I do research in ancient times

The battle at the confluence of the Nanjiang River and the Sanzhi River was called one of the most incredible water battles in history by later generations. However, at that time, except for the witnesses of the water battle, almost no one knew about it.

Historians can only vaguely glimpse the cruelty of the battle from the rumors and unofficial history passed down by word of mouth during the era, as well as the wreckage of the shipwreck excavated at the mouth of the Sanzhi River.

In this war, tens of thousands of Xihu soldiers were buried under the water, and the Lu fleet, which has dominated for a hundred years, almost lost all its buildings, and its vitality has been severely damaged since then.

In addition to the threat of artillery, there is also the reason why Hu Qi interfered with the supervising ship and the steering operation in panic, causing the ship to stray into the reef area and be damaged.

Lu family sailors who have never eaten cannonballs cannot understand the Xihu tribe's fear of artillery.They didn't understand why they only heard a muffled thunder. These barbarians seemed to be insane, looking for shelter everywhere like headless chickens.There were even those who reacted violently. When they realized that the boat they were on had been exposed to the opponent's muzzle, they simply closed their eyes and jumped into the turbulent water of the Nanjiang River without doing anything.

what happened?Why? !

But soon, they couldn't ask questions.

The remaining four sailing boats also caught up at this moment, and went hand in hand with the other two, rounding up the last prey.

The crushing of hot weapons against cold weapons is an insurmountable age gap. Many sailors only had time to feel the impact of the explosion, and lost consciousness forever the next moment.

The battle was extremely brutal, the Lu fleet was almost being chased and beaten, the throwing distance of the kerosene bottle and skyfire thunder that counterattacked couldn't even reach the side of the steam ship.

The entire battle lasted for two and a half hours, and more than a dozen building boats were all sunk in the Sanzhi River, and the river was full of corpses with broken limbs and arms.

The frontier soldiers came to finish the work, but they didn't find Lu Bei's body, and they didn't know if he was directly involved in the bottom of the river, or drifted to an unknown place downstream.It's just that if you go further, it's the territory of the Lu family. Although Ning Fei is not afraid to confront Lu Tao, but he has taken advantage of it this time.

When the news reached Qijiang City, Lu Tao's hand holding the military newspaper was trembling, his throat was sweet, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Thirteen ships!Thirteen ships!

Even when catching fish, a few fish must slip through the net. Why did they all sink in the Sanzhi River? !

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more distressed he became, and the blood surged in his chest.

It's not that I feel sorry for the more than 1 Hu soldiers. Those are disasters, and they will be driven back to the grassland sooner or later. It's not a pity to sink the Nanjiang River.

What he loves most is the wealth accumulated by the Lu family over the years.

From now on, the Lu family will no longer have a large boat that can dominate the Neijiang River. The well-trained sailors and captains will return. What's worse, if the news spreads, the reputation of the Lu family will be over.

"Where's Lu Bei? Where is Lu Bei?"

Wiping the blood around his mouth with a silk cloth, Lu Tao turned his head and stared at the messenger.

"Can't none of them come back?"

The soldier who sent the letter flinched, and lowered his volume involuntarily.

"Yes, but... I didn't see the governor's ship,"

The soldier stammered back.

"Tianyuan... six of the Tianyuan boats were sunk by Mozong's artillery, just... only the governor's boat fell into the Nanjiang River, the wind was high at Wujiawa and the waves were rough, and the governor's boat was swept away several feet as soon as it fell into the water. Later... Later, the barbarians on several ships mutinied, and the sailors and the barbarians who couldn't control their heads went crazy, and two ships crashed into the reef one after another, and there was no time to rescue people in the chaos."

Hearing what he said, Lu Tao was furious again and vomited two mouthfuls of blood.

But it's useless to be anxious and angry now. Lu Bei's life and death are unknown, but the Lu family's fleet can't collapse, and they have to find someone to support this mess.

At this time, he suddenly began to miss the days when his eldest son was still healthy.

If Azuo hadn't been injured, with his ability, he would have no problem taking over the fleet, and he wouldn't lose his footing.

It's good now, both his left and right arms have been cut off, and it was all caused by his other son, but it really fulfilled the rumor, if the twins can't choose one, it will be the disaster of destroying the whole family.

"Ning Fei..."

Lu Tao's eyes were cold, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on Qing Jun's face.

"It's really my kind. It has the ability to disturb the relatives."

He suddenly turned his head and asked the attendant beside him.

"Where is that Chai Luo who came from Nanzhao City? Didn't he say that he is the blood of the great sage? Let him make trouble. Didn't he keep clamoring to rectify his name and tell him that the opportunity has come."

"You arrange it and make it known to the whole world. I want to see who Mo Zong listens to."

ah-

Ning Zazi, who was still on the Nanjiang River, didn't know that Yuanshen's own father was plotting against him.

He felt itchy nose and sneezed loudly, and immediately someone put on his coat.

The person who came was naturally his "good brother" Twelve Lang.

Twelve Lang begged his elder brother to let him participate in this action to stop the Lu family, and he was prepared to cry, make trouble, hang himself, and roll around.As a result, he never expected that before he had figured out how to write a letter to his eldest brother, an order for him to follow in the battle was sent from Jiujing to Jiuling City.Seeing the big seal of his own father on it, Twelve Lang was so happy that he almost rushed to the room.

This is really a big brother!It goes without saying that he knows what he wants!No, Dad has cleared everything for him!

So, under the envious and jealous eyes of all the friends, Twelve Lang happily boarded the boat.

You must know that the sailors who can join the expedition this time are carefully selected, not those who have poor grades, those who are not good at practical skills, and those who are not calm.If there is no big brother's handwriting, where would it be his turn to board the boat like a scumbag? !

Twelve Lang cherishes this opportunity to fight with the ship very much.

He had heard about the principle of the steamboat from brother Fei, and had witnessed the spectacular scene when the big boat arrived at the Jiuling Lake Wharf. He had long coveted this epoch-making fetish.

It's just that although Twelve Lang is also studying in Jiuling City, he is not a student in the Ship Science Department, and he only knows a vague outline of things like ships, and knows nothing about the details.

Twelve Lang knew his own shortcomings, so he did his homework before boarding the boat.

But even though he worked diligently to make up lessons and studied hard, he was still frustrated when he got on the boat and found that there were many things he knew nothing about, made mistakes frequently, and couldn't get in a word of what others said, like a superfluous person.

The little teenager is very depressed and sullen all day long.

Especially after the news of Tonghui City's great victory came, he couldn't hold back any longer, so he went to Brother Xiaofei to complain about his grievances.

"If I knew this earlier, I might as well not get on the boat."

The little boy muttered sadly.

"Follow my cousin and cousin to outflank the Hu people in Tonghui. I heard that Huanniang and the others are also there, and they have all made meritorious deeds. It's better than being here here."

Twelve Lang met Xiong Yinhuan and others when he was in Donglai City Defense before, and experienced the city defense battle together. The few people of the same age have established a good friendship, and there is a constant exchange of letters.

Although I don't know what they wrote in the letter, but hearing that Twelve Lang would always mention the name "Huan Niang" from time to time, Ning Fei felt that there seemed to be some tricks in it.

But for young people, they are thin-skinned when they first fall in love, and the caring little Fei will not talk too much.

At that time, they had been lying in ambush in the river bend near Tonghui for several days without starting the steam engine. The fleet was like a beast hiding in the dark, patiently waiting for the prey to step into the trap.

Tonghui, dozens of miles away, under the leadership of Brother Feng, the frontier army quickly cleaned up the Hu Qi who had been thrown into Tonghui City in advance.None of the less than 1 people could escape, and all of them were wrapped in dumplings.

After receiving the news, Twelve Lang was so greedy that he only hated himself for not being able to fight the enemy with his cousin because he had no eyes.

At this time, when the sun was setting, he and Brother Xiaofei were sitting on the side of the boat. The sunset on the Nanjiang River was peaceful and beautiful. Twelve Lang thought of his little friend who was far away in Tonghui. He didn't know that Huanniang and the others had rescued again how many people.

Ning Shaozi at the side saw his thoughts, smiled slightly, and reached out to pat the young boy on the shoulder.

"There will be casualties in war. Even [-] pigs will have to be caught for a long time, let alone barbarians. In order to wipe out Huqi on the Nanjiang River, Tonghui must not let the news go, and none of them will be let go. .”

"However, we made a decision first, and made full preparations early in the morning, cutting off the path of Tonghui to the outside, and this battle may not cause too much damage."

Having said that, Juzi paused, and asked Feng Kang with a smile.

"Guangyuan thought, why did your elder brother ask you to come on board?"

Hearing his question, Twelve Lang scratched his head and was about to answer, but Brother Xiao Fei continued.

"You don't understand ships, you don't know how to calibrate the muzzle, and you don't know anything about steering and sailing a ship. Apart from having the strength to fill the boiler with coal, what use are you for?"

What he said directly made Twelve Lang shut himself up.

Yes, he doesn't know anything, so what's the use of him?

It's better to go to Tonghui to fight.

Huan Niang and the others have done meritorious service, but she has nothing, so she seems so incompetent.

Just as he was depressed, he heard his little brother Fei change the subject.

"But look at the sailors on the ship, including Linka, are they good at riding and shooting?"

"Will they lead troops to fight?"

"Will they coordinate logistics, calculate military supplies, and transport food and grass?"

After asking three times in a row, Twelve Lang looked confused and could only shake his head instinctively.

will not.

Linka doesn't know how to count, and the frontier soldiers on the ship have never done any management of food, grass and luggage.

On the contrary, he, although he can't be said to be proficient in these things, has more or less gotten used to them.

"Isn't that right?"

Ning Fei smiled and said to him.

"Although there are specializations in the art industry, it is impossible for one person to be good at everything, but you still need to know what you should know, otherwise one day in the future, you will be deceived by others and you will not know what the problem is."

He reached out and clicked on the cabin below.

"Like these shells, you should have calculated the cost, expenses, and transportation losses when you are doing military supplies. As a manager, whether you are managing a ship, an army or even a piece of land, you must be grounded and not listen to others. Partial belief, you have to practice parent-child observation yourself in order to know what you know.”

"It can't be like the person in the story I told you before, who didn't know how much an egg was worth, and was emptied of his family by the people below, not to mention, and even entrapped a party of people."