Chapter 129 To the East is the Sea

After Xiao Tianjian left Changsha, he no longer attacked the prefectures and counties along the way as before. Instead, he led a huge fleet and simply went down the river and went straight to Wuchang. Anyway, as long as Wuchang was taken down, there were basically not many places in Huguang to compete with him. Now there are many places in Huguang. Fang, officials have secretly sent people to contact Xing Tianjun, saying that as long as the soldiers of Xing Tianjun come to the city, they are willing to return to Xing Tianjun and work for Xing Tianjun. At this point, Xiao Tianjian himself feels that it is meaningless to attack one city after another, but the military strength of Xing Tianjun can be used smoothly. Peaceful surrender is obviously more in line with his interests than killing with knives and guns. In this way, it can also reduce some damage to the private economy and try our best to ensure that these sites will be included in the system of his Xingtian Army as soon as possible.

For Xiao Tianjian going down the river, the officers and soldiers along the way basically did not have any resistance. What's more, in the past years of the Ming Dynasty, the main focus has been either on dealing with the tartars in the north, or on the suppression of bandits in the mountains, Shaanxi and Henan. Basically, they have not invested much money in the sailors on the Yangtze River. Note, the construction of the navy on the Yangtze River has fallen into a regression. At this time, the strength of the officers' army on the Yangtze River is very limited, and the quality of the equipment is also very poor. Some warships are not even equipped with small cannons, but only some crossbows and other things are seriously out of touch with this era, and the training is needless to say. The master of the water camp will basically use the warship as a merchant ship to trafficise goods back and forth on the Yangtze River for them and make huge profits for individuals. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of these sailors are more like boatmen, just wearing officer clothes. With this identity, they not only trafficked goods on the Yangtze River, but also They often extort merchant ships and fishing boats on the river, and even do some killing and overselling.

Therefore, they went down the river from Yuezhou. Although there were some officers and sailors on the river, they were facing the fleet of hundreds of ships of Xing Tianjun. They could only escape when they heard the wind. Although the water camp of Xing Tianjun was not long ago, its combat effectiveness was very limited. They were hastily loaded with some three-pound cannons, but this time on the Yangtze River Shaking the prestige, under the lead of Liu Jiang and other sailor generals, he was invincible on the river and rarely met his opponents.

If there is no World War I, it is too underestimated by the officers and soldiers. When the fleet went to the river in Jiayu County, it was still attacked by an officer and navy. However, the number of officers and navy was not large, only a dozen warships, and most of them were light fast ships, with only a total of only a few hundred sailors.

However, the water army of this officer army performed quite well. Knowing that the frontal confrontation was definitely not the opponent of Xing Tianjun, they took the method of sneak attack at night.

And Xing Tianjun sailed at night. In order to ensure that the fleet does not have a collision accident, there are light balls hanging in the bow and stern of the ship, so as to command the fleet to take the main channel. If there is no collision, it will not be stranded. This group of officers and navy, the water army, conveniently used the weakness of the Xing Tianjun fleet, which stretched for more than ten miles, to hide the fork of the Yangtze River in advance. In the waterway, it was disguised with grass. After nightfall, when the Xingtian Army's fleet passed in front of them, he took off the disguise of black lights and killed them. He cut into the Xingtian Army's fleet. He set off rockets, fired rockets, and threw fire oil jars, which made the Xingtian Army's fleet in a mess. Dozens of ships were also burned on the spot, resulting in the drowning of nearly 1,000 people of the Xingtian Army. The suddenly attacked Xingtian Army fleet could not see where the enemy was at night. They could only fire randomly. Instead of hitting the enemy, it caused a lot of self-injury. This chaos spread overnight, and many ships still happened. After the collision, some boats sank or stranded in the shoals. In short, the losses were heavy. Xiao Tianjian was so angry that he almost ordered Liu Jiang, who commanded the fleet, to be cut off.

After dawn, under the command of various generals, the fleet finally collected it again. However, at this time, the officers and warships who attacked had already fled at night, but Xiao Tianjian and his generals were angry, but they didn't do anything. Law can only order to rescue the people who fell into the water after dawn, but after one night, how many can be rescued! It's good to finally save one or two hundred people who fell into the water, and most of the generals in the barracks are dry ducks. When they fall into the river, they can only feed the fish.

However, this also sounded a wake-up call for Xiao Tianjian. It's not easy to take over the world. The sneak attack of officers and soldiers, even Xiao Tianjian's boat was hit by a lot of rockets. If it hadn't been for the guards on the ship who tried their best to save him and killed an enemy ship that tried to grab the ship by helping him, I guess Xiao Tianjian would have to Jump into the Yangtze River to swim. If you don't do well, you will drink the water of the Yangtze River and die young.

Liu Jiang was so scared that he trembled and ran to Xiao Tianjian to plead guilty. Xiao Tianjian suppressed his anger and comforted him to be more careful in the future. As long as this situation did not happen again, this matter would be over! Liu Jiang just stepped down gratefully. For them, they also paid the first tuition fee in this water war. For them, it is impossible for them not to pay such tuition fees. They just hope to pay less in the future!

Although the fleet suffered setbacks on the river surface of Jiayu County, it was a good thing that the Xingtian army had more troops. Although the fleet was chaotic and lost some ships, its strength was still there. Xiao Tianjian ordered to rest in Jiayu County for two days. The ships that should be repaired were repaired, and the ships that should be given up were abandoned, and the fleet was reorganized. He took down Jiayu County by the way, which was regarded as revenge, and then he waved down again.

However, in the next few days, the Xing Tianjun fleet left much more carefully. At night, they found a place to break down and sent a fast ship to patrol around, and at the same time sent a detailed army to explore the officer and navy that sneaked them.

Later, a fisherman betrayed the water army of the officer's army and told Xing Tianjun that the water army of the officer army was an officer army in the area of Longkou Town. Xiao Tianjian immediately sent Liu Jiang to lead a group of warships, turned around and went straight to Longkou Town. He really met the officer's water army on the river and started a fight.

It turned out that this officer's water army was not satisfied after the sneak attack. It fell far behind the Xingtian Army's fleet and tried to make another sneak attack on the Xing Tianjun. As a result, it was blocked by the fleet led by Liu Jiang. After a fight, the officer's water army was annihilated. The leading general was Mr. Qian, surnamed Li, who was defeated. Later, he was also captured by Liu Jiang's men jumping into the river and captured back on the boat.

Liu Jiang originally wanted to kill Mr. Li Qian on the spot, but he was persuaded by the guards. After beating Mr. Li Qian, he tied him back to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian did not kill Mr. Li Qian. After asking his name, he thought that Li Qian was always a person with a little ability and blood, so he personally untied him and asked him to sit down and talk. Mr. Li Qian was flattered and thought that he didn't have many troubles with the court, so he simply took his head. Bye, he surrendered to Xiao Tianjian and was left in the water camp by Xiao Tianjian.

Although the matter done by Li Wanshan and Li Qian has offended many people in the army, it is not the first time that Xing Tianjun took down prisoners. Even He Renlong and Xiao Tianjian, who repeatedly fought against them, could accept it. For this little Li Wanshan, everyone naturally accepted him. However, it is definitely impossible to make a big guy look good in a short time, but after a long time, as long as Li Wanshan can make some achievements, he will be accepted by the generals sooner or later. After all, Xiao Tianjian now needs talents in all aspects. It can be said that he is eager for talents. For such talents, Xiao Tianjian is the best. It will not be easy to let go, even if he has been an enemy of himself, as long as it is useful and not a heinous person, he can follow him in the future. He can not blame the past!

Standing on the bow, Xiao Tianjian looked at the rolling Yangtze River, but his mood was very ethereal at this moment. Although he was only in the Yangtze River, his mood had already flown to the sea unconsciously.

Since Zheng He, the Ming Dynasty began to seal the sea and live a life of isolation, but few people knew that a major change was taking place in the distant West. Several European countries have completed the transformation of capital countries, turned their eyes to the world, and began to send a large number of fleets. Sailing on the sea, China at this time is still killing each other to resist the invasion of the Tatars in the north, but missed this best opportunity in vain, so that now whether it is sailing or shipbuilding, or even the development of weapons, the use of tactics is gradually lagging behind the West.

If he remembers correctly, then now the Dutch estimate that it is time to occupy Taiwan. Columbus also discovered the American continent a hundred years ago, and the hands of Western countries have reached there. After this, if China does not wake up, I'm afraid it will completely lose this great opportunity.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but have a sense of urgency. He felt that time did not wait. He had to quickly sweep this ignorant dynasty into the garbage heap, and then concentrated all his strength to solve the more ignorant and cruel tars in the north and completely eliminate the threat of China. Then freed his hands and quickly reorganize the invincible fleet belonging to the Han nation to compete with those maritime powers of this era on the sea and completely save the unfortunate fate of the Chinese people in the future.

As for the clown in the northeast, Xiao Tianjian really didn't pay attention to them. As long as he wins the world and controls the ocean one day, then the clown will never think about rising on the sea forever. When he wants to deal with them, he will deal with them.

"Master, if it's fast, one day and a half later, we should arrive in Hanyang!" Tie Tou said to Xiao Tianjian behind his back.

Tietou's words interrupted Xiao Tianjian's thinking, so he looked around and said proudly, "Then speed up and arrive in Hanyang as soon as possible!" ......”