The river is surging, the vastness of the world, a line of geese fluttering by.
On the plains on both sides of the river, the crops had begun to ripen, and the hard-working peasants, with their sun-tanned backs, wielded their sickles in the fields, and beads of sweat fell on the fertile land.The breeze blew, and there were bursts of bold singing on the surface of the river with white scales, and the fisherman laughed and threw his children into the water.The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal reaches Beijing in the north and reaches Hangzhou in the south, but because the river flow direction along the way is uncertain, this canal does not run directly through the north and south, but runs through the navigation water system of the rivers in various places, all the way down, zigzag sometimes to the south and sometimes to the west.In the middle of the Yellow River, it is the time of year when the water level is high and gentle, and a dhow with a red hull is heading up the river at a very fast speed.It was a post boat that could carry more than 60 people, and at the same time had a cargo hold to carry important items.This kind of stagecoach sails with the wind and oars against the wind, and has eight to twelve long oars on board, which is commonly known as the centipede speedboat.All the fishing boats and merchant boats on the water saw the red messenger speedboat, and they quickly avoided it.According to the rules of the government, sailing on the river, any ship must avoid the passage of the special post clipper.The clipper sailed past a triangular shoal, and suddenly someone shouted: "Lord Yicheng, there are three huge ships ahead, quickly tell the bilge to slow down and give way." ”Zheng Jin'an, who was drinking in the cabin, staggered up to the bow of the boat and scolded with a smile: "See your mother's ghost, what kind of boat are we?"
Make way for the fuck and let your mother's head fart go. ”The post man at the bow of the boat blushed and said, "My lord, but this boat, we have to make way for others!"
”"Ugh."
Lord Zheng hurriedly shouted to the boat gang and looked forward drunkenly, only to see that on the wide river ahead, there were three four-masted huge ships, each with twelve sails open, blowing enough wind to sail, the bottom of the boat was stirring up, and there was a white line behind the boat, which looked amazing from a distance.The three huge ships were followed by a long line of medium-sized river boats, about a hundred of them.The giant ship was many times larger than the fast post flying boat, and the first one had just turned the bend in front of it, only to see that the ship was richly decorated, and dozens of doors with oars were densely opened on the high gangways on both sides.Three flagpoles stood tall on the bow of the ship, and a yellow flag in the middle was embroidered with a golden dragon pattern.Zheng Jin'an was startled, and the wine suddenly woke up a little, the Xuanhuangzi Dragon Flag, only the members of the Ming royal family or the Qin Cha had the right to hang it.Whose ship has this arrived?
I saw a flag hanging on both sides of the dragon flag, the left is a big pennant, red as blood, in the middle is the flying tiger pattern of Yin black silk, like a military flag, but it is a little different, a dark green flag on the flagpole on the right, a big "river" word on the book.Although Lord Zheng didn't know who was coming, he knew that the authority of the other party was far above his post boat, so Zheng Jinan raised his foot and kicked the post man in the buttocks, and scolded: "Your mother, why don't you go down and slow down?"
Come!
Come on, quickly turn the rudder and make way!
”The centipede clipper hurried to the side.Seeing the huge ship passing by, the waves set off shook the centipede clipper from side to side.Zheng Jinan stood on the side of the ship, looked at the boat suspiciously, and muttered, "From Shaanxi?"
Where is this sacred?
”On the first big ship, the curtain was lifted, and a beautiful boy dressed in a goose yellow robe and wearing a scarf walked out.His face is like a crown of jade, his eyebrows are clear, and a Ruyi jade pendant is hung on the jade belt around his waist.More than a dozen guards on both sides of the bow saw him come out, and immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "See Grandpa Guo!"
”This adult is the new Zhenguo Gong Jiang Chuhan, who has become famous and is as hot as a new round of stars in the air, he expanded his chest, and a cool and fresh wind blew in his face, which made him look uplifted.Jiang Chuhan waved his hand to call them up and asked, "Where are they?"
”A guard stepped forward and said: "Returning to China, I will be at the gate of Yu thirty miles ahead, and I have already informed Director Gao and General Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Road, that I have arrived at the dock to greet you." ”Jiang Menghan couldn't help but nodded, his trip out of Beijing was not in a hurry, after the court meeting, he just rushed home, and after greeting the envoy Daohe again, he hurriedly greeted Mei'er, Saisai and others at home, and then hurriedly received the holy decree and brought his own guards and Huang Degong and other tiger guards, immediately went out of Beijing, and went all the way up the Yellow River, and rushed to Shaanxi in a hurry.In addition to the 5,000 officers and soldiers who escorted military supplies with the ship, the remaining 30,000 were led by Xiong Can to rush to Hongshi Mountain in Yulin, Shaanxi Province by land.Shaanxi's administrative power directly belongs to Xi'an, the reason why Yang Sichang transferred troops from Shanxi to Shaanxi before, but only because Shanxi is much closer than Beijing, and the reason why he is so in a hurry to go out of Beijing this time from the canal to the Yellow River all the way to the vicinity of Hongjianao is only because the imperial army is still stationed near Hongjianao, and if it is delayed for one more day, it will cost a lot of money and food!
What's more, Emperor Chongzhen was anxious to solve Zhang Xianzhong's group, so Jiang Menghan had no choice but to whip his horse and come overnight.The boat slowly sailed into the gate of Yu, and the people who should have come to receive Jiang Menghan had already arrived, and they were lined up, and from a distance, it seemed that there were thousands of people, and it seemed that he was out of Beijing this time, and the shock to the place was not small.When the youngest Zhenguo grandfather was newly promoted in the dynasty, I am afraid that no one dares to peep at Jiang Menghan now.The deck was suddenly put down, and an official wearing a purple-red four-clawed python robe slowly stepped off the boat, followed by Qiu Feng, Sunshine, Huang Degong and others, Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng and others were already waiting at the dock at the entrance of Yu, and when they saw that the prince of Zhenguo had arrived, Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng and others hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Subordinate Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng see Grandpa Guo!"
”"Excuse me!"
Jiang Menghan nodded with a slight smile, looking at the senior director in front of him, Jiang Menghan couldn't help but look up and down carefully, only to see that this eunuch who was greedy for life and afraid of death had a square face with Chinese characters, almost looking righteous and awe-inspiring, and occasionally with a little book fragrance, which made Jiang Menghan's heart puzzled.This seemingly upright Gao Qiqian Gao Director Jun is the Gao Qiqian who is the chief editor of the Ming History, who is extremely evil and can only flatter Gao Qiqian?
Gao Qiqian also seemed to find that Jiang Menghan was looking at him, and hurriedly smiled: "Grandpa Guo came all the way from Beijing, why don't you go back to the post station to rest for one night, and then go to the camp tomorrow, I don't know what Grandpa Guo wants?"
”"It's still early, don't rest, why don't you rush to Hongyan now?"
Jiang Menghan also nodded with a smile.The reason why Gao Qiqian is so polite to Jiang Menghan is because Jiang Menghan's grandfather is the title of the first rank of the dynasty, and there is only the prince in the top, he is already a very human minister, and there is no seal, and although Gao Qiqian is in charge of the army of soldiers and horses, and has won the trust of Lord Chongzhen, he is an out-and-out eunuch.Therefore, in the face of Jiang Menghan, a genuine national grandfather, Gao Qiqian also had to bow his head.At that moment, more than 1,000 soldiers opened the way in front, more than 40 guards walked closely, 800 tiger guards followed closely behind, Jiang Menghan rode a horse, accompanied by Gao Qidive, Lu Xiangsheng and others, all the way to Hongyanao.The place where the army camped was located in Lintu Town, which was about less than 20 miles away from Hongshi Mountain, and Hongshi Mountain was across the mountain."
Grandpa Guo, please!"
Gao Qiqian smiled, took the lead in dismounting, held the horse's head for Jiang Menghan, and wanted to serve Jiang Menghan to dismount.Seeing Gao Qiqian so hospitable, Jiang Menghan naturally would not be hypocritical, after getting off the horse, Gao Qiqian pointed to the army camp in front of him, and said: "More than 70,000 soldiers here, some are from the Beijing army, some are from Shanxi, and some are from the Shaanxi Road Guard, this time the successive defeats have lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and even the big ships have lost dozens of them" Gao Qiqian couldn't help but glance at Jiang Menghan, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, the identity of a martial artist can never compare to a person, What's more, the other party is still the youngest grandfather of the country, and he is the supervisor of this battle, and he has to listen to him as the commander of the army, what is he here for?
Gao Qiqian couldn't tell the purpose of Jiang Menghan's trip, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, but Lu Xiangsheng behind him didn't care, he collapsed and was still on top of his head, and he was the commander of the Sanpinwei Guard, which was really nothing.Jiang Menghan seemed to understand Gao Qiqian's thoughts, smiled faintly, and walked straight inside.Seeing that Jiang Menghan didn't say anything, he just smiled at himself, and Gao Qiqian's heart immediately rose to his throat, is Zhen Guogong hinting at himself?
Or is it because he lost three battles in a row, so the court changed the generals and ordered Jiang Menghan to come to deliver the decree, take over the military power, and strip himself of his official body?
However, soon Gao Qiqian calmed down, decades of officialdom experience made Gao Qiqian calm down again, Gao Qiqian knew that this time, the emperor was already serious, a group of bandits actually provoked two high-powered generals in the DPRK and China, and now sent a grandfather of the country, this time, it seems that either the fish is dead, or it must be killed all over the ground."
Gather the generals of each battalion, the grandfather of my country, and now we have to raise the account to discuss the military situation!"
Standing outside a big tent, Jiang Menghan said lightly. ......