As far as the eye can see, the vast area of water is covered with huge broken wooden warships, some of which are still burning with flames and thick smoke rising from them.
Some have sunk and are stranded at the bottom of the lake, with only masts hanging with broken sails and lifted sterns exposed.
There are small enemy ships constantly shuttled around them.
The nose was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, and floating corpses could be seen everywhere on the water.
The soldiers on the enemy ship were still using crossbows and muskets to kill the soldiers who were still struggling in the water.
In my ears, I can always hear the screams of wailing, shouts of death, shouts, and the whistling of arrows piercing the sky.
"Quick, the big boat is too slow, transfer the Holy Emperor's body and the second prince to the small boat," a general shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Second Prince, please quickly follow your humble duty and get to the boat."
Another general's voice rang in his ears.
The young man who was immersed in his own thoughts woke up.
He was the protagonist of this volume, Xia Hua, who had just passed away.
His name in this life was Chen Li.
Chen Li's eyes turned to the corpse of a middle-aged man.
There was an arrow stuck in his head, which should be the fatal part.
Although this man was wearing armor, underneath the armor was a bright yellow embroidered dragon robe.
Chen Li knew that the corpse lying in front of him was the famous historical figure, Chen Youliang, the founder of the Chen Han regime, and also his biological father in this world.
With a sharp "swish" sound, a sharp arrow almost missed Chen Li's ear.
The personal guard who had been talking to him before looked at his dazed look and thought he was frightened.
Without saying a word, he picked him up by the waist and dropped him along the cable to the small boat that was close to the big ship.
This small boat is small, but only compared to this giant warship.
It is not the kind of sampan that can only carry a few or a dozen people.
It is also a large-scale ship that can carry hundreds of people.
Soon after Chen Li went down to the deck, two or three enemy ships were chasing him.
The Han soldiers on the big ship and Chen Youliang's personal guards who had descended to the small ship opened their bows and fired crossbows at the incoming enemy ship.
Some soldiers began to load their fire cannons, and after a while, the fire cannons also began to bang.
The intensive shooting prevented the enemy soldiers on the incoming enemy ship from showing their heads.
Taking this time, Chen Youliang's body was also released from the ship.
The guard general shouted loudly: "Raise the sails and retreat southward at full speed."
Soon, the light speedboat sped toward the southwest, leaving both its own giant ships and enemy warships behind.
It was the autumn of 1363 AD, and the Mongol and Yuan Empire's eighty-year rule over the Chinese state was coming to an end.
The flames of the Red Turban Rebellion swept across the world.
From Liaodong with its white mountains and black waters to Lingnan under the scorching sun, you can see the figures of the Red Turban rebels wearing red scarves and holding steel knives and iron spears.
However, the enemy the Red Scarf Army faced was, after all, the Mongolian Empire's cavalry that swept across half the world decades ago.
After more than ten years of fighting and fighting, the Red Scarf Army in the north was still wiped out by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, but several Red Scarf Army forces in the south have established a firm foothold in the Jianghuai area.
The three largest forces among them are Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhang Shicheng.
Now the contest between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be over.
Chen Youliang was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the great water battle of Poyang Lake.
When he led the remaining ships to try to break out of the encirclement at Hukou and enter the Yangtze River, they were ambushed by land and water forces already ambushed at Hukou and Nanhukou.
Wu Jun ambushed.
In the end, Chen Youliang himself was killed by a stray arrow.
According to the normal historical path, Zhu Yuanzhang will soon completely eliminate the Chen Han regime, then move eastward to annex Zhang Shicheng's territory, and then sweep away Fang Guozhen and other forces entrenched in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi to unify the south.
Finally, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, with Meng Yuan as Zhengshuo, stabilized the country, and entered the next cycle over and over again.
But the history of this time and space will be completely changed because of Xia Hua's arrival.
The sky quickly dimmed.
Seeing that the pursuers in the rear had all gotten rid of them, the soldiers and boatmen who had tried their best just now slowed down.
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"Look, there is a piece of land there.
Is it a sandbar or near the lakeshore?"
One person said, pointing to a black line in the distance.
"Whatever, just lean in first and then talk," a general replied.
The ship docked and dropped its anchor.
More than fifty guards and boatmen on board took Chen Li ashore.
There was no water or rice for a day, and after a day of hard work, everyone was exhausted, so they took food from the boat and buried it in pots to make rice.
After they wolfed down their stomachs, they began to worry about their current situation.
They didn't pay attention to Chen Li next to them, and started talking in a hurry.
"The brothers at the back don't seem to have caught up, and I don't know what happened to them.
What should we do now?"
"Let me tell you, now that the emperor has died, ah, he has passed away.
We should find the prince to take charge of the overall situation."
"When we rushed out, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in command on another warship.
Now I don't know where it has drifted to, and where to find it.
Maybe the Crown Prince was also unfortunately killed or even captured by the Wu army," one person murmured.
At this time, a slightly childish voice came: "We should return to Jiangzhou now."
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Chen Li who was speaking.
Chen Li has just turned twelve.
According to the standards of the 21st century, he is just a child.
Today, he can barely be considered a teenager.
Everyone did not take his words seriously.
Only a school captain accompanied him and said with a smile: "Second prince, when your Majesty led the army and ships into Poyang Lake, he did not capture Jiangzhou along the way.
He just surrendered a county in Jiangzhou.
Dehua.
I remember that there were only five thousand troops stationed in the city at that time.
Now I think Dehua has been captured by the Wu army.
I think it would be better for us to find the prince first and let him take charge."
Chen Li said calmly: "There is no need to look for it.
The prince has been captured by the Wu army.
What you have to do now is to follow me back to Dehua City, which is still under the control of our Han army."
"How did the second prince know that the prince had been captured?"
Before Chen Li could answer, the general who asked the question was quietly pulled down his sleeve by a captain, implying that he had something to say privately.
The two immediately stepped aside and started whispering.
The reason why Chen Li knew that his brother Chen Shan'er was captured was of course because he knew the common sense of history.
As for the reason why he could conclude that Dehua City in Jiangzhou was still under the control of the Han army, it was because the first temporary task given to him by the system was to return safely.
Arrive at Dehua City in Jiangzhou and meet up with Han general Zhang Dingbian.
Suddenly, everyone exclaimed in unison.
Chen Li thought it was an enemy attack.
He looked up and saw that the highest-ranking general was already holding a bloody head in his hand.
Chen Li asked calmly: "Liu Hu, why are you doing this?"
The general named Liu Hu gasped and responded: "I'm reporting to the second prince, this guy is going to rebel.
He wants to use the second prince's head to get rich with Zhu Baba."
Chen Li took a deep breath and continued in a calm tone: "Well done":