Chapter 985 : Red Ribbon
"Where is the dragon boat, where is it..." Chen Youliang rushed over and said happily.
"Your Majesty... Where is it..." Zhang Dingbian stretched out his hand and pointed at the reef near Kangshan. In fact, even if Zhang Dingbian didn't point at this moment, Chen Youliang saw the place of the dragon boat from the dispersed mist. He looked around and saw more than ten dragon boats parked near Kangshan reefs, about several meters high. It was the dragon boat he lost in the battle of Longwan and Jiangzhou. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, who else can ride this dragon boat and who is qualified to ride? Thinking of this, Chen Youliang couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Under Zhang Dingbian's command, although the dragon ship lowered the canvas and slowed down its speed, the iron chain connected the dragon ship and drove in from the direction of Kangshan.
A sentry ship was circling around Kangshan, and then it quickly returned. The soldiers at the bow of the boat called out, threw out the hook lock, and used the minions of the hook lock to hook the connected iron chain of the dragon boat. After the hook lock was fixed, the warship sent out rushed into the vicinity of the dragon boat like an arrow. Dozens of soldiers threw out the sampan and quickly got on the dragon boat. These people were the navy soldiers trained by Zhao Pusheng back then. The water kung fu was quick, and several sects came to Chen Youliang.
"What's the situation?" Chen Youliang asked impatiently.
Among the more than ten people, a short man dressed in fishermen walked out of the crowd after hearing this, and said to Chen Youliang. Zhang Dingbian clasped his fists and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the villain was ordered to investigate the surroundings and found that all the ships of Zhu Jun were painted white. We searched around and saw that there were more than a dozen dragon boats in the reef, which were all dyed white. Is there any difference?"
Zhang Ding frowned, then looked up at the dragon boat, and shouted in a deep voice: "It's really not a change at all?"
The man nodded and said, "The little man drove the boat close to it and searched carefully. Those ships were just painted white, and the shapes they painted were exactly the same, which was very easy to identify...?"
"Have you seen the difference outside the dragon boat...?" Zhang Dingbian seemed a little unwilling to give up.
The man was about to shake his head, but suddenly turned his head and looked back at the reef. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly said, "I only see...?"
"What did you see..." Zhang Dingbian was startled and shouted loudly.
The man shook his head slightly, as if he was thinking hard.
Zhang Dingbian said angrily: "Tell me quickly, what did you see..."
The man was startled when he saw Zhang Dingbian getting angry. He was shocked. Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind and said in surprise: "Ah... Beizhi... Beizhi remembered it, remember it...?"
"Speak quickly, talk quickly, what did you remember?" Zhang Dingbian kept urging.
The man said happily: "While the villain was patrolling, he found that there was a dragon boat in the reef that was a little different...?"
"Oh, why is it different?" Zhang Dingbian didn't relax at all, exclaiming and roaring wildly.
Chen Youliang, who was standing beside him, squinted his eyes, and the sweat beads on his forehead fell on the sampan one by one, making a ticking sound. The heavy breathing made him look a little excited, nervous, and even a little joyful. Yes, he was keen and had already noticed the problem.
"The villain saw a dragon boat with a red ribbon tied to its mast...?"
Zhang Dingbian turned his head and exclaimed at the same time with Chen Youliang: "Ribbon!"
"What a trick Zhu Yuanzhang is doing? Why are you wearing a ribbon??" Zhang Dingbian narrowed his eyes, and his two thick sword eyebrows were almost twisted into a lump. He exhaled hard and looked up at Kangshan.
Kangshan stands in Poyang Lake for only a few miles, but is valued by the world because of its unique terrain. Zhang Dingbian saw that Zhu Yuanzhang thousands of fishing boats were snake-shaped from both sides of Kangshan. When the long snake entered outside Kangshan, he suddenly turned into an arc, just like two giant pythons blending on the lake surface. The dragon boats on the reef were in the center of the arc, and they could see clearly for several miles. As the commander of the army, Zhu Yuanzhang had to split the enemy's attack and let the entire army know where the commander was. But so many dragon boats were all white, and the only difference was to tie a red ribbon.
"I understand...I understand..." Zhang Dingbian was overjoyed, "Your Majesty, I know, I know where Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon ship is?"
Chen Youliang was overjoyed and pulled Zhang Dingbian's wrist and anxiously said, "Tell me quickly, tell me quickly?"
Zhang Dingbian stretched out his hand and said, "The dragon ship with a red ribbon tied with a mast is Zhu Yuanzhang's warship!"
Chen Youliang was slightly stunned, then understood, smiled at the sky, pointed to the distance and said, "Okay! OK! OK! OK, Zhu Yuanzhang, today I will let you die without a place to die!" He gritted his teeth and cursed a few times. He immediately ordered the warship to advance with all the sails. The dragon boat rushed into the Zhu army camp in the shape of a finished font. The dragon boat had been walking less than five miles, and suddenly heard a whimpering horn sound from the thousands of fishing boats near Kangshan. The sound was far and near, and the sound was extremely loud.
The Han army saw that the lake was calm and silent, and suddenly heard the sound of the horn, and tens of thousands of people screamed in shock. Although the sound was not loud, Chen Youliang looked sideways and saw that many soldiers on the fishing boats behind him were panicked and said to himself: "There must be won in this battle no matter what. Otherwise, the brave soldiers who were defeated alone would be difficult to achieve great things?"
The sound of Zhu Jun's horn came very fast, and it was still a few miles away at first. After listening carefully, it was right in front of him. When the sound of the horn sounded three times, everyone on the Han army's dragon boat could clearly hear it. Chen Youliang's horn continued, pure and slow, showing a slight sense of calmness and thought to himself: "Can Zhu Yuanzhang be prepared long ago?"
Just as he was thinking in his heart, he suddenly heard the sound of the horn, and the lake surface returned to silence. After the fog dissipated, the white fishing boat was shining very dazzling by the sun. Chen Youliang narrowed his eyes and was about to see what happened, he suddenly heard Zhang Dingbian beside him said in a deep voice: "Master, the enemy is here!"
Chen Youliang was shocked, his eyes twitched, and he looked at him sideways. He saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers on Kangshan jumped into the water and boarded his own fishing boat. Everyone was agile and cheerful, drinking in a mess, as if they were not going to fight, but on the boat to play. In their expression, there was no feeling of depression on the eve of the war.
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Chapter completed!