The hull rowed across the water, and the green waves swept toward both sides. Circles of water patterns spread from the middle of the river toward both sides. He Ying sat at the bow of the boat, raised his head, and welcomed the oncoming cold wind.

In the middle of the river, more than ten fast ships were connected to the head and tail, slashing waves and moving towards Jinghu. The ship was loaded with the first 5,000 soldiers from the Navy Marine Corps transported to Jinghu by the Ming Dynasty.

This inland warship specially made by Baoqing Shipyard has extremely fast ships, and has left other merchant ships carrying grain and supplies far behind for at least one day.

He Ying lives on the water, so he naturally knows what it means to use fewer crew members but make the ship faster. Whether it is combat or transporting materials, it will make the efficiency more efficient.

A sound came from beside him. He Ying turned around and saw Xu Lai walking out of the cabin and sitting beside him.

"Master Xu!" He Ying nodded at Xu Lai. Xu Lai is the director of the Daming Tiangong Department. The countless weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty have been improved because of the existence of the Tiangong Department. For the Navy, the Tiangong Department is even more important. Xu Lai personally took his men to stay at the Baoqing Shipyard for more than half a year, which has more than doubled the speed of the Daming Navy's warship, and was using fewer sailors.

The technology used by inland ships now is a reduced version of the navy warship.

Xu Lai's wife Shu Wan is now the vice president of the Ming Medical College, and is actually in charge of the affairs, because the chief dean is Shu Chang, the head of the Ming Imperial Medical Office. Shu Wan and the imperial physicians have greatly reduced the number of soldiers who died of injuries on the battlefield.

These two are two people who are highly respected by the Ming soldiers.

"General He, you are the highest commander of a fleet of the Ming Navy. Now you have come to this inland river to command these small boats. It's really a bit incredible!" Xu Lai handed a pot of wine in his hand to He Ying, "Feng Da, drink some!"

He Ying shook his head and pushed the wine pot back: "Now he is performing military affairs and cannot drink wine. If the military judge sees it, he will be in trouble."

"You are the highest commander of this army, and are you afraid that someone will pinch your feet?" Xu Lai laughed, raised his neck and took a sip, "Rejoice."

"Master Xu, don't greed for me!" He Ying gulped and swallowed his saliva, "Master, if you are often coming and going in the army, don't you know that the military judges of our army are all from the Supervision Office of the Censorate of the Metropolitan Censorate. I don't want to see Jin Cifu's black face."

Xu Lai laughed: "That's it, that's it, I don't want to see it either. You don't know, just last month, wasn't it going to be financial review? Our Tiangong Department's stall does spend money like flowing water. Sometimes some accounts are really hard to explain and can't understand it. This Jin Cifu looked for me. His nose is not the nose, and his eyes are not the eyes. Fortunately, he was sent by His Majesty to Qinghe County for business, and I escaped the disaster."

He Ying laughed, "Master Xu followed me out this time, is it because Jin Cifu is going to come back from Qinghe County again? Are you still afraid that he will cause trouble for you?"

"There are also reasons!" Xu Lai nodded seriously, "Of course, this is the first time that the improved inland river boats have taken this waterway. The situation of this waterway is much more complicated than when we were experimenting on the sea. I have to follow and see if there is any problem, and it is also good that I can modify it in the future."

"I said to Master Xu, I'm afraid of Jin Cifu, that's a big deal. Why are you afraid of him? Just move your mouth, or your wife moves your mouth, so that Jin Cifu can't take it and walk away?" He Ying smiled.

"You can't do such things. I admire Master Jin for things and people. It's because our Tiangong Department has some money, and it's really not easy to spend, and I can't tell you!" Xu Lai spread his hands: "But, I can't ban this kind of behavior. General He, you don't know that sometimes, many wonderful ideas suddenly become real things in this purposeless experiment."

"That's right! But your statement will definitely not be able to pass the barrier of an old-fashioned guy like Jin Cifu." He Ying smiled.

"That's it! But this time after he came back, wouldn't he have caught up with such a big event? I guess I won't care about our Tiangong Department for a while. Later, I will go to the Emperor's Emperor's Nian Diao and ask His Majesty to send it to you, otherwise the number found by Jin Cifu would be enough to let me go to jail." Xu Lai said.

He Ying burst into laughter: "Who dares to let you Master Xu go to jail? Don't worry, Jin Cifu really dares to do this, and the Ministry of War Zhang is the first to turn against him."

Xu Lai smiled. "By the way, just say me, why did you come here?"

"I didn't have to come, but Mr. Ning was worried. You also know that the Navy Marine Corps had not experienced many battles. Last time I fought in Qi, but to put it bluntly, it was to pick up cheap and beat the dogs in the water. This time I went to Jinghu, maybe I would have to fight Bian Wushuang head-on, so I asked me to bet the formation. When the form stabilized, I would go back. The Navy Marine Corps now has only a total of 5,000 people. Mr. Ning has always wanted to expand. If this battle is fought well, wouldn't there be hope? Otherwise, when the decisive battle of Qi, our Navy will become a transportation team again, which is so breathless."

"Didn't Qi State have Ning Zefeng? I heard that this person is not simple. When your Ning family was fighting in the internal struggle, and the Minister Ning had your help, he was suppressed by him, so he almost lost his life."

He Ying's face turned red and nodded: "We are lucky. We met Your Majesty. However, the situation is easy to change. Now it is different. We have already gained an absolute advantage. No matter how good Ning Zefeng can, it is hard to cook without rice. When the time comes, I will encounter him on the sea, and I will not take him seriously."

"That's true." Xu Lai nodded: "Although the Ming Dynasty's naval fleet has not built a main warship now, there are still three five-story tower ships according to the plan. After the New Year, the Daqin will be launched. If you work harder, maybe you will be given first."

"I don't think about this anymore." He Ying smiled. The first five-story ship was rated to Ning Zeyuan as the flagship. Then, he would naturally not be able to equip him with the generals of Ning Zeyuan. If nothing unexpected happens, this ship must be rated to Zhou Li. After all, Zhou Li was the first navy general to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

"Why did His Majesty the Emperor name this warship the Daqin? Is there any taboo?" Xu Lai looked at He Ying thoughtfully.

"I know this. Your Majesty said that naming the Daqin is a demonstration of the great martial arts of my Ming Dynasty. I guess after the third ship was launched, it can be named the Daqin." He Ying smiled.

"So, the fourth ship must be called the Daqi." Xu Lai laughed.

"It must be so!"

Just as he was laughing, the hull shook slightly and the speed immediately slowed down. Xu Lai stood up, "I knew there would be something wrong. Your Majesty said it was right. Some things are more complex and more sophisticated, the more likely they are to have problems. I'll take a look. It seems that in the future, we should try our best to simplify them. Look, I'll give you wine, and I'll take a few sips secretly. The judge's eyes are not that powerful."

Throwing the wine pot to He Ying, Xu Lai walked into the cabin with a smile.

He Ying took the wine pot thrown by the other party, pulled the lid open, sniffed the fragrance for a while, and reluctantly covered the lid, "Military law is like a mountain!"

I stood up and looked at the river. As the speed of the head boat decreased, the more than ten fast ships followed by the tail boat also slowed down. I took out a drawing from my arms, looked up at the surrounding terrain, "We will reach the boundary in three days. I don't know what the form is in Jinghu now?"

The current form of Jinghu is naturally infinitely good for the Ming Dynasty, but for Bian Wushuang, it is extremely bad.

As soon as he arrived at the city of Jinghu, Bian Wenzhong had already appeared in front of him.

"Dad, Jiangnan is lost." Bian Wenzhong's voice was filled with infinite regret, "We are too careless. The Ming people had already made arrangements in Jiangnan, and they sent Yang Zhi to Jiangnan to take charge of the overall situation. Uncle Wuxin, Wenming, and Wenying, they are no longer there. Now the other five thousand cavalry of Jiangshangyan are at the mouth of Lianghe. At the same time, the three thousand county soldiers of Xiangzhou are stationed at Lianghekou. We have been completely blocked from Jiangnan. In addition, Yang Zhi has gathered tens of thousands of troops in Jiangnan, and has swept the entire Jiangnan."

Bian Wushuang fell heavily on the chair, unable to make a sound for a while.

"Dad, what should we do now? Will we still fight Jinghu?" Bian Wenzhong looked at his father: "What my son means is to fight. As long as we take down Jinghu, at least we have enough money and food to hold on."

"Fight? How else?" Bian Wushuang covered his head in pain. "The enemy at the mouth of Lianghekou may reinforce Jinghu at any time, and Yang Zhi's army may also come. They have mastered the waterway and went down the river from the south of the Yangtze River. It will take less than a few days. Moreover, the Ming reinforcements from Quanzhou will be afraid that it will take less than a few days to reach Jinghu. There is another thing you don't know. Bian Wenhao betrayed us and surrendered to the Ming people. He detained Bian Wenkang. Now more than 100,000 military families who are left in Anyang are flowing back to Qinghe County every day and becoming the people of the Ming people. If this news spreads, do you know what it means? Our morale will immediately disintegrate."

Bian Wenzhong's face turned pale immediately.

"What should I do now?"

"Retreat, withdraw back to Wanzhou." Bian Wushuang said weakly.

"Father, what should I do after we retreat to Wanzhou? Although we still gather some food, for the army, it's a drop in the bucket. Let's work hard and fight in Jinghu."

"I can't fight." Bian Wushuang sighed, "Go back to Wanzhou first and collect all the food and supplies that can be collected along the way."
Chapter completed!