There are two naval divisions in Daliang. One is the Qinzhou Navy, which is responsible for the defense of the eastern coastal area. The second is the Dingzhou Navy. Dazhai is located in the middle section of the Tiancang River and is responsible for dealing with the powerful navy of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Although there is a difference between the two in coastal defense and river defense, the Dingzhou Navy is far superior to the Qinzhou Navy in terms of warships and sailors. The reason is very simple. In this era, the enemies on the other side of the angry sea have not crossed the ocean to invade.

With the capabilities of Daliang, the Qinzhou Navy only needs to deal with pirates and bandits along the coast, which is not as good as the pressure faced by the Dingzhou Navy.

Even so, it would be easy for the Qinzhou Navy to deal with a Qianhu passenger ship.

More than fifty miles east of Yanjin Ferry, there is a wide and gentle stretch of water, with four thousand-material flat-bottomed warships moored on the shore.

A thirty-year-old naval general stood on the shore. After Pei Yue dismounted, he stepped forward and saluted: "The commander of the last general Pingbo Guard, Hu Dayou, is here to listen to the orders of the Marquis of Zhongshan on the orders of the commander of the Qinzhou Navy."

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Pei Yue nodded and said, "Commander Hu is exempt from courtesy."

Hu Dayou straightened up, with a slightly reserved expression on his bronze face.

The navy is directly under the jurisdiction of the Xifu, but this does not mean that their treatment is better than that of the Beijing army and the border army. The situation of the Dingzhou navy is better. After all, the navy of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is very powerful. If the combat effectiveness of its own navy cannot be guaranteed,

In the overall strategic situation, it will appear very passive. In comparison, the Qinzhou Navy is like a stepmother, with only three guard posts and less than twenty warships, nearly half of which are old antique warships.

If not, the unhappy naval commander would not have let Hu Dayou personally lead the troops upstream with four flat-bottomed warships that were good at inland river warfare. Before leaving, the commander told Hu Dayou in every possible way that he must

Get closer to the Marquis of Zhongshan, because this person is a popular person around His Majesty and a new noble among the Kyoto martial arts. If he can help speak in the future, the salary of the Qinzhou Navy will definitely be improved.

Hu Dayou has a cheerful personality and is usually eloquent. He is a typical Qinzhou coastal person. But even the naval commander who has been away from Kyoto for a long time has not considered that Pei Yue is not one of those people in Langya City, where Qinzhou governs.

An ordinary dandy who smells the sea breeze and behaves crazily and deceitfully.

The son of a gangster, he is a second-class prince personally conferred by Emperor Kaiping, and he usually interacts with people of the level of Silent Cloud. Hu Dayou is quite clever among the Qinzhou navy generals, but he saw Pei Yue's magnanimity with his own eyes.

With the elite and fierce soldiers behind him, he will naturally be a little timid.

Pei Yue introduced calmly: "This is Gu Fan, the fourth son of the Marquis of Guangping, and this is the daughter of Lord Shen of Taishitai Pavilion."

Upon hearing this, Hu Dayou became more respectful and quickly saluted Gu Fan and Shen Danmo.

Shen Danmo knew that he had no official position and that the other party's gesture was only because of his father and Pei Yue, so he turned sideways and nodded slightly to Hu Dayou.

Gu Fan was informal and had another thing on his mind, so he just nodded and said to Pei Yue: "Brother Yue, time is urgent."

Pei Yue responded, and then briefly told Hu Dayou the whole story, and then called the knight who reported the message before, and then said seriously: "Commander Hu, at the moment we cannot confirm which ship Nanzhou Xizuo is on.

You still need to worry about this matter."

When it came to his professional field, Hu Dayou's expression became more relaxed. After thinking for a moment, he said confidently: "Pei Hou, I promise that I will not let go of a Nanzhou fine worker, and I also ask this noble lord to follow me for the time being.

Will."

Seeing him pointing at the knight who reported the news, Pei Yue nodded and said: "It should be so."

Hu Dayou smiled and said: "Please come aboard Marquis Pei."

Pei Yue did not refuse and took Gu Fan and Shen Danmo to board Hu Dayou's ship calmly. His soldiers and the hundreds of masters brought by Shen Danmo were scattered on the four warships. As for the three hundred Longxiang guards who protected Gu Fan

The cavalry remained on the shore and followed the warships.

The wind is sunny and the weather is refreshing.

The water surface is sparkling, reflecting the shadows of clouds in the sky.

Hu Dayou obviously wanted to show off his skills in front of these young nobles. The four warships moved neatly under the command of the flag, and then drew a beautiful arc in the beautiful water, stopping end to end on the river, like iron.

Locking the Hengjiang River, leaving only a passage about ten feet wide in the middle.

All ships passing by slowed down when they saw this scene, because these warships were flying the flag of the Qinzhou Navy.

The sailors took the lowered two-ended boats and patrolled the north side of the warship with ten people in each boat. Ships from east to west passed unimpeded, but passenger ships going down the river from west to east had received orders in advance and must be inspected.

Only then can you continue to pass.

After Pei Yue boarded the ship, he did not give any orders and gave all command to Hu Dayou.

He has read many military books in his two lifetimes, and has even compiled most of the contents of Sun Tzu's Art of War and Ji Xiao's new book, but he still knows nothing about water warfare.

Let professionals do professional things, and as a layman, don't interfere indiscriminately. This has always been Pei Yue's code of conduct.

However, Shen Danmo noticed carefully that Pei Yue's face was slightly solemn.

She couldn't help but ask: "Is there something wrong?"

Pei Yue glanced at Hu Dayou who was standing on the edge of the deck, and lowered his voice and said: "The conditions of the Qinzhou Navy seem a bit embarrassing."

Hearing this, Shen Danmo looked at the large ship. The navy officers and soldiers on the ship asked with puzzled faces: "Why didn't I see it?"

Pei Yue said patiently: "Although you have been to Lingzhou, you only have a quick glance at the situation in the army and do not have a deep understanding of the situation in the army. Not to mention that compared with the Beijing army, the soldiers in the border military camp are in difficult conditions.

In terms of energy and spirit, they are much stronger than these navy officers and soldiers. The dignified commander of a guard is just a piece of cake on a boat. In fact, it is not a high-rise boat at all."

Shen Danmo understood and said with a strange expression: "You don't want to take these things on yourself again, do you?"

Pei Yue had many thoughts in his mind, but in the end he shook his head and said: "Even if the imperial court wants to spend money, it will take care of the Dingzhou Navy first."

Gu Fan, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said in a cold voice: "They want to run away!"

Pei Yue and Shen Danmo were slightly startled. They looked up and saw that among the passenger ships waiting obediently for inspection in the north, there was a passenger ship that looked very ordinary. Like a drunkard, it didn't pay attention to the sailors' instructions and pulled up the passengers.

The sail took advantage of the wind and flowed down the river, and soon passed through the channel specially set aside by the naval warship.

There was a cry of exclamation on the river.

At this time, Hu Dayou looked back at Pei Yue and said calmly and calmly: "Please rest assured, Marquis Pei, these Southern Zhou masterpieces will never escape."

As the flag command was issued, the four warships turned around and chased the frantically escaping passenger ship.
Chapter completed!