Chapter 2392 Guizi scroll soldiers approaching the city, murderous frost

   "Have you passed the Sanjiang camp?" Feng Ziying stood at the bow of the boat and said thoughtfully, "We will see the outcome in a few hours."

  Shen Yourong was very calm, "According to the time, Shen Zheng should have arrived near Guazhou. If there is no accident, Guazhou can be taken within an hour."

"It's easy to take Guazhou, but Guazhou is still 40 miles away from Jiangdu. Even if the navy enters directly from the canal regardless of the landing troops, it may be Xu time when they arrive in Jiangdu." Feng Ziying continued: "This is still How would Chen Jixian react without any obstacles?"

Shen Yourong pondered and said: "If he gets the news after the landing attack in Guazhou, I guess it will be at least an hour and a half later, and then he can react in two ways, one is to block the canal, the other is to reinforce Guazhou, Of course, if he is smart, he will surrender directly, but he probably won’t know how to do it, and he will have to fight against the beast.”

"Well, if it were me, I wouldn't surrender immediately. Anyway, I still have tens of thousands of troops in my hands. I don't dare to fight. It would be too inappropriate." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Blocking the canal, It means that the navy is going to confront the Huaiyang army on this section of the canal, but the distance is not far, and the navy battalion can launch an attack after landing. If they want to reinforce Guazhou, I think it may take some time for him. I don’t think Chen Jixian An army that can reinforce Guazhou can be organized in a short period of time, and it is more likely to simply occupy the city.”

"That's fine. In this chaotic situation, the navy can do whatever it wants. On the canal, the Huaiyang Army does not have the power to stop our navy. Our artillery can destroy all enemies who interfere on both sides of the canal and block our army's advance." , it’s just that some losses may be unavoidable.”

   On this point, Shen Yourong has full confidence. The power of the long-barreled cannon cannot be stopped by flesh and blood. In addition, there are a large number of Denglai Army and Liaodong Army who have changed into firecrackers, and the Huaiyang Army cannot resist it at all.

   "At this time, I don't care so much." Feng Ziying is very open-minded, trying to avoid losses caused by smashing, but it must be done on the premise of winning quickly.

  Shen Yourong will also smile, this is to let the navy let go and fight.

   It should be said that when the fleet passed through the section of Sanjiangying, it has already attracted the attention of many people.

   Although this section of the river is wide, it is the main channel for shipping on the Yangtze River.

The merchant ships coming down from Wuchang, Huangzhou, Jiujiang, Anqing and even Nanjing mainly go in three directions. One is to go to Guazhou Town and divert to the north. The only way is to go south and take the South Canal, to Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the other is to go directly east to the sea.

  Of course, there are differences in ships going to sea. Many ships sailing in rivers and canals are not suitable for going to sea, or they can only be in the coastal waters. If they are a little farther away, they need to replace sea ships.

Such a huge fleet can almost be described as covering the sky and covering the sun endlessly, and it can be seen that the fleet standing in the front is almost all navy ships mainly of the Xiyi type, with special and complicated sail shapes and The long-barreled muzzle of the black hole is enough to prove that this fleet is extraordinary.

  Everyone who saw such a huge fleet was shocked.

  Of course, ordinary businessmen will not pay much attention to it, but for big businessmen, such a situation is worthy of attention.

Prince Yizhong is about to ascend the throne, and Chen Jixian of Huaiyang Town will move to Suhang to become Jiangnan Town, and Prince Tengbu will move to Yangzhou to become Jiangbei Town. It's just that such a huge navy is going upstream, which seems a bit strange up.

Anyone with a little knowledge knows that the Nanjing Zhijiang Waterproof Division is very small, and they are all lucky boats and sand ships, and such a fleet mainly composed of Western-style warships can only be the Denglai Navy, and even the Fujian Navy. It is only the beginning of the replacement of Western-style ships, and the original old-fashioned warships are still the main ones.

  But why the Denglai Navy suddenly appeared on the Yangtze River at this time, and behind it was followed by an astonishingly large transport fleet, which is even more confusing.

  With the concern of caring people, some more sensitive people began to worry, and even contacted and asked, but this did not affect the fleet to continue upstream. After passing the Sanjiang Camp, it is actually not far from Guazhou Town.

Guazhou Town and Dantu face each other across the river. This section of the water is also the busiest shipping throat area. Ships coming out of the North Canal can enter the South Canal to Suzhou and Hangzhou, or go upstream to Huguang, and go downstream to the sea. The same goes for ships coming out of the South Canal.

  When such a huge navy and transport fleet arrived at this section of the river, the entire section of the river fell into tension and chaos. No one knew what happened, and it was worth such a large fleet to appear here at the same time.

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   Being shaken awake from sleep, Huang Chuansu opened his eyes angrily, hiccupped, and said impatiently, "What's the matter, is the transport fleet here?"

Walking dozens of miles to Guazhou Town, there are still one or two thousand people who have not been able to board the ship. The two departments are combined into a mess. It is said that all the ships have been requisitioned by the General Military Mansion, and they can't take care of this side for the time being. My group of people and Chen Jindong's group can only wait here.

   Fortunately, Zhang Xunjian from the Guazhou Inspection Department is quite sensible here, and he drank happily after a lunch.

Chen Jindong was overwhelmed on the spot, this fellow felt that he was invincible just because he was a personal soldier, so he happened to teach this fellow a good lesson over wine, so that he could understand, don't think that being the commander-in-chief's personal soldier can do whatever he wants, In this scene, you have to rely on your strength to dare to speak hard.

"No, my lord, there is a large fleet of ships on the river, covering the sky and the sun, covering the entire river, I don't know where they came from, and they all look like sea ships..." The soldiers said indiscriminately Say, panicked.

   "What? Big fleet? Are they here to transport us to Suzhou?" Huang Chuansu was still a little bit awake.

Chen Jindong was overwhelmed, and he didn't have a good time. The patrol inspector was also a man who could persuade him to drink. He was very attentive and invited two official prostitutes to accompany him. It was really good to drink. It was also during the day, if it was night, he would simply drink. He pulled the two girls into bed and made a fuss about it.

"No, my lord, it looks like a navy warship, and it's not the navy of Nanjing, they are all like warships from Xiyi. According to people I know, only the Denglai Navy fleet has this kind of ship. None of the Jiang Waterproofers have this kind of boat." The guards were so anxious that their mouths were blistered, and they stomped their feet, but the lord hadn't sobered up yet, what should we do in this situation?

"Denglai Navy Fleet? How did they come into the Yangtze River? Are there Japanese pirates again?" Huang Chuansu rubbed his sleepy eyes, picked up the teacup next to the bed, drank the cold tea in one gulp, and regained consciousness a little bit, " A while ago, didn’t the inspection department also say that there are Japanese pirate sentry ships roaming around the coast recently to investigate the situation? It is suspected that the Japanese pirates are coming again. Could it be that they really came, attracting the Denglai Navy to clean up?”

"But my lord, we haven't heard of any Japanese pirates infesting here, not even Nantong Prefecture and Songjiang. How could they have penetrated into our Yangzhou all of a sudden?" The soldiers didn't think so, "What my subordinates are worried about is..."

"What is it?" Huang Chuansu's face changed slightly, as if he had thought of something, he subconsciously turned over and got up, "Isn't it possible? The emperor is going to ascend the throne soon, how is it possible? Tang and Yao are going to be elders, really If you want to do this, how can there be no rumors? Impossible, impossible!"

"The subordinates also think it's impossible, but they have to be on guard. Such a large navy will come as soon as they say it, without saying hello to us, and I don't know if the General Military Mansion knows, but the subordinates always feel that There seems to be something wrong, such a big movement, there is no reason why everyone has no news, it is not normal."

The subordinate's words also made Huang Chuansu's heart sink. What he said was indeed reasonable. It was a few years ago that the Denglai Navy entered the Yangtze River, and they all had to report to the General Military Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and those along the route in advance. The guard reported that there is such a sudden approach to the canal, which is too unreasonable.

"Go, go and have a look, and notify Chen Jindong immediately. You have to be prepared. If it's really someone stealing the camp under your nose, and we in Huaiyang Town don't know it yet, then it will really happen." It's a joke." Huang Chuansu got up while putting on his armor and saber.

  Before he put on his armor, he heard a muffled thunder-like sound from a distance, and his feet went limp.

   It's over, it's really the worst possibility.

   At any rate, he was also a general. How could he not understand what this voice was?

  Where is thunder here, the weather is so good, where can there be thunder, this is clearly the sound of cannon bombardment, and where are the cannons in Guazhou Town?

Tiger crouching cannons are rare, and they are only found in the personal army. I don’t have them here. I just want to see if there are two in Chen Jindong’s place. It's the red cannon, or the long-barreled cannon on the navy ship.

   Before he had time to think about it, Huang Chuansu trotted out the door, and saw smoke rising from the pier in the distance. It was obvious that the buildings on the pier were hit and caught fire, or the smoke from the collapse.

The surroundings were in chaos, the soldiers running back and forth included both their own subordinates and Chen Jindong's personal soldiers, but without exception, they were all in a mess like headless flies, and the soldiers could not find the generals, nor the generals. to soldiers.

  Huang Chuansu's heart sank, he was so drunk, I was afraid that Chen Jindong was similar to him, or even worse, how could he be able to organize an effective defense and counterattack in such a situation?

  (end of this chapter)