Chapter 404: We are going to remove your cannon

Early October.

At the mouth of the Yalu River, above a warship.

Shang Kexi stood alone on the deck, staring at the sea in a daze. The sea breeze in early winter was a little cold, but he had no sense of it. If he looked from a distance, he was a very tall young man in the wind. However, if he could walk in, he would find that the young man was crying constantly, letting the tears fall without wiping with his hands, and there was no sob. He only burst into tears silently. His chest was already wet. If he only looked at his back, he was a young and promising young officer. If he could stand on his opposite side, he would find his tears. But obviously, no one could stand on his opposite side. This tall young man grabbed the railing, and in front of him was an endless sea.

"Yuan Ji, Yuan Ji..." In the distance was Lei Dayong's shouting. He woke up Shang Kexi who was crying alone.

Shang Kexi turned his head and realized that it was Lei Dayong who greeted him again, and immediately walked over quickly.

"Great, Peter, you are finally here. Come to the captain's office and the latest secret letter from the General Staff." Shang Kexi said quickly, without wiping the tears on his face.

"Okay! We received your express, ended our investigation to the upstream, and came back specially." Lei Dayong said, and found that there seemed to be watermarks on his partner's face, which looked like tears. When he looked at the collar, there were also traces of soaking.

"Yuan Ji, are you?" Lei Dayong asked curiously. This person who has been on the battlefield and experienced death will never cry in ordinary things, let alone wet his clothes. This is too exaggerated.

Shang Kexi then looked at his clothes and smiled and said, "Haha, it's okay. I blew the wind alone just now, maybe it's because the waves were wet. Let's go, let's discuss the secret letter..." Shang Kexi said indifferently, and then took the lead in walking towards the captain's office.

Although Lei Dayong was a little confused, he felt relieved after hearing such an explanation. There was not much else on the sea, but there was plenty of water. It would be rare if he could keep it dry all day long.

After entering the captain's room, Shang Kexi took out a secret letter and said, "This is a secret letter from the General Staff. His Majesty's latest instructions have a lot to do with the rescue of Zhenjiang Fort this time. You can take a look first." After that, Shang Kexi handed the secret letter to Lei Dayong.

Lei Dayong took a look at the secret letter. It was indeed an urgent secret letter from the General Staff. The seal on it had been taken apart. It should have been seen by Shang Kexi. His monk Kexi was both the "instructor" sent by the emperor. Shang Kexi also has the right to dismantle such secret letters.

Lei Dayong took out the secret letter and opened it and looked at it. He seemed to find that the paper seemed a little wet, with two shallow water droplets on it. Lei Dayong looked at Shang Kexi in confusion. Seeing that Shang Kexi had no sound, Lei Dayong looked seriously.

The more I looked, the more I frowned, and when I saw the back, I stretched my brows a little.

"What instructions do you have?" Peter asked immediately after seeing Lei Dayong finish reading the letter.

Lei Dayong handed the secret letter to Peter, and Peter also looked at it.

"Oh oh oh...Another twenty cannons? Eighty thousand grenades? Oh my god..., ten thousand sets of cotton coats and ten thousand quilts. Your Majesty is so generous. My dear Lei Shang, I have never seen such a generous emperor. With such many weapons and supplies, there is no suspense to defend Zhenjiang Castle..., we are going to win, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Lei Dayong spoke, "So much supplies is indeed a good thing, but how to transport them up?" Lei Dayong asked.

"Your Majesty mentioned in his letter that the Tartars may be prepared for our reinforcements, and there may be no way to stop us from going to the battlefield. This is a troublesome thing. We have no idea how the Tartars are prepared to deal with us. Once we cannot transport these things to Zhenjiang Fort in time, Zhenjiang Fort may not be held in April next year..." Shang Kexi said.

This time, the emperor mentioned in his letter that since the Tartars could use cannons to block the river, there may be expectations for reinforcements from the downstream. Therefore, we cannot expect that the fleet will scare the Tartars away as soon as they appear, and we must make the worst plans, and even prepare the Tartars to have already known that there are warships to reinforce the downstream. We must make the worst plans and the worst plans for everything.

"In my opinion, since Your Majesty asked us to make the worst plan and let us give up the fantasy that the entire war would end immediately as soon as the fleet appeared on the battlefield, then we must be prepared for a protracted war. The flood season of the Dazhe River is likely to be very short, and it depends on when the rain will come. If we miss the final flood season, we may not have another chance..." Shang Kexi added.

"Yes! It seems that the day when Your Majesty's supplies reach is the time for us to attack!" Lei Dayong frowned and said seriously.

There was silence in the captain's room.

Shang Kexi had already returned to the stern state of tears. The reason for crying was because of the emperor's supply order. This supply order was so abundant that it made people cry. Whoever treats who is good to whom is not only spoken with his mouth, but who cares about him, and whoever treats whom he can do his best, can not be finished in just a few words.

"Peter, you have the most experience. What do you think?" Shang Kexi suddenly spoke.

"Me? Okay, let me talk about the flood season first. In the past few days, Lei and I have traveled to many places and observed the hydrological conditions..." Peter said, and came to the map.

"There is no problem to enter the Yalu River from Pi Island here. Even our flagship is not a problem. However, we can only sail here. This place called Linjiang Village, from the sea entrance to this place, the water depth is no problem. Even if it doesn't rain, our warships can still walk. However, the river will become shallower, faster and narrower. Therefore, our troubles come from above Linjiang Village to Zhenjiang Fort. This distance is about fifteen miles. At this distance, we can only take the flood season and take the opportunity to rise water, and take a chance to take a risk. Moreover, our flagship cannot go up, and we can only go up a few small warships. Therefore, our actual firepower has been weakened a lot, and only about sixty cannons can go up..." Peter pointed to the map and said seriously.

"We also have a water camp. The water camp has many warships suitable for inland navigation. Although their artillery is not good, we can install the artillery supported by His Majesty on those warships, so that we can have more artillery... His Majesty reinforced forty cannons in Zhenjiang Castle this time. In addition to the eight red cannons that are too heavy and difficult to install, there are 32 thousand jin of Folang aircraft. If we can install all the thousand jin of Folang aircraft on those ships, our artillery will rise to more than one hundred, so that our firepower will be much stronger..." Shang Kexi interrupted Peter and added that Shang Kexi was more anxious than Lei Dayong and Peter, who were both Lei Dayong and Peter, and he heard Peter calculate the artillery that could reach the battlefield and immediately supplemented.

After hearing Shang Kexi's words, Lei Dayong nodded. Although these cannons were to support entering Zhenjiang Fort, it was okay to temporarily put them on the water camp warships in Dongjiang Town to increase the number of artillery. After all, there was not enough cannons to suppress them, and it was too difficult to replenish Dongjiang Town.

"This is OK. Since our artillery has been weakened, we have to find a way to increase the number of cannons. At that time, Yuan Ji will first install these cannons on the warships of Dongjiang Town, and wait until the materials are almost transported, then remove the cannons and send them to Zhenjiang Fort. In this way, both ends will not mislead the problem..." Lei Dayong supported Shang Kexi on this issue, although there was a bit of embezzlement and adventure in doing so.

Shang Kexi nodded gratefully to Lei Dayong. If he could only go up to four barbarian warships, then the number of artillery was only 60, and there were only 30 artillery on one side, which was not enough to impose an overwhelming suppression on the Tartars. If the Tartars could not be able to get behind, then transporting supplies in was undoubtedly very dangerous. Dongjiang Town itself has a water camp, but the cannons on these water camps are pitifully few, and generally only one or two small cannons are equipped with a facade, and the others are not enough to be described as "cannons".

"Very good. In this way, we will have more than one hundred cannons, and each time we can fire at most fifty cannons. This size of cannons is enough to block out a passage. Moreover, Zhenjiang Fort is very close to the river, less than one mile away, and there are cannons on the city walls and hills that can support us. In this way, there should be no problem to open the passage. Next, it depends on yours, log in and transport supplies..." Peter shouted OK after hearing Shang Kexi's words, and then said his plans.

"Login and transport supplies, there is no problem with my Dongjiang Town. Even if I die, everyone will send things in. Don't worry, I, Dongjiang men, are not a coward..." Shang Kexi said without hesitation.

"Very good. After talking about the waterway and supply, let's talk about the flood season. After all, we can only go during the flood season. If there is no water, even if there are two hundred cannons on our warships, it will be useless, right?" Peter said seriously.

"Yes, Peter, you have the most experience. How do you view the flood season?" Lei Dayong asked in confusion. Things like flood season and hydrology have far exceeded Lei Dayong's knowledge. Even though they have been strengthened a lot in the new army, the knowledge in this area is still pale and powerful, so he didn't pretend and asked Peter immediately, after all, the emperor asked them to learn things from the barbarians.

"Haha, sorry, I can't do anything about this. Although I know a little, I am not a professional. This war is related to our victory, so I can't be so hasty..." Peter looked like I was not an expert either.

"You..." Lei Dayong was furious. Didn't your Majesty ask us to learn things from this barbarian? Why doesn't this barbarian even understand this?

"Lei, don't lose your temper. We have to ask professionals for this kind of professional problem. It just so happens that Captain Rekaz is a professional in this field. Haha, Lei, don't be angry. People cannot understand everything. It doesn't matter if they don't. As long as you can find someone who understands it, you can find a solution..." Peter said with a smile.

"You..." Lei Dayong was so angry that he was half-expected.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll ask you. You know, sailing on the sea is quite sensitive to the weather. This is the knowledge that every captain must have, or there must be such professionals on every ship. Don't worry, I won't let you down. You know, those who don't understand feed the fish and cannot reach the east at all...hahaha!" Peter said, and walked out of the room confidently.

Lei Dayi's breathing for a while, and soon calmed down. Peter was right. He must be cautious in this kind of thing. If he doesn't understand, don't think it is blind. Don't pretend to understand. If you miss it, you have no medicine to regret. Think about what Peter said, and it is even more true. They are barbarians, but they have been floating thousands of miles across the ocean and took a year to reach the Ming Dynasty. The winds and waves they encountered during this period and the bad weather they encountered were definitely not something he could imagine. They are naturally very sensitive to the weather and can naturally understand the sky. As Peter said, those who do not understand were dead.

...

In the captain's room.

Shang Kexi pinched his fingers and lowered his head, and seemed to be having a fierce conflict in his heart.

Lei Dayong was looking at the map when he suddenly saw Shang Kexi's fingers that had pinched out blue veins. Then he looked up at Shang Kexi, and saw that there seemed to be a fierce conflict between Shang Kexi's eyes.

"What's wrong? Yuan Ji? But I feel uncomfortable?" Lei Dayong looked at Shang Kexi and asked with concern.

"Great use, I..." Shang Kexi wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's the matter? Just say that Yuan Ji, now we think we are comrades-in-arms, the one who can rely on and trust the most. What else can't be told to me? If it's a difficult thing, let's find a way together..." Lei Dayong said immediately.

"Great use, I..., this matter is actually..." Shang Kexi struggled for a long time, feeling that his request was too much, and he felt a little more greedy, for fear that he would give Lei a big advantage or even give the emperor a bad impression.

"Tell me, Yuan Ji, there are no outsiders here. As long as I can help, I will do my best." Lei Dayong said without any vaguely. Although he is a small servant and has not even inherited his official position, he is the emperor's confidant, but he is the emperor's identity. Lei Dayong is confident and cannot defeat him in general. Behind him is the emperor.

"...It's so, great use, I think so. Since there are several warships in the barbarians who cannot get on, they cannot reach Zhenjiang Fort, and there are many artillery on these two warships. If we lack artillery to suppress the Tartars, we are afraid that it will be difficult to transport supplies. So, I wonder if the artillery on these two warships will be removed and installed on the warships in our Dongjiang Town. Although the warships in our Dongjiang Town are small, they are suitable for sailing in the inland rivers, but there are no decent cannons. If these cannons can be loaded on our Dongjiang Town Water Camp, our firepower can be increased again. After we send the materials in, the ship will be driven down and then send the cannons back. Dayou, what do you think?" Shang Kexi finally expressed his plans.

Lei Dayong fell into deep thought and dismantled the cannons on the barbarian ship...

"Yuan Ji! This matter should be a good thing. Indeed, if these two warships do not go up, our firepower to suppress the Tartars will become very weak. If the cannons on these two warships are loaded onto the boat of Dongjiang Zhenshui Camp, the boat can drive to Zhenjiang Fort... Well, okay, let's do it like this..." Lei Dayong hesitated at first. After all, this matter is a very troublesome thing. The emperor just hired this fleet instead of owning this fleet. If the barbarians disagreed, they would have to waste it. However, Lei Dayong quickly agreed.

"Great use, aren't you afraid that the barbarians will not agree?" Shang Kexi said with some joy and some concern.

"It's okay. Since the barbarians can be hired, that is, they can settle it with money. Since that's the case, I don't think they won't agree." Lei Dayong said indifferently.

Shang Kexi was filled with joy and reinforcements from Zhenjiang Fort. The most difficult thing he had finally settled was that he could not get up. Because the water level was not high, the big boat could not get on. If the boat did not get on, there would not be enough cannons to suppress the Tartars. Without cannons to suppress the Tartars, it would be quite difficult to transport supplies. Now that things have been solved, Shang Kexi's heart has finally settled down.

Peter came back from asking about the weather, pushed open the door of the captain's room, and said, "Lei, Shang, there are two news, one bad news, and the other good news. Do you want to listen to that first?"

"Let's talk about bad news first, then good news." Lei Dayong said without interest.

"Oh! Lei, you really don't have a sense of humor. You should have a difficult choice expression, then get in a dilemma, and then reluctantly choose one. Why are you so direct?" Peter looked like a pity.

"Okay, Peter, just tell me what news is." Shang Kexi said.

"Well, good, the bad news is that the captains cannot predict the weather in two weeks..." Peter rolled his eyes and said helplessly.

"In other words, you can't predict the weather in half a month?" Lei Dayong asked dissatisfiedly. He could not predict the weather, which means he could only get lucky. If it didn't rain in mid-to-late October, the boat would not be able to get on, and then there would be no way to talk about supply. Then, Zhenjiang Fort may not be able to hold on.

"Yes, the captains said that to predict the weather in half a month, it is God's business, not human beings can do..." Peter added.

Lei Dayong's anger came and could not be predicted. If he had made the worst plans according to the emperor's request, he would have to prepare to supply Mao Wenlong from the land. When he thought of enduring the siege of the Tartar cavalry, Lei Dayong was furious.

"Peter, what's the good news? What is it?" Shang Kexi asked immediately when she saw the atmosphere was a little stiff.

"Haha, the good news is that the captains will definitely not rain within three days, and perhaps, not rain within one week..." Peter said with a smile without being affected by the thunder.

"In other words, during the few days we are waiting for His Majesty to replenish supplies, there will be no rain, so that the rain will not fall in vain..." Shang Kexi reacted and said.

"Well, Shang, that's what it means. According to the information you provided, there will usually be rain in October in previous years. Since there has been no rain recently, the possibility of rainfall will be higher in the second half of the month. That's it, this is good news..." Peter said.

After hearing this explanation, Lei Dayong's anger disappeared a lot.

"Peter, I also have two news, one is bad news and the other is good news. Do you want to listen to that first?" Lei Dayong calmed down and remembered what his monk had just talked about, and asked a question.

Peter looked at Lei Dayong in surprise.

"Lei, when did you have two news? Why don't I know? Lei, is this humor?" Peter asked in disbelief.

"A bad news, a good news, you'd better choose one." Lei Dayun said with a tense face.

"Lei, I found that your sense of humor is actually very..., OK, I choose bad news, oh! Even if the bad news can't stand it, there will definitely be good news in the end, so that I won't be too unbearable..." Peter said "pretendingly".

"The bad news is that we are going to dismantle the cannons on your two warships and convert them to our water camp warship..."
Chapter completed!