In the past, when Chen Ji was in power, it was very difficult to mobilize local troops. The powerful people always pushed back and blocked the move for their own interests.
But since the melee among the kings began, the combat effectiveness of the teams under the powerful men has increased rapidly.
In the afternoon of the same day after the counselors and the governor discussed the countermeasures, the order was sent to King Wu's naval camp dozens of miles away.
The counselor and the county guard also took this matter very seriously, and they rushed to the river together.
The so-called naval camp was just a group of merchant ships, cargo ships and fishing boats temporarily seized from various places by the King of Wu in order to fight against the King of Chu, and then simply modified and put together.
Although the combat effectiveness is not strong, there are many of them, and they cover half of the river in a dense manner.
More than twenty miles beyond the naval camp was the territory of the King of Chu. After the county guard arrived at the camp, he immediately called a meeting with the captains of the naval camp.
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In the evening, Jin Feng boarded the deck again and looked to the west with a sad face.
After killing the opponent's large ship, the east wind stopped, and no trackers could be found. The cargo ship could rely on the escorts and sailors to row and row the oars.
However, the current in the river has been very fast recently, and the escort and sailors are almost dead from exhaustion, but the cargo ship is moving as slowly as a turtle crawling.
Several hours had passed since they broke through the barrier, and they had only walked less than three miles.
If we keep going like this, I don't know if I can return to Sichuan in the Year of the Monkey or the Horse in the Moon.
This was also the reason why when he came to the East China Sea for the first time, he preferred to ride a horse rather than take a boat when he returned.
"Ms. sir, it's getting dark, let's go in!"
Tang Xiaobei put a robe on Jin Feng.
It's autumn now, and it's already a bit cold after dark.
Jin Feng nodded and followed Tang Xiaobei back to the cabin.
There was something on his mind and he couldn't sleep, so Jin Feng sat at the table and drew pictures, trying to calm himself down through work.
I was busy working until midnight and was about to go to bed when I suddenly saw Kita Chihiro sitting up straight, leaning against the cabin with her eyes closed to relax.
Jin Feng originally thought it was convenient for her to go, so he was about to reach out to hold the oil lamp and accompany her when he saw Kita Qianxun picking up the black knife.
"What's wrong?" Jin Feng asked quickly.
"There seems to be movement in the water!"
Kita Chihiro said softly.
Upon hearing this, Jin Feng quickly looked out from the light hole.
But recently it was the end of the month, there was no moon in the sky, it was pitch black all around and I couldn't see anything.
So he put his ear to the light hole and listened carefully.
Sure enough, he heard a splash of water. Although it was very light, it was obviously different from the sound of ordinary running water.
Coupled with Kita Qianxun's abnormal reaction, Jin Feng didn't dare to be careless and quickly put on his coat and walked out of the cabin.
On the deck, several night watchmen were leaning against the mast and chatting. When they saw Jin Feng coming out, they quickly straightened their backs and did not dare to speak anymore.
Jin Feng ignored them, took down the torch from the mast, and walked to the edge of the deck.
Before he could look down, his arm was suddenly pulled hard by Kita Chihiro.
Bei Qianxun's strength was too great, and Jin Feng was caught off guard and was staggered.
Whoosh!
An arrow flew past Jin Feng's ear.
Jin Feng's back felt chilly, and he broke out in cold sweat.
If Kita Chihiro hadn't helped him just now, he might have been shot in the head!
The bodyguards who were watching the night were also startled and rushed over with pot lids in hand.
Several people used pot lids to protect Jin Feng and Bei Qianxun and retreated to the middle of the deck.
An escort picked up the torch that Jin Feng had dropped on the ground, threw it outside the fence, and at the same time, holding the pot lid, he rushed to the fence and took a look down.
The next second, the escort's face turned pale.
By the dim light of the torch, he saw several small fishing boats appearing not far away, approaching the big ship.
"Quick, sound the gong! Enemy attack!"
The escort roared.
Clang clang clang!
The rapid sound of gongs pierced the night sky.
Only half a minute later, Iron Hammer, wearing only a pair of large pants, rushed onto the deck carrying a black knife.
Seeing that Jin Feng was fine, Tie Zhui breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pulled Jin Feng into the cabin.
At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the bow of the ship.
An escort rushed over and threw a torch down to check the situation.
"No, it's a heavy crossbow!" the bodyguard roared, "There's a heavy crossbow..."
Before he finished shouting, several arrows flew towards him, and one of them hit his neck.
The bodyguard fell into the water.
"Damn it, light a fire for me, I want to see which bastard is attacking me!"
Iron Hammer jumped up and down in anger.
Since joining the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, they are the only ones who have used heavy crossbows to hit others, and no one has ever hit them with heavy crossbows!
This made Hammer very angry.
"Are you still worried that they can't see clearly if you light a fire at this time?"
Jin Feng kicked the hammer: "Are there any fireworks? Go get a bucket!"
After getting the fireworks, Jin Feng immediately took out the matches and lit them.
call out!
Fireworks flew into the air with a scream.
With the help of the light from the fireworks explosion, Jin Feng saw that the river upstream was full of boats of all sizes.
The nearest ones have almost reached the bottom of the cargo ship.
"Quick, put out all the fires, lift anchor and go down!" Jin Feng shouted loudly.
At this time, the enemy is hiding and they are showing up. If you light the fire again, you will be a target.
Who knows how many enemies are hiding in the night?
The only way is to blend yourself into the darkness, then rely on the cover of the night, go down the river, and escape from the enemy's shooting range as quickly as possible.
The captain who came later happened to hear Jin Feng's words and quickly arranged for someone to put away the anchor.
Iron Hammer also understood, and while shouting for people to put out the torches, he led people into the slurry discharge chamber.
The boat's slurry is three feet long and requires several people to rock it.
In addition to paddling, you can also slap boats that are approaching.
Under the combined action of water flow and slurry discharge, the cargo ship slowly accelerated and drifted downstream.
It was very dangerous to sail the boat like this, so after drifting down for half an hour, Jin Feng heard the sound of water flowing in front of him getting farther and farther, so he asked the escort to put away the slurry on one side and control the cargo ship to slowly turn and move towards the north of the river.
side, then stopped again.
This method worked very well. The cargo ship had no light at this time, nor did it make any sound. It was completely invisible in the night.
The enemy lost track of the target and did not pursue it blindly. They anchored on the river and waited for further instructions.
Holding on until it got slightly brighter, Jin Feng looked around and almost laughed angrily.
Isn't this a place for card breaking?
After a busy day yesterday, I drifted down the river for half an hour and returned to the starting point...
The most terrible thing is that there are several small boats floating a few miles away. At this time, through the hazy night, the cargo ship has been seen.
One of the small boats rowed to the shore, and a soldier jumped out of the boat and ran upriver.
Without guessing, Jin Feng knew that he was going to report a message.
Sure enough, in less than an hour, dense black spots appeared on the river surface upstream.
Each little black dot is a ship.
What surprised the escorts was that this time they did not see the large-scale boats like yesterday. They were all small fishing boats.
Jin Feng put down the telescope and sighed heavily.
"It seems like an expert is coming from the other side!"