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Mengxia was scorching hot, and the cicadas were sparsely buzzing in the forest. Cao Bing, who was appointed as the Iron Officer, stood with his head held high on the cliff of Taoqiu, and wanted to urinate in the river below. (The best experience of reading novels without pop-up windows is in [Fiction])

Looking down from here, the Jishui River is very clear, flowing slowly in the eastern land like a jade belt. Every other day, there will be large boats full of stone nirvana (coal) down the river from Yuncheng. The workshop brings fuel.

In the ironmaking industry, practice makes perfect, plus Zhao Wuxi's ambiguous suggestions, and the help of a few blacksmiths from Jin, the output of the iron workshop is increasing day by day, and it has exceeded the original 60 kilograms. A sprint to Nissan's hundred jins!

What we need to solve now is the problem of quality, how to remove impurities in the same way, how to make the iron that has been trained into the "steel" described by Zhao Wuxi, and whether it is possible to make sharp and durable iron except for low-demand agricultural tools weapons coming?

In short, Cao Bing's mood is still very good. Because of his excellent performance, he has been paid a salary and promoted to a scholar. There are also a few iron workers who have been rewarded with proper advice and increased production.

After finishing his work, he bundled up his silk belt and was about to go back, when he heard bursts of sounds coming from the river below the mountain.

It was the clatter of the wooden oars breaking through the water, and the faint beat of the drums, as well as the sound of the horns of reconciliation. It was a fleet of ships. Just listening to the sound, the number of ships was quite large.

"There are so many ships coming from Yuncheng this time." Cao Bing stood on tiptoe and looked out strangely, but he didn't see any boards floating upstream. Only then did he realize that the sound was coming from behind.

"It's been a long time since I saw Qi State come to the ship. It's really weird today."

Walking to the edge of the cliff and looking towards the northeast, Mr. Cao Bing almost fell to the ground without being frightened!

It was two long fleets, with as many as forty or fifty ships. They were not boats for transporting goods, but tall warships! It is coming aggressively!

At the same time, a sharp sound of gold resounded through the iron workshop. The soldiers of the left-behind brigade immediately looked for weapons and began to assemble in line...

Cao Bing had never seen such a terrifying giant water ship before, he muttered to himself: "I told Zhao Xiaosikou long ago that an iron workshop should not be built on the border. This is over, Hedao, Onoze, The Yuncheng Wharf is also finished!"

...

"Peach Hill has passed, and it really startled a mountain of monkeys."

The navy general was troubled and stood on the leading wing. Zhao Bing's terrified behavior from Taoqiu couldn't stop laughing.

Qi State has had boat divisions since the time of Taigong. By the time of Duke Huan, it had matured, and countless merchant ships could be transformed into warships at any time. experience.

At present, there are three navigators in Qi State, the largest one is the Shaohai navigator in Binhai, there are as many as 100 boats, and they claim to be able to float on the sea for six months. The Marquis of Qi liked to visit Shaohai, and Chang Qinshuai, the boat master, looked for Sanxian Mountain. They controlled the coast from Wudi to Langya of Ju State. Followed by Chen's boat master on the river. The number was fifty or sixty. This time, the counterattack against the river robbers and robbery made a great contribution. Only half of the ships were dispatched to kill the river robbers without leaving a single piece.

It is precisely because of this victory that Qi Hou's heart swelled, and he felt that he could do the same thing with the Linzi boat masters moored on Jishui and Zishui: There is a river between Jishui and Zishui, and ships can pass through in the rainy season. It is a natural canal.

This suggestion made the generals of the boat division worried, and there were not many cases of fighting against the water since ancient times. However, due to the strong support of the Chen family, Qihou had made up his mind, so they had to obey.

Jishui is known as one of the Four Dus, Du. It means that it has an independent source and can run into the sea. The river is more than one mile wide, so it can allow two warships to enter and turn around calmly. More than 30 ships are driven by the northeast wind to leave Linzi and go upstream.

Annoying is one of those who advocate sending troops. But he also knew in his heart that the deterrent significance of sending troops this time was greater than the combat significance.

It is not that he is afraid of opponents. His knowledge of ships, wooden oars, coasts, and rivers is outstanding in Qi, and he has also fought against the island's barbarian pirates on the wet deck.

but because of constraints.

Before entering Xilu, they have to rest on the shore every day. It is not because they cannot sail for a long time, but because the ships are crowded and there is not much storage space. In order to move quickly, a warship in action usually only carries one to three days. food. But after passing the Xu sentence, there is no safe place to berth and dock along the nearly 100-mile waterway along the way. This is a very dangerous thing.

So I couldn't stay for a long time. The plan was to sail to Onozawa in the past few days when the northeast wind was blowing, attack all Zhao's ships along the way, block the dock for a few days after reaching the water outside Yuncheng, and then return after a demonstration.

In this way, the vanity of Qi Hou, which was provoked by the war of goods and colonialism in the past few months, can be satisfied.

"Down the oars!" Xu and shouted after anchoring in a place where the water was gentle.

This big wing is annoying and almost familiar with his own bed. She is divided into upper and lower decks and can carry a hundred people. The lower deck has sixty oars. The upper deck is full of soldiers armed with bows, arrows and spears.

"In a row!" The sixty blades of the big wing entered the water at the same time, and the oar officer shouted. And the drum beat is like a huge and gentle heartbeat. Each beat, the paddle moves one point, and the sixty people are one, neat and uniform.

Behind the big wing, the two mid-wing ships and the six small-wing ships also unfold their wooden wings at the same time. The speed of the seven ships is as consistent as possible. .

Outside of the battle line, he could see the small towns standing on the riverside, and the farmland stretched along the river, and he could not see the end at a glance. The rammed-earth sentry tower is close to the blue sky. This is a beacon along the river set up by Zhao Wuxi. Now, after discovering the fleet, slender black smoke is ignited. After seeing the black smoke and even the irresistible fleet of Qi people, the peasants and soldiers on the shore suddenly rioted like ants that had exploded their nests.

The purpose of Qi Guozhou's boat division was thus achieved, and the grievances of being cut off from the noon road and the Dahe channel were swept away.

Annoyed and triumphantly said: "Zhao Wuxi is too arrogant, thinking that he can do things like blocking roads and rivers? Today we will return all these despicable methods to him! Let him know who is the The overlord of the river and sea!"

...

When the fleet passed Fan Yi, who fled with the wind when the soldiers saw the boat, and began to enter the boundary of Yuncheng, counterattacks began to appear along the river. Some military officials organized archers and crossbowmen to release arrows, but they did not threaten the ships in the center of the river at all, and all fell into the water, which once again caused a burst of laughter from the sailors of Qi.

Fanqie said with certainty to his subordinates: "Although Zhao's military soldiers are not bad, as long as we are on the river, they can't wait for me!"

One of the officers on the boat asked, "Why didn't the son of Zhao send boatmen to stop him? Just let us go forward?"

Annoyed and contemptuous, he said: "The princes of the Central Plains, except for Qi, have no one who can fight on the water, and there is no boat division. Zhao's son only has the robber Zhi and some small boats for fishing and ferrying. How dare they come to resist."

Those robbers in Onozawa. He didn't take it seriously. No matter how strong the Robber Zhi was back then, he didn't dare to go down the river to Qijing and loot along the river, precisely because of the existence of the Gongshi boat master.

Since the total number and size of the warships far exceeded Zhao Wuxian's, he felt that caution or careful planning was unnecessary. He directly organized the fleet into two battle columns. Each consists of fifteen or sixteen warships. Big Wing, Middle Wing, and Small Wing were responsible for clearing the river and destroying Zhao Wuxi's small fishing boats. Smaller boats guard the sides and loot the boats, just like river thieves do on the big river. Whether they belong to Qi people or not, this is a good opportunity to earn extra money...

Annoyed and declared with a stern face: "Those who pay taxes to the Zhao family are all enemies of Qi!"

This move made the merchants of Qi country complain.

Then, they encountered the first opponent of organized resistance, more than a dozen long and narrow paddle boats, like water centipedes. Above are the clamoring Zhao sailors, but they are actually the former lake pirates.

From the point of view of Fan and standing on the big wing, these boats are just small canoes for children to play in the small ditch.

He heard the sailors of Qi State cheering on the deck, encouraging each other, and even those in the oar barn screamed with excitement. Since the departure from Linzi, they have been stuffed in the cabin most of the time, doing nothing, and they can't wait and are eager to fight. And confident and confident in victory.

The boat master of the state of Qi is invincible in all summers!

The atmosphere was irritating, and he raised his dagger. Pointing at the blockers in front of him and shouting loudly, "Destroy them, there is Onozawa in front!"

...

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

The battle just now ended quickly, no, maybe it can't be called a battle. Because the Qi State party had not exerted much strength, the enemy began to rout.

The big wing that Anji was in took the lead and smashed the long, narrow and petite canoe in front of him. The wooden planks were shattered and there was a loud tearing sound, and the formation of the enemy was completely scattered.

A moment later, a huge collision after another echoed on the water, and in the piercing screams of the disintegration of the ship's wood, the 艨艟 split a long ship in half head-on. The clever enemy began to flee, the slow ship was caught between the two small wings and could not move, and the crew was fighting to the death with the Qi who jumped on it.

They kept retreating, while the Qi Ren boat division kept chasing, and gradually entered the narrower river, and their formations were already scattered.

With another collision, Fanji commanded the big wing to catch the only small wing of the enemy that he could see in his eyes, and its port side oars were all broken by the passing big wing like a fragile chopstick. "Release the arrows," Fanqi ordered, and the archers immediately set off a deadly rain of arrows. He saw the men of the winglet fall one after another. Most of them had already jumped and fled, and it became the prisoner of the Qi division.

"Go downstairs and take a look, and kill as many people as you paddle." Taking the boat is the most exciting moment, and you have the right to dispose of your spoils.

"There is another ship!" At this moment, another crew member shouted.

He looked up, only to see the few remaining longboats on the river fleeing against the current, and a group of small boats going down against the wind: ferries, rowboats, rafts, dinghies, and boats with rotting hulls that could barely float. winglets.

Annoying and showing a sneer of contempt, the variety is mixed, the scene is chaotic, it is really a desperate struggle, how can you turn the battle situation with this pile of driftwood? He can only block the way. Obviously, Zhao Wuxi has nothing to do, and it is already a sure thing for Qi Guozhou to arrive in Yuncheng!

He started to let people play drums, preparing to repeat the destructiveness just now, and then rushed all the way into Onozawa~lightnovelpub.net~ and stirred the situation that had just calmed down for half a year into a pot of porridge.

However, when the order had just been given, and the ship in the rear rowed ahead over the big wing, the person who went down to the captured small wing cabin came up to report, and the annoying smile suddenly froze.

"A boat full of stone nirvana, and straw?"

Stone nirvana is flammable and can be used as fuel, but why is it on a winglet that is fighting against them?

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

After the fleeing longboat crossed the line formed by the small boats with unprecedented dexterity, a big man with a height of nine feet stood up from the cabin. He showed a sneer, holding a bow and arrow, and with the help of others, he set fire to the arrow, and opened the bow like a meteor to chase the moon, all of which ignited one after another slowly moving boats, crackling, and the flames quickly burned and spread in the wind. .

The fire of a single star can start a prairie prairie. In a short while, a heaven and earth woven from red flames and black smoke rushed down the river and rushed towards the boat master of Qi State... (To be continued.)