Nanming Yiming

Chapter 38

During the time when Qian Mo and Xie Sanmu went to Jinshan Temple, Zhou Boda had already completed all the inspection work.Since the canal could not carry large ships, all the silver was loaded on relatively small tank ships.

The large tank boats of the Ming Dynasty could carry 300 shi of grain, once equivalent to (120 jin), about 18 tons.Considering that the water level of the canal is not deep enough to pass through with a full load, and the weight of the soldiers escorted by the ship, it is natural not to dare to cross the Yangtze River with a full load.Each ship only loaded about 6 tons of silver, and each ship carried 80 soldiers.A total of 35 tank boats.

And Qian Mo and the others took the only No. 2 blessing boat. Excluding the sailors, there were about 150 Gansu soldiers under Zhou Boda on board, and all 60 of Qian Mo's personal battalion were on board.

The reason why they were relieved to let all Qian Mo's pro-barracks board the ship was because Hong Fugui's 40 men would not listen to Qian Mo.

Wang Anshi once wrote a poem:
In the water between Jingzhou and Jingzhou, Zhongshan is only a few miles away.

The spring breeze is on the south bank of the green river, when will the bright moon shine on me?
Jingkou refers to Zhenjiang. In fact, the distance from Zhenjiang to Guazhou is not far. Even a heavy silver boat can reach the other side in an hour.

Moreover, at this time, there was a fort of the Qing army in Guazhou City, and it was impossible to attack near the river.Excluding the two sections near the shore, the actual suitable route is the section near the heart of the river.

So the transmission of information is very important.

At this moment Zhou Boda suddenly felt that the situation was not good.Because when we set sail, the Yangtze River was still calm.Not long after driving out, the wind started to pick up, and now it was even raining.The Yangtze River became choppy in an instant, and the boat transporting silver began to shake constantly.

Qian Mo said at this time: "Governor Zhou, the wind and waves are getting bigger, let the fleet slow down quickly to avoid accidents."

Although the abbot of Jinshan Temple delivered the agreed signal, Qian Mo also sent out the news that he was about to go north overnight.But in this era when transportation and communication are very underdeveloped, Qian Mo is not sure whether the information can reach Yang Wenqi in time.Seeing that 1/3 of the fleet was almost gone, Qian Mo could only try to procrastinate. Just at this time, the wind and waves were rising, and Qian Mo took the opportunity to order to slow down.

For this reasonable request, Zhou Boda also immediately ordered the ships to lower their sails and slow down to ensure safety.

The big boat that Qian Mo was on was alright, but the smaller tank boats even fell into the water accidentally due to the violent turbulence.

Although they had been stationed in the south of the Yangtze River for some time, Zhou Boda's Gansu soldiers were illiterate after all, and many of them had already started to vomit.

This scene made Qian Mo couldn't help but think of the clip of the white lady in her previous life, "Water flooding the golden mountain". Why hasn't Yang Wenqi arrived yet?

At this moment, Yang Wenqi's fleet is also hurrying, galloping towards the channel from Zhenjiang to Guazhou.Although the information sent by the Taihu Rebel Army was considered timely, Yang Wenqi did not dare to dock the fleet too close to Zhenjiang.There is also a distance on the road, and it has been a while since I saw the departure signal from the shore.

It has to be said that Zhou Boda also had a reason for choosing Yedu.In fact, it was difficult to lock the target at night. Yang Wenqi had already galloped along the road, and had already deviated from the course.Fortunately, his boat is big. There are 3 Fuchuan No. 1 and 4 Fuchuan No. 2.Although he also encountered a violent storm, but for the sake of money, Yang Wenqi decided to continue the adventure and try his luck in the dark night.

At this moment, the Yunyin fleet is in chaos, although all the ships have anchored and stopped sailing.But there were still 2 close boats colliding, one of them started leaking and the hull was slowly sinking.

At this time, the soldiers and sailors who fell into the water frantically swam towards the big ship, and more soldiers who could not swim were slowly swallowed by the river while struggling!
Qian Mo felt that if this continued, all the ships would have to be handed over to the "Wanli Yangtze River" without waiting for Yang Wenqi to grab them!

Qian Mo said: "Governor Zhou can't do this. If soldiers who fell into the water from other ships are still on board, our ship will sink too."

Xie Sanmu also said: "Fortunately, only one ship is sinking now, if there is another one, our ship will not be able to hold people!"

But right now, they have no other choice but to pray for the blessing of the Buddha. At this moment, a huge lightning strike made people extremely nervous!

"Look fast, there is the Yunyin Fleet ahead!"

Thanks to this flash of lightning, Yang Wenqi and the others finally spotted the fleet!

After discovering the target, Yang Wenqi immediately ordered the fleet to approach.

Not long after, Qian Mo also saw Yang Wenqi's fleet.

Zhou Boda asked: "How can there be a lucky boat here? Could it be Yang Wenqi's fleet?"

Qian Mo quickly answered, "It is estimated that the storm is too strong. They got in the wrong direction and bumped into us again."

Master Xie said: "Thank God, this is really a manifestation of the Buddha, and now we are saved!"

With such a huge storm, Yang Wenqi had no way to grab money, so he had to send a No. 1 lucky boat to check the situation.The rest of the ships anchored and waited for orders. In fact, sailing in such a big wind and waves still took great risks, and everyone on board breathed a sigh of relief like the rest of their lives.

But the storm at this time showed no signs of weakening, on the contrary, it became even more violent!In the blink of an eye, three more tank ships sank one after another.

There were nearly 14 taels of silver on this ship, and 55 taels of silver had already fallen into the river, and the loss of personnel was even more numerous.It's just that no one cares about silver anymore, after all, silver is a "fart" in front of human life and death!
The No. 1 blessing boat finally sailed to the vicinity of Qian Mo's No. 2 blessing boat in the dark.During the voyage, a tank boat was hit and sunk directly, and at this time, 1/3 of the tank boats on the river had sunk.

Most of the soldiers are from the northwest and can't swim, so they can only sink to the bottom of the river while struggling. Only a few lucky ones with excellent water skills grabbed the rope ladder lowered by the No. 1 blessing boat and climbed up this "survival road" ".

At this time, Qian Mo was in a state of anxiety, seeing a boatload of silver falling into the Yangtze River like this, his heart was pierced like a knife.I thought to myself: This is the 500W taels that I have worked so hard to get. Is it true that all of them are filial to the Dragon King?
Qian Mo suddenly felt that God played a big joke on him. He carefully planned and calculated in every possible way, trying to rob the money, but in the end it was nothing.

It really complied with the sentence: "The hexagrams cannot be counted, and the fear of the impermanence of the heavens and the dao."

Indeed, in the face of nature, sometimes manpower is so insignificant!

Suddenly, only a loud "bang" was heard, and everyone who was hit was thrown off their feet.Then someone yelled: "It's not good, this boat was also hit by a tank boat and made a big hole, and it started to leak. The boat will sink soon!"

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