saw the ships and fled in the wind. After starting to enter the territory of Yuncheng, counterattacks began to appear along the river. Some military officials organized archers and crossbowmen to release arrows. But the boats in the center of the river did not threaten in the slightest, and they all fell into the water. It once again caused a burst of laughter from the sailors of the Qi Kingdom.

Annoyingly, he said to his subordinates with certainty: "Although the combat strength of the Zhao clan's warriors is not bad, as long as we are on the river, they can't help us!" ”

One of the ship's officers asked, "Why didn't the Zhao family send a boat master to stop it?" Just let us go? ”

Annoyed and contemptuous, he said: "The princes of the Central Plains have no one who can fight on the water except for Qi abroad, let alone a boat master, and the Zhao clan only has thieves and some small boats for fishing and ferrying, how dare they come to resist." ”

Ohnozawa didn't pay attention to those thieves, no matter how strong the thieves were back then. He didn't dare to go down the river to the Qi realm to plunder along the river, precisely because of the existence of the public boatmaster.

Since the total number and size of the warships far exceeded that of Zhao Wuxian, he thought that caution or elaborate planning were unnecessary. He directly organized the fleet into two columns, each consisting of fifteen or sixteen warships. The big wing, the middle wing, and the small wing were responsible for clearing the river and destroying Zhao Wuxian's small fishing boats. Smaller boats guard both sides and plunder boats, just like river pirates do on big rivers, whether they are from Qi or not, this is a good opportunity to make extra money......

Annoyed and announced with a straight face: "Those who pay taxes to the Zhao family." They are all enemies of the Qi country! ”

This move made the businessmen of Qi State cry bitterly.

Then they met the first opponent of organized resistance, more than a dozen narrow rowing boats, like centipedes on the water. Above are the clamoring Zhao sailors, who are actually the former lake robbers.

Standing on the big wings, it seems that these boats are just small wooden boats used by children to play in small ditches.

He heard the sailors of the Qi Kingdom cheering on the deck. They encouraged each other, and even the paddle barns screamed. Excited. Since their departure from Linzi, they have been stuffy in the cabin most of the time. Idle, impatient, eager to fight, and confident in victory.

Qi Guozhou Division, invincible in Zhuxia!

This atmosphere was infected, and he raised his short sword, pointed at the blockers in front of him, and shouted, "Destroy them, and in front of you is Onozawa!" ”

……

The rumbling drums of war crossed the river, whistling hoarse and deep, like thunder.

The battle ended quickly, no, maybe it can't be called a battle, because before the Qi side could exert much strength, the enemy began to rout.

The big wing where he was annoyed took the lead, and he crashed straight into the narrow and petite light boat in front of him, and the planks shattered with a loud tearing sound, and the enemy's formation completely dispersed.

In an instant, one huge collision after another echoed across the water, and in the shrill screech of the ship's wood decomposing, the warp split a longship in half. The clever enemy began to flee, and the sluggish ship was caught between the two winglets, unable to move, and the crew was engaged in a desperate struggle with the Qi men who jumped on it.

They continued to retreat, and the Qi people boat division continued to pursue, gradually entering the narrower river, and their formations were already scattered.

On another impact, Annoyance and Commanding Wings caught the only enemy winglet that he could look at, and its port side oars were all broken by the passing wings like fragile chopsticks. "Shoot the arrows," he commanded, and the archers immediately set off a deadly rain of arrows, and he saw that the men of the small wing had fallen one after another, and most of them had already jumped into the water and fled, and it had become a prisoner of the Qi division.

"Go down and kill all the paddlers." Ship grabbing is the most exciting time, annoying and having the power to dispose of your spoils.

"Another ship is coming!" At that moment, another crew member shouted.

He looked up, only to see the remnants of the river fleeing against the current, and a group of small boats sailing down the wind: ferries, rowboats, rafts, boats, and winglets with their hulls so rotted that they could barely float.

Annoyed and showed a contemptuous sneer, the variety was mixed, the scene was chaotic, it was really a desperate struggle, how could this pile of driftwood turn the tide of battle? can only stand in the way, it is obvious that Zhao Wuxian has nothing to do, and the arrival of the Qi Guozhou Division in Yuncheng is already a sure thing!

He began to make people beat the drums, preparing to repeat the devastation he had just done, and then rushed all the way to Onozawa, stirring up the situation that had just been quiet for half a year into a pot of porridge.

However, as soon as the order was given, and the ships in the rear rowed ahead of the big wing, the man who had descended to the cabin of the captured small wing came up to report back, and the annoyed smile suddenly froze.

"A boatload full of stones, and straw?"

The stone is flammable and can be used as fuel, but why is it on a winglet that fights them?

The situation was not right, and he noticed that they had reached the narrower river channel, only a mile and a half to the left and right, and among the grass and bushes on the bank, many soldiers who had been lurking for a long time had already stood up, armed with spears and bows, and looked coldly at the floating giant trees.

When the fleeing longship had passed through the line of small boats with a dexterity that had not been seen before, a large man nine feet tall stood out from the cabin. He showed a sneer, holding a bow and arrow, and with the assistance of others, he set fire to the arrows, and opened the bow like a meteor to catch the moon, all of which were hit, igniting one after another slowly moving boats, crackling, and the flames burned and spread rapidly in the wind.

The spark of the stars can ignite the prairie fire, and after a while, a net of heaven and earth woven by red flames and black smoke went down the river and rushed towards the Qi State Boat Division...... (To be continued.) )

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