Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 708 Who is this targeting?

The next day, when dawn broke, the mouth of the Red River was already in sight.

Although the good vision of the two bosses was entrusted to the estuary of the Luhe River, it has not yet been proved in detail whether the Luhe River can be used for large ships. Therefore, Jinghua's fleet that claims to come to revenge, at least this time, will still have to be popular in the river.

At this time, several small islands appeared on the sea, and the fleet had to pass between the islands to enter the river mouth.However, Gao Yu stood on the bridge and looked around, and found that the altitude of these small islands was extremely low, and there were almost no ups and downs on the islands. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them "sandbars".

"The location of these islands is good." Gao Yu sized it up for a while, and said: "If the terrain is higher, it would be quite good to set up forts on them to control the mouth of the river."

Boss Li shook his head slightly, and said: "The Annan people may have never thought about this matter, and there is no sign at all. I have passed here at least a dozen times. There should be only a few fishermen living on the island. It can’t be counted as a fishing village, I’m afraid it’s hard to say.”

"Old Li is right, I have never found Mo's army here." Boss Hu nodded in agreement: "It is said that Mo's military equipment is relatively backward, especially in terms of firearms, it has begun to lag behind Li in the south. I think they may be because of the cannons, and even if those outdated earthen cannons are installed on the island, they will not be able to block the mouth of the river."

After Gao Yu heard this, he paid attention to it, and asked: "The Li Dynasty in the south has made great progress in firearms?" aspects of the problem.

Boss Hu said: "It's not true that Li Chao has made any progress, but they seem to have started a business with Frangji, bought some cannons from Frangji, and even bought two battleships. The boat, hoping to use this to fight against the Mo's navy that has been suppressing them."

Gao Jue frowned. He knew that the Frangji people, the master called them Portuguese, these people were good at sailing, and even the master paid more attention to them.In fact, the development of artillery in the Ming Dynasty was improved by the capture of the artillery of the Frang machine in the early years of Jiajing. Later, while importing and imitating and improving, it has the current appearance.

Even Jinghua's artillery is currently an improved version of Frang's cannon. From this we can see the level of Frangji's people. If Li Dynasty in the south is also importing Frangji's artillery, there may be some troubles then.

Of course, he wouldn't say these words to Boss Hu and Li.

Along the coast of the island, there are a few fishing boats moored sporadically, with a few fishing nets hanging on the boats, and the busy figures of fishermen who get up early are shaking on the boats.

Seeing such a huge fleet approaching, many Annan fishermen stopped their work and silently watched the fleet pass by.

These fishermen at the mouth of the Red River are already used to seeing big boats, but they usually see the navy of the "imperial court", but the question is, didn't the navy go south to fight against Li Ni in a big way some time ago?

And even though this fleet is clearly going to enter the river mouth, it doesn't look like the fleet of the imperial court, and the flags on these ships don't seem to be the flags of the imperial court either, oh...it looks a bit like the ships of the Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that Daming finally found out that Mo Annan is the most obedient, and now he sent a large army to help us put down Li Ni?
Alas, forget it, we don't understand the affairs of the higher authorities, and we don't understand the affairs of the Ming Dynasty even more, so it's better not to worry about this, anyway, the imperial court will naturally take care of everything.

At this time, Jinghua's fleet sailed slowly between the two small islands, and the estuary was already in sight, and several barges were moored on the sea between the islands and the estuary.

"It seems that these Annan people don't have any malice towards us, or they don't know anything, or they don't dare to have any ill intentions towards us... In short, it's all good." Gao Yu smiled, relaxed a little, and said: "Although there is no suitable port in this area, it seems that there are some merchants doing business here?"

Because the Red River Estuary is not a port, there is no decent wharf, and it is impossible to moor large-tonnage ships, so these barges serve as floating docks and warehouses. Merchants from overseas unload their goods on the barges, and buyers on the shore take small boats and paddle boats. Boats, go to the barge to buy, and take your own boats and boats to carry the purchased goods back.

"Yes, it's an estuary after all." Boss Li said, "There are still some business opportunities. Sea-going ships entering inland rivers will have poorer seaworthiness. In addition, problems such as wind direction and force will affect sea-going ships, so Generally, businessmen from abroad, if the business is not too big, usually don’t bother to follow the Red River to Shenglong, but complete the transaction here at the mouth of the Red River.”

Boss Hu said: "These barges seem to be a few more than the previous one, but why?"

Boss Li counted, thought for a while, and nodded, and said, "It seems to be true. Maybe it's because the Mo family and the Li family have started fighting again, so the demand for some supplies has become greater." The implication is that more businessmen from abroad have come.

The boat entered the estuary. Although the nearby fishermen showed no malice towards Jinghua's large fleet, Gao Yu still ordered the fleet to increase their vigilance.

Who knows that this precaution is really not superfluous. It didn't take long for the "observatory" on the mast to discover the situation.

"Report, He Chun is found on the river ahead!"

Immediately the convoy lowered its sails, slowed down, and finally stopped.

In the middle of the river not far away, there is a long line of "Ju Ma on the River". "Set up side by side, the distance between each other is more than one zhang, less than two zhang.There are two rows before and after, about ten feet apart.

However, these "rejecting horses" are not in a straight line, but staggered forward and backward, forming an "S" shape distribution, like a long snake with a width of about five feet, winding towards the upstream direction.

Gao Yu asked the watchtower to report more clearly. It may have been counted on the watchtower for a while before reporting that there were a total of thirty rows, that is, sixty "river toon", stretching for a distance of about two miles.

Hechun is not a new tactic, and Daming himself can do it himself, especially for Gao Yu who participated in the battle against Japanese pirates, it is a leftover thing: first sharpen one end of the wooden stake, ram it into the bottom of the river, and then , Fix the "juma" on the other end of the wooden stake exposed to the river, and it will become a "river toon" that hinders the advancement of enemy ships.

Which enemy ship is the "Hechun" in front of me used to hinder?It seemed to be a louse on the bald man's head--the obvious thing.

But Gao Yu frowned slightly, thinking that this situation was a bit unexpected. The Annan people already knew our whereabouts in advance?How would they know?
You must know that the setting of these sixty "river toon" is by no means something that can be done immediately, even if you are prepared, it will take at least a whole day's work.And this batch of "He Chun" must have been arranged before the fleet reached the sea off the Red River Estuary. Therefore, if these "He Chun" were indeed used to deal with the "Snake Hunting Operation", the Annan people must have known in advance The whereabouts of the Jinghua fleet.

But this cannot be justified!Even if Annan was wary of Daming, the focus of attention at sea should be the Guangdong Navy. The construction of Qinzhou Port has just started. Before he came, these ships were berthed at temporary docks. Awesome, Jin Yiwei shouldn't be ashamed to die?
(End of this chapter)